Dragons are not bedtime stories. Revelation calls Satan “the great dragon… who leads the whole world astray” (Revelation 12:9). For centuries, his hand has stirred empires, revolutions, and ideologies. He failed to devour the Child, Christ Himself and his fury has never cooled. Today, his rage erupts all over our headlines.
Why, then, are prophetic voices sounding the alarm now? Jonathan Cahn released The Dragon’s Prophecy last year. Dinesh D’Souza is launching a film by the same name this week. Why now? Why is the dragon being unveiled in this moment of history?
The answer may be hidden in the Hebrew year we just entered: 5786.
The Year of Vav Meets the Year of the Dragon
In Hebrew letters, 5786 is Tav–Shin–Peh–Vav. Each letter carries prophetic weight — and each speaks directly into the dragon prophecy.
Tav — covenant and completion: The dragon rages to destroy covenant promises, but God is completing what He began.
Shin — fire and refining: The dragon’s fire consumes, but God’s fire refines His people.
Peh — the mouth, proclamation: The dragon strikes at the throat, but God anoints the mouths of His people to declare truth.
Vav — the nail or hook that connects: The dragon divides, but God is joining heaven and earth, past promise and present reality.
5786 is a year of truth spoken boldly, promises fulfilled, and heaven’s authority breaking into earth. And it is the year the dragon is unmasked.
Striking at the Throat
On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk — conservative commentator and cultural influencer — was assassinated by a sniper’s bullet through the neck at a public event.
Just weeks earlier, on August 22, a Ukrainian refugee, Iryna Zarutska, was riding a train in Charlotte when she was stabbed in the throat from behind — a sudden, senseless act of violence.
Throat. Neck. Voice. These are not random wounds. In the year of Peh — the mouth — the enemy strikes at the very place of proclamation. The throat is where we speak, where truth is declared, where lies are silenced. The dragon is trying to choke the voices that carry truth.
But what the enemy means for evil, God will use for good. “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” (Genesis 50:20)
In 5786, the dragon strikes at the throat — but God will amplify the voice.
The Dragon’s War Against Israel and the Saints
Revelation 12 shows the dragon’s fury aimed at Israel and the offspring of the woman — those who keep God’s commands and testify to Jesus. Is it any wonder that antisemitism is rising, that hostages remain in Gaza, that believers worldwide face growing pressure to be silent?
The dragon prophecy is not entertainment. It is revelation: when you see Israel under attack, when you see the Church pressed on every side, when you see voices literally struck at the throat, the dragon’s fingerprints are there.
But so is the Lamb.
And coincidentally — though perhaps not by accident — the world is also in the Chinese Year of the Dragon (2024–2025). For the nations, it may be a symbol of power or luck. For those who know Scripture, it feels like an echo from heaven: the image of the dragon rising everywhere at the exact moment 5786 calls us to discernment, proclamation, and covenant completion.
5786: The Year of Connection and Completion
The letter Vav is a hook, joining heaven and earth, past promises and present fulfillment. In 5786, God is connecting what has been declared in prayer with what is about to manifest on earth.
Promises will be fulfilled in public and in private.
Torches will be passed from one steward to another.
Endings will come — not with despair, but with purpose.
For Modern-Day Esthers, this is a summons: discern when one chapter has ended, step through the doors God opens, and let your words become golden hooks that join heaven’s will to earth’s moment.
The dragon wants you bound to despair. God’s Word binds you to hope.
Why Now?
Because this is the hour when deception is multiplying — and discernment is demanded.
Because this is the year when covenant promises press toward completion.
Because this is the moment when Modern-Day Esthers must rise and speak with boldness.
The dragon prophecy is not fear. It is unveiling. It tells us the dragon’s fury is real, but his time is short. And it calls us to see 5786 not as a date on the calendar, but as an invitation from God: to connect heaven to earth, to speak truth with fire, and to endure until the covenant is complete.
Revelation unmasks the dragon. The Hebrew year 5786 unmasks God’s answer. Tav, Shin, Peh, and Vav declare covenant fulfilled, fire that refines, mouths that proclaim, and heaven joined to earth.
The world sees chaos. Scripture shows a dragon. The year 5786 shows us something more: a God who connects His promises to His people, who refines with fire, who calls Esthers to speak with courage, and who secures victory through the Lamb.
