Russia threatens attack on Sweden if country joins NATO

1. Sweden has maintained military neutrality for the past 200 years, but the threat of Russian aggression could bring an end to their centennials of peace.

2. NATO on Thursday inaugurated a military center in the Lithuanian capital amid growing concerns in the Baltic countries over Russia’s military presence.

3. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for the country’s air force to increase its readiness. 

4. U.S. intelligence ships, aircraft, and satellites are closely watching a Russian military vessel in the Atlantic that has been sailing near a U.S. nuclear missile submarine base and underwater transit routes. 

5. Israeli aircraft on Wednesday night attacked a military compound belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in northern Gaza from which shots were fired at two homes in southern Israel on Wednesday evening. 

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The prophetic passage of Scripture that we are looking at today is Ezra 3:11

Our second coming quote for today is from Vance Havner: He said, "The Christian who prepares for the coming of the Lord may be scorned by all who say, ‘Peace and safety!’ He will be eyed as a curiosity by those who, like people of Noah's day, know not until the flood comes. But when God splits the skies and the stars fall and men cry for the rocks and mountains, that will be his day!"