Pastor Tom Hughes continues to walk his audience through current events by comparing them directly to Scripture.
In his recent Today In Prophecy episode, Hughes points to news out of the Vatican, Iran and Israel as evidence that biblical prophecy is unfolding and that believers need to remain discerning. “We have the prophetic word confirmed which you do well to heed as a light that shines in the darkness until that day,” Hughes said, quoting 2 Peter 1. “Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.”
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Hughes discussed President Trump’s announcement that the Vatican is “very interested in hosting peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.” Trump also extended an invitation to the new pope, Leo XIV—a Chicago native—to visit the White House. “You have an American pope and you have Trump in the White House,” Hughes said. “I probably should have saved this for a ‘you can’t make this up’ episode.”
He then shifted to Iran’s refusal to halt its uranium enrichment efforts. “I think of Jeremiah chapter 49 and it appears to me that Elam is going to be hit and hit hard by a military strike,” Hughes said. “Will the U.S. be involved with Israel? Is that going to come?”
The focus turned to growing pressure against Israel from the U.K., Canada and France. Those countries have threatened sanctions over Israel’s continued operations in Gaza. Hughes pushed back against the criticism: “Ninety thousand Muslims that are slaughtering others in Sudan and nobody says anything about that, right? Let’s just come against Israel for protecting themselves.”
Hughes read Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement in response to Western leaders: “This is a war of civilization over barbarism … Israel will continue to defend itself by just means until total victory is achieved.”
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As political pressure mounts, Hughes warned that there are consequences for opposing God’s covenant people. “Judgment is coming to all those who turned against the land of Israel,” he said.
Hughes urges viewers to stay grounded in Scripture. “Don’t turn to the left or the right,” he says. “We use that bright light of the Word to shine on the path in this dark world.”
James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.
