Pastor's Point of View 430 - October 16, 2026

The world's hostility toward Israel is not random - it is prophetic. Zechariah 12:3 and 14:2, written 2,500 years ago, predicted that all nations would turn against Jerusalem. Behind the irrational hatred of Israel lies a spiritual reality revealed in Revelation 12:6-17. Satan knows that God's promised kingdom comes through Israel, and he is working through world systems, media, and radicalized individuals to eradicate the Jewish people. Yet God remains sovereign. The Abraham Accords, the relaxing of Temple Mount restrictions, and the Gog-Magog alignment described in Ezekiel 38-39 are all moving into place. Watch Pastor's Point of View episode 430 for the full update.

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I. World vs. Israel

Crooner Ed Sheeran called Israel's actions in Gaza "unjustifiable" as he wept and broke his silence during his first concert since booting rapper Macklemore from his tour for tirades against the Jewish state.

"I've never wanted to be an activist musician, but this put me in the middle of an important and passionate argument about freedom of speech and the most complex political issue on the planet," Sheeran told the Philly crowd of concertgoers Saturday night.

On the Raging Moderates podcast, Scott Galloway laid out the case for Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan's Democratic Senate nominee.

The Holocaust murdered two-thirds of European Jewry, including more than 90% of Poland's Jewish population. Rwanda's genocide killed about 70% of the Tutsis; the Khmer Rouge slaughtered about a quarter of Cambodia's population.

Galloway then listed what Israel did in Gaza that no genocidal regime ever...

In an extraordinary spectacle, former attorney general Avichai Mandelblit gave testimony in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's criminal trial on Sunday in the Jerusalem District Court, with Netanyahu arriving later in the morning to listen to the hearing.

Arriving at the courtroom, an upbeat Netanyahu told reporters, "The truth is coming out."

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar were also in...

The Omani co-pilot accused of trying to hijack an Israel-bound plane carrying 174 people mused about killing Jews online in disturbing social media posts, according to an Israeli official.

The co-pilot, who has not been named publicly, is accused of attacking his Indian lead pilot in the cockpit on the flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday before trying to down the aircraft.

Authorities are investigating any possible connection to terrorist activity or intent...

The Texas Department of Public Safety has confirmed that officers have foiled a plan to attack the Texas State Capitol in Austin.

According to Texas DPS, officers received credible information about an individual planning a violent attack on the Texas State Capitol on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026.

Texas DPS said their Criminal Investigations Division Special Agents worked alongside the FBI to investigate the validity of the threat and the circumstances surrounding the attack.

At around 3 a.m. on Wednesday, DPS SWAT arrested 40-year-old Benny...

Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters disrupted a candlelight vigil in New York City's Union Square Park on Wednesday, marking the third anniversary of the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, with some participants openly celebrating the massacre and rejecting calls for peace with Israel and the Jewish people.

The protesters targeted members of the left-wing group Israeli for Peace, which organized the vigil. One protester chanted at the group's members, "We don't want peace with Israelis, bro! We sent your people to hell on October 7."

II. Gog Magog

Israel, Morocco and the US held a trilateral diplomatic summit in New York on Wednesday, agreeing to advance the Abraham Accords.

The meeting of Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, and US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz comes a day after the sixth anniversary of the Abraham Accords.

The three countries reaffirmed their commitment to steps including upgrading diplomatic relations between Israel...

III. Temple

Hundreds of Jews stood on the Temple Mount before dawn on the second day of Rosh Hashanah this year, and by the time they left, something had happened there that Rabbi Josh Wander believes had not happened in thousands of years: the shofar sounded on the Mount together with the silver Temple trumpets. Wander was there for both days of the holiday, and described what he saw in an interview with Rabbi Aharon Sokol on the podcast Parsha Inspired, an account independently corroborated by police statements and other eyewitnesses.

IV. Recent Interviews & Presentations

Bible Prophecy Update with Dr. Andy Woods & Carl Teichrib Inside Burning Man

A SOBER WARNING FOR THE MODERN CHURCH - IS YOUR PASTOR THE PROBLEM? With Dr. Andy Woods

Rapture Roundtable With Drs. Andy Woods, Brad Reaves and Mike Spaulding

V. Upcoming Events

VI. Resources

When Jesus was asked about the end of the age, He analogized it to the Days of Lot, which was characterized by militancy in its advocacy of sexual deviance (Luke 17:28-30).

Listen to THE DAYS OF LOT - PART 3 on the Watchman's Call.

NEW BOOKLET: "The Mystery of Antisemitism" by Dr. Andy Woods - From the Lighthouse

The Mystery of Antisemitism - Kindle edition by Woods, Dr. Andy. Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com

Bennett Greenspan - Are Modern Jews Descended from the Biblical Israelites? (From the Chafer Theological Seminary 2017 Conference)

Andy's kingdom articles in Spanish

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Seminary Education - Chafer Theological Seminary


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