by Leonard V Johnson
Greetings, dear Brethren, Friends and Co-Workers around the world──like those across the way, Elche, Spain; Maracay, Venezuela; Vyzhnytsya, Ukraine; and those in the States, Tampa, Florida; Owensboro, Kentucky and Pittsboro, North Carolina! Welcome! This is Leonard V Johnson with the greatest news anyone could ever hear in this present age. The Word of God, the Truth of God, and the Plan of God!
Now, here at the Church of Jesus Christ Online Ministries, we do speak about the living prophecies of our LORD God──the family of God, which at this moment in time consists of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. The biblical prophecies foretell our future, the future of this world’s major events that are certainly beginning to erupt around the world, and this is why I’m entitling this article “The Hour Has Come For You to Wake Up!” Biblical prophecy foretells the condition that we are finding ourselves in, the chaotic conditions that are coming alive in nations such as Italy, Spain, France, and all throughout Europe. One certainly cannot properly understand biblical prophecy without understanding ancient world history ── such as the rise and fall of kingdoms and empires throughout the ages. And it’s difficult to understand this world’s news, the chaotic conditions globally, or what’s going on today- the news commentaries, the newscasts that we hear or read- unless we understand Bible prophecy, and the way that our mighty God uses, basically, a dual system of prophecy ── cf. “That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes 1:9. The majority of the Bible is prophecy or has a prophetic nature to it – the vast majority. And the vast majority of those prophecies, maybe upwards of 90%, deal with the Day of the LORD. It’s important to properly understand what the LORD God is working out here below, because the prophecies are alive and are being worked out for His purpose.
So then, roughly 2/3 of God’s living word ── the Holy Bible ── is concerned with the ultimate Plan of God; what our beloved Apostle Paul often called ‘the mysteries of the gospel.’ The purpose of God and the history of His purpose, the revelation of necessary knowledge and, of course, instructions on how to properly live God’s Way, in order to work out His Way. So, about 1/3 of the Bible is prophecy──prophecy for our time; the latter days.
When one truly understands biblical prophecy, then one will come to the understanding that the end of this present evil age is near, and yet, sadly, most people just keep going around and around with their lives-- with seemingly no care in the world. Yet, the end of the age doesn’t mean the end of the earth──the likes of which false prophets and prophetesses teach. It doesn’t mean that this beautiful blue jewel of a planet is about to explode! Nay, the end of the age, as our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ spoke of, is just what He said, ‘the end of this present evil age.’ And when His disciples came to Him after having toured the temple and its adjacent buildings, they asked, “’ Tell us, when will these things be?’”
“Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, ‘Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?’” – Matthew 24:3.
Unfortunately, there have been many false prophets, and even a prophetess or two, that hasn’t or do not properly understand; they don’t understand that word ‘world’ that’s in the King James Version is from a Greek word, mistranslated, the original word is ‘aeon’ which means “age.” It literally means a span of time. It’s the end of an age, the end of this period. It’s the end of an allotted period of time for our civilization under the dictatorship and rule of the Devil and Satan.
Now, going through world history, we have had many civilizations──Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Chaldean, and so forth and so on──so, what do I mean by ‘our civilization’? Well, in a nutshell, it’s the way that mankind has set up its civilization in outright defiance of Almighty God and His Law, which is summed up in the Ten Commandments. So, that’s what I mean by ‘our civilization’ and sadly, my friend, the overall majority of our civilization has been deceived (2 Corinthians 4:4), and this civilization knows so little, if at all, about the LORD God’s ultimate Plan for the redemption of all mankind──the plan that is being worked out here below. But I tell you, it’s HIGH TIME TO AWAKE! It’s time to take your Bible (I know you have one somewhere in your home) and look into it with a fresh mind and spirit, led by God’s Spirit, and see what it truly says and reveals about your life and your future, and the future events for this world.
Of course, God’s living word doesn’t specifically mention every minute detail concerning prophecy; it won’t foretell every little event that is going to occur on our beloved planet Earth. Bible prophecy outlines for us the working out of the LORD God’s overarching purpose here below. It does outline the major steps that contribute to the working out of His purpose.
So, there is a MAJOR REASON, my friend, why you were born! Why you are here on Earth, but sadly, most people around the world don’t know why. And the overall majority of you are not fulfilling the LORD God’s ultimate purpose for why you are here. Our Lord Jesus Christ has called the overall majority of our religious peoples, and who might go to church, “’ Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching AS DOCTRINES the commandments of men.’” – Matthew 15:7-9.
Let us not just haphazardly throw away precious hours! There is a reason, and our LORD God doesn’t do anything without a reason.
Another World War Is Coming!
Now, I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news, and I pray that you don’t take me to be a ‘prophet of doom.’ Yet, God’s living word in prophecy foretells the coming of a World War III──if it is going to be a world war, since a final Catholic-led European “United States of Europe” and an Islamic-led Confederation of Islamic Nations will be warring against each other──what our Lord Jesus had prophesied for these latter days, “’ kingdom against kingdom.’” In the broadest sense, our Lord Jesus Christ has told us that we would “’ hear of wars and rumors of wars’” throughout this present evil age, and indeed we have──we’ve had so many wars they’re difficult to count, including two world wars. But He reminded us──as terrible as any war is── “’ See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.’” Speaking about the end of this present evil age.
Sadly, and indeed having been here on this beautiful Earth now for nearly 57 years, I have come to witness that our beloved United States of America can never really tell where our real enemies are around the world──until it’s too late. It reminds me of 2013, when an asteroid exploded over the southern Ural region in Russia. The Chelyabinsk meteor. Our “experts” didn’t detect it as it was approaching Earth, in part because it was close to the Sun. We, as a nation, in a nutshell, have trouble distinguishing friend from foe because our alliances, threats, and global interests change faster than even our foreign policies and narratives, creating blurring lines between our friends and our real enemies. And then, when we are attacked, we go, “O, they must be our enemy!”
Of course, we fought two wars against Germany. World War I and World War II, including having fought against an aggressive Japan──with its role in desiring to be a major Axis power. At the end of World War II with Germany, we announced that we would never again allow Germany to be a great military power. Yet here we are some short──as the crow flies──81 years later, and Germany’s military consists of approximately 184,000 active personnel with a reserve force expanding toward 200,000, making it Europe’s largest and most capable armed forces! 1 As we know from our history, after World War II, Germany was divided into four occupation zones that were controlled by the U.S., the U.K., France, and the then Soviet Union. Like Drago in Rocky IV confronting Rocky, “I must break you.” We desperately needed to break Nazi Germany! And after we broke them, we began to rise up ourselves, believing that we had to be the “police force” to buffer the now-Russian aggression.
“ … I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.” – Revelation 13:11.
And it’s so sad to say, but my friend, we know what we saw and witnessed: the extent to which they were willing to go, not only to win the war, but to eliminate any “undesirable” or any “inferior” person. And, according to God’s living word in prophecy, it’s going to happen again! ──
“’ He [a final end-time Roman Catholic Vicar of Christ] was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.’” – Revelation 13:15.
So, yes, we know what is to rise up in a final united Europe. And again, we come to see which of the European nations is capable of dominating, the greatest economically, the heartbeat of all of Europe. Like the analogy of the Sun blocking out the incoming asteroid over Russia, we cannot see the forest for the trees when it comes to Germany. And Europe’s heart is Germany!
We must tell you that the LORD God is allowing things to come along exactly according to their Plan in prophecy. And according to their timing. It appears as if the LORD had actually slowed certain things down──like the takeover and subjugation of the United States that was rapidly occurring under both the Obama and Biden Administrations. The wide-open border policy! The multiple millions of unvetted immigrants! It truly makes no sense to the logical mind──until you understand their true motives! However, we see that this slowdown hasn’t occurred in European nations──in fact, it’s sped up! Open any newspaper, and most likely right on the front page, you’ll see the overwhelming carnage, destruction, and methodical takeover of Europe by Islam. As a good friend of ours recently text-messaged me, “This could be the moment when the ‘equal but opposite reaction’ begins to grow in Europe.” Yes, something is going to break wide open and give way! Under the great blessing from God, the Trump/Vance Administration was paying attention and has stopped the bleeding──momentarily. But we have certainly come to see that the Democratic Party tis not our father’s party anymore! It now has progressive and democratic socialist factions that advocate and implement policies that liken it to aspects of socialism and communism.
Certainly, since our official founding in 1776, there have been small movements and groups advocating socialism in America. However, in recent years, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and other aggressive movements have won a greater number of local, state, and federal seats, pushing policies like their expanded socialist Obamacare system, stronger labor defined as work for the community rather than for profit, and greater public ownership in businesses and industries. In Europe──which is where God’s living word in prophecy focuses here── it’s progressing feverishly; it’s progressing rapidly, and most people are sound asleep at the wheel and don’t realize what’s coming down the line. Truly, even our POTUS is warning Europe ── “The migrants have taken over France. They must CLOSE THE BORDERS, FAST!” – President DJT.
And something else that I am moved by the Spirit to warn: all the military precautions, the golden domes, the economic increases and stabilizations that one president can accomplish in the U.S., or a king in the United Kingdom and its Commonwealth Nations──will not change what is rapidly occurring in Europe! Like Smokey the Bear has been telling us since childhood, “Only you can prevent forest fires!” In Europe the spark is already lit, and only Europe can stop the blaze. We, my friends, don’t realize──and most don’t accept it──but we as nations have deserted our God. And it is the LORD God who determines whether kingdoms rise or kingdoms fall. Question: If we’re honest, where does our faith actually show up in our lives, and where is it just lip service? So, what is currently happening around the world- is this the fruit of a world that has forgotten God, or a world that has stopped reflecting Him?
The overall majority of our peoples today don’t know──or have not been properly taught──that the LORD God had allowed the land masses to be where they are today. And yes, the continents are still moving apart, driven by tectonic motion and mantle convection, but it’s extremely slow. God’s living word explains to us that God created all nations from one man and assigned their boundaries and appointed times. “And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings.” – Acts 17:26. So, in essence──and I realize what I’m about to say is controversial with varying religious aspects──no nation under God was to be a “melting pot” with so many beliefs and cultures all blended into one.
Truly, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people He has chosen as His own inheritance.” – Psalm 33:12.
Our Creator God looks down upon His Earth ── and you know, just the other day I watched an ISS Timelapse video again. This time it was from Kansas City to Rio de Janeiro by night! The pure beauty is breathtaking! But our Creator looks down upon His Earth and sees all men ──
“From the place of His dwelling He looks On all the inhabitants of the earth; 15) He fashions their hearts INDIVIDUALLY; He considers all their works. 16) No king is saved by the multitude of an army; A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. … 18) Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy.” – Psalm 33:14-16, 18.
So, our merciful Creator, from His dwelling place, looks down upon all continents, nations, and provinces, and He sees all of our hearts individually! He sees our strengths and our militaries. Sadly, many people don’t believe that, because they don’t believe in a Creator and don’t know God! And they certainly don’t know the purpose that the LORD God is working out here below.
NATIONAL REPENTANCE
So, yes ── our LORD God is watching what we are doing. As many are now more than ever popularly preaching, ‘there are no works anymore, just simply believe and have faith.’ They say that God isn’t concerned about works. Well… the LORD God is concerned about your works! And, according to God’s living words, you're going to be judged by your works (cf. Revelation 20:12). Now, you certainly don’t get saved by your works, but you are JUDGED according to your works ── by the very things which are written in His living books.
And if anyone is teaching you contrary to that, my friend, then you shouldn’t be listening to them ── for they are not the words of our Creator God. And if anyone isn’t telling you the truth of the true gospel, well… they’re going to take the consequences, and that’s really all there is to it. And these aren’t my words ── they’re the LORD God’s! And the consequences are the most severe unless repented of, and that’s eternal death. The second death, an eternal death.
Let’s notice verse 17 of Psalm 33 ── “A horse is a vain hope for safety; Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.” It’s talking about a war horse. And in this instance, it could be a military tank, a military fighter jet, or even a MOAB ── a mother of all bombs; that our president is considering dropping on “Pickaxe Mountain.” In Bible parlance, it uses the words horse, sword, spear, and that sort of thing. But, of course, with ever-improved weapon technology, we’ve drastically changed our military weapons. It’s truly speaking about military weapons. Hence ──
“[The weapons of warfare] is a vain hope for safety; Neither shall [those things] deliver any by [their] great strength.”
A Time of ‘Great Tribulation’ Is Coming!
National repentance is what is needed! Our Lord Jesus Christ ── and this prophecy focuses mostly on Judah, which is modern-day Israel ── tells us that there is soon coming a time of ‘great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.’ – Matthew 24:21. And He has called a few to be commissioned to preach the gospel message, a message of the ‘mystery of the gospel’ ── to the Gentiles alike, which includes the New Covenant promises through Jesus Christ. And there is soon coming a time when the LORD God will raise up Witnesses to preach ‘this gospel of the kingdom in all the world as a witness to all the nations’, and then the end shall come ── then shall come the end of this present evil age.
The end of this present age is nearing, and the LORD God has set a time. The LORD has set a period of six thousand years allotted for the governments of mankind ── heavily influenced by the Devil and Satan. And as I have asked, “Could Mankind’s 6000 years end in 2030?” It appears as if we are nearing the end of it ── and it certainly appears as if Europe is rushing headlong into it.
Very soon after the time allotted that our Lord Jesus has called, ‘the beginning of sorrows’ ── the time when earth will have gone through many birth pangs ── His Witnesses will rise upon the world scene, and they will be hated by all nations, for His name’s sake. They, having power from on High to shut the heavens, “so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy;” having the powers from on High to turn water “to blood, and strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire” – cf. Revelation 8:7-12. They too will be delivered up to tribulation and will be killed ── cf. Matthew 24:9; Revelation 11:7.
According to the way our Lord and Savior Jesus arranged His words, the structure of His sentences, is not just stylistic, it carries weight and should be used as a guide for us… because just after His Witnesses are killed, and lie in the streets of Jerusalem for three-and-a-half days before being resurrected and come back to life (Revelation 11:11), an ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, will be set up in Jerusalem – see Matthew 24:15. A final end-time Roman Catholic Vicar of Christ sets himself up, and will ‘oppose and exalt himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.’ – cf. 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4. As our Lord Jesus has warned us ──
“’ then let those who are IN JUDEA flee to the mountains. … 21) For then …’” ── and it’s very likely the catalyst to this soon-coming great tribulation will be caused because a final Catholic-led European ‘beast’ power, with the Roman Catholic Church as its mouthpiece, sets itself up within Jerusalem, ‘standing in the holy place,’ and the final Islamic Confederation of Islamic Nations, also called in the Bible the ‘king of the South,’ massively counterattacks! (See also: Daniel 11:40-45). “ … ‘there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.’” – cf. Matthew 24:21. Which certainly indicates that Jerusalem may get struck by a regional nuclear weapon. Certainly, something that has not been since the beginning of the world until this time!
But let us THANK ALMIGHTY GOD ── “’ unless those days were shortened, …’” and they will be shortened, “ … ‘no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake [His elect being the Jewish people] those days will be shortened.’” – verse 22 □
1 GlobalMilitary.net, German Military Forces, Retrieved 21 Oct. 2026.