Hello, and welcome to this edition of Faith to
Live By, a weekly podcast where I seek to help
us explore current world events from a biblical
and prophetic perspective. I'm Pam Christian,
your host and truth advocate, not only with this
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help people discover and live in life getting
true and experience all the hope truth provides.
This week, I'm continuing with the theme of understanding
the end times to be able to endure them. by remaining
strong to the end so that we are able to take
hold of God's promises. This podcast episode
will first post on Christmas Eve Day 2025. In
fact, I'm listening to Christmas music as I write
this message. The first advent of Jesus some
2 ,025 years ago, his unique life, death, and
resurrection is the only reason any of us can
have hope. Jesus is the Redeemer of the world
for all who desire to be restored into a right
relationship with God the Father through faith
in Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit. And
it's because of this real and certain hope we
can look through all the evil, suffering, and
death in this world to a glorious future that
Christ has already secured for all who will believe
in and receive Him as their personal Savior and
Lord. It's God's desire for all of His children
to be united in faith and indeed for all of us
to partner with Him to see His kingdom will done
on earth as it is in heaven and in this way we
will see evil brought to its last days, never
to bring harm again. I firmly believe we who
are alive today have been graced with the task
of ushering in the last days, ushering in the
days leading up to Christ's return. We live at
a point on God's timeline all the angels of heaven
and the prophets of old wished they could be
part of I pray we recognize this place of honor
and the trust God has given to us To do his will
in these pivotal days in the history of all creation
amen I want us to understand the essential importance
of God's people taking hold of and intentionally
appropriating the victory over evil Christ has
already secured for us, especially during these
very days where evil and wickedness have increased.
I urge you to intentionally take your eyes off
of the evil the enemy has advanced and focus
instead on the victory that is already secured
and the promises of God for our future. We have
to understand whatever we focus on, we receive.
If we want to receive and live in more of Christ's
victory, then we need to fix our minds on the
victory and the power of Christ that He has given
us. We need to think, act, and speak from this
fixed mindset, confident of the future of hope
and promise Christ has already secured. We can
have complete victory over all pain, suffering,
and evil. God wants us to. But we have to take
hold of the victory power according to God's
instructions to appropriate His power His way.
Amen. God has made clear the people who are alive
during the last days will be subjected to all
manner of evil occurring at the same time in
ways the world has never known. He is also made
known of the glorious outcome, His promise for
a new heaven and new earth. In the same way Jesus
was able to endure all He did leading up to His
death on the cross, so must we maneuver through
these times. We must fix our gaze on the joy
and promise that is set before us. God is exceedingly
gracious to tell us of His plans so we can know
what to expect in the days to come. Through the
Bible, which is the written Word of God, and
through God's prophets who provide the spoken
words of God, we can piece together an adequate
understanding so we can successfully endure world
events. As much as we'd like to have a complete
chronological explanation of the end times in
God's wisdom, He has withheld that information.
Instead, He's given us enough information to
be prepared and still operate on faith which
is the currency of heaven. Belief in God and
His promises, not earthly money or effort, is
what allows believers to access heavenly resources,
blessings, and make spiritual transactions, enabling
things like healing, provision, and overcoming
obstacles. Our faith grows by hearing and obeying
God's Word, and our faith is strengthened each
time we dare to apply faith to overcome obstacles.
As I've said, faith is like a muscle. It must
be opposed to be strengthened. This is why the
Apostle Paul wrote for us to consider it all
joy when we suffer trials of various kinds, because
it's by going through adversities and overcoming
them that our faith is fortified. God promises
the world as we know it with the existence of
evil will be destroyed, culminating in the ultimate
eradication of all evil and the creation of a
new heaven and earth where God's children can
live in relationship with him as he originally
intended. Through the Bible and through the earthly
ministry of Jesus, we are instructed to be prepared
for the end times, aware of the end times and
seasons by recognizing signposts Jesus revealed
in his teachings. It's natural for God's children
to look forward to God's promises and to want
to live in the new heaven and earth. Even though
Jesus taught no man can know the date or the
hour of his return, based on the Bible and Jesus's
earthly ministry, people have speculated about
the end times with predictions of the exact timing.
Notable examples include, from the early Christian
era, Montaigneus, who lived in the second century.
He declared himself a prophet and foretold of
the descent of the new Jerusalem in Phrygia,
which is modern Turkey, between 156 and 172 AD.
Hippolytus, who lived 170 to 235 AD, predicted
Christ's return around the year 500 AD based
on calculations of world history from creation.
And early disciples, the Apostle Paul, initially
wrote as if Jesus' return was imminent, but later
corrected those who became idle as seen in 2
Thessalonians. Then, during medieval and Reformation
eras, Venerable Bede, who lived in the 8th century,
calculated the world's creation date, leading
to theories that the 6000th year, around 2000
AD, would precede Christ's 1000 -year reign.
With the hype that also surrounded this transition
from the year 1999 to the year 2000, known as
Y2K, and the predictions of global computer problems,
this was an especially hysterical time. Melchior
Hoffman, who lived in the 16th century, known
as the father of Dutch Anabaptism, predicted
Christ and the end of the world for the year
1533. In the modern era, Jehovah's Witnesses
predicted Christ's invisible return and the end
of the world governments for the year 1914, a
date later reinterpreted by Joseph Rutherford.
How they figured Christ's return would be invisible
is strange since the Bible is clear when Christ
returns it will be a global event no one will
miss. Then there was Harold Camping who predicted
May 21st, 2011 as Judgment Day, then revised
the date to October 21, 2011 for Christ's return,
leading many followers to give away possessions
in preparation for this end time date. Obviously
these predictions for the end of the world did
not come to pass and unfortunately it seems such
failed predictions are used by the enemy of God
to cause God's people to miss a proper discernment
of the times and therefore remain unprepared.
In recent weeks I've been focused on the end
times first from the perspective we are closer
than we've ever been to the final days of earth
as we know it. And, because what we believe about
the end times determines how we live today. What
we believe about God, about the human existence,
about Jesus, and about eternity not only impacts
how we live today, but directly impacts how we
will actually spend eternity. It's often been
said, if Christianity is wrong and there is no
God, there is no life after death or eternal
existence, Those who have held to traditional
Christianity have nothing to lose. On the other
hand, if Christianity is correct about God and
life after death, with the only two eternal destinations
being heaven or hell, then the non -Christian
has everything to lose. That being said, God
forbid anyone claim to believe in Jesus as an
insurance policy of sorts to keep them from hell.
The Bible is clear. Only those who believe in
Jesus with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength
are accepted by God the Father into his family.
No half -hearted or manipulative faith in Jesus
will do. Only genuine belief, genuine faith that
Jesus was and is who he claimed to be, satisfies
the conditions of God's gift of redemption, replete
with total forgiveness of sins via sanctification
and justification in Christ. and eternal life
in heaven as a child of God. I have been careful
to share I am not attempting to know the exact
date or hour of Christ's return. However, I have
repeatedly encouraged us to do our best to discern
the times so we can know how God wants us to
respond in the times we're living. One of the
questions God has repeatedly asked his children
through modern -day prophets is if we are ready
for what he has planned. As I shared last week,
many people claim the Rapture is the next major
event God has planned. Well, I'm not of this
school of thought. The timing of the Rapture
or the catching up of the Saints in the air to
meet Jesus is one event we must not be dogmatic
about. Last week I made comment the word Rapture
is not in the English Bible, and I need to clarify
that. The English word rapture comes from the
Latin Vulgate version of the Bible, which is
a thousand years older than our English versions.
The Latin verb rapio, meaning I seize, snatch,
or carry off, appears as rapiamur in 1 Thessalonians
4 .17. The past participle form is raptus, from
which we get the English noun rapture, a carrying
off or a snatching away. Therefore, saying the
word rapture doesn't appear in the Bible is in
error since it appears in the Latin Vulgate version
of the Bible. The historic Christian faith rests
on the firm foundation of our Lord's promise
to return someday, John 14 .3. Although all Christians
don't agree about the timing of the rapture,
virtually all of us affirm that the rapture will
happen, whether before, during, or after the
Tribulation. We are all looking forward to that
glorious day when Messiah Jesus will snatch us
up to be with him forever. We must not be dogmatic
about when the rapture will happen, else we could
be seriously disheartened. Potentially, even
to the point of giving up on our faith, should
we be living during what the Bible describes
as the seven years of tribulation. Our faith
must be in Christ's promise to return without
fixating on when that happens. I believe, as
David Herzog, a modern -day prophet and author,
believes, that we are living in the time of the
birth pains Jesus explained, also known as the
time of sorrows, that will precede the tribulation.
I say this based on world events, especially
since 2020, when we saw worldwide pestilence,
frequent talks of wars, including the potential
for World War III, with false information and
reports greatly increasing worldwide. If you
didn't hear last week's podcast, I recommend
you do to have awareness of the specific events
the Bible reveals must take place that also serve
as signposts for us to know the times. When does
the beginning of sorrows or the time of birth
pains end and the tribulation begin? According
to Jesus, the signposts to alert us that the
seven -year countdown of the tribulation has
begun is the construction of the third temple
and a man declaring himself to be God. David
Herzog wrote, quote, God seems to follow his
ancient patterns in using a Cyrus -type figure
to help Israel. President Donald Trump is often
referred to as a modern -day Cyrus. He declared
Jerusalem the undivided capital of the Jewish
people and moved the United States embassy to
Jerusalem which no other president dared to do.
The main reason God allowed President Trump into
power was to stand with Israel and to help her
accomplish her purpose and declare Jerusalem
the capital. I believe the reason God allowed
him to have a second term as far as heaven's
end time perspective goes is so the United States
will continue to stand with Israel bring a season
of peace to Israel and the region which will
pave the way for Israel's rebuilding the Third
Temple." The most pivotal end time event to understand
upon which all other worldwide events revolve
is the building of the Third Temple. Efforts
for construction and operation of the Third Temple
have actually been well underway for some time.
While actual construction has not yet begun,
dedicated Jewish groups like the Temple Institute
are actively preparing for the construction of
the temple by researching blueprints, readying
vessels, and even breeding red heifers, all while
facing huge obstacles like the Islamic presence
of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount.
Since the Bible reveals the Antichrist will desecrate
the temple by stopping sacrifices and proclaiming
himself God, I have every reason to believe we
will be seeing the actual construction of the
temple begin soon. And once it is built, we should
expect the end time to radically speed up. The
Bible reveals the temple is supposed to be rebuilt
as a requirement for Christ's second coming on
the timeline. When it is built, we can expect
all world events to revolve around this third
temple. So based on the fact that the enemy of
God attempted to accelerate God's timeline for
his evil one -world government to take place
before God's time, and the fact that the construction
for the third temple has not yet begun, we seem
to be living during a time of suspension. as
God slows down events to cause them to align
with his timeline, which seems to include a season
of peace and prosperity in the midst of chaos.
I for one certainly hope so, since we are all
quite weary from the ever -present battles we've
been facing. In any event, we must not let down
our guard, because we don't know how short -lived
this time of false peace will last." Again quoting
David Herzog, quote, Of course, this peace will
be a false peace and last possibly only a few
years during President Trump's second term. But
God can do great things during this breather
time in history, and believers can seize the
moment and win as many souls as possible during
this time of false peace, end quote. And I'll
add Diligent believers can take advantage of
the many benefits that will come with this time
of peace and prosperity, not for our own personal
gain, but to partner with Heaven by working to
produce increase that can then be used to advance
God's Kingdom in the face of enemy opposition.
As my regular guest Dr. Scott Young has shared,
he is expecting our United States financial system
to be completely restructured to a gold standard.
which further establishes the United States as
a sovereign nation in opposition to the globalist's
efforts for their one world government to be
established by the year 2030. I see all of this
as part of God's work to stop the efforts of
the enemy from accelerating God's timeline. David
Herzog wrote, quote, Just as Cyrus, the head
of the largest world power of his day, helped
Israel build their temple and declare Jerusalem
and Israel as belonging to them, so could it
be that President Trump is destined to bring
peace and stability to Israel and the region,
paving the way for them to eventually build a
third temple. It's technically possible that
we could start to see the very beginning of the
building yet not be in that seven -year end -time
period, depending upon how long it will take
to build the temple. Especially if they have
to start and stop due to world events, we only
know that once it's built, the end -time's timeline
really speeds up." Considering the many threats
ever looming before us, and reports about the
incredible accomplishments President Trump has
made in his first year despite major opposition
from all sides, we could very well be living
in this interim time of being blessed. It's quite
possible our prayers in obedience to what God
has instructed us through the Bible and through
trusted modern -day prophets have been answered.
So we are now experiencing God correcting the
enemy's efforts to speed up his timeline. It
certainly seems like many things are being realigned
to provide for a time of reprieve and correction
of evil. Indicators are that God is using President
Trump, much as he did King Cyrus, to free God's
people from Babylonian captivity in 539 BC. This
allowed the Jews to return to their homeland
and to rebuild the temple to worship God. In
our day, As the globalists have worked to enslave
the people of the world under their evil Babylonian
system, God seems to be using President Trump
to prevent the globalists from succeeding. The
globalists are fighting even harder to not lose
their advantage evidenced by very sad events
in Canada, the UK, France, Australia, and New
Zealand especially. Prophecy from Barry Wunsch,
Amanda Grace, and Julie Green help us to learn
what the enemy is doing through government leaders
and what God has revealed He is doing in response.
God has cautioned us to remain alert, to be in
serious prayer to reverse the plans of the evil.
For historical background and better understanding,
please make a point of listening to my podcast
numbers 248 and 249 from March and April this
year where I share the effort of all nations
under the British Commonwealth of Nations. King
Charles III, who has openly been in favor of
a one -world government, is sovereign over the
15 countries that are considered the Commonwealth
realms under British rule. These countries include
Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas,
Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand,
Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint
Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon
Islands, Tuvalu, and the United Kingdom. In addition,
King Charles III is head of the Commonwealth
itself, also referred to as the Commonwealth
of Nations. In the year 2000, reports were that
Britain had a presence in at least 94 present
-day countries, approximately 48 percent of all
the countries in the world. Today, the Voluntary
Association of Commonwealth Nations consists
of 56 independent countries, providing an important
symbolic and unifying role. Based on this, King
Charles III seems to have a highly influential
role in the plans for a one -world government.
President Trump has been sternly resisting a
one -world government and has been pushing back
against the monarch's efforts to gain control
over the United States and other nations of the
world. On December 17th, Susan Kokinda from Promethean
Action published a podcast with the headline,
The British Empire is Panicked. NATO chiefs and
the MI6 are screaming for war, not because they
fear Russia, but because of a quiet PDF released
in Washington that signals the end of London's
financial control over America. Susan Kokinda
explains, quote, the real reasons behind the
British Empire's aggressive stance toward Russia
is not about missiles or democracy, but a critical
financial report from Washington that threatens
the City of London's economic control. The 2025
Financial Stability Oversight Council Report
prioritizes people over financial parasites,
marking a fundamental shift in the United States
economic strategy under Trump's administration.
We also discuss broader implications on United
States -British relations, the national security
strategy, and the strategic economic battles
involving food security, big pharma, housing
stability, and narco trafficking. It's all about
the economic war underpinning global tensions.
Kokanda said, quote, don't let the name of the
report fool you. This is the economic equivalent
to a declaration of war on the financier elites.
It declares that from now on, people and economic
growth comes first, not financial parasites.
And it comes right on the heels of the administration's
November 2025 National Security Strategy Report,
which declares that sovereign nations come first,
not globalist institutions. These two documents
reassert that American principles will now govern
us, not imperial principles. To understand how
the British have maintained considerable global
control through their banking systems, I encourage
you to listen to Kokenda's video where she covers
how London's panic is out in the open and Russia
knows it, President Trump's new economic strategy,
people not bankers first, and phase one, war
versus cartels. I have a link for you in the
show notes. Considering world events and the
specific prophecies God has given through many
well -respected modern -day prophets, and all
I have learned from these over past five and
a half years, it does seem God is acting on his
prophecies to intervene and to clear out the
deep state in government's radically change the
world economic systems, and hold rogue nations
and leaders in government and the church accountable
for the great harms they have perpetrated on
the people of the world. It does seem that we
are on the verge of many things being corrected
so fast it will make our heads spin. It also
seems we are entering a time of peace and prosperity
that will convince the world of God's existence."
I see all of this as being a time of great grace
from God, allowing us to have what David Herzog
calls a breather time in history. Herzog expects
this time of short -lived peace, or false peace
as he calls it, to be the greatest hour for the
Church to win as many souls to Christ as possible.
Herzog also warns during this time of peace and
blessings, evil governments will plan to use
digital tokenized currency and blockchain technology
powered by a new super artificial intelligence
to control the world financially, giving everyone
a number and a mark most likely stored on a financial
blockchain technology powered by AI that can
handle the world's data in a millisecond. He
says, quote, during the season of peace and prosperity,
the Abraham Accords will be increasing with nations
like Saudi Arabia. He thinks when Saudi Arabia
joins in the peace accords Israel will begin
construction of the third temple. So everything
I have shared these past three weeks provides
you my best analysis of number one what the Bible
says about the end times. Number two where it
seems we are on God's timeline now. Number three
how we should refrain from hardline doctrines
concerning end time events, and number four,
how we should always be ready for events to radically
and quickly change with emphasis on Christ's
instructions. No man knows the date or the hour
of his return, but even so, Jesus instructs his
followers to be alert, aware, and ready. As we
observe world events in all the nations of the
world, we need to be watching for what God is
doing and makes certain we partner with Him to
see His kingdom will done on earth as it is in
heaven. This is our mandate, along with the Great
Commission, to make disciples of all nations,
because when the Gospel is proclaimed in all
the world as a witness to all the nations, then
the end shall come. Matthew 24 14. Next week,
I will highlight modern -day prophecies that
are being fulfilled as an evidence of God's intervention
in our midst to correct the enemy's evil advances
and realign the timeline according to God's plans
to help us better discern the times and be encouraged
that no matter what the enemy does, God is ever
at work on behalf of his people to protect and
provide for us. Amen. For these reasons, we must,
as God has asked us, be prepared for what He
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