In his “Tale of Two Cities” Charles Dickens began with the following Phrase, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair ......” The good adjectives expressed here by Dickens bear no resemblance to today’s Israel world, do they? With the huge debt hanging over our heads like a guillotine, tens of millions of poor in our Israel nations, wealth confiscated, freedoms lost, etc., it is impossible to relate to the best of times, indeed it may simply be the worst it has ever been. We have great knowledge but certainly not wisdom; it is primarily a world of disbelief or scepticism, and hope seems to have all but vanished as we grope our way through a maze of controls, fears and lost values. Today, Dickens might be tempted to write, “It is the worst of times, an age of foolishness touched with fleeting pleasures to keep us occupied; un-statesman and unscrupulous leadership keeping us in the dark while pursuing their one world goals to our ultimate harm.
Brooks Alden
Brooks came to the message in 1991 and began writing for Thy Kingdom Come in 2001. His subjects are varied, although prophecy is his favourite. He is a former bank executive and businessman and is now a business consultant. He has authored several books and articles on the Israel Truth and is a regular speaker on the subject. He is co-editor of the magazine and has been a Board Member with the Association for a number of years.
Brooks believes that more than any other time in the Christian era is it more important to sow the seeds of the Israel Truth and the Gospel of the Kingdom. He thinks that as in the days of Hosea, Israel today is being swallowed up and the future is dimmer and dimmer without the Lord Jesus Christ as our Beacon. As iot was with Hosea, we True Israel must reach that point where we will say, “Come, and let us return unto the Lord ......he will heal us ... and he will bind us up.” All the signs suggest there is not much time.
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled” (Matthew 5: 17,18)
Armistice Day London, England late 1940’s
If you recall past articles penned by this editor, you might recall that the evil Esau Dominion reached its peak when it began its “Harvest Stage” on or around September 11th, 2001 (911) and from that moment on, our Israel countries have witnessed a huge loss of prestige and wealth, while Israelites themselves have had our freedoms curtailed and our lives and the lives of our children caught up in a bondage as never before experienced. Those who study the Scriptures, who have been blessed to learn their true identity, recognize we are in “the time of Jacob’s trouble” as foretold by the prophet Jeremiah (30:7) and that it has accelerated to that “time of trouble such as never was “ in our nation’s existence, as pointed out by the prophet Daniel. (Dan. 12:1). The ironic thing is that most Israelites don’t recognize our peril, they are too caught up trying to make a living and revelling in all the pleasures Esau and their collaborators provide to keep us pacified.