From Joel’s Flashtraffic Blog

Reading through current events with a third lens — a Scriptural view.

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near. (From the Bible, Revelations 1:3)

• MIDEAST PEACE TALKS BEGIN IN WASHINGTON AS HAMAS LAUNCHES TERROR ATTACKS September 5, 2010
  Please accept my apologies for not posting for the last two weeks. My wife and kids and I have been in Israel meeting with various Jewish and Christian leaders, doing some strategic planning with some of the allies of The Joshua Fund, studying the Word of God together, praying for Israeli and Palestinians, doing some humanitarian [...]
• JOEL TO SPEAK AT “INSIDE THE MIDDLE EAST CRISIS” CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO OCTOBER 1-2 August 26, 2010
  The eyes of the world are focused on the events in the Middle East — the epicenter of the dramatic events that are shaping our world and impacting our future. Are you ready for it? (Galilee, Israel) — Greetings from Israel. Since Saturday, my family and I have been in Jerusalem meeting with The Joshua [...]
• ISRAELI NEWSPAPER REPORTS 15,000 JEWISH BELIEVERS IN JESUS IN ISRAEL: 350,000 in the U.S. August 20, 2010
  Aug 21: Iran to fire up its first nuclear power plant Aug 31: Goodbye Iraq: Last US Combat Brigade Heads Home  [as Aug 31 pullout deadline nears] Sept 2: U.S. says direct talks between Israel and Palestinians will begin For Shabbat today, Yediot Aharonot, a widely read and respected Israeli newspaper, and Ynet News, the [...]
• BIBLE PROPHECY UPDATE: 1.5 BILLION BARRELS OF OIL DISCOVERED IN ISRAEL August 18, 2010
  Readers of my non-fiction book Epicenter may recall that Chapter Five predicts this future headline: “ISRAEL DISCOVERS MASSIVE RESERVES OF OIL, GAS.” That chapter is based on prophecies in Deuteronomy that specifically indicate that “oil” and “hidden treasures” under the sea and the sands will be found in Israel in the last days of history. It is also [...]
• NETANYAHU’S WARNING ON IRAN: But fmr. Amb. John Bolton says Israel has only 3 days to strike before Bushehr reactor goes hot August 17, 2010
  George Will writes an important column in the Washington Post this morning from Jerusalem, apparently after spending time with Prime Minister Netanyahu. He notes: “If Israel strikes Iran, the world will not be able to say it was not warned.” Jerusalem Post: Bolton claims Israel has only 3 days to strike Bushehr plant Haaretz publishes [...]
• IRAN NUCLEAR PLANT TO START NEXT WEEK, SAYS RUSSIA: How will Israel respond? August 13, 2010
  Israelis Defense Minister approves purchase of 20 F-35I Joint Strike Fighter stealth fighter planes in deal worth $2.75 billion Tensions in the epicenter are spiking with news that Russia next week will help Iran’s first nuclear power facility go “hot” as early as next week. Analysts had originally been expecting this to happen in August. [...]
• THE POINT OF NO RETURN: New article in The Atlantic examines the prospect of an Israeli first strike on Iran August 13, 2010
  >> The DVD collection of speeches and presentations from the 2010 Epicenter Conference begins shipping today. It includes messages by General Boykin, Kay Arthur, Greg Laurie, Hormoz Shariat, Mosab Hassan Yousef, myself and others. It also includes a special two-hour seminar bonus feature with Hormoz Shariat and Tom Doyle on how to share the gospel [...]
• TV SPECIAL ON AMERICA, ISRAEL AND ISLAM — “COLLISION COURSE” — NOW VIEWABLE ONLINE August 11, 2010
  “Collision Course” is a one-hour TV special that examines geopolitical trends in the Middle East in light of Bible prophecy. It includes a brief documentary opening on the tensions in the Middle East, followed by extended excerpts of addresses by Mosab Hassan Yousef, Lt-General (ret.) Boykin, Tim LaHaye, Pastor Skip Heitzig, Pastor Greg Laurie and [...]
• READER QUESTION: WHY ARE YOU ORGANIZING AN ISRAEL TOUR FOR 2011 GIVEN THE PROSPECT OF WAR? August 8, 2010
  A reader recently emailed me: “Am curious why tours of Israel are being offered now in this year, when at this time 2009 your web site clearly stated there would be no tours in 2010 because of Iran/Israel relations and the expectation of an attack. So what’s changed?” My reply: ”The Lord told us not to [...]
• TRAGEDY KILLS 7 IN ISRAEL: And tensions rising on Israel-Lebanon border August 6, 2010
  Jerusalem Post headline: Seven dead as train, minibus collide near Kiryat Gat – “Seven people were killed and 20 were injured in a collision between a train and a minibus at a railroad crossing north of Kiryat Gat on Thursday evening. The fatalities, including a pregnant woman and three children, were all from the same [...]