The Countdown Begins

Chronicles of the End Times

Chronicles of the End Times
The Countdown Begins
Sep 20, 2026
Russ Scalzo

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What if the most important headline isn’t about presidents, protests, or pipelines but about God’s agenda moving forward exactly as Scripture says it will? We open with a hard reset on discernment, using Isaiah’s warning “to the law and to the testimony” to remind ourselves that any end times teaching that drifts from the Word of God leads to darkness, not clarity. We also lean on Romans 15:4 to show why the Old Testament still matters if we want real hope instead of panic.

Then we turn to the Iran situation and the broader Middle East, including the claim that Islam functions as a political state system as much as a religion. That leads into a question listeners keep asking: where is America in the Bible, and how could a powerful nation fade from the end times stage? We talk about internal division, cultural hostility, and how a shift toward socialism and centralized control can change foreign policy faster than most people expect.

From there, we walk through a plausible chain reaction: oil shocks drive diesel prices up, trucking costs surge, food prices jump, public unrest grows, and political priorities flip. In that kind of environment, it becomes easier to imagine Israel standing alone, which is a key condition many associate with Ezekiel 38 and 39.

We close with the bigger prophetic arc: God’s intervention, the rise of the Antichrist, Isaiah 28’s “covenant with death,” the Mark of the Beast, and how modern technology even enables new forms of deception like AI worship. If this conversation challenges you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find it.

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