Resolution or Revolution

New Year’s resolutions of every description are no doubt being sworn as 2026 makes its entrance. I’ve never made such commitments over my many decades of life; I guess I’ve always known my weakness in not being able to stick to them.

There is, however, a resolution I hope to make central to this commentary—one I believe you and I must keep while we watch the burgeoning evil of this late prophetic hour.

We can keep this resolution—a heavenly directed one—because the very hand of God is guaranteed to be upon us while we try to keep it. It is Heaven’s answer in dealing with the other matter, “revolution,” in this commentary’s title.

There is a deluge of news counter to God’s design for humanity’s conduct. We look at the incessant evil each week in this column and in other venues, books, etc.

“Revolution” is the antithesis of Heaven’s directive for humankind. The revolution springs from the original rebel who first seduced the mother of us all. It is the result of the venom called “iniquity” introduced when Lucifer, now called Satan, convinced Eden’s only human inhabitants to eat the fruit of the forbidden tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Since that time, the deadly disease of sin has coursed through the veins of every person who has ever lived–except for Jesus the Christ, whose birth into this fallen sphere we celebrated a week or so ago.

And He is the One who has given us the antidote to the deadly malady from which all of humankind suffers.

The spirit of indwelling revolution against God within all of us is the cause of the wickedness and rebellion demonstrated across the world at this very moment. That revolutionary hatred is pushing all of humanity ever nearer to the time of Tribulation. Jesus Christ’s death, burial, and Resurrection is the antidote to that deadly eternal virus when the person infected receives that antidote as God’s grace gift to each of us.

To be free of this satanically induced, rebellious revolution that condemns all people to separation from the Heavenly Father forever requires a Savior. Without the Savior who takes away the sins of the world, the human creation would be condemned to eternal destruction.

The returning King of all kings and Lord of all lords Himself said that if He didn’t intervene at Armageddon, no flesh would be saved. Jesus is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world who takes away the sin that was introduced into Eden when Adam and Eve rebelled against their Creator.

He is the only way individuals can be saved. He is the Savior of the world!

And this is the truth wrapped up within the resolution for this new year that we must make and carry out. The message wrapped within this resolution is the only answer to what ails the entire world at present, the evil and wickedness that confront us in hourly news each and every day.

Jesus, the Savior of the world, issued Heaven’s command. It’s a command that we as members of God’s eternal family, saved by the matchless grace of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross at Calvary, must resolve to carry out in this New Year. Here is our Lord’s command, which we must make our resolution to obey in 2026.

“Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen” (Matthew 28:16-20).

Let us resolve to fight against the rebellious evil of this satanic revolution raging in this fallen world. Jesus and the message of the gospel must be presented to everyone on earth in order to offer Heaven’s antidote to the deadly sin infection afflicting all of humanity.

Here is that message:

“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 

Pakistan Ministry Mission Appeal from Terry James

To my Rapture Ready and Prophecyline family: I again solicit your support in spreading God’s Word in Pakistan.

Your generosity in past missionary efforts has just been wonderful beyond measure. I again prayerfully ask that you open your spiritual heart in helping fund the distribution of the books I’ve given to our pastor in Pakistan to use while he preaches and teaches about our Lord Jesus Christ.

Pastor Anil Jasper translated my little book, Prophecy Power: Strength from God to Face Your Future. He has now also translated into the Urdu language my small book, HeavenVision: Glimpses into Glory. This is the book in which I tell about my widow-maker heart attack on Good Friday of April 22, 2011, when I was somewhere in the heavenly sphere each time my heart stopped. The voluminous documentation of that medical emergency shows why my survival was so unusual that the cardiological association gave me their “Patient of the Year” award and asked me to speak to their convention.

Of course, at the heart of my testimony is the salvation message that Jesus alone can save the soul from an eternity apart from God the Father.

The first book Pastor Anil translated and continues to distribute to the people of his country, Prophecy Power, remains a great witness of Christ’s saving power. HeavenVision will now add a second witnessing tool that will help the pastor win souls for God’s eternal family.

I have special permission from my publishers to donate these books to this ministry. I receive no compensation from their distribution in Pakistan.

Your donations are essential to carry out this all-important mission. I believe your contributions will result in great heavenly rewards some eternal day when we all come before our Lord at the judgment seat of Christ.

We need funding to print and distribute these books beginning this month.

May the Lord bless you mightily for helping in this mission to the people of Pakistan.

Again, I don’t have a way to accept credit cards or PayPal-type contributions. I ask that you send checks to the address below.

Please put in the line at the bottom of your check: For our Pakistani Mission.

Also, please include your email address so I can properly thank you individually. Being blind now since I was fifty-one, sending out letters of thanks is beyond my ability. But emails are easily within my capability, and I certainly want to thank each of you.

Please make the check out to my name–Terry James—and send to:

Terry James Prophecyline
P.O. Box 38
Benton, AR 72018

Thanks, and God’s Blessings.

Terry 

***P.S. I am thankful and so pleased to announce that we have received a donation offer that will greatly help in this effort to fund printing and distribution of my books in Pakistan.

A most generous brother in Christ has offered up to $7,500 in matching funds for donations we receive.

In other words, for each donation you send, he will match with an equal amount up to $7,500.

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When You See

The verse speaks directly to the day in which we live. It assumes many things that couldn’t possibly be true unless Israel was once again a nation, yet still in unbelief. The words Jesus spoke on this occasion provide us with insight into what we will see happen in the Middle East in the coming year.

The setting was the Mount of Olives where the Lord answered the disciples’ inquiry regarding the “end of the age” and “the sign of your [Jesus’] coming” (Matthew 24:3). A proper examination of Christ’s response would fill a large book, but for my purposes, I want to focus on Matthew 24:15.

“Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand)…”

Here Jesus quotes from the prophecy recorded in Daniel 9:27 depicting what will happen at the midpoint of the seventieth week of years, which God designated to fulfill His purposes for the Jewish people and Jerusalem (Daniel 9:24-27). There the Lord told His prophet of a coming prince who would establish a covenant with “the many,” but negate the agreement by defiling a future Jewish temple, the “abomination of desolation.”

The Assumptions

To better understand how this prophecy fits with our day, we will look at all the events Jesus assumed would happen in order for this future world leader, whom we identify as antichrist, to desecrate the temple.

First, He assumed that Israel would once again become a sovereign nation. Until 1948, there has never been a time since Jesus spoke these words when it could’ve entered into such an agreement with a world leader. Rome occupied and dominated Israel at the time, and in AD 70, a Roman general destroyed Jerusalem as well as the Second Temple.

The second assumption inherent in Jesus’ words is that another temple would exist halfway into the seven-year agreement. As we look at Israel today, is it possible that Israel will build a temple in the next few years complete with animal sacrifices? More than that, it seems certain to happen at some point. Advanced reparations for its construction and animal sacrifices are already in place, and once Israel has access to the Temple Mount, these things will quickly become a reality.

Third, Jesus assumed the future nation of Israel would exist in unbelief such that its leaders would enter into what Isaiah termed “a covenant with death” (Isaiah 28:14-18) rather than trust the Lord for their security. Today, we readily understand how they might opt for a period of sustained peace following the ongoing years of warfare and nonstop threats against the nation’s existence.

Lastly, Jesus anticipated that the Jewish people alive at the time of antichrist would be aware of His warnings in Matthew 24:15ff and that many of them would flee just as He told them to do. Why else would He provide the Jewish people with such instructions if those living at the time would not be aware of them? Today, there’s a strong Gospel presence in Israel along with a widespread awareness of Bible prophecy. Many of the Jews will remember Jesus’ words when they see antichrist in the Holy Place.

But There’s More

Today, we understand how television and satellite technology will enable the entire world to look at the dead bodies of the two witnesses and enable people all over the world to watch their resurrection and ascent into Heaven (Revelation 11:1-12). With news networks broadcasting 24/7, it’s not difficult to imagine the constant attention they will receive after antichrist kills them.

There’s also something remarkable in Jesus’ warnings to the Jewish people in the aftermath of antichrist’s defilement of the temple. He implies they will have instantaneous access to it as it occurs.

The Lord earlier said that in the last days people would “hear of wars and rumors of wars” (Matthew 24:6). When it comes to the “abomination of desolation,” however, He says, “When you see” (24:15). These don’t seem to be people sitting in front of their televisions, but they are rather “on the housetop” and “in the field” (24:16-18). Yet somehow those scattered about Judea at the time will “see” antichrist in the temple and thus recognize their need to run for their lives without stopping to even grab their coats.

Is it any wonder that Jesus added, “whoever reads, let him understand?” His words were meant for a much different time than the first century AD; one the disciples couldn’t possibly have understood. How could they comprehend a camera recording live events inside the Temple for all to see in real time?

Jesus’ exhortation for the Jewish people living at this time to flee suggests they will immediately know what antichrist has done because they will “see” it happen. Could it be that Jesus foresaw the smartphones of today that would provide them with this instant access to events on the Temple Mount? Perhaps they will be watching a planned event only to recoil in horror at what they see happen in the Holy Place.

A little bit later in the discourse, Jesus again used the phrase “when you see” in a way that applies to all believers watching Israel blossom in these last days:

“From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. So also, when you see all these things, you know that he is near, at the very gates. Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place” (Matthew 24:32-34).

The fig tree is a symbol of Israel, and what we see happening in the Middle East tells us we most certainly live in the last moments before Jesus appears to whisk us away to Heaven. Will this happen in 2026? I don’t know, but I pray that it does. We do recognize that we live in the season of Jesus’ return for us, and based upon all that we see happening with Israel, it’s possible we will not see 2027 before He comes for us.

Maranatha!

-Jonathan

 

In Antichrist’s Shadow

I must admit up front that I’ve delved into now ancient archives of my own thoughts in writing this week’s column. The things under consideration, however, are more relevant than ever. As a matter of fact, it becomes quite fascinating to look back at earlier times of analyses of issues and events. New perspectives and postulations can sometimes be derived from such a retrospective.

Quite a few years ago, I put together (as general editor) a book with a number of prophecy scholars, broadcasters, and writers. That book was called Foreshocks of Antichrist. Its chapters dealt with issues and events of the times that the other authors and I believed were significant in considering prophecies about Antichrist coming to power, as described in the books of Daniel, Revelation, 1 John, and others.

That was about 1996, I think, and I believed at the time that conditions couldn’t ripen much more so far as the world being ready to reap the bitter harvest concerning what the Antichrist will bring.

I was wrong, of course, which proves we must never be too quick to think things can’t get much worse. They can get worse—and they have, since my late mentors/colleagues such as Dr. John Walvoord, Dr. Dave Breese, Zola Levitt, Dr. Tim LaHaye, and many others dissected the issues with the scalpel of God’s Word in that Harvest House book.

The shadow of the coming Antichrist looms more ominously than ever.

All one must do is to consider the following report I used many years ago to see that dictatorship might be right around the proverbial corner. An Austrian newspaper reported the following result of a question posed to the citizenry of that nation: What was their opinion of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi annexation during World War II?

Reuters Report—May 21, 2013:

Forty-two percent said life was not all bad under Hitler, while sixty-one percent said they would be interested in a strong-armed leader who did not have to deal with democratic challenges like political opponents and elections. The survey, published this weekend, is getting prominent play in the media in Israel, which is home to some 250,000 Holocaust survivors.

Antichrist and the False Prophet of Revelation chapter 13 will be the ultimate, final dictatorship. Their regime will be the driver of the geopolitical and religious juggernaut that will crush anyone and anything that opposes it during the Tribulation era. The engine that will power Satan’s cruel, soul-rending Beast of Revelation 13:1-2 will be an all-controlling, enslaving economy. We see the Beast described as follows:

“And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority” (Revelation 13:1-2).

The control that Beast will wield is described in this way:

“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name” (Revelation 13:16-17).

The technologies for setting up just such a system of control over the people of the world have grown exponentially during the past several decades. Computer-satellite hook-ups between continents, linking most of the world in a geometrically progressing network of electronic funds transfer capability, bring this generation ever closer to the type of control prophesied in those familiar passages of Scripture.

The United States of America, the most materially blessed nation on Earth, has been concentric to the global networking. Most of the great contributions to the computer and satellite revolution have been spawned from this country. But other super-industrious peoples around the globe continue the “progress.” Other nations are now taking the relevant technologies to new levels of “achievement.” Now, it is America who seems to be dragging its feet in bringing in economic Utopia—or so it would seem…

As we looked at these matters of international finance more than a decade ago, it appeared that the US was the hold-up to bringing in a new world financial order. The refusal to relinquish paper and coinage as currency was viewed as blocking the establishment of that changed monetary order.

With the unbelievable swiftness of movement involving all things fiscal since those earlier times, it becomes obvious that the powers that drive monetary movement are determined to keep hard currencies in place with the US dollar as the standard (until other dynamics of financial interlinkages brought sufficient chaos) to create a critical need for a system other than paper and coins to avert world economic disaster.

The United States’ great wealth and power, represented in the mighty dollar, was thus held high as a criterion for international trade until just the right political changes within America had been engineered. That political change has, as of the coming of the Obama administration, now begun—and in a big way. The dollar’s fate is sealed. The advent of such profound technological intrusions as AI and Bitcoin is assuring the fate of paper and coinage.

Is America, then, a stumbling block to, or a catalyst for, the emerging system that will almost certainly serve as the framework for Antichrist’s Revelation 13 hegemony over the earth?

Rationale prompts one to believe something must happen to cause the US citizenship to come around to accepting a total e-money solution to the confusing state of currency exchanges, et cetera. But the process is agonizingly slow and would likely have to take place with powerful opposition from the American Congress and its constituencies and lobbyists.

Many observers of Bible prophecy, including yours truly, can’t see it taking decades for such a situation to develop. That is, we can’t imagine a scenario that would allow, in America, a lengthy transition to the coming global order essential to the future Antichrist regime’s system of control. This is because most other prophesied signals for the Tribulation appear to now be in place for setting the stage for the Tribulation.

In assessing all of this, Pete Garcia and I have just completed a book to soon be published by Defender Publishing with the title The Machine That Speaks: Building the Beast’s Image in Silicon Valley.

Again, the factor that fits perfectly into a scenario in which America is instantly brought to such a state of chaos that it acquiesces to the world’s call for a cashless system of digital economics, is—you guessed it—the Rapture!

—Terry

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2025: A Prophetically Significant Year

Although the Rapture has not happened in 2025 (at least not yet), it was a significant year in terms of Bible prophecy. The past twelve months have brought the world closer to the Tribulation period and, for us, closer to the time we meet Jesus in the air.

Although a great many events from this past year point to the rapidly approaching Day of the Lord, I want to focus on those that pertain directly to Israel. The nation’s existence is the key indicator that we live in the last days, and what we saw during 2025 points to the soon unveiling of the antichrist on the world scene, which cannot happen until after the Rapture (2 Thessalonians 2:3-8).

The Inauguration of President Donald Trump

President Joe Biden’s administration held back key shipments of sorely needed armaments to Israel, ones that Congress had already approved. After Donald Trump became president, he immediately released the weapons, bombs, and bulldozers for delivery. In the months leading up to the war between Israel and Iran, Amir Tsarfati’s Telegram posts reported a constant flow of anti-missile systems and bombs into the Jewish nation.

These things wouldn’t have happened if President Trump had lost the 2024 election and his opponent had taken office in early 2025. It’s highly unlikely that Harris would’ve supported Israel in such a dramatic way.

I believe the Lord saved Trump’s life in the assassination attempts of 2024 because of the backing he would later provide to Israel in fighting its wars during the past twelve months.

The War Between Israel and Iran

On June 13, 2025, Israel launched surprise airstrikes on Iranian military sites and facilities while at the same time assassinating senior Iranian leadership, including IRGC commander Hossein Salami and armed forces chief Mohammed Bagheri. During the course of the war, Iran retaliated by firing over 550 ballistic missiles and 1,000 suicide drones, some of which struck Israeli civilian centers, military bases, energy sites, and even a hospital. Israel’s Iron Doom, however, intercepted almost all of the missiles.

The U.S. joined the war effort on June 22, 2025, by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites. Although the bombs inflicted considerable damage, it seems as though some of the weapon-grade uranium might have survived. Israel agreed to a U.S.-brokered ceasefire two days later.

The pause in hostilities, however, has not stopped Iran’s determination to destroy Israel. Its mass production of missiles continues, with recent reports of it supplying many of them to the Houthi terrorists in Yemen for future attacks on Israel. Iran’s threats to annihilate the Jewish state continue unabated.

Why is all of this significant prophetically? In Ezekiel chapters 38-39, we read of Iran’s leadership in a future coalition of nations that invades Israel. Most students of Bible prophecy place this attack between the Rapture and antichrist’s covenant agreement with Israel. The fact that Iran survived to fight another day is significant because of the role it will play in the future Gog/Magog war. Could the fact that this future battle seems to be a land-based invasion of Israel rather than an attack from the air point to further Israeli/U.S. attacks on Iran’s missile and nuclear capabilities?

The Gazan Peace Deal

Until recently, I didn’t understand the reference to “the many” in Daniel’s prophecy concerning the deal that a future “prince,” the antichrist, will make with Israel (Daniel 9:26-27). President Trump’s ceasefire accord, which has somewhat decreased hostilities between Israel and Hamas, adds clarity to what this future covenant might look like.

His deal involves many nations, mostly from the Middle East, in the process of bringing peace to Gaza and the region. The latest details of the President’s plan are raising eyebrows among those of us watching for Jesus’ imminent appearing.

A recent article on the Prophecy News Watch (PNW) website provides the following details.

President Trump is forming a “Board of Peace” made up of ten international leaders from Arab and Western nations–leaders who will collectively oversee the next phase of governance, security, and reconstruction in Gaza and the broader Middle East peace framework.

• • Ten leaders.
  • Ten seats of authority.
  • Ten influencers shaping a new order over the most prophetically central land on Earth.

President Trump will announce the identification of the ‘ten” in early 2026. My prayer is that his desire to be a peacemaker doesn’t interfere with Israel’s future security.

Everything about his peace plan seems eerily similar to what we read in the books of Daniel and Revelation. Could it be a template for what the globalists and antichrist will use in the future?

I believe the fulfillment of Daniel 9:27 will allow Israel to build the third temple. If that ever becomes a part of any future deal, it will surely be the time for us to “look up” (Luke 21:28).

The Nonstop Determination to Destroy Israel

The nonstop aggression of Israel’s enemies also signifies that we live in the last days preceding antichrist’s rise to power.

• Despite a devastating defeat, Hezbollah continues to rebuild and rearm in preparation for a future attack against Israel.
• Despite repeated bombings by both the US and Israel, the Houthis in Yemen continue to rearm with missiles from Iran.
• Despite great losses during its summer war with Israel, Iran continues to build missiles, rearm Israel’s enemies, and continues to boast of its intention to destroy the Jewish nation.
• Despite a thorough and catastrophic defeat, Hamas refuses to disarm and boasts of future attacks against Israel similar to that of October 7, 2023.

What does this tell us prophetically?

1. All current and future efforts to bring lasting peace to the Middle East will fail.
2. Sometime in the future, Israel will welcome the terms that the antichrist offers to them as relief from its almost constant warfare and threats of destruction, but that will lead to the nation’s worst nightmare.
3. Only Jesus, at His Second Coming, will bring lasting peace to the Middle East and to the world.

All of these things signify that everything is falling into place for what Scripture says will happen after the Rapture. If we already see such widespread stage-setting for the Tribulation period, and we do, how much longer can it be before Jesus appears to take us home to Heaven?

-Jonathan