Sabbath 3/5/38/120

Dear Friends,

This week ahead of us is the period from 4 to 10 Ab.  This is the traditional week of tribulation for Judah. We can expect to see difficulties increase in the Middle East for them. 

Israel will be no doubt relieved to see that Hamas is now selling itself as a moderate force for jihadists in that when it is compared to IS forces it is positively moderate by comparison. Perhaps Israel will remain sceptical as they all have but one object and that is the total genocide of Israel and their removal from the face of the earth.  Even when negotiating for nuclear capacity Iran still maintains this objective and the US is not acting as a friend of the West under this president. IS bombed the Italian Consulate in Cairo last week and they will continue to strike at the West as often and as hard as they can. The Thai embassy in Turkey was also attacked and closed for sending 109 Uighur Muslims back to China that were bound for Turkey to fight for IS in Syria.  Thailand is acting as a funnel for IS terrorists going to the Middle East.  It is all much more highly organised that the West realises. They go to Thailand and get false passports there and then travel to Turkey on those, get trained and fight and return to Thailand on the false passport and then return to their homelands with no trace of anything but the Thai entry and exit stamps on their real passports.

The conflict will continue on an escalating basis.  This week will be used by the demons to strike at Israel and also Western places and symbols wherever it can.  Also 17/18 July is another day of sacrifice on the demons calendar and then the week begins with the week of the misfortunes of Ab in Judah. 

The church has no reason to fear this sequence as it is keeping the correct Calendar and the correct doctrines on the Nature of God and the correct Laws of God.

It is different however for the offshoots and they will be tried over their false doctrines and false calendar not only over this period but onwards and through 2016 when they are a month out in Hillel.

We will all have trials laid out before us as we build up to the coming of the Messiah.  Our strength is in the Lord God and we have to rely on Him to get us through to the end (See also Advent of the Messiah (No. 210A)).

As the time draws closer so also is Satan aroused and will try to do all he can to destroy us.  Whilst we are weakened over the last days and we have little strength it is always a comfort to know that our names are written in the Book of Life and no one can take that away from us except our own weaknesses.

Be of good courage and be strong in the faith.

Wade Cox
Coordinator General