[Editor's note:Â Below are the prophetic insights shared by Amanda Grace during her latest interview on ElijahStreams. You can watch the episode for full context using the link at the bottom of this article.]
This Is the "Matthew 7" Storm
The following excerpt is from a New York Times article titled "Powerful Fall Storm Strengthens as It Crawls Up the East Coast," September 25, 2026:
"Rain, flooding and gusty winds are in the forecast this weekend for the Northeast, including New York and Boston. A potent storm that threatens to upend weekend plans for millions of people was moving up the East Coast on Friday, bringing strong winds, coastal flooding and heavy rain."(1)
This was an unusual storm that happened in September, right before the midterms. It is the "Matthew 7" storm. I had prophetically warned about this storm a month ago with Congress, saying that it would be like Matthew 7:25–27. The wise man built his house upon the rock, and the rain fell and the flood came and the winds blew and slammed against that house, and it stood, for it was founded on the rock. The foolish man built his house upon the sand, and the rains fell and the floods came and the winds blew and slammed against that house, and it fell, and great and complete was its fall.
This storm materializing in the natural, I believe, is connected to what is coming with the midterms. I'm calling this the "Matthew 7" storm of the East Coast that we watched form in September. If you remember, I had said (receiving from the Holy Spirit) that it was going to be an SOS—sound the alarm in September. Well, this was it. The alarm has been sounded, and this storm is coming. So, we need to intercede and pray for the safety of those in the way of it. Sometimes the Lord stops the storm, and sometimes the Lord allows the storm in order to reveal the foundation, because these midterms are a battle of foundations. The next two years in Trump's presidency are going to be the battle of the "Matthew 7" foundation.
This storm was strengthening, as the clashing in this nation has been intensifying, less than forty days out from the midterms. This storm formed on the East Coast around Yom Kippur, as Netanyahu was set to go to the UN. Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement; it's the day of repentance. It's a reckoning. So, this storm formed around Yom Kippur, and Netanyahu had just arrived at the UN to give his speech as this storm was about to make landfall.
The following excerpt is from a News 18 article titled "Mass Walkout At UNGA As Israel's Netanyahu Takes Podium: 'Moral Cowards,' He Fires Back," September 26, 2026:
"Mass walkout before Netanyahu speech prompts fiery response from Israeli prime minister. Dozens of delegates streamed out of the New York City chamber as the Israeli prime minister took the stage.
"Turning to criticism from U.S. figures, Netanyahu called out New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a socialist, whom he called 'anti-semitic,' as well as influencer Hasan Piker. Addressing Mamdani directly, Netanyahu said, 'Mr. Mamdani, you try to stop me from coming here. You tried to silence me. Well, you can't silence me. You can't silence the truth.'
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a defiant address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, directly confronting dozens of international delegations that staged a coordinated mass walkout as he approached the podium. Undeterred by the empty seats across the iconic hall, the Israeli leader launched a scathing critique of the world body, dismissing the protesting diplomats as 'moral cowards' and hypocrites.
"The dramatic walkout, led primarily by Arab, Muslim, and non-aligned nations alongside several European representatives, served as a stark visual protest against Israel's ongoing military operations in Gaza and Lebanon."(2)
Brace for Impact
In April of 2026, my book, Brace for Impact, was released. The Lord gave me that title because of the time we are in and what we have entered prophetically in the year 5787. It is in this year when Netanyahu gave his speech, because we entered 5787 on the Jewish calendar on 9/11. Netanyahu gave his speech in a Jewish leap year, because the year 5787 has double Purims. The book I wrote, Brace for Impact, has a prophetic title that is warning of this time.
It was very interesting to see that Netanyahu actually spoke that phrase in his United Nations speech. Here is what he said:"At the 
time I was an Israeli high school student in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Five days before the war broke out, I flew back to Israel. I found a country in total blackout. Israel braced for impact."(3)
He said it: "Brace for impact." The book covers the years that we are entering and the five rare prophetic events that are all on a collision course and are converging. Now, I believe he said something prophetically. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
This is just dropping in my spirit right now, and I discern this to be from the Holy Spirit: he said something prophetically that he didn't even realize. He stood in the UN, and he said those words: "brace for impact." In a year of double Purims, with double decrees of destruction going out that are going to take double divine reversals, watch what happens to the heads of the UN. Watch the shaking that is coming to the UN and to New York City. I believe that there is a reason he stood in the UN and spoke those very words prophetically. He doesn't even realize the Lord allowed those words to flow out of his mouth as a warning of impending judgment that is coming to the UN.
We must understand something. Most of the men that Almighty God used in Scripture were incredibly flawed people. They weren't always walking with the Lord the way that they should have. However, they were yoked by God for a time and for a season to do what He had called and appointed them to do.
Netanyahu Is an Ox That Will Be Led by the Lord
Excerpt from a word of the Lord released on February 26, 2023:
"Pray, My children," says the Lord, "for leadership. For it is as a strong ox, some of them. And I the Lord shall subdue them," says the Lord. "They will listen. They will submit. They will surrender and they will learn to wear the yoke," says the Lord, "if they want to lead for Me.
"David wore the yoke," says the Lord. "Hezekiah wore the yoke," says the Lord. "The name is etched on that yoke, and it shall be revealed; it shall be solidified. You shall see it. The yoke is coming upon Israel's leader right now," says the Lord, "that yoke. He will see more and he will hear forth more from Me than he ever has in his life. For I am calling through the darkness and the noise, Benjamin, son of My right hand. I am calling through the darkness, and I am going to cause you to turn to My Word and to know in Whom your salvation is. And he shall know it, and at some point in his life, he shall declare it," says the Lord.
"For he is coming under that yoke, and he will be the ox for Me," says the Lord, "that topples the regime of Iran. He shall be the ox for Me that helps plow the fields in America.
"For your nation is meant to be a friend and a brother to Israel, and that needs to be reconciled in this season," says the Lord. "For they have attempted to separate it; they have attempted to sever the relationship and destroy it. And in this season, by My balm, I the Lord shall begin to soothe the wounds and the boils that are broken out and heal that relationship.
"And those that want to be Sauls and go after their own people—you shall fall by your own sword in this season. You shall, you shall. For you have turned to the way of Cain...
"You have turned to the ways of Balaam, and you have but a little time left before your seat is replaced and it shall not be a charging donkey," says the Lord, "that replaces it, for that stubborn mule shall be subdued and put in its place," says the Lord.
(To read this full word, click here.)
A Pair of Yoked Oxen: Israel and America
Excerpt from a word of the Lord released on February 16, 2026:
"For the ox is arising. The ox is arising in nations and being yoked for such a time, to topple regimes I the Lord have judged. The ox," says the Lord, "the aleph," says the Lord. "The ox is rising out of Israel," says the Lord. "For that stubborn bull is being yoked," says the Lord, "to topple regimes and plow the fields," says the Lord. "The ox is arising in America to be yoked. A yoked pair of oxen," says the Lord, "to tread upon the fields of corruption that have become ripe for harvest."
(To read this full word, click here.)
A Changing of the Guard in the Middle East
Excerpt from a word of the Lord released on May 7, 2026:
"A stone shall arise," says the Lord. "A stone shall arise. And that stone shall strike the heads of media tech, industry, and royalty," says the Lord. "A staff shall arise that shall hook them and draw them into their pit. For you shall see a serpent, a bear, and a lion. Their leaders, with such imagery, shall be put down before the earth to step down and abandon their headship.
"You shall see an ox plow its final field before you shall see a bull arise in that nation. Israel is about to change hands," says the Lord, "as a changing of the guard in the Middle East shall be triggered when the trumpet is blown," says the Lord.
(To read more about events tied to this word, click here.)
An Attempt on High Leadership—Pray
Excerpt from a word of the Lord released on June 21, 2026:
"There is a political ticking-time bomb in Israel," says the Lord. "Intercede and pray, for if that has its way, Israel shall be further chained to darkness for a time. It will take repentance to neutralize. Such an ox that has led is about to make its final push to topple networks of darkness, and it shall be symbolic," says the Lord. "As this occurs, there shall be an attempt on the life of high leadership in Israel," says the Lord. "Intercede and pray, for if it prematurely succeeds, those waiting in the wings will plunge Israel further away from Me," says the Lord.
"There is a coup that is set," says the Lord. "America and Israel, a coup has been set—an overthrow in the Knesset, and in Congress, a coup in Cabinets," says the Lord. "The timing of such shall be historic," says the Lord.
(To read this full word, click here.)
Great Opposition, Unprecedented Breakthrough, and the Altar of Pergamon
The warfare has intensified. This is a "brace for impact" moment. I believe we are at a moment of great opposition that is mounting. However, there is a great breakthrough as well in our lives. I believe we are on the precipice of some of the most incredible, profound, and pivotal breakthrough moments as well as some profound national moments that are unprecedented, in some regards.
This excerpt is from a Fox News article titled "AI leaders attend Trump-Xi state dinner as one CEO dismisses need for industry-wide coordination," September 25, 2026:
"America's top AI and tech leaders attended President Donald Trump's White House state dinner Thursday for Chinese President Xi Jinping. The glitzy, black-tie affair came as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg dismissed the need for AI labs to work together to prevent the emerging technology from going rogue." (Screenshot of Fox News article via Amanda Grace)
"Elon Musk is making a sky-high prediction for artificial intelligence. The SpaceX CEO says computing will eventually move almost entirely off Earth.
"'The amount of compute in space will obviously round up to 100% of all compute,' Musk wrote on X in response to a video about Google's Project Suncatcher.
"The project explores whether solar-powered satellites carrying Google's AI chips could work together as an orbital data center.
"The idea is still in the testing stage. Google has said it plans to launch two prototype satellites with partner Planet by early 2027 to test the hardware in orbit."(4)
Google wants to put these satellites up into the atmosphere by 2027. It's called "Project Suncatcher." Now, within this headline is something hidden, having to do with 2027 and why I believe Google (as well as the rest of the tech industry) is trying to align with that. From the headline, you can spell the following: "Solar, Eclipse," "Altar Pergamon," and "Align."
There is a reason why I believe this is happening now.
In 2027, the Altar of Pergamon (which is the throne of satan according to Revelation 2) is coming back out (June 4, 2027) after being in hiding for over ten years while undergoing renovations. It will be coming out in close proximity to a full solar eclipse (August 2, 2027) that will last more than six minutes. It will be the longest in over a century. The following places will be in the path of totality: Mecca (the holiest site of Islam), Benghazi, Spain, and others. This is when Google wants to send their "Suncatcher" satellites up into space. (Image via Ark of Grace Ministries)
(To read more about the Altar of Pergamon, click here.)
The AI dinner happened because Xi Jinping was in town. He is a big proponent of AI. China has these wild things going on with AI right now. I think part of it is because the kingdom of darkness is highly technologically advanced, and they will push the envelope in that regard. Satan can't create; he can only take and manipulate what already is.
Xi Jinping and the Golden Eagle
There is a picture of Xi Jinping that struck me. In the picture, he is standing in front of a golden eagle. The image prophetically struck me. There is something profound behind him and this golden eagle aligning. I believe this picture was taken in the United States. (Screenshot showing Xi Jinping speaking at White House state dinner via PSA News Today, YouTube)(5)
The following excerpt is from a Jerusalem Post article titled "The golden eagle in Jerusalem: History repeats itself," February 23, 2020:
"To curry favor with Rome, King Herod put a golden eagle outside of the Temple of Jerusalem. Like other military standards, this eagle was carried into battle. The presence of the eagle meant the presence of the Roman Legion. By placing one at the gates, Herod was making a powerful statement regarding Jerusalem's sovereignty under Rome.
"Making idols was forbidden to the Jewish people, even if there was no attempt to worship them. Yet the Romans regarded eagle standards as holy symbols, anointing them on special days. Two respected teachers of the law, Judas and Matthias, spoke to religious scholars about this violation.
"A group of these men pulled down the golden eagle and cut it into pieces. The king's captain detained 40 participants, along with Matthias and Judas, and brought them before Herod. They explained that they made the choice to destroy the idol because they upheld the laws of Moses, and loved their religion.
"Offended, Herod gathered Jewish leaders together in a theater. He lectured them about all of the things he had done for them, including improvements to their Temple. The Jewish leaders were all afraid of Herod, and relented. Herod had those responsible for the sedition burned alive. He appointed a new high priest: one subordinate to Herod and Rome."(6)
Xi is standing in front of a golden eagle. This is the hour of Herod. Herod killed those who would not participate in his idolatry. He persecuted Believers. This is the hour of Herod's idolatry being lifted up before the people, in which he was struck down for.
2027 is a Jewish leap year and will have double Purims and the Altar of Pergamon (the throne of satan) coming back out within the year. Well, before this occurs in February, the Chinese will celebrate their new year, and it is the "Year of the Fire Goat." Goats were sacrifices on altars of fire... It's all aligning.
I believe this is a warning of what's going to happen and come to the leadership of China and the striking down that will occur. Purim is about breakthrough. It is about mounting opposition and standing on God's promises within His Word.
We Have Entered a Time of Reckoning
There is intensified warfare for breakthrough right now, because we have entered a time of reckoning. A reckoning is a settlement of accounts. Breakthrough usually does not appear suddenly without a preceding process. It's a pressure-filled process. It's a process where the warfare ramps up because there is a fight over destiny and position. Scripture repeatedly shows God bringing people through pressure, testing, waiting, obedience, confrontation, and apparent impossibility before the promised outcome becomes visible. There is often a season when the promise exists before the evidence does. This is one of the deepest Biblical patterns that exists throughout Scripture.
God can speak first, while circumstances appear in the natural to contradict what He has said. What God has spoken is the breath of the future that circumstances in the natural must catch up to. The original circumstance may completely contradict what the Lord has said, because there is then an intense process of compelling it into alignment. That is what is happening in this nation. There is a battle over destiny and birthright.
God promised Abraham, "I will make of you a great nation" (Genesis 12:2). But Abraham did not immediately possess the fulfillment. He had a promise but no nation, a destination but no map, a covenant but years of waiting. Eventually He had a son but then a command that tested whether Abraham trusted God beyond the gift itself.
Hebrews 6:15 summarizes the process: "And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise." The order is significant: promise → waiting → endurance → fulfillment. Not every Biblical breakthrough follows precisely this sequence, but this is a major pattern.
Before breakthroughs, circumstances may become worse rather than better. This is due to the war intensifying around the forward motion. This is one of the most important things to understand. Sometimes the period immediately preceding deliverance looks like regression or going backwards. This is not a setback; this is a setup. The Lord will utilize the enemy's own weapons against him to clear the way.
When Israel was in Egypt, God sent Moses with a message of deliverance: "Let My people go" (Exodus 5:1). What happened next? Pharaoh increased Israel's workload.
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. When the enemy knows you are on the verge of getting free, of breaking the threshold of your destiny, of entering that new chapter, and of being delivered from the bondages that have attempted to bind you, he increases the warfare. He brings it from all sides, and he attempts to weary you and make your faith falter. Do not fall for it! (Photo via StockCake)
Israel saw that everything was getting worse. Oppression was increasing and sabotage was rising. God said, "Now you will see what I will do." When the enemy bears down is when God arises and lets His enemies be scattered and truly puts on a demonstration.
The worsening circumstances do not mean God has abandoned the process. The worsening circumstances can be a sign that Almighty God is about to upend the enemies' plans. His strength is made perfect in our weakness. Where we are weak, He is strong.
We must understand that what we see—the mounting pressure and opposition in the nation—is like Pharaoh bearing down on the Jewish people, because God announced, "Let My people go." That was God announcing the future that He already saw, which His breath was speaking into the present circumstance. He was announcing that deliverance was at hand, but first Pharaoh bore down even harder on the people.
America's Congress: Breakthrough Is on the Precipice
What is happening in this nation is that opposition is arising and trying to bear down. The administration and those who fear God in Congress need to recognize the hour and why the opposition is rising like this, because the threshold of breakthrough is on the precipice, if they will only commit and surrender humbly to God's plans, His purposes, and His ways.
This is a time when those in Congress and the administration who fear the Lord need to consecrate themselves for battle. This is a battle of birthright. This is a battle of breakthrough. And that is why the opposition is rising and trying to bear down. It is why, in your own lives, you have felt warfare increase so dramatically that it feels like a it's bearing down on you like bricks. The enemy is trying to bear down, because he knows that breakthrough is at hand and that Almighty God has already spoken it.
The enemy is going to try to raise a stronghold. He's going to try to distract you. He's going to try to weary you. Those should all be signals to you that your breakthrough—breaking the threshold of your next chapter and one of the greatest transitions in your lives—is at hand. He doesn't expend resources to such a degree if there's no threat.
The battle over the birthright is over breakthrough. The enemy wants bondage. Almighty God wants breakthrough. This is a battle over foundations. This is a "Matthew 7" battle which is going to expose the foundation. It's going to expose the foundation in Congress.
Let me tell you something. Mitch McConnell in a wheelchair is a very sad, prophetic picture of the spiritual condition of Congress right now. Mitch in that wheelchair is the prophetic picture of the spiritual crippling that has happened in Congress, because the camp is defiled and the Lord is calling for them.
Get Ready, and Keep Moving Forward!
So, consecrate yourselves. Get yourselves ready. Don't let the enemy distract you. Don't let him weary you. It feels like war now, because it is. But God is with you, and if God is for you, who or what can be against you? Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4). The power that raised Christ from the dead dwells within us (Romans 8:11).
It doesn't matter what the enemy can bear down on you, because what dwells in you is far greater than any weapon he could ever form. Get yourselves ready, because you're about to experience some of the greatest breakthroughs and deliverances in your lives. Don't stop the forward motion. Keep moving forward and persevering in the Lord.
Don't let the enemy distract you and turn to the right or to the left. Don't look back at prior seasons. Don't look in the rearview mirror at what you don't have. Look forward right now, because freedom and breakthrough are right at the threshold of your lives, and the enemy knows it. And this day, he has been put on notice: What he tries and what he deploys is going to be dismantled in the name of Jesus Christ, and it will not stop the incredible breakthrough, deliverance, and testimony that God is bringing forth out of your lives.
The enemy can cause chaos all he wants. That's what he does. You don't have to get caught in the whirlwind of it. You may feel it, and you may be going through the storm, but the One who is in the boat in Luke 8 during the storm is the One who dwells within you. That's why it's time to consecrate yourselves and get your foundations right. It is needed in this hour for where we are headed as the Body of Christ and for where this nation is headed.
(To watch the full episode, click here.)
Sources:
1. "Powerful Fall Storm Strengthens as It Crawls Up the East Coast," New York Times, September 25, 2026, 11:37 AM.
2. Pathikrit Sen Gupta, "Mass Walkout At UNGA As Israel's Netanyahu Takes Podium: 'Moral Cowards,' He Fires Back," News18, September 26, 2026, 1:17 AM.
3. NBC New York, "Netanyahu Addresses UN General Assembly as Delegations Walk Out," YouTube, September 24, 2026.
4. "AI leaders attend Trump-Xi state dinner as one CEO dismisses need for industry-wide coordination," Fox News, September 25, 2026.
5. "Xi Steps to the Eagle Podium for State Dinner Remarks," screenshot of PSA News Today, YouTube video, 0:51, September 28, 2026.
6. Lisa M. Haasbroek, "The golden eagle in Jerusalem: History repeats itself," The Jerusalem Post, February 23, 2020.
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Amanda Grace
Ark of Grace Ministries
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Amanda Grace and her husband Chris are the founders of Ark of Grace Ministries (located in the beautiful Hudson Valley), walking out the commission in Mark 16:15: "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." They minister to all of God's creation, both people and animals. They prophetically minister and teach, breaking down the Word of God (which is living and active) by examining the Hebrew and Greek roots of the Bible, as well as the times when it was written, to understand the true context of the Scriptures and apply them to life. Another way that Amanda and Chris minister at Ark of Grace is through their animal Sanctuary, where they take in lost, abandoned, disabled animals and show them the love of God. Amanda also takes care of her husband Chris who sustained a traumatic brain injury in January 2019 and miraculously survived. They have both experienced and understand the incredible power of Almighty God and how he redeems! They teach others through their testimony, biblical teaching, the prophetic, and life lessons of caring for the residents of their animal sanctuary how the Lord can move in every circumstance of life.
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