This Week In The News
Current Events
By Norbert Link
We begin with President Trump’s ridiculous interference in the soccer world, causing even more damage to America’s reputation and credibility.
We continue with Russia’s and China’s military cooperation—angering Germany—and Germany’s suppression of a Russian channel ousted in Europe. We also point out Germany’s and Europe’s plans for insane rearmament spending.
We address this week’s NATO summit and the hope to keep Trump under control, while his relationship with Erdoğan becomes more and more problematic.
We publish further articles proving that Trump and Israel lost the Iran war; and we conclude with Trump’s desire to be added to Mount Rushmore and how he inadvertently unites the Catholic Church and approvingly revives the memory of one of America’s darkest chapters in history.
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Editorial
The Wisdom of Self-Control
Thinking before we act is something we all strive to do on a daily basis, yet in moments of pressure, offense, or emotion, we can respond too quickly and regret it later. Proverbs 16 teaches that while people may believe their own ways are right, God weighs the motives of the heart. It reminds us to commit our plans to God, trust His guidance, value honest words, listen to instruction, avoid pride and conflict, and practice patience and self-control. Proverbs 13:16 says that “Every prudent man acts with knowledge, But a fool lays open his folly.” This contrasts wisdom with foolishness by showing the importance of thinking carefully before taking action.
This principle especially applies when we are offended or confronted. When someone says something hurtful, false, or even partly true, our first reaction may be anger, defensiveness, or a desire to get even. But God expects us to respond with wisdom, patience, and self-control. Even when we must stand up for what is right, especially when defending biblical Truth, how we answer matters. We should not respond in a way that becomes offensive or sinful. In heated situations, instead of blurting out the first thing that comes to mind, we should pause, pray, and ask God for the right words.
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What were the conditions like during Israel’s bondage in Egypt that will be repeated in the fulfillment of end-time prophecy?
The best place to begin is by understanding where and in what context prophecy makes a reference to Egypt and the nation of Israel.
The earliest point in time that prophecy references Egypt, in respect to the nation of Israel, occurs shortly after Israel makes their escape during the time of the Exodus. Towards the end of Israel’s wandering in the wilderness, Moses pronounces blessings on obedience to God and cursings on disobedience. He presents many of the curses as prophetic events, many to still take place in the future. “The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors, with the scab, and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed” (Deuteronomy 28:27). “Moreover He will bring back on you all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you” (Deuteronomy 28:60). Moses prophesies these and many more terrible consequences to Israel in his warning against disobedience. The sicknesses of Egypt can be expected in fulfillment of end-time prophecy.
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