Jerusalem (photo by Dr. Thiel) COGwriter The Jewish state of Israel took steps today to try to make it more difficult to one day cede part of Jerusalem: Israel raises vote threshold to tighten grip on Jerusalem 2 January 2018 Israel on Tuesday raised the number of votes needed for any future vote on ceding […]
Month: January 2018
18 world/prophetic items to look at for 2018
COGwriter Are things changing? Yes. We seem to be in what Jesus called the “beginning of sorrows”: 4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of […]
BibleNewsProphecy: January-March 2018: Trade Wars!
The latest edition of the Continuing Church of God magazine is now available. Here is a link to it: January-March 2018 edition of Bible News Prophecy. Contents: 2. From the Editor: Shifting Winds of Trade With the Brexit vote, certain moves by US President Donald Trump, European plans, and Chinese ambitions, international trade is changing. […]
Biblical Archaeology: Seal of the Governor of Jerusalem
Seal believed to be around 2700 years old COGwriter A new artifact was just announced: January 1, 2018 JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli archaeologists unveiled on Monday a 2,700-year-old clay seal impression which they said belonged to a biblical governor of Jerusalem. The artifact, inscribed in an ancient Hebrew script as “belonging to the governor of […]
Racial and other lies from anti-COG writers
COGwriter The anti-COG website falsely calling itself the Painful Truth ran the following yesterday: One of the PT editors recently made this statement to me: “Bob Thiel is guilty of a shocking display of dishonesty and sophistry.” Bob’s message is the same as Herbie’s, in that you should be afraid, especially if you are not […]
Will the Great Tribulation begin in 2018?
COGwriter The world order has been changing. We have heard of wars and rumors of war. The situation in the Middle East is tense. Jesus’ disciples specifically asked Him how to know when this would happen (Matthew 24:3; Mark 13:4; Luke 21:7)–and He responded with details. Several of those details are yet to be fulfilled. […]