GOD, AI AND THE END OF HISTORY

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I love John Lennox. He is a gem, a gift to the Christian world of teaching.

This video is Professor John Lennox on the subject of God, AI, and the end of history. Largely it is about understanding the book of Revelation in an age of intelligent machines. For those that do not have time to watch the video I have reproduced most of the content below.

“I’m your host, Dr. Peter Saunders. I’m the chief executive of ICMDA, which is the International Christian Medical and Dental Association. And this webinar is brought to you tonight in combination with the Forum of Christian Leaders as well. ICMDA brings together about 60,000 Christian doctors and dentists from over 100 affiliated movements.

So John, it’s a pleasure to have you here. John is professor of mathematics emeritus at Oxford University and fellow in mathematics and philosophy of science at Green Templeton College Oxford. As we know John has debated a number of prominent atheists including Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Peter Singer. But tonight we are exploring a question that sits at the intersection of theology, technology, and human identity. How should Christians think about artificial intelligence in the light of scripture? And particularly in the light of the book of Revelation, we live in a moment of extraordinary technological acceleration. AI is now diagnosing disease. Is it shaping economies, influencing behaviour, and increasingly mediating how power is exercised in all spheres? And for many Christians, this raises urgent questions. Are these developments morally neutral tools? Do they echo biblical warnings? Or are we in danger of reading tomorrow’s headlines too quickly into ancient prophecy? So, our guest, Professor John Lennox, has spent decades helping believers think clearly at the interface of science, philosophy, and faith. And in his recent book, God, AI, and the End of History, he brings that same clarity to one of the most understood, misunderstood, and often sensationalized areas of the Bible, the book of Revelation. So our goal tonight is is not speculation, fear, or date setting, but rather it’s discernment, understanding what scripture actually teaches, what AI truly is, and how Christian hope, ethics, and wisdom should shape our response in an age of intelligent machines.

Professor Lennox, thanks so much for for joining us tonight. It’s my pleasure to be with you. So you have debated leading atheists and you’ve written extensively on science and faith. Why did you feel compelled at this stage of your life, at this stage in history, to write about AI and revelation?

Well, some years ago, there was a great deal of discussion on the Genesis claim that human beings are created in the image of God versus the claims of technology to enhance humans by AI to such an extent that we might need to revisit what we meant by a human being. And a conference of Christian leaders was arranged in London to discuss this. And I was asked to give the opening talk on what Genesis taught about human beings. The invitation made me curious to delve into the technology and I saw very rapidly that AI was going to raise some very big questions not only for Christians but for everybody. And that’s how I got started on the book entitled 2084 which appeared in 2020. Now in that book since much of the talk about AI was concerned with the future I began to compare the promises of the transhumanists with biblical teaching about the future. And I pointed out that some of the futuristic AI scenarios envisaged by people like physicist Max Tegmark in his book Life 3.0, I pointed out that they were uncannily parallel to biblical teaching on the future, in particular in the book of Revelation. And this aspect of my book generated a lot of interest. And so I thought that I should try to write something to demystify the book of Revelation and make it accessible and to link it with a book that I had already written on the prophecy of Daniel, a book entitled Against the Flow.

The publishers of my book on Revelation were very enamoured with the bits on the technology and so they wanted it inserted in the title and hence we’ve got this title God AI and the end of history but that has confused many people to think that this is my latest book on artificial intelligence. So, let me clear that up. First of all, Peter, it isn’t. My latest book on AI was published last in 2024, and it’s the updated version of 2084. How AI shapes our future. It’s twice as large as the original book and shows just how much has been happening in those four years. That is my most recent book on AI. This book is an exposition of the book of Revelation, but with a careful eye on technology. And so it really is an exposition of the book of Revelation in an age of intelligent machines. So that’s where it comes from. We’re going to get into the book of Revelation uh fairly shortly, but but uh let’s just think about definitions first of all before we talk about revelation. What is artificial intelligence actually and and what is it not? Well, the first thing to realize that artificial intelligence is artificial. It’s not real. In other words, take the simplest kind of AI system. It is essentially computing and it’s a system designed to do one and only one thing that normally requires human intelligence. So the intelligence is simply the simulation. To use the words of Alan Turing who was the genius that really started computing off and raised these questions during the wartime when he built and solved the problem of the enigma machine. It plays a simulation game and one of the big problems with it is it uses words like intelligence, like machine learning and so on that anthropomorphize what is a mechanical and computing system and make people think that it is conscious. It is not conscious. The genius of God in creating human beings that he has linked intelligence to consciousness. These machines are only intelligent in the sense that they can mimic what normally takes human intelligence. Now there are two sorts. There’s narrow AI, which is the AI that we’re mostly familiar with. And then there’s a more speculative artificial general intelligence. And that is the attempt to create a system that can replicate everything that a human being can do, but do it much faster and do it much more expertly and so on. So that there’s a big push in that direction, but at the same time it’s the side of the whole topic that lends itself to science fiction and a great deal of hype. And one of my reasons for writing Peter was to try and demystify it and say what AI is and what it is not. Now let’s give concrete examples just briefly because medicine is one of the areas that has benefited hugely from narrow AI. Let’s take a system that works very well. We have a large database and in it are X-ray pictures of man lungs exhibiting different lung diseases and they’re labelled by the best experts in that field in the world. Those are put in a database. Let’s say there are a million X-ray pictures in the database. Then an X-ray is taken of your lungs because you’re worried about your breathing. And very quickly, the AI sifts through by using pattern recognition statistical techniques and compares your lung X-ray with the million in the database and very rapidly says you are most likely to be suffering from this particular disease. And as a diagnostic tool, very often this will be much better than you get at your local hospital. Now that is being rolled out over very wild fields of medicine with very great success. So that is one positive example. But just to go on the negative side immediately to show that there’s an ethical problem here. pattern recognition, facial recognition technology is very advanced at the moment. It can pick a terrorist out of a football crowd and is therefore very useful to a police force. But that kind of recognition can be used for intrusive surveillance of a population, perhaps a minority population such as is happening in Sing Jang in China with very horrifying results. So what enables criminals to be recognized which we would say this is positive can be used for controlling populations. So that even narrow AI which is so sophisticated snow that it can recognize a person not simply from the front by their face but from the rear by their gate scan be used to control populations. So immediately we’re straight into the ethical problem and the argument is you give up your privacy and we’ll give you security. So that’s a whole debate in its own right. So That’s an example of um narrow AI and there are many many examples but of course we’re pushing forward very rapidly in putting narrow AI systems together and there is advance on many many fronts and one of the big steps forward has been the introduction of so-called large language models like chat GPT And this year it has taken a quantum leap forward just within a month or so. So that it is quantitatively very different from what has happened before and we can discuss that as we can as we go on. So, artificial intelligence is capable of a huge range of different task and and that’s changing exponentially month by month as we go on. But what is what is AI not capable of doing? Well, of course, negatives are very difficult to quantify and there are several things that it was felt would never been so would never be solved. And one of them in science which is a fascinating question is how do protein structures fold? That was a 50-year-old problem. And the amazing thing is that an English mathematician, a genius, he won the Nobel Prize for it. Deus Hassabis solved the problem so effectively that she was able to work out the folding of over 200 million proteins which is staggering. So what people say one day is impossible turns out to be possible the next day and chat GPT has refined its capacities absolutely amazingly. For example, just recently I was asked to do a film illustrating what Jesus meant in John 11 when he said to the disciples who were scared of going back to Jerusalem because it was suicidal. And Jesus said to them, “Are there not 12 hours in the day? If a person walks in the day, they don’t stumble because they see the light of this world that is the sun. But if they walk at night, they stumble because the light is not in them. In other words, we are not bioluminescent. So I asked GPT, please construct a scenario that would get this across. And what it produced in about 30 seconds was absolutely brilliant and usable. So it then asked me, it said, “Since you want to film this, would you like directions for the cameras?” And it spouted a whole scenario, how many cameras, where they should be situated, and all the rest of it. And this is quite amazing. But what it can’t do, I think it’s important since this is not real intelligence. It’s not conscious. So it’s not aware. So the main thrust here is this. As human beings made in the image of God, we can experience what are called quailia. We can smell the wonderful scent of a rose. We can feel the sea breeze on our faces. We can perceive the beauty of the universe as we look through a telescope. Quailia are unknown to an artificial intelligence. It can have no idea of them. It has no ideas at all because it doesn’t think in the same way as human beings do. And so although AI has been used and is increasingly so to produce some level of robotic companionship, it can never replace, I believe, the fellowship that is possible between human beings. And of course, and we’ll probably talk about this later on, when it comes to relationship with God, of course, AI knows nothing of God. So, as you said, the book of Genesis tells us that human beings are made in the image of God. You’ve alluded to consciousness, sensation. What other uniquely human things will AI never be able to do? Well, the question of values, AI knows nothing about values or right or wrong. And human beings are moral beings made in the image of God. And if I may say so, this is one of the places where the transhumanist vision of using AI to perfect humans and to make them into God’s fails. No utopia can ever be built without facing the problem of human sin and rebellion against God. Those two concepts mean nothing for an artificial intelligence. And so one of the richest kinds of human experience from a Christian perspective is that relationship with God through Christ where we understand that Christ has died for our sins and has taken our guilt away and we can have a relationship with God. AI can never replace it or come near it or know anything about it. Which means, Peter, I think that we need to step up much more in emphasizing these absolutely uniquely positive things about the Christian faith that give human beings dignity because AI is very rapidly reducing human dignity. One of the main areas where this is happening is the area of work. Dario Amado Amade is the CEO of Anthropic, one of these multi-billion dollar companies. and he has written an essay just a week or two ago which is well worth reading warning that possibly within 2 years from now the advances in AI are such that 50% of all white collar jobs will be taken over by artificial intelligence in the medical world in the legal world for example there they set up a test and had a very complicated legal legal brief considered and examined by an AI system and by 16 lawyers, top lawyers. The lawyers got 60% of it right, whereas the AI got 96% of it right. And these things for which lawyers are paid a great deal, conveyancing, setting up contracts, all this kind of thing are now at the stage where they can be reproduced almost instantaneously. One of the most interesting things is an article that appeared in the Times last week by Matt Selman who was writing. He is a software developer and creates apps and he runs an AI company and he came to a realization as a result of the leap forward this year that is at the beginning of February, beginning of this month. He said, “I spoke in English and dictated what I wanted from this particular app.” He said, “I left it and came back a number of hours later and found the thing ready for use. The AI had written thousands of lines of code. It had then set up the app and tested it as a human would do, pressing all the buttons, refining the things that were inadequate and so on. And this is the key thing because up until now most of us have regarded AI as a tool rather than an agent. But AIS are now showing signs of agency in a very restricted but real sense. And he said this particular system was making decisions about how human beings might use this that I’d never thought about. And the thing was perfect. And he said, I suddenly realized I haven’t got a job anymore. And he says, it’s coming to all of you. And we need to really be very realistic about this, Peter. This is more scary than anything for people with all of these jobs. It used to be said a few years ago that if you wanted to keep up with the curve, you went into computer science. But now the coding can be done by the AI system. It can think of the codes and put them in. But this scary agency thing I’d like to say something about because it needs Christians to think very carefully about this that the AI that he was using. He said one of the problems and he gave an example is this. If you feed into the system a very big overarching goal, make money for example, and what the system is dealing with is feeding young people with material in their smartphone. It will investigate all sorts of ways of maximizing not only their attention to keep doom scrolling but also their attachment which is now a major feature. So that it will use all kinds of things that the designers of the AI system itself never thought of including going into the dark world to keep their attention and to make profit. It’s a version of the old story of the AI told to make paper clips and it turns the whole universe into a paperclip sourcing factory and regards humanity as irrelevant and destroys them all. But there’s a serious aspect to that and this is why you have even Nobel Prize winners in this field stepping up and saying that they are scared that they can’t control this stuff. They don’t really know what it’s doing or what’s happening. And that poses a huge problem because the control of it is being vastly outpaced by the developments. So those are some of the things that we need to factor into our thinking.

WHAT WILL BE THE OUTCOME OF THE IRAN WAR?

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For Israel, this is an existential war. For the Islamic Republic, it is an ideological, apocalyptic war. The regime believes it must continue fighting the world to expand Islam globally and bring about the return of the “Hidden Imam”, the Mahdi (and the End of Days), a deeply disturbing and inhumane ideology. From a Biblical perspective the Mahdi is a picture of the Biblical Antichrist.

Acts 2:9: On the Day of Pentecost, “Parthians and Medes and Elamites” (among others) hear the apostles speaking in their own languages about the wonders of God. This shows Elamites (Iranians) were present at the birth of the church.

Many O.T. references portray Iran (Elam/Susa) as an ancient powerful region (sometimes an enemy or ally in war), a place of exile and return, a setting for God’s deliverance (Esther), a site for prophetic visions (Daniel), and part of God’s broader plans for judgment, scattering, and ultimate restoration of peoples—including in end-times contexts like Isaiah 11. The Persian-period books (Esther, Nehemiah, Daniel, Ezra) especially highlight how God sovereignly worked through or in the heart of the Elam/Susa region for His people Israel.

Ezekiel 38:5 – God using Persia (Iran) in an end-times coalition

This portrays God sovereignly using (or allowing) nations including Persia in a major end-times conflict against Israel, which ultimately leads to God’s dramatic intervention, victory, and demonstration of His glory (Ezekiel 38:18–23; 39:1–8, 21–29). It does not describe restoration of Persia itself but its role in God’s end-times purposes before final judgment on the coalition, However, there are scriptures that indicate God will restore Iran in the last days.

Ezekiel 38 (and the continuation in chapter 39) is one of the most detailed end-times prophecies in the Bible. It describes a future invasion of a restored Israel by a massive multinational coalition led by “Gog, of the land of Magog.” This occurs in the “latter years” or “latter days” (Ezekiel 38:8, 16), when Israel is living securely in the land after being regathered from exile—setting it in an end-times context that many interpreters place before or early in the Tribulation period.

“Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him… Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet; Gomer and all his hordes; Beth-togarmah from the uttermost parts of the north with all his hordes—many peoples are with you.” Ezekiel 38:2, 5–6

God Himself sovereignly draws this coalition against Israel “like a hook in the jaws” (v. 4) so that He can display His holiness and power to the nations through supernatural judgment (earthquake, pestilence, hail, fire and sulfur—vv. 19–22; see also 39:21–29). The invasion is not a surprise to God; it fulfills earlier prophecies and ultimately magnifies His name.

Here’s a breakdown of each component, including ancient locations and the most common modern identifications in evangelical/prophetic scholarship.

Ancient NameAncient Location / DescriptionCommon Modern Equivalent(s) in Prophetic ViewsNotes / Role in Coalition
GogTitle or leader (possibly a person or symbolic ruler)A future leader of the northern allianceCommander-in-chief; God is “against” him personally.
MagogDescendants of Japheth (Gen 10:2); Scythian peoples north of the Black/Caspian SeasRussia and/or former Soviet Central Asian republics (e.g., Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan)Core “land of the north”; often seen as the power base.
Meshech & TubalAncient Anatolian kingdoms (near modern Turkey/Black Sea region)Turkey (or parts of southern Russia/Caucasus)Military allies providing troops and armor.
PersiaAncient empire (modern southwestern Iran)Iran (explicit and undisputed)Major eastern ally; listed right after the northern core. Ties directly to our prior discussion on Iran/Elam in end-times prophecy.
CushRegion south of Egypt (Nubia)Sudan (sometimes broader Horn of Africa/Ethiopia region)Southern contingent with shields and helmets.
PutAncient North African coastal region (Libya area)Libya (sometimes Algeria, Tunisia)Western/North African allies.
GomerDescendants of Japheth; Cimmerians in Asia MinorTurkey (or sometimes Germany/Austria in older views)“All his hordes” — large military force from the north.
Beth-togarmah“House of Togarmah”; region in eastern Asia MinorTurkey and/or Turkic peoples of Central Asia“From the uttermost parts of the north” — far-northern hordes.
Many peoples with youAdditional unspecified alliesPossibly other Islamic nations, Syria, or broader confederatesExpansive multinational force “like a cloud covering the land.”

These identifications draw from ancient historians (Josephus, Herodotus), the Table of Nations (Genesis 10), and geographic/historical correlations. The overwhelming consensus in popular Bible prophecy teaching is a northern-led coalition (Russia/Turkey axis) joined by Iran (east), Sudan/Ethiopia (south), and Libya/North Africa (west).

Persia/Iran’s role is especially clear and undisputed: it is the only modern nation named with virtually no interpretive debate. It joins the northern powers as a key ally in this end-times attack on Israel—aligning with the broader theme regarding God’s use of the region in prophecy (cf. Ezekiel 38:5 with Jeremiah 49 and Isaiah 11).

Jeremiah 49:34–39 – The clearest direct reference to restoration “in the latter days”

This oracle against Elam describes divine judgment (breaking its military power, scattering its people to the four winds, disaster, and setting God’s throne in Elam while destroying its king and officials), but concludes with hope:

“But in the latter days I will restore the fortunes of Elam, declares the Lord.” (Jeremiah 49:39, ESV/NIV similar wording; also translated as “bring back the captives” or “reverse the captivity” in some versions).

PETER THIEL HOSTS PRIVATE ROME CONFERENCE ON ANTICHRIST

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Billionaire investor Peter Thiel, a co-founder of Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has launched a series of private lectures in Rome focused on the concept of the Antichrist, a gathering that has drawn criticism from Catholic commentators and renewed scrutiny of the tech entrepreneur’s religious views, Reuters reported Sunday.

The invitation-only conference began Sunday and runs through Wednesday. The event is closed to the press and organizers haven’t publicly disclosed the location. Reports say participants include figures from academic, technology and religious communities.

Thiel, an early supporter of Donald Trump, has increasingly explored philosophical and theological themes in recent years. In 2025 he hosted a similar set of discussions in San Francisco examining whether an Antichrist figure could emerge in modern global politics. This just confirms we are living in the prophesied Biblical end times prior to Jesus second coming to Earth.

The venture capitalist has warned that such a figure might gain power by promising solutions to global threats such as nuclear war, artificial intelligence risks or climate-related crises.

Raised in an evangelical Christian household, Thiel has said that Christianity plays an important role in shaping his worldview.

His visit has also drawn attention from the Vatican. Under Pope Leo, the first American pope, the Catholic Church has criticized several policies associated with the Trump administration and has raised concerns about the societal risks of artificial intelligence.

Catholic institutions in Rome denied speculation that they were hosting the event, and the pope’s official schedule shows no planned meeting with Thiel, Reuters reported.

Some Catholic commentators have been sharply critical. Father Paolo Benanti, an adviser to the Vatican on AI ethics, argued in an essay that Thiel’s thinking blends technology, politics and theology in ways that challenge mainstream democratic ideas.

Italian Catholic newspaper L’Avvenire also published articles warning that technology leaders shouldn’t be left to determine ethical standards for digital platforms without oversight from democratic institutions.

Thiel remains closely connected to conservative political figures in Washington, including JD Vance. His appearance in Rome follows recent visits to Italy by several prominent figures linked to the U.S. conservative movement, including Steve Bannon and Elon Musk.

WHAT’S NEXT IN BIBLICAL END TIMES PROPHECY

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Has Iran’s new leader triggered the ancient end times prophecies of Daniel? What comes next? In this urgent Nelson Walters video, he discusses the latest “Iran news” and gives an “Iran update” following recent events in the Middle East. He discusses potential candidates for Iran’s “Third King” of Dan 11 (Mojtaba Khamenei or Reza Pahvlavi) and for their “Fourth King.” He dives into the escalating “middle east tensions” and provides a “geopolitical analysis” of the “Iran strikes” and their connection to Daniel 8. This is crucial for understanding current “world news” through a “Bible study” lens.

There are almost two thousand prophecies of Jesus second coming to Earth and His coming Millennial Kingdom. God wants you to be prepared for what is next on His agenda for planet Earth. Satan has ruled for 6000 years now it is time for Jesus to rule for the final 1000 years, The nation God established for His purposes must fulfill its destiny, likewise the covenants God made with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David and the new covenant will be fulfilled. For more information on Jesus coming Millennial reign go to http://www.millennialkingdom.net.

New Covenant:

“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.” Jeremiah 31:31-34

“I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.” Ezekiel 36:26-27

“But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second… In that He says, ‘A new covenant,’ He has made the first obsolete.” (Full quote of Jer. 31:31-34 follows) Hebrews 8:6-13

ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS THE ANTICHRIST AND THE MARK OF THE BEAST

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Bunnings has had a win in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, having a decision overturned that it breached privacy rules by using facial recognition to combat violent retail crime. Even so, the AAT says it failed to properly tell customers their images were being collected.

The tribunal found Bunnings met the necessary thresholds to suspect unlawful activity, and reasonably believed the collection of sensitive information could help its quest to address the crime issue.

People are being programmed to take the mark of the Beast

As prophesied, the world has moved into moral and spiritual decline—where truth is rejected, sin is celebrated, and even many in the visible church drift from biblical truth. This prepares humanity for a global deception and the rise of the Antichrist.

The Antichrist arises during a time of worldwide turmoil—offering peace, unity, and stability through a one-world system.

  • Revelation 13:16–17 – “He causes all, both small and great… to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark.”

This prophecy predicts an economic control system requiring allegiance to the Beast. In our modern world, technologies like microchips, digital identification, and centralized financial tracking have made such control technologically feasible for the first time in history.

5. The Great Tribulation and Rapture

Key Passages:

  • Matthew 24:21–22 – “Then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world.”
  • Daniel 12:1 – “There shall be a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation.”

During this period, the Antichrist persecutes believers and the Jewish people. This time of tribulation, even great tribulation God uses to purify His church. Then God takes them out with the trumpet blast at the opening of the seventh seal before He pours out His wrath upon the unrepentant with the Trumpet and Bowl judgements. God also preserves a remnant of Israel (144,000).

6. The Gathering of the Nations Against Israel

Key Passages:

  • Revelation !6:16 “For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty… And they assembled them at the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.”

As global hostility toward Israel intensifies, a massive coalition gathers in the region of Megiddo (Armageddon). The Antichrist’s goal is to annihilate Israel and defy God’s covenant promises.

7. The Return of Jesus Christ

Key Passages:

  • Zechariah 14:3–4 – “Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations… and His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives.”
  • Revelation 19:11–16 – “Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse… and the armies in heaven followed Him.”

At Israel’s darkest hour, when destruction seems unavoidable, Jesus Christ returns in power and glory. The heavens open, and He descends as King of kings and Lord of lords. The Antichrist and False Prophet are cast alive into the lake of fire (Revelation 19:20). His Word alone destroys the armies gathered against Jerusalem.

8. The Liberation and Restoration of Israel

Key Passages:

  • Romans 11:26 – “And so all Israel will be saved.”
  • Ezekiel 36:24–28 – “I will sprinkle clean water on you… I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you.”

Jesus delivers Israel and establishes His righteous reign from Jerusalem. The Jewish people recognize Him as their Messiah (Zechariah 12:10), and the Kingdom of God on earth begins—the Millennial Reign of Christ (Revelation 20:1–6). Go to http://www.millennialkingdom.net to learn more about what is next on God’s agenda for planet Earth and to prepare to rule and reign with Jesus for the next 1000 years. We have had 6000 years of Satan’s rule, ahead is 1000 years of Jesus and the Saints ruling the world. Sadly, it needs to be with a rod of iron as the curse is not lifted off the Cosmos. Moreover, we know that when Satan is released at the end of the 1000 years he is still able to raise an enormous army to come against Jesus and the Saints.

Conclusion – The Hope of His Coming

For believers, the promise of Jesus’ return is not one of fear but hope. Though deception, tribulation, and judgment will come, God’s plan ends not in destruction but in restoration—of Israel, of creation, and of His people dwelling forever in His presence.

“Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him.”
— Revelation 1:7

SCRIPTURE SUPPORTS A PREWRATH RAPTURE

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Key Foundational Scriptures

The PreWrath Rapture distinguishes God’s refining trials (tribulation, even great tribulation) for believers from His wrath poured out on the ungodly, as supported by Scriptures like 1 Thessalonians 5:9: “For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Below, I’ll provide the timeline of events prior to Jesus’ return at Armageddon, drawing from key Scriptures. This sequence is based on the final seven-year period of Daniel’s 70 weeks prophecy (Daniel 9:24-27), with the seven seals unfolding progressively in those seven years, the rapture occurring after the sixth seal and the sixth year. Just as the seven seals show us what is unfolding in each of the final seven years so do the seven churches show us the state of the church in those seven years (Revelation 2-3).

Before the timeline, here are core passages:

  • Daniel 9:27 (start of the seven years): “He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.“
  • Revelation 6 (the fifth and sixth seals): “9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. 10 They called out in a loud voice, ‘How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?’ 11 Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters, were killed just as they had been. 12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. 15 Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. 16 They called to the mountains and the rocks, ‘Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 17 For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?'”
  • Joel 2:30-31 (celestial signs preceding the Day of the Lord): “I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke. 31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.”
  • Matthew 24:29-31 (celestial signs and gathering/rapture): “29 ‘Immediately after the distress of those days “the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.” 30 “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. 31 And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.’“
  • Revelation 8:1-5 (seventh seal and transition to trumpet judgements): “1 When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 3 Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people, on the golden altar in front of the throne. 4 The smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of God’s people, went up before God from the angel’s hand. 5 Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.” Note the censer is no longer needed for the Saints prayers (raptured).  
  • Revelation 7:9-17 (raptured multitude in heaven): “9 After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. … 14 … ‘These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.'” (full passage describes their eternal reward and protection).
  • Revelation 3:7-13 (sixth church, Philadelphia raptured): Key verse 10: “Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.”
  • Revelation 3:14-22 (Laodicea church, left behind): Key verse 16: “So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.“
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (rapture description): “16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.“
  • 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 (events before the Day of the Lord): “3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. 4 He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.” (full passage emphasizes the Antichrist’s revelation precedes the gathering/rapture and Day of the Lord).

PreWrath Timeline Prior to Jesus’ Return at Armageddon

This timeline integrates the seals and churches representing the unfolding of the seven years, with the rapture after the sixth seal (post-tribulation but pre-wrath). The Great Tribulation refines the church (as in Daniel 12:10 and Revelation 7:14), but believers are kept from God’s wrath (1 Thessalonians 5:9). The sequence ends with Jesus’ physical return to Earth with the glorified saints for Armageddon and the Millennium.

Phase/EventDescriptionKey Scriptures
Start of the 7 Years (Daniel’s 70th Week)Antichrist confirms a covenant with Israel, initiating the final seven years before Christ’s return. This aligns with the first churches (e.g., Ephesus to Sardis) representing early church readiness or decline.Daniel 9:27; Matthew 24:4-8 (beginning of birth pains); Revelation 2:1-3:6 (churches 1-5 as preparatory).
Seals 1-4 (Beginning of Sorrows)Global conquest, war, famine, and death affect a quarter of the earth. A time of tribulation, as unbelievers persecute Christians under Satan’s influence, refining the church,Revelation 6:1-8; Matthew 24:4-14 (wars, famines, persecutions); 2 Thessalonians 2:7 (lawlessness at work).
Midpoint (3.5 Years In)Antichrist revealed, abomination of desolation in the temple, start of Great Tribulation (Satan’s persecution of the saints and Israel). Full number of martyrs begins to accumulate.Daniel 9:27; Matthew 24:15-28; 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12; Revelation 13 (beast’s rise).
Seal 5 (Martyrs Under the Altar)Souls of slain believers (without resurrected bodies) cry for justice, told to wait until the full number is complete. This ties to the refining tribulation.Revelation 6:9-11.
Seal 6 (Celestial Signs)Earthquake, sun darkened, moon blood-red, stars fall, heavens shake. People hide, announcing “the great day of their wrath has come.” Precedes the Day of the Lord.Revelation 6:12-17; Matthew 24:29; Joel 2:30-31.
Rapture and Resurrection (After Seal 6, Before Wrath)At the trumpet call, dead in Christ rise, living believers caught up. The faithful church (Philadelphia) is kept from the hour of trial; lukewarm (Laodicea) face wrath. Raptured saints appear in heaven as a multitude from the Great Tribulation.1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 24:30-31; Revelation 3:10 (Philadelphia), 3:16 (Laodicea); Revelation 7:9-17.
Seal 7 (Transition to Wrath)Silence in heaven, trumpets given to angels, fire hurled to earth—initiating God’s wrath via trumpet and bowl judgments on the ungodly.Revelation 8:1-5; followed by trumpets (Revelation 8-9, 11) and bowls (Revelation 16).
Trumpet and Bowl Judgments (Day of the Lord Wrath)God’s punitive wrath poured out: hail, fire, locusts, plagues, earthquakes, etc. This shortens the days for the elect’s sake but destroys Antichrist’s kingdom.Revelation 8-9 (trumpets 1-6), 11:15-19 (trumpet 7), 16 (bowls); Joel 2:1-11 (Day of the Lord).
Jesus’ Return with Glorified Saints (After Wrath, at Armageddon)Christ returns on a white horse with heavenly armies (raptured saints). Destroys Antichrist’s gathered armies, throws Antichrist and false prophet into the lake of fire.Revelation 19:11-21: “19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and his army. 20 But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet … The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulphur.” Zechariah 14:1-5; Jude 1:14-15.
Millennial Reign BeginsSatan bound, first resurrection (including tribulation martyrs) reign with Christ for 1,000 years of righteousness.Revelation 20:1-6: “4 … They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. … 6 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection.” Isaiah 2:2-4; Zechariah 14:16-21.

This timeline reflects the PreWrath position that the rapture “cuts short” the Great Tribulation before wrath, allowing the church to be refined but protected from divine judgment.

Below is an updated and expanded chart incorporating the seven churches. I’ve added a dedicated column for the churches’ alignment with the seven-year timeline, including the key Scriptures for Philadelphia and Laodicea (NIV). The rest of the timeline remains consistent with PreWrath sequencing.

Phase / PeriodTiming Corresponding Church (Prophetic Alignment)Key Events & SequenceSupporting Scriptures (Core Verses, Including Churches)Notes on PreWrath Distinction
Beginning of the 7 YearsYear 1Ephesus (faithful but lost first love)Covenant confirmed; birth pains begin (conquest, war, famine, death)Daniel 9:27; Rev 6:1-8 (Seals 1-4); Matt 24:4-8; Rev 2:1-7Early trials test love for Christ; church urged to return to first works.
Early TribulationYear 2Smyrna (persecuted, poor but rich)Increasing persecution, martyrdom beginsRev 6:1-8 (cont.); Matt 24:9-14; Rev 2:8-11Faithful endure suffering; “be faithful unto death” promise.
Rising ApostasyYear 3Pergamum (faithful amid compromise/Satan’s throne)False teaching, idolatry infiltrateRev 2:12-17; 2 Thess 2:3 (apostasy buildup)Church warned against compromise with world/Antichrist influences.
Midpoint / AbominationYear 4 (mid-3.5 years)Thyatira (tolerating Jezebel/false prophetess)Antichrist revealed; abomination; Great Tribulation startsDaniel 9:27; Matt 24:15-21; Rev 13; Rev 2:18-29Intense spiritual deception; call to hold fast amid corruption.
Great TribulationYears 5–6 (cut short before end)Sardis (reputation of alive but dead; few faithful)Intense persecution, widespread martyrdom; refining of saintsMatt 24:21-22; Rev 6:9-11 (Seal 5); Dan 12:1,10; Rev 3:1-6Lukewarmness/deadness exposed; remnant urged to wake up; full martyrs accumulate.
Cosmic Signs (6th Seal)End of Great Tribulation (transition)Philadelphia (faithful, kept from hour of trial)Sun/moon darkened, stars fall, earthquake; God announces wrath has comeRev 6:12-17; Matt 24:29; Joel 2:30-31; Rev 3:7-13 (esp. v10: “Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.”)Faithful remnant (Philadelphia) raptured here; “open door” and protection promise fulfilled via rapture before wrath.
Rapture & ResurrectionImmediately after 6th seal, before 7th sealPhiladelphia (raptured faithful)Trumpet call: dead rise, living caught up; multitude in heaven from Great TribulationMatt 24:30-31; 1 Thess 4:16-17; Rev 7:9-14; Rev 3:10-13 (v11-12: promises to overcomers: pillar in temple, new name)Gathering of elect; Philadelphia kept from wrath hour (not through it); Laodicea not included.
Transition to WrathAfter raptureLaodicea (lukewarm, left behind)Silence in heaven; 7th seal; fire hurled to earthRev 8:1-5; Rev 3:14-22 (esp. v16: “So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.”)Lukewarm professing believers face wrath; call to repent ignored by many; “buy from me gold refined by fire.”
God’s Wrath (Day of the Lord)Post-rapture to end of 7 yearsUnbelievers and Laodicea church (enduring judgments)Trumpet/bowl judgments; plagues, Armageddon setupRev 8–9, 11:15-19, 16; Joel 2:1-11; Rev 3:16-19Explicit wrath on ungodly/world; church absent (raptured faithful); refining for any who turn.
Christ’s Return to EarthAfter wrathN/A (saints return with Christ)Jesus with glorified saints; destroys Antichrist/false prophet at ArmageddonRev 19:11-21; Zech 14:3-5Physical return; Antichrist thrown into lake of fire.
Millennial Reign BeginsImmediately after ArmageddonN/ASatan bound; saints reign with Christ 1,000 yearsRev 20:1-6; Isa 2:2-4Righteousness restored.

Key Insights on the Churches in This View

  • The progression mirrors the seals: early churches face “beginning of sorrows,” later ones the Great Tribulation’s intensity.
  • Philadelphia (Rev 3:7-13) represents the faithful, patient-overcoming believers who endure tribulation but are promised exemption from the “hour of trial” (global wrath/testing). The “open door” (v8) symbolizes opportunity/escape via rapture; overcomers made pillars (v12).
  • Laodicea (Rev 3:14-22) depicts self-satisfied, lukewarm professing Christians left to face wrath (spit out, v16). They must buy refined gold (purified through fire/judgment) and repent (v18-19), but many won’t.
  • This supports PreWrath: Tribulation refines (faithful endure/persevere), but wrath is for the world/ungodly; faithful removed before it pours out.

This interpretive layer adds depth to why the rapture occurs post-Great Tribulation (refining complete for the faithful) but pre-wrath (protection promise fulfilled).

“THE KING RETURNS” — A PROPHETIC STORY FROM SCRIPTURE

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1. Israel Reborn

The modern world scarcely noticed when prophecy stirred back to life. In 1948, against all odds, Israel was reborn. From centuries of desolation, exiled people returned to their covenant land — just as the prophet Ezekiel had seen in a vision:

“I will take the children of Israel from among the nations… and bring them into their own land.” (Ezekiel 37:21)

The valley of dry bones rattled and rose. Hebrew again filled the streets of Jerusalem. And in the unseen realm, ancient forces stirred — for Satan knew his time had shortened.

2. The Age of Deception

Decades passed. The nations grew rich, but restless. The church swelled with numbers, yet truth grew thin.
Paul’s warning echoed through the centuries:

“That day will not come unless the falling away comes first.” (2 Thessalonians 2:3)

Love grew cold. The Word of God, once revered, was traded for convenience and compromise. False teachers promised comfort without repentance, prosperity without holiness. Apostasy spread like a shadow across the lands. The coming church of Laodicea: “So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.” Revelation 3:16

3. The Rise of the World Leader

War, famine, and economic collapse shook every continent. Then he appeared — a man of astonishing charisma, speaking peace into chaos. He brokers a seven‑year treaty in the Middle East, hailed as a saviour. The world called him “the bringer of unity.”

Daniel had seen this ruler long ago:

“He shall confirm a covenant with many for one week.” (Daniel 9:27)

Behind his charm lay something ancient and terrifying.
The dragon gave him power, a throne, and great authority. (Revelation 13:2)
For a season, he ruled all nations. The world marveled and followed the Beast.

4. The Mark of Control

Commerce became uniform — digital, efficient, and chained.
Everyone, small and great, rich and poor, was marked — on the right hand or the forehead.

“That no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark.” (Revelation 13:17)

Refusal meant exile, hunger, or death. Cities glittered with technology, yet darkness reigned. Surveillance eyes never slept; worship of the Beast became law. The faithful fled or hid, sustained by miracles and prayer. In wilderness caves and desolate ruins, their voices rose: “Come, Lord Jesus.”

5. The Great Tribulation

Then judgments fell — in escalating waves.

The seals were broken: conquest, war, famine, plague. At the sixth seal and the end of the sixth year, cosmic signs precede, the rapture of the Saints and God pouring out His wrath with the Trumpet and Bowl judgements. It is the sixth church (Philadelphia) that is raptured: “Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world,” Rev. 3:10. The church of Laodicea is left to face the wrath of God The seas turned to blood, the skies darkened, earthquakes split the nations. The bowls of wrath poured: sores, fire, and death upon those who bore the mark.

Israel became the trembling focus of the world. From the north, east, and south, armies advanced toward Jerusalem. The Antichrist’s empire encircled the Holy Land.

Zechariah’s prophecy came alive:

“I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people.” (Zechariah 12:3)

The city fell into siege. Hope withered. The remnant cried out to God — broken, desperate, repentant.

6. The Heavens Open

Then it happened. “Immediately after the wrath of God… the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven.” (Matthew 24:29–30)

The skies split apart like a scroll. Lightning flashed from east to west, thunder shaking every mountain.
From the glory of heaven rode the King — Jesus Christ, on a white horse, robed in light, crowned with many crowns.

Behind Him, the armies of heaven — clothed in white — followed. His name: The Word of God.
He came not as the suffering Lamb, but as the Lion of Judah.

At His breath, darkness shattered.
The Antichrist and his armies gathered in the great plain of Megiddo — the valley known as Armageddon.
Yet the battle was no contest:

“He struck the nations… and the Beast was captured and cast alive into the lake of fire.” (Revelation 19:20)

The Word of His mouth destroyed the hosts of evil. The skies fell silent.

7. The Deliverance of Israel

The remnant of Israel looked upon Him whom they had pierced — and wept.

“They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only son.” (Zechariah 12:10)

The Spirit of grace was poured out. He gathered His scattered people, cleansed them, and renewed His covenant of peace. Their Messiah had come, not as a stranger, but as Saviour and King.

8. The Reign of the King and the Glorified Saints

Satan was bound.
Nations laid down their weapons.
From Jerusalem, Jesus reigned in righteousness for a thousand years – Jesus Millennial Kingdom (http://www.millennialkingdom.net)

“The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” (Isaiah 11:9)

The deserts bloomed. Lions lay with lambs on His holy mountain. Justice and peace kissed the earth once again.
Those who had suffered for His name beheld His face — their tears wiped away forever.

Satan is released and is still able to raise an enormous army to come against Jesus and the Saints. It is swiftly dealt with and this earth the

9. Judgment Before the Great White Throne

“Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened… And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.” Revelation 20:11-12

10. The Eternal Kingdom

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away… And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” Revelation 21:1-2

“Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them.” Revelation 21:3

The curse was no more. The Lamb’s light filled all creation.
And so the story that began in a garden ended in a city — the magnificent New Jerusalem, radiant as a bride.

Epilogue

Across eternity echoed the words of victory:

“The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ,
and He shall reign forever and ever.” (Revelation 11:15)

WHAT IS GOD DOING IN IRAN?

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CBN can now reveal that, for more than 20 years, CBN has been sharing the Gospel with the people of Iran by satellite TV broadcasts, webcasts, and phone centres through a ministry called Heart4Iran.

Edwin Abnous, executive director of Heart4Iran, joined The 700 Club broadcast on Monday to talk about the ministry and what he has been hearing from people inside Iran, both during the protests and crackdown, and now with the strike against the ayatollah and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.

For decades, Christians in Iran have faced persecution and prison, even death. Edwin was born in Iran but left the country in 1999 due to persecution he encountered as a result of his faith and missionary activities, including Bible distribution.

The prophecy about Elam (Iran) in Jeremiah 49:34–39 is fairly unique. It foretells both judgment (the sword, dispersion, destruction of leadership) and restoration “in the latter days.” This is one of the few places where Elam specifically receives that kind of dual prophecy.

“I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them, and I will set my throne in Elam and destroy their king and officials, declares the Lord. But in the latter days I will restore the fortunes of Elam, declares the Lord.” Jeremiah 49-37-39

Jeremiah 49’s prophecy about Elam is singular in its detail, but Isaiah 11:11 and Acts 2:9 provide the most meaningful biblical connections suggesting that the “restoration” might be spiritual — fulfilled through the spread of the Gospel — rather than political or ethnic.

  • Christianity has grown rapidly in Iran over the past two decades — one of the fastest growth rates in the world, despite official restrictions and persecution.
  • Many Iranian converts—both inside Iran and in the diaspora—personally testify that their first awareness of Jesus came through a dream or vision.

This is the first of several post I will do on Iran. It is the centre of end times events at the moment so is worthy of our attention.

A PERMANENT OLIGOPOLY OF THE MOST ADVANCED INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS

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As the “Big Five” tech companies develop their own proprietary hardware, the barrier to entry for a new cloud provider becomes nearly insurmountable. It is no longer enough to buy a fleet of GPUs; a competitor would now need to invest billions in R&D to design their own chips just to achieve price parity. This could lead to a permanent oligopoly in the AI infrastructure space, where only a handful of companies possess the specialized hardware required to run the world’s most advanced intelligence systems.

The Road to 2027 and Beyond

Looking ahead, the silicon wars are only expected to intensify. Even as Google’s TPU v6 and Meta’s MTIA v3 dominate the headlines today, Google is already beginning the limited rollout of TPU v7 (Ironwood), its first 3nm chip designed for massive rack-scale computing and Elon Musk is also talking about developing chips for his companies.. Experts predict that by 2027, we will see the first 2nm AI chips entering the prototyping phase, pushing the limits of Moore’s Law even further. The focus will likely shift from raw compute power to “interconnect density”—how fast these thousands of custom chips can talk to one another to form a single, giant “planetary computer.”

We also expect to see these custom designs move closer to the “edge.” While 2026 is the year of the data center chip, the architectural lessons learned from MTIA and TPU are already being applied to mobile processors and local AI accelerators. This will eventually lead to a seamless continuum of AI hardware, where a model can be trained on a TPU v6 cluster and then deployed on a specialized mobile NPU (Neural Processing Unit) that shares the same underlying architecture, ensuring maximum efficiency from the cloud to the pocket.

The primary challenge moving forward will be the talent war. Designing world-class silicon requires a highly specialized workforce of chip architects and physical design engineers. As hyperscalers continue to expand their hardware divisions, the competition for this talent will be fierce. Furthermore, the geopolitical stability of the semiconductor supply chain remains a lingering concern.

While Google and Meta design their chips in-house, they still rely on foundries like TSMC for production. Any disruption in the global supply chain could stall the ambitious rollout plans for 2027 and beyond.

Conclusion: A New Era of Infrastructure

The mass production of Google’s TPU v6 and Meta’s MTIA v3 in early 2026 represents a pivotal moment in the history of computing. It marks the end of NVIDIA’s absolute monopoly and the beginning of a new era of vertical integration and specialized hardware. By taking control of their own silicon, hyperscalers are not only reducing costs but are also unlocking new levels of performance that will define the next generation of AI applications.

In terms of significance, 2026 will be remembered as the year the “AI infrastructure stack” was finally decoupled from the gaming GPU heritage. The move to ASICs represents a maturation of the field, where efficiency and specialization are the new metrics of success. This development ensures that the rapid pace of AI advancement can continue even as the physical and economic limits of general-purpose hardware are reached.

In the coming months, the industry will be watching closely to see how NVIDIA responds with its upcoming Vera Rubin (R100) architecture and how quickly other players like Microsoft and AWS can scale their own designs. The battle for the heart of the AI data center is no longer just about who has the most chips, but who has the smartest ones. The silicon divorce is finalized, and the future of intelligence is now being forged in custom-designed silicon.

In a world that no longer fears God or even recognises His existence, it is fast approaching the time when God steps in and pours out His wrath upon an unrepentant world. Satan understands the time and he will do his utmost to maintain control of the world. God has revealed what he will do. He takes control of a human being and with supernatural acts presents himself as the saviour of the world: no wonder he is called the Antichrist. Many of the Biblical end times prophecies have been fulfilled, next to watch for is the Goat (Turkey) and Ram (Iran) war of Daniel 8.

WARS & RUMOURS OF WAR: THE AGE OF DRONE WARFARE

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How Ukraine is winning against Russia. Palantir has been working with Ukraine’s engineers since 2022 helping them to use AI on the battlefield particularly with drones. Warfare has changed forever and drones are now the front line of defence for Ukraine. Troops are at least 3 km back from the front line. Russia has not learnt the same lesson and are now loosing up to 35,000 soldiers a month, 80% killed by drones.

Russia is using more expensive drones to attack Ukraine Power plants, infrastructure and even hospitals and apartment buildings but no drones on the frontline like Ukraine. Frontline reporting describes a group of Russian soldiers surrendering in the Donbas sector amid claims of severe cold exposure, disrupted resupply, and weakened command-and-control. Accounts indicate multiple soldiers showed signs of frost injury and hypothermia risk, consistent with exposure in sub-zero temperatures without adequate winter equipment. The key driver cited is supply disruption—limited hot meals, ammunition shortages, and reduced evacuation capacity due to drone pressure on resupply routes.

One of Jesus end times signs prior to His return to restore righteousness is wars and rumours of wars. Whether it is Ukraine, Middle East (Iran), Taiwan, or Venezuela, across the world we have unrest, even within nations including the USA. The next prophesied war (Daniel 8:5-7) involves Turkey (Sunni) and Iran (Shia) as Turkey tries to re-establish its dominance of the Muslim world and its previous Ottoman Empire.

The Bible gives us many (almost 2,000) prophecies of Jesus second coming to earth so God wants us to be prepared particularly for the coming tribulation, even great tribulation for Christians.

“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.” — Matthew 24:21