On this Midweek Update we look at the new mandate from the Department of War to fulfill America’s ‘Manifest Destiny’ in AI

Welcome to the brand-new Midweek Update from the Prophecy News Podcast, and we are thrilled to bring it to you! On this episode, we discuss the chilling 21st century version of Manifest Destiny that’s being implemented right now by Donald Trump and the Department of War.

“The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.” Psalms 115:16 (KJB)

When Trump talks about Manifest Destiny, he is not talking about covered wagons and westward ho. He is talking about a global—and even interplanetary—ambition, the idea that America is ordained to expand her influence far beyond her borders, even to “plant the flag” on Mars. And while that may thrill the patriotic heart, the Bible believer sees something deeper stirring beneath the surface. America once believed her destiny was earthly expansion. But in these last days, the ambition has grown cosmic. Trump said we will pursue our “manifest destiny into the stars,” promising American boots on Mars and American dominion beyond earth itself. But read your Bible: the heavens are not a playground for the Gentile nations. They are the domain of the LORD.

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Palantir is already the dominant force in US military software and it will now be augmented by the addition of Google Gemini Agentic AI as an autonomous decision maker

As the Department of War rolls out Google’s Gemini AI across the U.S. military through GenAI.mil, another player stands quietly in the background — but its influence is enormous. That company is Palantir Technologies, the most military-embedded AI and data-fusion firm in the world.

“And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.” Genesis 13:15 (KJB)

A few months ago, we told you all about Memetic Warfare, something that most people had not heard of before. Today I want to add another little nugget to your knowledge base, because very soon you will be hearing this everywhere. Agentic AI. It’s AI that doesn’t just respond to your commands, it gives them to you. Scary stuff, to say the least. The Antichrist kingdom will not be run on typewriters, filing cabinets and fax machines. It will be run on autonomous agentic AI, global networks, biometric systems, and militarized enforcement technologies. Gemini Agentic AI is not used the way you use WordPress or Excel, this is not your father’s Oldsmobile, as the old marketing campaign goes. This is a whole new day.

Agentic AI is being trained to:

• Evaluate situations
• Predict outcomes
• Execute tasks
• Adapt over time
• This is “agentic AI.”
• An AI that acts.
• An AI that decides.
• An AI that will eventually be allowed to operate without human approval in order to remain “faster than adversaries.”

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When that happens, you have crossed the line into autonomous warfare — and there will be no going back. Bible prophecy has two sides to it, on one hand it involves the opening of doors to bring about its fulfillment. On the other hand, it closes those same doors after you’ve walked through them. You might want to think about that for a year or two.

While Google provides the thinking engine, Palantir provides the eyes, ears, and nervous system to feed it. Together, they form a structure almost tailor-made for the end-times surveillance and enforcement systems foreseen in the King James Bible. Palantir’s entire business is built on the idea that every data point — financial, personal, military, biological, social, digital — can be ingested into one fused system and analyzed instantly by artificial intelligence.

This is not theoretical, this is who Palantir already sells to:

• The U.S. Army
• Special Operations Command
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• Intelligence agencies
• Police departments
• NATO partners
• Foreign governments

Their flagship platforms, Gotham, Foundry, and the new Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP), allow governments to:

• Track people
• Predict behavior
• Identify patterns across massive datasets
• Monitor communications
• Analyze movement
• Issue alerts and automated decisions

This is the digital backbone of a modern surveillance regime. The world has never seen anything like this, but Bible believers sure have, in the pages of Scripture. We are watching the infrastructure of the Antichrist kingdom coming into place piece by piece, contract by contract, AI model by AI model. Time is short. The Church’s departure is imminent. TO THE FIGHT!!!

Now The End Begins is your front line defense against the rising tide of darkness in the last Days before the Rapture of the Church

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When you contribute to this fundraising effort, you are helping us to do what the Lord called us to do. The money you send in goes primarily to the overall daily operations of this site. When people ask for Bibles, we send them out at no charge. When people write in and say how much they would like gospel tracts but cannot afford them, we send them a box at no cost to them for either the tracts or the shipping, no matter where they are in the world. We have a Gospel Billboard program. We are now broadcasting Bible studies, Podcasts and a Sunday Service 5 times a week, thanks to your generous donations. All this is possible because YOU pray for us, YOU support us, and YOU give so we can continue growing.

But whatever you do, don’t do nothing. Time is short and we need your help right now. The Lord has given us an open door with a tremendous ‘course’ for us to fulfill that will create an excellent experience at the Judgement Seat of Christ. Please pray for our efforts, and if the Lord leads you to donate, be as generous as possible. The war is REAL, the battle HOT and the time is SHORT…TO THE FIGHT!!!

“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;” Titus 2:13 (KJB)

“Thank you very much!” – Geoffrey, editor-in-chief, NTEB

Trump’s Gaza Peace Place is creating an International Stabilization Force that will put foreign troops on Israel border

A few weeks ago, we told you about the unanimous vote at the UN Security Council greenlighting the Trump ‘Board of Peace’ plan to rebuild Gaza after the war with Israel. Then last week we told you how it’s expected to begin right around Christmas of this year. It was at this point that things took a noticeable turn for the worse. In this Phase II, Trump has compiled a 10-nation confederacy to assist him in this task, creating an International Stabilization Force (ISF) made up of some heavyweight enemies of Israel like Turkey. What could go wrong?

“For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.” Psalm 83:2 (KJB)

Let’s be blunt, shall we? Once foreign troops enter Gaza, they are on Israel’s doorstep, positioned literally yards from Israeli towns. No matter their insignia, no matter the color of their helmets, those forces answer to international governments, not to the IDF.

Israel would suddenly find herself under the watchful eye of:

• NATO generals hostile to Israeli policies,
• Arab states with their own agendas,
• EU bureaucrats eager to carve up the Middle East, and
• United Nations officials who have condemned Israel more than every other nation on earth combined.
• Call it what you want, but a force like that is not neutral.

Once in place, it becomes nearly impossible for Israel to remove, and this is where the true danger lies. So you can look at Trump’s Peace Plan in one of two ways. Either this is a great plan and the great friend of Israel Donald Trump will use the might of the United States to rebuild Gaza and bring peace to the region, a blessing for Israel – or – the International Stabilization Force he’s putting together to form a concrete ring about the Jewish state made up of mostly her enemies. A permanent force of international troops on Israel’s border is right out of Bible prophecy.

“And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.” Luke 21:20 (KJB)

A multinational force in Gaza sets a deadly precedent: the idea that the world has the right — even the responsibility — to intervene in and administer parts of Israel’s biblical inheritance.

Once accepted in Gaza, the same logic will be applied to:

• Jerusalem’s Old City
• the Temple Mount
• Judea and Samaria

This mirrors the prophetic warnings of Zechariah:

“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.” Zechariah 12:2 (KJB)

The ISF is the camel’s nose under the tent — the first step toward “internationalizing” the holiest ground on earth. The nations are gathering, the pressure is mounting, and the stage is being set exactly as the scriptures have foretold.

The architects pushing this international force have already revealed their long game. The ISF is not simply about Gaza. It is about creating a mechanism through which the world can force Israel into a political settlement she does not want and should never accept.

The ISF allows diplomats to say:

• “We control Gaza now. You must negotiate borders.”
• “We administer security. You must divide Jerusalem.”
• “We oversee reconstruction. You must accept a Palestinian state.”

Once the world plants its flag in Gaza, they will not stop until they plant it in Jerusalem, and according to the Bible, thus saith the Lord.

“I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.” Joel 3:2 (KJB)

Now The End Begins is your front line defense against the rising tide of darkness in the last Days before the Rapture of the Church

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When you contribute to this fundraising effort, you are helping us to do what the Lord called us to do. The money you send in goes primarily to the overall daily operations of this site. When people ask for Bibles, we send them out at no charge. When people write in and say how much they would like gospel tracts but cannot afford them, we send them a box at no cost to them for either the tracts or the shipping, no matter where they are in the world. We have a Gospel Billboard program. We are now broadcasting Bible studies, Podcasts and a Sunday Service 5 times a week, thanks to your generous donations. All this is possible because YOU pray for us, YOU support us, and YOU give so we can continue growing.

But whatever you do, don’t do nothing. Time is short and we need your help right now. The Lord has given us an open door with a tremendous ‘course’ for us to fulfill that will create an excellent experience at the Judgement Seat of Christ. Please pray for our efforts, and if the Lord leads you to donate, be as generous as possible. The war is REAL, the battle HOT and the time is SHORT…TO THE FIGHT!!!

“Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;” Titus 2:13 (KJB)

“Thank you very much!” – Geoffrey, editor-in-chief, NTEB