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What happened to “NEVER AGAIN” (Updated)

On By Brian LazewskiIn Antisemitism4 Comments

It’s been It has been exactly 7 years, 7 months, and 5 days (or roughly 2,779 days) since the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, which occurred on October 27, 2018.

There are fewer topics that I have such zeal for than sharing the Gospel with Jewish people, by means of street evangelism and establishing personal friendships with non-believing Jewish people whenever/wherever I can, be it in my living room, the streets of Pittsburgh’s Jewish neighborhoods, or even Israel itself. God revealed to us in the Bible about dealings with His Chosen people. It comes both with blessings and curses. Take heed!

The worldwide rise of antisemitism

Think about this, we are just a few generations removed from the holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Germany. And yet, it seems there is a growing spirit of delusion concerning the truth of it. Thirty years ago, if someone were a holocaust denier, they would have been carted off by guys in white suits.

Fast forward to 2026, and the factories of academia are currently churning out a finished product of indoctrinated anti-Semites. Academia is helping spawn movements such as B.D.S. (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions), calling for the economic destruction of the Jewish State. They indoctrinate young minds with lies about how evil the Jews are, and how evil Israel is. Does it surprise you that this results in violence against Jews? As of now there are a record amount of Jewish people attacked in New York city. back in 2021 do you remember Los Angeles when, “mostly peaceful violent protesters” looted and vandalized synagogues and other Jewish centers with antisemitic slogans? Now it is nearly to the point that, if you defend the fact that there was a holocaust, they’ll want to call the guys in white suits on you.

Over the last year the strong media delusional nitwits such as Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Megyn Kelly, and many more joining them daily. These fools are useful idiots of a satanic cause. This is a very spiritual battle going on the likes that haven’t been seen since 1930’s Germany. It’s not just the left wing lunatics that are floating the rampant antisemitism. It’s the conservative side as well. I suggest to you that when God calls his people out of the USA the Rabid Antisemitics will come from a Neo-Christian right steeped in politics of this world and not the Kingdom of God. Woe to them when the Master comes.

In 1945, the world was crying “Never Again! Never Again!” Today, the word is starting to cry “Again! Again!” Brethren, I clearly see this foul spirit arising. Even in the United States, antisemitism is rampantly increasing. The lion’s share of my ministerial commitment is serving a Messianic (Jewish Believers in Jesus) congregation located in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA. Does that neighborhood sound familiar? Yes, correct, the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre. It was the largest mass murder of Jewish people in the history of the United States. Brethren, I fear this will not be the last mass attack upon Jews in the United States.

I have dear Jewish friends, born-again believers, leaving the United States for Israel. As one that has been to Israel and off the tourist trap, and among Israeli people, I can attest to you. It is not an easy life there. Nevertheless, they passionately and correctly believe persecution is coming for them (Jews); and despite the hardships, they feel called to move to Israel. I get a sense that God is starting to call the American Jews back to their land. Just as the prophet Isaiah wrote:

“Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your descendants from the east, And gather you from the west; I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, And My daughters from the ends of the earth” (Isaiah 43:5-6).

Brethren, in the span of many of our lives, this prophecy has been and is being fulfilled, the pinnacle of which was the birth of the modern nation of Israel in 1948:

“Before she travailed, she brought forth; Before her pain came, she gave birth to a boy. Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Can a land be born in one day? Can a nation be brought forth all at once? As soon as Zion travailed, she also brought forth her sons. Shall I bring to the point of birth and not give delivery?’ says the LORD. ‘Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?’ says your God” (Isaiah 66:7-9).

Starting in 70 A.D with the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple, and later culminating with the Bar Kokhba revolt circa 135 A.D., the Jewish people were dispersed in every direction out of their land. The Emperor Hadrian thus gave a final insult to the people and renamed the land after the mortal enemies of Israel, the Philistines. Hence the name Syria Palaestina, known today as Palestine. Do you not see this spirit of Haman (Esther 3) still at large in the world?

Remains of the 2nd Temple cast down by the Romans in 70A.D. Photo by Marie Lazewski

From the first Babylonian diaspora circa 587 B.C. to the holocaust during the Second World War. The call always starts off as “The Jews cannot live among us. Let us be rid of them.” And NOW that they have their own self-governed Jewish homeland again, much of the world says, “They cannot live at all; let us utterly destroy them.” All this despite the land being given to them by Almighty God Himself. “I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God” (Genesis 17:7-8).

Why are the Jews hated?

Whatever God Holds dear, Satan wishes to shake, sift, and destroy. Before Jesus came in the flesh, Satan, knowing God’s word, sought to destroy the people who would deliver the world this Messiah. The One that would bless all the nations of the earth with Salvation, Mercy and Grace. Just as the LORD promised Abraham:

“Indeed, I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies. In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice” (Genesis 22:17-18).

I would reckon, if I had advanced knowledge of a people group that would bring forth a Son of Man that would destroy me, I suppose I would want to destroy them. Thus, Satan tried to and still endeavors to accomplish even to this day. Some might say. “Well, Jesus already came. Why would the devil want to destroy the Jews now? After All, they rejected Him.” Right then, Let’s go there.

Firstly, Jesus IS the King of the Jews. He IS the King of Israel, the Son of David that shall reign on David’s throne forever…. “He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end” (Luke 1:32-33).

Secondly, Jesus is the Jewish Messiah. His second advent is to save His People, Israel. The final fury of Satan will be the attempted annihilation of the Jewish people. A time called “Jacobs Trouble” (The Great Tribulation). I suppose if you kill all the Jews off, there is no need for Jesus to return, at least as the devil might figure. However, even Satan knows his fate is sealed, and he knows time is running out. “Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time” (Revelation 12:12b).

Careful study of scripture will make it plain as the nose on your face that the adversary wishes to destroy the Jewish people from existence. The Holocaust was not unique in that the Jews were to be exterminated. From Pharaoh tossing the Israelite’s to the crocodiles:

“Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, ‘Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile’” (Exodus 1:22a)

To Haman having the Pur (random lot) cast: “Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with instruction to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods. A copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province by proclamation to all the peoples to be ready for that day” (Esther 3:13-14). Not to mention Inquisitions, countless pogroms, and blood libels. I challenge you to read about these histories.

This same spirit that directed Hitler Hamas, and Haman has always been among us. I suggest to you this evil enemy is waking up and will soon be beating that old canard, “The Jews Must die.” Even now I hear the usual fools pontificating lies and hatred, the likes of Tucker, Candice and many more.

That same spirit also presides in and over the U.N. Back in 2018 for example. The United Nations issued 27 condemnations, and 21 of them were against Israel. Only one against nations such as North Korea, Iran, and Syria. A big FAT ZERO against Venezuela, China, and Somalia. Right, let’s have a reality check here. In what alternate reality is this even remotely possible? Even now if 2026 it is FARRRRR WORSE!

The October 7th attack on Israel killed roughly 1200 Jewish people.  A nation attacked that goes to war for its very survival is called an aggressor nation, and apartheid state and so on and so forth.  I mean, if we adjust by population proportionally Israel to the USA that would be as if 50,000 people killed in one day. Ponder the reaction if 9/11 killed 50,000 Americans.

I am not saying Israel is above any criticism. Quite the opposite, as any nation state governed by men, it will make its share of mistakes and blunders; and where truth dictates, criticism is warranted. However, the U.N. is a parrot organization of lies. The U.N. is the number one violator of the T.C. (Ten Commandments) resolution Number 8 which states…”Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour” (Exodus 20:16).

“At least Christians are friends to the Jews”

Sadly, and regrettably, no. Not all Christians (so called) are. Have you ever heard of “Replacement Theology (supersessionism)“? That is that, somehow, the church replaced Israel for all the promises and blessings of the Old Testament. ~BUT~ Somehow, they do not get any of the curses of the Old Testament. Or course, they will tell you, “Those curses are reserved for the Jews.” Brethren, I am here to tell you, point blank, replacement theology is not only unscriptural; it is also a deep root of antisemitism. The rebuttal, by scripture of replacement theology, is a topic for a dedicated future article. However, in the confines of this article, it was necessary to give mention to it as a source of antisemitism.

How many of you heard this one? “Well, ok, but the Jews did kill Christ, it says it in the Bible, somewhere….” These people are speaking in ignorance and have a need of serious Bible study and correction. As infuriating as that statement is, I find it an opportunity to present that person with the Gospel message. The Simple Gospel message that says you and I put Christ on that tree at Calvary. It was for our sins He died. No one killed Christ. He laid His life down willingly:

“No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father” (John 10:18)

Statements like that need to be checked immediately. Just think of the bad testimony you give the Jewish people, saying such things. We are commanded to share the gospel with all people, and especially to the Jew first. Just as Paul wrote: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek” (Romans 1:16).

Then there are Christians who genuinely love the Jewish people, support Israel, and have a heart for the gospel. ~BUT~ they have come under the influence of false teachers, advocating Dual Covenant Theology; that is, Christian (Gentiles) are saved by the New Covenant, and Jews are saved by following the law of Moses which remains in effect.

Uh… Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me” (John 14:6). Admittedly, my Greek is a little rusty. Let us look at this passage. “No one” in the Greek is (οὐδείς) oudeis. I’m looking at my Stephanus 1550; so, yes, that’s the word used there. It is an adjective-nominal-masculine-singular, literally meaning NO ONE, Not a One, or None. Therefore, if Jesus said, “No One Comes to the Father but through me,” how could there be another way to salvation? Oh, by the way, Jesus was speaking to a Jewish audience here in John 14:6.

Brethren, I believe that Dual Covenant Theology is brutally antisemitic and satanic at its rotten core. “Oh, they’re Jews. They don’t need the Gospel because they have the law of Moses to save them.” Do not fall for such lies. Bring the Gospel to the Jew!!!

The King is Coming!

Brethren, let each of us love what God loves. “The one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked” (1 John 2:6).

Jesus is the King of the Jews. If we claim to Love Jesus, how can we not love His people? How can we withhold the gospel from them? Not just sharing the words but living them as an example. We are to provoke them to jealousy: “If somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them. For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?” (Romans 11:14-15).

God partially hardened His people so that their rejection became our salvation. “For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own estimation—that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in” (Romans 11:25).

Brethren, I believe we are nearing the days of the fullness of the Gentiles. The King will soon return for His people. The Jews are “The least of these” that Matthew refers to. “Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life” (Matthew 25:45-46).

We as believers must stand to oppose antisemitism, every place its head pops up. I know it is an endless match of “whack a mole,” but do not tire in doing good. Do not fear the masses and the popular world view of antisemitism. Be brave like a Corrie Ten Boom or give your last measure as an Oskar Schindler. When and if it becomes a popular fad to kill Jews again, stand up for them! If necessary, give your life up to oppose another holocaust. God will bless you for it. “I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” (Genesis 12:3).

Let us as believers have the spirit of Ruth: “But Ruth said, ‘Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God’” (Ruth 1:16).

Soon the world will lose the last of the holocaust survivors. Let us never forget them, nor what happened to them for the crime of “being loved by God.”

Shalom,

Brian

Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

On By Brian LazewskiIn Christian persecution8 Comments

Not a single day goes by that you will not see a story like this…

Female Student Murdered, Body Burned by Classmates in Nigeria

From Persecution.org

Mob Attack Spurred by Supposedly Blasphemous WhatsApp Message 

05/12/2022 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) – Deborah Emmanuel, a 25-year-old Christian student at the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Nigeria’s Sokoto State, was fatally beaten and her body was burned earlier today, May 12. Her classmates were incensed at a supposedly blasphemous message she had sent to a school WhatsApp group. 

Deborah, who attends an ECWA church and resides with her parents in Sokoto according to International Christian Concern’s (ICC) contacts, apparently got into an argument with her female classmates after sending a WhatsApp message her classmates interpreted as blasphemous. 

A video of Deborah being beaten went viral on local social media channels and has been reviewed by ICC staffers on the ground and analysts overseas. The video shows her lying still on the ground with her bloody left arm attempting to cover her head as male and female students gathered around, beating her with sticks, throwing large stones, and shouting, “Allahu Akbar.” She pleaded with her classmates not to kill her. 

A student from the school who spoke with ICC said, “Muslim students and teachers don’t like Christians in the school.” The student told ICC that school authorities watched as the frenzied mob killed Deborah, but could not stop the Muslim students, though they tried. 

The road to the school and Deborah’s house is currently blocked by students, making it difficult for Christians to move around. The governor of the state asked for the closure of the school without asking for the arrest of the students who committed the crime. 

Despite the intense persecution that Christians in Nigeria face, Nigeria was removed from the U.S. State Department’s Countries of Particular Concern list in November 2021.  [Source]

Dear ones, we are promised not to suffer God’s Wrath (those truly in Christ). But that doesn’t exclude us from mans satanically inspired wrath. Persecution of Christians is more frequent now than ever in history. Even in Western Countries. Look up the name Artur Pawlowski.

Be ready for it. It’s coming.. But Why?

If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. (John 15:18)

Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you. (1 John 3:13)

Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also. (John 15:20)

When/If it visits you, God counts it as a blessing:

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.“ Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (Matthew 5:10–12)

Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man’s sake. (Luke 6:22)

Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. (1 Peter 4:12–14)

It strengthens your faith and relationship with Father God:

Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:10)

And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. (Romans 5:3–5)

Be not afraid:

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? (Romans 8:35)

To that I answer No one!!!

Pray for the persecuted saints. Because everyday a story like this comes across the wire…

Can you hear The Approaching Hoof-beats?

On By Brian LazewskiIn Last Days8 Comments

One doesn’t need be an Einstein to figure out that the world is in peril. The media outlets as well as the internet are bombarding us with over-information/disinformation. It’s nearly impossible to find what is truth.

There is one source that never fails in delivering the truth, The Bible. As Hal Lindsey used to say, “The Bible is more accurate than today’s headlines”. If you drink the drink of the mass media and big tech, you’ll certainly be in a state of despair, fear, and hopelessness. It’ll latch on to you as a blood sucking leech and drain you into oblivion.  I’m not saying, do not be informed as to what is going on. Just be apprehensive and investigatory and run everything you see through the lens of God’s Word. Believe nothing you hear, half of what you see, and ALL of God’s Word!!

Right now, I see God starting to send shots across the bow of humanity. Time is getting short, and Divine Judgment is coming. We are getting a subtle taste and warning of what is to come. God in His lovingkindness and longsuffering sends warnings, and warnings, and warnings…  Many perceive things are really-bad now, but they really aren’t, not yet at least.

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)

Knowing this, it also warns us that one day the door of the ark will slam closed and all on the outside will perish in the Wrath of Almighty God.  But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie. (Revelation 22:15)

Have you ever had a sample at the grocery store? A small taste of what you get in the full package. Knowing that these current events are NOT the opening of the seals, they do indeed seem as if a small sampling of them and what is to come — In the distance can you hear the hoof-beats of the horsemen?

The First Sample (Antichrist)

Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. (Revelation 6:1–2)

Antichrist. What do we know about antichrist? Is it a spirit? A man? A system? Look at the condition of humanity and you will hear his hoof-beats.

A spirit:

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. (1 John 4:1–6)

Therefore, the spirit of the antichrist is ALREADY in the world. Sound familiar? The utter denial that Jesus as fully God and fully man, just as He says He is. It deludes us with false teachers, false theologies, and a distorted view of a Jesus we do not recognize. John says to “Test all spirits” Indeed so, test all spirits, premonitions, teachings, and so-called prophets, new revelations, against the backdrop of God’s written Word. If it does not align with the written word, it is a false spirit of antichrist at play. To my point, if you are not reading The Bible, how in the world will you have discernment? How will you be prepared for what is coming? What weapon do you really have other than the Word of God? And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; (Ephesians 6:17) For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12) Get in HIS Word and sharpen your sword. Keep it sharp and be ready for battle.

One need only open their eyes a but a little to see this spirit at work in the world. A spirit of deception and lies that have even infiltrated the church. Take note, that the so-called church in the world is not the true body of Christ. There is and has only ever been a small remnant of true born-again believers in the church.  Most churches are built on shifting sand and not the SOLID rock of Jesus Christ. “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.” (Matthew 7:26–27)

A Man?

Indeed so, the man of sin will come into the world as a leader that we call “the antichrist”. The one spoken of by scripture:

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, (2 Thessalonians 2:8–9)

He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, Shall persecute the saints of the Most High, And shall intend to change times and law. Then the saints shall be given into his hand For a time and times and half a time. (Daniel 7:25)

As you see this rider is the opposite of Jesus in every way. The Real Yeshua is faithful and true, the false one is performing lying wonders.

He will be a false Christ an imitation of the real one. NOTE**This rider is not to be confused with the white horse in Revelation 19:11: Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. (Revelation 19:11) This Rider (rev 19:11) is Jesus Christ.

A System?

Biblically, we call this system “The World” This system is also antichrist. Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. (James 4:4b)

 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. (1 John 2:15–16)

We are told to not conform to this system: And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Romans 12:2)

We know this system HATES God and truth. “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. (John 15:18–19)

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! (Isaiah 5:20)

This system as an un-holy and un-just form of religion with sacraments such as abortion, practice of sexual perversions, murder, strife, envy, and so on… Sound familiar? being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. (Romans 1:29–32)

This White Horseman is to be set forth to conquer and dominate all aspects of human life, politically, spiritually, and economically. It’ll be like a high-tech Nazi Germany thousands of times worse, and on a global scale.

The Second Sample (War)

When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come.” And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him. (Revelation 6:3–4)

This is the loss of peace and the conflagration of global war. Can you hear this hoof beat? Just look on the TV or internet at the foremost world event at this moment. War in the Ukraine. 

Currently the country (Russia) with the world’s largest nuclear arsenal of approximately 5500 warheads is mired down in the first major European war since WWII. What folks really do not fathom is how close we are to nuclear war, more so than the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.

War is nothing new to mankind. It has been with us since Cain murdered his brother. However, this current war (birth pang) has connotations of total global conflict for the first time in the nuclear age. These advanced weapons of mass destruction are readily available to any nations (despotic or not) that desire them. They are many, and more easily obtainable as each day passes.

The capability to kill with unprecedented efficiency has never been at the level it is now. It is also getting more lethal by the day. When this Horseman arrives on the scene, his warfare will be unlike anything humanity has seen yet.

Our news is permeated with war and conflict. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. (Matthew 24:6)

The Third Sample (Famine)

When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine.” (Revelation 6:5–6)

Look at the stores now as of this writing. Shelves are empty, shrink inflation is out of control, and disasters are happening to fertilizer facilities daily in the news. The war in Ukraine also will burden the global food supply.

We will have this sample upon us soon I believe. Food shortages are already becoming reality. The current shortages are a major inconvenience to world and will effect food supplies. Again, it’s another warning shot across the bow of what will come later. When this Rider does arrive, it’ll be horrific. It’ll be 1970’s Ethiopian famine times a thousand on a global scale. An entire day’s wages for a quart of wheat. That’s enough to feed yourself but not your family… As you can see the inflation spiking upward on a global scale. My friend John [1] observed: “Do you notice those empty spaces on some grocery shelves as well as hard to obtain, or even unobtainable products, with numerous businesses closing shop? Any prophetic implications here?“

The Fourth Sample (Death)

When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth. (Revelation 6:7–8)

Over the last few years, we have certainly seen a sampling of this. We had a global pandemic which albeit bad, it is nothing like others before. However, this current one sparked global fear and permitted leads and governments to start stripping away rights of the people in the name of safety. Nevertheless, many people have perished from it. When the real seal is broken, the world will be begging for the good old days of Covid again.  

What do we do?

My friend Pastor John concluded a similar article [2] with this:

“ARE WE READY? WHAT ABOUT OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS? In other words, WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT IT? DO WE REALLY CARE (about others as much as we do about ourselves)?”

Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians 5:20) …!

“Things are getting hotter and will literally come to pass shortly and suddenly“

Knowing we are being warned by The Almighty, what course shall we take? How do we Prepare?

1. Now is a good time to get right with God if you are not. Is there oil in you lantern? “Later the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open up for us.’“But he answered, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’“Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour. (Matthew 25:11–13)

Are you saved?

2. Are you in God’s Word every day? If not, How can you be prepared to give a defense of what you believe? How can you discern truth from error? How will you know God’s will, and way? You are in a war! If you are not exercising your spiritual muscles you will be overwhelmed and unfit for what is coming. All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16–17)

Make no mistake, the last few years have been a small sampling of what is to come. I believe we are experiencing the birth pangs Jesus spoke of at the Olivet discourse (Matt 24).

I don’t know about you. But, I certainly can hear HOOF-BEATS coming. Be Ready!

Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” (Luke 21:28)

Shalom, Brian

Footnotes

[1] John Pisarek Teacher-Feature

[2] Five Major Events That Introduce The 7-Year Tribulation Period

YES, PLEASE BE DISTRACTED, WHILE THE REAL MONSTER IS ABOUT TO POUNCE

On By Brian LazewskiIn apostasy, Last Days14 Comments
Are You Driven To Distraction? | Northstar Church

I do not know about Yuinz (Pittsburghese for you all) but I am sick and tired of being distracted with tools of fear, deceptions, and bad testimony.  While you are looking at the distraction, a real monster is lurking in the labyrinth and poised to tear us sunder and devour us.

knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:20–21)

FEAR:

COVID and Vaccinations. It is a distraction and a tool of deception designed to turn us all against one another. I am by no means dismissing the disease as I have had it and survived. It is real, that is a fact. HOWEVER, it is not the Black Death or even REMOTELY as devastating as the Spanish Flu.  After-all, it does have a 99% survival rate. I do not know about you, but I like those odds.

Honestly, I am suffering from Vaccine information fatigue. LOOK, if you want to get it (vaccine), knock yourself out and go for it. I am quite sure as a free individual you can make such choices for yourself. If this Vaccine is the END ALL, BE ALL, MAKE YOU SAFE, jab, and YOU are worried about COVID, then YOU get it. Do not worry about me and other FREE individuals who do not want it. If we being the uneducated crazy Jesus freak Christians do not want to get it, what is the big deal? After-all, if what you are saying is TRUE (and it’s not) that we are all going to die unless…, then I would think YOU would encourage us not to get a Vaccine and be rid of us. Oh, by the way, I thought you Leftist were all about CHOICE over one’s body. I mean we can’t ask about what’s going on in that Planned Parenthood Facility, where little Jane of 16 is exercising her reproductive rights without parental consent. So then, if mandated Vaccinations become reality, then truly I DO NOT have a right over MY body, then I guess YOU should totally abolish abortion? Hmm, seems a fair trade. Indeed, I’ll line up for the Vaccination does 1, does 2, Delta variant, Echo variant, and whatever else Pfizer deems I need injected into me if it’ll end abortion. Yeah, I know that is not going to happen.

BAD TESTIMONY:

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: (1 Peter 2:21) We are called to give testimony of Jesus. However, when Christians wear the name of Jesus and act UN-Christlike, that is called bad testimony. When you wear the name of the Lord and act counter to His will and His way you are truly taking the Lord’s name in vain.

Over Vaccinations people are turning on one another even among professed believers. Again 99% survival rate. You see Abraham Lincoln once said, “A house divided against itself, cannot stand.” I think he read that in a book somewhere. “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. (Matthew 12:25b)

While the UNBELIEVING world looks at us Christians what do they see? Indeed, a divided house. While were beating each other over the head about non-salvation issues such a Eschatological Rapture timing (or insert whatever topic here) saying those who do not agree with us are of Satan. Unbelievers sit by and laugh at what a joke these Christians are.

Even among people I deem friends, I see this behavior. They are prominent people with considerable influence and followings, well, I will not mention names. Let’s just say there is this lady from the Midwest and a pastor friend of hers that stated something like this “If you don’t agree with this certain Rapture timing, you are of Satan” This in turn set off this guy (rightly so) from NY that now lives in the UK, who happens to have a different Rapture timing view.  He was all outraged over this, and I agreed with him. Fast forward sometime later, that same person is now decrying those who do not agree with his Return timing as of Satan… What goes around comes around, eh? Point is, when those that are seeking the Lord see this behavior, it puts them off. Both unnamed individuals, I happen to love and agree (mostly) with, both divide God’s word very well. Yet, they both also have given bad testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore it will put people off and drive them away or worse. Into the arms of deceivers. So much for: Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. (Ephesians 4:31–32)

DECEPTION:

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; (2 Timothy 4:3)

There is no shortage of false teachers and influential Christians that have veered so far away from the truth. I just heard an interview with Amy Grant. Of course, Amy has a backslide or two (as we all do in life) But, now she is full blown out there with heresy.

“That’s why, to me, it’s so important to set a welcome table. Because I was invited to a table where someone said, ‘don’t be afraid, you’re loved.’… Gay. Straight. It does not matter. It does not matter how we behave. It doesn’t matter how we’re wired,” Grant asserted. [SOURCE]

It does not Matter How we behave? Are you serious? Sadly, this is where many of ” So Called Christians” are these days. If behavior does not matter then why did Jesus say this: And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ (Matthew 7:23) “Practice Lawlessness”, Hmm. I think it does matter how we behave. I am a pro at Repenting as I miss the mark too. Yet, I am not comfortable, nor do I affirm my failings and sins. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)

That is Mercy and Grace. Ms. Grant is advocating licentious living. There are FAR too many influential Christians and Pastors who have embraced full blown error. You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; (2 Peter 3:17)

Greater Series: Abolishing Apostasy (Hebrews 6:1-8)

THE APOSTASY MONSTER

The point of writing this is not to rant on COVID Fear tactics, Christian infighting, or False Christian’s It is to serve a wake-up call that we are NOW currently undergoing full blown moral collapse and apostasy. Studying these things since the mid 1980’s I always knew these days would come, perhaps even in my lifetime. Well now, they are at hand. I am not happy about this decline and falling away, Yet I have Joy that each day is a day closer to the return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  I CAN NOT stress enough for you all to get into the Word of God. Start working your Spiritual Muscles.

Than you will know things will get worse. Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, (1 Timothy 4:1)

We know the world is being conditioned to take the mark of the beast. We know people will get tired of craziness and fear and a leader will come and fix this all by proclaiming peace and safety. The masses will place their trust in this leader. BUT, For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. (1 Thessalonians 5:3)

Years ago, there was a movie about poker called Rounders. There was a quote in it that went something like this “If within 5 minutes you don’t spot the sucker that the table. You’re the sucker” QUIT getting caught up in despairing news designed to distract you away from God.

We know what is coming, let’s act like it! Quit punching yourself in the head putting out imaginary flames and get busy to share the Gospel with those who need it!

Shalom,

Brian