The ground is being prepared
A look at what may lie ahead in 2025 & Beyond
There was a story I missed that could have significantly influence on the prophetic landscape as we head into 2025. When I heard about it, it jumped out at me as potentially being critically important. Writing in Rapture Ready, Jonathan Brentner talks about a plan being discussed at the UN under the auspices of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, for a seven to ten year peace agreement with Israel that would set up a Palestinian State. A follow-up meeting is scheduled at the UN for June of 2025.
For students of prophecy, the mention of a seven-year treaty – or covenant – takes you right back to Daniel 9:27, which serves as the signal for the start of the seven-year Tribulation. Speaking of the Antichrist it reads: “Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week he shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.” (NKJV) The passage describes how this Antichrist will confirm a seven-year covenant or treaty and then break it off in the middle. [The word translated ‘week’ is the Hebrew word shabuim, which means a period of seven years – and seven 360-day biblical years at that.] So, talk of a possible seven-year peace treaty with Israel is pregnant with prophetic meaning. Right now, this doesn’t look like a near-term fulfillment. However, they are talking about it, so it is somewhat on the horizon.
And just look at the fact that this treaty is being discussed in the United Nations, representing countries from all across the globe. Though its’ fulfillment is a little farther in the future, scripture warns of a time when all the earth will be united against Israel and Jerusalem. “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. 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.” (Zechariah 12:2-3) (NKJV)

Brentner also reports that “many in Israel view Trump as sympathetic to their desire for a Third Temple.” We know that groups in Israel have been working toward preparing the necessary accoutrements for resuming the Temple Sacrificial System and would be ready to go on short notice. Prophetically, we understand that such a Temple is necessary to fulfill biblical prophecy. It will be the Antichrist himself who will go in to that Temple to “break off” that sacrifice and declare himself to be God. “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” (2Thessalonians 2:3-4) (NKJV) Again, this is an event that looks to be a bit off into the future, but we can see circumstances trending that way.

A Trump administration, with the support it will give Israel, may enhance the climate for more productive peace negotiations. Despite continued violence, Israel seems to be making progress in its’ wars against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. At the fall of Assad, the IDF moved into Syria and used a massive air-campaign to destroy much of the Syrians’ military infrastructure, including its’ entire navy The situation in Syria however, is more problematic. Turkey is massing on Syria’s northern border, preparing to annex territory there. Turkey’s President Erdogan is sounding more and more like Hitler, when the German leader called for “lebensraum” or ‘living space’ for the German people. Erdogan has been publicly making the case that Turkey’s destiny is wrapped up in seizing territory from Syria. “Turkey is bigger than Turkey.” It is a matter of “destiny.” “As a nation, we cannot limit our horizon to 782,000 square kilometers.”
Ezekiel 38 tells us that Turkey will be one of the leading nations that will come against Israel as part of the Magog Alliance of the Last Days. Iran will also be a part of that invasion. Curiously, Syria will not. I believe that Syria will suffer its’ fate as part of the Psalm 83 War, when the inner-ring of Arab states bordering on Israel attack and are completely and utterly defeated. It is likely that the destruction of Damascus prophesied in Isaiah 17:1 will occur at that time. Now that Syria has been taken over by radical-Islamists who are in the process of cleansing the country of Christians and Alawites, it may be more likely to see circumstances that would result in the complete leveling of Damascus. Here’s that event described in the New Living Translation. “This message came to me concerning Damascus: ‘Look, the city of Damascus will disappear! It will become a heap of ruins….. In the evening Israel waits in terror, but by dawn its enemies are dead. This is the just reward of those who plunder us, a fitting end for those who destroy us.” (Isaiah 17:1 &14)
Another prophetic trend we see moving forward is the Mark of the Beast technology and the willingness of governments around the globe to employ it. The conditions for its’ introduction can be found in the state of the global economy itself. The US is $34 trillion in debt. It takes $1.4 trillion each year to pay the interest. Unfunded liabilities stand at over $200 trillion. While still the world’s reserve currency – a fact that props up America’s lifestyle – the state of the dollar is not strong. And it is being challenged by the BRICS countries and others who do now want to be beholden to do the bidding of the United States. And there are many indications that our economy is floundering. Many states are reporting record numbers of people are going to food banks to get enough groceries for the month. The time is not quite there yet, but Revelation 6:5-6 tells us of a time when famine will stalk the globe. “When the Lamb broke the third seal, I heard the third living being say, ‘Come!’ I looked up and saw a black horse, and its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice from among the four living beings say, ‘A loaf of wheat bread or three loaves of barley will cost a day’s pay. And don’t waste the olive oil and wine.’” [NLT]
And the Central Banks along with the UN is putting pressure on nations to issue Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs.) This would contribute to something they are calling dedollarisation, the movement to replace American currency as the global medium of exchange. [Of course, that would be a disaster for the United States.] To begin with, CBDCs would be issued by the Central Banks of individual countries and then later combined into a global digital currency. Access would be granted only through a chip or some such technology – placed – the Bible tells us in the hand or the forehead. And through the CBDCs every transaction on the globe would be able to traced and controlled. The technology for this has already been developed and tested. Here is scripture on this. [The “He” referred to here is the False Prophet, a religious figure who will act as an ally of the Antichrist.] “He required everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.” (Revelation 13:16-17) (NLT) Prophetic trends are converging![i]
[i] I based the outline of this article on: Jonathan Brentner, 7 Prophetic Stories From 2024, Nearing Midnight, Rapture Ready,
December 16, 2024
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