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Wednesday, May 15, 2019
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Why I Go So Often To Israel - Now Think On This by Steve Martin
Why I Go So
Often To Israel
“Then I will reverse your exile. I will gather you
from all the nations and places where I have driven you,’ says Adonai, ‘and
bring you back to the place from which I exiled you.’ (Jeremiah 29:14, Complete
Jewish Bible)
“So why do you go to
Israel so often?” I was asked recently, after returning from my most recent time to that nation traveled many times to over the past decades. That was followed with the statement,
“Your sister asked me”, from an immediate family member. I am sure they were
wondering the same.
I am quite positive others
have thought that too. “Well, he’s just a bit …..?” I must admit that that has been
spoken by more than one too.
Why not spend the money
on a dream vacation to Hawaii, or a week-long cruise to the Bahamas; or a rented car tour throughout France or other parts of Europe? Hey, why not even a night out
at Wrigley Field, which some still hold dear to their hearts. That would only
cost a mere $200 or so, depending on seats, food, parking, and more.
Simple answer: the Lord
has given me that privilege, honor, and life’s purpose, and I know it clearly. Even
before I was prophesied as being called as a “scepter for Zion”, when I was
ordained in 2003 in the little town of Pineville (kind of like Bethlehem is to
Jerusalem in size and distance, but in this case, Charlotte, North Carolina
where we have lived the past 25 years, since 1994) it had been firmly planted
in my heart.
“Privilege?” you write?
“Called?” you ask? “Honor?” you say? What is a scepter for Zion anyway?
Let me tell you.
Since that cool, August
night at the Mackinac Island, Michigan Christian conference back in 1978,
Derek Prince with Steve & Laurie Martin Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. 1988
Having been raised a
Catholic, I had been wrongly taught that the Roman church was now “Israel”;
that all that had been promised to the Jews and their Promised Land had been
passed onto the ones Yeshua (Jesus) had called Himself to be His disciples (not
pope) – Peter and His followers. Starting just a few decades after His ascension,
and definitely by 330 AD, with the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, that church organization
has been trying to, and has accomplished much, in “de-Jewing” the very
foundation of the Judeo-Christian faith.
Having falsely claimed
this as the truth, the Replacement Theology theory, which I didn’t even know
about until a few decades ago, has consumed the masses, declaring that the
Church has replaced Israel and all the promises pertaining to it and the Jews.
That is what the Deceiver
and Liar does – he twists the truth until people, in their accepting deception,
can’t see the truth being eliminated, even as it is happening right in front of
them.
So prevalent today in
the societies of the nations worldwide, even that which has been rightly known
as blatantly wrong is now considered right. Evil has replaced good as the
accepted norm.
When it comes to Israel
and the Land belonging to the Jews, as given to them by the Creator of the Universe, God Almighty, it has now been long taught throughout all reporting
and newscasts that they, Israel and the Jews, are wrong, and everyone else is
right. How absurd!
It is because He is
right, stated for all ages in His Word, that I go to Israel so much. To stand
with my friends the Jews while at the same time counting myself among those who
do, and forever will, continue to do so, is a privilege and honor.
The Lord is returning
His people to their Land. It is called aliyah. I see it. I know it. I stand
with them in the midst of it, in the very land of Israel.
"For on My holy
mountain, on the high mountain of Israel," declares the Lord God,
"there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land;
there I will accept them and there I will seek your contributions and the
choicest of your gifts, with all your holy things. As a soothing aroma I will
accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands
where you are scattered; and I will prove Myself holy among you in the sight of
the nations. And you will know that I am the Lord, when I bring you into the
land of Israel, into the land which I swore to give to your forefathers.” (Ezekiel
20:40-42, NASU)
This is just one verse
out of the entire Bible where He proclaims, He will bring them back.
I believe God. I believe
in His Son, Yeshua (Jesus). I trust the Third Person of the Trinity, Holy
Spirit. Therefore, what They have had written about Israel, from beginning to end,
I don’t twist and turn for my own theological purposes. I take it for what He says it says
and go with it.
That makes it right. No one or no other will change that.
One thing I can further be
sure is this, that even as the rest of the world shakes, rattles and rolls, the Lord
reigns, His Word is true, and those who stand committed to His purposes,
knowing the end of the Book, will, in the end, see His long-time plans fulfilled.
Thank you, Yeshua. And
thank You for the friends and relationships You have established, and continue
to expand, as we bless Your people in Israel. The rewards promised are even
greater.
Now think of this,
Ahava and shalom,
Steve Martin
Founder/President
Love For His People,
Inc.
P.S. On May 10 I returned from my 20th
trip to Israel. And guess what? I brought back for you my last 58 short videos
I entitle “Walk With Me in Israel”. Watch them here on our YouTube channel: Walk With Me - Israel May 2019
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Investors May Be Laughing At China’s “People’s War” Now, But Here Is Why They Won’t Be Laughing For Long…Michael Snyder
Posted: 14 May 2019 Michael Snyder
Wall Street is still treating this crisis as a temporary trade dispute, but the Chinese see things completely differently. At this point, the narrative in China is that the U.S. has deeply insulted their national honor, and every angry statement from U.S. officials is just digging the knife in a little bit deeper. The Chinese began their retaliation to Trump’s new tariffs with some new tariffs of their own, but they won’t be stopping there.
As I stated yesterday, China literally has hundreds of different ways that they can hurt us, and the longer this crisis goes the more likely it is that they will utilize all of those weapons. And we got a hint of what might be coming on Tuesday. An editorial published in government-run media outlets boldly proclaimed that the conflict between the United States and China was now a “people’s war”… In a series of opinion pieces and on-air editorials, the country’s government-controlled media used strong and nationalistic language to reassure a shaky domestic audience that China’s economy can weather the higher tariffs imposed last Friday by US President Donald Trump.And similar sentiments were expressed on state-owned television during a prime time broadcast… During a prime time broadcast on Monday, CNN reported that the state broadcaster CCTV also aired a statement saying that China would “fight for a new world.”Amazingly, U.S. stocks actually went up on Tuesday following these remarks. Apparently, investors think that China’s new “people’s war” is pretty funny. But they won’t be laughing when China starts playing hardball with us. For example, how much pressure do you think that President Trump will feel when the Chinese suddenly announce a national boycott of U.S. goods in the middle of Trump’s re-election campaign? As CNBC has pointed out, China has implemented such boycotts numerous times before… At the height of the South China Sea conflict in 2016, China administered an unofficial boycott of mangoes and bananas from the Philippines. The region is still in dispute.In addition, a massive Chinese boycott of South Korean goods in 2017 turned out to be an immense blow to the South Korean economy. What do you think that it would do to the U.S. economy and to U.S. financial markets if China suddenly did the same thing to us? It would be absolute chaos, and Trump would feel an unbelievable amount of pressure to cave in because his re-election prospects would be diminishing with each passing day. This is a strategic advantage that the Chinese have over Trump. They don’t have to worry about the calendar, but Trump does. And Trump could not hit back by declaring a national boycott of Chinese goods because he does not have that authority. He could ask his supporters to conduct such a boycott, and undoubtedly some of them would go along, but most Americans would just continue to shop the way that they are shopping right now. If large U.S. corporations lose all access to the second largest economy in the world, it would be a complete and utter disaster for them. As Matt Egan has pointed out, the Chinese market has become “a critical growth engine” for some of the largest U.S. brands… China’s booming middle class is a critical growth engine for Boeing (BA), Apple, Nike (NKE) and other American brands. China is expected to keep growing in importance as a buyer. And America’s insatiable appetite for cheap goods has created a Chinese factory juggernaut that employs millions of workers.In 2018, Apple reported total revenue of 265.6 billion dollars. 51 billion dollars of that total came from China. Apple is extremely vulnerable, and so are dozens of other large U.S. corporations. Out in the middle of the country, many farmers are already almost mad enough to pick up their pitchforks and march on Washington because of this trade war. As a result of our deteriorating trade relationship, soybean exports from the U.S. to China have fallen from $14 billion in 2016 to $12 billion in 2017 to just 3.1 billion in 2018. Desperately hoping that things would turn around, U.S. soybean farmers have stockpiled an all-time record of almost 1 billion bushels of soybeans… Since December, when U.S. and China negotiators called a truce to tariffs and began signaling that an agreement might be reached, soybean farmers had been holding out hope that sales to China would resume, said Todd Hultman, an Omaha-based grain market analyst with agriculture market data provider DTN. In the meantime, the farmers had been storing a record stockpile of nearly 1 billion bushels.And now that trade negotiations have completely fallen apart, the price of soybeans is falling like a rock. In fact, we just saw it hit the lowest level in a decade. Needless to say, the American Soybean Association is not at all pleased with the latest developments… In a statement Monday, the American Soybean Association reacted with frustration edged with anxiety.Of course, soybean farmers are far from alone. Thousands upon thousands of farmers all over America are on the brink of financial ruin, and one J.P. Morgan analyst is describing it as a “perfect storm” for U.S. farmers… The state of American agriculture is “rapidly deteriorating” into crisis, J.P. Morgan said Tuesday, due to three factors: declining exports, a poor crop of corn and soybeans and the trade war with China.It is funny how that term keeps popping up. Without a doubt, a perfect storm is rapidly coming together for the entire U.S. economy, but most Americans are still in denial about what is happening. As for this “trade dispute”, the truth is that it isn’t going to go away any time soon. In fact, a senior official in the Trump administration just told Axios that “he can’t see the fight getting resolved before the end of the year”… A senior administration official said the differences between the two sides are so profound that, based on his read of the situation, he can’t see the fight getting resolved before the end of the year.The longer this trade war lasts, the more painful it will become for the U.S. economy. And as we move toward a presidential election year, the Chinese will increasingly be the ones with the strategic leverage. So Wall Street can laugh for now, but the Chinese are fully convinced that they will be having the last laugh in this matter. 
About the author: Michael Snyder is a nationally-syndicated writer, media personality and political activist. He is the author of four books including Get Prepared Now, The Beginning Of The End and Living A Life That Really Matters. His articles are originally published on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News.
From there, his articles are republished on dozens of other prominent websites. If you would like to republish his articles, please feel free to do so. The more people that see this information the better, and we need to wake more people up while there is still time.
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