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Trump announces trade agreement with China: ‘We have the deal’
We have a deal with China. Watch.

Feds detain terror attack suspect’s wife, kids
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials took the wife and five children of Mohamed Sabry Soliman into custody on Tuesday after the Egyptian national carried out a “targeted terror attack” that left 12 individuals injured at a pro-Israel event in Boulder, Colorado.According to The Independent, the 45-year-old illegal immigrant injured 12 individuals on Sunday who were holding a demonstration to raise awareness for the remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza.

Pope Leo holds first phone call with Vladimir Putin, urges him to ‘promote peace’
Pope Leo XIV and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a phone call today, with the Pope asking Putin to “make a gesture that would promote peace,” while emphasizing dialogue. Earlier today Russian news outlets reported that Leo and Putin had spoken by phone, but it was not until a little after 9pm Rome time that the Holy See Press Office confirmed the news. Today’s phone call could mark a signal moment in the lengthy and as yet fruitless peace process in Ukraine.

As the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation names a new chief, suspicions swirl over its funding
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) on Tuesday announced the appointment of a new director after its previous leader quit, just days before the NGO began operating as the only provider of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip. American evangelical Christian leader Rev. Dr. Johnnie Moore was on Tuesday named the GHF’s new chairperson after the resignation in late May of Jake Wood, who cited concerns that the operation did not adhere to “humanitarian principles”.

Khamenei Rejects U.S. Nuclear Proposal as Trump’s Hardline Stance Gains Overwhelming Support
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rejected a revised U.S. proposal to limit and eventually end uranium enrichment in the country, declaring it a direct affront to Iran’s sovereignty and independence. Amid rising tensions, a new Rasmussen Reports national survey shows overwhelming support among U.S. voters for President Trump’s uncompromising position on Iran’s nuclear ambitions. According to the poll conducted May 27-29, 84% of likely voters agree that Iran must never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon, including 63% who “strongly agree.” Only 9% disagreed with the statement.

Algeria Blocks Over 16,000 Migrants at Niger Border Since April
Many irregular migrants are seeking to transit country Algeria in order to then try to get to, among other things, EU countries. But many of the migrants remain in Algeria, and the North African country is repeatedly sending migrants away – often across the border to Niger.

Bombs Detonated in Cologne Prompting 20000 Evacuations
Over 20,000 people were evacuated after three undetonated American bombs from World War II were found in central Cologne in Germany on Monday. Twelve hours after the evacuation began on Wednesday, the bombs were detonated by bomb technicians at 7 pm. Two of the bombs weighed 1,000 kilos and the third 500 kilos.

NATO Allies Pledge Ships and Billions in Support to Ukraine
Ukraine’s friends do not betray, the countries in the Ramstein group promise after yet another meeting at Nato headquarters. Ships, drones and “billions” in new support are promised – and also an invitation to Nato’s summit in The Hague.

Harvard’s Double Standard on Racism
when will Harvard finally acknowledge other racist stains on its record—such as the friendly relations it pursued with Nazi Germany in the 1930s? Adolf Hitler’s foreign press spokesman, Ernst “Putzi” Hanfstaengl, was given the red carpet treatment when he visited Harvard in 1934 for his 25th class reunion. Harvard maintained strong ties to Nazi-controlled German universities, especially the University of Heidelberg—even though Heidelberg fired its Jewish faculty members, instituted a Nazified curriculum, and hosted a mass book-burning. Harvard also participated in student exchange programs with Nazi universities, even though a German official said publicly that the students who were being sent to the United States would serve as “political soldiers of the Reich.”

FBI seizes military weapons, Nazi paraphernalia in Washington state raid
Federal agents discovered a massive weapons cache and Nazi paraphernalia during a raid on a Washington state home this week, following a theft at a nearby military base that resulted in the loss of military equipment.

Iran signals openness to regional enrichment consortium on home soil
A senior Iranian official conveyed Tehran’s willingness to consider a US proposal for a regional uranium enrichment consortium, provided the facility is situated within Iran’s borders, Axios reported on Tuesday. “If the consortium operates within the territory of Iran, it may warrant consideration. However, should it be based outside the borders of the country, it is certainly doomed to fail,” the senior Iranian official told Axios.

US vetoes Security Council resolution calling for immediate Gaza ceasefire
US vetoes new draft resolution that called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza. Ambassador Danon: This resolution sends a dangerous message to Hamas: reject every offer, and the international community will reward you. “The United States has been clear we would not support any measure that fails to condemn Hamas and does not call for Hamas to disarm and leave Gaza,” Acting US Ambassador to the UN Dorothy Shea told the Council before the vote.

Freedom flotilla will not be allowed to dock in Gaza, sources confirm to the ‘Post’
The IDF decided that the “Madleen,” which is sailing to Gaza and carrying 12 pro-Palestinian activists, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, will not be allowed to approach or dock in the Gaza Strip, KAN reported on Wednesday.

Trump signs proclamation banning travel from 12 countries,
The proclamation fully restricts and limits the entry of nationals from 12 countries: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen, according to CBS News.

US Congress Pushes to Designate Muslim Brotherhood as a Terrorist Organization
Members of the US Congress are moving quickly to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as an official terrorist organization. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced on Tuesday that he will reintroduce an updated version of the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act.

Trump admin tells certifier Columbia’s ‘severe, pervasive’ Jew-hatred violates its accreditation
The U.S. Department of Education announced on Wednesday that it told Columbia University’s accreditor that the school violated federal law over its handling of antisemitism and no longer meets the requisite criteria for accreditation.

‘We don’t take word of Hamas with total truth,’ White House press secretary says
Leavitt said the White House was looking into the veracity of the reports. But “unlike some in the media, we don’t take the word of Hamas with total truth,” she told reporters at the White House press briefing on Tuesday.

Fungus Not Among Us: CCP-Linked Scholar Arrested for Scheme To Smuggle Crop-Destroying Pathogen Into US, Prosecutors Say
Authorities arrested a University of Michigan scholar with ties to the Chinese Communist Party for her involvement in allegedly smuggling a biological pathogen into the United States that could be used as a terrorism weapon to devastate U.S. food crops, according to a federal filing unsealed Tuesday.

US Embassy Tells Americans Be Prepared To ‘Take Cover’ As Kiev Braces For ‘Shock & Awe’ Attack
The US Embassy in Kyiv has issued a new Wednesday heightened security alert due to “continued risk of significant air attacks” by Russia on Ukraine. The Kremlin, including President Vladimir Putin himself, has said that major retaliation is coming, after the Sunday massive cross-border Ukrainian operation which destroyed many of Russia’s premier military aircraft, including long-range strategic bombers.

Coming To America: Syrian Islamist Leader Sharaa Will Speak At UN
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will visit New York in September to participate in the United Nations General Assembly, according to Sky News Arabic. Reports of Sharaa’s intention to address the UN have emerged in Arabic-language media in recent weeks. This would mark the first time a Syrian president has addressed the UN since June 1967, when Nureddin al-Atassi did so after Israel’s victory in the Six Day War.

Hegseth Orders Gay-Rights Icon’s Name Erased From Navy Ship In Epic Pride-Month Troll
In the latest move to eradicate wokeness from the United States military, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered US Navy ship be renamed so it no longer honors a gay rights activist. Springing into action, Navy Secretary John Phelan has assembled a working group to come up with a new name for what is now the USNS Harvey Milk, and they’re expected to announce the new honoree by the end of the month. “[Secretary Hegseth] is committed to ensuring that the names attached to all DOD installations and assets are reflective of the Commander-in-Chief’s priorities, our nation’s history, and the warrior ethos,”

Japan placed on alert for potential megaquake following recent swarm
A series of moderate earthquakes off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island, has heightened concerns about the potential for a catastrophic megaquake. According to the South China Morning Post, tremors ranging from magnitude 4.3 to 6.3 struck the region over a short period, with a notable magnitude 4.7 quake occurring just 16 minutes after a 6.3 tremor on Monday, June 3, 2025. These seismic events, centered near the Chishima Trench, have prompted local authorities to urge residents to prepare for a worst-case scenario,

Severe weather outbreak brings giant hail, flash floods, and rare June blizzards to Europe
A Level 3 severe weather outbreak is sweeping across Europe with destructive hail, damaging winds, flash floods, and potential tornadoes impacting multiple countries on June 4, 2025.

Severe hailstorm with tennis ball-sized hail causes widespread damage in Gorička, Slovenia
A powerful storm with tennis ball-sized hail struck Slovenia’s Gorička region, damaging homes, vehicles, and crops on June 3, 2025. The storm hit hardest in Gornje Petrovci, Šalovci, and Hodoš.

Intense hailstorm batters Loire and Puy-de-Dôme, France
Powerful storms swept through central France on June 3, 2025, bringing large hail and heavy rain to the Loire and Puy-de-Dôme departments.

Iran supreme leader rejects US nuclear proposal, vows to keep enriching uranium
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday Tehran will not abandon its uranium enrichment, rejecting a key US demand aimed at resolving a decades-long nuclear dispute, that he said was against the Islamic Republic’s interests.

Rockets fired from Syria for first time in a year; Israel holds Sharaa responsible
Defense Minister Israel Katz said Jerusalem would mount a “full response” against the regime of Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa after two rockets were fired from Syria at the Golan Heights for the first time in over a year, minutes before a Houthi missile triggered sirens across central Israel.

Is An “AI Apocalypse” Rapidly Approaching?
Are we rushing to build super-intelligent entities that will eventually become so powerful that they will be able to wipe most of us out? Some of the top researchers in the field of artificial intelligence are convinced that this is precisely what is happening. We have already reached a point where AI is able to perform almost all intellectual tasks much faster and much more efficiently than humans can. But at least for now we are still maintaining control over our creations. But what is going to happen when we lose control and super-intelligent entities start sending millions of copies of themselves all over the globe through the Internet?

Let’s Get Real – Iran Wouldn’t Be Moving More Air Defense Systems Around Their Nuclear Facilities If They Planned To Make Peace With Trump
It is often said that actions speak louder than words, and the actions that the Iranians have been taking are very clear. If they planned to make a peace deal with President Trump, they wouldn’t be feverishly moving air defense systems around the nuclear facilities that they would be required to dismantle as a part of that peace deal. The Iranians have already decided what they are going to do, but they are going to stretch the peace talks out for as long as possible in order to buy a little bit more time.

Public Health Scotland Director lies to the UK Covid Inquiry
Earlier today, Freedom Podcast published a video exposing lies that Professor Jim McMenamin, Director at Public Health Scotland, had told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. He has also written to the Inquiry to point out these lies, providing the evidence from Public Health Scotland itself to prove that the evidence McMenamin gave was not factually correct.

Geert Wilders Just Brought Down the Dutch Government – and It Was the Right Move
Geert Wilders, the lion of the Netherlands, has done it again. On June 3, 2025, Wilders withdrew his Party for Freedom (PVV) from Prime Minister Dick Schoof’s fragile cabinet, triggering the collapse of the Dutch government. The political class is wailing, the media is foaming at the mouth, and progressives are spinning fairytales to make Wilders the villain of the story.

Those who write on current issues and events as related to Bible prophecy yet future have, as often as not, been somewhat off the mark. For example, I’ve viewed the weather (the climate changes in the seasons) just as weather, with little prophetic significance; others, however, see weather as, in some cases, pointing directly to prophetic development.

Bill Koenig and John Maturin’s take on the weather as related to treatment of Israel does intrigue me. And others writing and speaking in that vein have occasionally captured my curiosity—like, for example, Hurricane Katrina during the George W. Bush administration and things going on at that time with the treatment of the Jewish state.

That hurricane was indeed an attention-getter, and it remains one of the most violent on record to have hit our nation.

Most writers of this sort have based their regard of the increase of violent weather as a sign of the end times on the following Scripture:

Again, I have, over my many decades on the planet, known of violent weather phenomena—especially since I’ve lived for much of that time here in the mid-South, which is considered on the fringe of Tornado Alley. As a matter of fact, we missed being hit directly by a tornado while living in Jackson, Mississippi, by less than a city block.

So when learning of foul weather, even the sometimes unusual outbreaks across the region or the world, I haven’t been particularly turned toward the “seas and waves roaring” of Luke 21:25 as being a significant indicator of end-times prophecy.

However, learning of the current weather phenomena raging across the nation and world, in conjunction with the other geophysical activity—earthquakes and the like—we are, I believe, experiencing the forewarning in Luke’s account.

Some of the stories of such concurrent, angry weather plaguing diverse regions are listed on Rapture Ready News on May 20:

Tornado hits St. Louis metro area, leaving 5 dead and causing widespread damage

A destructive tornado struck the St. Louis metropolitan area, Missouri, on May 16, 2025, killing at least five people and injuring dozens, according to city officials. The storm caused significant damage to infrastructure and homes, with over 5,000 properties affected. At least seven storm-related deaths were reported across multiple states on May 16, with some reports mentioning at least 10 fatalities.

First-ever Dust Storm Warning issued for Chicago, visibility drops to near zero across metro area

The first-ever Dust Storm Warning for the Chicago metro area was issued on May 16, 2025, as winds of up to 113 km/h (70 mph) carried dust into the city. The storm reduced visibility to near zero and affected major routes across Chicago and surrounding areas.

Tornado Emergency issued as violent tornado strikes Marion, Illinois

A violent tornado struck south of Marion in Williamson County, Illinois, between 18:00 and 19:00 CDT on May 16, 2025, prompting the U.S. National Weather Service to issue a rare Tornado Emergency for the area. The tornado destroyed homes near Market Road, caused significant structural damage across southern Marion, and formed part of a broader Midwest outbreak that killed at least 16 people.

Violent tornado strikes London, Kentucky, killing at least 9

A violent tornado struck the city of London in Laurel County, Kentucky, at 23:49 LT on May 16, 2025, killing at least nine people and injuring many others. The tornado caused extensive damage along Keavy Road, KY 1006, and Old Whitley Road.

These were but a few storms raging within the US. Tornados are also striking in places around the world where such storms are almost never reported.

My own lack of discernment to this point regarding the “seas and waves roaring” has received enlightenment, it seems.

Jesus, when standing in the midst of them while He walked the streets of Jerusalem, chastised the religious hierarchy for failing to discern the prophetic times. They were looking into the eyes of their Messiah—the King of Israel and the very Son of God. Yet they, with all their training and religiosity, couldn’t discern the matters they were supposed to relay to the people.

It is most interesting, in the context of our commentary here, that the Lord used weather to make His point:

“The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?” (Matthew 16:1-3).

It seems that lack of discernment regarding the matter of the weather, in my case, needed adjustment—no, needed correction!

The prophecy regarding the seas and waves roaring, which I’ve mostly considered to mean the sea of humanity in tumult among the nations of the world, it’s obvious to me now is primarily a geophysical phenomenon that will mark the end times. I continue to believe that, secondarily, the “seas and waves roaring” also refers to humanity in turmoil as the time of Christ’s return nears. It has, I’m of the conviction, a dual meaning.

As with all other prophecies in God’s Word, we must, as believers, discern the times we’re in with regard to Christ’s Second Coming. The next prophecy is the one from which we in God’s family should take great comfort, as Paul urged:

“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words” (1 Thess 4:16-18).

5 June 2025

Weather and Discernment :: By Terry James