"Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober." (1 Thes 5:6)

Hi Vince and Deb,

I was just reading about warnings of a hurricane hitting New Orleans area and don't know if you pray about such things but this morning in church I was seeing visions of tidal waves, hurricane winds, total chaos going on and the Lord impressed me to read Psalm 29.(NIV). It's about ascribing to the Lord honor due His name and that His voice thunders over the mighty waters and that He is enthroned over the flood& The Lord gives strength to His people and blesses His people with peace.

He said to me that if we proclaimed His Shalomover the hurricanes and natural disasters coming our way He would downgrade them and lessen the destruction over the land and lives. Anyway, if the Lord leads you to pray concerning what is going on in the US, shalomis probably a good word to use. I'm concerned about Ohio also, the Lord is saying backwash. Not sure what He means, but the picture isn't pretty. May God be honored.

Toni

Hi Toni

Mercy triumphs over judgment and we need to pray and cry out to God.

This hurricane smacks of the judgment of God as He is pleading for repentance. Hurricane Katrina first hit the Florida Keys (Gay life style center) and now it is zeroed in on New Orleans which is known for witchcraft (vodoo), prostitution, and all manner of evil. It is not a coincidence that this is happening as the Gaza strip is being evacuated and God's land is being divided with not only the approval of the United States, but as the United States leading the charge to divide God's land. I believe we are also going to start to see turmoil in the NW (possibly a large earthquake or volcanic eruption (Mt. Rainer). As far as Ohio, the Mississippi and Ohio rivers are expected to crest, but it is not yet predicted if it will be above flood stage, due to hurricane Katrina. We'll have to watch and pray.

Here are a few excerpts from articles I have written concerning Israel and the USA

Prophecy and Current Events

The Road to His Return - Part 1

By Vince Aquilino

To His Glory Ministries

http//prophecyandcurrentevents.com/thglory

On Friday, Dec 26,2003 it was reported that Israel has accepted a U.S. demand for an interim Palestinian state in the entire Gaza Strip and most of the West Bank in 2004.

Israeli officials said Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had accepted a U.S. proposal for an interim Palestinian state in 2004. The Agreement was not contingent on the Palestinian Authority agreement to end the 3+ year-old war and dismantle Palestinian terrorist groups.

To believe Israel would agree to this demand boggles the imagination, however there may be a method to this madness -- but on the surface, this is a potential disaster for America.

What is being overlooked is that this is God's land, entrusted to Israel, and includes all territory from the border of Egypt to the Euphrates river.

"God said to Moses, 'I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.'" (Exodus 63-4, KJV) "He is the LORD our God his judgments are in all the earth. He hath remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant Saying, 'Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance'" (Psalm 1057-11), KJV

"After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, "Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them - the children of Israel. "Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses. "From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory." (Jos 11-4)

God does not look favorably upon those who would divide HIS land. Here is what God says through the prophet Joel

"For behold, in those days and at that time, when I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will enter into judgment with them there on account of My people, My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; they have also divided up My land."

You will notice that God said it was HIS land and division of it brings judgement. America may in fact be living on borrowed time. We may in fact be just one more major sin event away from God's righteous judgement. The only hope for America is to bless Israel (Gen 123) and 2 Chronicles 714

"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."

Behold, I set thee a Watchman on the Wall" (Isaiah 626)

What's Next for America? - Part 7

By Vince Aquilino -- To His Glory Ministries, 03/23/2002

http//prophecyandcurrentevents.com/thglory

America In Harm's Way?

Despite the warning received on September 11, America has again found herself wrestling against God, pressuring Israel to give away land that was promised to the seed of Abraham as an eternal covenant. The consequences of this act may well be catastrophic for the United States.

On March 13, 2002, the United States succeeded in pushing a resolution through the U.N., endorsing the establishment of a Palestinian State, calling for Israel to give up land, returning Israel to its pre-1967 borders and dividing Jerusalem in half. The United Nations Security Council passed the resolution calling for a Palestinian state alongside Israel. The U.S.-drafted document, "affirming a vision" of a Palestinian state, was backed by 14 out of 15 members of the Security Council. The U.N. resolution called for "immediate cessation of all acts of violence, including terror, provocation, incitement and destruction" and urged Israel and the Palestinians to resume peace talks. Israel's U.N. Ambassador Yehuda Lancry said he welcomed a "balanced" Security Council resolution on the Middle East, which he called "a rare and remarkable occurrence."

With this statement of position, the United States has joined the other nations of the world against Israel and is in the beginning stages of fulfilling Zechariah, chapter 12.

Also contained in this position statement is the "land for peace and security" theme seen in 1 Thes. 51-3 "But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 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."

We must remain mindful that the way Israel is treated will be the litmus test of God's blessing or curse. Any nation that touches the apple of God's eye is in danger of God's judgment (Zechariah 27-9), but any nation that blesses Israel will be blessed of God. Genesis 123 also contains a curse for any nation that curses Israel. Thankfully America, overall, supports Israel so the Genesis 123 blessing still counter-balances the scales of justice weighted down by America's sins.

But the U.S. began to waver in its support when on May 22, 2001 President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell publicly endorsed the Mitchell Plan, which calls for covenant land to be relinquished in exchange for peace -- risking the curse of God. Now we have a U.S.-supported U.N. resolution that establishes a Palestinian State and calls for Israel to relinquish land.

According to the Bible, this is God's land, entrusted to Israel, and includes all territory from the border of Egypt to the Euphrates river. It is also a matter of fact that Israel, for the sake of peace, caved in to 97 of the Palestinian demands, only to be embroiled in war of terrorism against its civilian population.

"God said to Moses, 'I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.'" (Exodus 63-4, KJV)

"He is the LORD our God his judgments are in all the earth. He hath remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant Saying, 'Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance'" (Psalm 1057-11), KJV

Sadly, according to Zechariah 123, all nations, including America, will eventually turn against Israel and invite the redemptive judgment of God. We must stand by Israel as a nation, as the church of Jesus Christ, and as individuals, or risk the judgment of God.

In the aftermath of September 11th, many have awakened to the possibility that God has withdrawn his hand of protection from America. In response to our grievous and continued national sins (such as abortion, the embracing of sexual sin by mainline churches, and national pride and self-reliance apart from the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob), God has begun to plead for repentance through increased natural and national disasters.

For those of you who are not comfortable with categorizing the September 11th disasters as God's judgment, consider it a final warning to America. It has been clearly demonstrated in John McTernan's book God's Final Warning to America (available at http//watch.org/catalog) that God's warning judgments always follow sin events.

America is not exempt from God's redemptive chastisement ("God is no respecter of persons" [Acts 1034b]). These recent events are a harbinger of additional judgment if national repentance is not forthcoming -- and that includes the way we treat the Jews (Gen 123).

The wisest man in the world once noted "That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun." (Ecc 19) In 1863, the United States was embroiled in a great civil war. On March 30, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued an historic Proclamation appointing a National Day of Prayer and Fasting. As you read this proclamation below, please note that President Lincoln clearly saw the hand of God in the affairs of men. Ask yourself if the reasons noted by Lincoln for God's action against America are not the same as today.

"Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the supreme authority and just government of the Almighty God in all the affairs of men and of nations has by a resolution requested the president to designate and set apart a day for national prayer and humiliation.

And whereas, it is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord

And insomuch as we know that by His divine law nations, like individuals, are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world, may we not justly fear that the awful calamity of civil war which now desolates the land may be but a punishment inflicted upon us for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole people?

We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven. We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown; but we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious land, which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God who made us

It behooves us then, to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness. All this being done in sincerity and truth, let us then rest humbly in the hope authorized by the divine teachings, that the united cry of the nation will be heard on high, and answered with blessings no less than the pardon of our national sins, and the restoration of our now divided and suffering country to its former happy condition of unity and peace."

On Friday, July 27, 2001 prophet Cindy Jacobs gave the following warning

"For the Lord would say, 'I have brought you here at a pivotal hinge of history, and I would say to you, My people in the United States do not realize how much they need mercy. For even this nation stands upon a precipice,' says the Lord, 'and there is a time that I will either give this nation wings like eagles or they will plummet. For there is judgment at the gate that you do not even fully realize. For there is only so long that I, the God of justice, can wink at injustice. And I would say, you must fill the cup of justice and empty the injustice. For this is a season where there is a divine trade going on in the heavens - justice for injustice. Do not think that I will allow the economy of this nation to remain as it is if My people do not understand that there must be liberty for those whom there is no liberty. And I would say to you, you do not know how to cry out because My people do not know and feel the brunt of it until many times it is almost too late. But I have called you here tonight to begin to fill the cup of mercy and the cup of justice.' And the Lord says, 'Over the next 30 days there is a deciding moment... a moment of decision as to what I will do with this nation,' says the Lord. 'Do not take lightly what I have brought you here to do. Cry out not only for yourselves, but for you children and grandchildren. Cry out! For you have not seen in this generation a great depression,' says the Lord, 'you do not know what it is like to find work and not to be able to feed your children, but I say to you,' says the Lord, 'you are at a pivotal time in history where either there will be great revival in this nation or a great depression, 'says the Lord."

Has America sealed its fate by moving against Israel? Time will tell. Is America above the judgment of God? Let's let Jesus speak to America

"There were present at that season some who told Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answered and said to them, "Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? "I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. "Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? "I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish." He also spoke this parable "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. "Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, 'Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it use up the ground?' "But he answered and said to him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. 'And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can cut it down.' " (Luke 131-9)

America, seek God and repent!

Unless there is massive repentance within the church, it is unlikely America will survive unscathed. We will eventually have to fall from dominance so the revived Roman Empire and the seat of the anti-christ can rise as the Bible predicts.

The question is one of timing, and that depends on the level of repentance. This is exactly what happened to Nineveh. Jonah was sent to Nineveh when it was just 40 days from judgment. Then a miracle happened. From the king on down, the entire country humbled themselves and repented. Although judgment had been pronounced and God had even given them a date for their destruction, God relented and Nineveh survived another 100 years before meriting final judgment.

Judgment may come. However, even in the midst of chaos and destruction, the glorious church will be refined without spot or blemish, and those that truly follow God -- those who have been refined -- will do great exploits for the Lord (Daniel). We will see miracles at a level never seen before.

Revival is coming. Joel saw "multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision BEFORE the coming of the terrible Day of the Lord." Yes, revival is coming, but it may well be in the midst of unrest, with signs in the heavens and on the earth as God once again shakes all things so the "desired of the nations shall come."

"I will shake all nations, and the desired of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,' says the LORD Almighty." (Hag 2.7)

What should be our response to the shaking?

"If my people [not the unsaved], who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." (2 Chronicles 714)

Note that this passage says that it is God's people who must humble themselves and repent before God will relent. Will the church of America repent? Or will judgment come?

And what if judgment does come? Are the sheep ready, physically and spiritually, to be God's instruments of hope and healing?

Certainly we should not despair or grow depressed. There is Hope in Jesus. Jesus has promised His children, those who have been reborn of the Spirit, that He would never leave them or forsake them. If we have accepted Jesus' free gift of salvation, then no matter what happens in the future, He will be with us. When the storms of life come against us, it will only be possible for us to stand by His mighty power and presence in our life.

God knows how to deliver His people. Noah and his family were protected through judgment by the Ark of their salvation. During the Exodus from Egypt, God fed the children of Israel with manna in the wilderness and provided water out of solid rock. He even parted the Red Sea. Lot and His family were escorted out of the city by Angels before Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego walked through the fire unharmed, because God was with them. "I have never seen God's people forsaken, or their children begging for bread." (Psalm 3725b)

Psalms 23 and 91 are beautiful promises of God to preserve and comfort His children. Read them, seek the Lord, and trust Him to preserve and protect us. God has begun to shake America, but Jesus says "Do not let your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in me" (John 141).

For the Turtle Rock community, in the middle of the California firestorms of the nineties, these promises became a reality. A wall of fire 200 feet high was heading for their community. Destruction was all around. Many of God's children were in that community. Their home church, when notified of the impending disaster, went into corporate prayer for them. They prayed "God, your judgments are just, but there are righteous there, like when you destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah." They prayed for God to stop the wind.

The next day the papers reported

"It was like a miracle, the fire came right up to the edge of the community and then, inexplicably, the winds shifted and the fire took a right-hand turn."

After the fire, Turtle Creek looked like an island of safety in a sea of destruction. Yes, God answers the prayers of His children. God knows how to deliver His own.

As we see the signs of His return drawing close, what manner of life should we be living? Remember that Jesus is returning for a holy and spotless bride. But whether His return is today or 10 years from now, eternity is only a heartbeat away for any of us. So choose this day whom you will serve, ask the Holy Spirit to search you to see if there is any iniquity in you, and then call upon Jesus your Savior. He is faithful to forgive sins and cleanse us from all unfaithfulness. Don't delay. Time is short. You have no guarantee that you will even see tomorrow. And if you die without receiving Jesus as your Lord and Savior, your eternal destiny is fixed.

"For whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Rom 1013)

"Watch and pray, therefore, that you would be counted worthy to escape the judgment that is coming upon the earth and be able to stand before the Son of Man" (Luke 2136).

Maranatha!

Vince Aquilino

As we approach the return of Jesus Christ, the shaking in the world will increase as God draws out a bride for himself. "Once again, in a little while, shake the heavens and the earth, and the sea and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desired of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts."(Haggai 2:6-7)

"It is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed." (Rom 13:11b)