Israel at War: The Day of the Lord is Near: May 20, 2024

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.

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:

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

Major Israeli leader threatens to quit over conduct of war

From article:”Gantz – currently also a “minister without portfolio,” a party leader in his own right, a former alternate Israeli prime minister from 2020-2021, and a retired Army general – sharply criticized the conduct of the war, accusing Netanyahu of failing to provide clear leadership. As a result, he said, the war has been allowed to drift off course. “Essential decisions were not made. Essential leadership decisions to ensure victory were not done. A small minority has taken over the command bridge of the Israeli ship of state and is steering her toward the rocks,” Gantz said in a broadside against Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition members, including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.”

Top Israel official urges final ultimatum for Hezbollah in Lebanon

From article:”Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday called for Israel to give Hezbollah a final ultimatum to vacate the border area in southern Lebanon – or face the prospect of IDF invasion to remove them by force. Smotrich, who is also chairman of the Religious Zionism party, made his statement while visiting party colleagues in the country’s north. At the meeting, he also called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make a clear announcement on Israel’s long-term security policy – including a plan to deal with Hezbollah, arguing that, if necessary, military action would have to be taken to drive the terrorists deeper into Lebanon.”

Historian: White House ‘Actively Promoting’ Iran’s Noose Around Israel (Video)

From article:”During the seven months since the October 7th Hamas massacre and kidnappings, the Israeli perception of the Biden administration’s relationship with their nation and especially with their prime minister has, for many, been transformed from warm and welcoming to bewildering and hostile. That has been more evident since the early weeks of 2024 when the White House made it clear they would prefer to see Benjamin Netanyahu replaced as prime minister. Later they would even summon coalition member and National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz to Washington to conduct business with Israel without consultation from either party with Netanyahu. In a recent Tablet Magazine article, historian and author Gadi Taub penned a provocative opening paragraph: “In the eyes of the Biden administration, Hamas is the smaller problem (in the Middle East). The bigger problem is Benjamin Netanyahu. The U.S. is willing to live with Iran’s proxies everywhere, as part of its ‘regional integration’ policy – i.e., appeasing Iran. But they are unwilling to live with Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition.”

With the fate of Raisi in question, his denial and hatred for Jews and Israel takes the spotlight

From article:”On resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Raisi has been clear in his intentions, stating, “The only solution is a Palestinian state from the river to the sea.'”He has also remarked that the “Zionist regime’s crimes have crossed the redlines, which may force everyone to take action,” in reference to Israeli military actions in Gaza as of October 29.”

Iran’s New Proxy: American Universities The Democrats are sending billions of dollars to Iran who then launder the money back to America to takeover the universities. The dems, FBI, CIA all know this, so this is all part of destroying America! It is right in our faces.

From article:””The deep-pocketed Alavi Foundation has aggressively given away hundreds of thousands of dollars to Columbia University and Rutgers University for Middle Eastern and Persian studies programs that employ professors sympathetic to the Iranian dictatorship…

“In one of the biggest handouts, the controversial charity donated $100,000 to Columbia University after the Ivy League school agreed to host Iranian leader and Holocaust denier Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to the foundation’s 2007 tax filings obtained by The Post.” “We found evidence that the government of Iran really controlled everything about the foundation,” Adam Kaufmann, investigations chief at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office told the Post at the time. The Alavi Foundation, according to its website, has indeed funded many of the universities where protests were taking place. The universities include those of the Ivy league, such as Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, Rutgers, as well as UCLA and many others. “This is all about Iran laundering their policies through academe,” said Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. “And the ivory tower is prostituting itself for money.”

US Sending Nuclear-Powered Carrier For ‘Higher Stakes’ Red Sea Mission

From article:”The Pentagon is now readying the next step, sending the USS Harry S. Truman nuclear-powered aircraft carrier into the Red Sea. US military magazine Stripes writes of recent planning: “The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and its 6,000-some sailors have spent recent months training in the western Atlantic Ocean for that mission — a rare, pre-planned deployment expected to take the ship into a hostile environment.”

Hezbollah introduces new weapons and tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on

From article:”Hezbollah’s use of more advanced weaponry, including drones capable of firing missiles, explosive drones and the small type of guided missile known as Almas, or Diamond, that was used to attack the base controlling the balloon has raised alarms within the Israeli military. “Hezbollah has been escalating the situation in the north,” said military spokesman Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani. “They’ve been firing more and more.”

CUNY prof. threatened after waving US flag: ‘They want to destroy America’

From article:”Lax said that the demands aspired toward undermining American institutions in the campus, city, and country. The reason that the protests often blocked bridges and arteries was to destroy American infrastructure and way of life.“They want America destroyed,” said the professor. Lax recalled the anti-Americanism that had been present at the campus encampments in NYC, including chants for “death to America” and the burning of American flags. While counterprotesters (Pro-Israeli) would often wave both Israeli and American flags, he said that the stars and stripes were always absent from the protests and campus occupations. “These people flew the Palestinian flag above City College of New York,” said Lax, having torn down the American flag.”

‘Muslim Terrorists Are in Our Midst’: Florida Imam Calls for Annihilation of All Jews

From article:”Jews — who are “tyrannical” and the “brothers of apes and pigs” — should be “annihilate[d],” according to a Florida Islamic cleric, who also accused Israel’s army of being “worse than the Nazis.” During a sermon at the North Miami Islamic Center in Florida in late April, Imam Dr. Fadi Kablawi called for Allah to support “our oppressed brothers” in Palestine, as well as for the total annihilation of Jews, whom he referred to as “apes and pigs” — a phrase that radical Islamists have historically used to describe Jews. “Oh Allah, annihilate the tyrannical Jews… for they are no match for You,” he said. “Oh Allah, annihilate the brothers of apes and pigs… [and] cut off their seed.”

There is NO ESCAPE! Israeli Commandos Finally Entered Long Rafah Tunnels! Egypt is Running to Border (Video)

Jews Are Becoming More, Not Less, Zionist

From article:”Today’s Jewish exodus toward Zionism, however, is not just defensive, even with all the horrors unleashed. As the movement of Jewish national liberation, Zionism remains a construction project, a dream machine. Zionists understand that Jews are a people not just a religion, with millennia-old ties to one particular homeland, and the right to build a state on that homeland.  Since establishing that Jewish democratic state in 1948, Zionists defend that state when necessary, but build it, are rebuilt by it, and use their story, those values, to dream about a better tomorrow, always.”

***Israel Declares Independence from Biden This article has to be one of the most shocking and enlightening ones I’ve ever read! It reveals the truth about President Harry Truman and the creation of Israel in 1948. While reading this is article, I was both sad and sickened. Politicians are disgusting, loathsome, revolting creatures of the dark.

From article:”After nearly half a year of pressure campaigns to end the war, the Biden administration followed through by announcing an embargo on offensive weapons to Israel. It’s not the first time. In 1947, the Truman administration had imposed an arms embargo on Israel. Truman, like the current Democrat in the White House, had played a familiar double game, offering diplomatic recognition to Israel and enthusiastic speeches to Jewish voters, even while privately promising Muslims the opposite and making sure that Israel would not have the weapons to defend itself.”

UN revises Gaza death toll, almost 50% less women and children killed than previously reported Hamas was releasing the death figures, so why would anyone believe the numbers? What is Biden going to now that the numbers have been cut in half!

From article:”Two days later, in its May 8 report, the U.N. agency appeared to have cut the number nearly in half, showing instead that some 4,959 women and 7,797 children had been killed so far in the war, which began after thousands of Hamas-led terrorists infiltrated southern Israel from Gaza, slaughtering more than 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking some 240 people hostage.”

Iranian lawmaker declares Tehran obtained nuclear bombs

From article:”After the head of the United Nation’s atomic watchdog agency warned that Iran has enough uranium to produce “several” nuclear bombs, a firebrand Iranian lawmaker declared on Friday that the Islamic Republic of Iran possesses atomic weapons. “In my opinion, we have achieved nuclear weapons, but we do not announce it. It means our policy is to possess nuclear bombs, but our declared policy is currently within the framework of the JCPOA,” Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani told the Iran-based outlet Rouydad 24 on Friday”

How did Rafah become a breaking point for the US, and pit the IDF against Netanyahu? – analysis

From article:”To date, the IDF has only carried out a very limited operation in Rafah, but it has started to move toward a medium size operation which could lead to evacuating 300,000 more out of somewhere between 800,000 to one million Palestinian civilians. There is no question that the leak to The Post was planted to try to undermine any Israeli plan to expand the Rafah operation. Put concisely: why would Israel need to do a large operation if US intelligence can help it nab the Hamas ringleaders like Gaza Chief Yahya Sinwar more quickly?”

Egypt to join South Africa genocide case at ICJ

From article:”Egypt plans to join South Africa’s genocide petition against Israel at the International Court of Justice, its Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday, as part of its campaign to force Israel to halt a pending major military operation in Rafah. Israel’s attacks on Gaza, Egypt said, “include deliberate targeting of civilians, infrastructure destruction, forced displacement, and creating unbearable living conditions, leading to an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Gaza. “These actions constitute a flagrant violation of international law, humanitarian law, and the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 regarding the protection of civilians during wartime,” the Foreign Ministry stated.”

US offers intelligence to avoid large Rafah operation, IDF expands operations in Gaza

From article:”The Biden administration has offered to supply Israel with important intelligence information to avoid an extensive IDF operation in Rafah, The Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing four officials. According to the Post, the information offered by the US includes details regarding the whereabouts of Hamas leaders and the terror group’s tunnels. In addition, the proposition reportedly involved the supply of shelters for the Palestinians of the Strip and US aid in building delivery mechanisms to provide water, food, and medicine for Gazans.”

Israel’s Newest Security Threat China– Is the US Next?

From article:”

• “The Chinese are imposing a kind of sanction on us. They don’t officially declare it, but they are delaying shipments to Israel…. In electronic products, there are tens of thousands of components, but if even one component doesn’t arrive, we cannot deliver the product.” — Unnamed senior figure in a factory, Ynet, December 24, 2023.

• Also immensely disturbing is that “massive” amounts of advanced Chinese military equipment were found in Gaza by the IDF during its military operations there.

The Betrayal of Israel by the US Administration Is Almost Complete

Egypt Building A Militia Force To Handle Rafah Refugee Influx

From article:”It was thus no coincidence that the union’s founding statement noted its aim to “adopt national issues and connect with all Arab tribes to find common ground within the framework of the state, to serve its objectives, and to support the Egyptian president who seeks to protect Egypt’s national security and its Arab nation against the displacement plans aimed at resolving the Palestinian issue at Egypt’s expense.”

Assad Regime, Iranian Militias Have Sent Reinforcements To Al-Suwayda In Southern Syria In Order To Besiege Jordan

From article:”Since the Syrian regime has not published an official statement about the forces being deployed in Al-Suwayda, there has been much speculation about the purpose of their deployment. Local factions and Druze religious scholars assessed that the forces were meant to suppress the protests in the governorate and to strengthen the regime’s control of it.[11] However, sources in Damascus quoted by the London-based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat daily believe that the reasons for the deployment go beyond this, and are related to changes in the regional power-balance in light of the current war in the Gaza Strip. The sources said that, in the aftermath of the war in Gaza, the Syrian regime and its allies will be required to regain control of the southern Syria front, especially in the Al-Suwayda governorate, which borders Jordan, due to the fact that Jordan participated in intercepting drones launched by Iran towards Israel on April 14, 2024,[12] and following military operations conducted by Jordan inside Syrian territory to counter drug-trafficking activity in which Iran-backed militias have been reportedly involved. According to these sources, there are indications that the Syrian regime, in cooperation with Iran, is launching a new security and military initiative with the goal of redeploying Syrian forces along the country’s southern border.”

Top secret Iranian drone site used by IRGC, terror proxies exposed by opposition group

From article:”According to the report, members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are trained to use “all kinds of drones” at the base, including the Mohajer series, manufactured by Qods Aviation Industry. Employees of Qods Aviation Industry also reportedly use the site to train small groups of Iranian proxy operatives of Hezbollah, as well as members of Iranian proxy groups from Syria, Yemen and Iraq, to use the Mohajer-4 drone platform.”

Biden’s arms embargo on Israel ’emboldens’ Hamas missile strikes against Jewish state

From article:”After President Biden gave his ultimatum of withholding offensive weapons to the Jewish state if Israel were to launch an invasion of Rafah, rocket attacks rained down on Israel on Friday from Rafah, with more rockets fired on Saturday. Hamas launched rockets from Rafah at the southern Israeli city of Beersheva on Friday for the first time since December, as Iranian proxy Hezbollah sent a barrage of rockets into the northern Israel city of Kiryat Shmona, causing a massive fire. Within the Gaza Strip on Friday, four Israeli soldiers were killed. “When administration officials attacked or berated Israel publicly previously during the war, Hamas hardened its demands in return for releasing hostages, in fact delaying and minimizing the chances of success of the delicate negotiation,”

Biden ends the US-Israel alliance at a fortuitous moment

From article:”Although it is hard to see at first glance, given the seriousness of the circumstances we find ourselves in, it is fortunate that Biden and his advisers chose this time to openly turn against Israel. So far, Obama’s minions have not succeeded in turning the American people against either the Jewish state or the Jewish people. Five months of tracking polls by the Harvard-Harris polling firm have shown support for Israel holding steady at more than 80%.”

UNGA votes 143-9 to upgrade Palestinian statehood status

From article:”The United Nations General Assembly voted 143-9 to upgrade the Palestinian’s status as a non-member observer state, granting it all but voting rights with regard to all activities related to its plenum. Argentina, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel, Micronesia, Nauru, Papa New Guinea, Palau, and the United States opposed the resolution.”

Tom Cotton: Impeach Joe Biden for Political Decision to Withhold Bombs from Israel

From article:”Biden’s decision to withhold bombs from Israel has political implications. Biden’s base wants him to defund Israel, while many moderate Democrats support Israel’s ability to defend itself against terrorists. Biden appears stuck in the middle during an election year as he trails in the polls. Some Republicans and establishment media pundits immediately characterized the commitment as a “political decision.” Democrats’ impeachment of former President Donald Trump was for allegedly withholding military aid from Ukraine for political reasons despite Congress authorizing it. “The House has no choice but to impeach Biden based on the Trump-Ukraine precedent of withholding foreign aid to help with reelection,” Cotton posted on X. “Only with Biden, it’s true.”

Netanyahu: ‘We will fight tooth and nail,’ even if alone

From article:”Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to fight Hamas with his fingernails as he dismissed US President Joe Biden’s warning that he would not provide arms for a major military operation in Rafah. “If we need to stand alone, we will stand alone,” Netanyahu said in a message he issued on Thursday night. “I have said that if necessary – we will fight with our fingernails.” “But we have much more than fingernails and with that same strength of spirit, with G-d’s help, together we will win,” he said.

Inside the Campus Playbook To Build a Nationwide ‘Unity Intifada’ in Support of Hamas

From article:”Just a day after Hamas’s Oct. 7 rampage through Israel, the nation’s largest anti-Israel campus group snapped into action, issuing a call for “unity intifada” at colleges across the country and mobilizing its network of pro-Palestinian agitators for a “national day of resistance” that would “normalize” terrorism against Israel, according to a strategy document reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. The materials provide insight into National Students for Justice in Palestine’s (NSJP) campus playbook and suggest the anti-Israel umbrella group anticipated a conflict in the Middle East and was prepared to unleash its army of adherents on college campuses across America.

“National liberation is near—glory to our resistance, to our martyrs, and to our steadfast people,” the document states. It includes a series of directions and guides to help students learn the “how-tos for the protest day of action and troubleshoot any support needed.” NSJP also ran “how to organize a protest” workshops and “highly encouraged” its network to organize “a sit-in, disruption, or educational event.” At every step in the process, NSJP was prepared to help its campus protesters foment anti-Israel unrest and “normalize the resistance,” according to the planning materials.”

Rafah op. influences Biden’s decision on conditioning Israel aid

From article:”In his weekly news conference, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA), chair of the House Democratic Caucus, said, “We’ll see what happens on the ground,” when asked about the US response to Israel’s full-scale ground operation in Rafah which the White House has opposed to for months. Aguilar said the caucus would “work with the Biden administration” to see how they responded. “The most important thing here, especially at this moment for that region, is [returning] of the hostages, defeating Hamas, and surging the humanitarian assistance to Gaza,” Aguilar said.”

Antisemitic persecution always happens in stages

From article:”The creation of chaos is the first of these signs. What seems like anarchy or rule-breaking is actually a well-thought-out strategy of creating an atmosphere that suspends rational thought and allows hate to thrive. In the absence of order, mutual respect turns to suspicion of the other, and eventually, hate. A second sign is the intellectual class creating justifications for antisemitism that disguise themselves as concern for the larger society. A third is the use of media to distort reality and further the narrative of justified chaos and hate. Lastly, division is sown between the non-Jewish society and the Jewish community through the use of false accusations and slander. And gaslighting is used to shield the accusers from charges of fabricating a narrative.”

IDF takes operational control of Rafah crossing Israel must finish the job!

From article:”The Israel Defense Forces took control of the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing with Egypt on Tuesday morning, as tanks from the 401st Armored Brigade of the 162nd Division rolled right up to the station. The Israeli flag was raised at the Rafah crossing and video showed an armored vehicle arriving at one of the buildings there, next to a sign that says “Gaza” in English. The IDF shared pictures and video of the moments that the Rafah crossing was captured.”

IDF strikes Hamas terror targets in East Rafah

From article:”The IDF Spokesperson said on Monday night that the military conducted precise, targeted strikes against Hamas terror targets in Eastern Rafah. The Prime Minister’s Office said earlier on Monday night that the War Cabinet had agreed to continue with Israel’s planned Rafah operation. “The War Cabinet unanimously decided that Israel continues the operation in Rafah to exert military pressure on Hamas in order to promote the release of our hostages and the other goals of the war,” the statement read.”

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 AssociationI 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].”