The life of a Bible prophecy student and teacher is quite interesting.

The life of a Bible prophecy student and teacher is quite interesting.

On the one hand, you have your convictions and desires, such as wanting to see your country prosper and your conservative leaders win elections.

One would think that after the greatest massacre we have experienced as a modern, independent state, no one would even consider a government dependent on the votes of the Israeli branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, which cannot even call a spade a spade and admit that Hamas is a terrorist organization.

One would think that a public exposed to the mindset of the generals who withheld alarming signs and red flags from the government on the night of October 6–7 would be wise enough neither to heed their advice nor to vote them into office as inexperienced politicians.

One would think that the idea of a Palestinian state would be buried deep underground after we saw that they do not want to live alongside us, but in our place.

But logic and reason are one thing, and strong delusion is another.

Israelis were under a strong delusion before October 7. Now, after three years of war, when we are finally strong and winning, they are returning to the same old patterns of hatred, division, and trusting the enemy more than their own people.

In America, one would think that watching Europe plunge into chaos would cause people to overwhelmingly reject the globalist, liberal, Islamist, and socialist agenda. Yet the numbers show a neck-and-neck race.

So why, when we see all this, are we told not to be troubled?

Because Jesus warned us that these things must come to pass and that they are “the beginning of sorrows.” (Matthew 24:6–8)

Elsewhere, He tells us to look up and lift up our heads because our redemption draws near! (Luke 21:28)

While all this craziness unfolds, we must remember that, as the salt of the earth, we are called to slow the decay. We cannot prevent this fallen world from reaching the end Scripture foretells. (Matthew 5:13)

This world is on a self-destructive path. Peter reminds us of the coming day of the Lord and the ultimate judgment of this present creation:

“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.”
(2 Peter 3:10, NKJV)

So what are we supposed to do as we await our blessed hope and the moment we are taken to be with the Lord? (Titus 2:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17)

We are to practice righteousness. (1 John 3:7)

We are to be ambassadors for Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:20)

We are not to grow weary in doing good. (Galatians 6:9)

We are not to be overcome by a spirit of fear. (2 Timothy 1:7)

And we are to vote according to what most closely aligns with God’s revealed will in Scripture, including the protection of unborn life (Psalm 139:13–16; Proverbs 31:8–9), family values (Genesis 2:24; Ephesians 6:1–4), borders (Acts 17:26), gender (Genesis 1:27), and yes, even Israel. (Genesis 12:3; Romans 11:28–29)

Keep your heads up. Tough days are coming, but our calling remains: redeem the time, because the days are evil. (Luke 21:28; Ephesians 5:15–16)

And remember, the world is watching us. (Matthew 5:14–16) Be a Jeremiah 17:7–8 believer:

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
And whose hope is the LORD.
For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit.”
(Jeremiah 17:7–8, NKJV)