This Most Dangerous Moment

The message I sense in my spirit that is the most important to address is that we –humanity—are now on the precipice of history’s most dangerous moment.

It is the most dangerous because of the Forewarning Words of the very God of all creation. They are the words of Jesus when He walked in human flesh upon the streets and hills in and around Jerusalem. I would get tired of repeating them so many times in these commentaries. But I dare not stop repeating them because I sense this prophetic Message involves what I am convicted the Holy Spirit wants us to know – that is, all of humanity, both the born-again and the unsaved.

And it is dangerous, particularly to the unsaved—all of humanity who are of understanding age (age of accountability)– those who don’t know Christ for Salvation of their souls. It is also dangerous in a sense to the born-again (all who know Jesus for Salvation) – thus, because we are commanded to watch (Mark 13:37) and to Discern this late hour of the Age of Grace (Church Age). To disregard this command by the Lord is to disobey God.

Again, I’m convicted in my spirit that the world of humanity at the present hour is exactly at the time Jesus spoke of in Giving Forewarning of His next catastrophic Intervention into this world of advancing wickedness. And the conditions that the Lord Foretold to be manifest immediately before He Calls the Church into Heaven are nothing like some Bible prophecy pundits who deny the preTrib Rapture are presenting.

And, it is not my purpose to be disrespectful to the people who are misreading and falsely reporting on what Paul the apostle and even the Lord Jesus Prophesied regarding the very end of this Age of Grace. My purpose is to present the Truth so Christ’s Forewarning is Conveyed by the Holy Spirit to the understanding of mankind.  

Those Bible prophecy writers and pundits to whom I refer have taught for years that we are seeing the economy and all else get worse, and that we should prepare to enter history’s worst time –the Tribulation (Daniel’s 70^th week). They accuse that Christians have been led astray by those of us who preach, teach, broadcast, and write that Christ will Call all believers in the Rapture to Himself and safety before that terrible time of Tribulation begins. Christians, these anti-preTrib Rapture proponents declare, therefore won’t recognize Antichrist and won’t be prepared to “endure unto the end” (endure unto the Second Advent of Christ at the time of Armageddon).

For the past months, in particular the preTrib Rapture opponents, have had us look at economic conditions that are so dire that we should, they declare, recognize that the world will be swept into unprecedented depression at any moment. They say this is the beginning of the world of humanity going into the prophesied Tribulation. Indeed, things were looking extremely bleak in that regard. All of the secular economic gurus agreed that depression is on the way. It cannot be avoided or averted.

My own take has been focused not on what men say but on what the Lord Jesus Christ Foretold for the end of this Age of Grace. And, please understand, I have no delusions of grandeur that I’m an Old Testament-type prophet, nor even one who has had a “word of Knowledge,” as some claim to have. I just read what our Lord says about the end things and believe him. Therefore, the Holy Spirit Directs as I adhere to God’s Holy Word. Any Christian can do the same.

I have written that I believe there will be no great economic disaster on a worldwide scale; neither will there be a nuclear conflict that will be world-rending.

The Lord, through His Word and prayerful consideration thereof, made it Known to me that the economy will, at the end of this Age of Grace, be, rather than in great depression, in a business- as-usual condition. My spiritual understanding has been –and I’ve written on it probably until folks are tired of reading it—that I believe Jesus said it will be business even better than usual at the time He was referring to, as recorded in Luke 17:28-30.

Here again is that prophecy for when He next catastrophically Intervenes into the wicked affairs of mankind.

“Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed” (Luke 17:28-30).

Again, I believe the Lord was saying here that at the time He next catastrophically Intervenes into the affairs of mankind, business will be booming, not in a state of depression and calamity. Sodom and Gomorrah, at the time Lot lived there and served as a city administrator and judge, were the envy of the entire region. Business was booming –while just beneath the surface of civility, those twin cities were probably the most wicked and debauched on earth. Jesus Foretold it will be just like that when He next Reveals Himself to mankind. The Righteous (represented here by Lot) will be removed, then destruction will befall those left behind.

Now we come to the present time on this wicked, debauched Planet Earth. Until recently, the economic outlook was bleak –very bleak. Depression and worse looked to be on the cusp of plunging mankind into both economic disaster and World War III. Wars and rumors thereof were –and remain—in the news.

I believe that we are being shown that God is still in complete Control, no matter how bleak things look. Jesus –God Himself—has Foretold about this very moment just before the world plunges into that abyss the pundits, secular and some Bible teacher sorts have predicted for years.

Suddenly, we see the world of economy begin to bloom. Remember, I’ve written that I believe Donald John Trump is not a godly man, but he is, I have no doubt, God’s man for this hour.

He is a builder and negotiator like none I can recall, either by observation or by my understanding of human history. I believe that we are about to witness an economic Boom.

And even our friends who oppose teaching the preTrib Rapture are lightening up a bit, although never coming into the preTrib camp. I offer as evidence these brief prompts from one such writer. The first is found in our Rapture Ready News list for Tuesday, May 11, 2025. The second is a couple of days later, May 13, when Trump’s bringing the UK, China, and other nations into talks about trade has begun producing spectacular results in economic upswing worldwide. Even the previously skeptical Wall Street types are now predicting not gloom and doom but a boom if things keep moving ahead under the direction of Mr. Trump.

On May 11, the writer’s take was almost Tribulation gloomy:

Financial Stress Is at An All-Time High For 70 Percent of Americans
When you don’t have enough money to pay the bills, it can make for a lot of sleepless nights. If you are in that position right now, I want you to know that you are definitely not alone. I have heard from so many people that are being absolutely crushed by our ongoing cost-of-living crisis that seems to have no end in sight. Just about everything has become substantially more expensive over the past five years, and now the global trade war threatens to push prices for foreign-made goods into the stratosphere.

On May 13, after Trump began his bringing together top nations to talk trade deals, the writer has lightened his dire presentation –but only to a degree, and with a tone of sarcastic wit.

The Truth About The “Trade Deal” With China
Everybody is so happy right now. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up more than 1,000 points today, the talking heads on television are bubbling over with optimism, and even many of President Trump’s harshest critics are cheering. It warms my heart to see everyone so happy, and so there is part of me that is not inclined to dump rain on everyone’s parade. But I am not going to tell people what they want to hear just to tickle their ears. I have got to tell the truth about the agreement that has just been made with China, and the truth is not all rainbows and lollipops. [End of excerpt]

I agree with his conclusion in that statement. The truth is not all rainbows and lollipops.

It is for certain not “all rainbows and lollypops” for those who are not under the Sheltering Wing of the Lord Jesus Christ. Those who haven’t accepted Christ’s Grace Gift offer of Salvation from the wages of sin are at the most dangerous moment of human history.

Jesus said that He would next Intervene into history catastrophically when conditions are precisely as they are quickly becoming while we Watch things unfold hourly. It looks to the world that all is about to make a climb out of certain economic collapse and all-out worldwide war into a time of peace and prosperity. This is, however, a time exactly like that about which Jesus Forewarned. Rather than a spectacular climb into the stratospherics of peace and prosperity, sudden destruction is about to begin.

The great Dave Hunt wrote masterfully of this time in his book: Peace, Prosperity, and the Coming Holocaust.”

This economic boon and cry for peace and safety –even from the just elected pope from America in Rome, all means that it is like it was in the days of Lot when he and his daughters (the only Righteousness God Saw in Sodom and Gomorrah) were removed to safety. Sudden destruction fell following that Removal. Jesus said conditions will be exactly like that when He is next Revealed –makes God’s Presence Known to the entire world.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

           –Terry 

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The World Versus Israel

Since its rebirth as a nation in 1948, Israel has been the key to understanding Bible prophecy. This remains the case as we watch the growing determination of many nations to recognize a Palestinian state along with dividing the land of Israel and Jerusalem via a two-state solution.

They have scheduled two meetings for next month, June, with the purpose of furthering this “solution” as the pathway they erroneously believe will lead to peace in the Middle East.

According to a BubbaNews report on Telegram, the first UN two-state solution gathering of the nations will be a preparatory meeting in PARIS from June 11-13. This gathering of a “diverse group of people will serve as extensive preparation for the international conference scheduled at UN headquarters in New York between June 16-18.”

According to an online May 19 report on Israel Hayom:

The Paris conference is expected to draw Israelis and Palestinians from across society – politicians, business leaders, academics, artists, and civil society activists – alongside opinion leaders from Europe, Arab countries, and throughout the world. According to those behind the initiative, this represents the first such effort of its kind since the Oslo Accords and their accompanying international efforts, aiming “to build broad popular and professional support for practical steps toward regional peace, and to prepare the ground for the hoped-for breakthrough in New York.”

BubbaNews summarized the purposes of the upcoming meetings in this way: “Both UN conferences share a single objective – promoting the establishment of a Palestinian state WITHOUT depending on a diplomatic process with Israel.” In other words, the decisions for dividing the Land and Jerusalem will happen regardless of objections from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government.

The Bible Said This Would Happen

Although it grieves us to watch this push to reward Palestinian violence with a piece of the Land and Jerusalem, the Bible said this would happen in the last days. In Joel 3:1-2, the Lord warned His prophet about the end-times push to divide His Land:

“For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land.”

The above verses reveal one of the Lord’s motives for destroying the armies at the battle we know as Armageddon. At the end of human history as we know it, the nations will pay a great price for dividing the Land God gave to the Jewish people. God will severely judge those who participate in the dividing of Israel and Jerusalem.

The prophet Zechariah also warned of dire consequences for countries that become obsessed with dictating Israel’s future:

“On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it” (12:3)

Not only will the Lord judge the nations at His return to the earth, but here the Lord also warns that in the near term, they will “surely hurt themselves” for interfering with the boundaries of Israel. Many have documented the cause-and-effect relationship between natural disasters in the U.S. and decisions by our presidents that in some way limited Israel’s access to the Land God gave to them.

Are such outcomes in store for those that now seek a two-state solution in the Middle East?

Setting the Stage

The UN Conferences for establishing a Palestinian State signal the nearing fulfillment of another key prophecy, that of the peace agreement between the antichrist and Israel (Daniel 9:27). This covenant will start the clock ticking for Daniel’s seventieth week, the seven-year Tribulation.

Although the June gatherings of the nations are setting the stage for this future accord, some of its key components remain missing.

First, we do not yet see the presence of one man, the antichrist, leading the charge for this deal. Instead, the push is coming from a variety of world leaders, and that’s what we would expect at the present time. According to 2 Thessalonians 2:3-8, the Rapture will occur before the man of lawlessness appears on the world scene and has the power to make a deal with Israel, guaranteeing its nation’s security.

Second, the current movement to divide Israel is happening without input or approval from its government. Benjamin Netanyahu will most certainly not agree to giving up Judea and Samaria, along with a part of Jerusalem. He has repeatedly objected to any such scenario, referring to it as “suicidal” for the nation.

When the Lord spoke through Isaiah concerning this future agreement with the antichrist, He referred to it as a “covenant with death” and chided His people for making such a deal (Isaiah 28:14-22). It will not be a solution forced upon them, as we see happening at the moment, but rather something for which the Lord will hold them accountable.

Lastly, in contrast to what the nations currently propose, I believe the antichrist will offer genuine peace and security for Israel. I agree with many others who believe he will include the building of the third Temple in his deal since we know it must exist by the midpoint of Daniel’s seventieth week for the antichrist to defile.

Game Changers

The current clamoring of the nations for a Middle East peace deal doesn’t appear to be the event that will someday kick off Daniel’s Tribulation period. However, two other prophesied events could rapidly bring about the fulfillment of Daniel 9:27 and disrupt any decisions made this June.

The Rapture will change everything. We know it will remove the Restrainer (2 Thessalonians 2:3-8), which will allow the antichrist to rise to power. After our departure, he will gain the needed authority to make a covenant guaranteeing peace and security for Israel. Some believe he will take an existing agreement and make it better or stronger.

I believe that the Gog/Magog war will most likely happen between the Rapture and the start of the seven-year Tribulation. This also will drastically change the landscape of the Middle East and perhaps make it possible for the antichrist to include the rebuilding of the Temple in his deal.

The obsession of so many nations to interfere with Israel’s sovereignty is bizarre. How can we possibly understand it apart from Bible prophecy? It may look like it’s the world versus Israel, but behind the scenes, it’s Satan seeking to disrupt the Lord’s intent to bring a remnant of the Jewish people to repentance before His return, and then reward them with a glorious kingdom.

-Jonathan

Convergence and Urgency

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Mike Hile and I were at the Christ in Prophecy TV studio near Dallas. TV hosts Tim Moore and Dr. Nathan Jones invited me to interview on our latest book, Tracking Toward Tribulation: And the Any-Moment Intervention by Jesus Christ.

I believe strongly that the programming accomplished that day was Holy Spirit-directed for two reasons that involve the meaning wrapped within the words “convergence” and “urgency.”

Lamb & Lion Ministries, the overall parent ministry for the Christ in Prophecy TV sector of that ministry, will, like us at RaptureReady, be concentrating more than ever on the convergence of indicators for prophetic fulfillment we see developing. Certainly, for those who are truly watching for prophetic stage-setting as the time of the Tribulation nears, there are hour-by-hour signals that the world is about to be plunged into the time Jesus said will become the worst in all of human history (Matthew 24:21).

“Convergence” was sort of a central theme we kept in mind while going through Tracking Toward Tribulation, a book with chapters by fourteen top scholars, writers, and broadcasters who have a pre-Trib view of Bible prophecy. Plus, I put my two cents in as general editor. I believe it’s one of the most prescient of these books the Lord has given me to publish. By this, I mean that each chapter seems to have a special, Holy Spirit imprint on the dissection of the times each author presents. And the contributors’ in-depth examinations and analyses engender the word “urgency.”

While filming the programs, as we went through the many signals of convergence bursting forth more and more frequently and intensely in these strange times, it was made clear how the greatest of all prophets expected those who are watchmen to act and react. Jesus said the following in that regard:

“And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh” (Luke 21:28).

Jesus was saying He wants all who believe He is Lord and Savior not to be like the Judaizers, the Pharisees of the time when He first visited the earth in His fleshly incarnation.

These had their Messiah standing right in front of them, speaking with them, with Heaven-sent signs that He had come into their midst. He condemned them because they didn’t recognize Him despite all the signals. He said they could determine what the weather would be the next day by observing the signals—the clouds, et cetera—but they couldn’t recognize Israel’s King standing before them at that very moment.

Jesus is saying today that the signals will be everywhere and in great profusion when the time arrives for His next intervention into the affairs of wicked humankind. We who have within us the Holy Spirit—whom He sent to indwell us when He returned to Heaven and the right hand of His Father—are to look up and know He is on His way back to take us unto Himself (paralambano in the Greek language). He will fulfill at that moment the mystery Paul would later reveal. Jesus said He would go away but would come again and receive believers to Himself (John 14:1-3). That is the Rapture that Paul, the great apostle, gave us in revealing that mystery Jesus described in John 14:1-3.

Jesus said in the Luke 21:28 account that we will see “all these things.” We’ll see the burgeoning signs of His Return. All of us (believers) are to watch for these signs (Mark 13:37).

Those of us who truly watch have been seeing these things “begin” to come to pass for quite some time. For certain, some who watch have been watching intensely since the rebirth of Israel on May 14, 1948!

The absolute avalanche of prophetic signals is converging at this moment at the end of this Age of Grace like at no other time I can remember. Thus, I and the others in our Christ in Prophecy filming sessions believe there is great urgency to present these signs and all attendant to them as quickly and as effectively as possible. Souls of people hang precariously in the balance.

We want those who don’t know Jesus for salvation not to be left behind to suffer under Antichrist’s hellish evil and God’s wrath during the last seven years leading to Christ’s Second Advent. Nor do we want those who are lost in sin and headed for eternity apart from God to die and go to the lake of fire, that terrible place prepared for the devil and his rebellious angels.

Thus, the urgency cannot be overemphasized. The convergence we see propelling this judgment-bound world toward the Tribulation means there isn’t time to disregard or ignore the call of the Holy Spirit to accept Jesus Christ right now, rather than think to accept His saving grace offer at some time in the future. Because of the convergence of signs, Jesus is, we concluded in that TV filming, perhaps at the very door of Heaven, about to step out on the clouds of Glory to call all believers out of harm’s way in the Rapture.

We want all who don’t know Him for salvation to be saved from the wrath to come and instead be in the shelter of Jesus Christ. Here again is how you can be saved from sin and its deadly consequences. Jesus is the only Way (John 14:6).

“That if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and will believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10:9-10).

—Terry

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What’s Behind Paula White’s Rise to Power?

The prevailing assessment of Bible prophecy in many churches today is that it’s of too little significance to teach from the pulpit. Pastors avoid preaching about the Rapture and Jesus’ thousand-year rule lest it offend people and they stop attending. Some claim that beliefs about things to come are “tertiary,” which online dictionaries define as “of third rank importance or value.”

Nothing could be further from the truth.

The dearth of sound biblical teaching on Bible prophecy has created a void that false teachers have filled with a wide assortment of wayward beliefs regarding the church, Jesus’ appearing, the Second Coming, and Israel. As a result, the prevailing false view in the Christian community is that the church will someday prevail over the ills and evils of our world and inaugurate millennial conditions throughout the world before Jesus returns to the earth.

Lest anyone think that such teaching, known as Dominion Theology, is of little or no consequence for our day, one of its chief proponents now has an office inside the White House.

Paula White’s Rise to Prominence

Televangelist Paula White’s rise to power resulted from the widespread shortage of sound biblical teaching on future things.

White amassed a personal fortune, estimated in excess of five million dollars, by promising her television audience health and prosperity if they contributed to her ministry. The response to such promises has not only made her wealthy but also has given her a platform that caught the attention of President Donald Trump, who selected her as an advisor. He has placed White in charge of his newly created White House Faith Office.

Sadly, White’s unbiblical beliefs, listed below, taint the advice she gives to the President:

1. Jerusalem and the Land of Israel no longer belong exclusively to the descendants of Jacob via God’s unconditional covenants with His people.
2. The Jewish people don’t have a place in God’s prophetic program for the future.
3. The world is not racing toward the seven-year Tribulation judgments, as described in Revelation chapters 6-18, but is rather on a course leading to a time of worldwide prosperity, peace, and security administered by the church.

Sadly, her counsel to the President stems from these errant beliefs. Is it possible that, at a minimum, her beliefs regarding the church’s rule over the earth validate Trump’s belief that great prosperity lies ahead for America under his leadership?

What About Israel?

However, there’s another area where our President needs much better counsel than what White gives to him.

I don’t know for sure if Paula White’s errant views concerning Israel have influenced President Trump’s policies in any way. One has to wonder, however, about the influence of a White House faith advisor who rejects what the Bible says about the future of the Jewish people, the Land that God gave to them, and Jerusalem.

Trump has a proven record of supporting Israel, but will his desire to be a peacemaker cloud his judgment? Will he treat Israel as just another nation and thus fail to recognize its God-given right to the Land?

Stories abound concerning increased tensions between the President and the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who recently said, “I think we will have to withdraw from American security assistance.”

Last week, the Jerusalem Post reported that President Trump was ready to recognize a Palestinian state. Although those close to him vigorously denied the statement, many wonder about the possibility of a peace deal that might include unwelcome compromises for the future of Israel.

On his recent Middle East trip, President Trump most likely encountered tremendous pressure from Saudi Arabia and Qatar to recognize a Palestinian state since these nations remain adamant about the necessity of a two-state solution. It’s also troubling that he didn’t stop in Israel before returning to the U.S.

Bible Prophecy Matters

Paula White’s rise to power demonstrates the necessity of sound biblical teaching on Bible prophecy. Those who say it’s tertiary make a serious error in judgment, to say the least.

Pastors who minimize its importance allow false teaching to flourish in the Christian community. A scripturally valid view of future things is essential for believers to discern truth from error. The inability of Christians to do so has made multi-millionaires of charlatans such as White and others. Even worse, it has given their followers a false hope for the future and, in far too many cases, kept them from recognizing the necessity of trusting Jesus alone for the forgiveness of their sins and eternal life.

I’m convinced that any and all decisions that result from Trump’s jaunt to the Middle East will facilitate the Lord’s plan for the end times and bring us even closer to meeting our Savior in the air. We need not worry about the errant counsel the President receives from Paula White; the Lord long ago already factored that into His sovereign plans to rescue Israel during the upcoming seven-year Tribulation and establish His kingdom on the earth.

This does not excuse, however, the dearth of sound biblical teaching on Bible prophecy that exists today in our churches. It has created a void that has allowed false teachers such as Paula White to flourish and, in her case, rise to prominence in Washington, DC.

-Jonathan