In this letter and "Word" from Pastor Scott Bull, we see that God's focus is indeed on Israel and the time of Jacob's trouble is in view. The word exhorts us to "begin to make preparations for the King is coming" and for the children of Israel to be prepared to flee to the wilderness.

"Therefore when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place" (whoever reads, let him understand), "then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. "Let him who is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house. "And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. "But woe to those who are pregnant and to those with nursing babies in those days! "And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. "For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. "And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened." (MAT 24:15-22)

How much time before these things occur, no one knows, for no man knows the exact day or hour of our Lord's return. But when you see the storm clouds gathering on the horizon, as you see the lightning and hear the thunder growing louder and louder, you know the storm is coming. You do not know exactly when it will break overhead, but you can see its approach. Will prayer and fasting make a difference? Will the Lord relent and give us more time to bring in the harvest? Perhaps, but there is an appointed time of His return and although the Lord is long suffering, the Lord is not slack as some men count slackness. But the time will come; and this could be the start of it.

Are you watching and waiting as the Lord commanded? Are you yearning for His return? Or are you asleep like the unwise virgins? What manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God?

"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. 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. Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; and account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation - as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which those who are untaught and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures. You therefore, beloved, since you know these things beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen." (2 Peter 3:9-18)