Dear Brethren and Co-Workers in Christ:
Greetings from the Five Cities region of California.
We have been battling various computer issues.
As mentioned last week, we had issues with the Bible News Prophecy International radio site. Even though it was brought back online, malicious software prevented us from being able to update that site. According to an email I saw this morning from our web-hosting service, that now seems to be cleaned up, but we still need to work to verify that.
Also, somehow, work I did on today’s weekly letter got lost somehow yesterday. It seems like when I went to save it, some unknown error caused a lot of this letter to be lost, so this morning I have been working on putting lost information back in the letter.
On a different type of computer battling issue, at the News of those once affiliated with the Global Church of God page, I dealt with a false and misleading report about Malawi that was posted at an anti-Church of God website.
Sadly, the truth and facts do not seem to matter to many talebearers and others who have hardened their hearts against the work of the Philadelphian remnant.
On a more positive note, we received additional translations of our English booklet, The Gospel of the Kingdom of God, into another 20 languages/dialects. Those are being uploaded to several of our websites. We strive to assist in the fulfillment of Matthew 24:14, and getting the gospel available in more languages is part of our preparation for the short work of Romans 9:28 (see also Preparing for the ‘Short Work’ and The Famine of the Word).
Donald Trump
Various Protestants have claimed that Donald Trump is a new Israelite King Jehu with another person claiming he is a new King Jeroboam (see Jonathan Cahn: Trump is Jehu, Gerald Flurry: Trump is Jeroboam, COGwriter: Donald Trump is not Jehu nor Jeroboam and Despite being repeatedly wrong about Donald Trump, PCG claims Gerald Flurry was right). Some Jews are once again claiming he is the Persian King Cyrus (see Rabbi Beger ties Donald Trump with King Cyrus and claims Trump may be a factor in getting the ‘Third Temple’ built). Ben Shapiro says some see Donald Trump as a type of King David, but he believes Donald Trump is a type of Noah to save this generation (see Ben Shapiro considers Donald Trump is Noah to save this generation, while many Americans look to leave the USA after his reelection).
None of those labels, biblically, fit Donald Trump. And no, he will not be able to save this generation.
The reality, however, is that the United States and the international community have been, to a degree, shaken a bit by the reelection of Donald Trump.
Our recommended sermonette for this Sabbath is related to him, international reactions, and scriptures.
The Continuing Church of God put together the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel:
Donald Trump – Now What?
Donald Trump won the election again. Will he fix everything wrong in America and bring in a golden age as he claims? Why or why not? What are concerns from the international community? Will Russia end up with territory that was once part of Ukraine? Might we see a regional war involving Iran? What about the peace deal of Daniel 9:26-27? Can the Great Tribulation begin in the next US presidential term? What are some of the 20+ predictions Dr. Thiel made before Donald Trump’s last presidential term that have been confirmed? Will US debt be a problem in the future per Habakkuk 2:6-9? What are some of the unintended consequences of a Donald Trump presidency? What about Europe? Dr. Thiel and Steve Dupuie go over these matters.
Here is a link to our video: Donald Trump – Now What?
Interestingly, Carlos Aponte and Oscar Leal put out a similar sermonette in the Spanish language.
Here is that video in the Spanish language: