Preempting Left-behind Savagery
Those in God’s family of the pre-Trib Rapture belief, including me, look at this just-concluded midterm election in the same way my great friend Jan Markell frames the times in which we find ourselves: “Things aren’t falling apart. They are falling into place.”
Every signal the prophets gave in God’s Holy Word is now not just in place. They are flashing bright red in the spiritual eyes of those who are truly “watching” (Mark 13:37 and Luke 21:28). Our nation’s leaning into the religion of Islam and away from the Judeo-Christian principles instituted by the founding fathers personifies the march into the Tribulation predicted by Jesus:
“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be” (Matthew 24:21).
Peoples of the world who embrace Islam at its harshest levels of compliance not only accept what was perpetrated against the Jewish festival on October 7, 2023, but applaud the blood-drenched evil of that day.
They were—like on September 11, 2001, when thousands died by Islamic attack in New York and the Pentagon—celebrating in the streets around the world when they learned of the atrocities. The bloodlust continues and is aimed at all who will not bow the knee to Allah and to sharia law. Yet the global mainstream news media continues to all but ignore the terroristic evil involved in this “mostly peaceful” religion, as President George W. Bush mistakenly once called it.
The following news item gives but an inkling of what the world can expect while things line up for the fulfillment of what God’s Word has prophesied for the consummation of human history.
Daily slaughter. Unimaginable bloodshed. Massacres. No protests, No street marches. No university rallies. No emergency UN security meetings. Nothing. No one says or does anything because the murderers are Muslim. When the media does reluctantly cover it, they blame the victims and “islamophobia.” How did we get here? (“Muslim Terrorists Slaughter 60+ Christians in Ethiopia, Children among the Massacred,” Geller Report, RR News, November 1, 2026)
The Islamization of Europe is in full-blown progress. The progressives in America want, in part at least, to Islamize this nation. They are enjoying success in their endeavor, as witnessed by the just concluded November 3 midterm elections.
In my thinking, half of the voting citizenry of this once great republic now has the reprobate mindset to which God has given them over: “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind” (Romans 1:28).
Despite the display across the world of the terrors of sharia under the Koran—with women treated in ways totally contrary to their treatment in Western cultures and societies— the young, and particularly young women, have, it is shown by this election, totally fallen for the lies perpetrated by Satan.
The following further elucidates the matter of Islamization:
Decades of sanitized, apologetic “education” about Islam have indoctrinated a generation of young Americans into viewing Sharia—a totalitarian political system of open-ended jihad, suppression of conscience and speech, discrimination against non-Muslims and women, and barbaric punishments—as positive, beneficial, and even fit for majority-vote imposition in U.S. towns and states, directly subverting the Bill of Rights…
The long-term corrosive effect of relentless Islamic indoctrination on American youth under the guise of education was apparent in ominous recent polling data on the favorability, “benefits,” and even potential applicability of Sharia in the U.S.
A nationally representative survey of 1026 U.S. Likely Voters conducted on 9/20/26 asked the following about Sharia:
“Sharia is a system of Islamic religious principles and law. Do you have a positive or negative opinion about Sharia?”
“Would you support a law that requires public schools to teach kids about the benefits of Sharia law?”
“If a majority of people in an American town, city, or state were to want Sharia law, would you support a proposal that would allow Sharia to become the legal code for all citizens in that town, city, or state?”
Disturbing percentages of 18- to 24-year-olds (43%) and 25- to 29-year-olds (39%) had combined “mostly” or “somewhat” favorable views of Sharia. Moreover, 24% of 18- to 24-year-olds and 31% of 25- to 29-year-olds supported a legal requirement that children be taught the alleged “benefits” of Sharia law. Most alarmingly, 27% of both the 18- to 24-year-olds and 25- to 29-year-olds favored allowing U.S. towns, cities, or entire states to apply Sharia for all citizens by plebiscite. (“Sanitizing Sharia Will Destroy Freedom,” RAIR Foundation, October 31, 2026)
All the young voters—and not-so-young voters—who believe they are, with their November 3 election victory, about to “fundamentally transform America,” as Barack Obama said upon becoming president-elect, are in for a shocking future. That is, they are if they don’t come to know the only Way, Truth, and Life —Jesus Christ—who is the only pathway out of the most horrendous future of all human history.
The amount of savagery produced by radical Islam in the October 7, 2023, assault on the Jews and all other atrocities committed will pale in comparison to the era when Antichrist fully takes over this fallen sphere for a time.
It is incumbent upon us who are Heaven’s royal ambassadors during this pre-Antichrist rule to preempt that future savagery with truth from God’s Word so there will be information available to those caught in that most evil time of all history.
I’ve been made aware of the best package of such information I’ve ever encountered for those left behind when Christ calls the Church to Himself.
My great friend J. B. Hixson’s ministry has produced a left-behind package I wish you to check out. Please go to the following, and let’s get these Rapture Kits into the hands of as many people and venues as possible.
—Terry
God’s Ultimate Trump Card
We not only live in perilous times, but also in confusing times. Deception, aided by AI, abounds. We can no longer trust what our eyes see on the news or on social media. On top of that, conflicting reports bombard us every day.
For example, what happens next in the war with Iran is anyone’s guess. One day we read reports that an all-out bombing attack is hours away. The next day we hear that’s not going to happen anytime soon. We have no idea of what’s really happening behind the scenes or what to expect next with this war.
One thing we do know with absolute certainty is this: God is sovereignly in control of all that will happen. The Middle East is headed toward the Gog/Magog invasion of Israel. We already see the nations aligning precisely as Ezekiel prophesied long ago. Although we cannot yet see it clearly, in God’s eyes there’s a straight line between current events and the future invasion of the land.
It’s not just with Iran and Israel; the Lord is orchestrating the tide of current events leading up to the start of the Day of the Lord. Even the midterm election results, which I don’t trust, will work toward God’s sovereign purposes. In all things, He holds the ultimate Trump card.
The Psalms
I have read through the Psalms many times during the past few years and have come to see this book as exceedingly rich in Bible prophecy. Each time, I discover new passages that not only foretell what lies ahead, but do so with an aura that points to God’s total control over the world’s future.
Even those in the no-Israel crowd agree that David and the other psalmists often interchanged prophecies of Jesus’ first coming in what they wrote about their struggles and faith. Why would we expect anything less for matters pertaining to His return to the earth and reign over the nations? When we expect to see unfulfilled prophecies amid their worship and passionate appeals, they seemingly pop up throughout the 150 psalms.
This past week, I read Psalm 9, and what I saw made me wonder how I could have missed it before. There, with unmistakable clarity, David writes about Jesus’ future rule over the nations and His judgment on the wicked that comes before it.
God’s Judgment
I believe there are two purposes for the revelation of God’s future judgment in the Psalms. First, Psalm 37 is not only a prophecy of the future, but secondly, also a promise to hold on to as we watch evil and lawlessness rapidly progress. Regardless of whether we see it or not, the Psalm reminds us that the Lord will justly deal with all the wickedness in our world. It’s only a matter of time (and waiting).
That brings me to Psalm 9:5-6, which I believe speaks to God’s intervention during the Tribulation:
“You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;
you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;
their cities you rooted out;
the very memory of them has perished.”
The elite powerbrokers of our day busily plan for the one-world order that they hope to establish. They regard it as their legacy, one that people will long remember after their death. But did you notice the haunting warning of Psalm 9 for the wicked? It says that the Lord will blot “out their name forever and ever,” so that someday, no one will remember their names. Wow!
The words of this text await a future fulfillment. People still remember the murderous horrors that Hitler and Stalin unleashed upon the world. But not only will they suffer for all eternity, but amid the glories of the millennial kingdom and the eternal state, people will forget their names.
His Kingdom
Just as in the book of Revelation, Psalm 9 moves from the Lord’s judgment of the wicked to kingdom glory:
“But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
he has established his throne for justice,
and he judges the world with righteousness;
he judges the peoples with uprightness” (Psalm 9:7-8).
Contrary to what we see today, “justice” and “righteousness” will characterize Jesus’ rule over all the earth. We see these themes often repeated in the book of Isaiah regarding the kingdom.
The word “judges” also refers to Jesus’ millennial rule. In ancient Israel, kings acted as the high court in the land. They served as both rulers and judges in difficult judicial matters. Because sin will still exist during His thousand-year reign, Jesus will act as the world’s supreme judge and carry out justice throughout the world. (And we will be a part of that as we reign with Him.)
This will not be necessary in the eternal state because sin will no longer exist. And these verses certainly do not describe our current world. They can only refer to the Millennium!
Our Advocate
The next verses emphasize what it means for us as we await Jesus’ appearing to take us home:
“The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.
And those who know your name put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you” (Psalm 9:9-10).
No matter what lies ahead for us, the Lord is our refuge (Proverbs 18:10). The One who will someday wipe out Satan’s kingdom and rule over all the nations is our “stronghold,” and He will never forsake us. He is our advocate who will not fail to bring us safely to eternity.
World events and our everyday circumstances will often confuse and dismay us. But the One who is sovereign over all things, both great and small, is our Savior and Advocate. Someday we will see how He orchestrated so many things in our lives to accomplish His purposes for us. As for our world, nothing surprises Him or impedes His plans in the slightest way. His kingdom is coming!
-Jonathan