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Of all the End Time events, the Rapture of the Church generates the most interest and the most controversy. I have a friend who wrote that the Rapture is third in the list of top 10 topics that have most divided the Church—right after COVID-19 vaccinations and the Harry Potter books! There has been disagreement about both the promise and the timing of the Rapture. When I was a new believer, I thought the Rapture was nonsense. I had never heard of it before in the church I’d grown up in and it simply did not compute. Then I read...

On Feb. 19, 2026, Worthy News posted an article by Emitt Barry about Pres. Trump’s launch of his historic new “Board of Peace.” Concerning the UN, Trump said: We’re going to strengthen up the United Nations. We’re going to make sure it’s viable. Concerning the Israel-Hamas war, Trump said: The war in Gaza is over. If Hamas fails to surrender its weapons, it would be harshly met. We will help Gaza. We will straighten it out. We will make it successful. We will make it peaceful. (FYI: Before I continue, I want to point out that the Bible says the...

Is what we’re seeing in the Middle East today connected to Bible prophecy? In this message, Pastor Jack walks through Jeremiah 49 and Ezekiel 38, examining the ancient nation of Elam and its modern connection to Persia/Iran. What does it mean that God says He will “break the bow of Elam”? Has this prophecy already been fulfilled, or are we watching key pieces of it unfold in real time as tensions rise in the Middle East? Video is 1:12:12 minutes long.

On Feb. 6, 2026, an article by Bible prophecy expert Jim Fletcher was posted on Koenig’s Eye View that said: Iranian researcher Hamid Reza Bigdelo claimed on the Iranian television program “Toward the Horizon of Palestine” that Israel’s fate is “destruction.” Relying on religious sources, Bigdelo said that Islamic texts mention the end of the Jewish state prior to the reappearance of the Twelfth Shiite Imam (the Mahdi). According to him, the elimination of the Jewish political structure is described in religious sources as an event to be led by the Iranian people. He added that with the Mahdi’s reappearance,...

Current events regarding Iran have prompted the question, where is this situation placed in the book of Revelation? Bible prophecy is important because it is practical to us today; it should be viewed as a practical guide. Indeed, that’s what the Bible is, and much of the Bible, the word of God, is prophecy. If we are to be good stewards of God’s word, then we must be good stewards of its prophetic content. When it comes to prophecy and current events, many people are oblivious. While prophecy should be considered from a holistic view of the Bible, the question...

Digital IDs offer undeniable benefits, but they come with risks that strike at the heart of conservative values: privacy, individual autonomy, and skepticism of centralized authority. uppose for a moment that Joe Citizen and his lovely wife are rendered unconscious in an auto accident. Joe is a diabetic and suffers from hypertension, while his wife is under medication for rheumatic heart disease and is allergic to some types of antibiotics. When the EMTs arrive they scan their embedded chips, quickly ascertain their blood types, their medical history, their doctors' names, and their insurance information. Treatment begins almost immediately. Joe is...

“And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.” – Matthew 24:30 Most people choose to ignore the Second Coming prophecies of the Bible. Those who ignore these prophecies think they have an endless amount of time. When these events begin to unfold, they will suddenly and regretfully realize that for them, time has run out. Abraham Lincoln said, “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by...

According to a Christian Post report citing the latest Lifeway Research State of Discipleship study, fewer than one in three Protestant churchgoers in the United States read the Bible on a daily basis. The report, published on The Christian Post website on February 13, 2026, highlights data from an online survey of 2,130 Protestant churchgoers conducted March 19–26, 2025. It reveals that only 31% of these churchgoers said they read Scripture every day, while another 30% engage with it a few times a week. Beyond daily engagement, the survey found that 14% of respondents read the Bible once a week,...

Everyone here in the Middle East continues in our hold pattern as the United States and Iran decide what they’re going to do about each other. Other countries, such as Turkey, Qatar, and Russia, are throwing in their two shekels of advice and warnings. Here in Israel, we saw our Prime Minister take his sixth trip to Washington, seventh to the US, where he held a three-hour meeting with the American President. Meanwhile, back home, our military continued its preparations for a brief and violent visit to Iran. In other words, it’s kind of business as usual. There’s one more...

There’s an interesting line in the movie The Magic of Belle Isle that provokes thought. It’s a story about a novelist, played by Morgan Freeman, who has lost his passion for writing and, frankly, his will to live. But he befriends a young girl on the Isle who admires his talent for storytelling and wishes to also write stories. The author’s advice to her is, “Never stop looking for what’s not there.” This seems to be the crux of how good imagination works. Look at your surroundings in their ordinary habitat and stretch your mind to see something unusual, unexpected,...

In Matthew 24:12, Jesus provides His disciples with an overview of the end times. He says, “And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold” (ESV). This verse is part of a larger discussion of the end times; the passage is often referred to as the Olivet Discourse. ...

The kingdom of the Beast is coming… …and it’s coming FAST! Things may look like a vast sea of disorganized chaos right now, but each piece is carefully and rapidly being assembled and positioned, and soon it will all come together into one giant nightmare for humanity. All the disinformation, the deception, the uncertainty, the manipulation, and the distracting illusions are heading to one final climactic endgame. And that big finish has been planned for eons. What no wise man, no philosopher, no king, no tyrant, and no President has ever been able to pull together will finally all be...

Artificial intelligence is no longer science fiction. It’s part of daily life. But as AI becomes more powerful, serious spiritual questions have been raised: Is AI the Antichrist? Is AI connected to end times? And how should Christians think about AI? In my recent podcast, we cover the topic of AI because it isn’t something to discuss in the future. These are questions for right now. Is AI the Antichrist? The Bible tells us that in the last days, there’s going to be a world figure that will emerge—the Antichrist, also called the Beast and the Wicked One. I don’t...

The Bible describes a future period in which authority is concentrated not solely in traditional kingdoms, but in a limited number of powerful figures who operate beyond national boundaries. And that is why I am paying close attention to President Trump’s Board of Peace. Here are some fast facts: 1) President Trump will serve as chairman and wield considerable overall control. It will help resolve conflicts globally. He has the sole authority to invite new members and appoint a successor. 2) Global peace seems to be their goal, though they will participate in other global duties as well. The immediate...

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Dannon, wrote an opinion article titled, “Why are Jews still attacked worldwide?” To answer this staggering question, Danon wrote: International Holocaust Remembrance Day is meant to stop time. To force the world to confront the industrial murder of six million Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators. We remember these atrocities because memory is supposed to protect the future and because education is meant to prevent repetition. But honoring the victims demands more than ritual; it demands responsibility. That is why remembrance ceremonies take place, year after year,...

The list of 70 names in Genesis 10 is often called the Table of Nations because each man named was the original ancestor of an ethnic group that later became a nation. These post-diluvian men are the sons and descendants of Noah’s three sons. Japeth was Noah’s eldest son. His descendants are mentioned in Genesis 10:2-5. Japeth had seven sons. “The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras” (Genesis 10:2). Three of these names appear in the prophecy of Ezekiel 38-39. Magog, the second son of Japeth, fathered the children who...

On Jan. 19, 2026, the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) staff reported that Israel’s Finance Minister and head of the Religious Zionist Party, Bezalel Smotrich, said: Israel should issue Hamas a short ultimatum for disarmament and true exile, and once it expires—Israel should storm Gaza with all its might, destroy Hamas militarily and civilly, open the Rafah crossing with or without Egyptian consent, and allow Gaza residents to leave and seek their future elsewhere, where they won’t endanger the future of our children. This was the simple, self-evident position of the overwhelming majority of Israelis in the days after the massacre...

BLUF: With the impossible third reelection of DJT, the political left knows they are losing “bigly” and are desperate. The changes Team Trump is making are not superficial like with previous Republican administrations; no, these are substantive, foundational, and will permanently remove the funding and power from political leftists of all stripes from now on, forever. But the leftists aren’t going to take this lying down. If they can’t have their own version of America, no one can. They’d rather watch it burn than see MAGA ever succeed. The tragic irony in all this is that the resistance the left...

In this exciting episode, Pastor Jack simplifies how we are to view the book of Revelation and how you can’t fully understand the Old Testament without this special and unique book. Revelation unveils how the promises, patterns, and prophecies of the Old Testament find their ultimate fulfillment in Jesus and God’s final restoration of all things. Tune in to this beginner's guide as we look forward to diving deeper into the book of Revelation moving forward. Video is 31:15 long.

I often hear statements such as, “Today is no different than any other time in history; look at what happened in the last century with its deadly wars and oppression.” Others point to New Testament times when immorality across the Roman Empire rivaled that of our day, as if to say there’s nothing new about our day. How do we answer such objections? Is our day truly unique in we live in the season of Jesus’ imminent appearing? The most telling difference between today and no other time in all of Church history is this: since 1948, Israel has existed...