THE MIDDLE EAST IS BOILING OVER, US SENDING WARSHIPS, TWENTY ONE ARAB NATIONS CONDEMN ISRAEL, TURKEY SAYS ISRAEL IS BIGGEST THREAT - ROAD TO ARMAGEDDON
NEWS UPDATE - 18th June 2025
The signs of end and of the return of Jesus Christ keep rising.
The Middle East is boiling over with Israel and Iran now entering into conflict by attacking each other with missiles and fears that a wider conflict will erupt:
"Iran and Israel escalate fears of wider Middle East conflict - The shock confrontation between Iran and Israel has escalated fears of a wider Middle East conflict... Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Israel had 'begun a war' and warned 'we will show them no mercy." (source)
"US sends SECOND aircraft carrier to Middle East as conflict between Israel and Iran grows - The U.S. Navy is sending a second carrier strike group to the Middle East as the conflict between Israel and Iran threatens to spiral out of control. The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, along with its nine air squadrons, and an escort force including five destroyers, is leaving the South China Sea to join the USS Carl Vinson strike group in the Arabian Sea, according to multiple media reports." (source)
War is the talk of the day we live in. Conflict is rising and the nations are gathering for war, just as prophesied. We did a news article in March HERE, in which we reported how America, China, Russia, Europe and the Middle East nations are all preparing for war. Just the other day, twenty one Arab nations condemned Israel's attacks on Iran (SEE HERE). And in a call with Putin of Russia, Erdogan of Turkey stated that Israel is the greatest threat (SEE HERE). So you can see the hostility rising against Israel from many nations. And just a little side note - the leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is proclaimed to be a direct descendant of the 'prophet' Muhammad. If the Iranian leader is killed, you have about 200 million Shia Muslims around the world who are not going to be very happy! We are certainly on the road to Armageddon:
Revelation 16:12-16 ...'And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.'
Spirits of devils are going out to deceive world leaders into war and it will culminate in that great final battle of Armageddon. In Joel 3:9-13, God prophesied that war would come in relation to the second coming of Jesus and the harvest of the world, and we are certainly seeing it building up today! So what should our response be? Should we just cast it off, thinking we have plenty of time? Well, God warned that those who proclaim 'peace and safety', that 'sudden destruction' will come upon them.' Which means those who continue to slumber and sleep spiritually, will not be ready! The counsel from the word of God is clear:
"Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame." (Revelation 16:15)
What does it mean to 'watch' and to 'keep our garments'? In Matthew 26:40-41, when Jesus found the disciples sleeping in His hour of trial, HE said to them ...'What, could ye not WATCH with me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.' So we must WATCH that we enter NOT into temptation, which leads to sin, which is connected with our garments that we are to keep. What are those garments?
Isaiah 61:10 ...'I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.'
Revelation 19:8 ...'And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.'
Romans 8:3-4 ...'For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.'
The garments we are to keep are the garments of RIGHTEOUSNESS - the righteousness of Christ. It is God who clothes us with His righteousness, through faith in His Son and His atoning work. But the fact that Revelation 16 says those are blessed who KEEP their garments, shows that we can LOSE them also. So how do we keep the garment of righteousness? By 'watching lest we enter into temptation.' By 'walking in the Spirit, so that we fulfil NOT the lusts of the flesh,' but instead 'fulfil the righteousness of the law' in our daily lives. God is preparing a people to stand in the last days. A people prepared to be translated to His holy, heavenly city.
But PLEASE heed the warning! If being clothed with garments is living in righteousness. Then what, according to Revelation 16 above is being found naked? Clearly it is still living in sin, and walking in the lusts of the flesh. Oh I pray we will heed the warning!
Romans 13:11-14 ...'And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.'
WATCH! GET READY! GET READY! FLEE FROM SIN! ABIDE IN CHRIST!