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Hello, this is Rick Ridings. It’s March 1st here in Jerusalem. It’s been an eventful day. Patricia and I were already up and down our three flights of stairs at our apartment maybe four or five times as sirens sounded and missiles were coming in. We could hear the booms, the explosions as missiles were intercepted. By God’s grace, so far every missile fired at Israel has been intercepted.

So we thank you for your continued prayers for the protection of Israel. Please pray for the fullness of God’s purposes here in the Middle East. Your prayers mean a great deal during this time.

Isaiah 30: Because You Rejected the Message, Suddenly

I just want to quickly share a scripture that I’ve shared before, but that has been very strong in the last few months and very strong in my heart for today. Yesterday I felt so strongly about this scripture. It’s from Isaiah chapter 30.

It starts at verse 12 or 13. It says, “Thus says the Lord God Almighty, because you have rejected this message,” in other words, the word of God. “Because you have rejected this message and relied on oppression and depended upon deceit.”

“This sin shall become for you like a high wall cracked and bulging that collapses suddenly in an instant.” The key phrase I believe right now is “suddenly, in an instant.” That is what has been very strong on my heart.

So I encourage you to pray and agree together with us. Pray that this will not be some long drawn-out thing as some would like to predict. Instead, pray that there will be an amazing and massive defection from the military in Iran.

Pray that even the Revolutionary Guards, even the most hardened ones, will decide to take up the offer that was given by President Trump and Prince Pahlavi. The offer was that if they lay down their weapons, they could receive amnesty and they could be protected from being taken to the law afterwards.

But it was also said very clearly that those who do not will be punished by the law afterwards. So pray that there will be a very strong and clear defection. Pray that there will be a falling apart of this structure.

You have prayed with us like the hammer of the word of God. This wall has been pounded and pounded with the promises of God. We believe it’s cracked, we believe it’s softened, and we believe it’s bulging.

We ask you to agree together with us now that this wall will collapse suddenly in an instant. Not just the wall of the evil Iranian regime. Also the wall of Islamism and the wall of lies and deception.

Using The Iranian People in a Mighty Way

The scripture says that because you relied on oppression and depended upon deceit, this judgment would come. We believe God will use the Iranian people in a mighty way. He will use them all over the Middle East and all over the world to unmask the reality of living under Sharia law.

We believe this will lead to a great harvest. Millions and millions will turn to the Lord during this time of Ramadan. And He will be greatly glorified.

Thank you for standing with us. Believe with us for things that will happen suddenly, for things that will happen in an instant. These events will shock and surprise many.

And they will give great glory to the name of the Lord God of Israel. The God of the scriptures who spoke forth what would happen. We bless you from Jerusalem.

Shalom. Shalom.