THE SPIRIT OF LAODICEA Part 2
There are 18 wicked characteristics showing how evil people will be in the end times. In 2 Timothy 3 and 4 Paul is speaking of the end time Laodicean era that is now present in our generation. It is frightening to think that these characteristics are defining people who are supposed to be believers.
In 2 Timothy 3:2 Paul states that men will be lovers of themselves and lovers of money. It is not money that is the root of all evil, but “the love of money” which ultimately will lead to greed and dishonesty and selfish ambitions. A true believer and follower of YHWH should also not be marketing the good news of Yahweh or be money driven.
The key to this is that these false teachers have not been ordained by YHWH and have no authority for the heresies that they purport.
“But know this, that in the last days disastrous times will be upon us. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, braggarts, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked, without natural feeling, addicted to lust, slanderers, without self-control, savage, haters of good, traitors, hasty, boasters, lovers of pleasure rather that lovers of Elohim having a form of righteousness, but denying the power of it; even turn away from these.” (Timothy 3:1-5)
Let’s look at these above wicked characteristics showing how evil people will be in the end times and let’s also do a retrospection of our own life’s and compare it with this Scripture and see where we need to make changes and repent. This is not to judge one another but to compare it to the Word of YHWH and to show it out with love and not to be trapped by the Spirit of Laodicea.
“Blessed and holy is the one having part in the first resurrection. The second death has no authority over these, but they will be priests of YAHWEH and of His Messiah, and will reign with Him a thousand years.” (Rev 20:6)
As the message to the 7 congregations in Revelation 2 & 3, the ones who repent and overcome and truly 100% surrender their lives to YHWH in faith will be His children in His Kingdom forever. The prideful and self-seeking will perish.
ISRAEL HOSTAGE UPDATE
Today, February 17th, will mark exactly 500 days since the horrific Saturday morning massacre on October 7, 2023. Over the past 15 months, I have been exposed to unimaginable atrocities and unthinkable blindness. A Holocaust, and later its denial, are two things I never thought I’d see in my lifetime.
My heart has remained shattered to pieces since that terrible Saturday morning.
Yahweh allowed it to happen for a reason. Knowing His plans for Israel, I can only try to connect the dots and find a reasonable biblical explanation for it all.
One thing I can attest to from a personal standpoint: this war has demonstrated to me and to my nation that He who keeps Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps. More miracles have happened to us in the past 500 days than in all the last 2,000 years combined.
The phrase “Am Israel Chai” is now understood in a new and more meaningful way.
We survived unimaginable attacks from eight different fronts and a hostile American administration that didn’t allow us to do what we needed to do.
But YAH…
Look at us today:
The Iranian axis is gone.
The Syrian army is gone.
Hezbollah is crushed.
Hamas is nearly gone.
Gaza will be empty soon.
Our economy is strong.
The most friendly U.S. administration ever.
Peace and prosperity, even for a short time, are on the horizon.
Blessed are You, YAHWEH, King of the Universe, who has granted us life, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this occasion.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה’ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִיְּמָנוּ וְהִגִיעָנוּ לִזְמַן הַזֶּה
(AMIR TSARFATI)
Thank you so much (todah rabah) for your continued prayers for Israel as 3 more hostages was released on Saturday, February 15th: Alexander Trufanov, Sagui Dekel-Chen, and Yair Horn.
Before and after photos of the 3 hostages released last Saturday: Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami, and Or Levy. In exchange, hundreds of convicted Arab terrorists with Israeli blood on their hands were released from prison.
There are 73 hostages still held in Gaza, and Hamas intends to use them as bargaining chips for years, possibly until the end of the decade. This serves as its insurance policy and a strategy to bring Israel to its knees. It has always worked!
According to the information Israel has, 36 of the remaining 73 hostages in Gaza are no longer alive. After last Saturday’s release, 73 hostages remained in Gaza. So far, 19 hostages have been released, and 14 remain on the stage 1 list. Of these, 6 hostages are considered alive, and 8 are deceased. The sad reality, though not formally presented, is that this infographic already separates the living on one side and the dead on the other.
Continued transaction schedule-
2/20: 4 bodies of kidnapped people
2/22: 3 alive hostages
2/27: 4 bodies of kidnapped people
By 3/8: the decade long hostages Abra Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed will be released, along with another 10/7 abductee alive.
Israel is bracing for a very tough week as 4 bodies of dead hostages will be handed over on Thursday, February 20, 2025.
Updated Infographic: Status of Hostages Following the Release of the 3 Most Recent Male Hostages. Please Note: Black & white images indicate hostages who have been confirmed deceased.
Thank you so much for standing with Israel and the Jewish people in the nations. I trust Yahweh to bless you for being such a blessing (Gen 12:3). Despite the chaos and uncertainty that surrounds Israel, we know that Yahweh is still in control, therefore may we who believe, enter into His rest and perfect will and keep on praying for them.
Trump administration envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff:
The second phase of the deal is more complicated and includes ending the war, not allowing Hamas to participate in governing the Gaza Strip, and Hamas’s withdrawal from Gaza. The second phase will include 19 Israeli soldiers who we believe are still alive, as well as a number of civilians and bodies.
From what I understand there is perfect coordination between Netanyahu and Trump even on the opening of the gates of hell on Hamas in Gaza. The art of the deal is to try and get out of Gaza as many hostages alive and then make the move.
WHITE JERUSALEM
Is this a prophetic sign? Israel is bracing for a cold weather event from Thursday to next Wednesday. Snow is expected to fall on most mountains in the country and Jerusalem will be white!
Prophetically I see the snow in Jerusalem in two images. Yahweh is setting the stage. It is so profound that it will snow in Jerusalem. The New Jerusalem in the Kingdom is the dowry from YHWH the Father to His Son Yahshua and His bride.
“And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from Elohim, having been prepared as a bride, having been adorned for her Husband.” (Rev 21:2)
The first prophetic image I see is the bride that will be clothed in white when her Bridegroom will appear and fetch her. She will be revived, repented and restored. She will be blameless and spotless, white as snow and ready to be swept away with her First Love.
“Let us rejoice and let us exalt, and we will give glory to Him, because the marriage of the Lamb come, and His wife prepared herself. And it was given to her that she be clothed in fine linen, pure and bright; for the fine line is the righteousness of the saints.” (Rev19:7-8)
HEART OF ICE
The second image I see in the snow in Jerusalem is a heart of ice. In Ezekiel 36:26 we read “And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.“ While many Jews are still “cold” to proclaim YAHSHUA as their Saviour and Messiah, their hearts are not only from stone but are ice cold to this truth while they worship in front of an ice-cold stone wall. As they will be lost in the snow with their hearts of ice this week, I pray that Yahshua will come in and warm their hearts with His fire.
“Come now that we reason together, says YAHWEH: Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be white as snow; through they are red as the crimson, they shall be like wool.” (Isaiah 1:18)
AND THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY COME!
REVIVE REPENT RESTORE ROAR
Shalom, Mattaniah
