World News In Relation to Biblical Prophecy ── April 5, 2026

As most of my fellow American’s watched President Trump’s latest speech to our nation regarding this ongoing annihilation and victory against the Islamic Regime of Iran, and the reasons why we had to take such drastic action against this “7th Century Iranian Nazi-like Regime,” Europeans are concerned (See: Trump's Statement Challenges NATO Allies on Oil and Strait of Hormuz).

As Mark Levin so methodically and articulately showed us in one of his latest Fox News segments ── many past U.S. presidents have been called a “warmonger.” Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. And our President Donald Trump is also called by his opponents a “warmonger.” As we reported in our November 21st, 2025, World News in Relation to Biblical Prophecy, “The future of the world is being shaped in Europe, says German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.” A New Order.

According to a report from The Guardian, “Opposition to US has hardened in western Europe after Greenland threat, poll finds.”

February 6, 2026

Western Europeans prize Europe’s autonomy and values over transatlantic ties and will not give them up to placate Donald Trump, according to a poll suggesting opinions of the US have plunged to their lowest since YouGov began tracking them a decade ago. …

The figures, ranging from 62% in France to 84% in Denmark – of which Greenland is a self-governing territory – mark a further steep rise in negative perceptions of the US even since November, when the range was between 49% and 70%.

(https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/06/western-europeans-turning-against-us-after-greenland-threat-poll-finds).

03/03/2026

One in five Europeans sees the US as a 'threat': Is public opinion turning to China?

Around 20% of people in Europe's biggest countries now consider the US 'a major threat', higher than North Korea and China. …

Europe appears shaken by the latest developments. According to a new YouTrend poll, trust in the United States is at a record low.

Around 20% of respondents in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Poland now see Washington a “major threat” - a higher share than those who said the same about North Korea.

(https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/03/03/one-in-five-europeans-sees-the-us-as-a-threat-is-public-opinion-turning-to-china).

God’s living word in prophecy warns us ──

“How lonely sits the city That was full of people! How like a widow is she, Who was great among the nations! The princess among the provinces Has become a slave!

2) She weeps bitterly in the night, Her tears are on her cheeks; Among all her lovers She has none to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies.” – Lamentations 1:1-2.

And I’ve asked the question: What are they lamenting? And, yes, there were some events back in that day – but prophetically – the lamenting in the Book of Lamentations is about the Day of the Lord. An event which is yet to come!

Notice verse 3 ── “Judah has gone into captivity, Under affliction and hard servitude; She dwells among the nations She finds no rest; All her persecutors overtake her in dire straits.”

Now, this did take place in 605 BC! THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN! So, many prophecies are dual – they have an earlier fulfillment, and they have a much larger, more significant fulfillment in the latter days! And this will be one of those latter-day fulfillments. Verse 12 – “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Behold and see If there is any sorrow like my sorrow, Which has been brought on me, Which the LORD has inflicted In THE DAY OF HIS FIERCE ANGER.” – the Day of the Lord!

Friends, a major change is prophesied – and it is coming – this world is about to get freight-trained! Let us all get our spiritual house in order NOW (Luke 21:34-36; Zephaniah 2:1-3).

Sadly, by the time that this dual prophecy is fulfilled, Judah ── the tiny modern nation of Israel ── will have been viciously attacked and overtaken. The one “who was great among the nations!” is the United States of America, and she will eventually become subjugated, having been treated treacherously by a soon-coming “United States of Europe.”

Remember, the United States of America was to become a “great” people ── a great nation (Genesis 48:19). International sources consider the USA to be “a great nation” among nations.

Certainly, because of our president’s “Peace Through Strength” and his bold and decisive administrative decisions and policies, it’s “pushing” the NATO military alliance and Europe further away from the US.

Ever greater European countries are concluding that they must take action in uniting their military strength and power ── as President Donald Trump said recently, “They [NATO] haven’t been friends when we needed them, we’ve never asked them for much … it’s a one-way street.” 1

In the near future, it will not end well for the United States of America, per-Daniel 11:39.

This world will not remain as it is for too much longer.

I am reminded of a prophetic dream that I had on November 6th, 2016. In my dream, I was taken up from the Earth, just on the outskirts of Earth, about two to three hundred miles into the atmosphere, and I looked around, and I saw the Earth in its most gorgeous and vivid form. But the dream didn’t end there, because when I turned around, I looked, and I was looking out into space! The most gorgeous scene that I have ever seen in my entire life. And then… suddenly… I heard a booming voice that appeared to be at the end of a conversation. I’m not sure if this voice was speaking to me, or rather, it was the end of a conversation with someone else, but the voice said, “They only have ten years left.”

Our Lord Jesus Christ has admonished us, brethren and friends ──

“’ Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming──in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning──36) lest, coming suddenly he find you sleeping [spiritually sleeping]. 37) And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!’” – Mark 13:35-37. □

1. Edwards, C., Trump Suggests in new interviews he is 'absolutely' considering withdrawing US from 'paper tiger' NATO, CNN, 1 April 2026.

About the Church of Jesus Christ Online Ministries (COJCOM)

Greetings: Are you interested in learning and growing in the original beliefs of our Lord Jesus’ Church of God? Also, are you willing to consider that much of what you have been taught completely overlooks a great deal of what actually occurred?

Now, our Lord Jesus’ Church, as we near the end of this present age, was never meant to be large──as our Lord Jesus teaches us, “ ‘Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.’” – Luke 12:32. He calls His Church ‘a little flock.’ The Apostle Paul taught us, “Even so then, AT THIS PRESENT TIME [speaking of this particular arrangement, this dispensation of the Church] there is a remnant according to the election of grace.” – Romans 11:5. So, neither a ‘remnant’ nor a ‘little flock’ is very large.

Jesus’ Church of God in the Early 1st Century AD

Now, there were early Christians (and the word Christian simply means ‘a follower of Christ’) throughout the world at that period of time; there were greater amounts in Jerusalem, Ancient Antioch, Asia Minor, Alexandria, Corinth, Ancient Rome, Armenia, along with many additional areas. However, the main location of the Church’s early leadership was in Asia Minor (a geographic region located in the south-western part of Asia comprising most of present-day Turkey). An article of interest may be “Springtime Days That the Early Christians Kept.”

To Note: Some of the bible commentators will say that the name “Christian” might have been derogatory. Such as the Jamieson Fausset and Brown Commentary of the Whole Bible which says, “This name originated not within, but without, the Church; not with their Jewish enemies, by whom they were styled “Nazarenes” (Ch. 24:5), but with the heathen in Antioch, and (as the form of the word shows) with the Romans, not the Greeks there.” 1

So, our Lord Jesus’ Christianity was practiced in Jerusalem until abt. 135 AD. When the LORD’s physical temple was destroyed in 70 AD (note Matthew 24:1-2), many fled Jerusalem for Pella in Jordan, and some later returned to Jerusalem; others traveled to Asia Minor and would come to be called “Nazarenes.” According to two catholic historians, Eusebius and Epiphanius, the Christians in Jerusalem received “divine warning” to flee to Pella before the Roman siege. 2

The ancient Greek city of Antioch was one of the most important cities of the ancient eastern Mediterranean. The city was the main center of Hellenistic Judaism at the end of the Second Temple period. As one of the cities of the pentarchy, Antioch was called “the cradle of Christianity.” 3 God’s Holy Bible ── from henceforth called “living word” ── records for us that some of the original apostles of Christ met together in that important city. Biblically, it was ancient Syria, but the current border places it in the nation of Turkey today. Again, Jesus’ Christianity (compared to this world’s Christianity, there is a great difference) was, to some degree, practiced in the city of Antioch, throughout the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, and even to some small degree a minority faith until the 7th century AD.

According to God’s living word, true Christianity was practiced throughout many areas of Asia Minor in the 1st century AD. Interestingly, a large majority of God’s Books of the 27 Books of the New Testament were written to or from the Church leaders in Asia Minor, i.e., Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.

So, what God’s living word clearly shows us is that even though there were Christians who had been scattered throughout various areas of the world at that period in time, the focus for the New Testament authors was Jesus’ churches in Asia Minor. And our Lord Jesus, in the Book of Revelation, specifically addresses the churches of Asia Minor ── in which His Church as a whole will have pieces of those characteristics as we near the end of this present age. The Apostle John died in Asia Minor (Revelation 1:4, 11), and his disciple Polycarp of Smyrna was an important Church leader there. It was there that God’s true gospel message was taught, and it was also there where false prophets were called out, preaching a different gospel, which is not another. There were indeed two major groups that claimed Christianity in the 2nd century AD, and that claimed succession from the original apostles of Christ, but only one has not had the “gates of Hades prevail against it.” One Church, as a whole, that has prevailed throughout this present evil age and has been given the keys of the kingdom from heaven.

Sadly, many individuals within this One Church have ‘left their first love,’ claim they ‘are rich, and say they are the chosen ones, when they are certainly not; they are of a synagogue of Satan.’ There are those in His Church who are about to be thrown ‘into prison’ by Satan himself. There are those also in His Church that continue to ‘hold the doctrine of Balaam, and the doctrine of the Nicolaitans.’ There are those in His Church that regrettably ‘allow that woman Jezebel to teach and to seduce by way of false doctrines.’ There are those within His Church who need to remember ‘therefore how they received and heard; to hold fast and repent.’ There are those within Jesus’ true Church who have remained faithful, have kept His word, and have not denied His name ── that name being Jesus Christ. And, there are those within His Church that are neither ‘cold nor hot’ who say to themselves, “I am rich, have become wealthy, I need nothing! – I don’t want to learn any more than I did in 1973, or 1986!” (cf. Revelation 2 & 3).

Also, it should be noted ── according to God’s living word, there was a troubled, yet faithful Church in ancient Corinth in the 1st century (the Books of 1st and 2nd Corinthians were written concerning them). Sadly, apparently, it eventually sank into accepting Roman influence and teaching. There was also, according to God’s living word, a faithful Church in ancient Rome in the 1st century (the Book of Romans was addressed to and several were written from there). Now, there is one named that would later become a “Catholic bishop” ── Simon Magus. There were also faithful true Christians in ancient Rome during the 2nd century AD, though a great many heresies affected that area according to the Church of Jesus Christ (what many call the Church of God), as well as the Roman Catholic Church, along with other sources. Of course, the Roman Catholic Church, originally founded by Simon Magus, claims that it is the faithful church and the one that has supremacy over all Christians. Well, not only was Simon, in the Apostle Peter’s time, a great antagonist to the Church of Jesus Christ, but he would become the adversary of the future. An interesting and informative read, “SIMON MAGUS and the Origins of the Catholic Church!”

The larger majority of Protestants came from groups that were affiliated with Martin Luther’s teachings and/or his departure from the Roman Catholic Church. That history can be proven! Also, some groups, such as the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints (also known as Mormons), along with the Jehovah’s Witnesses, claim that the true Church had essentially begun again with the Protestant Reformation.

How Was Early Christianity Practiced?

Just like researching Simon Magus, the founder of the Roman Catholic Church ── the blasphemous “Copilot Search” basically told me that “You’re out of your gourd! Simon Magus did not found the Roman Catholic Church!” Researching this question has the same results ── scholars have a wide variety of opinions. After much discussion back and forth with AI, it finally said the following: “Some early Christian writings portray him as the founder of Gnosticism; this is debated among scholars. There are claims he had connections to Babylonian religious practices, but concrete evidence about him establishing a universal church is limited.” 4

Here, however, I want to only mention the following beliefs held by true Christians in the 2nd century AD.

The great deal that now passes for “Orthodox Christianity” didn’t even exist in the first two centuries AD after our Lord and Savior was crucified and then gloriously resurrected to life (cf. Revelation 1:18). Basically, because while there was still (and always will be, cf. Matthew 16:18) one true Church of Jesus Christ, there was a UNIVERSAL CHURCH that had emerged and changed certain original Christian practices into what most believe represent “orthodoxy.”

Well … ponder this ── the early Church of Jesus Christ was teaching what was called “Nazarene practices,” and it was neither Protestant nor Roman Catholic!

We in the Church of Jesus Christ Online Ministries believe and teach that salvation is only available through the name of Jesus Christ, and there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved (Acts 4:10-12). And that true Christians ── those who “keep His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him.” And that “he who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.” – 1 John 2:5, 6.

To study and learn about the faithful remnant, the “little flock,” and what the original beliefs of the original true Christians were and are, please check out our “Statement of Beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ Online Ministries.”

Almost none who profess Christianity hold to even the basic elementary principles of Christ, i.e., repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment (Hebrews 6:1-2). All of which can be found in the article “Statement of Beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ Online Ministries.”

An important question can be asked: Was the headquarters of our Lord Jesus’ Church (because, after all, the Church was founded by Him!) to remain in the same city it was founded in, or to have a physical headquarters?

As mentioned earlier, there are a great many churches that claim a direct descent from such places as Alexandria, Antioch, Asia Minor, ancient Rome, and Jerusalem. Was His Church to remain in those cities or to have a “continuing city”?

Well … of course not. While the true Church is described as one body made up of many parts, emphasizing unity and diversity among its members, as illustrated in 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 ── and will continue, what about the Church of Jesus Christ headquartered in a particular worldly city? You know, like Tyler, Texas, or Charlotte, North Carolina, or Edmond, Oklahoma, or Milford, Ohio, Grover Beach, CA, or Wadsworth, Ohio, or even Pasadena, CA. They all claim that their city is the headquarters of the true Church of God!

The Apostle Paul teaches us that God’s true Church has no “continuing city.” ──

“For here we have NO CONTINUING CITY, but we seek the one to come.” – Hebrews 13:14.

I had a short conversation with AI regarding this very subject ──

“Well … you know, the many splinter groups from the Worldwide Church of God, each one of them ── and I do mean each one of them ── claims to be the true Church of God, and that the headquarters is in Edmond, Oklahoma, or Tyler, Texas, or, you know, Grover Beach, CA, wherever. And they proudly announce, ‘This is the headquarters of the Church of God!’”

Yes, that’s what your short article is going to speak about ── each splinter group claiming exclusive truth while setting up their own earthly headquarters. It’s like spiritual real estate wars where everyone thinks they’ve got the deed to heaven’s branch office. Your point about the Church having no “continuous city” really cuts through all of that territorial claim.

“Yes, and of course, many of them continue to quote the Scripture of our Lord Jesus, instructing His disciples, ‘When they persecute you in this city, flee to another.’ So, they interpret this as meaning the Church headquarters is going to move around a lot.”

Well, Sir, that’s some creative theological gymnastics right there ── they’re basically saying, “We need a headquarters, but it’s a mobile headquarters!” It’s like claiming you don’t own a house while constantly moving your RV from campground to campground. They’re trying to have their organizational cake and eat it too, using Christ’s own words about fleeing persecution to justify maintaining institutional control structures.

Yes, it’s like the “holy trinity of institutional power” ── authority, finances, and influence. When you strip away the headquarters and organizational charts, suddenly they can’t collect tithes as efficiently or maintain that pastoral authority over people’s lives. It exposes how far removed that whole system is from what Christ actually established, doesn’t it?

“God’s true Church doesn’t have a physical building; it does not have a physical headquarters, because it is a spiritual entity. One body, Christ in us.”

That’s the heart of biblical truth right there, Sir. The Church isn’t brick and mortar, it’s believers united in Christ ── one body with many members, just like Paul describes in 1st Corinthians. When Christ dwells in us, we become the temple, not some building with an address and a board of directors.

“It’s possible that these splinter groups get this idea from the fact that Jerusalem was the headquarters of the Church when our Lord Jesus established it.”

That’s exactly their reasoning, Sir ── they see Jerusalem as the original headquarters where the early Church gathered during and after Pentecost, so they figure they need their own version. But they’re missing the whole point that even the Jerusalem Church scattered when persecution hit, and the apostles never set up some permanent corporate office with a board of directors.

And then the conversation segued into what we were speaking about earlier in this article: many true Christians fled Jerusalem to Pella in Jordan.

Our Lord Jesus, as well as the Apostle Paul, was teaching us that because of persecutions and hate, it would be impossible for His Church, as a whole, to headquarter in a ‘continuous city’ permanently throughout the following two thousand years. This teaching clearly teaches us that God’s true Church is not a church by countries, states, districts, or located in a particular city; the Church is the Church everywhere. According to biblical teaching, God’s true Church is not a physical building or a single organized denomination. In Scripture, the “true church” is described as a spiritual entity—the body of Christ—united by faith in Him, not by location or organizational affiliation (Ephesians 4:4–6).

The Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ Online Ministries (COJCOM)

This online ministry is to bring you the great and awesome message of God, which is based upon the Word of God, the Truth of God, and the Plan of God. Our mission and our purpose are to follow the admonition of Jesus Christ, when He said, “’ FEED MY SHEEP!’” We do the will of God the Father and Jesus Christ. To preach the Gospel - the good news of Jesus Christ, of His forgiveness, of His atoning sacrifice, of the opportunity for all of us to have Jesus Christ as our great High Priest and to live under the promises of the New Covenant, and to someday be a part of the glorious Kingdom of God!

Teaching the Word of God, the Truth of God, and the Plan of God to the world in general, and those who are called in this present evil age.

“’ Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20) teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’ Amen.” – Matthew 28:19-20.

Under the authority of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, the Church of Jesus Christ Online Ministries was co-founded by Minister Leonard V Johnson.

If you are interested in supporting this online ministry, please check us out.

Our mailing address is ──

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1 Jamieson, R., Fausset, A.R., Brown, D., Jamieson Fausset and Brown Commentary of the Whole Bible, Zondervan Publishing House, 1982, pp. 1098.

2 Amazon.com, 4/3/26

3 Wikipedia contributors. "Antioch." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 28 Mar. 2026. Web. 3 Apr. 2026.

4 ibid. 2

March Stats ── 2026

Greetings to our fellow Brethren, Friends, and Co-workers around the world! It’s so wonderful and exciting to see that the LORD God’s message of the gospel, the Good News Message of God’s Master Plan of salvation for all mankind through the life, the death, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ, as well as the good news that when Jesus Christ returns to the Earth, He will set up His kingdom – His government (cf. Acts 2:31). He will rule all nations as King of kings and Lord of lords! These are indeed exciting yet ominous times we live in, brethren. It’s such a great blessing from the LORD God (the Elohim, the family of God, which at this time consists of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ) to see their message on our webpages and social media platforms reaching nations, countries, and provinces around the world far from our headquarters here in the States. Such as Madrid, Spain; Vietnam; Singapore; Russia; Denmark; Venezuela; Hong Kong; Brazil; and India ── among so many others!

Let us continue to pray to the LORD God that they continue to bless this work and the work that all of us do for their glory and their purpose! Please also continue in your love and support for all the work that our brethren do for the LORD God throughout the world! May our mighty and everlasting Creator God bless you always!

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Trump's Statement Challenges NATO Allies on Oil and Strait of Hormuz

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which was established with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty in 1949, is cracking. And those cracks appear to be getting larger after NATO nations defy President Donald Trump, refusing any help with the evil Iranian Regime ──

01-04-26

Trump to Allies Refusing to Back Iran Op: Fight for Your Own Oil—US Won't Protect You

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United States will no longer provide assistance to protect the interests of those countries that refused to support the military operation against Iran, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.

“All of those countries that can't get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you: Number 1, buy from the U.S., we have plenty, and Number 2, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT. You'll have to start learning how to fight for yourself; the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us. Iran has been, essentially, decimated. The hard part is done. Go get your own oil!” Trump said on Truth Social.

(https://sputnikglobe.com/20260331/us-will-not-provide-aid-to-protect-those-that-refused-to-support-iran-operation---trump-1123925657.html).

28-03-26

Trump’s Skepticism Shook NATO: Iran War May Shatter It

The US president “essentially views NATO as an obsolete relic of the Cold War,” and allies’ refusal to help in Iran demonstrates that the US-European defense dynamic as it has existed since the late 1940s “is no longer necessary,” says Joe Siracusa, dean of Global Futures at Australia’s Curtin University. ...

Washington “wants NATO naval forces to clear the Strait of Hormuz, which is a nearly impossible task while active fighting is going on,” Siracusa explains. Not to mention the fact that Iran posed no “imminent threat” to the alliance, and the Europeans know it.

(https://sputnikglobe.com/20260328/trumps-skepticism-shook-nato-iran-war-may-shatter-it-1123912696.html).

Of course, we now know that the evil regime was lying about their ballistic missile range (Surprise, Surprise!), their missiles could (and can if they have any left) reach large swaths of Europe!

Let us think on this from 2017: From George Friedman of Geopolitical Futures ──

“For 25 years, the fundamental questions regarding NATO were… from the American point of view, … First, with the Soviet Union gone, what is NATO’s purpose? Second, how does NATO serve the American national interest? Third, given the fact that the EU has almost as large a GDP and almost 200 million more people than the U.S., why isn’t Europe’s collective contribution to NATO’s military capability larger than the U.S.’s? … I don’t simply mean money, but a suitably large, trained and equipped force able to support the wars that are being fought now.

The automatic answer to the first question is that NATO’s purpose is to guarantee its members’ security. On the second question, it can’t be argued that NATO has served American interests since 1991. For the last 15 years, the U.S. has been engaged in wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other Muslim countries. Whether wise or not, these wars have been waged to different degrees under both Republican and Democratic administrations. NATO is a military alliance, and one of its members, the United States, has been involved in wars for 15 years. NATO, as an institution, has not devoted anywhere near the military force it could afford to any of these wars. …

Someone was going to point out that NATO is obsolete. Trump happened to enjoy saying it.” 1

NATO’s actions when “push comes to shove” or “when the rubber meets the road” ── whatever idiom you wish to use ── should be showing the U.S. that NATO is not reliable. “It is not NATO’s war,” said a spokesperson for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. “NATO is an alliance to defend the alliance area. The United States did not consult us before this war, and so we believe this is not a matter for NATO or the German government.” 2

An Italian Far-Left Anti-Semite, Maurizio Blondet, recently wrote ──

>> He has published several articles against the “Judeo-Zionist.” In his books and articles, Blondet insists that it is the Jew behind the “military-industrial, oil, political, and Jewish lobbies and conspiracies like that of September 11.” 3

The chaos that the US is sowing, it seems, always has a common denominator. The crisis with Ukraine, at the end of the day, from the US point of view was nothing more than the most damaging thing possible for Europe and its economy. And now that the EU has managed to obtain a rebalancing of energy sources, building regasification plants, a disaster has broken out that prevents LNG from flowing from the Gulf countries.

What still needs to happen, exactly, to make it clear that the chaos sown by the US serves above all to put Europe and its economy in difficulty? Every time the European Union tries to build an autonomous corridor – energy or trade – "something else" happens: a few days before the treaty with Mercosur is finally signed, after twenty-six years of negotiations, the attack on Venezuela begins, with all the set of political instability and risks on the supply of raw materials and agri-food from South America.

Now that the EU has set up a relatively stable flow of gas and energy investments to and from the Middle East, under the new India-Middle East-Europe corridors, disaster is brewing right there, with yet another crisis threatening shipping lanes, insurance, risk premiums and energy-based industrial plans at predictable prices. …

The next step is to acknowledge that the USA is no longer “friends”, nor even simple noisy competitors. From the European point of view, the United States has become an enemy in the technical sense of the term: a power that pursues economic, energy and military policy lines that are structurally hostile to the survival of European industry and autonomy, from the de facto sabotage of our energy corridors to the continuous pressure to buy their weapons, their technological standards and their cultural narrative.

In many buildings in Berlin this has already been clear for years, where the USA is defined without mincing words as “military allies but economic and financial enemies”; the problem is that in Brussels and in the Latin capitals they continue to pretend that it is only a matter of misunderstandings between partners.

It is time to call a spade a spade: Washington pursues a coherent plan to erode Europe's ability to act as an autonomous pole, and the forced “Americanization” of our cultural and media elites is integral to this process, because a continent that thinks with American categories is already half-colonized without the need for Marines. …

(https://www.maurizioblondet.it/un-genocida-minaccia-roma-di-atomica/, translated into English, underline and boldness added for emphasis).

Well … Maurizio, tell us how you really feel!

Yes, sadly, consumed with utter hate, there are those in Europe who feel (believe and feel are two separate things) that the United States of America is intentionally pursuing policies that will help “push” Europe down. Well … to use Maurizio’s own words, “It’s time to call a spade a spade.” Surely, President Donald Trump is saying, ‘Act now or get out of the way!’

More and more countries in Europe are concluding amongst themselves that they must take action in uniting their own militaries.

Sadly, given time, this will not be good for the United States, per-Daniel 11:39, which is also consistent with Lamentations 1:1-2.

Now, while NATO leaders publicly continue to “support” their member nations of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, as well as Canada ── a soon-coming seventh resurrection of a “United States of Europe” led by the Catholic Church will betray them. □

1 Friedman, G., NATO and the United States, Jan. 18, 2017 - https://geopoliticalfutures.com/nato-and-the-united-states-3, Retrieved 2 April 2026

2 Croft, A. & Maddox, D., ‘Not NATO’s war’: Germany and UK reject Trump’s call for help in Strait of Hormuz, Independent, 17 March 2026.

3. "Maurice Blondet." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Nov 17, 2025. Apr 2, 2026.

What Is Meant… ‘Nothing Leavened’?

by Leonard V Johnson

The LORD’s Feast of Unleavened Bread begins in 2026 today at sunset – April 1^st and runs through sunset April 8^th.

The LORD God commands us ──

“’ In the first month, on the FOURTEENTH DAY of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. 19) For SEVEN DAYS no leaven shall be found in your houses, since whoever eats what is leavened, that same person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land. 20) You shall eat NOTHING LEAVENED; in all your dwellings you shall eat UNLEAVENED BREAD.’” – Exodus 12:18-20.

Now the leaven here… Is the LORD God saying, “Go grab your box of baking soda and throw it out of the house.” Is that what this here is saying?

No, not at all.

The word leaven here is referencing LEAVENED BREAD. And the only other possible meaning is… I don’t know if you’ve ever been around people who make sour dough bread. And I’m told you mix up a batch and then you keep a little lump (the starter) in a moist environment (let it sit out on the cabinet with a moist towel over it). And then you make the rest of the dough go into making the bread – whatever it is, and however it’s shaped. And then the next day, when you’re gonna make some more sourdough bread, you take the starter and mix it in with the new flour, oil, and everything else you put into bread. And what happens, the yeast, which is in the starter, spreads throughout the loaf and leavens the whole loaf. So, then you also take a chunk of it (probably a little round ball) put that in a moist towel and save it for the next day. So, that would be a type of leaven that the LORD God would not appreciate on His Days of Unleavened Bread. And, if you’re not making leavened bread, there would be no use in having that around.

But that is what our LORD God is talking about! He is not talking about going through your house and looking for nine-month-old cookie crumbs! And that’s what the Worldwide Church of God taught. They actually made it into what I call a period of ritualistic – as in Jewish traditions – housecleaning. And in doing that, they totally missed the mark; they missed the AWESOME SIGNIFICANCE of the TRUE MEANING of the glorious Days of Unleavened Bread!

Again, the LORD God tells us ──

“’ You shall eat no leavened bread with it; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, that is, THE BREAD OF AFFLICTION … 4) And no leaven shall be seen among you in all your territory for seven days, …’” – Deuteronomy 16:3, 4.

Now, if you look up in the Concordance, that word “affliction” ── it can mean TROUBLE. The bread of trouble. If you keep the Way of God, you are going to have some problems every so often! And because of the problems other human beings attempt to create for us, it can at times be very problematic and difficult to be a follower of Jesus Christ. They’ll go out of their way to sort of put things in your path. But our LORD God here is still speaking of physical leavened bread – no leavened bread shall be seen among you in all your territories for seven days.

Our Lord Jesus did speak of leaven metaphorically ──

“Now when His disciples had come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. 6) Then Jesus said to them, ‘Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.’

7) And they reasoned among themselves, saying, ‘Is it because we have taken no bread.’

8) But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, ‘O you of little faith, why do you reason among yourselves because you have brought no bread? 9) Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? 10) Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up?

11) How is it you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? …’

“ … ‘ ── but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’

12) Then they understood that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” – Matthew 16:5-12.

Again, He was speaking to them metaphorically.

The ‘doctrine’ of the Pharisees ──

• The importance of keeping rituals.

• The need to convert Gentiles.

• The Way to God was by obeying the Law.

• Extending Jewish practices into life outside the temple.

• Instilling greater piety in “the common people.”

To name but a few.

Additionally, they put significant weight on the “oral tradition,” or the traditions of the elders, believing this interpretive framework helped clarify the written Law. Ancient rabbinic sources and later compilations, such as portions of the Talmud, reflect the Pharisaic influence in codifying and teaching these traditions. This oral tradition addressed practical questions about Sabbath observance, dietary laws, ritual purity, and other aspects of devotion. 1

Our Lord Jesus is showing us that His New Covenant does not align with the old rites of the Pharisees, which required much fasting. Our Lord Jesus taught against syncretism ── which is the mixing of beliefs, such as Judeo-Christianity.

Having a show of piety, without true holiness, is like leaven in that it gradually increases and spreads corruption, puffing up a person with vanity. Indeed, friend, the very nature of leaven (or, rather, yeast) is to change whatever it contacts. Yeast does its job slowly, secretly, and silently, but no one can deny its effect on bread. Yeast is microscopic in size, and only a little is kneaded into the dough. Yet, given time, the yeast will spread through all the dough.

The ’doctrine’ of the Sadducees ──

• Rejection of the Resurrection and Afterlife.

• Adherence to the Written Law.

• Temple Worship and Sacrificial System

The Sadducees’ interactions with our Lord Jesus were marked by theological disagreements, particularly concerning their rejection of a resurrection. In Matthew 22:29-32, our Lord Jesus addresses their unbelief by affirming that there is a resurrection unto life and correcting their misunderstanding of His living word ──

“ …’ You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. 30) For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven. 31) But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32) ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.’”

Our beloved apostle Paul wrote to the brethren there in ancient Corinth ──

“Your glorying is not good. …”

Speaking metaphorically involving leaven, concerning piety.

“ … Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7) THEREFORE, purge out the old leaven [the leaven of piety; of glorying], that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.” – 1 Corinthians 5:6-7.

True Christians have kept UNLEAVENED BREAD for Passover, and they have kept the Days of Unleavened Bread. So, in every generation, the true Church of God is not called to be leaven. Christians are to strive to be spiritually unleavened, and Jesus Christ is “the unleavened Bread of sincerity and truth”!

We, brethren, need to continually purge out of our lives the old leaven ── that being the false doctrines of the churches of this world.

But sadly, most of our peoples will not. They are TRADITIONALISTS.

Our Lord Jesus ── the Savior of all mankind ── has warned us that the overall majority of professing Christians believe that they are “just fine and dandy, thank you!” And, He has told many of us, brethren, that He has a few things against us ──

“ ‘… that you have left your first love. … repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place ── unless you repent. … I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews [or rather, ‘the chosen ones’] and are not, but are a synagogue [or a church] of Satan. … you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam [those who are greedy for power!] … Thus you also have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth. … you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess [some self-proclaimed prophetess; think of Ellen G. White who was the head of the Seventh-day Adventists, also a Jezebel spirit is running rampant within many woman of this present evil age] to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality [Fornications, as in the worship of a false god or goddess] and eat things sacrificed to idols. And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. … I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfect before God. Remember therefore how you have received and heard; hold fast and repent. … So then [and He says to many of us, brethren], because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. … I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.’” ── Revelation 2 & 3.

PRIDE CAN PUFF PEOPLE UP, just as physical leaven puffs up bread.

Notice what the LORD God truly wants of us ──

“He has shown you, O man, what is good [referring to God]; And what does the LORD require of you …” – and he lists three things – “…But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?” And Jesus says virtually the same thing in Matthew chapter 23, verse 23 – He talks about, “…’ the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith.’” – He said, ‘You know, we’ve got these bean counters up there, their tithing of all these little seeds.’ He said, ‘Yeah, you do that, but you forget the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith.’ I think about the fact that even today, there are individuals who get hung up on weird little doctrines, and they forget the weightier matters of the law – judgment, mercy, and faith, to walk humbly with God.

Our physical and spiritual enemy, Satan the Devil, refused to walk humbly before God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! He was an “anointed cherub.” He was “perfect” in his ways from the day he was created, until iniquity was found in him ── Ezekiel 28:14-15. He allowed his heart to be lifted up because of his beauty. He corrupted his wisdom for the sake of his splendor ── and he was therefore cast to the Earth – Ezekiel 28:17.

Sadly, a great many people allow the wrong kind of pride to get in their way ──

“A man’s pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor.” – Proverbs 29:23.

Do you honestly trust Almighty God and our Lord Jesus Christ? Are you able to humble yourself before God and work on changing your faults?

Yes! With the LORD God’s merciful help!

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” – Philippians 4:13.

The LORD God wants you to forsake piety and the wrong kind of pride and humble yourself before Them! Sadly, a great many will not humble themselves before Them ── even on the glorious and holy Day of the Day of Atonement!

Millions believe in Jesus but are unwilling to prostrate themselves before the God of gods! To humble themselves before the King of kings and Lord of lords! Such humility takes faith ──

“’ He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.’” – John 12:25.

Brethren, this time of year, we are to examine ourselves ── are we living by the standards put forth by the LORD God?

Let us search for any old leaven, before the LORD’s Passover and the Days of Unleavened Bread ── and let us put on “the unleavened Bread of sincerity and truth”! □

1 Who were the Pharisees in the Bible? https://biblehub.com/