Nuclear Weapons and Armageddon

Nuclear Weapons and Armageddon

FOJ: In 1945, at the end of WWII, US General Douglas MacArthur stated the following upon the surrender of Japan: 

“Because of the modern advances in the war potential via recent scientific discoveries, (nuclear weapons) mankind now; “without a formula for World Peace & Security”, is faced with the constant prospect of “Armageddon!” 

The world has been frantically searching for an elusive peace ever since the invention of the Atomic Bomb! 

This is the reason that the world agonizes over irrational entities, like the “Iranian regime” gaining nuclear weaponry!

We stopped counting our World Wars, and began fighting asymmetrically through proxies, known as the Cold War. 

The one Achilles heel for the nations diplomats in crafting this dream of World Peace has been the return of Israel to its land. 

Israel’s return to its own land was no accident! 

God arranged it; just for this time in history!

Now, the growing trend of popularity and the movement of the nations towards testing the “Abrahamic Accords” may provide the very venue for the last stage of Gentile history, before Jesus returns to Israel.

But, please be advised, the Antichrist will soon emerge and have a plan for “Peace with Security” for the world! 

It is evidenced in I Thess 5:2-3: For yourselves know perfectly that the “Day of the Lord” so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, “Peace and safety”; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

God is over-watching all these developments! He foresaw them all and provided us with his measure of sufficient prophetic information to recognize these times, and Watch!

Mark 13:35-37 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

Killing Jesus

Killing Jesus

The Roman Centurion, who supervised the Crucifixion of Jesus was a professional killer. He had executed thousands of people during his career as a Roman military commander. He was an expert torturer, and a blood-letter of notorious acclaim. Historians give his name as Longimanus.

   Yet, after witnessing the events surrounding the execution of Jesus, (darkness, earthquake, etc.) this professional executioner finally concluded in his heart, "Truly, this man was the Son of God."

   He had unwittingly participated in a conspiracy to crucify the literal Son of God. Now, upon reflection, he realized it was too late to undo the deed. He must have thought, "we have actually killed the Son of God”, and now there is nothing we can do.

   Ironically, the Roman Centurion may have not understood what we as Christians know. Jesus epitaph isn't simply that "he WAS the Son of God." He still "IS" the "SON of GOD."

Darrell G Young

Who Are You Walking With?

Who Are You Walking With?

FOJ: Genesis 3:8 And they (Adam and Eve) heard the voice of the LORD God “walking in the garden in the cool of the day.”

Apparently God enjoyed a “leisurely walk” with his kids, at the end of a full day.

It is a scene that is quite surreal to imagine: “God coming by to visit and to take a simple Walk with someone!”

So, when I see young parents out walking in my neighborhood in the evening, with their kids, I think about why they do that; and why God came to walk with Adam and Eve. 

It most surely is all about love, companionship and a close kinship!

I guess that’s what God wanted! And still seeks!

by: Darrell G. Young

February 14, 2026

America: It’s As Simple as This:

America: It’s As Simple as This:

Why do you suppose it is that Communist nations like China & North Korea fear the Bible; outlaw it and persecute anyone that possesses one? 

Perhaps it is because those dictatorial powers fear that their people will become enlightened to the truth & develop a stronger desire for their liberty! 

II Cor. 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

Perhaps this is why America is losing its sense of the value of the truth of God & therefore as a consequence, we find ourselves also losing our precious liberty. 

In America, we no longer read or even honor the Holy Bible! As a nation we have abandoned God. America today is a uniquely divided nation, and that division has come about because of our  secular humanistic aversion to the Bible and Christianity!

America became the most Divinely blessed nation among the nations of the world because of its fundamental reverence for God and the Bible. 

Unless we as Americans, and as a nation return to the Bible, our secular socialistic leaders will soon dictate to us, like their atheistic counterparts in other nations, that the Bible should be forbidden reading and also begin to persecute us for possessing one!

The now decades long Culture War that has engulfed America is very simply a war on Christianity! And the liberal war on our Republic today is a strategy of Satan to subdue the greatest ally of Israel.

Focus on Jerusalem

Six Things the Lord Hates

Six Things the Lord Hates

FOJ Food for Thought: Proverbs 6:16-19 lists six things that the Lord hates: 

1.) A proud look 

2.) A lying tongue 

3.) Hands that shed innocent blood 

4.) Hearts that scheme wicked imaginations 

5.) Feet that race toward mischief 

6.) False witnesses that speak lies & sows discord. 

All six of these abominations are fundamental violations of Gods Ten Commandments, the most essential code of laws ever established for the benificence of the human species!

So how surprising is it that these six things are exactly the very things that our great adversary, Satan; seeks to promote among and within us?

Psalms 119:104 Through thy precepts (commandments) I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

Is The Prince of Persia Being Defied

Todays Dynamic of Iran

It is beginning to look as if the Islamic Revolution that over flooded the people of Iran in 1979 is finally going to be reversed. Whatever the outcome in Iran right now, it will have serious prophetic implications in the near term! 

FOJ: What might’ve happen next if Iran is indeed freed from the Islamic Jihadist Mullocracy? Russia & China will certainly be upset as they’ve already lost prominence in Venezuela. 

Perhaps the Abrahamic Accords will finally be fully implemented, leading to the Confirmation of the Covenant (Daniel 9:27) & the geopolitical environment for the false peace of the Antichrist

(I Thes 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.)

Happiness for a Christian

Happiness for a Christian

Today, as we enter into a new year, I decided to think about what could possibly help make me happy.

So after not being able to figure anything out, I decided to see what the Bible said about being Happy. 

I computer searched the word “Happy” and found it mentioned 25 times. Aha, OK said I as I started to read on each reference. 

Here is a brief list:

# 1 (I Peter 4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye)

#2 (James 5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure affliction)

#3 (Job 5:17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth)

#4 (Proverbs 28:14 Happy is the man that feareth God always.)

#5 (I Peter 3:14 But if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye)

#6 (John 13:16 The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.)

Suddenly, I felt so much happier!

by: Darrell G. Young

January 2, 2026

The The Sad Death of Rob Reiner

The Sad Death of Rob Reiner

FOJ: There has been a lot of discussion this week about the shocking murder of Rob Reiner. This whole story is terribly sad. 

I personally did not know much about Mr Reiner, except for three things. First I knew him from his days on the TV show All in the Family. Secondly I knew that he was a big time liberal politically and really despised President Trump; and that was his privilege. (Unfortunately, President Trump, failed to display any proper sympathy for Mr Reiner at his death) 

Thirdly, I knew that Rob Reiner classified himself as an atheist! This is what makes his horrendous death, at the hands of his own Son so sad! By living his entire life as an atheist, Mr Reiner would not have known Jesus Christ as his Savior! (If his atheism was a fact)

 That means the moment that his own son murdered him, his Father descended into that horrible place we know as Hell. 

That is the real sadness in this sad story. This whole sad occurrence should highlight the fact that Heaven and Hell are real; and our sudden departure from this life holds a destiny for each us for all eternity! 

The Bible offers: “the fool has said in his heart, there is no God.” May the sad death of Rob Reiner serve as a lesson to everyone: Do not gamble with your Soul! Seek the Truth! Jesus is the Truth and the Way!

Focus on Jerusalem 

The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm of Antisemitism

FOJ: The rise today of antisemitism is no mere coincidence. Attacks against Israel and Jews are a Sign of the Times!

Radical Islam has been conjoined by Marxists, Socialists and numerous other anti Christian power brokers to forge a new world order without True Christianity and also with no state of Israel. 

In 1940 Sir Winston Churchill framed World War II as a struggle  to preserve Western civilization, and more directly, the preservation of Cristian values, famously stating in his "Finest Hour" speech, "Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization". 

He saw the struggle against Nazi tyranny as defending freedom, democracy, and Christian morality! 

The master behind that attempt to eradicate Christianity came eight years before Israel was even reconstituted as a nation! 

Now, today, Satan is marshaling the forces of evil under his dominion ship to once again ignite and yet launch another campaign against the Lords people! 

But, we need not be overly dismayed as we watch this gathering demonic storm, as God has foreseen these very days! 

These times are literally leading to the climactic showdown between Antichrist and Jesus Christ! 

The good news is that Satan’s new war; like World War II will not succeed! 

Jesus is coming and when He arrives, He will judge Satan and the nations of this world accordingly!

(Joel 3:1-2 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 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.)

Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry 

The Coming Strong Delusion

The Coming Strong Delusion

FOJ: Could it actually be possible that the coming Delusion, that God will allow to be dispatched to an unrighteous world involve UFO’s, or even non-human entities? 

YES! Absolutely! It is not only possible, it is highly likely. 

(II Thess 2:9-11 Even him, (AC) whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power & signs & lying wonders, with all deceivableness: of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send a strong DELUSION, that they should believe a lie) 

What bigger lie could be so easily foisted upon an unsuspecting and Christ rejecting world than to mesmerize them with a powerful false god; a “mighty one” that is capable of other worldly supernatural exploits.

In fact, the book of the Revelation Chapter 13, verse four poses this question regarding the Mighty One (AC) called the Beast: “Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?”

Answer: Nobody on Earth!

But there is one coming from Heaven who can! Our King! Jesus Christ!

John 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: “if another shall come in his own name”, him ye will receive.

Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, (non-human) but gainst principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high (celestial, sky) places.

Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry

by: Darrell G. Young

A Short Simplification of the Olivet Discourse

A Simplified Understanding of the Olivet Discourse of Jesus 

FOJ: Perhaps the most well known prophecy in the whole Bible is Jesus famous exchange with his Disciples in the Olivet Discourse, which highlights his responses to three of their very distinct; but are, by their structuring, actually “time / age separated” topics: 

(Matthew 24:3 As he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, asking:

(1) Tell us, when shall all these things be? 

(2) And what shall be the sign of thy coming? (3) And of the end of the world?

Jesus broad sweeping response details signs and events that pertain to three different eras of world history!

(1) Some of his answers point to the first century demise of Israel and the Roman destruction of Jerusalem. 

(2) Still many more of the signs in his response point to the “Last Days,” after Israel has been  regathered back into its own land; & Jerusalem becomes a burdensome stone for all the nations leading to the ultimate crisis involving the Antichrist!

(3) Finally, the response of Jesus to the Disciples third question has to do with the actual End of the World; which of course alludes to the post 1000 year Kingdom Age for Israel; when God ushers in a New Heaven and a New Earth. (Rev 21:1-3)

Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry

By: Darrell G. Young

November 1, 2025

As You See the Day Approaching

As You See the Day Approaching

FOJ: In Hebrews chapter ten; we are informed that we can be assured that there is a glorious day on the horizon and that we can observe the forecast of it, even as it Approaches! 

(Hebrews 10: 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, “AS YE SEE THE DAY APPROACHING.”) 

You May ask, “What Day is being referred to in this chapter?” The answer is provided within the chapter itself: 

(1) Verse 1-12 That the law was merely a shadow of good things to come. 

(2) Verse 13: The Day that is approaching is a day when the Lord shall make his enemies his footstool. 

(3) Verse 16 The Lord will forge a New Covenant with his people, when he returns. 

(4) Verses 24-37 “The Day” referred to is a day that the Lord will literally return to this world to execute vengeance on a Christ rejecting world and thereafter to establish his righteous kingdom!

The wonderful blessing of being able; by Revelation from Almighty God; to avail the capacity for us to observe the Approaching Day of the Lords Return, offers us a special Hope to endure in a perilous world until That Day!

Focus on Jerusalem Prophecy Ministry

By: Darrell G. Young

October 29, 2025

If The Rapture Should Happen

If The Rapture Should Happen

FOJ: In the event that the long anticipated Rapture should happen sometime soon; what should a person that is left behind do?

1) Find yourself a Bible! Guard it with your life.

2) Read John 3:16-18; very carefully. (Romans 10:13)

3) Do not accept the Lies being promoted by the world. (II Thess 2:9-11)

4) Search for the Truth in the Bible. (John 14:6; 17:7)

5) Do not take the number, the mark or the image of the Antichrist; that will be forcefully propagated and demanded of you by the world. (Rev 14:9)

6) Simply Pray and ask Jesus to Save You! And He will! (Romans 10:13)

Pass this timely message on to everyone you know and care about!

(The nature of this present time is Urgent)

The Gaza End of War Deal

The Gaza “End of War” Peace Deal

Lately, I have received a number of messages requesting my take on the current Israel / Gaza Hamas “end of war” situation and how it may fit into end times Bible prophecy.

FOJ Analysis: Will the pending end of the war deal in Gaza actually produce a viable peace? NO! Absolutely not!

The Gazan Hamas terrorist organization is just taking an exit ramp out of the war, simply because it is the only way that they can survive the present situation!

Their long stated goal of destroying Israel has not changed; and it never will change. They will never change because their god will never stop inflaming the perpetual hatred of Israel that he preaches!

The Perpetual Hatred of Israel (Ezek 35:5) is deeply ingrained into all the peoples that make up the “Residue” of the Heathen nations (Ezek 36) that retain their ancient enmity against the God of Israel.

As the Gaza war fades; the nations of the world will simply push harder than ever before to enforce a brand new Palestinian state into the region of Judea and Samaria (the two state solution) which will in effect be a reward to Hamas; and provide yet another enclave within the territory of Israel for her enemies to launch a much more effective war against them! 

It think it should be noted that the eventual implementation of the “Two State Solution”; (Joel 3:1-2) “that the world regards as the Only pathway to a lasting regional peace”, will eventually be made a viable on-the-ground reality by the Antichrist himself! (Daniel 11:39)

The highly anticipated Abrahamic Accords would seemingly offer a unique geopolitical scenario for the Antichrist to begin his rise to prominence! (Daniel 8:25)

The nations may enjoy parroting the mantra of Peace, Peace, Peace in the Middle East, (Jer 6:14) but there will be no real peace for Israel until the “Prince of Peace”, Jesus Christ returns!

In the meantime: “Be Ye Ready”

The Beginning and The End

In The Beginning

 If God created the world; as the Bible plainly states: How long did it take God to create the World?

This question has been debated & theorized about for thousands of years.

Cosmologists insist that because of the vastness of space and the relative speed of light; that the universe must be billions of years old. In fact the great vastness of Space is due to the fact that God “stretched” out the heavens; and in so doing created the appearance of eons of light years!

Many theologians will suggest that the world is approximately 6-10,000 years old; and that God created it in just 6 days!

Still other commentators suggest that there was a Gap between the initial creation process and the finished product. Some even support the Big Bang theory and a type of Theistic Evolutionary oversight over a long period of time.

But all of these educated guesses miss the mark entirely. They do not take fully into account what the “Creator” himself has said about how long it took to make the world, and all the things that exist!

The simple answer is: It took God absolutely “NO TIME” whatsoever to make all that exists in our universe! Yes; you read that right, it took God No Time at all! None!

Psalms 33:6-10 indicates that by the mere power of the Word of God, and upon his audible pronouncements, it came into existence!

Hebrews 11:3 indicates that God did not even need pre-existing matter to produce his designs!

Oh, I know full well that Genesis One conveys the idea that God created the world in 6 days. But these 24 hour creation-modules that would later become designated as “Days” were pre-designed for mankind’s affinity for judging time.

Time did not exist until God finished his great 6-Phased construction project! In fact, God is beyond time and space; and in reality invented our concept of dimensional time! God was not, and still is not confined to our dimension of time-progression, distance, nor even to our universe of matter and energy!

In fact, everything God brought into existence in his grand Construction Project was designed upon completion to be a perfect habitat and environment for mankind to Live in.

Isaiah 45:18 For this saith the Lord that created the heavens, (space) God himself that formed the Earth, and made it, he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited! (By man)

Only the Earth was so prepared! And God did all this outside of TIME!

Then just before God created Man, and planted him upon Earth, he formed the Sun, the Moon & the stars for Light, and also placed them perfectly for enabling the calculation of TIME by man.

Sir Issac Newton, the great scientist; once postulated; “the reason I know there is a Creator, is because “Motion” has been imputed into everything in the cosmos.” Everything moves with great precision and can be calculated in its circuits.

Thus, when God completed his 6-stage pronouncements of Space, Matter, Light, habitat for men and provided the Stars; he stepped back; inspected it all for accuracy and goodness; then He gave it all MOTION, MOTION! Motion begat Time! Then TIME began! Time has been ticking ever since; and Time will continue until God stops it!

How long did it take God to create the world?

NO TIME AT ALL / HE’s GOD! He dwells in the non-dimensional realm known as ETERNITY!

Perhaps; you should consider the hope of enjoying Eternity with God, when your time on earth expires.

Rev 1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Pastor: Darrell G Young

BedfordBaptist Church

I will be presenting a special prophecy message at Bedford Baptist Church in Bedford, Kentucky on an upcoming Sunday night April 6, 2025 (7:00pm EST) 

My topic in focus for the evening; “The Perpetual Hatred of Israel” will be taken from Ezekiel 35:5:

“Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:” 

Why is antisemitism so rampant in our world today? Why is there a world wide maniacal scheme to wipe Israel off the map? Who is perpetuating this venom of Hatred against Israel?

How close are we to the “Time of Jacobs Trouble?”

This ages old demonic madness has its roots in “The Perpetual Hatred of Israel.”

Bedford Baptist Church is located in Trimble County at 1425 US Highway 42E, Bedford, Kentucky.

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

The Parable of The Good Samaritan 

FOJ: In Jesus simple, but wonderful parable recorded in the tenth chapter of Luke about the Good Samaritan, the story highlights the actions and or virtues of six different characters:

1) the Lawyer

2) the Priest

3) the Levite

4) the Thieves

5) the Good Samaritan

* The sixth character who is so often overlooked is the poor Wounded man himself!

1) The Lawyer never so much as even recognized the wounded man as a man.

2) The Priest purposely avoided the wounded man; passing by him on the far side, as he was more concerned about his own piety and purity.

3) The Levite; like the Priest also avoided any personal contact with the wounded man; as he considered himself too valuable to risk being physically defiled.

4) The Good Samaritan of course is considered to be the hero of Jesus parable because he personally tended to the wounded man’s physical needs. 

5) Then, there is also the Thieves in the story. It is apparent that there were two, or maybe even more than two thieves. They not only robbed the poor man; but beat him half to death! 

(The thieves obviously are symbolical of Satan and his evil cohorts in this world)

This brings me back to the Sixth character in Jesus parable; “the poor wounded man himself.”

(The poor wounded man, left robbed by the thieves to die represents a lost and dying humanity in an evil infested world)

* It is of course obvious that the Good Samaritan is called GOOD; because he took time and care to tend to the wounded man’s PHYSICAL needs!

Now let me ask this very poignant question: “Of the other five characters in this story; who do you suppose did, by far the most Harm to the development of the poor wounded mans Spiritual needs?”

Answer: The Priest and the Levite! (the two most religious of the whole bunch)

Moral of the story: Never let it be the case; that as a Christian, that we not only fail to be a spiritual witness; but that we allow ourselves to become a major harm or stumbling block to the salvation of a poor lost Soul!

Why Does it Seem that the Second Coming of Jesus is taking so long?

Is the Second Coming of Jesus Being Delayed?

I am occasionally asked why it seems that the second coming of Jesus seems as though he might be tarrying long , or that his coming is being delayed. 

In actuality, the second coming of Jesus is not being delayed; or replanned in anyway. His return is a “Set”event (Psalms 102:13) on the providential timeline of God and is therefore right on schedule. 

II Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack (delaying) concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

The fact of the matter is; there is in this Last Days, more “Lost or unsaved” people on our planet than there has ever been in world history!

This unfortunate reality about the Last Days is, and has always been foreknown by God! 

That is the reason for his long suffering patience, to simply allow a timely span for the gospel of salvation in the Church Age to be fully availed to Earths people before He executes judgment.

Be Not Terrified

When They Try to Terrify You; Be Not Terrified

In his speech to his Disciples before going to the Cross; Jesus delivered a lot of info about the troubles that Israel would face in the Last days. One particular item that Jesus mentioned concerned the issue of Terrorism! 

Luke 21:9 But when ye shall hear of wars & commotions, be not “TERRIFIED.”

Jesus was directly implying in this specific warning that “Terrorism” would be a major weapon that would be used against Israel, (in the later phase or stages of the various protracted Psalms 83 wars) just before the Tribulation! (Day of Vengeance / Isaiah 61:2)

Focus on Jerusalem Commentary on Current Events

Dynamics of the Israel and Iran Wars

FOJ: If Israel does indeed proceed to wipe out Iran’s nuclear capabilities, as payback for Iran’s recent missile attacks; the following scenarios could actually occur: 

(1) Israel could, at long last, find itself as a nation dwelling safely within its own secured borders. (Ezekiel 38:8)

(2) A Middle East peace & safety environment could be more easily fabricated; with the radical Iranian proxy threat checkmated. (IIThess. 5:3)  

(3) Israel and the Arab nations would then be easily inclined to enact the Abrahamic Accords, with UN backing; which thereby could qualify as the “Confirmation of the Land Covenant,” provided the volatile Temple Mount issue is resolved between them. (Daniel 9:27) 

4) A Global government could rapidly emerge under the authority of the Ten Kings, who then could finally exalt the Antichrist! (Revelation 17:12-13)