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That does it...I have to write this.

I've been tempted on occasion to write something about this topic for a number of years, but it just never quite came to the forefront and grabbed center stage. It's as if nothing ever pulled my trigger quite hard enough to make me to sit down and do it. But recently, that trigger got pulled.

And it got pulled hard enough to make me do just that.

(I occasionally use the expression "Somebody finally got their trigger pulled!" to mean that a certain person got saved, but not in this case.)

My Taiwanese wife Phoebe studies the Bible with a zeal that puts me to open shame, but one of the benefits of that is that she often asks me questions or wants my opinion on biblical teachings she's found on YouTube that often lead me to a deeper understanding of something I thought I knew pretty well.

Phoebe and I both hold to a pre-trib view of the Rapture, and recently she asked me about a YouTube video of a nice young Bible teacher who was holding forth in regard to the timing of the Rapture—only this guy was praising and promoting the post-trib view while doing a bang-up job of denigrating the foolish misconception of the pre-trib view. OK...heard all that before.

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The Parables of Matthew 25

In this article, I want to deal with a topic that has nipped at my heels for as long as I can remember. Like many believers out there, I have long struggled to properly sort out some of the details of certain aspects of the Olivet Discourse, arguably the premier teaching on the end times that Jesus delivered to four of His disciples during the last week of His earthly ministry.

And in this case, the heel-nipping of which I speak pertains to the three parables that appear at the beginning of Matthew 25:

1. The Parable of the 10 Virgins (Matt. 25:1–13)
2. The Parable of the Talents (Matt. 25:14–30)
3. The Sheep and Goat Judgment (Matt. 25:31–46)

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6/10/2025 — From the "Time Is Running Out" Department...

He had me worried there for a while.

Up until recently, I was beginning to grow a bit concerned that President Trump might actually be naive enough to get sucked into the same black hole that his Democratic predecessor Barack Obama willfully got sucked into. (Got "sucked into"?! Good grief...he's the one who dug that hole to begin with!)

Of course, the black hole of which I speak is the fool's errand of making any kind of meaningful nuclear deal with Iran that they would honestly adhere to and that was intended to prevent them from developing nuclear weapons.

From the outset, many believed Trump was going through the formal motions of "negotiating" with Iran, knowing Iran would never agree to his strident demands and that the talks would fail. Then Iran's nuclear weapons facilities would be fair game—only with all avenues having been pursued. I believed that initially, but as time went on I slowly began to have my doubts.

Well, a recent news story had me breathing a sigh of relief.

Trump is rightly accusing Iran of "slow-walking" its nuclear-related decisions in order to buy time in their race toward a bomb, and to the surprise of no one Iran is rejecting some of Trump's demands meant to keep them honest and non-nuclear. And to the relief of many (this writer included), Trump's last message to Iran is short but not so sweet:

"Time is running out."

Trump is also ramping up sanctions meant to root out and chop the legs out from under Iran's international "shadow banking network" that serves to covertly fund terrorist groups, activities, and infrastructure in various countries, all while effectively robbing the hard-working people of Iran.

According to a senior White House official:

"This is a final window for diplomacy...The President has made clear that all options remain on the table if Iran refuses to change course."

And I trust you understand what one of those options is:

The destruction of Iran's nuclear weapons facilities.

To that end, Trump clearly and unambiguously reiterated the stance that Israel has been maintaining for a number of years:

"We will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. Not on my watch."

Such strikes would be carried out by Israel's IDF, with or without the approval of President Trump. However, it appears to be leaning a bit more toward that first option, just as it did before the current talks with Iran got started.

But as always, we'll see how God intends to play this hand. Personally, I am inclined to believe that at some point Israel actually will carry out strikes to destroy Iran's nuclear weapons facilities, and that this attack will serve to spur the move toward the attack of Gog Magog.

As I'm sure you know, the attack of Gog-Magog is when Russia, Iran, Turkey, and several Northern African nations gather together to wipe Israel off the face of the earth, only to be decimated by the hand of a God who fights for His people. In so doing, God will turn His face back to them so He can purge them and draw a believing remnant to Him prior to His return to establish the kingdom He promised them so long ago.

And not to be dogmatic or anything, but it makes good scriptural sense to me that His intervention in Gog-Magog would come after the Rapture of the Church. Why? Because at that point, God will have finished His dealings with the Church while we are on earth and so He will be ready to switch His attention back to the redemption of His people Israel.

But know this: God's Word is shouting at us as we wait in active anticipation of being caught up to meet the Lord in the air, and it's shouting the same thing Trump is clearly and emphatically communicating to Iran:

"Time is running out."

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