Peace on Earth

You may have thought 2026 would start off nice and quiet. A new year full of peaceful possibilities. You would be mistaken. Instead, there has been a constant churning from one breaking news story to the next. Often the story flips from talks of peace, then war and back to peace. Meanwhile, some prophetic events passed on by without notice. Here is a just a sample of the news events covered in more detail below.

January Prophetic News Highlights

• January 1st – Trump wishes for ‘Peace on Earth’
• January 2nd – Trump threatens Iran with military action if they kill protestors
• January 3rd – President of Venezuela captured by the US and taken into custody
• January 6th – Trumps says the US ‘needs’ Greenland, threatens to take over the country
• January 7th – American citizen shot and killed in Minneapolis by US immigration security forces
• January 8th – Internet and telecommunications are shut off in Iran to suppress country-wide protests
• January 9th – Pope delivers ‘State of the World’ speech, highlights increased nationalistic aggression
• January 18th-20th – X1.9 Class Solar Flare and resulting G4 geomagnetic storms
• January 19th-23rd – Davos Switzerland gathering of world leaders at World Economic Forum
• January 22nd – President Trump signs charter for the ‘Board of Peace’
• January 23rd – Department of War publishes 2026 National Defense Strategy promoting ‘peace through strength’
• January 24th – Second US citizen shot and killed in Minneapolis by US immigration security forces
• January 24th-27th – Massive US Winter storm kills over 150 people, over 1 million lose power
• January 27th: Doomsday Clock moves to 85 seconds to midnight

What do people do when the world is in a constant state of flux and tribulation? As you will see below, in January they either turned to their idols to pray for peace or took to the streets in protest. The world’s tribulation is a fulfillment of God’s prophecy. Neither of these actions, praying to idols or protesting, is how one looks to God for His Will. Neither will bring peace or stability.

“For then (at the end of the age) shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.”

Matthew 24:21-22

The following map is a summary of current events related to prophecy. Below the map you will find the event details and relevant Scriptural references. Many people have been taught God’s Word in the past tense. This is incorrect. The teachings and scenarios in the Bible and God’s Word are all prophetic, pointing to a future time, and that time is now.

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