Growing Lukewarm :: By Daymond Duck

On Nov. 10, 2025, the Prophecy News Watch (PNW) staff posted an article that contained the following (and more):

  • Something is changing in the heart of America–quietly, steadily, and with consequences that will touch every church and every family.
  • In the last half-century, the number of Muslims in the United States has multiplied many times over.
  • A simple truth hides behind all the statistics: in just two or three generations, America will not look the same spiritually.
  • In 1970, about nine out of ten Americans identified as Christian.
  • Today, that number has dropped to around six in ten–and falling fast.
  • What happens when the balance shifts? What will our nation look like when Islamic culture begins to influence public life, education, and law on a scale we’ve never seen before?
  • Islam is not merely a religion but a complete way of life.
  • Its law, known as Sharia, governs not only worship but also marriage, inheritance, diet, modesty, and justice.
  • In Islamic thought, there is no separation between mosque and state; religion and law are one.
  • This is not a call to hatred or fear–but a call to wake up.
  • While mosques rise, churches close.
  • While Muslim families grow, Christian families dwindle.
  • While Islam gains confidence, Christianity grows timid.
  • If these trends continue, the spiritual future of America will be written not by the faith that built it, but by one that seeks to redefine it.

Jesus taught that every jot and tittle of His Word would be fulfilled.

In His letter to the Church at Laodicea, He taught that many would grow lukewarm at the end of the age.

The fulfillment of His Word is constantly moving forward.

We can see it approaching.

Here are some recent events that seem to support this:

One, concerning the Roman Catholic Church’s opposition to the deportation of illegal immigrants from the U.S.: this week, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement opposing “the indiscriminate mass deportation of people.”

On Nov. 14, 2025, the White House Border Czar Tom Homan said:

  • The Catholic Church is wrong.
  • I’m a lifelong Catholic.
  • I’m saying it not only as a border czar, but I’m also saying this as a Catholic.

(My opinion: Drug smugglers, sex traffickers, terrorists, etc., that are in the U.S. illegally should be removed or jailed.)

Two, concerning the Mark of the Beast: on Nov. 13, 2025, a reader sent me an article published in Nature Biotechnology that said:

  • Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) say they have developed tiny electronic devices, one-billionth the size of a grain of rice, that can be injected into an arm, travel through the bloodstream, and attach to the brain (based on tests in mice).
  • After that, the chips can be “wirelessly powered to provide electrical stimulation to the precise area” in a form of stimulation known as “neuromodulation.”
  • The human immune system does not reject the robot invaders, as they are “integrated with living, biological cells before being injected,” allowing them to cross the blood-brain barrier without causing damage.
  • The researchers say they hope to start clinical trials within three years.

Three, concerning the ashes of a red heifer and a rebuilt Temple at the end of the age: on Nov. 10, 2025, The Temple Institute in Jerusalem released a press statement that says:

  • The recent sacrifice of a red heifer was invalid.
  • The event was a practice exercise only, using a heifer that was deliberately invalid due to defects, including a damaged tail.
  • Priest garments used were not consecrated, further ensuring the act was non-kosher.
  • The ashes created during the exercise were left in place and are entirely invalid for ritual purification.
  • Only samples were collected—to test equipment—and by individuals who were ritually impure to ensure the act had no halachic effect.
  • Anyone who claims otherwise… is mistaken and misleading.
  • When we are ready… the real red heifer will be made, G-d willing.

The group also confirmed that four red heifers remain under observation at the Shiloh site, though none have yet received final halachic approval.

(FYI: As I see it, the problem is that some officials want to go solely by what the Old Testament says, and they say the sacrifice was valid, but other officials want to go by what the Old Testament says plus oral tradition – what some of the past rabbis added to the Scriptures – and they say the sacrifice was not valid. Individuals that are watching this will need to decide what to believe for themselves.)

Four, concerning deceit, climate change, and world government: this week, several nations met in Brazil (at the Conference of Parties; COP 30) to push for the elimination of fossil fuels (the use of windmills, solar panels, electric vehicles, etc.).

After this poorly attended conference was barely over, Pres. Trump – who calls climate change a hoax – finalized a sweeping rollback of Biden-era restrictions on oil and gas development in Alaska.

Trump restored access to more than 13 million acres of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska that officials say will bolster U.S. energy security and revive communities on the North Slope.

Five, concerning the decline of America: on Nov. 14, 2025, it was reported that there are now 350,000-400,000 Muslims in Texas alone.

It was also reported that there are now 224 Mosques in Dallas-Fort Worth and 109 in Houston.

Six, concerning violence or wickedness (as in the days of Noah) at the end of the age: on Nov. 13, 2025, Pres. Trump designated four “violent Antifa” European networks as foreign terrorist organizations.

The RAIR foundation said:

  • It should be noted that Antifa is not just a US domestic terror organization.
  • It is worldwide and has been in play since at least WWII, and actually before that, led by communists and Democratic Socialists.

A U.S. State Dept. spokesperson said:

  • The anarchists, Marxists, and violent extremists of Antifa have waged a terror campaign in the United States and across the Western world for decades, carrying out bombings, beatings, shootings, and riots in service of their extreme agenda.

Seven, on Nov. 11, 2025, French Pres. Emmanuel Macron hosted PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Paris.

Few people doubt that Abbas pays terrorists to kill Jews (called the pay to slay program), and the more they killed, the more he paid them.

During their meeting, Macron embraced Abbas as a “prince of peace” and promised to help the PA draft a new constitution for a State of Palestine.

(Note: I have read that Emmanuel means “God with us.” Macron means “the Mark.” Some think he is the Antichrist. I don’t. But he is from the EU, and the Antichrist will come from the EU. And now he has called Mahmoud Abbas a “prince of peace.” Incredible things are happening.)

Eight, concerning the Battle of Gog of Magog: on Nov. 14, 2025, William Koenig posted an article with a link to Nov. 10, 2025, an article in Newsweek Magazine that said:

  • Iran is accelerating its missile production with the stated goal of being able to fire 2,000 missiles at once (not 500 over 12 days as before) in any future confrontation with Israel, aiming to overwhelm the country’s advanced defense systems, according to a report by The New York Times.
  • Iran’s missile factories are reportedly operating 24 hours a day to reach the explicit goal of being able to launch2,000 missiles simultaneously.
  • If Iran reaches its target capacity, Israel’s multi-layered missile defenses could face unprecedented pressure.

(FYI: According to the Bible, it is not a matter of if there will be another war; it is a matter of when there will be another war.)

(Concerning Russia’s war with Ukraine: on Nov. 14, 2025, Russia fired at least 430 missiles and 18 drones at Ukraine in one night. Overwhelming a nation’s defense systems seems to be one of the latest tactics. When Russia, Iran, etc., attack Israel in the Battle of Gog of Magog, God said they will be like a cloud to cover the land; Ezek. 38:9. Just know that no weapon formed against Israel will prosper.)

Nine, concerning natural disasters increasing in frequency and intensity at the end of the age, on Nov. 16, 2025, it was reported that:

  • Iranian authorities have begun large-scale cloud-seeding operations in a desperate bid to generate rainfall as the country confronts its most severe drought in decades.
  • Iran’s meteorological agency said precipitation nationwide is down roughly 89 percent compared to long-term average.
  • Rainfall in the capital is the lowest in a century, reservoirs are nearing empty, and about half of Iran’s provinces have gone months without a single drop of rain.

(More: On Nov. 19, 2025, it was reported that parts of Vietnam have received more than 43 inches of rain since Nov. 15, 2025.)

Ten, concerning the Two-State Solution, in an interview on CBN News on Nov. 11, 2025, William Koenig said:

  • Point number 17 in Pres. Trump’s 20-Point Plan talks about a future Palestinian State.
  • In a Sept. 2025 meeting with Arab leaders, Pres. Trump made a commitment that he would not allow Israel to annex Judea and Samaria.
  • The U.S. has never had a president to publicly state that he will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank (Judea and Samaria).
  • The Bible is very specific that God made a covenant to let Israel and their descendants live on that land (Gen. 15:18).

Here is a link to the interview:

https://cbn.com/video/shows/lethal-curricula-continue-gaza-11112025 (Starts at 16:06 and ends at 20:11 in the video).

(My opinion: Dividing the land of Israel is not something that should win the Nobel Peace Prize for Pres. Trump. It is an egregious violation of God’s everlasting covenant with Israel. It will bring the judgment of God – not peace – upon the world; Gen. 12:1-3; Joel 3:1-2.)

Eleven, concerning Pres. Trump’s talk about a future Palestinian State, on Nov. 16, 2025, Israel’s Prime Min. Netanyahu said he wanted to address two specific issues:

  • The first issue is the supposed ‘non-demilitarization’ of the part of Gaza still in Hamas’s hands. There will be no such thing. Under the 20-point plan, and in everything else, that area will be demilitarized and Hamas will be disarmed. Either this will happen the easy way, or it will happen the hard way.
  • I have opposed the establishment of a Palestinian state on any territory west of the Jordan River. I have been pushing back against these attempts for decades, doing so against external pressure as well as internal pressure. So, I don’t need encouragement, tweets, or lectures from anyone.

Twelve, concerning Pres. Trump’s 20-Point Peace Plan: on Nov. 17, 2025, the Jewish News Service (JNS) reported that the UN Security Council approved Trump’s resolution to create and implement an international stabilization force (ISF) in Gaza and what U.S. Pres. Trump has called a Board of Peace, which he will lead and which will serve as a transitional government authority.

The resolution also:

  • Sets parameters for Israeli troops to withdraw from Gaza, leaving some in place to guard against resurgent terror threats.
  • States that “conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood” after the Palestinian Authority undergoes reforms and Gaza’s reconstruction is “advanced.”

Israeli officials have pushed back forcefully on the language regarding a Palestinian state, which was negotiated only into the final U.S. draft of the resolution.

Pres. Trump said, “This will go down as one of the biggest approvals in the history of the United Nations, will lead to further peace all over the world, and is a moment of true historic proportion.”

(My opinion: There may be a temporary peace – I don’t know – but if there is one, it won’t last.)

(Update: On May 25, 2025, the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, addressed the UN and said, “A vote against this resolution is a vote to return to war. Time is not on the side of peace. This is not the time for endless debate and lawyering. The clock is ticking like a time bomb. So, let us vote for this resolution, not as a compromise, but as a covenant for the children of Gaza and for peace that endures.” Notice that Waltz called Trump’s resolution “a covenant for the children of Gaza and for peace.” As I understand it, the Antichrist will confirm – strengthen – a covenant with many for peace. As the old saying goes, “you can’t make this up.”)

Thirteen, concerning New York mayor-elect Mamdani: on Nov. 16, 2025, it was reported that he wants Macy’s to pay $10 million to rent 5th Ave. for 3 hours for the Thanksgiving Day parade.

Macy’s said they would have to charge admission to the parade, and announced that this is the end of the parade.

(More: On Nov. 18, 2025, it was reported that large crowds of Muslims walked directly through a Christmas market in Germany, chanting: “There is no God but Allah, Allah Akbar.”)

Fourteen, concerning the election of Mamdani and hatred for Jews at the end of the age: on Nov. 16, 2025, the outgoing Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, said:

  • It has now become “cool and hip” to be antisemitic around the globe, including in New York City—home to the largest Jewish population outside of Israel—and that a whole generation has been raised on lies picked up via social media.
  • New York Jews must not be complacent amid this burst of antisemitism that is likely to increase after Mamdani’s victory.
  • People are comfortable with being antisemitic.

Fifteen, concerning wars and rumors of wars: on Nov. 17, 2025, Pres. Trump announced that the U.S. will sell F-35 stealth fighters (perhaps as many as 48) to Saudi Arabia.

Israel is leery, but has not opposed the sale outright.

Israel hopes Washington will condition delivery of the jets on Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords.

Trump seems to think that will happen soon, but Saudi Arabia is still requiring a path to Palestinian statehood in exchange for its agreement.

Congress will have to approve the sale for it to be finalized (and they probably will).

(Update: Following his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salmon MBS), Trump said Saudi Arabia should get top-of-the-line F-35s like Israel. It was also reported that Trump intends to sell 300 tanks to Saudi Arabia.)

(My opinion: I believe God will eventually bring Israel to the point where Israel will have to depend on Jehovah for help. They are now learning that they can’t depend on the U.S. They will turn from the U.S. to the Antichrist and a false peace, but the Antichrist will betray them, and the false peace will fail. All the nations will be against them; many Jews will get saved during the Tribulation Period, and then the nation of Israel will start depending on Jehovah late in the Tribulation Period.)

(More: MBS agreed to invest $600 billion in the U.S., with the Saudi Crown Prince promising to increase that to $1 trillion.)

Sixteen, concerning the ceasefire in Gaza: on Nov. 20, 2025, it was reported that terrorists in Gaza fired on Israeli troops. This was the third day in a row that the ceasefire has been violated. In every case, Israel fired back.

Seventeen, concerning the Battle of Gog of Magog: Ezek. 38:5-6 lists the nations that will attack Israel in the latter days and latter years (Russia, Iran, Turkey, etc.).

And Ezek. 38:13 gives a list of nations (Sheba, Dedan, the merchants of Tarshish and all the young lions) that will question it but not help Israel.

Sheba and Dedan are cities in Saudi Arabia.

Some prophecy teachers think the merchants of Tarshish is the UK (whose symbol is the standing lion), and the young lions are the nations that came out of the UK (the U.S., Canada, Australia, etc.).

Anyway, on Nov. 19, 2025, Pres. Trump elevated Saudi Arabia to the status of a “major non-NATO ally,” a designation that significantly expands the military relationship between Washington and Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia also signed a number of agreements to strengthen its ties with the U.S.

Have you got this? — The coalition of nations (Russia, Iran, Turkey, etc.) that will attack Israel in the latter years and latter days is forming, and the coalition of nations (Saudi Arabia, UK, U.S., etc.) that will question the attack and not help Israel in the latter years and latter days is forming.

(My question: Should we think the fact that Ezekiel revealed this about 2,800 years ago and got it right is a coincidence?)

(BTW: Don’t be concerned about the nations not helping Israel. God will protect Israel.)

FYI: God does not send anyone to Hell (all of us are born with a sin nature and destined to go to Hell because we sin), but God has provided a way (Jesus) for everyone to go to Heaven (and He is the only way to get there; John 14:6).

Finally, are you Rapture Ready?

If you want to be rapture ready and go to heaven, you must be born again (John 3:3). God loves you, and if you have not done so, sincerely admit that you are a sinner; believe that Jesus is the virgin-born, sinless Son of God, who died for the sins of the world, was buried, and raised from the dead; ask Him to forgive your sins, cleanse you, come into your heart and be your Saviour; then tell someone that you have done this.

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Whom Do We Thank? :: By Nathele Graham

“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name” (Psalm 100:4).

When I was growing up, Thanksgiving was an important day. My grandmother cooked all of her special recipes (I still make them today), the best dinnerware was set on the table, cloth tablecloths were used, and the family would gather to give thanks to God. We all wore our “Sunday best” clothes; the girls wore dresses, and the boys wore slacks and dress shirts. It was a special day, and even as a child, I knew I had a lot to be thankful for. Not only for the feast that was about to be devoured, but for the blessings of family and the blessings of a home to live in and not facing hunger.

The older generation taught the younger generation the importance of giving thanks to God for all He provides. That gratitude has never left me, but I often wonder about those who have no belief in God. They celebrate Thanksgiving, but to whom are they thankful? Christians know exactly who blesses us every day, and we know we need to thank God for everything, but do we?

These days, it seems as if the day set aside to be thankful is spent watching football. The kids are stuck on their phones, and very little thankfulness or family time is stressed. Even in Old Testament times, the great heroes of Scripture thanked God. The feasts of Israel are all centered around God. The Psalms are filled with praises to God, and Job made the great declaration “For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth” (Job 19:25).

Job, King David, Ezekiel, Isaiah, Daniel, and others knew God, and they served Him; they believed His promise of redemption and were thankful. Did they understand all of the details of Jesus’ birth? No, but they believed God and looked forward to the Messiah coming. The Psalms have more joy and thanks giving to God than is found in many Christian hearts today.

Is God an imaginary being who lives somewhere in the wild blue yonder, or do you know Him as your Saviour?

God is not imaginary; He is real, and His love is the greatest love there is. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God (John 3:16-18).

God’s Son willingly left Heaven’s glory, stepped into this fallen world, and shed His own blood for the salvation of everyone who believes. Now that’s something to be thankful for. God is very real, and Jesus is God. Jesus was crucified, but the grave couldn’t hold Him. He arose from the grave and conquered death. Thank you, Jesus, thank You so much!

When we humble ourselves and repent of our sin, our salvation is secure. Like Job, we know that our redeemer lives!

The difference between Christians today and the people who lived in Old Testament times is the cross. Jesus brought grace and mercy to mankind, and reconciliation for the curse of the sin we all inherit from Adam. “For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ” (John 1:17).

Are you thankful for that? You should be. We all should thank God every day for His love and blessings. “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 1:12-13).

We all are born into this world, and even the most precious baby has a sinful nature.

Only being born a second time – born of the Spirit through faith in Jesus – is the only way that sin can be forgiven. No works and no other religion can bring salvation. Only God can be thanked for that.

Christians are heirs to the promise of God. Our redemption is secure, and no matter how rich or poor we are in this life, our eternal home is a mansion being built by Jesus. “That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory” (Ephesians 1:12-14).

Jesus shed His blood to purchase our redemption. Faith in Him means you are purchased by the Blood of the Lamb and sealed by the Holy Spirit. That seal cannot be broken, and our salvation is safe. Will we ever sin again? Yes. Will that sin cancel our salvation? No. Should we thank God for that promise? Absolutely!

Jesus referred to himself as our Good Shepherd. Sheep need a shepherd to keep them safe, and Christians are safe with Jesus as our Shepherd. “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one” (John 10:27-30).

We have so many reasons to give thanks to God.

As I’m writing this, I’m feeling very humble and thankful. I’m just one woman who tries to serve Him, but too often I fail. When I think of how small I am and how mighty and powerful He is, I’m overwhelmed. He knows me and gave His life for me. I’m not just a number like a social security number, or the next to be served at a donut counter. The God of all Creation knows me, and the Holy Spirit lives inside of me. If you’ve accepted His free gift of salvation, then this is also true for you. Are you thankful? I hope you are.

But all of this brings up the question about who are non-believers thankful to?

I have been to a funeral service where I sat next to a friend who didn’t believe. During the service, the pastor asked everybody to bow their heads in a silent prayer. I prayed for God to comfort the family and give them strength to face each new day. The young man who had died was a Christian, so that was a comfort. What did my friend do? Who did she pray to? Did she even pray, or was her mind a blank?

I’ve been in similar situations on a few occasions, and I always wonder about the non-believers. Then along comes Thanksgiving. In America, we celebrate a day of Thanksgiving every year on the fourth Thursday in November. The Pilgrims knew who had kept them alive on their journey to this new land, and they knew it was God Almighty who had provided them with food to sustain them through harsh times. They were thankful to God, and we who celebrate Thanksgiving in this modern time need to understand that we also need to be thankful to God.

Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness (Psalm 97:12). God is holy and is to be praised.

As Americans prepare to celebrate a day of thanksgiving, let me encourage each and every one of us to take a look at our blessings. Family, friends, homes, and food are all things to be thankful for. God is the one who gives us all blessings. Be thankful to Him. Remember, too, that God the Son gave His life so that everyone who truly believes in His death, burial, and resurrection will live eternally with Him. Thank God for that blessing.

May everyone who reads this have a blessed and thankful Thanksgiving.

God bless you all,
Nathele Graham
twotug@embarqmail.com

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