How Global Deception and Antisemitism Are Preparing the Way for Israel's Global Isolation
The Unfolding End-Time Landscape
It was in early 2019 that I wrote how I saw God’s prophetic timeline beginning to unfold for Israel—namely that Israel would become increasingly isolated and eventually stand entirely alone. This scenario, I believe, is God’s will for His covenant nation: not to trust in their own weapons or to make covenants with other nations, but to trust God fully and to know that He alone is their protector and redeemer. Ultimately, God will prove His love and faithfulness to His people and show them that He is their only Savior.
I wrote the article during President Trump’s first term, when, shortly after a phone call with President Erdogan of Turkey, he announced that the United States would be withdrawing all of its troops from Syria. The decision came as a surprise and a concern over the stability in the region, and many accused the President of betraying Israel, given that the U.S. presence in Syria had kept both Russian and Iranian forces at bay.
Interestingly, these changes, coupled with Israel’s successful degradation of Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon, enabled Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly known as Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) in December 2024 to successfully lead the militant group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to overthrow the Bashar al-Assad regime. Al-Jolani (or Al-Julani) is a geographic demonym indicating that he and his family trace their origins to the Golan Heights (known in Arabic as al-Jawlan).[i]
Since his rise to power, Ahmed al-Sharaa has maintained pragmatic, transactional ties with Russia and China to secure state funding, economic resources, and their political leverage.[ii] And I suspect that he, given his lineage connection to the Golan Heights, his family, having left the Golan Heights in 1967 during the Six-Day War, still holds a deep-seated interest in recapturing Israel’s northern region to restore his family’s heritage.
What has become clearer since October 7th is that the entire Middle East has entered a critical phase of geopolitical, military, and economic struggle for dominance, with Israel quickly emerging as a regional superpower. This situation, as foretold in prophecy, will culminate in a series of regional and global conflicts that could very likely usher in the second coming of Christ.
The events surrounding Israel should not merely be viewed through the lens of international politics but through the prophetic framework of Scripture and the sovereignty of God over the nations, including His unfolding purposes for Israel. The biblical pattern in the Old Testament, by which God uses judgment and deliverance to fulfill His promises, is the same for Israel today as it was in the Old Testament. God used the Gentile nations to discipline His covenant nation, and then, in turn, destroyed those nations that came against His heritage.
Twice in Jeremiah, the Lord reiterates His promises to Israel, saying, “For I am with you,’ says the Lord, ‘to save you; Though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, Yet I will not make a complete end of you. But I will correct you in justice, And will not let you go altogether unpunished” (Jeremiah 30:11); “Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,” says the Lord, “For I am with you; For I will make a complete end of all the nations To which I have driven you, But I will not make a complete end of you. I will rightly correct you, For I will not leave you wholly unpunished” (Jeremiah 46:28). While many of these prophecies are fully understood in hindsight, the alignment of nations and the increasing isolation of Israel point to a divinely orchestrated end-time scenario foretold by the prophets.
Many in the church reject any interest in Geopolitics, yet it is clear from Scripture that God does involve Himself in the governing affairs of men. Even though mankind has a degree of free will, God ultimately uses politics (kings and leaders) to accomplish His sovereign rule over the nations. The questions for us are: do we recognize what God is doing in the world, and are we aligned with God’s prophetic will for Israel and the nations as foretold in Scripture? My interest here is to expand our understanding beyond the geopolitical landscape to examine the prophetic significance of these rapidly unfolding events. We will consider how God’s redemptive plan for Israel intersects with His purposes for the nations, and we will seek to understand not only what trials may lie ahead but also how believers should faithfully respond as these prophetic realities continue to unfold before our eyes.
Much has transpired in the world since early 2019, including the signing of the Abrahamic Accords on September 15, 2020, with Morocco being added in December 2020, and Sudan in January 2021; the escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which started on February 24, 2022 with Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine; Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, followed by Israel’s war with Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iran. And lastly, the joint war effort between Israel and the United States, and the coordinated attack on Iran which began on February 28, 2026. These events have led to an unprecedented rise in global antisemitism and vicious anti-Israel sentiments. All of these events are significant as we will discover in this teaching.
Understanding Biblical Prophecy
Let me step back for a moment to lay out a few essential foundational points. First, we have to read all prophecy through a Hebraic lens, meaning, that nearly all prophecy in the Bible (with a few exceptions) was written to Israel, for Israel, and about Israel. Second, we need to see the church as both understanding what will happen to Israel in these last days and, at the same time, being insulated from events that will unfold during the tribulation. Whether you believe in a pretribulation rapture, as I do, or you believe that God will supernaturally protect His church through the tribulation, we must understand that end-time events written in Scripture are, again, largely to Israel, for Israel, and about Israel. Even the Gospels and Revelation are to be read from this same perspective.
The church is not to be viewed as a replacement for Israel, as some falsely proclaim. If it were so, then we would also incorrectly believe that the church will suffer through the tribulation as the “new” Israel. Many of these scholars not only reject the rapture of the church but also the apocalyptic view of Scripture, including the seven-year tribulation and the one-thousand-year Millennium that follows it. They often spiritualize the prophecies concerning Israel, assigning them instead to the church. Again, these views either require rejecting the seven-year tribulation or believing that the church will go through it. However, Scripture is clear: the church, the bride of Christ, has not been appointed unto God’s wrath.
When Jesus answered His disciples in Matthew 24 about the time of His return, He spoke to a Jewish audience about future events that would affect future generations of Jews, not just those standing there with Him. Jesus’ words were not only for that generation that would see the destruction of the Second Temple, but also for a future generation of Jews who would see all of the tribulation events come to pass. Biblical prophecies often have progressive layers that culminate in fulfillment.
Jesus’ prophecies concerning the destruction of the Temple and the great tribulation for Israel were in direct reference to Jeremiah, where it says, “Alas! For that day is great, So that none is like it; And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, But he shall be saved out of it” (Jeremiah 30:7). While the destruction of the Temple led to the great second exile of the Jewish people, it would be the tribulation from which all Israel will be saved. The time of Jacob’s trouble can only be understood to occur at the very end of the age, right before Jesus returns. And still, Jesus spoke of the Temple’s destruction as an explicit sign that God was about to scatter His people to the ends of the earth.
Inferential Signs of the End Times
So, what is happening in the Middle East that we can directly attribute to Biblical prophecy? In terms of explicit signs, not much yet. However, in terms of inferential signs, meaning those events that are laying the foundation for the final things to come, we find a considerable amount, and they are rapidly unfolding day by day. There are certain global signs, such as rising tensions between nations, the rapid spread of Islam across much of the East, Africa, and portions of Europe, and the unprecedented acceleration in earthquakes, volcanic activity, and erratic weather patterns, that could quickly lead to global food shortages. The world’s banking systems are moving towards digital currencies. We experienced the first significant pandemic since the Spanish Flu, COVID-19. We are seeing increasing lawlessness and riots breaking out in the U.S. and many other countries. And most notably, the advancements in artificial intelligence and quantum computing are altering the global landscape. Our interconnected world is quickly enabling the spread of Marxist, Fascist, and Islamic propaganda, false narratives and misinformation, and conspiracies. Again, none of this tells us exactly when the Lord will return, only that His return is near.
Of all these inferential signs, Jesus’ first warning to His disciples was, “Do not be deceived.” It was His first primary sign that this age was ending. Paul says, “The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders… And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie” (2 Thessalonians 2:9-11). It is precisely why I say that the rise in artificial intelligence is likely the most important inferential sign we are seeing right now. Wars are not just being fought on the battlefield; they are being fought on the internet, vying for the minds and hearts of every person to convince them to believe a false narrative, notably against what is written in Scripture and what the Bible says about God’s prophetic plans for Israel.
Antisemitism is rising at an unprecedented level since the holocaust, and tied to this rise is the increase in the spreading of false Biblical narratives concerning God’s promises for Israel within the church. All of this despite God’s warning for the Gentiles in Romans 11, where Paul says that in rejecting Israel, these people are in effect rejecting the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—the God of Israel. We read, “Do not be haughty, but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either” (Romans 11:20-21). And then Paul doubles down on this warning, saying, “Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off” (Romans 11:22).
America and the Road to Israel Standing Alone
While I have lauded President Trump’s historic support for Israel and the Jewish people, I also feel that certain bad actors have easily deceived him. Trump’s recent statement in June 2026, when he said, “Without me, there would be no Israel right now,” was not only revealing of his prideful view of himself, which dishonors God, but also falls directly in the same path as King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar similarly took credit for building the great Babylonian empire with his own hands, giving God neither credit nor glory for His workmanship. Nebuchadnezzar’s demise came shortly after. And if this pattern is fulfilled today, then, “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18). Trump might have ended his ability to govern this nation in righteousness. We read in Scripture concerning King Saul, “For the LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand” (1 Samual 28:17).
Vice President JD Vance is already positioning himself as the neutral likely replacement to President Trump in the next election, saying that the U.S. and Israel may not always see eye-to-eye. He emphasized that Washington will ultimately side with the American people when our national interests diverge. More recently, he sharply criticized Israel’s leadership, threatening that if they did not cooperate with President Trump’s agreement with Iran, they might lose his support, the only world leader who, according to Vance, is still standing with Israel. Vance’s position appears to be an appeal to a growing disenfranchised far-right-wing group of Republicans who are becoming increasingly “America Only,” and by the spread of antisemetic conspiracies, are also becoming anti-Zionist and anti-Israel.
This rift within the Republican Party has been around for decades. It initially surfaced among disillusioned, anti-communist Democrats who joined forces with a moderate Republican political faction in the 1960s. Their aggressive, interventionist foreign policy and their backing of a strong military, committed to spreading liberal democracy abroad, led to the rise of the Neoconservative (Neocon) movement. The Neocon view has dominated Republican and Democratic foreign policy for decades before it started losing much of its control to the “America First” movement, championed by President Trump and his Make America Great Again (MAGA) slogan, which coincidentally was phrased by President Ronald Regan.
However, the most radically right-wing conservative faction of the Republican Party, along with many Libertarians, are pushing for an “America Only” global isolationist position. This group does not want any U.S. foreign policy intervention, including foreign aid investments and direct involvement in conflicts between Ukraine and Russia, China and Taiwan, and Israel and Iran. They even oppose U.S. intervention in countries like Venezuela and Cuba that have been entry points for Russia and China to expand their political, economic, and military influence in our backyard.
Sadly, President Trump appears to have capitulated to this group in his recent agreement with Iran, reversing nearly every promise he made to the Iranian people, Israel, and the world. Despite our overwhelming military superiority, Trump entered this conflict with no well-conceived exit strategy. Still, many were hopeful that the U.S. and Israel would succeed in toppling the Iranian leadership and usher in a time of peace and stability for the Middle East. Biblical prophecy tells us otherwise. According to the prophecy in Ezekiel 38, Persia (modern-day Iran) will one day join a coalition of nations in a significant end-times war against Israel.
There is a famous Midrashic passage, known as the Prophecy of Rabbi Yitzchak, from the Babylonian Talmud (Yoma 10a) and a compilation known as the Yalkut Shimoni (Yeshayahu 60, Remez 499). It describes the chaotic events surrounding a Persian king harassing an Arab king in the lead-up to the Messianic era. It reads, in part: The King of Persia will provoke the King of Arabia. The King of Arabia will go to Edom (often interpreted as Rome and the Western nations) to seek counsel. The King of Persia will return and destroy the entire world. All nations of the world will panic and fall on their faces, seizing up with agony like the labor pains of a woman giving birth. The Jewish people will be terrified and panic, crying out, “Where shall we come and go? Where shall we come and go?” The Almighty will then say to Israel, “My children, do not be afraid. Everything that I did, I did only for your sake. Why are you afraid? Do not fear, the time of your redemption has arrived.”[iii]
This prophecy sounds much like what is transpiring in the Middle East right now. The IRGC’s ability to hold the Arabian states hostage to the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz compromised Trump’s presidency. Amid global oil shortages and rising gas prices that were quickly pushing the world into a global recession, it appears that the Trump administration folded. The problem is that without a demilitarized Iran and regime change, the prospect for Middle East peace, and beyond, is highly unlikely. Iran will continue to terrorize the world and hold it hostage to the flow of oil, and now emboldened by Trump’s capitulation, they will potentially rebuild stronger, and like a wounded animal, they will return with great vengeance against Israel and the West. I should also note that the current Memorandum of Understanding is non-binding, and Iran’s predictable failure to abide by it is likely to lead to further military escalation.
Any of these scenarios leaves only one country that can still hold back the Iranian axis of evil—Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu has refused to pull Israeli troops out of Southern Lebanon, which the Iranians successfully negotiated in their U.S. agreement. Israel was not privy to these secret negotiations. While Israel just signed a U.S.-brokered trilateral framework agreement on June 26th with Lebanon, it is contingent upon the successful removal of Hezbollah from their country. We will see if Netanyahu can remain steadfast against increasing global pressure, and now likely U.S. pressure. Israel’s relationship with President Trump at the end of his first term was precarious. We will see if it erodes again this time, and more detrimentally.
All of this leads me to where I first started: that “Israel will eventually stand alone.” And Scripture confirms this, where it says, “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… It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem” (Zechariah 12:3, 9). Now, we have to assume this is hyperbolic, because the Bible also says that a remnant of the nations will survive the tribulation and come up to Jerusalem to worship the King and celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.[iv] Still, God’s word is clear: the world and its predominant world powers will turn against Israel, so that the Jewish people will ultimately find themselves standing entirely alone. Only God can and will protect His people, and no man, not even President Trump, can save Israel.
Where is America in End-Time Prophecy?
Many Christians have asked: Where is America in end-times prophecy? Clearly, the United States is not mentioned either by name or geographic region. Given that nearly all prophecy revolves around Israel, we have to conclude that the U.S. has either substantially diminished as a superpower or, like many other nations, has politically turned against Israel. Given the vast number of Christians in this country that overwhelmingly support Israel, it is difficult to believe that the U.S. could indeed turn against them. Yet there is no end-time scenario in which any nation, even this one, comes to their aid. Again, following the pattern in the Bible, God will continue to use the Gentile nations to chastise Israel, and in turn, He will utterly destroy them for touching His heritage. As it says, “For the indignation of the LORD is against all nations, And His fury against all their armies; He has utterly destroyed them, He has given them over to the slaughter” (Isaiah 34:2).
Looking ahead, there does not appear to be a clear path for the U.S.-Israel relationship. If the Democratic Party is elected, the radical left-wing contingent will dominate foreign policy, leaning heavily against Israel in support of the Palestinians. This movement has already been indoctrinated by Marxist ideology, which uses oppressed and oppressor classifications to label Israel as colonizing, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, and now a genocidal state acting against the oppressed Palestinian people. Of course, none of this is true. On the other side is the growing radical right-wing, “America Only” contingent within the Republican Party, especially the younger generation, who do not view Israel as a necessary Middle East ally. Co-mingled with this group is a growing number of White Nationalists who oppose all non-white minorities, especially the Jews.
Without a spiritual awakening, America is heading for a catastrophic division that will ultimately tear this nation apart. We are locked in a war of ideologies: radical left-wing Marxism against radical right-wing Nationalism. These ideologies are not new and directly led to the rise of fascism and Nazi ideology in the early 20th century. Sadly, in the middle of these global conflicts are the Jews, who have often been scapegoated irrationally as the cause of all the world’s conflicts. When God sends strong delusion, there is no longer any place for rational thought.[v]
The Ideological Alliance Against Israel
The world is becoming increasingly more Godless, and hence, more insane and more antisemitic, day by day, which again speaks to end-time prophecy. We read that, “The darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people” (Isaiah 60:2). Many are now calling what is good evil, and what is evil good. Concerning Israel, the Lord says, “He has not observed iniquity in Jacob, Nor has He seen wickedness in Israel. The LORD his God is with him, And the shout of a King is among them” (Numbers 23:21). And yet Hamas, an evil genocidal terrorist organization, is viewed as resistance fighters against the supposed colonizing terrorist nation of Israel. What God sees as good, the world now views as evil.
This level of twisted thinking has even started to infiltrate the church, with a growing number of Christians beginning to question Israel’s Biblical legitimacy and right to possess land given by covenant promise, a promise they believe has now been fulfilled in the church. And since they believe that the church is the “new” spiritual Israel, there is no longer any reason for the Jews to have any land at all. In their minds, all the covenant promises given to Israel have either been fulfilled in the church or have been annulled because of Israel’s overarching rejection of their Messiah—a theology known as punitive supersessionism.
Other dangerous antisemitic ideologies have been emerging since the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1922, and the establishment of the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928 to rebuild this caliphate.[vi] The Brotherhood was violently anti-communist and forged strong ideological and strategic ties with Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. These were also fueled by a shared hatred of Jews, Zionism, and the British Empire, which had defeated their caliphate.
However, since the fall of Nazi Germany, radical Islam and Marxism have evolved into a complex, shifting relationship fueled by ideological rivalry mixed with pragmatic alliances against Western influences. The primary political forces in the Middle East and North Africa were historically secular socialist and Marxist movements, such as Nasserism in Egypt and Ba’athism in Syria and Iraq. These groups opposed the Muslim Brotherhood. However, by the 1970s and 1980s, ideological lines began to blur, largely due to a shared anti-Zionist and anti-imperialist sentiment.[vii] Both the Islamic Fascist and Islamic Marxist ideologies oppose Western capitalism and the perceived neo-colonial dominance of the United States, which has, by and large, supported Israel since its reestablishment in 1948.
The Iranian Revolution in 1970 was a major turning point where leftist, Marxist, and communist groups formed tactical, albeit temporary, alliances with Islamists to overthrow the U.S.-backed Shah. Thinkers like Ali Shariati in Iran synthesized Marxist sociology, specifically the perceived class struggle and anti-imperialistic views. These were infused with Shia Islamic principles, creating a movement often referred to as Islamic Marxism to mobilize the masses against what they see as Western authoritarianism.
As much as these two Islamic groups hate the West, their even more insidious hatred is of the Jews and Zionism. As long as there remains a Jewish (and pro-Israel Christian) presence in the world, Islam can never dominate. In their mind, the Jews need to go. And from a radical Islamist view, it does not matter what ideological cause they support as long as it leads to their ultimate objective—a global Islamic caliphate without Jews, without Israel, and ultimately, without Christians who support Israel. In their mind, once religious dominion is established, all these other ideologies, Marxist or Fascist, will be forcibly converted or annihilated.
Alexander Dugin and the Gog-Magog Coalition
Logically, one would expect Marxism and Fascism to be fiercely at odds with each other, which they are. Marxism is built on the writings of Karl Marx, and has operated as an authoritarian, one-party state designed to dismantle capitalism and then evolve into a Godless, stateless, egalitarian society. Fascism, on the other hand, is built on anti-democratic principles, relying on a single dictator, extreme militarism, and the violent suppression of all political opponents, particularly Marxists and trade unionists, to maintain its power over society.[viii] Fascist regimes emerged as a violent, right-wing response to growing Marxist and socialist movements in Europe following World War I, and this conflict has shaped geopolitics to this day.
In response, a contemporary Russian political philosopher and ultra-nationalist, Alexander Dugin, has developed a new political framework that synthesizes extreme right and left-wing ideologies into a unified, global resistance against American and Western European hegemony. Dugin outlines this ideology in his 2009 book, The Fourth Political Theory, where he seeks to replace liberalism, communism, and fascism with a traditional anti-globalist world order. Dugin’s fierce critiques of secularism, multiculturalism, and modern liberalism have made him a sought-after voice and intellectual ally for various traditionalist, nationalist, and populist movements in the West, including prominent figures within the conservative camp.[ix]
Dugin argues that the three great political ideologies of modernity, which are liberalism, communism, and fascism, are fundamentally flawed and linked to Western materialism and individualism. Dugin aims to transcend these by establishing a multipolar world where humanity is organized into vast, culturally unified empires rather than standard nation-states. Dugin argues that Russia is not a European country but part of the distinct Eurasian civilization that spans Europe and Asia.
He frames geopolitics as an existential battle between Eurasia (representing tradition, spirituality, and collectivism) and Atlanticism (led by the U.S. and NATO, represented by liberal capitalism, individualism, and modernity). In Dugin’s vision, the supreme value is the ethnos, an organic community bound by a shared language, religious beliefs, and way of life. Dugin advocates for the restoration of these traditional, pre-democratic societal hierarchies and sharply criticizes modern concepts of human rights, secular progress, and freedom, which he views as the moral decay of civilization.
That’s a lot of words, but in simple terms, Dugin has a corrupted view of Russian Orthodoxy, that he believes is the true church and the restraining force in the world (the Katechon) against evil, and which he views as Western Civilization and its moral depravity.[x] This evil, in his mind, includes Western Christianity, with its liberalism and cultural assimilation. He views Russia’s spiritual and geopolitical mission as the final shield protecting traditional cultures against global liberalism, which he views as the expression of the Antichrist’s influence in the world. And because of Islam’s emphasis on high moral standards, Dugin considers the Muslim faith to be an equal stabilizing force against the West. Often dubbed as “Putin’s brain,” Vladimir Putin has fully embraced Dugin’s philosophy, seeing himself as a global leader of good, aligned with Islamism, against the forces of evil in the world, namely the West.
One more important detail. Dugin sees Israel at the very heart of the world’s perversion. By their rejection of the Messiah, Dugin believes that the Jewish people will soon be led by a lawless global leader, a Jewish Antichrist who will arise from the tribe of Dan, against whom the true Orthodox Church must fight and ultimately destroy. Dugin sees Israel’s far-right political leaders and their ambitions to rebuild the Third Temple as a Messianic mission that will culminate in the deception of the Jewish people and the world by this Antichrist.[xi] If anyone needed to understand the motivation behind the War of Gog and Magog, and Russia’s coalition of Islamic nations that will one day invade Israel, look no further than this perverse ideology coming out of Alexander Dugin and Vladimir Putin.
The Gathering Global Conflict
All of this should come as a shock to the Western Protestant mindset, because in our reading of Scripture, we consider Western Civilization to be built upon a Christian heritage, and this heritage was built upon a Biblical Judaic foundation. However, in much of Christianity, there is a consistent view that the church is now essentially the fulfillment and replacement of ancient Israel. Rather than viewing modern-day Israel through a prophetic lens where its rebirth in 1948 was divinely ordered, they see Israel today as a political construct, one built upon a Western cultural system of secularism, liberalism, and capitalism. Ironically, Israel’s first settlements, the kibbutzim, were radical experiments in Socialism.
The rise of Dugin’s ideologies is fueling anti-Western sentiment, especially in the East. And the world is quickly heading toward a collision between Western and Eastern powers: the United States and Western Europe in the West, and Russia and China in the East. Dugin’s core concept of Neo-Eurasianism advocates for a traditionalist, authoritarian Russian empire designed to counter Western, liberal-democratic hegemony. In his 1997 work Foundations of Geopolitics, a text tied to Russian military education, Dugin outlines strategies to intentionally provoke ethnic, social, and racial conflicts, and push isolationist tendencies in the United States.[xii]
Dugin has successfully networked with European and American fringe political actors, providing Western anti-globalist, traditionalist, and far-right movements with the intellectual framework to deconstruct Western democracy.[xiii] He has urged Russian intelligence to actively support isolationist tendencies and separatist movements inside the United States to degrade American global influence and erode U.S. hegemony.[xiv] By weakening the West from within, Dugan’s goal is to see Russian and Chinese objectives realized, in which they replace, by military conquest if necessary, the U.S.-led liberal order with a new multipolar totalitarian global empire.[xv] The loss of U.S. support for Israel would be the final nail in their near-complete global isolation; Israel may find itself as the only nation left fighting for freedom, democracy, and the Judeo-Christian values that built Western civilization.
What significant wars or conflicts emerge out of this are unknown, only that the United States does not appear to be a major global power when Israel is ultimately invided by a vast conglomerate of northern armies (Russia, Turkey, and Iran—Ezekiel 38 and 39) who are joined by a defined group of Muslim nations that surround Israel (Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq—Psalm 83); a regional conflict where Israel stands entirely alone.
Israel, the Church, and the Return of the Messiah
The unfolding geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are part of God’s prophetic plan where He causes Israel to increasingly be moved toward isolation and dependence upon Him alone. Modern events, ranging from shifting global alliances to regional wars, rising antisemitism and ideological polarization, should not be seen merely as political developments but rather should be understood as inferential signs aligning with biblical patterns where God uses the nations to discipline Israel. Still, at the same time, through these trials, He also demonstrates His everlasting love as He fulfills His covenant promises to them.
President Trump’s recent decisions concerning Iran, largely due to capitulation to a growing discontent of Americans from high gas prices, and China and its demand for Middle Eastern oil, have likely put the United States in an unfavorable position with the Lord, and Biblically, may have set this nation up for divine judgment. And yet, I believe God holds the heart of every President in His hand. Like a river of water, He turns it wherever He wishes to accomplish His will for the only nation born of His covenant—Israel.[xvi] The U.S. is the last country in the world, outside of Israel, with a vast Jewish population, and God is causing spiritual forces through antisemitism to ultimately drive the Jewish people back to their land. In Jeremiah, we read, “After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill and from the crevices of the rocks” (Jeremiah 16:16).
Regardless of what happens to this nation, let us not forget that the most significant global influence in the world, other than Israel, at least for now, is the genuine church. I am not speaking of the religious and non-denominational institutions that many view as the church. I am referring to the true, born-again, Spirit-filled, Bible-believing Christian who knows Scripture, follows the Jewish Messiah, Yeshua, and understands and embraces God’s covenantal relationship with Israel. The last remaining theological issue over which the church will be forcibly divided is Israel. As it says, “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 12:3). Again, this is not a moral issue, like abortion. It is a theological divide.
God is separating the wheat from the chaff, the goats from the sheep, both amongst the nations and within His church. Islam and apostate Christianity are taking deeper root and will soon quickly emerge into a global religious system that sees both Jews and true Christians as the cause of all the world’s problems. It is for this reason, and many others, that I believe in the pretribulation rapture of the church. When He who restrains is removed, then we who are with the restrainer will also be taken out of the way. And when that happens, Israel will truly be standing alone. Only then will they finally realize that God is their sole protector and Savior.
[i] Ahmed al-Sharaa. Britannica.
[ii] Syria, a (Former) Jihadist in Washington: What to Know about the Trump–Al-Sharaa Meeting (https://www.ispionline.it/en/publication/syria-a-former-jihadist-in-washington-what-to-know-about-the-trump-al-sharaa-meeting-223137)
[iii] Here We Go Again (https://www.torchweb.org/torah_detail.php?id=195)
[iv] Zechariah 14:16.
[v] 2 Thessalonians 2:10-13
[vi] The Far-Right and Islamism: A Complicated Love Story (https://www.rcc.int/swp/news/163/the-far-right-and-islamism-a-complicated-love-story)
[vii] Radical Islamism and Totalitarian Ideology: a Comparison of Sayyid Qutb's Islamism with Marxism and National Socialism (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14690760601121648)
[viii] Anarchism, Capitalism, Fascism & Communism Differentiation (https://study.com/academy/lesson/comparing-anarchism-capitalism-fascism-communism.html)
[ix] Alexander Dugin and the "Eurasian" System: Philosophy and Strategy (https://strategiecs.com/en/analyses/alexander-dugin-and-the-eurasian-system-philosophy-and-strategy)
[x] Chapter 8 From St. Paul and Carl Schmitt to Alexander Dugin: The Katechon as a Political Category in Empire Building (https://brill.com/display/book/9789004731899/BP000018.xml)
[xi] Israel's Eschatological Mission: A Christian Perspective on Messianic Expectations and the Role of the Antichrist (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385007192_Israel's_Eschatological_Mission_A_Christian_Perspective_on_Messianic_Expectations_and_the_Role_of_the_Antichrist)
[xii] Aleksandr Dugin's Foundations of Geopolitics (https://tec.fsi.stanford.edu/docs/aleksandr-dugins-foundations-geopolitics)
[xiii] Russia’s 5th Column (https://www.americanprogress.org/article/russias-5th-column/)
[xiv] ‘Russia’s most effective spokesperson in the U.S.’ Alexander Dugin has peddled his mystical, anti-liberal philosophy for decades. Why is his profile growing now? (https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/10/17/russia-s-most-effective-spokesperson-in-the-u-s)
[xv] Understanding Russian Disinformation and How the Joint Force Can Address It (https://publications.armywarcollege.edu/News/Display/Article/3789933/understanding-russian-disinformation-and-how-the-joint-force-can-address-it/)
[xvi] Proverbs 21:1. 2 Kings 19:28. Isaiah 37:29.