Olive Tree Reviews
Our Web site
Our Products
Radio Information
Contact
  Donations  

 
   
Friday-Saturday
October 2- 3, 2015
 
Friday 7 -9:30 p.m. 
Saturday 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.  

Grace Church 
9301 Eden Prairie Road,  
Eden Prairie, MN
(SW suburb of Minneapolis)

NO COST
NO REGISTRATION
 
  • Dr. Robert Jeffress
  • Pastor Jack Hibbs
  • Michele Bachmann
  • Amir Tsarfati
Our topics:  
Current Events
Bible Prophecy
Apologetics

We help you understand the times, contend for the faith, and become a watchman on the wall. 
  
New DVD

New from Jan Markell
 60-minute DVD

Jan Markell considers the Presidents of the United States starting with Woodrow Wilson through Barack Obama. Wilson was in office at the time of the Balfour Declaration - the unofficial "birth" of Israel. Which Presidents have blessed or cursed Israel? Some Democrats have and some Republicans have. One President was called a "Righteous Gentile." But many have abused God's covenant land and people and America pays a price when that happens.

Jan spends extensive time on the Obama administration and their abysmal abuse of Israel and obvious favored opinion of the Islamic terror world.  As a result, America is steeped in unsolvable problems. She reminds us that God will always take care of Israel and that the issues she raises point to the soon return of the Lord.

This offers education, information, and inspiration. It was presented at Dave Reagan's prophecy conference July 2014 and at Olive Tree's "Understanding the Times Fall 2014" and had a resounding positive response. You can now order it individually here.

 

Or call us at 763-559-4444. 

 

Find the complete set of conference CDs or DVDs here. 

 

This is our January 3-4 radio program. Hear the audio here. 


Now you can download the One Place app and you will find our current program available for on-demand listening, as well as an archive of many past episodes.  Just click on the picture above to get started today!
 

Jan Markell
  Check out all our products! 
 
Order by Mail

You may mail an order to us at:


Olive Tree Ministries
PO Box 1452
 Maple Grove, MN  55311

If in the U.S., include $5 S/H.  If out of the U.S., contact us for shipping costs.
  
Order by Phone

If you would prefer to call in your order, we accept Visa, MasterCard, or Discover.  To order by credit card, dial: 

763-559-4444 
763-210-8291

Our suburban Minneapolis office is open M - F, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST.
PRAY DAILY FOR ISRAEL: FIND


Falling Into Place
January 13, 2015

By Jan Markell

Like us on Facebook

Follow us on Twitter
  
How does one review the last year and project into the new year when events are happening in a rapid-fire manner, too fast to even properly document? I could review one stunning story and another one would be breaking as I write.

News and information is breaking at a speed never seen before. Add to that, we have an electronic communication system that allows us to hear about news and information stories in seconds, not days.

As I've previously written, today's news and information is causing some to become disengaged, discouraged, downhearted, and disconnected. But many more tell me they are now watching with an eye on the sky like never before. They are experiencing not dread, but great expectation, straining to hear a trumpet sound. Surely our troubled times are heralding such an event.

The dysfunction of Washington causes many to long for Christ's perfect earthly rule out of Jerusalem. Only then can we really forget about the fact that America and other parts of the world once resembled Humpty Dumpty after the fall with few leaders to put him back together again!

I encourage you to keep your eyes on the following stories in 2015. Most were prominent in 2014 and we will watch them blossom in 2015 and be game-changers.  

 

  • The "epicenter" -- the Middle East -- will become more inflamed and out of control.
  • Watch the lawlessness increase, both in the streets and in the highest offices of the land.
  • The coalition of forces that will participate in the Russian invasion of Israel, also known as the Gog-Magog War, will continue to unite. Some of them are experiencing economic turn-down due to the falling oil prices. This will further inspire them to seize a spoil (wealth) in Israel.
  • Ecumenical efforts in 2014 were stunning. It was often led by Pope Francis but evangelicals had no problem joining in. Watch for this to intensify in this new year. Men and women who should know better locked arms and will continue to do the same. They suggested we could all get along in spite of great theological divides.
  • There will be a further decline in the character of man. It was shocking in 2014. Calling evil good (Isaiah 5:20) was rampant. Praying to false gods took place everywhere including our U.S. House of Representatives. Is it any wonder our leaders are blind?
  • What pestilences and plagues will appear in 2015? The past year was dominated by news about Ebola, although more suffer from Malaria. Yet Ebola has killed 8,000 in Africa and the threat to the West shouldn't be downplayed as our current Administration is doing.
  • Technology always marches on as it prepares for "Mark of the Beast" technology.
  • The nations lining of up against Israel are staggering. Sadly, America's White House is in the forefront and this will worsen now that all elections are off the table.
  • The rise in anti-semitism should startle everyone. Jews are fleeing from France and heading to Israel. This will escalate. There will be few safe havens. As Gary Kah reported on our radio program, an Argentina utilities company had a stamp on it saying, "Be a patriot: Kill a Jew."  This may escalate to levels not seen since WWII.
  • The shame of 2014 was the silence in the pulpits and pews to the slaughter of Christians in the Mideast, Africa and parts of Asia. Western Christians remain very comfortable, although all that could change.
  • American Christians were insulted endlessly in 2014. Even Newsweek magazine called evangelicals "God's frauds". Consider the source but be aware this could worsen and likely will.
  • The ordeal in Paris is likely to be repeated around the world. Why do you suppose the last days are called "perilous times"?

How about the economy? There is only one other time in history when the price of oil has declined by more than 50 dollars a barrel in such a short time frame as it did in 2014. That was back in the middle of 2008, shortly before the worst stock market decline in decades.  I am told some economic analysts are "freaked out" at what is going on. Those are their words, not mine. 

 

Israel could strike Iran in 2015. That would be the major story of the year. They would use every tactical device known to modern warfare. It will not be a pretty picture. The entire world could be destabilized. And Israel could become the goat of the world, further fulfilling Zechariah's prophecy that she will be all alone.

 

And in the meantime, a deluded U.S. President is cozying up to Iran, talking about normalizing diplomatic relationships with this rogue, despotic nation. 

 

The warnings from the Bible sound like the headlines in today's news. We are to return to the "days of Noah".  Society will degenerate. Thus, you are needed to be salt and light and to be an encourager. We need to delay the decay; to be upbuilders as the world and events tear people down.

 

We must spread good news amidst the bad. We can't grow weary in well doing. We must love when we are hated. And we must look up much more than we look around or we won't be able to handle things.

 

Things aren't falling apart -- they are falling into place.

 

The Bible says that these things must happen. We can't escape them. We're in the times of the signs.

 

Look up and know that your redemption draws nigh!  

 

NOTE: This article is in our winter, 2015 print journal. If you would like to sign up, go here. It is free for one year, then we ask a small donation to cover printing and postage.  

 

   

 

  Join us for "Understanding the Times 2015, Friday - Saturday, October 2-3, near Minneapolis, MN. Find all info here. 



Listen to our one-minute radio spot heard on our 650 radio stations
here. 


NOTE: We surf the Internet and post current headlines each morning. Find them
here.  Look for this RSS symbol, enter your e-mail, and have them in your in-box by 10 a.m. CST.




We read all e-mails but due to volume, we cannot reply to all.

UNDERSTANDING THE TIMES RADIO

Find complete syndication for "Understanding the Times" radio on 650 radio outlets here. They include American Family Radio Talk Network, CSN Network, HOPE-FM Network, Bott Radio Network, Sirius Satellite Network, Salem Communications, OnePlace.com, and individual radio stations. We are live Saturdays, 9 a.m. CST out of Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. You can listen live here or here.

You can download onto a listening device here. You can just listen online here or here.

Find the RSS feed at OnePlace.com or iTunes.

Find upcoming guests here.

Find info on listening devices such as iPhone, Android, iPad here.


 
Awaiting His return,

Jan Markell

You may pass on these items or have people sign up on  our Web site.  You can access our radio programming from the last two years on Complete Archives.  Also see the Web site for other options to catch the program, "Understanding the Times."

Please report e-mail address changes.

Also, we truly appreciate those who remember us prayerfully and financially.   Donate on our Web site (gifts are tax-deductible with receipts sent out in January). 

Olive Tree Ministries, Inc.
Box 1452
Maple Grove, MN  55311
763-559-4444 or 763-210-8291