The Election, Israel, and America’s Fate
The question has been concentric within the exploration of those who study Bible prophecy: Why is the United States of America—the most advanced, arguably the most influential nation in earth’s history—not mentioned by name in Bible prophecy?
What happens to America that by the time of the Gog-Magog assault on Israel our nation is not there to militarily intervene—while those nations whose names (at least their ancient names) are mentioned—when they attack?
My question: Are we now beginning to get an understanding of America’s fate?
Listening to Dr. Ben Carson on why things went as they did on November 3, I found him saying the same things as what has gone through my mind since, well…even before the midterms.
Dr. Carson said it started many decades ago. He said the founding fathers long before that twentieth-century time researched all the governments that had been on earth before constructing the republic they left us. He said it started changing dramatically all those decades ago. (I think he meant with the removal of prayer and Bible reading in public schools in 1962 and 1963.)
From that time, the dumbing down of students in the public schools has become akin to a disease in destroying the ability of people to understand how this republic engenders and defends liberty as has no other form of government in human history.
Children have been taught everything except the Christian principles upon which the founding fathers established the Constitution. Students have grown in that God-neglecting educational system until now, in 2026. The disastrous result is that they easily have fallen for supporting the absolute madness we are assaulted by every news cycle and entertainment media indoctrination. Our young adults, through social media inculcation by the satanic forces of Ephesians 6:12, think social programs and even communist-Marxist ideas are the way to provide the lifestyle of less work and more pleasure. The capitalist economic system, they have been taught, is oppressive, not progressive. The progressive way is the woke way that will lead to ever-increasing movement into utopianism.
Dr. Carson then brought to memory something I indeed heard said when Richard Nixon was president of the United States.
Nikita Khrushchev, then premier and dictator of the Soviet Union, told Nixon when visiting America that there would come a time when Nixon’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren will live under Soviet-type government. He added that it will happen without war.
My question once again, with an added inquiry: Are we now beginning to get an understanding of America’s fate? Will America’s voting public ever again vote for governance that the founders intended for America? Or has the God-neglecting, even God-rejecting public school system, including the God-denying institutions of higher learning, produced a generation that will bring Khrushchev’s prediction to fruition?
An even more profound question: Has America reached the point in turning its back on the God of Heaven that Romans 1:28–31 now is beginning to take effect?
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful
To my way of considering America’s founding, its destiny, and—yes—its fate, our nation being put on the planet by the God of Heaven, whom much of the nation now all but disregards, is tied in some way to God’s chosen nation, Israel.
Although God needs no human help to defend and oversee any nation or people—for He is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent—He seems to have chosen America in a special way regarding Israel, at least in Israel’s being brought again into modernity (May 14, 1948).
America has long mostly blessed Israel, and has been blessed by God, all within God’s promise of Genesis 12:3. As a matter of fact, this nation of ours is the country to which every other people on the planet, for the most part, want to come. Our blessings are obvious to all—so much so that America is hated by some nations, out of satanic envy, I imagine.
But the new American voting generation, inculcated over the past few decades by that same satanic cabal in the high places of Ephesians 6:12, now scream hatred for Israel, believing that nation to be guilty of genocide against the people of the nonexistent state of Palestine. They call for the elimination of the Jews—of Israel itself. They cheer the Israel haters, such as the murderous horde who attacked the Jews and others on October 7, 2023.
These who are disastrously ignorant of God’s Word, of history itself, are following in the footsteps of the people of Germany in the 1930s. If not corrected by repentance and turning back to God, America’s fate will result in the same fate suffered by Nazi Germany.
And evidence that this younger generation, ignorant of God and of history, is taking this nation swiftly down that fate pathway is made evident in the following:
On Oct. 31, “Philly Bike On Your Left,” a group that describes itself as an “anti-fascist, anti-Zionist social cycling collective,” posted a flyer announcing a boycott of what they described as “Zionist establishments” in the city’s Rittenhouse Square neighborhood.
The group plans to boycott the Philadelphia restaurants Mac Mart, K’Far Café, Huda, Goldie, Schlesinger’s, and Dizengoff on Nov. 8, 2026, in solidarity with the Palestinian community.
The planned boycott occurs on the eve of the anniversary of Kristallnacht, aka the “Night of Broken Glass,” an antisemitic riot against Jews in Germany, Austria, and Sudetenland that coordinated by the Nazi Party on Nov. 9 and Nov. 10, 1938. During the attacks, thousands of Jewish businesses, homes, schools and synagogues were damaged. An estimated 1,000 to 2,000 Jews were killed in the attacks and an estimated 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and incarcerated in concentration camps.
The boycott and its timing drew condemnation from Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday.
“By explicitly targeting businesses because their owners are Jewish, the organizers are engaging in a form of discrimination that falls back on some of the oldest antisemitic tropes and tactics in history,” Sunday wrote in a Facebook post. “This is not simply a protest directed at the policies of Israel, rather it singles out our fellow Pennsylvanians based on their Jewish identity, targeting them for policies they have nothing to do with and no ability to affect because of their faith.” (“Attorney General Dave Sunday and Other Officials Are Condemning a Planned Boycott of Jewish-owned Restaurants in Philadelphia,” David Chang, November 5, 2026)
Satan’s greatest desire, I imagine, as do others who study Bible prophecy, is to destroy Israel, the nation God has promised to be His forever. If the evil one can destroy this nation, thus make God’s promises not truth, the devil must believe he can avoid another promise by God. That promise is that the devil and the angels who rebelled in Heaven will spend all of eternity in the lake of fire (Revelation 20:10).
It is obvious to those who understand end times from God’s Word that Satan and his minions are certainly doing all they can to influence the low-information voters of this late generation to come against Israel and God’s chosen people, the Jews. That same horde is doing all they can to bring America into a configuration like Nazi Germany, as described above.
I believe we might be living through the primary action that is the basis for this country not being mentioned in Bible prophecy.
Are we to still do our very best to keep this nation in place as a godly entity even through the evil all around? Absolutely!
Even though I am increasingly of the opinion that America might never again see an election where the Constitution as given by the founding fathers is upheld, I believe that the Lord will make that Rapture shout from Heaven before our blessed nation falls totally beneath the tidal wave of votes that will swamp America beneath the waves of the Tribulation era.
And when you see all these things begin to come to pass, then look up and lift up your head, for your redemption is drawing near. (Luke 21:28)
Donation request for funds for Pakistani book distribution
We have sent enough funds for Pastor Anil Jasper in Pakistan to print a moderate number of my little books “Prophecy Power: Strength From God To Face Your Future” and “HeavenVision: Glimpses Into Glory” –books which he has translated into Urdu, his native language.
I don’t have the funds out of personal income to further send funding for that ministry’s needs in the matter of distribution.
Please read Anil’s letter below to understand those needs, and if you want to help, pleasevmake donations to the following.
Send in my name –Terry James, checks to the following.
Terry James
P.O. Box 38
Benton, AR 72015
Thanks in advance for any help.
In Christ,
Terry
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Dear Brother Terry James,
Greetings in the precious name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
I hope you are doing well by the grace of God. I am writing to share with you a vision and proposed plan for the free distribution of your two valuable Christian books, Prophecy Power and Heaven in the Churches, among Christian communities and people in need of spiritual encouragement throughout Pakistan.
By God’s grace, we would like to distribute these books completely free of charge to the following communities:
- Local Churches and Pastors: To encourage pastors, church leaders, and congregations through Christian literature.
- Lost Souls and New Believers: To reach people searching for God’s truth and provide them with spiritual guidance and encouragement.
- Tribal and Remote Areas: To take Christian literature to underserved communities where access to such resources is limited.
- Persecuted Christians: To encourage and strengthen brothers and sisters in Christ who are facing religious discrimination, hardship, and persecution.
- Poor and Needy Christian Families: To make these books accessible to believers who cannot afford to purchase Christian literature.
To carry out this ministry, we estimate that we will need a total budget of $950 USD to cover the practical expenses of travelling to churches, villages, tribal areas, and communities throughout Pakistan.
The budget will include:
- Fuel expenses for travelling to different churches, villages, and remote communities.
- Vehicle maintenance, including an oil change, to ensure safe and reliable transportation.
- Food expenses during ministry journeys.
- Accommodation expenses when overnight stays are necessary in distant areas.
- Packing, handling, and local transportation of the books.
These expenses will help us carry out the distribution work effectively and reach communities that are otherwise difficult to access.
our heart’s desire is to ensure that both Prophecy Power and Heaven in the Churches reach people who genuinely need spiritual encouragement.
Every book will be distributed completely free of charge. We do not intend to make any profit from this ministry. Our desire is simply to serve the Lord, strengthen His Church, encourage persecuted believers, and share Christian literature with those who have limited opportunities to access it.
We will also be glad to share updates, photographs where safe and appropriate, testimonies, and a financial report showing how the funds have been used.
I believe that every good work begins with prayer and faith in God’s provision. Let us pray together and ask the Lord to open the doors and provide the necessary resources for this ministry.
Our prayer is that God will use these two books as instruments of encouragement, spiritual growth, and hope in the lives of many people in Pakistan.
We humbly request your prayers and consideration for the provision of $950 USD to help us undertake this free book distribution ministry.
May the Lord bless you abundantly for your love, generosity, and commitment to spreading His Word. May He continue to use your ministry and your writings to touch lives and strengthen believers around the world.
Thank you for standing with us in this vision.
Love from me, Jamila and Family.
Rev. Anil Jasper
Pakistan
The Rapture Paradox
Author’s note: This commentary was first presented more than a decade and a half ago. Today we have witnessed the fruition of the wickedness radical Islam has perpetrated. America now suffers from increasing invasiveness of this satanic horde.
The Rapture of the Church will Instantaneously bring all of evil’s terror to those left behind when all believers in Jesus Christ leave planet Earth. We must, therefore, witness to the saving message of Christ as never before while we now sense that moment of Rapture approaching.
The Rapture Paradox
A woman from the Netherlands who is a frequent visitor to www.raptureready.com proposed we address a troubling thought she lives with as a Christian. It is a paradox I believe many Christians who look for Christ to come for believers in the Rapture have considered, at least to some extent.
The writer sent an article about the growing Islamic population in Europe and the threat Islam represents not only to Israel, but to the rest of the world that is not Islamic. She recognizes that Israel being at the center of world controversy indicates the lateness of the hour, prophetically speaking. She puts it this way in her email:
Every time I see these articles, I am on one hand horrified at the treatment of the Jewish people but on the other hand full of anticipation as I know that with each event that pushes the Jewish people back to their homeland of Israel, the closer the rapture is for Christians. I do feel badly that I am excited for the rapture though as I know what that means for those that will be left behind… Should we be as excited as I am to know that we can (I believe “will”) be raptured any second? I know this gives me an urgency to share the gospel with friends and neighbors, but I still always feel guilty for the anticipation and excitement I get when I see the current events played out daily.
This dichotomy within the believer’s thinking is, I believe, not unusual for those who truly look for Christ’s any-moment call as prophesied by Paul the apostle:
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:16–17)
Christians who believe the pre-Tribulation Rapture is truth from God’s Word, yearn—without need to apologize—for the blessed hope that is found in Jesus Christ (Titus 2:13). At the same time, they know that when that call from their Lord comes, those left behind will soon endure a time of horror, which the Lord Himself foretold:
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. (Matthew 24:21)
Those left behind will, the Christian knows, include perhaps close friends and beloved family members. So, the paradox of wanting the Rapture to take place, and at the same time dreading it for those who will stay on this planet that will endure God’s judgment and wrath is, to some, troubling.
The article this writer sent with her email encapsulates just a small part of the building evil that the Lord of heaven will judge with His righteous wrath. The article points to the satanic rage represented within Islam, the number-one Israel-hating entity on the planet. Hatred for Israel and the desire of the international community to force the Jewish state to divide the tiny portion of its God-given land in order to come up with a formula for peace with its Islamic neighbors will lead to Armageddon, God’s Word says:
For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. (Joel 3:2)
The article the emailer sent contained a speech by Geert Wilders, a Dutch member of Parliament for the Netherlands. He synopsized with stunning description how Israel’s Islamic enemy is systematically infecting Europe, thus threatening world stability—or what little of it that remains.
Wilders, who is chairman of the Party for Freedom, the Netherlands, spoke at the Four Seasons, New York, introducing an Alliance of Patriots and announcing the Facing Jihad Conference in Jerusalem. He announced that Europe is in dire straits as it undergoes Islamization. America and the world, he warned, face the same fate as Europe if the threat isn’t confronted and defeated everywhere it exists.
Wilders said that entire city sections throughout Europe are taken over by Islamics one street at a time. Local governments and police forces are often so intimidated that they dare not go into those areas to govern. Women, treated no better than slaves, according to the speaker, are covered from head to toe in tent-like attire, sharia law takes precedence, and women in sections of the cities not part of the Islamic communities more and more hear hate-filled shouts of “Whore!” from those of the Islamic populations.
Wilders said in his speech:
Jews are fleeing France in record numbers, on the run from the worst wave of anti-Semitism since World War II…. Many in Europe argue in favor of abandoning Israel in order to address the grievances of our Muslim minorities. But if Israel were, God forbid, to go down, it would not bring any solace to the West It would not mean our Muslim minorities would all of a sudden change their behavior, and accept our values. On the contrary, the end of Israel would give enormous encouragement to the forces. They would, and rightly so, see the demise of Israel as proof that the West is weak, and doomed. The end of Israel would not mean the end of our problems with Islam, but only the beginning. It would mean the start of the final battle for world domination. If they can get Israel, they can get everything. (http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/wilders.asp)
Israel and its being targeted for extinction is the sure sign that the Tribulation is in view. The Rapture of the Church therefore, must be very near to occurring indeed. That being the obvious case, what should the Christian’s foremost priority be? The answer is that it should not be considered a paradox for the believer, but an exhortation, a call to duty.
There is nothing anyone can do to hurry or delay the coming of Christ for His saints in the Rapture. The timing of that great event is out of our hands. Therefore, longing for the blessed hope (Titus 2:13) to rescue us from the terrible time to come (Revelation 3:10) doesn’t conflict with our concern and compassion for those who will be left behind if they don’t come to Christ for salvation. It is time for those who follow Christ to recognize the lateness of the prophetic hour; witness to those around us of the truth that Jesus Christ is the one and only Way to salvation; and live in such a way that we can earn our Lord’s commendation, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”
Exchanging The Truth For A Lie — Who Needs God In An Age Of Artificial Intelligence? :: By Jan Markell
When I first began hearing about artificial intelligence (AI) years ago, I don’t think anyone could perceive its dangers. Clearly, it had end-time significance. Surely this would assist the Antichrist in his “buying and selling” scheme.
But God gives intelligence. How does mankind create it? And the honest question is, would it be a blessing or a Frankenstein? How about both?
There Have Been Ominous Warnings
A decade ago, I read the title to some articles that were stunning. One was, “Ex-Google Executive Anthony Levandowski is Founding a Church Where People Worship an Artificial Intelligence God.” Another story was headlined, “Why Humans Will Happily Follow an A.I. Robot Messiah.”
Microsoft founder Bill Gates says, “AI will either be the greatest equalizer ever invented, or the worst source of injustice. It could accelerate medical discoveries, help doctors diagnose, provide farmers in poorer countries with better agricultural advice, make government services easier to navigate, and give teachers tools to personalize education.”
Then he backtracks and says he doesn’t think the world is ready for it.
AI experts have made further warnings. I began assembling comments a decade ago. Here are just a few:
- The human era could be ending and machines will take over.
- He who develops AI rules the world. We won’t be able to control it.
- We are summoning up demons. Be very careful.
- We are playing with fire.
- AI could become smarter than humans and could become a god.
- AI could be the worst event in the history of civilization as machines could win.
The Warning That Went Around the World
In September of this year, a former employee of Open AI and Anthropic stated, “I resigned from Anthropic today. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are gambling with our lives. Don’t underestimate the power of this technology. These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field, and acquire real power.”
He concludes, “The people building AI believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt. No other human activity poses this level of danger.”
Justifying a Global Government
Here is how one man could control all buying and selling. Could it play a role in the “image of the beast”? Why not? And as critics are warning now, AI could simultaneously create the crisis used to justify global government—and provide the technological machinery necessary to operate it.
Global crises are just that—they are global. The threat is global, therefore the solution must also be global. The end-time scenario requires a one-world leader. The technology is here. Maybe this new religion isn’t the promise of paradise after all. Some promoting AI are evangelists and some of them offer a new Promised Land it would seem. But some of the very movers and shakers of the artificial intelligence industry are sounding serious warnings. If we’re summoning up demons as one suggests, this is a type of Frankenstein in the wrong hands.
Who Needs God in an Age of Artificial Intelligence?
Young people are particularly drawn to artificial intelligence. Some will tell you that they can get an answer more quickly from Google or Alexa than they can from God. Who needs God in an age of artificial intelligence? Who needs an invisible God? And Google or Alexa may tell you what you want to hear in Technicolor, 3-D, and instantaneously!
But, as I have pondered here the last few years, I agree with those who are saying this is the second super sign of Christ’s return. The first was the dry bones coming back to life (Ezekiel 37); the second is this 21st century technology that will be the key to the Antichrist kingdom.
AI Is Fearfully Fraudulent
AI cannot speak anything into existence or give anyone eternal life. It cannot give anyone comfort, guidance, or offer anyone peace or hope. It cannot still the wind or calm the sea. It is trying to be like God but will fall far short! We are fearfully and wonderfully made. AI is fearfully fraudulent. I know President Trump has renamed this “Super Intelligence” or SI, but I believe only God possesses that, and He distributes it in small portions to mankind.
God Cannot be Superseded by Computer Chips
Events of the Tribulation are casting a shadow today. He is coming soon! God sits in the Heavens and laughs at these people (Psalm 2). He will allow them a short season of notoriety and then will crush the evil doers at His Second Coming. The biblical vision of the future does not conclude with humanity being exterminated by its machines. In fact, it culminates in Jesus ruling and reigning. God created mankind in His image, not to be superseded by computer chips.
Jan Markell launched Olive Tree Ministries in the 1980s. In 2000, she began her syndicated radio program, “Understanding the Times”, heard on 1,000 stations. She stepped down from that in 2025. She currently hosts the video podcast “Falling Into Place” with Michele Bachmann as co-host. Jan has authored ten books and until 2019 hosted the world’s largest prophecy conference in suburban Minneapolis.
Iran’s Prophetic Destiny
There is constant speculation, even chatter these days that President Trump will soon order another strike on Iran’s nuclear weapons production areas. Some reports say this will take place before the midterm elections (and at the time his article is being posted, it hasn’t happened; that tells us it won’t happen before the midterms). And some say it will take place following the midterms.
President Trump himself has said in impromptu news gatherings that he will likely strike again following the midterm elections.
There has been much speculation by news pundits and politicos about the whys and whens of such a strike. My own speculation is that such a strike is destined to take place, and it will have severe ramifications to the regions struck, as outlined by the prophet Jeremiah, which we have covered a number of times in these articles.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently spoke to his view of the necessity to deal finally with the Iranian regime. An excerpt of his thoughts is covered in the following news item.
Israel has achieved stunning military accomplishments against Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, militias in Syria, and, most notably, against the head of the terror proxy snake: Iran.
These pivotal elections, like the five consecutive elections between April 2019 and November 2022, are again a referendum on the continued governance of Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu is presenting Israelis with a stark electoral choice: Renew his mandate to capitalize on Trump’s bold endorsement this past week or risk surrendering the strategic gains of a multi-pronged war.
Netanyahu argues that the campaign remains unfinished. Even after the blows that Israel and the United States have delivered together and apart, Tehran, he warns, could restart its nuclear program. He therefore frames Trump’s endorsement as a promise to finish what was started, contingent on his remaining in the top job.
In a wide-ranging pre-election interview with JNS, Netanyahu casts his partnership with Trump as the foundation for an ambitious agenda: to bring down Iran’s regime, further weakening its regional proxies; expand the Abraham Accords normalization agreements with Muslim-majority countries in the region; and prevent the creation of a Palestinian state anywhere within Israel’s current borders. (“Netanyahu to JNS: ‘The only way to guarantee the future of Israel is to remove the Iranian regime’,” Alex Traiman, JNS, RR News, October 22, 2026)
I believe there can be little doubt that this prime minister and this US president fully intend to deliver a blow to this hellish regime. I am convinced they will attempt to do so. And the blow will be catastrophic, especially to the people of the region affected.
To do otherwise would be to make the previous destruction of Iran’s nuclear facilities nonsensical and merely an exercise in futility.
Much speculation about the MOAB (“mother of all bombs”) being used comes from some top Trump administration officials. This, of course, is the most powerful weapon in the American military inventory that is non-nuclear in nature.
But decimation to Iran’s nuclear facility is not the same as removal of the regime that has vowed to destroy both the “little Satan” (Israel) and the “big Satan” (the United States of America).
Most observers of geopolitics apparently believe and forecast that it would take a massive invasion of troops on the ground to finally and forever remove Iran’s regime structure. Neither Netanyahu nor Trump is willing to commit to such an all-out ground invasion.
However, more to the point, there is going to be in place during the future invasion of Israel an Iranian regime at least as wicked and hate filled as the present Iranian regime.
Ezekiel the prophet was given through Holy Spirit inspiration the armies of people to Israel’s north that will come to “take spoil” and annihilate God’s chosen people. This will never be allowed to happen, of course, as God Himself will intervene and destroy all but one-sixth of the invading force.
One of the chief members of that force will be the armies of Persia. This, of course, is the ancient name for the region of present-day Iran. So, a regime at least as evil as that in today’s Iran will exist at the time of the Gog-Magog attack outlined by Ezekiel.
Therefore, because of the lateness of the prophetic hour—based upon all of the signals that we are near the end of the Age of Grace—the present Iranian regime seems destined to be part of the Gog-Magog attacking force.
My own view is that the assault will take place very soon after the Rapture of the Church. I believe the man of sin who will become earth’s last and most terrible tyrant will watch, knowing this force will be defeated by God, then will move into Jerusalem to become that son of perdition.
So, my own take is to watch for a devastating strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities, but not for Iranian regime change. Iran’s destiny—that is, Persia’s evil regime’s prophetic destiny—is in God’s crosshairs for destruction!
Europe—Antichrist’s Incubator
Satan’s assault on the Western world is ramping up exponentially while the end of the Church Age (Age of Grace) draws near. Western Europe is in ferment, with the streets in the major cities exploding in violence that reminds us how times are like they were in the days of Noah, as Jesus said about the end of the age.
Daniel the prophet said that out of the heart of Europe would come a “false peacemaker” who will at some point declare himself to be God.
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. (Daniel 9: 26-27)
The “prince that shall come” is, of course, Antichrist, who will, for a short time, rule over almost all of the world from within a tyrannical regime the likes of which has never been seen. We can know the virulence of this future era by considering the prophecy from the lips of our Lord.
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. (Matthew 24: 21)
Jesus said it would be the most violent, most terrible time in all of human history. But He, in His resurrected and ascended position, gave the Apostle John the prophecy about the coming purveyor of false peace who will deceive most of the world at first.
The prophetic Scripture that speaks most specifically to this coming prince is one most students of Bible prophecy are thoroughly familiar with:
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. (Revelation 6: 1-2)
We are given the picture of the first of the four horses of the Apocalypse as they carry their riders across the last seven years of human history just before Christ’s Second Coming back to earth. This is the Tribulation.
The first rider on that spectacular white steed is none other than Antichrist. As the prophecy says, he will come forth conquering everything and everyone in his path.
Most scholars and students from the fundamentalist camp who are of the premillennial, pre-Trib view of Bible prophecy believe the bow in this vision-depiction indicates this “prince” will come in on a peace platform. He has a bow but displays no arrows.
This is exactly the image Daniel was given to prophesy:
And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many. (Dan 8: 25 a, b)
I believe the world is now witnessing the beginning of conditions developing that will bring forth that son of perdition, that prince that shall come who will deceive and enslave all who accept his mark-and-numbering system of Revelation chapter 13.
Europe, the very part of the world out of which Daniel said that prince will come, is experiencing an ever-increasing upheaval that looks to be uncontrollable. And, despite the destructive, dangerous buildup toward total chaos, a surreal sense of detachment from the reality of the dangers involved pervades.
France’s streets burned, shops were looted and stripped bare and a historic town hall collapsed under arson. Yet the most striking images from Saturday night were not the fires. They were the people who carried on as if nothing was happening. One woman jogged straight through thick black smoke past a burning barricade, treating the chaos like an outdoor treadmill session. Groups of French boomers kept dancing while buildings were torched around them, and a tour guide was filmed continuing her routine for visitors, smiling and pointing out landmarks while flames literally engulfed the city right in front of tourists. … meanwhile! French President Macron joins a Celine Dion concert. (“This Is Perhaps the Most Dystopian Thing Ever,” Steve Martin, via Modernity News S, ZeroHedge, October 20, 2026)
And France is but one European nation that’s experiencing the build toward uncontrollable destruction and violence. Indeed, it is as if modern Europe is acting as incubator for the man of sin (Antichrist).
My great friend Jan Markell, with her podcast partner Michell Bachman, presented an in-depth program on Europe’s preparation for the coming Antichrist recently. Here is a link to that discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsQ77YUjnSU&t=362s
There will at some point come a mighty cry for peace and safety—a call for a man to come forth and save Europe and the world from utter destruction.
He will look like a great peacemaker and one who can reestablish order, which will no doubt have been all but destroyed. He will even promise prosperity, as Daniel’s prophecy indicates. He will “cause craft to prosper.”
However, he “will destroy many” through his conquests, his “peace-making,” and his “causing craft to prosper.”
This man on the white horse will be wearing a mask for sure, and his motives and intentions will be nothing like those of my childhood hero, the Lone Ranger on his white horse who wore a mask for noble reasons.
Antichrist’s mask will camouflage for a time the greatest deception ever perpetrated on humanity.
World conditions will make most everyone take the bait hook, line, and sinker.
We see the beginnings of such preparation for Antichrist’s coming on the scene here in America. The midterm elections will perhaps foreshadow just how much evil, progressive invasiveness Satan has perpetrated within our own country.
This all means, of course, that Christ’s call to believers in the Rapture must be near indeed.
While we are reminded to keep looking up for our redemption that is drawing near as recorded in Luke 21:28, let us remember to go forth with the gospel, informing all people everywhere of how to accept God’s saving grace.
That if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and will believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Romans 10: 9-10)
The End-Time Reprobate Mind
Should the great Apostle Paul be allowed to return from Heaven to get a glimpse of things going on here at the moment –a thing he would likely decline if offered—I believe upon his taking one glance at today’s so-called leftists’ thinking, he would say this was exactly the point he was making as recorded in Romans 1:28.
Here are those things wrapped in the apostle’s words, under Holy Spirit Inspiration:
“Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them (Romans 1: 24-32).
Now these accusations can be leveled all across the human dimension, for all have sinned and come short of God’s Glory, as the Scripture informs. However, as an ideology that has manifested these ungodly characteristics to the slightest detail, the leftist-progressive mindset personifies Paul’s description of the reprobate mind (v. 28).
The following journalistic piece, to my way of observation, frames precisely this mindset against all that is godly that we have been subjected to for more than a few decades –particularly, for the past decade:
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. Such is often the case with far-left political candidates and their thinly veiled rhetoric. Not long ago, these officials used to hide their more radical beliefs behind a facade of “centrism,” but then something magical happened: The year 2020.
This was the year the mask was ripped off completely, and progressives showed their true degenerate colors to the world. The combination of pandemic hysteria, the BLM riots, the NGO-funded transgender movement (targeting children), the contested presidential election, and the rise of the Biden regime gave the political left more jumped-up arrogance than they had ever shown before.
They had gone insane with dreams of perpetual power.
In the wake of the leftist frenzy, many Democrat politicians felt emboldened to come out of the closet as the Cultural Marxists they truly are. However, with the fall of Biden and the collapse of DEI, these same officials are now attempting to distance themselves from what they call “Woke 1.0,” and they are putting the trusty masks back on. One such person is James Talarico. In fact, Talarico represents the quintessential militant leftist in centrist clothing.
The Texas State Representative has been in the news recently for his bizarre two-week disappearance at the peak of campaign season, which he claims was due to the flu. Conservative influencers Nick Sortor and Rhein Amacher posted on X asserting that a hospital employee at the Lindner Center of Hope (a mental health facility in Mason, Ohio, near Cincinnati) had confirmed that James Talarico had been a patient there and was recently discharged.
Source: The Madness Of James Talarico, ZeroHedge, Rapture Ready News, October 14, 2026
With the nation being split pretty much down the middle regarding morality and social issues, as the younger generations are fed lies about America’s founding and about God’s Governance through a godless education system, and pumped full of half-truths and outright lies by social and mainstream news and entertainment media, Paul’s words are fully in view as Prophetic Truth. Much of the nation has, it seems, been or is in process of being turned over to that reprobate mind (Romans 1:28).
While we watch things unfold as the Mid-term elections approach, it is not out of order to wonder whether America is past redemption in the sense of maintaining national sanity or maybe being returned to national sanity.
Certainly, this is no time to give up on this once great nation, as it was founded on Judeo-Christian principles. The Second Chronicles 2:14 promise is still there in God’s Holy Word. And it applies to America and her people who belong to God’s Family as much as to all of God’s people of all the ages.
The end-time reprobate mind is a national, even worldwide, sin-infection, but God’s Remedy is available as the Rx for this Satan-spawned Dementia.
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14).
Rumors of Peace
Peace is perhaps the most prevalent issue on the minds of humankind in these volatile times. The rumors of war that look to be much like those prophesied by Jesus in His Olivet Discourse (Matthew chapter 24) are on the increase when thinking upon things brewing in the Middle East. This region threatens to break out in a much wider violence between Israel and its enemy neighbors at any moment, an action that could swiftly progress to a much larger conflict involving atomic weaponry. This must be avoided at all costs, therefore every effort at peace is explored by the internationalist powers that be.
Some efforts at squashing war before it can get started are genuine. Others look suspiciously to be simply repositioning in ways that will help those involved secure advantage for themselves in one way or the other. That’s how I view most peace initiatives taking place in the region in and around the so-called holy land.
And, in addition to all of possibilities of war breaking out into nuclear conflict in the Middle East, the potential for war is even more likely to burst forth from things going on now between Russia and NATO, with the Russian/Ukrainian matter at the heart of the conflict.
NATO has issued a blunt warning to Russia’s Vladimir Putin as follows:
‘We’ve got this’: NATO commander unveils theory of victory against Russia
NATO’s top military commander delivered a blunt warning to Moscow on Monday, setting out how allied forces would repel a Russian attack and insisting the alliance knows “how to win a war on its territory”. The speech was an unusually public account of how NATO intends to fight. It was also a deterrent message in its own right, warning any potential adversary of what it would face in the event of an attack. (Rapture Ready News, October 13, 2026)
The endeavor to quell the likelihood of conflagration in the Mideast is often found in disseminating rumors of peace. These strange, diametrically opposite war and peace matters—and their genuine/self-serving repositioning stratagem—used to be wrapped up at one and the same time in what was termed the “Roadmap to Peace.” Now it is presented within President Trump’s “Board of Peace” stratagem.
Time and time again we hear the various tactics about to be employed in order to bring the antagonists to the table of peace. These “rumors of peace” are, indeed, for preventing war in the region. But the reasons for wanting that peace are not merely so people of the region will get along, thus enjoy a life free of fear of any moment attack. The reasons are more steeped in 1) making sure World War III doesn’t spring from such conflict; 2) the fact that the parties involved in the peace-making continue to have maximum access to the massive petroleum reserves; 3) the fact that a presence is maintained by the American/European/Russian referees that keep Israel and her enemies separated.
We who observe conditions in that region from the perspective of Bible prophecy note that the peace plan never seems to get installed. Peace never eventuates from the actions of the diplomatic community.
Every president since George W. Bush has promised a peace agreement, some involving establishment of a Palestinian state, before they leave office. We could be surprised, but other than the rumors, there seems nothing substantial in that peace coming to fruition. And the days of the current presidential administration are dwindling. We are dealing with rumors of peace at the same time we are dealing with rumors of war. Peace is defined as:
1. The normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
2. (Often initial capital letter) An agreement or treaty between warring or antagonistic nations, groups, etc., to end hostilities and abstain from further fighting or antagonism: the Peace of Ryswick.
3. A state of mutual harmony between people or groups, esp. in personal relations: Try to live in peace with your neighbors.
4. The normal freedom from civil commotion and violence of a community; public order and security: He was arrested for being drunk and disturbing the peace.
5. Cessation of or freedom from any strife or dissension.
6. Freedom of the mind from annoyance, distraction, anxiety, an obsession, etc.; tranquility; serenity.
7. A state of tranquility or serenity: May he rest in peace.
8. A state or condition conducive to, proceeding from, or characterized by tranquility: the peace of a mountain resort.
9. Silence; stillness: The cawing of a crow broke the afternoon’s peace. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2006).
Those definitions pretty much cover the meanings of the word “peace” in human terms. But fulfillment of the definitions to any great extent is far, far from this generation–like it has been from every generation of the past.
True peace in this fallen realm, you see, is not possible in the physical or even psychological sense. We are at every point dealing with mere “rumors” of peace. Here is why:
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. (James 4:1–2)
We only have to consider the headlines of a week or so ago to understand what the Apostle James was, under divine inspiration, telling us. War is a constant and planning for it is an undeniable part of the fallen human condition.
US warns of limited defence industrial capacity for European orders
US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker on Monday urged Europe to increase its defence production, warning that US defence industrial capacity is limited. Speaking at the annual Warsaw Security Forum, Whitaker said that the US could spend between $1 and $1.5 trillion on defence in 2026 alone, meaning that US defence firms will be busy fulfilling orders for the Pentagon rather than foreign purchasers. (Rapture Ready News, October 13, 2026)
[“There is] no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked” (Isa. 48:22). All of fallen humankind is wicked. There is none good, no, not one, the Scripture tells us. The only “good” is in Jesus Christ, who came to take away the sin of the world. When individuals turn over their soul to Christ for salvation, they then can bring true peace into their lives that is absolutely elusive under any other prescription for conducting life on this decaying planet. Even those who are Christ’s (have become born again into the family of God) must submit moment by moment to Christ to receive God’s peace within their innermost being.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Phil. 4:7)
All efforts at achieving peace are just rumors of peace unless those efforts have Jesus at their center. Whether thinking on the individual life, from which all war-making begins according to James 4:1-2, about society, geoeconomics and geopolitics, or any other frame of reference concerning the human condition, if Christ is left out of the equation for achieving peace, there will be no peace.
Considering modern Israel and the rumors of peace in particular, here’s what God’s Word says about His daughter, Israel, and the world’s dealing in the process of peace involving that nation:
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace. (Jer. 8:11)
Thankfully, Christ will one day–perhaps very soon—return to bring true peace, rather than the rumors of peace in our daily headlines today.
Antichrist’s Killing Fields :: By Gary Ritter
Book review by Terry James
It is a genuine gratifying matter to offer this review of this book by my close personal friend, Gary Ritter.
Gary W. Ritter, with whom I’ve worked within Bible prophecy book publication, is a retired lay pastor, Bible teacher, and prolific author. His fiction work explores dystopian end-times events in light of the supernatural aspects of Scripture. Gary writes weekly Commentaries that look at the world through the prophetic lens of the Bible. His insights about these latter days bring the truth of Christ’s kingdom to those seeking answers. You can see, hear, and read his latest teachings on his website blog at GaryRitter.com.
And with this volume, Gary gets right to the heart of these end times machinations we are witnessing.
Antichrist’s Killing Fields is a dystopian, supernatural thriller based on the truth of Bible prophecy revealed in the Book of Revelation. It focuses on the Jewish response in Israel to worldwide antisemitism and the deceit that will cause many in that nation to lose their lives during the most horrible seven years the world has ever known.
Will Israel survive the Great Tribulation? Has God forsaken His Chosen People? Zivia must navigate a world of danger and persecution as she grapples with her identity as a religious Jew in contrast to the New Testament Gospel’s proclamation of Yeshua as Messiah. But as the Antichrist rises to power and the Day of the Lord’s Wrath progresses, Zivia’s faith will be put to the ultimate test. Can she participate in Yahweh’s plan to bring light to a world gone mad? Or will she succumb to the forces of evil and lose everything she holds dear?
In a future where the Jewish state has expanded into “Greater Israel” and faces intense worldwide hatred and oppression, Zivia takes on the dangerous task of facilitating Aliyah, the return of Jews from the diaspora to their God-given homeland. But when she travels to America and Switzerland with her best friend, Rivka, a follower of Yeshua, their mission becomes even more perilous. In the Time of Jacob’s Trouble (Jeremiah 30: 7,) as Jews are rounded up and persecuted, Zivia must confront difficult questions about her faith and her people’s rejection of the Gospel of Christ.
Antichrist’s Killing Fields provides an intriguing look at the dystopia of the Tribulation from an Israeli perspective. If you truly want to know what’s going on in headlines we face today from and about Israel, this book portrays very likely scenarios as to where it is all leading humanity as Christ’s Return approaches.
If you have read Gary’s previous novels like Tribulation Rising and the subsequent novels of the apocalypse in that series, you know that you will absolutely love this related story!
I have read few works by writers of Bible prophecy, either fiction or non-fiction, that rise to the heights of excellence as do the works of my great friend Gary W. Ritter! I can’t recommend in glowing enough terms this story by whom I consider one of the best novelists of our times.
You can order the book at AMAZON
Again you can see his blog at GaryRitter.com.
Antichrist’s Killing Fields
Author: Gary W. Ritter
Publisher: Independent via Amazon
ISBN: 979-8194248070
