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Prophetic Warning

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Don’t divide the land!  God is watching. Joel 2:1-2.

So it seems that the Trump administration, even after pushing for rebellion and protest in Iran and promising to be on the way, have washed  their hands of the Iranian protesters. Multiple tens of thousands killed or imprisoned for only wanting freedom.

US Vice President Vance: “If the Iranian people want to overthrow the regime, that is a decision for the Iranian people. What we are focusing on right now is that Iran will not have nuclear weapons.”

Cutting a deal with Iran, regardless of what is promised to the United States will never work out. The Iranian regime is a mastermind in the art of manipulation, especially when it comes to Western powers who seem to think that they can believe whatever agreed to by the Iranian dictators.  

Prophetically, we are standing on very dangerous and shaky ground. America may be at a crossroads. Do we support our only friend in the region, or do we continue to play footsie with terrorists and Islamic terrorism. 

Interesting to me that Netanyahu flew to D.C. to have direct talks with the president. 

  • I don’t think Bibi trust Witkoff
  • Bibi has intelligence that is extremely concerning to Israel and the IDF
  • A division could be becoming soon between what Trump wants (deals) and what is best for Israel and their security

Just a few weeks ago, Trump assured Qatar and Saudi Arabia that Israel would not put settlements in the West Bank. For those that don’t know the West Bank is what is called Judea and Samaria. Biblical names and Israel’s biblical land. Many Biblical events happened there.

Choosing Qatar and Saudi Arabia over Israel would be a profound mistake. God does not look favorably on nations who attempt to divide the land of Israel or who turned their back on Israel.

Choosing to treat Israel as a vessel state, and dictate to them, their own security might just be the thing that causes God to lift his hand and allow judgment to come to America. My concern in all of this is that God has blessed America beyond measure even in the times that we have sinned against him. But to turn your back on Israel with the November midterms coming up, could be disastrous.

This is not the time for panic or rhetoric.  It is a time to see clearly, speak carefully and pray earnestly!

Pray, Engage, Impact

Is Trump Becoming the Red Line President

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You can only cry wolf so long until someone calls your bluff.  Is this what our President is becoming?  First let me say that I voted for Trump three times and still believe in him being the right man for the time we live in to lead America.  However, peace through strength means at times we have to use that strength.  

Case in point, 

  • Hamas has not given up their weapons and have no intention of doing so.
  • Iran has publicly said they would not give up their missiles. 
  • Iran says they will keep their nuclear program regardless.

Tens of thousands have been murdered and slaughtered in Iran, after Trump gave a deadline to stop the “hangings.”  Yes the hangings have stopped at least publicly, but the killing hasn’t.  Let’s not mince words, Trump has failed the Iranian protestors, promising help is on the way.  No help has come so far.  It has been weeks since that statement.  

 Force is all that Iran understands.  Rh

https://www.jns.org/trump-shouldnt-fall-into-the-iran-negotiations-trap/

Saudi Arabia – Power and Deception

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The country of Saudi Arabia seems to be moderate, and they are when held up to radicals of the faith such as Syria, Iran and definitely Turkey.  I have made my thoughts known in an earlier post of Turkey’s hatred of Israel and their hope of an Islamic Caliphate.  More on that in a later post.  

The first Trump administration was in joy over Saudi Arabia declaring they would join the Abraham Accords.  Back and forth they go and as diplomats press SA, they always back track.  It seems the Muslim have much more patience than the Western world, particularly the United States. Once again the Saudis were on the verge of joining, but now it seems they have backtracked once again.  

Understand they play a long game and they and Qatar use money, power and influence to get what they want.  Unlike Iran and others who rant and yell death and destruction.

So what of today and the Iran situation.  Saudi Arabia is scared of the Iranians.  They don;t want or need terror coming into the so-called “Kingdom”.  So when push comes to shove they always stop short of offending the radicals.  To be quite honest, I am sick of Trump playing footsie when the Islamic world.  Take a stand and stand 100% for Israel.  The Muslim world will never be our true friend.  Below is a link to a very insightful article.  Hope you enjoy the read.  Link provided.

Stop chasing after the Saudis to join the Abraham Accords

Now that they’ve stopped worrying about an Iranian bomb, Riyadh is making clear that it will never recognize the State of Israel. It was never going to be worth the price anyway. Jonathan S. Tobin JNS.org Link to full article at bottom of page.

As insider reports have increasingly made clear, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of the country, has decided to alter his country’s course. Instead of continuing to move closer to Jerusalem and, as so many in the United States and Israel hoped and even expected, joining the Abraham Accords themselves, the Saudis seem to be eyeing a different sort of regional realignment, in which they will now link up with other Islamist countries like Qatar and Turkey. They have even reportedly been advocating for the United States not to attack Iran so as to help the protest movement succeed in overthrowing the Islamist theocrats that have despotically ruled since the Iranian Revolution in 1979. They’ve also refused to let Washington use their territory for potential attacks on Iran.

On top of that, the Saudis are also moving away from their efforts to erase antisemitism from their education system and public discourse, as they had been doing as late as 2024. Instead, the regime’s state-run media has again turned to spewing out anti-Israel venom, in addition to the sort of open hatred of Jews that was routine before Riyadh’s turn to Israel and the West. Among other monitors of the situation, the Anti-Defamation League is sounding the alarm about prominent Saudi voices—closely tied to the royal family and the government—promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories and trashing the Abraham Accords.

Link to full article  

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19T8LcnFF1Y9PTlXeQ_soiulnZdJFLn6d1qHSaCThBk4/edit?tab=t.0

A Potpourri  of Middle Eastern Prophetic News  (nation against nation)

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  • Iran Conflict 

Official Saudi News Agency:

During a conversation between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, bin Salman emphasized that Saudi Arabia will not allow the use of its territory and airspace for military actions against Iran.

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With this, Saudi Arabia joins the United Arab Emirates, which issued a similar statement the day before yesterday.

(Abu Ali)

The front page of the conservative Iranian newspaper Al-Mashari today was devoted to threats against the United States and Israel:

“Trump and Netanyahu will be put on trial and punished. This is Iran – a mistake will be met with a response.”

The headline further stated:

“No American soldier in the region will be safe. Dozens of American bases in the region will be Iran’s first targets. Iran’s missiles will crush the infrastructure of the occupied territories. The Iranian Navy will sink U.S. warships. Israel’s military bases, as in the 12-day war, are within the range of our missiles.”

 The rumors of the failed coup in China:

Out of the 7 members in the Central Military Commission in China, the supreme body responsible for building and deploying military power, 2 remain who have not been arrested or disappeared.

A network of more than 80 doctors in 12 provinces in Iran estimates that the number of deaths in the clashes surrounding the protests in Iran is higher than 30,000. According to the report, the estimate is based on the conclusion that the deaths officially recorded as related to the suppression of the protest likely represent less than 10% of the actual number of deaths.

(The Guardian)

  • China

The rumors of the failed coup in China:

Out of the 7 members in the Central Military Commission in China, the supreme body responsible for building and deploying military power, 2 remain who have not been arrested or disappeared.

“But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:”
‭‭II Timothy‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭6‬-‭8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
The Greek word for nation is “ethos” which means ethnic groups, races or “tribes.” What we see in many areas are just that. Tribal warfare from the Middle East, Russia vs. Ukraine, to Chinese aggression against Taiwan, to the impending and constant skirmishes in America. (Just my take.) Rh

The Allure Of Peace

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The allure of peace in the Middle East has caused many politicians to take sides, most of the time they’re on the wrong side of history.  Diplomacy as the western governments know it will never work in the Middle East. As a pastor and Bible teacher, I firmly stand on the inerrancy of the word of God. It tells me that there will never be true peace in the Middle East until the prince of peace makes his appearance. And that my friends, is many battles and much pain and sorrow away from happening.

What started off as a grandiose design by President Trump hailed as the beginning of the golden age, has moved from our shores to the world stage. Now we see the Trump administration mired in the same quagmire that has hit every US president since the Arab all embargo in the 70s.

What to do about Israel, the Arabs, and now the radical Islamic Jihadist. Trump is fond of talking about peace through strength. That truly is all the radical terrorists and anarchists in the Middle East understand. They have lived through tribal wars, ancient rivalries, and also ancient hatred of one another. Ancient rivalries infused with blood oaths as well. It’s inbreed. 

If one understands the Bible prophecy, we understand it will be a great shaking and falling away from the Christian faith. We also understand that Jerusalem will be a problem to all the nations of the world. “Zechariah12:2” There is a division happening right now of nations being sifted and taking side for and against Israel. 

We also understand some sort of world, religion, and world government will take authority over the entirety of the world. We see this played out in revelation 13. Our technology and surveillance systems have made it possible that every person on the face of the Earth can be tracked and their whereabouts, spending habits and even what they are writing and saying on social media can be tracked. And to think when we were booting those computers up every morning on dial up that it would come to something like this.

My opinion is that Trump and those around him have absolutely no clue to what they’re doing, so scratch off the typical left-wing lunatics who think that Trump is the antichrist. I don’t see how it could be. Is it possible, of course anything is possible. God is in control and he is sovereign. But I do believe that the Trump administration with their focus on peace in the Middle East and with his grandiose board of peace, which smacks of a New World order, which is exactly what Trump has been railing against. Funny how that works isn’t it?

The apparatus for the soon to be declared antichrist, the man of sin, the one who will step in and declare that he has the keys and the ability to make peace is now here. I do believe the steps that are being taken today, the push for the 

The AI revolution is a part of the foreshadowing that will come right before the antichrist is revealed.

Bible prophecy tells us the time is not right for the antichrist to appear at this present moment. In fact, I believe there are two events that will happen before this, revealing. The rapture of the church which I believe is a pre-tribulation rapture of the saints of God taken out of this world by the Blessed hope that they have in Christ Jesus. Also believe that shortly after that because of that chaos Ezekiel 38 a contingency of nations which primarily include Russia, Turkey, and Iran will lead an attack against the nation of Israel. This attack will happen at a time of peace and safety, as the Bible declares. When will that be, and what is the true definition of peace and safety, no one really knows.

Let’s get back to this board of peace. I believe it’s a for runner, I believe it is man’s way of trying to put money and dollars and investments, and bring about prosperity and peace in the Middle East. Which has been tried before, which has been bandied about as the solution. Remember, when Obama said if these Islamist just had a good job, they would lay down their arms? They’re not laying down their arms. They’re going to fight to the death because that’s who they are, that’s what they do and that’s who controls them, the spirit of death and destruction. Rh

Below is an excerpt from an article written by Jim Fletcher, an outstanding Christian activist, specializing in Bible prophecy, and Christian apologetics.

Here too we see the prophetic outlines. The full isolation of Israel, globally, is one of the linchpins of Bible prophecy in the very end times. I will say this: while Trump has done many good things, and seems to have genuine love for America, it also appears that he does not have a real biblical worldview. He has recognized Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, but his team is full of Arabists that have been in Washington for a century. They will not allow full Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria.

The recent opportunities to decapitate Tehran, Beirut, and the Gaza Strip have come and gone, it appears. This will cost many more lives down the road.

But if we do hold to those marvelous predictions the Lord provided for us in His Word, we should not expect/count on real peace to break out. That is not His plan.

This Board of Peace will not be that. Instead, it is a bizarre and puzzling self-inflicted wound. It is like a child running toward danger, rather than fleeing it. Hard to believe so many smart people can be so wrong about building blocks for peace, at least short-term. Can you imagine what the world would have been like if the Ayatollah and his demon horde had been overthrown? At the very least, many lives internationally would have been saved from this terror nest.

We trust our Lord, though. And we wait.

President Trump’s Greenland Strategy 

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President Donald Trump has once again jolted the foreign-policy establishment—this time by elevating Greenland from a quiet Arctic outpost into a front-line strategic priority. What many initially dismissed as rhetorical bravado has evolved into a serious geopolitical argument rooted in national security, great-power competition, and resource control.

From Trump’s perspective, Greenland is not about symbolism. It is about leverage.

Greenland’s value begins with geography. Sitting between North America and Europe, the island occupies a commanding position over the Arctic and North Atlantic. The United States already operates Thule Air Base there, a critical node in America’s missile-warning and space-tracking systems.

Trump’s view is blunt: if the United States does not secure Greenland’s future alignment, adversaries will try to exploit it.

New shipping lanes, surveillance routes, and military corridors are opening—routes Russia and China are actively studying. In Trump’s strategic calculus, Greenland is not peripheral; it is central.

Trump frames Greenland as an extension of homeland defense. Ballistic missile trajectories from Eurasia pass over the Arctic. Early-warning systems stationed in Greenland give the U.S. precious minutes in a crisis.

Beyond security, Greenland holds vast deposits of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential for defense systems, electronics, and emerging technologies. Trump views Greenland as part of a broader effort to reduce Western dependence on Chinese-controlled supply chains.

European leaders, particularly Denmark, reject any notion of a transfer of sovereignty, emphasizing Greenlandic self-determination and NATO cooperation. Many U.S. lawmakers also warn that aggressive rhetoric could strain alliances.

Trump’s Greenland strategy reflects a larger truth about his presidency: he thinks in maps, not communiqués. Territory, resources, and positioning matter more to him than diplomatic sensibilities.

Whether Greenland ever changes hands is uncertain. What is clear is that Trump has forced Washington and its allies to confront the Arctic as a serious arena of global competition.  Interestingly China, and Russia have been doing what is called bathymetric surveys.

A bathymetric survey measures and maps the depths and underwater terrain (seafloor, riverbed, lakebed) of water bodies, creating a detailed picture of the submerged landscape with contours and elevations, similar to how land surveys map dry ground. This data is crucial for navigation, flood control, engineering, and environmental studies, using technologies like sonar, GPS, and sometimes drones to capture precise depth and location data.  

What it measures: 

  • Water Depth: Precise measurements from the surface to the bottom. 
  • Underwater Features: Maps features like ridges, canyons, reefs, and man-made structures. 
  • Terrain: Creates contour lines (isobaths) showing the shape and slope of the bottom. 
  • Water Properties: Can include shoreline definition, currents, and wave action. 

My take is simple, it is strategic for the U.S.  What began as a strange comment by Trump on the purchase has now blown into a big “deal”.  No pun intended.  Not sure what will happen, but probably some sort of agreement to increase American forces, and or security.  There is no secret, at least from me, that the European Union can’t be trusted to hold up it’s end of NATO.  At times Trump seems to talk when he shouldn’t, but sometimes he is setting the stage for something bigger.  Rh

It’s Like a War Zone

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Iranian security forces are deliberately firing at protesters’heads to cause them debilitating injuries, local doctors have claimed, citing wounds inflicted on hundreds of patients they have treated.

Over 400 eye wounds from gunshots have been documented at a Tehran hospital by an ophthalmologist working there, according to the Guardian.

The British newspaper reported Tuesday that it received three messages from doctors about conditions in hospitals, which they say have been overwhelmed by demonstrators with gunshot wounds — most of them to the eyes and head.

Security forces have been seen using shotguns to fire metal pellets at protesters, as well as rifles with more lethal ammunition, according to the report.

“[Security forces] are deliberately shooting at the head and the eyes. They want to damage the head and the eyes so they can no longer see, the same thing they did in [2022],” one of the doctors was quoted as saying, referring to anti-government protests at the time.

According to the doctor, many of the injured had to have their eyes removed and were blinded as a result.

“Eyes were hit by birdshot pellets, and it was deliberate; they are shooting to kill,” he said.

A wave of injured people arriving for treatment, which spiked after Iran cut off internet access last Thursday, has left hospitals looking “like a war zone,” the doctor said.

“It’s like in the war movies where you see the injured soldiers getting treated on the open field,” he said. “We don’t have blood, we don’t have enough medical supplies.”

Security forces occasionally enter the medical centers to arrest injured protesters, he said.

Another doctor described treating injured protesters outside in the grounds of the hospital despite freezing temperatures, as there was no space left in the wards.

The US-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights also accused Iranian authorities of seeking to intimidate protesters with mutilating injuries to the face and genitals.

“The evidence demonstrates that even when utilizing ‘less-lethal’ weapons, the Islamic Republic deliberately targets vital organs, transforming these tools into instruments of systematic mutilation and permanent disability to terrorize protesters,” a spokesperson said in the Guardian report.

TIMES OF ISRAEL

Iran protest death toll said to be at least 12,000

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CBS News cited Iranian sources saying up to 20,000 may have been killed, though only some 2,500 have been confirmed by the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. Israel and Arab states have reportedly advised Washington that the regime is not weakened enough for a military strike to be decisive.

Jan. 14, 2026 / JNS)

More than 12,000 people are feared dead in Iran after a sweeping crackdown on anti-regime protests, with CBS News reporting on Tuesday that sources inside and outside the country believe the toll could be as high as 20,000 and newly verified video showing hundreds of bodies stacked at a morgue near Tehran.

The outlet said the true scope of the bloodshed has been obscured by a near-total shutdown of internet and phone service imposed by Iran’s rulers over the past five days, with only limited outgoing calls allowing word of the killings to leak out. 

Activist networks citing medical sources around the country told the network they now believe the death toll stands at a minimum of 12,000 and could reach 20,000, even as an unnamed Iranian official told Reuterssome 2,000 people had been killed since the unrest erupted Dec. 28.

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said on Tuesday that it has confirmed 2,403 protester deaths, and that 18,434 people have been detained. HRANA also said that 1,134 people with severe injuries have been reported. jns.org

Serious conditions in Iran. I don’t envy President Trump and the administration, but what the sane world has hoped for may be about to come to fruition. What happens next? IMO strikes must happen soon to stop the carnage. Rh

US MILITARY SUPERIORITY

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BELOW are excerpts from two different scourges as to how the raid to capture Manduro happened. Again not officially confirmed but I do trust one of the sources. If true, it is an example of the technology that is out there for our military. We always see the tech for our armed forces is far ahead of civilian uses. If true it would expose the Russian and or possibly China defense systems that are inadequate. We know how easy Iran’s defense systems were rendered useless last summer during the 12 day war.

This account from a Venezuelan security guard loyal to Nicolás Maduro is absolutely chilling—and it explains a lot about why the tone across Latin America suddenly changed.

Security Guard: On the day of the operation, we didn’t hear anything coming. We were on guard, but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation. The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of drones, flying over our positions. We didn’t know how to react.

Interviewer: So what happened next? How was the main attack?

Security Guard: After those drones appeared, some helicopters arrived, but there were very few. I think barely eight helicopters. From those helicopters, soldiers came down, but a very small number. Maybe twenty men. But those men were technologically very advanced. They didn’t look like anything we’ve fought against before.

Interviewer: And then the battle began?

Security Guard: Yes, but it was a massacre. We were hundreds, but we had no chance. They were shooting with such precision and speed… it seemed like each soldier was firing 300 rounds per minute. We couldn’t do anything.

Interviewer: And your own weapons? Didn’t they help?

Security Guard: No help at all. Because it wasn’t just the weapons. At one point, they launched something—I don’t know how to describe it… it was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside. We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move.

Interviewer: And your comrades? Did they manage to resist?

Security Guard: No, not at all. Those twenty men, without a single casualty, killed hundreds of us. We had no way to compete with their technology, with their weapons. I swear, I’ve never seen anything like it. We couldn’t even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was.

Interviewer: So do you think the rest of the region should think twice before confronting the Americans?

Security Guard: Without a doubt. I’m sending a warning to anyone who thinks they can fight the United States. They have no idea what they’re capable of. After what I saw, I never want to be on the other side of that again. They’re not to be messed with.

Interviewer: And now that Trump has said Mexico is on the list, do you think the situation will change in Latin America?

Security Guard: Definitely. Everyone is already talking about this. No one wants to go through what we went through. Now everyone thinks twice. What happened here is going to change a lot of things, not just in Venezuela but throughout the region. Source

Round Two??

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Over the past several hours, dozens of U.S. Air Force aerial refueling tankers and heavy military transport aircraft – specifically C-5 and C-17 platforms – have departed from the United States and from a U.S. airbase in the United Kingdom, heading toward the Middle East.

According to multiple sources, the United States is preparing for strikes against Iran, and this activity reflects the ongoing transfer of forces to the region.