Daniel Archives - Seeking The Way

Mid-October 2026 offers plenty to unsettle anyone paying attention. Stress fractures are opening through the global bond market. Fresh conflict is engulfing the Middle East. And in three weeks, Americans go to the polls for midterm elections that could reshape Washington for the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term.

Here are several trends now in play, and how disciples of Christ might view them with interest.

A shift in power?

As of this writing (October 12), most polls forecast the traditional midterm swing, with the opposition party—this time the Democrats—taking control of the House. Through the summer, Republicans were generally expected to hold the Senate. Since August, that picture has blurred considerably.

Smoke. Ruins. Chains. To anyone standing in Jerusalem in 586 B.C., the conclusion seemed unavoidable: the plan of God had hit the rocks. To think that an unexpected arc of astonishing narrative was in the making—incredibly powerful and personally relevant when one connects the prophetic dots and sees the global picture—would have been out of the question.

The rise of the Godfearers — Connecting the prophetic dots and the rise of the Godfearers (Seeking The Way image)

Almost every great story has a moment when everything appears lost. For the people of God, it came twice — in 721 B.C., when Assyria scattered the ten tribes of Israel, and in 586 B.C., when Nebuchadnezzar “set fire to the temple of the Lord” (Jeremiah 52:13, NIV) and dragged Judah into captivity. The date: the 9th of Av — July 23 in 2026.

On deck – what turmoil might the next 24 months bring?

A Miraculous Prophetic Arc of God — and You