Greetings from Tyler,
Hurricane Helene has racked up a death toll to compare with the deadliest hurricanes of all time. Some of our people were caught up, stranded in the devastation it caused. It will be some time before they come out with all the statistics, but it was, and is awful. It rates alongside the worst of all time. It particularly tore up Asheville, North Carolina.
Now we hear that Disaster Relief funds have been depleted by funding the illegal immigrants. This is going to get weird, and right before possibly the most important election we’ll ever have.
Israel seems to be disregarding all the outrage and breast-beating by the international community. They’re going into Lebanon on foot. How deep, nobody knows. First the pagers went off, and now Israel is targeting the leadership. Nasrallah has been killed along with several other leaders of Hezbollah. It looks like Israel is determined that this never happens again, and is willing to disregard all the discussion about “proportionality.”
Since when did war become about proportionality? It looks like Israel is going to take the opportunity to make sure something like Oct 7th doesn’t happen again for a long time. There are still hostages. No telling what is happening to them or if they’re still alive. But this terrorist stuff has got to stop, regardless.
Iran has fired nearly 200 missiles at Israel. Most of them, intercepted and shot down. One guy got a shrapnel wound. Still, they have the satisfaction of firing them and dreaming of the damage they might cause. They’re mad all over the Arab world, making life very uncomfortable for the leaders who’ve tried to moderate. This time it looks like they’ve kicked over a hornet’s nest. It may never be over.
This is the Fall Holy Day season. We had a wonderful Feast of Trumpets yesterday and are planning for the Day of Atonement on the Sabbath next week. Michael, Melody and family are planning to drive to Land Between the Lakes in Kentucky. I’m going to be in PCB. My Mom used to tug my sleeve when I’d start talking out loud in airports. Needless to say, I’m not flying to all the sites this year.
I imagine we’re all tired of what’s going on. Notice that gas prices are falling? Don’t get used to it if the current regime remains in charge. Kamala has to bus her crowd to give a speech and make it look like she’s got support. You have to camp to get into a Trump rally. But the mainstream is not done. They’re trying to link him to something that will make us turn away. It turns out he attended some P. Diddy (or whatever he’s calling himself) party. But it was a long time ago, and he had Melania with him. They’ll try to make something of it, even if there’s nothing.
It’s hard to believe that it’s Feast time again. The Feast runs from October 17th through October 24 which is the Last Great Day. The way things are going, the prophetic fulfillment may not be as far off as we think.
Say a prayer for those who suffered the wrath of the hurricane. And that no more are coming.
Mark
