Shalom Partner and Friend of Israel,

Whilst pondering on the subject for this final newsletter for 2019 so much had already happened this year in Israel and in the nations …and even though we always prayerfully consider every topic for each newsletter or teaching that we write still this time we had conflicting thoughts about this one. What did God want us to say? Just when we felt everything coming together - then suddenly things changed and so we had to start all over again. Everything had become hazy, like murky waters - muddled! We just couldn’t understand and get it together …so we ask - Why...?

What on earth was going on? And, what on earth is God doing? Then it became clear as daylight and as if the “lights were switched on!” Suddenly we felt the Lord saying that at this present time - in our world today there is a “great divide” happening …and are currently smack in the middle! Everything is in opposition and in conflict - one with the other! Today we all have to choose; are we on the “left” or are we on the “right” politically? Do we stand with those who call good – evil or evil – good? Do we stand with God or do we stand with the godless world? We take courage in the fact that sometimes when things are falling apart it could actually be God putting them into place - the way He wants them!

Did you know that our Holy God achieves His greatest purposes through division and separation? This is a fundamental God principle and can be seen in the very first Chapter of Genesis. “God saw that the light was good, and God divided the light from the darkness.”- Genesis 1:4. God said, “Let there be a dome in the middle of the water; “Let it divide the water from the water.”- Genesis 1:7. If we continue to read the week of Creation; “God made the two great lights — the larger light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night and the stars. God put them in the dome of the sky to give light to the earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. So, there was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.” – Genesis 1:16-19. Through distrust, Satan seduced Adam and Eve away from submitting to God and convinced them that God could NOT be trusted! Distrust is a powerful incentive whose fruit is “divorce” and our first parents Adam and Eve sinned and division began – like a divorce away from God. The world has not been united since! When there is distrust - faith evaporates giving rise to fear and anxiety instead.

Yes, our Holy God is a God of Law and Order and NOT chaos but He is also a God who divides but it’s always for good and for His purposes! When the leaders or countries or people of the world “divides” it is usually NOT for good but following own evil desires; “To execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favouritism to gain advantage. But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. They said to you, “In the Last Days there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. ...”- Jude 1:15-25.

As we have seen even on the first day of creation, God divided the “light from the darkness.” And, He expects His Church to rightly divide His Word (2 Timothy 2:15) …and we need not to be ashamed by rightly dividing the “Word of Truth – the Bible! TRUTH always divides people (John 10:19-29; l7:43; 9:16) into two categories; those who believe it and those who don’t! As believers we can all sometimes can get discouraged and Yeshua (Jesus) not only expected it - that’s why the Lord came!

People reject TRUTH when their minds are compromised when they don’t stay focused on what God’s Word is saying but instead listen to Media lies and the deception of others - but this will always backfire! We as believers MUST discern what is of God …and what is of the world. The world and its godless system will get darker as we get closer to the Coming of our Lord and so we MUST separate ourselves. Without God we are NOTHING! Interesting facts of Hebrew word for TRUTH is EMET; The first letter of the Hebrew Alphabet is “Alef” (Alpha) and the 22^nd and last letter is “Tav” (Omega). The letter Tav’s numerical value is 400 and represents; “truth” and “perfection.” As the last letter is expressed so eventually at the End-Times or End of Days – “truth” / “EMET” will prevail! The first time “Tav” is used is in Genesis 4:15. The “Alef and Tav” are connected to God’s Name and so if, we take God out of the equation (Alef – the first) we are left with two letters left; Mem” and “Tav” - which makes the word “MET” meaning “dead!” So here we see that if we take even a minute piece of the truth out of a Hebrew word …even just one letter, as the numerical order of Alef is one, we are left with the word – dead! Amazing!  Alef =1, Mem = 40, Tav = 400. EMET (truth) = 441 but MET (MT) = 440 = DEAD! God is the “Alef” and the “Tav” …and He is the One God …and He is the TRUTH …and He knows the end from the beginning!

God’s Word IS TRUTH and is exposing ALL lies, untruths and deeply hidden corruption told by Fake Media today and all those who control them. The Fake news has reached a level of no return as they do Satan’s bidding who is the “father of lies!” They have simply dropped “the Alef” off the word EMET meaning truth and have become MET = dead! They are producing “death” by their words!  They DON’T use weapons …but rather their weapons are their tongues of false accusations but in the end will bring deadly consequences. God surely is not mocked and has not lost control! What does God’s Word say about a deceitful tongue? “The Lord detests lying lips, but He delights in men who are truthful.” - Proverbs 12:22. CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC and the rest of very dishonest Liberal Media will go to any lengths to destroy PM Bibi Netanyahu and US President Trump and daily even hourly the Media won’t stop until they have totally destroyed anyone who wants to live a godly life or who does not suit their Globalists Liberal or Socialist agenda. The dishonest Media is bent on destroying lives of anyone they disagree with and in the process dividing people – even nations!

The Word of God speaks clearly against any malicious or deceitful talk in Proverbs 26:24, when it says, “A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but in his heart, he harbours deceit.” And again, in Psalms 62:4, we find;” How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down–this leaning wall, this tottering fence? With their mouths they bless but in their hearts they curse.” When we looked at everyday situations especially in America, Europe, Israel and Western countries around the world there is internal division and “great divide” happening - politically, spiritually and morally as if at war but instead of using weapons people were coming into conflict with each other trampling one another! “In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Therefore, whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops!” - Luke 12:1-59:1-3.

We live in two worlds and although they are apart yet they are connected - the one is the “Spiritual” world (Heaven) where God is …and the other is where we live on earth. Our God eternally exists in three Persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; and that these three are ONE God, co-equal and co-eternal, having precisely the same nature and attributes, and worthy of precisely the same worship, confidence, and obedience (Matthew 3:16-17; 28:19-20; Mark 12:29; John 1:14; Acts 5:3; 2 Corinthians 13:14). We too are divided in three; God created us all in His image, so we are also three in one; a spirit who lives in a body and has a soul!

Is the parable of the rich man and Lazarus a prophetic warning for our times? The name Lazarus is a transliteration of the Greek word “Lazaros,” which was derived from a shortened form of the Hebrew name Eleazar. Eleazar, which means; “God has helped.” In the Bible we are told about two men with the name “Lazarus.” Each Lazarus is unique to the Gospel in which he appears, and the two Lazarus’s are not the same person.

The first one is Yeshua (Jesus) parable in Luke 16:19-31 we read that there was a “rich” man and a “poor “man and both died. But what led to “the great gulf” (or divide) in this life and in the judgment between Lazarus and the rich man in this story? The short answer is greed and unbelief! And an attitude of cold-hearted indifference to a brother’s suffering was not changed even when the suffering man lay each day in plain sight of the rich man who would do nothing to change. He consumed and hoarded his wealth with no thought of obligation toward others in desperate need. It speaks of our “attitude” and “compassion” you see - the “poverty” of Lazarus does NOT make him “righteous” and the wealth of the rich man is NOT sin! Both men die and both receive their reward for the things they have done in this life. Sadly, many don’t realise that we are living in times of great wealth in many countries in our world today yet there is poverty and suffering! Billionaire George Soros is a very good example of using his finances for “evil” instead of the good of humankind.

The second is a friend of (Yeshua) Jesus and the brother of Mary and Martha, who lived in Bethany, a village near Jerusalem (John 11:1-12:17). In the Gospel of John, Lazarus is the first whom Yeshua (Jesus) is said to love (John 11:3, 11:5). Some scholars believe that the "Beloved Disciple" mentioned in John’s Gospel could be Lazarus. Here in the shortest but most powerful verse in the Bible we read that our Lord shows his affection for Lazarus by shedding tears at his death; "Jesus wept," – John 11:35. Yeshua raising of Lazarus from the dead leads to His own death (John 11:46-53) …as He "lays down His life for his friends" (John 15:13). You see this is a picture of our Lord laying down His life for us and there is the hope in this that we too will be resurrected from the dead …just as He promised!

In the natural in our world today it’s either "Left vs Right" and "in the spiritual realm" – "good vs evil" and "light vs darkness!" Something as simple as "left" and "right" in the Bible may not seem to be significant but, you might be surprised to learn… The blessing of laying the right hand was greater than the left hand (Genesis 48:17-19). The blessing of provision comes from the right (John 21:6). The right hand is a symbol of strength (Exodus 15:6; Psalm 20:6, 78:54; Isaiah 62:8; Lamentations 2:3) Wisdom is to the right; foolishness is to the left; "A wise man’s heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man’s heart directs him toward the left." – Ecclesiastes 10:2. Healing comes from the right (Leviticus 8:22-24, 14:15-18; Acts 3:7). To the right hand of the king/God is honour (1 Kings 2:19; Psalm 110:1; Matthew 26:64; Acts 2:33. 5:31; Ephesians 1:20; Colossians 3:1). What does the Bible warn us about End times? For example, on the Day of Judgment, those who are condemned to run the left of Christ and those who are saved are on His right (Matthew 25:33, 41). Judgment for those on the left of Christ, salvation is on his right. Isn’t it just so amazing to see the Word of God in our natural world so true today? When those who say that they are on the RIGHT side (those who stand with God and His Word) was winning … suddenly great opposition would arise from the LEFT (those who oppose everything connected to the Bible and God)!

When all hell seems to be breaking loose or everything seems to be un-ravelling before our eyes …it is surely when we WILL see the Hand of God!

Our world is spinning so fast out of control and much is happening all at once and so quickly …escalating at a fast pace in the world that things could change literally - in just 24 hours! The countries and people around the world just seemed a mess in the natural and the world is becoming more divided than ever before. Yeshua (Jesus) warns us about “division” and though many don’t want to see it. “But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household fall.” - Luke 11:17. Today we see countries more divided and the great divide is happening just as the Word of God warned us about nations being divided; “If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end.” - Mark 3:24-26. On the LEFT we clearly have; Leftists, Socialists, Communists, Atheists, Feminists, LGBTQ, Abortionists …and even radical Islam who use them as a platform only to defeat them in the end. They all stand for different views …BUT are speaking with one voice just like the “Tower of Babel” (Genesis 11:1-9) …and this will be the voice the Antichrist would need in End times!

It should not surprise us that God has provided natural divisions in the Bible... These divisions are sevenfold and each level of division is a sub-division of the unit above it. The seven-fold division has the mark of God upon it. The number 7 in Hebrew Scripture identifies the perfect work of God. The creation of this world began with seven days (six days of creation and one day of rest). There are 7 colours of the rainbow and 7 music notes in the major scale. Joshua marched 7 times around Jericho on the 7th day. But most is that where the words of the LORD are – “pure words; “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.” - Psalm 12:6. God speaks of the sevenfold purification in the Bible we read that He introduces a “seven-sealed book” in Revelation 5:1 “And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.” In these examples we see a natural sevenfold level of divisions in the Bible. Faith is trusting God even when we don’t understand His plan. God is making things happen even when we don’t see it, when we don’t feel it …and even when it’s not evident! “These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you WILL have tribulation, but take courage, I have overcome the world.” - John16:33.

Just as Satan will seek to counterfeit God the Father, the antichrist will attempt to counterfeit God the Son and the false prophet will attempt to counterfeit the Holy Spirit. For the “Christian” to lean politically to the left means that they must blow off huge chunks of the Bible and replace Scripture with the make-believe notions of our Lord Yeshua (Jesus Christ).

Only after torturing or removing parts of Scripture can a Christian then fit current liberalism into his supposed relationship with God. Modern liberalism tosses out Scripture on several different levels. How a true believer in Christ defined by Scripture can buy into what Yeshua (Jesus), the prophets and apostles said …and also give credit to what these secular liberals say is beyond us? Thus, today the Christian is between a rock and a hard place: He can either be a Christian or a liberal …but he cannot be both! “Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.” - 1 John 2:18-19.

A Great Divide is happening in front of our eyes but are we seeing this…? The “divide and conquer” strategy also known as “divide and rule strategy” has been widely used throughout history. Both the Roman Empire and the British Empire played small tribes and groups against one another in order to control their lands and territories. It was used by the Romans when they took Britain, when the British Empire took India, South Africa, Australia and Israel …and when the Anglo-Normans took Ireland. A staple political strategy, “divide and conquer” is still being used by many countries today. A “divide and conquer strategy” is today being applied in the arenas of Liberal, Socialist and Communist politics to control society.

In this strategy, one power breaks another power into smaller more manageable pieces and then takes control of those pieces one by one! A clear example today of breaking a society or a nation is through hatred or fear and by dividing it into groups using (sociology); racialism, religion, feminism, gender, homosexuality/ lesbianism (LGBTQ), abortion which is population control and so-called global warming or climate control. It generally takes a very strong power to implement such a strategy at all means no matter the cost of human life. In order to successfully break up another power or government or political party - the conqueror must have access to a strong political following and control of the Media and Television who are their voice (today the Liberal Leftists, Hollywood and elites).

In case of conquering another country (EU, UN, CHINA, RUSSIA) will use military and economic machines who are connected as one and same in their beliefs. Furthermore, in order to maintain their power and influence, those using the “divide and conquer” method will often work to keep smaller powers at bay and will even use those sympathetic to their cause within their own government to unite against their opponent. In fact, this use of the principles within the “divide and conquer” strategy is most common. It is much easier to prevent small powers from linking forces than to break them apart once they have aligned. Today we are watching a good example of this “divide and conquer” method being used by Liberal Socialist Democrats and the “deep state” (a shadow government or a state within a state operating secretly) against duly elected US President Donald Trump (and in Israel PM Bibi Netanyahu) to form their Global One World Government.

Western Liberal Leftists, Socialists or Communists Leaders are using a “divide and conquer” strategy encourage or foster feuds between smaller powers by using smear campaigns, paying activists and even bond with enemies of their own nation such as radical Islamists to achieve their end goal. This kind of political manoeuvring requires a great understanding of the people who are being manipulated. In order to foster feuds, for example, one must understand the political and social histories of the parties intended to take part in the feuds. The strategy also includes methods with which to control the funds and resources of the then smaller conquered parties. For example, we see this in South Africa with the corruption and stealing of tax payer funds by the ANC Government for themselves and not using it for the people. Why? Socialist Communists believe that by keeping the people poor that way they control them through need!

We see another example in the US House (Congress) currently controlled by Liberal Democrat Party - headed by Nancy Pelosi where she controls finances and will not approve or release any funds that will give Trump a win even at the cost of the people or country suffering. Here we can clearly see power was and still is being used in both examples. (There are many others and just look at the sad recent history of Zimbabwe and Venezuela, etc.) Is this a warning to the West?

The world is in a state of “political” turmoil; “And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring. “ – Luke 21:25. We believe that God in His mercy and grace is allowing believers to see foreshadows of the coming “apocalyptic storm” likening the stage-setting to “birth pangs” with symptoms, to be not unlike a storm front …and, the “storm front” IS the “birth pangs” that are being felt.  We read in Daniel 11:32-39 explains clearly what the “the Beast” is doing now (The Antichrist must be alive and is climbing the political ladder today) is working his subtlety wherever he happens to be - using people to create loyalty to himself and to his cause. At the same time, he is gradually undermining and introducing “leaven,” as it were to the present world governments, causing disloyalty to them, while simultaneously stirring up social trouble through political, justice, educational, religious, and social systems.

There is nothing new about any of this! Remember that this is what Adolph Hitler did to subvert Germany to his NAZI cause. It is what Lenin and his “cabal” in Russia did to subvert the Czar and his government in Russia. This is what happened in the Cold War, as nation after nation fell to communism through infiltration through “fifth column” (deep state or shadow government) efforts, which took advantage of internal conditions through bitterness, hatred and dissatisfaction with whoever was in power.

What is a “cabal?” It is a “secret plot” (coup), or a small group of people who create such a plot. Some believe that today the governments worldwide are in the hands of a secret powerful “cabal.” Could this rise to power of the future antichrist be in the hands of this “secret Cabal” today in the form of a Global One-World One-Religion Government? Time will tell!

The Great Divide of Jerusalem…? God clearly warns the nations and people NOT to touch Jerusalem! God has promised that He will punish those who divide Jerusalem - Israel! The nations of the world who dare do this will be punished for their unbelief in God (and even those in the church) and who take a stand against Israel's right to her land. The promises God has written thousands of years ago still stand. Despite whatever wrongs Israel does today she have a right to the land because of the Lord's Promises. Israel is the spiritual capital of the world and Jerusalem is the Capital of Israel. This is what God calls the navel of the earth in the Old Testament. Why are all of the nations so concerned about Israel? Because it is God's land and it would be, in a sense against Him if His plans were frustrated by human beings …and He will not let people frustrate His plans!

The stones cry out! God is revealing daily historical and Biblical evidence of proof beyond any doubt that Jerusalem belongs to the Jewish people through archaeological finds. New archaeological finds especially in the City of David continue to debunk Palestinian attempts to deny Jewish history there. Yet without the Jewish presence at the site, all these precious relics would be trashed as the Arabs want to destroy and remove anything Jewish or Christian in the land of Israel. Yet, many Western so-called Christian countries (and some churches) are supporting BDS and financing Palestinians in their effort to destroy Israel and divide Jerusalem!  

A world of hurt is going to fall from the sky upon those world leaders who attempt to divide Jerusalem… The Bible clearly says that God does NOT want a "two-state solution," where His Holy Land – Israel and especially Jerusalem is concerned. Consider these two examples that attempted to divide the land of Israel for "peace" and give it to the Palestinians: The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin took place on 04th November, 1995 at 21:30, at the end of a rally with Bill Clinton, and PLO leader - Yasser Arafat in support of the Oslo Accords at the Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv. Truly a deal made with the Devil! The assassin, Yigal Amir, a right-wing religious Zionist strongly opposed Rabin's "peace initiative" and particularly the signing of the Oslo Accords. And, everyone knows the shame of Clinton’s impeachment that also followed!

US President George W Bush put great pressure on Israel to withdraw from Gaza! On 17th August, 2005 - nearly 10,000 Israeli soldiers and police officers began the forcible evacuation of Israeli’s living in Gaza, carrying some screaming from their homes in scenes that moved a number of the soldiers to tears. After months of argument and political manoeuvring, the Israeli forces moved in strength, but without weapons, to carry out the will of the government to give up part of the territory that Israel conquered in the 1967 War. Even the graves of dead Israeli’s were dug up and homes destroyed. Israel’s former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's fell into a coma after a massive stroke at the age of 81, in 2006 only a few months after he agreed with George Bush to the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza for so-called promise of "peace." He passed away NEVER regaining consciousness from the coma on the 11^th January, 2014. He was elected Prime Minister in 2001 as head of Likud, but abandoned his old party after making enemies when he backed the withdrawal from Gaza. He formed the new party Kadima to run in the 2006 elections. The popular leader seemed destined for re-election with his new party when he suffered a severe brain haemorrhage. And, today, thanks to President George W. Bush, Israel now has HAMAS terrorists on its border shooting rockets over and building terror tunnels from Gaza into Israel to kill Israeli’s! Bad decision and irreversible!

The common link between Rabin's assassination and Sharon’s coma …is that in both cases these leaders serving as Israel's Prime Minister, each attempted to divide the land for peace and God simply would not allow that to happen. We believe with all our hearts that the current Prime Minister of Israel, Bibi Netanyahu, is appointed by God for Israel and in the right place and the right time – for today! If he continues to do the right thing for Israel, God will continue to bless him. But, should he be tempted to cave in to create an ungodly, un-Biblical Palestinian State then him, or whoever is Prime Minister, need only to look to the fate that befell Rabin and Sharon!

We can learn a great deal from the prophets' descriptions of conditions in Israel in the years just before God scattered them. What happens in Israel is a lesson to the West! Jeremiah 7:4-12 contains an especially vivid description, describing attitudes and conduct just before Babylon's invasion of Judah. Are we heading into "a great divide" of the West by Islamists using the ignorance and godlessness of radical Liberals, Socialists and Communists as "Dhimmi" proxies without even using any weapons to conquer? 

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; 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. Now, more than at any time is the time to support Israel and the Jewish people - the Lord’s Brethren! We are witnessing the nations and people turning their backs on Israel. Thank you once again for your prayers and generous support!

We hope that you enjoy and become more informed by our work. We serve an awesome God and we are humbled by this opportunity to bring you this information. With Shalom to you and your family always,

Alf & Julie Saunders

01^st December, 2019

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