Bible in the News

Since the 1990s Israel’s politics have followed a general trend towards the right. The so called “peace process” championed by Israel’s left-leaning government of the time resulted in a worsening security situation which climaxed in the 2 nd  intifada in the early 2000s, and a new landscape of Israeli politics was born.  

Psalm 102:13-16 “ thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion, for time to favour her, yea the set time is come. For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory .”

Welcome to our weekly Bible in the News podcast! We continue to watch Saudi Arabia with interest. You may remember some months ago, it was reported that Saudi Arabia had opened their airspace to Israeli planes. Well, things seem to be continuing to progress along those lines.

Recent events in Iran show the antagonism Iran has against the West and in particular Israel. This fits the pattern of the Bible prophecies that depict Iran as an aggressor against Israel in the latter days.

The angel said to the prophet Daniel in chapter 12, that, “...many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.” We live in an age when knowledge has increased astronomically. Mankind’s knowledge of the universe, the world in which we live, the delicate balance and design of the human body, the intricacies of cell life and so much more has proliferated. Yet in many cas...

Hello and welcome to this weeks bible in the news. We are now coming to the end of the 9 th  month of the war in Ukraine, which was expected by many to be over within just a few weeks, if not days. Before the invasion the Russian military had supposedly undergone major restructuring and modernisation. It was feared and believed to be only second to the U.S in military might. This all changed...

The American Election shows the extreme divide in America. The struggle for who will be king of the hill brings the basest characteristics of men to the front. God's future kingdom will provide righteous rule, saving humanity from itself and setting up godly principles to govern. It will respect God's will and not the will of the people.

The right is back in Israel with a solid majority.  What may this mean for actual policy on the ground and how does it relate to Bible prophecy?

As the war continues in Ukraine, Russian missiles have been pounding energy facilities and other such infrastructure across Ukraine. This week, I’d like to take a bigger picture view of the invasion that has dominated headlines for months and talk about a man called Alexander Dugin. 

Hello and welcome to this week’s Bible in the News. This week in the news Israel and Lebanon made a historic agreement to resolve the territorial dispute over the Qana and Karish gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea. The agreement stopped short of normalizing relations between the two countries, the agreement includes Israel and Lebanon sharing the revenues from the Qana field through the ene...

"Liz Truss says she may follow Donald Trump and move Britain’s Israel embassy to Jerusalem,” reported the UK Telegraph on September 22. The announcement brought immediate controversy, the Telegraph article went on to say, "Liz Truss has suggested that she could move the Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, triggering warnings the Prime Minister was tearing up international law a...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has announced a partial military mobilization, of about 300,000 reservists. This is thought to be due largely to Russia’s setback in Ukraine. Although achieving many objectives in Ukraine, Russia has struggled  more than expected. We may wonder  if there are any prophetical reasons for these set backs. We are given certain prophetical snapshots, su...

Why is it significant that Great Britain has a new king? We explore this in the light of Bible prophecy in this weeks Bible in the news.

There can be no doubt that the past week has been an eventful one, here in the Isles of Tarshish. It has brought not only a change of government, but a change in the monarchy as well.

Russia has shut off the gas to France and Germany, causing havoc in these nations as it moves to cripple Europes economies, retaliating against G7 moves to cap oil pricing. The Bible is clear that Russia will be resurgent, but the West is still trying to deal with things as the "wish they were and not as they actually are." 

Russia is set to increase its military personnel size indicating a commitment to war. It also believes its military equipment is superior to its rivals. All of this is what we'd expect living in the time before Jesus Christ returns.

The West tries to ratchet up pressure on Russia…  But all the pressure seems to be building up on Europe! There is a video version below , or read on for a slightly different written version.

Pew Research's latest technology survey released last week shows that smartphone and social media use is almost universal among teens, who use the Internet daily, many almost constantly. Studies show that the constant interruption of our thoughts limits deep learning and critical thinking making us susceptible to believing false information. Technology companies are determining the way people thin...

It has been a tumultuous week. The war continues in Ukraine. Israel has been fighting for 3 days against the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, which has been launching hundreds of rockets against Israeli civilians. Meanwhile at the other side of the world, China was on the brink of war against Taiwan and possibly the United States.

Two years ago Israel’s High Court ruled that the residents of the unauthorised Israeli Settlement of Mitzpeh Kramim had to be forcibly removed from the hill top and the settlement demolished following a land dispute. However, this week the High Court reversed this ruling on appeal, saying that the settlement had been built in “good faith” and could remain. Some suggest this rulin...

This week the Pope of Rome has come to Canada to give apologies on behalf of the Roman Church for the crimes that were committed in Indian residential schools in Canada by its priests and nuns. The following is what I wrote in regards to these residential schools in the latest issue of the Bible magazine:

Biden's trip to the Middle East was fraught with embarrassing gaffs and resulted in very little to show. While he didn't follow Obama's lead, the army behind him in the State Department was working wilily to try to undo the gains made during Trump's administration. The angels are at work behind the scenes to ensure that God's will is done, regardless of man's futile plans. 

The Jerusalem Post reported earlier this week that, ‘The Russian government has ordered the Jewish Agency  to cease all operations inside the country’.

In recent events relating to Russia’s war in the Ukraine it is not the Western European nations making the biggest noise against Russia. The nation leading the way in protest against Russias invasion is arguably Britain as we might expect from Bible Propehcy

For months now rumours have been circulating that the British government was planning to scrap parts of the EU-UK withdrawal agreement which it signed up it after the 2019 General Election. This agreement is a legally binding agreement and was seen to be the foundation of the UK-EU relationship going forward after Britain’s departure from the European Union.