Shalom Partner and Friend of Israel,

Do you feel time going faster? Does it feel that ever since 2020 time is going extra fast? Are you feeling that time has sped up like a roller coaster on its way down?

Do you get up in the morning like us and wonder where has time gone …in only a few hours it will be nighttime again and then it is another day all over again? We say goodbye to one month and soon say goodbye to another …and already we are a quarter of the way through the year. Everywhere we go we find people commenting; "I can’t believe how quickly time is flying!" "Days and months are zipping by almost in a blur!" "Seems like summer just started and it’s already over!" "Can’t believe kids have been back at school for weeks already and the year has just begun!" "Where has the time gone?" These are questions asked not just by adults …but everyone can feel this!

"There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven." – Ecclesiastes 3:1. When thinking about measuring time there are at least Two Clocks to consider; God’s Clock and Man’s Clock. God’s timing isn’t our timing and God’s Clock is NOT Man’s Clock. God’s timing is perfect! Did you know that the Prophecies are currently being fulfilled in our generation and escalating at a fast pace …BUT NOT everyone is seeing this as people are being conditioned? Nobody can stop the plan of God just like NOBODY could stop the flood in Noah’s time (Genesis 6) and Yeshua (Jesus) warned us in Matthew 24 …that in the End-times or Last Days it will once again be like in the time of Noah …and Lot – Sodom and Gomorrah! "God said to Noah, ‘the end of all living beings has come before me, for because of them, the earth is filled with violence. I will destroy them along with all the earth.'"-Genesis 6:13. We see in this verse that God announces He is going to destroy humanity because on account of them the earth has become filled with violence. Notice something interesting what the Lord has just pronounced? Here God never blames Satan for this sorry state of affairs …but holds humanity fully responsible for the evil that has come upon the earth.

Yes, we all have dreams that we’re believing to accomplish as well as problems that we’re hoping will turn around …but many times, in the natural, it looks like it’s going to take years for this to happen:  to get out of debt, overcome an illness, reach a goal. But God does not always follow a natural timeline; He knows how to speed things up! We can sense in our spirits that this is going to be a year of acceleration. God is going to make things happen quicker than we thought! "Behold, days are coming," declares the Lord, "when the ploughman will overtake the reaper! – Amos 9:13. This is saying, "the time will come," says the Lord, "when the grain and grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested.

It is just so interesting! We truly feel that time has accelerated and especially since 2023 …but as true believers in Yeshua – Jesus Christ we also know that the Bible says that in the Last Days the Lord will speed up time …so that the righteous will be saved! We truly enjoy time speeding up because the end is near …and sin has become so dark it covers the whole world. The Lord is good and His Coming for His Bride is near as we read; "Unless those days were shortened, NO flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days WILL be shortened." – Matthew 24:21-22.

The time was coming we believe is a term for the Last Day – End-times our generation… when a man would be out “ploughing the field” and “sowing the seeds” …BUT the “harvest” would come up so fast, the growth would be so sped up …that as soon as he sowed, the harvest would pop right up and the ploughman couldn’t keep up with him. In Biblical times typically, the ploughman would have to wait at least seven or eight months to see any kind of harvest …but Amos said, “the day is coming when it will happen simultaneously; as soon as you sow the seed, the harvest will begin to spring forth.”

We believe we are living in those days that Amos talked about; if sowing “good seed” and doing the right thing, it should take months, maybe even years BUT as we sow, that seed the harvest is already coming! However, when we sow seed to bless Israel, we are even more greatly blessed with blessings chasing us down and favour that we didn’t deserve! God loves Israel and so do we!  It’s not going to be the usual process, like it’s been in the past; God is speeding things up. You see we can either sow “good seeds” or “bad seeds” …and this will depend upon the outcome as we WILL reap according to what we have sown. When a Nation or person curses Israel it is “a BAD seed” sown against God Himself! So, we ask ourselves what seeds are we sowing?

The Biblical Prophecy of "shortened days" refers to a period of intense time of tribulation when God will intervene to shorten time thus ensuring the survival of His "elect" or “chosen ones.” Yeshua (Jesus) is saying that the time of great suffering WILL be ended in order to spare those who belong to God …and in order that some human beings should be saved. God shows that He is still in control of everything, and He will shorten those days…NOT that the individual days will be less than 24 hours, but that time will speed up …so that the trouble of these days will NOT be allowed to get to the point of destroying everyone!

Additionally, Scripture speaks about the acceleration in pace of living in the Prophetic Book of Daniel for the End-times …that which our Lord Yeshua (Jesus) spoke of and we read in Daniel 12:4 that prior to His Second Coming; "many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall increase." So, we ask ourselves; "Is He who changes the times and seasons (Daniel 2:21) doing something supernatural in these Last Days? God stopped the sun and moon for 24 hours to alter a battle (Joshua 10:12); super charges Elijah to miraculously outpace a chariot (1 Kings 18:46); suspended laws of nature when Yeshua (Jesus) walked on water – walked through a wall and arrived ahead of His Disciples who arrived by boat!

Yeshua (Jesus) meant that if the system was allowed to keep going as it is today in these Last Days, the Earth would lose its ability to support any type of air-breathing life form... See similar statements about the death toll of the Flood in Noah’s day for confirmation. The Lord’s message is clear that Divine intervention is the only chance we have by shortening the days!  Humanity will soon have the means to destroy itself! The amount of hatred expressed by those who decide to deny God’s Authority is similar to that of the Devil – "to kill, steal and destroy!" (John 10:10) So, if Satan could push the Nations to go into a NUCLEUR War …making the earth a dead radioactive zone, he would! But because God’s purpose for the earth to be mankind’s Eternal home, it will never come to that. Revelation 7:9-13 shows that a great crowd WILL survive the Great Tribulation. So, that doesn’t mean that it will get to the point that no one will survive …but that the Tribulation would end, and those in it, would survive!

What did our Lord Yeshua (Jesus) mean in Luke 17:26-29 by quoting "Days of Noah" and "Lot?" There WILL come a time, according to God’s plan, when God will call us to Him …and when this happens, for many people it will be like those people caught in the Great Flood, or those people caught in Sodom & Gomorrah. They will be living only for the things of this world. They will scoff at God’s plan. They will be caught unaware (because they do not care) and NO longer able to reconcile themselves to Christ and NOT able to be sanctified before Him. Indecency has exceeded all bounds in the world and today we see how countries are legalizing immoral acts and deviant sexual behaviour which is becoming both prevalent …and accepted around the world legally and constitutionally, although anyone with a sense of morality will condemn such shameful acts whether in public or private. We are living in a time where Christianity and the Bible is being persecuted as "hate speech" to the godless world. Islam is growing in the Christian Western Nations!

God chose ISRAEL …NOT Egypt, India, South Africa, Australia, China etc, nor any other Gentile Nation! God elects His people before the foundation of the world and the Bible – the only TRUE Word of God, breaks it down; (1) Israel and the Jews (2) the Church (3) the (non-Jewish) Gentile Nations.

Events in the Middle East seem to be getting more and more Apocalyptic, and people want to know: “Is the book of Revelation unfolding before our eyes?” Many, even unbelievers today are speculating about whether or not we’re seeing Biblical Prophecy in action. “Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it?”. – Jeremiah 30:7. The “Time of Jacob’s Trouble” - Tribulation is a 7-year period when God will finish His work with Israel and finalize His judgment of the unbelieving Gentile world is on the brink – BUT first the Harpazo – Rapture! The Church, comprised of all who have trusted in the person and work of the Lord Yeshua - Jesus, will NOT be present during the Tribulation! The Church will be removed from the earth in an event called the rapture (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:51-53). In this way, the “Body of Christ” the Church is saved from the wrath to come (1 Thessalonians 5:9).

God chooses us NOT because we are good but because He is good. God will send His Son Yeshua (Jesus) for His Bride (the Church) before the days of Tribulation (a time of salvation for Israel and judgement on unbelieving world) …as God cares for His “elect” in three ways as observed in Matthew 24:21-31.  First, God saves His people from the full fury of his wrath (Matthew 24:21-22). No one can survive the wrath of God (Jeremiah 10:10; Nahum 1:6). Before the Second Coming of Christ there WILL be Great Tribulation in the world. God shortens those days for the sake of HIS elect. They are spared from the full destructive power of God's wrath! Israel will be saved! “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when... they look on me, on him whom they have pierced …they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.” - Zechariah 12:10

Secondly, God saves His “elect” from deceit (Matthew 2423-28). Many false Christ’s and prophets shall arise to deceive, if possible, even the elect BUT God keeps His people from being deceived. Noah was NOT deceived by the ungodliness of his Age and ‘righteous” Lot was NOT deceived by the immorality around him. God keeps his elect from deceit. We have been warned recently of the dangers of Artificial Intelligence (AI). One danger is that of deception. People will NOT be able to distinguish truth from lies. The Bible teaches that people will ultimately believe in the lie (2 Thessalonians 2:11).

Thirdly, God cares for His “elect” by gathering them together at the Second Coming of Yeshua - Jesus (Matthew 24: 29-31). They are NEVER abandoned. Christ WILL return. Believers who have died WILL return with Him. Believers alive at that time will rise to meet the Lord in the air and so forever be with Him. The dead who return with the Lord will include infants who have died in infancy and also the unborn child. God is merciful and among the infants who have died and the unborn children are His “elect!” So, how do we know if we are the elect? Paul gives us some guidance in; 1 Thessalonians 1:4-5. If the gospel has come to us not only in Word but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit …and in much assurance then we are “elect.” It is God who works in us! If we have repented and believed the Gospel, we are His “elect!”

But what if NEVER having repented…? God will pass over us and nobody can blame Him for not choosing us. Yes, we perish because of unbelief not non-election… The Lord gave people up to their sinful ways (Romans 1:24,26). Paul left the people at Antioch and Corinth because of their unbelief and turned to the Gentiles. Most significantly he said to the Corinthians; "I am clean" (Acts 13:46; 18:6). No one can charge God of being unjust. The Lord cares for His people and He will NEVER forsake us. We may be assured through life's trials and tribulations that we will conquer through Him who loved us and gave himself for us. Praise our sovereign God - He is a wonderful caring Saviour!

Satan knows that his "TIME" is short (Revelation 12:12) and his End-time emissary will work to wear out the Saints of the Most-High God and plan to change "times and law" (Daniel 7:25). Yes, the Book of Daniel also alerts Israel that; "…there will be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation even to that time." - Daniel 12:1. The Bible teaches us that the Return of our Lord Yeshua – Jesus Christ to the earth WILL be similar to a woman in childbirth (1 Thessalonians 5:3). There is definitely "a quickening of pace" in labour as the child is about to be born! Today the "pace" of labour pains can be felt as "time" appears to quicken for the soon Harpazo (Rapture of the Church) followed by the Tribulation and the Lord’s Second Coming! Can you feel the labour pains too?

It certainly is GOOD news in these turbulent times to reflect on our Lord’s Promised return… "As we await the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Yeshua (Jesus) who gave Himself for us." – Titus 2:13.

In the meantime, whether time seems to go swiftly we have a mandate here on earth as true believers …NOT to be found sleeping like in the "Parable of the 10 Virgins" - where 5 were asleep (Matthew 25:1-13) …but to keep our lamps burning in these climatic days of history. And, as the pace is picking up for all of us, Scripture tells us in Proverbs 11:30 to be wise and; "Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse of Heaven and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever" – Daniel 12:3.

We are in the FINAL seconds of this Dispensation known as the "Age of Grace" …and on the cusp of the Rapture of the Church! God is turning His attention back to His Nation of Israel with the soon to be commencement of the "Time of Jacob's Trouble" - also known as Daniels 70th week, the 7-Year Tribulation period that will be the most horrific time ever in human history! Jacob (Israel) is about to go into the "Time of Jacobs Trouble!" When we look at all that is happening in the world right now and most importantly in Israel (which is God's Prophetic Timepiece), and look at what our Bibles says by connecting the Prophetic dots, it is clear as day that we are on the brink of Eternity! 

Israel is about to take an even greater centre stage BUT where does that put the Church in God’s Timetable? The Rapture must take place first before the Antichrist is revealed! "It (the Beast) was given power to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world. Whoever has ears, let them hear. "If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed." This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God’s people. – Revelation 13:7-10.

The calculation of the present Age of the Earth gives us one more reason to believe that we are truly living in the last of the Last Days before the return of Yeshua - Jesus Christ, because the "earth’s time" is about to run out…

"But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfil his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.  But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!  But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace." – 2 Peter 3:8-14.

"The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.". – Isaiah 51:3. The above verses are focused on Zion, the land of Israel, we can assume that God will also heal the rest of the world and the damage that it incurs during the great tribulation. We can infer this from verses like Isaiah 60:5 that tell us that the wealth of the Nations will be brought to Israel. Admittedly, the fulfilment of this verse has already begun as we look at the wealth that has been used to restore Israel, beginning in the latter half of the 20^th Century …but the greater context of Isaiah 60 is the Millennial Kingdom. Hence, we can still confidently assert that God will also restore other Nations, so that they in turn can bless Israel. Similarly, we read in Habakkuk that the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, and God will heal the Nations!

The Bible is NOT silent about the future of our world in the End-times… God in His mercy has given us all a forewarning about what WILL take place as we lead up to and come closer and closer to the final moments of the earth’s final moments. Clearly, we can see that the world is reeling toward its FINAL act – but are we prepared? The Disciples 2,000 years ago had to know that too when they asked Yeshua (Jesus) "What will be the SIGN of Your Coming?" in; Matthew 24:3-13 as they sat on the Mount of Olives overlooking the beautiful city of Jerusalem! 

There are MANY Prophetic "signs" in Scripture that describe the world in the Last Days …and when all of these "signs" begin to occur simultaneously in one generation, that generation WILL be the final generation to see the "End of the Age." 

Let’s consider this together and see if these "signs" are in fact taking place now; 

1. Knowledge will increase (Daniel 12:4). AI as well as the advancement of Technology has proven this to be true! 

2. Plaques, Famines and Pestilences (Matthew 24 :7-8 / Zechariah 14 :12-15). The world saw a great change in March 2020 as the world locked down with fear of Covid-19 plan-demic by World Leaders Globalist Elites, World Health Org. (WHO) and World Economic Forum (WEF). Today it’s not uncommon to hear bird flu, swine flu, deadly viruses etc? 

3. The rebirth of Israel as a Nation May 14, 1948 (Isaiah 66:8-10). This happened exactly as Prophesied. 

4. The Jews will return home to Israel (Aliyah) – (Jeremiah 23:7-8). After thousands of years, they are home and still returning even more so with the increasing world-wide Antisemitism on the rise today! 

5. Jerusalem no longer under Gentile control (Luke 21:24). In June 1967, during the 6-Days War, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) take East Jerusalem along with the rest of the West Bank area (and the Syrian Golan Heights and the Egyptian-held Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula) which, since 1949, had been under the control of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. On December 6, 2017, US President Trump formally recognized Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel and stated that the American Embassy would be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. 

6. International and instant communication (Revelation 11:3, 7-10). The vision in Revelation 7:9-10 underscores the idea that salvation is available to all people from every background, and it celebrates the unity and diversity of God's people in their worship and praise. 

7. Days of Deception (Matthew 24:4). Today many are being deceived as the world turns away from God. Globalist Leaders of Nations deceive their people with Globalist Agenda 2030 and since 2020 have caused lockdowns, loss of income, climate change and depopulation agenda, racial hatred and setting one against the other, Media lies etc! 

8. Wars and rumours of wars in Matthew 24:6-7 and Mark 13:7, indicate that these events are part of a larger pattern leading up to the End-times, but they are not the immediate end itself. Yeshua (Jesus) instructs us NOT to be alarmed or troubled when we hear of wars and threats of wars, as these are signs that things are unfolding as prophesied Nations and kingdoms will be in conflict, signifying a period of global unrest. 

9. Earthquakes in diverse places Matthew 24:7-8 describes the tumultuous events preceding the End-times, including Nations rising against Nations, famines, pestilences, and earthquakes are becoming increasing on the rise!  

10. As in the Days of Noah! (Matthew 24:36-39). Relates the Coming of the Son of Man to the Days of Noah, highlighting the sudden and unexpected nature of judgment. Luke 17:26-27: Similarly connects the events of the Last Days to the time of Noah and Lot, emphasizing the importance of being prepared for the coming judgment. The Bible associates the "End-times" and the Coming of the Son of Man with conditions similar to those before the Great Flood in Noah's day because people were living their lives, oblivious to the impending judgment of God upon wickedness.

We are in the FINAL COUNTDOWN…. Prophecy is being fulfilled before our eyes. The "fig tree" (Israel) has budded in 1948. Now our gaze should be fixed on Israel because it is centre stage for the Last Days drama that is unfolding before our eyes. The events that are happening in the Middle East are revealing where we are on God’s Prophetic Calendar. It’s like checking the town’s clock tower to see what time it is. And each new prophesied event that happens there moves the hands of the clock forward. It shows us how close we are to the impending judgment… and our soon rescue. We don’t know exactly when that rescue is coming, though, so what are the MAJOR signs and events regarding Israel for which we need to be watching? We don’t want to miss them when they happen!

We can’t assume that whenever a "major event" in Bible Prophecy occurs, everyone will immediately know about it… Remember that many people didn’t recognize the signs that Yeshua (Jesus) performed to show that He was the Messiah during his First Coming! If most of the Pharisees and teachers of the law, who knew the Scriptures 2,000 years ago, so well, missed their fulfilments in their day, then so can this generation. That’s why we need to keep an open mind and keep monitoring events in Israel so that we can hopefully avoid making the same mistake! "Look at the nations and watch— and be utterly amazed. For I (God) am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told."  – Habakkuk 1:5

We are now in this FINAL Generation moving quickly from things that have happened, which are fixed (past), to things that haven’t yet transpired (future)…. Looking forward from here is like a puzzle! The proper way to fill the puzzle is to logically reduce the number of pieces - "piece by piece" to get a clear picture …and as we confidently fill it in, we can safely move to the FINAL pieces. Similarly, it is like we have all been waiting for "a very special delivery" after labour pains. Even though past expectations for its arrival have been disappointed many times, we know with absolute certainty that someday our Lord will come and His arrival cannot be delayed or cancelled, but it can be missed! So, we keep watching, and after nearly 2 Centuries we again see "signs" of Christ’s Return on the horizon!

We can’t help but hope for the confirmation that He is indeed coming and will bring with Him the long-awaited pearl of great price (Matthew 13:45-46) … Rest assured that God WILL fulfil His Word exactly as He has declared and planned …from before the foundation of the world at exactly the right time. Are we now truly witnessing the end when the Lord WILL finally Return to "restore" all things? We think so, but even if He does not come at this time, we will still be waiting and watching …because His Return cannot be delayed or cancelled! Indeed, Christ is coming soon; "And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book." – Revelation 22:7.

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^st May, 2025

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