A heritage of pastors and peacemakers
Pastor James Kaddis says his roots shaped his prophetic lens. “I am the first generation to be born in the United States of America. My parents were both born in Egypt,” he said. “My grandfather was a pastor in Egypt for 65 years… they were oftentimes the ones that were actually making peace.” He added that his grandfather “every single day… prayed that somebody from his bloodline would become a pastor,” and “almost to the day that he passed away” Kaddis began teaching the Word.
Called young and forged fast
In an exclusive interview with Charisma Media, Kaddis said he was saved at 16 and quickly sensed a call to teach. “Within a couple of months, I just have this desire to want to start teaching the Bible,” he said. “By the time I was 18, I was already serving in ministry full time.” A love for languages and prophecy followed: “I’m a kind of a language guy. Language doesn’t come very hard for me.”
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From Greek class to cyber forensics
What began as tech to study Scripture became a parallel career. “I was one of like 1,000 court recognized computer forensics experts,” Kaddis said, explaining that he later served as a municipal police department’s chief information officer. He emphasized he was “more on the networking side,” not programming, but the tools sharpened his ministry.
Where we are in Revelation
Asked to place the moment, Kaddis did not hesitate. “We’re definitely at the tail end of what I would call chapter three,” he said. “By the time we get to Revelation chapter four, the church is raptured.” The signs, he argued, are converging fast: “Right now we’re beginning to see the orchestration of so many things going on geopolitically… which tells us that the rapture has to be near.”
The modern Tower of Babel
Kaddis warned about a new unity of language created by AI. “We are building a modern day Tower of Babel,” he said. “AI has, in essence, completely eliminated the inability to be able to communicate with other people in other languages.” He called it fertile ground for deception and idolatry. “We’ve seen these AI Jesus. We’re seeing all kinds of crazy things that are going on right now that are just brutally demonic.”
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Deception, discipleship and screens
For Kaddis, the deeper danger runs through the heart. “AI is part of a conglomerate of tools that are ruining the collective consciousness of humanity,” he said. He urged pastors to resist shortcuts. “I think it’s just idiotic to say, ‘Here chat, GPT make me a sermon’… It’s terrible. It’s shameful.” At home he is firm about screens. “I will never, ever allow a single one of my children to have more than a certain amount of screen time a week, not a day.”
Why prophecy content exploded
The COVID era pushed his message daily. “The Lord had told me that day, I want you to make a video every day, and you’re never going to stop,” Kaddis said. As fear swept the world, he saw how easily populations could accept control. “We always wondered, How in the world will it be that people will be in line to take the mark… You realize very quickly that it’s going to happen easily, because the fear of death makes people do some of the craziest things in the world.”
The Temple Mount is the flashpoint
Kaddis traced the mount from David and Solomon to today, then issued a stark reminder. “That temple is being built for the Antichrist,” he said of a future Third Temple. The pace of news stuns him. “The Temple Mount might be the most consequential news that we’re seeing right now,” he said. “Now we’re getting one story out of the Temple Mount every six minutes sometimes.”
Geopolitics racing toward prophecy
What once seemed impossible now moves into view. “We are watching it all form,” Kaddis said, citing shifts in Saudi messaging about Jerusalem, Syria’s turmoil, Turkey’s ambitions and Russia’s positioning near the Golan. He sees a rising commercial system that echoes Revelation’s warnings.
Knowledge increasing and tools accelerating
Quoting Daniel’s promise of increased knowledge, Kaddis applied it to prophetic understanding. “It’s about the knowledge of Bible prophecy increasing,” he said. Technology multiplies access. “What used to take me literally six months to be able to see now takes me six seconds.”
Sovereignty in the chaos and hope in the rapture
Kaddis urged believers to reframe the moment. “The chaos is a function of the orchestration of God’s complete sovereignty,” he said, pointing to Joseph’s story. Far from fear, he points to hope. “The beautiful part about the Rapture is you don’t die,” he said. “You literally go right into the state of eternity.”
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Urgency with eyes on Jesus
Kaddis ended with a charge for all Christians to watch and be ready. “This is the most exciting time in the world to be alive in human history,” he said. “Think that through… and recognize that God has this immense, incredible plan for you.” The signs are in the headlines. The hour is late. Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus and live ready.
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a background in journalism from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine.
