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By Jim Torres “Towers”

Today, there is apostasy in the church big time. Not only is there apostasy, but outright hypocrisy as well. I hope you’re not involved in any way with that kind of church. We are all going to have to face judgment one day in the not too distant future and surely you want to hear Christ Jesus say, “Well done thou good and faithful servant,” not – “What were you thinking??”

The emergent church comes to mind when one thinks apostasy. They preach the prosperity message and meet with one world advocates to subjugate the masses. They even believe that Allah and the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are one and the same! It’s a good bet that they don’t know what the bible says on that matter and that, at their own peril.

I’ll leave it to God to deal with those charlatans. My concern is with those who don’t know any better. Those who have yet to hear of Gods loving grace in Christ Jesus and not having been exposed to Biblical truths. These poor people grope around blindly for a reason for being, and are unwittingly being led away by cults, new age philosophies, gurus, and self-seeking messiahs.

I’m just about to name the names of some of these charlatans, liars and wolves in sheep’s clothing so that some unsuspecting person won’t fall prey to their schemes and lies. I’ve dealt with my share. It’s heartbreaking to know that a so-called brother or sister is capable of deceit, but hey, maybe they’re only a cultural Christian, or maybe they are just a misguided “religious” person. Most of these people possess no humility, virtue or morality. You can know them by their fruits, which are avarice, deceit, and pomposity; not joy, peace and longsuffering and telling the truth.

Everyone is different and we should thank God for that. We can often come up with different conclusions about what a certain Bible verse means, but there are certain principles and laws that can’t be misinterpreted. (We also know how deceitful that inner voice can be.) Times a wasting and we can’t be pussy footing around anymore, trying to please everyone. Some are going to be offended no matter what you do or say. Just know what you believe. And what you believe should correlate with Holy Scripture not hearsay or false assumptions. If you are going to be an effective Soldier of the Cross you must know the Word of God. “Study to show yourself approved, rightly dividing the Word of God.”

I can remember once interfering with a Jehovah’s Witness who was witnessing his brand of faith to an impressionable young man at a bus stop. I approached the two people, addressing the JW I began using these Bible verses to quench the evil being perpetrated on this ignorant and vulnerable young man. Jesus said. “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life and no man comes to the Father but by me.” And, “There is no other name under heaven, given among men, whereby you must be saved.” The Jehovah’s Witness walked away in a huff not knowing how to respond and continued to talk to the young man, who listened intently. I just can’t for the life of me be politically correct or apathetic. Peoples’ lives are literally at stake!

Speaking of evil doers; television and movies are coming out with a no–holds barred mentality with their all too often trashy entertainment. It’s hard to find a good movie.

Recently, as an actor I was taken out of a movie for not fondling and groping the leading lady in a raunchy multi-million dollar musical. The director was like a possessed or rabid animal, trying to appear to be important for the cast and crew. He demanded that I grope the popular leading lady forcefully. Having talked to the poor vulnerable young woman beforehand I just couldn’t do it.

Because of this movie’s base content and raunchiness it didn’t do well at the box office, and the company lost millions of dollars. After all, who wants to see men prancing around, singing and kissing one another?

By the way;

I recently viewed a movie written and directed by Angelo Pizzo titled My All American, and I can honestly say (I’m not a football fan) that it was an excellent movie, a true family-friendly one with not one curse word and plenty of action. It is the true story of college football great Freddy Steinmark. This film had it all – except the gratuitous sex scene. This writer/ director is a true artist. The lighting, the dialogue, the music and the editing were all exceptional.

I will be trying to get the actor Finn Wittrock who was in the lead, for my movie.

Pizzo also wrote and directed the Hoosiers with Gene Hackman, one of my all time favorite actors.

If you are looking for a good movie, with true family values, I highly recommend My All American by Angelo Pizzo.

YBIC

Jim Torres “Towers” jtfilmaker@yahoo.com and www.theprophecies2016movie.

Until 1967, Israel did not hold an inch of the Sinai Peninsula and the West Bank, the Gaza Strip or the Golan Heights. Israel held not an acre of what is now considered disputed territory. And yet we enjoyed no peace. Year after year Israel called for – pleaded for – a negotiated peace with the Arab governments. Their answer was a blank refusal and more war… The reason was not a conflict over territorial claims. The reason was, and remains, the fact that a free Jewish state sits on territory at all. – Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, before a joint session of the US Congress, January 28, 1976

Those who have been paying attention know  that France will convene a summit on 30 May of some 30+ countries and international organizations to discuss how they will move forward the two state solution, with a much broader effort toward the second part of the year.  It is well know that these parameters will be based on the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 as the basis for a two-state solution, at its core.  That initiative is based on the 1967 lines with a shared capital in Jerusalem.

Most on both sides of the issue in the general public have no knowledge of the events at that time. It is important to understand how the 1967 war started, the causes and the mindset of those involved at the time.  From a purely military perspective, to go back to the 1967 lines for Israel would be suicide, even with guarantees of peace by Arab nations.  Yet this is exactly the position the US and the world is moving to, along with promises that they will let nothing happen to Israel.  Ironically this is a similar position the US took with Israel leading up to the 1967 War.

The Americans on numerous occasions rebuffed Israeli diplomatic appeals, instead of using strongly worded #Hashtags like the current administration.  President Johnson publicly condemned the blocking of Tiran (port of Eliat blockade by Egypt) as “illegal”.  In reality it was an act of war and it only emboldened the Arabs in the lead up to the war.

With that lead up below is an excerpt from the fantastic site Six Day War.org.  It will give the reader a much broader understanding of the conflict and why the 1967 lines we hear of so often in the news are absurd.

What was the Six-Day War? Who were the combatants and why did they fight? How did the war affect the region and how did the world react?

Using research and analysis gathered from respected experts in Middle East history, politics and other related fields, this Web site answers those questions; because to understand the literal and metaphorical map of the modern Middle East — the geographic positions held by the region’s armies and the negotiating positions held by its leaders — one must first understand the Six-Day War, and more importantly, its causes and consequences.

The major factor instigating conflict between Israel and its neighbors — whether in 1967, 2000 or any other time — has been the the Arab leadership’s rejection of the legitimate right of Jews to reconstitute their national home in the Middle East, and Israel’s attempt to cope with the security challenges caused by this rejectionism.

As far back as 1929, when Arab rioters attacked Jewish communities in Palestine and massacred their inhabitants, the civil and human rights of Jews had been under violent attack. In 1948 it became an existential issue, with six Arab armies attacking the newly independent Israel in an attempt to wipe the state off the map.

Again in 1967, in the run up to the Six-Day War, Israel’s existence seemed to hang in the balance. As the armies of Egypt, Syria and Jordan openly prepared for battle against Israel, and Arab leaders and the Arab “street” called for its destruction, Israel faced frightful choices. “We had already started thinking in terms of annihilation, both national and personal,” explained Lt. Yossi Peled, a Holocaust survivor who was at the time a lieutenant in the Israel army. Israel’s Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, realizing the immense military challenge that would be caused by an Arab attack, told his cabinet: “God help us through if they hit us first.” Chief of Staff Yitzkhak Rabin had a nervous breakdown, which for a short time kept him from his duties.

Israel’s hospitals prepared for mass casualties, not only from the advanced conventional weapons supplied by the Soviets to Egypt and Syria and by the West to Jordan, but also from chemical weapons, which Egypt was known to have used during its war in Yemen.

The tensions continued to mount while Israel’s Prime Minister Levy Eshkol insisted, even as more and more Arab troops massed on the borders, that diplomatic attempts to resolve the crisis be exhausted before Israel would consider military action.

This was the nature of the Arab-Israeli conflict before the Six-Day War, or in other words, before Israel ever occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Often, in current discussions about the Middle East, Israel’s occupation is mischaracterized as the primary, if not the sole, cause of the conflict rather than an effect of it. Many journalists, unfamiliar with the relevant facts and context, and mistakenly believing that the starting point of Mideast tensions is the “occupation,” may present flawed accounts that suggest the resolution of the tension can be achieved more or less simply by ending Israel’s presence in the territories. This ahistorical description is found all too often in the U.S. media, but even more pervasively in the European setting.

The title of the Article is how Russia defeats NATO, I believe it very well could have said the US.  The armies of any one of the countries of the EU are a shadow of their former selves, even collectively as part of the EU they would be no match for a determined Russia.  Article also speaks to the woeful neglect of our own Armed Forces as well abrogating our responsibilities as defenders of freedom abroad (South China Sea).  We have been bogged down by the side shows in Iraq/Afghanistan for so long, we have failed to really see the changing landscape around us, partly due to politics and partly because leadership in the military has failed to make the case.

When asked two weeks ago in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee whether the Army was “outranged” by any adversary, U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley said: “Yes … the ones in Europe, really Russia. We don’t like it, we don’t want it, but yes, technically [we are] outranged, outgunned on the ground.”

Given Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, this is sobering testimony. But is it accurate? Unfortunately, yes: Nearly two years of extensive wargaming and analysis shows that if Russia were to conduct a short-warning attack against the Baltic States, Moscow’s forces could roll to the outskirts of the Estonian capital of Tallinn and the Latvian capital of Riga in 36 to 60 hours. In such a scenario, the United States and its allies would not only be outranged and outgunned, but also outnumbered.

Outnumbered? While the Russian army is a fraction of the size of its Soviet predecessor and is maintained at a level of imperfect readiness, we found that it could — in 10 days or so — generate a force of as many as 27 fully ready battalions (30–50,000 soliders in their maneuver formations, depending on precisely how they were organized) for an attack on the Baltics while maintaining its ongoing coercive campaign against Ukraine.

All these Russian units would be equipped with armored vehicles — tanks, infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), and so forth. NATO, meanwhile, would be able to respond largely with only light, unarmored, or lightly armored forces. These would consist of the forces of the Baltic republics themselves and those that the United States and its partners could rush to the scene in the few days of warning that would likely be available.

Read the rest of the story here. Warontherocks

By Jim Torres “Towers”

“Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things shall be added unto you (food, clothing, and peace of mind). That is a heavy statement found only in the Bible. But what does it mean? Is this kingdom like the Disney World kingdom with pink castles and neatly manicured grounds surrounded by blossoming flowers? Do we set out on a white stallion or unicorn in seeking this fairytale land? A place where kings, queens, princes and princesses strut about doing nothing but dressing to the nines? NOT!

A kingdom consists of people and without people a kingdom has no reason to exist. The kingdom of God the Bible speaks of is the multitudes of humanity that are made in the image of God. People are of great concern to the Father of Lights. They are his ultimate achievement. Consider the verse that says, “Let US make man in our image and in our likeness.” Truly God was going out on a limb to make something so precious and often pernicious as mortal man. Even though humanity disappoints Him time and again he reaches out to us through Christ Jesus, and He invites us to participate in seeking His kingdom. Perhaps that is why He so earnestly wants us to scour the countryside, the highways and byways searching for those whom he created, calling them to repentance and a relationship with Him, even though He can and often does this Himself. He has given us the privilege of working for His kingdom and that with rewards!

It’s easy to say that sinners get what they deserve, but do we deserve any better after being saved by grace and grace alone? In spite of this callous attitude, we still want the goodies and we do everything we can to fool God into believing we deserve them. We spin and toil, we teach, we judge, we speak in tongues, we strut and wax pious and, and …ad infinitum. Yet the goodies don’t come, and when they do, it’s not quite what we expected. God only wants what’s good for us. “If we ask for bread would He give us a snake?” He knows our motives as well.

Who knows but what God is lining things up for those of us seeking to do His will. Maybe the Christian person or persons he’s assigned to help you don’t want to comply with his wishes and He has to find someone else or another way to help you. This often takes time. We all know there are lazy Christians, baby Christians and nominal Christians, so He has to scour the Christian landscape to find someone to hold you up. God isn’t into the arm twisting business and He won’t force anyone to comply with His wishes. He gives His people the opportunity and wherewithal to enhance His kingdom, and they are supposed to make the most of it.

Thank God He also gave us a brain to take us as far as we can go, and then some, if we desire to please Him. When we stretch our faith in Him we can achieve remarkable things just on the talent and imagination he’s given us. And remember, when you team up with God, you and God are a majority. That is to say, “If God be for you, who can be against you?”

Maybe it’s a trial or some tribulation that has overtaken you. Remember what Jesus said, “You shall go through many trials and tribulations, but don’t worry for I have overcome the world.” Essentially, this means to do the best you can and rely on Him to see you through in seeking His kingdom. Your eternal rest will come soon enough. So quit sighing and start living. Get involved in the things of God. God didn’t promise us a rose garden, no matter what Prosperity Preachers on television tell you. Jesus said “Take up your cross daily and follow me.” He doesn’t bribe us with the promise of money.

Case in point:

Just when I was feeling defeated, a Catholic friend asked me to have devotions with him one morning as I was visiting. I complied.

Bill read a passage about Elijah and how Elijah was distraught about being hunted down by Jezebel. God spoke to him in a still small voice and said that He still had a number of faithful followers, and that he should take heart. Then God sent his very angels to feed and strengthen him, since no one else would (1 Kings 19:1-14). I too felt abandoned, so I know the feeling. That devotional happened at just the right time for me as I was becoming discouraged myself in what I’m attempting to do for the kingdom of God, with no encouragement or help from the brethren.

On another note:

The movie “Miracles from Heaven” was for me a good, worthwhile movie that enhances the viewer’s faith in God and in the hope of life in the hereafter.

I’m always looking at the overall picture quality and the theology behind the story, especially if it’s a “Christian” film. However, I couldn’t find any faults with this movie except in minor details such as lighting or the band members who were so worldly it made me wince.

Another disturbing thing was that all of the 100 or so members of the audience at the theater were elderly or on their way to becoming so. I counted 12 youngsters who came with their parents or grandparents and 1 young lady in her mid-twenties. Apparently the subject matter wasn’t geared to younger people and it certainly wasn’t a date film. (It’s a known fact in the movie business that young men are the ones who decide what date movie to attend and these are usually action/adventure or fright films.) Middle aged audiences also enjoy these along with political, war, and high drama movies and musicals. My movie is true to life, which makes it thought provoking, dramatic, and intriguing since it incorporates Biblical prophecy as well. This isn’t your feel good football “Christian movie” but is geared to general audiences, primarily the Biblical illiterate and the lost.

YBIC

Jim Torres “Towers” jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com and www.theprophecies2016movie.com

I came across this article on Prophecy News Watch. It was reprinted from the blog of Natasha Crain, Christianmomthoughts.com.  I reccommend adding both to your bookmarks.

By Jim Torres “Towers”

Just when we reached the zenith of our possibilities to convert the world by reaching out to others with the use of modern day technology, it looks like we surrendered to the enemy. Having had things “our way” for so long we’ve become satiated with pleasure and bloated with apathy.

Now it seems we grovel behind political correctness. Is reaching out to our fellow man a priority or just an afterthought? For all our busyness we barely know our neighbors. There are games to be played and games to watch and drivel from television and the internet to know. It seems we care more about what the Kardashians are doing than what our neighbors are doing, or how the man or woman on the street is doing.

While trying to film some second unit scenes in Miami with my Sony handy cam, I couldn’t help but notice how much Miami has changed over the past few years. Everywhere you look there is a deep dividing contrast between the lower class and the well to do. Beautiful richly decorated shops have opened everywhere downtown in what is now referred to as “The Designer District.” Where once a shuttered storefront stood with childish graffiti covering it, now the graffiti has turned into modern art, rich in color and style, an area where the noveu riche and artsy drug addled people congregate to see and be seen. These same people once refused to venture into this blighted area; they now come in droves stepping over the bodies of the drunks sleeping on the sidewalks. On a Saturday night it’s a scene straight out of Dante’s Inferno. Can you imagine what goes on during spring break on South Beach these days? Chaos!

As I drive by slowly, a young attractive prostitute says “hi” with a come-hither look. Before I reach the end of the block two black drug dealers offer their wares silently, using gestures. An attractive young man is crossing the street and thanks me with a hand gesture and a sugary smile for making a full stop to let him cross safely. Once on the other side of the street he looks back with a come hither look that tells me he is on the make for a price.

All across our country terror reigns on the streets of our big cities with people afraid to go out onto the streets at night. Even some of our smaller cities are beginning to see criminal activity grow by leaps and bounds. Who knows what’s going on behind closed doors.

Years ago a movie entitled “Clockwork Orange” unwittingly foretold what would one day be the norm in our culture. Evil knows no bounds when God is shunned in a society. There are no restraints and people do as they please. Since we are born with a sinful nature we all have a propensity to eventually do evil things. Things like sucker punching an unsuspecting person in a knockout game or shooting others just for the fun of it – shades of Sodom and Gomorrah and the days of Noah! If the Bible is true, then this verse of scripture is surely being fulfilled, “As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be at the coming of the Son of Man.”

I wish I could write that all is well with the world and we can go about our business as usual. I’m sorry I can’t “molly coddle” you, since my mandate is to strengthen you and provoke you to action in reaching the lost. Why I’ve been given this mandate is beyond me, after all, I’m a mere common man. But I approach people on an almost daily basis with the Word of God, and enjoy doing it. I have no doubt that there are more intelligent, knowledgeable, strong and capable men out there who could make me look like a pauper. The only difference is obedience.

On another note:

In trying to decide whether to see the movie “The Young Messiah” I read a review that made me decide not to go see it. The movie is based on the novel by Anne Rice, a secular writer who knows little of the Holy Scriptures about which she writes. This movie is total fiction and is derived solely from the writer’s imagination. But you and I should know that, since we know about the life of Christ from Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. As for you new believers, you will also know the Truth as you study the Bible to show yourselves approved unto God.

It seems that many so-called Christians are jumping on the money making wagon of making “Christian films.” Take for example the “Son of God” movie that starred a strikingly handsome man who goes about smiling at every one as though he hasn’t a care in the world. You almost expect him to pick a flower and carry it in his pinkies as he walks along. The producers, Roma Downey and her husband Mr. Burkett, also haven’t read scripture and make a number of glaring mistakes in the film. They seem to thrive on the ethereal Jesus who walks on water and glides six inches off the ground wherever he goes; a man who seems to be in awe of his very own creation, and that with extreme piety. Maybe that’s the way he is portrayed in the Douay Rheims version of the Bible, I wouldn’t know since I’ve only read the King James, the NIV, The Living Bible and the New King James. In any case, I couldn’t sit through all of it.

In closing I want you to know that if you are going to attempt to do something for the kingdom of God, don’t be surprised by the satanic attacks incurred in doing so. My proposed film The Prophecies 2016 is an example, encountering a number of false starts and lack of interest from the “Christian” community. Sometimes these attacks will come even from fellow believers, so-called friends and even family. Knowing the Scriptures the way we do, we should expect these things to happen. But, “If God be for us, who can be against us?”

Final note:

Because of a lack of interest on the part of Christians, I have decided to alter my evangelical website to target the unsaved (who are desperately searching for Truth and salvation) and make my appeal for funding on a secular crowd funding website.

Until next time,

YBIC

Jim Torres “Towers” jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com and www.theprophecies2016movie.com

When asked if I am a republican or a democrat, my answer now is I am a Monarchist, I serve a king.

From the study of the book of Romans by Chuck Missler -Inspired by Pastor S.D. Lockridge

He is:
King of the Jews (racial);
King of Israel (national);
King of all the Ages;
King of Heaven;
King of Glory;
King of Kings;
..and Lord of Lords. [Do you know Him? Do you really?]

A prophet before Moses;
A priest after Melchizedek;
A champion like Joshua;
An offering in place of Isaac;
A king from the line of David;
A wise counselor above Solomon;
A beloved/rejected/exalted son like Joseph.
And yet far more…

The Heavens declare His glory…
and the firmament shows His handiwork..
He who is, who was, and who always will be;
The first and the last
He is the Alpha and the Omega
the Aleph and the Tau
the A and the Z;
He is the first fruits of them that slept

The “I AM that I AM” [the Voice of the Burning Bush!] He is the Captain of the Lord’s Host
He was the conqueror of Jericho
He is enduringly strong;
He is entirely sincere;
He is eternally steadfast;He is immortally graceful;
He is imperially powerful;
He is impartially merciful;

In Him dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily;
The very God of very God.
He is our Kinsman-Redeemer
and He is our Avenger of Blood;
He is our City of Refuge;
our Performing High Priest,
our Personal Prophet,
our Reigning King.

He’s the Loftiest idea in Literature;
He’s the highest Personality in Philosophy;
He’s the Fundamental Doctrine of Theology;
He’s the Supreme Problem in “higher criticism”!
He’s the Miracle of the Ages
the Superlative of everything good

We are the beneficiaries of a Love Letter:
It was written in blood,
on a wooden cross
erected in Judea
2,000 years ago.

He was crucified on a cross of wood,
yet He made the hill on which it stood.

By Him were all things made that were made;
without Him was not anything made that was made;
By Him are all things held together!
What held Him to that cross? It wasn’t the nails!
(At any time He could have declared, “I’m out of here!”)
It was His love for you and me.
He was born of a woman
so that we could be born of God;
He humbled Himself
so that we could be lifted up;

He became a servant
so that we could be made co-heirs;
He suffered rejection
so that we could become His friends;
He denied Himself
so that we could freely receive all things;
He gave Himself
so that He could bless us in every way.

He is
Available to the tempted and the tried;
Blesses the young;
Cleanses the lepers;
Defends the feeble;
Delivers the captives;
Discharges the debtors;
Forgives the sinners;
Franchises the meek;
Guards the besieged;
Heals the sick;
Provides strength to the weak;
Regards the aged;
Rewards the diligent;
Serves the unfortunate;
Sympathizes and He saves!

His Offices are manifold;
His Reign is righteous;
His Promises are sure;
His Goodness is limitless;
His Light is matchless;
His Grace is sufficient;
His Love never changes;
His Mercy is everlasting;
His Word is enough;
His Yoke is easy and
His Burden is light!
He’s indescribable;
He’s incomprehensible;
He’s irresistible;
He’s invincible!

The Heaven of heavens cannot contain Him;
Man cannot explain Him

The Pharisees couldn’t stand Him
and learned that they couldn’t stop Him;
Pilate couldn’t find any fault with Him;
the witnesses couldn’t agree against Him.
Herod couldn’t kill Him
death couldn’t handle Him
the grave couldn’t hold Him!

He has always been and always will be;
He had no predecessor and
will have no successor;
Your can’t impeach Him and
he isn’t going to resign!

His name is above every name;
That at the name of Yeshua
Every knee shall bow
Every tongue shall confess
That Jesus Christ is Lord!

His is the kingdom, the power, and the glory… for ever, and ever.
…Amen!

Thus speaketh Christ our Lord to us:

Ye call Me Master and obey Me not.
Ye call Me Light and see Me not.
Ye call Me Way and walk Me not.
Ye call Me Life and choose Me not.
Ye call Me Wise and follow Me not.
Ye call Me Fair and love Me not.
Ye call Me Rich and ask Me not.
Ye call Me Eternal and seek Me not.
Ye call Me Noble and serve Me not.
Ye call Me Gracious and trust Me not.
Ye call Me Might and honor Me not.
Ye call Me Just and fear Me not.
If I condemn you, blame Me not.
—An inscription on a cathedral in Lubeck, Germany

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many
wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Matthew 7:21-23

You need to have a personal relationship with Christ our Lord, not a Sunday only relationship, not a pray when times are hard relationship, a relationship where you want to know Christ more and more each day.

By Jim Torres “Towers”

Surely you’ve heard that verse of scripture, “There shall be wars and rumors of war.” Surely, as a well informed intelligent American Christian you’ve heard or read about the Soviet Generals who were killed in Syria by a car bomb recently. Surely you know that the United States and Russia are at odds about who should be governing in Syria. Turkey is also at odds with Russia at the present time and it’s beginning to look like war.

I’ve been postulating about all out war breaking out in the Middle East for some time now and was beginning to wonder when it would happen. Today it seems very likely and not in the too distant future – maybe even tomorrow.

As a well informed and concerned Christian I can’t help but notice that prophecy is being fulfilled at an alarming rate, and so I must speak out about it.

Damascus will surely fall like the Bible tells us it will, never to rise again. I’m sure you know that there is a vast underground bunker under Damascus where the elite criminals (whoever that may be) will take shelter in case of war. In order for the opposing forces to annihilate the enemy (whoever that may be) Damascus will be carpet bombed, especially with bunker busting bombs that are able to reach extreme depths. Not only that, but Putin has warned Turkey that they have nuclear warheads on conventional rockets ready to be used against them.

Turkey, Isis or the United states will surely be blamed for this latest fiasco. While I’m neither a political analyst, nor a fully informed military analyst either, I do read news reports from around the world and it doesn’t take too much intelligence to put two and two together in light of what the scriptures say.

Putin must be raving mad right now and he is surely preparing something in retaliation. We must remember (or haven’t you heard) that he was the leader of the KGB at one time; talk about a ruthless mindset! Aren’t the Russians the ones who gave us the Gulag Archipelago? Surely you’ve heard of the poor soul, Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Guantanamo doesn’t begin to compare. Surely Putin will be seeking retaliation.

Surprisingly, this act didn’t make the front pages. and news of this latest act of war has all but been shut down completely. Is it that the reporters are told to “stand down” so as not to disturb our way of life and our rushing into the abyss of perdition? If so, who in the world could that be?

In this country we are committed only to our comfort zone, while thugs roam the streets of our country and the news sources say nothing. A ninety-five year old woman and many others are raped by drug crazed youth and are often left to die. War heroes are set upon and robbed by both young men and women. People are afraid to go out at night, afraid of being cold cocked from behind by angry Godless youth demanding their right to do as they please on whomever they please.

Yes, the Bible says there shall be wars and rumors of war, corruption in high places. The love of many will become cold and Christians will be murdered and persecuted and non–believers will be given over to a reprobate mind.

And talk about a reprobate mind. Unless you want to see what our society has come to, don’t watch “The Interview” which is an utterly sick, sick film about an attempt to assassinate the North Korean dictator. By all accounts it is supposed to be a comedy!

It is all spelled out in prophetic scripture. Although we can’t pinpoint the day or the hour of Jesus’ return we can see corruption escalate across the land and the world at large. In any case, we should prepare for any eventuality, which brings me to this question: are you really ready to meet your maker or have you left something undone?

On another note:

Ranking the movie “The Passion of the Christ” as the ultimate 10, the movie “Risen” for me was a 7. Maybe I shouldn’t expect too much from Christian filmmakers, but I did see a couple of serious flaws in the making of the film, given that they obviously had the money to do it right and didn’t. First, the casting could have been better and there was one short scene where some levity was used. I didn’t think that there was what we call in the film business “comedy relief” in the true historical happening. That for me was a sure sign that the writer didn’t fully get the profoundness of the resurrection. Jesus’ resurrection was a somber occasion, one which guarantees us that we can be resurrected too if we receive Christ by faith. This is not to be taken lightly. Most audience members won’t see this as a detriment to the film but will overlook it entirely or snicker at the crazy scene as some did in the audience I was in.

However, I can understand the filmmaker’s concern about an audience growing weary with too much profundity, but they shouldn’t have been concerned as this wasn’t a long drawn out affair but was the standard length for the attention span of American audiences.

Nevertheless, it was entertaining enough to hold your attention, especially if you are unfamiliar with scripture. Jesus didn’t leave in a blaze of glory but ascended into a cloud. But at least it wasn’t a Christian football movie made by complete amateurs!

This isn’t to say that I could do any better at directing, but I would have handled the resurrection scene with a little more respect and cast the right people for the important roles.

YBIC

Jim Torres “Towers” Jt.filmmaker@yahoo.com and www.theprophecies2016movie.com