UK sending hundreds of troops to Iraq in 2015 (Second Coming Watch #557)

1. UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said that hundreds of British troops will be sent to Iraq in the New Year.

2. Hamas' military wing launched three rockets aimed at the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday as part of experiments designed to restore their firepower to what it was before Operation Protective Edge.

3. The Council for Foreign Relations says that at least 10,340 deaths from Boko Haram-related violence were reported in Nigeria, and United Nations figures show that 10,733 civilians were violently killed by ISIS in Iraq between November 2013 and November 2014.

4. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned US businesses to be on the alert for a sophisticated Iranian hacking operation whose targets include defense contractors, energy firms and educational institutions.

5. US Secretary of State John Kerry says that he hopes to head off an end-of-year showdown at the United Nations over Palestinian statehood in meetings this week in Europe.

You can read these stories in more detail and get more prophecy-related news at SecondComingHerald.com.

The prophetic passage of Scripture we are looking at today is Exodus 7:4-5 which reads: "But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them."

Our second coming quote for today is from Stephen Travis. He said, "The Christian hope is not a matter for tickling our minds, but for changing our minds and influencing society."