Those of you who are as old as I am will remember an America that was nothing like the America we live in today. When I was a young lad there was no TV. All we had was radio and not too many stations we could tune in. Many a night we, as a family, would sit around the radio and listen to programs like, The Lone Ranger, Mr. and Miss North, Let's pretend, Walter Winchell's News, just to mention a few.

When TV finally came along there were clean programs on it and you never heard cuss words or sexual innuendos. But gradually one word at a time and more bold producers and we have what we have today on TV. Our Christian morals have eroded as the enemy continues his quest to destroy this country that God gave us according to His promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and Ephraim and Manasseh.

There are spirits of old operating in our nation today practicing their old tricks and using people hungry for wealth and power to tear down this nation. But I have good news for you, Greater is He that is within us than he that is in the world and satan is a defeated foe because Jesus defeated him on the cross. We, however, must raise up and declare the Word of The Lord and prophesy (speak) what we know to be the truth and take authority over these evil spirits.

I want to share with you some things about prophecy that will help you to understand that all prophecy must be tested.

There Are 4 Layers to a Prophetic Interpretation

1.    First there is a sure word of prophecy. 2 Pet. 1:19

A.    When it is plain what the meaning is.

2.    Prophetic Patterns

A.    Such comparisons, "As it was in the days of Noah."

B.    When something in the past repeats itself in the present times. Ecc. 1:9-10 (NKJV) says,

"That which has been is what will be,   That which is done is what will be one, And there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which it may be said, "See, this is new"? It has already been in ancient times before us.

C.    I'll give you a present day sample of this that no one can deny

3.    Repetitive Cycles

A.    Something that repeats itself in history

On the 9^th of Oval (Jewish Colander) The Babylonians destroyed the Temple and on the 9^th of Quae the Romans destroyed the Temple (same time frame)

4.    Types and Shadows

Shadows of the crucifixion of Jesus

1.    Abraham & Isaac"..Gen. 22

2.    The Red Heffer".Num 19

3.    The Snake and the Cross in Num. 27

Many of us have lived in the time period of perhaps the most obvious example of Repetitive Cycles. I want to take the time to look at the many similarities between Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy.

1 Both presidents were elected to the presidency 100 years apart, Lincoln in 1860 and Kennedy in 1960. The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

2 Both lost a bid for Vice Presidency by their party 1856----1956

3 Lincoln was elected President in 1860 and Kennedy in 1960

4 Both had bodyguards named William---William Crock and William Greer

5 Both attending doctors were named Charles---Charles Leal and Charles Crenshaw

6 Both died in places with an initials P.H., The Peterson House and Parkland Hospital

7 Both bodyguards died within 48 hours of each other at the age of 75

8 Both men were concerned with civil rights and proved to be advocates during their presidencies. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862 and Kennedy proposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

9 Their successors were both Southern Democrats named Johnson (Andrew Johnson and Lyndon B. Johnson). Both men were born 100 years apart in 1808 and 1908.

10 Both presidents had been captains of ships in their private lives.

11 Both men suffered from a genetic disease. Lincoln had Marfan's syndrome and Kennedy had Addison's disease.

12 Both presidents fathered four children and lost a son during their presidencies.

13 Both presidents were highly regarded for their wit and eloquence. They often quoted William Shakespeare and the Bible in their political speeches.

14 Both presidents were in their 30s when they married their 24-year-old wives, Mary Todd Lincoln, and Jacqueline Kennedy.

15 Both wives spoke fluent French.

16 Both were born as the second child in their families.

17 Kennedy was the second president in U.S. history to issue interest-free money. The first was Lincoln, who issued greenbacks to offer financial support during the Civil War.

18 Both presidents were shot in the head.

19 Both men were assassinated on a Friday while sitting beside their wives. The Fridays preceded a major holiday (Lincoln was assassinated the week of Easter Sunday and Kennedy was assassinated the week of Thanksgiving).

20 The assassinations occurred in a city that was the 14th largest in the nation (Washington D.C. and Dallas).

21 The names John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald each contain 15 letters.

22 The assassins committed their crimes in the building where he was employed. Booth was an actor at Ford's Theater and Oswald worked at Texas School Book Depository.

23 Both presidents were smiling at the time of their assassinations.

24 After shooting Lincoln, Booth ran from the theater to a warehouse. Likewise, after shooting Kennedy, Oswald ran from a warehouse to a theater.

25 Both assassins were shot and killed with a Colt revolver.

26 Both assassins were also Southern white men in their mid-20s and were 5'8" in height with hazel eyes and brown hair.

27 Both assassins changed their names as adults and were bachelors.

28 Both assassins fled the scene of the crime using modes of transportation they didn't own. Booth rented a horse and Oswald rode a public bus. They suffered injuries during their escape plans.

29 They were both killed before being tried.

30 Lincoln's secretary, Kennedy, warned him not to attend the theatre performance. Kennedy's secretary, Lincoln, warned him not to travel to Dallas.

31 Lincoln sat in box number seven at Ford's Theater. Similarly, Kennedy sat in car number seven in the motorcade.

The probability of this happening is astronomical. It is a proven fact that history often repeats itself. (Ecl. 1:9-10)

I want to show you parallels of a few of our Presidents without going into a lot of detail. I will go into detail in another Eagle's lesson. Understand that I am not talking about any individual but about spirits that are controlling them.

First, I will share with you a parallel with Bill and Hillary Clinton. Their parallel is Ahab and Jezebel.In that story occurs the only place in the Bible that a lying spirit is mention. 1 Kings 22:22-23 I will have more to say about them in a subsequent article.

Second, I will share with you a parallel with Obama. The week of his inauguration the Torah reading was, Exodus 1:8 which says, "Now there arose a king over Egypt who knew not Joseph." From this we knew that Obama would not be friendly toward Jerusalem.

Thirdly, Donald Trump. His parallel is Cyrus. Cyrus gave the Jews permission to rebuild the foundation of Jerusalem. During the time of our past three presidents America lost it's influence in the world. America lost it's respect as a nation and our debts have risen to an insurmountable, unbelievable level. Some of the decisions, or lack thereof, that have been made by our past three presidents concerning Israel have brought us unfavorable favor with God. In 9/11/2001 the Lord drew back His protection of this country in order to wake us up. It lasted for only a few years and we are right back worshiping Baal.

Why are we so concerned with our relationship with Israel? God said to Israel in Gen. 12:2-3,

"And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed."

And in Gen. 27:29,

"Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee."

The word 'curse' in Hebrew means to utterly curse, to totally remove favor, to totally remove protection, and any form of assistance. "I will curse those who curse you!" Meaning to reduce in size, to make small or to make little.

1.     Look at the Egyptians and how they became smaller after they mistreated God's people.

2.     Look at what happened to Assyria after they scattered the Ten Tribes of Israel.

3.     Look at the Roman Empire how they begin to decline after they destroyed the Temple, stole the temple treasury and took the people captive.

4.     Look at Germany after WW2. They lost their influence and their power and everything they once were because of the Holocaust.

5.     The British Empire turned back a shipload of Holocaust victims going back to Palestine and in order to appear politically correct, they took them to an island and mistreated them. After that time the sun began to set on the British Empire and they begin to have problems financing all of those colonies around the world.

The Samaritans got so mad when they saw the foundations being rebuilt and the wall going up that they went to the authorities and tried everything they could to stop the wall from being built. They were not successful because Cyrus had given the authority to build it. Cyrus was successful in the building of the wall under much opposition.

Under Cyrus leadership economic prosperity left Samaria's and returned to Jerusalem. The wealth transfer came back to the people of God.

Even before Donald Trump became the President of the United States, the Democratic party began efforts to undermine him from becoming our 45 president. Under the leadership of Donald Trump America is once again respected in the world and the world knows that we have leadership that they will have to sit up and take notice. Once again America is the leader in this world and looked to by the nations for leadership.

We have a president, whether you like him or not, that is protecting Christianity for the first time of any president we have had in the past fifty years and the devil's mad and the enemy's mad and I don't care!!!

I know that Donald Trump has several character faults but you need to stop and see what he has done for Israel, that none of our former presidents who were politically correct would do, and what he has done for our country, our churches and the safety of our people.