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30 August 2026: We’re almost through with the 8th month of 2026. In some ways, we are living in the most troubling, terrifying, times in world history. And we know from reading the Bible that times aren’t going to get better. But at the same time, we are living in the most unique of times. The Bible seems to be unfolding before our eyes every day, and these are the moments when we can witness it happening.
With that in mind, I’m going to try to take this blog in a new direction. Rather than try to be a reporter, which I’m not, I’m just going to lay out what I see going on in the world. I’m going to show you what I see when I read the news or listen to a news podcast.
The Masks Are Coming Off
Right now, there is a huge staring contest in the Middle East. Turkey, Syria and Israel have locked eyes, and everyone is just waiting to see who will be the first to blink. Israel is accusing Turkey of trying to move weapons and military personnel into Syria. Of course Turkey is going to deny it, I mean what do you expect them to say? “Aww shucks, you caught us! How did you know?”
Because there are secret meetings going on right now with several Middle East countries, and surprise, surprise; those countries line up with Ezekiel 38. The question before them is how to rid the world once and for all of the nation of Israel. Because of this phenomenal surge in antisemitism, Iran believes now is the time to strike Israel. The world has largely remained silent over October 7th.
Turkey has become increasingly radical in the last few months: Under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey has shifted sharply toward Islamist nationalism, authoritarianism, and anti‑Israel rhetoric. Some example of the things he has said include, calls for an “Army of Islam” to confront Israel. Urging Muslims to defend Jerusalem “to the death.”
Donald Trump: Caught Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Because Turkey is a NATO country, they have President Trump right where they want him. If Turkey were to attack Israel, could the USA attack Turkey in order to defend Israel? I say no. There is absolutely no precedence allowing any NATO member to attack another NATO member. Article 5 binds the alliance to mutual defense, meaning a direct military clash between two member states—or a scenario where the U.S. is forced to choose between a key NATO powerhouse like Turkey and its alliance with Israel—creates an unprecedented diplomatic and military deadlock.
The USA would be confined to making a diplomatic response to an attack, or risk upsetting the NATO alliance. The Bible tells us in Ezekiel 38 that when Gog and Magog and it’s hordes do attack Israel, the international response will be one of words, not military might:
13 Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its rulers will ask you, “Have you come to seize spoil? Have you mobilized your assembly to carry off plunder, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and possessions, to seize plenty of spoil? ” ’ – Ezekiel 38:13 CSB
The fact that these events are lining up exactly as foretold shouldn’t be a source of amazement to anyone who has decided in these times to pay attention. Just as the 5 wise virgins of Matthew chapter 25, we are staying alert and waiting the call, “Behold the bridegroom comes!”
I have been quite annoyed at our President in recent days. The way he keeps waffling between his attitudes toward Iran. But that has shown a definite weakness in the President: He is unwilling to keep his word when the pressure is applied. And that fits into Bible prophecy to the letter: The President will remain tangled in his quandary, whether to come to Israel’s aid and forsake the NATO alliance, or to abandon the Israelis, and side with NATO. And don’t think his Christian values are going to show him the way. I cannot judge a man’s heart, but I can listen to his rhetoric and his disrespectful comments to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
No Way Out
The Middle East situation is truly a road with no turns. The more Iran is pressured, the more they will believe they have no other choice to save their power over Iran than to show the world just how powerful they can be when pushed too far. Turkey has made a huge power play in the Middle East, trying to exert its dominance in the area. They are not going to stop now, since they are on the edge of Syria and are in a prime position to control the Middle East for years to come. Keep in mind these are Muslims, and this is the game their religion teaches them to play: Gain power, gain control and never give it up.
Israel has become a garden of Eden; and Middle East jealousy runs high. There is a demand Allah places on his followers: Any land once acquired for Allah must remain Allah’s, and if it is lost, it must be retaken. Right now, despite the many sanctions, Israel has more water than it can drink, more money than it can spend, and more food than it can eat. Just as the Bible predicted over 2,500 years ago:
They will say, “This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and demolished are now fortified and inhabited.” – Ezekiel 36:35 CSB
for water will gush in the wilderness, and streams in the desert; 7 the parched ground will become a pool, and the thirsty land, springs. – Isaiah 35:6-7 CSB
13 Look, the days are coming — this is the LORD’s declaration — when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the one who treads grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, and all the hills will flow with it. 14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel. They will rebuild and occupy ruined cities, plant vineyards and drink their wine, make gardens and eat their produce. – Amos 9:13-14 CSB
These are only a few of the Biblical prophecies dealing with the prosperity of Israel in the last days. While Iran is in the worst drought in the last 100 years, while other nations surrounding Israel struggle to get those desert lands to produce even a small harvest. While they struggle with conflict and war, Israel is a nation of celebration. Tel Aviv has a night life that is the Jewel of the Middle East.
Israel’s Current Security Doesn’t Add Up
11 You will say, “I will advance against a land of open villages; I will come against a tranquil people who are living securely, all of them living without walls and without bars or gates” – Ezekiel 38:11 CSB
No, right at this moment, Israel isn’t enjoying this false peace and safety it will believe to have in the moments leading up to this surprise attack. But we’ve seen how quickly these supposed peace agreements are made, and how many that are broken within a matter of a few days. It is important to understand this has nothing to do with rapture events. Ezekiel 38 talks of a time when Turkey, Egypt, and Iran will attack Israel with the intention of wiping it off the face of the earth.
Could this attack happen tomorrow? Probably not. But we are seeing the culmination of these events! It’s as if we are looking into the sky and seeing the storm collect itself. The sun gets blocked and the clouds gather, and the sky grows dark. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that it will soon rain. Just as we can know the weather from looking at the sky, we can know the signs of the end by looking at the times in which we live.
A Fresh Look At Ezekiel 38 Reveals The Accuracy of Bible Prophecy
For decades, students of Bible prophecy have commonly identified Gog and Magog in Ezekiel 38 and 39 with Russia. I have accepted that interpretation myself for many years. In fact, in 2015, when Russian forces entered Syria, I remember thinking that something extraordinary had happened. Russia was now positioned militarily in a country immediately north of Israel. For someone watching the prophetic landscape through the lens of Ezekiel 38, it was difficult not to take notice.
But sometimes an event that appears to confirm an interpretation can cause us to examine that interpretation more carefully. Today, I am no longer as certain that Gog and Magog should be identified with Russia. That does not mean I have concluded that Russia cannot be involved in the fulfillment of Ezekiel 38. Nor am I claiming that I have discovered a definitive answer that centuries of Bible scholars somehow missed. Rather, I have begun asking a much simpler question:
What if we have been looking in the wrong direction?
That question has led me back to Ezekiel 38—not to modern prophecy charts, not to Cold War geopolitics, and not to assumptions about which modern nation appears most threatening to Israel, but to the biblical text itself.
What if Gog and Magog are not Russia?
I am not making that statement as a conclusion. I am asking it as a question. And to answer it, I believe we need to go back to the biblical text itself.
Where Did “Rosh” Come From?
Let’s begin with Ezekiel 38:2. Because the translation of one Hebrew word in this verse has played an important role in the identification of Gog. The King James Version reads:
“Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him.” — Ezekiel 38:2, KJV
Notice something. The KJV does not say “Russia.” It says “the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.” The Christian Standard Bible, which I have been reading recently, follows the same basic understanding:
“Son of man, face Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him.” — Ezekiel 38:2, CSB
However, the CSB includes a footnote giving an alternative:
“Or the prince of Rosh”
That alternative is important because another familiar translation, the New King James Version, actually places “Rosh” in the text:
“Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal…” — Ezekiel 38:2, NKJV
So which is correct? Is Ezekiel describing Gog as the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal? Or is he describing Gog as the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal? That may seem like a small difference in translation. It isn’t.
If “Rosh” is the name of an ancient people or territory, then it becomes reasonable to ask whether that people can be identified with a modern nation. And this is where the traditional identification of Russia enters the discussion. But if rosh is being used in its ordinary Hebrew sense of “head,” “chief,” “principal,” or “chief ruler,” then there is no reference to a nation called Rosh in this verse at all. That distinction is crucial.
What does the Hebrew word mean?
The Hebrew word is רֹאשׁ, transliterated rosh. Its basic meaning is “head.” From that basic idea come a number of related meanings, including chief, principal, first, ruler, or head of something. It is a common Hebrew word rather than a word that automatically means the name of a particular nation. The Hebrew text of Ezekiel 38:2 contains the expression:
נְשִׂיא רֹאשׁ מֶשֶׁךְ וְתֻבָל
The question is how that construction should be understood. One possibility is: “chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.” Another is: “prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.”
Both readings have appeared in English translations and in the history of interpretation. The New International Version, for example, translates the verse as “chief prince of Meshech and Tubal,” while its footnote gives “the prince of Rosh” as the alternative. The ESV does the same. This is important because a conclusion about Russia should not begin with the assumption that Rosh = Russia.
That identification must first establish three separate things:
That Ezekiel intended Rosh as the proper name of a distinct people.
That this people can be historically identified.
That this people can reasonably be connected to modern Russia.
Those are three different questions. And the first question is already disputed. Some interpreters have understood rosh as a proper name. Others have understood it as an adjective or descriptive term meaning chief or principal. The disagreement is not a modern invention; it reaches back into the history of interpretation. One of the arguments commonly used to identify Russia—the assumption that Rosh is a proper name—cannot simply be taken for granted.
Therefore, before we identify Gog with Russia, we need to set the word Rosh aside temporarily and examine the names that Ezekiel unquestionably presents as geographical or ethnic identifiers:
Those names are the foundation upon which the identification of Gog’s coalition must rest. And this is where the question becomes particularly interesting. Because when we begin tracing Meshech, Tubal, Gomer, and Beth-togarmah through the ancient world, we repeatedly encounter the geographical region we now call Anatolia—modern Turkey.
That does not prove that modern Turkey is Gog, but it gives us a reason to ask whether the traditional identification of Russia has received more confidence than the biblical and historical evidence actually warrants.
Before we look at modern Turkey, however, we need to go back nearly three thousand years and ask a much more basic question:
Who were Meshech and Tubal?
If we lay aside modern maps and look at the ancient world through the records left by neighboring empires, the names Meshech and Tubal do not float away into mythological mist. They appear with remarkable clarity in secular history.
For generations, popular prophecy teachers linked Meshech to Moscow and Tubal to Tobolsk—largely based on phonetic similarity. But linguistics based purely on modern sound-alike s can easily lead us astray. When we consult ancient historical records—such as Assyrian royal inscriptions and the Greek historian Herodotus—a very different geography emerges.
In Assyrian cuneiform texts, Meshech appears as Mušku (and as the Moschi in Greek sources), while Tubal appears as Tābal (the Tibareni to the Greeks). Where did these ancient peoples live? They did not dwell in the frozen expanses of northern Eurasia. Instead, Assyrian monuments and classical geographers consistently locate them in the rugged terrain of central and eastern Anatolia—the geographical heartland of modern Turkey.
Meshech occupied regions that later became known as Phrygia, while Tubal was settled in the area historically recognized as Cappadocia. Crucially, Ezekiel mentions them elsewhere in the same context. In Ezekiel 27:13, when listing the trading partners of ancient Tyre, the prophet notes:
“Javan, Tubal, and Meshech: they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.” – Ezekiel 27:13 KJV
In the ancient economic network of the Near East, Tyre traded with nations it could readily reach by land and sea across the Levant and Asia Minor—not with distant tribes hidden deep inside Siberia.
When you place Meshech and Tubal back into their historical anchor point in Anatolia, the entire geopolitical landscape of Ezekiel 38 shifts southward. We are no longer looking across the vast plains of Eastern Europe; we are looking directly at the territory of modern Turkey.
And yet, Meshech and Tubal are only two pieces of a much larger coalition.
“One of the arguments commonly used to identify Russia—the assumption that Rosh is a proper name—cannot simply be taken for granted.”
Gomer: From the Black Sea to Anatolia
The identification of biblical Gomer with the Cimmerians is very common in biblical and ancient Near Eastern scholarship. The Assyrians called them forms of Gimirri/Gimirrai, while Greek writers called them Cimmerians. They were a mobile people, and even moved into parts of Eastern Europe, which has been the reason that Gomer has been so hard to identify in the past.
The Cimmerians are generally understood to have originated north of the Black Sea, but they subsequently moved south through the Caucasus and into Anatolia. They fought the Assyrians, overran Urartu, defeated Phrygia, and operated in Lydia and other parts of Asia Minor. One German Bible-science reference actually gives central Anatolia as a proposed location for Gomer and says that after their movement into Urartu, the Cimmerians eventually settled in Cappadocia in central Anatolia.
Later traditions have attempted to connect them with various European peoples. Some sources even associate their descendants with Celtic/Gallic peoples. But that’s a much later and more speculative chain of identification, not the straightforward identification of Gomer with the historical Cimmerians.
Ezekiel says:
“Gomer with all its troops; and Beth-togarmah from the remotest parts of the north along with all its troops…” – Ezekiel 38:6
Notice that Ezekiel puts Gomer and Beth-togarmah together. And Genesis 10 gives us another interesting connection:
Japheth → Gomer → Togarmah
So we’re not dealing with two completely unrelated names that Ezekiel randomly threw together. There’s a genealogical relationship in Genesis, and then Ezekiel places Gomer and Beth-togarmah together in the northern coalition. And there’s something else:
A scholarly reference notes that Gomer and Beth-togarmah are part of the northern component of Ezekiel’s coalition, while Persia represents the east and Cush/Put the south and west.
What we have found so far is interesting. Meshech and Tubal have strong historical associations with Anatolia. Gomer, while originating farther north around the Black Sea, is also historically associated with peoples who moved into and established themselves in Anatolia. None of this, by itself, proves that modern Turkey is the nation represented by Gog. But it does give us a geographical pattern that is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.
And Ezekiel has not finished naming the members of this northern coalition. He adds one more name: Beth-togarmah.
Why Beth-togarmah Matters
When Ezekiel lists the northern coalition in chapter 38, he pairs Gomer with a final, specific group:
“Gomer with all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands…” — Ezekiel 38:6, KJV
Linguistically, the name itself is straightforward. In Hebrew, beth means “house” or “place of”—much like Bethel means “house of God” or Bethlehem means “house of bread.” Put simply, Beth-togarmah is the “House of Togarmah.”
We also see this family line back in Genesis 10:3, which tells us that Togarmah was a descendant of Gomer. So Ezekiel isn’t throwing random names together; he is following a genealogical and historical thread.
As we noticed with Gomer, the geographical arrangement here is also noteworthy. Gomer and Beth-togarmah are associated with the north, while Persia lies to the east and Cush and Put are generally associated with regions farther south and west.
Finding Togarmah on the Map
So, where was Beth-togarmah?
Instead of guessing from a modern map, ancient history gives us a solid anchor. In Assyrian cuneiform records, this region is mentioned as Til-garimmu (and Tegarama in Hittite texts), located in eastern and southeastern Anatolia—near the borders where modern Turkey meets the Armenian highlands.
This location also sheds light on another biblical detail. In Ezekiel 27:14, the prophet lists the trading partners of ancient Tyre, noting that the house of Togarmah traded “horses, horsemen, and mules” to the Phoenician markets. Eastern Anatolia and its surrounding foothills have historically been renowned for breeding exceptional livestock and horses, fitting the ancient trade routes perfectly.
Shaping the Arc
This brings us to a fascinating structural question about Ezekiel’s coalition.
If we map out what the historical evidence shows so far:
Meshech sits in central/western Anatolia.
Tubal anchors central/eastern Anatolia.
Gomer moves from the Black Sea region into Anatolian territories.
Beth-togarmah stretches into eastern Anatolia and the borderlands.
None of this proves on its own that modern Turkey is the final fulfillment of Gog. But look at what happens to the map. Rather than pointing toward a distant superpower hidden deep in the frozen north, these four names begin forming a distinct, contiguous geographical arc looping right across ancient Anatolia.
Conclusion: A Shift in Perspective
When we step back and look at the map that emerges from the biblical text itself, a striking picture comes into focus.
For generations, many of us have been trained to look past the ancient Near East, scanning across vast expanses of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia for a modern superpower that fits our geopolitical anxieties. But when we strip away the modern assumptions—when we test the word rosh, when we trace Meshech and Tubal to their historical roots in Anatolia, follow Gomer down from the Black Sea, and anchor Beth-togarmah in the eastern borderlands—something remarkable happens.
Instead of a disjointed collection of distant nations, Ezekiel’s northern coalition forms a coherent, contiguous arc looping directly across ancient Anatolia—the heartland of modern Turkey.
What does this mean?
It does not mean we have discovered a rigid prophecy formula, nor does it give us a crystal ball to predict tomorrow’s headlines with absolute dogmatic certainty. History is complex, and the fulfillment of prophecy often exceeds our neat little charts.
But it does invite us to slow down and look closer. It challenges us to let the biblical text speak on its own terms rather than forcing it through the lens of modern Cold War maps.
Sometimes, the most faithful thing we can do as students of Scripture is to admit when we’ve been leaning on tradition rather than text—and be willing to look in the right direction.
This is not a matter of exegesis: Trying to shape the Bible’s words into something that loosely fits today’s narrative. But it is more a recognition of what is going on in the world today, and having the courage to admit past mistakes and prejudice that led to wrong conclusions. For years, we were taught that the Soviet Union were evil. They were the ultimate villain facing off against the ultimate good guys: The Soviet Union vs. America. It was that shadow that caused a lot of Biblical scholars to look no further than Russia in order to fill the shoes of Gog, the leader of Magog. But history is constantly teaching us, and if you ever gotten an email from me, you know:
History teaches us that man learns nothing from history. ― Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Scientists Confirm Planet is Spinning Faster Than At Any Point In The Last 55 Years
23 August, 2026: It seems the year 2020 brought a multitude of changes to planet earth. Social upheaval, COVID 19, the rise of Socialism, are among the changes we’ve seen since this decade began. Another change that has escaped the public’s attention, is the earth’s rotation. It seems that beginning in the year 2020, the earth’s axis rotation has been speeding up.
Scientists say there are several reasons for this increase in speed. Melting glaciers are redistributing mass. The land is slowly rising after being weighed down by ice. As well as strong seismic activity is moving Earth’s mass closer to its axis. This causes the planet to spin faster now, even with the Moon slowing it down.
While a millisecond sounds harmless on an individual day, scientists and engineers care deeply about these shifts for a few major reasons:
Digital Synchronization: Today’s infrastructure depends on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to keep global systems in sync. Financial networks, telecommunications, power grids, and GPS rely on precise timing. If Earth’s rotation falls too far off from atomic time, it can lead to timing errors in fast digital systems.
The “Negative Leap Second” Dilemma: Because Earth has started spinning faster, our days are fractionally shorter than 24 standard atomic hours. To keep our clocks aligned with the actual planet, timekeepers might eventually have to implement a negative leap second—deleting a single second from our clocks. Because atomic clocks have only ever added leap seconds, subtracting one has never been tested. This could break software, servers, and automated systems worldwide that aren’t programmed to handle a missing second.
The Prediction In the Bible
“And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.” – Matthew 24:22 KJV
This has been a conundrum among Bible scholars for years. That’s because we are told in no uncertain terms that the great tribulation will be 7 years. In the book of Revelation, there are a trio of passages that break down the time. First of all it mentions the ministry of the Two Witnesses during the first half of the tribulation as 1,260 days. 42 months is mentions also in the book of Revelation as the second half of the tribulation. Also, in Revelation, the second half is written as “A time, times, and a half a time.”
3 I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.” – Revelation 11:3 CSB
2 But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Don’t measure it, because it is given to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. – Revelation 11:2 CSB
The woman was given two wings of a great eagle, so that she could fly from the serpent’s presence to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, times, and half a time. – Revelation 12:14 CSB
Simply put, the Holy Spirit has taken great pains to explain to us that the tribulation period will be 7 years long. Now, For some reason, Christians love to argue over anything, even the length of the tribulation. Some claim the tribulation is only 3 1/2 years long. And they can make the point that in the book of Revelation, the Great Tribulation is referenced as being 3 1/2 years long.
But from the rise of the Antichrist to the actual return of Jesus to the earth to set up his kingdom will be a 7 year period of time, commonly called Daniel’s 70th Week.
But at the same time, Jesus claims the days will be shortened. Could this be what Jesus is referring to? Could this speeding up of the earth’s rotation cause some sort of problems at some time in the future that will curtail future technology? And could this result in the saving of the world?
We don’t know all just yet; but we know that every day, God’s word is coming true right in front of our eyes. And as Bible prophecy continues to unfold, we can look forward to this mystery unraveling right in front of us!
21 August, 2026: Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, New York, has been arrested for Supporting the Islamic State after making several threats to the New York State government. In addition, she allegedly went shopping at Home Depot in order to buy materials to build a bomb, and secretly purchased a hand gun for $150.
Among the most outrageous of her comments, she posted “Praise be to Allah for September 11th”, and “When I can migrate, I will poison these infidels.” During a conversation with an undercover informant, she allegedly made the comment, “Blowing kafirs [non-Muslims] brains out is beautiful,” giving an indication of why she needed the gun.
Bowie’s target was the New York State Senate Building, a place where she had made multiple visits to. Among the most evil things she said, according to the DOJ she also said, “I want to destroy as much of the building as possible and kill the senators while they are meeting. I want them to lose a lot of important documents as well” and “I want it to have a affect on the American system.”
Jessica Bowie, an American woman who converted to Islam 5 years ago, took on the name Aisha Saif following her conversion. She could face 20 years in prison if convicted.
Hatred: The Hallmark of Islam
I’ve often thought there are two types of Muslims. There are the real Muslims, who we ironically call Radical Muslims and we have people who call themselves Muslim, but do not follow the religion at all. It is important to make this distinction now, as Islam is ramping up all over the world. We can no longer hide our heads in the sand and pretend that these Real Muslims are nothing but a fringe, radical minority. It is imperative that we recognize the fact that Islam teaches hatred, and this hatred can easily lead to people like Jessica Bowie.
It always get mentioned, so let’s deal with this right now. Christianity is a religion of love. Those who are critical of Christianity have to go back hundreds of years to find such a type of Christianity that causes harm to others. So let’s make this perfectly clear, with big letters so there is no misunderstanding:
I cannot help that 500 years ago, a group of people thought, “Love thy neighbor as thyself” meant it was acceptable to kill people who disagree with you.
Islam is a religion of hatred. Nothing good can ever, under any circumstance, come from a base of hatred. No amount of community service, outreach programs, or good deeds can overcome the origins of Islam. A religion that was founded by the sword, propagated through the sword, and establish in the blood of innocent people whose only crime was disagreeing with Muslims.
To those who say that Christianity, Judaism, and Islam worship the same God doesn’t know what they are talking about. And I will gladly debate this point to anyone, any time. Allah’s personality is a complete opposite of the God of Judaism and Christianity. To be blunt, in order to be the same God, then God would have to have two distinct and separate personalities. The God of the Bible says, ‘pray for your enemies, bless those who despitefully use and persecute you.’ (Matthew 5:44).
Islam on the other hand says, “But once the Sacred Months have passed, kill the polytheists wherever you find them, capture them, besiege them, and lie in wait for them on every way…” (Surah At-Tawbah (9:5))
The Obvious Thing That No One Sees
Look at the present world; all the violence, the random killings. Look at all the hatred everywhere. Now look at the fastest growing, the ‘popular’ religion of the day. I will say this as plainly as I can say it: If Christianity were as popular today as Islam is, I would probably walk away. If the world hates you at this day and age, there is no doubt you are doing something right. If Christianity were to be loved by this evil, sinful world, it couldn’t be the true religion that it is.
We have to open our eyes to the fact that Islam is a hate-filled, violent religion. These people we’ve been labelling “Radical” are simply Real Muslims who are practicing the religion that Mohammed founded on war and violence.
Jesus warned us of a world that looks just like today. The similarities is more than just uncanny, it is absolutely terrifying to someone who isn’t secure about their future. What a complete joy to those who are in Christ! No matter what happens on this planet, we know that our future is secure in Jesus.
12 Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. 13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved. – Matthew 24:12-13 NLT
18 “If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. 19 The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you. 20 Do you remember what I told you? ‘A slave is not greater than the master.’ Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you. 21 They will do all this to you because of me, for they have rejected the one who sent me.” – John 15:18-21 NLT
The Recent Actions of Turkey and Israel Solidly Point To The Prophetic Chapter
20 August, 2026: Recent events in the middle east are increasingly mirroring the Bible, and specifically Ezekiel Chapter 38. In that famous chapter, the character ‘Gog’ of the land of Magog is drawn into a regional conflict with Israel. And now we may very well be seeing the precursor to that.
It all started on August 18, Israel carried out a series of airstrikes against the Abu al-Duhur airbase in northwestern Syria, near Aleppo and relatively close to the Turkish border. At least eight strikes hit the facility, damaging runways and hangars, although there were no reported casualties. Israel says Syria was preparing to allow Turkish troops to deploy at the airbase. Israel regarded that as a serious security threat and said Damascus had been warned repeatedly.
Ankara denies that it was preparing to establish a Turkish military base or permanent troop deployment there. Syria’s foreign minister has also said that Damascus had assured Israel that there was no plan for a permanent Turkish military presence at Abu al-Duhur.
There actually was a Turkish military delegation at the airbase shortly before the Israeli attack, however. Syrian officials say the delegation was there to inspect rehabilitation work being done at the facility.
The Ezekiel 38 Connection
Now this is where it definitely begins to get interesting. For years, largely thanks to the Cold War, many Bible students, including myself, were convinced that Gog and Magog represented the Soviet Union, and when it collapsed, then we moved our sites to Russia. And for years many of us spent time trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. It was quite the undertaking to, without the help of the Internet, trace down all those ancient lands and find out their origins.
But now, I have, along with many others came to the conclusion that Gog of the land of Magog may be pointing to Turkey instead of Russia. But look at current events and see where this is going:
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, 3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: 4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: – Ezekiel 38:2-4 KJV
This goes back to the fall of Bashar al-Assad in 2024. Turkey has become one of the principal supporters of Syria’s new government under President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Ankara has been helping Syria rebuild its military and governmental institutions and has been providing military training and other support.
Israel, meanwhile, has been extremely suspicious of Syria’s new leadership and has conducted numerous strikes against Syrian military infrastructure. So what we’re watching is really a contest over who is going to have military influence inside post-Assad Syria. And Turkey is becoming increasingly important.
Israel and Turkey are now openly warning each other
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz publicly warned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan not to test Israel’s resolve and accused Turkey of getting involved in “dangerous adventures” in Syria.
Turkey has responded very sharply, condemning the Israeli strikes and accusing Netanyahu of using false allegations to justify what Ankara considers unlawful attacks on Syrian territory.
And there’s an important third party here: The United States is worried enough that Washington is trying to establish a direct military “deconfliction” mechanism between Israel, Turkey and Syria.
That’s basically a communications system designed to prevent one country’s military from accidentally getting into a confrontation with another country’s military. U.S. envoy Tom Barrack said Turkey wasn’t even warned about the Israeli strike and could potentially have responded militarily when it saw Israeli aircraft heading toward the area.
That’s a pretty remarkable statement. To make matters even worse, President Donald Trump’s stance on Israel is becoming more erratic, as does most of his actions when it comes to the middle east. With his position changing on a daily basis, even fellow Republicans are having a tough time knowing what page the President is on.
And here’s the part I think is most significant
This isn’t simply Israel versus Syria anymore. Turkey and Israel are both major military powers operating inside Syria, and their interests are increasingly colliding. Turkey is backing the new Syrian government. Israel is trying to prevent what it considers hostile military forces from establishing themselves in Syria. And Syria is caught between them.
Reuters is reporting that the head of Israel’s Mossad actually spoke with Syria’s foreign minister on August 14, specifically about Turkey’s expanding military presence, just four days before the Israeli strike. So this wasn’t an impulsive event that came out of nowhere. There had been high-level Israeli-Syrian discussions about Turkey immediately beforehand. And now the rhetoric between Ankara and Jerusalem has become much more threatening.
This dangerously points to the scripture above. God says he will pull Gog into a conflict; he says, “I will put a hook in your jaw.” In the context this was written, this is not a reference to fishing. This gruesome practice was done when it came to hostages and prisoners. In order to lead people without resistance, hooks were placed in the jaws of captured enemy Kings and troops as a way of leading them without fear of resistance or escape. In plain language, God is saying he will draw Turkey into a conflict, only to crush them once and for all as vengeance for their longstanding treatment of Israel.
Lying Down With Dogs
As a child, my mother often questioned my choice of friends with the proverb, “If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.” This is exactly the illustration God has given us concerning the land of Magog. Pulled reluctantly into a conflict they weren’t prepared for, they find themselves leader of a larger coalition, all bent on destroying the nation of Israel:
5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: 6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. 7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. – Ezekiel 38:5-7 KJV
This translates into a modern-day who’s who of the middle east. Gomer is the lands currently known as Egypt and the Sudan. Persia needs no interpretation; we’ve all heard of the Persian Gulf, and thereby, Persia can only be modern Iran. Ancient Ethiopia was not the land currently known by that name. Ancient Ethiopia was primarily Cush, and Cush included southern Egypt and the Nile Valley, including Nubia. Libya is Northern Africa, which could include the various terrorist cells, such as Hezbollah, and the Houthis.
But at some point, Turkey turns into the aggressor:
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. 10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: 11And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, 12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. – Ezekiel 38:9-12
So we see an ‘all or nothing’ attitude emerge from Gog, and the lands combined together to form this coalition. Gog decides that the land of Israel is before them, and they decide to take the spoils from Israel and wipe the Jews off of the face of the earth. But little will they know at that time that the anger of God has kindled, and he has different plans.
And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. 19For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; 20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother. 22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD. – Ezekiel 38:18-23 KJV
There is no wonder that so many Bible scholars consider this to be the event that is the precursor to the great Tribulation. This event, where God openly protects Israel from invasion when even the allies of Israel all stand back and do nothing. God saves his nation in stunning fashion, and leaves no doubt as to who is responsible.
There Is A Bottom Line
I think even the most dedicated atheist is able to see that Turkey is being drawn into a conflict through Syria. Their longstanding ties with Syria, as well as the accusations being made against Turkey by the Israelis are something that is just not going to go away. In many ways, we are already on a road that has no turns. Iran has put itself into a position where they have became anathema to the entire world. The fact that they often attack other Arab nations is proof positive that they now think of themselves as unstoppable. And Bible prophecy or not, it isn’t hard to see that mentality leading to an unprovoked, all out war against Israel.
In fact, there is no way forward out of this mess as long as the IRGC remains in power in Iran. Recently, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei (also spelled Ismail Baghaei) said,
“Iran does not negotiate with the United States under pressure because Iran is fundamentally different from the U.S. approach.”
In that he is absolutely correct: The USA negotiates from a position of wanting peace and wanting the violence to end. Iran loves violence, and loves nothing better than breaking their promises at the drop of a hat. Iran negotiates in order to buy time to restock their ammunition and armaments, in order to propagate war.
If the IRGC’s spokesmen’s lips move, it means he’s lying. In that one statement he told the absolute truth, by accident. The IRGC is nothing like the rest of the world. What they are is a cult-like group of people who believes by starting the third World War, they can simultaneously exterminate the people of Israel and bring about the return of their God.
So here we sit, mid-August and it’s hard to know the good guys from the bad guys without a score card. While the world is in awe over Islam, Christianity and Judaism is hated like never before. Which, if you think about it, is the way it should be. The world hates God because their deeds are evil, just like Jesus said. I personally would run away from any religion, no matter how ‘peaceful’ they claim to be, if that religion was being embraced by a world filled with lawlessness, hatred and violence.
I don’t even have to search the Bible any longer: I can search the daily news and find plenty of scripture right there in the headlines and captions of the stories that are told.
For years, I have wrestled with the question: Can we trust the Bible? I once wrote what I considered to be a very informative article on the merits of trusting the Bible. But a skeptic shot me down with considerable ease, by simply saying, in a nice way, “I don’t believe you.” That’s when I realized that the Bible once again, had proven itself true.
“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.” – 1 Corinthians 1:18 KJV
And that is the crux of the difference between those of us who believe and those who don’t. It is a spiritual darkness we battle, not a battle of knowledge or of understanding. Those who don’t believe in the Bible are spiritually dead. That may sound harsh. The Bible told us about this condition, and I remember my mother warning me about rejecting Jesus. She warned me that a time would come when God would hand me over to a reprobate mind. Mom meant well, but she wasn’t telling me the full story of what it took to reach that unfortunate state.
But the truth of the matter is, from the very first time when you hear that call in your spirit from the Holy Spirit, each time you reject that call, it gets easier and easier to ignore that voice within you, and then you end up like my skeptic: Looking at the truth, but never being able to come to the understanding of it.
The Bottom Line of The Bible
There is no need, at least in my opinion, to make historical arguments and logical points in order to prove to someone else the Bible is real. After all, this thing is real or it isn’t: There is no middle ground. Either we’re making up religion as we go along and God isn’t real, or He is very real. If the Bible isn’t true and God is not real, we must wake up to the knowledge that this is the only life we’ll ever have. We need to drop this pretense of righteousness and live our lives to the fullest, giving in to every whim of desire, indulgence and riotous living. Live every moment to the fullest, because this is the only life we’ll ever have.
But if God is real, then the most imperative thing on this earth is to find out about him, and what, if anything, he requires from us. There is a school of thought that was popular in the 1980’s. That is, God really does exist; however, he has already given us everything we need not only to survive, but to thrive. He is a very hands off God, and made us as a boring experiment, and wants nothing to do with us.
But what is the truth? What is the Bible, and can we trust it to tell us about the One, True God? Again, I’m not going to rely on ancient texts and arguments to prove my point. Instead, I’m going to make one conclusion. To those who would question the veracity of the Bible, here is what I have to say: If God is real, and I certainly believe he is, then the God who created the universe is certainly able to keep His Word from becoming corrupted:
The Claims of Other Religions
There are three major religions on this earth, with dozens of sub-religions. One major religion, Islam, claims at one time the Bible was the word of God, however, the word became corrupted, and it was necessary to send God’s prophet, Mohammed, in order to correct the errors that had crept into the Old Testament we know today.
There is a major flaw in this thinking: One that goes to the heart of the entire matter. Is God real or is he not? I’ll say this as delicately as I can. If the God you believe in (Allah) was unable to keep his word from being corrupted, then I have to ask, is your god really God? How is it that an omnipotent, all-powerful creator of the universe, able to form everything we experience, unable to do a simple thing like stop His word from being corrupted?
There is a large sub-religious group here in America that believes the word of God was incomplete. These people called themselves the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS), or the Mormons. They don’t like to be referred to as Mormons, but that’s the common name. They believe that over time, the word of God was lost. It became necessary for the angel Moroni to appear to Joseph Smith and complete the word of God with the book of Mormon.
“If the God you believe in (Allah) was unable to keep his word from being corrupted, then I have to ask, is your god really God?“
I often make a joke over the name “Moroni”, referring to him as the Italian angel. But there is a point to that. We only know the names of two angels: Michael and Gabriel. Both these names end in ‘el,’ which is the Hebrew name for God. Now, I’m not saying that every single angel has a name ending with ‘el’, but I am saying this: based upon the name alone, and the fact that a real God could stop his word from being corrupted, I have to conclude that Joseph Smith’s teachings are false.
Again, either this thing is real or it is not. If it’s not real, have at it: make up your religion as you go along, add things you think might be better, take away things you don’t like. After all, you’re just worshiping a thing in your own mind. But if the God you worship wasn’t able to keep his word from being corrupted, then I have to ask, are you worshiping God, or this idea Joseph Smith sold you? Have you been deceived?
I don’t say these things to offend, but I know people will be offended to read this. Which leads me to a saying I have:
“The truth may hurt, but it’s rarely fatal”
The Stark Reality of The Bible
The Bible is unique in all the world. There has never been a book like it in history; no book has ever contained such truth to the point where it verifies its own self. Not only does the Bible verify itself, but it refutes the claims of the antisemitic, the Holocaust deniers and directly rebukes the world’s attempts to discredit it.
The Bible does all these things by writing history in advance: Something no other book on earth has done, and done with 100% accuracy. There is no such thing as a failed prophecy in the Bible. There are prophecies that have come to pass, and those that have yet to come to pass. No other book on the face of the earth has the ability to woo you, to entice you into falling in love with it. No other book on earth has the ability to witness inside your spirit of its truth.
And by the same token, the Bible rejects the ‘Lost 10 Tribes’ nonsense, and those who would deny the people who call themselves Jews are actually the descendants of the Israelis who are written about in the Bible. Because the Bible has written the history of these Jewish people in advance, tracing their modern history before it happened.
The Bible’s Disclaimer
The Bible needs no disclaimer other than to say this book was written for you. It wasn’t written to be stored away in some secret library, only read by scholars and students, but meant to be read and understood by you. You don’t need anyone else to tell you what to believe. I am going to give a very real word of truth: If anybody tries to tell you ‘this is what the Bible really means,’ walk away. Don’t wait for service to end, get up, walk out and never go back. If you want to know what the Bible really means, read it for yourself.
The History of the Jews, In Advance
From the beginning of God’s interaction with Abram, who God later renamed Abraham, God began weaving a tapestry into the Bible, giving us glimpses into the future. As we are now living right at the end of this dimension called Time, most of these things have been fulfilled and we are some of the most blessed people to have ever lived: Because we can now look back at this tapestry and see its origins and how everything echoes clearly from the very beginning.
From the days of the book of Exodus, Deuteronomy and the Prophets, God has shown us exactly what would happen to his Jewish people, and those things have happened exactly as predicted.
Remember the summer of 2024? Consider the influx of Palestinians into America and how they stirred up college students across the country? Remember the infamous slogan that called for the outright genocide of the Jewish people. It stated, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” Would you like to know where that came from? The Bible.
“I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River.” – Exodus 23:31 NIV
If you asked a college student, ‘What river, and what sea?’, they couldn’t answer. But now we can say in response, “From the river to the sea, Israel is already free”.
We are not dealing with a mentality here, we are dealing with forces. Good vs. Evil has been the struggle from the time Adam ate the forbidden fruit, and here we are to this day still fighting the battle. Evil loves to take God’s word and pervert it, but the truth shines like a light into the darkness and the darkness has to flee.
11 “In that day “I will restore David’s fallen shelter —I will repair its broken walls and restore its ruins —and will rebuild it as it used to be, 12 so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear my name,” declares the LORD, who will do these things. 13 “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman and the planter by the one treading grapes. New wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills,
14 and I will bring my people Israel back from exile. “They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. 15 I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them,” says the LORD your God. – Amos 9:11-15 NIV
Modern Israel is a miracle by anyone’s standards. They have taken a barren land, a desert, and have turned it into a garden of Eden. Its fruits are exported to many parts of Europe. Despite economic sanctions, Israel has more water than it can use, more money than it can spend, and prospers in everything it sets its hand to. Right now, the Middle East, Iran in particular, suffers from drought. But approximately 1,000 miles away Israel has more water than they can use. Roughly from Topeka, Kansas, to Washington, D.C. That’s the distance from Israel to Iran.
“Evil loves to take God’s word and pervert it, but the truth shines like a light into the darkness and the darkness has to flee.“
And in case you’re wondering, Israel has offered to teach the Iranian government how to make the best use of water with their own inventions, such as drip irrigation and reverse osmosis desalination, with one condition: Peace. Iran refused. They would rather die of thirst than make peace with Israel. Where is their Allah now?
Major Events In Jewish History Predicted in the Bible
One of the most fascinating and tragic stories I have heard is the saga of the Jewish people is the dispersion of 135 A.D. At the time, the land was called “Judah”, hence the name “Jews” as a description of the people living there. There was no such thing as Palestine. Emperor Titus had his fill of the Jewish people: He declared that every single Jew were to be exiled from the land of Judah.
“Then the LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known. 65 Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart.
66 You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life. 67 In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening, “If only it were morning!”—because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see. – Deuteronomy 28:64-67 NIV
In the best estimates, Exodus was written about the 15th century, B.C. In other words, 1,400 to 1,500 years before it happened, the scattering of Israel happened. There’s only one explanation for this: A Supernatural Being, who doesn’t reside in this dimension of time we currently find ourselves in.
Emperor Titus was an especially cruel man. With the exception of the Temple Mount, he ordered that Jerusalem be leveled to the ground. He ordered the Temple to be preserved in order to convert it into a temple for his personal gods. However, whether set on fire by the Jews, or set on fire by the Roman Soldiers, the Temple burned.
The Temple itself was made of stone, so it was actually the contents that was set on fire. As the Temple heated up like an oven, the gold inside the temple melted and seeped into the cracks between the stones. Then, just as Jesus himself predicted, the Temple was torn apart stone by stone, in order to retrieve the melted gold.
“Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” – Matthew 24:2 NIV
As a final insult to the Jewish people, Titus ordered the land to be renamed “Palestine”, which is the Latin form of the word Philistine, the ancient enemy of the Jews. In the story David and Goliath, Goliath is referred to by David as a Philistine. Who can forget the famous remark:
“This uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.” – 1 Samuel 17:36 NKJV
And it was all predicted in advance, by the Bible.
The Holocaust
In one of the most horrible acts of atrocities committed on the Jews, during World War II the Germans built Extermination Camps as a means to commit genocide upon the Jewish people. Roughly 6 million Jews died during WWII. To this day, some of the most horrible photos and videos remain from that indescribable tragedy. Yet to this day people callously deny the Holocaust ever happened. But one thing that doesn’t deny the Holocaust is the Bible.
And so it shall be: Instead of a sweet smell there will be a stench; Instead of a sash, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, baldness; Instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; And branding instead of beauty. 25 Your men shall fall by the sword, And your mighty in the war. 26 Her gates shall lament and mourn, And she being desolate shall sit on the ground. – Isaiah 3:24-26 NIV
The parallels between this passage and the Holocaust are too numerous to be dismissed. The very passage gives you a visual, stunning similarity to exactly what happened to the Jews in Nazi occupied Europe during WWII. The reports included people who simply first described the Auschwitz Camp as ‘the smell’ (the Holocaust Encyclopedia).
Jews hanged by groups for the simplest of infractions of the rules, their bodies left hanging there as an example to the others. Men, women and children all shaved bald; the drab, horizontally striped uniforms, often made from the cheapest material available. The tattoos on their bodies, a number given as an identifier.
The strongest of the Jewish men were subjected to forced labor under conditions of starvation, exhaustion, disease, and brutality. Not receiving enough calories to meet the demands of physical labor while building armaments for the war. Others died in bombing campaigns to stop those armament factories.
The Jewish communities all over Europe laid waste, emptied and destroyed, while Jews were forced into ghetto style cities. Can anyone deny the accuracy of this scripture? The book of Isiah was estimated to be written between the years of 740-700 B.C., roughly 2,600 years before the Holocaust. Now let’s read this passage in Isaiah again.
And so it shall be: Instead of a sweet smell there will be a stench; Instead of a sash, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, baldness; Instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; And branding instead of beauty. 25 Your men shall fall by the sword, And your mighty in the war. 26 Her gates shall lament and mourn, And she being desolate shall sit on the ground. – Isaiah 3:24-26 NIV
Can anyone deny the remarkable correspondence between this ancient passage and the events that unfolded more than 2,600 years later? The book of Isaiah is traditionally dated to the eighth century B.C., approximately 740–700 B.C.—roughly 2,600 years before the Holocaust.
This is where the Bible shines! This is the excitement of eschatology, the study of Bible prophecy. God hides things in plain sight; the book of Proverbs says it is the glory of God to hide a thing, and the glory of kings to search out a thing. This is a past-prophecy. It was hidden for 2,600 years only to become known after the fact. These little nuggets of wisdom are hidden throughout the Bible just awaiting their discovery.
In Conclusion:
I could literally write a book proving the Bible true beyond the shadow of a doubt to anyone willing to stop listening to others and open their mind. I never ask people to take my word for anything; open the Bible for yourself and ask God to make himself known to you. WARNING: This might lead to a complete change of lifestyle, a monumental shift of values, and what will definitely be a complete change for the better. Get ready to worry less, be happy, and look forward to the future.
18 August, 2026: A brilliant fireball was reported across more than a dozen U.S. states and parts of Canada, prompting widespread eyewitness accounts and striking home-security-camera footage. The event was reported to the American Meteor Society, with videos captured in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan showing the object streaking across the night sky.
The Convergence of Signs Continue
One of the most notable signs of the return of Christ is signs in the heavens. Jesus gave us a clear reference to the way things will be during the last days.
“There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. 26 People will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. – Luke 21:25-26 NIV
In the world today we see an expectation of something; we may not know what is going to happen, but we are dreadfully aware that the world cannot continue as things are. As the cost of living soars out of reach, and war looms in the middle east, we are looking for a solution. Unfortunately for the world, that solution will be a false hope in the form on a man who will seemingly have all the answers.
What’s a moment when you realized you were officially an adult?
There’s a part of you that never grew up. There’s a part of you that will always be that young person that you once were. So, I can’t say it was exactly the day before yesterday, but I can say that I’m 62 years old, and my body does not operate like an like a child anymore.
People who say they don’t like children are people who’ve forgotten what it’s like to be a child. But as long as you remember that part of you that loved being a kid, that part is still there. And that part refuses to become an adult.
I often find it very amusing, when you ask someone how old they are, they will tell you the number of birthdays they’ve had. But the truth of the matter is, your body was once designed to live forever. Regardless of how old you are right now, your true age is in fact 11, right now. Your body is rejuvenating every cell. And the one part that takes the longest to rejuvenate is the human skeleton. It takes 11 years to replace every cell in your skeleton. So the oldest part about you in reality is 11 years old. But one day we will get that body again, that we have when we were young, and it will last us for an eternity and I’m certainly looking forward to that.
As The Death Toll Passes 2,000, Experts Are Getting Worried
12 August, 2026: For months now, Doctors and government workers have battled Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). And for the most part it has been a losing battle. Despite their best efforts, authorities cannot contain Ebola, which now threatens to spiral out of control. This virus has spread rapidly especially in northern and eastern DRC, with a total of 4,381 confirmed cases.
“There’s a lot of people who live there. So this is not breaking out in a town of 50, but in rural cities of hundreds of thousands,” – David Wohl, MD, a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, told Fox News Digital.
Wohl has called this outbreak a “perfect storm” of adverse conditions. He points to the difficulties of getting containment of this deadly disease. This outbreak has reached densely populated areas, and with the fact that the gestation period is from 2 to 21 days from the time of exposure to the virus, it’s easy to see how this virus could get out of control very quickly. On average, symptoms typically begin to appear within 8 to 10 days. Individuals infected with the virus are not contagious until they actually develop symptoms.
The Convergence of All The Signs
Earlier I wrote about the potential catastrophe if Ebola took hold in the nation’s homeless population. It would threaten major cities if the outbreak occurred. This article only suggests Americans should stay alert without panicking. However, should this disease get hold in our homeless population, it would wreak havoc on our major cities as a whole.
The Bible tells us of ‘pestilence’; while the modern translation of this suggest outbreaks of insects, pestilence as meant in the Bible describes various diseases. This is best Illustrated by the Christian Standard Bible:
Then he told them, “Nation will be raised up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 11 There will be violent earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven. – Luke 21:10-11 CSB
The times are getting so close, so obvious that there is hardly any need for interpretation. All that is needed is an understanding of the Bible. The situation in the Middle East is of such a nature that we’re watching Ezekiel unfold in real time. This taken along with all the Bible prophecies being fulfilled, such as wars and rumors of war, earthquakes, and the signs in the skies, sun and moon, there can be little doubt into the time in which we live.
The question becomes are you going to be the one who catches the signs, or someone who ignores the obvious?
More Major Earthquakes Showing Intense Activity in the Pacific Rim
10 August, 2026: A large subduction earthquake Occurred today in the South American country of Colombia. The very powerful earthquake measured 7.4 magnitude, and happened at 7:34 a.m. local time. The epicenter was located in the Chocó Department, just outside the town of San José del Palmar. It struck at an intermediate depth of roughly 107 to 110 kilometers (about 66 to 68 miles).
The Predictions of the Bible Are Converging
Many people speak about convergence, but I’d like to explain what that means and why it’s so important. Convergence is exactly as the word implies, a clustering or gathering together of the signs of the last days. So while earthquakes alone are a significant sign of the last days. While the USGS fights very hard to tell us these earthquakes are completely normal, the truth says just the opposite.
Many people have decided to take the raw data and find out for themselves. The truth is that earthquakes, especially large earthquakes have been steadily increasing since around 1948. And just as Jesus predicted these earthquakes that are especially high magnitude have been steadily on the rise. Even the USGS admits to that.
There will be violent earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven. – Luke 21:11 CSB
In fact, Jesus actually spoke of convergence in this passage taken directly from the Bible. To give an example, in 1967 there was an outbreak of earthquakes in South America. However, unlike today where we are seeing an outbreak of earthquakes all around the Pacific Rim, but in addition we are seeing newly discovered diseases, old diseases that are making a huge comeback. Scientists love to remind us, for example, this cyclosporiasis is an old infection that’s been around for a long time, why then is this the first time many of us had even heard of it?
Because, this is the first time that this infection has spread so rampantly. Until this year, this disease was only affecting very few. Now in Kentucky alone (my state), there are at least 620 cases. Paired with a host of diseases that have thought to be in control but now have come back with a vengeance. Tuberculosis , for example was a very deadly disease, however thanks to antibiotics was reduced drastically in the world. This same disease now has come back with an antibiotic resistant strain that has began spreading all over again.
There have been multiple signs in the heavens. 2025’s comet outbreak was something never before seen on this earth. Normally, a person might see 2 to 3 comets in their entire lifetime. But 2025 gave us 4 comets, all with various unique qualities that made scientists sit up and take notice. The most famous of all was I3-Atlas, a comet that behaved so irrationally, some scientists still speculate it might have been an alien probe.
The sun has caused so many ‘northern lights’ in the skies of the lower 48, that it’s not even an event any longer. People no longer rush outside for the ‘once-in-a-lifetime-event’, because they know that these things are appearing a few nights a month. All these things are happening at the same time, and they are actually increasing in frequency. A few nights ago, I did an experiment: I went to msn.com, and I just scrolled down the list of stories. I found 7 stories that were directly relevant to Bible prophecy.
Jesus told us also:
28 “But when these things begin to take place, stand up and lift your heads, because your redemption is near.” Luke 21:28 – CSB
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