God Isn’t Finished With Miracles
Jerry Golden
Israel
We find in the Word of God at least three time spans for the definition of a generation. Or at least this is the way I see them, you can do your own research and I am sure there will be those who will disagree and miss the whole point of this article.
From the time of Adam until the time of Noah it was (more or less) 100 years, and from the time of Noah until Yeshua (Jesus) it was 70 years. And a New Testament generation is 40 years. So when we read in Matthew 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. We read the same thing in Luke 21:32, but we read some thing else in Luke as well in Luke 21:24b and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the time of the Gentiles be fulfilled. This gives us time schedule of 40 years until the time of the Gentile be fulfilled. It says when Jerusalem is no longer under the control of the Gentiles (Non-Jews) and no one can be more described as a non-Jew than an Islamic Arab. For example if “Christians” would have taken over the Old City of Jerusalem it would be hard to describe them as non-Jews, when you consider the Wild Olive Branch grafted in” making “Christians” in fact Jews.
This gives us something to look at very closely, as you all know I don’t set dates and I am not doing that now, but this is something worth considering. In 1967 in the 6-day war and in the first 18 hours of that war Israel took the Old City of Jerusalem for the first time in over 2500 years Jews were in total control of the Old City of Jerusalem. So if a generation is now 40 years we need to start counting from that time, bringing us to the year 2007. It should be remembered that there are many problems with our calendars and I am not going to get into all of that now. We should also keep in mind that God is sovereign, and our understanding of certain things can be wrong because God’s ways are not our ways.
We are tonight celebrating the 4th day of Hanukah; we keep hearing and writing about the Festival of Lights or the Feast of Tabernacles. But even above those two wonderful celebrations we are really celebrating a victory of 165 B.C. for the first battle of religious liberty for the Jewish people of Israel. What started me to thinking about this miracle of the Maccabean is a prayer we say on Hanukah “HaNesim” meaning the miracle. It caught my eye this year because I live in a group of Judean Mountains known as the Nes Harim (miracle mountains) we over look the area where the city of Modi’in is located in the foot hills, where the Jewish revolt of 165 B.C. began. In 1967 it was called the 6-day miracle-war when the small nation of Israel beat the entire Arab World in only 6 days. I think what this has done for me has brought home again the fact that we serve a miracle working God and He is not out of miracles. We seem to be in an impossible situation with the whole world turning against us, with the likes of Tony Blain who is so influenced by the Islamic powers to be in his own country he is now traveling the Middle East telling everyone that all the problems are because Israel exist, or that if Israel gave up its land all would be well. Well get used to it for that will be the message of all the worlds politicians before long. And the News Media is already indicating that as a fact, as if the Iraq, Iran, and all the rest of the Islamic countries problems is some how our fault. That if somehow the Western World could solve the Israeli/Palestinian problem the entire world would be at peace. What they don’t recognize is, that they are falling right into the Devils trap, but then isn’t that what should happen in the end times according the Bible. Zechariah 14:2.
But there is something else that is troubling me, Believers are chasing after knowledge more than seeking God and His Will for their lives. I find it hard to write an article about the needs of this ministry to those God has called to serve Him in this capacity for what they really want to hear is more and more news as if somehow it makes them smarter or something. I agree that we should know the truth of what is happening and those who have been called should keep the Believers in Yeshua informed to a degree but not to the point of total distraction from God’s calling. For what we are doing is making ourselves god-like thinking that because we have such knowledge we can somehow solve the problems, when we should be on our faces before a Holy God asking for a MIRACLE, for God is not finished with miracles. He gave the Maccabean a miracle, it took years of fighting but he allowed a small band of Jews to defeat the whole Greek Army on the very land that I find myself, a Jew who Believes in Yeshua, writing this article. We will see Jews come to realize that it is only God who can save them, God only knows what it will take to bring the present Israeli population to that realization but you can be sure it will happen. For God would not have called us to a ministry to rescue Jews if He had any other plan. It is Hanukah a time for miracles, and we certainly need one about now. And we are moving into the 40th year sense the taking of Jerusalem from the Gentiles.
I am asking you to pray about your support we need to purchase yet another and much larger boat http://www.thegoldenreport.com/asp/jerrysnewsmanager/anmviewer.asp?a=1089 the groundwork in Turkey, Cyprus and elsewhere is possibly more important. Please remember God is still in the miracle business He is supernatural, do not depend on your own understanding but believe the Word of God. To have knowledge is not bad, but to believe God is much better.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, for our son Joel and all the IDF soldiers, for this Ministry and your part in it.
Shalom, Jerry Golden
Never In Israel’s 58 Years Has The Future Looked So Dangerous.
Jerry Golden
12-23-06
There are few in the know who believe that the present political environment can go much longer without the worse and most terrible war the Middle East has ever seen. What I and many others find so hard to understand is why this worthless Israeli Government sits still and waits to be destroyed when they are now able to preemptively do something about the build up of arms and weapons in Lebanon by Hezbollah and the Russian arming of Syria with long and mid range missiles. Russia is also sending more of the anti-Tank weapon that killed so many of our boys in Lebanon in this last war, that we lost to a Terrorist Group thanks to the worse leadership Israel has ever had.
But this Russian anti-tank weapon has taken away from Israel the advantage we have had with our superior tanks. Bashar Assad of Syria is speaking out of both sides of his mouth, telling the international press that he wants peace with Israel and at the some time telling his people that they will destroy Israel. In fact the Syrian people have been whipped into a frenzy of hatred towards Israel and demand that their government attack Israel. Their reasoning is if a Terrorist group (Hezbollah) can defeat the IDF surely we can.
The UN and the Multi-National Forces in Lebanon have not only sit still and allowed daily truck convoys of weapons to enter southern Lebanon rearming Hezbollah they have actually been coving for them. The French multi-national forces have threatened to shot down IAF planes that have been flying surveillance over Lebanon to try to keep an eye on the movement of arms. It is now known that Hezbollah has not only replenished the arsenal of missiles but now have improved and longer range missiles supplied by Iran and shipped through Syria.
With the US Navy 5th and the 6th Fleet now in the Persian Gulf Iran is getting very nervous, they are not crazy enough to attack the US Navy, but they have shown their hand in what they do intend to do. For the past year or more Iran has been supplying arms and money to Hezbollah and Hamas, Egypt has for all intent and purposes opened their border into Gaza in order to arm Hamas. Iran has spent untold amounts of money rearming Hezbollah and seem to be in a big hurry to get that accomplish. The hurry is obvious, they want to unite the Islamic Arab World behind their effort to destroy Israel in order to usher in their messiah the 12th Imam that Ahmadinejad openly says that Allah called him to do.
From what I have been able to gather from Mossad and Shem Bet here in Israel they don’t believe it will happen before the early part of this coming summer. That could be a terrible mistake as well because the enemy is also reading these intelligence reports
Early this morning I drove by a place that is known to have nuclear “things”, I will of course leave the name of the place nameless, but I can tell you that for a Sabbath there was certainly a lot of military activity in that area. I also noticed that the very large satellite disks that are usually pointed towards the north, and west, were today pointed towards the east as if to be ready for anything coming from Iran. I never see Tank carriers moving in this part of Israel on a Sabbath, but then this was no regular Sabbath. So to say things are a little more than the usual uneasy around here would not be the truth. And for those who think I am disclosing something I shouldn’t I’ve said nothing that is not common knowledge around here. In fact, the whole world knows Israel is getting ready for what is coming at us.
If you’re interested in what I think I will tell you. Hamas, Hezbollah, along with Syria all at the same time will open up with everything they have holding back nothing. To make sure that Israel is overwhelmed and at that time we will see Iran launch their missiles at us. And once again we will see Egypt coming with all their American supplied weapons across the Sinai Desert right at us, including their F-15’s and F-16’s loaded with USA bombs.
For something interesting to think about, we read in Zechariah 13:8 AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, THAT IN ALL THE LAND, SAITH THE LORD. TWO PARTS THEREIN SHALL BE CUT OFF AND DIE; BUT THE THIRD SHALL BE LEFT THEREIN. :9 AND I WILL BRING THE THIRD PART THROUGH THE FIRE, AND WILL REFINE THEM AS SILVER IS REFINED, AND WILL TRY THEM AS GOLD IS TRIED; THEY SHALL CALL ON MY NAME AND I SHALL HEAR THEM: I WILL SAY, IT IS MY PEOPLE; AND THEY SHALL SAY, THE LORD IS MY GOD.
Today two thirds of the entire population of Israel lives in the area of Tel-Aviv, which will be the main target of Iran in their attack. Along that coastal region is the most secular part of Israel. You well find that most to the observant Jews live in or around the Jerusalem area or in the hills that surround that city. I’ve given this a lot of thought before writing to you about it. The above Scripture makes a lot of sense when you consider the demographics of Israel in this light. What I’ve always found amazing is how God can get the most ungodly men too march to His Word. For example surely Assad of Syria is aware of Isa. 17:1 but it seems he is marching right into his own destruction. For you can be certain that Israel will totally destroy Damascus in fact, there is a very real possibility that much of what is now Arab country will be turned into a glass factory. You see we have no place to go, this is it for us, this is why we much win this next war, not to mention to restore the confidence of the Israeli people in the IDF. Simply speaking losing is not an option.
Another amazing thing, even with the knowledge of what is about to happen around here, Jews are moving to Israel by record numbers even from the US. France is about to turn completely over to Islam within the next few years. Britain has all but surrendered to Islam and to make sure they do you will see terrible terrorist attacks there in the near future. All the above will give the European Jews no other place to run to but Israel. But with the anti-aircraft weapons now in the hands of Hamas and Hizbollah (thanks again to Russia via Iran) it will not be long that no commercial planes will be flying into or out of Israel. The only possible way will be by boats and large passenger ships would be easy targets as well, just like God has shown us long ago smaller wooden vessels will be the only possibly way for many Jews to get home to Israel, isn’t God great. The vision God gave me several years ago that so many didn’t understand but can now see that we will be offering the only possible way for many and God willing we will save many.
The real question is will enough of God’s people be willing to sacrifice in time before it’s to late, both to purchase the larger boat, do the ground work, and before their money will not be worth anything anyway.