Christians are living in one of the most exciting times in the history of the world.

I cannot imagine a more exciting time unless it was during the days of Jesus’ birth, his preaching and miracles, His death, burial, resurrection, and ascension, and the beginning of the Church.

But, in my mind, it goes without saying that our generation, more than any other generation since the days of Jesus’ birth, is seeing the stage being set for the fulfillment of many prophecies in the Bible.

On Feb. 9, 2025, following a week-long visit to the U.S., meetings with Pres. Trump and other U.S. dignitaries and officials, Israel’s Prime Min. Benjamin Netanyahu summed up his visit this way:

• The visit was a historic turning point for the State of Israel.

He was referring to Trump’s unquestionable support for Israel, the fact that Trump is committed to preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons, the fact that Trump suggested a different idea (the U.S. taking over Gaza) for the “day after” Hamas is defeated, etc.

In my words, Netanyahu said the re-election of Trump is a historic turning point for the State of Israel, Iran, and Gaza. Netanyahu said that the Iranian system of proxy forces, which had increasingly surrounded Israel from several sites, “has been broken…we smashed it a lot.”

Bible prophecy teachers have been expecting a turning point in God’s dealings with Iran for a long time (Ezek. 38-39).

Perhaps that turning point has finally arrived.

If it has, it is a clear sign that history has reached the latter years and latter days (Ezek. 38:8, 16).

(More: On Feb. 16, 2025, it was reported that an EU diplomat said Trump is seeking an agreement with Iran to shut down its nuclear weapons program before October if Iran wants to avoid a serious crisis. Trump said he prefers to make a deal with Iran that inspectors can monitor and verify than to bomb Iran.)

(More: On Feb. 17, 2025, Trump’s National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, said President Trump is absolutely serious, deadly serious when he says Iran can never have a nuke, and certainly not on President Trump’s watch; they are an irrational actor that we cannot allow to have their finger on the button.)

Here are more reasons to believe that history has reached several historic turning points.

(My opinion: People who mock Bible prophecy and say things have never changed are totally unaware of what is happening.)

One, on Feb. 14, 2025, at his swearing-in ceremony as the next Sec. of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. looked at Pres. Trump and said,

• I genuinely believe that you are a pivotal historical figure, and you are going to transform this country at a time when we see all of the conditions of democracy now in tatters in our country.

It appears that HHS is at a turning point in America.

Two, on Feb. 12, 2025, Tony Perkins, President of the Family Research Council, said,

• The pace at which President Trump is issuing executive orders has some heads spinning and others exploding. In just three weeks, the White House has already reached 90 orders and executive actions.

It seems like a great war has broken out over the future of America, and our once-great nation is at a fork in the road.

Three, on Feb. 13, 2025, the Washington Post reported that a U.S intelligence report said Israel is planning an attempt to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities in the first six months of 2025.

An Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities could finally trigger the long-awaited Battle of Gog and Magog.

Four, the election of Donald Trump and deportation of illegal immigrants has caused migrants that were on their way to the U.S. to turn around and head back home.

Trump is helping them by providing flights for them to go back.

(More: The New York Post recently reported that border crossings are down 90%. Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, said, “When you have 90% less people coming across the border, how many women aren’t being raped by the cartels? How many children aren’t drowning? How many women and children aren’t being sex trafficked in this country? President Trump is a game changer.”)

Five, concerning Trump’s plan to relocate Gaza’s citizens: on Feb. 14, 2025, it was reported that U.S. Sec. of State Marco Rubio said,

• The future of Gaza cannot include Hamas as a political or military power.
• If the countries in the region can’t address that issue, then Israel will have to step in, and we’ll end up back where we’ve been.

Hamas has called for worldwide demonstrations to oppose Trump’s plan.

(More: On Feb. 13, 2025, it was reported that many Gazans want to leave Gaza because there is no future for them in that place. They don’t want to live in tents and rubble for the next few years. They want to go someplace else now.)

(More: On Feb. 14, 2025, it was reported that the Arabs are scrambling to come up with a plan for Trump’s proposal to move the Gazans to Egypt and Jordan. Relocating the Gazans would be a turning point that they don’t want, but they don’t have a better plan at this time.)

(More: On Feb. 16, 2025, it was reported that a Palestinian-Arab plan will be released on Feb. 27, 2025, because they do not want the Palestinians to leave Gaza.)

Six, concerning the Two-State Solution: on Feb. 13, 2025, the speaker of Israel’s Knesset told the visiting EU Parliament president,

• Hamas killed the so-called ‘two-state solution’ on October 7^th.
• Gaza’s educational system invites violence.
• Trump’s plan includes the resettlement of Gazans to other countries while the war-torn coastal enclave is rebuilt, deradicalized, and turned into a developed hub at peace with Israel.

Seven, on Feb. 16, 2025, World Israel News reported that an international human rights lawyer said Trump’s plan to take over Gaza is absolutely legal provided he allows the Gazans freedom to choose to voluntarily leave to seek a better life and does not forcefully remove them.

He added that he would actually go one step further:

• Those who insist the Gazans stay are perhaps the ones violating international law.
• By doing so, especially while Hamas remains in power, they’re essentially forcing Gazans to stay in an active war zone and allowing them to be used as human shields by Hamas.

Eight, concerning U.S. support for Israel: on Feb. 15, following Hamas’ release of three hostages, Trump said,

• Hamas failed to release all the hostages by 12 p.m., a deadline I imposed after the terror group threatened not to release any hostages, so the U.S. will back whatever decision Israel makes in response.

Backing whatever Israel decides to do represents a major change from the previous administration that often tried to tie Israel’s hands.

(More: During the current ceasefire, 24 hostages and more than 1,000 Palestinians have been released. Approximately 70 hostages remain in Hamas custody. Some are Israeli soldiers, most are men, and about half are believed to be dead.)

Nine, Trump ordered his administration to review each country individually to determine reciprocal tariffs.

This means the U.S. will impose the same taxes on other countries’ imports as they impose on American goods.

Trump said if they charge us, we charge them.

It is a turning point: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

Ten, concerning sanctuary cities: on Feb. 12, 2025, U.S. Attorney Gen. Pam Bondi filed charges against New York state Officials (Gov. Kathy Hochul, AG Letitia James, and DMV head Mark Schroeder) for hindering the enforcement of federal immigration laws.

Bondi said,

• This is a new DOJ.
• New York has chosen to prioritize illegal aliens over American citizens.
• It stops.
• It stops today.

As songwriter Bob Dylan said, “The Times They Are A-Changin.”

Eleven, concerning a possible Psa. 83 war: on Feb. 18, 2025, it was reported that the Egyptian military is gathering a large force and building military bases in the Sinai Peninsula in violation of its 1979 peace treaty with Israel.

Egypt has more than 450,000 active-duty forces, about 800,000 reserves, more than 4,000 tanks, about 1,100 aircraft (including American-made F-16 fighter jets and Apache helicopters), two aircraft carriers, several submarines, and more.

Egypt is one of the nations mentioned in Psa. 83:6 (the Hagarenes, descendants of Abraham’s Egyptian concubine Hagar), and Israel has warned Egypt that it will not tolerate violations of their peace treaty.

Not all agree, but several expert prophecy teachers believe Psa. 83 is a war that precedes the Battle of Gog and Magog.

Twelve, concerning Israel expanding its borders at the end of the age: on Feb. 13, 2025, it was reported that the Trump administration will support Israel’s plan to keep Israeli troops in the buffer zone between Israel and Syria for years to come.

Israel does not want to remove its troops from the buffer zone until it has assurances from the new Syrian Government that it wants peace with Israel.

Thirteen, concerning the coming Mark of the Beast and tracking of all buying and selling starting at the middle of the Tribulation Period: on Feb. 13, 2025, The Wine Press News reported that:

• Larry Ellison, the fourth richest man in the world and founder and CTO of the tech giant Oracle, said he wants to collect every single piece of American’s private and personal data, including DNA records, into his company’s AI datacenters to be studied, which can then know everything about us and therefore make our lives easier.

(My opinion: AI will eventually be transformed into an evil turning point in human history.)

Fourteen, concerning deceit and wickedness at the end of the age: on Feb, 18, 2025, it was reported that Elon Musk and DOGE have found that according to Social Security data, the number of U.S. citizens that are eligible to draw Social Security exceeds the population of the U.S.

Many people on the Social Security rolls were born 200-300 years ago.

Musk said,

• Having tens of millions of people marked in Social Security as alive when they are definitely dead is a huge problem. Obviously. Some of these people would have been alive before America existed as a country. Think about that for a second.

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

Finally, are you Rapture Ready?

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

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Concerning Pres. Trump, a friend of mine recently reminded me that the Bible mentions the last trump.

Actually, the word “Trump” appears in the Bible twice, and both passages are about the Rapture.

• The trump of God (I Cor. 15:52), and the Last trump (I Thess. 4:16).

Some scholars believe the number 7 has significance in the Bible.

Some have noticed that:

• God created the heavens and the earth in 6 days and rested on the 7^th.
• Man is to work 6 days and rest on the 7^th.
• The Jews were to plant crops 6 years at let the land rest during the 7^th.
• Methuselah died 7 days before the Flood.
• God told the Jews to celebrate 7 Feast Days.
• There are 70 (10 X 7) weeks of Daniel.
• The Jews spent 70 (10 X 7) years in Babylon.
• The Tribulation Period will begin with a 7-year covenant.
• The days of our years are threescore and ten (70), etc.

In the Book of Revelation, there are 54 sets of 7.

• There is a 7-sealed scroll.
• 7 letters to 7 churches.
• 7 seal, 7 trumpet, and 7 bowl judgments.
• 7 thunders, 7 spirits of God, 7 I Am’s.
• 7 stars, 7 golden candlesticks, 7 hills and more.

God named at least four people in the Bible before they were born:

• Isaac (Gen. 17:19).
• King Cyrus (Isa. 44:28; Ezra 1:1-11).
• King Josiah (I Kings 13:2; II Kings 23:10-15).
• Jesus, also called Immanuel or Emmanuel (Isa. 7:14; Matt. 1:23; Luke 1:31).

At least two of these people were born at a set time or in the fullness of time:

• Isaac was born at a set time (Gen. 17:21).
• Jesus was born in the fullness of time (Gal. 4:4).

Here are some things that were reported about Pres. Trump and Prime Min. Netanyahu when Trump was elected the first time.

• Trump was born 700 days before Israel became a nation in 1948.
• Benjamin Netanyahu had been in office 7 years, 7 months, and 7 days on the day Donald Trump was elected.
• Trump was 70 years, 7 months, and 7 days old on the day he was inaugurated.

Is this a coincidence?

I do not know.

I just find it interesting.

Also, I am not predicting the day or the hour of the Rapture, but I believe it is entirely possible that he will be the last President before the Rapture.

Here are some recent events that seem to relate to Bible prophecy.

One, concerning God blessing those that bless Israel: at a press conference following Trump’s meeting with Netanyahu on Feb. 4, 2025, Netanyahu thanked Trump,

• For being the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House.
• For inviting him to be the first foreign leader to visit the White House during Trump’s second term.
• For freeing up the shipment of munitions that Israel had bought from the U.S. and that the Biden administration wouldn’t allow to be shipped at a time when Israel was fighting a war of seven fronts.
• For ending U.S. sanctions on law-abiding Jews in Israel.
• For confronting anti-Semitism (on college campuses, etc.) in the U.S.
• For cutting off funding to the UNRWA that employed Hamas terrorists.
• For putting sanctions on Iran’s oil exports because of Iran’s efforts to build Nuclear weapons.

Two, concerning God blessing those that bless Israel: on Feb. 5, 2025, it was reported that most polls show that Pres. Trump is the most pro-Israel Pres. ever for five reasons:

• Urging Jordan and Egypt to Resettle Gaza Arabs.
• Building the Most Pro-Israel Cabinet Ever.
• Designating Iranian-Backed Houthis as Terrorists.
• Permanently Cutting Off All Funding to UNRWA.
• Lifting Biden’s Sanctions on Jewish Settlers.

(My opinion: I am thankful that Trump is blessing Israel the way he is and pray that he continues, but I am very concerned that Israel will feel more secure and more willing to sign a worthless peace treaty. I am very concerned that Israel may soon transition from fighting a war on seven fronts to an attitude of peace and safety. We also know that Israel will feel secure when the Battle of Gog and Magog takes place and Israel’s secure feeling might be shaping up. These things will happen.)

Three, I have heard a few people say, “We can’t make America great again without God.”

On Feb. 6, 2025, in a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Pres. Trump said, “Let’s bring God back into our lives.”

Following the breakfast, Trump signed an executive order to create a task force to root out anti-Christian bias in the U.S. federal government.

He directed Attorney Gen. Pam Bondi “To move heaven and earth to defend the rights of Christians and religious believers nationwide.”

Four, concerning God blessing those that bless Israel: on Feb. 7, 2025, Japan pledged to invest one trillion dollars in the U.S.

Japan wants the two nations to collaborate on energy, technology, and manufacturing; they want to import record amounts of natural gas from the U.S. and to work with the U.S. to drill for more oil and natural gas in Alaska.

Japan also wants to work with the U.S. to promote peace and security (peace and safety) on Earth.

Five, concerning a possible Psa. 83 war before the Battle of Gog and Magog: on Feb. 6, 2025, it was reported that Jordan is preparing for war with Israel in case Trump tries to go through with his plan to move Palestinians from Gaza to Jordan and Egypt.

According to the article, Jordan knows they could not win a war with Israel, but they could be forced into one. So, Jordan wants a peaceful solution to the issue, not a war with Israel.

Six, concerning the U.S. taking over Gaza: on Feb. 5, 2025, U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said Pres. Trump’s plan to take over Gaza was intended to pressure neighboring Arab nations to propose their own solution to the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Waltz said Trump’s plan would improve the lives of the Gazans, and Trump wants the Arabs to propose an alternative that will do likewise (improve the lives of the Gazans) instead of something that will lead to another war.

(More: In response to a question about the Saudis insisting on a Two-State Solution in exchange for a normalization agreement with Israel: Prime Min. Netanyahu said, “The Saudis can create a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia; they have plenty of land over there.”)

(More: On Feb. 10, 2025, U.S. Sec. of State Marco Rubio said if they (the nations in the region) don’t like Donald Trump’s plan (to take over Gaza), then it is time for these countries to step forward and offer their solution.)

Seven, concerning the Israel-Hamas ceasefire: following a Hamas announcement that it is suspending the next hostage release, on Feb. 10, 2025, Trump said, “If all (no more partial releases) the Gaza hostages aren’t returned by Saturday at 12 p.m., I would say cancel the ceasefire. Let all hell break loose.”

Trump’s statement was viewed as a “release all of the hostages or else” warning to Hamas, and Israel immediately scheduled meetings to discuss the “or else.”

Some of the hostages have been abused for 494 days (incarcerated, beaten, burned, starved, kept in the dark, ridiculed, etc.), several have died, and Trump was saying enough is enough, the U.S. will support whatever Israel decides to do.

(More: Following discussions on Feb. 10, 2025, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) raised readiness levels in the Southern Command and postponed leave for combat soldiers and operational units.)

(More: On Feb. 9, 2025, on Fox News, Pres. Trump’s nominee for Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said, “As long as Hamas exists, that is a threat to the Israelis. They want the destruction of the Jewish state. One thing we know is that Hamas is not going to be able to exist. That’s just a done deal.”)

(More: On Feb. 11, 2025, Netanyahu said, If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon – the ceasefire will be terminated, and the IDF will return to intense fighting until Hamas is finally defeated.”)

Eight, under the previous administration, military recruiting was way down.

Since the election of Trump, recruiting is soaring.

December’s recruiting was the best in 12 years.

January’s recruiting was the best in 15 years.

Nine, concerning lawlessness and the deportation of criminal illegal aliens: on Feb. 4, 2025, Pam Bondi’s first day as head of the Dept. of Justice (DOJ), she ordered the DOJ to halt all federal funding to sanctuary cities.

Bondi also announced that the DOJ will investigate and possibly prosecute jurisdictions that hinder the enforcement of federal immigration laws.

Bondi promised to work with the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) to completely eliminate transnational criminal organizations and drug cartels, which are recognized by the U.S. government as foreign terrorist organizations.

Some of these terrorists have been involved in prostitution, sex trafficking, theft, and more.

(More: On Feb. 10, 2025, it was reported that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing a large-scale immigration enforcement action in Los Angeles, Cal., a sanctuary city where perhaps 10% of the residents are illegals who work for less than the state-mandated minimum wage and pay no taxes.)

Ten, concerning corruption in Washington and world government: on Feb. 6, 2025, the Trump administration started shutting down the U.S. Agency on International Development (USAID).

In addition to multitudes of ungodly and wasteful projects, it turns out that over the years the U.S. has given billions of dollars to the World Economic Forum (WEF), Bill Gates’ GAVI Alliance, and George Soros’ Open Society Foundations.

The globalist agenda has taken a major hit.

(My comment: Many times, people have asked me why our government wouldn’t do something about Soros, Gates, and others, and one reason might be because our government was giving them money to do what they were doing.)

Here is a partial list of some of the things USAID funded that Jean Worland posted on Feb. 7, 2025:

• $50 million to fund condoms in Gaza
• $1.5 million to advance DEI in Serbia’s workplaces
• $32,000 for a transgender comic in Peru
• $37 million to the World Health Organization
• $16 million in funding for institutional contractors in gender development offices
• $4 million of funding for the Center for Climate-Positive Development
• $12 million in support services to the Bureau for Resilience, Environment, and Food Security
• $6 million in non-emergency funding for redundant administrative supports for the Center of Excellence
• $3 million in non-emergency funding to provide evaluation services for planning and learning programs
• $600,000 to fund technical assistance for family planning in Latin America
• $1.5 million to “advance diversity equity and inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities”
• $70,000 for production of a “DEI musical” in Ireland
• $2.5 million for electric vehicles for Vietnam
• $47,000 for a “transgender opera” in Colombia
• $2 million for sex changes and “LGBT activism” in Guatemala

Here is a link to an article that Worland provided:

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/documents-show-how-usaid-funded-ridiculous-projects-elon-musk-reacts-7645010

(BTW: Someone asked how Musk is finding so much so fast, and the answer was Artificial Intelligence; AI. This should remind us that the angel Gabriel said knowledge will increase at the time of the end; Dan. 12:4.)

(More: The lives of some Musk employees who are investigating USAID have been threatened; the FBI is investigating and promising to take legal action if necessary.)

(More: On Feb. 9, 2025, it was reported that more than 6,000 journalists at some 700 media outlets worldwide were paid to allegedly spread America’s liberal agenda.)

(More: On Feb. 9, 2025, it was reported that FEMA employees sent $59 million to luxury hotels last week – money that Congress appropriated for disaster relief – to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal immigrants. According to the report, they have spent $1.4 billion dollars on this since the fall of 2022. The report said Trump had suspended the payments, but FEMA employees sent the money anyway, and they will be disciplined.)

(More: On Feb. 11, 2025, it was reported that Musk has found people who are supposedly 150 years old and still drawing Social Security.)

Eleven, following the revelation that some media groups were receiving millions of dollars through subscription contracts: on Feb. 6, 2025, Trump ordered the General Services Administration (GSA) to cancel all media contracts.

(My comment: I doubt that Trump can drain the entire swamp, but he has gotten rid of a lot of polluted water in the last 17 days.)

Twelve, concerning potential violations of the law by Dr. Anthony Fauci, it turns out that former Pres. Biden’s blanket pardon protects Fauci from federal prosecution but not state prosecution.

On Feb. 9, 2025, it was reported that 17 State Attorney Generals are launching an investigation to see if Fauci should be prosecuted for suppression of dissent, misleading testimony before Congress, and other issues during the Covid pandemic.

Thirteen, concerning the Battle of Gog and Magog, concerning Trump’s offer to negotiate peace with Iran before he approves an attack to take out Iran’s nuclear facilities: on Feb. 7, 2025, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said, “Negotiations with the U.S. will not solve any problems.”

(My opinion: Negotiating with Iran is a waste of time. Even if Trump could get a peace agreement, Iran would not keep it.)

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

Finally, are you Rapture Ready?

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

duck_daymond@yahoo.com