by Leonard V Johnson
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Let’s begin by asking: Just what is prophesied in these latter days to happen to the United States of America? It’s one of the most important prophecies──and as we’ve been saying, God’s living word is indeed 1/3 prophecy. Of course, with the mighty strength and military might of the U.S. at this present time, most will surely scoff and reject one of the most vital factors of this present evil age and its conditions as we near the end of this age. Yes──as I scroll through my Facebook “News” Feed every morning, I witness many things that people really shouldn’t be that concerned about. Yet, they are, and they treat it like it’s the most important thing in the world! And certainly not everyone──but a great many of them. Yet, what is happening now around the world: the atrocious and devastating violent riots that are occurring throughout Europe. The fact that most Democrats within the U.S. are not at all seeing the evil that is before them! But again, it is important to properly understand how the U.S. fits into biblical prophecy, and why. And indeed, God’s living prophecies were written and recorded for us from the perspective of the House of Israel and of Jerusalem. It’s vitally important to understand just WHERE the original settlers of the Americas came from. In fact, the United States of America is mentioned in God’s living prophecies more than any other. Yet, it’s not mentioned under the name we go by today.
Within God’s living word, we will find modern nations mentioned by their ancient names. As an example: the Republic of Türkiye is descended from Esau, who is also often called Edom. And when you see Esau or Edom spoken of, it’s truly speaking about the people of Türkiye today. Also, in like manner, there are some nations that are mentioned that have retained their ancient name ── like Egypt and Syria. We’ll notice in Ezekiel 38 a powerful PROPHECY pertaining to Gog and Magog that will take place AFTER Christ’s Millennial Rule ── by the likes of Siberia, China, and the modern Russian Federation. Now, His living word doesn’t use modern names, like Russia. His word says, “’ Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him.’” – Ezekiel 38:1. Now, who is the LORD speaking about?
Now, if you cannot properly understand who our LORD is speaking about in this prophecy, you will not understand prophecy.
Let’s turn back to the Book of Genesis, the 10th chapter. We find the true identity of these peoples and many of these modern nations. They descended from Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Now ── something that I have often contemplated, though I have no proof of ── is that our Antediluvian patriarch Noah was an albino. 1 Of course I spoke with “SI” concerning this, and it mentioned the Book of Enoch 106:1, as well as answering ── “Studies show early humans developed darker skin to shield against intense UV light, protecting folate and keeping skin healthy. Later research confirms UV radiation was the main driver, with melanin acting as a natural sunscreen. It’s a slow, genetic shift—not something that happens in a single lifetime” 2
Descendants from Shem were “white,” Descendants from Ham were “black,” and descendants from Japheth were “yellow,” such as the Asiatic nations, even including today’s Russian Federation. Surely, nearly every Bible study student today understands this. Be sure to read our article, “Gog and Magog In Prophecy.”
Where does God's living prophecy mention the United States of America? Truly, what ever happened to the LORD God’s chosen people called Israel? Now, I’ve gone around and around with our secular Super Intelligence (SI) ── secular history that SI spouts off without thinking. It calls it “pseudohistorical.” Every time I speak concerning what this world calls “British-Israelism,” or “Anglo-Israelism,” our SI groans. Yet, I say, as Seth in the blockbuster movie City of Angels, “Some things are true whether you believe in them or not.”
As we’ve spoken about many times, ISRAEL was eventually divided into two separate nations. The northern kingdom was called the kingdom of Israel, and the southern kingdom was called the kingdom of Judah ── known as the Jews. And we have seen the very first place within God’s living word where the word “Jew” occurs ── 2 Kings 16:6. The Jews were at war against Israel. So, two different nations altogether.
The northern kingdom of Israel around 722 BC was taken captive when Assyria seized Samaria and deported the Israelite tribes. Now, logically ── after their captivity, most that were left were released and migrated into other parts of the world. Some migrated northwest from ancient Assyria and were “lost” to history.
And, by rightful biblical study along with some secular history, we do discover that many migrated to what is now northwestern Europe and the British Isles. And, of course, the children of Israel, those who would later form the kingdom of Judah, came to outright reject their first king placed over them ── king Rehoboam, who had erected two golden calves, introducing idolatry to the people, and changed the annual Holy Days that were instituted by the LORD God from the SEVENTH MONTH to the eighth month. And when we see the remnants of the northern kingdom of Israel again within secular history, they are now keeping and observing the FIRST DAY of the week rather than the God-ordained seventh day of the week. So, in essence, they have outright rejected THE SIGN!
Now the LORD our God stressed upon the children of Israel to keep the holy and righteous commandments, when He said to them, “’ Now it shall come to pass, IF you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you TODAY, that the LORD your God will set you [the whole of the kingdom of Israel] high above all nations of the earth.’” – Deuteronomy 28:1. And two commandments that were certainly stressed were not to commit idolatry and to remember and keep holy the Sabbath day. And, of course, we are told by the LORD, if you break one of His laws, you break them all ── cf. James 2:10. We see in Ezekiel the 20th chapter that the LORD tells us, “’ Moreover I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’” – Ezekiel 20:12. As well as giving them His statutes and showing them His judgments. That we should ‘remember and keep holy His Sabbaths.’ Yet, what did the children of Israel do? “’ Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes; they despised My judgments, ‘which, if a man does, he shall live by them’; and they GREATLY DEFILED MY SABBATHS.’” – vs. 13.
And then our LORD God went on to say to another generation ── “’ Notwithstanding, the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, and were not careful to observe My judgments, … Then I said I would pour out My fury on them and fulfill My anger against them in the wilderness.
22) Nevertheless I withdrew My hand and acted for My name’s sake, …’” – vs. 21, 22.
He pleaded with them not to ‘walk in the statutes of their fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile themselves with their idols.’
So, the LORD God came to raise His hand and give an oath ‘to those in the wilderness, that He would scatter them among the Gentiles and disperse them throughout the countries, because they had not executed His judgments, but had despised His statutes, profaned His Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers’ idols.’ – vs. 23-24.
“’ I am the LORD your God: Walk in My statutes, keep My judgments, and do them; 20) hallow My Sabbaths, and they will be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’” – Ezekiel 20:19-20.
So therefore, instead of being utterly destroyed, the children of Israel were driven out, ‘scattered among the Gentiles and dispersed throughout the countries.’ Since they desired to be Gentile and live Gentile ways ── they are now believed to be Gentile! Also, so the Jewish people, after their captivity and release, many returning once again to the area known as Judea ── which derives its name from the tribe and later kingdom of Judah ── grew in idolatry and placed heavy yokes of bondage upon the holy Sabbath. They began to come up with traditions of men, yokes of bondage, having come to some 613 commandments! The ‘traditions of men’ that our Lord Jesus rebuked them for ── Mark 7:13. There are whole chapters in the New Testament where our Lord Jesus is chastising them and explaining that “’ the Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.’” The hallow Sabbath was made for man to enjoy and rest from his labor ── not to be bogged down with ‘ye can’t do this, and ye can’t do that!’ Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Mediator of the New Covenant ── not of the Old Covenant! Sadly, how deeply entrenched most of the splinter groups of the Church of God still are in the Old Covenant! And most of these Protestant daughter churches continue to teach that our Lord Jesus preached an Old Covenant message for 3½ years and that He spent that whole time preaching an Old Covenant message just so He could nail it on a cross! With that, I say something that I just said to SI concerning human evolution, in regard to human skin pigmentation, and that’s “Hogwallop!” May our mighty heavenly LORD God help us to understand.
A Birthright Promise
The 2,520-year period that the LORD our God speaks about in Leviticus 26 began with the northern kingdom of Israel’s destruction and captivity around 718 BC──and using the year-for-a-day principle──it runs until roughly AD 1802. Truly, the U.S. was just kicking off its First Industrial Revolution. Samuel Slater opened the first textile mill in 1790, and Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin in 1793, setting the stage for factories and railroads later in the decade. Before this, the American people, and even the British people, were nothing. Just small, rather insignificant colonies in the Americas. By 1804, London, England, was already the world’s pre-eminent financial center. After the Dutch Republic fell in 1795, many Amsterdam bankers moved to London, and the City’s market-center system grew dominant throughout the 1790s. The Bank of England, the London Stock Exchange and Lloyd’s insurance market were firmly established, making London the hub of global credit and trade. 3 But what about the United States of America? Without going into great detail here, we are ISRAEL today. The tiny nation in the Middle East is not Israel. Never, never, never are the Jewish people called by the name ‘the house of Israel’ or ‘the kingdom of Israel.’ Yet, the Jewish people are indeed Israelites. Indeed, the northern kingdom of Israel had as its capital Samaria. The southern kingdom of Judah had as its capital Jerusalem. In essence, Samaria stands for the “House of Israel,” similar to how when someone hears the word “Hollywood,” they instantly think of the American film industry. Often there are names in God’s living word that are in a metonymic process: a figure of speech consisting of the use of the name of one thing for that of another. So, with this in mind, let us continue.
In accordance with the living word of the Eternal One, a ‘great tribulation’ is coming ──a time of tribulation ‘such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be’! And there can only be one time of trouble that is worse in scope than any other time since the beginning of the world. And as I’ve spoken about several times, an important revelation from the LORD God ── Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has prophesied that throughout this present evil age, there would be “ … ‘famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.’” – Matthew 24:7; Revelation 6:5-8. All of this takes place thousands of years before we get to verse 9 of Matthew 24. We have been, and are currently in, “the beginning of sorrows,” also known as “birth pains.” But the end is not yet.
And as we proclaim unto the world, there will rise in Europe a final ‘king of the North’ (a future European combine; Catholic Europe) – which is taking shape right now! And yet, receiving very little notice on the world stage.
And End-Time 3 ½ Years of Warning!
God’s two end-time prophets in the streets of Jerusalem being chased by a mob of haters (cf. Revelation 11:7-10).
Indeed, as I said earlier: the Jewish people, after their captivity and release, many returned once again to the area known as Judea. So, this soon-coming ‘great tribulation’ that our Lord Jesus Christ prophesied for these latter days is primarily speaking concerning JUDEA. Notice ── “’ Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place’ (whoever reads, let him understand).’” – Matthew 24:15. And what we need to understand is our history: Daniel 11:31. Antiochus IV’s desecration of the Temple, setting up the “abomination of desolation.” He halted the daily sacrifices in 167 B.C. It’s fascinating how the duality of prophecy ── having multiple layers ── how Daniel’s vision found its fulfillment with Antiochus IV, but also Jesus points to it as still in the future, yet another layer to unfold. “’ then let those WHO ARE IN JUDEA FLEE TO THE MOUNTAINS.’” – vs. 16.
Yet even before the very beginning of this prophesied ‘great tribulation’ for these latter days, we have verse 9. “’ Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.’” Let us consider ──
“’ And I will give power to my TWO WITNESSES, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days [3½ years], clothed in sackcloth.’ 4) These are two olive trees and two lampstands standing before the god of the earth. 5) And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies. And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner. 6) THESE have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.” – Revelation 11:3-6.
“’ And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as A WITNESS to all the nations, and then the end will come.’” – Matthew 24:14.
“When they finish their testimony [witnessing], the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit [the Devil and Satan] will make war against them, over come them, and kill them.” – Revelation 11:7.
“Now after the three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. 12) And they heard a loud voice from [the atmosphere] saying to them, ‘Come up here.’ And they ascended to [the atmosphere] in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.
13) IN THE SAME HOUR there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell [the city of Jerusalem]. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14) The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly.” – Revelation 11:11-14.
“’ For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22) And UNLESS those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.’” – Matthew 24:21-22.
We see just who the ’elect’ are in Scriptures such as Daniel 12:1 ── “’ 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, Even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, …’”
So, He’s speaking of devastation so massive that if He didn’t return early to put a stop to it ── no flesh would be saved. All the children of Israel would come to an end. Yet, praise be to our mighty Lord God, He will cut short this great devastation!
Yes! The Lord God Almighty intervenes, steps in, and stops it! Now, just before the beginning of this end-time ‘great tribulation’ ── something terrible will happen to the United States of America ── it will be subjugated; it will ── in essence ── be neutralized as a world power. This end-time prophesied ‘great tribulation’ is a time of world trouble.
Let’s turn to the Book of Jeremiah, the 30th chapter. Let’s go over a little of this. Here is what is foretold in your Bible. Again, at least 1/3 of God’s living word is prophecy for our time! Listen, the Holy Bible really is a book about one man ── Abraham. And it pertains to the House of Israel, and other nations that come in contact with Israel. The great and awesome Plan From the Beginning that we speak about ── His whole purpose that is being worked out here below, is centered upon the people who He has chosen ── the Israelites. Now, rightfully so, the LORD God is not a respecter of persons (Romans 2:11); the LORD our God chose the children of Israel because He wanted them to be His treasured possession (Deuteronomy 7:6–8, Deuteronomy 7:7, Exodus 19:5, Isaiah 43:10, and Psalm 135:4), not because of their size, but because of His love and promises to their fathers. He doesn’t love the Japanese any less, or the Chinese, or the Arabs, or the people of Africa.
A Future Subjugation
Let’s look into this prophecy concerning our people. Again, these prophecies are centered around the house of Israel ── and the United States of America is a part of the House of Israel, or rather the Kingdom of Israel. The 30th chapter of the Book of Jeremiah ──
“’ For behold, the days are coming,’ says the LORD, ‘that I will bring back from captivity My people ISRAEL and JUDAH,’ says the LORD.” – Jeremiah 30:3.
This is speaking concerning the glorious and powerful second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the deliverance of His chosen people that are in a state of subjugation. Now, as we know, the Jewish people are scattered throughout the nations of the world ── but so is the whole of the House of Israel. Yes, the Jewish people do have their own nation today ── called Israel, but as we near the end of this present age, many Jewish people will be trying to escape Israel and Jerusalem, as did occur after the Temple fell in AD 70; the Jewish population scattered. Some groups headed north through the hills of the Anti-Lebanon range into Lebanon and beyond, sometimes reaching the coast and moving toward Turkey.
So, I’ve spoken concerning the two stressed sins for which our forefathers were punished; and we are guilty of those same two sins today!
Sadly, however, it’s not always clear what is an idol. An idol is not as clear as a statue, or an image of a Christ with feminine features having a beard and long hair. It’s not as clear as having a Buddha figurine on your mantel with candles ablaze around it. It’s not as clear as having an ancient Asherah pole in your home decorated with glistening lights and silvery tinsel. Anything can be an idol ── your automobile, your television set, and even your spouse, or your church. Indeed, our lands are full of idols! I too had an idol at one time, and the LORD God said that I would have to give that up ── and it was one of the toughest things I had to do. It was painful to give it up. It was one of those things that I had wanted since I was eight years old. But I had to surrender and give myself over to the LORD God instead before I could become His begotten child. Before He could begin to use me. And, my friends, you’ll have to give up your idol as well. Of course, your idol may not be the same as I had. Yet, most of us have had many idols. Now, for one, it might be the fact that he thinks he’s rich, has become wealthy, and have need of nothing! Maybe it’s one that thinks he’s learned everything he needed to learn back in 1972, or 1986 ── and he feels he has no need to grow anymore in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus! We have to give our idols up, or we will never see the glorious Kingdom of God! So, whatever your idol is, my friends, you’ve got to give it up. We cannot worship the LORD God and an idol as well.
Moving on to verse 4 ── “Now these are the words that the LORD spoke concerning ISRAEL and JUDAH.” – speaking concerning the Anglo-Americans and the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations, like Australia and New Zealand, and the Middle East nation called Israel.
5) For thus says the LORD: ‘We have heard a voice of trembling, Of fear, and not of peace. [So, during a time of great war]. 6) Ask now, and see, Whether a man is ever in labor with child? So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins Like a woman in labor, And all faces turned pale? [note: Matthew 24:21-22] 7) Alas! For that Day is great, So that none is like it; And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, [again, a time of tribulation, ‘such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.’] …’”
A time of trouble that this world has never witnessed before, no, nor ever will again! The Day of the LORD!
So, right here within the Book of Jeremiah is a prophecy showing us that the LORD God will take the remnants of the house of Israel and the remnants of the house of Judah and bring them back from subjugation to the land of Palestine. Recall, they were scattered around the world throughout all the countries. This is speaking of Israel as well as the Jews──indeed, millions of Jews are not in the land of Palestine today.
Verse 7 ── “’ Alas! For that Day is great, So that none is like it; And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, But he [the children of Jacob/Israel] shall be saved out of it.’”
This is speaking of a dreadful and terrible ‘great tribulation’──which is also called the Day of the LORD! Jacob. Who is Jacob? And, where is Jacob today? Well, there are estimated about 15.7 – 16.5 million Jewish people, conservatively, worldwide, 4 of whom have descended from the tribe of Judah, or rather the kingdom of Judah. Yes, this soon-coming ‘great tribulation’ that will be upon them will be ‘such as never happened since there was a nation’! Yet, it doesn’t only involve the tiny nation in the Middle East. No, when we include the United States of America, the United Kingdom and her Commonwealth Nations──the likes of which are Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa──and when it involves a reorganized “United States of Europe,” then we will be in a time that ‘has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be’!
Now, there have been some people who have asked me: ‘What God do you worship?’ and ‘What Bible do you read and study?’ The God I worship is the great Elohim, the family of God (cf. Genesis 1:26), which consists of God the Father and God His Son──Creator of all life and spirits, the great God of Moses, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The awesome and merciful I AM (Exodus 3:13-14; John 6:35; 8:12; 10:9,11; 11:25; 14:6; 15:1). And, in my youth, I began reading and studying the King James Version, and over time I’ve come to understand that the original Old Testament was translated from Hebrew and the New Testament from Greek, with just a smattering of Arabic. And that we must study God’s living word with this in mind. So, when we do study from the Roman Catholic Douay or Challoner-Rheims Version, or the New English Version, or even the New Living Translation, we study it with the understanding of its original source languages. Indeed, we can receive the living truth of the Eternal One, if one is willing. And I don’t mean that we will see everything correctly, but we get near enough to God’s living truth, if one is willing. Yet, we cannot be self-willed; we cannot want our own way──we must completely surrender to the LORD God!
Verse 8 ── “’ For it shall come to pass in that Day,’ Says the LORD of hosts, ‘That I will break his yoke from your neck, And will burst your bonds [here speaking about the whole of the house of Israel]; Foreigners shall no more enslave them.’”
And notice verse 9 from the New English Translation ── “’ But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.’”
So, this is speaking of the time of the glorious resurrection of the dead in Christ! King David will be resurrected and will be king over the whole of the house of Israel, with our Lord Jesus returning with all His angels and saints as King of kings and Lord of lords ── “Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in [the atmosphere], saying, ‘The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord [God the Father] and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!’” – Revelation 11:15.
The whore of Babylon, clothed in scarlet and purple, riding a ‘beast’ with seven heads and ten horns ── symbolizing a corrupt, idolatrous Church, backed by a blasphemous empire.
Also, let’s look at Isaiah chapter 47.
Verse 1 ── “’ Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; …’”
Now, this isn’t speaking of ancient Babylon: The Babylonian kingdom, or Babylonia, began around the 19th century with the Amorite ruler Sumu-abum and grew into a mighty empire under Hammurabi. It lasted as a mighty independent power until the Persian kingdom captured it in 539 BC──when our Lord Jesus was born, the kingdom had existed roughly 1,900 years. 5 So, this is speaking of “the daughter of Babylon,” a prophecy for our future.
“ … ‘O daughter of the Chaldeans! …’”
Now, yes──often the “she” or “daughter” language is a poetic device. But here the feminine gender is spoken of as a religious element that is over a political element. SI, when asked, of course, gave a scholarly answer: “The ‘she’ language isn’t tied to the Church. It’s a literary personification—authors give a city or nation a feminine voice to evoke a mother‑land image, and the same device shows up in poetry, politics and even ship‑talk, not just religious symbolism.” 6
“ …’ For you shall no more be called Tender and delicate.’” ── and if we compare this with Revelation 17 & 18, we see the same type of language.
Notice verse 5 ── “’ Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; For you shall no longer be called The Lady of Kingdoms.’”
O indeed. Isaiah 47 comes from the “Deutero-Isaiah” section (which is chapters 40-55), which was written while the kingdom of Judah was in Babylonian exile in the 6th century BC. It delivers a vivid oracle that the “daughter of Babylon” will be humiliated and destroyed. Again, the word “lady” here is spoken of as a religious element that is over a political element.
Verse 6 ── “’ I was angry with My people [the whole of the house of Israel]; I have profaned My inheritance, …’” ── why? Because of their unrepentant sins, and indeed He will allow this judgment of the ‘great tribulation’ to occur, unless we as a nation repent! “ … ‘And given them [the whole house of Israel] into your hand [speaking here of the ‘daughter of Babylon’]. You showed them no mercy; On the elderly [upon our fathers] you laid your yoke very heavily.’”
And throughout these centuries indeed a mighty heavy yoke was laid upon the ancient house of Israel ── the divided kingdom of Israel. □
To be continued.
Notes and Sources
1 An albino man can have children with a range of hair, skin, and eye colors.
2 Amazon.com, 2 Nov 2026
3 ibid. 2.
5 Amazon.com, 3 Nov 2026
6 ibid. 5
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