[Editor's note: Below are the testimonies and prophetic encounters and signs from Donna Rigney's trip to Israel, which she shared during her recent interview on ElijahStreams. We encourage you to read through them and watch the episode here.]
Signs and Wonders in Israel: A Cloud Resting on the Sea of Galilee
On Saturday, February 28, 2026, while on a ministry trip to Israel, we woke up with the news that Israel had struck Iran. Our trip to Israel was organized to take place during Purim. Like Queen Esther, we felt we were being sent here to intercede for Israel. Little did we know that we would be locked down and unable to leave.
We were staying in a beautiful hotel, in an area that was not close to any cities, so we were not being targeted for bombs. Throughout the day and night, sirens sounded and we had to gather in bomb shelters.
Approximately 115 women gathered together and worshiped and prayed prophetic prayers. After this time of prayer, we took a picture of a cloud that was resting on the Sea of Galilee and saw what looked like a stairway made out of clouds ascending to Heaven (pictured here).
We knew this was a sign that HIS GLORY was resting on Israel and on us. Victory was assured. (Photo via Donna Rigney)
The People of Iran Are Being Rescued!
On February 1, 2026, just three weeks before I left to go to Israel, a beautiful women of God from Iran came to our Glory Gathering. The Lord spoke to me and told me that because Iran was her homeland, she could stand in the gap for Iran, and we could open a portal in Iran as our entire congregation worshiped. I declared that word, and together with her we worshiped, and God sent His angels to open a portal in her homeland.
Little did we know the significance of this event. Weeks later, Israel and the United States bombed Iran and took out their wicked leaders. Once a portal is opened, then God has free access to do what He wants to do in a land. God wants to rescue the people of Iran. He is doing that in this hour with lightning speed!
Assignments of Love Passed Out
On February 22, 2026—the Sunday before we left for Israel, during our Sunday evening Glory Gathering—I saw Jesus hand each and every one of us our new assignments. He took a small white piece of paper, kissed it, and handed it to each of those gathered before Him.
I knew that the Lord was saying that our new assignments were given, because of His love, to be implemented by us with His love. Love changes the world!
In spite of a threat of impending military action by Donald Trump to rescue the people of Iran, our assignment was to go to Israel and pray, release His glory, and open portals. While preparing to leave on the trip, I felt prophetically that military action was going to occur, and that the airspace over Israel was going to be shut down. Because of this, I prayed and sought the Lord's will—if He still wanted me to go on the trip. Much to my dismay, the Lord directed me to go on the trip.
Days before leaving for the trip, I saw myself like Abraham putting Isaac on the altar, placing the sacrifice of leaving my new husband David on the altar, knowing prophetically that the airspace over Israel would be closed. This kind of sacrificial offering is very significant for our God. Frequently, He needs us to lay a sacrifice down before Him—one that is united with the sacrifice that Jesus made on Calvary.
Little did I know, He needed a sacrifice similar to the sacrifice the prophet Elijah laid on the altar at Mount Carmel for what God was planning to do while we were in the Middle East.
On February 25, 2026, with hearts filled with loving obedience, we embarked on our trip to Israel.
The Miracle on Mount Carmel
On Friday, February 27, 2026, while standing on Mount Carmel, worshiping with about 120 people, I saw an old-fashioned, silver hand drill suspended in the sky above us. Then I saw many angels with silver drills in their hands, passing these drills out to another large group of angels. Then the group of angels, with the drills in hand, started drilling holes in the dense, dark ceiling that was suspended above Mount Carmel. Many holes were drilled while we worshiped. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
As I watched in the spirit, I saw Father God breathe a deep breath into those holes. As He blew His breath through the holes, fire fell on the top of Mount Carmel and on all of us gathered together there worshiping.
From the top of Mount Carmel, a massive, explosive fire burst up from the land and people, through the dark, dense ceiling—taking it down—and exploded high into the heavens.
This fire was the fire of God's approval that fell on the sacrifice of all who were gathered and had laid down the sacrifice of coming to pray for Israel for such a time as this! Like Esther, we were beseeching the King—our God—for peace for Israel!
I knew prophetically that just as when Elijah the prophet stood in the gap for Israel, we were standing in the gap for God's beloved people. I saw that the prophets of Baal would be killed and stopped from spreading their lies and perpetrating murder, and that the true prophets were receiving supernatural strength, boldness, and power to speak God's words.
A few hours later, the war broke out, and Israel and the United States of America bombed Iran, killed the ayatollah and his men, and began the removal of the prophets of Baal.
Later that day, the people in Iran ignited the statue of Baal on fire and destroyed it. This was a prophetic picture of what God did! The fire took out the false, wicked leaders and the prophets of Baal! The true prophets, like Elijah, have been in emboldened and empowered by the fire of God!
Dancing With Jesus on the Sea of Galilee!
Once we finished our assignment on Mount Carmel, a few hours later, on February 27, 2026, we went to the Sea of Galilee. While gathered there in worship, I saw Jesus in the spirit. He was very large, and He came and took each one of us by the hand and led us out on the top of the sea. He danced with each of us individually on the Sea of Galilee. As I beheld this beautiful sight, I saw multitudes of fish just under the surface of the water.
Jesus said, "Today I have called you to be fishers of men." Then I saw the fish jump out of the water into our boats. We didn't have to exert any effort to catch those fish.
It is in the place of intimacy (dancing) with Jesus that we will be very fruitful and, with great ease, bring in the great harvest of souls.
After seeing this wonderful vision, the leaders of the group explained that the place where we were standing at the Sea of Galilee was where Jesus walked on water, where He told His disciples to cast their net over the side of the boat and they caught a large number of fish, and where He called Peter and told him that he would be a fisher of men. God is so amazing. He always confirms His words to us! (Photo via Picryl)
What Happened After the War Started
For many months, the Lord has been speaking to me about carrying His glory to the nations. He told me that, similar to Mary bringing Jesus into the world, He had assigned me to bring His glory wherever He sent me. He explained that those of us who have His glory are like the ark of the covenant, with the glory inside of us. This is an honor but also a responsibility to keep the glory safe and to keep that which is ungodly from touching the glory.
Knowing that I was being sent to release His glory in Israel encouraged me greatly, knowing that the sacrifice I was being asked to offer held such blessings for Israel.
Hours before the war broke out, on February 27, 2026, Father spoke to me and said that it was time to leave Israel. While praying about our departure, Holy Spirit brought me to Matthew 1:17–25 and 2:1–15. These passages give the accounts of Mary giving birth to Jesus and Joseph receiving a warning from an angel in a dream to "Get up... take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him" (Matthew 2:13 NIV).
I knew the Lord was saying that what He had assigned me to do had been completed, and it was time to leave by way of Egypt. The glory of God had been released, and it was time to safely bring the glory where the glory would be honored and worshiped and not treated as common or defamed.
From February 28, 2026, soon after the war broke out, all the excursions that were planned for the trip were canceled. All the options to safely get us out of Israel were being looked into. On Monday, March 2, 2026, it was decided that our only option was to take buses and travel for two days out of Israel and go to Cairo, Egypt to catch flights back home.
Once again, the Lord fulfilled a word He had spoken to me. We would get safely out of Israel through Egypt amidst the bombings from Iran.
A Portal Opened in Cairo, Egypt
After two very long days riding through Israel into Egypt, we arrived at our hotel in Cairo. On Wednesday, March 4, 2026, while in prayer and while worshiping together in our hotel room, the glory fell on me and my friend and traveling companion, Ceci.
The glory of God fell so strong that immediately I was in the spirit watching angels open a portal over Cairo. As I watched what God was doing in Egypt, I understood why our first flight out of Egypt was canceled and we had to rebook it for a day later. God wanted us to stay an extra day alone in our room, worshiping and praising Him, so that He could open a portal over Egypt. I rejoiced that God's plan was unfolding His way!
Looking into the spirit, I saw an enormous angel with a very large sledgehammer and a huge ice pick in his hands. He pierced the dark, ominous covering over the region as he hammered the sharp ice pick into it. A heavenly window was opening.
At the same time that I saw this angel hammering the ice pick into the dark covering over Egypt, my friend Ceci saw a window open in Heaven above us, with the Lord sitting on His throne, looking down on us. (Photo via Pexels)
I felt the delight in Jesus's heart when He said, "Now the light of My glory can invade Egypt. All the benefits of My cross can reach My people in this region."
Then I saw a long line of angels come from Heaven through the newly opened portal. They all held buckets filled with the blood of Jesus. All the angels dressed in white garments advanced through the land while applying the blood of Jesus and cleansing the land and His people. The angels were preparing the people in the land for the glory.
Some of these angels had long-handle scrub brushes. They soaked these brushes in the blood of the Lamb and applied the blood to the land, while vigorously scrubbing away generations of rebellion and idolatry.
Our God is taking the land back His way. The world will belong to Him again!
Then I saw battalions of angels, dressed in military uniforms, enter through the portal and rout demons out of the land. This was the result of the prayers of God's people!
At that exact moment, the cleaning lady knocked on the door of our hotel room and asked if we wanted the room cleaned and if we wanted water. I knew this was a prophetic sign confirming what God was doing—cleaning the land! The land is being cleansed, and His Spirit (water) will transform the land. An abundance of grace and glory are coming to Egypt.
While I was getting these revelations, Ceci received these confirming Scriptures:
• Leviticus 19:2
• Leviticus 20:7
• Isaiah 19:18–21: "In that day five cities in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun. In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the heart of Egypt, and a monument to the Lord at its border. It will be a sign and witness to the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender, and He will rescue them. So the Lord will make Himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge the Lord. They will worship with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and keep them" (NIV).
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Donna Rigney Sagan
His Heart Ministries Int.
Email:Â hisheartinternational@yahoo.com
Website:Â donnarigney.org
Donna Rigney Sagan and her husband David are pastors of His Heart Ministries Int., in North Central Florida. They host a Sunday evening Glory Gathering at the VFW Post in Palm Coast, Florida. Donna is widely known for the tangible glory of God that flows through her ministry. Her ministry is marked by a strong presence of God and a passion to see people healed, delivered, and walking in divine purpose. Donna has written three powerful books. Two of her prophetic books, Divine Encounters and The Glory of God Revealed, detail her many riveting encounters with Jesus, where He took her in the spirit to Heaven and Hell. She also has a three-disc CD set, Soaking in the Glory, in which she teaches how to encounter and host the glory of God. All her books and her CD set are available on her website, donnarigney.org. Donna has appeared on Sid Roth It's Supernatural and has a television show through ISN, titled Nuggets of Gold.
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