As a Christian, I have been trying to understand what I see happening to my country over the last few years. With the return of Jerusalem to the Jews, we reach the end of what Jesus called, "The Time of the Gentiles". Luke 21, 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. At the end of such an era comes judgement. Everything is tested by fire and only what is true survives. What doesn't, never was. The English have a decent shout to be the oldest contiguous nation on the planet. Even the Anglo-Saxons made up only 25% of the new population. We are the same as we always were. From the book "The Seven Daughters of Eve" by Bryan Stokes, I came to the conclusion that the English were almost certainly the remains of that nation that Scripture calls "The Kittim", which makes a lot more sense of the later end-time prophecies! For anyone who wonders if Scripture supports this idea, I'd point them towards the prophecies against the nations made by Balaam, particularly towards Asher (the ruins of Asher are about six miles from the town of T'krit). From 300AD until very recently, the English as a whole were Christians. Christianity formed the entire foundation of their society. They instituted the Parliamentary Democracy, the independent judiciary, the apolitical Civil Service and the absolute freedom of speech and thought which ensure freedom for all. These ideas they spread though the whole world and wherever they have been adopted (or survived independence), those nations are the freest on the planet. For about 200 years, England (and later Britain) was the centre of the propagation of the Gospel throughout the world. Oh, and they ended slavery over a quarter of the globe. For those who believe the English are irredeemably racist, at the height of the Empire, a memo was circulated throughout the Colonial Service which stated: "In the Colonial Service the one unforgivable sin is a sense of racial superiority." Whereas Ex-pats may have been racist, the Colonial Service itself was the first institutionally anti-racist organisation in the world! So where are they now, the English (and British)? Under judgement. If that judgement continues, in less than 100 years, the English as a race will have been all but eradicated. Do they deserve that? Well, yes, everyone does! Will that happen? I was on the point of thinking so, until I found a Scripture. This may be the most important Scripture I have ever found and for the moment I cannot move past it. It is in the Book of the Prophet Micah, in the last chapter and it states: Micah 7, 1-9 "Oh woe is me, I am as when they have already gathered the summer fruits and all the grapes are harvested. There is nothing to eat, no first fruit that my soul craves. "The faithful have been swept from the land - not one upright person remains. Everyone lies in wait for one another, each hunts his fellow with a net. "They give both hands to do evil; to do it well. The prince demands his price, the judge has his agenda, the great and the good speak only the evil desire of their souls and so they twist the course of justice between them. "The best of them is like a briar, the most upright like a hedge of thorns. The day of which the watchmen warned is come; the day God settles accounts. Now is the time of confusion. "Do not trust your neighbour, have no confidence in a friend, even from the woman in your arms, guard your lips. "For the son dishonours his father, a daughter rises against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law - a man's enemies are those of his own household. "But as for me, I watch in hope for the LORD; I wait for my saviour. "Do not gloat over me my enemies, for though I have fallen, I shall rise. Though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light again. "I will bear the LORD's wrath and anger for I have indeed sinned against him. But when that is done he will turn again and plead my cause, and give me justice. He will bring me back to the light and I will see his vindication." You will not find these exact words in any single translation, since I compared 9 translations, one of them French, and went back to the Hebrew on almost every word. But this is the sense as best I can extract it. If any Ancient Hebrew experts ever see this, then they can correct any bit of it I have wrong. Around the turn of the millennium, I was invited to a conference of the prophetic wing of the Christian Church in Britain. Of the 40 or so people there, most were proposing that we "declare Ichabod". I got very angry and predicted Brexit. I was the only one to do so. I also predicted that we would come through judgement and survive. Since then I have had my doubts, but since the one came true, I must believe the other. This Scripture gives me the hope that I was right on both. THIS is where we are. BTW, I was never invited back!😆

We're not even recognising what's already upon us...

We'll, Tim is back in Britain, so normal service is resumed. Details every day on the events in Ukraine:

Me neither!

Early or late, Tim White reports events in Ukraine every single day, fact-checked and accurate. He is well worth following and supporting... Details today:

Let's not overlook the fact that the pass through to K-M for that second goal came from Abu Kamara! #pompey

My man Bishop - I'll never stop believing in him... #pompey

Don't mind the football - we seem to be getting forward okay... #pompey

Tim White is juggling time zones, not to say activities, while he is in Japan, but he's still making his daily Ukraine thread. Every fact-checked detail here:

Another day, another Ukraine update from Tim White. He updates every day, no matter where in the world he is (today it's Japan). Follow the developments in this thread every day:

My cat has discovered Whiskas. he now refuses to eat anything else. *sigh*

This is wonderful!

The more thwarted a dictator is, the more divorced from reality he becomes. If Putin could even surf the internet he would know that he is not winning, but if knew that he would not be provoking NATO countries, and he is. Details in this thread as always: