This Week In The News
Current Events
by Norbert Link
We are beginning with the ongoing controversy regarding Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine and Russia, and while it has now been watered down considerably, there is no chance that Russia will accept it. Europe is still upset, however, that “totally unacceptable” plans were designed without Europe’s knowledge and involvement, and a major split between America and Europe is being considered. This comes as Germany is being re-militarized and suggestions are made that Germany should take over NATO, while defense talks between Europe and Britain are breaking down.
Focusing on America, we report on the perception that President Trump has gone too far in regard to his attacks on lawmakers who told the Truth regarding illegal orders; quote articles wondering about Trump’s cognitive abilities, and speak about the despicable attack on two National Guard members by an Afghan suspect, which prompted Trump to announce additional immigration restrictions.
We report on America’s controversial destruction of boats and their occupants in the Caribbean; and the fear that an American invasion of Venezuela and a Chinese invasion of Taiwan are imminent.
We conclude with a remarkable and historical event on the Temple Mount.
Please view our new message, “America in Decline and Free Fall?—Comments on News and Prophecy, November 29, 2025.”
Please also view our new StandingWatch program, titled, “Trump and Putin vs. EU and Ukraine?”
Throughout this section, we have underlined pertinent statements in the quoted articles, for the convenience and quick overview of the reader.
Editorial
Precept Upon Precept
Some of us like to do jigsaw puzzles as a form of relaxation. They come in different sizes, the average adult ones being around one thousand pieces. On the outside of the box is usually a picture of how the finished puzzle should look.
So my wife Tine and I sometimes do these puzzles and diligently seek out all the pieces and analyze where each piece goes, comparing it with the overall picture.
But just imagine if there was no overall picture available. It would not be impossible to put the puzzle together, but it would be much more difficult.
Now consider if the pieces of two puzzles were mixed, with no picture, or even more than two. It would become nearly impossible to complete the task. Then, if some pieces that did not belong to any of the puzzles were also thrown in for good measure, at this point or previously, many would give up.
So you say, what does this have to do with the Church?
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When God “anoints” or sets aside a person or an entire nation to fulfill a certain task, does this mean that that person or nation must be righteous?
Would God use unrighteous persons or entities to fulfill His purpose? Actually, as we will see, God used, is using and will use unrighteous personalities and nations to fulfill His Will.
God used Joseph’s brothers to sell him into slavery. At that time, Joseph’s brothers were not righteous at all. But when they repented of their evil conduct, Joseph explained to them what God’s purpose for them had been, and how God worked it all out. We read in Genesis 45:4-8:
“And Joseph said to his brothers, ‘Please come near to me.’ So they came near. Then he said: ‘I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. And God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.”
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