Wings of Liberty • December 12, 2024

Seven Mountain Mandate

Part 3: Clasping Hands


What is the link between the Papacy and the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR)? This installment hopes to provide some answers to this question.


On a stage in a Los Angeles stadium on April 9, 2016, NAR Apostle Lou Engle warmly welcomed a delegation from Pope Francis before a packed crowd of ecstatic worshipers. The wet weather had not deterred the throng of 60,000 people who had gathered to commemorate the 110-year anniversary of the original Azusa Street Revival, recognized as the beginning of both the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements.i The crowd eagerly welcomed the messengers of the Pope.


Pope Francis’ delegates greeted the gathered masses in the name of the Catholic church, and especially the 100 million plus charismatic Catholics whose worship practice closely resembles those in the Pentecostal/Charismatic movements. Charismatic Catholicism has grown rapidly around the globe, and like its Pentecostal cousins, focuses on deep emotional experiences, uplifted hands during worship singing, speaking in tongues, and a personal relationship with Jesus.ii Vatican II encouraged ecumenism, formally declaring that “The restoration of unity among all Christians is one of the principal concerns of the Second Vatican Council.”iii


After effusive mutual expressions of unity and forgiveness, the Pope’s delegate and Lou Engle kissed each other’s feet before the gathered masses and the world, proclaiming a holy moment ending the “the diabolical sin” of division between Catholics and Protestants. The papal delegates proclaimed, “Jesus doesn’t care about our differences [in doctrine]”, “we must fly united”. The exchanges can be seen starting at the 6 hour and 50 minute mark.


This incident, and other ecumenical gatherings like it, are a stunning and ominous development in the Protestant world. It is a fulfilment of Bible prophecy.


It is all too clear that the aims of Vatican II have been balefully successful. For Pentecostalism and the Charismatics, gone is the protest of Luther, forgotten are the lives of Huss, Jerome, and Wycliffe. Abandoned are the works of John Knox and John Bunyan. Forgotten are the martyrs who died by the rack and at the stake, killed by the papal power. Forgotten are the centuries of persecution, and the suffering of Pilgrims who fled Europe for America to escape the persecution of that worst of all evils, the combined rule of the church and the state. Forgotten are the warnings of Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, Roger Williams and many others.


For many in what passes for Christianity today, the faith of their fathers is gone. Gone is sola scriptura. Instead, the paramountcy of the Bible has been replaced with the primacy of emotional ecstasy. The doctrines of salvation are supplanted, and dismissed as unimportant. Repetitive and trance-inducing rock music leads to an emotional high and what is seen by many charismatics as the worship’s climax: the ecstatic emotional utterances of congregants speaking in gibberish tongues.


Today, this worship experience is not only for Pentecostals. Its entrenchment is well advanced in
almost every major denomination in the world, including, as stated, in the ranks of over a
hundred million Catholics.iv


A clip of NAR Apostle, Lance Wallnau, teaching his followers to speak in tongues can be viewed
here.v



Bible Prophecy and the Papal Power


The Bible revealed that the Roman papacy would be dominant for a period of 1260 years.vi


History demonstrates the truth of the infallible Word. From 538 AD, when civil power was
assumed by the Bishop of Rome pursuant to the decree of Emperor Justinian, to 1798 and the
capture of Pope Pius VI by Napolean’s general Berthier, the Papacy had tremendous authority
and influence over western Europe. Kings knelt at the feet of the Pope for centuries, and did the
bidding of the Roman pontiff.


Church and state in union brought incredible peril to the human family. The Dark Ages were
marked by superstition, censorship and persecution. It was the age of the suppression of the
Bible, of the Inquisition, and the burning of so-called heretics.


With the Protestant Reformation, the power of the papacy to control the state gradually
weakened until the pope of that period, Pius VI, was taken captive and died in exile in France.
The Bible had prophesied that at the conclusion of the 1260 years the papal power would receive
a deadly wound, and so it did. To hear a detailed presentation on this subject, click here.vii


A beast in Bible prophecy symbolizes a kingdom.viii There are two beasts, or kingdoms,
mentioned in Revelation 13. The Protestant Reformers knew and taught that the leopard beast of
Revelation 13 was the papal power. They knew from the Bible that the papacy was predicted to
persecute God’s people,ix and then one day receive a deadly wound.x They were aware that the
book of Revelation also foretold the rise of another kingdom around the time the papacy was to
lose its dominance. In 1752, the Reformer John Wesley correctly predicted that the lamb-like
beast with the two horns of Revelation 13 was not far away.xi


History shows that only one nation was rising to global prominence at the time of the deadly
wound to the papal power, and that nation was the United States of America


America is the greatest nation the world has ever seen, and it was founded on an express
rejection of papal teaching and authority. The papacy vehemently opposes the
separation of church and state.xii The U.S. Constitution requires a separation of church and state
in the First Amendment.xiii The Papacy is opposed to liberty of conscience.xiv The U.S.
Constitution protects liberty of conscience and religious liberty as a God-given right.xv


The papacy is opposed to freedom of speech and freedom of the press,xvi and maintained a list of
banned books for centuries.xvii The U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and freedom
of the press, and the Founding Fathers taught that without a free press liberty would perish.xviii
The papacy systematically trampled on the principles of due process both before and during the
centuries of the Inquisition, torturing people to obtain a confession to so-called heresy.xix The
U.S. Constitution constitutionalizes due process, including a right to remain silent,xx and rejects
torture.xxi


The Bible foretold that the Bride of Christ would flee into the wilderness to escape the dragon
and from the power of the Roman papacy. Ultimately, Protestantism found its way to the New
World, and one of the last great wilderness areas on the planet. How fitting that the lamb-like
beast, the United States, comes up “out of the earth” – Revelation 13:11, as opposed to the point
of origin of the other beasts in Daniel 7 and Revelation 13! Geographically, those other beasts
come out of the water, and specifically find their geographic location around the Mediterranean,
as noted in Daniel 7:2.xxii But America rose from the ground of the New World.


The Declaration of Independence repudiated the contentions of the church/state system and thus
rejected the dominionist claims of the Pope. The Founders trumpeted that human rights come
from God, not from the state. The Founders declared as “self-evident truth” “that all men are
created equal, and endowed by the Creator with certain unalienable rights.”


“Righteousness exalts a nation” – Proverbs 14:34. America’s protection of the rights and
freedoms of humanity has brought it greatness. It’s secret strength, like Samson’s, has its source
in the Almighty. America was raised by the Lord as a haven for the persecuted, and as a place
where the Gospel and the light of the Scriptures could be proclaimed to all the world. Individual
rights, constitutionalism, and the separation of church and state have made America great.


But like Samson, even the mighty may fall.


Samson, the mightiest man recorded in the Scriptures, fell through continued liaison with a
harlot.xxiii Delilah wooed him and plied him with her charms until he violated the secret trust
between himself and God and gave up the secret of his great strength. In liaison with the
Philistine civil powers, Delilah cut his hair and took his power. His two eyes were put out, and
his liberty was taken from him.


Sadly, the Bible predicts that America will fall the same way. The harlot who seeks America’s
power is the papal harlot, described in Revelation 17.xxiv Long has she sought to bring America
to its knees


As discussed HERE and HERE, the NAR apostles also want political power. The Papacy is more
than willing to ally with the NAR to accomplish her ends.


In 2016, NAR leaders met personally with Pope Francis to discuss their mutual interests. This is
a photo of NAR Apostle Che Ahn and Pope Francis.


Further details of this meeting can be found here.


Conclusion


The Bible foretells that the Papacy’s deadly wound will be healed.xxv The Bible states that the
world will wonder after the first beast, the Papal power, and it is. And the Bible states that
America and the Papacy will work together to bring about the final events of Bible prophecy.


Today, both the New Apostolic Reformation and the Catholic Integralism of the Heritage
Foundation, which openly advocates for a reunification of church and state, are within striking
distance of their goal. This will be the subject of an upcoming installment in this series.
For now, we conclude with words written nearly a hundred and thirty years ago regarding the
events now taking place before our eyes:


Through the two great errors, the immortality of the soul and Sunday sacredness, Satan
will bring the people under his deceptions. While the former lays the foundation of
spiritualism, the latter creates a bond of sympathy with Rome. The Protestants of the
United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand
of spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and
under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.xxvi



i https://news.ag.org/en/article-repository/news/2016/04/what-azusa-had-and-we-need


ii  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Charismatic_Renewal


iii Unitatis Redintegratio, the Decree on Ecumenism (1964, #1).


iv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLmMHdYjWGI


v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZi9F-5pXf8


vi Revelation 13:5 – the time period of the 42 months is the same as the time period of the 1260 years mentioned in Daniel 7: . Using a Hebrew lunar month of 30 days, 42 months is 1260 days. The day for a year principle of prophetic interpretation is found in Ezekiel 4:6.


vii https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-OX2Fzr1IU


viii See Daniel 7.

 

ix  Revelation 13:7


x Revelation 13:3


xi  https://ccel.org/ccel/wesley/notes/notes.i.xxviii.xiv.html


xii Pope Pius X, Vehementer Nos, 1906: “That the State must be separated from the Church is a thesis absolutely false, a most pernicious error.” “Hence, mindful of Our Apostolic charge and conscious of the imperious duty incumbent upon Us of defending and preserving against all assaults the full and absolute integrity of the sacred and inviolable rights of the Church, We do, by virtue of the supreme authority which God has confided to Us, and on the grounds above set forth, reprove and condemn the law voted in France for the separation of Church and State, as deeply unjust to God whom it denies, and as laying down the principle that the Republic recognizes no cult. We reprove and condemn it as violating the natural law, the law of nations, and fidelity to treaties; as contrary to the Divine constitution of the Church, to her essential rights and to her liberty; as destroying justice and trampling underfoot the rights of property which the Church has acquired by many titles and, in addition, by virtue of the Concordat. We reprove and condemn it as gravely offensive to the dignity of this Apostolic See, to Our own person, to the Episcopacy, and to the clergy and all the Catholics of France. Therefore, We protest solemnly and with all Our strength against the introduction, the voting and the promulgation of this law, declaring that it can never be alleged against the imprescriptible rights of the Church.”


Also see - Pope Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos, 1832: “Nor can We predict happier times for religion and government from the plans of those who desire vehemently to separate the Church from the state, and to break the mutual concord between temporal authority and the priesthood. It is certain that that concord which always was favorable and beneficial for the sacred and the civil order is feared by the shameless lovers of liberty.”


xiii  First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution


xiv  Pope Pius IX, in his Encyclical Letter of August 15, 1854, said: `The absurd and erroneous doctrines or ravings in defense of liberty of conscience are a most pestilential error—a pest, of all others, most to be dreaded in a state.’ Pius IX, in his Encyclical Letter of December 8, 1864, also anathematized `those who assert the liberty of conscience and of religious worship,’ also ‘all such as maintain that the church may not employ force.’


xv  First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution


xvi Pope Pius IX, Mirari Vos, 1832: “This shameful font of indifferentism gives rise to that absurd and erroneous proposition which claims that liberty of conscience must be maintained for everyone. It spreads ruin in sacred and civil affairs, though some repeat over and over again with the greatest impudence that some advantage accrues to religion from it. “But the death of the soul is worse than freedom of error,” as Augustine was wont to say.[21] When all restraints are removed by which men are kept on the narrow path of truth, their nature, which is already inclined to evil, propels them to ruin. Then truly “the bottomless pit”[22] is open from which John saw smoke ascending which obscured the sun, and out of which locusts flew forth to devastate the earth. Thence comes transformation of minds, corruption of youths, contempt of sacred things and holy laws — in other words, a pestilence more deadly to the state than any other. Experience shows, even from earliest times, that cities renowned for wealth, dominion, and glory perished as a result of this single evil, namely immoderate freedom of opinion, license of free speech, and desire for novelty. https://rsf.org/en/dangerous-comments-pope-freedom-expression


xvii https://www.britannica.com/topic/Index-Librorum-Prohibitorum


xviii  “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost” -Thomas Jefferson, 1786. “The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” - Thomas Jefferson, 1787.


xix  https://www.ccel.org/f/foxe/martyrs/fox105.htm


xx  The Fifth Amendment states: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-5/


xxi  https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/constitutional-amendments-amendment-8-freedom-excessive-bail-fines-and-cruel-punishments


xxii Danel 7:2 “Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.” The Great Sea of Danel’s vision is the Mediterranean. All of the beasts come up out of that sea, and all of the nations in the vision find their geographic location around the Mediterranean.


xxiii See Judges chapters 13-16.


xxiv  Revelation 17 will be examined in an upcoming segment.


xxv  Revelation 13:3 The healing of the papacy’s deadly wound will be covered in detail in an upcoming segment. It is the position of the author that the wound has been healed, and current events demonstrate the proof of this.


xxvi  Great Controversy, p. 588. https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/132.2635#2659






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HORMUZ STRAIT-JACKET, OVERWHELMING SURPRISE

By Wings of Liberty • March 30, 2026
The following paragraph was penned over 120 years ago, but accurately describe the events of our world today. And tomorrow. In the last scenes of this earth’s history, war will rage. There will be pestilence, plague and famine. The waters of the deep will overflow their boundaries. Property and life will be destroyed by fire and flood. We should be preparing for the mansions that Christ has gone to prepare for them that love Him. Maranatha, 174 (1897). … It is March 30, 2026. The Strait of Hormuz, a corridor through which a third of global shipping once passed, i has been largely closed to traffic for thirty days. The population at large has yet to realize the full catastrophic implications of this closure. When they do, they are likely to panic. In the weeks leading up to the commencement of the war in Iran, the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate fluctuated between $55 and $66/barrel. Today, it is $101.56/barrel. Brent crude is even higher, surpassing $115/barrel as of the time of writing. The Strait of Hormuz is the conduit for 40% of global fertilizer shipments, and 50% of urea shipments. 50% of global sulphur, used in pesticides, insecticides, and fungicides, come through the Strait of Hormuz. All such traffic is at a standstill. Already struggling farmers are confronted with the twin spectres of rapidly rising fuel costs and limited fertilizer. Maybe the timing of the invasion of Iran is just a coincidence. Maybe it was unforeseen that Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz if it was attacked. Maybe the people who plan wars don’t have sophisticated war gaming capabilities and artificial intelligence war simulators which project likely outcomes. Or maybe, if the elites who want a global population collapse could pick any moment to interrupt shipping traffic and create conditions for widespread famine on planet earth, they would pick the spring planting season. Coincidence or not, in addition to the cessation of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, China has also restricted fertilizer exports. ii Suddenly, the prospect of famine in various places globally is rising. To say that people are unprepared would be a gross understatement. Grocery stores in the western world stock approximately 3 days worth of food. Nearly all domestic food transportation globally runs on diesel. On February 23, 2026, the U.S. retail diesel price was $3.809 per gallon. By March 23, 2026, it had risen to $5.375 per gallon. Those costs will be passed on to consumers sooner or later, and inflation will erode the savings and financial stability of the population. Nations are being squeezed. Many countries in Asia have implemented fuel rationing. Sri Lanka has introduced a QR-code-based rationing system limiting private cars to 15 litres per week. Bangladesh restricts motorcycle purchases to 2 litres per day and private cars to 10 litres per day. Myanmar has instituted an "odd-even" rationing system for fuel purchases based on vehicle registration numbers. Cambodia has seen significant closures with a third of petrol pumps shut down. South Korea has ordered public servants to reduce passenger car use and capped refined fuel exports. Thailand has encouraged remote work, limited air conditioning to 26°C, and suspended fuel exports. Vietnam is encouraging remote work and limiting personal vehicle use, while some smaller stations have temporarily closed due to declining supplies. Nepal has limited the use of official vehicles to essential services and is considering an odd-even system for private vehicles. Pakistan has reduced available fuel for government vehicles by half. We have repeatedly been told that the war in Iran will be over quickly. But US soldiers were informed by their commanding officers that this war will bring in Armageddon. If the theocons who control the White House are anticipating Armageddon, why would anyone think that this is going to be a transitory situation? Or that everything will go back to normal if the Iran issue is resolved? The reality is that a paradigm shift has taken place in the upper echelons of power in America. There is now a union of church and state, and the Iran war is a religious war. A “holy war”, at the conclusion of which the theocons claim will usher in a “golden age” of peace and prosperity. Stock markets and political analysts have yet to understand, or even begin to consider, what this means in all its various ramifications. In the meantime, we propose that readers watch the following video on food scarcity, and seriously consider taking steps to plant a garden soon. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c77M4mC7yLg ________________________________________________ i https://www.etcgroup.org/content/experts-warn-strait-hormuz-fertilizer-and-fuel-blockage-could-lead-global-food-crisis ii https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-restricts-fertiliser-exports-further-crimping-war-tightened-supply-2026-03-19/

“WE WILL SHOW YOU NO MERCY – THIS IS A CHRISTIAN NATION”

By Wings of Liberty • March 23, 2026
NATIONS AND IMPERIALISM America is both a nation and an empire. By necessity, nations are inherently self-interested. They have their own geographic boundaries to protect, and they are supposed to guard and advance the best interests of their citizens. Imperialism is a byproduct and a magnification of the tension between nations. There have been many empires in human history, and each at various times has subjugated and violently dominated their neighbors and pillaged their resources. None of this is unusual in the context of human history. But when the most powerful nation in history starts wars, steals other countries resources, and demands territory from its allies under threat of force (Greenland), and at the same time loudly declares for the entire world to hear that it is “a Christian nation”, it seems reasonable for thinking people to ask what exactly that means. WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY? Christians have faith in Jesus Christ as the prophesied Messiah. They believe He is God in human flesh; “God with us” – Isaiah 7:14. His teachings matter to them, and not just as external forms. Christianity says the teachings of Christ are to govern and motivate their conduct, and that Christ will give His followers a new heart, a new birth, so that His commandments become internal and natural. Selfish people become self-sacrificing people. Rage-aholics become peaceful and serene. The greatest miracle is a changed life. Christ instructed His followers to follow the golden rule: “do unto others as you would have others do unto you” – Matthew 7:12. Christ says His kingdom is “not of this world” – John 18:36, but that His kingdom is within the hearts of His followers – Luke 17:21. The territory He wants is not geographic – He already owns the universe and the cattle on a thousand hills are His – Psalms 50:10. The contested ground on this earth is the individual heart, and it is hearts He came to save and renew. Given the foregoing, how could America possibly be a Christian nation? Has it been born again – John 3? Does it die to self daily – 2 Cor 15:31? Does it “seeketh not its own” – 2 Corinthians 13? We make no complaint if America, or any other nation, is simply honest, and states the truth: “we are concerned about our own interests. The protection of our borders and our resources. The prosperity of our people. We are inherently selfish, greedy and domineering.” But American politicians and Christian pastors within it are loudly and repeatedly declaring that America is a Christian nation. i Such a claim invokes, nay invites, the scrutiny of America’s conduct against the measuring rod of the life and teachings of Christ. Further, it invites the scrutiny of the Deity Himself. It should come as no surprise that claiming to represent Christ invites the scrutiny, and even judgment, of Christ. As the commandment says, “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who taketh His name in vain” – Exodus 20:7. “BY THEIR FRUITS YOU SHALL KNOW THEM” Six years after the First Amendment became part of the US Constitution, the Treaty of Tripoli was signed in 1797. Article 11 contains the following provision, which was adopted by the US Senate and signed by President John Adams: "The government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion". ii Jefferson, Madison and Adams never claimed that America was a Christian nation, but the theocons who control the White House today do. It is therefore fair to test their claim. The Bible says that not everyone who professes to follow Christ is really a follower of Christ. Jesus Himself said – you will know them by their fruits – Matthew 7:16. In other words, according to Christ, you will know if they are Christians by their conduct. Not just by their profession. Which raises an interesting question: if there is conduct which is unchristian in individuals, is there not conduct which is unchristian in nations? What does one call the folks who declare they are Christians and then constantly violate every principle of His teachings? We understand that people make mistakes and so do nations. But you’d think nations that claim to be Christian nations could at least have the decency and empathy to apologize. If you accidentally bomb a school and kill 150 schoolgirls, you’d think the least a Christian nation could do is ask forgiveness and make reparations to the families. Isn’t that the Christian thing to do? Or do “Christian Nations” not have to act like Christians? The person who is now head of the Department of War, and the most powerful military in human history, Pete Hegseth, once authored a book wherein he invoked religious language to describe a Christian nation in a holy war against Islam. It ought to be unnecessary to point out that “holy wars” are inherently church/state affairs. They take place in nations in which the religious leaders have substantial control of the civil power, and thereby the military. Hegseth’s book is called, “American Crusade”. It spends little if any time discussing the need to send missionaries to the Middle East, or the Great Commission from Christ to share the Gospel with “all the world”, which presumably would include Iran. Somehow that part gets skipped. Mr. Hegseth issues his call for Christian jihad with the mantra, “Deus Vult”, or “God wills it”, which he also has tattooed on his body. Deus Vult is a Latin exhortation from 1095 that Pope Urban II used to rally crusaders during the First Crusade. Secretary Hegseth faced backlash recently for stating that “no mercy and no quarter” will be given to “our enemies” in Iran, which signifies that soldiers who surrender will be executed rather than taken prisoner. Multiple legal experts immediately protested, reminding Hegseth that such statements constitute a war crime under international and congressional law. iii That is no doubt true. But there is an even higher law that Hegseth has violated, and it is contained in the teachings of Christ Himself, who Hegseth claims to represent. Note the contrast. Jesus : Blessed are the merciful, for they will obtain mercy – Matthew 5:7. Hegseth: “We will give no mercy, and no quarter to our enemies”. No mercy for Iranians even if they surrender. Jesus : “Love your neighbor as yourself.” “This do and thou shalt live” – Luke 10:28. Hegseth (and maybe you!): “Surely Jesus, surely, Iranians are not our neighbors?” And how does the Bible answer that troublesome question? “But he, willing to justify himself, said to him, “Who is my neighbor?” – Luke 10:29. This is the famous preamble to the parable of the Good Samaritan told by Christ, and you presumably know how the story goes. The Bible says, “Love your neighbor as yourself.” That means not murdering him. It means not coveting his oil. Or his land. It means not stealing from him, even when you are more powerful. These are not suggestions for the Christian, they are absolutes. And above all these, the spirit of the commandments contain positive obligations. If your neighbor is in the ditch, you help him. These are commandments for Christians, so wouldn’t they also be commandments for Christian nations? Nations who have claimed to represent Jesus Christ? Christ says, “He who lives by the sword will die by the sword” – Matthew 26:52. America spends more on its military than the next top nine countries combined. i It has been involved in countless foreign conflicts, openly and clandestinely providing weapons and money for proxy wars to Israel, Ukraine, Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Iraq and a host of other nations. It even provided weapons to Iran, the country which it is currently “bombing the hell out of.” ii America is the world’s largest arm’s exporter. iii It is the largest consumer of oil, which appears to be a major factor in all these wars. iv And speaking of consumption: America has the highest number of obese people of any nation in the world. v America produces the most pornography of any country. vi It uses more illicit drugs than any other nation, with Canada having the very dubious distinction of having the second highest illicit drug use globally. vii America has the world’s largest national debt, at $39 trillion dollars and growing rapidly. It has the highest incarceration rate of any nation, with 2 million people behind bars at any given time, including approximately 400,000 people who have been charged but not convicted. viii Don’t mistake us: we love America. We love the principles it is founded on – liberty of conscience, separation of church and state, republicanism. We love that America guards freedom of speech, and freedom of the press, and yes, those rights are biblical, and yes, they come out of the suffering of the Reformation! But is America a Christian nation? Does it demonstrate the fruits of the spirit? Is it meek and merciful, and a peacemaker? Is it going into all the world, preaching to all nations, and baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit? These are questions for you to weigh on the great scale of truth. There is no need for us to tell you the answer – the founding fathers said, “we hold these truths to be self-evident.” ______________________________________ i Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Former Vice President Mike Pence, President Donald Trump, Rep. Lauren Boebert, Jeff Sessions, Senator Sam Brownback, Pastor Jared Longshore, Pastor Douglas Wilson, Stephen Wolfe, Joel Webbon, and many others have all claimed that America is a Christian Nation. The theologians have spoken explicitly in favor of a union of church and state. ii John Adams, 1797, Hunter Miller, ed., Treaties and other International Acts, 2:365 iii https://www.commondreams.org/news/hegseth-no-quarter-international-law iv https://www.statista.com/statistics/262742/countries-with-the-highest-military-spending/ v https://youtu.be/ZKv7FlAxJpM vi https://247wallst.com/military/2025/04/19/which-countries-buy-the-most-us-arms-and-what-are-they-buying/ vii https://www.worldometers.info/oil/oil-consumption-by-country/ viii https://healthylifebariatrics.com/most-obese-countries/ ix https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/top-15-countries-that-supply-the-most-pornography-online-understanding-global-trends-and-the-role-of-ethical-content-creation-1441936/ x https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/drug-use-by-country xi https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/US.htm l

BIBLE PROPHECY UPDATE: “HOLY” WAR IN IRAN

By Horizon Products • March 5, 2026
Bible prophecy watchers are increasingly focused on current events indicating a union of church and state is being formed in America. On March 3, 2024, it was widely reported that US military commanders are informing their soldiers that the war in Iran is part of “God’s divine plan, and that Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus” to commence the battle of Armageddon and hasten the second coming of Christ. This overtly religious and apocalyptic messaging to the troops has resulted in well over a hundred lawsuits from 40 different military units on the grounds that it violates the separation of church and state in the Constitution. Which of course it does. Holy wars are overtly religious affairs. It doesn’t get much more “union of church and state” than declaring that bombing another country is biblically mandated (and justified) by the book of Revelation and commanded by Jesus Christ. Apostate Protestant America has formed an image to the Roman Papacy, which instigated the crusades centuries before . The truth is that US foreign policy in the Middle East has long been influenced by Christians who hold false dispensational beliefs about the end of the world and the second coming of Christ. These beliefs include That whoever blesses Israel will be blessed by God; That the temple in Jerusalem must be rebuilt to usher in end time events; That the secret rapture will occur at the start of a seven year tribulation during which the antichrist will rule the world; That the battle of Armageddon will be fought by the nations of the world on the plains of Megiddo, in modern day northern Israel; That following these events Jesus Christ will return and there will be a 1000 year millenium on this earth where the nations of the earth reign with Christ. Stay tuned – this is a developing story.