Matthew 24:12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. -Jesus
France… “Mostly peaceful protests” from immigrants of the religion of peace. The main stream press tells us these are student protests about requesting better education and resources.
Riots across France today.
Looting, fires, vandalism and attacks against policemen and firefighters reported from cities across the country. pic.twitter.com/ZpVnuXTvC3
And let us not forget when the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, July 2024, mocked Jesus and the Last Supper…
Why am I not surprised France is on fire after how the Macron-Rothschild establishment disrespected Christianity at the Olympics? If you don't respect your own culture, nobody else will. If you laugh at the sacred, you end up on fire. This is really very obvious. pic.twitter.com/N0f3f2UlKb
The Olympic spirit is alive and well from the city of lights and love, gay Paris. Hope you had your fun with rebellion, taunting, and scoffing. I guarantee Somebody is watching and will respond accordingly and at a time of His choosing. -PaulthePoke, July 2024…
Luke 21:25b …and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves… -Jesus
With the 3 hurricanes that are set to hit the U.S, some have pointed out something interesting about them. With the meaning of these 3 hurricane's names put together, it can make a sentence saying: Sheep, listen (or hear), Yahweh is salvation! Do you think this is just… pic.twitter.com/zHWavE9CBF
Isaiah 51:15 I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar, the LORD of hosts is His name.
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Quakes in various places… -Jesus
Panama in the crosshairs of another big earthquake…
October 9, 2026, at 12:56 local time (17:56 UTC), a 7.7 earthquake struck Panama’s Azuero Peninsula.
#PANAMÁ: Terremoto de magnitud preliminar 7.7 interrumpe -en vivo- un programa deportivo en la ciudad de #Santiago 🇵🇦, a 60 km de distancia del epicentro.📍
Casualties: 1 death; at least 27 injured (mostly minor to moderate)
Damage: Concentrated in Los Santos, Herrera, Veraguas, and Coclé provinces. Assessments of more than 9,000 homes found roughly 2,300 with total damage/loss, thousands more with moderate/partial damage, plus hundreds of schools, dozens of health facilities, churches, hotels, government buildings, bridges, and road sections affected. Some communities were isolated by collapsed roads or landslides. Power outages hit multiple provinces; Tocumen International Airport briefly suspended operations for inspections. Sinaproc.gob
The Panama Canal and major mining operations continued largely normally. A tsunami warning for parts of the eastern Pacific was issued and later canceled with no significant waves. -Summary by Grok
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Zechariah is one of the most breathtaking books in all of Scripture.
Its name means “YHWH remembers,” and that truth runs through the entire book.
God remembers His covenant. The LORD remembers Jerusalem. The Holy One of Israel remembers His people. The King remembers every promise He has spoken.
Zechariah begins with a returned remnant, a damaged city, and a Temple being rebuilt. But the prophecy quickly moves far beyond Zechariah’s own generation.
The horizon expands to Israel’s future, Messiah’s coming, Jerusalem’s central role, Israel’s repentance, the judgment of the nations, and the establishment of the Kingdom.
Zechariah is a prophetic mountain range.
GOD HAS NOT FORGOTTEN JERUSALEM
The LORD declares: “I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion.” Zechariah 1:14
And again: “I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.” Zechariah 8:3
Then comes one of the most beautiful pictures of restoration: “Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem… and the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing.” Zechariah 8:4–5
Jeremiah gives the same assurance: “If this fixed order departs from before Me… then shall the offspring of Israel cease from being a nation before Me forever.” Jeremiah 31:35–36
And in that same chapter: “I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.” Jeremiah 31:31
Ezekiel adds: “I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land.” Ezekiel 36:24
Then comes spiritual renewal: “I will sprinkle clean water on you… and I will give you a new heart.” Ezekiel 36:25–26
Zechariah is not standing alone. He is part of a much larger prophetic chorus.
THE KING CAME HUMBLE
Zechariah foretold the arrival of Israel’s King: “Behold, your king is coming to you, righteous and having salvation is He, humble and mounted on a donkey.” Zechariah 9:9
Yeshua fulfilled that prophecy literally. But the next verse looks beyond His humble arrival: “His rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.” Zechariah 9:10
The same Messiah who came in humility will rule in glory. First the suffering. Then the crown.
THE SHEPHERD WOULD BE STRUCK
Zechariah also foretold Messiah’s rejection: “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.” Zechariah 13:7
Yeshua Himself applied this passage to what was about to happen to Him. But Zechariah never leaves the story at rejection. The Shepherd who was struck will return as King.
ISRAEL WILL LOOK UPON THE ONE THEY PIERCED
Zechariah 12 is one of the most remarkable passages in the Tanakh. The LORD says: “I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy.” Zechariah 12:10
Then comes the stunning line: “They will look on Me, on Him whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him.”
Recognition. Repentance. Grace. Restoration.
And the next chapter follows with cleansing: “On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness.” Zechariah 13:1
Yeshua later spoke of a future day when Jerusalem would welcome Him: “You will not see Me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’” Matthew 23:39
Paul says the same storyline continues in Romans 11: “A partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.” Romans 11:25
Then: “And in this way all Israel will be saved.” Romans 11:26
And why can we trust that promise? “For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.” Romans 11:29
Israel’s story is not finished.
JERUSALEM WILL STAND AT THE CENTER OF WORLD EVENTS
Zechariah says: “I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples.” Zechariah 12:3
The nations gather against the city.
But Jerusalem is not only the center of conflict. It is also the center of the coming Kingdom.
Isaiah saw the same future: “It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established.” Isaiah 2:2
And: “For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.” Isaiah 2:3
Jerusalem is not erased from the prophetic story. It becomes central to it.
THE GOD OF ISRAEL WILL INTERVENE
Zechariah describes a future moment when the nations gather against Jerusalem. Then: “The LORD will go out and fight against those nations as when He fights on a day of battle.” Zechariah 14:3
And then comes one of the most dramatic prophecies in Scripture: “On that day His feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east.” Zechariah 14:4
The mountain splits. The geography is specific. Jerusalem. The Mount of Olives. A real city. A real mountain. A real intervention.
Revelation 19 describes Messiah’s triumphant return as heaven opens and the King comes in righteousness and judgment.
Then Revelation 20 follows with His thousand-year reign.
The sequence is powerful: The King returns. His enemies are judged. Israel is restored. The nations come under His rule. The Kingdom is established.
THE KING WILL REIGN OVER ALL THE EARTH
Zechariah reaches its climax here: “The LORD will be King over all the earth.” Zechariah 14:9
That is where history is heading. Not toward the failure of God’s promises. Not toward the abandonment of Israel. Not toward the disappearance of Jerusalem from the prophetic plan.
But toward the reign of the King.
Living waters will flow from Jerusalem. The nations will come to worship. The city will be holy.
And: “Everyone who survives of all the nations… shall go up year after year to worship the King.” Zechariah 14:16
That is the breathtaking message of Zechariah.
The God of Israel remembers. The Shepherd was struck. The King is coming. Jerusalem will see Him. Israel will be restored. The nations will worship.
And one day: “The LORD will be King over all the earth.” Zechariah 14:9
🇳🇵 Chame, the district headquarters of Manang, is cut off after rain-triggered floods and landslides dumped mud into the settlement and into the Marsyangdi River.
Continuous rain over the weekend sent flash floods down local streams and raised the Marsyangdi. Five houses were… pic.twitter.com/BQRSx0Doe5
Geography’s destiny at the end of the tribulation in Revelation.
Revelation 16:20 And every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found.
Revelation 20:9 And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
…the broad plain of the earth…Notice the term is singular, one land mass. Mountains and islands are not mentioned. They have been removed. The Greek word for “broad plain” is platos (πλάτος). Per Strong’s Concordance, the term suggests great extent. The Greek word for “earth” is ge (γῆ). The term is defined as: arable land; the ground, the earth as a standing place.
This appears to be a huge land mass or a super continent.
In the beginning, God created a single land mass on planet earth.
Genesis 1:9-10 Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good.
Some would argue the land was divided during Noah’s flood. There is one verse that is very clear when the continents emerged.
Genesis 10:25 Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
Peleg’s life and times are noted after the Tower of Babel. Babel is where God scattered the peoples and changed their language from one to multiple languages. After Babel, God broke up the single land mass as well.
…the earth was divided… The Hebrew word for “earth” is `erets. This is the same term used in Genesis 1:9-10. It means: land or earth. The Hebrew word for “divided” is palag. It means: to be split or divided. Stated plainly, the land/earth was split/divided.
It appears, God will put His creation back in the order as He intended, one land mass, no mountains, no islands.
Revelation 21:5 And He who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also He said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
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Plagues in various places: Russia Pneumonic Plague???
A mysterious death at Russia’s Anti Plague Institute in Siberia has triggered mass quarantines, conflicting official accounts and apparent efforts to restrict information.
RUSSIA PLAGUE SCARE: WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
A mysterious death at Russia’s Anti Plague Institute in Siberia has triggered mass quarantines, conflicting official accounts and apparent efforts to restrict information.
Zechariah 12:3 And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.
Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks at the United Nations assembly… sort of.
Almost the entire world walked out of Netanyahu's UN speech.
Exodus 28:1-3 “Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests. Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor. You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest.
🕍🇮🇱 A Levite choir is rehearsing in Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter. That is real. It is not the Third Temple.
The clip shows a male choir in white robes and striped vests, with a conductor and microphones, in a colonnaded stone courtyard in the Old City’s Jewish Quarter — the same… pic.twitter.com/WL5DCGXubs
Here is a remarkable problem: Ezekiel’s future Temple complex does not fit on today’s Temple Mount.
The present Temple Mount covers approximately: 36 acres.
But on the traditional 500-reed reading of Ezekiel 42:15–20, Ezekiel’s sacred enclosure would cover roughly: 630 acres.
That is about 17½ times larger. 36 acres today.
630 acres in Ezekiel.
That is not a minor architectural difference. It may be an important clue that Scripture describes two different future Temple settings.
A TEMPLE BEFORE MESSIAH RETURNS
Daniel writes: “In the middle of the week he shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.” Daniel 9:27
For sacrifice to be stopped, sacrifice must first be occurring.
Jesus then points directly back to Daniel: “When you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place…” Matthew 24:15
Paul adds that the man of lawlessness: “sits as God in the temple of God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4
And John is told: “Rise and measure the temple of God, the altar, and those who worship there.” Revelation 11:1
The surrounding context gives us Jerusalem and 42 months. Notice the progression:
This is what Christians commonly call the Third Temple. The Bible never uses that number. It is simply shorthand for a Jewish sanctuary existing after the Second Temple and before Messiah’s kingdom.
AND THIS IS NO LONGER PURELY THEORETICAL
No Third Temple is currently under construction.
But preparations associated with future Temple worship are real.
The Temple Institute in Jerusalem continues preparing sacred vessels, priestly garments, and other elements connected with renewed Temple service. It has also clarified recent speculation about the red heifers: an earlier burning was only a practice exercise, while several heifers remain under evaluation. Jewish worship on the Temple Mount has also become more visible in 2026, including expanded use of prayer materials and public prayer in circumstances that would have been highly restricted in previous years.
None of this proves Daniel’s seventieth week has begun.
Prophecy calls for watchfulness, not date-setting.
But after nearly 2,000 years without a Jewish Temple, renewed discussion of Temple worship is no longer purely hypothetical.
THEN COMES JACOB’S TROUBLE
Jeremiah describes an unprecedented future crisis: “It is the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.” Jeremiah 30:7
Daniel echoes it: “There shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation.” Daniel 12:1
Jesus uses almost identical language: “Then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world.” Matthew 24:21
Jeremiah.
Daniel.
Jesus.
An unparalleled crisis centered on Israel and Jerusalem, followed by deliverance.
ZECHARIAH SHOWS WHY THIS IS STILL FUTURE
Zechariah says: “Two-thirds in it shall be cut off and die, but one-third shall be left in it.” Zechariah 13:8
Then the surviving third is refined: “They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’; and each one will say, ‘YHVY is my God.’” Zechariah 13:9
And the prophecy continues directly into chapter 14:
Jerusalem attacked. The nations gathered. YHVY goes forth to fight. His feet stand upon the Mount of Olives. Zechariah 14:1–4
That complete sequence has never occurred.
Neither Antiochus IV nor AD 70 fulfilled it.
The Holocaust was an unspeakable catastrophe, but it did not culminate in the full Zechariah 13–14 sequence of national refining, YHVY’s intervention, and His feet standing upon the Mount of Olives.
That is why the futurist reading understands Jacob’s Trouble as still future.
DOES THE TANAKH REALLY REQUIRE TWO FUTURE TEMPLES?
This is one of the strongest Jewish objections. A Jewish reader can reasonably argue:
Daniel’s desecration prophecies were fulfilled in ancient history, while Ezekiel 40–48 describes the future Messianic Temple. Why introduce another Temple between them?
So leave the New Testament aside for a moment. Daniel 12 itself gives us:
Daniel 12:1–2, 11 Antiochus IV did not complete that sequence. Neither did Titus in AD 70.
Zechariah likewise points to a future crisis culminating in YHVY’s direct intervention at Jerusalem.
The Tanakh itself therefore points toward a future climactic period involving Israel, Jerusalem, sacrifice, desecration, national refining, divine intervention, and deliverance.
The New Testament does not invent that expectation.
It adds further detail.
COULDN’T EZEKIEL’S TEMPLE SIMPLY BE THE NEXT TEMPLE?
Possibly, if the settings were the same. But they are not.
The sanctuary associated with Daniel exists amid: Sacrifice. Desecration. Unprecedented trouble. Jerusalem under assault.
Ezekiel’s Temple exists after restoration, in a reordered land, with tribal allotments, a supernatural river flowing from the sanctuary, and YHVY declaring:
“This is the place of My throne… where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever.” Ezekiel 43:7
