WORLD AT WAR: 10.19.24 - Israel Is Getting Ready to Strike Iran, And Once That Happens Everything Will Change

Israel Is Getting Ready to Strike Iran, And Once That Happens Everything Will Change- by Michael Snyder - https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/israel-is-getting-ready-to-strike-iran-and-once-that-happens-everything-will-change/ At this moment, we are still waiting for the other shoe to drop. On October 1st, Iran launched approximately 200 missiles at Israel, and many of them hit their targets. Since that time, Israeliofficials have been promising that there will be a very strong military response. Could that military response include a strike on Iran�s nuclear program? That is what former prime minister Naftali Bennett wants, and he is the most popular politician in Israelright now. There has also been speculation that Iran�s oil fields could be hit. But earlier this week it seemed like that was out of the question, because CNN was reporting that the coming Israeli strike on Iran would be �limited to military targets� only� Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have assured the US that a counterstrike on Iran will be limited to military targets rather than oil or nuclear facilities,according to a source. Other media outlets were reporting the same thing, and many of us trusted those reports. But now Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made it abundantly clear that those reports were not accurate� Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a swipe at President Biden�s administration Tuesday, stating firmly that Israel � not the U.S. � will decide how best to retaliate against Iran�srecent aggression. Biden administration officials have urged Israel to show restraint against both Iran and Hezbollah, the terrorist proxy group operating in Lebanon. Netanyahu�s regime has mulled action againstIran since it fired roughly 200 missiles into Israeli territory on Oct. 1. �We listen to the opinions of the United States, but we will make our final decisions based on our national interest,� Netanyahu said in a statement. Israel is going to strike Iran. When it happens, we shall see what targets they have decided to hit. Of course the Iranians have pledged to hammer Israel no matter what type of attack happens. And if Iran sends more missiles into Israel, the Israelis will strike Iran even harder than they did the first time. We are rapidly approaching a point of no return, and the all-out war between Israel and Iran that I have been warning about for years is at the door. Needless to say, the Israelis and the Iranians are not talking to one another directly, but there had been hope that the U.S. might be able to get the Iranians to restrain themselves. Unfortunately, any hope of that happening appears to be gone because Iran has �halted indirect talks with Washington� at this stage� Tehran has halted indirect talks with Washington due to the escalating regional tension, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday, as Israel continued to plan a retaliatory strikeagainst his country. �Currently, we do not see any ground for these talks, until we can get past the current crisis,� Araghchi said while visiting Oman, which has played an intermediary role in the talks. Hiscomments were reported by Iranian state-owned news outlet Press TV. �Oman has always contributed greatly to solving the regional problems; and regarding Iran and the US, it has always tried to play a positive role in conveying a message or preparing the groundfor negotiations,� he said. Once Israel sends missiles into Iran, there will be no going back. Of course a point of no return between Israel and Hezbollah has already been crossed. Israeli forces have been conducting ground operations in southern Lebanon, and Netanyahu is pledging that his nation will continue �to hit Hezbollah mercilessly in all parts of Lebanon�� �We will continue to hit Hezbollah mercilessly in all parts of Lebanon � also in Beirut,� Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed during a visit to the Golani training base near Binyamina,where four IDF soldiers were killed in a drone strike on Sunday. �We are fighting a tough campaign against Iran�s Axis of Evil that wants to totally destroy us,� Netanyahu said. �They won�t make it. We keep fighting. We pay painful prices, but we have tremendousachievements � and we will continue to achieve them.� About five million people live in Lebanon, and approximately one-fifth of them have been instructed to evacuate from their homes by the IDF� Around a fifth of people in Lebanon have fled their homes, and around a quarter of the country is under Israeli military evacuation orders, according to the Middle East director of the UnitedNations Refugee Agency. Lebanon�s entire population is around 5 million people. Hezbollah has been wounded, but it is far from defeated. I am expecting the fight for southern Lebanon to be quite dramatic. Meanwhile, the Jerusalem Post is reporting that two IDF tanks actually entered Syrian territory on Monday� Two Israeli tanks crossed into Syria on Monday, according to Israeli media, citing Syrian reports. Acoording to the reports, the tanks positioned themselves near the border town of Kwdana/Kodna, south of Quneitra, which has been the site of several tank battles, most famously in the 1973Yom Kippur War. So far, the Jerusalem Post is the only major outlet that I have seen report this. If this is true, Israel could also soon find itself directly fighting the Syrian military. Is the IDF spreading itself too thin? We shall soon find out. Meanwhile, there have been some very alarming developments on the Korean peninsula. The North Koreans have destroyed a very important road that was supposed to be used as a major highway when the two countries eventually reunited, and they are warning that �war may breakout any moment�� North Korea has warned that �war may break out any moment� after South Korea allegedly flew drones into Pyongyang � and it retaliated by destroying roads linking the countries. The stark warning came after the country�s foreign ministry claimed that South Korean drones carrying propaganda leaflets critical of leader Kim Jong-un had flown over the North Korean capitalPyongyang three times. They claimed that the drones carrying leaflets filled with �inflammatory rumours and rubbish� were flown over the city on October 3, 9 and 10. The North then blew up sections of road that, while not in use, are seen as symbolic of efforts to improve ties and, eventually, reunite the peninsula. I have not written much about rising tensions on the Korean peninsula because I have been so focused on the Middle East, Russia and China. But there is no doubt that this is a very serious situation. The North Koreans are well prepared for an invasion of South Korea, and if Kim Jong Un senses an opportunity he may pull the trigger. Needless to say, the Biden administration is desperate to keep another major conflict from erupting right now, because another major conflict would make the Democrats look bad. This is especially true for the Middle East. If Iran and Israel start lobbing lots of missiles at one another, that could be the biggest �October surprise� that we have ever seen. ------------------------------------------------ Soon To Be Face to Face with A Nuclear Iran, What Is Israel�s Next Move? � By Mark Hitchcock - https://harbingersdaily.com/soon-to-be-face-to-face-with-a-nuclear-iran-what-is-israels-next-move/ Again, all eyes are on Israel. Shortly after Iran�s barrage of nearly 200 ballistic missiles toward Israel on October 1, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, �Iran made a big mistake tonight � and it will pay for it. The regime in Tehran doesnot understand our determination to defend ourselves and to exact a price from our enemies.� The whole world is waiting for a response from Israel. Will it be a severe response or simply symbolic? Israel has several options at its disposal�and they could carry out one, a combination, or all of these possibilities. Israel may hit Iran�s oil infrastructure. Iran�s oil infrastructure is the main source of revenue for the terror-funding nation. Israel�s purpose in knocking this out would be to cut down the flow of money into Iran and greatly curtail its ability to keep funding its proxies like Hezbollah, Hamas,and the Houthis. Israel may target Iranian leadership. Israel could possibly set conditions for regime change. We know they have been eliminating leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah. If Israel targets leaders in Iran, it could include: •The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei •The ruling Mullahs in the regime •The new Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian •Senior IRGC Commanders All of these individuals could be in Israel�s sights to try to destabilize the leadership in Iran. There was an interesting quote from the exiled Crown Prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi. The Crown Prince is the eldest son of the last Shah of Iran, who was deposed during the Islamic Revolution. In an interview with CBN, Pahlavi said that he believes Iran isripe for a revolution. Israel might seek to destabilize the leadership in Iran enough that it could give rise to a revolution that would depose the Mullahs� regime. Israel may hit Iran�s nuclear facilities. This is the most complicated and dangerous of the options. It�s also the one that is the most risky in terms of success. The New York Times has a headline this week that says, �Washington Worries the Israelis Will Bomb Iran�s Nuclear Sites. But Can They?� President Biden is advising Israel not to hit these nuclear facilities or its oil infrastructure. Now, I don�t think Israel will likely take much heed to his advice, but there are a lot of logistical issues for Israel hitting these nuclear facilities. Firstof all, Iran is 1,000 miles away, which in and of itself is a logistical difficulty. Israel can refuel planes in the air; however, taking the kind of payload needed to hit these nuclear facilities would add a lot of complications to this kind of operation. The Iranians have been smart enough not to concentrate in one area but to have eight nuclear facilities scattered all over the country. Let me give you an idea of how difficult this would be. One of these nuclear facilities is located in a place called Natanz,which is reported to be �a hardened Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) covering 100,000 square meters that is built 8 meters underground and protected by a concrete wall 2.5 meters thick, itself protected by another concrete wall.� These are hardened facilities underground. Israel does have �Bunker Busters� that they can use, but it is worth noting that they would need to drop them one on top of another, further adding to the elaborateness necessary for that operation. We don�t knowat this time whether or not targeting nuclear facilities is the road Israel plans to take at this time. Earthquake or Nuclear Test? The Economic Times has an article this week, �Unusual Earthquake Raises Alarms Is Iran Testing Its First Nuclear Bomb.� �On the evening of October 5, 2024, a 4.6 magnitude earthquake struck Iran, centered in Aradan, Semnan province, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers,� the report continued. �The quake was felt in Tehran, approximately 110 kilometers away, at around 10:45PM local time.� �Following the tremor, a weaker aftershock was reported in Israel, igniting online debates about a possible nuclear test,� The Economic Times stated. �Many social media users quickly connected the earthquake to a potential covert nuclear test by Iran. Oneuser on X (formerly Twitter) speculated, �Iran has gone nuclear since last night. They used the test bombs 10 km below the surface near Semnan to ensure minimum radiation exposure, and it resulted in a 4.6 scale earthquake which was recorded by seismographs.'� �Concerns were heightened due to the earthquake�s proximity to Iran�s nuclear facilities, prompting discussions about its implications,� they added. If that is true, and hasn�t been completely confirmed yet, that would obviously constitute a major acceleration in Iran�s nuclear capabilities. A Wall Street Journal headline reads, �A Weakened Iran Still Has a Major Deterrent: The Nuclear Option.� In the article, it states that Iran, up till now, had two main deterrents: Hezbollah and their ballistic missiles. However, over the last month, Israel has efficiently been neutralizing Hezbollah and has also been able to capture most of the ballistic missilebarrages fired into Israel. For Iran, they now only wield one possible deterrent, the �nuclear option.� The regime is likely working overtime to bring that to pass. �Eating The Elephant One Bite at A Time� Speaking of Hezbollah, this week, Israel killed two successors to Hassan Nasrallah, the former head of the terror organization. Only weeks ago, Israel took out the terror leader himself in Beruit after he had led Hezbollah for over 30 years. It was his assassinationthat was the stated reason by Iran for its retaliation against Israel�when it sent the world�s largest ballistic missile barrage toward the Jewish State on October 1. On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said: �We�ve degraded Hezbollah�s capabilities. We took out thousands of terrorists, including Nasrallah himself and Nasrallah�s replacement, and the replacement of the replacement.� Israel right now is on a mission to take out this leadership. An article in The Hill this week insisted that this attack by Israel against Iran �will not be accomplished in one large retaliatory strike, but rather a series of strikes building upon one another.� This could be a wave of strikes. One person put it this way, saying that what Israel is going to have to do is �eat the elephant one bite at a time.� I think that�s a pretty apt description of what may be getting ready to take place. Russia And Iran to Meet In �Magog� On another front, while Iran is currently crossing the nuclear threshold and awaiting a military response from Israel, the new Iranian president is meeting for the first time with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The Times of Israel, in its article �Iran president set to meet Putin for first time as clash with Israel escalates,� reported this high-level meeting planned for Friday, October 11. It will be a meeting of Central Asian nations, most of which were part of the former Soviet Union before they broke away when the USSR was split up in the early 90s. It also takes place in Turkmenistan, a nation that is very closely allied with Iran. It�s interesting to note that these Central Asian nations meeting together are all part of what is called in Ezekiel 38 �Magog.� Magog was the land of the ancient Scythians, a people who inhabited this area in what today is Southern Russia along with nationsoften referred to as the �stans�� Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. So you have Russia, referred to in Ezekiel 38 as �Rosh,� meeting with Iran, referred to as �Persia,� in the area of ancient Magog. All of this while Israel is planning a retaliatory strike against Iran. Many believe that Russia is now helping Iran with its nuclear program. Iran also has close ties with North Korea. The question is not �will Israel strike?� but �when and how will they strike?� The answer will go a long way in determining the extent and theexistence of a broader regional war. Either way, the buildup of the �Gog Magog War� continues before our eyes. The Goal of a Nuclear Iran I keep asking myself: how much longer can this go on until the lid blows off? How much longer can Iran be contained? If Iran does get nuclear weapons, that is going to be the greatest existential threat to the existence of Israel since 1948. To me, Iran�s nuclear capability is a clear sign of the impending end. Logically, if Iran gets the nuclear weapons they want to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth, how much longer can Israel really exist as a nation? As students of Biblical Prophecy,we know that Israel will never again cease from being a nation. Therefore, we also know with certainty that, nuclear weapon-wielding or not, Iran will fail in their ultimate goal. Iran obtaining nuclear weapons, to me, just pushes these end-times prophecies forward and underscores the urgency of our times and the need for spiritual preparedness. We need to be praying for Israel and for people all across the Middle East to turn to Jesus, and as their world is shaking, for them to find their hope in the solid �Rock of Ages,� the Lord Jesus Christ. I had a friend years ago that I studied the Biblewith, and he used to say, �The darker the outlook, the brighter the up-look��and if that�s true, the up-look is looking brighter all the time. -------------------- It's Not the Power Of Israel Or America That Has Changed This War It Is The Power Of God – By Amir Tsarfati - https://harbingersdaily.com/amir-tsarfati-its-not-the-power-of-israel-or-america-that-has-changed-this-war-it-is-the-power-of-god/ (Galilee, Israel) — One year. Monday morning, 6:29 AM, October 7, everything here stopped as we remembered what took place 366 days ago. That was the moment that the terrorist-group Hamas began its barrage that eventuallysent thousands of rockets toward Israel. At the same time that the projectiles were soaring toward the border, there were blood-thirsty men breaching the barrier with violence, lust, and murder in their eyes. Throughout the morning, thousands poured into Israelto carry out the worst sorts of brutality, assaults, tortures, kidnappings, and butchery that my people have experienced since the Holocaust. It’s been a hard, hard week. Emotional for me, for my family, for my nation. So many were lost on that day. So many have been lost since. Heartbreak is the legacy of evil acts. In Israel,we are drowning in heartbreak. While we mourned, our enemies celebrated. Hamas did their best to rub it in our faces. It was interesting to note, however, that while last year’s attack contained just under 4000 rockets,Monday’s attack consisted of 14. That gives you a pretty good picture of how it was for Hamas then and how it is for them now. Over the past year, Hamas has been decimated. And, because of the way that the terrorist organization imbedded themselves withinthe civilian population, both above and under the ground, the region of Gaza has also been devastated. Hamas’s intentions were to destroy our country; instead, they destroyed their own. It has taken me many months to be able to accept any positive aspects to October 7, but I can now recognize at least two good outcomes. First, it quashed the inner divisions within Israelthat were tearing the country apart. At least, it did for a time. There are still elements within the political, judicial, and military structure that are toxic for the nation. An even more important outcome, however, was that the attack exposed the criminalneglect of the surrounding threat on our borders. How else could Hamas have poured in the way that they did? There were over 200 places along the fence line with Gaza that allowed the terrorists and Gazan citizens to rush in, brutalize and slaughter innocentcivilians, then kidnap 250 Israelis back over the border. It never should have happened, and I’m appalled that our military let it occur. But we are in a new phase of our nation. There are no ostriches in our citizenry hiding their heads in the sand to the surrounding threats of our genocidal enemies. We woke up to the echoesof gunfire and realized that the attackers were in our own backyards. That is what has held this nation together through the harshness of the war in Gaza. We’ve done more than any other country in history to try to protect the innocent civilians. But there,undoubtedly, have been many deaths due to Hamas’s soulless habit of using their own population as human shields. Still, our country has kept fighting. Now, the fighting has focused on the north, and that war has been nothing short of miraculous. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that Hezbollah would be crippled in two-and-a-half weeks.Hezbollah was the terrorist group that I dreaded most. It was better funded, better armed, better trained, and was fully imbedded into Lebanese society and politics. Then came the beepers, and Hezbollah lost its balance. After that were the bombs that tookout the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, along with a host of other terrorists and Iranians, and Hezbollah collapsed to the ground. In less than three weeks, 85% of their feared rocket launching capabilities were damaged or destroyed. This is not the powerof Israel or the United States that has done this. It is the power of God. And speaking of the power of God, how’re things going in Tehran right now? The largest ballistic missile attack in the history of planet earth, and Israel lost one Arab who was crushed bya blown-out missile husk while wandering around outside in Jericho. God said He would protect His people, and that is exactly what He did. Now, Iran is in trouble. They are bracing for a response, as they spout off threats and even spread rumors of a nuclear test. And they are right to be scared. Israel is going to retaliate.But where? One option is to go after oil and gas facilities in a harsh economic attack. A second possibility is to hit missile and military bases. Third, we could assassinate key leaders, a skill for which we’ve shown a certain penchant. Or, four, we couldwipe out Iran’s nuclear program. While I think it will likely be options one and, maybe, two, I wish it could be four. But with the current administration in the United States White House, it can’t happen. Biden and Harris are too afraid to make Iran mad,and we quite simply cannot destroy Tehran’s nuclear program without the help of the United States. The types of bombs needed, and the specific delivery systems are not part of our current arsenal. So, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is kind of stuck between what he can do and what he knows really needs doing. Imagine what might have happened just this past week if Iran already hadnukes. While Bibi mulls over his decision, the Biden White House is doing all it can to undermine him. The president invited Defense Minister and Netanyahu rival, Yoav Gallant, to the White House to discuss strategy. When word got to the prime minister, heput a kibosh on that trip. It is undermining U.S. actions like this that demonstrate why so many in Israel are anxiously watching November’s elections in America. The person in the White House matters greatly to us. I would suspect that if Donald Trump makesit back into the Oval Office, then by January 2025 Iran’s nuclear scientists better start scurrying from their underground bunkers. One year in and we’re now fighting on direct fronts. We have the battle in the West Bank that keeps spilling over into individual terrorist attacks. Just yesterday in Hadera, a West Bank Arabwent crazy with a knife and stabbed six people, two of them critically, before he was permanently put out of commission. In Gaza, the IDF is pushing the population through the humanitarian area to the south, in order to establish a northern Gaza buffer zone.There will no longer be any terrorists on our southern border. In Lebanon, Hezbollah is finally interested in a ceasefire without connecting it to any ceasefire in Gaza. Israel, however, responded, “Not so fast. You want a ceasefire in Lebanon? Get ourhostages back from Gaza.” This was brilliant, because when you take a step back you can see who is really on the spot. It’s Iran, the puppet master of the proxies. Truly a genius move! God has given humanity free will. When people use that free will to do evil, God will step in and say, “Yeah, you’re going to pay dearly for that. However, in the meantime, I will use forgood what you intended for bad.” That theological truth is on bold display in the Middle East. If the planned terror attacks had gone according to Iran’s timetable instead of Hamas’s inexplicable, attention-seeking premature start, the results could have beendevastating for the entire nation of Israel. If the necessarily impossibly-precise interworking of Israel’s missile systems – Iron Dome, David’s Sling, and Arrow – hadn’t miraculously worked with such impossible precision during Iran’s April and Septemberattacks, hundreds and maybe thousands of Israelis would have been killed or wounded. And, perhaps, most amazing of all, what might have happened if God hadn’t taken a mass of conscripted Gen-Z young adults and melded them into what might possibly be the mostpowerful fighting force our nation has ever seen? This is a generation of lions, of victors. They are truly incredible. Bible believers should not be surprised at what they are seeing in the Middle East right now. It fits into God’s prophetic timeline hand-in-glove. Iran needs to be beaten down so that theywon’t trust their proxies anymore. That is what will turn them to a stronger coalition made up of Russia, Turkey, and some African countries. United together, they will attack Israel. When they do, it will not be the IDF or the prime minister or America whowill fight the battle. It will be the Lord of Hosts, and it will be a supernatural victory that God will win for us. The people of Israel will be astonished and will begin looking for the Messiah. That’s when a new leader will arise who will be strong andwise enough to work out a deal for a new temple. The Jewish people will flock to him and celebrate him, at least until he demands that he be worshipped as a God. Panic will arise among many, and a number of the Jews will flee to a place that God has preparedfor them until the time of that antichrist is over. It is then they will see Jesus returning with His church. They will recognize Him as the one that their ancestors pierced, they will mourn for Him and what they did to Him, and they will repent and receiveHim one by one as their Messiah. That, my dear friends, is what the Bible says is in store for Israel. As we watch the events in the Middle East, what can the church do to help? Let me put it this way. If you take all the rockets that fell on Israel from the beginning of the war and all theballistic missiles that flew from Iran – both times – and you accumulate all their power to kill, then you look at how many Israelis actually were killed, it doesn’t even make sense. Just like the birth of Israel doesn’t make sense to some people, so the survivalof Israel doesn’t make sense to others. My only explanation is that the effective and fervent prayer of a righteous person avails much. When you pray for Israel, you are carrying out the most powerful act possible. Stronger than the weapons from France or Britain or America or Germany, the prayers of the church are what willkeep Israel together and safe. So, that’s what I’m asking of you. When two or three of you are gathered together in God’s name, pray for Israel. You will be amazed at the power your faith wields. --------------------------------------- Alliance Of The End?: The President Of Turkey Asks Russia, Syria And Iran To Unite Against Israel - by Michael Snyder - https://endoftheamericandream.com/alliance-of-the-end-the-president-of-turkey-asks-russia-syria-and-iran-to-unite-against-israel/ War is in the air, and we are seeing some very interesting alliances form. As you will see below, the Russians and the Chinese continue to strengthen ties with one another, and this is something that I have been anticipating for many years. Meanwhile, thepresident of Turkey is calling for a very alarming alliance of military powers in the Middle East. On Saturday, he told the press that he is urging �Russia, Iran and Syria� to form a united front to protect �Syria�s territorial integrity�� Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoǧan told local media on Saturday that Russia, Iran and Syria should do more to protect Syria�s �territorial integrity.� �It is essential that Russia, Iran and Syria take more effective measures against this situation, which poses the greatest threat to Syria�s territorial integrity,� Erdoǧan said when asked about the recent alleged Israeli airstrike in the nation�s capital,Damascus. Obviously Iran and Syria are already working very closely together. But we shall see what Russia and Turkey decide to do. The Russians definitely have their hands full with Ukraine, and so they don�t really have resources to spare for a war in the Middle East. And Turkey is a member of NATO, and that status would certainly be jeopardized if Erdogan decided to jump into this conflict. But as for Iran and Syria, they are already essentially at war with Israel. The IDF is constantly bombing targets inside Syria, and the Iranians recently launched about 200 missiles into Israel. Now we are waiting for the Israeli response, and Iran has already told the Biden administration that it will respond in kind to any Israeli attack� Iran has informed the United States that it will retaliate against any new attack by Israel, a source in Tehran told CNN. Iran�s government has also been engaging in urgent diplomatic efforts with countries in the Middle East to gauge whether it can reducethe scale of Israel�s response to its missile attack earlier this month and � if that fails � help protect the capital, sources say. Nobody is backing down this time. The final showdown between Israel and Iran has arrived, but both sides don�t seem to fully realize this yet. Meanwhile, the IDF continues to bomb the living daylights out of Hezbollah targets all over Lebanon� Israel expanded its targets in its war with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 21 people in an airstrike in the north, health officials said, while millions of Israelis took shelter from projectiles fired back across the border. So far the main focus of Israel�s military operations in Lebanon has been in the south, the Bekaa Valley in the east and the suburbs of Beirut. I am expecting some really big escalations in the coming days. But for the moment we are still waiting for the next big shoe to drop. At the same time, the Russians and the Chinese just continue to develop closer ties with one another� Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov arrived in Beijing Monday for talks with his Chinese counterpart, who called for strengthening military cooperation between the two countries. Moscow and Beijing have forged closer ties since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, an alliance that has sparked anxiety in the West as both countries seek to expand their global influence. How many years have I been warning about a very strong alliance between Russia and China? This is precisely what we have been anticipating, but very few people in the western world seem to be alarmed about what is happening. Despite all of the money that we have poured into Ukraine, the Russians are winning that war. At this point, the Ukrainians are so desperate for manpower that they are literally dragging young men out of restaurants, clubs and bars in front of everyone� Ukraine�s military recruiters have launched targeted raids in Kyiv, detaining those whose documents do not comply and press-ganging them into the army. Video footage captured the moment two men were dragged away by officers as they exited the Palace of Sports on Friday where Ukrainian rock band Okean Elzy played. One concertgoer could be seen struggling and shouting �Get away from me!� at three policemen as they pulled him towards the recruitment desk set up outside the venue. A series of raids were carried out at restaurants, clubs, bars and a concert hall in the capital city, according to reports. Of course the Ukrainians have been quietly doing this sort of thing for a long time, but now they aren�t even trying to hide it anymore. On the other side of the world, the Chinese just surrounded Taiwan with warships and fighter jets� On Monday China has launched large military drills encircling the self-governing island of Taiwan, which Taipei has blasted as an �unreasonable provocation�. China�s PLA military deployed warships and fighter jets to send a �stern warning� against �separatistacts of Taiwan independence forces�. The PLA Eastern Theater Command deployed joint operations of the army, navy, air force and rocket force. These assets have been largely concentrated in the Taiwan Strait, as well as surrounding Taiwan. �The joint drills focused on sea and air combat readiness,blockading key Taiwanese ports and areas, and assaults on maritime and ground targets,� described the eastern theatre command�s spokesperson, senior captain Li Xi. The good news is that this was just a military exercise. The Chinese are practicing for a future blockade of Taiwan, and just before the military exercise commenced a video was released that boldly declared that the Chinese military is �prepared for battle at all times and can fight anytime�� Just before these fresh drills, China�s military issued and circulated a propaganda video entitled �prepared for battle� on vairous social media accounts. The about one-minute video features fighter jets, warships and amphibious assault vessels taking tothe air and sea near Taiwan. Mobile rocket launchers are also seen being maneuvered and made ready for attacks. Text associated with the video said Chinese forces are �prepared for battle at all times and can fight anytime.� A blockade will probably be the very first step that the Chinese take when they decide that it is time to forcibly �reunite� with Taiwan. And the moment that they establish such a blockade, the U.S. and China will be at war. Sadly, that could happen a lot sooner than most people think. Like I said at the beginning of this article, war is in the air. We are so close to the unthinkable, and our window of opportunity to avoid a global nightmare is rapidly closing. ------------------------ Psyching Out Israel�s Enemies � Terry James - https://terryjamesprophecyline.com/2024/10/13/psyching-out-israels-enemies/ To �psych out� means to insinuate a sense of intimidation into the psyche or cognitive process. At least that term encompasses the achieved ramification, to my way of intended meaning. Perhaps you might think of better examples, but here are a couple. Bobby Fisher, an undefeated chess champion in the early 1970s, was a reclusive, thus unknown, player who many say �psyched out� his Russian-Soviet opponent, Boris Spassky, in their July 1972 world championship match. Fisher was a strange, eccentric man holdinganti-Semitic views. His brooding reclusiveness and odd ways apparently had a tendency to intimidate opponents who had to face him in their matches. Another, more familiar, case of �psyching out� opponents might be when Goliath, the giant warrior, intimidated the Israelites�that is, until he came up against young David, Israel�s future king. And this brings us to thinking about recent cases of Israel�s enemies who seek to destroy the Jewish nation and eradicate the chosen people of God. We�ve witnessed God dealing with Israel�s enemies within the past few weeks in ways almost as dramatic as when He dealt with them in Israel�s ancient past. And I�ve mentioned recently Israel�s defense force bringing Iran�s nuclear-weapons program to a standstill by introducing a computer worm called Stuxnet into the technology used to run Iran�s centrifuges. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has consistently said Iran never will be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. Implied within that statement is the threat of using whatever military or other means necessary to keep the Israel-hating Iranian regime fromdeveloping nuclear bombs. This threat, and Iran�s insistence on using proxies to harass and attack the Jewish state and its people through actions such as on October 7, 2023, has the diplomats of the world in a near panic. To this point, the all-out war that might be necessary to destroy Iran�s nuclear weapons hasn�t happened. Israel has, it seems, been able to thwart Iran�s destructive intentions. As stated above, we saw this with Stuxnet some years ago, and we continue to see Israel�s almost-magical thwarting of the genocidal aspirations of Iran and its proxies. The remarkable feat of causing the Hezbollah pagers and other communications devicesto explode almost simultaneously, killing many terrorists and wounding many others, has put, it seems, an even more virulent �worm� than Stuxnet into the nefarious minds of the devilish Israel haters. The following excerpt demonstrates the effects of this mind virus. If not such a serious matter of keeping Israel from the dastardly plans of the likes of Iran�s regime leaders, it would be hilarious to consider the paranoid reaction Israel�s �magical� doingshave inflicted on those devoted to the destruction of the Jewish state and people. As Israel continues to demonstrate impressive intelligence capabilities by eliminating much of the leadership of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, some of its enemies are reportedly attributing supernatural powers to the Jewish State. Iranian opposition news site Iran International published a recording from a televised interview given by an Iranian cleric close to the Ayatollah�s regime accusing the Jewish people of trapping and employing jinn, or genies, for three thousand years, aswell as using science fiction technology. Iranian Shia seminary teacher Mostafa Karami claimed, �Considering the Zionists� history of subjugating genies, they carry out many of their missions through this means, and demons are their secret army.� �They [the Jews] have had access to genies and cosmic science since the time of David and Solomon,� he added. �Historically, they have always used genies, their documents and traditions proved that. They have used genies and demons for warfare and intelligenceoperations throughout history.� Karami detailed his magical conspiracy theory in response to the elimination of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah last week. (Arutz Sheva, �Iranian Cleric: �Jews have had access to genies since Davidic time�,� Israel National News) It�s amusing that this Islamic cleric fanatic believes in Israeli magic. He isn�t far from wrong, in that it is supernatural in its reality, rather than the nonexistent �magic� to which he attributes Israel�s ability to perform things that seem miraculous. In fact, the feats are miraculous. The God who calls this strange miracle nation His �chosen people� has imbued Abraham�s seed with His own power at points in history of His own choosing. So the Islamic Jew-haters have had their evil minds invaded by the �magic� worm, as the cleric has complained. They�ve been �psyched out� by the God of Israel, about whom the Holy Scripture says: �Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber norsleep� (Psalm 121:4). All of this involving hatred of Israel and the Jewish people at this moment means Jesus is about to intervene against the evil ramping up in the Middle East as well as in the rest of the world. That intervention will be the Rapture of all believers into Christ�s presence in the clouds of Glory. You don�t want to be left behind when that any-moment call to believers is made. Here, once again, is how to go to the Lord and to Heaven when that call issues forth, as Jesus told about in John 14:1�3. That if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and will believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Romans10:9�10) ---------------------------