When Words Turn to War: A Vanbōōlzalness Tale

The Next Steps Show

Summarized Transcript

Host: Peter Vazquez

Guest: Pastor Mark Biltz (Founder and Senior Pastor, El Shaddai Ministries)

Peter Vazquez:

The world is changing daily, and the headlines move fast. Today is not just about politics in the Middle East. Israel’s role in the conflict and the crisis in Persia fit patterns described by scripture and history. The call is discernment, to watch with wisdom and without fear.

We are living in an age where language outruns truth. When moral authority becomes untethered from accountability, it multiplies confusion, not peace. This is not chaos by accident. It is disorder managed through words. When words lose their weight, reality absorbs the damage. That is the Vanbōōlzalness Crisis, control through distortion.

Peter Vazquez:

Pastor Mark Biltz joins us again. He studies biblical prophecy and Middle Eastern affairs and leads El Shaddai Ministries.

Pastor Mark Biltz:

I was raised Catholic, later became Protestant, then began studying the Bible from both Jewish and Christian perspectives. El Shaddai Ministries was created to build a bridge between Christians and Jews. We have a global audience and a diverse congregation, both in-person and online.

Peter Vazquez:

Help listeners understand the distinction between being Jewish and being Christian.

Pastor Mark Biltz:

Christianity is belief. Jewish identity is biological. Jews do not accept Jesus as Messiah. Christians do.

Peter Vazquez:

A press release from church leadership in Jerusalem claims they alone represent Christian life in the Holy Land and warns against Christian Zionism. Why is that dangerous?

Pastor Mark Biltz:

It is about power and control. For centuries, Catholic authority dominated Christian representation. Now Israel is increasingly engaging evangelicals, sidelining traditional Catholic channels, and that shift is creating conflict.

Peter Vazquez:

When moral authority uses the strongest language, words like genocide, who bears responsibility when those words are weaponized?

Pastor Mark Biltz:

Everything is being weaponized. The Bible warned of a time when people call good evil and evil good. This is part of the environment we are living in.

Peter Vazquez:

At what point does moral urgency become moral recklessness?

Pastor Mark Biltz:

When emotion drives the message and truth is not anchored. There has to be an adult in the room. Words must convey truth, not hysteria.

Peter Vazquez:

You have witnessed major cultural shifts.

Pastor Mark Biltz:

Morality has shifted downward even inside the church. Standards once considered shocking are now normalized. The church is often absorbing the culture instead of resisting it.

Peter Vazquez:

Israel passed a historic declaration affirming Judea, Samaria, and the Jordan Valley as inseparable parts of Israel. Symbolic, but seismic. Why?

Pastor Mark Biltz:

Politics is part of it, but biblically, God sets borders. The earth belongs to Him. International bodies cannot redefine what God assigned. The battle over land and Jerusalem has spiritual dimensions.

Peter Vazquez:

Prophecy is not meant to induce panic. It is meant to bring clarity. What does watchfulness mean?

Pastor Mark Biltz:

Watchfulness requires knowing when to watch, where to watch, and why to watch. Most believers do not know the times and seasons because they are not aligned with God’s calendar. The Bible uses both sun and moon. Patterns around Passover and Pentecost were rehearsals pointing to fulfillment. Prophecy is a call to readiness, not fear.

Peter Vazquez:

Discernment is not obsession. What separates the two?

Pastor Mark Biltz:

Astronomy is about God. Astrology is about self. The heart motive matters. God created lights for signs. Eclipses are an example that cannot be manipulated and speak to all peoples.

Peter Vazquez:

Societies now mock spiritual context. Could that connect to rising crime, depression, and instability?

Pastor Mark Biltz:

Self-centeredness and narcissism dominate. People focus on self, not God, and we reap the consequences.

Peter Vazquez:

Iran is seeing protests, arrests, and unrest. You describe Persia at a hinge point.

Pastor Mark Biltz:

Even Iran is seeing religious collapse. Reports suggest tens of thousands of mosques have closed, and many lack permanent prayer leaders. People are rejecting radical Islam. When the whole society moves at once, it can signal legitimacy collapse, but crowds can also be misled. Scripture warns that the multitude can drift.

Peter Vazquez:

We also addressed geopolitics, including Greenland.

Pastor Mark Biltz:

China has pushed into the Western Hemisphere through infrastructure and influence. Greenland is strategically vital for defense and resources. The concern is preventing adversaries from establishing footholds and forcing weak alliances to take defense seriously.

Peter Vazquez:

We discussed UNRWA and accountability. When aid resists oversight, corruption can hide under ideology. Refugee status expansion and institutional protectionism become another example of systems drifting into narrative without accountability.

Closing, Peter Vazquez:

Headlines look grim, but understanding why these forces converge spiritually, geopolitically, and historically is how you watch with wisdom, not fear. Be a leader. Do not surrender reality to the Vanbōōlzalness Crisis. Be a voice for liberty.