by Leonard V Johnson
Greetings once again, dear Brethren, Friends, and Co-Workers ── In Itauguá, Paraguay; Caracas, Venezuela; Baku, Azerbaijan; and Quito, Ecuador. And here in the States: Fayetteville, North Carolina; Owensboro, Kentucky; and Vilonia, Arkansas. Welcome to the Church of Jesus Christ Online Ministries.
Clearly one of the worst things that could happen when you’re typing up an article is to come back to it the following day and find out that it’s missing. The computer didn’t save it──it’s not in the Cloud, or filed under another name, or anywhere else on the computer. It’s completely missing; it’s not even in the “Recovery”! So, I’m having to retype much of this article from memory ──
I woke up this morning to the sound of the television, “We lost the House! We lost the House!” Now, really, all I would like to say concerning this: One of the greatest consolations through all of this is knowing that Almighty God does know what is happening──the evil that this nation is facing—and that surely, since He causes kingdoms to rise and kingdoms to fall, He knows what He is doing. Let us always continue to have faith and trust in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! 🙏
Now, let’s continue from where we left off in our previous article, “The Coming ‘Great Tribulation’ and the Disobedience of God’s Commandments.”
Let’s return to the 30th chapter of the Book of Jeremiah. We were speaking of a soon-coming time of world tribulation──of ‘great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.’ Often called ‘Jacob’s trouble.’ It will be a time of war. A time of great tribulation, the likes of which this world has never witnessed.
“’ And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; …’” – Matthew 24:22.
This truly means that it will be a time when not only the radical Islamists will nearly get their way──“From the river to the sea”──but also that if our Lord Jesus didn’t come to put a stop to this ‘great tribulation,’ none of his elect would be left—alive! It will be a time that we read about in the Book of Daniel, the 12th chapter ──
“’ At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons [the children] of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation [same grave trouble; the ‘great tribulation’ spoken about by our Lord Jesus!], Even to that time. And at that time your people SHALL BE DELIVERED, …’” – Daniel 12:1.
They will have to be delivered because they will be under subjugation by a powerful Catholic-led European ‘beast’ power! But notice the rest of that passage: something that the LORD’s Spirit has revealed to us; this will also be a time of the SEVENTH TRUMPET BLAST, the resurrection trumpet ──
“ …’ Every one who is found written in the book. 2) And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt.’” – Daniel 12:1, 2.
So, it will also be the time of the glorious resurrection of the saints──as well as, of course, our beloved Prophet Daniel and all the other holy prophets who will be in the Kingdom of God. So, truly, just before the ‘great tribulation’ our brethren who are asleep in the dust of the earth are resurrected──and we who are still alive──will be changed from ‘mortal to immortal.’ (cf. 2 Corinthians 15:50-55). Now, again, it will be a time of worldwide tribulation the likes of which the annals of history have never recorded. And the remnants of the house of Israel and the house of Judah shall be saved. As we continue reading in the 30th chapter of Jeremiah ──
Verse 8 ── “’ For it shall come to pass in that Day,’ Says the LORD of hosts, ‘That I will break [their] yoke from [their] neck …’” – meaning the yoke, the subjugation, that will be around the neck of the United States of America, the United Kingdom and her Commonwealth Nations, as well as the tiny nation in the Middle East—known as Israel.
“ …’ And will burst [their] bonds; Foreigners shall no more enslave them. 9) But they shall serve the LORD their God, And David their king, Whom I will raise up for them.’”
King David will also come forth in the glorious resurrection (Acts 2:29).
“’ Therefore do not fear, O My servant Jacob,’ says the LORD, ‘Nor be dismayed, O Israel [meaning the United States of America, respectively]; For behold, I will save you from afar, And your seed [descendants] from the land of your captivity [subjugation of a nation is truly a type of captivity!]. Jacob shall return, have rest and be quiet, And no one shall make him afraid.’” – Jeremiah 30:10.
Patriarch Abraham Obeyed the LORD God
Now, my friends, returning again to some notes I have, the great blessings we have within the United States of America. For the U.S., that means great geography, economic prosperity, and spirit. We’ve got two oceans as buffers, a massive economy, and a history of innovation and resilience that’s hard to match. Plus, the ideas that came from our Founding Fathers──like liberty, free speech, capitalism, and free markets, opportunity! And for the United Kingdom, their blessings run a lot wider──their shared English language, common law, and parliamentary systems that have shaped dozens of nations, plus their soft power of the monarchy as a unifying thread running across a third of humanity. Also, there is the Commonwealth Games, and a network of 56 countries that can coordinate on almost everything from trade to climate. And as I’ve been saying, my friends, we have these great blessings and more because our forefather Abraham obeyed the LORD God.
And we see this in the Book of Genesis, the 26th chapter.
These promises passed down from Abraham and then to his sons──Ishmael (the father of the Arab people) and Isaac, and then to Jacob, who was born to Isaac and Rebekah. Why?
Verse 5 ── “’ because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.’”
This was some 540 years before the Law of God was given to Moses upon Mount Sinai, or the establishment of the Levitical Priesthood. Abraham was obeying the Lord GOD, keeping His charge, His commandments, His statutes and ordinances. Now, this isn’t speaking about rituals, as in sacrificial rituals for sin, meat and drink offerings, carnal ordinances, the burning of candles, or temple rituals, the ordeals and ordinances of the Levitical Priesthood. This is speaking concerning those things under the order of the Priesthood of Melchizedek. The Priesthood that has now been restored ── the Priesthood we are under today. The Priesthood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who is our High Priest of the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 7:17).
And because our forefather Abraham obeyed the Lord GOD, He made him an unconditional promise that his descendants ── “ …’ you shall be a father of many nations. … 6) I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. … 22:17) blessing I will bless you, multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; …’” – Genesis 17:4, 6; 22:17 ── that his descendants would have wealth untold and unmatched throughout the world. The children of Abraham ── Ishmael (the father of the Arab people) and Isaac, and then to Jacob/Israel. The children of Israel were promised national blessings in the time of Moses, but conditionally ── “’ Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel: 4) ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. 5) Now therefore, IF you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; …’” – Exodus 19:3, 4-5.
But they didn’t.
And then again ── “’ And after all this, IF you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.’” – Leviticus 26:18, 21, 24, 28.
As I covered with you in the previous article, the house of Israel, the northern kingdom of Israel ── was taken into captivity, and these promises of great blessings were withheld for 2,520 years. And the period ended in AD 1802.
So, again, the twelve tribes of Israel were divided into two kingdoms ── the southern kingdom that was called the kingdom of Judah with its capital at Jerusalem. And the northern kingdom that was called the kingdom of Israel with its capital in Samaria. The Jewish people today are descendants of the kingdom of Judah.
Satan’s Darkness Is Blinding
Now, contrary to so many people today who are outright against colonialism ── the Democratic Socialist that I had a long conversation with a few months ago was highly against colonialism ── but, just like it was meant by the LORD God for the English Channel to calm just before D-Day, the 6th of June 1944, it was also meant for the Thirteen Colonies to grow into a great nation. And yes, we are great now, what President Trump calls ‘the hottest country in the world!’ Yet, look where we’re at ──something that Bill O'Reilly recently said on News Nation concerning this Midterm election in America: “We haven’t learned our lesson—yet!” We, a nation that votes more with emotions rather than facts, have become blinded by evil. We are losing our Western culture. Our social norms, values, beliefs, political systems, and intellectual traditions were rooted in God’s living word—the Holy Bible! A darkness is spreading across America ── and that darkness is Islamic-Democratic-Socialism.
Again, the Lord GOD gave it to us because our forefather Abraham kept and obeyed His voice, kept His charge, His commandments, statutes, and ordinances. Yet, we are not doing the things that will preserve our traditional values. And we’re not truly spiritually happy and content; we know no true peace, joy, or fulfillment in life. But look at what we are doing with this great blessing.
Besides not obeying the Lord GOD ── we need only look back a few years to the Biden/Harris Administration. Three years into the Biden Administration, the crises at the southern border were worse than we could ever imagine. The number of illegal and unvetted immigrants allowed to cross our border is surely greater than any number imaginable ── greater than 20 million. Of these, how many do you think have assimilated into our Western culture and beliefs?
We must WAKE UP and face the facts that are before us. We are outright defying the living God. The Lord God tells us to rely upon Him and not these foreign “invaders” – for example. That we should not put our trust in evil ── the likes of which are Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Zohran Mamdani, Abdul El‑Sayed, Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, and even yes ── Hakeem Jeffries and Hasan Piker! The LORD God tells us that our allies will forsake us (Lamentations 1:1-2). The LORD God tells us that the aliens that are among us will ‘become the head, and that we shall become the tail’ – cf. Leviticus 26:14-19; Deuteronomy 28:44. And the LORD is going to commence judgment. Indeed, God sent to both the house of Israel and the house of Judah His prophets ── and what did they say to His prophets? Isaiah 30th chapter ──
“ …’ Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits. Get out of the way, Turn aside from the path, Cause the Holy One of Israel To cease from before us.’” – Isaiah 30:10, 11.
They beat, imprisoned, mistreated, rejected, and even murdered the LORD God’s prophets. And then, God our Father sent His only begotten Son with His message of repentance, salvation, and the soon-coming kingdom, along with the establishment of the New Covenant. Our Lord Jesus Christ not only came to offer you the gift of eternal life, but He said ──
“’ The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.’” – John 10:10.
The LORD God truly wants all people to live life more abundantly. Here our Lord Jesus contrasts our enemy’s intent with His own glorious purpose ── giving more abundantly, eternal life to His sheep. And to me it means even more than that—it means to provide for us a richer, fuller life than just getting by. It’s about the overflow of God’s presence in every facet of life ── spiritual health, purpose, joy, and beyond material comforts. And indeed, our Lord Jesus Christ doesn’t want us to adopt or be conditioned into a culture or set of rules that are not Christocentric ── He calls us to a personal relationship with Him, free from traditions that are foreign or burdensome.
Our Lord Jesus tells us that we are to ‘live by every word of God’ – Luke 4:4. Yet, we do not do that. Sadly, within the modern descendants of the house of Israel and the house of Judah, the Holy Bible, the living words of the Eternal One, is no longer THE AUTHORITY of our peoples. Instead, they are saying, “I want change. I have an appetite for Islamic-Democratic-Socialism.” And so, we reason our own way, and we continue our own way ── contrary to the Way of God. “We don’t see any harm whatsoever in this evil political movement making ground ── it will provide for us a way for others to pay off my student loan, greater diversity, equality, and inclusion, free, free, free.”
We’re coming down to the wire now. And I want to go over with you a little of what’s going to come afterwards. After what Bill O'Reilly recently said, “We haven’t learned our lesson—yet.” And this is occurring not only within the United States of America, but also within the United Kingdom and its Commonwealth Nations, Israel ── and even with the nations of Europe!
The evil Islamic-Democratic-Socialism has taken a toehold. 😢
You see, the LORD God has preached, and He has preached, and He has preached. But most people are like, “Listen, man, I don’t wanna be preached at!” Yes ── alright, take your choice: you either hear it from the LORD God now, or hear it from the LORD God later. Get right with the LORD God, or face the consequences ──
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.” – Galatians 6:7.
A Lesson to Learn
Turning to the 31st chapter of the Book of Jeremiah is God’s promise that He will not fully abandon His people, but they have a lesson to learn, a subjugation to endure ──a subjugation that is coming that surely most cannot see because of the darkness of evil. I know most of you won’t believe it; you think, ‘surely, leaders such as Hakeem Jeffries and Hasan Piker can’t be all that bad ── people voted them into office!’ People are failing to recognize the evil that is in front of them. And for the overall majority of our peoples, when they are deep in this terrible ‘great tribulation’ ──this soon-coming dreadful Day of the LORD ──most will still not ‘repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold and silver, brass, stone, and wood’ – cf. Revelation 9:20. But it is coming as surely as the rising of the sun tomorrow. And I’m speaking with the authority of Jesus Christ.
It’s interesting to me ── we have witnessed a type of reprieve before the storm to come ── In less than two years, President Donald J. Trump has driven the most consequential stretch of governing in modern American history. He sealed the border, drove violent crime to historic lows, unleashed American energy, cut taxes for working families, focused Washington on merit and common sense, and deployed American strength on the global stage. 1 And he did do all this and came to do all this ── because of the saving grace of our LORD God. The Eternal One has given you a reprieve for you to repent. And he did postpone the number one sponsor of terrorism globally, Iran, from obtaining a nuclear weapon! But now ── because he did something that he told the American people that he would certainly not do—he did. He started a war. Though opinions differ ── I believe the war with Iran was necessary. But once initiated, it needed to be finished with the IRCG completely annihilated. And that, since 28 February 2026, has not happened.
A Dire Warning to our People
Listen up, “’ Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt, O virgin of ISRAEL! …’”
This is speaking of our Anglo-America, of the United Kingdom and her Commonwealth of Nations—Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa—but it’s also speaking about the tiny nation in the Middle East, Israel. It includes them as well, but it doesn’t mean them alone.
Verse 5 ── “’ You shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria; …’”
Speaking here of the house of Israel, which had as its capital Samaria.
Verse 7 ── “’ Sing with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the chief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, The remnant of Israel!’”
And this indeed is the prayer I’ve been offering unto God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ ── especially since now the evil Islamic-Democratic-Socialists have taken a toehold.
Verse 8 ── “’ Behold, I will bring them from the north country, And gather them from the end of the earth. … 9) They shall come with weeping, And with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters, In a straight way in which they shall not stumble; For I am a Father to Israel, AND EPHRAIM IS MY FIRSTBORN.’”
Right here our LORD God is not distinctly talking of the Jewish people. The Jewish people are not Ephraim, and Ephraim is not Jewish ── and never was. The people of Ephraim—that of Israel—were at war against the Jews. Two separate peoples, two separate kingdoms. Sadly, many people are not taught this.
Turning over a few pages to the 50th chapter of the Book of Jeremiah.
Verse 4 ── “’ In those days and in that time,’ says the LORD, ‘The children of Israel shall come, They and the children of JUDAH together, With continual weeping they shall come, And seek the LORD their God.’”
Truly, after this terrible final Catholic-led European ‘beast’ power that is certainly being contemplated right now in Europe. It will indeed rise soon. The people of the world will be aghast! The people of the world will say, “’ Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?’”
My friends, as the LORD asks, “’ Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping and with mourning.’ 13) So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm.” – Joel 2:12-13.
Now, if you won’t, the chances are that this evil darkness that is now among us like it hasn’t been before ── will continue to blind you. You will come to not recognize the Anti-Christ that will come on the scene. And you will come to not recognize our Lord Jesus Christ when He comes. Now, if you do survive through this terrible and dreadful and dark Day of the LORD, then may Almighty God help you to be one of those who will ‘seek the LORD our God. Ask the way to Zion, with your face toward it, saying, ‘Come and let me join myself to the LORD In a perpetual covenant That will never be forgotten.’ – cf. Jeremiah 50:4, 5. Yes──there will be remnants of the house of Israel and the house of Judah that shall be gathered together with weeping they shall go and seek the LORD their God.
The word Zion. Zion comes from the ancient name of a Jebusite stronghold that King David had captured, and it later became a poetic name for JERUSALEM, the LORD’s temple and the hope of restoration. 2 In our Lord Jesus’ New Covenant, Zion shifts from a hill in Jerusalem to a glorious picture of the LORD God’s people gathered under the Spirit. The Church of God is that “spiritual Zion,” the place where true believers experience the living presence of the Eternal God, literally, the ultimate New Jerusalem. Truly, the Way of repentance, of forgiveness, the remission of sins, and salvation, through our Lord Jesus Christ and His shed blood for all of us. And the Way of being reconciled to Father God, justified of our guilt—our past guilt. Because justification only has to do with our past sins. And the Way of receiving the glorious gift of the Holy Spirit, which will lead you to the love of God shed abroad in our hearts. The true love that helps us keep and obey all of God’s Law──summed up in the Ten Commandments.
Our Lord Jesus’ sheep hear His voice, and He knows who we are, and we follow Him──and Him alone (John 10:27). And I am proclaiming unto you, my friend, God’s living word, truth, and plan. Sadly, the Eternal our God says that our peoples have been “lost sheep,” and that they are now. Their shepherds have caused them to err ──
Verse 6 ── “’ My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray; They have turned them away on the mountains. They have gone from mountain to hill; They have forgotten their resting place. 7) All who found them have devoured them; …’” – Jeremiah 50:6, 7.
Let’s move on down to verse 17 ── “’ Israel is like scattered sheep; The lions have driven him away. First the king of Assyria devoured him; Now at last this [Nebuchadnezzar II], king of Babylon has broken his bones.’”
Now, this, of course, comes from a prophecy that paints Israel—the kingdom of Israel—as a scattered flock first driven away by Assyria in 722 BC, then crushed by King Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylon, underscoring the kingdom’s long history of oppression and subjugation before the promised restoration. Verse 17 looks ahead to a glorious time when the scattered remnants of Israel and Judah will be gathered back to their land, which has not yet occurred. 3
Verse 18 ── “Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, As I have punished the king of Assyria. 19) But I will bring back Israel to his home, And he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan; His soul shall be satisfied on Mount Ephraim and Gilead.’”
Carmel is the coastal mountain range in northern Israel, the hills that rise up from the Mediterranean near Haifa. Bashan lies to the east, in the Golan Heights region north of the Sea of Galilee, known for its rolling hills and fertile pastures. Mount Ephraim is the central hill country of Israel, the highlands that stretch from Bethel up toward the Jezreel Valley; Gilead lies east of the Jordan River in the Trans-Jordan area—today northern Jordan, roughly the Irbid and Ajloun region. 4
At that time, your life will be satisfied; your life will no longer have emptiness within. You won’t find that your religion does not satisfy you, filled with chaff, nonsense, and traditions of men, you will come to find a religion that is real, and that is satisfying. And friends, you can certainly have this now──if you want it. Do you want it? Are you satisfied with your religion? With their self-righteous dress, their ceremonies, their Sunday-going ‘everything they do is TO BE SEEN OF MEN’? Does it truly satisfy you? Look at yourself in that spiritual mirror and answer those questions──honestly.
In verse 20, listen carefully: “’ In those days and in that time,’ says the LORD, ‘The iniquity of Israel shall be sought, …’” ── and this is speaking of that time when our Lord Jesus Christ returns──the glorious and powerful second coming of Christ! “ …’but there shall be none; And the sins of Judah, but they shall not be found; For I WILL PARDON THOSE WHOM I PRESERVE.’”
The LORD God will pardon those left of the remnants of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah.
O’ dearest ones──this is speaking of our future, when, in that Day “the Lord shall set His hand again the second time To recover the remnant of His people who are left, …” – Isaiah 11:11. Our Lord Jesus’ saints, resurrected, shall surely be helping gather together His elect from the four winds of the earth. And──this thought came to my mind──anyone that is anti-Semitic HATES GOD! We should be doing everything we possibly can, as a nation or individually, to support JUDAH—the tiny nation in the Middle East called Israel! And anyone who is against Israel is against the LORD our God!
Was watching Fox News the other day and they had on as their Demon-crat news contributor, Marie Harf, and all she wanted to talk about was what she calls “hate-based faith” and “Islamophobia.” Kayleigh reminded her that that kind of speech is of the Chuck Schumer group, and that they were talking about anti-Semitism. And she went on to say, after Maria blurted out, “We should care about all faith-based hate,” “Well… only one of them has had a 400% increase in—threats and violence against, and that is the Jewish American community!”
So, let us all── “’ Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, And declare it in the isles afar off, and say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.’ 11) For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, And ransomed him from the hand of one stronger than he.” – Jeremiah 31:10-11.
Let us praise always and forever our LORD God──the remnant of the house of Israel and the house of Judah, at the glorious and powerful second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, will gather together His chosen people. □
Sources:
1 The White House, President Trump Delivers Historic Results for the American People in Under Two Years, 9 Sept. 2026.
1 The White House, President Trump Delivers Historic Results for the American People in Under Two Years, 9 Sept. 2026.
2 Amazon.com, 6 Nov. 2026
3 Ibid. 2
4 Ibid. 2
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