31 May 2026

Published on: by RR10 Category:Nearing Midnight

In Combat for Christ

When going to Google to flesh out my quest to write on the war being waged against Christianity today, I immediately discovered a primary attack strategy the enemy uses.

In putting in research lines and terms, the search results often placed Christianity in the position of being the aggressor against the social norm Christianity opposes—i.e., Christianity is most often at first presented by the search engine as wrongly assaulting the issue or event, such as abortion, a homosexual convention, or whatever.

Although the search engine eventually got to the facts involving the Christianity vs. the anti-biblical matter being researched, facts were reached only after going through several levels of attempts by the search engine to imply, at the very least, that Christianity, not the opposition matter, was likely in error.

There is no doubt, considering the way things are swiftly trending, that a war is being waged upon true Christianity—that is, biblical truth.

Christians who engage in this battle are indeed combat soldiers of the cross. The proof is in every direction upon the prophetic horizon that this is an end-times battle of epic proportion. That proof is made clear through accumulating evidence such as the following:

  • UK pastor says he was arrested for preaching the gospel, speaking out against Islam
    A 66-year-old U.K. pastor arrested while street preaching in London said he is facing hate speech-related charges for preaching the Bible and speaking out against Islam. “It’s called inciting religious hatred — which is false,” Pastor Steve Maile told Fox News Digital. “The cross of Christ is a message of hope, love, mercy, and reconciliation to a fallen world… How could that be hate?” (Rapture Ready News, May 16, 2026)
  • Irish Pastor Convicted, Fined for Preaching Near Abortion Facility
    Clive Johnston was arrested for holding an outdoor church service near a hospital (near an abortion facility) despite not mentioning abortion. He was convicted of violating Northern Ireland’s “safe access zone” law. “This is a very dark day for Christian freedom,” Johnston said. (The New American, Rapture Ready News, May 19, 2026)
  • Every year Open Doors USA releases its World Watch report, ranking the top 50 countries where Christian persecution and discrimination are at an all-time high. The 2026 report reveals a consistent trend: the intensity of persecution and discrimination continues to increase, with over 388 million Christians worldwide, 1 in 7, facing high levels of persecution & discrimination for their faith. This accounts for 8 million more than last year.

Here in the United States, opposition to Christianity and its principles of morality is on the rise as never before. The following points to that burgeoning opposition:

“Progressive outlets are in an uproar this week over a White House-sponsored Christian prayer event scheduled to take place this Sunday at the National Mall.  The Trump administration and the Freedom 250 nonprofit will host ‘Rededicate 250,’ which will feature Cabinet members and conservative religious leaders to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary.

“According to event organizers, the program aims to reflect on the faith of America’s founders and serve as a national moment of rededication. Participants include Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and House Speaker Mike Johnson.

“Leftist journalists and Democrats are accusing the Trump Administration of violating the US Constitution and the ‘separation of church and state’ by sponsoring the event.

“We have seen how governments devoid of religious principle behave—The atheistic regimes of communist Russia, China, Cambodia and North Korea have murdered millions upon millions in the name of ‘saving’ the populace from the ‘opiate of religion.’ We have also seen how movements like the political left behave when they gain power, injecting authoritarianism and degeneracy into every facet of society and even targeting children with irrational and anti-science indoctrination.” (“Establishment Media Outraged By White House Sponsored Christian Prayer Event,” ZeroHedge, May 16, 2026)

The same Zerohedge article gave a sense of America’s founders’ view of this battle involving Christianity vs the world’s evil:

“The Founding Fathers are often described by leftists as ‘followers of the Enlightenment,’ as if this means they were not Christian. [Most] of them were in fact Christian while also promoting some ideals of the Enlightenment.  Many prominent figures of the Enlightenment were religious, including Isaac Newton, John Locke, and Christian Wolff.

“Their goal was to seek harmony between faith and reason, not erase the practice of faith from society or government.  As John Adams said:

“‘The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity…I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.’

“He also stated:

“‘Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

My Maternal grandmother’s maiden name was Adams. We are supposedly somehow related to John Adams and, of course, his son, John Quincy Adams. Whether related in fact or not, I’m in complete agreement with President John Adams’ belief in engaging in combat for Christ in this increasingly wicked world.

–Terry

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The Blessings that Flow from Our Hope

Our hope in Jesus’ imminent appearing is truly a light shining in a dark place (2 Peter 2:19), and as such, it enables us to escape the delusion that this life matters more than eternity. It’s this anticipation that increasingly draws the longings of our hearts heavenward in the midst of the perilous and confusing times in which we live.

In the introduction to my book, The Triumph of the Redeemed, I wrote this about why our beliefs about the Rapture matter so much in our walk with the Savior:

“It’s the details of our everlasting hope that enable us to put the ups and downs of our lives as well as chaotic world events into a sound biblical prophetic framework that offers assurance of God’s unfailing sovereignty over all that concerns us. These specifics redirect our attention to the joys ahead in paradise during times when life doesn’t make sense, or when all seems lost.

“The divorce of the Rapture from the message of the gospel has resulted in a near blackout of teaching about our “blessed hope” (Titus 2:11–14). This negatively affects new believers as well as seasoned saints, as it leaves them ill-prepared to live in a fear-ridden society. In addition, this neglect, or even denial, of Bible prophecy provides no context into which a follower of Jesus can place the violence and lawlessness of our day or the push for a New World Order or what the World Economic Forum calls the ‘Great Reset.’”

Besides the illumination that our hope sheds on this dark and lawless world, we find these additional benefits in our expectation of meeting Jesus in the air.

Contentment

Please know I am not writing as one who has already learned to be content in all things. I can say, however, that focusing on eternal realities has greatly helped with my contentment amid the ups and downs of this life. The best way to begin describing how our belief in Jesus’ imminent appearing leads to such a mindset is to look at what happens when Christians behave as though this life is all they have:

“What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God” (James 4:1-4).

I recently read these verses in a new light. What’s the best antidote, besides prayer, to the envy described in these verses? It’s recognizing that the hope of glory we possess in Christ is so much greater than anything we could gain in this life. Others will, at times, stand in our way of getting something we greatly desire in this life, but no one can interfere with the receipt of our “inheritance” that Peter describes as “imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you” (1 Peter 1:4).

One of the reasons that I long for Jesus’ appearing is knowing that when He comes, my life will far exceed anything I could ever obtain in this life or even hope for. Consider the anticipation of a resurrected body that Jesus promises us in texts such as Philippians 3:20-21 and 1 Corinthians 15:50-55. It’s difficult to grasp the wonders of our new lives in eternity, but it’s clear they will be far better than even the most favorable circumstances or riches we could enjoy in this short and rapidly fleeting life.

Motivation to Keep Serving

One promise that’s directly related to our expectation of the immortal bodies is found in 1 Corinthians 15:58 “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.”

I realize this promise applies to believers who don’t share our hope in Jesus’ imminent return. However, it seems clear there was a connection in Paul’s mind since he used the word “therefore” to link the promise of resurrection life with the certainty that the Lord will reward our service for Him.

The definiteness of the promise keeps us looking heavenward when the way seems difficult, as it often does, in whatever the Lord calls us to do in this life. It’s far more than one of “Yep, God will reward you,” but rather that of looking up to the glory of the moment when the Lord recognizes our service for Him as we stand before Him in glory with imperishable bodies. That’s motivation!

Many pastors disconnect the promise of 1 Corinthians 15:58 from our hope in Jesus’ imminent appearing. I cannot do that because it’s this anticipation that keeps our hearts focused on the glories ahead for us as we serve the Lord amid the many difficulties of this life.

 Encouragement

There’s no greater encouragement amid the struggles, setbacks, and sorrows of life than knowing that a glorious future awaits us when the Lord will bless us far beyond all we can imagine. When writing to the Thessalonians about the Rapture, Paul stressed the encouraging nature of our hope, instructing his readers, which includes us, to use our hope in this way as the means of building others up in the faith (1 Thessalonians 4:18; 5:12).

During the past several days, I think there’s been more disinformation than facts concerning the supposed agreement between President Trump and Iran. At times, I’ve felt quite discouraged by the ever-changing news concerning the negotiations. But then I remember that my hope doesn’t lie in what happens in this world, but rather with eternal realities. That focus reminds me that the One who “declares the end from the beginning” (Isaiah 46:10) is sovereignly directing all human affairs that will lead to fulfillment of all His word says about Israel’s future kingdom and Jesus’ millennial rule.

Just as nothing can interfere with the glorious promises Jesus makes to me as a believer, so the ever-shifting tide of current events cannot stop the Lord’s resolve to fulfill all His promises to Israel.

-Jonathan

31 May 2026

Published on: by RR10 Category:Prayer Center

FALLING APART AND SHAPING UP

Apostasy and Doctrines of Demons

Race To Build a Machine God. Karen Hao recounts her access to OpenAI following its partnership with Microsoft. The most striking claims involve descriptions of what some insiders viewed as a near-religious pursuit of creating a “machine god.” Symbolic rituals, intense ideological commitments, and extreme security concerns began surfacing as the company scaled its ambitions.

As Biblical Christianity Weakens in the West, More People Turn to the Occult to Fill the Gap.
Many believers feel something dark is growing stronger. The rise in confusion, deception, spiritual oppression, interest in occult, mental struggles, violence, moral decline, and turning away from faith isn’t just a social or political issue. The Bible teaches that an unseen spiritual battle is happening behind the scenes, and it eventually shows up in our culture and actions.

The Godless Global Government Goblins’ Climate Hoax and the Nature Worshipers

From the abundance of the Green Revolution to the famine of the Green Agenda. The Green Agenda threatens the world’s food supply by reducing nitrogen fertilizers and shifting away from hydrocarbon fuels, potentially leading to a worldwide famine. Aussie17 notes the parallels to the Biblical prophecy of the Pale (or Green) Horse, whose rider is named “Death.”

Islamic Takeover Agenda

How Qatari propaganda infiltrated the US education system. The report, titled “Institutional Capture: Qatar Foundation International and the Use of Soft Power to Reshape the US Education System,” details over $65 million in funding for over 220 programs between 2009 and 2025, reaching elementary and high schools, leading universities, teacher training initiatives and nationwide educator networks.

Pervasive Perversion

NY Dems running for House want fed funding for ‘Drag Story Hour’ as city, state spend $700K. Two New York Dems, in a contested congressional primary, pledged federal funding for “Drag Story Hour.” Records show taxpayers have shelled out nearly $700,000 to boost the program. Goldman and Lander both told an LGBTQ Dem club that they support dishing out federal money to subsidize the program, which invited drag queens into schools to read to young children.

A UN Mission To Sexualize Children: The Classroom’s Best Kept Secret. In classrooms across the globe, a quiet yet burgeoning campaign is underway to shape what children as young as 5 are taught about sex, relationships, and their bodies. It’s driven by some of the world’s most influential institutions – such as the UN – while parents, legal guardians, and the wider public are kept largely in the dark about what’s happening behind school walls.

While I Fought in Iraq, They Transitioned My Daughter. Canadian soldier and single father Jeff Evely returned to learn an Ottawa hospital secretly fast-tracked his teen daughter onto puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and a double mastectomy without his consent—prompting him to denounce it in a blistering town hall speech as Canada’s worst child abuse scandal.

Poland Gay Marriage Ruling Exposes True Reach of EU Power. On 14 May, a same-sex marriage in Germany was officially recognized in Poland, despite Polish law forbidding it. This is due to a ruling by the European Court of Justice, which forces Poland to recognize a gay couple’s foreign marriage. Now that the symbolic threshold is crossed, similar cases are expected to follow suit.

Plague, Pestilence, and Plandemics

Rapid Rise of Red-meat Allergies a “Ticking” Time Bomb. Cases of a tick-borne disease that renders victims permanently allergic to red meat have gone from a few dozen known cases in 2009 to as many as 450,000 now. Some scientists are rejoicing and suggest genetic editing of ticks to enhance AGS transmission is feasible and even obligatory. They propose using a known disease to turn all humans into herbivores.

Ebola Outbreak Spreading Faster Than Response, Aid Group Says. The Ebola outbreak in Africa could become the deadliest in history because it is spreading faster than responders can deal with it, an aid group said on May 26. “The initial failure to detect this outbreak has allowed it to spread to several areas of Ituri province in northeast DRC, where the first cases were identified, as well as to North Kivu and South Kivu provinces, and now Uganda.”

Exposing Pharma-Psychiatry-Education-Special Needs-Industrial Complex. There’s a dangerous partnership between Big Govt, Big Pharma, Big Psychiatry, and Big Education to label children with diagnoses, drug them, and profit from it. Incentives encourage ever-larger numbers of diagnoses for children supposedly needing taxpayer-funded psychotropic drugs.

Iniquity Shall Abound

Five Men Stabbed in Broad Daylight in London: Didn’t Labour Promise to Stop This? They were stabbed May 22, turning a busy road into the latest scene in UK’s knife crime crisis. The gov’t says knife crime is falling and insists it’s working towards the promise to halve the problem within a decade. Yet the daylight attack emphasizes the violence still confronting the capital.

Last Days Traitors

On Memorial Day, Unpatriotic Americans Know Nothing of America’s Greatness. On this Memorial Day, when the nation remembers those who made the ultimate sacrifice to preserve freedoms so many take for granted, it’s a tragedy that the US, a nation that has so advanced the welfare of mankind, is faced with such a stark reality while celebrating its milestone semiquincentennial anniversary.

It Was Never About the Climate. In 2024, climate activists in NYC protested with anti-Israel protesters at a rally called “Climate Justice Means Free Palestine.” Last year, climate change celebrity Greta Thunberg protested against Israel, yelling, “Free! Free! Palestine!” These marches were always about hating the West and what we stand for. So don’t be fooled by the slogans or the protesters. The root of it all is hatred of the West and our individual freedoms.

Coming One-World Godless Global Government

Global Tyranny: Britain used as test case for digital ID control. British politician David Kurten, leader of the Heritage Party, joined Daniel Forsius from Sweden’s independent outlet News Voice to discuss the UK crisis – from people jailed for protests against migration crimes and social media posts, to the king pushing digital ID, etc., Britain is a test project for global control.

Artificial Intelligence

‘Time for a temporary moratorium’: US citizens, state officials sound alarm on AI data centers. As the US races to build thousands of new data centers to power AI, rural communities and officials in Texas, etc, are sounding alarms over the strain on resources and infrastructure. Data center projects often promise economic benefits but face mounting resistance over noise, massive electricity & water demands, and conversion of prime farmland to industrial use.

1 in 5 UK boys who use chatbots have AI ‘girlfriends’: Male Allies UK study. A growing number of teenage boys are interacting with Artificial Intelligence “companion” apps that allow users to create romantic-style chatbot partners, according to new research and testimony from families, educators, and child welfare groups.

Weather Events

27 people are now confirmed dead across six US states from the Memorial Day storm outbreak. Between May 22-May 26, a severe weather outbreak occurred across the central and southern US, killing people in 6 states. Tornadoes and flash flooding struck during a holiday weekend when families gathered at cookouts, campsites, and lakeshores. The toll is still preliminary.

Atlantic hurricane season forecast to be milder than normal thanks to El Nino. Make up Your Minds! Last week, they said it would be a stronger hurricane season due to El Nino! This week, they say a developing El Nino forecast to get quite strong will likely dampen the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season. 18 other groups also forecast what they think the season will be like, and most also call for a below-average summer and fall.

At least 28 dead and 10 injured as deadly floods sweep across Afghanistan, triggered by severe storms that swept across 17 provinces between May 21 and 23. Over 100 families were displaced as flooding and other disasters destroyed homes and farms.

At least 9 dead, 11 missing after extreme rainfall hits Chongqing, southwestern China. Deadly floods triggered by an intense overnight rainstorm on May 23-24 killed at least nine people and left eleven missing in Chongqing Municipality after nearly 300 mm (11.7 inches) of rain fell within two hours.

Wars and Rumors of Wars

U.S. Forces Launch Self-Defense Strikes Against Iran. 2 Iranian boats were caught laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The US military eliminated both vessels and also struck at a surface to air missile site in Bandar Abbas that was targeting US warplanes. “These were defensive strikes.” They do not indicate ceasefire is over, according to two well-placed sources.

Trump’s emerging Iran deal forces Israel to seek guarantees, not victory. The apparent contours of the agreement, understood mostly based on anonymous accounts from Washington, Tehran, and Jerusalem, raised Israeli concerns that Trump was preparing to settle for far less than the US-Israeli campaign against Iran originally set out to achieve.

Vance says “still TBD” whether Trump will sign U.S.-Iran deal, as both sides try to extend truce. The ceasefire remains fragile: The Pentagon hit Iranian targets twice this week in defensive strikes, leading Iran to accuse the U.S. of violating the truce and announce retaliatory strikes on an American base. Kuwait intercepted an Iranian missile Thursday; no reports of a U.S. base hit.

Calls for Peace

Is The Stage Being Set for Daniel’s ‘Peace with Many’? President Trump held a conference call with several Arab and Muslim nation leaders, pressing them to consider normalizing relations with Israel in an expanded version of the Abraham Accords once a deal to end the Iran conflict is finalized. The future Antichrist will confirm a covenant, one that already exists. That makes current events even more intriguing.