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Robert & Marjorie Carter

When Jesus was arrested, Pilate asked Him a simple yet powerful question, “What is truth?”

This is found in John chapter eighteen when Jesus stated:

The reason I have been born, the reason I have come into the world, is to bear witness to the truth. Every one who belongs to the truth listens to me.
John 18:37.

The are many voices in the world, each clamouring for your attention, but not all voices speak truth. How can we tell the difference? Which are true and which are not?

It is important to be able to answer those questions and it is not a matter of religion, because there are many religions in the world today and many differing opinions about “church”, “prophecy” and “end time events”.

It can be confusing.

Jesus did however give us a clue. Every one who belongs to the truth listens to Him. He stated:
Yeshua said, “I AM the Way—and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:6

Other studies reveal how we can know Him in an intimate personal relationship and know the truth. In simple terms, if we wish to know truth, we must get to know the truth bringer and truth giver, the Lord Jesus Christ. He is now in heaven at the right hand of the Father and sent the Holy Spirit, who, according to John in chapters fourteen to seventeen, reveals and teaches truth.
Our ministry seeks to reveal such truth, drawing heaviiy from the original language of scripture.
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There is an old saying that goes, “Doesn’t time fly by?” The days seem to be getting shorter, but Jesus did say that the days could be shortened—for the elect’s sake, but who are the elect?
If such a statement is prophetic, we are, but so are Jews and we should start to wonder about the implications.
All we need to do is look at world events.
Speaking of “looking” I would like to share some things about people often mentioned in the bible and they are watchmen.

Real genuine watchmen are appointed by God and their function may not always be what we assume.

In Old Testament times, different people were appointed to perform specific duties such as watchmen or guards. Different men had different jobs. Some men observed the cycles of the moon to herald a new season.

Others kept watching the pillar of fire or the cloud to signal when it was time for the camp to stop or time to move.

Others stood in watchtowers at strategic locations, looking for signs of an enemy approach.

Whatever their tasks, watchmen made blasts on a trumpet or shofar in different ways. The sounds may have been different in pitch or tone and duration, such as a long wailing sound, a single loud blast or a series of short staccato blasts. Each kind meant something that the people understood and acted upon accordingly.

Paul made reference to such things in his teaching about the gifts of the Spirit in first Corinthians chapters twelve to fourteen. We therefore should realize that those Old Testament trumpet and shofar blasts have significance in The Church. It is not merely some kind of religious exercise.

Watchmen still exist today within the church and in Israel. There are guard towers throughout Israel manned by the Israeli Defense Forces, security guards, or local residents of the village. The image here shows an Israeli guard tower at the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City.

In many ways, all believers are called to be watchmen.

Their actions may speak of Israel and Jerusalem, but they also refer to The Church. If Watchmen guard and preserve Jerusalem, they also guard and preserve The Church.

In the full page and PDF file, several very important words appear including Shomerim and Notzrim. Their meanings may surprize you.

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companion page

Origninally written as a 2025 New Year message, the content is still valid.
The page The day of the watchmen may be considerd as a kind of sequel.
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Typical Presentations

There is a quiet, aching question many of us carry: What does faith look like when pain has lasted so long that it reshapes the way we stand, move and see the world? What is faith?
See what Jesus did for a woman bowed down with so many issues she was like that. click the image.

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still relevant today... the Gospel message hidden in the Feasts of Israel

View The Priestly Blessing and see how it applies to you...

Chag Sameach. the significance of Shavuot

Real life experiences

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Dreams and visions...

are valid experiences that provide supernatural insight or awareness through revelation. They serve various purposes, including giving guidance and possibly giving a glimpse into the future, but our relationship with God does not depend on them. It is based on the word of God—the whole counsel of God.

We look at Abraham and Moses in particular and discuss the relevance of these experiences today...

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The parable of the sower found in Mark chapter four is possibly more important that you think.

It is often misunderstood, but Jesus said if we understand this parable, we could understand all parables and more...

What we share can open up scripture for you.

The bible spoke volumes about the coming Messiah, starting in Genesis where we read:
Now the serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild beasts that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say: You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?” The woman replied to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the other trees of the garden. It is only about fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God said: ‘You shall not eat of it or touch it, lest you die.’ ” And the serpent said to the woman, “You are not going to die, but God knows that as soon as you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like divine beings who know good and bad.” When the woman saw that the tree was good for eating and a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable as a source of wisdom, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they perceived that they were naked; and they sewed together fig leaves and made themselves loincloths.
They heard the sound of the Lord God moving about in the garden at the breezy time of day; and the man and his wife hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. The Lord God called out to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” He replied, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.” Then He asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat of the tree from which I had forbidden you to eat?” The man said, “The woman You put at my side—she gave me of the tree, and I ate.” And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done!” The woman replied, “The serpent duped me, and I ate.” Then the Lord God said to the serpent,
“Because you did this, More cursed shall you be Than all cattle And all the wild beasts: On your belly shall you crawl And dirt shall you eat All the days of your life.
I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your offspring and hers; They shall strike at your head, And you shall strike at their heel.” Genesis 3:1-15

From that moment on, many prophecies spoke of His coming. Some spoke of a forerunner, who was John the baptist. He came in the spirit and power of Elijah and his message, spoken of in Isaiah 40, to God’s people, telling them to prepare themselves for the coming Messiah.

Paul said in Galatians 4:4 that when the time was right God sent His Son Jesus to redeem mankind.

Jesus told us that He would return. The issue is not if but when. If He needed someone to prepare the way for Him then, it is quite possible that ministries like John’s will arise to “prepare the way of the Lord”.

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