June 30, 2023 | Messianic World Update | Russia avoids civil war, Knesset issues & more

Messianic World Update: June 30, 2023

Shalom everyone. I'm Monte Judah with Lion and Lamb Ministries, and welcome to another edition of Messianic World Update.

Wagner Group's Attack on Russia

This week, there were reports about the Wagner Group, the Russian mercenary group, which was working with Russia in Ukraine. However, they suddenly attacked Russia itself. The group was marching towards Moscow when the situation was calmed down and a civil war was averted. The Wagner group is highly trained and paid well, but they were running into trouble with two Russian generals.

Two incidents occurred where the Russian generals were not supplying enough ammunition to the Wagner group, and a Russian military unit attacked a Wagner group outpost. The leader of the Wagner Group decided to pull out of Ukraine and start heading towards Russia to show his displeasure.

The president of Belarus negotiated an agreement with him to stop attacking Russia and not go to Moscow, and the leader of the Wagner Group would be exiled to Belarus. It has brought into question the stability of Putin's control over Russia and all the forces that are in Ukraine.

Palestinian Authority's Collapse

The Palestinian Authority, led by Mahmoud Abbas, is facing a crisis as his health is failing and he does not have a successor. Different terrorist groups are forming inside the West Bank, and Israel's been fighting them frequently. The great fear in Israel is that the Palestinian Authority is doomed and is going to collapse. Netanyahu's on record saying they must be able to support and sustain it. Otherwise, they have a situation in the West Bank as bad as the one in Gaza.

Just to show you what's been going on in the West Bank, a Palestinian man launched a couple of homemade rockets from the West Bank, which landed in Palestinian areas. The same hostility towards Israel that exists in Gaza is starting to brew within the West Bank itself.

The situation is becoming even more volatile and difficult, and Jenin has become the hub of this Palestinian activity.

Stay tuned for more updates on these developing situations in Russia and the Middle East.

Conflict over Knesset reform

Moving on to politics in Israel, the country is divided into two factions: the religious and conservative on one side and the liberal element on the other. The Supreme Court is mostly controlled by liberals, and they are not willing to release control of it to any of the conservative or religious elements. This situation has led to a lot of conflict in Israel regarding judicial reform.

Tel Aviv has become the hub, the leading city promoting homosexuality and pride in LGBTQ and the rest of the alphabet stuff. If the conservative and religious members get into the Supreme Court, there will be rulings against the LGBTQ community. It's a focal point in Israel, and that's what's behind the problem with this judicial overhaul bill that's going through the Knesset.

Digital Currency is coming.

Digital currency is also coming soon. The United States has investigated the idea of moving to digital currency away from cash, and there is some discussion that they may start to test it and implement it as early as next month, in July. In Europe, they are talking about implementing it in September.

A digital ID will go with the digital money, which will eliminate the need to carry a credit card and write checks. The recalling of dollars will follow after they implement it. They'll ask everybody to turn their dollars in. They'll be paid for it. Everybody will be asked to turn in the dollars, and they'll receive a certain amount of credit in digital money for it. There have been some suggestions made that if you recall your dollars and turn them in, you'll get a slightly higher amount in digital money, and that will be a way to incentivize people to do it.

But not everybody's going to comply with this. And it's concerning to us from the standpoint that we have a Bible prophecy that talks about how, in the time of the great tribulation, we won't be able to buy or sell without the mark of the beast, without whatever that system is. Digital money and a digital ID give the government total and complete control over your ability to buy or sell.

We also know that the ESG score is integrated into the total of your environmental social grade. So, depending on what activities you're involved with, and they monitor you for this, you'll get a certain score that permits you to have privileges, and a lower score will prohibit you from doing the things that you want to do. How quickly is that going to happen? We don't know. But the rumors right now are that it's coming this year. So, we're going to continue to watch that as well.

 In the meantime, Shabbat shalom to all of you. Have a great weekend.