In a recent episode of Devil Busters, Dr. Kevin Zadai tackled one of the most overlooked aspects of spiritual warfare: the reality of parallel realms and how believers can exercise their God-given authority to detect and defeat demonic interference in everyday life.

Zadai began by grounding his teaching in Scripture, reminding viewers of the spiritual battlefield described in Ephesians 6. “‘Put on the full armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil,’” he quoted. “The word ‘wiles,’ if you look it up, it means battle strategies.”

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You’re Not Powerless—Use Your Authority

Zadai stressed that believers don’t need special prophetic gifts to detect demonic activity; they need discernment and boldness. “We may be ignorant,” he admitted, “but we are not supposed to be ignorant of Satan’s devices.”

A key point in Zadai’s message was that believers don’t have to go looking for the devil. Like Jesus, “He was on his way to heal people… and on his way, he would encounter the devil.” Instead, Zadai instructed, “Just walk in your authority and mess the devil up everywhere you go.”

That authority, he said, comes from Jesus, and it’s not contingent on feeling spiritual or having dramatic encounters. “You can just use your authority and stomp your foot, and if there’s anything around, it’s going to respond.”

What the Devil Doesn’t Want You to Know

Zadai spoke in detail about the unseen realm operating around us—a realm that science can now confirm in part. “Visible light is one-sixth of light,” he explained. “So there’s still five-sixths left that’s not visible to the eye. That’s because of the fall.”

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He believes that demonic entities function in these unseen spectrums. “The enemy really relies on the fact that he is cloaked and not seen with a physical eye.” But believers can detect their presence through spiritual discernment and by refusing to give the enemy a voice. “If I feel fear, I don’t say anything out of fear. If I sense something out of doubt, I don’t give voice to that. This is the way you mess up these devils.”

Zadai also warned that demons need human cooperation to manifest. “He needs people… witches and warlocks. He has to have wills involved.”

Command, Don’t Converse

Zadai closed the session with practical instruction. “If you want to mess the devil up,” he said, “command those evil spirits not to manifest. Don’t give them a voice.”

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He also led viewers in a prayer of deliverance, declaring: “I break the power of the enemy over you right now in the area of control. I command that that parallel realm to be ineffective… in the name of Jesus, you are set free.”

Zadai’s parting challenge was direct: “Just remember there is a parallel realm and that those evil spirits are not allowed to manifest in Jesus name.”

James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.

Prophetic voice Amanda Grace is warning that the recent killing of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., wasn’t just an isolated act of violence, it was a spiritual sacrifice empowered by high-level demonic altars hidden in plain sight across the capital.

“This is far greater than that,” Grace said during a recent livestream. “Because it’s being powered, I believe, by altars in the kingdom of darkness.” She called the event an “announcement” — not just an act of terror, but a spiritual threshold being crossed.

“This ancient spirit… had legal rights to influence this man… to kill the people of Yahweh,” she said.

Blood on the hands of leadership

The suspect, Elias Rodriguez, a 31-year-old from Chicago, allegedly fired 21 shots, a number Grace said “is not an accident.” “Twenty-one is a number the occult uses,” she said, pointing to its ties to gambling and drinking. “That number is used a lot.”

She didn’t hold back in holding public officials accountable. “The blood is on the hands of the D.C. mayor right now,” she said. “It is your policies that have allowed this wickedness to grow and to advance in your city.”

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Grace accused Washington leadership of enabling demonic power structures: “Make no mistake — the D.C. mayor has set up altars, and not to Almighty God.”

Altars in disguise: how they work

According to Grace, the kingdom of darkness operates through a complex altar system that still functions across America. “Altars need innocent blood to be powered,” she said. “And this is what is happening.”

“People build altars to things all the time. They just call them by a different name,” she added, citing government buildings, award shows, social media platforms and even abortion clinics as modern altars.

“These altars are not made of wood and stone anymore,” she said. “They’re masked and wrapped on the outside with covers of entertainment, ceremonies and politics.”

Prophetic symbolism in the names

Grace drew attention to the prophetic significance in the names involved in the attack. “The man’s name is Elias, which is a variant of Elijah, meaning ‘my God is Yahweh.’” Yet this man, she said, “was used to kill a Jewish couple that actually serves Yahweh. This is how the enemy works… this is all about mocking God and the people of God.”

The male victim’s name, Yaron, means “full of joy,” which she said carried prophetic weight. “This is a warning of the persecuting spirit that is bringing an outcry in this hour.”

Altars and government power struggles

Grace made a clear link between the operation of these spiritual altars and political power plays in America.

“There is not only a Jehu anointing on President Trump, but it’s coming upon the church,” she said, referring to the biblical figure Jehu who tore down altars and executed judgment on the house of Ahab. “You’re going to see the Acts church arise in the midst of this.”

“Forty-fifth president, four plus five is nine. Forty-seventh, four plus seven is 11. Nine, eleven. Second Kings, chapters nine through 11. This is how I know these high places and altars in this nation are being fought over.”

‘This is about an altar that wanted a sacrifice’

In perhaps the most sobering portion of the broadcast, Grace said plainly, “This is about altars and powering them in order to try to open a gate in Washington, D.C., that will allow for a hostile takeover within these next four years. I’m not saying God’s going to allow it. I’m saying this is what they’re attempting to do.”

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She believes the attack was timed deliberately between Passover and Pentecost, a biblical season of judgment, fire and deliverance.

“This is a time of reckoning. This is a time the enemy is repositioning,” she warned. “An altar that wanted a sacrifice in order to strengthen a position for the enemy for a greater attack that is coming.”

The church must go deeper

Grace urged the church to awaken to the reality of these spiritual systems and start engaging with deeper discernment.

“You cannot fight a spiritual war legally on grounds of intellectualism,” she said. “It doesn’t work. The church cannot be like Saul’s army quaking before Goliath.”

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She believes we are in a “season of excavation” where “the fire of the Holy Spirit and the weighty conviction of truth” must fall on the church.

“Alters that are meant to be destructive to the purposes of God are being torn down. This is the time for them to be torn down,” she said.

The call to intercession

“This, what happened in Washington, D.C., is a product of this,” Grace explained. “And when we can recognize it, we can intercede for that altar to be torn down.”

Her call is simple but urgent: “We as the church have the power and authority to intercede, to expose it. And that is what we need to do.”

James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.

The Middle East continues to boil with conflict, and according to Christian journalist Erick Stakelbeck, it’s not just geopolitics, it’s prophecy unfolding in real time.

Appearing on a recent episode of Joseph Z’s broadcast, Stakelbeck, host of The Watchman on TBN, warned that current events surrounding Israel are aligning with the biblical narrative.

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“If you look at a map, Israel is literally geographically the center of the world. And Jerusalem is the center of that center,” Stakelbeck said. “Jesus will return to Jerusalem. He’ll set his foot down on the Mount of Olives.”

Citing Ezekiel and Isaiah, Stakelbeck said Iran, Turkey and Russia appear to be aligning in a way that sets the stage for the “Gog-Magog invasion.”

“I think we’re seeing things set up for that right now,” he said. “A lot of people have been talking about Isaiah 17 and perhaps the future demise of Damascus, one of the world’s oldest inhabited cities.”

He pointed to the growing hostilities on Israel’s borders, Hezbollah, Hamas and the Iranian-backed Houthis, as signs of prophetic convergence.

“The prophetic time clock right now, Joseph, I believe, is in overdrive,” he said.

Stakelbeck also addressed the global surge in antisemitism that followed the October 7 Hamas terror attacks. “The day after October 7th—literally, Joseph, on October 8th—before Israel even mounted its response… we had anti-Israel protests breaking out on the streets of western cities,” he said.

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“I think something demonic, clearly something demonic was unleashed on October 7th vis-a-vis Israel, Hamas and Iran. But I think in a larger sense, that demonic anti-Semitic spirit was unleashed [in a] more profound way, including here in America.”

According to Stakelbeck, this is not just an issue for Jews, it’s a spiritual war that implicates all Bible-believing Christians. “It always starts with the Jews. But it never ends with the Jews. First the Saturday people, the Jews, then the Sunday people, the Christians,” he said.

He added that both radical Islamic jihadists and the atheistic left carry the same hatred for the God of Israel, describing it as “the spirit of Antichrist.”

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And as for America’s role, he believes President Donald Trump’s return could be prophetically significant.

“President Trump’s return to office is a part of this as well in terms of him. The moves he’s making in the Middle East will… set things up for good certainly for Israel, for America, for the free world in the short term. But in the long term, I think Iran will be looking for revenge.”

In a time of uncertainty, Stakelbeck urged Christians to stay alert to what God is doing.

“If we want to know what’s going on, just walk around with a newspaper in one hand and the Bible in the other,” he said, quoting Billy Graham. “Today, it will probably be your phone in one hand and the Bible in the other, but it’s all unfolding right now.”

James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.

As conflict escalates and alliances shift in the Middle East, one thing remains prophetically consistent: Israel stands alone.

Pastor Tom Hughes addressed this growing isolation in a recent episode of The Tom Hughes Report, saying, “With every passing day, Israel is becoming an obvious stone of stumbling to the whole world.”

Hughes pointed to prophecies in Zechariah and Daniel, reminding viewers that Israel’s role in the last days is not a footnote but the focal point.

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“It is not a coincidence that the major players of the last days are in the news every single day. Russia, Turkey, Iran—just to mention a few,” Hughes said. “Prophecy is being set up for fulfillment.”

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Referencing Zechariah 12:10, he underscored Israel’s future moment of national repentance: “I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and supplication. Then they will look on me whom they pierced.” Hughes added, “They will mourn for him as one mourns for his only son and grieve for him as one grieves for his firstborn.”

This turning point, Hughes emphasized, will happen during the Great Tribulation: “At a certain point during the seven years, Israel as a nation will come to a wonderful and terrible realization. Jesus, the man they rejected, was exactly who He claimed to be, the long awaited Messiah.”

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Just hours after Hughes’ video went live, prophecy and reality collided in chilling fashion.

Two Israeli Embassy staffers were shot and killed in cold blood outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., by a radical leftwing pro-Palestinian terrorist.

The world’s growing hatred of Israel and Jews, is not merely a political problem, it’s a prophetic one.

And it’s unfolding before our eyes.

James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.

President Donald Trump is doubling down on his commitment to protect religious freedom with the launch of his new Religious Liberty Commission.

At a ceremony on the National Day of Prayer, May 1, Trump signed an executive order creating the RLC and is now rolling out key appointments to help lead it forward.

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Among those named to the RLC’s religious advisory board are Pastor Jack Graham of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Texas and Pastor Jentezen Franklin of Free Chapel in Georgia.

“Congratulations to Senior Pastor Jack Graham on being named to the advisory board of the Religious Liberty Commission by President Trump,” Prestonwood announced. “His bold voice for truth and unwavering commitment to the Gospel continue to shine as a light in our nation.”

Congratulation to @jackngraham on being named to the advisory board of the Religious Liberty Commission by President Trump. His bold voice for truth & unwavering commitment to the Gospel continue to shine as a light in our nation. 'Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord' .

— Prestonwood Baptist (@Prestonwood) May 20, 2025

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The commission’s mission is to “vigorously enforce the historic and robust protections for religious liberty enshrined in Federal law.”

Advisory board members will help shape a comprehensive report on America’s religious foundations, current threats to religious liberty and strategies to preserve it for future generations.

The group also includes Franklin Graham, Dr. Phil McGraw, Eric Metaxas and Paula White.

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The commission’s term runs through July 4, 2026, and aims to increase awareness and celebration of religious freedom across the United States.

As Prestonwood said, “May [Graham’s] leadership help strengthen the church and defend the freedom to live out our faith with conviction and courage.”

James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.

Millions are turning away from the Creator, but according to Glenn Beck, they’re not becoming secular.

They’re just trading one god for another.

“They will bow down to the new god of silicon and circuits,” Beck said in a recent monologue. “They will trust it. They will worship it. They will defend it. They will obey it. They will not question.”

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Beck warned that society has become what he calls “material and technological fundamentalists,” blindly trusting algorithms and data over faith and spiritual discernment. “Truth can be discerned with numbers running through a machine. But not by silence and listening for that still small voice,” he said.

As artificial intelligence advances, Beck believes it will present itself as something divine. “Like a messiah, it will promise unbelievable miracles. It will cure disease. It’ll be a solution for climate change, even the end of death itself.”

But he raised the question, “Or will that be the end of death? And at what cost?”

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Beck compared this rise of AI to the biblical warnings about false prophets, saying, “They deceive so many into abandoning their god, the God, because they can see this lesser god of their own creation. What greater deception than a machine that claims to be the savior of mankind?”

Despite his deep concerns, Beck made it clear he is not rejecting AI entirely. “I will not deny this tool,” he said. “As long as I’m in control of this tool, I will not deny the use of this tool because we can do miraculous things with it.”

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Still, there are lines he will not cross.

“I will never accept it inside of my body. I’ve never inject something into my head so I can think like the machine,” he stated. “This will become a god without a soul, a god without love, a god without mercy, a god of cold, calculating logic. That’s what it is.”

With society racing toward technological dependence, Beck echoed Elon Musk’s term for this moment: “the event horizon of the singularity.” He added, “You could just say at the biggest crossroads in history that humans have ever been.”

James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.

The man known as the “brains” behind ChatGPT once proposed building a doomsday bunker for his company’s top researchers ahead of what he believed could be a civilization-altering ‘rapture’: the release of artificial general intelligence, or AGI.

“We’re definitely going to build a bunker before we release AGI,” said Ilya Sutskever, according to Empire of AI author Karen Hao, whose account was adapted in The Atlantic.

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During a 2023 internal meeting, Sutskever reportedly told colleagues, “Once we all get into the bunker…” before being cut off by a confused researcher asking, “I’m sorry, the bunker?”

The remarks, corroborated by multiple sources, reveal a bizarre and almost spiritual fear among the minds crafting the world’s most powerful technologies. “There is a group of people — Ilya being one of them — who believe that building AGI will bring about a rapture. Literally, a rapture,” one researcher said.

As reported by The New York Post, the story of Sutskever’s growing disillusionment with OpenAI’s trajectory and internal power struggles, including his brief ousting of CEO Sam Altman, paints a sobering picture: those closest to AGI’s creation fear not just its misuse, but its very existence.

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No manmade bunker can protect the soul from the true rapture that is coming.

The Word of God is clear: there is a day approaching when Jesus Christ will return and take His church out of this world. No billionaire, no bunker, no artificial intelligence can stop it or prepare someone for it, apart from repentance and faith in Jesus.

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The elite of the earth may build underground fortresses, but unless they are born again, all their preparations are in vain. As Christ Himself said, “For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?” (Mark 8:36).

There is only one shelter that will endure in the coming storm: the blood of Jesus Christ and the salvation He freely offers. The true rapture won’t be triggered by machines, it will be led by the King of kings. And only those who know Him will be ready.

James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.

Noise is everywhere, scrolling feeds, endless notifications and constant opinions.

That’s the reality Tré Goins-Phillips and Billy Hallowell unpacked in a recent episode of Faith Versus Culture, where they explored what it means to live faithfully in what they called a “digital Babylon.”

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“Daniel… was determined not to defile himself,” Goins-Phillips said, pointing to the example set in Daniel 1.

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Hallowell reflected on his own effort to regain clarity, saying, “I’ve removed the apps from my phone for 30 days. It sort of recalibrates and gives a little bit of peace.” He added, “The primary reason that I should be using it… is to honor God.”

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To hear the full conversation on dealing with social media in today’s age, watch the video above.

James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.

President Donald Trump’s newly proposed $175 billion “Golden Dome” missile defense system is making headlines, but some believers are asking whether we even have the time to see it through.

In a recent video, Tom Cote from the Watchman River channel questioned, “Do you guys think we have the time to build the golden dome for the golden age?”

For him, there is only one answer: “I just don’t think there’s time.”

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Cote made it clear he supports the idea as an American. “I’m all for them building a golden dome to protect us,” he said. But through a biblical lens, he believes the world is far too close to the return of Christ for such long-term plans to unfold.

“When I see all the signs that have converged as we wait for this pre-tribulation rapture, I don’t see the Golden Dome. And I definitely don’t see the golden age,” he added.

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Referencing increasing global chaos, prophetic signs and mounting tensions, Cote emphasized one important, end times point: “Time is short. I say that all the time because I really believe it.”

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To hear all of the Watchman River podcast episode, watch the video above.

James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.

The line is being drawn, and the choice is becoming clear: follow the Word of God or follow the spirit of the age.

A recent decision by the Presbyterian Church USA showcases just how far apostasy has crept into the modern church, and how urgent it is for the remnant to remain grounded in truth.

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As reported by The Christian Post, the PCUSA has passed Amendment 24-C, which requires all ordination candidates to be questioned about their views on sexual orientation and gender identity. This decision has been met with sharp concern by many believers who hold to the authority of Scripture. The amendment passed with approval from 86 presbyteries—two more than the minimum required.

Supporters of the move, like the Rev. Brian Ellison of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians, claim the change is meant to foster “deeper reflection, honest conversation, and authentic discernment.” Ellison added, “I’m genuinely excited to see the ways these more comprehensive examinations will benefit LGBTQIA+ people, as well as those from other marginalized groups.”