Donald Trump never expected Covid in his first term. The 9/11 terror attacks caught George W. Bush and the rest of Washington by surprise. Ronald Reagan was shot, something no one expected. The unforeseen hits every leader. We tend to judge them by how they handle the surprises, and by whether they keep their promises in spite of them. One of the most used quotes in recent years comes from, of all people, boxer Mike Tyson. It’s quoted a lot because it applies to so many things. “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
There is a prophetic foreshadowing developing on the world scene. The Middle East is changing before our eyes in ways that we never could have imagined at the beginning of 2024. These events, surrounding Iran, Syria, Russia, and Turkey, signal a marked movement toward the Gog-Magog War of Ezekiel 38.