From raptureready.com

The prophet Isaiah wrote:

• “The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap” (Isa. 17:1).
• “And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.”

It is not hard to find commentators that say this prophecy has been fulfilled, but because Damascus has been destroyed so many times, there is much doubt about who fulfilled it and when it happened.

There are others who believe it has never been fulfilled because Damascus has always been rebuilt, and it has never ceased to exist as a city.

There may have been an initial partial fulfillment, but a greater, more complete fulfillment is yet to come.

Put another way, Damascus must be permanently destroyed at some point in the future.

This brings us to Dec. 4, 2025.

It was reported that Israeli security sources said terrorist elements are gathering in southern Syria, and they are plotting attacks against Israel.

Israeli officials said the consolidation of terrorist elements in southern Syria undermines the prospects of a security agreement between Israel and Syria and highlights the fact that al-Sharaa does not have effective control over all parts of the country.

Israel asked the U.S. to convey a stern message to the Syrian regime under Ahmad al-Sharaa that said Israel will not tolerate the establishment of terrorist organizations in southern Syria and that it is Damascus’s responsibility to stop such groups, or else Israel will act.

So, some prophecy teachers believe the Bible says Damascus will be permanently destroyed in one night, and Israel has warned Damascus to stop the terrorists in southern Syria from attacking Israel, or Israel will act.

(Update: Video of a Dec. 9, 2025 Syrian military parade shows Syrian soldiers marching and shouting, “We rise against you, [Israeli] enemy, we rise, from mountains of fire we make our way. From my blood I forge my ammunition, from your blood, rivers will flow.” Other video shows them marching and shouting, “Gaza, Gaza, we’re with you to the death. I’m marching towards you, my enemy.” An Israeli official responded by saying, “War with Syria is inevitable.” He added, “In Islam, there is no room for other religions. The faith divides the world into two spheres, Dar al-Islam (“Abode of Islam”) and Dar al-Harb (“Abode of War.”)

(Update: On Dec. 10, 2025, it was reported that Churches have had crosses knocked down, icons destroyed, and Christian cemeteries violated. Many Christian families now say they don’t feel safe.”)

Here are some more reasons to believe that the end of the age is close:

One, concerning the UN and Syria: on Dec. 5, 2025, William Koenig, White House Correspondent, said Trump’s 20-Point Plan (Gaza Stabilization Plan) has effectively re-elevated the United Nations into a central role in the administration of Gaza, and the consequences were immediate: This week, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution calling for Israel’s withdrawal from the Golan Heights.

Koenig continued:

• For decades, the Golan Heights has been Israel’s northern shield — the high ground preventing Syrian and Iranian forces from threatening Galilee. A UN-backed withdrawal demand signals that international campaigns to erode Israel’s territorial legitimacy are escalating again.
• Israel is entering a moment where the greatest threat may not be military — but diplomatic isolation combined with strategic ambiguity from its closest ally.

(My comment: Pres. Trump is trying to establish peace in the Middle East by restricting Israel – telling Israel not to wipe out Hamas, not to attack Hezbollah, not to attack Syria, not to annex Judea and Samaria, etc. and by trying to get all the Arab nations to sign the Abraham Accords – but the Bible teaches that we will have wars and rumors of wars – not real peace – until the Second Coming of Jesus at the end of the Tribulation Period. It teaches that there will be a false peace that will be confirmed – strengthened – by the Antichrist and begin the Tribulation Period, but not real peace.

Trump’s efforts to tie Israel’s hands and cater to the Arabs may lead to that false peace, and they will probably get America in trouble with God, but they will not stop Islam’s efforts to destroy Israel and establish an Islamic world government and religion. Islam will not abandon its radical religious beliefs because Trump wants peace in the Middle East.)

Two, on Dec. 2, 2025, allisraelnews posted an excellent opinion piece titled “The War is Over – or Not?”

The writer said:

• The Peace Plan, brokered by the President of the U.S. Donald Trump, is predicated on the surrender of Hamas in Gaza, its disarmament and its displacement as a governing power. Hamas agreed only to the first phase of this plan, the return of the 20 remaining hostages in exchange for around 2,000 Hamas prisoners held by Israel.
• Hamas has not signed on to the second or following phases of the Plan, which require it to disarm. Hamas has neither surrendered nor disarmed and has made it clear that it has no intention of doing so. And why would it? Its whole raison d’etreis the destruction of Israel. Without its weapons, Hamas is nothing.

Here is a link to the entire article:

https://allisraelnews.com/blog/the-war-is-over-or-not

Three, concerning Trump’s peace plan: on Dec. 7, 2025, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal said:

• Hamas will not disarm, give up its weapons, rule of the Gaza Strip, or permit external oversight in Gaza, including the International Stabilization Force (ISF).

Israel’s Foreign Ministry called it a direct contradiction of the core terms of Trump’s peace plan.

(Reminder: Israel has said, “It’s either they agree to disarm, or we will disarm them. We will not leave any threat to the State of Israel in Gaza.”)

(More: On Dec. 7, 2025, the U.S. State Dept. responded to Mashaal’s comments: “Hamas has agreed to all 20 points of President Trump’s 20-Point Plan. That means Gaza will be fully demilitarized for the sake of Gazans.”)

Four, concerning the tracking of people: following Israel’s recent assassination of a Hezbollah leader in Lebanon, Hamas decided to tighten its security measures.

A Hamas official said:

• Turning off phones does not prevent tracking, as any device operating through WiFi can be hacked.
• Smart watches and similar devices can be used to count the number of people in any room.
• Leaders must keep cell phones at least 70 meters away from meeting sites, as well as medical and electronic devices, including watches.

Five, on Dec. 5, 2025, it was reported that Pres. Trump expects to announce the move to Phase II (appointment of a Board of Peace, Israel out of Gaza, Hamas out of power, and more) of his 20-Point Peace Plan before Christmas, but Phase I (the release of all hostages, dead or alive) is not complete yet.

Hamas still has the body of one hostage, and they seem to be deliberately slow walking its release to delay Phase II.

(Update: On Dec. 6, 2025, it was reported that Pres. Trump will announce the composition of his new Board of Peace – BoP – on Dec. 15, 2025.)

Six, on Dec. 4, 2025, Pres. Trump lit the U.S. National Christmas Tree and shared the gospel on live TV.

Trump said:

• During this holy season, Christians everywhere rejoice at the miracle in Bethlehem, more than 2,000 years ago, when the Son of God, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, came down from heaven to be with us.
• Full of grace and truth, He brought the gift of God’s love into the world and the promise of salvation for every person and every nation.
• Tonight, this beautiful evergreen tree glows bright on the dark and cold winter night and reminds us of the words of the Gospel of John: “In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.”
• With the birth of Jesus, human history turned from night to day. His Word and His example call us to love one another, to serve one another, and to honor the sacred truth that every child is specially made in the image of God.
• America has stood tall, in part, because millions of our citizens have heeded that call in their faith—and the service of Christians has been an essential part of America’s strength from the very, very beginning.

(My opinion: I assume someone wrote this for Trump, but I give him credit for sharing the gospel with our nation.)

Seven, concerning an increase in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters: on Dec. 4-5, 2025, at least 40 record-breaking low temperatures were set in the Midwestern U.S.

According to the forecast, more records will be set in early December.

Eight, concerning the False Prophet building a robot that can speak (Rev. 13:15): on Dec. 6, 2025, I read that Elon Musk said robots will soon be working on assembly lines, and they will be building other robots (in 2026).

Nine, concerning the growing influence of Islam in America: on Dec. 6, 2025, RAIR Foundation U.S.A. reported that New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has started appointing members to key committees in the city, and “It would appear that most of them are Muslim, and religion evidently tops morality and criminal behavior in his selection process.”

Ten, concerning illegal immigration: Pres. Trump announced that the U.S. is going to start charging every illegal immigrant 14 years or older a $5,000 apprehension fee for entering the U.S. illegally.

The fee will apply to all illegal aliens—regardless of where they entered, how long they’ve been in the U.S., their current location, or any ongoing immigration proceeding.

Eleven, concerning the controversy over Jerusalem and peace and safety in the Middle East: on Dec. 6, 2025, Pres. Trump said:

• His 2017 decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to begin the process of moving the U.S. embassy there was a transformative step forward in the pursuit of peace in the Middle East.
• Today, eight years later, my administration renews its commitment to ushering in a new era of peace, prosperity and stability in the region and all around the world.
• Now we stand on the doorstep of one of the greatest diplomatic achievements in history, as a strong, durable and everlasting peace is emerging across the Middle East.
• The significant peace agreement that he has led between Israel and Hamas is a monumental agreement, which is a massive leap toward an enduring peace for the Israeli and Palestinian people—one that ensures security, brings stability, and offers hope for generations to come.

(My comment: Notice that Pres. Trump said that his 20-Point Peace Plan is a massive leap toward peace and security – peace and safety – in the Middle East. Many prophecy teachers believe Trump’s 20-Point Peace Plan may lead to the covenant that is confirmed – strengthened – by the Antichrist.)

Twelve, concerning the expansion of Israel’s borders at the end of the age and Pres. Trump’s 20-Point Peace Plan: as of now, Israel controls about 53% of Gaza.

On Dec. 7, 2025, Israel’s Chief of Staff said:

• The Gaza ceasefire line known as the “Yellow Line,” demarcating the Israeli military withdrawal, is “a new border line.”
• We have operational control over extensive parts of the Gaza Strip, and we will remain on those defense lines.

Thirteen, concerning slaves at the end of the age (Rev. 18:13): on Dec. 7, 2025, White House border czar Tom Homan said more than 60,000 children who were illegally smuggled into the U.S. have been located by the Trump administration and that some were rescued from dire situations, including sex trafficking and forced labor.

Fourteen, concerning Islam and wars and rumors of wars: Muslim terrorists are threatening to overrun the West African nation of Mali.

The U.S. State Department has warned American citizens to leave or not travel there.

Fifteen, concerning wars and rumors of wars: on Dec. 10, 2025, the U.S. seized a large crude tanker used to transport sanctioned oil from both Venezuela and Iran.

Venezuela accused the U.S. of blatant theft.

Sixteen, concerning Pres. Trump’s Board of Peace (BoP) to supervise a new Gaza government and the reconstruction of Gaza: on Dec. 10, 2025, Trump changed his announcement date from before Christmas to early in 2026.

Trump also said his BoP will be one of the most legendary councils ever – kings, heads of state, presidents, instead of seasoned diplomats and specialists as originally announced.

(My question: Will this transition into the Ten Kings? Who knows?)

Seventeen, concerning globalism’s attempt to create a borderless world: on Dec. 10, 2025, the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security signed a $140M contract to purchase six Boeing 737 planes to use for the deportation of illegal immigrants.

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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From  endtimes-substack.com

Tipping Point Prophecy Update

By Jimmy Evans

A Night Meant for Light

I am writing these words with a heavy heart.

On the first night of Hanukkah—the Festival of Lights, when Jewish families around the world were lighting candles to remember God’s miraculous deliverance—gunmen opened fire on a celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, one of the most iconic places on earth.

Families had gathered in joy. Children were present. A rabbi devoted to serving his community. A Holocaust survivor who had already endured the worst evil of the twentieth century. In a matter of moments, celebration turned to terror.

The Oldest Hatred Wearing New Clothes

Twenty-five centuries ago, Haman stood before the king of Persia and offered a lie designed to justify genocide. His accusations formed a template that has been repeated ever since: They are different. They are disloyal. They are dangerous. They are disposable.

The language changes. The spirit does not.

When Words Become Violence

History teaches us something sobering: genocide never begins with mass graves. It begins with words—propaganda that dehumanizes, marginalizes, and demonizes until violence against a people feels justified, even righteous.

Before the Holocaust, there was Der Stürmer. Before Rwanda, there were radio broadcasts calling human beings “cockroaches.” And in our own day, we have watched language harden, lies spread, and hatred normalize at a pace few imagined possible.

The Flood Is Here

Since October 7, 2023—the deadliest day for Jewish people since the Holocaust—antisemitism has surged across the world. Jewish students hide their Stars of David on campus. Families remove mezuzahs from their doors. And now, on a beach in Australia, Jewish families lighting Hanukkah candles were targeted with gunfire.

The flood is here.

But in the midst of darkness, God allowed a light to shine.

A Man Who Ran Toward the Gunfire

There is a hero in this story, and his name is Ahmed al-Ahmed.

He is not a Christian. He is not a Jew. But when evil erupted on that beach, he did the right thing at the right time.

While others ran from the gunfire, Ahmed ran toward it.

Video footage shows him waiting for his moment, then charging an armed attacker from behind, tackling him to the ground, and wrestling the weapon from his hands. He turned the gun back toward the shooter, stopping the killing. Moments later, a second gunman opened fire on him from a nearby bridge. Ahmed was shot twice—once in the arm and once in the hand.

 

He nearly died protecting Jewish families he had never met, celebrating a holiday that was not his own.

Authorities later said that many people are alive today because of his courage. And that is exactly right.

Deliverance From Another Place

I want you to pause and take that in.

A man who did not share the faith of those he rescued nevertheless stood between the innocent and the violent. He did not ask what it would cost him. He did not calculate political implications. He saw evil and refused to cooperate with it.

Scripture shows us again and again that God is not limited in whom He uses. Cyrus of Persia. Rahab of Jericho. The Good Samaritan in Jesus’ parable. Time after time, deliverance for God’s people has arisen “from another place” (Esther 4:14).

Ahmed al-Ahmed was that deliverance.

Christians Do Not Hate People—We Hate Evil

There is a dangerous lie circulating today—that Christians are supposed to hate people of other faiths. That is false. It is not biblical, and it is not Christian.

Christians do not hate people. We hate evil.

Christians do not hate people.

We hate murder.
We hate terrorism.
We hate the slaughter of children.
We hate the demonic hatred that targets the Jewish people generation after generation.

We hate evil with every fiber of our beings.

And we oppose that evil wherever it appears—without apology, without qualification, and without compromise.

When someone stands against that evil—when they protect innocent lives, bless God’s people, and place themselves between the violent and the vulnerable—we bless them too.

Blessing Those Who Bless God’s People

The Bible is clear: God blesses those who bless His people. And we align ourselves with that promise.

The lie of our age says hatred is inevitable, that courage is tribal, that compassion only extends to those who look like us or believe like us. Ahmed shattered that lie in a single act of bravery. Evil did not expect resistance from him. Never fear. God will raise up deliverers from the most unlikely places. And because Ahmed refused to remain silent, lives were spared.

During the Holocaust, we honor the Righteous Among the Nations—those who were not Jewish yet risked everything to save Jewish lives. History will remember Ahmed al-Ahmed in that same company. He stood against evil not because it benefited him, because it likely will not, but because it was right.

For Such a Time as This

“For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” (Esther 4:14 NKJV).

Ahmed al-Ahmed did not quote Scripture on that beach. But he understood its truth instinctively. God raised him up for such a time as this.

That is the question this moment places before every one of us. Will we stand when truth is costly? Will we speak when silence is easier? Will we run toward danger—or convince ourselves that someone else will handle it?

The Candles Still Burn

The Jewish people cannot be erased—not by Haman, not by Hitler, not by terrorists, not by mobs, not by slogans, and not by bullets. Their survival is proof that God keeps His Covenant promises. But every generation must decide whether it will stand with truth or shrink back into silence.

Tonight, as Hanukkah candles burn in homes around the world—some lit with trembling hands—they also burn with the defiant hope of a people who have survived every Haman for three thousand years. And they burn knowing that when evil came for them on a beach in Sydney, and the God of Israel raised up one unlikely man to run toward the gunfire to stop it.

We should pray for Ahmed al-Ahmed—for his full recovery, for healing in his body, and for peace for his family. May God bless him, protect him, and reward his courage. And in ways only God can orchestrate, may He remember Ahmed when He comes into His Kingdom.

God will use whomever He chooses to rescue His people. The only question is whether we will have the courage to be among those who stand when the moment comes.

— Jimmy Evans

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