by Leonard V Johnson
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 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
Let us not forget that China had sent at least three Boeing 747 cargo planes to Iran
── were they secretly flying out their enriched uranium?
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.
There is a crisis in the Middle East!
God’s living word, in the Book of Hosea, says in this two-fold prophecy that “’ When
Ephraim saw his sickness, And JUDAH saw his wound, Then Ephraim went to
Assyria …’” – Hosea 5:13. Ephraim – modern-day Britain, is to go to GERMANY.
Interestingly enough, Britain and Germany have signed a defense agreement to boost European security amid rising Russian aggression.
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.’
Now, let’s turn to our Bible to Psalm 83. I just spoke of this amazing prophecy in
“Muslim Nations, Denouncing Israel ── Psalm 83.” We see a soon-coming
alliance.
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. □
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2025.
3 A FAIR Research Report, How Many Illegal Aliens Are in the United States? 2025 Update, FAIR (Federation for
American Immigration Reform), 7 March 2025.
4 Rimmer, J., Lagarde makes the case for the euro as a reserve currency. These changes are required for that to
happen. Market Watch, 17 June 2025.
5 Iran International, Iran sells crude oil to 17 countries, says oil minister, 2 July 2024.
6 Bradsher, K., U.S. Bombing of Iran Keeps Oil Markets on Edge, The New York Times, 22 June 2025.
Amen!! Bold Truth!!!
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