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We are taking a few minutes at the beginning of our lesson and talk about current events that relate to prophecy and the last days.

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Trump declares himself to be ‘the chosen one’ After promoting claim that Israelis ‘love him like he is the second coming of God,’ US president defends China trade war by describing himself as the messiah.

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“The Chosen One” – “The King of Israel” – “The Second Coming of God.” US President Donald Trump proclaimed himself “the Chosen One” Wednesday as he defended his trade war against China, indicating that it was his destiny to take on Beijing. Trump — who had earlier approvingly retweeted a description of himself as the King of Israel — said his predecessors had allowed the United States to be taken advantage of on trade and intellectual property and it had befallen him to undo the damage. The comments came shortly after he promoted a claim that he has achieved godlike status in Israel and that the Jewish population of the country adore him as their “king.” Trump tweeted the remarks by radio host and conspiracy theorist Wayne Allyn Root, which were broadcast Tuesday on his show. “President Trump is the greatest President for Jews and for Israel in the history of the world, not just America, he is the best President for Israel in the history of the world…and the Jewish people in Israel love him like he’s the King of Israel,” Trump quoted Root as saying: “They love him like he is the second coming of God.”

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Slide-4 Actions of the Trump Administration

• Declared Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel In 2017, on the 50th Anniversary of the 1967 war, Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. • Moved Embassy to Jerusalem ln 2018, on the 70th Anniversary of birth of the Nation of Israel, the US formally opened an embassy in the city. • Accepted Annexation of the Golan Heights by Israel And in March 25, 2019 Trump recognized Israel's 1981 annexation of the Golan Heights through a presidential proclamation in a boost for Netanyahu that prompted a sharp response from Syria, which once held the strategic plateau. • Declared Settlements as Legal on November 18, 2019 Netanyahu welcomed Pompeo's words, stating, "Today, the United States adopted an important policy that rights a historical wrong when the Trump administration clearly rejected the false claim that Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria are inherently illegal under international law." "This policy reflects an historical truth -- that the Jewish people are not foreign colonialists in Judea and Samaria," he continued. "In fact, we are called Jews because we are the people of Judea." • Signed an Executive Order on Wednesday, Dec. 11, to crackdown on cases

of anti-Semitism on college campuses, including certain protests against Israel.

“This is our message to universities: If you want to accept the tremendous amount of federal dollars that you get every year, you must reject anti-Semitism,” Trump said. • Declared Israel is a Nation Former Likud Member of Knesset Rabbi Yehudah Glick who was born in the U.S. noted that the Presidential executive order would align U.S. higher education with a Biblical fact. “Judaism is a nationality,” Rabbi Glick said. “This should be absolutely clear now that we are back to normal and have returned to our homeland and have our own language. That is the simple definition of nationality.” “When God first called out to Abraham, he said that he wanted to establish him as a nation. And both of his sons, Ishmael and Isaac became the fathers of nations. It would be hypocritical to say that the Arabs as the descendants of Ishmael are a nation and the Jews as the descendants of Isaac and Jacob are not.”

Slide-5 Trump signs executive order combating anti-Semitism on campuses

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President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order intended to combat anti-Semitism on college campuses that has triggered pushback from some Jewish groups and free speech advocates. “This is our message to universities: If you want to accept the tremendous amount of federal dollars that you get every year, you must reject anti-Semitism,” Trump said. The president signed the order at a White House Hanukkah reception, using the celebration of the upcoming Jewish holiday to detail a crackdown on cases of anti-Semitism

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Written In Genesis “I will make of you a great nation, And I will bless you; I will make your name great,

And you shall be a blessing.” Genesis 12:2 (The Israel Bible™)

(Gen 12:2KJV) And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: (Gen 12:3KJV) And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

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Once again, President Trump is attaching himself to the words of the Bible by passing an executive order which explicitly enacts God’s promise to Abraham; the Jews are a nation. One prominent American Israeli rabbi noted the sole Biblical character who referred to Judaism as a religion; Haman. President Trump announced that he will be signing an executive order on Wednesday intended to withhold federal funding as a means of forcing universities to cope with growing anti-Semitism on campus. First reported in the New York Times, the order will effectively define Judaism as a race or nationality and not just a religion. The order empowers the Education Department as described in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which allows the department to withhold funding from any college or educational program that… “Judaism is a nationality,” Rabbi Glick said. “This should be absolutely clear now that we are back to normal and have returned to our homeland and have our own language. That is the simple definition of nationality.” “When God first called out to Abraham, he said that he wanted to establish him as a nation. And both of his sons, Ishmael and Isaac became the fathers of nations. It would be hypocritical to say that the Arabs as the descendants of Ishmael are a nation and the Jews as the descendants of Isaac and Jacob are not.” “He promised the land to a nation as a homeland. We need to be a nation in order to fulfill all our functions as a nation; to be a source of blessing for the other nations, to establish a house of prayer for all the other nations, to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.”

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All these actions by the United States is in preparation of Peace negotiations after the Israeli elections.

I am sure Jared Kushner is the orchestrator of these events.

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There are plenty of reasons not to be surprised by the Trump administration’s determination that Israeli settlements in the West Bank do not violate international law. The decision, announced on Monday by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, is yet another unilateral act welcomed by a right-wing Israeli government, which has already seen President Trump confer recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. The USA declaration on the Settlements fits into a pattern of policies pursued by David Friedman, Trump’s ambassador in Israel and a staunch supporter of settlements in the West Bank, that further erodes the already remote prospect of an independent Palestinian state. It plays to Trump’s domestic evangelical support — right-wing U.S. Christian voters who see divine providence in Israel’s supremacy over the Holy Land. It serves as yet one more repudiation of former president Barack Obama, who in his last month in office chose to abstain from, rather than veto, a resolution at the U.N. Security Council that called the settlements “a flagrant violation under international law.”

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The World Against Israel: 154 Nations Reject Israel's Connection To Temple Mount

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The United Nations gave preliminary approval for a resolution that calls the Temple Mount by its Muslim name exclusively: Haram al-Sharif. The resolution passed at the UN's Fourth Committee in New York City in an overwhelming turn-out of 154-8. The vote featured 14 abstentions as well as 17 absences.

Slide-11 The Temple Coin

“To fulfill 70 years” The Temple Coin

“And He charged me to me to build Him a house in Jerusalem”

Trump is likened to King Cyrus, who, some 2500 years ago conquered the Babylonian Empire and allowed a group of Israelites to return to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple. Slide-12

The Temple Mount One of the next big issues in Jerusalem is the Temple Mount and the rebuilding of the Jewish Temple, I wanted to take a few minutes this morning and share with you some new findings in regard to the Third Temple, known as the Tribulation Temple. The Archeologists have discovered some interesting facts that could change the whole Temple discussion. I had a discussion with my brother who is a archeologist and he suggested that I don’t get too excited about this, but I felt we should not ignore this evidence.

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New Findings Suggest Israel Can Build Third Temple, Now

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What we today call the “Temple Mount” could really be

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Will there be a Temple Built? There is much controversy over whether a Temple needs to be built to satisfy the Scripture. Also, there is controversy over the exact spot where the third Temple should be built. Let me share some pictures of the Temple Mount when we visited it this summer.

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Slide-6 Some Scriptures indicate that a Temple must be built by the middle of the week.

(Mat 24:15) When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

(Dan 9:27) And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

(2Th 2:3) Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; (2Th 2:4) Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

For the Daily Sacrifice the Temple need not be built. (Dan 12:11) And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. (Dan 12:12) Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.