On 7 January, a fire broke out in the Palisades region of California USA. Hurricane like winds blew embers around, which quickly spread the inferno to the Sunset Area in Hollywood Hills, and also to Eaton, Hurst and Lidia (ref. 1). According to firefighters, some of these fires are still at 0% containment.
These fires remind me of the 2023 Lahaina fires.
My initial thought was that this was another foreshadowing of the coming "destroying wind", foretold in Jeremiah 51.
The destroying wind of Jeremiah 51 is something that will happen at the very end, on the day of the LORD, the day and hour of Babylon's nuclear annihilation, which is long after Babylon starts killing Christians and Jews (ref. Revelation 18:24, Revelation 6:9-11). The punishment after the crime.
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about.
Jeremiah 51:1-2
The fanners in Jeremiah 51 are angels. These angels of God that will blow the winds will not only spread the fires but also the radioactive fallout. Consequently, the entire land of Babylon will be utterly burnt and utterly spoilt.
When I started to put together this article, I was going to focus on the idolatry and the daemons or genies of Hollywood, because the fires reached Hollywood Hills and because many Hollywood celebrities reside in multi-million dollar mansions in the Palisades area.
Idols and Satanism and Faustian bargains in Hollywood is a thing.
A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
Jeremiah 50:38
It turns out, the iconic Hollywood sign in Hollywood Hills did not catch on fire and burn down. So, I think, this wildfire is not something from heaven about Hollywood.
Looking at it all more carefully, this could be about Isaiah 47.
The first thing to say is that this wildfire is very unusual. Right now, it is actually winter in California, which is supposed to be Los Angeles' rainiest season. But the soil is dry. There is low humidity. And above all there are extremely strong winds. Firefighters say, this is the worst possible combination.
According to Washington Post, 180000 people have evacuated, 7 have died, and as many as 10000 buildings have been burnt down (ref. 2). As of now, the combined acreage of this fire is around 35000. That is approximately 14000 hectares.
By contrast, a recent fire in the Grampians, Victoria, Australia, that began on 17 December 2023, burnt more than 76000 hectares, yet it only destroyed 4 homes and 40 outbuildings (ref. 3). That fire was contained after 21 days and there were no human deaths.
It seems to me, this California wildfire is unnatural, even supernatural!
It is interesting that the Santa Ana winds of California are commonly known as "the Devil's winds".
Now, Isaiah 47 prophesies to the daughter of Babylon that "evil will come upon thee", and "thou shalt not know from whence it riseth", and furthermore "mischief shall fall upon thee", and "thou shalt not be able to put it off", and further yet, "desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know".
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen… For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
Isaiah 47:1-11
You see, in Isaiah 47:12, God challenges Babylon to stand with her enchantments and sorceries - ie. witchcraft and communing with demons, etc - so that these might save her. But then, verse Isaiah 47:14 goes on to say, no, this will not work. Instead, the astrologers, stargazers, and monthly prognosticators will not be able to deliver themselves from "the fire", and from "the power of the flame".
Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
Isaiah 47:12-14
The point is, demons will not help Babylon with these fires, because these fires are the work of, wait for it, the very same demons.
I had assumed, Isaiah 47 was about the nuclear weapons of Iran or Pakistan, or something like that. It never occurred to me that it would be demons rather than humans that would bring about the fires of Isaiah 47.
Today, this makes sense, because the prophecy reads that Babylon will not see it coming.
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
Isaiah 47:11
Since America has the NSA and the CIA and so on, it is almost impossible for a foreign nation and a human adversary of America to catch America off guard and cause such devastation. The only way for America to not be able to see it coming is if the attack were to come from invisible demons instead of the average human jihadist!
We know in Revelation 17, that the ten horns of the beast will hate the whore that is Mystery Babylon, and will make her desolate and naked, and eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
Revelation 17:16
The expression "eat her flesh" points to the metaphor of birds of prey killing humans.
You see, at the time of the marriage supper of the Lamb, all the fowls of heaven will "eat the flesh" of kings and captains and so on (ref. Revelation 19:17-18). What this means is, at the time of Armageddon, the angels and saints of God will kill the human armies that stand with the Antichrist.
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
Revelation 19:17-18
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
Revelation 19:21
Therefore, a bird of prey eating the flesh of a human is basically an angel killing a human. But whereas Revelation 19:17-18 and Revelation 19:21 speak of angels and saints on the side of God, Revelation 17:16 speaks of demons aligned with the Antichrist.
From Revelation 18:1-2, it is also clear that in these last days, Babylon falls from a spiritual standpoint, and becomes "the habitation of devils", in effect "a cage of every hateful and unclean bird". The occurrence of "bird" here confirms my point.
And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Revelation 18:1-2
Now, the concept of "naked" in Revelation 17 occurs in Isaiah 47 as "nakedness".
And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
Revelation 17:16
Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen…
Isaiah 47:2-3
When the Bible reads "naked" in Revelation 17 and "nakedness" in Isaiah 47, it means the true colours or actual nature of Babylon.
The purpose of Isaiah 47 from the standpoint of God is to reveal to the world that Babylon is essentially evil, the prophesied 8th kingdom of Satan (ref. Revelation 17:10-11).
And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space [the Assyrian's caliphate]. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth [Mystery Babylon], and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
Revelation 17:10-11
Something else to notice is that in Daniel 2, the beast with seven heads and ten horns comprises both "iron" and "clay". While clay refers to humans, as in Islamists, iron refers to angels, as in demons!
And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Daniel 2:40-43
This means, when the Bible reads the beast shall hate the whore and shall burn her, it could mean either humans or demons, or even both, will attack Babylon.
So, what is it that I am saying? I am saying, it is demons that did this thing in Los Angeles on behalf of ISIS and the Antichrist!
Here's the clue that led me to this line of thinking. An article from MEMRI reveals that ISIS and Al Qaeda and also the Houthis allied to Iran are all rejoicing that America is now burning, hashtag #AmericaIsBurning (ref. 4). The Houthis are even mocking President-elect Trump by stating that "This is the hell Trump promised" (ref. 4).
Remember also, recently, a US army veteran psychotically rammed pedestrians in New Orleans for ISIS. That American soldier turned Islamic terrorist remarked that he decided to join ISIS because of "a dream" (ref. 5).
And then, there was the case of a Guatemalan illegal immigrant who set alight a sleeping homeless American woman in the New York subway, and then sat down nearby to watch her burn to death. It is said, the assailant was high on a drug called K2, which again points to a demon, as in a demon-possessed zombie (ref. 6).
Certainly, if you consider these fires of Los Angeles, there is no denying that there has been sudden and tremendous "desolation" as a result.
Here's the quote of Isaiah 47 again, the prophecy that speaks of "evil" that shall come upon Mystery Babylon, and consequently "desolation".
Therefore shall evil [demons] come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
Isaiah 47:11
It is said, this fire is the most destructive in LA county history. Nobody has seen anything like it. It is as if the whole area has been carpet bombed during war time.
References
1. "What's causing Los Angeles' ferocious wildfires outside of the fire season?", youtube.com/watch?v=olBed9KdaNw
2. Washington Post (10 January 2025), "L.A. fires destroy as many as 10,000 buildings as Palisades and Eaton burn", washingtonpost.com
3. "Grampians fire contained after 21 days", news.cfa.vic.gov.au
4. MEMRI (9 January 2025), "Islamic State (ISIS), Al-Qaeda, Iran-Axis Supporters Rejoice Over Los Angeles Wildfires, Promote Hashtag #AmericaIsBurning, Mock President Trump's Remark On Freeing Hostages In Gaza: Is This The Hell Trump Threatened?", memri.org
5. AP and 9 News (2 January 2025), "New Orleans attacker said dreams made him join ISIS: report", 9news.com.au
6. Jack Morphet and Jorge Fitz Gibbon (24 December 2024), "Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, accused of burning woman to death on NYC subway, often bugged out after smoking K2, shelter roommate says", nypost.com