Now The End Begins
Host And Founder Of ‘Now The End Begins’ Geoffrey Grider:
President Trump told the nation Saturday that the U.S. would now take over running Venezuela, and control its oil calling it the ‘Donroe Doctrine’.
President Trump stepped to the microphones on January 3, 2026 and said the quiet part out loud: the United States would run Venezuela during a “transition,” and would “get the oil flowing.” That’s not “foreign policy.” That’s the language of occupation, the kind of talk you hear right before lawyers start arguing about “authority,” “stability,” and “temporary measures” that have a way of becoming permanent.
And here’s the part you can’t miss: the oil isn’t a side-note in this story, it’s a theme. Reuters reported Trump saying U.S. oil companies are ready to invest billions to revive Venezuela’s oil sector after Maduro’s capture, while the U.S. military would stay “until demands are fulfilled.” Another report describes Venezuela’s oil infrastructure as decayed and difficult to revive quickly, meaning this isn’t a “weekend project” — it’s a long entanglement. For all of you MAGA followers an QAnon supporters, if Barack Obama and Joe Biden were doing what Trump is doing right now, would you still be cheering as loudly as you are now? Would you even be cheering at all? No, you would be denouncing it and demanding they stop. Trump is just getting started with the upcoming series of wars and military campaigns he has planned, so get ready for war, and lots of it.
President Trump told the nation Saturday that the U.S. would now take over running Venezuela, and control its oil calling it the ‘Donroe Doctrine’.
President Trump stepped to the microphones on January 3, 2026 and said the quiet part out loud: the United States would run Venezuela during a “transition,” and would “get the oil flowing.” That’s not “foreign policy.” That’s the language of occupation, the kind of talk you hear right before lawyers start arguing about “authority,” “stability,” and “temporary measures” that have a way of becoming permanent.
“From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?” James 4:1 (KJV)
And here’s the part you can’t miss: the oil isn’t a side-note in this story, it’s a theme. Reuters reported Trump saying U.S. oil companies are ready to invest billions to revive Venezuela’s oil sector after Maduro’s capture, while the U.S. military would stay “until demands are fulfilled.” Another report describes Venezuela’s oil infrastructure as decayed and difficult to revive quickly, meaning this isn’t a “weekend project” — it’s a long entanglement. For all of you MAGA followers an QAnon supporters, if Barack Obama and Joe Biden were doing what Trump is doing right now, would you still be cheering as loudly as you are now? Would you even be cheering at all? No, you would be denouncing it and demanding they stop. Trump is just getting started with the upcoming series of wars and military campaigns he has planned, so get ready for war, and lots of it.
Harbinger’s Daily
By First Liberty Institute: 2026 is off to a great start, beginning with a couple of major federal actions to protect religious liberty for America’s service members and veterans.
Strengthening The Chaplain Corps
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently announced several reforms that will restore the freedom and importance of military chaplains.
“In an atmosphere of political correctness and secular humanism, chaplains have been minimized, viewed by many as therapists instead of ministers,” Sec. Hegseth said in a video posted on X, formerly Twitter.
“There will be a top-down cultural shift, putting spiritual wellbeing on the same footing as mental and physical health, as a first step toward creating a supportive environment for our warriors and their souls,” he added.
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently announced several reforms that will restore the freedom and importance of military chaplains.
“In an atmosphere of political correctness and secular humanism, chaplains have been minimized, viewed by many as therapists instead of ministers,” Sec. Hegseth said in a video posted on X, formerly Twitter.
“There will be a top-down cultural shift, putting spiritual wellbeing on the same footing as mental and physical health, as a first step toward creating a supportive environment for our warriors and their souls,” he added.
Prophecy News Watch
By PNW Staff: In many churches, 2025 looked like a year of cautious optimism. Attendance rose in pockets. Bible sales climbed. Scripture engagement surged online, especially among the young. To some, it felt like the Church was finally turning a corner after years of decline and disruption.
But beneath the surface, something else was happening.
The same year that hunger for God quietly returned, pressure against biblical faith intensified. Technology advanced faster than discernment. Governments watched more closely. Doctrine softened. Persecution raged abroad while the West largely looked away. What appeared to be recovery was, in many ways, preparation for testing.
The Church does not enter 2026 in neutral territory.
It enters carrying unresolved tensions that will no longer remain theoretical.
1. The Erosion of Biblical Authority--From Within the Church Itself
One of the most troubling developments of 2025 was not open hostility to Scripture, but its quiet reclassification. The Bible was increasingly treated as inspirational rather than authoritative--valuable for encouragement, but negotiable when it conflicted with cultural norms.
But beneath the surface, something else was happening.
The same year that hunger for God quietly returned, pressure against biblical faith intensified. Technology advanced faster than discernment. Governments watched more closely. Doctrine softened. Persecution raged abroad while the West largely looked away. What appeared to be recovery was, in many ways, preparation for testing.
The Church does not enter 2026 in neutral territory.
It enters carrying unresolved tensions that will no longer remain theoretical.
1. The Erosion of Biblical Authority--From Within the Church Itself
One of the most troubling developments of 2025 was not open hostility to Scripture, but its quiet reclassification. The Bible was increasingly treated as inspirational rather than authoritative--valuable for encouragement, but negotiable when it conflicted with cultural norms.
Israel 365 News
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz: The lands where Christianity was born are becoming its graveyard. Across the Middle East and North Africa in 2025, Christians now comprise just 3% of the population, according to new research from the Pew Research Center. A century ago, they made up 13%. In Iraq and Syria, ancient communities that survived Roman persecution, Islamic conquest, and Ottoman rule have been decimated in a single generation. In Lebanon, once the crown jewel of Arab Christianity, young believers no longer ask whether to leave but where to go. Egypt’s Copts, the largest Christian population in the region, watch their share of society shrink year after year. From the Tigris to the Nile, the faithful who trace their heritage to the apostles themselves are disappearing.
Yet there is one place in the Middle East where this story runs in reverse. One nation where Christian numbers are rising, where churches are built rather than bombed, where believers thrive in freedom rather than flee in terror. That nation is Israel.
Since Israel’s founding in 1948, the Christian population has increased from approximately 34,000 to more than 185,000 in 2025. Christians in Israel enjoy full citizenship, serve in parliament, hold government positions, and live in economic prosperity. They have among the highest educational attainment rates in the country. Churches operate freely. Christian holy sites are protected. Nazareth, the town of Jesus’s upbringing, is a thriving city where Christians and Muslims live under Israeli sovereignty, not under siege.
Yet there is one place in the Middle East where this story runs in reverse. One nation where Christian numbers are rising, where churches are built rather than bombed, where believers thrive in freedom rather than flee in terror. That nation is Israel.
Since Israel’s founding in 1948, the Christian population has increased from approximately 34,000 to more than 185,000 in 2025. Christians in Israel enjoy full citizenship, serve in parliament, hold government positions, and live in economic prosperity. They have among the highest educational attainment rates in the country. Churches operate freely. Christian holy sites are protected. Nazareth, the town of Jesus’s upbringing, is a thriving city where Christians and Muslims live under Israeli sovereignty, not under siege.
Geller Report
By Pamela Geller: Within hours of news breaking about Maduro’s capture, protests broke out in NYC with professionally printed signs and flags in support of Venezuela and other third-world countries like Cuba and Palestine.
Who paid for all of this?
Real Venezuelans are stormed NYC to counteract the white liberal Democrats protesting against Trump’s Maduro capture and strikes
Actual Venezuelans are ecstatic right now.
Who paid for all of this?
Real Venezuelans are stormed NYC to counteract the white liberal Democrats protesting against Trump’s Maduro capture and strikes
Actual Venezuelans are ecstatic right now.
Front Page Magazine
By Robert Spencer: Venezuelans are celebrating the capture of Marxist dictator Nicolás Maduro, but in far-off Iran, the embattled leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran had good reason to view the event with considerable disquiet. The Iranian Foreign Ministry called the capture “a gross violation of the country’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
It never, of course, used any similar language to describe its own financing and arming of Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Houthis, and the Assad regime, all for the purpose of committing gross violations of Israel’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity. But behind all its present braggadocio, it’s clear that the removal of Maduro has dealt the Iranian mullahs a severe blow: They’ve lost one of their best friends.
It never, of course, used any similar language to describe its own financing and arming of Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Houthis, and the Assad regime, all for the purpose of committing gross violations of Israel’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity. But behind all its present braggadocio, it’s clear that the removal of Maduro has dealt the Iranian mullahs a severe blow: They’ve lost one of their best friends.
By Michael Snyder: We are witnessing the most profound shift in U.S. foreign policy that we have seen in decades, and it is going to have enormous implications. President Trump and his team have determined that the entire western hemisphere is our sphere of influence. If somebody is doing things in the western hemisphere that we do not like, we will intervene. If that requires military action, President Trump will pull the trigger. Many have been comparing Trump’s agenda for the western hemisphere to the Monroe Doctrine…
The Monroe Doctrine, named after its architect former President James Monroe in 1823, is one of the most consequential U.S. foreign policy agendas in the 19th century. It began as a largely symbolic document that stated American opposition to new or expanding European involvement in the Americas, after centuries of colonial activity in the region. It would go on to become a significant element of U.S. foreign policy toward the region for decades, though it has been increasingly criticized by academics and policy makers for being used to justify interventions in Latin America.But President Trump doesn’t think that he is simply adhering to the Monroe Doctrine.