World Watch 2.25.23: Prophetic, Last Days News Just Like Jesus Said

Ukraine 1-Year Anniversary

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left in its wake more than 8,000 civilians dead and 13,000 injured. More than 90% of the casualties were caused by explosive weapons with wide-area effects, such as artillery shells and airstrikes, United Nations officials announced this week.

Civilians were killed in Ukraine while trying to meet their basic needs, like collecting water and buying food. The war in Ukraine has affected the very young and the very old.

Western intelligence sources estimate that each side has suffered approximately 150,000 casualties since Russia launched its invasion on Feb. 24, 2022. Source

Understanding History to Understand Putin

For those of you who can’t understand the logic of this man and/or that country, one must study history.

In 1943 the Russian Red Army fought the Nazis in the Donbas region and eventually liberated Donetsk from them. The loss of this very rich industrial and agricultural region was a major blow to the Nazi economy.

80 years later and in the eyes of Putin and many of his supporters the Nazis are still there only this time they aren’t German but Ukrainians. Amir Tsarfati

• The U.S. has spent in one year in Ukraine as much as 20 years in Afghanistan.
• UN General Assembly demands Russia withdraw from Ukraine.
• Five Moments That Defined Putin’s Disastrous Year At War
• Kyiv mayor issues dire nuclear warning for ‘entire planet’ as the war nears one year anniversary!
• Russia warns on state TV that the U.S. has declared war on the country following reports of the White House’s approval of targeted strikes on Crimea.
• Kyiv security chief vows to expel all Russian troops from Ukraine’s soil, declares tanks will take Moscow.

The Belarusian army announced that their missile units have moved to their designated area as part of a combat readiness test. The team will equip the area with the launch positions and prepare equipment for combat use.

We are seeing more and more signs that a “false flag” event may bring the Belarusian army into the war.

Belarus claims: “Significant deployment of Ukrainian forces near the border – we will act against any provocation”

“A year ago, in order to protect our people in our lands and to ensure security for our country and to destroy the threats from the Nazi regime that emerged in Ukraine in 2014, a decision was made on a special military operation. Step by step, we will solve the challenges that face us.”

Putin in his State of the Nation address

China Calls for Cease Fire in Russia-Ukraine War

On February 24, 2023, the one-year milestone of the Russia-Ukraine War, China released a 12-point plan that calls for restoring dialogue and bringing an end to the conflict.
 
A close look reveals the plan clearly favors Russia. None of the points would require Russia to return land taken from Ukraine. One of the points urges an end to sanctions against Russia.
 
China also insists that other nations should not come to Ukraine’s aid. In the plan, China states, “The security of a country should not be pursued at the expense of others. The security of a region should not be achieved by strengthening or expanding military blocs.” Foreshadows

Elsewhere

• Russia Drops Ominous Warning About Attack on Second Country (Moldova)
• Moldova: Residents have already started fleeing in Moldova, fearing an imminent Russian attack, and the tension is high there as well.
• The U.S. and Europe against Russia and China – The stage has been set for World War 3.
• The Pentagon has just threatened China over arming Russia.
• Russia ran out of Iranian suicide drones and is looking into buying Chinese made ones. Amir Tsarfati
• The British newspaper Telegraph: The Biden administration is putting pressure on Britain not to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, arguing that it can act as a mediator. The European Union imposed new sanctions on 32 Iranian officials and entities following their involvement in suppressing the protests.
  • In return, Iran announced: “We are going to impose sanctions on the European Union.”
• North Korea threatens: if the US does not stop the hostile moves against us – it will be tantamount to a declaration of war. Reports this week say that Washington and Seoul (South Korea) are discussing the possibility of deploying an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier for joint exercises with the South Korean army next month.
• Japan Coast Guard: North Korea launched three ballistic missiles that fell off the eastern coast.

“Russian ships in the Mediterranean Sea are increasing in number and adopting an increasingly aggressive posture that was not usual in the Mediterranean and have not been seen since the Cold War.”

Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy, Admiral Enrico Credendino

I pray for the Samaritan’s Purse teams who are still on the ground in Ukraine. Put a hedge of protection around them & the refugees, sick & injured people who come to them for help. See to all their needs as Jehovah Jireh — the Great Provider.

We hear talks of peace. But they are not rooted in the Prince of Peace. Prophetically speaking, this will get way worse before the rapture and 1000 times worse during the Great Tribulation. The only hope is to root yourself in the Prince of Peace.

• Israeli Warplanes Target Iranian Officials Meeting In Damascus
• U.S. Demands Israel to Stop building in the West Bank
• Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu held in the past few days a marathon of meetings regarding Israel’s possible strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
• Oman approves the passage of Israeli airliners via its airspace. The announcement came after months of talks between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the authorities in Oman. Foreign Minister Eli Cohen: “This is a historic decision”.
  • Flights to Asia, India and even Australia will be three hours shorter from now on.
• Israeli government to bar Jews from the Temple Mount on last ten days of Ramadan
• 9 Terrorists Killed, Nearly 100 Wounded in Samaria Gun Battle
• Israel’s first ever oil shipment: 320,000 barrels of oil, of unique Israeli quality, fine and in demand in European markets; the oil was gladly and quickly purchased by the Europeans, who paid a full price (about $75 per barrel). This historic shipment, turned Israel into an exporter of oil.
• Feb 19: A very powerful Israeli air strike on Iranian targets in the suburbs of Damascus. Damage to buildings and casualties were reported.
  • Some unconfirmed reports are of eight high-ranking officials in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps that were killed.

Turkey/Syria Earthquakes

Dead and injured from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria as of today:

• Turkey: 44,218 dead and 114,834 wounded.
• Syria: 6,760 dead and 10,742 wounded.
• Total: 50,978 dead. 125,576 wounded.
• 1.5 million homeless people.
• More than 160,000 buildings containing 520,000 apartments collapsed or were severely damaged in the Feb. 6 earthquakes.
• Turkey/Syria Damage Photos from USA Today

Other Seismic Weather Events

• Extremely heavy rains hit Brazil, leaving at least 36 people dead
• Severe weather causes fatal flooding and landslides in Ecuador 
• From heatwave to frost in less than a week: Historic cold engulfs parts of South America
• Extensive flooding hits northern Romania
• Paraguay communities cut off by flooded river
• North Queensland, Australia communities bracing for weeks of isolation after widespread floods

Strong Earthquakes this Week Around the World

• The CDC has issued a warning regarding a highly drug-resistant stomach bug.
• East Palestine, Ohio residents are reporting shocking illnesses after the disastrous train derailment!
• Something is happening in Cambodia that could turn into the next Global Pandemic!
• As The Economy Implodes, Credit Card Balances Are Increasing At The Fastest Pace In U.S. History

• ‘The Enemy Is Waging All Out War Right in Our Faces’: Ex-Satanist and Ex-Witch Respond to Huge Satanic Gathering
• An ordained minister within the Disciples of Christ, claims God is gay, God is a lesbian, God is trans. God is gender non-binary”
• A Pennsylvania school approves an English teacher’s sexuality curriculum showing kids explicit videos and pictures
• Skin-rotting drug ‘tranq’ infiltrates big cities: ‘Zombifying bodies
• A cyber attack struck food giant DOLE a few weeks ago temporarily shutting down North American production.
• Christians condemn Amazon’s new ‘Holy Spirit’ Ouija board (It doesn’t work that way!)
• The magnitude of the disaster in Eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania is far worse than what we are being told.
• Another denomination (Church of England) has ditched Christianity to start its own religion.
• Canada may offer assisted suicide to children 

Jesus Said…

¹⁰ And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. ¹¹ And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people. ¹² Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. ¹³ But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 24:10-13 NLT

• Gun-Toting Wing of IRS Wants to ‘Put the Fear of God in People’: Ex-IRS Agent
• Japan’s central bank is set to launch a pilot digital currency starting in April.
• Cambodia: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has shut down one of the country’s few remaining independent media outlets, with human rights organisations condemning the decision as a politically motivated attack on the free press.
• No Vaccine No Food? Grocery Industry Merging with Big Tech and Big Pharma as New App Tracks Drug and Vaccine Purchases Along with Food

UN Calls for Global Restrictions on Internet Speech

On Wednesday, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hosted the “Internet for Trust Conference.”
 
The speakers at the conference called for the global regulation of speech on the internet, saying it was needed to prevent hate speech and the spread of misinformation.
 
UNESCO is urging world governments to work together to create “global guidelines for the regulation of social media.” At the same time, speakers demanded that individual countries should NOT be permitted to create their own guidelines.
 
We know the end goal here: The silencing of voices and truths that inconveniently disagree with those who are in power. Foreshadows

US is Surrendering Authority to World Health Organization

The US White House is preparing to sign a legally binding agreement with the World Health Organization—an agreement that would grant WHO the authority to determine and enforce the policies that nations around the world are required to follow during a pandemic.
 
WHO’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body will meet on February 27 to discuss the final terms, which all 194 member nations are expected to ratify and sign. The current US administration has long expressed strong support for WHO to wield this kind of authority.

Indonesia #33

Doni* converted from Islam to Christianity about five years ago – and has been rejected by his wider family because of this.
Doni used to have his own coffee shop in the city. However, it went bankrupt during the pandemic. Having nothing to survive in the city, he decided to move back to his hometown, with his wife and one-year-old, to live with his mother.
“There, I faced persecution because I am a Christian,” he says. “My mum tried to compel me to return to Islam.” She didn’t just use verbal persuasion and abuse, though these were very hard for Doni. She also taught Doni’s child to pray Muslim prayers, and tried to take away their food when Doni refused to give up his faith in Jesus: “She hid the rice so that my family and I could not eat.”
“I decided to leave and started a new life,” he says. His mother, however, cursed them and said that he and his family would have an accident and die while traveling to the city. Doni was deeply hurt by this.
Open Doors partners have been able to find a house for Doni and his family to live in, and have given him help with a new food business.

• Christians’ Sunday Worship Broken Up in Indonesia
• Pakistan: Teenager Forcibly Married to 60-Year-Old Man
• Myanmar – AsiaLink: In Myanmar the political situation continues to deteriorate and those caught in the midst of the war-torn areas need our prayers. Give thanks for the number of soldiers, fighting with the Independent Armies, who are searching and finding Jesus through the witness of other believers. Pray for those who are displaced and who are in need of basic supplies, medical assistance and a safe place to live.
• The situation in Christian areas of Myanmar has taken a turn for the worse since the military took control in February 2021. Fighting has increased across the country and the Christian minority is bearing the brunt of these attacks. Pray that displaced Christians will find safe shelter, and the healthcare they need. Stand with them in prayer as they are forced to leave their homes.
• Bangladesh #30: “I have the right to choose and practise my faith. I will not forsake my faith in Jesus Christ.” Jashim*, who was brutally attacked for his faith by a mob of more than 50 people

America

More on Christian Persecution

• Day of the Christian Martyr
• Praying for the Persecuted Church

Paul wrote…

⁸ We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. ⁹ We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. ¹⁰ Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.

¹³ But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, “I believed in God, so I spoke.”

2 Corinthians 4:8-10, 13 NLT

• SE Asia: Spreading the Good News in a Muslim-dominated Nation
• Saudi Arabia: Conversion from Islam to Christianity is unacceptable under Islamic law, many Christian converts live as secret believers. Despite the risks, the small number of Saudi Christians is slowly increasing, and boldly sharing their faith on the Internet and Christian satellite TV channels. Thank God that isolated secret believers find ways to connect with other believers online.
• Bangladesh: Pray for a network of youth groups that gather regularly to study the bible and prepare young people to share their faith. Remember the team of around 100 volunteers who give leadership to these groups. Please pray that each young person would “grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.”
• Nepal: Teenager Follows Christ Despite Family Pressure

Central Asia – Feba UK

In an area where sharing the gospel is dangerous, we praise God for the huge increase in people responding to the daily programmes on medium and shortwave radio. Please pray for the listeners, especially those who have suffered the loss of homes, livelihoods and family members in the wake of recent widespread flooding. Also please pray for listeners who are facing serious security threats, human rights abuses and harsh restrictions from those in authority in the region. (2 Corinthians 4 v 8 – 12)

²⁰ But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,^{[g] 21} and await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will bring you eternal life. In this way, you will keep yourselves safe in God’s love.

Jude 20-21 NLT

Prayer from Tearfund

We have all been through times of wilderness. Times of uncertainty, of challenge, of doubt. Times when it has felt as though there isn’t a way out. God of the wilderness, help us to hold on to hope in times of uncertainty, difficulty and pain. Thank you that the wilderness itself can become the way. Lead us, God, lead us.

Jesus, our Strong Fortress, we surrender our lives to you as we trust in your sovereign plan. In Jesus’ name, amen.