8 Sept 2025

Published on: by RR10 Category:Nearing Midnight

Pastors, Prophecy, and Powerlessness

A power vacuum exists today that was foretold almost two thousand years ago. Its effects on this generation and beyond are profound and are destined to make an even more deleterious impact on America and the world in the days just ahead. The apostle Paul prophesied the following: “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come… [Men] Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof” (2 Timothy 3:1, 5a).

Many pastors within Christianity today, I am sorry to have to say, are complicit in helping fulfill this prophecy on an hourly basis.

First, let’s define the term “Christian pastors.” Within the context of Paul’s prophecy that I wish to examine here, I refer to those pastors who truly preach and teach that Jesus Christ is the only way to redemption, to reconciliation with God the Father. All others who claim to be clergy within Christianity I completely disregard, because God’s Word discounts them as false prophets, as defined by the following Scripture, to give but one example:

“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not” (2 Peter 2:1-3).

Again, to be clear, when I say “Christian pastors,” I’m referring to genuine pastors: Bible-believing preachers who lift up Christ as the only way to salvation.

Some will say that Paul’s “perilous times” warning of men who would display the end-times characteristic of “having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof” applies to the false teachers of Peter’s prophecy, not to true preachers called by God to be shepherds of His flock. I agree that Paul’s 2 Timothy prophecy applies to those interlopers who deny Jesus Christ as the only way to redemption.

However, the accusation against those who have a “form of godliness but deny the power thereof” can apply as well to God’s true shepherds. The condemnation is in some ways even more to the point than when leveled at the false preachers and teachers. It’s my contention that Christian pastors today–and, sadly, I believe this includes the majority of them–deny the power of God when they deliberately cast aside prophecy given in the Bible that is for a time yet future.

We have written in these commentaries, and many others have written and spoken on the fact that God’s Word, the Bible, consists of at least 27 percent prophecy. Half of that prophecy has been fulfilled; half is yet to be fulfilled. Although it can be proven through study of the Scriptures and by examining history that the Bible is always accurate in putting forth prophecy in past instances, pastors – preachers and teachers – consistently and persistently ignore preaching and teaching things to come.

By this willful disregard for presenting this vast body of scriptural truth, men of God–called and anointed by the Lord as guardians of His truth and shepherds of His flocks–deny the great power wrapped up in the astonishing reality that our God is the only One who knows the end from the beginning–and in excruciating detail, might I add.

For the most part, preachers of today seemingly avoid the prophetic Word at any cost. And, in God’s holy economy, the cost must be astronomical. These shepherds of God’s precious people are denying those people the assurance of the hope that He promises. Jesus Christ, their Lord and Savior, is the fruition of God’s magnificent plan for their journey into forever. With the knowledge of Christ’s return plainly given as imminent in God’s love letter to mankind, the born-again should be living victoriously, not with cringing fear or, even worse, in almost complete apathy.

The prophetic Word says:

“Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works” (Titus 2:12-14).

The majority of those who aren’t informed about what is going to happen next in this judgment-bound world, or who are totally unconcerned about things of God, are fed pabulum rather than meat for living life in the way the Lord intended. These are, as often as not, force-fed the “feel-good and let’s not dwell on sin too much” worldly message that is anathema to truth from the Word of God.

To the pastors and teachers who do, in fact, teach doctrine and sound biblical principles, may the Lord bless you to the extent to which you remain faithful to break the Bread of Life in the way it should be fed to your flocks. But if you don’t include prophecy as an important and generous part of your messages–that Jesus is coming again and might come at any moment–you are falling far short of deserving full commendation. You are denying the true power of God. You are exhibiting only a form of godliness.

Respectfully, please pay attention, you who are the truth-bearing pastors of our Holy God. These are the times to which all of Bible prophecy has pointed for millennia. These are perilous times. Signals are rampant that this generation is the generation that will almost certainly see the Lord’s return in power and glory. Israel and the peace process, with all nations beginning to turn against that state, dear pastors, is the number-one signal that we are bumping up against the very end of this swiftly fleeting age. Christ’s shout, “Come up hither,” is imminent!

You will be held accountable at the judgment seat of Christ for how you treat His whole Word in feeding your flock. Jesus spoke to the great power and importance resident within prophecy while addressing the churches. John recorded what the resurrected Lord directed him to write:

“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.… Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty” (Revelation 1:1-2, 7-8)

–Terry

UFO Mania

The world’s obsession with alien life and UFOs continues to grow exponentially. The latest rage consists of a mystery object hurtling through space at 130,000 miles per hour dubbed “31/ATLAS.” While most observers believe it’s a comet, renowned Harvard physicist Dr. Avi Loeb believes that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS might be a gigantic alien spacecraft. Initial reports claimed that the spectacle is twelve miles wide; now the experts say it’s only three but still rather sizeable for any flying object of unknown origin.

Professor Loeb believes the spacecraft will arrive near Earth in early November. I have read other accounts of gigantic UFOs that have already passed by the earth or are nearby. The conflicting information doesn’t deter those who believe that intelligent life exists beyond the earth.

Searching the Internet for stories on “alien spacecraft” results in a multitude of stories about UFOs, 31/ATLAS, and other potential sightings, substantiating the widespread conviction that these things are real. An August 27, 2025, article on the Popular Mechanics website had this captivating title: “Aliens Might Be Chatting With the Planet Next Door. We Could Listen In.”

Why the fascination with aliens and UFOs? Does this preoccupation have anything to do with Bible prophecy? I believe it’s a sign that Satan knows his time is short and has ramped up his efforts to deceive people so they later will fall for the antichrist’s lies.

The Deception

In his book, UFO’s: The Great Last Days Deception, Billy Crone describes how the current UFO phenomenon fits with the devil’s ploy to deceive mankind into believing a lie rather than the true explanation for the multitudes of missing people. In his book, he states, “More people believe in Aliens than in the existence of God, and more people believe that Aliens have visited planet Earth than that Jesus is the Son of God.”

The Bible does not specifically tell us whether or not the antichrist will use the current UFO obsession in deceiving the masses after the Rapture. However, given the hysteria of our day, it seems as though a great many people would readily attribute our disappearance to aliens rather than the Rapture. The immense size of 31/ATLAS (three miles wide and even longer) and other gigantic alien spacecraft reported to be near the earth would allow for such an explanation of why so many people are missing.

I’m amazed by the predominant opinion that aliens must be far more advanced and intelligent than humans. Many believe they have the answers to the problems we face on Earth and welcome future interactions with them. Does this not also fit with a false Rapture narrative? The aliens supposedly have the know-how as well as the available space to accommodate our future disappearance.

The Lie

In 2 Thessalonians 4:11-12, Paul refers to “the lie”:

“And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness” (NKJV).

Referring to people who will reject Jesus as their Savior and thus fall under the deceptive ploys of the antichrist, the apostle wrote they will fall for “the lie,” which God will cause them to believe. The Bible does not reveal the exact nature of this “strong delusion,” but it seems to be closely related to the appearing of the “man of lawlessness” and his “false signs and wonders” (2 Thessalonians 2:7-11). As a result of their unbelief in Jesus, the majority of people will accept his version of reality rather than what Scripture says.

Could it be that the UFO mania of our day is Satan’s way of conditioning people to believe “the lie” after Jesus catches us up to meet Him in the air? I believe it’s a likely scenario for the masses who already possess more faith in UFOs and aliens than in God’s existence.

I believe Paul’s warning in 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 applies to those who now reject Jesus and the saving message of the cross. Our sudden disappearance will not change their minds regarding the Gospel or their dismissive attitude toward the Rapture. They will gladly believe “the lie” rather than the truth of God’s Word. Those who believe the lies of our adversary before the Rapture will continue to do so afterward, despite all that they see.

The Bible also tells us that a multitude will come to saving faith in Jesus after the Rapture (Revelation 6:9-11; 7:9-17). The sizeable number of Tribulation saints points to a great awakening after our departure, likely due to the preaching of the 144,000 and the angel who will proclaim the Gospel during this time. This sizeable group of people, those not previously hardened in their unbelief, will reject the world’s explanation for our disappearance and turn to the Savior.

Satan’s intense preparation of the world to believe the lies of the antichrist tells us we must be ever so close to our homegoing. It’s not that he has any inside information on its timing, but he knows Scripture and thus recognizes that Jesus is coming for His Church very soon.

For us as believers, the rampant deception of our day signifies the necessity of knowing Scripture and trusting its revelation of what lies ahead both for us and the world. Our adversary is not only working overtime to deceive the world, but is also seeking to lead the saints astray with a wide variety of errant beliefs regarding their future as well as that of the world.

Though many will scoff, it’s also a time to share the Gospel and our hope in Jesus’ appearing as the Lord gives us the opportunity to do so. Others may not respond in faith now, but may do so after Jesus takes us home to glory.

-Jonathan

 

8 Sept 2025

Published on: by RR10 Category:Prayer Center

THE NIGHT IS FAR SPENT…

“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof” (Romans 13:12-14).

Apostasy and Doctrines of Demons

Virginia Democrat says, unlike Iran, the US doesn’t believe God bestows natural rights. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) drew ridicule from Senate colleagues and others when he said during a Senate hearing that the belief that God endows people with natural rights is the sort of thing the Iranian regime believes.

Anticipation Or Apathy: Professing Christians Have Become The Very Mockers Peter Warned Would Arise In The Last Days. Coming as a direct repudiation of Catholic resistance to widespread Bible reading and comprehension, a new wave of understanding was unleashed when people began to read God’s Word for themselves…. As we sit astride 2025, watching the Signs of the Times converge…and prophetic happenings accelerate… we should thank God that we have the privilege to live in such a time as this…. Yet, instead of yearning, many professing followers of Christ are yawning. Lulled to sleep by the misconception that “all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation” (2 Peter 3:4), they become the very mockers Peter warned would arise in the Last Days.

Christians in Turkey face rise in hate crimes, gov’t crackdowns. “Protestant Christian individuals or institutions experienced hate crimes or associated physical attacks due solely to their faith. 2024 saw an increase from the previous year in both written and oral hate speech aimed at provoking hate in public opinion.”

Hatred of Jews and Israel

Accuser of Israel Confesses to Genocide. Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen condemned Israel’s pursuit of Hamas terrorists in Gaza as “very violent” and “unacceptable.” She said Denmark is considering extending recognition to the non-existent “State of Palestine.” Frederiksen also said Denmark intends to take advantage of its term as head of the European Union to punish Israel for defending itself. Frederiksen’s blasts at Israel happened to coincide with new revelations about horrific abuses committed by Denmark against indigenous Inuit people of Greenland.

Belgium vows to recognize ‘Palestinian state’ at the UN this month, announces harsh sanctions against Israel , Deputy Prime Minister Prevot announced.

Malevolent Macron has no claim to the moral high ground. Given France’s gruesome post-WW II colonial history—from North Africa through East Asia to Oceania—it has a feeble claim to any moral superiority and is hardly in a position to pontificate to Israel over Gaza.

Pervasive Perversion

Trump Administration Warns 40 States to Remove ‘Gender Ideology’ From Sex Education or Lose $81 Million. Yes, taxpayers have been paying for this nonsense. Also see Trump Administration Demands Removal Of ‘Gender Ideology’ In Public Schools: ‘Accountability Is Coming.’ The federal government will no longer be using U.S. taxpayer money to subsidize “transgender” brainwashing of children in government schools. The Trump administration demanded the removal of “gender ideology” and related indoctrination from sexual education programs in government schools. States and territories that refuse to comply within 60 days risk losing federal funding for some of their programs.

Temecula, California School Board Wants Girls Who Don’t Want Boys In Their Spaces To Claim To Be Mentally Ill. This is insanity projection on steroids. No one practices projection like Democrats and far-left liberals. In case you’re unfamiliar with the term, it’s when you accuse others of something that you yourself are doing. However, this is so outrageously demented and wrong that it represents a new low for the left on the matter of women’s rights.

[Warning: Extreme language] Meet the Fairy from Hell in Charge of Vaccines at CDC Until Last Week. Picture the creepiest person at a Pride sodomy festival. That’s Demetre Daskalakis, appointed by the Biden regime, who, until yesterday, ran the entire federal government vaccine program. He (ab)used his position of public trust to update the CDC website language with filthy talk in order to render it, he explains, as “culturally appropriate as possible.” Legacy media was quick to roll out the red carpet for Daskalakis, framing him as some kind of brave whistleblower rather than what he is, which is deranged.

Last Days Traitors

Mamdani’s Inner Circle is Full of Young, Rich Commies Who Could Rule NYC for Years to Come.
Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani has padded his inner circle with young Gen Zers who have little to no political experience. They are, for the most part, wealthy, elitist communists who want to profit as the Big Apple rots.

Their Deliberate Pitting of Nation (Ethnic) Against Nation (Ethnic)

The left’s covert “dirty war” in Britain could lead to civil war; not by accident, it’s their strategy. Britain’s descent into civil war is… a result of the country’s embrace of liberal dogma and the actions of its self-anointed managerial and political elite. The aim of imperial governance “is to rule by division: to fracture society into communities, reward loyal in-groups and discriminate against the majority through a two-tier system of justice, policing and social policy. The new imperialists are ‘diversity coordinators,’ anti-racism activists, curriculum de-colonizers, climate campaigners, and their mission is unchanged: to manage society by division.”

Their Deliberate Border Disorder and Its Consequences

Illegal immigrant child sex offender living at daycare arrested by ICE. An illegal immigrant child sex offender was arrested by ICE officials. Ezequiel Cruz-Rodriguez was living in an active in-home daycare operated by his wife, who is a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient. He has an “extensive history of criminal behavior and three prior removals from the U.S.

Surveillance Society

Psychologist Says AI Is Causing Never-Before-Seen Types of Mental Disorder. Mental health professionals are calling it “AI psychosis”: turning to the AI models for advice, users soon become entranced by the human-like responses. It becomes not just a tool but a companion — and the worst kind, constantly plying you with what you want to hear and validating anything you say, no matter how wrong or unbalanced.

Iniquity Shall Abound

Over the weekend, at least 52 people were shot in the Windy City; seven of them are now dead. But dead Chicagoans don’t seem to matter to Johnson, whose communist rhetoric and incitement to violence are well known. The progressive mayor raged at a crowd during a rally aimed at organized labor, warning them that they need to “defend” themselves from Trump’s preparations to clean up his streets since he seems either incapable or determined not to do so himself.

Plague, Pestilence, and Plandemics

Record 2024–2025 honeybee colony losses reported across U.S.; over 60% lost in Texas. to According to preliminary survey results and beekeeper accounts: Nationwide, an estimated 55.6% of colonies died—marking the highest loss rate since official monitoring began in 2010. USDA and Texas A&M AgriLife researchers attributed the majority of colony deaths to Varroa destructor mites. These parasitic mites have developed resistance to conventional acaricides, making management increasingly difficult.

First Population-Wide Peer-Reviewed Study Finds COVID “Vaccines” Increase Risk of Multiple Cancers — CONFIRMS Fears of “Turbo Cancer” Epidemic. A bombshell peer-reviewed study out of Italy just shattered the narrative peddled by Big Pharma, corporate media, and government health bureaucrats. For the first time, a population-wide cohort of nearly 300,000 people tracked over 30 months has revealed that the so-called “safe and effective” COVID shots are linked to alarming spikes in multiple forms of cancer.

RFK Jr: “We were lied to about everything.” During a Senate hearing, US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exposed the truth about vaccines and autism, and the CDC’s cover-up of COVID vaccine injuries. And he named names – he called out corrupt senators to their faces for taking Pharma money. First, he broke down the truth about Pharma’s COVID cover-up: “We were lied to about everything.”

Weather Events

Sudan: Plea for help after landslide wipes out village, killing 1,000. An armed group that controls part of western Sudan appealed on Sept 2 for foreign help in recovering bodies and rescuing residents from torrential rain after a landslide buried a mountain village. Only one person survived the destruction of the village of Tarseen.

Pakistan evacuates a million people as farming belt hit by worst floods in decades. The floods caused havoc in hundreds of villages and submerged vital grain crops.

Japan: Hundreds of buildings destroyed by Typhoon Peipah. Strong gusts of wind from Typhoon Peipah destroyed at least 220 buildings in Shizuoka Prefecture on Aug 5, injuring 23 people. At least 43 buildings were completely or half destroyed, and 184 buildings were partially destroyed in Makinnohara City.

Great Earthquakes/Volcanoes

New earthquake hits Afghanistan as death toll from first rises to 2,205. A 6.0 quake hit Afghanistan just before midnight Aug. 31. A series of aftershocks struck amid rescue efforts, including a 5.2 on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 2,205, with another 3,640 people injured, as of Sept. 4.

Are Yellowstone Supervolcano, Nevada Supervolcano, Campi Flegrei Supervolcano, and New Madrid Fault Zone Awakening Simultaneously? Many in the scientific community are deeply concerned that all of this seismic activity may be building up to some sort of crescendo, but so far, most people in the general population are not paying attention to the warnings.

Wars and Rumors of Wars

Maduro Threatens Armed Resistance as U.S. Expands Naval Deployment in Caribbean. Venezuelan President Maduro warned he would “constitutionally declare a republic in arms” if U.S. forces launched an attack, as Washington bolsters its naval presence in the Caribbean to counter Latin American drug cartels.

Trump told Israel to ‘finish Hamas,’ no more negotiations. Netanyahu informed senior ministers that Trump had effectively given Israel the green light for a massive operation in Gaza City aimed at delivering a final defeat to Hamas.

Israel didn’t kill a prime minister — it took out a terrorist leader. When Israel struck Ahmed al-Rahawi, the so-called “prime minister,” it wasn’t an assassination of a head of state; it was the elimination of a terrorist leader, akin to taking out a mafia boss.

‘Hamas will not release hostages; Israel must fight to finish the mission’ Israeli war hero Brig. Gen. Kahalani spoke about Operation Gideon’s Chariots II, for which tens of thousands of reservists were called up on Sept 2, with the goal being incursion into and capture of Gaza City. Kahalani sees no chance of an arrangement that would lead Hamas to release the hostages or sign an agreement Israel could live with. “I don’t see such a chance, and I also don’t see how any agreement between us and them would allow us to live in the future without endangering the very existence of the State of Israel.” “They will not return the hostages. This is their bargaining chip. We will have to search for them and find them.

IDF Reservist: ‘We are going out to put an end to evil.’ Hagai, a student and reservist, is preparing to return to the front lines in Gaza. He vividly recalls the horrors of the Oct 7th massacre: “We fought terrorists face-to-face… their eyes were filled with pure evil. They came to kill, to slaughter. This isn’t just a military battle; it’s a fight for our very soul, our existence. For us, this is a sacred mission.”

700 days of war: Hamas releases new hostage video, families call for deal to free their loved ones & IDF prepares for attack . Israel on Friday marked 700 days since the terror organization Hamas carried out a large-scale invasion of the Gaza Envelope region, breaching the border and murdering over 1,200 Israelis and kidnapping 251 people. Today, Hamas’ capabilities are diminished but not destroyed, and the IDF is preparing for a large offensive that aims to capture and occupy Gaza City and the central camps area, bringing the whole of the enclave under Israeli control for the first time during the war.