Joel Richardson

Is Gog Antichrist? What say Darby, Scofield, Ryrie and Hunt?

Long before it was popularly, and I would argue quite wrongly, held that Gog will prove to be a Russian antagonist distinct from the Antichrist, the “traditional” perspective was that Gog and the Antichrist are one and the same. Consider the following quotes, which I can only assume will come as a surprise to some. […]

The Turkey’s Turkey Connection

Happy Thanksgiving Americans. Enjoy the following “fun facts” on this day of gratitude to our creator, the One True God, who revealed Himself to Abraham, on Mount Sinai, and finally through His son, Jesus Christ, or more accurately, Yeshua the Messiah.

The Rise of Turkey: The Mediterranean’s New Regional Naval Power

In 2003-2004, I wrote Islamic Antichrist (previously titled Antichrist: Islam’s Awaited Messiah). At that time, based on a careful interpretation of Ezekiel 38-39 and several other relevant prophetic texts, I predicted that in the days ahead, Turkey would emerge as a regional power with expansionist ambitions. In those years however, the consensus among conventional geo-polticial […]

The New Middle East: Political Developments and Prophetic Significance

Daniel chapter 11, vv.21-45, and most particularly vv.40-45, give us some very significant details concerning some of the more important last-days battles that will take place between the King of the South—which is Egypt—and the King of the North, which is Antichrist. And as I have expressed here many times, I believe a significant case […]

Arabic Translation: Mideast Beast

The Mideast Beast Arabic Translation is available here or it may be found on the Articles page. This may not be sold and may only be used for educational or ministry purposes.

Revolution Film Project Update

Work continues full speed on the Revolution Film Project. For the past several months, I’ve been waking up at about 4:00 AM and working for a few hours on the film. This involves going through interviews, choosing clips, transcribing clips, and putting it all together in a way that effectively communicates the message of the […]

The Psalm 83 War?

Does Psalm 83 predict an imminent war that is about to break out in the Middle East? Is Israel about to conquer its surrounding neighbors and occupy their lands, expanding its territories? Some students of prophecy believe this, but is it consistent with Scripture? While it is fair to say that Psalm 83 is a […]

Islamist Super-Bloc Begins Forming in the Middle East

From the Clarion Project: The following article is quite powerful as it pertains to the testimony of Biblical prophecy. On one hand, you have the Islamist government of Turkey aligning with the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas as well as Iran and Hezbollah, while Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf States form their own defensive block. A monumental […]

Syria today, Jerusalem tomorrow

The following video documents the increasing number of foreign jihadis fighting alongside the most radical Sunni groups in Syria. They have come from nations like England, France and the Netherlands. I found the comments that begin at 4:33 to be quite noteworthy, though entirely expected. One foreign soldier pointing to his weapon and says: “With […]

Jewish Voice Webcast Part 2

Prophecy and the Middle East & The Glorious Celebration of Chanukah November 21st, 2013 8pm Eastern / 5pm Pacific / 6pm Phoenix time / 1am GMT Click here to sign up.

The Biblical Fall Feasts and the Return of Jesus

In light of discussion concerning the rapture and its possible correlation to the Biblical Fall Feasts, I wanted to share what I had written on this subject for my own study some years ago. It is a loose time-frame of the Biblical Fall Feasts with various prophetic motifs from the Scriptures. I am not dogmatic […]

Rapture: Pre-trib, Post-Trib, or Pre-Wrath?

Over the years of writing this blog, I’ve rarely written concerning the issue of the rapture. My reason for this is because of the tendency for this issue to stir up disputes, divisions, and a high level level of emotion amongst the brethren. When I have commented on this issue, I’ve tried to avoid emphasizing […]

When Turkey took torture to the streets

The following production by Amnesty International is a good overview of the response of the emerging dictatorship in Turkey to the protests that began there this summer. Some of the footage captures the evening my team and I were caught in the police attack on the protestors. I am looking forward to sharing more of […]

Marvin Rosenthal embraces the Middle Eastern end time paradigm

I was pleasantly surprised in reading last month’s issue of Zion’s Fire magazine to see that Marvin Rosenthal of Zion’s Hope ministries and well-known teacher, has embraced the Middle-Eastern end time paradigm. This view holds that the Scriptures clearly point us, not to Europe, but to the Middle East as the region from which the […]

Syrian Rebels Swap Crosses Atop Churches for Al Qaeda Flags

Amidst the varied opinions among Christians, there are those who believe that the present day State of Israel has nothing to do with the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy or the redemptive purposes of God. These will argue that the prophetic Scriptures nowhere necessitate a last days regathering of the Jewish people to their homeland. According […]

New recommended books

Dateline Jerusalem: An Eyewitness Account of Prophecies Unfolding in the Middle East by CBN Middle East Bureau Chief, Chris Mitchell But God: Getting to Know Your Bridegroom in the Old Testament by Tina Miller

The hyper-grace movement

Within the body of Christ there has long been a controversy brewing, which has become far more prevalent in recent years. The controversy concerns the issue of grace. While the subject is too large to address here briefly, I will simply skip a rock over the surface of the issue by saying that as is […]

What is the Mandate of the Church? Bible Prophecy and Muslims

I am looking forward to teaching at Chuck Missler’s Strategic Perspectives Conference this year. I hope to see you there. In anticipation of the conference, this article was recently featured in Koinonia House’s October 2013 Personal Update NewsJournal.

Revolution Film Update

After posting several teaser clips for my forthcoming film project “Revolution: Israel, Islam & the Gospel at the End of the Age” all of which conclude with references to a planned release of “Fall 2013” quite a few of you have written to ask exactly when the release date would be. Like all of you, […]

President Obama waives ban on arming terrorists to allow aid to Syrian opposition

What words come to your mind when you read the following article? Washington Examiner How about this one: Open Muslim Brotherhood Supporter is promoted at the Department of Homeland Security And for reference, if anyone is tempted to believe the R4BIA symbol is innocuous, consider some of the items which define this symbol from the […]

Muslim Apocalyptic in the Syrian Conflict

A very interesting blog post concerning the vision of Syria (al-Sham) in the Muslim Apocalyptic genre from Dr. Timothy Furnish at Mahdi Watch. Intervening (in Syria) Like It’s The End of the World?

Syrian Appeal Interview

I have been patiently waiting for the proper release and permission to share the following interview publicly. The full story can be read at WND. Please take a few moments to watch and listen to the following video of portions of the interviews that I was able to conduct with two dear Syrians for my […]

Evidence Grows that Assad was set-up.

First, WND reports on comments made by Rush Limbaugh Tuesday on his radio program, in which he claims to have heard personally from several insiders who are relaying to him the mounting evidence that indeed the Assad regime was framed. Further, another article written by the highly respected and credentialed Israeli-American scholar, Youssef Bodansky calls […]

Further thoughts on Syria

First, I would once again ask everyone to pray for the people of Syria. Also pray that the Lord would give our leaders wisdom. This is, after all, commanded in Scripture. Far too frequently, I myself am guilty of becoming snarky or overly critical and not turning first to prayer and placing my full trust […]

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