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DR. ED HINDSON

My dear friends, The signs of the times remind us of two great truths: 1. Things will get worse as we get closer to Christ’s return. 2. All these things tell us that His coming is near! 2021: King Solomon said, there is “a time to keep silent and a time to Where Do We speak” (Ecclesiastes 3:7). The forces of Satan, secularism and evil are eroding the moral Go from Here? fiber of our nation. That is why I believe God wants me to speak The New Year often brings new hopes, dreams and up loudly and clearly to warn aspirations. We celebrate on New Year’s with fireworks, this generation of what is coming make new resolutions on how the new year will be different in the future. and spend time with our loved ones. 2020 is certainly a year Your continued support enables most Christians would like to put behind them. Pandemic us to stay on the air with our fears, political divides, and social unrest have left many telecast, in the mail with our exhausted and exasperated. Many have been isolated in newsletters, and in print with our materials. You help our their homes for months and even when we can leave, we work go forward just when it is have to do so in fear and behind a mask. The New Year needed most! seems anything but hopeful. It has definitely not been a Until He returns, normal year or a normal New Year. America is more divided than it has ever been. Columnist

See 2021: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? on page 4 Iran Nuclear Scientist Assassinated, Iran Blames Israel for Attack Just one day into 2020, Iran’s top general, the world, using their international terrorist Qasem Soleimani, and Iraqi Shi’ite militia infrastructure that has been in place for commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were decades. As such, Israeli embassies have gone killed in a drone strike on high alert. outside Baghdad’s Though the IDF is airport. With just a said to have not raised month left, Iran’s its alert, Israel’s defense top nuclear scientist, establishment is not Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, going to let itself sleep was assassinated east at the wheel. Israel’s of Tehran. Following military has already Soleimani’s death, been on high alert along which the United States its northern border with took responsibility for, Lebanon, bracing for the Middle East braced a possible attack by itself for Iran’s response. It came a week later Hezbollah after an alleged Israeli airstrike in when ballistic missiles targeted the Ain al- Syria on July 20 killed one of its members. Asad airbase in western Iraq and an airbase Several improvised explosive devices have in Erbil. been discovered along the border with Syria, And now, once again, the entire region is leading Israel to conduct airstrikes against bracing itself for what Iran will do in response Iranian and Hezbollah targets in the country. to the assassination of Fakhrizadeh, who But Iran knows any attack on Israel’s drove Iran’s nuclear program. Project Amad is northern border, be it by proxies in Lebanon tasked with developing nuclear warheads for or Syria, will result in massive airstrikes that the ballistic missiles that would carry them. would likely cause Iran and its proxies more Several Iranian nuclear scientists have damage than they are willing to incur. been assassinated over the years in attacks Tehran could also use its arsenal of ballistic believed to have been carried out by Israel. missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles to carry Though Iran never retaliated for those killings, out an attack against Israeli targets in the Red Fakhrizadeh was by far the most important Sea by the Houthis, their proxies in Yemen. nuclear scientist to be assassinated to date. The Houthis have threatened Israel more than In one response to the killing, Iran’s once. While the distance between the two parliament approved a vote to raise the rate countries is great, the Iranian-backed group of uranium enrichment to 20% and gradually could carry out an attack involving cruise withdraw from the nuclear agreement. But missiles and attack drones, similar to the one with its known capabilities to carry out attacks last September on Saudi Arabia’s Aramco across the globe, Iran might be planning petroleum facility. Or the Islamic Republic something more. might choose to carry out a cyberattack They can choose to target diplomats and against Israel’s water infrastructure as it did other westerners in the Middle East or attack Israeli embassies and Jewish targets across See SCIENTIST ASSASSINATED on page 3

Prophetic Newsletter January 2021 PAGE 2 U.N. Continues to Condemn Israel

A United Nations General Assembly of the UN’s “special committee to investigate committee has adopted a resolution that referred Israeli practices affecting the human rights of to Jerusalem’s Temple the Palestinian people Mount solely by its and other Arabs of the Muslim name of Haram Occupied Territories.” al-Sharif, one of seven All 193 UN resolutions passed that member states belong single out or condemn to the Special Political Israel, with zero on the and Decolonization entire rest of the world. Committee, or Fourth “The UN today Committee, that each showed contempt for year adopts the texts with both Judaism and Christianity by passing a large majorities. Countries’ votes are repeated in resolution that makes no mention of the name December when the GA plenary formally ratifies Temple Mount, which is Judaism’s holiest the texts. “The UN’s assault on Israel with a site, and which is sacred to all who venerate torrent of one-sided resolutions is surreal. Just the Bible, in which the ancient Temple was two weeks after the Palestinian Islamic Jihad of central importance,” said Hillel Neuer, terrorist group assaulted Israeli civilians with a executive director of UN Watch, a Geneva- barrage of rockets from Gaza—while the UN’s based, independent non-governmental watchdog General Assembly and Human Rights Council organization. stayed silent—the world body now adds insult One of the other texts condemns Israel for to injury by adopting seven lopsided resolutions, “repressive measures” against Syrian citizens in whose only purpose is to demonize the Jewish the Golan Heights, another renews the mandate state” said Neuer. of the corrupt UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), while another renews the mandate See UNITED NATIONS on page 6

SCIENTIST ASSASSINATED from page 2 in April and July. replaced by Joe Biden. Any retaliatory attack Beyond these scenarios, Tehran might also by Tehran, especially if it causes casualties, choose to do nothing for the time being to might be the catalyst for Trump to strike Iran’s maintain some level of plausible deniability for nuclear sites, destroying their nuclear program anything it wants to do in the future. Not only is and their greater strategic plans. Iran patient, it is calculating and sophisticated. As tensions continue to mount in the region, Iranians know they have to be smart about could this be the foundation for a future Gog any retaliatory attack, especially before US and Magog war between Iran and its allies President Donald Trump leaves office and is against Israel? Only time will tell.— PNL

PRAY: Pray that tensions will lessen in the Middle East and that Iran’s continued development of nuclear weapons will be stopped.

Prophetic Newsletter January 2021 PAGE 3 2021: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? from page 1

Cal Thomas has called us a “bipolar nation.” is in charge of the earthly kingdoms of men, Divisive labels abound everywhere- God is still in charge. He allows for man to conservative/liberals, right wing/left wing, rule in a limited sense, but also holds man extremist/ socialists. Basic issues like the accountable for that rule as the sovereign sanctity of life, dignity of marriage and freedom Lord of the universe. of religion are hotly contested. Many of the When Jesus commissioned His followers ideas and values that were to “make disciples of all once viewed as common “And I say also nations” (Matthew 28:19), practices in our culture they were living in a hostile are now being assaulted unto thee, environment of pagan and many of the vices of unbelief and religious our culture are now being That thou art Peter, prejudice. Despite these praised and promoted. obstacles, Jesus boldly Many Americans feel like and upon this rock predicted: “I will build my Lot “sitting in the gate I will build my church; church and the gates of hell of Sodom waiting for will not prevail against it” judgment to fall” (Genesis and the gates of hell (Matthew 16:18). God the 19:1-14)! Father is still on the throne The Psalmist asked: shall not prevail and God the Son is seated “if the foundations be against it.” at His right hand and God destroyed, what can the the Holy Spirit is still righteous do? (11:3). Then, Matthew 16:18 actively convicting the he responded: “The LORD world of sin, righteousness is in his holy temple, the LORD’S throne is in and judgment (John 16:8). heaven” (11:4). At the end of a difficult year As the year 2021 begins, I am more and facing the uncertain challenges of the convinced than ever that God is at work! year ahead, we need to remember God is still I am celebrating my twentieth year as the on the throne of the universe. Bible teacher on The King is Coming telecast. It was at an uncertain time when King Thanks to friends and prophetic partners like Uzziah died, that the prophet Isaiah said: “I you, we have been able to spread the Gospel saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and to the world with over 1,000 telecasts in these lifted up” (6:1). 20 years. All too often believers lose their focus on I am committed to keep on preaching the sovereign power of God. We put our focus until the trumpet sounds and the Lord calls us on who is in the white house, the state house home to be with Him. Please stand with me. or the court house, but forget about who is The world needs our message now more than sitting on the Heavenly throne. ever before. The prophet Daniel said: “the most High Time may be running out for America and rules over the Kingdom of men and gives it to the world. The time to act is now! Let me hear whomsoever he will” (4:17). No matter who from you today. — PNL

PRAY: Now is the time for salvation! Pray for the Gospel to be spread far and wide and for unbelievers to have ears to hear and to receive God’s saving grace.

Prophetic Newsletter January 2021 PAGE 4 The Death of the Episcopal Church The Episcopal Church might soon cease decades. In a subsequent blog post, he noted to exist, according to those who describe that while it might not be gone completely, it the denomination’s future as bleak based will be “vastly diminished” and likely on “life on plummeting membership numbers. support. A terrifying reality emerges” when Attendance and looking at the mode membership numbers as opposed to the at churches within the average age, he added. mainline Protestant “The modal age of an denomination have Episcopalian in 2019 dropped significantly was 69.” over the last decade, Burge estimates having lost one- that by 2040, the quarter of worship denomination’s attendees. membership could fall In 1966, when the to 0.7% of the U.S. church was said to be population, half of its at its peak in the United States, approximately current size. Only 14% of all Episcopalians 3.6 million Americans identified as report being parents of children younger than Episcopalian. The Episcopal Church’s Office 18, the lowest of all religious traditions. of the General Convention reported that in The Episcopal Church has been hollowed 2018, membership in the denomination had out largely by secularization in regions where dropped to 1.676 million. Regular worship liberal religious traditions have long been attendance in Episcopal churches in 2009 was visible, such as the Northeast, West Coast, approximately 724,000. By 2019, the figure and the Rust Belt. was 579,000 on an average Sunday, a nearly Another reason that the decline has 25% drop over a decade. been so steep has been the denomination’s “The overall picture is dire,” the Rev. progressive theological direction, particularly Dwight Zscheile, an Episcopal priest and pertaining to marriage and sexual ethics. professor, according to ChurchLeaders. “Not The 2003 consecration of an openly gay one of decline as much as demise within bishop, Gene Robinson, was a touchpoint the next generation unless trends change in the denomination’s history in that many significantly.” He said that at this rate, “there theologically conservative congregations will be no one in worship by around 2050 in left in protest and formed Anglican churches the entire denomination.” Although offering under a new ecclesiastical structure, with pledges have risen, “the fact that fewer people dioceses based on theological orientation. are giving more money is not a sustainable The Anglican Church in Canada appears trend over the long term,” he added. to be on a similar trajectory as the Episcopal Approximately 55% of U.S. Episcopalians Church in the U.S. In a November 2019 are age 60 and older, the highest average age presentation before the Anglican Church of of the largest 20 religious traditions in the Canada Council of General Synod, the Rev. nation, according to a demographic analysis Canon Neil Elliot said the denomination by researcher Ryan Burge. In a recent episode would effectively cease to exist by 2040. of “The Holy Post” podcast, Burge said the Episcopal Church will be dead in two See THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH on page 6

Prophetic Newsletter January 2021 PAGE 5 UNITED NATIONS from page 3

“While France, Germany, Sweden and given token support of looking at UN bias, but other EU states are expected to support most have failed to make any real impact. Last year, of the estimated 20 resolutions to be adopted after 155 German MPs called on the German against Israel by December, the same European government to oppose “politically motivated nations have failed to introduce a single UNGA initiatives and alliances of anti-Israeli Member resolution on the human rights situation in States” in the UN, German Foreign Minister China, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Cuba, Turkey, Heiko Maas called out UN bias against Israel Pakistan, Vietnam, Algeria, or on 175 other and committed to oppose “any attempt to isolate countries,” said Neuer. “Where’s their supposed or delegitimize Israel” in UN bodies. concern for international law and human rights?” Likewise, after the Dutch parliament “One of today’s resolutions—drafted and co- resolved to “actively oppose UN organizations sponsored by Syria—falsely condemns Israel that devote disproportional attention to Israel,” for ‘repressive measures’ against Syrian citizens the Dutch foreign minister declared last year that in the Golan Heights,” said Neuer. “This is but the Netherlands would “make an active effort to the latest act in the UN’s theater of the absurd.” combat disproportionate attention” on Israel at The resolution condemns Israel for holding the UN. on to the Golan Heights, and demands Israel hand Yet both countries largely went along with the the land and its people to Syria. “It’s astonishing,” ritual singling out of the Jewish state, as did most said Neuer. “After the Syrian regime has killed other EU states. This is yet another example of the half a million of its own people, how can the rise of anti-semitism that has run rampart across UN call for more people to be handed over to Western Europe. This type of environment could Assad’s rule? The text is morally galling, and be laying a foundation for a future Antichrist to logically absurd.” once again persecute the Jewish people during Several European nations recently have the future Tribulation.— PNL

PRAY: Pray that God will continue to protect Israel and that they will be able to stand firm during a continual rise of ani-semitism.

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH from page 5

This decline should be a sign to other to the secular community because the church denominations in the West. Many within this had lost its message to reach the lost. movement thought that by moving further into Standing firm on the truths of Scripture is progressive, often unbiblical ideas, the church the only way for a denomination to survive. would gain new followers who also help those Giving into cultural concepts that are inherently views. However, all this did was alienate those unbiblical will not save a denomination, but within the denomination that wanted to stand will only lead to its destruction as it walks away firm on biblical truth while failing to reach out from God’s ways.— PNL

PRAY: Pray that God will continue to sustain and build on those denominations that are faithful to His Word and turn those that have strayed back to a biblical foundation.

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