Bible in the News

John Billington:  Good evening and welcome to the Bible in the News.  Tonight  we are recording live, after watching some of the election results coming out of Britain this evening, Paul Billington joins us to discuss the situation and where it is going from here.

NATO convenes its biggest military exercises since the beginning of the cold war. A meeting of the heads of NATO is taking place in Brussels preparing for its conference in Poland in two weeks. Nations being asked to wake up and increase their spending, making preparation for war with Russia

We will however start with the anniversary of the six day war, the taking of Jerusalem and the Biblical Heartland.  Welcome back to the Bible in the News, this is John Billington with you this week. 

Hello and welcome to another Bible in the News. This week we look at the notable movements of Russia from a Bible perspective and see how recent news reports are signs of the times. This is Matt Davies joining you.

A week from this coming Tuesday, June the 7th, marks 49 years since the liberation of the old city of Jerusalem. This coming November 2, marks 99 years since the issuing of the Balfour Declaration by the British government and December is 99 years since the liberation of Jerusalem by the British from the Ottoman, Turkish Empire. Next year, then, will commemorate the 50th and 100th anniversaries of...

Hello: This is Paul Billington bringing you this week's Bible in the News. On Thursday June 5, 1975, the people of Britain were asked to vote "Yes" or "No" to membership of what was then called "The Common Market." Pamphlets were sent out to everyone by the Government of Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The official Government pamphlet read: "Britain's New Deal in Europe: Her Majesty's Government hav...

The Bible paints a clear picture of where the nations will be in the time of the end. The European Union is moving closer to Russia, and pulling away from the West. Britain is holding a referendum on exiting, and NATO is being threatened by the creation of a European army, all showing we are moving closer to the return of Christ.

It’s also good for us to remember God’s great deliverance, and remember that he will soon deliver his people once again. Welcome to the Bible in the News, this is John Billington with you this week. The following words are taken from Exodus 6:6,7: “6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I w...

This week Russia has again proven itself relentless in its push against the Caucasus region and the borders of Europe to retake the territory once held by Soviet Union. Conflicts are again flaring up in the Caucasus between Muslim Azerbaijan and Christian Armenia; in the Balkans Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are shaking in their boots, along with Poland. The USA is sending an additional battalion...

The western world has once again been shaken by a terrorist attack performed by members of Islamic State. In this weeks Bible in the News we look at whether or not IS will fulfil their ambition of establishing a worldwide empire from the perspective of Bible prophecy.

“Israeli Apartheid Week" is now a big deal especially in the colleges and universities.  Apartheid is defined as “a political system where people are clearly divided based on race, gender, class or other such factors.”  As this is Bible in the News we must say that it was God in his divine wisdom who instructed his people to be separate from the nations around them.&nbs...

The unrest and resulting civil war, that engulfed the nation of Syria has now been raging for about five years. To begin with it was unclear what would come out of the Syrian civil war, but there were certain events that seemed probable - many of us may have said, “Wouldn’t it be significant if Russia were to move into Syria”. Five years on, at least some of the results are becom...

Russia sees itself as the successor to the Byzantine Empire, the champion of Christianity, a leader of an assembly nations who is to unseat the failed American hegemony over Europe, create a New European Order, with Russia at its center, and take on the burden of world problems. The Bible paints the same picture.

We have seen the military might of Russia flexing it’s muscles in Syria recently but it looks like it’s ambitions lie even further south. This week in the Bible in the news we look at Russia's new investment in Egypt.

Article in the Jerusalem Post carried the above headline on Thursday, reporting that "The Catholic clergy spelled out their position in a statement of the 'Commission for justice and peace' of the Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries, a panel of archbishops and other senior clerics of the various Catholic rites in Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Jordan and Cyprus."

Based on the prophecies throughout the scripture, Bible students have been anticipating this move for 100’s of years. The Orthodox and Catholic churches are destined by prophecy to be reunited and work together. The declaration points to a crusade in the Middle East, and according to news reports, “Pope Francis Sees Putin as 'Only Man' to Defend Christians Around the World.”

This week the UK media has been full of Prime Minister David Cameron’s preliminary revelations on a new negotiated deal he is seeking to make with Europe. During this weeks Bible in the News we again review recent events relating to Britain and Europe in the light of Bible prophecy. This is Matt Davies joining you.

"When these things begin to come to pass" special prophecy day held on January 23, 2016. Classes on Russia, Israel and the Kings of the East. Classes are downloadable at the links below. Each class is approximately 1 hour.

Welcome to another edition of the Bible in the News. This is Daniel Billington with you commenting on the anticipated referendum to decide whether or not Britain should exit from the EU, an increasingly hot topic especially in Britain! The last few weeks we have seen increasingly dramatic headlines on a British exit (i.e. Brexit).

When one comes to the book of Daniel and chapter 11 Daniel is given a prophecy of what would take place after Cyrus, and then after Alexander the Great.  The prophecy then focuses on two of the Alexander’s successors, the Ptolemies and the Seleucids which are termed the King of the North and the King of the South.  The prophecy is so accurate that critics have tried to say that it...

Israel has become the focus of United Nations condemnation during the past year, while ISIL, Syria and Iran have barely mentioned by the UNGA. A spirit of madness is gripping the nations, a madness that will bring them down to the battle of Armageddon. 

This week the major news outlets reported the pope’s Christmas message - his "message of peace”. The Israeli Ynet news site had the headline: “Pope calls for peace in Israel in Christmas address”. The lead in to the story read: “Pope Francis focuses on peace and condemns Islamist militant atrocities in his annual Christmas message.”

One hundred years ago, this week, the 6 th  of the McMahon-Hussein letters was sent.  This was a series of ten letters  [1] , between Henry McMahon, British High Commissioner of Egypt and Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.  Hussein began the exchange with a demand for a great Arab kingdom (see map).  In exchange Hussein promised to unite the Arabs in support of  Britai...

It’s that time of year again when many people begin to think about the birth of Jesus Christ. Hymns and carols are sung about this great event and parents and grandparents attend nativity plays.  But who was Jesus Christ and why was he so important? Depending on who you ask about this you might get different responses. The atheist might reply by saying that Jesus was nothing more than a...

"Incredible Archaeological find brings Bible to Life” was the heading of the lead news story on Israel National News on December 2. To find any king’s personal seal from 2700 years ago would be incredible, but to find the seal of Hezekiah king of Judah is not only incredible, it also has great significance for us and today’s world. Welcome to Bible in the News, this is David Bill...