So, what could the “hook in the jaw” represent? Well, here’s one possibility! And I think a pretty good one. Let’s suppose Russia does invade Ukraine and the western nations stand aside militarily.

It’s easy to identify these men and women ‘underlings’, some of whom are there preaching to us in their ministries, others are in their high perches in government, the corporate and financial world or that component of the media false prophet.

The Apostle Paul was most certainly lost in his world of evil and he definitely earned his deliverance through his service to God and his manner of death. But, he threw off the shackles of evil and for the balance of his life, he devoted himself to taking news of the Kingdom to fellow Israelites around the then known world. At the end of his journey, He was able to make the statement at the outset of this article. I like the way The Open Bible described it.

No one can doubt that for years we have lived with terrorism in our minds, most fueled by actual incidents or numerous threats, causing security to be emphasized at the expense of more freedoms.

Does the number 40 mean anything from a Biblical standpoint? Well, Bible scholars E.W. Bullinger and Ed Vallowe, both through long years of study, determined that “the number 40 has long been universally recognized as an important number,

Let’s not forget to mention our other nation of the month, Canada, who has had debt and leadership problems of their own. I suspect most who can remember leaders, might say Canada has not had a strong leader since Mackenzie King of Second World War fame,