Dr. MaryAnn Diorio

August 9, 2025

Hello and Happy Day! This is Dr. MaryAnn Diorio, Novelist and Life Coach, welcoming you to another episode of Winning with the Word. Today is Saturday, August 9, 2025, and this is episode #12 in Series 2025. This episode is titled, Are You Ready for What’s Coming?

Well, are you ready for what’s coming? Do you even know what’s coming? And coming very, very soon?

It astounds me when I speak to people to learn that most of them have no clue about what is really going on in the world. They may know geopolitically or economically, but few know Biblically and prophetically what is actually happening. The reason is they don’t read the Bible!

Moreover, when I explain to people what is happening, most of them brush me off as being a lunatic, a crazy lady, a woman off her rocker. (Now, I do have a lovely white rocking chair on my front porch, but I manage very well to remain in it when I rock. 🙂

But, back to my very serious message. The world is on the brink of a major disruption such as has never been seen in history nor will it ever be seen again. Consider Matthew 24: 21 NASB: “For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will again.”

This verse alludes to the Tribulation, that seven-year period of horrific catastrophe and calamity that will befall the earth and is also referred to in the Bible as “the time of Jacob’s trouble.”

What is the time of Jacob’s trouble?

Let me give you a little background to help you understand. Jacob was the grandson of Abraham and the son of Isaac. In the Bible, the name Jacob refers to Israel because the Lord God changed Jacob’s name to Israel. We learn this in Genesis 32: 28 ESV: “Then he [God] said, ‘Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.'” (Brackets mine)

Over the subsequent centuries, the Israelites, the descendants of Jacob, sinned greatly against God. As a result, God’s wrath against them was roused, and they suffered much for their rebellion. The purpose of the Tribulation, or the time of Jacob’s trouble, will be to bring Israel to repentance and to pour out His wrath on an unbelieving world.

When will the Tribulation, the time of Jacob’s trouble, occur? Here are some indicators:

1_It will occur after Israel is back in her land. From the years 70 AD to 1948 AD, Israel was scattered all over the world in the historic event known as the diaspora. But in 1948, Israel was established and recognized as a sovereign nation by the United Nations. So Israel is now back in her land. Indicator #1 fulfilled.

2_It will occur after the “times of the Gentiles. In Luke 21: 24, Jesus prophesied that Jerusalem “would be trampled underfoot” by the Gentiles until their time is fulfilled. This “time of the Gentiles” was likely completed in the 1967 war when Israel took back Jerusalem. Indicator #2 fulfilled.

3_It will occur before the second coming of Christ. According to Mark 24: 23-30, Jesus will return at the end of the time of Jacob’s trouble to judge the world. Indeed, His return signals the end of the Tribulation, or the time of Jacob’s trouble.

But before returning to the earth at the end of the Tribulation, Jesus will appear in the clouds and remove His true followers from the earth before the Tribulation, so that they will not suffer His wrath during the Tribulation. This event is called the Rapture. Some scholars believe that the Rapture could occur next month, September 2025, on the Jewish Feast of Rosh HaShanah, also called the Feast of Trumpets.

Many signs are alerting us to the imminent return of Jesus Christ in the Rapture. Here are a few:

1_The increase in the frequency and intensity of earthquakes, storms, and floods.
2_The rise in famine around the world.
3_The appearance of new diseases.
4_The move toward a worldwide banking system of digital currency.
5_The increase of lawlessness in the form of bloody street riots, increasing attacks on Christians and Jews, and failure to uphold our Constitution and our laws.

Jeremiah the Prophet described the time of Jacob’s trouble as follows: “In all history there has never been such a time of terror. It will be a time of trouble for my people Israel. Yet in the end they will be saved!” (Jeremiah 3: 7 NLT)

Friend, you may be quite surprised by all that I am telling you. Or you may think it’s nothing but the conspiracy theory of an alarmist. Whatever you think, it will not change the truth that the Tribulation will occur. And based on the world situation today, it will occur very, very soon. And those who are not born again will have to endure it. The Bible says that most of the world population will die during the Tribulation. You don’t want to be one of them.

Worse than physical death, however, is spiritual death. During the Tribulation, people will be forced to worship the AntiChrist. Those who refuse will be beheaded. If one chooses to worship the AntiChrist, one will be doomed to Hell. Only those who refuse to worship him, and who are beheaded as a result, will go to Heaven.

If you want to avoid the horrors of the Tribulation, and worse yet, the horrors of Hell, pray this simple prayer of salvation with me now. Do not delay!

Lord Jesus, I want to avoid the horrors of the Tribulation and, worse than that, the horros of Hell. I want to be born again. I acknowledge that I am a sinner. I believe that You are the Son of God Who died for me and Who rose from the dead. I invite you now to come into my life to be my Savior and Lord. Thank you for paying the price for my sin. Thank You for giving me the gift of eternal life. In Your Name I receive it now. Amen.

If you sincerely prayed this prayer from your heart, you are now a born-again child of God. You have been given an inheritance by God Himself that includes hope, peace, and joy. Write to me at drmaryannn@maryanndiorio.com, and I will send you a free PDF e-booklet titled After You’re Born Again.

In case you are not aware, I write heart-mending fiction that deals with the deepest issues of life. In my stories you will find characters just like you who struggle with what look like impossible problems and situations. Check out my books at my online bookstore at shop.maryanndiorio.com. That’s shop.maryanndiorio.com. 

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Until next time, remember that God loves you just as you are and just where you are. Yet He doesn’t want to keep you there. As you live in Him, He will help you to keep on winning with the Word.

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