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This is a special edition our Weekly Newsletter. Our main and leading article is News, President "Putin's Nuclear Ultimatum Stuns NATO into
Silence" is extremely important and encouraging news as it confirms our understanding of the soon-coming end of the Gentile dispensation.
Further news concerns President Trump and the resignation of Prime Minister Netanyahu. Good riddance.
Today is King Charles birthday; we thank him for gifting those of his subjects who were able to participate.
This Newsletter serves those of like precious faith. Whoever will receive the truth is welcome to feed their soul from the waters of the River of
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Anthony Grigor-Scott
Putin's Nuclear Ultimatum Stuns NATO into Silence
October 4, 2026 — It was October 1st and President Putin said
something that should have stopped every conversation in Washington. He said that "If Kaliningrad is attacked Russia will consider using "all
weapons in the arsenal of our country". Now, here's what's interesting. He didn't say the word nuclear, not once, not in that sentence. But every
single person in that room, every diplomat, every intelligence analyst knew exactly what he meant.
So why the careful wording? Why dance around it? Because that's how you make a threat without making a threat. That's how you put the gun
on the table without saying you're going to use it. And that's what makes this so dangerous.
The importance of Kaliningrad. Let me back up for a second because to understand why this matters, you need to
understand what Kaliningrad actually is. It's a piece of Russia completely cut off from Russia. A tiny sliver of land sandwiched between Poland
and Lithuania. Both of those countries are NATO members. So you've got Russian territory surrounded by the alliance that Russia has spent the
last three years fighting against in Ukraine. And inside that territory, Russia has parked Iscander missiles. Those are ballistic missiles and they
can carry nuclear warheads.
Now ask yourself something. Why would Putin bring this up now? Why October 1st? Why this specific moment? Because on September 30th, one
day before that speech, Russia sent a formal diplomatic note to NATO, a piece of paper, official, stamped, delivered. And in that note, Moscow
said it was prepared to use all military means, including nuclear weapons, to defend Kaliningrad.
That's not a press conference. That's not a tweet. That's a government formally telling another government, "We will go nuclear if you push us
here." And NATO hasn't said a word about it publicly. Not one word. Let that sit for a second because here's what I keep coming back to. This
didn't happen in a vacuum. This has been building for months and almost nobody in the mainstream press is connecting the dots. Let me
connect them for you. Back in 2022, when the war in Ukraine started, Lithuania made a decision. They blocked certain goods from transiting
through their territory into Kaliningrad. That's the only land route Russia has to supply that region. The only one. And Lithuania shut part of it
down. Now, was that legal?
Depends who you ask. NATO said Lithuania was just enforcing EU sanctions. Russia called it a blockade, a siege, an
act of war. And for a while, it kind of faded from the headlines because Ukraine was the main event. Kaliningrad was a side note, but it never
went away. It just went quiet. And in that quiet, Russia kept moving pieces onto the board. More missiles, more troops, more drills simulating
nuclear strikes in that region. NATO kept running exercises in Poland and Lithuania. Fighter jets, tank brigades, the whole thing. Two armies
staring at each other across a border that's about the width of a highway. Does that sound stable to you?
Redefining nuclear deterrence
Here's the part that almost every network missed. And I want you to really hear this. Putin's statement at Valdai wasn't just about Kaliningrad.
It was a message about the entire architecture of how nuclear deterrence works. For decades since the Cold War, the whole system has been
built on the idea that nuclear weapons are a last resort. You only use them if your actual survival is on the line. Putin just moved the goalpost.
He said, "If you attack a piece of my territory, any piece, I reserve the right to go all the way. Not because Russia is about to collapse, not
because Moscow is about to fall, but because you touch something that belongs to me." That's a completely different set of rules. And once you
change the rules, you can't unchange them. You with me so far?
Because it gets worse. Let's talk about what NATO is actually doing in that region. Because this isn't hypothetical. In the last year, NATO has
increased its military presence in Poland and Lithuania dramatically, more troops, more equipment, more surveillance. They call it defensive.
Russia calls it encirclement. Now, who's right?
Honestly, both sides believe their own version. That's what makes this so terrifying.
NATO genuinely thinks it's protecting its members. Russia genuinely thinks it's being surrounded and strangled. And when two nuclear powers
both feel like they're the victim, that's when accidents happen. That's when a routine patrol turns into a firefight. That's when a mistake
becomes a catastrophe.
Here's the question nobody in Washington wants to answer out loud. What happens if a NATO jet on a routine patrol accidentally crosses into
Kaliningrad airspace? What happens if a Russian commander on the ground with authority to defend his position decides to fire? Do you trust
the system to stop that from escalating? I don't. And I don't think the people who study this for a living trust it either.
Escalation and the trip wire
Let me tell you what I mean. There's a concept in nuclear strategy called escalation dominance. It basically means the
side that's willing to go further wins the standoff. If you're willing to risk more than your opponent, you have the advantage because they'll back
down first. So, what did Putin just do? He just told the entire world, "I am willing to go all the way right here, right now, over this piece of
land." He just raised the stakes higher than NATO is willing to match. And that's the trap. Because if NATO backs down, Putin wins. If NATO
escalates, Putin has to decide whether to follow through on his threat. And if he doesn't, he looks weak. And if he does, you see the problem.
This isn't about Kaliningrad. Kaliningrad is just the flash point. This is about who blinks first. This is about whether the post-cold war nuclear
order survives the next 12 months. And I got to be honest with you, I'm not optimistic.
Let me tell you about the speech itself because the details matter here. Putin was at the Valdai discussion club. That's a yearly event where he
meets with foreign policy experts and journalists. It's a controlled environment. Everything he says there he meant to say. Nothing is off the
cuff. And when he got asked about Kaliningrad, here's what he said. I'm paraphrasing, but the meaning is exact.
He said those words inevitably and immediately. "If someone attacks Russian territory, the question of using all weapons in our arsenal will
inevitably and immediately be on the agenda." That's not vague. That's not a warning. That's a promise. He's saying the decision is already
made. If you cross this line, we don't debate. We don't deliberate. We just act.
Now, here's what almost nobody caught. He didn't say Russian territory in the general sense. He specifically named Kaliningrad. He pointed to a
map. He said, "This piece right here, this is the line." Why does that matter? Because it means Russia has already decided what counts as an
attack. They've already defined the trigger. They've already set the conditions under which they'd go nuclear. That's not deterrence. That's a trip
wire. And a trip wire only works if the other side knows exactly where it is. So, does NATO know? Did they get the memo? Do they understand
that a single misstep in that corridor, a single wrong turn could set off the unthinkable? That's the question that should be keeping people up at
night.
Global and local reactions
Now, let's talk about the reaction because this is where it gets really interesting. What did the White House say? Almost nothing. A generic
statement about continued support for NATO allies, no direct response to the nuclear threat, no escalation, no condemnation of the specific
language Putin used. What did NATO say?
The same crickets. They issued a routine press release about an unrelated exercise. They didn't touch the Kaliningrad thing at all. Why? Why
would you not respond to a nuclear threat? Because responding means admitting you heard it. And admitting you heard it means you have to do
something about it. And doing something about it risks escalation. See the trap?
This is what deterrence looks like when it's breaking down. Everyone is so scared of making things worse that they pretend nothing happened.
They hope it goes away. They hope it was just rhetoric. But what if it wasn't?
Meanwhile, in Eastern Europe, people are not sleeping well. Poland just announced a massive increase in defense spending. Lithuania is talking
about universal conscription. Latvia and Estonia are building border fortifications. These are small countries. They don't have the luxury of
pretending. They live in the shadow of what Putin just said and they know if the trip wire gets hit, they're the first ones on the map. So you've
got this split screen. Washington and Brussels treating it like business as usual and Warsaw and Vnius treating it like the warning it is.
Which one is right? I'll tell you what I think. I think Putin is not bluffing. Not because he wants a nuclear war. Nobody wants that. But because
he's been backed into a corner strategically, and this is the only leverage he has left. The war in Ukraine has not gone the way he planned.
Sanctions have hurt more than he expected. NATO has expanded. Sweden and Finland joined. The Baltic Sea is now basically a NATO lake.
Kaliningrad is more isolated than ever. So what does a cornered leader do? He changes the game. He makes the cost of pressuring him higher
than the cost of leaving him alone. He says, "You want to squeeze me? Fine. But if you squeeze too hard, I'll burn the whole thing down."
That's not strategy. That's desperation. But desperate people with nuclear weapons are the most dangerous people on Earth.
Historical risks of misstep
And here's the part that really gets me. We've been here before. In 1983, NATO ran an exercise called AEL Archer. It simulated a nuclear
release procedure. The Soviets genuinely believed it was a cover for a real first strike. They mobilized their nuclear forces. They came within a
hair's breadth of launching. The only reason we're here today is because one Soviet officer, a guy named Stannislav Petrov, decided not to trust
the warning system. He thought it was a glitch. He was right. Do you think we get that lucky twice?
I don't know. And neither does anyone else. Let me bring this back to what's actually happening right now. Because there's a specific detail in
this report that I want to highlight. Russia sent a formal diplomatic note to NATO on paper through official channels. That's not a press release.
That's not a tweet from the Kremlin. That's a government formally telling another government, "Here's our red line."
Why do that? Why make it official? Because if you put it on paper, you can't pretend you didn't mean it. You can't walk it back later. You've
committed. You've tied your own hands. That's how you know this isn't theater. That's how you know Putin isn't just posturing for the cameras.
He's putting his own credibility on the line. He's saying, "If you cross this line, I have to respond because I told you I would." That's the thing
about deterrence. It only works if the other side believes you'll actually do it. And the only way to make them believe is to convince them you're
crazy enough to go through with it. And Putin is very, very good at looking crazy. So what happens next?
Scenarios for the future
Let me lay out the scenarios because I think this is important. Scenario one, nothing happens. Putin's warning is absorbed. NATO quietly
adjusts its posture in the Baltic's. Everyone is more careful. The crisis fades. This is the best case. Scenario two. There's an incident, a close
call. A jet gets too close. A ship bumps another ship. Someone fires a warning shot. Everyone backs away. Tensions spike but hold. This is the
most likely case.
Scenario three. There is an incident and someone doesn't back away. Someone fires for real. And then the question becomes, does Putin follow
through on his threat? Does he actually use nuclear weapons over a border skirmish? That's the nightmare scenario. And it's not as far-fetched
as you want it to be. Because here's the thing about nuclear deterrence. It's held for almost 80 years, but it's held because both sides were
rational. Both sides understood the stakes. Both sides had leaders who didn't want to die. Do we still have that? I'm not sure. And I don't think
anyone in Washington is sure either.
Global consequences and order
Let me step back and talk about what this means for you. Because I know when you hear nuclear on the news, it's
easy to tune out. It feels abstract. It feels like something that happens to other people in other places. But this is different. This is a specific
threat about a specific place with specific weapons that are already deployed and ready to go. This isn't hypothetical. This is right now. And the
reason it matters to you is because it changes how the world works. It changes how markets behave. It changes how alliances hold together. It
changes what your government can and can't do. When a nuclear power says, "I'll use everything." It's not just a military statement. It's a
statement about the entire global order. It's saying the rules are off, the norms are gone. We're back to raw power. And that's a world where
small countries get nervous, where markets get jumpy, where every crisis anywhere has the potential to go nuclear. That's the world we're living
in now, whether we like it or not.
Here's what I keep thinking about, and I'll be honest with you, this is the part that scares me the most. The United States has been the
guarantor of global security for 80 years. When we say we'll defend you, our allies believe us. That's the whole foundation of NATO, that's the
whole foundation of the postwar order. But what happens when that guarantee gets tested? What happens when Putin says I'll go nuclear over
Kalinenrad and we have to decide are we willing to risk Miami over Vilnius? That's not a rhetorical question. That's the actual choice and it's a
choice that nobody wants to make because if we say yes, we're committing to nuclear war over a piece of land most Americans couldn't find on
a map. And if we say no, the entire alliance falls apart. Every country that trusted us starts looking for its own nuclear weapons. Japan, South
Korea, Germany, maybe even Poland. That's how proliferation happens. That's how you go from a world with nine nuclear powers to a world with
20. And that world is a hell of a lot more dangerous than the one we live in now.
pilot are both hoping nothing goes wrong on their watch. What could possibly go wrong?
Everything. Let me leave you with this. On October 1st, Vladimir Putin said that if Kaliningrad is attacked, Russia will consider using all
weapons. He didn't say nuclear, but he didn't have to. Everyone understood. And the question that's going to define the next year, maybe the
next decade, is not whether he meant it. It's whether we're prepared to call his bluff. Because if we're not, if we blink, if we back down, then
the world changes. And if we call it and he's not bluffing, then nothing else matters. This isn't over. It's barely started. I'll be here walking you
through it as it unfolds because you deserve to understand what's actually happening. Not the sanitized version, not the corporate version, the
real thing. Stay sharp, stay informed, and I'll see you in the next report. Full story: youtube.com (Prof. Jeffrey Sachs)
Comment: "One of these glorious days, when this united confederation of church goes together, and the new
pope is brought out of the United States and put over there (in Jerusalem) according to prophecy, then they'll form an image like unto the
beast. And I tell you, the true Church of God will be drove together . . . cemented by the love of God, that'll make the Body of the Lord
Jesus Christ, all the believers. And agnostics and shallow-minded will be cast to one side; they'll go right on into the confederation of churches"
(54-1219E, Acts of the Holy Spirit, par. 87). As prophesied in 1954 American Pope Leo XIV was formally installed during an inaugural Mass in St.
Peter's Square on May 18, 2025, after being elected on May 8, 2025.
Speaking of his apocalypse of visions in June, 1933 . . . "in the sixth vision there arose up in America a most beautiful, but cruel woman. She
held the people in her complete power. I believed that this was the rise of the Roman Catholic Church, though I knew it could possibly be a
vision of some woman rising in great power in America due to a popular vote by women."
"The last and seventh vision was wherein I heard a most terrible explosion. As I turned to look I saw nothing but debris, craters, and smoke all
over the land of America. Based on these seven visions, along with the rapid changes which have swept the world in the last fifty years. I
PREDICT (I do not prophesy) that these visions will have all come to pass by 1977 (plus the jubilee .Ed; An Exposition of the Seven Church
Ages, p. 322).
The Seventh Vial will mark the close of the Christian dispensation sinking Los Angeles, and cleaving the Mount of Olives to demolish es Sakhra,
the Dome of the Rock. I believe the invasion of the United States and Israel will follow after the Feast of Pentecost, and after some years Then
in the sixth vision there arose up in America a most beautiful, but cruel woman. She held the people in her complete power. I believed that this
was the rise of the Roman Catholic Church, though I knew it could possibly be a vision of some woman rising in great power in America due to a
popular vote by women.
Netanyahu, alleged Genocidal Murderer humiliated at Mass Walkout in UNGA
September 28, 2026 — The same week that
happened, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held meetings with at least 24 countries in one Trip. Where was the last time you
heard that number in the evening news in America? Because this isn't a small diplomatic footnote. This is a seismic shift in how the world is
lining up. And the Israeli Press; their own press, mind you is ringing the alarm bell. Yedioth Ahronoth one of the biggest
Hebrew Papers in the country ran a piece basically asking: what happened to our diplomatic game? This is where this gets interesting, because
this didn't happen overnight. This was months . . . years in the making. And once you understand the back story, you'll never look at a UN
Assembly the same way again. Let me take you back a bit because this is here it get's interesting. For decades the UN was basically Israel's
own turf in terms of Western Support. Every year the Prime Minister would fly in, give a speech shake hands with allies, and the whole thing
was choreograph like clockwork. The United States would back them, the European delegations would nod along . . . Full story: youtube.com
Comment: Col. Douglas Macgregor, Tel Aviv Airport hit by missiles; people are now cut off from the world. youtube.com. Iran has sealed the Gulf, and America's Navy just lost its HUGE advantage youtube.com. Israeli leader resigns in tears, country plunged into chaos
youtube.com. Iran's Revenge Unstoppable? US Israeli
Systems Cannot Stop Missiles youtube.com
Trump DRAGGED from Courtroom after Judge PLAYS Secret Recording!
October 1, 2026 — Trump DRAGGED from Courtroom . . . Full
story: youtube.com
Comment: October 3, 2026 — Trump PANICS as Senate Votes 68-32 To CONVICT HIM!! youtube.com
Trump RAGES after Congress VOTES Trump OUT!! . . . In this video, we break down the latest congressional showdown involving
Donald Trump after lawmakers took up an impeachment resolution in the House. The vote has fueled intense political reactions and raised fresh
questions about Trump's relationship with Congress and the future of the ongoing impeachment debate. youtube.com
Trump FACES JAIL After Supreme Court Trapped His Financial RECORDS!!
youtube.com
Trump's Empire CRASHES DOWN as Banks REFUSE His $355M Bond!!!
youtube.com.
Trump STORMS OUT As Judge Threatens His Attorney With Jail!!! youtube.com
Trump Gets Devastating Blow as Judge sees unredacted Files!!!! youtube.com
French Firefighter Who Tried to Save Diana FINALLY Breaks Silence on Her Last Words
September 28, 2026 — French Firefighter who tried to save Diana
FINALLY breaks silence on her last words. What did Princess Diana say in her final moments? In this video we look at the account given by
Xavier Gourmelon, the French firefighter who tried to save Diana and finally breaks silence on Diana's final words at the scene in Paris in 1997.
He has described finding her conscious, holding her hand, and hearing her say, "My God, what's happened?"—words he recounted publicly years
later, roughly two decades after the crash. We look at what he actually said in those interviews, what he did and didn't claim, and why this
account has been re-shared so widely since. No new confession is invented here and nothing is presented as confirmed beyond his own
recollection. Full story: youtube.com
Comment: "Years of investigation have revealed more chilling details on Princess Diana's death that will leave you stunned. More than
27 years after her tragic death, new insights about the accident that claimed her life continue to emerge, filling in the gaps and uncovering
truths that were once hidden in mystery. What was left out of the narration? What happened on the day of the tragic accident? Join us as we
unveil the new unbelievable details brought to light"
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Brother Grigor-Scott is a non-denominational minister who has
ministered full-time since 1981, primarily to other ministers and their congregations overseas. He pastors Bible Believers' tiny congregation, and
is available to teach in your church.
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