Israel at War: The Day of the Lord is Near: February 25, 2024 (The all-out war Obadiah warns has started)

To Order Book

About 30 years ago, I begin to preach about the Day of the Lord is Near as found in the Book of Obadiah. In my best selling book As America Has Done to Israel, I included a chapter about the Day of the Lord. The Day of the Lord is a reference in the Bible to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.  Obadiah gives a clear indicator to the immanent Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The key event is when Israel enters into an all-out battle with the Palestinians in which none of them survive.

I believe the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent war was the trigger for the battle described in Obadiah.  This blog will keep you on the cutting edge of events leading to proving the Day of the Lord is Near and soon Second Coming of Jesus Christ. This can be proved by the Bible.

Obadiah 1:18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. 

Hamas even named the attack and war they started. It was call: Operation Al Aqsa Flood! This means the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. All the wars triggered by Hamas’ attack are heading towards Jerusalem where God will bring his final judgment on Islam. Incredible events are soon about to unfold, but if you understand Bible prophecy you know how it is going to end.

See my complete preaching and teaching about the Obadiah and the Day of the Lord is Near: McTteachingvideo.com Two of the videos follow:

 Zechariah 12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

ISRAEL: Latest Update (The * is for the latest postings)

Hostile Foreign Islamists Infiltrating East Jerusalem

From article:”However, we cannot neglect malicious activity within our capital city of Jerusalem, which if not addressed, will impact peace-loving Jews, Muslims, Christians, and others. Two of the main players in this ongoing problem are Qatar and Turkey, whose anti-Israel stances are well-known.The Jerusalem Center for Applied Policy (JCAP) is therefore currently investigating Qatari and Turkish activities in Jerusalem and elsewhere.

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has renewed its activities in eastern Jerusalem, after a several-year-long shutdown by Israel. Acting under the auspices of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, TIKA works closely with the Yunus Amra Cultural Center in Jerusalem. Their agenda is to delegitimize Israel, support the “resistance” (aka terrorism), and cultivate anti-Israel cultural events and activists. At least two other Turkish bodies – the Turkish Culture Association, and Miratana, directed by senior Hamas figure Jihaad Yaamour – are also supporters of the “resistance” against Israel. These are essentially fronts for Hamas activities in Jerusalem.

Israel will increase strikes on Hezbollah even during potential Gaza truce

From article:”“We are planning to increase the firepower against Hezbollah, which is unable to find replacements for the commanders we are eliminating,” Gallant said Sunday during a visit to the IDF Northern Command headquarters in Safed. The defense minister emphasized that strikes on Hezbollah would continue even if Israel signed a hostage deal with Hamas, which would see a pause in fighting in Gaza and the release of Palestinian prisoners in return for freeing the hostages held in the Strip.

“In the event of a temporary truce in Gaza, we will increase the fire in the north, and will continue until the full withdrawal of Hezbollah [from the border] and the return of the residents to their homes,” he said, referring to some 80,000 Israelis displaced by Hezbollah’s attacks. “The goal is simple — to push Hezbollah back to where it should be. Either by an agreement or by force,” Gallant added.”

As hope for deal fills Hostages Square, chaos erupts at nearby anti-Netanyahu rally

From article:”At least two of arrested demonstrators were leaders of the protest movement against the government, according to spokespeople for a loose affiliation of groups on their WhatsApp channel titled “Israeli Pro-Democracy Protest Movement.” Several people required medical treatment after the clashes, in which mounted police knocked over some 10 individuals to push back the crowd.”

Hamas in Lebanon is fighting to eliminate Israel

Hamas ‘could not have anticipated’ Israel’s response to October 7, official says

From articles:”“When the [al-Qassam] brigades did what they did on October 7,” the interviewer asked, “did they have any expectations regarding the consequences of the attack?” Marzouk responded that nobody had anticipated Israel’s response. “Nobody in the whole world expected them to be so barbaric,” Marzouk said. “And in such violation of all international laws, treaties, and norms. Nobody expected the [Israeli response] to be so barbaric because, ultimately, the resistance fights soldiers. It is not fighting civilians with planes and tanks.”

US reverses Pompeo doctrine, says West Bank settlements illegal

From article:”“We’re disappointed in the announcement,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday during a joint press conference in Buenos Aires. “It’s been longstanding US policy under Republican and Democratic administrations alike that new settlements are counterproductive to reaching an enduring peace,” he said.“They’re also inconsistent with international law. Our administration maintains a firm opposition to settlement expansion. And in our judgment, this only weakens – it doesn’t strengthen – Israel’s security,” Blinken said. His statement and a similar one issued by White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby marked the first time, since US President Joe Biden took office, that his administration has spoken of the illegality of settlements.”

UN rights officials call for Israel arms embargo; FM: They’re cooperating with Hamas

From article:”In the statement, issued under the auspices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the rights experts said that all countries have a responsibility not to sell weapons “if it is expected, given the facts or past patterns of behavior, that they would be used to violate international law.” The same thing went for military intelligence, the statement noted. In response to the statement, the Foreign Ministry reiterated that Israel was fighting the war in self-defense and that “even in the face of the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Hamas terrorists, Israel has acted, and will continue to act, in accordance with international law.”

Israel Did Not Expect This! Hamaz Boats Suddenly Rushed the Israeli Corvette! (Video)

The American citizens fighting and dying for Israel in the Gaza war

From article:”U.S. immigrants are prevalent among religious, nationalist and Zionist communities in Israel and the West Bank, experts said. Families tend to be large and often have multiple members serving in the military or as reservists. An estimated 23,380 American citizens currently serve in Israeli ranks, according to the Israel Defense Forces. “It’s not surprising to see Americans disproportionately represented,” said Sara Hirschhorn, a visiting professor of history at Haifa University. “Many American Jews who have immigrated to Israel are very idealistic.” Tens of thousands have come in recent decades, she said, inspired by Zionist or Jewish aspirations they couldn’t fulfill in the United States. Their commitment to Israel and to its military grew deep.*

Israel’s economy shrinks more than expected on Gaza war With this steep decline, Israel can’t keep the war going for any length of time. The war will crush the economy.

From article:”The Central Bureau of Statistics said the war had sharply curtailed spending, travel and investment at the end of last year.It said private spending dropped by 26.3%, exports fell by 18.3% and there had been a 67.8% slide in investment in fixed assets, especially in residential buildings. The construction sector suffered from a lack of labour, due to military call-ups and a reduction in Palestinian workers.Meanwhile, government spending, mainly on war expenses and compensating businesses and households, jumped by 88.1%.”

Hamas terrorists ‘systematically and intentionally’ committed sexual violence during Oct. 7 attack: report There is nothing new in this report as it was known from day one, but this official report is something to stand on.

War Expands With Massive Israeli Airstrikes 60km Deep Into Lebanon

From article:”Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari has confirmed in a statement that military was behind large airstrikes that rocked a town just south of Sidon earlier in the day. Hagari the strikes targeted Hezbollah weapons depots, and also served as a response to an explosive-laden that struck northern Israel previously on Monday. Video captured the moment of the massive airstrikes”

US proposes UN Security Council oppose Rafah assault, back temporary Gaza ceasefire

From article:”Israel plans to storm Rafah, where more than 1 million of the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza have sought shelter, prompting international concern that such a move would sharply worsen the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The draft U.S. resolution says such a move “would have serious implications for regional peace and security, and therefore underscores that such a major ground offensive should not proceed under current circumstances.”

Houthis Sink British Ship in Red Sea, Shoot Down US Reaper Drone, Attack Two US Ships in Gulf of Aden: Attacking USA warships is an act of war. Why isn’t Biden treating these attacks are war against the USA?

Israel ‘outright rejects’ foreign efforts to create Palestinian state after Hamas war, Netanyahu declares This is great news. Israel is in the process of destroying Hamas and putting an end to this plague. The problem is the fuse is lit for the end time Bible prophecy scenario which will end with the destruction of Islam.

Israel FOUND Leader Sinwar’s Great Treasure! New Hostages Found There! (Video)

The Hadith Of The Stones And The Trees – About The Muslims Killing The Jews Ahead Of The End of Days – In The Hamas Charter And In A Publication Of The Hamas-Affiliated Palestine Scholars Association  I want you to realize that what is being used my Muslims to justify killing Jews in not the Koran but secondary writing called the Hadithes which were written 250 years after the death of Muhammad. There is virtually no prophecy in the Koran including the rebirth of Israel and Jerusalem. The Bible has the prophecy which is being fulfilled before our eyes and proves it is the Word of God!

From article:”There is currently much discussion of the murderous methods used by Hamas in its October 7, 2023 attack on localities in southern Israel, methods that resemble those of the Islamic State (ISIS) organization in their cruelty and brutality. This article questions whether the religious philosophy of ISIS, especially its perception of its struggle against the infidels as a war that heralds the End of Days, helped radicalize the religious outlook of the Palestine Scholars Association, whose heads are members of Hamas.[1]

The connection between the current jihad against the Jews and the war at the End of Days is mentioned already in Hamas’ 1988 founding Charter. This document presents the war against the Jews as part of ongoing jihad that will not stop until the End of Days, when the Muslims finally kill all the Jews. But today it is pertinent to ask whether there are some who encourage Palestinians to regard their struggle against the Jews as part of an eschatological war that has already begun, and in which the Jews will ultimately be annihilated.

Such influence is perhaps reflected in a document posted on April 16, 2023 on the website of the Palestine Scholars Association that describes the war at the End of Days. Titled “The End of the Jews and the Future of Jerusalem According to the Hadith of the Prophet,” this lengthy document (of about 3,000 words) describes the imminent and complete annihilation of the Jews, first in Palestine and then in the rest of the world. The document is based on several Prophetic hadiths, and thereby presents its message as unassailable truth and as a religious source that must be obeyed. Among the hadiths cited are the abovementioned Hadith of the Stones and the Trees, which is presented as the most important of the traditions mentioned. The document stresses that the Jews know their end is near, and therefore plant many gharqad trees in the places where they live (a claim that is frequently repeated today in educational materials, in propaganda and in the media).[13]

“[Before the founding of the State of Israel,] the hadith [that says that] ‘the hour of judgment shall not come until the Muslims fight the Jews’ often gave rise to the following question: How can the Jews even be fought, when they are  riff-raff, scattered in groups all over the world, in accordance with what Allah the Almighty said [in Quran 7:168]: ‘ We dispersed them through the land in groups’? They do not form a collective, or have a center where they all congregate together. Nor do they have a state. So how can war be waged against them?  But today, the matter has become clear to all: The Jews came from all over the world and congregated in this blessed land [of Palestine]. And that is what the Messenger of Allah, peace and prayers be upon him, meant when he said that ‘the hour of judgment shall not come until the Muslims fight the Jews… and the stone and the tree will say, Oh Muslim…’ These words of the Prophet indicate that the Jews will be massacred all together and the land will be purged of their filth – and even those who try to flee for their lives will be pursued. And the fighting will not be only against those who live in the land where the war will take place [i.e., in Palestine]. On the contrary, the Jews will be pursued in every corner of the world, and those who try to hide, the very stones and trees will open their mouths [and reveal their presence].”

US warships are shooting down weapons no one’s ever faced in combat before, and a Navy commander says it’s a ‘great opportunity

Imam recites Quran at Belgian parliament, calling for killing, kidnapping of Jews It is time for the European Jews to flee Europe. The murdering spirit in Islam has been unleashed on the Jews. The is no stopping it, so the Jews need to get out now and head to Israel. God is using the Muslims to drive the Jews back to Israel.

From article:”Israel’s ambassador to Belgium Idit Rosenzweig commented on X that she is “absolutely horrified” over the incident. “He could have chosen anything else, not a frightening symbolic message to anyone who knows the Quran, straight from the parliament podium… in Brussels’ parliament, a city with 18,000 Jews who are already experiencing increased antisemitism and fear.”

International Court of Justice Refuses to Block Israel from Attack in Rafah

Sooner or later, the IDF will enter Rafah. It may have to fight on northern border, too There is no doubt this battle is coming. Israel is the early stages of the all-out war the Prophet Obadiah predicted would happen before the Day of the Lord was the sign the Day of the Lord is Near!

That’s ittt! Hamaz’ Central Commander Could Not Escape Israeli Warplanes!(Video)

‘Hamas is not a terrorist group,’ says UN Relief Chief Martin Griffiths

From article:”Asked about the feasibility of Israel’s military goal to eliminate Hamas and disallow the terrorist group from having any governing say in Gaza, Griffiths responded “Hamas is not a terrorist group for us, as you know, it is a political movement. But, I think it is very very difficult to dislodge these groups without a negotiated solution; which includes their aspirations. “I cannot think of an example offhand of a place where a victory through warfare has succeeded against a well-entrenched group, terrorist or otherwise.”

US, Arabs ‘rushing’ plan to establish Palestinian state This is so dangerous for Biden and the USA because it interferes with God’s prophetic plan for Israel!

From article:”There is an urgency to reach an agreement because Jerusalem is readying for a major offensive in Rafah, the last Hamas stronghold in the Gaza Strip. While Israel is working on an evacuation plan for the 1.5 million civilians sheltered in the city ahead of the battle, fears are mounting in Western capitals about the toll the fighting could take on the noncombatant population. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday dismissed reports of progress in the Cairo talks, with his office issuing a statement saying that Jerusalem did not receive any new proposal from Hamas on releasing the hostages and that the premier “insists that Israel will not give in to Hamas’s delusional demands.”

Iran Tests Ballistic Missiles in Preparation for Strike on Israel

From article:”Iran test fired advanced ballistic missiles on Tuesday in a series of war drills meant to prepare the Islamic Republic for a strike on Israeli military sites that house American-made F-35 fighter jets, according to the country’s state-controlled media. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is behind a series of recent strikes on American and Israeli positions across the Middle East, “simulated destroying hangars housing the Israeli regime’s United States-procured F-35 warplanes by using ballistic missiles,” according to information about the drills published in Tehran’s official media outlets.”

More Attacks On Red Sea Vessels As US Coalition Pounds Houthi-Held Port City

Sooner or later, the IDF will enter Rafah. It may have to fight on northern border

From article:”Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah has derided various foreign proposals that would compel him to pull his forces further back from the border, and is gradually escalating his attacks — barrages of 30 rockets a time on two days last week, intermittent targeting of a key IDF base, rocket fire that badly hurt a mother and her 15-year-old son in Kiryat Shimona on Tuesday, and deadly fire on Safed Wednesday morning, prompting what the IDF called “widespread” retaliatory airstrikes. It’s not clear what red line Hezbollah would have to cross for Israel to significantly escalate its response. Political and military chiefs have intimated that an attack on a strategic site, or an attack with what are deemed to be major civilian casualties, or a substantive barrage on Haifa, might constitute the breaking point.”

At White House, King Abdullah attacks ’70 years of Israeli occupation’

From article:”Abdullah also spoke of Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque compound on the Temple Mount – known to Muslims as al-Haram, al-Sharif – as he warned against Israeli actions at that site, which is the holiest one in Judaism and the third most sacred site to Muslims. “Continued escalations by extremist settlers in the West Bank and Jerusalem’s holy sites and the expansion of illegal settlements will unleash chaos on the entire region,” the king said. “The vast majority of Muslim worshipers are not being allowed to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque. Christian churches have also voiced concerns about increasing and unprecedented restrictions and threats,” Abdullah said.

THE WHITE HOUSE later said that Biden spoke with Abdullah about his support for the status quo at the Temple Mount, an arrangement by which only Muslims can pray at that site, while members of all other faiths can only visit. “The president underscored the importance of upholding the status quo at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount, recognizing Jordan’s crucial role as the custodian of Muslim holy places in Jerusalem,” the White House said.

Biden Commits to Jordan’s King to Continue Ban on Christian, Jewish Worship on Jerusalem’s Holy Temple MountThis article is about the Temple Mount which is ground zero for the current war. Jerusalem will be the center of two end times war with the first bringing and end to Islam. This is an excellent article and make sure you read it.

From article:”Jordan, as well as Palestinian factions, have long portrayed peaceful Jewish visits to the mount as acts of “storming” the mosque or posing a threat to it, depictions aimed at riling up the Arab world against Israel, while warning such “dangerous provocations” may ignite the Middle East. Meanwhile, radical Palestinians, supported by Iranian leadership, have frequently incited violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque by falsely claiming Israel plans to destroy it, leading to widespread violence against Israelis and Jews, and often prompting Israeli police action to restore order.

Houthis Say “American Ship” Hit By Missiles In Red Sea 

From article:”In a statement on social media platform X, a Houthi military spokesperson said (translated from Arabic by Google):

God Almighty said: (Those who believe fight in the way of God, and those who disbelieve fight in the way of the tyrant, so fight the friends of Satan. Indeed, the plot of Satan is weak.) God Almighty has spoken the truth. A victory for the oppression of the Palestinian people and ensuring a response to the American-British aggression against our country. The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces targeted the American ship “Star Iris” in the Red Sea with a number of suitable naval missiles, and the hit was accurate and direct, thanks to God. The Yemeni Armed Forces, in response to their religious, moral and humanitarian duty, will continue to implement the decision to prevent Israeli navigation or navigation to the occupied ports of Palestine in the Red and Arab Seas until the aggression stops and the siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted. They will not hesitate, with the help of God Almighty, to carry out more operations in response to The Zionist crimes against our brothers in the Gaza Strip, as well as in response to the ongoing American-British aggression against our dear country.“

Gaza: Israel moves closer to Rafah offensive despite ‘bloodbath’ warning

IDF Reports Discovery of Top Secret Hamas Data Center Beneath UN’s Gaza Headquarters (Video)

‘Jew List’ published by Australian pro-Palestinian activists forces families into hiding

From article:”A collection of pro-Palestinian activists collected and published the names, photos, and social media accounts of 600 people from the creative industry whom they deem “Zionist,” according to multiple media reports from Friday and a statement from the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies.  The spreadsheet listed numerous Australian Jews, many of whom were vocally critical of Israel, according to the Jewish Chronicle. In addition, many of the listed parties had never publicly supported Israel but had called for journalists who published antisemitic content to be reprimanded.”

Biden, Egypt warn Netanyahu against invading Gaza’s Rafah

From article:”The Egyptian Foreign Ministry separately warned of “the dire consequences of such action,” which it said risks “worsening the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip.” It called on the international community to unite to prevent an IDF attack against Rafah, which is located close to its border and where over 1.3 million Palestinians are located, many of whom fled there to escape bombing in the northern part of the enclave. In the last few days, unnamed Egyptian officials have also warned that the country’s 1979 peace treaty with Egypt could be in danger.”

Egypt may become an unstoppable enemy for Israel, former IDF general warns

From article:”Although it’s a poor country, it’s the strongest army in the Middle East today – 4,000 tanks, 2,000 modern ones, hundreds of the most advanced aircraft, and a navy of the best there is.For years, they’ve been building highways into Sinai. We’re the target. They’re not building the army for anywhere else. This means one decision to cancel peace, they become an enemy state, and we don’t even have a brigade to stand against it.”

New US directive links military aid to human rights, including for Israel

From article:”US President Joe Biden issued a memorandum linking American military aid globally to adherence to international humanitarian law, including for Israel, as he called the IDF’s military operation in Gaza “over the top.” Forms of military aid could be suspended If reports of violations are found credible, according to the National Security Memorandum issued on Thursday night. Countries receiving military aid have 45 days, by February 8, to assure the US that they would comply with the memorandum or risk a pause in the delivery of that aid.’

Israelis on the northern border adapt to life under constant bombardment

Iran is in Shock! Israel Found Iran’s Central Bank in Gaza! Khan Yunis Operation is Getting Deeper! (Video) This is wonderful news. God is plundering the wealth of Hamas and transferring it to Israel! All the wealth will be transferred to Israel! It looks like the process has begun.

Ezekiel 39:10…and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

Hamaz’ MULTI-MILLION Dollar Bank Collapsed! Israel Trapped the Great Commander There! (Video)

How To Ensure a Big, Ugly War with Iran

From article:”In reality, these satellite terrorists are being directed in a larger effort by Iran to pry the US. out of the Middle East, in the manner of the 1983 Marine barracks bombing. That way, Iran will be free to fulfill its old dream of becoming a nuclear shield for a new Shiite/Persian terrorist axis from Tehran to Damascus to Beirut to the West Bank and Gaza—surrounding Israel and intimidating the Gulf regimes and more moderate states like Jordan and Egypt into concessions.

One, after the recent serial humiliations of the flight from Afghanistan, the passivity of watching a Chinese spy balloon traverse with impunity the continental United States, the mixed American signals on the eve of the Ukraine war, the troubled Pentagon’s recruitment and leadership lapses, and the destruction of the US southern border, both Iran and its surrogates feel that the United States either cannot or will do much of anything in response to their aggression. They see the U.S. military short thousands of recruits, its leadership politicized, its munition stocks depleted by arms shipments to Ukraine and Israel, and the massive abandonment of weapons in Kabul.”

Iran Works to Usher in an Islamic Savior (Video) This is a great video and make sure you watch it.

Gantz: If world doesn’t remove terror from Lebanon, we will

From article:”Gantz also emphasized to Hochstein that Lebanon bears full responsibility for the terrorism coming from within its territory. Further, Gantz stated that unless Lebanon and the international community acted to remove the threat within Lebanon, Israel would broaden its military activities in the north in order to do so.”

Israel and Lebanon are prepping for a war neither wants, but many fear it’s becoming inevitable

From article:”An Israel-Hezbollah war “would be a total disaster,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned last month, amid a flurry of shuttle diplomacy by the U.S. and Europe. Iran-backed Hezbollah seemed caught off-guard by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, a regional ally. Since then, Hezbollah and Israel have exchanged daily cross-border strikes, escalating gradually. Israel also carried out targeted killings of Hezbollah and Hamas figures in Lebanon.”

Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ Faces Moment of Truth After Attacks on Israel, U.S. Base

From article:”Weeks after Israel invaded Gaza in response to Hamas’s deadly attack on Oct. 7, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei convened a meeting of militia leaders across an alliance Tehran calls “the axis of resistance.” The attack, which Khamenei had publicly praised as an “epic victory,” marked a crescendo of four decades of Iranian efforts to train and arm a network of nonstate militant groups as a way to threaten its enemies and extend its influence in the Middle East.