The religious, commercial, and financial dimensions of the Beast’s empire are unraveling.

In his quest for meaning and purpose in life, King Solomon used his God-given wisdom and extensive experience to find purpose. In Ecclesiastes 2:12-23, he pursued wealth and material abundance as the keys to meaning and purpose. Solomon tested the two extremes of the human condition—wisdom on the one end and foolishness on the other. It was obvious that wisdom was better than folly. The wise man sees the dangers and avoids them, whereas the fool does not. But this begs the question, why be wise, because both die? What sense does that make? Perhaps it really was better to eat drink and be merry, because tomorrow we die, he reasoned. Was it not in fact “wiser” to be a fool? For both the wise and the fool, everyone will forget them. “I hated life,” he declared. There seemed to be no reason to work hard, to be wise—it was ultimately, in light of death, meaningless!

The 7 bowl judgments detail the unraveling of the Beast’s empire and his hold on rebellious humanity.

To be consistently an advocate for the value and worth of human life is a significant challenge in 2025. Those who name the name of Jesus Christ must test their value system and strive for consistency and authenticity as advocates for life. Indeed, columnist and evangelical Christian, David French, argues that “A decent society should do all it reasonably can to reduce human suffering. It should not, however, do so by extinguishing the lives of those who suffer or the lives of those who we believe might suffer in the future.”

A triumphant vision of Jesus followed by the prophetic proclamations of six angels–a prelude to the bowl judgments.

In August 2025, a reporter asked President Trump about ending Russia’s war on Ukraine. He responded: “I want to end it,” he said. “I want to try and get to heaven if possible. I’m hearing I’m not doing well. I am really at the bottom of the totem pole. But if I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons.” His campaign’s political action committee then followed up with an appeal to his supporters to help him get into heaven by giving money.

It has been several weeks since Turning Point USA founder, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated on 10 September 2025 on the campus of Utah Valley University. Much has happened since then, including a memorial service for him in Arizona. I have been thinking about and reflecting upon this momentous event.

Satan constructs a false trinity, when he presents his “Christ” to the world energized by the false prophet to deceive the world into the worship of Satan and his “Christ.”

One of my favorite thought leaders today is columnist and Christian, David Brooks. He recently published an essay on the absence of hope and purpose in so much of America. As I read his essay, I kept thinking of the book of Ecclesiastes. I want to quote from his essay and then turn to the solution in the 3,000 year old book written by King Solomon.

Revelation 12: John identifies the main players in the drama of the Great Tribulation.