Then I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a day’s wages, and three quarts of barley for a day’s wages, and do not harm the oil and the wine.”

We certainly haven’t reached that point yet.

But are we on the way there?

In this article, I would like to share what has been going on with a number of our most important agricultural commodities recently.

For example, poor harvests in Brazil have caused the price of orange juice to approximately double over the past 12 months…

Prices of the breakfast staple have been climbing rapidly in recent years, partly driven by declining output in Florida — the main producer of orange juice in the U.S. — and climate-fueled extreme weather in the main orange producing areas of Brazil.

The South American agricultural powerhouse is the world’s largest producer and exporter of orange juice, which means it plays a hugely influential role in shaping the global industry.

The benchmark frozen concentrated orange juice futures, traded on the Intercontinental Exchange in New York, closed at $4.77 per pound on Wednesday. That’s nearly double the price registered a year ago.

Prices have gone so “bananas” that some orange juice producers are actually “considering turning to alternative fruits”…

Orange juice makers are considering turning to alternative fruits such as mandarins as wholesale prices have “gone bananas” amid fears of poor harvests in Brazil.

Prices of orange juice concentrate reached a new high of $4.95 (£3.88) a lb on futures markets this week after growers in the main orange producing areas of Brazil said they were expecting the harvest to be 24% down on last year at 232m 40.8kg boxes – worse than the 15% fall previously predicted.

The price of coffee is also going haywire.

So if you love coffee, I would stock up now while you still can.

Thanks to extremely dry conditions in Brazil and Vietnam, coffee prices were up “sharply” this week…

Coffee prices Tuesday rallied sharply, with arabica jumping to a 1-month high. Coffee prices soared Tuesday on concern that excessive dryness in Brazil and Vietnam will damage coffee crops and curb global production. Somar Meteorologia reported Monday that Brazil’s Minas Gerais region received 5.3 mm of rain or 69% of the historical average in the past week. Minas Gerais accounts for about 30% of Brazil’s arabica crop.

Last Wednesday, coffee trader Volcafe said Vietnam’s 2024/25 robusta coffee crop may only be 24 million bags, the lowest in 13 years, as poor rainfall in Vietnam has caused “irreversible damage” to coffee blossoms. Volcafe also projects a global robusta deficit of 4.6 million bags in 2024/25, a smaller deficit than the 9-million-bag deficit seen in 2023/24 but the fourth consecutive year of robusta bean deficits.

Wheat is specifically mentioned in Revelation 6:6, and Bloomberg is reporting that a confluence of factors has pushed the price of wheat to the highest level in 10 months…

Wheat briefly touched the highest in 10 months, as cold and dry weather in major producers and the ongoing war in Ukraine deepen supply concerns.

Futures climbed as much as 3.3% in Chicago, before paring some of the gain. Analysts have been cutting production estimates for top exporter Russia in recent weeks, while Ukraine is headed for its driest May on record. Historically low rainfall in Western Australia is also adding to nervousness.

Unfortunately, this is just the beginning.

I am entirely convinced that the price of wheat will soon go far higher than it is right now.

So if you think that the price of bread is high now, just wait until you see what is coming next.

Meanwhile, the price of beef just surged to another brand new all-time record high…

Beef prices skyrocketed to a new record high this Memorial Day weekend as industry experts warn costs could continue to rise even higher if current regulatory and economic conditions remain unchanged.

Recently released data shows that “all fresh beef retail value,” a composite value based on choice beef, other beef, and hamburger retail prices, shot up to $794.90 in April, according to the Economic Research Council, the highest price on record.

The size of the U.S. cattle herd is the smallest that it has been in decades, and one rancher named Shad Sullivan recently warned that beef will soon be a luxury that only the wealthy will be able to afford on a regular basis…

“We are seeing prices at an all-time high, and it is getting close to that point when the consumer is going to say, I can’t do this anymore; it’s just too costly,” said Mr. Sullivan.

“They (officials and regulators) are trying to push these high prices as a new norm where meat is only a treat for the wealthy. That is where they are pushing us, and that is where we are going.”

You may be thinking that if beef gets too expensive you will just eat more chicken and turkey.

Sadly, chicken and turkey prices are poised to go a lot higher thanks to H5N1.

A fresh wave of the bird flu is sweeping across the nation, and Iowa Republican Governor Kim Reynolds just declared a state of emergency in one county in her state due to an outbreak there…

Iowa Republican Governor Kim Reynolds signed a disaster proclamation on Tuesday for one of her state’s counties as public health officials prepare to euthanize more than 4 million chickens exposed to a highly contagious bird flu.

The order comes after a case of avian influenza was confirmed among a large flock of egg-laying chickens in Sioux County on Tuesday by state and local agriculture officials, according to a report from CBS News.

As a result, the animals will be destroyed and their remains will be isolated in an attempt to prevent the further spread of the contagion.

In total, some 4.2 million chickens will be put down.

Just think about that last sentence for a moment.

What do you think that losing 4.2 million chickens will do to egg prices?

Everywhere you look, there are signs of trouble.  Unfortunately, this is all happening at a time when foreigners have more control over our food supply than ever before.

Foreigners now control more than 43 million acres of U.S. farmland, and this should deeply alarm all of us…

A recent map has revealed the alarming trend of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) acquiring vast swaths of American farmland, raising serious national security concerns.

Foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land expanded to approximately 43.4 million acres in 2022, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

According to the USDA, Chinese investors’ ownership of U.S. agricultural land has skyrocketed from merely 13,720 acres in 2010 to an astounding 346,915 acres by 2022 out of the 43 million acres.

Chinese entities hold ownership of farmland across 29 of the 50 U.S. states.

I have been warning for many years that global food supplies would get tighter and tighter.

Now it is happening right in front of our eyes, and hundreds of millions of people are going to bed hungry every single night.

I wish that I could tell you that things will soon get better, but I can’t.

We really are living in the end times, and the things that are written in the Book of Revelation really will take place.

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This is near the anniversary of the last time Israel was officially at war, in 1973, when she was attacked by Egypt, Syria, and others. But this was a different kind of war. Thousands of rockets rained on Israel from multiple directions. Hamas gunmen invaded by land, sea, and sky, and hundreds of people were murdered and kidnapped. They were using what we might describe as ISIS-like methods.

They specifically targeted young women and young children. They launched massive, indiscriminate rocket fire toward civilian population centers, as well as terrorist infiltration of cities and settlements close to the Gaza border. They went home to home, door to door, looking for the young and the elderly. Some of the women they took as hostages were survivors of the Holocaust.

When it’s all said and done, this number tragically will only get larger. There are 700 dead and over 2,000 wounded. This is without precedent, causing the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, to say they are now at war.

Who is Hamas? They’re a terrorist organization funded by Iran. That’s not a secret. In fact, a PR person from Hamas stated that this was funded by Iran. This is something that’s an established fact.

Iran has long stated their objective, which is to destroy Israel. An Iranian leader celebrated the attacks, putting out this message: “We will stand by the Palestinian fighters until the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem is completed.”

Iran has also signaled that they are developing a nuclear weapon. In the past, they have threatened to, in their own verbiage, wipe Israel off the face of the map.

One leader of Iran said, “Is it possible for us to witness a world without America and Zionism? But you had best know that this slogan and this goal are altogether attainable, and surely can be achieved. This regime that is occupying Jerusalem must be wiped from the map.”

It’s interesting how it always comes back to Jerusalem.

The Bible predicted 1000s of years ago that the end-times events would revolve around Jerusalem. Not Irvine. Not Los Angeles. Not Moscow. Not Paris. Jerusalem, this tiny little city, this tiny sliver of land, will play a key role in the events of the last days. It’s a focal point of end-times events.

In Zechariah 12:2-3, God says, “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.”

The irony of all of this is that the Biden administration just gave $6 billion to Iran. What a bad move it is to give any money to a nation that sponsors terrorism around the world.

But here’s where it gets interesting for students of Bible prophecy. The Bible tells us in the end times that Israel would be scattered and re-gathered. This has happened. You want to talk about signs of the times; the super sign of the last days, the sign that sets the prophetic clock ticking is the regathering of the nation of Israel into its homeland.

It happened on the heels of the Holocaust. Who would have ever thought that these Jewish people, who lost 6 million of their people to the Nazis, would somehow regather in their homeland, but it happened against all odds. On May 14th, 1948, Israel became a nation. The United States was the first nation to acknowledge the State of Israel.

In Ezekiel 37 and 38, the Bible speaks of the regathering of Israel, and then it speaks of a large force from her north attacking her. That force is identified as being led by Magog.

Who is Magog? No one can say with absolute certainty. But many, many Bible students and prophecy teachers believe it’s modern-day Russia. I think you can make a very good case for that. On a map of the Middle East, look to the north of Israel, and you will find Russia.

Why would Russia ever want to invade Israel? Well, there’s another thing that the Bible says about Magog: one of the allies that will march with her is Persia, the ancient name for modern Iran.

The Bible predicted this thousands of years ago. It’s only recently that the Iranians and the Russians have developed a special connection. Not once in the past 2,500 years has Russia formed a military alliance with Iran, but they have now signed a billion-dollar accord for the sale of missiles, and the Iranians have helped the Russians by providing them with weaponized drones to use in the Ukraine war.

How do you stop something like what is happening in Israel? Some hostages are women, little children, and soldiers. It’s very tricky.

Let’s just say, for the sake of a point, if they decided to strike at Iran, specifically because of their funding of this attack, what would that produce? It could produce the conflict we read about in Ezekiel.

I’m not saying this is going to lead to the Ezekiel 38 scenario, but I’m saying it’s very interesting. If you get up in the morning and read this headline, “Russia attacks Israel,” fasten your seat belt.

You’re seeing Bible prophecy fulfilled in your lifetime, in real-time, before your very eyes.

What should we do in light of all of this?

Did Jesus say, When you see these things begin to happen, freak out because you’re dead in the water? He didn’t say that. Jesus said, “When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh” (Luke 21:28).

I’m going to ask you to join me in prayer. The Bible tells us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. We want to pray that they arrive at some kind of peace. We want to pray that this horrific terrorism stops and that they’re able to get their hostages back. Even then, that is not going to replace the hundreds of lives that were lost in this unprecedented attack.

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Greg Laurie is an evangelist, author, and the senior pastor of Harvest Riverside.

It appears that we are, but here’s the thing. There have been those who thought they were in the end times and acted accordingly many times over the past 2,000 years. There are also those who believe the end times began the moment Jesus Christ ascended to Heaven.

With that necessary disclaimer out of the way, I believe what you are asking is if the current strings of events happening across the globe over the past couple of years are either the beginning of Biblical tribulation or signs that the Great Tribulation will take place during our lifetimes. I believe it’s somewhat likely that this is the case, and by “somewhat” I mean I’d give it about 60/40 in favor of the events described in the Book of Revelation and other books taking place during this generation on earth.

The way I choose to proceed is to focus on spreading the Gospel, fight the abundance of evil that has materialized in our world, keep my eyes open for signs that further demonstrate the end (or beginning, as I prefer to look at it) is near, and keep my heart open to guidance. Whether we’re in the Biblical end times or not, I believe the path forward remains the same. The only difference is that IF we see more Bible-affirming evidence of the end times being upon us, then that can be added to our toolbox to help prompt people to immerse themselves in the Gospel.

To recap, whether we’re approaching (or are in the middle of) the events of Revelation or not, our mission remains the same. That may seem like a copout to some since it does not obligate me to decipher current events through a lens of prophecy, but I’m a firm believer in the notion that we should always live our lives as if the end can come at any moment. The ultimate goal is to accept the gift of salvation and to help others do the same.

If we are NOT in the Biblical end times, then things have certainly gotten bad enough in the United States and across the globe to warrant drastic measures. It may be hard to imagine things getting much worse than they already are but our trajectory is not a great one. With that said, we’re also seeing victories that cannot be ignored. I am very hopeful that more people are waking up and as long as we can stay out of the emotional gutter of thinking there’s no hope left for humanity, we can overcome the multitude of challenges we face.

This is why I did a show last week and accompanying article to declare the ten things I’m personally going to be focused on going forward. At any given moment America is faced with a few existential threats. That has been the case since our founding. For whatever reason, we are currently faced with at least a dozen full-blown existential threats. Some of them could wear us down and deteriorate the nation through attrition in the coming years. Others can devastate us rapidly, sending us down a road of total chaos in the coming months.

Viewing the current state of the world through this lens allows me to decipher the news appropriately (in my humble opinion, of course). I can look for events that correlate to Biblical signs while not forcing everything to be such. In other words, it allows me to practice exegesis instead of eisegesis. For example, I can see what’s happening in Ukraine, Taiwan, and the Middle East and say this COULD be the “wars and rumors of wars” mentioned in Matthew 24:6, but I’m not obligated to attribute these wars as clear signs that the Biblical end times are upon us.

Besides, the rest of Matthew 24:6 reads, “for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.”

On today’s episode of The JD Rucker Show, I’m not going to point to this event or that event as signs from the Bible. Instead, I will be diving into my reasons for wanting to focus on the existential threats we face while offering paths through which everyone can fight the good fight.

No Fight for Good Is Futile

Whether one holds a Biblical worldview or not, it can feel like we’re spinning our wheels fighting such powerful forces. Those who see the world through the Bible can come to the conclusion the Principalities and Powers are simply too strong for us. The same can be said for secularists who see the globalist elites as holding all the cards.

It can be daunting to say the least.

Many quote Ephesians 6:12 to demonstrate that we’re not fighting against other humans but against powers much stronger than us.

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

I love to quote the Bible, but I must always remember to quote the context as well. So too should those invoking Ephesians 6:12 be cognizant of the possibility that this warning can demoralize people… unless we read the very next verse:

Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

See! We can fight this. We just need a whole lot of divine help. Thankfully, that help is provided to those who will take up their armor.

Our fight is not futile whether we are in the end times or not. Some tell me that if we’re in the end times, there’s nothing we can do to stop what’s coming. I say to them that our individual roles in what’s to come are only known to He who created us and therefore it is our duty to fulfill His will whether we think we can win or not. Knowing how it all plays out is above our paygrade. Abraham did not sulk in the doldrums of futility because he was told to sacrifice Isaac. He did as he was commanded, not knowing that his son would be spared through God’s miracles. So too must we commit to doing as we are instructed by the Bible and by the Holy Spirit that guides us. It’s when we start believing our own actions have no meaning that we sink into nihilism and despair.

The Globalists Need Willful Compliance

Keeping cattle or sheep calm before their slaughter is important, not just for the ease of handling but also for the quality of the meat itself. It’s been shown that animals that are distressed before or during slaughter do not taste as good as those who quietly and peacefully die. Today, we consider it the humane way to operate, but even the Bible mentions calm slaughtering as important for reasons that are not fully explained.

I bring this up because we know the machinations of the globalist elites require the people to be willing participants in their own enslavement or demise. This is why I balk at those who complain that my articles or shows are not offering “solutions” to the problems at hand beyond spreading the word. In reality, spreading the word and making as many people aware as possible is the best way to prevent the globalists from achieving their goals. If we can make more people recognize that events being played out before us are planned and often manufactured for globalist purposes, we have a better chance of fighting back if the time for more direct action becomes necessary.

The one thing we need as a nation more than anything else (other than God’s blessings and protections, of course) is for patriots to be as self-sufficient as possible. Today, we’re seeing the globalists use coaxing measures to get us to choose to comply. As we get closer to the full implementation of The Great Reset, we will see the choice of not complying become harder and harder to make. They need us to choose, but that doesn’t mean they will make our choices easy. Below are some of the things we need to prepare for if we’re going to be able to say “No!” I put these things in order of easiest to hardest, but even the “easiest” isn’t really that easy.

Don’t fret. If you’ve read this far then you’re already ahead of the game. You just have to make the choices necessary to stay ahead before the crap really starts hitting the fan.

Say “No” As Much as Possible

When they tell us to get into breadlines, we need people to not only be willing but able to say, “No!” This is why I’m so adamant about everyone doing what they can to become self-sufficient with their food needs, whether that means gardening, storing away food for the long-term, or other methods of achieving food independence. That doesn’t necessarily mean getting off the grid, though that’s definitely a viable option for some.

When they tell us that lockdowns are back for whatever health scare they manufacture next, we need America First patriots to be ready to say, “No!” That means we need to be willing to let go of whatever attachments are keeping us compliant. I often take criticism for not being more compassionate to those who didn’t want the jabs but got them anyway in order to keep their jobs, but I just can’t.

Nobody was “forced” to take the jabs. They made a choice to get jabbed against their wishes in order to maintain their lifestyle. And while I have no issues with people choosing the way to support themselves and their families, I do take issue with people saying they had no choice at all. Those who got jabbed against their wishes in order to keep their jobs CHOSE to get jabbed in order to keep their jobs. Own it for what it was, a choice. It may not have been an easy choice. Choosing otherwise may have made life much harder. But it’s still a choice that was made. Nobody had a gun to their head that would be fired if they didn’t get jabbed.

When they tell us to start using their Central Bank Digital Currencies, we need individuals and businesses to be willing and able to say, “No!” I have been exploring options for this with alternatives types of currencies. So far, there are a couple that are looking interesting, though not interesting enough yet for me to endorse. In the meantime, it behooves us to at the very least move some of our wealth and retirement out of the markets or digital investments and into physical precious metals. It also makes sense to make local connections as soon as possible for as much as possible. There are things that will be very difficult, perhaps even impossible to procure without the government’s new currencies. It is best to stock up on as much of those things as possible, even if only to delay the forced compliance.

When they tell us that our energy consumption is too high and they need us to ration, we need people who are willing and able to say, “No!” Of all the acts of defiance so far, this may be the most challenging because it’s not like we can run down to the local electricity-distributing ma and pa store or drill for oil in our backyards.

The resource grids, which include water on top of energy, are easily cut off to non-compliant individuals. I wish non-compliance was as easy as disabling your smart meter and pumping water from the lake down the hill, but the vast majority of Americans are not able to easily detach from the grid. This will be a major controlling factor they’ll use against the non-compliant after the crap hits the fan, so it’s important for everyone to assess their situation now and determine if there are ways to either mitigate the potential damage or avoid it all together.

When they tell us we have to show our Big Pharma-approved paperwork or app in order to get the medications or treatments our families need to survive and thrive, we need people to be able to say, “No!” This is the hardest one for many of us because it’s not like we can manufacture our own diabetes medication or perform our own emergency surgeries. Healthcare is the most difficult necessity to do for ourselves, at least for many people. With that said, we must try. That means finding alternative treatments when applicable.

Our friends at Jase Medical provide storable antibiotics, for example. Making local alliances with medical professionals is an option for some. I’m not a doctor so I cannot reasonably offer solutions to anybody, let alone everybody. All I can say is that we all should assess our healthcare needs and try to find ways to replace the current system with something achievable in case the system turns against us.

About the End Times

Discussions on what the Bible says about the end of days can be contentious between Christians, let alone those who are not believers. In the future I will be building a website and likely starting a new show that focuses on Bible prophecy, but today I recognize not everyone is ready to believe the Word of God is really the Word of God.

But discussing Bible prophecy with non-believers is actually easier sometimes than talking to Christians about it. We have a lukewarm church in the United States and oftentimes pastors aren’t discussing these times in the context of Bible prophecy for fear of losing church members. I know that every time I talk about the Bible in general and prophecy in particular, I also run the risk of losing members of my own audience. It is what it is, and while I won’t get too deep into proselytizing, I won’t hold back on my own perspectives.

Those who ARE Bible-believing Christians should be doing what we can to spread the Word. It’s not just about spreading the word about the globalist cabal, exposing Democrats, or calling out our nation’s cultural degradation. It’s about spreading the Word itself. Some aren’t very good at it. I know because I’m one of them. I don’t have a scriptural answer for every question asked of me and the times that I have attempted to proselytize, I’ve failed. But even if we simply express our faith and attribute our actions to our belief in the Bible, it is my hope that it’s something. As we read in James, Chapter 2:

18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! 20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?

No matter how bad things get in this world, we know that the next world will be an unimaginably better place for us. The Adversary needs us to feel defeated in order to defeat us. Just as I won’t risk leading people astray by declaring our current situation is the beginning of the end of days, I also won’t deny what seems crystal clear, which is that things certainly seem to line up pretty darn well right now with Bible prophecy. Whether you think these are the end times or not, whether you believe the Word of God or not, know this: We all have to fight the good fight for ourselves, our family, our communities, and our nation. This battle isn’t the one we want to sit out.

When it comes to end times prophecy, I am always on the lookout while also always being very skeptical about it all. Discernment is key; we should be like the Bereans who “received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Just as it’s a best practice to question everything we hear from media or government, it’s also a best practice to test every so-called “prophetic” event against the Word itself.

I do not know for sure if there is any Biblical significance to the red heifers that were brought to Israel, but I am very certain that many people will believe there is significance and therefore they will act upon it. That is why it behooves us to keep an eye on the story below because decisions will be made and actions will be taken surrounding this very unusual occurrence.

I cannot say for sure if we’re in the end times. It certainly seems like we are and I am proceeding with that premise in mind in all my actions. Thankfully, my path is pretty much set whether we’re in the end times or not. If we are, then I believe it’s right to spread the Gospel and fight the evil in this world because we never know what our part is in everything. If we are not in the end times, then I believe it’s right to spread the Gospel and fight the evil in this world because we need to do what we can to stop it.

Here’s the article on the red heifers by Michael Snyder…

A major prophetic event just happened, and hardly anyone in the United States is talking about it.  In recent years a group of western Christians known as Boneh Israel has been working with officials from the Temple Institute to search for a perfect red heifer.  A red heifer is necessary if Temple sacrifices are to be reinstituted, but one hasn’t been seen in Israel for more than 2,000 years.  This is something that I have written about a few times over the years, because it directly relates to end times prophecies.  For a long time, the search for a perfect red heifer seemed to be going nowhere, but now all of that has changed.  On September 15th, five perfect red heifers from the United States landed at Ben Gurion Airport.  The following comes from the official website of the Temple Institute…

On Thursday, September 15, 2022, 5 PM, 5 perfect, unblemished red heifers arrived in Israel from the USA. A modest ceremony was held at the unloading bay of the cargo terminal at Ben Gurion airport, where the new arrivals were greeted and speeches were made by the incredible people who have put their hearts and souls and means into making this historic/prophetic day become a reality.

You can actually see video footage of these red heifers arriving right here.

It would be difficult to overstate the prophetic importance of this event.  In Numbers 19:1-10, we read about the very first time that the ashes of a red heifer were used…

And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

2 This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:

3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:

4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:

5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:

6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.

8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.

9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.

10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.

If you would like to learn more about the prophetic significance of the red heifer and how it ties in with the death of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on the cross, please see this excellent teaching from Jim Staley.

For ages, we have been told that the ashes of a red heifer would be required before Temple sacrifices could be resumed in Jerusalem.

And a few Jewish sources are even suggesting that some ancient practices could be resumed even before a new temple is constructed now that they have these red heifers…

According to rabbis and leaders in the Orthodox community, these heifers could be used to reinstate many of the practices of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, even before the 3rd Temple is rebuilt.

Could it be possible that a tabernacle could be set up during the time that a new temple is being built? That is certainly something to think about.

In any event, the stage is being set for the time when the Antichrist will step in and cause sacrifices to cease halfway through the Tribulation period. The reason why it has been so difficult to locate an acceptable red heifer until just recently is because the requirements are so strict.

First of all, an acceptable red heifer had to be unblemished. But here in the western world, we tag the ears of calves when they are born, and the tagging creates a blemish.

Fortunately, there was a rancher in Texas that was aware of this requirement and did not tag the ears of his calves when red heifers were born. In addition, according to Jewish tradition more than two non-red hairs would disqualify a calf.

There have been times when a calf is born 100 percent red but then develops black or white hairs as it grows older. So that is a problem. To determine whether a heifer is acceptable or not, a rabbi literally goes over every inch with a magnifying glass.

There are other requirements as well, but there is one in particular that I want to mention. The red heifers that were delivered to Israel are all between five and eight months old. But according to Jewish tradition, they must be two years and one day old to be used in a red heifer ceremony.

So they will be raised in Israel until they reach the appropriate age. And that also means that the clock is ticking. It will be some time in 2024 when these five red heifers reach the key age, and they must be used then or they won’t be able to be used at all.

That means that it is very, very likely that we will actually see a red heifer ceremony in Israel in 2024 for the first time in more than 2,000 years. And I think that it is very interesting that these red heifers have arrived in Israel just as Jewish leaders are preparing for the beginning of a new Shemitah cycle.

According to Jewish tradition, a new seven year Shemitah cycle will start at sundown on September 25th.  At that moment, literally the entire nation of Israel will shut down as Rosh Hashanah begins.

Will this be the Shemitah cycle when we see sacrifices in Jerusalem resume once again?

If so, will this also be the Shemitah cycle when the Antichrist steps in and puts an end to those sacrifices?

It should also be noted that we are also waiting for the discovery of the Ark of the Covenant to be announced.  This is something that I discussed in my most recent book, and I think that it is likely that such an announcement could take place on or around a major Biblical festival.

The Ark has been silently waiting under Jerusalem all these years, and once Jewish officials announce that it has been discovered that will greatly accelerate the need for either a tabernacle or a temple to house it.

Meanwhile, tensions continue to rise on the Temple Mount, and Israeli officials are anticipating that there will be more violence during the upcoming holidays…

A leading security official from Israel’s National Security Council said on Thursday that the Hamas terror group, which has strengthened its foothold in Jerusalem in recent years, is attempting to spark a major conflict on the Temple Mount which could escalate into a widescale conflict.

“There are constant efforts by Hamas and other [terror groups] to escalate [tensions] and create a narrative that Al Aqsa Mosque [located on the Temple Mount] is in danger and to turn Jerusalem into an explosive detonator,” Eyal Hulata, the head of the NSC, said during a conference at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) in Herzliya.

Hulata’s warning comes after Israeli intelligence officials recommended that Prime Minister Yair Lapid raise the country’s terror alert level to the highest tier possible ahead of the upcoming Jewish holidays.

We live in such “interesting” times, and I have a feeling that they will only get even more “interesting” in the days ahead.

I will definitely be on “high alert” during the Biblical festivals this year, and I believe that we should all be watching Israel very closely.

So much is happening all at once, and I believe that many prophecies will now start to be fulfilled in rapid succession.

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The stunning claim comes from Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, senior reporter for Israel365News.com, who has just released a semi-fictionalized book titled “The Master of Return and the Eleventh Light,” providing a “personal look inside the world of the ultra-Orthodox settlers and how they are doing intense personal spiritual work to bring the final redemption – and how the Arabs are murdering us for precisely that reason.”

In an interview for the book, Berkowitz took direct aim at the end-times view many Christians hold.

“I hear the Christians talk about the antichrist and the fake Temple that will arise in the end of days,” Berkowitz said.

“Christians used to believe this was the Vatican, which I can understand. Rome stole all the Temple vessels and the Vatican is patterned after the Temple. The Vatican and the Jewish Temple cannot coexist because the Vatican came to replace the Temple.”

“What I find a little strange is that no Christian has ever suggested that the Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa, which were built directly on top of the ruins of the Temple Jesus walked in, are the Temple of the antichrist. Judaism does not have a concept of the Temple of the antichrist, but to me, it seems pretty obvious that the Muslim structures are the Temple of the antichrist.”

Berkowitz, 60, was previously a motorcycle-riding chef in Manhattan’s haute-cuisine restaurants before moving to Israel in 1991, where he served as a combat medic in the Israeli Defense Forces and studied Jewish law to receive rabbinical ordination in the Jewish state.

His new book is told against the turbulent political backdrop of modern Israel and the developments that many believe are bringing the prophesied Third Temple.

Berkowitz explains the reporter, called “Eli” in the novel, is conflicted about writing news articles, and is shocked when he discovers his news service caters to evangelicals who want to hear about news from a “prophetic” angle.

Regarding the “semi-fictional” technique of the book, he noted: “It is all true, but not all of it happened exactly like I wrote it. As one of my rabbis used to say, it is true on the inside but maybe not so much on the outside. I have never really written about myself before and it may sound strange, but all the things that happened to me and around me weren’t really about me anyway.

“Jews in Israel are taking part in a new chapter of the Bible. As a journalist, I stand aside and report what I see. As a novelist, I write it as a story. Everything in the book happened pretty much the way I wrote it. But I actually took two separate periods of my life and mashed them together. To be honest, the more amazing and unbelievable parts of the book are told more accurately.”

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Asked if his book is anti-Arab, Berkowitz said: “Absolutely not. I don’t think I wrote a single anti-Arab thing. They do murder Jews but I don’t see Arabs as inherently evil or the source of Israel’s troubles. People who are on the outside think that ‘settlers’ (I use that term grudgingly) hate Arabs and live where they do in order to have a constant supply of fresh Arab children to eat for breakfast.

“I lived in Gush Etzion for 15 years and I can assure you that every single Jew who lives there does so at great personal expense for one reason; they love the God of Israel. That is the message of the book and I think that is the aspect of Israel that the media refuse to present. People who support Palestinians don’t care how much suffering they bring to the Palestinians. But they absolutely oppose the Bible and the possibility that God is keeping his covenant with the children of Jacob.”

Berkowitz says he winces at the term “settlers” because it’s “part of the anti-Israel propaganda arsenal.”

“Why not call them Israelis? Calling them ‘settlers’ makes it sound like the Jews just arrived and delegitimizes our connection to the land. ‘Occupied territories’ is grossly inaccurate, actually a lie, and is horrible. ‘The West Bank’ is a term that actually makes me laugh. It refers to a period when Judea and Samaria were illegally occupied by Jordan. Any journalist who claims that the Temple Mount is the third holiest site in Islam is lying and nothing he says can be believed.”

When it comes to matters of the Temple of God being reconstructed in Jerusalem, Berkowitz says Jews in America never talk about that.

“Of course. They are in exile,” he indicated.

“The entire world right now is focused on Jerusalem. Even [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy wanted to come to Jerusalem to negotiate with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin. That is what Jerusalem is. The dark side is trying desperately to prevent Jerusalem from becoming what it should be, what God intended. The U.N. and the International Criminal Court, even the World Health Organization, are fake Sanhedrins.”

“Jews in Israel are waking up to the Temple Mount,” Berkowitz continued.

“We learn the Torah constantly and it is impossible to do so and keep the law while ignoring how much of the law is centered around the Temple service. But the Temple service was integrally dependent on the land and the agriculture. Israelis are waking up to it, but American Jews, and I mean specifically religious Jews, have no clue, or even the possibility of understanding the Temple since they have intentionally taken themselves out of the framework of the covenant, which is focused on the land. They are like the spies who despised the land and were therefore deemed unworthy to be part of the covenant.”

Much of what Berkowitz reveals contradicts the mainstream media narrative about events in the Holy Land.

He says other authors are having their works dismissed by publishers if they mention Jews suffering from Arab terrorism, not going along with the narrative of Palestinians suffering under the “occupation.”

“The public is being intentionally lied to,” Berkowitz said.

“I strongly suspect many people prefer a lie that confirms their beliefs. But I can’t sit idly by and allow the lies to go unchallenged. I have always been the fool on the hilltop screaming out the uncomfortable truth no one wants to hear. It is unpopular but it is all I know how to do, so I am still doing it.”

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