Shalom Partner and Friend of Israel,

There has NEVER been a time like this in History where the whole world turns against Israel to openly stand with and march with the flag of the enemy of Israel… What we are witnessing is truly frightening.  In our entire lifetime, we have never seen as much HATE as we have over the past few weeks.  It is almost as if a very large chunk of the Global Population has suddenly gone mad?  But of course, all of this hate did not come out of a vacuum.  The Bible warns us repeatedly about what the condition of humanity will be like in the End-times. We read in Matthew 24:8-10; "All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and you shall be hated of ALL nations for My (God) Name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another." When Yeshua (Jesus) spoke these words, He was speaking to Jewish believers.

Hamas, is a barbaric Islamic terrorist organization surpassing ISIS in their brutality that has called for the annihilation of the Jewish people… and calls for Israel to hand over God’s Land for an Islamic Palestine! Today, Hamas is one of the most ruthless terrorist organizations in the entire world funded by Iran and Turkey and it has taken lessons from ISIS and surpassed the EVILLEST acts of crimes against humanity and is working hard to keep that title! .Before we hear someone blaming Israel for current violence due to their so-called "occupation" of Palestinian homeland, just remember Hamas is also banned from Jordan and Egypt has refused to take any Gazans in as well. Christians – true believers in Yeshua (Jesus Christ)  who support Israel are faced with a choice; (1) fight against Israel, just like Goliath did (2) or stand with David’s army and the people of Israel. Sitting on the fence should NOT be an option for those who believe in the Bible.

By now we have all seen the horrific images and heard the stories from Israel; 1,400 murdered, 4,100 injured, and more than 200 civilians taken hostage all because they were Jews! When Hamas invaded Israel from the Gaza Strip on the 07^th October, 2023, they cowardly and deliberately targeted the helpless; the elderly, women, youth, children, and babies with a premeditated plan to murder, rape, torture, and kidnap! Israel has vowed to eradicate Hamas, amassing their forces on its southern borders and at the same time are also preparing for an attack  in the northern borders by Hezbollah, an Iranian-controlled terrorist group in Lebanon whose firepower and capabilities far surpass those of Hamas. 

The Bible is the TRUE Word of God and we are literally seeing Prophecy being fulfilled in our day… And right now, we are also seeing a tremendous outpouring of hatred toward Jews …and Bible-believing Christians all over the planet! Ultimately, radical Islamist Muslims will NEVER be satisfied until they have annihilated every single person that is not willing to submit to Islam. Even though their focus is on wiping out Jewish people for now, first those living in the land of Israel it will definitely NOT end there …as "the spirit of antichrist" in the form of "anti-Semitism" is at an all-time high and is fuelled by the Media and uninformed Westerner’s sympathy for Gaza and Palestinians who are themselves oppressed by their own leadership and NOT by Israel!

Never again is NOW again! "Anti-Semitism" is the "spirit of Antichrist"… What is Antisemtism? It is discrimination, hatred, negative attitudes, and erroneous beliefs regarding the Jewish people.  It is an inherited seed of Jew hatred, which is SIN against the God of Israel, the God of the Bible - the One True God and His Son, the Jewish Messiah Yeshua (Jesus).  The reality is, at the core of all hatred against Yahveh, the Messiah, His people the Jews and, Messiah’s Church - "born again" Gentile true believers, is the Ancient enemy Satan. The devil has been at work perpetuating antisemitism since the Garden of Eden when Yahveh spelled out his doom saying; "I will make enemies of you and the woman, and of your offspring and her Descendant (Yeshua/Jesus); He shall bruise you on the head (crush you), and you shall bruise Him (Messiah) on the heel." - Genesis 3:15.

The reality is that "Antisemitism" is NOW worldwide… It discriminates against Jews and "the spirit of antisemitism" doesn’t discriminate against anyone else. Every Nation of the earth is filled with people who have bad attitudes and virulent hatred against the Jewish people …without even knowing exactly why because of other than falsehoods that they have been taught by an unbelieving world and so they have embraced them instead of God’s plan for Israel and the Nations! Jacob’s name was changed to Israel after he wrestled with the pre-incarnate Messiah (who came as the messenger of YHVH – YAHVEH (Yahweh), Genesis 32:24-25, 28). Jacob’s 12 sons were the heads of the 12 Tribes of Israel. Their Jewish Messiah is our Messiah - Yeshua (Jesus) was born of "the Tribe of Judah."

Incidents of “Antisemitism,” has surged GLOBALLY even more so after the attack by Hamas and their demonic henchmen butchers on Southern Israel on the 07^th October, 2023 …and subsequent retaliation war on the Radical Islamist group launched by Israel in the Gaza Strip. Thanks to very foolish immigration open border policies, major cities all over the Western World are now absolutely teeming with RADICAL Muslims. We have warned for a long time that this would cause massive problems! Jews everywhere are living in fear once more. From this point forward, things are going to start getting really crazy especially after the United Nations COP 28 Meeting 30^th November – 12^th December! Watch and see!  However, God warned us about all of these things in advance, He has a plan, and He is in control! So even though darkness is filling the earth and is rapidly growing all over the world, we should NEVER give in to FEAR “…for greater is He who is in you than the one who is in the world.”- 1 John 4:4.

While Israel is facing these massive threats on their Northern and Southern borders, there is another threat that they are facing from within! With the majority of the men serving on the war fronts, the IDF Security Forces defending the communities and farms in Judea and Samaria (Westbank) are spread thin and inadequately equipped to defend their homes and villages. We are reminded of a story in the Bible in  2 Samuel 15; where it records that Ittai a Gittite (gentile) came to Jerusalem to join David’s army the day BEFORE war broke out with Absalom. When faced with a choice of leaving Israel for his own safety, Ittai told David; "As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be." - 2 Samuel 15:21. Ironically, Ittai was from the same town as Goliath, a Philistine giant who tried his best to eradicate the Jewish people. Ittai chose to stay and fight with King David and was promoted and blessed for doing so!

Did you know that Ruth (a gentile) chose to stay with Naomi; "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me." Ruth 1:11-17. Ruth was blessed for doing so and became King David’s great-grandmother (Ruth 4:17). Ittai was faithful to King David and here we see two examples - both were gentiles …but chose to be LOYAL to Israel and the God of Israel and so should we be even more so in these extreme times of Israel’s need! It is no exaggeration to say that today Israel is facing their greatest challenge in decades! Israel has enemies on MULTIBLE fronts …both within their own country …and abroad. We are so grateful for all who partner with Pray4Zion for your love and support for Israel that enables us by partnering together to be a blessing in these very difficult times, Thank you so much!

No generation since 1^st Century AD early Church… has had more reason to turn to "Prophetic Word" spoken in the Bible concerning these last days than this generation! We are living in a time when the battle between the "Kingdom of Light" - the God of Israel and the Bible …and the "kingdom darkness" of Satan that is today heating up as never before. We believe this is because we are nearing the return of Christ and the ultimate destruction of Satan’s kingdom. And, so the working of "the spirit of Antichrist" is going to intensify the closer we get to the End of the Age! "By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus (the Messiah) has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus (the Messiah) has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world." – 1 John 4:2-3.

What is the real meaning of the term "Antichrist?" The word; Christ comes from a Greek word "christos" - which exactly corresponds to the Hebrew word "Mashiach" from which we get Messiah. And, Yeshua Ha’Mashiach means also Jesus the Messiah. The meaning of the name; Yeshua is "Yahweh is salvation", or "Yahweh saves" and is alluded to; Matthew 1:21 and Luke 2:21. So when we say "anti-Christ," that means anti-Messiah. "Anti" is a Greek preposition with two meanings and both of them apply! First of all, it means "against." And so, the first operation is against Messiah. The second meaning is "in place of." The ultimate purpose is to put a false Messiah "in place of" the true Messiah. So, the total operation is in two phases. When we begin to recognize that, we will see that "the spirit of Antichrist" is extremely active almost throughout the whole world and especially in "the WOKE culture" of today …sadly even in some professing Churches who have taken Israel out of the question and Bible saying Israel is No longer relevant – which is "Replacement Theology." That is "the spirit of Antichrist!" But we MUST bear in mind that that is NOT the end of Satan’s purpose. His purpose is to replace the true Messiah by a false Messiah!

If we look at 1 John 2:18–23 along with the passage from 1 John 4:2-3, we see three forms of Antichrist; First of all, there are many antichrists - in the course of human history, many antichrists have appeared and been manifested. And, then there is the Antichrist who is one specific person! That is the FINAL manifestation (and a product of "the spirit of Antichrist") who has NOT yet been revealed in human history. We believe that his shadow has already fallen across the world stage, but we have not seen the actual person. However, at the very END of this current Age, Scripture makes it clear, there WILL be that one final, supremely EVIL, supremely POWERFUL ruler, that will dominate the human race for a brief period, who will be the Antichrist! The third form is "the spirit of antichrist!" This is "a spirit" …of the Antichrist, that operates through every antichrist.  

The Apostle John has given us certain marks of "the spirit of Antichrist"- which are very important! Firstly, it starts in association with God’s people; "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us." - 1 John 2:19. So, "antichrist" always begins in some way in association with the believers – the people of God. BUT it does NOT really belong there, and in due course that will be made manifest. That is one mark of "the spirit of antichrist!" The second one is that it denies that Yeshua (Jesus) is the Messiah, as we see; 1 John 2:22; "Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Messiah" And then John continues with the third mark: "He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son." This is very important! The "antichrist" does NOT deny the existence of God …in fact, he claims to be God’s representative! What he does deny is the relationship of the Father and the Son within the Godhead. And the fourth mark of "antichrist" that is given in 1 John 4 is that it denies that Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah has come 2,000-years ago and will come again someday soon  …BUT only believes in a Messiah who is yet to come and these are all associated with "false religions!"

While it is true that Islam has NOT been guilty of anything so terrible as the Nazi Holocaust – the attack on Israel was in the same - “spirit of Naziism’ with the intention to kill Jews! Islam has a long record of 13 Centuries of suppression and contempt for both Christianity and Judaism. Western Christians who sympathize with Hamas and Hezbollah are in fact ignorant of the Islamic Quran that clearly states “…first they will come for the Jews and then the Christians!” first for the Saturday people and then for the Sunday people! Islam wants world domination! It’s NOT a religion of PEACE – they want every PIECE! Islam bears most of the marks of “the spirit of antichrist!”

A main manifestation of; "the spirit of antichrist" is ISLAM, the pagan religion of Mohammed. In light of the events of 11^th September, 2001, in America …and the very recent horrific barbaric attack on innocent Israeli civilians on the 07^th October, 2023… We believe it is very important for Jews and Christians to be well-informed about ISLAM. Did you know that we have been teaching about this for 30 years and have many teachings on our website? It is a tragedy that many Christians in the West have misunderstood, been deceived, and underestimated the religion of Muhammad’s Islam. In Moslem countries throughout the Centuries both Christians and Jews have been given the title of "Dimmy" which means second-class people in fact lower than dogs!

With all eyes on Israel's immediate foes, such as Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, and its proxies in Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria …the one Nation that could present an even bigger challenge is Turkey. Turkey's military is one of the largest in the Middle East region, on par with both Egypt and Iran, and is considered one of the top 15 militaries in the world, according to most military magazines.

The rise of Turkey as a global power and its hostility towards Israel aligns with certain key Bible Prophecies related to what will take place in the Middle East before the return of Yeshua (Jesus). Ezekiel specifically predicted (Ezekiel 38-39) that Turkey would become one of the primary geopolitical enemies of Israel in the Last Days, along with Russia and Iran. There have been several meetings of the leaders of Russia, Iran, and Turkey over the past few years as they draw closer into an End-time alliance. While Turkey is still today part of NATO, it has all but given up its push to become part of the European Union after decades of failure to be accepted. If Turkey were to become involved in a conflict with Israel in the near future, as it NOW clearly seems possible, it would put the United States and NATO in a difficult position of supporting Israel while one of its own members attacks the state? There is coming a time when ALL Nations will not support Israel! Time will tell!

Ezekiel 38/39 warns that this invading coalition, referred to as the Gog/Magog Coalition, is brought into the region with a "hook in the jaw"… implying that there are some underlying circumstances that WILL force them into the region, almost against their will. Much of the speculation over the years has been that it would be Israeli OIL discoveries or natural GAS that would lure them, or even a retaliatory strike after Israel takes out Iran's nuclear program. The Gaza invasion and worldwide opposition could soon provide that hook that forces this coalition to march forward against Israel just as Ezekiel warned us 2,600 years ago.

God controls human history… God is God and can choose whom He wishes to choose - to fulfil Prophecy. You can see from the very beginning when God created Adam (man) and Eve (woman) and said it was good; "And God blessed them. And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth’" – Genesis 1:28. Later Adam and Eve were deceived by Satan and God saw that the SIN of rebellion entered in the Garden of Eden and so they were banished from there. And, then humanity had become so SINFUL in the Ancient World that God destroyed them in the FLOOD (Genesis 6).ONLY Noah and his family of 8 from the whole Ancient World was saved. It had been corrupted. The DNA had been corrupted! After the Flood waters subsided God repeated this command to Noah. After flooding the earth, the Lord repeated to Noah, his sons, and his sons’ sons: "and you, be fruitful and multiply, increase greatly on the earth and multiply in it" – Genesis 9:7. In both these instances, the Lord gave the injunction for mankind to increase their population by having and raising children. 

And so, God choose Abraham… "Now the Lord had said to Abram: Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you" - Genesis 12:1. Here we see that God has chosen Avram (Abram), yet it gives us no indication of what motivation? The Lord said that Noah was "a righteous man," perfect in his generations and he had found favour in God’s eyes and was chosen to save a remnant of humanity. Now we see  that God desired that Abram (Abraham) become a source of blessing to the whole world, setting before him "a moral imperative" to obey His commandment to leave everything of this world behind. This correlates with the verses in Genesis: "I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed" - Genesis 12:2-3.

From Abraham came Isaac and then Jacob (who later became Israel) and God blessed him: "After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him. God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel." So, he named him Israel. And God said to him, "I am God Almighty ; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants. The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you." – Genesis 35:9-12. The Nation of Israel, called so after his name, and the twelve tribes, which were as so many nations, of which the above nation consisted: and kings shall come out of your (Jacob) loins as Saul, David, Solomon, and, many others, who were kings of Israel and of Judah, and especially the King Messiah Yeshua (Jesus); yea, all his posterity were kings and priests, or a kingdom of priests (Exodus 19:6).

Here’s something interesting… According to Jewish tradition, the "Talmud," which comes from the Hebrew word "lilmod" related to "lamed" and literally means "to learn."  Herein they state  that; Abraham was born Abram in the City of Ur in Babylonia Mesopotamia, in the year 1948 from Creation (circa 1800 BCE). He was the son of Terach, an idol merchant, but from his early childhood, he questioned the faith of his father and sought the truth. He came to believe that the entire universe was the work of a single Creator, YHVH - Yahweh and he began to teach this belief to others. The Calendar date will depend on what calendar you use. If you use the Gregorian calendar with "BC" and "AD" - then Abraham was born around 1812BC.

We are currently in the Jewish year 5784 (2023/4), anno mundi (from creation). Abraham was born in 1948, AM (BC) (from creation).Yet, we are currently in the Gregorian year 2023 AD (anno Domini) that will  change on the 01^st January, 2024. 5784 years (total time from creation) minus 1948 years (the year Abraham was born after creation) leaves 3836 years ago from time Abraham was born. Take 2024 AD based corresponding with the current Hebrew years from 3836 years and you are left with the amount of years BC (before Christ) that Abraham was born = 1812BC.

So, the short answer, either 1812BC, or 1948AM. So, if the year Abraham was born is calculated 1948AM (from Creation) then isn’t it so amazingly corresponding with the year of Israel’s re-birth year 1948? Are these just strange coincidences, or are we to see that there is significance in these events and for this generation?

It would be great if we only had “AM” instead of AD (from creation) for our Calendar dating. It would not only make things easier to see at a glance, it would also become more obvious as to how time has passed from Creation until today, and it will show us the ticking time bomb of how very little time we have left until the end of the Biblical 6,000 -Years …in the next few years! Or how little time until Christ’s 1,000-Year Millennial Reign = 7,000 years. We know the Hebrew Calendar is slightly out, apparently by anything from 160 years to 209 years, but it's the best way of keeping a record of time passed since Creation, rather than this AD and BC mix and match.

30AD. The New Testament commenced at this time. From 30AD counting forward 2000 years would take us to 2030AD! What have the Globalists WEF and UN planned their SDG COP28 Meeting 30^th November 2023 – 12^th December for their plans for 2030 only 7 years away? We do NOT set dates for the Rapture or The Second Coming of Christ ...BUT found this very interesting since most (even unbelievers) would agree we are living in End-times! Could the end of 2023 mark the beginning of that 7-year Tribulation count? We have to ask ourselves if we believe in such coincidences or if we see the hand of God’s providence at work, revealing things only this generation would be able to see, understand and appreciate!

Therefore, it is surely extraordinary that Israel was re-born as a Nation in their ancient homeland on May 14, 1948, after nearly 2,000 years of exile among the Nations of the world… The very existence of the Modern State of Israel is entirely consistent with New Testament Prophecies regarding the advent of the Messiah, since Yeshua (Jesus) taught that the Jewish people would reside in the Promised Land at the time of His Second Coming, and that the City of Jerusalem would be surrounded by enemies of the Jewish State (Matthew 24-25; Mark 13, Luke 21). 

Now let’s explore the FINAL manifestation of “the spirit of antichrist”… and examine very important passages of Scripture so we are not unaware of what Satan is planning.

In 2 Thessalonians 2, Paul deals with the appearance, revelation, and manifestation of the Antichrist and also addresses preparation for the Lord’s Return... And they are very closely intertwined, because the FINAL satanic act before the return of the Lord WILL be the revealing of the Antichrist. In fact, Paul says that the Lord WILL destroy the Antichrist with the brightness of Yeshua (Jesus) Coming. We read in 2 Thessalonians 2:1–2; "Now brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us." The word’ coming’ there is the word "Parousia" in Greek, which is normally used for the Second Coming of Christ. Paul wrote, "Don’t be shaken or troubled, neither by spirit, or by word or by letter as if from us,"

And Paul writes that we must NOT be "deceived" as "the falling away" departing from the FAITH MUST happen; 2 Thessalonians 2:3; "Don’t be deceived as though the day of Christ had come. Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin (the Antichrist) is revealed, the son of perdition"

The term "falling away" in Greek is "apostacia" meaning; "apostasy"  which is a deliberate rejection of revealed truth of the Word of God – the Bible!  This verse offers two titles of the Antichrist; Firstly, he is "the man of sin" or "man of lawlessness" who is the supreme embodiment of man’s rebellion against God and rejection of God’s Laws. He is also called "the son of perdition," the one who is headed for a lost Eternity. Judas Iscariot is the ONLY other person in the New Testament who is called "son of perdition," as he was a false Apostle! We believe that we are already confronted with the "apostasy." We must always remember that the Church is the stronghold against sin …and so Satan has to penetrate the Church in the same way that He tried to attempt Jeshua (Jesus) in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4)

So, we see three different names for the same being; the Antichrist, the man of lawlessness, the son of perdition. And we have one other important name in Revelation 13:1. This is part of a vision that John had in this revelation; "I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marvelled and followed the beast. So, they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, ‘Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?’" Here we see the fourth title: "the beast" - a person who is going to arise to whom Satan (the dragon) will give his power. Why will Satan give his power to this person? Because that will enable this person to gain dominion over the ENTIRE human race …and to persuade the ENTIRE human race to do the one thing that Satan wants most – that is "to worship him!" This is his goal. He has been working on this patiently for many Centuries, and he is very near to the achievement of his goal at this time and in this Generation!

The ENTIRE people and nations of the world are going to worship "the beast"- Antichrist… How can that be? They ALL are convinced it was hopeless to make war with "the beast." We are NOT certain what sort of circumstances will convince "all the world" that it is futile to fight back. When you consider the modern age of Technology, AI, and Weaponry, etc.,  in which we currently live, it is easy to believe that the situation pictured here could be very close. Let’s go further and look at verse… Revelation 13:8; "All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have NOT been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world." What a dramatic statement! The ENTIRE human race WILL worship the Antichrist - EXCEPT those God has chosen for Himself – the Bride of Christ – the TRUE Church of believers in Yeshua – Jesus Christ! Stay strong we as believers know the final battle and that in the end - we win! Maranatha Lord!

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.

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, 2023

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