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This Week in Prophecy: Gaza Peace; Saudis; Boy George; Spanish Immigration; Japanese Quake; Ebola DRC; Fauci

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1 Thessalonians 5:3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

As readers of the Bible, we know there is a period of false peace and security coming before all hell breaks loose.

Trump’s Board of Peace has released a 15 point memorandum outlining peace in Gaza.

Ezekiel 38-39 Ancient Sheba and Dedan or modern day Saudi Arabia.

It stands to reason President Trump is going to want something in return for all of these economic and energy benefits. I suspect the Saudi’s are being encouraged to join the Abraham Accords behind the curtain.

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Boy George of Culture Club fame from back in the 80’s has released a new single supporting the people of Israel.

We Will Dance Again is the title of the song.

Lyrics:

You say genocide, I say war
When you’re attacked, that’s what the army’s for
Does it get ugly? You bet it does
When I know you wanna kill
Every last one of us
Every last one of us
Every last one of us
You never mention October 7
Young girls raped against trees
Murdered brutally
For the crime of dancing
You condemn the Jews, with selective memory
Musicians holding flags, mouthing like sheep
Propaganda fueled by the Internet feels so weak

(Chorus) But trust me, we will dancе again
We will dance again
We will dancе again
And there will be no war
But if you’re ever confused
I stand with the Jews
I don’t feel brave, I just need to behave like a human
But trust me, we will dance again
We will dance again
We will dance again
And there will be no war
But if you’re ever confused
I stand with the Jews
I don’t feel brave, I just need to behave like a human

(Repeat Chorus)

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Nehemiah 2:17-18 Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer derision.” I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me.

Nehemiah 4:15-18 When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall. And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of Judah who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried materials worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other. And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.

God sanctioned the rebuilding of the wall in Jerusalem. Walls were and are built for defensive purposes of cities and nations. This precept is still true today in the 21st century.

Launched by Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on June 30, 2026 with an initial budget of over €500 million (some reports cite ~€505 million). It frames migration management as “orderly, fair and intelligent,” with four pillars, 16 measures, and 10 objectives for 2030. Key elements include:

  • The regularization process itself as a starting point.
  • Creation of a future State Agency for Human Mobility to coordinate procedures (keeping international protection and residence separate while preserving border/security roles).
  • Support for employment in high-demand sectors (construction, hospitality, care), entrepreneurship, and rural areas (over €35 million allocated).
  • Expanded vocational training (over 100,000 places, significant funding).
  • Language learning (including co-official languages), education on Spanish laws/values, social cohesion, and efforts against hate speech.
  • Improved access to housing, healthcare, registration, and bank accounts.
  • Strengthening legal/safe labor migration routes via origin-country hiring. surinenglish.com

Main eligibility criteria:

  • Presence in Spain before 1 January 2026 (or asylum/international protection application filed before that date).
  • At least five consecutive months of continuous stay (lighter requirements for asylum seekers).
  • No criminal record.
  • Minors and dependents of eligible applicants could also regularize.

Sánchez emphasized that irregular arrivals had fallen (by about one-third overall and over 70% in the Canary Islands earlier in 2026) and rejected claims of a strong “pull factor.”

Summary above provided by Grok.

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Quakes in various places… -Jesus

A magnitude 7.1 (JMA; USGS Mww 6.8) earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu on July 28, 2026, at 4:27 p.m. local time (07:27 UTC).

Key Details

  • Epicenter: Near Uki/Uto in Kumamoto Prefecture, at a shallow depth of about 10 km (6.2 miles). It occurred on a strike-slip fault in the Hinagu Fault system (related to the same zone as the destructive 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes).
  • Intensity: Reached the maximum level of 7 on Japan’s seismic intensity (shindo) scale in areas including Uki and Hikawa—the strongest intensity recorded in the region since 2016. Strong shaking (5–6+) was felt across much of Kyushu (including Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Fukuoka, Saga, Ōita, and Miyazaki prefectures).
  • Duration: Approximately 16 seconds.

Immediate Impacts

  • Casualties: At least 36 people killed and dozens injured. People were trapped in collapsed structures, including a shopping mall.
  • Damage: Partial collapse of the second floor of the Aeon Mall in Kashima Town (with reports of an associated blast/explosion and people trapped or missing); collapse of a chimney and damage at a Nippon Paper Industries factory in Yatsushiro (people trapped); damage to stone walls at Kumamoto Castle; ruptured roads and bridges; house collapses; and fires in some areas. A freight train derailed/overturned at Yatsushiro Station.
  • Infrastructure: Power outages affected around 40,000–48,000 households in Kumamoto Prefecture. JR Kyushu suspended Shinkansen bullet trains and local rail services. Aso Kumamoto Airport runway was closed. No abnormalities were reported at nearby nuclear power plants.
  • Tsunami: A tsunami advisory (waves up to about 1 meter) was issued for the Ariake and Yatsushiro Seas but lifted within about two hours; no significant tsunami occurred.
  • Aftershocks: Multiple aftershocks followed (including one around magnitude 6.1); authorities warned of possible strong quakes (up to intensity 7) for several days to a week, plus landslide risks, especially with rain.

Campi Flegrei, Naples Italy

The volcano is located approximately 11 miles southwest of Naples, Italy. 500,000 people live in the Naples area. The local area is one of the most densely populated areas in the world.

The area is across the bay from Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius. History records the big eruption in 79 AD which resulted in the destruction of Pompeii and nearby villages.

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Plagues and pestilence…

In 2026, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is experiencing a major outbreak of Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus (a rarer species of Ebola virus). nytimes.com

Outbreak Overview

  • Declaration: Officially declared by DRC health authorities on 15 May 2026, following alerts of unusual deaths in early May in areas northwest of Bunia (capital of Ituri Province in the northeast). The World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 17 May 2026. Africa CDC also classified it as a public health emergency of continental security. msf.org
  • Virus details: Bundibugyo ebolavirus (first identified in Uganda in 2007). There is currently no approved vaccine or specific antiviral treatment for this strain (unlike Zaire ebolavirus). Clinical trials of candidate therapies (e.g., monoclonal antibody MBP134 and the antiviral remdesivir) began in early July 2026. Diagnostic testing capacity has been scaled up significantly. allafrica.com
  • Scale (as of late July 2026): Approximately 3,442–3,532 confirmed cases and 1,521–1,556 deaths in the DRC (case fatality rate around 40–44%). Hundreds more remain hospitalized or in isolation. It has become the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak on record (after the 2014–2016 West Africa epidemic that killed over 11,000) and the fastest-spreading to date. The outbreak is believed to have started circulating as early as January 2026 (or earlier) based on retrospective investigations. nytimes.com
  • Geographic spread: Epicenter in Ituri Province (accounting for the vast majority of cases, around 90%). It has expanded to North Kivu, South Kivu, Haut-Uélé, and Tshopo provinces, affecting dozens of health zones (reports of 36–49 zones). Cases have occurred in displacement camps. ecdc.europa.eu

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Proverbs 6:16-19 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

Self proclaimed Dr. Science, Tony Fauci went to D.C. and pleaded the 5th at least 111 times in matters related to the COVID 19 Global Pandemic.

What Fauci said publicly was not the same as what he wrote in his diary he kept on US Government servers.

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Trend Update: Tremors in Super Volcanoes, August 2017

Posted in Earthquakes/Volcanoes, Prophecy, Trend Update with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 22, 2017 by paulthepoke

Luke 21:11a There will be great earthquakes…

While America was watching the solar eclipse…there were a couple of earthquakes of note. The issue was not the size of the quakes but the location. An earthquake was reported in Yellowstone National Park during the eclipse. Also in Europe, a quake was noted near Naples, Italy on the island of Ischia. Both of these earthquakes took place in relation to super volcanoes.

The vacation island of Ischia is located west of the Naples metro area. Ischia Island is located in the Campi Flegrei super volcano complex. This is the same region that is home to Mount Vesuvius near Pompeii. This is one of the most densely populated areas in the world.

The quake has been revised to 4.2 on the Richter Scale at a depth of 10 km (approximately 6 miles). Up to 14 aftershocks have been reported. Damage to buildings and homes has been significant. At least 2 lives were lost. Injuries continue to mount.

https://www.thelocal.it/20170822/shocking-to-die-in-such-low-magnitude-earthquake-says-chief-geologist

 

yellowstoneYellowstone National Park: A 3.2 magnitude quake was indicated on the western edge of the park per the USGS. Quakes in the Yellowstone area have been increasing in frequency and intensity over the past few months. With all the activity in the park, the ground is reported to have risen by 3 inches in various area.

NASA is reported to have plans on the books to stop a Yellowstone volcano eruption.

The following is an excerpt from The Sun. One of the “risky” plans includes drilling to the bottom of the the volcano and using high pressure water to release heat from the magma chamber.

Editorial comment by this author…bad idea. This concept is not working with injection wells at fracking sites in the oil fields. The end result has been earthquakes where quakes had not previously occurred. See Oklahoma.

Of note, all stories related to this event in Yellowstone were noted in foreign news sources from England and Israel.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/844037/eclipse-solar-eclipse-earthquake-Yellowstone-volcano

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4279102/nasas-risky-plan-to-save-the-world-from-the-yellowstone-volcano-which-could-trigger-an-eruption-instead-of-stop-it/

 

Long Valley CAThese two super volcanoes are not the only active areas. The Long Valley Caldera in California is awake. Seismic activity is reported at negative levels per the USGS. Measurements taken are relative to sea level. The majority of quake activity is reported to occur below sea level. Many shallow quakes occur at depth down to 7 miles or less below the surface. That would mean the activity taking place in California is occurring in the mountains of the volcano. As in Yellowstone, the geography of the area is reported to be raised up to 6 inches.

 

Lake Toba and Krakatoa in Indonesia remain active with consistent seismic activity. Super volcanoes are actively rumbling in Europe, North America, and southeast Asia.

Micah 1:4 And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.

 

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Trend Update: Italian Supervolcano at “Critical Stage”, May 2017

Posted in Earthquakes/Volcanoes, Prophecy, Trend Update with tags , , , , , , , , , on May 17, 2017 by paulthepoke

Psalm 97:5 The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

May 17, 2017: The Italian super volcano Campi Flegrei is flaring again. Reports out of Italy indicate risk of eruption is increasing. Campi Flegrei translates to “burning fields” in Italian. The caldera is estimated to be seven miles across. Campi Flegrei has not erupted since 1538.

The volcano is located approximately 11 miles southwest of Naples, Italy. 500,000 people live in the Naples area. The local area is one of the most densely populated areas in the world.

The area is across the bay from Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius. History records the big eruption in 79 AD which resulted in the destruction of Pompeii and nearby villages.

 

Micah 1:4 And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.

Dr. Christopher Kilburn, Director of the UCL Hazard Centre, said: “By studying how the ground is cracking and moving at Campi Flegrei, we think it may be approaching a critical stage where further unrest will increase the possibility of an eruption, and it’s imperative that the authorities are prepared for this.

“We don’t know when or if this long-term unrest will lead to an eruption, but Campi Flegrei is following a trend we’ve seen when testing our model on other volcanoes, including Rabaul in Papua New Guinea, El Hierro in the Canary Islands, and Soufriere Hills on Montserrat in the Caribbean.”

He added: “We are getting closer to forecasting eruptions at volcanoes that have been quiet for generations by using detailed physical models to understand how the preceding unrest develops.”

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Nahum 1:5 Mountains quake because of Him and the hills dissolve; indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence, the world and all the inhabitants in it.

“In case of a big one, it could affect our chances to live in Europe, immediately killing hundreds of thousands if not millions. Ashes would cover the sun, possibly for days/months/years, affecting humanity, fauna, and flora in other continents.” -Dr. Luca De Siena, University of Aberdeen

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/805011/volcano-eruption-Italy-Campi-Flegrei-Naples-Vesuvius-Europe-thousands-lives-threatened-UCL

 

Seismic activity is a hallmark of end time’s happenings. Earthquakes and volcano eruptions have dramatically risen in the past 2-4 years. This report is about one volcano in Italy. The Bible states volcanic activity will be global and affect all the people of the earth.

Isaiah 24:1 Behold, the LORD lays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants.

2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.

Trend Update: Naples, Italy Super Volcano Awakens??? January 2017

Posted in Earthquakes/Volcanoes, Prophecy, Trend Update with tags , , , , , , , , , , on January 3, 2017 by paulthepoke

Psalm 97:5 The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

Isaiah 24:1 Behold, the LORD lays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants.

Micah 1:4 And the mountains will melt under him, and the valleys will split open, like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place.

Nahum 1:5 Mountains quake because of Him and the hills dissolve; indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence, the world and all the inhabitants in it.

Reports out of Italy have been emerging since Christmas 2016. A super volcano near Naples, Italy may be coming back to life. The area is prone to volcanic activity with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and the destruction of Pompeii and other local villages.

The Campi Flegrei area west of Naples may be reaching a critical pressure point. Campi Flegrei translates to “burning fields” in Italian. The caldera is estimated to be seven miles across. The eruption threat level was raised in 2012 from green to yellow. Now in 2017, temperature and magma levels are rising.

Giovanni Chiodini, a researcher at Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Bologna stated, “Hydrothermal rocks, if heated, can ultimately lose their mechanical resistance, causing an acceleration towards critical conditions.”

Is this a proclamation that an eruption would signal the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy? NO!

This is one super volcano in one country. If this volcano were to erupt, 500,000 people in the Naples area would be in severe danger. This is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. It would be a terrible disaster.

http://home.bt.com/news/world-news/italian-supervolcano-near-naples-shows-signs-of-reawakening-11364129415375

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/02/massive-volcano-is-rumblingright-under-one-italys-biggest-cities-report.html

One has to admit, seismic frequency and intensity are on the increase over the past decades. The trend and trajectory are up.

The scope and scale of Biblical prophecy is global and not isolated to a country or region of that country. Scripture has multiple examples of seismic activity in the end times scenario. It is not hard to find verses and references. Peter makes it very clear. This will happen suddenly like a thief.

2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.