Visitor Extraordinaire

I have been remiss in posting to this site. It has been nearly four months! Shame on me!

At the end of my last post I mentioned two visitors from Jerusalem. These two men have made a huge impact on their brief tour in the United States this July to drive home to Americans the message of Genesis 12:3, “I will bless those who bless you. And I will curse them who curse you.”

This verse refers not only to Abraham - known as Abram at the time - but his descendants, the Jewish people and their promised land, Israel.

One of the men is Don Cobble. Pastor and his family have known Donnie since they lived and ministered in Latvia, the formerly Communist Baltic country. Donnie ministers in Israel part of the year. In October he went to Jerusalem with his new wife, Pastor and others from our church, and thousands of foreigners - Jew and Gentile - to celebrate the Feast of the Tabernacles.

Donnie is the senior pastor of Kaleo Christian Center in Woburn, MA near Boston. He has taught at our church several times over the years. A flamboyant speaker, he comes with warnings to expect the unexpected.

Donnie doesn’t mind telling people how he spent over $60,000 in defending his biblically-ordained mandate to discipline his son with “the rod.” Actually he used the leather end of a belt over the boy’s clothes on the place God deems best - the most cushioned part of the human body. Donnie won his case in the Supreme Court of Massachusetts in 1999.

I brought that up only to show that Don Cobble is a man of conviction and is willing to stand on the teachings of the Bible. He teaches the Bible and its prophecies with conviction as well.

The most dramatic thing he said while he was teaching at our church about a year ago got us all thinking about the threat of Islam as a force trying to take dominion over the world.

We know that won’t happen, but Christian - and Jew - beware, because we are already seeing the signs and may be here to see much more. We need to be strong and knowledgeable in order to fight this enemy. We must be ready to give our lives.

Donnie made the shocking statement, to let us know that terrorists are really very devout Muslims following their founder Mohammed who in fact had his enemies beheaded. See Did Mohammed Practice Beheading?

Donnie said (you see I have been approaching this carefully) “If Jesus beheaded people, I would be out there beheading people too!” That’s the kind of preacher he is. That is the kind of person our Pastor does not hesitate to bring to our church. Our church is the kind of people who can take this kind of message and run with it. That is what I am doing here.

I have not been able to get onto http://www/doncobble.org. But if you “Google” Don Cobble you will get info about his court case, his teachings, and references from his friend, the other visitor to our church in July, Stan Goodenough.

I cannot say enough good about Stan, and he says everything so much better on his site called Jerusalem Watchman. I urge you to go there and be prepared to be enlightened.