Dear Rachel,
 
    No, I haven't posted anything since all of the chaos broke loose in the Middle East.  However, if you will remember I did post a study on Psalm 106 - 107 on June 26th.  It was entitled "I'm Glad You Asked....."   In that study I specifically stated that it appeared to me that a short but terrible war would break out in the Middle East before the end of this year.  Well guess what?  It began the very next day and has steadily accelerated.  I have been very tempted to post a simple statement...."I told you so!"  But I guess I won't.
    This war will get worse.  It will begin to go badly for Israel.  Their very existence will be threatened.  They will then very likely use the nuclear bomb on Damascus, and threaten to use it on other nations.  These "brave" [spell that cowardly] Muslims will then rush to the peace table to keep from getting fried.  The U.N. and E.U. will draw up a peace treaty backed by threat of military action against any offending nation, guaranteeing absolute peace in the Middle East for a seven year "cooling off" period.  The Antichrist, whoever the rascal is, will then "confirm the covenant with many" [probably the U.N. and E.U.].  On or before the covenant is confirmed, the rapture will have occurred and the Tribulation will be underway.   As the situation stands right now it appears to me that this will all transpire on or before September 23rd [Rosh HaShanah].  I am not stating that as dogmatic fact at all, but then I didn't state anything in my article posted on June 26th as dogmatic fact.....but it still happened.   Let's just watch and see.
 
                       Pastor F. M. Riley