Shalom Partner and Friend of Israel,

Peace in the Middle East Points is fragile and points to the End Times and Scripture warning of a season of "peace and safety" …before "sudden destruction" – which is a Prophetic Sign we may be witnessing unfold before our eyes! 2020 marked the beginning of a NEW move of God that sparked an awakening as many began to be more sensitive to "spiritual" awareness …especially with the world in lockdowns through Covid-19 and this continued throughout 2021 and 2022. …BUT nothing could prepare us for what was to follow in 2023 …a year of much pain for Israel and the Jewish people!  BUT it also brought to the surface what was hiding in the depths of people’s hearts across the world as antisemitism began to spread substantially and has continued throughout 2024 …and continuing in 2025 at a rate compared to the Holocaust of 1945!

God is breaking man-made systems and is using people without the "credentials" of man, and He is doing so without the approval of man! The Lord God is testing the hearts of everyone including believers - the Church, Body of Christ …and He will use people whom those will judge "of the world" or dismiss as unqualified, or not of God according to their own judgment. Clearly, we see God is dismantling oppressive hierarchy leaders and He is using both US President Donald Trump and Israeli PM Bibi Netanyahu to fulfil Prophecy whether the world likes it or not! Something is stirring beneath the surface! Nations are hearing the same sound …kingdoms trembling …governments shaking …and even wealth is shifting hands. "Brace for Impact" and watch as God suddenly removes corrupt Leaders from power most especially those who attack Israel! "He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding." – Daniel 2:21.

When did we see the first domino fall? October 7, 2023, would change the Middle East and the world forever. Israel was (and still is) facing annihilation from enemies on every border! Yes, the enemies of Israel are backed by the axis of evil led by Iran! Military experts said Israel had NO chance of survival if its foes coordinated their attack. But then, Hamas acted prematurely and their brutal assault on Israel became one of the darkest days for the Jewish people since the Holocaust. It was a horrific tragedy and a gut-wrenching attack that was clearly demonic! Yet, we must ask ourselves; "Was this all part of God’s sovereign plan?" Since Ancient Times, God has used the enemies of His people to move His Prophetic purposes forward. Babylon, Assyria, Persia, Rome …ALL were instruments in His Hand. Could Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, and their allies be playing that same role today and bringing us closer to End-time Prophecies yet to be fulfilled?

When we look at Israel’s recent victories, we should not see them as merely military or political triumphs! They are miracles demonstrating that God is NOT silent. Israel’s survival is living proof that Yahweh God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob …still watches over His people! Israel has faced a 7-front war (could say 8-front war …with South African ANC president’s LAWFARE once again but this time on behalf of UNWRA against Israel at the ICC/J Courts of The Hage) and Israel endured before and will again; Border enemies once thought invincible are being dismantled; Israel has once more calling for the annexing Judea and Samaria (so-called Westbank) with lots of criticism. Will it happen as it's land belonging to Israel? Only time will tell.; today Economic partnerships once unthinkable are forming across the Arab World. All of this looks like "peace and security" BUT Bible Prophecy tells us it is the "deceptive calm" before the storm. We are moving toward this Bible Prophecy "peace and security" at breakneck speed!

"Peace and Security" - a FALSE calm ahead …or "Brace for Impact?" Since 7 October 2023 - Israel and the Middle East have been on a collision course UNLIKE anything the region has experienced since Israel became a Nation again after 2,000 years on 14 May1948. On the surface, the tide appears to be turning toward, "peace and stability!"  Miraculously, Israel has stood against their enemies and has prevailed greatly and has brought all its border enemies to their knees including Iran. Nations that once opposed Israel are now "considering" partnerships and trade with Israel. The Abraham Accords continue to pressure and re-shape the Middle East landscape. However, we are reminded that in Islam "peace" is not what the West sees as PEACE …for Muslims, especially radicalized Islamists – it is a "Hudna" – "peace while pausing and re-arming for the next battle!"

You see, Satan attempted to speak loudly against God’s chosen (like it or not) Jewish people on 7 October 2023… But today Abba Father God is speaking much more loudly in the days ever since. God’s plan always prevails. The enemy "sows wind and they reap the whirlwind!" But let us be clear: this is NOT the "spiritual revival" many of us long for. Scripture warns that before Christ returns the world WILL enter a season of "false peace and security." A deceptive calm will convince many that "peace on earth" has finally been achieved, and just when they say "peace and safety," then SUDDEN destruction WILL come; "While people are SAYING, "Peace and safety," destruction WILL come on them suddenly, as labour pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape." - 1 Thessalonians 5:3.

Did you get that – it says "when they SAY" not even when it occurs only just speak of peace? This peace will NOT be real and will NOT last. It will be the stage-setting "peace" of Bible Prophecy. God’s Word the Bible told us it would Happen in the Last Days! The Old Testament Prophets foresaw times when leaders declared "peace" when there was NO peace; "They dress the wound of My (God) people (Israel) as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they SAY, when there is NO peace." (Jeremiah 6:14; Jeremiah 8:11) AND "Because they lead My (God) people (Israel) astray, SAYING, ‘Peace,’ when there is NO peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash!" - Ezekiel 13:10.

After 2-Years brutally long years of the Israeli hostages having suffered and starved immensely by their Gaza Hamas terrorist oppressors …and so on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles – the 8^th Day 13 October 2025 almost exactly to the date that US President Trump brokered a "peace deal" together with PM Bibi Netanyahu that can only be described as "miraculous." This NEW "peace plan" between Israel and Gaza was finalized in Egypt with Leaders from 20 Nations and agreed upon. Why do we say it is a "miracle?" You see, Hamas terrorists had agreed to release every one of the last 20 - living hostages as well as 28 bodies of those deceased! Palestinian Gazan terrorists had taken bodies of deceased Israelis on 7 October 2023 also into captivity, and many hostages had also died in captivity (ALL the woman and children hostages held hostage by Hamas were deceased).

In exchange for the hostages, Israel had to release 2000 Radical Jihadists Palestinian prisoners and murderers held by Israel! However, only the living hostages were released and some of the bodies of the deceased which was NOT according to the so-called "peace deal." Thank Almighty God for using US President Donald Trump so the last living hostages were released because for 2-years they were starved and abused by NOT only the Hamas terrorists but also local Palestinians in Gaza. They were held captive in isolation in unhygienic conditions with barely any food, water, medical assistance, beaten, lied to, humiliated and abused in tunnels underground so we could say they were chained in "tunnels in hell!" They were tortured simply for being Jewish! Please pray for complete healing, mind, soul and body, especially the last 20 hostages only released after being in isolation captivity for 738-days …they truly need our support and prayers!

We CAN’T stop Prophecy from coming to pass. Some Prophecy can only be slowed through Prayers and Intercession …BUT ultimately God’s plans cannot be stopped! Could this be a lasting "peace" for Israel for now …we do NOT believe so as the Bible says, ALL Nations WILL come against Israel! This fragile "peace" will come in a time during the Tribulation: "He (Antichrist) will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven’ (a week of years; 7 years). In the middle of the ‘seven’ he (Antichrist) will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple (3^rd Temple - yet to come) he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him." – Daniel 9:27. We read in Daniel 9:26 that the END will come like a FLOOD! True Shalom – Peace will only come when the "Prince of Peace" – Yeshua Jesus Christ sets up His Kingdom and Reigns!

Daniel explains the LAST week in a 70-week period (the final 7-years in a 490-year time span). We read in: Daniel 9:24, "Seventy weeks are determined upon the people of Israel and the holy city of Jerusalem, to finish transgression, to end sin, to be reconciled with God and to bring in everlasting righteousness." What was supposed to take place 2000 years ago, due to the rejection of their Messiah, God set Israel aside for a season, (after 483 of the 490 years had been completed) and the last 'week-of-years' (that future 7-year period of Great Tribulation), had to be postponed. The time clock paused for Israel …and the Church Age began, and, for a time, the Lord instituted the Church; "to go into all the world" and spread-abroad the Gospel of Grace - that Christ died and is risen as the sacrifice for sin. This interlude will END when the Church is removed "snatched away" at the Rapture …and then the "time clock" will re-commence for Israel …and this important 7-year Prophecy of the 70th week WILL begin to be fulfilled and Israel’s "Time of Jacobs Trouble" or 7-year Tribulation!

This counterfeit Christ will then claim that he is God and will desecrate God's holy Temple (coming 3^rd-Temple) with what Yeshua (Jesus) calls, "…the abomination that causes desolation." This act will expose the imposter as the Antichrist - and then the full force of God's wrath will be poured out, in fullest measure... on a God-hating, Christ-rejecting, Jew-despising, Christian-loathing, sinful world. God is righteous and must judge sin, but He must also judge the world in righteousness. Our sin was judged at the Cross. The wrath of God was poured out on Christ in our stead, which is why the Church WILL be removed before this "terrible day" of destruction …for we are NOT appointed unto wrath! However, an unbelieving world WILL suffer the consequences of rejecting the God who had created them and paid the price for their sin with His own blood! How shocking to realise that so many have refused to accept His Salvation, by faith?

It isn't about "rebuilding" what was lost in Gaza - It's about preparing for what comes next! Only hours after the release of the last living Israeli hostages held in Gaza and just 3 days later Hamas terrorists began brutally killing Palestinians in Gaza! While this was happening… Iran signed a sweeping agreement with Russia to build nuclear power plants on its soil, thereby solidifying an alliance that reaches beyond energy into raw geopolitical muscle. Hamas has said it won’t back down, and Isael will NOT allow them to stay in power in Gaza as they will NEVER stop killing Israeli Civilians even as they are killing their own people!

Now look at this! Two powerful forces moving the World toward shaping this path toward Bible Prophecy - "peace and security" AND both are under the control of the Hand of God: (1) Israel, against all odds, has brought its enemies to their knees. The Abraham Accords are forming "peace agreements" not only for Israel BUT throughout the Middle East. One by one, Israel, with the help of "miracles" has brought its enemies down as God’s Hand has made His people strong, reshaping the Middle East, into something NOT since 1948. (2) Global Peace Pressure is mounting, and US President Trump is using all means at his disposal to press for "peace" at any cost! Economic tools, military deterrents, and diplomacy are ALL being used to push nations toward agreements. This is all being done with a "let’s get it done now" attitude. Together, these forces are creating an environment where the cry of "peace and safety" will echo louder than ever just as the Apostle Paul warned; "For you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, ‘Peace and safety,’ destruction will come on them suddenly, as labour pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape." - 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3.

We only need to look around and realise what's going on in the once Christian Western World…. It is becoming obvious that the West has been bought, sold, and completely compromised by Islamic oil money and propaganda. Every Institution we once trusted; politics, universities, media, has been hijacked by people who don’t care about truth, freedom, or integrity. All that matters to them is the next wire transfer from Qatar or China! Western leaders who once claimed to defend Democracy …and stand with God’s Land and people Israel now bend the knee to tyrants with bottomless wallets. Qatar launders terrorism through "charity foundations," China buys off Universities, Iran floods social media with bots and useful idiots …and the rest of us are left watching civilisation rot from the inside out.

The "hive-mind" of sheer madness… The Israel–Gaza war has exposed it perfectly. It didn’t create the rot - it revealed it. Millions of people parroting; "from the river to the sea" …with NO clue what it even means, thinking they’re freedom fighters while they are literally chanting for the "genocide of Jews! Entire Governments are being controlled by godless Liberals and "Woke Generation" or Communist Socialists who back the radicals of Islam and are paid by Qatar or Iran …much like we see today in England, South Africa, Australia etc. They are too gutless to call it what it is "Antisemitism" repackaged as activism!

Meanwhile, Israel is literally standing on its own - BUT is holding the line NOT just for itself but for the ENTIRE FREE world. The next few years are going to be rough! Israel won’t fall …BUT there will be another war sooner than we can imagine! It will be infinitely worse than this Gaza one. The Arab world together with their UN, EU and Western allies will only push harder-and-harder, and the weight of the pressure will initially inevitably succeed!  The Arab states, the UN, the bought-out Western Elite, they’ll all double down as they smell weakness. They see how easily LIES spread. They’ve tested the world and seen that most people are too scared, lazy, or indoctrinated to fight back!

Let’s be real… Israeli PM Netanyahu won’t last forever and when he’s gone …Israel will need leaders made of titanium, NOT tissue paper …because "the vultures" WILL circle the very second, they smell blood! And US President Trump a true ally of Israel, also won’t be around forever either and when that shift happens, the balance of power will tilt again. Our HOPE and TRUST must ALWAYS be in God no matter who the Leader! 

However, the past 2- years 2023-2025 were just a prelude of what lies ahead! The ease with which Arab and Chinese money have overrun Western World with debt cancelations, Education, Institutions and entire Governments has been a stark reality of how our world works today. There is NO such thing as “honest Media” as a whole. Everything around us is now just a “propaganda tool” used by whoever has the most money to buy it and control it! Social media is NO different as it’s all a numbers game, and the tactic is to create enough struggle and chaos in people’s everyday lives and to distract them from paying attention to what’s happening!

Swarms of highly paid corrupt Leaders and Media flood the airwaves with enough insane LIES that if we are not AWAKE we can lose sight of what is even true or real… Literally the 2020 Covid pandemic had proved to be a TEST that hundreds of millions of people could so easily be deceived, programmed, manipulated and brainwashed and worst of all “weaponized.” The Elites are after a “generational change,” for them this isn’t just Politics …it’s a generational collapse! It’s the FINAL stage of Western “DECEPTION” Just as the Lord Yeshua (Jesus) warns us in Matthew 24 this would happen in the Last Days! Sadly, we are in an Age where “money talks louder than morality” …and where stupidity is a Political Weapon …and where the “free world” is being SOLD piece-by-piece-by its own citizens as Islam crowds the streets. People will only wake-up when the pain becomes unbearable, and by then it will be too late!

Turkey wants to replace Iran and “encircle Israel” in what could be stepping stones to “Gog and Magog” Prophecy… ErdoÄŸan’s playbook is multifaceted! Since 2006, when he welcomed a Hamas delegation to Ankara despite internal pushback and has cultivated deep ties with the Palestinian militant group, providing political shelter, operational support, and refusing to brand it a “radical terrorist” organization. After the Assad regime recently crumbled in Syria and Iran’s proxies loses power in Syria, Turkey aggressively expanded its footprint blending in with newly elected Islamist ideology with ISIS and Al-Qaeda with the same neo-Ottoman ambitions. Turkey’s backing of South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel at the Hage underscores Erdogan’s “strong anti-Israel feelings, based on deep-rooted Islamic beliefs!

The crown jewel of this strategy lies in Syria, with the fall of Bashar al-Assad handing Erdogan a golden opportunity. With Russia and Iran sidelined, Turkey is transforming the war-torn Syria by deploying 90,000 fighters from its Syrian National Army proxy. If this succeeds, securing military control, international legitimacy, and Qatar funding for Gaza reconstruction -Turkey will largely replace the Iranian dream of enclosing Israel in a more dangerous military and political ring. Syria’s border with Northern Israel is adjacent to the Golan Heights and very close to the Sea of Galilee where Israel has heightened IDF Soldiers present.

The chapters of Ezekiel 38 - , describes a Prophetic future End-time war called the "War of Gog and Magog." This event is portrayed as a Last Day invasion of Israel by" a Coalition of Nations" led by a figure called "Gog" from the land of "Magog." According to the Prophecy, this "alliance of Nations" attacks a restored and secure Israel however, supernaturally earthquakes, plagues, hail, fire occur …and internal conflict among the invaders, thus resulting in their total defeat. The purpose is to reveal God’s glory to Israel and the Nations, leading to widespread recognition of the God of Israel. This war is typically interpreted as occurring in the "latter days" or "last days," after Israel has been regathered as a Nation (which was fulfilled in 1948).

However, before this war, Israel will first be victorious over the "inner ring" of Nations to have the conditions necessary for being 'at rest' and 'dwelling securely'. If so, we MUST watch to see what comes of this current war. It could be that this Gog/Magog war comes about at the start of the Tribulation period (after the Rapture of the true Church) where Israel has signed the so called "peace agreement" with the Antichrist and thus feels secure and at ease because of that agreement. Again, time will tell!  But one thing we do see currently is an "alignment of the nations" that are mentioned in this Prophecy against Israel: Russia, Turkey and Iran. The players are moving into position!   

But did you know that there are other Prophecies also yet to be fulfilled? The Bible clearly warns that GAZA will be destroyed and left in RUINS - are we seeing this now taking place? So firstly, let’s ask ourselves again; "Is this current specific war in Gaza in Bible Prophecy?" There are Prophetic verses that speak of the destruction of Gaza. There is one verse in particular that seems to place it around the time of Israel being regathered back into the land; "Gather yourselves together, yes, gather, O nation without shame, Before the decree takes effect - The day passes like the chaff - Before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, Before the day of the LORD'S anger comes upon you. Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth Who have carried out His ordinances; Seek righteousness, seek humility. Perhaps you will be hidden in the day of the LORD'S anger. For Gaza will be abandoned And Ashkelon a desolation; Ashdod will be driven out at noon, And Ekron will be uprooted.!" -  Zephania 2:4-7.  Gaza WILL be deserted!

This Prophecy reflects on the eventual downfall of GAZA and the subsequent fulfilment of God’s plans for the surrounding Nations be destroyed and left in RUINS! What we are seeing happening now with Hamas radical Islamist terrorists attack on Israel beginning 7 October 2023 AND currently …Gaza is being left in RUINS! In this verse, we find a strong message about God’s Judgment and their ruin. Notice the emphasis on "forsaken and desolation!" It paints a solemn picture of a TOTAL destruction that is coming. God is actively declaring that these places will NOT only be abandoned BUT they will also be transformed into desolate lands that will bear NO fruit. This is a depiction of God’s Sovereignty and the "ultimate judgment" that comes upon those who oppose Him! This message carries weight even today, reminding us of God’s power to bring about change and justice in the world.

For the Jewish people, 7 October 2023 was the darkest hour since the Holocaust... The reality is that the events to come surrounding Israel are NOT easy. Very difficult days lie ahead. In fact, the day of Jacob's trouble lies ahead! But the scene first MUST be set before the Prophecies can be fulfilled. This war will be part of that stage setting. As we now know how Hamas unspeakable horrors reawakening past traumas that the Jewish people had endured in WW11.

Ezekiel 28:21-23: "Son of man, set your face against SIDON; prophesy against her and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: "‘I am against you, Sidon, and among you I will display my glory. You will know that I am the Lord, when I inflict punishment on you and within you am proved to be holy. I will send a plague upon you and make blood flow in your streets. The slain will fall within you, with the sword against you on every side. Then you will know that I am the Lord. The Prophecy Judgement on Sidon (Saida) LEBANON occurs before Psalm 83… In these dark times we can find some hope in Zechariah 9 that ALSO predicts a conflict with Syria, Lebanon (Tyre and Sidon) and Gaza and foretells the fall of the leadership of Gaza. It even mentioned freedom of captives from their prisons and the call "never again". May by the grace of God this salvation come swiftly, for the sake of the Children of Israel, for the sake of humanity.

A Song, a Psalm of Asaph... "O God, do not remain quiet; Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still. For behold, Your enemies make an uproar, and those who hate You have exalted themselves. They make shrewd plans against Your people and conspire together against Your treasured ones. They have said, "Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation, That the name of Israel be remembered no more."  For they have conspired together with one mind; Against You they make a covenant: The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites; Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; Assyria also has joined with them; they have become a help to the children of Lot. Selah. Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon, who were destroyed at Endor, who became as dung for the ground. Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, who said, "Let us possess for ourselves the pastures of God!" – Psalm 83:1-12.

Psalm 83 certainly expresses the 'spirit' that is so prevalent around the world now… When it speaks about the enemies of Israel ‘gathering together’ and that their goal is clear… "To wipe them out as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more.' And 'let us’ possess for ourselves the pastures of God!" Their fight is with God and is same goal is being expressed right around the world as millions have been protesting chanting "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free." This is the same spirit and thought …from the river (the Jordan river) to the sea (the Mediterranean Sea) being Palestine means NO Israel at all! It means the destruction of Israel, which is the goal of Israel's enemies including Hamas, Hezbollah, Turkey and certainly Iran. And we can add to that list thousands of misled University students throughout the Western world!

Damascus is the oldest capital and longest-inhabited city in the world. It might be difficult to believe that the destruction of Damascus mentioned in Isaiah 17:1 - "The burden against Damascus. ‘Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap." It is possible when we see the abundant life there today. While we don’t know all the details of when desolation will take place, we see the destruction of Damascus coming because it is written in God’s Word! His Word always comes to pass, and current events seem to bring this prophesied destruction into focus. Yes, Biblical prophecy is today being fulfilled at an unprecedented rate and paramount to understand the times we live in, what the Bible says, and Prophetic events that point to the Second Coming of Yeshua (Jesus). The "destruction of Damascus" is one of the events to be aware of. Current circumstances are aligning, making its fulfilment possible in the near future, pointing to another moment on God’s Prophetic Timeline! Isaiah 17 is the thing that will ignite the whole region to bring about the Ezekiel 38 war…. In Ezekiel 28:24-26 Israel will be taking care of their enemies on left and right! As events in our world become more intense and hostile, it can leave us fearful. However, the Bible says that God did NOT give us a spirit of fear but of power, love, and a sound mind. We can have peace amid turmoil through the Prince of Peace Himself – our Lord Yeshua (Jesus Christ). Choosing to believe God’s Word and receiving Christ breaks the chains of fear and gives us hope that will last into Eternity!

We most sincerely believe that God WILL bless you for your faithfulness and love for His land and chosen people. God’s Word is true! He IS watching to see how the Nations are treating His people. God will have mercy on Israel through Gentile believers acting as mediators towards them. This is one of the most amazing revelations ever given to the Church – an opportunity to do something that carries the highest priority in the heart of God. Yet, sadly, so few have seen the potential and the rewards of serving God in this manner - as agents of mercy to Israel and the Jewish people! Israel was and still is despised today and a despised Nation continually turning away from God …BUT nothing ever altered the purpose of God for that Nation. The "despised element" is always a noticeable element in the purpose of God. When the Saviour of the world came, He came of that "despised Nation" (and just like Israel) He Himself was "…despised and rejected by men." And there is that despised element; "…things that are despised God has chosen," - 1 Corinthians 1:28.

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With Shalom to you and your family always,

Alf & Julie Saunders

01 November 2025

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