My wife and I were watching Fox News when the President of the United States
announced a ceasefire deal between Israel and Iran. Immediately, the following
Scripture came to mind ──
“’ O, you children of Benjamin, Gather yourselves to flee from the midst of
Jerusalem! BLOW THE TRUMPET …
10) To whom shall I speak and give warning, That they may hear? Indeed their ear
is uncircumcised, And they cannot give heed. Behold, the word of the LORD is a
reproach to them; They have no delight in it. 11) THEREFORE, I am full of the fury
of the LORD. I am weary of holding it in.
‘I will pour it out on the children outside, And on the assembly of young men
together; For even the husband shall be taken with the wife, The aged with him who
is full of days.
12) And their houses shall be turned over to others, Fields and wives together; For I
will stretch out My hand Against the inhabitants of the land,’ says the LORD.
13) ‘Because from the least of them to the greatest of them, Everyone is given to
covetousness; And from the prophet even to the priest, Everyone deals falsely. 14)
They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ When
there is no peace.
15) Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No! They were not
at all ashamed; Nor did they know how to blush. Therefore THEY SHALL FALL
AMONG THOSE WHO FALL; At the time I punish them, They shall be cast down,’
says the LORD.” – Jeremiah 6:1, 10-15.
And, let it be known ── there is a Pride month in Israel. Tel Aviv Pride 2025. One
of the largest Pride events in the world! Do you think the LORD God is happy about
this!? As He says, ‘Where is their shame?’
So, yes ── while there is a tentative ceasefire between Israel and Iran. And it can
momentarily save lives. There is no peace with this regime of Iran.
Trump on Israel, Iran continuing fight: ‘They don’t know what the ****
they’re doing’
6-24-25
President Trump unleashed on the Israelis and the Iranians on Tuesday,
expressing his displeasure at continued fighting between the two adversaries
after he announced the parameters of a ceasefire the day before. …
In a Truth Social post around the same time, Trump singled out Israel, in a
remarkable move for the U.S. president, telling the longtime American ally:
“ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR
VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW!” …
“They [Iran] violated it, but Israel violated it too,” Trump said. … So, I’m not
happy with them, I’m not happy with Iran either.”
Sadly, this region of the Middle East will not have true and lasting peace in this
present evil age.
God’s unwavering and living word ── the Holy Bible ── speaks of a two-fold
prophecy in which an Iranian-led confederation of Islamic nations will viciously
strike at Judah (the modern-day nation of Israel), and will damage the city of David
greatly ──
“Therefore I said, ‘Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; Do not labor to comfort
me Because of the plundering of the daughter of my people.’ 5) For it is a day of
trouble [speaking of the Day of the Lord; what is also called “Jacob’s trouble”] and
treading down and perplexity By the Lord GOD of hosts In the Valley of Vision ──
Breaking down the walls And crying to the mountain.
6) Elam bore the quiver With chariots of men and horsemen, And Kir uncovered
the shield. 7) It shall come to pass that your choicest valleys Shall be full of chariots,
And the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.”
Continuing with verses 8 & 9 – “He [Almighty God] removed the protection of
JUDAH. You looked in that day to the armor of the House of the Forest; 9) You also
saw the damage to the city of David, That it was great; …” - Isaiah 22:4-7, 8-9.
Elam is a reference to at least some in Iran.
Notice the identity of Elam from the 1st century Roman–Jewish historian and
military leader, Flavius Josephus ──
“Shem, the third son of Noah, had five sons, who inhabited the land that began at
Euphrates, and reached to the Indian Ocean. For Elam left behind him the Elamites,
the ancestors of the Persians.” 1
The children of Shem are Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram, in addition to
unnamed daughters.
Kir looks to be at least some in the nation of Syria. As a background, we wrote in
the article “Our Roots” –
“In the span of 19 different kings and seven dynasties, the kings of Israel rebelled
against the Lord our God, the Creator of heaven and earth. And finally, the LORD
God warned them that He would drive them out. And He did. The HOUSE OF
ISRAEL was taken captive to Assyria on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea. In
2nd Kings chapter 17, we read of this very thing!
“Now the king of Assyria [King Tiglath-Pileser III] went throughout all the land, and
went up to Samaria and besieged it for THREE YEARS. 6) In the ninth year of
Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel [not the Jews] away to
Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the
cities of the Medes.” – 2 Kings 17:5-6.
Verse 18 – “Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them
from His sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah alone.”
So, only the Kingdom of Judah remained.”
Notice that in the Book of Isaiah, chapter 22, “Judah” is a reference to our brethren
who are in the land today called Israel. The LORD God is going to allow Israel to be
viciously attacked!
Again, “He removed the protection of Judah. You looked in that day to the armor of the
House of the Forest [HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON]; 9) You also saw
the damage to the city of David, That it was great; And you gathered together the
waters of the lower pool.” – Isaiah 22:8-9.
Certainly, one symbolic way that Judah will look “in that day to the armor of
Lebanon” would be a massive military attack by the Lebanese Shia Islamist terrorist
group known as Hezbollah. A proxy of Iran.
There is soon a time coming when Israel’s Iron Dome, the Israeli mobile all-weather
air defense system, will be so overwhelmed that it will not be able to protect the city
of David ── Jerusalem. No “Iron Dome” or “Golden Dome” can protect our people
from a detonated nuclear weapon!
Even though our governments are spouting “peace for our time!”, true and lasting
peace will not come until our Prince of Peace Comes! □
Will there be a “rapture” – a snatching away of the saints before, what the
Bible calls an end-time ‘tribulation’ - what His living word says is going to
befall all mankind!?
by Leonard V Johnson
Back in 2014, I came across a movie
on television entitled “Left Behind”
starring Nicholas Cage, which was
based on a novel by the same
name. It’s a movie concerning what
many claim is the biblical
“rapture.” I guess the movie was
meant to get people to think –
when they watch these types of
movies, because there has been an
innumerable amount of them,
including a 1989 movie titled
“Millennium”
with
Kris Kristofferson.
Saying to
themselves, “What if I am left
behind? I don’t want to be left
behind!” And, of course, this is the
subliminal message – isn’t it? And,
certainly, the large billboards on
the sides of our highways and
byways, which said such things as
“The Rapture – May 21, 2011,” were
in the hopes of scaring people
enough to join their organization
before May 21st, 2011! So that they
can ensure that they’re not left
behind. And, of course, even here in Florida, I have seen the bumper
stickers which read “In case of
rapture, this car will be unmanned!”
I guess if you’re sitting at a red light
and you look over at an empty car
beside you, you’ll know that the
rapture has taken place.
Now all of this assumes that
there is going to be a moment of
mass disappearance that will occur,
and it will leave a multitude of
these doomed people here on the
earth while the earth collapses, the
chaos, and utter destruction – of
course, as a result of the wrath of
God upon all of the wicked people
which will be left.
What does God’s living word say
about this time frame?
First, the very word “rapture” is
not a biblical word – it’s not found
anywhere in the Bible. The
adherence to the idea has ceased
upon a couple of Greek words, which I would like to look at today
to describe the second coming of
Jesus Christ. Looking at their use of these Greek words, they’ve
somehow concluded that the
second coming of Christ is broken
up into several stages. And, they
teach – that He is first coming for
the Church, a “secret rapture” –
skipping
by
the
earth and
snatching away the saints and
carrying them up to heaven, then
second “the great tribulation” will
befall all of those remaining on the
earth, the chaos, the hurricanes,
volcanoes, nuclear war, tsunamis,
and ultimate extermination. And
then, finally, He is coming with the
Church – and I reckon that would
be considered a ‘third’ coming of
Jesus Christ. But they don’t use
that term – they just teach that His
second coming is broken up into
two phases.
There is also a wide array of explanations for the amount of time
between those two events. Some
say that it is 3 ½ years, and some
say that the saints are going to be
up in heaven for 7 years, and some
say that the saints are going to be
up in heaven for 1000 years. And,
I’ve looked at all kinds of different
charts as the debate continues.
Three Greek Words
As I say – and that I go over in
the sermonette “Is There A ‘Secret Rapture’?” – they cease upon a couple of Greek words which they
will purport to explain this idea of
the “rapture.”
One is parousia. It’s a Greek
word that means “coming.” And, three Greek words describe three of the basic words
that describe the coming of Jesus
Christ. Another is epiphaneia,
which is used six times in the New
Testament. And it describes His
appearing, which is actually
translated as “appearing” in the New
Testament. And the last is
apokálypsis,
which you’ll
recognize from the Book of
Revelation, which means
apocalypse – or a revealing, an
unveiling – which is the very name
of the Book of Revelation. And the
very first verse says, “The
Revelation
of
Jesus Christ.”
Meaning it’s an unveiling of those
things which are going to take
place.
Now, the word parousia by itself
is not specific to just the second
coming of Jesus Christ. In other
words, it’s used in various different
places. The apostle Paul uses this
word in 2 Corinthians 7:6, meaning
“presence.” Now, there is another
passage where it does mention the
coming of Jesus Christ – and let’s
turn to 2nd Thessalonians, the 2nd
chapter – it’s very interesting that
the word parousia is used both in connection with the second coming
of Jesus Christ but also with the
coming of ‘the man of sin.’ So, there
isn’t anything “holy” or significant
about the word parousia.
Verse 8 – “And then the lawless
one [the ‘man of sin’] will be
revealed, whom the Lord will
consume with the breath of His
mouth and destroy with the
brightness of His coming.” –
talking about the coming of Jesus
Christ. That word is parousia.
But look at the next verse –
Verse
9 – “The coming
[parousia] of the lawless one is
according to the working of Satan,
with all power, signs, and lying
wonders.” – talking about the ‘man
of sin’ that God is going to destroy
at His coming.
Again, as I said earlier, the
word “rapture” is found nowhere in
God’s living word. It comes from a
Latin word, raptus, meaning a
state or experience of being carried
away by overwhelming emotion. 1
Being kidnapped – if you want to
be basic about it. This is where the
term “catching up” or “snatching
away” originates. And it’s because
many use this to explain the
following
Scripture – 1st
Thessalonians, the 4th chapter. As
does Wikipedia.
Now, if you look up anything
about the rapture, they’re going to take you to this Scripture here.
Verse 17 – where this idea of the
rapture originated. “Then we who
are alive and remain shall be
caught up together …” – and there’s
that word there, harpazó. And it
means to seize, catch up, snatch
away; to take by an open display of
force. So, the idea originated with
this word here concerning the
rapture. Now, this concept of the
rapture didn’t really take hold until
about the 17th century. It didn’t
begin to be formulated as a
doctrine until the 18th and up into
the 19th century. And in the 20th
century, the doctrine became
extremely popular within books
like The Late Great Planet Earth
and, of course, the Left Behind series. The assumption
being that there are going to be millions of people left
behind, but we good Christians are
going to be whisked away to heaven, looking down upon the earth and
watching all of these cataclysmic
events take place upon the earth.
And all of these movies, stories,
books, and novels are written from that
perspective.
In a Prophetic Order
What does the living word of God – the Holy Bible – say about
this period?
If the word “rapture” is found
nowhere in the Bible, will there
actually be a rapture of the saints?
Or will the saints be somewhere
else? I believe much of the
confusion stems from the
misunderstanding
of
points.
The order of events that is
spelled out by Jesus Christ
that are going to take place at
the time of this end-time
trauma.
The timing of the second
coming of Jesus Christ –
which many confuse and say
that He is coming BEFORE
the end-time trauma, what
Jesus Christ calls ‘great
tribulation, such has not
been since the beginning of
the world until this time, no,
nor ever shall be’ – Matthew
24:21 NKJV. And this is why
they have this idea of
escapism – of being away
from the earth while all these
chaotic and terrible things
occur upon the earth.
Where the saints are at that
specific time.
Let’s turn over to the Book of
Matthew, the 24th chapter. I could go through the whole of this
chapter today, but I want to keep
focused on the “rapture,” which
was brought up the other day. Now,
in Matthew 24, He describes after
His disciples asked Him, “Tell us,
when will these things be? And
what will be the sign of Your
coming, and of the end of the age?”
all of these cataclysmic events –
that most students of the Bible are
familiar with – ‘the religious
deception, the hearing of wars and
rumors of wars, nation against
nation and kingdom against
kingdom, famines, pestilences, and
earthquakes.’ And, at the end of
this (and beginning with verse 9), the “end-time prophets” rise up,
culminating in the Two Witnesses (cf. Revelation 11:3-13). The
fifth
seal
talks
about the
martyrdom of these “end-time
prophets.” The sixth seal talks
about earthquakes, volcanoes,
massive
pollution in the
atmosphere, and Satan the devil,
and his demons being thrown
down to earth, barred from the atmosphere.
But, let’s go down to verse 29 –
He says, “’ Immediately after the
tribulation of those days the sun
will be darkened and the moon will
not give its light; …’” – certainly an
indication that the atmosphere will
be thick with volcanic ash towers or
even radioactive dust and ash! “ … ‘the stars will fall from heaven, and
the powers of the heavens will be
shaken.’” - Satan and his demons
will
be
expunged from the
atmosphere of the earth.
Remember one time Jesus said, “’ I
saw Satan fall like lightning from
heaven.’”? There will be a great
spiritual war, we’re told in the Book
of Revelation – Michael, the great
archangel,
and all of his
subordinate angels will directly
engage in spiritual warfare with
Satan and his demons. And
Michael and all the holy angels will
be victorious! And Satan will be
vanquished to the earth. And I
think that’s what this passage here
is talking about.
The prophet Isaiah – under the
divine inspiration of God’s Spirit –
wrote of this very time frame – “All
the host of heaven shall be
dissolved [Satan and his demons
thrown from the atmosphere], And
the heavens shall be rolled up like a
scroll …” – the earth will be covered
in a large amount of pollution from
the earthquakes, the volcanoes, the
fires. One time I watched a
time-lapse film. And it was a
camera set up in one of the hills
overlooking Los Angeles, and the
ocean breeze came in and the smog
cloud was being rolled up – and it
looked just like you were taking a
giant carpet and rolling it up as the wind blew in from the ocean it just
pushed the smog out of the area.
And then He says – Verse 30 – “’
Then the sign of the Son of Man will
appear in heaven, and then all the
tribes of the earth will mourn, and
they will see the Son of Man coming
on the clouds of heaven with power
and great glory.’” –
But I have to take a pause here.
It is so very satisfying and
humbling to me that when I read
God’s living word, understanding
the truth of God, I don’t have to sit
here wrestling with God’s word.
The other day, I had said that the
subject of the “rapture” had come
up – I was asked, “Why don’t you
believe in the rapture?” And
though I was asked while having a family & friends get-together at
the pool and the question came out
of left field – cf. 1st Peter 3:15 – I
didn’t have to struggle with the
question, because I know what God
says, or rather doesn’t say,
concerning the “rapture.” I began
to slowly explain some things about
what God’s living word actually
says, but was stopped by my wife,
“No one came here to talk about
God!” So, I had told her that I could
go over some Scriptures which
could help her out at a later time.
God’s living word fits perfectly and
always fits in place. And, when I
read and study these Scriptures here, God is saying there will be a
great time of end-time ‘tribulation’ – and immediately after that, ‘the
sign’ of Jesus Christ coming will
appear in outer space. And I
describe it this way - when the
throne of God, when New
Jerusalem, begins to return to this
earth, at some point, it will be a
little small light in the night sky.
And the next night it will be a little
brighter – like the star Sirius. And
then, it becomes more and more
obvious – and people will look up
and go, “What is that!?” Now, most
of the people of the world will think
it is – and they really will – an
invading alien force. The
United States of America,
especially since mid-1947, has
been fascinated with space aliens
and extraterrestrials. In fact, in
the Book of Revelation, John wrote – “the kings of the earth, the great
men, the rich men, the
commanders, the mighty men,
every [bond] man and every free
man, hid themselves in the caves
and in the rocks of the mountains,
[think of such places as the
Cheyenne Mountain Complex],
and said to the mountains and
rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from
the face of Him who sits on the
throne and from the wrath of the
Lamb!’” – Revelation 6:15-16. And
it’s very easy for me to understand.
In Joel, the 2nd chapter, verse
31, God says this very thing – “’ And
I will show wonders in the heavens
and in the earth: Blood and fire and
pillars of smoke. 31) The sun shall
be turned into darkness, And the
moon into blood, Before the
coming of the great and awesome
day of the LORD’” – speaking here
of the Day of the LORD which
comes afterward. The SEVEN
LAST PLAGUES
ARE
EQUIVALENT TO THE DAY OF
THE LORD.
Verse 31 – “’ And He[Jesus
Christ]will send His angels with a
great sound of a trumpet, and they
will gather together His elect from
the four winds, from one end of
heaven[the atmosphere]to the
other.’”
Verse 36 – “’ But of that day and
hour no one knows, not even the
angels of heaven, but My Father
only.’” – and as I have said, surely
by now Jesus Christ knows when
He’s coming back. Now, around the
world, there are the Nostradamuses
and those who preach blood moons
and the prognosticators and
various date setters that I have
come across! Every year we hear
these soothsayers, “Jesus is
coming!” and they’ll give you a
date! Surely they’ll be more next
year, with their Hebrew calendars,
charts, and figures!
Verse 37 – “’ But as the days of
Noah were, so also will the coming
of the Son of Man be.’” – So here
Jesus Christ reaches back to
approximately the year 2345 BC, and even before the Flood, to a man
called Noah, and gives us this
example.
Verse 38 – “’ For as in the days
before the flood, they were eating
and drinking, marrying and giving
in marriage, until the day that
Noah entered the ark, 39) and did
not know until the flood came and
took them all away, so also will the
coming of the Son of Man be.’”
So, when did Noah know when
to go into the ark? Well, indeed,
God had commanded Noah, “’ The
end of all flesh has come before Me,
for the earth is filled with violence
through them; and behold, I will
destroy them with the earth. …
Come into the ark, you and all your
household, because I have seen
that you are righteous before Me in
this generation.’” – Genesis 6:13;
7:1
NKJV. Noah had been
preparing for 120 years to build this giant ark! Noah had been
preaching for 120 years, and those
who were there heard his
message – some listened, some
were curious, and others got tired
of hearing the message – and over
time, his message became rather
commonplace. And they began to ignore him and his message. But
there was a point in time, right
before the destruction of the earth
by water, that Noah knew – it’s time
to go into the ark. God told him,
“Come into the ark.” And then
seven days later, God caused “it to
rain on the earth forty days and
forty nights.”
And Jesus continued – verse 40 – “’ Then two men will be in the
field: one will be taken and the
other left.’” – When the SEVEN
LAST PLAGUES BEGIN, THE
RESURRECTION
OF THE
SAINTS
HAS
ALREADY
OCCURRED! The saints are
protected! Because they’re not
flesh and blood anymore. Their
eternal spirit beings – born
members of the Family of GOD.
The FIRST SIX of the SEVEN
TRUMPETS are a progression of
the end-time trauma – the end-time
‘tribulation.’
And
the
SEVENTH TRUMP of the seven
trumps is indeed directly related to
the concept of the resurrection of
the saints. The blowing of the
SEVENTH TRUMP! And following
that, in the Book of Revelation –
Chapters 15 & 16 – you read about
the SEVEN LAST PLAGUES.
So, here the resurrected saints
have already ascended into the
clouds to be with Jesus Christ, and
what would be considered “low earth orbit” with the future New
Jerusalem waiting to come down to
the EARTH.
Verse 42 – “’ Watch therefore,
for you do not know what hour your
Lord is coming.’”
Turn with me now, if you will, to
the Book of Acts, the 14th chapter.
And I ask – did God promise
Christians that there would not be
tribulation, as in the FIRST SIX of
the SEVEN TRUMPETS? That we
wouldn’t have any trouble? Or, is it – when
you set your heart on obeying
Almighty God, following the
example Jesus set, it becomes
rather difficult –
Verse 22 – “strengthening the
souls of the disciples, exhorting
them to continue in the faith, and
saying, ‘We must through many
tribulations enter the kingdom of
God.’” – we will need to endure and
keep the faith as God’s begotten
children as we go through the
FIRST SIX TRUMPET BLASTS –
cf. Revelation 8:7-12; 9:1-11, 13-19.
But then the SEVENTH TRUMPET
BLAST will be blown, and the dead
in Christ will rise first. Then we
who are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in
the clouds to meet the Lord in the
air. – cf. 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1
Thessalonians 4:16; Revelation 10:7; Revelation 11:15. So, here the Apostle Paul is saying that it will be
through ‘many tribulations’ – and
all of us can attest to this. Once you
set your heart on obeying Almighty
God’s Law, like keeping the
seventh-day Sabbath, it becomes ever more difficult to swim
upstream against this world.
So, we just read in Matthew,
chapter 24, where Jesus spoke of –
The end-time trauma. What
Jesus calls an end-time
‘tribulation.’ – v. 21.
Then, because of the
tremendous ash and smoke
in our atmosphere, the sun
and the moon will be
darkened, the “stars” will fall
from heaven (Satan and his
demons will be thrown to the
earth) – v. 29.
Then the sign of the Son of
Man appearing in heaven
[which in this case is outer
space] – v. 30. He’s not going
to be a “near miss.” This is
not going to be a “secret
rapture,” skipping off the
atmosphere, grab the saints, and then leave in “secret.”
Indeed, Jesus says, “’ For as
the lightning comes from the
east and flashes to the west,
so also will the coming of the
Son of Man be.’” And as I wrote earlier, when the
throne of God, when New
Jerusalem, begins to return
to this earth, at some point it
will be a little small light in
the night sky. And then the
next night, a little closer and
brighter. And as the Book of
Revelation says, “every eye
will see Him. … And all the
tribes of the earth will mourn
because of Him” – Revelation
1:7 NKJV.
In that order.
The Seven Seals (Revelation 6:1-17; 8:1-5) are roughly equivalent
to the EARLY part of what Jesus
calls an end-time ‘tribulation’
(Matthew 24:21), of which the Prophet Ezekiel refers to as
“Jacob’s trouble.” God’s holy
angels begin to sound their
trumpets, and terrible things begin
to occur! Then the SEVENTH
TRUMPET is BLOWN –
Revelation 10:7 and Revelation
11:15 – that time where the
RESURRECTION OF THE SAINTS OCCURS!
Let’s go now to the Book of 1st
Corinthians, the 15th chapter – and
read one verse here. We have a free, no-obligation PDF booklet, The Two Resurrections. Be sure to read this TODAY, and it will ward off any
confusion
you
may have concerning the resurrections. The online
booklet not only covers 1st
Corinthians 15 but also covers the
“Valley of Dry Bones” – the second
resurrection from the dead.
Down in verse 51 – “Behold, I
tell you a mystery: We shall not all
sleep [shall not all die], but we shall
all be changed – 52) in a moment,
in the twinkling of an eye, at the
last trumpet [the SEVENTH
TRUMPET BLAST]. For the
trumpet will sound, and the dead
will be raised incorruptible, and we
shall be changed.”
Now, sadly, just like many
people in Jesus’ day, many people
TODAY don’t believe in the
resurrection of the dead. They tend
to believe that when one dies, they
go up to heaven, called the Third Heaven.
In the Book of 1st Thessalonians,
chapter 4, it says –
Verse 16 – “For the Lord Himself
will descend from heaven with a
shout, with the voice of an
archangel, and with the trumpet
[the
SEVENTH
TRUMPET
BLAST] of God. And the dead in
Christ will rise first.”
So those that are dead in Christ – that have long been dead since
Adam and are still dead; still
unconscious – as King David
wrote, “For in death there is no remembrance of You …” – Psalm
6:5 NKJV. And King Solomon
wrote, “For the living know that
they will die; But the dead know
nothing, And they have no more
reward, For the memory of them is
forgotten” – Ecclesiastes 9:5
NKJV. The prophet Job says, “You
shall call, and I will answer You” –
Job 14:15 NKJV – talking about the
resurrection. Will be resurrected
unto eternal life.
Verse 17 – “Then we [the saints
of the Eternal God] who are alive
and remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds
[the atmosphere] to meet the Lord
in the air. And thus we shall aways
be with the Lord.”
Then - the Wedding Supper of
the Lamb. The saints-the resurrected saints–and Jesus
Christ, and God the Father, and the
holy angels are in New Jerusalem –
the throne of GOD – in low earth
orbit. The people who have God’s
Spirit are resurrected, and they
meet Jesus Christ in the
atmosphere. And they wait for a
time, not a real long time; possibly
3½ years (cf. Daniel 9:27; Rev.
12:6) – but they wait for some more
events to take place upon the earth.
And one of those events is called
the seven last plagues.
In Revelation 2:9, we read, “’ I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you
are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but
are a synagogue of Satan.’”
Now, the common idea ── according to a most popular Protestant website, Got
Questions-- is, “In short, the synagogue of Satan was a group of unbelieving Jews
who were persecuting Christians.” As in “International Jewry” ── that is, Gentiles
masquerading as Jews.
This is incorrect!
Let’s learn God’s living word on this mysterious verse ── and not the American
industrialist and inventor, Henry Ford, who was among the most well-known anti
Semite of his era. Ford published The Dearborn Independent, a weekly newspaper
produced throughout the 1920s. The newspaper also published the featured
pamphlet—The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem, of which so
many – even today – want to believe.
So, notice this is a synagogue of Satan. And the word “synagogue” in Greek is
synagōgē, which means “congregation, meeting, a gathering of worshipers.” So, our
Lord Jesus is not speaking of a race, but of a group of worshipers ── in this regard, “Christian” churches that belong to Satan the Devil.
A church group claiming that they are spiritually Jews. Why? Because ── and I had
a person on Facebook want to argue this with me before ── our Lord Jesus says, “’
You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of
the Jews.’” – John 4:22. And, the Apostle Paul said, “ … for the Jew first and also
for the Greek [or rather, the Gentile].” – Romans 1:16. He goes on to say, “For he is
a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, …” –
Romans 2:28. Before proper conversion, for Jews and Gentiles “there is no
distinction.” – Romans 10:12.
So, a church made up of false Christians claiming salvation, and falsely claiming
that they are of the Jews (spiritually Jews; Galatians 3:29) inwardly ──
masquerading themselves as true Christians, but are “a synagogue of Satan.” Even
in the first century A.D., synagogues of Satan were developing. There were synagogues of Satan already in the cities of Smyrna and in Philadelphia, in Asia
Minor. As well as a great number of antichrists in many towns, as we read in 1st John
2:18-19.
“Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming
[speaking concerning Simon Magus], even now many antichrists have come, by
which we know that it is the last hour.”
So, many antichrists ── those masquerading as spiritually religious leaders ── had
gone out from among the true Church of God; they departed from the “faith which
was once for all delivered to the saints.” Those who are claiming that they are
spiritual Jews inwardly, but they LIE.
Our Lord Jesus Christ encourages us – “’ These things says the First and the Last,
who was dead, AND CAME TO LIFE: 9) ‘I know your works, tribulation, and
poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews
[the chosen ones]and are NOT, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10) DO NOT fear any
of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw
some of you into prison1…’”
Again, this is not speaking of the Jews who utterly reject our Lord Jesus as the
Messiah, which was occurring long before the Book of Revelation was written. But,
the synagogues of Satan ── churches that follow and teach those of an antichrist
── that church or Jewish synagogue had departed from the living Church of Jesus
Christ! A “synagogue of Satan” is not referring to race, but to a Mother Church and
her daughter churches throughout this present evil age who falsely profess to be
“Christians” ── Jews inwardly.
Satan – the Great Deceiver
Let’s speak of this GREAT DECEIVER, Satan the Devil. This present evil age is
truly ruled by Satan. The true instigator is Satan, and the overall majority of people
of this planet are doing things of which Satan the Devil is the instigator. And, they either don’t care or are ignorant of this. They don’t care, or they are unaware that they are being deceived by an evil and twisted “enchanting whisperer.”
Before he became this great deceiver, he was a beautiful spiritual archangel, “full of
wisdom” ──
“’ Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘Thus says
the Lord GOD: ‘You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in
beauty.’” – Ezekiel 28:12.
When heylel, translated Lucifer in Latin, for “morning star,” rebelled against
Elohim’s government, however, that wisdom and perfection became perverted ──
“’ Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for
the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, That they
might gaze at you.’” – Ezekiel 28:17. He became a trickster and a deceiver. A “great
dragon … that serpent of old [symbolizes his nature as a devourer and deceiver],
called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; …” – Revelation 12:9.
Satan – the Great Propaganda Minister
And when you stop to think about it ── that’s no small accomplishment. As Adolf
Hitler wrote in his book Mein Kampf, “In the big lie there is always a certain force
of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted
in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and
thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the
big lie than the small lie.” His Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945,
Joseph Goebbels, simplified this by saying, “If you tell a lie big enough and keep
repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” Surely, no one would deny
that they were ministers of Satan the Devil.
Beginning with Eve in the Garden of Eden, Satan the Devil has fooled all of humanity
throughout every generation! Including the Most Horrendous Lie Perpetrated Upon Mankind! How has he been able to do this?
By the 1920s, radio broadcasting began in the United States, marking the start of
radio as a mass medium. It wasn’t long before we would discover that radio is a
perfect tool to spread propaganda ── to influence, confuse, deceive, and outright lie
to our own people or enemies. Like “Tokyo Rose” ── During wartime radio, Tokyo Rose became WWII’s most notorious propagandist. Announcing outright
fabrications and lies via the radio. So, radio, and to an even larger extent now,
television, have at times been used effectively to this end.
Satan long ago came to realize the potential of media propaganda. Our Lord Jesus
Christ calls him, “ …’ a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own
resource, for he is a liar and the father of it.’” – John 8:44. The first and most
effective Propaganda Minister ever!
Satan “broadcasts” his deceptive message. For he is the “prince of the power of the
air” – Ephesians 2:2. He emits spiritually an attitude of adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of
wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness,
revelries, and the like.
But the thrust of his spiritual emissions remains the same: to keep people in a spirit
of darkness.
Lucifer Falls From the Light
When Satan the Devil, that serpent of old, was still a beautiful, anointed cherub that
covered, the LORD God (the Elohim, the family of God – which at this time consists
of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ) placed him in charge of renewing the
Earth (cf. Genesis 1:1; Job 38:7a, “the morning stars sang together”). But this
position angered him. He became filled with vanity and greed. He said in his heart, “ ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also
sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; … I will be
like the Most High.’” – Isaiah 14:12-14, see also Ezekiel 28:12-15.
Satan the Devil mounted a coup d'état against the very throne of God the Father; he
wanted to be our Lord Jesus Christ! But, he was defeated and thrown back down to
the Earth, and the angels that had rebelled with him ── our Lord Jesus saying, “’ I
saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.’” – Luke 10:18.
And, even though Satan the Devil has fallen from the Light, he has not been removed
from his ceremonial throne of this planet, “’ the ruler of this world’” – John 14:30.
Satan has sovereign rulership over the kingdoms on Earth ──
“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
2) And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.
3) Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, ‘If You are the Son of God,
command that these stones become bread.’
4) But He answered and said, ‘It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but
by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’
5) Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6) and said to Him, ‘If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:
‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’ and, ‘In their hands they shall bear you
up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’
7) Jesus said to him, ‘It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the LORD your God.’
8) Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him
all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. …”
Such as the kingdoms of Rome, the Han Dynasty in China, as well as Gaul, Greece, and Egypt.
9) And he said to Him, ‘All these things I will give You if You will fall down and
worship me.’” – Matthew 4:1-9.
Our Master, Elder Brother, and Savior of all mankind, upon His fast-approaching
return to Earth, will take rulership of Earth. Satan the Devil and his demons will then
be spiritually chained and bound ── will not be allowed to deceive the nations
anymore for a thousand years! – cf. Revelation 20:3.
The Whole World Deceived?
Many will argue, “I can agree that Satan has deceived many people. Surely, he has
atheists under his deception. Then some worship Satan the Devil. Then
there are people in every nation who are just plain evil. Certainly, Satan the Devil has
deceived those people. But the whole world? Come on… what about all those
“Christian” churches on every street corner of every major city in America? They
claim that Satan is the wicked one, that he is their enemy. How can you claim that
the whole world is deceived?”
And yes, some sincere biblical theologians teach against the works of Satan
and his demons. And, if you are a person who has come out of Satan the Devil’s
world, spiritually speaking ── as true Christians were called out-- does that mean
that you are now immune from being deceived and misled by Satan and his evil
influence?
Can Satan the Devil pull the wool over your eyes?
We mustn’t be ignorant of his devices, “lest Satan should take
advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.” – 2 Corinthians 2:11.
Satan – the Great Compromiser
From the very beginning of his Mother Church ── MYSTERY BABYLON THE
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE
EARTH ── Satan compromised. Without going deep into it here ── Simon Magus,
after his rejection by the Apostle Peter, began to fashion his own “Christian” church – a church of which he was head. He came to blend together pagan teachings with
some of the teachings of the true Messiah ── and certainly coming in His name,
saying, ‘Jesus is the Christ,’ deceiving the many (Matthew 24:4-5) ── thus creating
a ONE UNIVERSAL CHURCH!
God’s living word clearly says, as we have seen, that Satan has deceived the whole
world. How? He compromised.
Like the Roman Catholic Church of today, he has something for everyone! A
female? No worries, there are now women Catholic priests. A homosexual? No
worries, there are now homosexual priests. The broad highway that leads to
destruction, the highway that this present evil age is following, is broader than
perhaps you realized. You can be whoever you wanna be, love whoever you wanna
love, and sin whatever sin your heart desires ── but they all lead to the same
destination: “the lake which burns with fire and brimstone.”
And surely you’ve seen pictures of Satan as a funny-looking, red-faced caricature,
with horns growing out of his head and a long, pointy tail holding a pitchfork. Often
portrayed cavorting among fiery flames and smoke, emitting gleefully evil peals of
laughter. Or, maybe you’ve seen the Satan that was created by actor Ryan Reynolds
in the 2020s Satan Soulmate Match Ad? Well… Satan the Devil doesn’t care either way. If people want to poke fun at him, or to think of him as … how does Wikipedia
put it?—The devil is the mythical personification of evil. It doesn’t make any
difference to him, as long as humanity continues in its misdirection.
Also, if he must, Satan will even be willing to allow you to obey the
Law of God ── summed up with the Ten Commandments. As long as
there is at least one commandment, whichever one you choose, that you
refuse to keep and obey! And for most, it’s the 4th commandment.
The reason is: Satan the Devil knows that our great God has ordained that
to break one point of His Law of love is to break them all – James
2:10-11. Therefore, to refuse to obey one is to rebel against
Almighty God’s entire Law. That’s good enough for Satan.
The Ten Commandments In Full Force Today!
There are those in this world who stand on stage, foaming at the mouth, and
vehemently denounce Satan the Devil and his evil works. They condemn his ways
as corrupt. They may be like John Lithgow, in the 1984 movie Footloose, teaching
that Satan can heavily influence people through much of the modern music and
entertainment. These worldly preachers can stand on stage and say all they want…
like, “If our Lord wasn't testing us, how would you account for the proliferation,
these days, of this obscene rock and roll music, with its gospel of easy sexuality and
relaxed morality?” They may even urge you to accept Christ as your personal Savior.
Believe it or not, all this, too, can fit into the parameters of Satan the Devil’s
misdirection. How? Because it can indeed be possible that church denominations
── however sincere, however eloquent or entertaining the sermon might be ──
when they preach and teach, they fall short in properly teaching that we must keep
and obey the holy and righteous Law of God. Instead, they teach that God’s Law has
been “done away,” or “nailed to the cross,” and that it is no longer binding on
Christians.
Instead ── open your Bible and read just what our Lord Jesus says ──
“’ Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets[speaking of the first
five Books of Moses including the Books of the Prophets]. I did not come to destroy
but to fulfill.’” - Matthew 5:17.
Yes, our Lord Jesus Christ showed us how to fulfill God’s Law. He set true Christians
an example that we are to follow, because we are expected to fulfill the Law – James
2:8-12.
Satan the Devil doesn’t want anyone to know that. He wants you to think that what
makes the difference is whether your church “preaches Christ” and believes Jesus is
the Messiah. He certainly doesn’t want you to know that one can believe in Jesus
and that He is the Savior, even worship Him ── but that it can be all in vain! – cf.
Matthew 7:21-23; Mark 7:7.
Test the Spirit ── If It Is Of God
Satan the Devil, is very good at making something evil look good. By compromising, he can take something blasphemous against the LORD God and make it look
wholesome, righteous, and good. Part of his strategy is to disguise ── cf. Matthew
7:15. He has made Christmas appear to be a celebration of the birth of Christ ──
even though it began in paganism. He has disguised Halloween as a celebration for
children to play dress up and beg for candy ── even though it began as a celebration
to honor Satan the Devil himself. He has morphed St. Valentine’s Day ── which
actually began as a celebration of Lupercalia, a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus,
the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus
── to a day in which you give your love interest a box of candy or a dozen roses.
Be aware: As I was just mentioning to my wife, “Just because a medical doctor says
something ── doesn’t necessarily make it true.”
Satan the Devil, is quite deceitful. Your only hope of no longer being fooled by him
and his cronies is to believe the LORD God, to study the living word of God, and to
keep and obey God’s Law. Ask for God’s Holy Spirit to help guide you into the Light
of proper understanding. Do exactly what Satan doesn’t want you to do ── surrender
completely to the LORD God, and “resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8)
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. … 10) Humble yourselves in the
sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.” – James 4:7-10.
For more information on this powerful enemy and supremely evil being known as
Satan the Devil, that serpent of old, be sure to read our free PDF online booklet, Satan’s World. It explains why all the utter chaos worldwide! □
1 PHULAKĒ – from phulassō, to guard, denotes (a) a watching, keeping watch. … See HOLD, WATCH. Vine,
W.E., Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, CAGE, Fleming H. Revell Company, Old
Tappan, New Jersey, published by United Kingdom Marshall, Morgan & Scott, Publications, Ltd., 1981, pg.
163.
As we know, Israel was attacked 12 days ago, and protected her survival, and Iran
retaliated ──
June 13, 2025
In the early hours of Friday morning, Israel launched “Operation Rising Lion,” a
massive preemptive strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities, military installations, and
senior leadership. The operation began at 3:00 AM Israel time on Thursday night,
marking a dramatic escalation in the conflict that began with Hamas’s October 7
attack on Israel.
Over 200 Israeli Air Force fighter jets participated in the opening strikes, dropping
more than 330 munitions on approximately 100 targets across Iran. The operation
was guided by precise intelligence from Israel’s Intelligence Directorate, which had
identified an imminent nuclear threat from the Islamic Republic. …
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel had “no choice but to attack
Iran,” emphasizing the existential nature of the threat. In a video statement released
in both Hebrew and English, Netanyahu warned that Iran had enriched enough
uranium to build fifteen nuclear bombs and was taking unprecedented steps toward
weaponization.
“We can’t leave these threats for the next generation, because if we don’t act now,
there will not be another generation,” Netanyahu stated. “If we don’t act now, we
simply won’t be here.”
The operation successfully eliminated key Iranian leadership, including Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps Commander Hossein Salami and Iran’s military chief, Mohammad Bagheri. Six nuclear scientists were also confirmed killed, dealing a
severe blow to Iran’s nuclear program infrastructure.
Israeli officials indicated that the operation was expected to last several days, with
the military preparing for heavy retaliatory fire from Iran.
US drops ‘bunker buster’ bombs on Iran’s Fordow nuclear plant as Trump
declares facility ‘is gone,’ says ‘now is the time for peace’
The US military dropped at least six “bunker buster” bombs on Iran’s Fordow
nuclear enrichment plant Saturday night and hit two other key sites — with President
Trump declaring the facility hidden nearly 300 feet beneath a mountain is
“completely and totally obliterated.”
“We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran,
including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan. All planes are now outside of Iran's airspace,” Trump posted on Truth Social just before 8 p.m. Saturday — marking the
first-ever US strike on Iranian territory.
Following the Iranian drone and missile attacks was significantly weaker in
response ── there was no “harsh response” of which Iran had threatened.
Yet, according to God’s living word in prophecy, Iran is far from finished.
The Book of Isaiah points out to us that an Iranian-led confederation of Islamic
nations will cause “great” damage to the city of David ──
“Elam [a reference to Iran] bore the quiver With chariots and men and horsemen,
And Kir [includes some Syrians] uncovered the shield. 7) It shall come to pass that
your choicest valleys Shall be full of chariots, And the horsemen shall set themselves
in array at the gate.” – Isaiah 22:6-7.
Verse 8 ── “He removed the protection of JUDAH. You looked in that day to the
armor of the House of the Forest; 9) You also saw the damage to the city of David
[Jerusalem], That it was great; And you gathered together the waters of the lower
pool.”
And we are getting closer to this two-fold prophecy. Certainly, Israel defending
herself and attacking Iran may lead to the fulfillment of this prophecy. And the
fulfillment of the glorious Coming of Christ shall be fulfilled! Remember, our Lord
Jesus was “cut off” in the “middle of the week.”
In the Book of Daniel, there is a two-fold prophecy in which he speaks about
‘bringing an end to sacrifice and offering.’ Daniel 9:24-27.
Sadly, a great many of the churches of God badly bungle the truth concerning this
two-fold prophecy. And I openly admit that in my early years of preaching, I too was
following their misunderstanding of this amazing living two-fold prophecy – until
the LORD our God showed me His living truth in regards to this SEVENTY WEEKS
PROPHECY – vs. 27. In verse 25 God’s living word is specific that the prophet
Daniel is speaking is our living Jesus Christ! – “Until Messiah.” That is who he is
speaking of here. “He [our Lord Jesus Christ] shall confirm a covenant with many
for ONE WEEK.” Which in biblical language means one day for every year –
SEVEN YEARS. “But in the middle of the week, He shall bring an end to sacrifice
and offering.” Certainly, we know just who was the ultimate sacrifice for all
mankind! Jesus Christ! And when did He die!? He was executed in the MIDDLE OF
THE WEEK – WEDNESDAY. His human life ended after 3½ years of His public
ministry. Now, according to this living two-fold prophecy, He was supposed to make
a covenant with many for ONE WEEK – for SEVEN YEARS! What became of the
remaining 3½ years!? Well, it will be fulfilled in those events upon His glorious and
powerful return. His Millennial reign actually doesn’t begin until after the first 3½
years, in which He is remolding and reshaping the earth, the people of the earth.
Of getting their attitudes right. “As a Rod of Iron.” He will wield a club. He uses the
physical people of the house of Israel as part of His club.
And, as I’ve been asking, was China secretly flying out its enriched uranium?
Despite Moslem nations having some issues with Iran, the greater majority of the
Moslem world has publicly condemned the United States and Israel’s actions (See:
Muslim Nations, Denouncing Israel ── Psalm 83).
SWEDEN ── The Bilderberg Group had its annual meeting in Sweden on June 12th.
Even though French President Emmanuel Macron is a European globalist, he was not listed in Bilderberg’s public list of attendees.
2025 Bilderberg Meeting Attendees Revealed: Global Elites Convene In Secret
Amid Global Chaos
June 14, 2025
Bilderberg’s 71st meeting kicked off in Stockholm, Sweden Thursday, where global
elites convened behind closed doors amid tensions across Europe and the Middle
East, and against the backdrop of President Donald Trump’s assault on their favorite
thing of all time; globalism. The shadowy group, which was founded in 1954,
infamously bans media and enforces a code of silence, fueling concerns of hidden
agendas and backroom deals shaping the world’s future. …
Transatlantic relations lead the agenda, with Ukraine, critical raw materials, and AI
also slated for discussion, according to documents viewed by Reuters.
Unlike similar events, such as the World Economic Forum’s annual get-together in
Davos, Switzerland, no media are invited to cover what goes on during the meeting,
and attendees themselves tend to remain tight-lipped about what has been said
behind the conference’s closed doors. …
Among the topics scheduled for discussion are Trans-Atlantic relations, the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. economy, artificial intelligence, depopulation and migration,
the “Authoritarian Axis,” and the geopolitics of energy and critical minerals. …
Many shadowy groups ── such as the Illuminati and the “Bilderberg Group” are
accused of conspiring to control world affairs, by masterminding certain events and
planting agents within governments and even corporations, vying to gain political control and influence, and to eventually establish a New World Order──also known
as a One World Order. Now, whether it is true of these groups or not, I don’t know.
But, a NEW WORLD ORDER is coming! It won’t be a government of men. Again,
a great many of the churches of God badly bungle the truth concerning this as well.
Be sure to listen to Minister Guy LaMar’s AI Commentary ── “Conspiracy Theories.”
Truly, world events are continuing to align with rightly understood biblical
prophecies. □
Good Morning, Brethren. There are, basically, five areas that God’s living word
focuses on in prophecy ── five basic areas that we read about in Scripture. And our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ admonishes us to WATCH what is happening throughout the world, so that we are not caught unprepared.
Now, what was it that He had in mind? Just what are we to ‘watch’? Of course,
He’s not talking about watching the NASCAR Cup 2025 Series. It’s not that it’s wrong
to do so ── but that’s not at all what our Lord Jesus had in mind. That is not what
He was admonishing us to ‘Watch’ for.
God’s living word focuses on certain areas in the world ── pivotal areas. And it is
the axis of evil that is in these areas that are about to climax as we get closer to the
end of this present evil age. Bible prophecy primarily focuses on the Middle East,
which is the focal point, as far as a geographical location.
Bible prophecy also focuses on events and internal strife, decay, and tribulations,
along with economic difficulties concerning the United States of America and our
Anglo-Saxon allies around the world. So, the second major focus is the grave
internal tribulations of the United States of America and the United Kingdom and its Commonwealth Nations.
Bible prophecy also focuses on Europe and a resurrected “Holy” Roman Empire in
the latter days, that is to be resurrected in Europe through a revitalized Roman
Catholic Church with great influence ── which would be the fourth area. A “United
States of Europe” – or whatever name they will be calling themselves – is the third
area. God’s living word talks to us about certain events that will transpire within a
revitalized Roman Catholic Church that will hasten events in a united Europe.
So, these events ── and it’s like I’ve said before ── war often leads to famine, and
famine to pestilences. So, one is a catalyst for another. The grave economic problems
of the United States of America, that President Donald Trump is working on, hence DOGE ──
sadly, he won’t be president but for four years ── along with internal growing
division within the U.S.A. and the U.K. are setting the stage for the position we will
find ourselves in when the ‘beginning of sorrows’ comes to completion. That comes, so that certain other things happen that are prophesied to occur. This great crisis that
is occurring in the Middle East is serving as a catalyst for events to occur in Europe,
as well as influence the things that the (much more popular now) Roman Catholic Church
is coming into a position to do.
So, the Roman Catholic Church is not only a part of the fourth area, but she is
also the fifth. Also, God’s living word focuses on events that will transpire in the
Church that our Lord Jesus Christ built ── the work of God in this end-time.
With the egregious and horrific events that are happening in the Middle East, we
should indeed focus on these key areas. Let’s focus in on some of these areas. Both
what our LORD God (the Elohim, the family of God, which at this time consists of
God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ) prophesied ── what is going to happen
── as well as certain things that are occurring now.
Our Lord and Savior said to watch and pray. WE ARE NOT IN DARKNESS, that
that Day ── called the “Day of the Lord”, the climax at the end of this present evil
age ── should overcome us like a thief in the night. Because the events that will
occur, and the events that are even happening now ── to the majority, it is like a
thief coming to them in the night, because they do not know what all this chaos will
ultimately lead to. As the Apostle Paul states back in his letter to the Thessalonians,
For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in
the night. The Day of the Lord is going to catch those of this world by surprise. They
will not be expecting it.
We, brethren, are not in darkness. We live in the Light. We ought to know; we ought
to understand. We ought to be able to appreciate the things that are going to occur.
And, we need to focus on certain things, understand certain things, and know
why these certain things are happening.
Let’s focus first and foremost on the United States of America and the United
Kingdom and her Commonwealth Nations ── who are, for all intents and purposes, ISRAEL in the LORD God’s sense of the term. The nation in the Middle
East calling itself Israel is more properly called JUDAH, and this is the way that the
LORD God refers to it in the Old Testament ── because these are people who are
inhabitants of the modern-day nation calling itself Israel. They are Jews, the House of Judah. Also, in addition to the House of Judah, there is the House of Israel ──
and particularly the descendants of both Ephraim and Manasseh.
You might remember, that Jacob had crossed his hands as he laid his hands upon the
heads of Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, and said, “Bless the lads; Let
my name be named upon them, …” – Genesis 48:16. Recall, his name had been
changed by God to Israel ── so the name of Israel along with the House of Israel
primarily refers to Ephraim and his descendants, and Manasseh and his descendants
in Bible prophecy.
Notice the Book of Jeremiah. Jeremiah 1:16, the very words of the LORD, “’ I will
utter My judgments Against them concerning all their wickedness, Because they
have forsaken Me, Burned incense to other gods, And worshiped the works of their
own hands.’”
Now, brethren, that is the LORD’s indictment about our peoples ── including the
nation in the Middle East called Israel. Understand that this idol doesn’t necessarily
mean one that has been carved out of gold or silver, or wood ── such as a fat, glaring
Buddha with candles around the effigy. What are some of the things of the
works of our hands? Automobiles, televisions, politics, and celebrities. We are nations
that produce material, or we produce a person who has achieved fame, and we turn
around and worship “the works of our hands”! And, if you don’t think that there are
people who actually worship celebrities ── I give you, Celebrity Worship Syndrome.
And, it is just as real as Trump Derangement Syndrome.
The Western nations, in particular, have become nations of materialism ── a god of
our peoples. And Brethren, our people's attitudes, thoughts, and the very sins that our
people have followed will inherently help lead to the impending day of “darkness,
and not light.” – cf. Amos 5:20. Because, when you boil it down, the LORD God
has two specific commandments that deal with the subject of property. The one
commandment, “’ You shall not steal.’” And the other is, “’ You shall not covet …’”
We are not to steal or covet anything that does not rightly belong to us.
All nations in this world have violated these two spiritual LAWS.
Our nation is still facing ── right now ── a 37 TRILLION DOLLAR DEBT! And
growing! The U.S. national debt has increased to $36.2 trillion since January 20,
2025. In 1970, the U.S. national debt was $371 billion. It has rapidly increased! And, it’s on that upward projection where it’s about ready to blow out the top! And, that’s
where you have collapse ── the whole thing is about to collapse under its own
weight.
Why are we faced with this terrible issue? A large part of it is excessive governmental
debt, and part of it is private debt. Private debt has been increasing even greater than
public debt. Truly, a serious violation of God’s Commandment ── “’ You shall not
covet.’” That’s truly what our economy is based upon. Covetousness. The old
saying, “You know you deserve it. You’ve been working so hard.” Certainly, in our
Facebook News feed, ── advertisements for what their algorithms believe your heart
desires. “Look! You see this? Isn’t it nice? Isn’t it more convenient? This is what you
ought to have!” And, it doesn’t matter that you really can’t afford it – You deserve
it! And you ought to have it anyway. So, we bring these penalties upon ourselves.
Human nature.
Notice chapter two of the Book of Jeremiah ── Jeremiah 2:3 ── “’ Israel was
holiness to the LORD, The FIRSTFRUITS of His increase. All that devour him will
offend’ Disaster will come upon them,’ says the LORD.”
HEAR YOU THE WORD OF THE ETERNAL, O HOUSE OF JACOB ── and all
the descendants of the House of Israel!
Verse 5 – “Thus says the LORD: ‘What injustice have your fathers found in Me,
That they have gone far from Me, Have followed idols, And have become
IDOLATERS?’”
Verse 7 – “’ I brought you into a bountiful country, …’”
And you can certainly think of the Lewis & Clark Expedition of 1804.
“ … ‘To eat its fruit and its goodness. But when you entered, you defiled My land
And made My heritage an abomination.’”
Think on this ── Unmitigated Western expansion of the colonists, alongside rapid
technological developments and the emergence of powerful market forces, led the
buffalo close to extinction by the end of the 19th century. The largest decimation of
an animal in modern history!
The LORD God said, “What have I done? I brought you into a most gorgeous and
beautiful land!” Look around at what the LORD God has blessed our people to inherit ── the United States of America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand ── some
of the richest in minerals this world has, the breadbasket of the world, of bounty and
abundance the likes of which the world has ever seen! And, what have we done?
What has our approach been? What has our attitude been? The LORD God has said,
“’ You defiled My land And made My heritage an abomination.’”
The LORD God’s intention was for the House of Israel to be the FIRSTFRUITS.
Indeed, the LORD God had called Israel for a specific purpose ── and that was to
be a light unto the Gentiles. Well, the nations of Israel has been a light (a light that
is dimming every century) ── that’s certainly why some illegal immigrants
dangerously traveled hundreds, if not thousands of miles, to enter the United
States when our nation had a wide open border. The LORD God had blessed the
nations of Israel. And Israel, the LORD God says, has defiled the blessings provided.
They have defiled the land. And look around at the land, the cities, the plight, the
utter pollution ── with many U.S. cities looking like a Third-World country! The
LORD God says that we have defiled His land ── this land that the LORD God
has blessed us to have.
Verse 11 ── “’ Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people
have changed their Glory For what does not profit.’” Have you noticed that nations
that worship idols are continuing to worship the same idols? Take, for example,
Burundi. An estimated 75% of Burundians are “Christian,” with 81.5% of these
“Christians” (61.1% of the total population) being Roman Catholics. A land that has
had nothing ── and continues to have nothing. Ranked the second poorest country in
the world in 2013 and 2014, it fell to the poorest in 2015 and has remained there ever
since. Their religion is not helping them. The god they worship, they continue to cling
to. What about Arabs? Will they be giving up Allah anytime soon? What about the
Orientals with their Buddhism? What about Indians and Hinduism? Yes, you know
they cling to their innumerable gods and goddesses!
Again, “’ Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have
changed their Glory For what does not profit.’” “They have exchanged what I gave
them for what does not profit them.”
The LORD God Focusing On SEVEN Problems
Beginning in about verse 13, we see that there are about SEVEN PROBLEMS that
the LORD God singles out ──
Verse 13 ── “’ For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me,
the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns ──broken cisterns that
can hold no water.’”
What is the “fountain of living waters” of which He speaks? Our Lord Jesus Christ
defines it ── it’s in the Book of John. Speaking to the woman of Samaria at the well
of Jacob, He says to her, “’ If you knew the gift of God, and
who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would
have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.’” Because, He continues, “ …’ whoever drinks of the water
that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I
shall give him will become in him a fountain of water
springing up into everlasting life.’” – John 4:10-14. It’s His
Spirit ── the Spirit of God flowing through us like a
fountain of living water. Indeed, as the LORD God says, “’ I
call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I
have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing;
therefore choose life.’” – Deuteronomy 30:19. The LORD
God is the source of all life. And, sadly, the overall majority
of our peoples worldwide have turned their backs on Life ──
on the LORD God, the source of all life ── the very
“fountain of living waters.”
This was one of the first primary divergences that led to other terrible
things.
And if that wasn’t bad enough ── they not only turned their backs from the TRUE
GOD, from serving and obeying the LORD God, but they turned to other gods,
which are not gods; and to other religions. And they have hewn them out like cisterns
that hold no water.
You know, in our front yard we have a huge cistern about three feet tall! It holds
no water ── it has a hole in the bottom. But a cistern with no hole in the bottom, of course, holds water. The LORD God refers to false religions as a broken cistern that
holds no water. They are not going to contain any of the LORD God’s Spirit!
So, what are we better off with?
A fountain of living waters, or a broken cistern? So the very idea of exchanging a
fountain of living water for a broken cistern is certainly a bad swap. And, our peoples
have not received a good and unbroken cistern. They have not received cisterns that
hold water. They’ve gotten broken cisterns. And water that does enter quickly drains
out.
So, our nation has rejected the glorious fountain of living waters ── in other words,
they have rejected the LORD God! They have chosen instead broken cisterns.
Second, we as a nation have gone after false gods and false religions where
there is no profit.
Verse 19 ── “’ Your own wickedness will correct you, And your backsliding will
rebuke you. …’” The problems ── the ultimate problems we as a nation encounter,
are the things that we bring upon ourselves. It’s certainly not that the LORD God
looks down upon the Earth at all the peoples, gets angry, and lets us have it. We bring
our problems upon ourselves.
Verse 21 ── “’ Yet I planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality. How then
have you turned before Me Into the degenerate plant of an alien vine?’”
Verse 23 ── “’ How can you say, ‘I am not polluted, I have not gone after the Baals’?
See your way in the valley; Know what you have done: You are a swift dromedary
breaking lose in her ways.’”
In other words, you are a swift Arabian camel racing full speed across a desert
wasteland toward a false god and a false religion. This is the analogy that the LORD
is giving here.
Verse 26 ── “’ As the thief is ashamed when he is found out, So is the house of Israel
ashamed; They and their kings [presidents, prime ministers, and kings] and their
princes, and their priests and their prophets.’”
There is a time coming when the leaders of our Western nations will be truly
ashamed of what they have been doing ── and what they will do very soon.
Turning a page to chapter 4 of the Book of Jeremiah, beginning in verse 1 ── “’ If
you will RETURN, O ISRAEL,’ says the LORD, ‘Return to Me; And if you will put
away your abominations out of My sight, Then you shall not be moved.’”
And, this is a two-fold WARNING. Was the prophet Jeremiah out of his mind? No,
God had inspired him with a dream or a vision–or whatever it was–to write this
about a future captivity of the house of Israel and the house of Judah. Now, at the
time of this writing, the Northern Kingdom of Israel, over 91 years ago, had gone
into captivity by the Assyrians (721 BC)! How are they going to go back into
captivity? He’s talking about the future remnants of the house of Israel and the
remnants of the house of Judah.
And this future captivity can indeed be the loss of our sovereignty. The LORD God
is saying, “IF you return to Me, and put away your sins, I will save you from losing
your sovereignty!”
You see, brethren, we as the descendants of the House of Israel have turned away from
the true God, and we have sought after false gods, goddesses, and false religions,
and we have refused to return. We’re not nations that are truly seeking after the Word
of God, the Truth of God, and the ultimate Plan of God!
The LORD God is saying, You are not a nation that seeks after the truth. We have set
our mind ── our stubborn and stiff-necked head ── in refusing to listen to God’s
truth. And we don’t want to know better. And we truly don’t want to do better as a
nation, as a people.
As a nation, we certainly like to play lip service, “O’, we know God. We believe in
God, we believe in Jesus Christ!” Oh yes, we as a nation believe in God. It says so
on our money! “IN GOD WE TRUST.” You know, our money used to also say,
“Redeemable In Gold On Demand.” By 1934, all gold and gold certificates had to
be surrendered to the United States Department of the Treasury. Now, we just crank up
the printing press and continue printing money backed by no gold! Have we heard
whether President Donald Trump and Musk witnessed gold in Fort Knox?
Truly, we are soon going to find out that the LORD God is going to remove the
protective blessings from our nations, and we will no longer be protected from our
sins.
The LORD God indicts our nations, thirdly, because of a lack of seeking the
Word of God, the Truth of God, and the Plan of God.
Notice the fourth, here in Jeremiah 5:7 ── “’ How shall I pardon you for this? Your
children have forsaken Me And sworn by those that are not gods. When I had fed
them to the full, Then they committed adultery [spiritual adultery] And assembled
themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.”
In fact, the nations of Israel are lining up to get in! Truly, immorality is rampant in
this nation ── a nation that has designated June PRIDE MONTH! And we, as a
nation, are not ashamed! Our immorality is literally permeating this nation. And, the
LORD God is comparing us to Sodom & Gomorrah! We’ve got individuals
marching in parades dressed as transsexual Catholic nuns! I’m telling you ── there
is nothing gay about any of it! There are people around this present evil age living a
vile, lewd, wretched, perverted life! Because, there is a god of this age that is
transmitting waves of vile and evil signals of the “works of the flesh” ── of adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies,
outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissentions, heresies, envy, murders,
drunkenness, revelries, and the like. The LORD God’s solution can be found in
Genesis chapter 19.
Truly, this is one way that the LORD God deals with vile sin ── as far as a society
is concerned.
Verse 8 ── “’ They were like well-fed lusty stallions; Every one neighed after his
neighbor’s wife.’”
And brethren, if you don’t think that characterizes the modern-day nations of Israel
── the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and her Commonwealth
Nations ── then you might have your head buried in the sand. Adultery, fornication,
wife-swapping, wife-sharing, etc., is a way of life for a great many people in the
modern-day nations of Israel. This is one of the reasons ── one of the reasons that
the LORD God lists why people will be destroyed, why they suffer what they
are suffering.
The LORD also says, Verse 9 ── “’ Shall I not punish them for these things?’ says
the LORD. ‘And shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?’”
Verse 10 ── “’ Go up on her walls and destroy, But do not make a complete end.
Take away her branches, For they are not the LORD’s. 11) For the HOUSE OF
ISRAEL and the HOUSE OF JUDAH Have dealt very treacherously with Me,’ says
the LORD.”
If you try and tell your neighbors or your unconverted family members about
the modern-day nations of Israel, they will likely tell you to get bent! “O’, you’re out
of your mind! You’re taking Scripture out of context! We’re the strongest and
greatest nation on Earth! Destruction? Famine? Loss of sovereignty? That’s utterly
ridiculous. We as a nation will NEVER fall!” Truly, we’ve never been invaded
successfully by a foreign nation ── foreign troops setting foot on our soil in a war,
since the War of 1812, the Revolutionary War of 1812.
And then you look at the United Kingdom ── Britain. You know that Britain has
not been invaded by foreign troops setting foot on their soil in a war, since- well,
actually, invasions of the British Isles have occurred several times throughout their
history. In more modern times, it was 1215 during the First Barons' War. Over 810
years ago! That was when the first French troops arrived in November 1215, with
240 knights and a similar number of infantry following in January 1216. The French
took several castles in Southern England, including Winchester in June,
Chichester and Reigate Castles, and began a major siege of Dover Castle.
So, for over 810 years, foreign troops have not set foot on British soil! Can you say
that about Russia? Can you say that about France? Can you say that about Germany?
What about Spain? What about China? Japan? So, look at the lands of the modern
day nations of Israel ── the United States of America, the United Kingdom ──
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Britain ── point out to me another nation that
has not had foreign troops on its soil, that has not had war fought on its territory, and
that has not been invaded by a foreign military in our modern world.
Why?
God’s Hedge Around Israel & Judah
The LORD God tells us why throughout God’s living word, i.e., Isaiah 5:2 ── “ …
My Well-beloved has a vineyard On a very fruitful hill. 2) He dug it up and cleared
out its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. He built a tower in its midst,
And also made a winepress in it; So He expected it to bring forth good grapes, But
it brought forth wild grapes.” The LORD God says of Israel & Judah, You are the
sheep of My pasture! What He means is, “’ I am the door,’”“’ I am the way.’” He’s
talking about being the Good Shepherd. No wild animals ── no Satan the Devil can
get through ── as an example: The D-Day Invasion of Normandy was a PURE
MIRACLE! “While careful planning, demonstrations of collective and individual
bravery, and, in many cases, the ultimate human sacrifice contributed to the
operation, much of its success came down to the weather.” ── A TRUE MIRACLE
FROM GOD!
In the Book of Isaiah, the LORD God says that this hedge will soon be removed
from around Israel & Judah.
Verse 5 ── “’ And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard: I will
take away its hedge, and it shall be burned; And break down its wall, and it shall be
trampled down.’”
Truly, that’s why our nations ── and our nations alone ── have not been invaded.
That’s why we have not seen foreign troops on our soil in war. That’s why, because
of the hedge that the LORD God has placed around the modern-day nations of Israel.
Yet, we haven’t truly given the LORD God credit for it. They claim, “O’ God is with
us!”
Verse 15 of Jeremiah 5 ── “’ Behold, I will bring a nation against you from afar,
O house of Israel,’ says the LORD. ‘It is a mighty nation, It is an ancient nation, A
nation whose language you do not know, Nor can you understand what they say. 16)
Their quiver is like an open tomb; They are all mighty men.’”
You know ── and I believe this is
based on the fact that ancient
Germans were Assyrians ── the
word GERMAN in Latin is
Germanus. First attested in the writings of Julius Caesar, who used
Germani to designate a group of
tribes
in
northeastern
Gaul.
Perhaps originally the name of an
individual
tribe,
(Celtic)
origins, but it has been
proposed, from words perhaps
originally meaning “noisy.” 1
So, the LORD God is saying, “I’m
going to bring upon you a mighty
people, a mighty nation, because of
your grave immoralities.”
Notice chapter 6 and verse 6 ── “For thus has the LORD of hosts said: ‘Cut down
trees, And build a mound against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished. She is
full of oppression in her midst. 7) As a fountain wells up with water, So she wells up
with her WICKEDNESS. VIOLENCE and PLUNDERING are heard in her. Before
Me continually are grief and wounds.”
Here in the United States of America, look at the oppression, look at the
VIOLENCE, look at the corruption and political chicanery, the double-dealing, that
besets this nation and all the other modern-day nations of Israel ── including Judah.
The LORD God certainly has plenty of reasons why the hedge is going to be
removed. We, as nations, are filled with violence, wickedness, and evil.
Verse 13 ── “’ Because from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone
is given to covetousness; And from the prophet even to the priest, Everyone deals
falsely. 14) They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, Saying, ‘Peace,
peace!’ WHEN THERE IS NO PEACE. 15) Were they ashamed when they had
committed abomination? NO! They were not at all ashamed; Nor did they know how
to blush. THEREFORE they shall fall among those who fall; At the time I punish
them, They shall be cast down,’ says the LORD.”
The LORD God is indicting our Western nations, not only for our immoralities, not
only for our utter violence, wickedness, and evil, but also for our
COVETOUSNESS. Let’s get back to this mountain of debt! $37.014 TRILLION! Wouldn’t you say that this is a nation filled with covetousness? A
government with grave overspending. You cannot run a nation very long this way.
It’s not only a matter that the LORD God will eventually remove the hedge ── but
a nation with this massive amount of debt will eventually fall under its own weight!
As an example, President Donald Trump wanted peace ── when there was no peace.
You cannot reason with a cheetah! They cannot be domesticated. They are a predator.
They may appear friendly and cuddly ── they are not friendly to humans. And,
unfortunately, President Donald Trump gave this predator 60 days. And, as Sky News
reminds us, “If nuclear facilities at Isfahan, Natanz and Fordow were “obliterated”
as Donald Trump has claimed, or even crippled, it would certainly halt Iran's ability
to enrich the uranium needed to make a viable nuclear weapon. But that's not the
same as preventing Iran's ability to make a nuclear bomb. … But unlike the industrial
processes needed to enrich uranium, these later steps can be carried out in laboratory-sized facilities. Easier to pack up and move, and easier to hide from prying eyes.
Given that it's understood Iran already moved enriched uranium out of Fordow ahead
of the US strike, …” 2
Now we come to the seventh problem, the seventh abomination, that the modern-day nations of Israel are committing ──
Verse 17 ── “’ Also, I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the
trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen.’”
O’, how far we are in our abominations unto the LORD God, dear brethren, in this
21st century! Our nations have certainly turned away from the true God, and we, as
nations, have turned to false religions. You can certainly say that we are nations that
do not seek after the truth ── the living truth of God. We are a people who want
our own way ── nations that no longer respect authority. Nations that are consumed
with grave immoralities, violence, and covetousness, and nations that are refusing to
even listen to the warning sound of the trumpet!
Turning a few pages, notice chapter 7 ──
Verse 8 ── “’ Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit. 9) Will you steal,
murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other
gods whom you do not know, 10) and then come and stand before Me in this house
which is called by My name [falsely labeled], and say, ‘We are delivered to do all
these abominations’?”
It's like last night I watched President Trump’s speech to the nation, and at the end
of the speech he said, “I want to just say, we love you, God, and we love our great
military. Protect them. God bless the Middle East. God bless Israel, and God bless
America.” And that is all good and great, but the religions among us ── including
what is passed as “Christianity” ── they say, “O’ the Law of God is done away. You
don’t have to obey God. Certainly, God will understand.” As they say, “Love who
you wanna love.” Waving their hands about and dispensing grace like it’s going out of style! It is the LORD God who dispenses grace. God is a God of mercy, but God
extends blessings and mercy to whomever He will have mercy, and compassion on
whomever He will have compassion. There are times that the LORD God does
extend mercy to those who may not even deserve it ── but it’s for the LORD God’s
own pleasure (Romans 9:15-16).
Now, the LORD God also indicts and says unmistakably what will happen if we, as
nations, do not repent of our abominations ──
Let’s turn to Leviticus chapter 26 ──
Verse 14 ── “’ But IF you do not obey Me, and do not observe all these
commandments, 15) and if you despise My statutes, or if your soul abhors My
judgments, so that you do not perform all My commandments, but break My
covenant, 16) I also will do this to you: I WILL EVEN APPOINT TERROR OVER
YOU, wasting disease and fever which shall consume the eyes and cause sorrow of
heart. …”
Verse 17 ── “’ I will set My face against you, and you shall be defeated by your
enemies. Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall flee when no one
pursues you.’”
Verse 19 ── “’ I WILL BREAK THE PRIDE OF YOUR POWER; …’”
The LORD God is telling us that the pride of our power is breaking! There is a report
in The Nation, June 3rd, 2025, entitled, “President Trump Is Demolishing America’s Global Soft Power.” I’d like to read a few excerpts because if you want to see a
continuing fulfillment of Leviticus 26:19, here it is ──
“Harvard professor Joseph Nye, put it: “Seduction is always more effective than
coercion. And many of our values, such as democracy, human rights, and individual
opportunity, are deeply seductive.” He first coined the term in 1990, just as the Cold
War was ending, writing that “when one country gets other countries to want what
it wants,” that “might be called co-optive or soft power, in contrast with the hard or
command power of ordering others to do what it wants. …
[O]ne thing seems clear enough: Donald Trump’s sharp cuts to this country’s
humanitarian aid will ensure that its soft power crumbles, doing lasting damage to
its international standing.”
Truly, on August 6th, 1945, officially, the United States wielded authority as the
world’s first atomic and technological superpower! No longer. Today, nine countries
have nuclear weapons!
And, we used to think that this nation was a free-enterprising country, but we are
quickly becoming a Third-World Nation ── as Britain is also becoming. We are
following the same course as they are. They rose to greatness first, and they are losing
it first. We are following our Big Brother’s footsteps right along into a deep ditch!
What is our problem, as I see it? Our problem is a lack of patriotism and pride for
our nation ── and this has a lot to do with our massive melting pot. It’s true what
the LORD God says, “’ I will break the pride of your power.’” It’s not that all power
has been removed from us, but rather the PRIDE OF AMERICA HERSELF! We are
a nation that has lost that. We truly don’t look to the LORD God. We are heading
into dangerous waters.
The LORD God unequivocally tells us what is going to transpire, what is going to
happen.
Looking about us ── throughout the world ── the events that are transpiring
throughout the Western nations, these prophecies are continuing to be fulfilled. We
surely can see ourselves, as a nation, rapidly closing in on the condition that the
LORD God describes as coming upon us. We are headed toward an impending
collapse under our own weight ── look at Los Angeles, the civil disorder, the
domestic terrorism, the fact that the LORD God has said, “’ The alien [the illegal
alien] who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come
down lower and lower.’” – Deuteronomy 28:43.
As of March 2025, FAIR estimates that approximately 18.6 million illegal aliens
reside in the United States. … the illegal alien population in the United States has
grown by 4.1 million, or 28.2 percent, reflecting an unprecedented wave of illegal
immigration during the Biden administration. 3
The anti-Americans, the civil disorders, the home-grown terrorism, the factor of
different faiths, racial and ethnic groups being incited with anti-Semitism and hatred
toward America and Israel ── our modern-day nations of Israel contain many animosities that God’s living word in prophecy speaks about, and there is. These
GRAVE PROBLEMS ARE HERE IN SPADES!
Our Western nation has not repented; they have not turned back to the LORD God!
We, as a nation, are guilty of all these things that the LORD God says will be a
punishment upon us.
TODAY ── the whole world is focused on the Middle East. The world’s nightmare
is in Iran.
Of course, China is warning: “If the Middle East is unstable, the world will not be
at peace.” The dictator Saddam Hussein was keeping Iraq stable in the region ──
when he and his Iraq-based Ba'ath Party were removed, it destabilized Iraq. Well,
like it or not, Iran was a stabilizing factor in the Middle East ── under the last Shah
of Iran.
Iran went with a very strict, hardline Moslem group ── the Iranian Revolution of
1979. Even then, instability of the Middle East had set in ── as with the vacuum
that occurred in Iraq, well, Syria provides hard lessons on what’s at stake.
The European €euro is continuing to make a move as a reserve-currency alternative
to the US $dollar. The euro has the second-largest weighting among global foreign
exchange reserves, accounting for 20% of the total, compared with the dollar’s 58%.
The dollar’s dominance has often been explained by the acronym TINA: There is no
alternative. … For the euro to achieve greater prominence and enjoy what former
French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, as finance minister, called the “exorbitant
privilege” of reserve-currency status, Lagarde highlighted the improvements
necessary. First, Europe must prove itself a powerful and reliable ally. … Lastly,
Lagarde promoted strong institutions as the ultimate guarantors of investor
confidence. …
These advantages, though, demand one final reform of Europe to drive home these
advantages. “A single veto must no longer be allowed to stand in the way of the collective interests of the other 26 member states,” she wrote. Removing this
obstacle to decision making would perhaps, she said, enable the E.U. to seize its
“global euro moment.” 4
Let’s never lose sight of the fact that the final “beast” power will be an economic
powerhouse that will rise from a United States of Europe. It will be a massive trading
combine.
Now ── something to certainly think about, take the crisis that is currently
happening in the Middle East. Israel, the tiny nation in the Middle East, was pushed
to the point of war for survival. The Arab nations are going to discover that they can
make the Western nations intervene on their behalf. And, it’s oil that is at the
forefront ── it always seems to be oil. Will a final confederation of Islamic nations
push at the final king of the North by cutting off its oil? Is this what will transpire?
Cutting off oil, trying to force a final United States of Europe to force Israel to their
terms? Certainly something to think about.
Because, at this time, the United States of America will be in such a condition
internally that we will have collapsed under the weight of our own massive debt.
And when this happens, Europe will have to pick up the pieces. We are going to
collapse!
This nation is going to continue to be divided ── ethically, morally, and politically. This
nation will literally tear itself apart. And as the United States of America is writhing
internally ── as we are even now ── the Roman Catholic Church will step into the
vacuum. And, as I reported on a few days ago, “Young people are converting to Catholicism en masse.” The new Roman Catholic Church statistics reveal a growing
Catholic population. And this MOTHER OF HARLOTS will quickly move into the
Middle East like lightning.
Q: Now that Israel, the tiny nation in the Middle East, is wounded, will the Arab
Moslem nations go on to, in effect, continue with their hands on the jugular of Israel?
If so, Israel will certainly continue to need help. And they will invite Europe to send in a “peacekeeping” force to stabilize the region. Europe will move its military
forces into Israel.
Brethren, notice these Arab League Countries ── we’re told in Daniel chapter 11
──
Verse 40 ── “’ At the time of the end the king of the South shall attack him; …’”
Certainly, Saudi Arabia is the nation that will be in that position. It’s home to the
largest oil reserve ── estimated at over 260 billion barrels. Before Operation Rising
Lion, Iran was still supplying crude oil to 17 countries, including some in Europe,
despite global sanctions. China began purchasing large quantities of Iranian oil, with
shipments reaching 1.3 million barrels per day in 2023. 5
Since the United States and Europe imposed broad prohibitions on the purchases of
Iran’s oil, China has become practically the sole buyer of Iran’s oil exports. 6
Understand, this final king of the South ── which will surely be led by Saudi Arabia
(a very deeply religious nation) ── it will be deeply religiously motivated convictions
which will lead to the end-time king of the South’s attack. They are devout Moslems.
And they do not hesitate to use oil as a weapon.
Verse 40 ── “ … ‘the king of the South shall attack him; and the king of the North
shall come against him like a whirlwind, …’”
Literally, like a blitzkrieg attack. They will be attacking swiftly ── “ … ‘with
chariots, horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter the countries,
overwhelm them, and pass through. 41) He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and
many countries shall be overthrown; but these [initially] shall escape from his hand:
Edom, Moab, and the prominent people of Ammon.’”
So, the area of TURKEY, JORDAN, IRAQ, SYRIA ── they will pass over
them initially. They will come down further into other Islamic lands.
Verse 42 ── “’ He shall stretch out his hand against the countries, and the land of
Egypt shall not escape. 43) He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over the precious things of Egypt; also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow
at his heels.’”
So, that’s how far he’s going to be going down ── even to the border of Ethiopia,
and down across into North Africa, and to Libya.
Verse 44 ── “’ But news from the east and the north shall trouble him; …’” – and
so let’s set the scene – this vast armada crosses the ocean, lands on Egypt, comes up
from the south, enters into the Palestinian area of Jerusalem (Judea), and then it says,
‘news from the east and the north shall trouble him.’ Well, to the north you have
countries like Syria, Turkey. And to the east, you have countries like Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
What if Europe comes in, sets up control in Jerusalem, and then those other Islamic
states counterattack!? “… he [this European combine] shall go out with great fury
to destroy and annihilate many.’” – to just ‘sweep them away.’ So, they come in over
the ocean and they set up in Israel, they set up the ‘abomination of desolation’ –
these northern and eastern Arab countries say, “We’re not gonna put up with that!”
They try and force an invasion and cause trouble, and they’re wiped out! And as it
says here, they’re just simply ‘annihilated.’
Psalm 83 ── “’ They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And
consulted together against Your sheltered ones. 4) They have said, ‘Come, and let us
cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no
more.’ 5) For they have consulted together with one consent; They form a
confederacy against You: 6) The tents of Edom [the progenitor of the Turkish
people] and the Ishmaelites [Saudi Arabia]; Moab [think Jordan] and the Hagrites
[they anciently dwelt in the land known as Syria today]; 7) Gebal [Lebanon],
Ammon [modern Jordan], and Amalek [Turks]; Philistia [modern Palestinians]
with the inhabitants of Tyre [Lebanon] 8) Assyria [whose descendants migrated
to Germany] also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot [Moab
and Ammon in modern Jordan]” – Psalm 83:3-8.
Do you see? Do you see the Middle East being molded and shaped? These events in
Iran are significant! And, Europe is moving along toward European unity and
toward a common currency. Biblical prophecy is moving right along.
Brethren, let’s have our eyes focused and watching.
Let’s conclude here in Matthew chapter 24 ──
Verse 32 ── “’ Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already
become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near.’”
So, we can tell by all that. We see that.
Verse 33 ── “’ So you also, when you see all these things you know that it is near
── at the doors!’”
Brethren, we are seeing these things!
Verse 34 ── “’ Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away
till all these things take place.’”
So, the generation that will begin to see all these things take place will by no means
pass away until it is fulfilled. From the beginning to the end of these things spoken
by our Lord Jesus Christ will be within a generation ── roughly 30 years.
Verse 35 ── “’ Heaven [the atmosphere] and earth will pass away, but My words
will by no means pass away.’”
The leaves are on the fig tree. Summer is near; let us all awake and be on alert. The
signs of the times in which we are living──the impending collapse of this present
evil age, this worldly system──and the beginning of the ushering in of a New
World──the glorious World Tomorrow. □
