Gary Varvel: Zelenskyy's White House gift
A New Humor Me cartoon plus a Biblical view of Russia
Unless you’re a Luddite, you’ve already seen the War of Words between Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and U.S. President Trump in the Oval Office.
The Leftists and Conservatives both enjoyed the spat, but for different reasons. The Left saw this as an opportunity to trash Trump as being unpresidential and bullying Zelenskyy. They even resorted back to their old Russia Collusion playbook saying that Trump was siding with Russian President Putin.
But Conservatives saw just the opposite. They saw Zelenskyy being rude, unappreciative and combative and Trump as being a strong leader who puts America’s interests first while trying to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.
It looked to me, like Zelenskyy was trying to shame Trump into getting more involved in the war by giving him some security guarantees. Trump didn’t take the bait. Instead he chastised Zelenskyy for not wanting a ceasefire or peace.
Katie Pavlich writes, “The White House confirmed Monday night that all foreign aid to Ukraine will be put on hold until Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy finds his way back to the negotiating table in acceptance of a peace deal, mineral agreement with the United States and end to the war Russia started.”
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BIBLICAL VIEW
Eventually, the war in Ukraine will end and someday Russia will turn its attention to Israel. Ezekiel 38:1-2 says, “The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshek and Tubal; prophesy against him…”
Magog is the second of the seven sons of Japheth mentioned in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10. Jewish historian, Josephus, referred to Magog, son of Japheth, as progenitor of Scythians, or peoples north of the Black Sea (modern-day Russia). If this is correct, then Russia, along with a coalition of nations including Iran, will invade Israel. Ezekiel 38 says that God will put a hook in their jaw and draw him to Israel.
Ezekiel 39:2 says, “I will turn you around and drag you along. I will bring you from the far north and send you against the mountains of Israel.” “Far north” of Israel is Russia.
Ezekiel 39:23-24 says that God hid his face from Israel and handed them over to their enemies because of their rebellion to Him. This happened 2000 years ago when Jesus was crucified and resurrected from the dead. Forty years later in 70AD, the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple.
Ezekiel’s prophecy was written 2600 years ago and I believe that the alignment of nations today makes its fulfillment in our time very probable.
Ezekiel 39:25 says, “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will now restore the fortunes of Jacob…” And verse 27 says, “When I have brought them (Jews) back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies.”
Since Israel became a nation in 1948, Jewish people have been moving back to Israel. Today, nearly half of all of the Jews in the world, live in Israel (7 million).
Finally, Russia WILL play a role in Bible prophecy and it will not go well for them in the end.
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RIGHT VIEWS
Cal Thomas: Ukraine ministers speaking truth.
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I heard VP Dickhead shout that diplomacy was the only path to the solution. Then I heard Zelenskyy try to say that he has had several signed diplomatic agreements from Putin in place since 2014 which did not stop the invasion. That was a great rebuttal to the VP, but they bullied him to such an extent his comment about his actual experience Putin's diplomacy were overlooked. As opposed to the VP, who has seen it on TV. (Is that similar to seeing Russia from your porch??) It was an embarrassing episode of The Apprentice to me, and I expect tonight's speech to even top the previous episode. Trump lost me when he pardoned the rioters who attacked Law Enforcement on Jan 6. Those goats could have been separated.
Love your insight to prophecy.