Issued: 2/28/26

“When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

Luke 21:28

PLEASE NOTE:  Because Bible versions sometimes differ from each other in crucial ways, the version quoted here will be the one that best clarifies the point being made.  For a quick comparison between versions, please go to: http://www.biblehub.com.

   All bracketed material may be authorial comments, attempts at proper syntax, or minimal rewordings of Scripture for the sake of clarity and continuity.  These emendations will not be italicized.

   The “/” will be used to signify “and/or.”  The symbol “↔” is used to connect verses corroborating each other and so establishing doctrinal truths [e.g., Matthew 18:16↔2Corinthians 13:1].  Parenthesis will be used to signify direct sources; while “[↔” indicates Scriptures sharing a common concept.

   In differentiating between Yahweh Son [Jesus] and Yahweh Father [the Most High God], lower case letters have been used when discussing the former; upper case letters are reserved for the Only Sovereign Deity.  Since Jesus was at pains to differentiate himself from Father, we have followed his lead here.

   The term neo-Christians will be used to differentiate between false Christians and Jesus’ true followers.

   This essay is about powers that be and events that will sorely test Judeo-Christian faith at end times; and of the “patient endurance” [↔Luke 21:29; Revelation 14:12] needed to deal with and prevail over them—the ‘hoping against all hope’ shared by all seeking to inherit Father’s promises [Romans 4:18; Hebrews 6:12].

Interpreting Scripture

   Preaching norms demand we do not  rehash contemporary events to buttress our arguments—something neither Jesus nor the Apostles resorted to, but instead limit ourselves to view them in light of Scriptural precedents [↔Proverbs 30:6; Ecclesiastes 3:14; Acts 26:22; 1Timothy 6:3-5; Titus 1:9, 2:1].  This is easier said than done, since much of Father’s “hidden wisdom” [Deuteronomy 29:29↔1Corinthians 2:7-14] relies on symbols and allegories; so that what to the “enlightened” [Daniel 12:10↔1Corinthians 2:14] is evident may not be the case with those prevented from understanding them [Mark 4:11-12↔Isaiah 28:13].  Disagreements amongst Christians serve the vital purpose of showing who has God’s approval and who does not [1Corinthians 11:19↔1John 3:24].

   This is further complicated by Scripture’s way of bundling up prophecies for different timelines in one continuous narrative; as for example in Revelation 13 [addressed in Part II], or Luke 21:20-24, where Jesus prophesied the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans in 70 AD while also forecasting the fall of the Jewish state—hinted at in verses 22 [i.e., end of prophecy↔1Corinthians 13:8; Revelation 10:7, 16:17] and 24 [i.e., completion of time allotted for the evangelization of Gentiles starting from Pentecost↔Acts 1:8, 2:1-4], both of which are end times events.   According to Matthew 24:14, this benchmark would signal the beginning of the end.

   Not world’s end per se, but the start of another timeline encompassing the Great Tribulation, the second coming of Jesus, the resurrection of the righteous followed by that of the unrighteous, the Last Judgment, the Millennium in Heaven concurrent with Satan’s imprisonment on a dead world, and finally true world’s end at Armageddon [↔Isaiah 14:11-20; Daniel 12:2; Matthew 24:21,29-31; 1Thessalonians 4:16; Revelation 20:3-15].  From Armageddon’s aftermath a new cosmos and new earth,¹ an entirely new creation, would emerge and endure forever [↔Isaiah 66:22; Daniel 7:14].

   Like the Apostles we would like to know exact dates, but Father is not sharing that information [↔Mark 13:32; Luke 21:34-35; Acts 1:6-7].  Nevertheless prophecies are not understood in a vacuum but in terms of world events past and still-to-come; hence Jesus exhorted followers to pay attention to those presaging his return (Matthew 24:33), while Paul advised focusing on whatever complemented Scripture (1Thessalonians 5:21).  In our times, both these goals are managed by keeping abreast of news events, never forgetting that evildoers’ spins/propaganda aided by Artificial Intelligence visuals make it difficult to discern truth from deceptions rooted in greed, ethnic hatreds, partisanship/nationalism, self-serving agendas, and religious intransigence.

   That is why exclusive reliance on what the Holy Spirit speaking from Father reveals to us individually is of paramount importance [↔Deuteronomy 29:29; John 16:13; 1Corinthians 2:7-14]; though—let us be clear on this—not everybody claiming to be channeling the Holy Spirit is actually doing so.  While some merit that boon (1John 3:18-24), others are denied it [↔2Thessalonians 3:2; Titus 1:6; 2Peter 3:16]; and this conundrum forces us to face difficulties which must be patiently endured.

Three Defining Signs

   That being said, Jesus mentioned three pivotal signs prior to the Great Tribulation; to wit,

1)  Completion of world evangelization in order to render mankind liable for Judgment [↔Matthew 24:14;John 15:22;Romans 5:13-14];

2)  The apostasy [falling away from the Christian faith] preceding Jesus’ return [↔Matthew 24:11-12,15,24↔2Thessalonians 2:2-3]; and

3)  The fall of Jerusalem heralding “days of vengeance to fulfill all that is written” (Luke 21:22).

Apples and Oranges:  Differences between past and modern Jewish peoples

   Of these three signs the first has been accomplished via traditional ways, the Internet and social media; while the second is a matter of daily record with Judeo-Christian doctrines being trampled down right and left by non-believers and neo-Christians alike.   The third, currently playing out in real time, was hinted at in Deuteronomy 31:29 and Jeremiah 23:20, in both cases involving divine wrath for Jewish egregiousness.  If these prophecies are tied up with the fall of Jerusalem at end times, Israel’s actions in the Middle East whatever the cost in human suffering and social instability to nations in the region will bring about its own demise.

   There is notion propagandized by American evangelicals that the God Who shows no partiality towards any human being [↔Deuteronomy 10:17; Job 34:19; Acts 10:34-35]—His own Son included↔Isaiah 53:4,10; John 18:11; Hebrews 2:10, 5:7-8—favors Israel over other nations; and if the United States is to be spared His wrath,  Israel must be supported no matter what.  But Father does not prioritize Israelis in any way:  In point of fact the “hardening in part” which ensnares Jews to this day was imposed on them by Father “until the fullness of Gentiles has come in”; meaning that until Father decides to ‘un-harden’ Jews again [Ecclesiastes 7:13↔Jeremiah 3:64-66], no reconciliation is possible (Romans 11:25-32).  Knowing where Father stands on the taking of human life (Exodus 20:13) no matter the situation and His demand to love others like ourselves no matter ethnicity, social status or gender  [↔Galatians 3:28; Ephesians 4:6], He cannot possibly condone Israel’s inhumane and imperialistic agendas; and those who argue otherwise shame Him as well as heap insults on Him.  While Father will deal with them on His terms [↔Deuteronomy 32:35; Matthew 7:2], we are here to tell you this is another example of the blind leading the blind into the hole.

Israelite vs. Christian Struggles

   While modern Israel exploits the “chosen people” status to justify its imperialistic agenda, the fact remains that past Israelites were ‘chosen’ not for their superior morality or piety, but to display Father’s power through the weakest nation in order to prevail over the strongest [Deuteronomy 9:6-4, 31:16-18↔1Corinthians 1:25-29].  Much of the Old Testament is a litany of complaints against Jewish corruption at state, religious and secular levels [↔Isaiah 1:4-17,23; Jeremiah 5:25-21, 6:13-14, 10:21; Zephaniah 3:3-4; Malachi 2:7-8]—needless to say foreshadowing similar Gentile trends down the centuries.

   Plus in the context of “weakest nation,” which modern Israel is not aided and abetted by the might of the United States, one cannot imagine how Father could be involved in any venture involving bloodshed; when He demands Christians fight spiritual wars not with weaponry but with spiritual ordnance (Ephesians 6:12-17).  During so-called “times of ignorance” (Acts 17:30), Father tolerated Israelite warring, but come Jesus ushering in times allotted to Gentiles (Luke 21:24), Father mandated a different approach to achieve His objectives.²  Thus Jesus ‘armed’ his followers with the sword of the Holy Spirit—i.e., Father’s word [Matthew 10:34↔Hebrews 4:12], to battle enemies without killing them.  Jesus went as far as forbidding Peter, and through him all future converts, to wield deadly weapons lest in turn perishing by them (Matthew 26:52); even at the expense, as it was in his case, of forfeiting one’s own life to preserve the integrity of Scripture [Matthew 26:53↔Matthew 16:25; Romans 12:19-21; James 5:6; Revelation 12:11].  Anyone truly ‘armed’ with the Holy Spirit—as Israelites of old were not and today’s Israelis are not—should repudiate the mindset Israel shares with Satan (John 8:44), not Jesus.

   Therefore we cannot fall prey to Israel’s ‘chosen people’ ruse without considering that, whereas this label applied to ancient Israelites, it no longer applies to today’s Israelis for several of reasons.  Firstly, modern Palestinian lands are part of what was called Canaan in the Old Testament; and this Canaan was viewed by the Israelites as their ‘promised land’; but the fact remains, like most things in the Old Testament, that Canaan was the symbolic equivalent of the Promised Land called the Kingdom of God in the New Testament.  By no stretch of the imagination can it be said that today’s Israel is a land flowing with milk and honey, awash with divine blessings rather than human achievements:

“The land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build, with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant… a land flowing with milk and honey” (Deuteronomy 6:10-11, 26:9).

And while some may argue the Israelites occupying Canaan appropriated such things [to the victor belongs the spoils], overflowing milk and honey were nowhere to be seen, let alone ‘splendid’ cities.  In contrast, the Kingdom of God has a splendid Holy City [↔Hebrews 11:16; Revelation 21:10-21]; free housing Jesus called ‘mansions’ (John 14:2) and abundant crops uncultivated by men [↔Isaiah 25:6; Matthew 26:9; Luke 12:37; Revelation 19:9].

   Secondly, modern Israel, like all other nations in the world, will be consumed in fiery Armageddon; so that it makes no sense Father would encourage Israelis to occupy lands He means to destroy.  If anything, the Judeo-Christian exhortation has been to leave behind anyone or anything facing annihilation [↔Genesis 12:1, 19:12; Matthew 24:16-18,40-41; Hebrews 13:12-14; Revelation 18:4-5].  The whole Christian ethos behind uprooting oneself from this world [↔James 4:4; 1John 2:15-17] is proving to Father that nothing on earth is as desirable as what He has to offer in His Kingdom (Hebrews 11:13-16), so that we forfeit temporal things to partake of eternal ones [↔Romans 8:24; Hebrews 12:27]. And that consecration to the divine is what makes one a “saint.”

Thirdly, what Israelis are doing in Gaza has less to do with lands ‘bequeathed them’ by God—as they choose to spin it—than with agendas based on ethnic hatred, Jewish elitism, and the leprosy of greed.  Old Testament Israelites were encouraged to secure territories resorting to diplomacy and failing that through war (Deuteronomy 20:9-18); modern Israelis by-passed step one and are wholly focused on regime change through destruction.  Moreover, though the subservience suggested in Deuteronomy 20:11 is not compatible with modern thinking, we must also consider that non-Jews submitting to Israelite occupiers were to be treated humanely, justly, as equals and with love (Leviticus 19:33-36)—none of which modern Israel has done with Palestinians in Gaza.  Again, all of this must be understood in the context they were meant to allegorize:  Authorities good and bad must be obeyed because Father imposes them [↔Job 12:16-25; Daniel 2:21, 4:17; Romans 13:1,3-5], so that resisting them, even those betraying the commission for which they were conceived (1Peter 2:13-14), leads to serious consequences:  “Who rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and they will be punished” (Romans 13:2).

   The clearest example of this was Yahweh’s demand that Jews surrender to Nebuchadnezzar without fighting, something that those in power were not willing to do while accusing Jeremiah of treason for conveying Yahweh’s warning (Jeremiah 27:12-13, 38:3-4); as it was in fact the argument Caiaphas used to justify killing Jesus:  Let us get rid of him in name of national security and survival (John 11:49-50).  This is business as usual in human politics:  Crush anyone or anything that does not kowtow to the will and agendas of people in power—examples being Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Daniel 3:3-21).

   And yet again let us not lose sight of the fact that the historical Nebuchadnezzar is not the king of Babylon symbolizing Satan in Isaiah 14:4-20 and Ezekiel 21:1-32, either as Father’s “servant” empowered to rule over the world [↔Jeremiah 27:6; Luke 4:5-6; 1John 5:19] or as the wielder of the “homicidal sword” he blandishes against human beings [↔Exodus 12:23; 1Chronicles 21:1,14-15].  This is why when Scripture talks about the fate of the world at end times, it does so equating modernity with Satan’s Babel-like³ realm of death and destruction [Isaiah 14:6,16-17,20↔Hebrews 2:14; 1Peter 5:13], sitting on a throne (Revelation 2:13) inside a church, Babylon the Great,  which has become the habitation of evildoers angelic and human (Revelation 18:2).  We will return to this in Part II.

   None of the above rules out the priority of obeying Father first and foremost when asked to act against His will despite adverse consequences (Acts 5:28-29,38-40); and in this respect, He is quite unwilling to give anyone a free pass [↔Jeremiah 1:7-8,17; Matthew 16:25; Hebrews 10:38; Revelation 21:8]:  You stand with Him or you go down with evildoers; and Jesus seconds that stance (Revelation 3:15-16).  Each person must make that choice.

   Fourthly, there is the shift in Scripture’s focus from Judaism to Christianity, from Samaria, the Northern Kingdom of Israel [symbolizing Judaism] to the Southern Kingdom of Judah, site of the Jerusalem Temple [symbolizing Christendom]; highlighted by the disappearance of the so-called Ten Lost Tribes of Israel from the Biblical record⁴—which essentially tells us that Father is done with Judaism as active player in His plan of redemption.  It is no coincidence that Judah, the tribe which remained the focal point in Scripture from Jeremiah on, is directly linked to Jesus in two crucial ways: He was technically a descendant of Judah (Hebrews 7:14) through Joseph (Luke 2:4, 3:23),⁵ though ethnically he shared no DNA with him or with Mary [↔Matthew 1:18-20; Luke 1:26-35].  And since Father’s plenitude inhabits the body of Jesus which is the conceptual Church [↔Colossians 2:9; Ephesians 5:23,29-31],there is a correspondence between Judah and Christendom as Jesus’ ‘tribes’ and between the Jerusalem Temple and Jesus’ ‘body’ as Father’s true and only dwelling place.⁶

  So from Judaism the onus was placed squarely on Christianity; not because Father expected the Gentiles as a whole to succeed where Jews had failed, but because He wanted to include worthy Gentile converts into the Judeo-Christian nation (Acts 10:34-35) He envisioned in terms of unity, shared religious beliefs [↔Ezekiel 37:15-25; John 10:16; Ephesians 1:10, 4:2-6], morality and holiness [↔Hebrews 12:10; 1Peter 2:9; Titus 2:14; Revelation 5:9-10]. 

   Finally there is the matter of Israel’s perpetual state of un-grace.  By rejecting Jesus as Messiah, they rejected Father as well (John 10:16).  Beholden as they are to Mosaic traditions, they cannot atone for their sins, since there is no Temple at Jerusalem where animal blood for remission of sins can be offered [↔Deuteronomy 12:5-7,11-14; 2Chronicles 6:5-6].  Precisely because the Romans would destroy the Jerusalem Temple, Jesus substituted for the symbolic, sacrificial Lamb, male and without defect prescribed by Mosaic Law [↔Leviticus 22:18-19; 1Peter 1:19-20], but whose blood contrary to that of sacrificial animals remitted sins for the remainder of time (Hebrews 9:11-28).  Moreover, Jesus’ ‘flesh’ replaced the earthly Temple’s veil between the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies (Exodus 26:33), so that ‘entering’ through it the Deity in Heaven could be directly petitioned for absolution through prayer [↔Hebrews 9:8, 10:19-22; Revelation 5:8].  It was a pragmatic and compassionate solution to the difficulties of traveling long distances and non-stop animal sacrifices.

   It should sound pragmatic to people renown for the pragmatism as they are for the stubbornness Moses warned would cause them grief at end times [Deuteronomy 9:6, 29:4, 31:16-18,29↔Jeremiah 23:20].  More tragic still is the fact that to this day, Judaism cannot recognize Son as the Yahweh Judge of all Flesh talking to Abraham face to face  [Genesis 18:25↔John 5:22, Acts 17:31]; absolutely distinct from the Father Daniel shows sitting on a different throne from judging Son’s on Judgment Day (Daniel 7:9-10); and Who empowered Son both as His proxy Ruler and Creator [↔John 1:1-3; Hebrews 1:2-3].⁷  It sails over the minds of Jewish readers of Scripture that the unseen, unheard Father [↔John 1:18; 5:37; 1Timothy 6:16] could not have been the Yahweh seen and heard by Moses, Aaron, Nadab and Abihu plus the seventy elders atop Sinai (Exodus 24:9-12), nor the Yahweh who spoke face to face with Moses in the desert Tabernacle [↔Exodus 33:11; Numbers 7:89, 12:8-9].

   Son was in fact the Angel of Yahweh serving as intermediary between Father and men [↔1Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 13:8], Father’s ‘voice’ [↔John 1:18, 12:49; Revelation 1:13-16, 19:13-16], who in Exodus 3:2-6 identified himself as “the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,” most notably Jacob [Genesis 32:24-30, 48:15-16↔Judges 13:18-22; Isaiah 9:6; Hosea 12:4].  The ‘confusion’ lies in the fact that both Father and Son share the name Yahweh (Isaiah 44:6), a ‘confusion’ exacerbated by Biblical translators who merged King and Redeemer into one Person instead of treating them as different entities—as suggested in Exodus 23:21, Hosea 7:13-16 and 11:7.

   The singular tragedy in Judaism is that the Yahweh it professes to worship, and whose labors on behalf of Old Testament Israelites are being weaponizing by modern Israelis, became incarnate as Jesus of Nazareth in a final attempt to make them compliant with Father‘s will but instead rejected him and had him killed [↔Matthew 15:24; John 15:22-25; Acts 3:14].

   Foreshadowing all of this, the true meaning hidden in those narratives were kept from Jews past and present; so that whereas Daniel’s prophecies were sealed (Daniel 12:6-9), Revelation’s were not (Revelation 22:10).  As the angel told John because “the time was at hand,” meaning end times when all prophecy would be fulfilled and serving no further purpose would end as well [↔Luke 21:22; 1Corinthians 13:8]; consequently, prophetic input was meant to be understood in the Christian Era and not before (1Peter 1:10-12)—exclusively through the Holy Spirit and not rabbis, Catholic priests, or Protestant pastors [↔1John 2:27].  Precisely because religious as well as secular leaders would always be compromised, they were cut off from the spiritual grapevine and the chain of divine command [↔Jeremiah 5:30-31; Lamentations 2:14; Ezekiel 34:1-10; Zephaniah 3:3-4; Malachi 2:7-8; John 16:13; Acts 20:29-30; 1John 2:19].

The Once “Chosen” Now Un-chosen

   So while it is true that Father loves Jews on account of the Patriarchs (Romans 11:28), and definitely plans to embrace them again (Romans 11:23-24,26-27,29-31)—by force if need be (Ezekiel 20:37-38), the true Jew “is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, by the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from people, but from God” [Romans 2:29↔Deuteronomy 10:16, 30:6; Jeremiah 4:4]. Thus faith, not ethnicity, makes Judeo-Christian converts of all nationalities children of Abraham, whose faith counted as righteousness before he was circumcised in order that Father’s promises would include Jews and Gentiles alike (Romans 4:9-13,16).  Likewise it was not in Isaac, Abraham’s flesh and blood heir, that all nations would be blessed but in Jesus (Galatians 3:16,28-29), himself essentially non-Semitic born from the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:20) rather than the product of genetics.

   But before that embrace comes to pass, Israel will get its comeuppance as warned:  “I will completely destroy the nations to which I have exiled you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you, but with justice; I cannot let you go unpunished” (Jeremiah 46:28); taking into consideration that in the past such punishments have been devastating once divine wrath was no longer withheld [↔Jeremiah 6:11-13; Lamentations 2:5,7-9,11; Ezekiel 21:14-17].  Hence Jesus’ lament over mothers and their children at end times (Matthew 24:19-20).

   What are we basically arguing?  That Father is not on the side of modern Israel, has no involvement in Israel’s bloody acts; does not condone Israel’s annexation of Arab lands as its God-given patrimony when such lands are slated to turn into ashes at Armageddon; so that in effect, like all nations on earth, Israel labors and wearies itself “only to feed the fire” (Jeremiah 51:58).  Why would Father support Israel in the type of land-grabbing He reviles (Isaiah 5:8) and the killing He forbids (Exodus 20:13)?  Why would He feed the Jewish delusion that Canaan is the Promised Kingdom not of this world (Daniel 2:35,44-45; John 18:36) with a capital city of heavenly origin?   Why would a God priding Himself in His global inclusiveness [↔Deuteronomy 10:17; Job 34:19; Proverbs 22:2; Acts 10:34-35; Ephesians 1:9-10] be complicit in the Zionist priority of creating an elitist Jewish enclave diametrically opposed to His vision of how His Kingdom will operate:  As common-ground for Judeo-Christian converts of all sexes, races, creeds and nationalities [↔Galatians 3:28-29; Ephesians 4:4-6]—including Arab peoples Israel massacres ruthlessly.⁸

The Domino Effect

   As of this writing the US/Israeli concerted attack on Iran has lit a fuse in the region leading to consequences yet to be seen.  Readers are advised to watch videos on YouTube discussing possible catastrophes, but neither WWIII nor nuclear war will be one of them.  What has been misinterpreted in the Bible as a war devastating humanity is Armageddon, a final, one-sided putsch on Satan’s part against Father’s camp, Heavenly Jerusalem.  While Revelation 20:7-18 is not particularly detailed, verses 5,7-8 contend that after the Millennium of Rest, all the unrighteous dead from Cain to those killed following Judgment Day will rise again, a second resurrection leading to a second death (verse 6) at Armageddon; a multitude likened to “sand on the seashore” (verse 8) Satan deceives and leads against “the camp of the saints and the beloved city” (verse 9).  This is the conflagration Paul predicted in Hebrews 10:26-27 and Peter allegorized in terms of Sodom and Gomorrah (2Peter 2:6).  The operant word in all these is fire, not the type of fire we are familiar with, but heavenly fire capable of atomizing material things as well as souls.⁹

   Armageddon is the model for the non-existing hell of Catholic/Protestant theology, a spin created to control people through fear—as do all of Satan’s secular and religious minions.  It does not take rocket science to see that hell’s angels are imprisoned in a pit of darkness, not flames, awaiting Judgment like all human evildoers [↔2Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6].  In point of fact even Satan cannot release them from this prison unless Jesus gives him the key to do so (Revelation 1:8, 9:1-5,11).  Furthermore the location, time, battle dynamics and outcome of Armageddon are referenced in Old Testament Scriptures: as to location in Jeremiah 7:32 and Zechariah 14:2-7, both referencing areas surrounding Jerusalem; as to time in Joel 3:2,12-15 after the cosmos has disappeared (Revelation 6:12-14); and as to battle dynamics and outcome in 2Chronicles 20:12:,17,23-24.  In short Satan’s innumerable army will march against the Holy City, and from her ramparts, Jesus and the redeemed will witness the annihilation of evildoers without raising a weapon to fight the invaders [Isaiah 25:9-10↔Revelation 20:10,13-15].  No true follower of Jesus can ever or would ever dare wield a weapon to kill another human being. Father Himself has reserved the right to do with His creatures as He sees fit (Romans 12:19).

   If according to Luke Jerusalem will be besieged at end times, neither Israel nor Jerusalem as we now know them will exist 1,000+ years into the future following the Great Tribulation, Judgment Day and the Millennium in Heaven.  Without question multitudes  of Jews and Gentiles will be taken into Heaven to reign with Jesus (Revelation 7:9, 20:4); but what remains behind on this earth of ours will be a literal cemetery of unburied corpses whose maggots will crawl all over an enchained Satan [↔Isaiah 14:11-12,15-20, 34:1-3; Jeremiah 25:32-33]—not to mention that by then all the major cities in the world will have been toppled (Revelation 16:18-19)

   In conclusion Israel’s plans to occupy and lord it over the Middle East will come to naught:  Father stands against such egregious imperialism as He has shown with the toppling of nations in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (Daniel 2:31-45).   Whether one believes allegations of politicians in the United Sates as assets for a so-called Zionist lobby or not, the fact remains that Father will demand of Americans collectively the blood being shed in name of Israel’s security and America’s greatness.  Jesus is again being sold for money; but what boggles the mind is that it is being done in support of the very nation repudiating Jesus as Father’s Messiah.  And what better example than this to establish for certain that the apostasy preceding the Great Tribulation is rampant and pandemic amongst pro-Israel evangelicals on our own soil.

   In Part II we will focus on Revelation 13:11-18 to discuss the United States’ role in cementing Satan’s dominance on earth.

¹ Isaiah 30:26, 34:4, 51:6↔Revelation 6:13-14, 21:1; Daniel 7:14; Amos 9:5; Zephaniah 1:2; Micah 1:4; Matthew 24:35; Hebrews 10:27; 2Peter 3:10-13;.

² To wit, Zechariah 4:6:  “This is the word of Jehovah unto Zerubbabel…‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit.’”  In this verse Zerubabbel, the governor of Judah in charge of rebuilding the Jerusalem Temple after the Babylonian Captivity, foreshadows Jesus as builder of the Church, his authority and authenticity as Father’s heir and ruler of His Kingdom on earth [Haggai 1:14, 2:23↔Isaiah 22:20-22; Ezekiel 34:23, 37:24; Revelation 3:7].  Note the references to Jesus’ second coming after the Great Tribulation (Haggai 2:6-7) and infighting amongst evildoers at Armageddon [Haggai 2:21-22↔Judges 7:22; 1Samuel 14:20; 2Chronicles 20:22-24].

³ Like the Babel of antiquity (Genesis 11:1-9), allegorizing a land where Yahweh Son [note verse 5 vis-à-vis Paul’s comment regarding Father in 1Timothy 6:16] frustrated the building of a tower challenging Father’s sovereignty on earth.

⁴ Reuben, Simeon, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Manasseh, and Ephraim under the Assyrian captivity.  The tribes of Judah, Benjamin and part of Levi, which did not have land tenure, endured until the Babylonian captivity.  It is no coincidence that when the Bible talks about Satan, his domain at end times, the site of his throne and Christian-related prophecies, it references Babylonian terminology [Isaiah 14:4-20, verse 16 referring to the redeemed in Heaven during the Millennium looking down on Satan chained on earth, verse 20 referring to the world as Satan’s domain [Luke 4:5-6, Hebrews 2:14, 1John 5:19 / Jeremiah 51:44↔Rev 16:13, 20:2 (dragon) / Revelation 2:13, 17:5, 18:2].

⁵ The man we know as Jesus of Nazareth had a human body, but inside that body inhabited the Yahweh Son who had preexisted Abraham (John 8:58), the beginning of the world (John 17:5), and had been Father’s proxy Angel God over Israel throughout the Old Testament [Genesis 48:15-16; Exodus 3:2-6,15, 23:20-21↔Isaiah 44:6; Acts 8:38↔Exodus 24:9-12; Philippians 2:5-8]. 

⁶ The site of Father’s true Temple not made by men [Isaiah 66:1↔Acts 7:48, 17:24; Colossians 2:9; Ephesians 2:19-22, 5:23,30-32; Hebrews 3:6; 1Peter 2:5).  Therewill be no Temple building in the Heavenly City (Revelation 21:22) because Father will dwell in the hearts of all the redeemed (Ephesians 3:19, 4:6).

⁷Currently Son rules as Father’s proxy [Matthew 28:18; Revelation 3:27, 5:6-10↔Daniel 7:13-14] until all sovereignty reverts back to Father [1Corinthians 15:24-28↔Revelation 3:12] in order to rule as eternal King/High Priest on earth [Hebrews 7:17-28↔Revelation 5:10, 19:16].

⁸Never a good policy where Father is concerned [↔Job 31:29-30; Proverbs 24:17-18, 25:21-22; Matthew 5:43-45; Romans 12:19].

⁹ Referenced in Genesis 19:24-25; 1Kings 18:38; 2Chronicles 7:1; Proverbs 5:11; Isaiah 13:8; Matthew 10:28; Revelation 20:9.