Erick Stakelbeck did not hold back on his recent Watchman Newscast LIVE. There was an edge in his voice that comes from someone who has covered the Middle East, terrorism, Israel and global geopolitics for 20 years and sees pieces moving that should not be ignored. In his view, the prophetic storm that Bible readers have anticipated is not in the distant future. It is here. It is active. It is accelerating.
New York Just Handed Power to the Very Ideology Stakelbeck Has Been Warning About
Zohran Mamdani won the New York mayoral election last night. That is not just a political result if Stakelbeck is right.
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He described Mamdani in advance as “an Islamic communist” who is “viciously anti-Israel.” This is not subtle. New York, the financial capital of the world, is now governed by someone who openly rejects the foundation of Judeo-Christian Western civilization.
Stakelbeck pointed to the London model under Sadiq Khan. He called London today “a city that’s barely recognizable” and said “Winston Churchill is turning in his grave.”
America now has that model installed in its most influential city.
While This Happens the Right Is Busy Attacking Israel
Instead of focusing on this ideological takeover, Stakelbeck said a faction on the right is choosing to fight Israel.
He said Tucker Carlson platforms “Hitler sympathizers, Stalin sympathizers, historical revisionists, Holocaust revisionists, Israel bashers, and he doesn’t challenge them.”
He called their worldview a “brain virus.”
According to Stakelbeck, this is not just misguided commentary. It is helping the same spiritual forces tearing down the West from the outside.
Why Israel Is the Center of It All
Stakelbeck argues the reason the world obsesses over Israel is because Israel’s existence is proof that the God of the Bible keeps His word.
“Israel’s improbable existence, I mean against all odds, is proof of God’s existence,” he said. “Read Romans 11. Is God done with Israel? He asks. And he answers ‘Certainly not.’”
He noted Jews make up only “0.02% of the world’s population” yet the hate aimed at them is constant and irrational.
To him that proves what Scripture has always said. This is a spiritual conflict wearing political clothing.
The Moment We Are In
You do not have to agree with Stakelbeck on every point to notice the pattern. New York just elected a man openly hostile to Israel. Antisemitism is back in the open daylight. The enemies of the West are not pretending.
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If Stakelbeck is right, the events unfolding are not random chaos. They are the alignment of Bible prophecy described.
Last night, New York did not just elect a mayor. It advanced a prophetic timeline.
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.
