The Trump Arrangement Syndrome

Sometimes, as a morning routine, I listen to the Chris Plante national radio show. The other morning, he played sound bites of a typical anti-Trump night-time comedian saying, with sarcasm, that it is now, since the election and inauguration, 24/7 coverage of Donald Trump, whereas before it was only 24/7 coverage of Donald Trump.

Chris Plante then said in his own humorous way: “Ahh yes…mental illness is such a terrible thing, isn’t it? When did they all come down with the same mental illness?”

Plante was, of course, talking about what long ago became known in pseudo-psychological vernacular as the “Trump derangement syndrome” (TDS). Certainly, that widespread hatred for the now forty-seventh president of the United States wasn’t stanched by his overwhelming win in the 2024 presidential race. The Trump bashers, which include the radical left on the political spectrum, mainstream media, and almost the entire entertainment industry, continue apace in manifesting the syndrome.

One of the more amusing aspects of the ongoing hatred these TDS entities project is that they now–after Donald J. Trump’s win—seem to be joining in agreement with those of us who study Bible prophecy from the pre-Trib view. I’ve heard some of these anti-God types refer to Trump as “the Antichrist” a number of times, so I guess they now believe in Bible prophecy.

Of course, I’ve also read the charge that Mr. Trump will be the Antichrist put forward by more than a few who are presumably Christians claiming Bible prophecy as their source for such a proclamation. These, too, seem to have been infected by the Trump derangement syndrome.

Truly, there has never been such a man as Donald J. Trump to so dominate presidential political headlines most every day since he came down the golden escalator at Trump Tower in New York City. Since that moment in 2016, never has any person endured at one and the same time such hatred and accolades on the national stage.

Despite the Trump derangement, the election on November 7 seems to indicate powerfully that most of America’s voting public didn’t fall for the mainstream and entertainment media-fueled Trump hatred. In spite of everything thrown at Donald J. Trump, including the proverbial kitchen sink, he has emerged as the leader that even many of his former hate-filled enemies, in many cases, now eagerly seek to embrace.

Those who exclusively attribute to his charismatic persona this mercurial political entity’s rise to the ultimate governmental position in the world, then his nation-rendering fall, then his rocket-like rise again is, I believe, as blind spiritually as I am physically. I, you see, am not downcast by the Trump derangement syndrome. Rather, I’m spiritually enlightened and uplifted by understanding what I call the “Trump arrangement syndrome”–a thing, as believers, we must avoid, as I hope to make clear.

This understanding begins with the knowledge that God raises up kings and brings them down:

“He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and establishes kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding” (Daniel 2:21).

Donald Trump is, as I’ve written many times, not a godly man. He is, however, there is no doubt in my thinking, God’s man for this late hour of the Church Age (Age of Grace). In this sense, the term “Trump arrangement syndrome” is the right one that encapsulates this president’s ascent to the ultimate, earthly, geopolitical power. The present Trump arrangement is a matter only our Mighty God could bring into this, the prophetic hour just before He again begins dealing in a final prophetic way with His chosen people and nation, Israel.

Proof of this heavenly action–arranging Trump’s positioning–I now believe, was when God spared Trump’s life on that August 14, 2024, afternoon in Butler, Pennsylvania, for the entire world to witness. It was the God of all creation making a statement and preparing the way to get back to “business as usual” rather than allowing the reprobate thinking to be unchecked—the anti-God insanity that was moving too quickly toward satanic stage-setting for Antichrist’s rise to power.

Now let me explain. By saying “business as usual,” I’m not referring to the business of returning to normalcy in the human sense so that we can all just live happy, secure lives. That would mean God approves of the wickedness that “business as usual” has produced–business that has taken us far from Him.

The “business as usual” to which I refer is the exact kind that was going on at the time Lot, his wife, and daughters were removed from Sodom. That activity was, I believe, very much like it will be here in America—and by extension, the world—at the moment Christ next breaks into the wicked affairs of humanity on earth.

We see how quickly this arrangement is shaping up following Trump’s return to the Oval Office. Even the technocrats–the billionaire producers of the great, advancing technologies are on board this man of destiny’s Trump Train. The president has announced the AI wonders that will constitute what he termed Stargate, which he says will be funded by $500 billion, and immediately produce more than 100 thousand jobs.

I believe Mr. Trump truly believes this will lead to making America great again and will bring about an American Golden Age, as he puts it. Indeed, America might, for a time, experience an unusual uptick in economic achievement. But we must not be deluded. It all smacks of preparing the post-Rapture world for AI technological controls for the era Jesus said will be the worst of all human history.

So the Trump arrangement taking place is, I believe, Heaven preparing the world for fulfillment of Jesus’ prophecy as recorded in Luke 17:28-30.

The Lord said it will be “as it was in the days of Lot” when He is next “revealed.” Then, just like in Lot’s day, judgment will begin falling on a world that has rebelled against God.

It will be, Jesus said, at “a time you think not.” We’re told in Scripture that “It will come upon the world” “like a snare (a surprise snatching-up).”

For the Christian, we are to be watching all these developments (Mark 13: 37). We’re to notice that Israel is again in the center of all things, and that the desire for peace also is at the center of all things. We are to take notice that the world is not in as dire a situation, economically speaking, as it was looking when the Biden era came to a close. Yes. The world continues to be in an anti-God spiral downward morally, culturally, and throughout society. But now we see an almost exponentially upward spiraling economic and technologically advancing situation in America—and, by extension, worldwide—we are assured by Mr.  Trump and others.

At the same time, there are wars and rumors of wars, and all of them revolve around major players in God’s prophetic Word for the time of the end. Russia, Iran, Turkey, China–all are poised to fulfill their disastrous destinies during the Tribulation—the last seven years leading to Christ’s Second Advent.

We do not want, as believers in Jesus Christ, to get caught up in the Trump arrangement syndrome. This term means Donald Trump is going to make America great again. That syndrome is as wrongheaded as what those with the Trump derangement syndrome suffer.

I am, like you, thankful the 2024 presidential election went the way it did. The Lord arranged it, no doubt. All thanks and glory be to Him! This heavenly arrangement perhaps gives believers time to work to bring more souls into God’s family through salvation in a culture and society that remains free to do so.

At the same time, we are to be “looking up,” for our Redeemer is drawing near. The Rapture is the next event on God’s prophetic calendar!

Here again is the message to share as we go about witnessing the soul-saving power of our Lord:

“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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Donald Trump: Deliverer or Globalist

During the two weeks following Donald Trump’s inauguration, I read two divergent positions on social media regarding his presidency. I believe that neither one of these viewpoints is accurate.

Let me explain; I believe that the popular perspectives favored by Christians fall short of reality.

The “Trump Will Save Us Crowd”

Some Christians view the President as one who delivers our nation from all that threatens its future security. Their social media posts reveal their trust in him to successfully deal with all our problems and enable us to ultimately win the culture war.

Many in this crowd hold to the false teaching of Dominion Theology, which asserts that the church will cure society of all its troubles and usher in the Millennium. This errant doctrine contradicts biblical passages of Jesus’ preeminence by reducing His future role in the world to that of a spectator rather than a Redeemer who alone will change the course of human history. Proponents of this theology reject what the Bible says about His future millennial rule over the nations.

In spite of all the good that has come from Trump’s initial days in office, we must remember that our hope rests with Jesus alone. The President’s changes to our government are wonderful and sorely needed, but they won’t last indefinitely.

The Lord’s judgment is on its way to the US; His warnings of the devastation that lies ahead for America, as well as the world, are everywhere. We live in the last moments of human history as we know it; no human can change the current trajectory of human history.

The “Trump Is No Different than the Globalists Crowd”

Then there is what I also refer to as the “woe is me crowd.” They tell us the November election was all about choosing between the “lesser of two evils” with both options inevitably taking us to the same destination, that of the New World Order (NWO). They claim to be glad that Trump won, but their social media posts tell a different story.

The “Trump is no different crowd” points to his Stargate Program as proof that he’s no better than the devil himself. They overlook that Trump’s stated motive for doing so was to keep up with China’s AI technology. Are we to believe that he’s knowingly helping to build the beast system of Revelation 13?

Yes, the President mistakenly favors mRNA vaccines. However, I know of some born-again saints and at least one Bible-believing pastor who also wholeheartedly supports these injections (this preacher booted me out of his church because of my opposition to them). Trump’s favorable position regarding these vaccines doesn’t make him a globalist any more than it does other believers and Bible-believing pastors who favor them with equal vigor.

Furthermore, Trump’s actions during his first week in office refute the charge that he favors a one-world government or is a trojan horse for the NWO.

First, President Trump immediately removed the US from the Paris Climate Accord and stopped all Green New Deal policies in America. This will deprive the globalists of at least one trillion dollars, money they are collecting for the NWO under the ruse of a “climate emergency.”

Second, on Thursday, January 23rd, Trump issued an executive order outlawing the formation of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in the US. The globalists will someday combine all CBDCs into one in preparation for the future mark of the beast. I regard this future unified CBDC as essential to the antichrist’s ability to control the world’s buying and selling. But for now, it’s illegal in the US.

Third, when President Trump spoke to the World Economic Forum (WEF) on January 23rd, he eviscerated their beloved Build Back Better platform. His blistering attack on their globalists’ agenda no doubt angered those gathered at the WEF’s annual meeting in Davos, as did his outlawing of their cherished CBDC initiative to solve the world’s financial woes.

Fourth, Trump foiled another key part of the globalists’ agenda by closing the southern border and beginning the deportation of illegal aliens. Illegal immigration is key to the plans of the deep-state globalists to destroy America from within.

Fifth, by removing the US from the World Health Organization (WHO), the President cut off its backdoor plans to bring the NWO to America. Proposals before the WHO would grant its chairman total control over a nation and its response to what it deemed to be a health emergency. Trump’s blow against the WHO will become even greater if other nations follow his lead, as some news reports suggest might happen.

Sixth, the deep state in America consists of globalists. Many of these deep-state villains from the US were in Davos last month cheering Klaus Schwab’s NWO agenda and writhing in anger as they listened to Trump’s America First speech.

It’s not reasonable to say, as some do, that Trump opposes the deep state but not those who favor an NWO. They are the same entity with identical goals, agendas, and dreams of enslaving humanity.

Let’s Be Thankful Trump Is Our President

I don’t agree with President Trump on everything, but the past election was most certainly not about choosing the lesser of two evils. I wholeheartedly disagree with those who say it was. It was all about repudiating the wicked, vile, and totally insane policies of the Biden administration. The election was about electing a President who, despite his faults, genuinely loves the American people and seeks to protect us.

I believe Trump’s biggest test will come as he deals with Israel amid the world’s mad rush to divide the Land and Jerusalem via a two-state solution. The passion of the nations to impose a seven or ten-year peace accord upon Israel later this year has placed them on a glide path to fulfill the words of Daniel 9:27, perhaps during 2025?

How will President Trump respond to the current obsession of many nations to impose a years’ peace covenant upon Israel? We know this will surely happen in the future, but how soon?

In the meantime, I’m enjoying the reprieve from the outlandish agenda of the previous president, who hated the American people and advocated policies aimed at destroying both it and its citizens.

I love reading about Trump’s bold actions and new policies, but my future security rests exclusively with the Lord and His promises to me revealed throughout Scripture. Jesus is the sole reason I sleep peaceably at night.

Despite the welcome outcome of the past election in the US, I’m convinced that Jesus is coming for us in the near future. Did not Jesus say that He would intervene in human history at a time we “do not expect” (Matthew 24:44)? I’m praying that He surprises us this way in the coming days, weeks, or months.

Unless something disrupts the obsession of many nations seeking to impose upon Israel a peace accord, which they plan to ratify at the UN meeting this coming September, we may be home with Jesus very, very soon.

Maranatha!

-Jonathan

Fires of Forewarning

I am hearing it proclaimed in the strongest terms that God is judging California and punishing that area with the horrific fire because of the wickedness, the evil, it embraces. I want to disagree. I say that God is not yet judging, not in the sense that His judgment produces punishment from Heaven.

Indeed, the portions of that state that is, as of this writing, literally being devoured by the fires, fanned by 100 mph winds in some cases, is the center of wickedness the likes of which might make the people of the ancient places of Sodom and Gomorrah and Pompeii blush.

One writer writes the following in that regard.

There is so much anger about the unprecedented fires that are ravaging the Los Angeles area because there is a widespread belief that they could have been prevented. Some are blaming mismanaged forests, some are blaming the extreme incompetence of our leaders, some are blaming “climate change,” and some are blaming budget cuts. But could it be possible that the real reason why Los Angeles is burning is not related to any of those factors?

What is the one thing that sets Los Angeles apart from any other city in the world?

Needless to say, it is the entertainment industry…

Most people living in the Western world consume entertainment that originates from Los Angeles almost every single day.

Most of us are literally opening up our minds and pouring in filth on a regular basis, and that has had absolutely devastating consequences.

Of course, much of the filth that the entertainment industry produces openly mocks God and misuses His name.

Sadly, the entertainment industry was even mocking God at the Golden Globe Awards just 48 hours before the fires hit.

So they Mocked God on Sunday at the Golden Globes, Couple days later Their Houses burn down…

The entire planet has been corrupted by the movies, television shows and music that come out of Los Angeles. On top of all that, L.A. is the epicenter for the global pornography industry…

[Source: Could There Be A Reason Why Los Angeles Is Burning That Nobody Really Wants To Talk About? by Michael, End Of The American Dream, January 12, 2025]

President Trump said recently that the area destroyed by the fires looks as if they had been hit by a nuclear attack. It sure seems like the judgment of God is being visited on America’s Pompeii, doesn’t it?

No. I think not. I believe what we see happening –the fiery devastation ravaging America’s arguably the most desirable place to live in terms of environment— is actually an expression of God’s Love.

Now that seems almost as wrong in reasoning as the Woke thinking that comes out of California, that state of upside-down reprobate insanity!

Here I want to say that we are to have love and concern for the people who are suffering so desperately from these catastrophic fires. And they are catastrophic, with entire neighborhoods across a vast expanse having been completely burned to the ground. Let us reach out in compassion, knowing that ours could, but by the Grace of God, be the circumstance these in the path of the wild fires are suffering.

That said, I’m of the like opinion –I believe Holy Spirit-Given opinion– proffered by my friend Tom Hughes, whose ministry is located in the state of California.

He likened what is going on in the case of these raging fires in California to the terminal health dilemma of someone to whom he once witnessed about the Saving Power of Jesus Christ.

The man had only a couple of days to live when he went to visit him, Tom said. The man wanted to know that if there was a God, why was he suffering such pain.

Tom lovingly and gently told the cancer patient that God had blessed him all his life with a successful life and wonderful family. Despite all the opportunities to accept Christ, the man had rejected God’s Offer. The pain was given to call the man one more time. The pain was necessary as a strong measure because God knew that the place the man was going without Christ was many times worse than the pain from cancer he was suffering at present. In other words, God was using the pain to call him one last time to Salvation.

That talk Tom gave this terminally ill man might sound harsh, but it is true that the Lord sometimes works His Love and Mercy even through the pain of life.

Thankfully, the man did accept Christ before passing into the Lord’s Presence just several days later.

The following is the link to Tom’s recounting this Conversion Experience.

https://youtu.be/kDvItdgONFM?si=OEvKS0bITAoc0Oj7

Tom Hughes said:

“It’s the same thing I see going on right now in America. You see it in the heart of Hollywood. God is shouting to people. Hey, you better turn to me. The Bible tells us what’s coming during the Tribulation period…

Wow, folks. God is screaming to us. He has blessed this country with great things –with so many good things, and instead of turning to the Lord, they are turning from Him. And God is shouting to us because He knows the pain is coming [when His true Wrath must punish those who reject His Son].

For anybody…if you don’t know the Lord, ask Him to forgive you. He will forgive anybody who will come to Him.”

Amen! The fires are a Merciful Call to Repentance –perhaps a last, Loving Call to accept God’s Order rather than the anti-God way of wokeness and rebellion.

What coming such painful Calls to Repentance might we expect as the nearness of the Tribulation grows closer by the hour? Once Jesus Calls all believers to Himself in the Rapture, the pain will grow infinitely worse as God’s Wrath pours out on God-rejecting mankind.

You don’t want to be part of that Wrath and of Antichrist’s unprecedented evil.

Here is how to accept Christ and be kept from that worst time of human history. Also, to keep you from the eternal, truly horrific fire –the Lake of Fire— following the final punishment of lost mankind at the Great White Throne Judgment.

“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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The Perils Facing President Trump

Last Monday, we watched as Donald Trump again became President of the United States. Optimism abounds; many believe he can change the disastrous, vile, and anti-biblical policies of the previous administration before it’s too late to avert the Lord’s wrath and/or the end of America.

I’m exceedingly thankful that Trump is now our President, and I witnessed more reasons for hopefulness while watching Trump’s first day in office than I anticipated. He is far from perfect, and I disagree with him on some matters. However, if Harris had prevailed last November, we would even now be experiencing an accelerated erosion of our freedoms, Biden’s political prisoners would still be languishing in prison with no hope of an end to their torment, and our tax money would continue to flow to wars, corrupt tyrants such a Zelenskyy, and those who are here illegally and seek to harm us.

Even with the positive and heartwarming scenes that emerged from Inauguration Day 2025, the US faces a future fraught with danger. The following perils facing the newly elected President are not exhaustive, but they are the ones I consider to be the most daunting.

The Threat of WWIII

I remain convinced that the Lord is currently restraining the breakout of a deadly nuclear war that will result in far more casualties than what happened during the last century as the result of wars and communism/socialism. During his last months in office, President Biden appeared to do all that he could to provoke Russian President Vladimir Putin into attacking NATO and the US.

As President Donald Trump steps into the Oval Office, the threat posed by the Russia/Ukraine war still exists. Some believe that WWIII has already begun via this conflict. Will the President be able to calm tensions in a war that has already claimed so many lives? The heavy loss of life seems to have hardened Putin’s heart against accepting any peace agreement that doesn’t give him a decisive victory.

The other key flashpoint is China’s threat to invade Taiwan. I expected this to happen during the final days of the Biden administration. This could easily result in a war with horrific consequences.

The latest news is that experts expect Iran to possess a nuclear bomb within two months. If that happens, its leaders will seek to use it against Israel and US interests in the future. Iran’s recent twenty-year pact with Russia complicates this alarming development.

A Deeply Divided Nation

In response to the Pharisee’s accusation that He cast out demons by the power of Satan, Jesus responded, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand” (Matthew 12:25). His words apply to what we see happening in the US. We are a deeply divided nation and in many ways, a nation at war with itself.

The policies proposed by President Trump and his cabinet choices will wreak havoc among the deep state and cost them billions, if not trillions, of dollars. His ongoing efforts to expose the hidden wickedness of the elite in Washington, DC, puts him at odds with many who yield considerable clout in both the media and Congress.

Trump’s naiveness regarding the depth of the deep state’s powers hurt him during his first term as President and resulted in betrayals by many of his trusted advisors. As he seeks to delegitimize those who hate America and seek to destroy him, we can be sure they will put up a fight with no regard for the consequences, even if it means the destruction of the US. They are exceedingly evil and will continue to use deadly force to maintain their stranglehold on America.

Economic Devastation

I have written often about the dangers of America’s national debt and out-of-control spending. It now stands at $36.2 trillion and is growing at a rate of one trillion dollars every one hundred days. If not for the Lord’s restraining hand, this surely would’ve long ago plunged the US and the world into an economic depression far worse than what happened in the 1930’s.

A priority of the incoming President is that of bringing the spending under control, but is it too late? Is this a ticking time bomb that’s set to explode in the near future?

The massive debt levels in the US and throughout the world tell us that the third rider of the apocalypse is ready to ride (see Revelation 6:5-6). The day is rapidly approaching when Jesus will open the third seal and bring economic woes upon the entire world. Does this not signify the nearness of the Rapture?

Illegal Immigration

Even those of the outgoing Biden administration have admitted that because many enemies of the US have entered our country through Mexico during the past four years, we face the likelihood of a devastating terror attack perhaps worse than 9/11. There are credible reports that hundreds, if not thousands, of Chinese men of military age, without spouses or children, have entered our country.

It’s likely that President Trump’s deportation program to rid the country of the illegals will have already begun by the time you read this. His program, though just and absolutely necessary, will cause much strife and perhaps spark violence in the months ahead.

The Push to Divide Israel

Although President Trump is a friend of Israel, he faces a worldwide mindset that seeks to divide Israel and thereby bring about the Lord’s wrath upon the nations. The prophetic words of Joel 3:1-2 are ever so close to reaching fulfillment:

“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.”

Though these verses speak to the gathering of the world’s armies at the time of the Second Coming, they aptly depict the current mindset that seeks to divide the Land of Israel and, as a result, kindle God’s wrath. The world’s uncanny obsession with Jerusalem has already begun the fulfillment of Zechariah 12:1-3.

The current determination of the nations to divide both Israel and Jerusalem was set in motion by Saudi Arabia in 2024. These countries plan to meet at the UN during the first week of June 2025 with the goal of formulating a seven or ten-year peace covenant with Israel. It’s possible that they will agree to impose upon Israel a seven-year peace treaty with plans to formally ratify in September of 2025. It’s possible that we see the buildup to Daniel’s seventieth week (Daniel 9:27).

What will be President Trump’s role in the scheduled meeting of this group set for June 2025? Any acceptance of the dividing up of the Land or Jerusalem will surely bring God’s wrath upon the US.

Of course, if this turns out to be the antichrist’s peace accord with Israel, we will be with Jesus before the man of lawlessness steps onto the world stage and ratifies it.

I wish President Trump well and pray daily for his safety and wisdom as he deals with these perils. These dangers, however, also tell me that the seven-year Tribulation is rapidly approaching.

I have no illusions that political solutions, however just and correct they might be, will alter the world’s mad rush to a one-world Marxist government under the antichrist. My hope for the future rests one hundred percent with Jesus and His imminent appearing.

At any moment now, the Father will send Him to fetch His bride.

Maranatha

-Jonathan