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The Surprise Package

I'm sure most of you have heard of the Sanhedrin, a body of 70 religious judicial leaders in Israel which served as the highest ranking judicial body in Israel since the days of Moses. In a number of places in the New Testament, we read about how the Sanhedrin viciously waged war against not only Christ Himself during His ministry, but against His disciples as they went out to boldly proclaim the gospel against their orders after He ascended back to heaven.

The Sanhedrin went out of existence about 1,600 years ago, but what many believers today aren't aware of is that this religious legislative body has been relaunched in modern times. A newly formed version of the Sanhedrin is alive and well in Israel today, and what motivated me to write this article is the fact that this newly formed Sanhedrin just recently passed a ruling that has clear prophetic implications for what Israel will experience in the lead-up to and during the coming Tribulation.

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Anticipation

If you're the kind of person who is inclined to visit websites like this, then I probably don't need to tell you that over the last few years there has been a tremendous increase in speculation about the Rapture and its timing. To say it has reached fever pitch is almost an understatement, and the time frames being put forth by various watchmen who are being obedient to the Holy Spirit and study such things are getting increasingly compressed.

You may also be aware that such watchmen get no small amount of flack from those in what could politely be referred to as mainstream Christianity, from those in denominations both inside and outside the Evangelical fold. At the first whiff of speculation concerning the timing of the Rapture (assuming they even acknowledge the existence of this event), they will wag their bony fingers in the offender's face and quote the scriptural mantra:

"No man knoweth the day or the hour...so put a sock in it!"

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9/15/2026 — From the "Final Score" Department...

If you hold a small religious gathering in your home or are considering doing so, or attend such a gathering in a friend's home, a case scheduled to go before the Supreme Court might be of interest to you.

Daniel Grand, a Jewish man who lives in University Heights, Ohio, applied for permission to hold a "prayer quorum" or minyan in his home. A minyan is a group of 10 Jewish men who gather for prayer and Jewish religious practices.

But the city issued a cease-and-desist order, claiming that his home did not legally constitute a "place of religious assembly." But they didn't stop there: The city continued the harassment with police surveillance, which prompted complaints from neighbors. They demanded architectural drawings of his home and pushed other various administrative demands on him. Note with care that the city never issued a final ruling—but they did hold a hostile public hearing that finally pressured Grand to withdraw his application for a permit to hold the gathering. So that makes the score...

a..Satan's Pawns: 1
Ordinary Citizens: 0

But thanks to the ACLJ (the American Center for Law and Justice), Grand's case (Grand v. City of University Heights, Ohio) is headed to the Supreme Court later this year. And there are other similar cases waiting to be heard in many other parts of the country.

I don't pretend to understand all the legal ins and outs of this, but you don't have to be Judge Judy to understand where things are headed in many municipalities across the nation. The routine goes like this:

"In every one of these cases, the government backed down before ever issuing a 'final decision.' Under the Sixth Circuit's rule, none of these victims of religious discrimination would ever have had access to a federal courtroom because the harassment stopped just short of a formal ruling. That result doesn't protect religious liberty. It rewards municipalities for using process itself as the weapon."

So the city's pernicious process of harassment, intimidation, red tape, endless nitpickery, and hostile refusals to cooperate that stop just short of making a final ruling that could potentially be challenged and overturned in court drags on and on until the person in question simply throws in the towel and gives up any hope of holding the gathering. That's the weapon.

And to no one's surprise, it typically works like a charm.

One thing I enjoy imagining is what it will be like to live in the Millennial Kingdom, with Christ Himself ruling the world from Jerusalem and us believers in glorified bodies assisting Him in this task in multitudes of ways. It's nice to think that such actions by a municipal government would never get past first base in the kingdom. Think of it:

Small religious gatherings of ordinary people, rather than being grudgingly encumbered, will be glowingly encouraged.

And I say that because after Christ returns and establishes the Millennial Kingdom, the final score is going to be very different. It's going to be...

aaaaa.....Christ: ∞
Satan's Pawns: 0

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