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The Galilee 2023 – October 7, 2023 was a Defining Moment in Israel’s History
October 7, 2023 was a Defining Moment in Israel’s History When the spirit prince and kings of Ancient Persia Operating behind Hamas Declared War on Israel –
The Following Chapters are a Personal Account of my Pilgrimage to Israel’s Galilee when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023 along the border they share with Israel in the south of Israel and Hezbollah attacked Israel’s Galilee in the north and attempted to breach Metulla’s borders that Lebanon shares with Metulla, Israel’s northernmost village while I was still in Metulla |
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The date stamp on the picture “10.7 2023” confirms I was in Metulla, Israel when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023 and a convoy of Hezbollah Terrorists on motorcycles attempted to breach Metulla’s Borders they share with Lebanon. Directly behind me you can see the border Israel shares with Lebanon where Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Terrorist Organization, has their Stronghold |
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The Focus of the Following Chapters is a “Personal Account” of the Attacks on Israel that occurred while I was in Israel’s Galilee and Hamas, an Iranian-Backed Terrorist Organization, attacked Israel in the south declaring War on Israel on October 7, 2023 that has changed Israel and the world as we know it forever.
Hamas’ attack on Israel is a Prophecy made by Christ that is now coming to pass (Matthew 24:6-13; 37): However, I keep in mind that Jesus prophesied that there would be wars and threats of wars, however, we are not to be troubled because these wars must take place before He returns. Jesus prophesied that when the Son of Man returns that it will be like it was in the days of Noah when God destroyed the earth because of the Violence that had spread throughout the earth.
And, that brings me to Hamas, the Iranian-backed Terrorist Organization that attacked Israel on October 7, 2023 because according to the “Masoretic Hebrew Text” that the King James Translation was taken from, “Hamas,” is the Hebrew word for “Violence.” In other words when Moses wrote about the violence that had spread throughout the earth (Genesis 6) Moses would have used the word “Hamas” – not the English word violence. More to the point, in Genesis 6 we find that in the days of Noah God destroyed the earth because of the Hamas (violence) that was spread throughout the earth by the Giants that were on the earth at the same time Noah lived on earth.
I go in much greater detail in one of the following chapters; however, at this point I want to go back to October 7, 2023 when Hamas attacked Israel and Hezbollah began their attack on the Galilee while I was Metulla and the Galilee.
On October 7, 2023 while I was in Metulla, Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel was at War after Hamas, an Iranian-backed terrorist organization, launched a full-scale attack on Israel in the south of Israel. At the same time Hamas attacked Israel in the south, in the north of Israel, a convoy of Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists on motorcycles attempted to infiltrate Metulla, Israel’s northernmost town where I was staying at the time. And, Hezbollah’s attack on Metulla and the Galilee while I was still in Metulla and the Galilee was a prophecy I made coming to pass.
I Prophesied that Hezbollah would attack Metulla located in Israel’s Galilee while I was there: In Accordance with a Word of Knowledge that God gave me, I sent myself a Prophetic Email approximately two months before I left for Israel to document that Hezbollah would attempt to breach Metulla’s borders and attack the Galilee while I was in Metulla – And They Did.
At this point I want to include the following Email that I sent to myself on August 17, 2023, almost two months before Hamas attacked Israel and a convoy of Hezbollah Terrorists on motorcycles attempted to breach Metulla’s borders on October 7, 2023 while I was still in Metulla. The subject line of the Email reads: “Spiritual Warfare in the Galilee – 2023 Feast of Tabernacles.” In the body of the Email I explain that the Email is Prophetic in nature. In this email I ask the question, if Hezbollah would attack or be “bold enough” to attempt to cross the border into Metulla while I was still in Metulla. I make the point that given we know in part and we prophesy in part that the answer to my prophetic question could only be answered after I arrived in Metulla. On October 7, 2023, in support of Hamas, Hezbollah attempted to breach Metulla’s border and began to attack the Galilee with rockets while I was still in Metulla – I now know that the answer to my prophetic question was “YES”!
Acts 10 is an account of a vision God gave to the Apostle Peter and then commanded the Apostle Peter to go to the house of Cornelius, a Roman centurion, where God would reveal the meaning of the vision to Peter. And, it was only after the Apostle travelled to Cornelius’ house did he understand the meaning of the vision to its fullest. And, so it is with us, we know in part and we prophesy in part – 1 Corinthians 13:9-12. At times, we too need to just go where God directs us to “fully” understand the vision, dream or word of knowledge.
Even though I wondered as to the exact day when Hezbollah might attack the Galilee and be bold enough to attempt to cross over the border into Metulla while I was there – I knew I would have to wait until I arrived in Metulla. All I needed to know was that God gave me the understanding that “I was to go to Metulla” and in obedience to God I went to Metulla and did not leave until October 8, 2023 when we were told we had to leave Metulla. And, then and only then would I leave.
I was directed by a Word of Knowledge that God gave me to go to Metulla and had it not been for this word of knowledge to go to Metulla, I never would have gone. I make it clear in my Email that it was God sending me to Metulla – that I’m not going as a tourist – however, I’m going for a Kingdom purpose!
Following is a copy of the Email with annotations enclosed in a text box outlined in red added directly over portions of the email – followed by the same Email without annotations. |
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In this email I ask the question if Hezbollah’s terrorists would attack or be “bold enough” to attempt to cross the border into Metulla while I was still in Metulla. The question was meant to make a point and given that we know in part and we prophesy in part, the answer to my question could only be answered after I arrived in Metulla. And, on October 7, in support of Hamas, when Hezbollah attempted to breach Metulla’s border and began to attack the Galilee with rockets while I was still in Metulla – it became clear that the answer to my question was, “YES!” Even though I wondered as to the exact day when Hezbollah might attack the Galilee and be bold enough to attempt to cross over the border into Metulla while I was there – I knew I would have to wait until I arrived in Metulla. All I needed to know was that God gave me the understanding that “I was to go to Metulla” and in obedience to God, I went to Metulla and did not leave until October 8, 2023 when we were told we had to leave Metulla. Then and only then, with the sound of Hezbollah’s rockets over head, I left Metulla and went down to the Sea of Galilee. |
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According to a news article and video https://twitter.com/i/status/1710654684644389322 posted by “i24NEWS English” and “The Jerusalem Post,” a large group of Hezbollah terrorists on motorcycles tried to breach Metulla’s borders on October 7 while I was still in Metulla. The news article and video confirm my “Word of Knowledge”/prophecy in this email I sent to myself on August 17, 2023 where I ask the question meant to make a point rather than just to elicit an answer: if Hezbollah’s terrorists would be “bold enough” to attempt to cross the border into Metulla while I was still in Metulla.
Spiritual Warfare in the Galilee: Going back to the Subject of this email – this video confirms Hezbollah did try and breach Metulla’s borders while I was still in the Galilee – but were thwarted by the IDF. Spiritually, it was because they were pushed back in the Name of Jesus! |
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Prophetic Travel: There are many Biblical examples of God instructing His servants to travel somewhere for a Kingdom Purpose. Acts 10 is an account of God commanding the Apostle Peter to go to the house of Cornelius, a Roman centurion, where God would reveal the meaning of a vision He gave Peter. And, so it is with us. At times, we too need to just go where God directs us to go to “fully” understand the vision, dream or word of knowledge He gave us. I explain in my email that I went to Israel’s Galilee and Metulla at the direction of God and for His Kingdom purposes. |
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The following Email is the same as the above Email only without the annotations. |
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And, the Prophetic Word outlined in the above email continues to unfold. The following excerpt is from the first paragraph of the above mentioned email: |
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On October 1, 2024 the IDF Crossed their Northern Border over into South Lebanon To Enforce what Lebanon and the UN would not do And that is to Enforce UN Resolution 1701that instructs Hezbollah to move north of the Litani River To create a 19 Mile Buffer Zone between Hezbollah and Israel’s Northern Borders
On Earth as in Heaven: We know from Ephesians 6 that our battle is in the spiritual realm and it’s clear from my email that the Lord was sending me to the Galilee – specifically Metulla – to push the principalities in the spiritual realm operating through Hezbollah back away from the Galilee. And, just as the Lord used the IDF to push the convoy of Hezbollah terrorists on motorcycle away from Metulla on October 7, 2023 – on October 1, 2024 the Lord used the IDF to thwart the plans of Hezbollah who were planning on invading the Galilee probably within weeks if not just days. On October 1, 2024 the IDF crossed over into south Lebanon to push Hezbollah north of the Litani River which would create a 19 mile buffer zone between Hezbollah and Israel’s northern border.
UN 2006 Resolution 1701 is now being enforced – not by Lebanon or the UN – however, by the IDF: On October 1, 2024 the IDF crossed over the border they share with Lebanon into south Lebanon to push Hezbollah away from Israel’s northern border and the Galilee. The IDF’s goal is to push Hezbollah north of the Litani River, which is approximately 19 miles north of Israel’s border. And, the IDF’s goal is in compliance with the 2006 UN Resolution 1701 that was never enforced
Interestingly, it was only after the IDF crossed over into south Lebanon that Lebanon’s Prime Minister announced that Lebanon was ready to implement UN Resolution 1701 of 2006 that has never been enforced. |
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UN 2006 Resolution 1701 is now being enforced – not by Lebanon or the UN – however by the IDF: On October 1, 2024 the IDF crossed over the border they share with Lebanon into south Lebanon to push Hezbollah away from Israel’s northern border and the Galilee. The IDF’s goal is to push Hezbollah north of the Litani River which is approximately 19 miles north of Israel’s border. And, the IDF’s goal is in compliance with the 2006 UN Resolution 1701 that was never enforced
Interestingly, it was only after the IDF crossed over into south Lebanon that Lebanon’s Prime Minister announced that Lebanon was ready to implement UN Resolution 1701 of 2006 that has never been enforced.
And, it was on this same day that Iran fired over 180 Ballistic Missiles over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
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On October 8, 2023, after Hamas attacked Israel in the south and Hezbollah began their air attacks in the north, I was evacuated away from Metulla, Israel’s northernmost town where I had been staying for two weeks on the border Israel shares with Lebanon in the north and where Hezbollah has a stronghold. I was evacuated an hour away from the border to a hotel down by the Sea of Galilee where I stayed for the next 10 days until I was able to arrange for a flight back to the United States.
During these three weeks in the Galilee, the Scriptures about the Galilee where Christ spent the last 30 years of His life and the prophecy Christ made about wars, became a Living Word in my life and will forever be a “Blessed Memory.”
Like Lilias, my Scottish Grandmother who lived over 300 years ago, my writings are directly related to my own spiritual experiences as well as to the historical events that have taken place in America and Israel during my own personal lifetime.
Like Lilias, my thoughts would constantly go back to the Biblical accounts of the Galilee where Jesus spent 30 years of His life and that is why the only way I can convey my personal experiences in the Galilee is through the use of Scripture. See Chapter 21 for a detailed account of the remarkable life of Lilias Skene, my Scottish Foremother a personal friend of William Penn, Founder of the Colony of Pennsylvania, who recommended that the Colony of New Jersey appoint her son John, whose line I came through, as Governor of Western New Jersey. To this day, many Scholars analyze the poems and letters written by Lilias, as well as the books that were written by those who personally knew her.
The Lord gave me the understanding that I would only be able to finish writing the last chapters of this book “After” I arrived in Metulla, located in the Upper Galilee, on Thursday, September 28, 2023, as the last chapters were to document the events that would take place while I was in Israel to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles, one of the Feasts of the Lord – Zechariah 14:16-19.
Needless to say, one of those events occurred when Hamas attacked Israel while I was still in Metulla. And, another event occurred when a convoy of Hezbollah Terrorists, another Iranian-backed Terrorist Organization, in support of Hamas, attempted to breach Metulla’s borders while I was still in Metulla.
The Galilee will always be a Blessed Memory: Even though Hezbollah was sending rockets over into the Galilee for the eleven days I was still in the Galilee after Israel went to war, because of God’s Divine Intervention and Loving kindness, Metulla, Israel and the Galilee will always be a “Blessed Memory,” even though I was in the midst of a War for eleven days before I returned to America.
Again, the Lord gave me the understanding I would only be able to finish writing this book “After” I arrived in Metulla, located in the Upper Galilee on Thursday, September 28, 2023, and the events that took place after I arrived in Israel will forever change Israel and world events.
After Hamas, the Iranian-backed Terrorist Organization, attacked Israel on the morning of October 7, 2023, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his shocked nation that Israel was at war. And, on the same morning as Hamas was attacking Israel in the south, a large group of Hezbollah Terrorists on motorcycles attempted to infiltrate Metulla in the north while I was still in Metulla. Thankfully the Lord intervened and their attempts were thwarted by the IDF – otherwise Metulla, a village of approximately 1500 people, would have come under the control of Hezbollah.
Hence, the following chapters.
And, it was here in the Galilee that Jesus gave me the understanding that He would meet me – just as He told His disciples He would meet them in the Galilee after He rose from the dead.
Matthew 28:7 7 And now, go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead, and He is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see Him there. Remember what I have told you.” ….. Matthew 28:10 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t be afraid! Go tell My brothers to leave for Galilee, and they will see me there.” NLT
After the war between Israel and Hamas broke out, the manager of the Selina Hotel by the Sea of the Galilee called the manager of the Selina Hotel I was staying at in Metulla and told him to send us to the Selina Hotel by the Sea of Galilee the next morning, approximately an hour away from Metulla, where we would be safer away from the border Metulla shared with Lebanon.
The following two pictures are of me in front of the Selina Hotel in Metulla. The date stamp on the first picture is “10-7-2023” and the date stamp on the second picture is “10-5-2023. |
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Just as the Lord told me before I left for Israel that I was to go to the Sea of Galilee – I did go to the Sea of Galilee, not just for a day, but for the last ten days while I was still in Israel.
It was God’s Will that I was in Metulla, Israel on October 7, 2023 when war broke out between Israel and Hamas and a convoy of Hezbollah Terrorist on motorcycles attempted to infiltrate Metulla. However, even though Hezbollah tried – it was not God’s Will that Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, would cross over into Metulla while I was there as Hamas was attacking Israel in the south.
Before I left for Israel, the Lord gave me the understanding that this particular trip to Israel would be a journey that would change my life forever – and that word of knowledge has now come to pass – my life will never be the same.
Again, the focus of the remaining chapters of this Book is on the events that occurred while I was in the Galilee in 2023 when Prime Minister Netanyahu declared that the Nation of Israel was at War after they were wrongfully and violently attacked on October 7, 2023 by Hamas, an Iranian-backed Terrorist Organization who began to spread their Violence (Hamas) throughout the Earth.
The Unrighteous Road from Iran to Gaza to the “Front Line” of Lebanon’s Fatima Gate Also known as the Good Fence Crossing Once the Official Border Crossing between Lebanon and Metulla, Israel Is the Spiritual Road the Evil spirit prince and kings of Ancient Persia Travel on That has led to the Ongoing Spiritual Battles between Iran and Israel via Hezbollah and Hamas
And this is the same Unrighteous Road that Iran travelled on that led to Iran’s First Ever Direct Attack on Israel when they stopped Hiding behind their Proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas, and Launched Explosive Drones and Fired Missiles directly from Iranian soil at Israel on Saturday, April 13, 2024. And, their threats to launch attacks against Israel directly from Israel soil continue.
This the same Unrighteous Road that Hamas is travelling on to spread their Hamas/Violence throughout the earth.
In the following chapters I go into detail that it is not just happenstance that Iran’s proxy in Gaza chose “Hamas” as the name of their terrorist organization as the Hebrew word for “Violence” in Genesis 6 is Hamas! And, it was because of the “Hamas/Violence” that the Giants spread throughout the earth that God destroyed the earth by a flood! And, that should cause us all to stop and pause and consider the implications of not only the violence Hamas has inflicted on Israel –but also the hamas/violence that Hamas is spreading throughout the earth. Why? Because Christ told His Disciples that the end would come when the days on earth were as the days of Noah when God destroyed the earth by a flood because of all the hamas/violence that the Giants living on the earth at the time spread throughout the earth. Matthew 24:32-39
Given that present-day Gaza is the same Biblical Philistine city, it’s significant that Goliath, the Philistine Giant that defied the God of Israel that David killed, like Hamas was from one of the five Philistine city-states.
In the battle between Israel and Hezbollah, in essence Iran, Lebanon’s Fatima Gate has become the front line where the two opposing armies can come face-to-face – where Hezbollah and the Lebanese can come face-to-face with Israel. Over the years, they have thrown rocks across the border onto Israeli soil – symbolic of the thousands of rockets and missiles that Hezbollah has launched into Metulla and the Galilee terrorizing the Israelis on a daily basis since Hamas attacked Israel in the south on October 7, 2023.
The Sphere of Influence that Iran wields over the Middle East and the International Community via Hezbollah and Hamas can be compared to the Vines of Sibmah that the Prophet Jeremiah spoke of in Jeremiah 48:32 whose Tendrils of Influence stretched across the sea Spreading its Poisonous Influence, thus ruining many Vineyards in the Middle East both then and now in 2024.
Jeremiah 48:32 32 “O vines of Sibmah, I will weep for you More than the weeping of Jazer [over its ruins and wasted vineyards]. Your tendrils [of influence] stretched across the sea, Reaching [even] to the sea of Jazer. The destroyer has fallen On your summer fruits and your [season’s] crop of grapes. Amplified Bible
The poisonous vines from Iran spread from Iran across the sea and throughout the Arab nations and Palestine, spreading its poisonous influence all throughout the Middle East.
Hezbollah and Hamas are two Poisonous Vines of Iran: The roots from which these vines of influence sprung from are the roots of bitterness that trouble and defile many (Hebrews 12:15). Many people were poisoned and continue to be poisoned because of their influence. The poisonous vines of both Hezbollah and Hamas continue to grow and thrive as others fertilize, feed and water their roots and vines. Needless to say, these roots of bitterness and their poisonous vines have defiled and poisoned many in the Middle East and continue to do so!
The Poisonous Vines of Iran via Hamas have even reached Capitol Hill: The Poisonous Vines of Iran via Hamas have influenced Senator Schumer, Majority Leader of the Senate, and President Biden who have “Lost their Way.” On March 14, 2024 Senator Schumer made the claim that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “has lost his way” and that the Israelis need to call for new elections. And, on March 15, 2024 President Biden supported Senator Schumer. Both Schumer and Biden are calling for a Two-State solution – they are demanding that the Israelis give Jerusalem, land that God gave to them on Promise, to Hamas.
They believe that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should step aside because of all the people that have died in Gaza during the war between Israel and Hamas. Do they forget that it was Hamas who started the war? Do they forget that all Israel is asking for is all those who were taken captive by Hamas to be returned to Israel – yet Hamas refuses? It is Senator Schumer and President Biden who have lost their way! And, it’s all because of Politics!
Even though the IDF left the Security Zone inside Lebanon in May of 2000, the war is still going on because no one has ever laid axe to the roots of the poisonous vines of Hezbollah that found their way into south Lebanon. And, until someone lays axe to the roots, Hezbollah will always be able to draw Lebanon into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict via trans-border attacks against northern Israel that are being launched from within the borders of south Lebanon in support of Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
Iran’s Tendrils of Hatred for Israel Stretch across the Sea to Lebanon: Even today, the poisonous vines of Hezbollah and Hamas have proven to be invasive – they are all-encompassing throughout present-day Lebanon and Gaza. Hezbollah has proven to be a dominant and formidable political party within Lebanon, which gives Iran license to spread their tendrils of influence (their hatred for Israel) inside Lebanon.
Lebanon is only a means to an end for Iran: One look at the map of northern Israel and you can see that Lebanon surrounds Metulla, Israel’s northernmost town, on three sides. However, in spirit and reality, Iran, via Hezbollah, is the one that borders Metulla on three sides, not Lebanon. Lebanon is only a means to an end for Iran – however, Hezbollah is an End in Itself.
Again, on October 7, 2023 when Hamas attacked Israel on the Border Israel shares with Gaza, I stood on the Front Line where Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hezbollah drew their “Front Line” in 2010. I stood at the “Good Fence Memorial” at the “Fatima Gate” in Metulla where Israel shares a Border with Lebanon.
I will begin with Chapter 28 |