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During the Tribulation, the Antichrist will masquerade as God. We are already seeing the end-time tendencies that lead to this pinnacle of delusion about our own divinity. Today, these mostly appear in the way people deal with death and the climate. The answer that God gives in Revelation is as striking as it is highly relevant. Revelation 13 shows us the emergence of the beast, the Antichrist. Verses 5-6 make it clear that it is a human being. The beast has a large mouth for blaspheming God,...

As Israel’s gas exports to Egypt and Jordan have stopped and restarted three times since October 2023, Azerbaijan’s state oil company, known as SOCAR, has moved into every layer of Israel’s energy business at once. Those positions came together publicly at the 31st Baku Energy Forum and the first Azerbaijan-US Economic Dialogue. They provide backup supply when Israeli gas goes offline, as it did for 32 days during the Hormuz war. Israeli energy security analyst Elai Rettig of the Begin-Sadat...

Representatives from NATO militaries and European defense companies came to a series of field demonstrations of a critical Israeli system shown by Elbit Systems Ltd’s Swedish subsidiary, Walla reported. The system is now a basic capability for a modern army, but many NATO militaries still lack it because of years of neglect in defense buildup since the end of the Cold War. Now, as several European militaries fear a possible war with Russia, that gap is even more evident. “The digital...

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said that they would ban Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, adding to challenges for global shipping through the Middle East during the Iran war. The group said in a statement it had launched an attack on Israel and enacted a total ban on Israeli shipping in the Red Sea, warning of further ‌escalation. The Red Sea, leading to the Suez canal, is a crucial shipping lane in its own right, and during the Iran war has become the main alternative outlet for...

A swarm of Moroccan locusts is wreaking havoc upon eastern Iran’s agricultural sector, according to Iranian media reports and footage showing large numbers of the insects descending on affected areas. Primarily feeding on grain crops, date palms, citrus fruits, fruit trees, olives, and figs, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has described the species as “one of the most serious pests of many cultivated plants.” Iran has now entered its sixth consecutive year of water...

The Bible tells us that a time will come when commerce—the act of buying and selling—can be controlled worldwide. This facility will actually be invoked at one point during the Great Tribulation period: “He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name” (Revelation 13:16-17). This is an oft-referenced...