Catching Up: "Signs of the Times"

24 Tammuz 5783

For whatever it is worth to you, dear readers, I will seize this opportunity to share with you my take on where we are holding in the process of our Redemption currently.  In short, I have never been more hopeful or more certain that we have passed through the pregnancy and through the labor and are now well into the birth as the head begins to crown.  

Our righteous Meshichim are here among us in Eretz Yisrael.  Several fit candidates can be observed.  The birrur process of separating out those who will merit, through their faith in and loyalty to HKB"H and His Torah, to live in the Messianic Era and those who will not is nearly complete.  

All of our enemies stand exposed and vulnerable to collapse and judgment.  The gods of "Egypt" are falling.  The power of the Erev Rav to rule over us is in steep decline.  Many, many good Jews have had their eyes opened to the perfidy of the State and it's illegal institutions and are ready to seek out a better way - Hashem's way.

I expected Tammuz/Av to be highly significant this year.  These two months are associated with Eisav and the height of Edom's power in the world.  It's no coincidence that the US unleashed the nuclear option on the world in the month of Av (Aug 6/9, 1945 : Av 27/30) or that a $100 million, 3-hour blockbuster movie named for The Jew held most responsible for it - "Oppenheimer" - would be opening to remind the world of this fact on this July 21st - the 3rd of Av.

The two nations who appear to pose the greatest threat of nuclear attack on the West are Iran and North Korea.  

...Security concerns have ramped up on the peninsula this year after North Korea tested new weapons. The country also conducted a record number of missile launches in 2022 including ones capable of reaching US territory. 

...ICBMs are particularly worrying because of their long range, including mainland United States. 

When Pyongyang tested one in November 2022, it fired it at a high-angle, short-range trajectory. But this could have reached the US mainland if it were fired at a lower trajectory, the Japanese government said at the time. 

Wednesday's launch comes days after heated rhetoric from Pyongyang warning the US to stop its air patrols and proposal for a nuclear submarine to visit Korean waters. 

On Monday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister, Kim Yo-jong, accused a US surveillance plane of violating North Korea's air space. She said if such flights continued, there would be "shocking" consequences.

Of course, this could just be empty threats as the West continues to maintain, publicly at least.

The matter of Iran is another issue.  This pot has been boiling so long that the water is all gone and the built-up heat inside is ready to explode.  Significantly, an announcement has appeared on Twitter.

There is great significance to this date as the "14 July Revolution" in Iraq on July 14, 1958 was meant to free Iraq of Western influence - a desire and a mission which Iran shares.  Also, it was on July 14, 2022 when the US and Israel co-signed a "pledge" to deny nuclear-weapon capabilities to Iran.

JERUSALEM, July 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint pledge on Thursday to deny Iran nuclear arms, a show of unity by allies long divided over diplomacy with Tehran.

The undertaking, part of a "Jerusalem Declaration" crowning Biden's first visit to Israel as president, came a day after he told a local TV station that he was open to "last resort" use of force against Iran - an apparent move toward accommodating Israel's calls for a "credible military threat" by world powers.

If you are wondering why the US Embassy compound in Iraq would be targeted, just review what I wrote about it in 2014.  The State Department says:  

Iraq is now a key partner for the United States in the region as well as a voice of moderation and democracy in the Middle East. The United States maintains vigorous and broad engagement with Iraq on a variety of issues in accordance with the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA). The SFA covers a range of issues, including political relations and diplomacy, defense and security, trade and finance, energy, judicial and law enforcement issues, services, science, culture, education, and environment, and serves as the basis for the U.S.-Iraq bilateral relationship.

It makes a tempting target indeed. (See security issues here.) 

It makes one wonder, could tomorrow at 5 pm see the fruition of the famous midrash Yalkut Shimoni?

...And the king of Persia will go and destroy the entire world, and all the nations of the world will shake and panic and fall on their faces and feel contractions like those of giving birth,....

America's power must be removed before Mashiach can be revealed.  It's the next step.  Watch for it.