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Joel Rosenberg recently released a video in which he argued that the current war in Iran is a fulfillment of a Bible prophecy contained in Jeremiah 29. This is not a new discovery. In 2014, Bill Salus published a book in which he suggested that a military attack on Elam might prove to be one of the end-time wars (Nuclear Showdown in Iran: Revealing the Ancient Prophecy of Elam, 2014). Salus is what I call an “eschatological sleuth.” He searches the Scriptures for passages that have been overlooked or forgotten, which he believes relate to the end-times. He was the...

Why the End Times Confuse So Many Christians For a topic that occupies nearly a third of the Bible, the end times remain one of the most misunderstood areas of Scripture. Many Christians care deeply about God’s Word, attend church faithfully, and read their Bibles regularly, yet still feel uncertain when the conversation turns to prophecy. For some, the subject feels intimidating. For others, it feels divisive. For many, it simply feels overwhelming. Conversations about the Rapture, the Tribulation, the Antichrist, the Millennium, or the eternal state can quickly become technical or emotionally charged. Instead of clarity, believers often walk...

11 March 2026 Wednesday of the 3rd week of LentSt Vincentius Church, Volendam, The NetherlandsReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingDeuteronomy 4:1,5-9Keep these laws and observe themMoses said to the people: ‘Now, Israel, take notice of the laws and customs that I teach you today, and observe them, that you may have life and may enter and take possession of the land that the Lord the God of your fathers is giving you. ‘See, as the Lord my God has commanded me, I teach you the laws and customs that you are to observe in the land you...

10 March 2026 Tuesday of the 3rd week of LentShrine of St John Ogilvie, in St Aloysius', the main Jesuit church in Glasgow Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingDaniel 3:25,34-43Let our sacrifice to you today be a contrite soul and humbled spiritAzariah stood in the heart of the fire, and he began to pray:Oh! Do not abandon us for ever,for the sake of your name;do not repudiate your covenant,do not withdraw your favour from us,for the sake of Abraham, your friend,of Isaac your servant,and of Israel your holy one,to whom you promised descendants as countless as the...

9 March 2026Monday of the 3rd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Frances of Rome, Religious)St Frances of Rome, Ross on Wye, UKReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First reading2 Kings 5:1-15There were many lepers in Israel, but only Naaman, the Syrian, was curedNaaman, army commander to the king of Aram, was a man who enjoyed his master’s respect and favour, since through him the Lord had granted victory to the Aramaeans. But the man was a leper. Now on one of their raids, the Aramaeans had carried off from the land of Israel a little girl who had...

8 March 2026 3rd Sunday of Lent St John of God Church, Somerset, MAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingExodus 17:3-7Strike the rock, and water will flow from itTormented by thirst, the people complained against Moses. ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt?’ they said. ‘Was it so that I should die of thirst, my children too, and my cattle?’ Moses appealed to the Lord. ‘How am I to deal with this people?” he said. ‘A little more and they will stone me!’ the Lord said to Moses, ‘Take with you some of the elders of Israel...

7 March 2026 Saturday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs) Saints Felicitas & Perpetua Church, San Marino, CAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingMicah 7:14-15,18-20Have pity on us one more timeWith shepherd’s crook, O Lord, lead your people to pasture,the flock that is your heritage,living confined in a forestwith meadow land all around.Let them pasture in Bashan and Gileadas in the days of old.As in the days when you came out of Egyptgrant us to see wonders.What god can compare with you: taking fault away,pardoning crime,not cherishing anger for everbut...

I believe it’s safe to say that every true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ has their confidence in Christ, and what’s also true is that we have a firm assurance in the validity and accuracy of the Scriptures. With that said, what many people are feeling and saying about Israel amid rising geopolitical tensions, resurgent antisemitism and questions about how Christians should think about the Jewish homeland and the Jewish people must be tested against the Bible. Just as the church has been tested throughout the ages as to whether or not it would obey God’s Word, so today...

Over the years, people have told me that the Rapture must happen after the seven-year Tribulation. More often than not, they support their belief by offering an assortment of statements supposedly confirming their assertion. Of course, those who adhere to Replacement Theology combine the Rapture and Second Coming since they reject the tenets of Premillennialists, such as a literal seven-year period of judgment and Jesus’ thousand-year reign over the nations that includes a restored Israel. Some amillennialists say they believe in a “post-Tribulation Rapture,” but that’s highly misleading since they view the judgments of Revelation chapters 6-18 as either an...

6 March 2026 Friday of the 2nd week of Lent St Fridolin Cathedral In Bad Saeckingen. GermanyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingGenesis 37:3-4,12-13,17-28Let us kill him: then we shall see what becomes of his dreamsIsrael loved Joseph more than all his other sons, for he was the son of his old age, and he had a coat with long sleeves made for him. But his brothers, seeing how his father loved him more than all his other sons, came to hate him so much that they could not say a civil word to him. His brothers went...

5 March 2026 Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent St Piran's Oratory in its excavated state, Perranporth, UK Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingJeremiah 17:5-10A curse on the man who puts his trust in man and turns from the LordThe Lord says this:‘A curse on the man who puts his trust in man,who relies on things of flesh,whose heart turns from the Lord.He is like dry scrub in the wastelands:if good comes, he has no eyes for it,he settles in the parched places of the wilderness,a salt land, uninhabited.‘A blessing on the man who puts his...

4 March 2026 Wednesday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir)St. Casimir Church, ClevelandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingJeremiah 18:18-20My enemies are digging a pit for me‘Come on,’ they said, ‘let us concoct a plot against Jeremiah; the priest will not run short of instruction without him, nor the sage of advice, nor the prophet of the word. Come on, let us hit at him with his own tongue; let us listen carefully to every word he says.’Listen to me, O Lord,hear what my adversaries are saying.Should evil be returned for good?For they...

Jesus spoke in many parables before the masses using agrarian imagery and common motifs to illustrate profound truths. And these truths were only meant for those with eyes that would see and ears that could hear. In other words, Jesus spoke to all but intended for His followers to understand the hidden lessons behind the parable. Even then, He would need to expound upon them until the disciples understood their meaning. Out of 39 parables that Jesus taught, two were of the fig tree. One of them contained the barren fig tree as described in Luke 13:6-9. The vineyard owner...

3 March 2026 Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Katharine Drexel) Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament at prayer, Trevose, PAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 1:10,16-20Cease to do evil; learn to do goodHear the word of the Lord,you rulers of Sodom;listen to the command of our God,you people of Gomorrah.‘Wash, make yourselves clean.Take your wrong-doing out of my sight.Cease to do evil.Learn to do good,search for justice,help the oppressed,be just to the orphan,plead for the widow.‘Come now, let us talk this over,says the Lord.Though your sins are like scarlet,they shall be as...

2 March 2026 Monday of the 2nd week of Lent St. Agnes of Bohemia, ChicagoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingDaniel 9:4-10Yours is the integrity, Lord; ours the shameO Lord, God great and to be feared, you keep the covenant and have kindness for those who love you and keep your commandments: we have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly, we have betrayed your commandments and your ordinances and turned away from them. We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, our ancestors, and...

There’s a conversation that’s bubbling just under the surface of pop culture right now that a lot of people are thinking about but very few are willing to say out loud. It centers around a term that used to exist only in uber-rich gossip circles, but now it’s spilling into the mainstream, and for good reason. We’re talking about “yacht girls.” For readers who are not obsessed with influencer lore, the phrase refers to hot young women, mostly professional models or social media influencers, who get invited to layabout on luxury yachts owned by extremely wealthy men. Sometimes the arrangement...

1 March 2026 2nd Sunday of Lent St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, Wales Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingGenesis 12:1-4All the tribes of the earth shall bless themselves by youThe Lord said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your family and your father’s house, for the land I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name so famous that it will be used as a blessing.‘I will bless those who bless you:I will curse those who slight you.All the tribes of the earthshall bless themselves by you.’So Abram went...

Join us as we continue our study in the book of Romans. However, due to current events, he starts the service from the very beginning giving an overview of what is happening in the Middle East. He will finish with the message from Romans and then worship. He provides many video clips of what is happening.

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...