The current war in Iran and the launch of Artemis II to the Moon have spiritual dimensions that are overlooked by world media, but which have profound significance that Hashem would not have us be ignorant of. That they happen to coincide only highlights the importance of this ‘kairos’ moment in time, “a time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action: the opportune and decisive moment.”[1] If you want to know where we are on God’s calendar, watch Israel!

Historically, there have been four ‘kairos’ moments in time: 1517, 1948, 1967 and 2023, with consequences and implications for each of the three Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. These years represent the beginning of a ‘kairos’ moment, marked by a discovery, invention, and/or significant cultural events that were instrumental to, influential on, and strategically linked with those defining moments in history. It is outside the scope of this article to discuss these in detail, but I mention them here for context, for 1967 and 2023 are mentioned below.

For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14 (ESV, emphasis added)

Just days after the Iran War began (February 28), Jews celebrated Purim (March 4), a festival whose origins are detailed in the book of Esther, where a Jewish woman, Esther, becomes queen of Persia (Iran) and saves her people from annihilation.

Westerners view things through a socio-economic and geo-political lens, which completely ignores the spiritual ideology driving Iran’s hardliners. For clarity’s sake, this is not a religious war, but spiritual warfare. Religious wars have existed throughout history, recent “highlights” including: Shia vs. Sunni (Iran-Iraq War, 1980-88), Ireland’s “Troubles” (1960s – 1998), and Protestants vs. Catholics (16th – 18th centuries).

The spiritual background of the three protagonists in this war (Israel and the US vs. Iran) highlights the spiritual nature of this conflict:

The God of Jews and Christians (Hashem) vs. the god of Islam (Allah, who is none other than Lucifer himself); The spiritual forces of good (Israel and the US) vs. the spiritual forces of evil (Iran); Jews (God’s chosen people) and Christians (represented by a Christian nation, the US), working together to defeat a common enemy (Lucifer’s forces driving Islam’s adherents).

The God of Jews and Christians (Hashem) vs. the god of Islam (Allah, who is none other than Lucifer himself);

The spiritual forces of good (Israel and the US) vs. the spiritual forces of evil (Iran);

Jews (God’s chosen people) and Christians (represented by a Christian nation, the US), working together to defeat a common enemy (Lucifer’s forces driving Islam’s adherents).

In an article I posted to the Times of Israel in January 2025 called Asteroid Apophis and its End-Time Message,[2] I outlined why I believe the two appearances of this asteroid seven years apart outlines the season of the Tribulation, known to Jews as the time of “Jacob’s Trouble” (Jeremiah 30:7), a period of time that will end with the final battle of the age, the battle of Gog and Magog (Ezekiel 38-39), which Christians (and the world) know as Armageddon. With the spiritual background of the current war stated above for context, the spiritual dimension of this war becomes clear:

The battle lines have been stated clearly for the world to see, heralding whom the final protagonists will be (the West vs. Islam) for the final battle of the age: Armageddon!

Donald Trump will always be a divisive figure: those who love him see him in almost messianic terms, while those who hate him have very valid reasons. But regardless of one’s opinion of him, I do believe he has a divine role to play in these end times.

Trump’s lies have been well documented,[3] and his mercurial nature keeps both his allies and his enemies alike constantly second-guessing everything he says. Deception also pervades Islam: the doctrine of Taqiyyah[4] permits lying or deception to gain the upper hand over an enemy and advance the cause of Islam, with the Koran boasting, “Allah is the best of all deceivers” (Koran 3:54). This matches the New Testament’s description of the devil as “a liar and the father of lies” (John 8:44). Trump’s nature is therefore perfectly suited to negotiate with Muslims and play them at their own game. Just what the rest of his “mission” is I don’t know, but in this regard at least I recognise that Hashem’s hand is upon him.

That said however, while his agenda and God’s agenda may overlap, they are not identical!   God’s purposes for humanity are motivated by His love for humanity, whereas Donald Trump is motivated by self-aggrandisement. We MUST pray for him, that he doesn’t prematurely announce the end of the war the way he ended the 12-Day War last June – for vainglory and a photo op. – thereby thwarting God’s purposes for Israel and western civilisation. He said on March 13 that he’d know when the war is over “when I feel it in my bones.”[5] We must pray that Hashem will let him “feel it in his bones” – but only when His purposes have been accomplished.

This war is a significant acceleration moment towards the Tribulation, with Donald Trump himself the accelerant!

For just as Esther was “called to the kingdom for such a time as this” (Esther 4:14) in her day, Donald Trump is called to the White House for such a time as this in our day.

I see Trump as a forerunner to the Antichrist. It was stunning to see how quickly American lawyers, judges, universities, corporations, politicians and world leaders kowtowed to Trump – in just his first 100 days in office. This is a prophetic picture of how quickly the world will fall at the Antichrist’s feet.

For just as John the Baptist prepared the way for Christ to come, Donald Trump is preparing the way for the Antichrist to come.

Iran is governed by Shia Muslims with a Twelver mindset.[6] The Twelvers (as opposed to the Fivers and the Seveners) believe that the 12th Imam after Muhammad has gone into hiding (occultation), and will reappear in the last days as the Muslim messiah, the Mahdi. Twelvers believe that he will arise after a period of world conflict and chaos, so in their minds, the greater the conflict, the more likely it will be for the Mahdi to arise, so they will do everything in their power to hasten his arrival i.e. continue to foment world conflict.

The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. 1 Corinthians 15:46 (NIV)

The goals of Islam have not changed: to bring the world into “submission” to Islam (i.e. under Lucifer’s control) governed by Sharia Law, which is why Armageddon, the ultimate spiritual battle between God and Lucifer being fought in the natural realm, cannot be avoided.

With this ideological mindset, Iran’s hardliners will not surrender or lay down their arms. In a recently updated Frontline documentary, Strike on Iran: The Nuclear Question,[7] Ali Larijani, Iranian politician, military officer, and philosopher who served as the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (until his assassination by Israeli airstrikes on March 17), stated it very clearly and defiantly:

“When he [Trump] said, ‘Iran must surrender’, he’s not familiar with the Iranian people. There is no possibility or chance that we will surrender.” (Emphasis added)

This is because the ideology driving Iran’s hardliners is spiritual in nature, driven by Lucifer himself, whose eternal quest has always been to usurp God’s throne – as stated by the five infamous “I will” statements in Isaiah 14. This passage was addressed to the king of Babylon (v. 4), whose rebellion and downfall mirrors the primeval pride and fall of God’s spiritual adversary, Lucifer, for which the king of Babylon serves as a type:[8]

You [King of Babylon / Lucifer] said in your heart, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” Isaiah 14:13-14 (NIV, emphasis added)

Adam was created to have dominion over the Earth (Genesis 1:26-28), but his disobedience led to humanity’s fall (Genesis 3), resulting in the loss of dominion over the Earth, which was then claimed by Lucifer, described as the “god of this world” in the New Testament (2 Corinthians 4:4, ESV).

But few have ever connected this to what Apollo’s astronauts, who left Earth’s environs, experienced in the lunar missions from Apollo 8 through 17 (1968-72). In an article I wrote in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 8 in 2018,[9] I recount in more detail some of those astronauts’ spiritual experiences, including the following.

James Irwin (Apollo 15) was a “lukewarm Christian” before he went to the Moon. But he had an epiphany once there, saying, “I felt the power of God as I’d never felt it before.”[10] At one point he was having trouble setting up his equipment for an experiment, and stopped to pray for help. The Lord showed him the solution to the problem, and his wife later recounted, “He was so overwhelmed at seeing and feeling God’s presence so close, at one point he turned around and looked over his shoulder as if He was standing there.”[11]

Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14) “perceived the universe as in some way conscious.”[12]

Eugene Cernan (Apollo 17) said:[13]

“Science and technology got me to this plateau on another planet, another body in this universe. Science and technology got me there, but when I got there and I looked back home at the Earth, science and technology could not explain what I was seeing nor what I was feeling…

… looking at the Earth in all its wonder, in all its splendor – it’s all dynamics, it’s alive, it’s not tumbling through space, it’s not moving aimlessly, it’s moving with logic and purpose, it’s too beautiful to have happened by accident. What I’m saying is there is a creator of the universe. There’s a God.” (Emphasis added)

The crew of Apollo 8 took it in turn to read from Genesis 1.[14] Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11) celebrated communion.[15]

The experiences that the astronauts had in leaving the realm of Satan’s dominion on Earth from 1968-72 had profound, undeniable spiritual repercussions on their lives, for it spoke to the ability humanity had to touch the Divine for the first time since the fall of Adam, without that satanic spiritual veil separating us from Him.

And now the astronauts of Artemis II have touched Hashem’s realm once again, only this time, going further into His realm than we have ever gone before (more than 4,100 miles further than Apollo 13 in 1971),[16] and seeing a rare in-space solar eclipse.[17] But most significantly, they saw “sights that no human has ever seen, not even Apollo, and that was amazing for us” (Artemis Commander Reid Wiseman).[18]

The flight trajectory of Artemis II recalls that of Apollo 8; significantly, both coincided with Jewish and Christian festivals: Artemis II (April 1-10) with Passover (April 1-9) and Easter (April 5), while Apollo 8 (December 21-27, 1968) overlapped Hanukkah (December 15-23) and coincided with Christmas (December 25).

Only one Artemis II crew member has gone public with his faith, Victor Glover,[25] who said on his way to the Moon:[26]

“When I read the Bible and I look at all of the amazing things that were done for us who were created, it’s you have this amazing place, this spaceship. You guys are talking to us because we’re in a spaceship really far from Earth, but you’re on a spaceship called Earth that was created to give us a place to live in the universe and the cosmos.” Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot.

It will be interesting to see how he interprets his experiences once he’s adjusted to being Earth-bound and under that satanic “spiritual veil” again. And perhaps more significantly, how the other three crew members do so – without a spiritual background to inform their experiences.

Commander Reid Wiseman for instance, said at the press conference on April 16 at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston:[27]

“When I got back on the ship – I’m not really a religious person – but there was just no other avenue for me to explain anything or to experience anything, so I asked for the chaplain on the Navy ship to just come visit us for a minute, and when that man walked in – I’d never met him before in my life – but I saw the cross on his collar, and I just broke down in tears. It’s very hard to fully grasp what we just went through… When the sun eclipsed behind the moon, I turned to Victor and I said, ‘I don’t think humanity has evolved to the point of being able to comprehend what we are looking at right now,’ because it was otherworldly, it was amazing.” Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander.

It should be noted that not all Apollo astronauts did well upon return to Earth: some became depressed and/or alcoholic, such as Buzz Aldrin (Apollo 11, which he documented in his book Magnificent Desolation), and Charlie Duke (Apollo 16, who became a Christian after becoming an alcoholic on his return). It is impossible to imagine the impact this experience would have on us, from being exposed to the pure presence of God, and then coming back under that satanic “spiritual veil” again and losing that intimacy with Hashem. Only time will tell once the astronauts have had time to process their experiences.

“The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.” Attributed to the German physicist Werner Heisenberg.[28]

3) The Modern-Day Prophets Have Spoken

Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. Amos 3:7 (NIV)

The last Jewish prophet is traditionally believed to be Malachi, who prophesied in the mid 5th century BCE.[29] Christians believe that Jesus was also a prophet (in addition to being the Messiah), and in recent times, especially since the 1980s, there has been a rise of the prophetic movement within Christendom. Four leading Christian prophets have messages that are appropriate for the times we are living in today, and their messages will be examined below.

In 2001, Terry Bennett, a prophetic minister with three decades of ministry,[30] was shown three sets of seven years that would begin in 2008, with each set being characterised by specific crises:[31]

2008-14: Economic crises 2015-21: Governmental crises 2022-28: Spiritual crises

Incidentally, each of these seven-year periods coincides with the seven-year Jewish agricultural Shemitah cycle.[32]

While there have been financial crises in the past (the Wall Street crash of 1929 and the Great Depression that followed; Black Monday in 1987 to name two of the more well-known ones), what sets Terry Bennett’s crises periods apart is that we were told ahead of time they were coming, and with the advantage of hindsight, we can see he was accurate.

I was present at the annual prophetic conference held in the second week in August at Shekinah Worship Center in Lancaster CA in 2008, where my former pastor from New Zealand, Neville Johnson (1940-2019), was speaking. He too had a prophetic ministry, and said that the “financial crash was imminent”. A month later on September 15, Lehman Brothers collapsed, marking a pivotal moment in the financial crash that followed, the beginning of Terry Bennett’s “Economic crises” period (2008-14), and the rest we know as history.

The next seven-year period, 2015-21, was to be characterised by governmental crises. While it can be argued that there will always be a governmental crisis happening somewhere in the world at some time, what sets this seven-year period apart from “normal times” is the sheer number of governmental crises happening simultaneously – not just in third world countries, but in stable democracies around the world.

It should be noted that although Bennett said that while each seven-year period would be characterised by a single classification, it didn’t mean that financial crises would be confined to 2008-14. Argentina for example, experienced an economic crisis in 2019.[33]

Similarly, governmental crises (2015-21) have continued into this current period. Listed below are just some of the better-known examples:

2015-20: Britain. In 2015, Britain had its normal general election (held every five years). In 2016, Britain voted in a referendum to leave the EU by a narrow margin (52% to 48%).[34] As a result, Brexit came to dominate British political life for the next four years, splitting the country with subsequent government paralysis, two more elections in quick succession (2017 and 2019), and five Prime Ministers over the same period (David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak), with Liz Truss having the dubious honour of serving the shortest term as Prime Minister in British history (a mere 50 days).[35] 2017-18: Spain, over the issue of Catalan independence.[36] 2017-21: United States. President Trump’s first term began amid clouds of Russian interference in the 2016 election. In 2019 he was impeached on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, but not removed from office. His second impeachment took place in January 2021 for incitement of insurrection. He has the dubious distinction of being the first president in US history to be impeached twice, and the first impeached president to be re-elected.[37] 2018-20: The Yellow Vests Movement began as a grassroots movement for economic justice that evolved into weekly protests, strikes, riots, and deaths. More than 800,000 marched across France on December 5, 2019, with the country brought to a standstill by the nation’s strikes, with the transport strike the longest rail workers’ strike since May 1968. The movement spawned similar movements in more than 20 countries, the largest being held in Taipei with over 10,000 demonstrating.[38] 2019: Bolivia;[39] Italy.[40] 2019-20: Albania;[41] Hong Kong, which saw massive daily protests lasting six months.[42] 2019-22: Israel. Israel had an unprecedented four general elections within four years,[43] with Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu indicted in 2019 on charges of fraud, accepting bribes, and breach of trust, following investigations that began in 2016.[44] 2019-26: Venezuela. Following controversial elections in 2018, the nation and the world were divided in their support for two men who both claimed to be president, Juan Guaidó, or Nicolás Maduro.[45] On January 3, 2026, U.S. military forces captured Maduro and transported him to New York for arraignment, where he was charged with multiple crimes, including narco-terrorism.[46] The political situation in Venezuela is still in flux. 2020-24: Kuwait. The government resigned twice in 2021 and a third time in 2022, with political gridlock lasting through 2024.[47]

2015-20: Britain. In 2015, Britain had its normal general election (held every five years). In 2016, Britain voted in a referendum to leave the EU by a narrow margin (52% to 48%).[34] As a result, Brexit came to dominate British political life for the next four years, splitting the country with subsequent government paralysis, two more elections in quick succession (2017 and 2019), and five Prime Ministers over the same period (David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak), with Liz Truss having the dubious honour of serving the shortest term as Prime Minister in British history (a mere 50 days).[35]

2017-18: Spain, over the issue of Catalan independence.[36]

2017-21: United States. President Trump’s first term began amid clouds of Russian interference in the 2016 election. In 2019 he was impeached on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, but not removed from office. His second impeachment took place in January 2021 for incitement of insurrection. He has the dubious distinction of being the first president in US history to be impeached twice, and the first impeached president to be re-elected.[37]

2018-20: The Yellow Vests Movement began as a grassroots movement for economic justice that evolved into weekly protests, strikes, riots, and deaths. More than 800,000 marched across France on December 5, 2019, with the country brought to a standstill by the nation’s strikes, with the transport strike the longest rail workers’ strike since May 1968. The movement spawned similar movements in more than 20 countries, the largest being held in Taipei with over 10,000 demonstrating.[38]

2019: Bolivia;[39] Italy.[40]

2019-20: Albania;[41] Hong Kong, which saw massive daily protests lasting six months.[42]

2019-22: Israel. Israel had an unprecedented four general elections within four years,[43] with Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu indicted in 2019 on charges of fraud, accepting bribes, and breach of trust, following investigations that began in 2016.[44]

2019-26: Venezuela. Following controversial elections in 2018, the nation and the world were divided in their support for two men who both claimed to be president, Juan Guaidó, or Nicolás Maduro.[45] On January 3, 2026, U.S. military forces captured Maduro and transported him to New York for arraignment, where he was charged with multiple crimes, including narco-terrorism.[46] The political situation in Venezuela is still in flux.

2020-24: Kuwait. The government resigned twice in 2021 and a third time in 2022, with political gridlock lasting through 2024.[47]

Which brings us to Bennett’s third seven-year period, 2022-28, characterised by spiritual crises, with Hamas invading Israel on October 7, 2023. Since then Israel has been at war with Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, while crippling Syria’s military capabilities along the way.

The Prophets have Spoken for 2026

Rick Joyner, Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj, and Bobby Connor have long-established and internationally recognised prophetic ministries, and each had specific messages for 2026 with end-time resonance.

In the last two weeks of 2025, Rick Joyner (evangelical minister, author, and founder of MorningStar Ministries), released a prophetic word for 2026, saying that this is the year the “final harvest begins”.[48]

Every year on New Year’s Day, Sadhu (evangelist, author, and founder of Jesus Ministries) gives a word for the year.  His word for this year is to “preach the Gospel of the Kingdom”.[49] (For the difference between the Gospel of the Kingdom and the Gospel of Salvation, see this footnote.)[50]

Every year for the last 30 years, Bobby Connor (preacher, founder of Eagles Views Ministries) has received a word from the Lord on Yom Kippur for the coming year, which he publishes in a book called “The Shepherd’s Rod”.   The subtitle for this year’s book is “Embracing the Awe of God! This is the season of the Lion’s Roar!” (Emphasis added).

While these messages have resonance for Christians, the subtitle of Connor’s book also has resonance for Jews: America is calling the current war in Iran Operation Epic Fury; the Israelis call it Operation Roaring Lion.[51] (The Israelis called the 12-day War in June 2025 Operation Rising Lion;[52] the Americans called it Operation Midnight Hammer.) For decades now, Israel has held back in response to attacks from its many enemies, with world opinion dictating how she should respond, while simultaneously giving her enemies a free pass. But no longer: Israel is standing up to her enemies, and rising to prominence on the world stage in the process.

But this “season of the Lion’s Roar / Operation Roaring Lion” is only one aspect of the message. The other message is:

The Lion of the tribe of Judah is coming for His people!

4) The Feast of Tabernacles

The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. 1 Corinthians 15:46 (NIV)

To repeat: if you want to know where we are on God’s calendar, watch Israel!

I mentioned above that 1967 and 2023 are ‘kairos’ moments in time. In 1967, just days after Israel achieved its stunning victory during the Six-Day War, Israelis were in the streets celebrating Shavuot, the Feast of Pentecost. For Christians, this heralded the rise of the Charismatic Movement, with the baptism of the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues flowing across all Christian denominations. A year later, the crew of Apollo 8 stunned the world with its photo of Earthrise.

In January 2024 I published an article in the Times of Israel saying that October 7, 2023 (the day that Hamas launched its war on Israel) – which occurred on Simchat Torah, the 8th day of the Feast of Tabernacles – was the birth of the Messianic Era, and a sign for Christendom that the Feast of Tabernacles had begun.[53] And now we have Artemis II, paralleling the journey Apollo 8 took in 1968, with its own iconic image called Earthset.[54]

Except that 1967 was a Pentecost ‘kairos’ moment; 2023 is a Tabernacles ‘kairos’ moment, and God has saved the “best wine for last” (John 2:10). We are now well into this feast historically, and one of the aspects of Tabernacles is that it is a feast of harvest.

2026 is the beginning of the final harvest coming in. (Rick Joyner)

The Feast of Tabernacles is also a feast of Transfiguration: Jesus was transfigured during Tabernacles (Matthew 17:1-13).

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. Isaiah 60:1 (NIV, emphasis added)

We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns [i.e. the Messianic Age] and the morning star rises in your hearts [i.e. transfiguration]. 2 Peter 1:19 (NIV, emphasis added)

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness…” Prophetic opening lines from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens in 1859 (emphasis added)

Moses served as a symbolic type, who was transfigured on Mt. Sinai after an encounter with Hashem:

When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him… When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. But whenever he entered the Lord’s presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, they saw that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the Lord. Exodus 34: 29-35 (NIV, emphasis added)

Transfiguration is coming!

Venus is both the morning star and the evening star, shining brightly before the dawn, or at dusk just before nightfall. Both have resonance for the times in which we live: shining brightly at dusk before nightfall heralds the coming darkness of the Tribulation season (2029-35); shining brightly before dawn presages the dawn of the New Day that follows, the Messianic Era.

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Psalm 19:1 (NIV)

“There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. Luke 21:25 (NIV, emphasis added)

A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses. Deuteronomy 19:15 (NIV, emphasis added)

T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) is a binary star and a recurrent nova about 3,000 light years away in the constellation Corona Borealis. It was first observed in 1866, and for a second time in 1946.[55] It is expected to be visible again in 2026, which will be its “third witness”, and has been called by Astronomy Magazine “the brightest nova of the generation.”[56] It will be visible to the naked eye for only a few days, as bright as the North Star.

I believe this will be the sign in the heavens that transfiguration is imminent.

But there’s another aspect to consider.

In 2010, Neville Johnson (my former pastor) and Paul Cain (1929-2019, minister with a prophetic anointing affiliated with the Charismatic Movement), both said at Shekinah Worship Center in Lancaster, CA within 6 months of each other that the Church was at “critical mass”. This is a nuclear term.

Under the “first in the natural, then in the spiritual” principle (1 Corinthians 15:6), I believe transfiguration will also be announced by a nuclear event of some kind, an explosion of light in the natural realm that presages the light that will shine forth from believers in transfiguration.

This nuclear incident will cross a line we thought humanity would never cross again, a line that over time has become a veil of false security, deluding us into believing that the doctrine of MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction, was all the deterrent we’d need to keep us safe. But when that line is crossed again, that veil will be rent asunder, and the conscience of humanity will be exposed to Hashem as never before, causing every person worldwide to have their own “personal spiritual crisis” during this “season of spiritual crises” (2022-28).

Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty… Psalm 90:10 (NIV, emphasis added)

But T Coronae Borealis is only the first witness to this “80-year” cycle. The second witness is of course Israel, who in 2028 will commemorate her 80th anniversary as a modern reborn nation state. These two “80-year” witnesses are an announcement that the final generation is here, that the final countdown to the end of the age has begun!

The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven. He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. Matthew 16:1-3 (NIV, emphasis added)

The confluence of the Iran War and the return of humanity to the Moon – with their respective spiritual dimensions – have profound resonance at this ‘kairos’ moment in time. The historical parallels of the 1967-68 ‘kairos’ period serve as prologue for what is happening now. While this may be dismissed as coincidence, I believe Hashem is speaking to humanity, and we need to heed what He is saying.

The protagonists in the Iran War are a harbinger of the final conflict in human history, Armageddon.

This current war is a significant acceleration moment towards that final battle.

And while mankind may be reaching out into God’s realm, going further than we have ever gone before, the corollary is that God is about to reach out to His people in a way we have never before experienced. Rick Joyner is hosting a conference this month (April 22-24) called “When Heaven Breaks In”, and to expect “Moments of encounter where heaven touches earth and God speaks clearly.”[57]

And on this mountain [Mt. Zion] He will destroy the covering which is over all peoples, The veil which is stretched over all nations. Isaiah 25:7 (NASB, emphasis added)

I believe this ‘kairos’ moment in time is when that Satanic veil that has shrouded the world – and the minds of humanity since the fall of Adam – is about to be broken! That veil, which has been getting thinner and thinner for many years now, is about to be rent asunder, bringing us into an “Open Heaven” season.

Not only does this war announce who the final protagonists will be at Armageddon, but the God of Jews and Christians is also announcing His arrival in the affairs of men in these last days, as He “destroys the covering which is over all peoples, the veil which is stretched over all nations” (Isaiah 25:7) to bring humanity into an “Open Heaven”, a season when humanity on Earth will experience the presence of God in the same way the Apollo and Artemis astronauts did in space.

This “Open Heaven” season will see believers equipped with the “powers of the ages to come” (Hebrews 6:5) as God unleashes the “Day of His Power” (Psalm 110:3) to an unsuspecting world, so that all can see a demonstration of the power of God so that “no one will be without excuse” (Romans 1:20) – and THEN the end will come.

This “Open Heaven” season we are coming into will allow us to enter God’s realm as never before – with God Himself reaching out to humanity as never before, so that:

the Gospel of the Kingdom can be preached to every man, woman and child with signs and wonders following (Sadhu), so the final harvest can be reaped (Rick Joyner), in this season of the Lion’s Roar (Bobby Connor), during this seven-year season of spiritual crises (Terry Bennett), that will lead us directly into the seven-year season of the Tribulation (2029-35), which transitions us to the Messianic Age that follows.

This may sound alarmist, but I’ll be brief:

The End Times are here. The Tribulation is coming. The Antichrist / Mahdi is coming. We are accelerating towards Armageddon. We dismiss these “signs of the times” – and the “words of the prophets” – to our peril! It’s time to get our spiritual lives in order!

The End Times are here.

The Tribulation is coming.

The Antichrist / Mahdi is coming.

We are accelerating towards Armageddon.

We dismiss these “signs of the times” – and the “words of the prophets” – to our peril!

It’s time to get our spiritual lives in order!

[1] There are two Greek words for “time”: chronos and kairos. ‘Chronos’ has to do with sequential time, from which we get the English word chronology; while ‘kairos’ means “a time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action: the opportune and decisive moment.” (Webster’s Dictionary: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kairos)

[2] https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/asteroid-apophis-and-its-end-time-message/

[3] https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/news/2024/10/why-does-donald-trump-tell-such-blatant-lies/

https://theconversation.com/why-does-donald-trump-tell-such-blatant-lies-241192

https://www.cnn.com/politics/fact-check-trump-false-claims-debunked

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/27/politics/analysis-donald-trumps-top-25-lies-of-2025

[4] https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/quran/taqiyya.aspx

[5] https://www.usatoday.com/live-story/news/world/2026/03/13/iran-war-united-states-israel-live-udpates/89128687007/

[6] https://theologyinfive.com/twelver-shiism-hidden-imam-iran-eschatology/

[7] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td5Iph8BFgE

[8] https://biblehub.com/q/how_is_isaiah_14_linked_to_satan.htm

[9] https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/50th-anniversary-of-breaking-through-satans-veil/

[10] https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Irwin

[11] https://renewaljournal.com/2019/08/04/an-encounter-with-god-on-the-moon/

https://hope1032.com.au/guests-and-artists/jesus-on-earth-is-more-important-than-man-on-the-moon-the-legacy-of-astronaut-jim-irwin/

[12] https://loveisthesolution.com/edgar-d-mitchell.html

[13] https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cernanea-12-11-07.pdf

[14] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8_Genesis_reading

[15] https://www.history.com/articles/buzz-aldrin-communion-apollo-11-nasa

[16] https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/06/artemis-ii-breaks-apollo-13s-distance-record.html

[17] https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/lunar-flyby/

[18] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx23p6j5gxgo

https://www.wunc.org/2026-04-06/what-can-artemis-ii-astronauts-see-that-satellites-havent-captured

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-04-07/artemis-ii-photos-amazing-images-of-far-side-of-moon-earth-by-nasa-crew

[19] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_(crater)

[20] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrity_(crater)

[21] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Location_of_newly_formed_moon_craters_as_of_April_6_2026.jpg

[22] https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/nasas-30b-plan-to-build-a-moon-base/

[23] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Lunar_Exploration_Program

[24] https://www.spacex.com/humanspaceflight/mars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Mars_colonization_program

[25] https://premierchristian.news/us/news/article/there-are-no-atheists-in-rockets-says-christian-pilot-of-artemis-ii

[26] https://www.ncronline.org/news/faith-has-always-gone-space-artemis-ii-shows-how-much-it-has-changed

[27] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_43Ei9eQVww

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/watch-not-really-religious-artemis-ii-cmdr-reid-wiseman-broke-down-in-tears-after-flight-when-he-saw-the-cross-on-navy-chaplain-s-collar/ar-AA218GMK

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/watch-not-really-religious-artemis-ii-cmdr-reid-wiseman-broke-down-in-tears-after-flight-when-he-saw-the-cross-on-navy-chaplain-s-collar/ar-AA218GMK

https://www.ncregister.com/news/artemis-ii-reid-wiseman-asks-for-chaplain

[28] https://scienceandculture.com/2022/04/at-the-bottom-of-the-glass-god-is-waiting/

[29] https://www.jewishideas.org/article/end-prophecy-malachis-position-spiritual-development-israel

[30] https://prophecyindex.org/prophets/view/terry_bennett/

https://newreligiousmovements.org/t/terry-bennett-ministries/

https://messengersofshiloh.com/

[31] https://z3news.com/w/terry-bennett-21year-prophetic-timeframe-2008-2028/

[32] https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/562077/jewish/What-Is-Shemitah.htm

[33] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/sep/10/argentina-economic-crisis-imf-debt-default

[34] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brexit

[35] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_general_elections

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Truss

[36] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Spanish_constitutional_crisis

[37] https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/political-science/impeachment-donald-trump

[38] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_movement

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/05/anti-macron-protests-held-in-france-with-strikes-set-to-continue

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/29/emmanuel-macrons-france-yellow-jackets-police-europe-year-of-cracking-heads/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50971439

[39] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Bolivian_political_crisis

[40] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Italian_government_crisis

[41] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Albanian_political_crisis

[42] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Hong_Kong_protests

[43] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Israel

[44] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Benjamin_Netanyahu

[45] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuelan_presidential_crisis

[46] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/maduro-arrives-in-new-york-to-face-charges-after-u-s-operation-questioned-by-legal-experts

[47] https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/11/yet-another-kuwaiti-government-resigns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwaiti_political_gridlock

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/kuwaits-government-resigns-for-a-third-time-in-recent-period-as-political-crisis-intensifies

[48] https://publications.morningstarministries.org/word-for-the-week/word-2026

https://publications.morningstarministries.org/word-for-the-week/word-2026-continued

[49] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjzD_xTw1bE

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. Matthew 24:14 (NIV, emphasis added)

The message of the Gospel of the Kingdom is of a much broader scope than the message of the Gospel of Salvation, which has largely been preached to the world already. The Gospel of the Kingdom message includes the Gospel of Salvation, but it also includes the message that this age is coming to an end, after which the Messiah is coming to rule and reign in a glorious new age of peace, prosperity and justice. This complete message of the Gospel of the Kingdom will have signs and wonders following, attesting to its veracity. That day to finally fulfill the Great Commission has now begun, when He will equip His overcomers with the “powers of the age to come” (Hebrews 6:5) to fulfill that calling.

[51] https://www.jns.org/israel-news/israel-releases-logo-for-operation-roaring-lion

https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/operation-roaring-lion/real-time-updates-day-by-day/march-20-2026-real-time-updates-operation-roaring-lion/

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/424251

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2026/03/19/operation-roaring-lion-is-rewriting-the-rules-of-war-against-iran/

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/defense/artc-idf-and-us-report-stats-from-operation-roaring-lion

[52] https://jinsa.org/jinsa_report/insights-from-12-day-war/

[53] https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-birth-of-the-messianic-era/

[54] https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/earthset/

[55] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_Coronae_Borealis

[56] https://www.astronomy.com/observing/how-to-see-t-coronae-borealis-the-brightest-nova-of-the-generation/

[57] https://www.morningstarevents.org/face2face-2026/

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