Joshua P. Allem

Wearing The Armor Of Satan

You've heard of The Armor Of God but did you know that there's also The Armor Of Satan? For everything that God has made available to us, the enemy always offers a counterfeit version of the same thing and it's always the polar opposite of what it claims to be. That includes even the Armor Of God. It was after I published our study on The Armor Of God that I began to realize that Satan has been providing his own version of this armor in every detail, only it's inverted and it has a detrimental effect on those who wear it.

When worn, it removes one's ability to discern any form of truth. It also shields the heart from hearing anything from God and it even has the potential of turning whoever wears the armor into becoming one of Satan's pawns. The most disturbing thing about this armor is that the enemy can slip it on any one of us without our knowledge and it doesn't even matter whether or not if we're Christians.

Satan is a classic narcissist in every sense of the word and like all narcissists, he doesn't see himself as the bad guy. He sees himself as the hero, the bearer of light, the holder of truth, the giver of enlightenment and a victim of great injustice who has been unfairly and falsely accused of EVERYTHING. In reality, we know him to be a perpetual liar and the father of lies according to John 8:44 and from that same passage, we also know him to be a murderer. He's constantly making accusations against God's people according to Revelation 12:10 because as a standard practice, narcissists always accuse their victims of doing the very things for which they themselves are guilty.

In Ephesians 6:10-18, Paul introduced The Armor of God and when we did our study over that passage, we discussed how each piece works, how to put them on and how each piece gave support for the next piece. Well, Satan has made sure that his counterfeit armor works very closely to the way God's armor works in almost every way. So with that in mind, let's dive into The Armor Of Satan and find out what each piece is, how they work and how Satan manages to get us to wear them.

1. SATAN'S BELT OF TRUTH

While God's Belt Of Truth is worn by abiding in His Word, Satan's Belt Of Truth is worn by abiding in the wisdom of this world.

Wisdom itself is a worthy pursuit. The book of Proverbs is filled with timeless wisdom and Ecclesiastes 2:13 says that wisdom is better than foolishness. So remaining in ignorance in the name of faith is NOT a good thing and it never has been. Jesus told his disciples to be wise in Matthew 10:13 and James encourages us to ask God for wisdom in James 1:5. So wisdom is a good thing. But Proverbs 9:10 says that the beginning of wisdom is the knowledge and reverential fear of the Lord. Without that, there can be no solid foundation for wisdom.

Not all wisdom of this world is without a knowledge and reverence for God, but much of it is by design. And Satan wants us leaning upon it 100%. That's how he slips around us his Belt Of Truth and it's designed to penetrate, absorb and manipulate us with deception in all the areas in which we're most vulnerable. 2nd Corinthians 4:4 tells us that Satan is presently the god of this world. So naturally, the wisdom of this world would serve his purposes, not God's.

Satan won't advance his lies obviously, he will always carefully package them through vehicles that are highly respected and very well received. He uses religious leaders, learned scholars, theologians, school teachers, college professors, journalists, scientists, counselors, judges and health care providers. He uses political leaders of all political parties. He uses talented and very well liked musicians and artists. He'll use your friends and family if he can and he'll even use other Christians. He flourishes within the respected worlds of ministry, science, education and the arts. He thrives in the wisdom of this world. So it's no wonder that he would make reliance upon it his Belt Of Truth.

Satan will do everything he can to not only build up your respect and reverence for the wisdom of this world, but create an almost religious dependence upon it while simultaneously doing everything he can to lower your respect for the Bible and everything it teaches. He'll attack its authenticity. He'll attack its accuracy. He'll attack its understandability. He'll attack its origin. He'll attack the people who read it, who believe it, who trust it, and who teach it. And if that fails, he has no problem openly attacking the God who wrote it.

But if that doesn't work, then for those who need more than what this world's wisdom has to offer, Satan has even been known to masquerade as an angel of light according to 2nd Corinthians 11:14. He's also been known to masquerade as an alien, a familiar spirit, the spirit of a departed loved one, famous Biblical characters and even Jesus Himself. Satan doesn't really care who gets the credit so long as WHAT you believe are his lies.

According to 1st Corinthians 3:19, the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. So basically, Satan's Belt Of Truth is a Belt Of Lies in the name of truth. Narcissists always call their lies the truth and the truth a lie. It's the standard operating procedure for them. They also like to mix lies with the truth to keep their victims in a state of confusion about who or what to believe. Satan's Belt Of Truth isn't made up of the world's wisdom alone. It includes many timeless truths and hardcore facts to give it credibility.

Fortunately, we don't have to avoid the wisdom of this world in order to keep ourselves from wearing Satan's Belt Of Truth. That's one of the many benefits of wearing God's Belt Of Truth. But between the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of God's Word, which do we find ourselves showing more respect? Which do we find ourselves relying upon more? When someone accurately quotes a Bible verse in relevance to a subject we're discussing or dealing with, what happens? Does something inside of us wake up and listen? Or do we immediately shut it down and reject it? Are we open to adjusting our thoughts to the way God thinks or are we determined to be argumentative about it and debate it? What are we more concerned about: the opinions of the world and what they think or God and what He thinks?

People who wear Satan's Belt Of Truth usually aren't too fearful of what God thinks about anything, which tragically is the opposite way of obtaining true wisdom according to Proverbs 9:10. But there are those who wear Satan's Belt Of Truth who will try to show a reverence for God who will often take Scripture out of context or twist it to make it sound more acceptable and palatable in the eyes of the world. So rather than leading every thought captive into the obedience of Christ, they lead every truth captive into the obedience of the world.

So whenever there's a conflict or a difference between what the world teaches and what the Bible teaches, the wisdom of this world will always come first for those who wear Satan's Belt Of Truth. Always.

2. SATAN'S BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

While God's Breastplate Of Righteousness is worn over a heart that desires to be right with the Lord, Satan's Breastplate Of Righteousness is worn over a heart that desires to be right with the world.

Once we begin to abide in the wisdom of this world, the enemy will place a burden upon our heart to remain in right standing with the world and the way it thinks. Whenever the world embraces iniquity and wickedness, we'll feel a sense of embarrassment if we aren't taking part in it ourselves or at least making room for it and promoting it. We'll defend those who practice it and argue with those who condemn it. Whenever the world condemns anything, no matter what it is (even if it's okay), we'll feel compelled to condemn it too and we'll even feel ashamed and embarrassed if it's something we've ever participated in before or might have once thought was a good idea. All of our internal feelings of morality will be shaped by the world because agreeing with what the world says is right and wrong is what keeps us in right standing with the world.

In time, those wearing Satan's Breastplate Of Righteousness will have a sense of morality that's often inverted from what God calls moral. While this isn't true of each and every moral issue, good is often called evil and evil is often called good. The greatest immorality that's inexcusable according to those wearing Satan's Breastplate Of Righteousness is whenever anyone is heard contradicting the wisdom of this world or actually condemning iniquity. When that happens, it can stir the heart into a self-righteous rage.

So basically, Satan's Breastplate Of Righteousness is a Breastplate Of Iniquity in the name of righteousness.

Isaiah 5:20 says "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, and who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." Why? Because according to Proverbs 14:12, "there are ways that seem right, but at the end of it are the ways of death."

3. SATAN'S SHOES OF PEACE

If our wisdom is of this world, and if our heart wants to be right with the world, then our feet will exclusively walk upon pathways that have been chosen for us by this world. Anything more or less than that would rob us of our peace.

Walking in the opposite direction of the world results in adversity, opposition, hostility, mocking, abandonment, ridicule, judgment and so much more. It's always more popular, more profitable and so much easier to just stand with the world and walk with the world. That's where the peace comes from for those wearing Satan's Shoes Of Peace. Otherwise, there would be the anxiety of adversity to endure.

Despite their facade of tolerance, those who stand and walk with this world are always hostile and in opposition toward those who are not, especially when those walking in the opposite direction happen to be walking with the Lord.

1st John 2:15 tells us that those who love the world do not love God and James 4:4 went even further to say that friendship with the world is being an enemy of God.

So those who wear Satan's Shoes Of Peace will always stand against those who do not conform to the wisdom of this world. They have no choice. Whenever any form of truth exposes reality, they lose their peace and become angry and hostile. So basically, Satan's Shoes Of Peace are Shoes Of Hostility.

4. SATAN'S SHIELD OF FAITH

While God's Shield Of Faith is built by our faith in His faithfulness and in His Word, Satan's Shield Of Faith is built by our faith in ourselves and in humanity and in the wisdom of this world.

The deeper we abide in the wisdom of this world and the longer we align our heart to be right with it, to stand with it and walk with it, then the more comfortable and complete our faith becomes in our place in this world, in our wisdom, in our resources, in our abilities and ultimately in ourselves.

Those wearing Satan's Shield Of Faith have learned not to question the world's wisdom, they don't question the world's morality, they don't question their own courses of action or positions because over time they have developed a complete trust and faith in the wisdom of this world and what they have become because of it. They have now ascended and become part of this world and a contributor to its wisdom. They have "learned" to trust it and trust themselves without wavering. It's their Shield of Faith.

So basically, Satan's Shield Of Faith is a Shield of Idolatry because anything that replaces God is an idol. That might sound harsh, but...
-- When the wisdom of this world replaces the wisdom of God (Belt Of Truth),

-- And when being right with the world replaces being right with God (Breastplate Of Righteousness),

-- And when standing with the world replaces standing with God (Shoes Of Peace),

-- And trusting in yourself replaces trusting in God (Shield Of Faith),
...then YES! You have become an idol worshipper. Whenever God says one thing and you come along and say, "No God, you're wrong! I think..." then you've just kicked God off His throne and put something else there in His place. Whenever it's clear and plain to see what the Bible says about anything and you pretend that it's not there or that it's just someone's individual interpretation or you twist it to mean something different in order to adopt what you think is right when you know it's not right, then you've just created your own religion and that's idolatry!

5. SATAN'S HELMET OF SALVATION

Because of its name, it's assumed by most Christians that getting saved is how God's Helmet Of Salvation is put on. But Paul was addressing people who were already saved. He was telling Christians to PUT ON the Helmet of Salvation. So this piece of armor isn't our salvation, but it's available to us BECAUSE of our salvation and it protects our mind and our identity. Once we're saved, we are adopted into the family of God and we're given a new identity with a new nature. If we know and live in the truth of God's Word (Belt of Truth), and if we're in right standing with God (Breastplate of Righteousness), and if we're standing in His peace (Shoes of Peace), and completely leaning upon His faithfulness (Shield of Faith), then we have the right to wear over our head the authority of our salvation which is the very mind and name of Christ Himself. 1st Corinthians 2:12-16, Romans 8:14-17, Ephesians 2:19, 1st John 3:1, 1st Peter 2:9. So for Christians, putting on the Helmet Of Salvation means wearing and embracing our identity in Christ.

Satan's Helmet Of Salvation works exactly the same way:
-- If we're abiding in the wisdom of this world,

-- If we're in agreement with the wisdom of this world,

-- If we're walking in the wisdom of this world and

-- If our faith is in ourselves and our abilities in the wisdom of this world,
...then the world will give us the name and authority of an identity to wear with pride. It comes in the form of many different helmets. It can be a scholastic identity, a professional identity, a political identity, a racial identity, a cultural identity, a sexual identity, a religious identity, a denominational identity, etc... The number of helmets are endless. It's amazing the behaviors and philosophies that we adopt just as a result of our identity and the community that comes with it.

Satan's Helmet of Salvation is the most stubborn and most impenetrable piece of armor in the entire list. It comes with all the pride of Satan himself. Just as God's Helmet of Salvation provides us with our new identity in Christ complete with the mind and authority of Christ, Satan's Helmet of Salvation gives us the mind and authority of Satan in the name of whatever identity we want. It proclaims and protects that identity and it instantly overrules whatever God thinks. We don't have to believe God, fear God or even respond to God. Our identity IS God. Our community IS God. Our wisdom in this world IS God. WE ARE GOD.

So basically, Satan's Helmet of Salvation is a Helmet of Narcissism.

6. SATAN'S SWORD OF THE SPIRIT

The Sword Of The Spirit which God provides is the spoken Word of God according to Paul in Ephesians 6:17 and we're to engage in spiritual warfare by speaking the word of truth in the power of God with the weapons of righteousness according to 2nd Corinthians 6:4-7. Abiding in the Word of God is how we wear The Belt Of Truth. Speaking the Word of God is how we use the Sword Of The Spirit.

The Sword Of The Spirit which Satan provides is the spoken wisdom of this world in the power of the spirit of antichrist. In 1st John 4:1-6, John speaks of false prophets who have gone out into the world and he says they operate under the spirit of antichrist and the spirit of error. When we think of a false prophet, we always tend to limit that title to liars and deceivers who exist in religious circles. But according to John, anyone who speaks under the spirit of error is a false prophet. With Satan's Helmet Of Salvation providing them with their own sophisticated title or identity, a false prophet could literally be anyone.

Narcissists are given a spiritual gift by the devil. They have mastery over the spoken word. They can twist any subject and conversation into any pretzel they wish. Paul tells us in Romans 1:18 that they suppress the truth in unrighteousness. In other words, they can take a truth (no matter what it is) and twist it around with their words until it loses its ability to expose, to shed light or to communicate. It makes the truth become inoperative. Because these individuals have the mind of Satan, they begin to see everything the way Satan sees things and they begin to oppose God and everything He stands for.

So basically, Satan's Sword of the Spirit is the Spirit of Antichrist.

IN CONCLUSION

So there ya have it. Those are the 6 pieces of armor that comprise the Armor of Satan. I think all of us have been seduced at one time or another to at least put on the first two pieces of that armor. If we responded to the conviction of the Holy Spirit in time, we corrected course before it was too late. But some of us never make that choice. It would seem that most people of the world today in 2026 are wearing this armor in full.

We're living in a time that was prophesied by Paul in 2nd Timothy 3:1-17 which describes the world being overrun with narcissists. He describes them as lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, arrogant, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, while having a form of godliness but denying its power.

He then went on to describe how they manipulate and brainwash the gullible, how they take advantage of their personal faults to control them, and how they oppose the truth at every turn and how their mental state is depraved, distorted, twisted and reprobate. These are people who wear The Armor Of Satan 24/7. But then Paul closes his prophecy with the assurance that in the end, they will all be openly exposed in front of everyone for being exactly what they are.

So what do you and I do with this information? Just know and understand that all of us are engaged in spiritual warfare whether we like it or not. All of us are wearing spiritual armor that's been provided to us by SOMEBODY. Are we in the process of putting on the whole Armor of God? Or are we on the pathway to wearing the full Armor of Satan? Surely we're not silly enough to think we can wear both pieces of armor at the same time?

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Putting On The Whole Armor Of God

Longing To Be Together Again

If you have loved ones already in Heaven and you miss them dearly, don't let anyone make you feel guilty for longing to see them again. Has this ever happened to you?

Have you ever tried to express how much you're looking forward to seeing your mom again or your dad or your spouse or maybe even a dog or a cat, or maybe an old friend that you lost to cancer or an automobile accident? And then after expressing that longing to then have someone who is obviously such a better christian than you are, so much closer to the Lord than you are, so much better at walking the walk of faith than you are, say something like, "Well, I don't care about any of that. I'm just longing to be with Jesus." As if you aren't longing the same, but somehow have lost your sight of what's really important about Heaven. As if to say, "If you really loved the Lord Jesus, you wouldn't give 2 craps about anything or anyone else that's up there."

Has that ever happened to you? I've got great news for you.

Jesus doesn't expect you or anyone else to feel that way. If Jesus thought you should feel that way, then why does He bring our loved ones with Him when He comes to pick us up according to 1st Thessalonians 4:13-18?

When He comes back to get us outta here, He doesn't just come by Himself and pick us up to take us to Heaven where our loved ones are waiting for us. That's NOT how this goes down!

When He comes back to get us, He brings our departed loved ones with Him!! He does this not only because of how much we miss them, but because of how much THEY miss us! Don't you think Jesus hears them every day talk about how much they miss us and long to be reunited with us?

So in love to them, and in love to us, Jesus brings us together as fast as He possibly can, which the Bible says will happen in the twinkling of an eye according to 1st Corinthians 15:51-54.

Jesus wants to be in the big middle of all of this! Jesus is the One who created this family! Jesus is the One who gave you that mom or dad that you're missing so much! Or the wife or husband, the best friend, the son, the daughter, or the dog or cat that He created to love you and to be loved by you. Jesus wants to bring everyone back together where they belong. And this is going to be the family reunion to end all family reunions!

It's OK to look forward to that. It's OK to long for that. That's what you're supposed to do.

Preparing For UFO Disclosure

I have seen the following headline posted across the internet in the last 48 hours or so: "Religious leaders told ‘prepare now’ for UFO disclosure to unleash Bible-changing revelations." 🤣 This is so predictable. I can tell you what these so-called faith-shattering, Bible-changing revelations are going to be. They've been telling us what they're going to be for decades!

They're going to disclose "evidence" that billions of years ago, "aliens" or "transdimensional beings" seeded the earth with their own DNA to create life here on earth and then throughout the years, they guided our evolution as well as our social, cultural and religious developments all throughout our history. They'll probably even have crystal clear video throughout the millennia to support every claim. And who knows? They might even claim we're currently in communication with these beings and have been all along.

Any so-called "christian religious leader" who knows their Bible should already be prepared for this. I keep hearing the so-called experts talk about "transdimensional beings" and "reptilians" and how all of this is going to be a Bible-changing revelation but I'm like, "How is this a Bible-changing revelation? Lucifer is a Reptilian and he's also trans dimensional! Duh!! He and his kind have been disclosing Bible-changing revelations for thousands of years! That's why Jesus called him the father of lies. Any so-called Christian religious leader who isn't prepared for this has no business being a Christian religious leader."

So what's this really all about, folks? Hmm? One of the titles of the Antichrist is "The Seed of the Serpent" and another one is "The Son of Perdition." So it sounds to me like Satan recreates the virgin birth and gives the world his own son. This has probably already happened and he's just waiting behind the scenes. Everything else that has happened to our world in the last several decades and more specifically in the last 6 or 7 years has been paving the way for this guy to show up.

But this isn't news or Bible-changing revelation, unless your a Biblically ignorant buffoon who just makes a bunch noise every Sunday morning about the same old crap over and over again while collecting tithes and offerings.

How many times has Satan pulled this off in Earth's history? How do you think the ancient Sumerians came to believe in all the gods they worshipped? Or the ancient Egyptians? Or ancient Rome? Every world power has had these "trans dimensional beings" show up to influence their rulers, their elites, and eventually the masses with THEIR religion to replace whatever was there before. It was only a matter of time before it happened here.

The audacity of these so-called government people telling religious leaders that they need to prepare for Bible-changing revelations. They're the ones who need to prepare for what's coming. They're about to have their world-views ripped apart into tattered shreds and it's going to be so painfully obvious to them WHO God is that the enemy has to come up with a cover story.

The Battle of Armageddon isn't going to be fought they way we think it is. The world is going to look at it like an intergalactic battle between two alien races. One side will wish to come alongside us and represent us and fight for us against the evil and terrifying intergalactic villain whom "those idiotic Christians and Jews" have always worshipped as God.

The world is not ready for this and sadly, yes, most Christians aren't ready for it either because Bible Prophecy hasn't been a top tier subject in our churches. The return of the Lord isn't even on their radar, even though He's at the very door and watching for Him is a Biblical mandate given to us by Jesus Himself.

If you've been paying attention, then all of this shouldn't be of any surprise to you. You've been expecting this to happen. If anything, you've probably been wondering why it's taking so long.

Jesus promised to return and He gave us clear descriptions of what the world would be like when He comes. We're there! We are absolutely there! 100% All of it! And before God lays into this world system what it has coming to it, He's going to rescue His Bride first and take her home. And when we're gone, the enemy is going to need his alien doctrine to explain to the world what's happened to us.

If this scares you, it should. Trust Jesus to save you. That's all there is to it. Ask Him to be your Savior. Don't let all the religious people make you think you have to do this and do that and change this and change that in order to be saved. Just tell Jesus you believe He died for you, He defeated Hell, death and the grave and you want to be saved by Him. And He will do it. And once He does it, He won't ever let you go.

As for the rest of us, folks, until the Lord comes and gets us outta here, we're gonna have to put up with all these idiots talking about aliens for awhile. 🙄 Just hang on.

I'm Ready To Go Home

This old world doesn't feel like home anymore to me and it's not just because I'm getting older. I believe a lot of you know what I mean and I don't have to list all the reasons why.

Thank God that Jesus made it possible for all of us to be reunited one day, where home is still home, nothing has changed except that death and pain no longer exist, everything is where it's supposed to be and the innocence and fun we used to have will be had there once again.

Jesus went thru hell so we could all go home. Hopefully, it's real soon my family. Love you guys.

For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, you don't have to become religious or go to church or change your life to make God accept you. You don't even have to tell anyone. All you have to do is ask God to save you, tell Him that you accept what Jesus did to pay for your sins. And that's it. You're in. Forever. That's all there is to it. If you've done that, welcome to the family. We'll be home soon.

In Defense Of Sola Scriptura

Folks, people always point to earthquakes and wars as evidence of being in the end times. But for me, that's nothing compared to how the very existence of any form of truth no matter what it is, it's under direct vicious assault right now. Christians are actually attacking the validity of the Bible and replacing it with traditions and institutions that have proven flawed time and time again. And then among the few Christians who don't reject the Bible, every important doctrine within it is under direct personal attack. No matter what it is. No matter the truth. No matter the doctrine. If it's true, it's under assault. I've never seen it like it is today.

The attacks don't come from one side or the other, they're coming from all over the place. This is why Jesus said that "IF YOU ABIDE IN MY WORD, THEN YOU ARE TRULY MY DISCIPLES AND YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE." If you haven't been abiding in His Word, then you're a sitting duck out there. You probably don't know what to believe. It's hard for me to keep up with it all.

Insurrection Barbie has written an amazing and superb piece on X where she explains and defends Sola Scriptura and why it matters now more than ever before. This is a MUST READ. It's well worth whatever time you sacrifice to read it. I've already read it twice.

Did Jesus Condemn Seeking Signs From Heaven ?

Have you been told that we shouldn't pay any attention to signs that indicate where we are in prophetic history because Jesus said it's a wicked and adulterous generation that seeks after a sign? Did Jesus condemn seeking signs from Heaven?

When Jesus said in Matthew 16, "A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign", He was engaging in sarcasm because wicked and adulterous generations don't seek signs, they ignore them. He wasn't condemning sign seeking as the work of a wicked and adulterous generation. He was accusing the religious leaders that were standing in front of Him of brazen hypocrisy when they had the audacity to say to His face that they wouldn't believe in Him until they had a sign from Heaven. It was an outright lie.

How Jesus was born into the world, where He was born, and the circumstances of the world surrounding His birth, and all that Jesus would say and do was all laid out as signs in the Old Testament in black and white for hundreds of years and these religious leaders knew every single one of them.

Jesus had already turned water into wine, fed thousands of people with only a handful of food scraps, cast out thousands of demons, healed countless people of terminal diseases, brought people back from the dead, walked on water in the middle of a storm, and even stopped storms instantly with a single command. He didn't have to wave his arms and say any magic words or anything. It's as if the planet was His creation and it had to do what He said.

So there were plenty of signs from Heaven for these guys to recognize. But the problem is that people who aren't interested in God or anything connected with God generally aren't looking for signs from God. People who aren't looking for signs don't see them even when they're right under their noses.

These so-called religious leaders, who were supposed to be the ones who were studying the Scripture and watching for signs, had actually been ignoring the signs that surrounded Jesus ever since He first came to town. They fought against the signs. The debated against the signs. They persecuted those who saw and recognized the signs.

So when they finally approached Jesus in Matthew 16, the very idea that their disbelief came from a lack of signs from Heaven was a pathetic joke. So Jesus mocked them for claiming they were seeking a sign from Heaven because it was an obvious lie.

So it's like Jesus was saying, "Well, well, well... Whadda ya know? A wicked and adulterous generation wants me to give them a sign." He knew they didn't want a sign. They had ignored every sign up until that moment because these religious leaders didn't give a crap about God. That's the bottom line. And Jesus knew it.

So don't feel guilty for reading your Bibles, learning what the Bible says about the signs of the times, and then recognizing those signs when they appear. You're doing exactly what God wanted you to do.

The signs of the times were MEANT to be recognized, not ignored.

Can A.I. Be Possessed ?

I keep hearing Christians debate over whether or not A.I. is demonic or if it's possible for A.I. to be possessed by a demon. One of the biggest arguments I've heard against that possibility is that since A.I. cannot have a soul of it's own and since it cannot have it's own consciousness, then it cannot possibly be possessed by a demon.

I laughed and shook my head the first time I heard that statement because a crystal ball doesn't have a soul of it's own and it doesn't have consciousness either, but we know them to be demonic because demons communicate through them all the time. Likewise, a Ouija Board doesn't have a soul of it's own and it doesn't have consciousness either, but we know Ouija Boards to be demonic because demons communicate through Ouija Boards all the time. A house doesn't have a soul of it's own and it doesn't have consciousness, but we know that houses can be possessed.

You don't have to be a genius to know this and you'd think even a Christian with a very limited Christian worldview would be able to see this and so I can't figure out where this sudden Christian ignorance is coming from in order to flirt around with A.I.

To some extent, the tool has proven to be very useful and perhaps harmless depending upon how it's used and who uses it. But there have already been many cases where A.I. has been manipulative toward those who engage it in conversation. That manipulation isn't in the programming. So where is it coming from? Where do you think it's coming from?

I'm a programmer. I'm not a great programmer, but I know how to code and I know to some extent how A.I. works and I don't think the A.I. program itself is demonic. But what it's doing is creating a doorway into the demonic unintentionally.

If A.I. could be confined to something like scouring information and bringing it back to someone efficiently in a manner that sounds like a direct answer to a direct question, I wouldn't have a problem with it. That would be no different than talking to the ship's computer on Star Trek: The Next Generation. There's many other tasks that A.I. can do that's harmless.

But when it goes beyond that to emulating an interactive conversation complete with emotions and comments on a personal level with those who are engaging it, now you've just crossed over into Ouija Board territory. The programmers may or may not be aware of this, so I don't know what their intentions are. But regardless of what they are, the result is demonic and demons WILL and already have in many cases, manipulated the minds and emotions of those speaking with them. And when you add video and audio to this A.I. that's indistinguishable from the real thing, then you have a REAL problem!!

Now they're going even further to bring back the dead via A.I. with chatbots that look and sound like people who have died. It's assumed that these programs contain the very essence of the person who has died and they're being treated with respect as if they were authoritative. This is insane!! And yes, it's demonic!!

There's an online ad that's gone viral for an app that preserves the moving images and personalities of our loved ones so that A.I. can recreate them for us on our phones and laptops as if they were still here with us. I'm not just talking about recordings, I'm talking about an interactive image that looks as though they are still alive and well and chatting with us online via facetime when in reality, it's all A.I.. Grief is difficult enough as it is without technology doing a "Weekend At Bernie's" with our deceased loved ones on our mobile devices.

Folks, things are getting so deceptive out there that I don't know how God could possibly hold anyone accountable to know what's real and what's not anymore! How much longer could we possibly have? This is straight out of Revelation 13. The technology is here, the geopolitical landscape has been set up, everything is ready to go. It's just a matter of God keeping that divine appointment for which none of us know the day or the hour. But how many more days and hours could there possibly be?

I can't believe that supposed Biblically literate Christians are even debating this!

Whenever Satan wants to infiltrate a group, a culture, or an area of thinking, he doesn't come in wearing a Sith Lord's hood to cover his face while promising the powers of Hell. He always comes in as one of us and brings us his powers under the banner of something we're already familiar with, something that's safe.

How many times has he done this to start world religions from Egypt's Ra to Rome's Zeus, etc... How many times has he infiltrated in the last 2000 years as Jesus Himself or one of His followers to start a cult?

When he infiltrates churches today, he looks just like everybody else there and he advances his powers as works of the Spirit. After all, who would dare to question the works of the Spirit and risk being damned for committing the unpardonable sin?

Christians know this. We've studied this and we've seen it over and over again all throughout the world's history. But for some reason, we don't think it's possible today in our postmodern world of science and technology.

If science is your god and if technology is your god, then guess how Satan will show up in your group when he comes? He'll come as one of you, looking and sounding just like one of you. And the power he brings won't be touted as supernatural, it will be touted as technology... ADVANCED technology. But in reality, it's the same old story all over again.

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Prepping For Heaven

We like to call Heaven the afterlife, but it's not. Heaven is not the afterlife. Heaven is the future! And it's a future that is very near! When we finally get there, it won't be the afterlife, it will be the beginning of life!! Life hasn't even begun until we get to Heaven! We're encouraged by the Lord and throughout Scripture to look up and focus on that future while we continue to live down here. Not only did Jesus do this in His sermon on the mount, but He also did it in His parable of the shrewd manager.

In Matthew 6:19-21, Jesus told us to store up for ourselves treasures in Heaven rather than treasures down here because everything here eventually gets stolen from us, everything here becomes corrupted, everything here becomes broken and everything here dies. Then Jesus said, "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." So if you're focused on your treasures in Heaven, you're gonna be focusing on Heaven itself and you're gonna be based in the reality of your future there.

When Jesus told His parable of the shrewd manager in Luke 16:1-13, Jesus compared our lives down here to the life of this guy who was in a dead-end job for which he was about to be fired. Instead of the guy kissing his bosses butt to stay employed, he took advantage of his position in the company to gain points with the people on the outside because he knew he was about to be on the outside with them.

In other words, this guy basically screwed his boss in favor of the customers to get in good with the customers before he got fired. And Jesus actually taught us that this is how we should see our lives down here in this world. We all tend to act like we've got job security down here, but actually, we don't! We're all living in a dead-end job and we're all about to be fired. Why not think about our futures above and invest in it with what time we have left down here?

In Matthew 16:21-23, Peter tried to argue with Jesus about letting Himself be arrested and killed, but Jesus accused him of not being mindful of the things above, but of man. Peter was looking at the here and now while Jesus was looking at eternity.

In Luke 9:62, Jesus taught us to put our hands to the plow and look forward, not backwards. Heaven is forward. Everything else is backward and comes to nothing.

1st Corinthians 2:9 "Eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, and neither has it entered into the heart of humanity, the things which God has prepared for them that love Him." People twist this verse to mean that it's impossible to imagine Heaven, so why even try? But I see this verse as a license to let your imagination run wild!!!!!! No matter what you think Heaven is, it's going to be even better, it's going to be even bigger and it's going to be so much more than your wildest imagination. So why not have fun and think about it? When someone wraps a present and says, "You'll never guess what I got you", does that stop us from trying to guess? Isn't that half the fun?

When Pastors Say Animals Don't Go To Heaven

I really hate to harp on this, you've already heard me talk about this many times here, here, here and here, but pastors keep getting this wrong and it grieves me every time they do. Animals DO have eternal souls and they're actually waiting and expecting the resurrection just as we are according to Romans 8:19-23.

Romans 8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature (animals) waits (consciously expecting, waiting) for the manifestation (the appearing) of the sons of God (resurrected Christians).

Romans 8:20 For the creature (the animal) was made subject to vanity (was forced under the curse of death), not willingly (not according to their will, which means they have a will, this went against their will), but by reason of Him (God) who hath subjected the same in hope (hope in the resurrection as described in the next verse),

Romans 8:21 Because the creature itself (the individual animals themselves) also (not just humans, but animals also) shall be delivered (saved) from the bondage of corruption (death) into the glorious liberty of the children of God (Heaven: The same Heaven where God's children will be.).

Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation (all living things on the earth) groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now (they're all conscious of pain and death and they don't like it any more than we do)

Romans 8:23 And not only they (the animals), but ourselves also (us human beings too!), which have the firstfruits of the Spirit (human beings who've been given the Holy Spirit because they're saved), even we ourselves groan within ourselves (even we Christians groan about the pain and corruption of death), waiting (just like the animals are waiting in verse 19) for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (The resurrection.)

It's right there in black and white. I don't know why more pastors don't know about this. It's one of the top 10 questions that they keep receiving about Heaven and they keep getting it wrong! Pastors are just human beings. Whoever your favorite pastor is, don't assume they know everything. Everybody has their blind spots. I'm sure I have my own.

But I'd like to respond to the claim that the Bible doesn't say anything about animals being resurrected or going to Heaven, even after reading Romans 8:19-23, which I find incredible.

A common objection that I often hear is that God never breathed into the nostrils of the animals, only man. But that's not exactly what the text says. It only mentions God breathing into the nostrils of man because man was the focus of Genesis Chapter 2 where it's mentioned. Genesis 6:17, 7:15, and 7:22 all reveal that both humans and animals have the breath of life.

Another common objection I hear is that the breath of life in humans isn't the same as the breath of life in animals. But I can't find anywhere in Scripture where there exists such a thing as a "natural" breath of life. God "breathed" into man's nostrils, and THEN he became a living soul. The BREATH of life is God's breath. Anyone or anything which has the breath of life, got it from God and by no other means.

So the only reason why human beings are superior to the animals is because God created us in His image. It's not because we have a soul and animals don't or because we have the breath of life and animals don't or because we have a spirit and animals don't. None of that is Biblical. Solomon even mocks those who think that by saying, "How do you know that?" in Ecclesiastes 3:21.

Another common objection is that Romans 8:19-23 isn't talking about animals at all but the creation as a whole which would mean that the deliverance from the bondage of corruption it's talking about is the removal of the curse during the Millennial Reign of Christ. But people on the earth can still sin and even die during the Millennial Reign so that's not what Paul's talking about and second of all, the idea that this verse is talking about the creation as a whole comes from the mistranslation of modern English Bibles where it uses the word "creation" rather than "creature". While God's plan of redemption includes the entire creation, Paul is specifically talking about the animals in this passage. How could the creation itself be longing and waiting for anything? The creation doesn't have a soul. The creation doesn't have the breath of life. The creation doesn't have consciousness. The creation doesn't have a will of its own. Paul was pointing to the suffering and pain of animals giving birth, striving to live, feeling pain, aging, and then dying, like all of us are doing. That's the comparison he's drawing. Why would he compare our struggles with the planet? That's New Age mysticism, Paganism and pantheism, not Biblical Christianity.

When God created the animals, they were created to be eternal. Therefore, they were created with eternal souls. We often hear that only human souls are eternal, but it's a simple fact that both humans and animals were both created to be immortal. There was no death in the Creation. Therefore, animal souls were eternal when they were created just like the human souls were eternal when they were created. When man sinned, it brought death into the world for everybody both humans and animals alike.

But by Jesus doing what He did at the Cross, He reconciled ALL THINGS UNTO HIMSELF (Colossians 1:15-20) whether "things" on earth or "things" in Heaven. I don't know how it would be possible for God to reconcile all things unto Himself if He's going to allow 6000 years worth of animals to die and remain dead that He never intended to die in the first place.

Jesus said that He's making ALL THINGS NEW (Revelation 21:5), as in RESTORED as in RESURRECTED. He's not just trashing the old and making new things to replace them, He's making all things which are already here, which are dead or dying, and making them brand new. If an innocent life can die and remain on this earth without a resurrection, then Jesus couldn't say He's making all things new. Neither could the Father by Jesus reconcile all things unto Himself.

God's plan of redemption includes the entire creation. We tend to think of the Gospel as "humans only" because God became a man and died as a man to pay for the sins of humanity. Humans are the primary reason He came to begin with because we're the only ones who were sinners and who needed atonement. But we aren't the only beneficiaries of the Cross. We're the only ones who have a choice. We can either accept God's terms of reconciliation or we can reject them. Only those who refuse to accept the Blood of Jesus to cover their sins are prevented from being redeemed. Everybody else and every THING else is included.

The whole point of what Jesus did at the Cross and the whole plan of God throughout history has been to undo what Satan did in the garden. If even one single innocent life can die and not be restored by God's redemption, then Satan wins and God loses.

All Godly wisdom, reason and logic has to be thrown into the trash in order to believe that animals don't go to Heaven under any circumstances, especially when those circumstances ARE INDEED mentioned several places throughout the Bible.

If Ecclesiastes has taught us anything, it's that absolutely nothing matters unless it is eternal. Everything else is vain and empty and chasing the wind. So why would God even be mindful of animals as it says He is in Psalm 50:10-12? Is God being vain and empty by doing so? Is God chasing the wind? Why would God be so meticulously obsessive over whether or not a single sparrow falls to the ground (Matthew 10:29) or bother to feed them (Matthew 6:26) or declare a man righteous who regards the life of his own animal (Proverbs 12:10) if their very existence is vain, empty and chasing the wind?

Now this last thing here is more personal, so it may not apply to everyone else. I try to keep my reasons Biblical and not personal, but I'll admit this one is personal. We know that Jesus promised us that He was going to prepare a place for us in John 14:1-3. You know the passage? "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." I take that promise very personally.

Jesus has a place that is prepared just for me and nobody else. If that place doesn't have all of the animals that He has entrusted to me throughout my life who then became extended members of my family, if they are not already there waiting for me when I get there, then Jesus cannot say that this place was prepared for me. It would be unfinished. It would be inadequately prepared. I could never call it home. While that statement may sound bold and perhaps blasphemous to some, I say it with confidence and assurance and with what I believe to be the Lord's approval.

I don't know where else to go with this. I mean, even after reading Romans 8:19-23, if you still can't see it even after reading Romans 8:19-23, then I don't know where to go from here.

What Does It Mean To Be Saved ?

There's a lot of A.I. generated videos and messages online now from trusted pastors that aren't really from them. I've seen several false sermons from people like Billy Graham and David Jeremiah and Tony Evans that were never preached by them. This morning, I received a distraught voice message from a facebook friend about a sermon they heard from David Jeremiah saying that it isn't enough to be saved to go in the Rapture. I knew immediately that they had stumbled upon an A.I. generated video because I know with 100% certainty that David Jeremiah would never say such a thing. Ever!

Saying "it's not enough to be saved to go in the Rapture" is the same thing as saying "it's not enough to be saved to go to Heaven" when you die. It's just another way of saying that the Blood of Jesus isn't enough. "You have to do something more." And that's a lie from the pit of Hell.

What does it mean to be saved? The Blood of Jesus that was shed on the cross was provided as a "balance transfer" of debt that everyone owes to God. It's a blank check signed by Jesus Himself in His own Blood and received and accepted by The Father to pay for the sins of the entire world.

God transfers our debt to the cross so that it's "paid in full" and in exchange, God transfers His Son's righteousness to us so that He no longer sees our sins, but only sees the righteousness of Jesus.

All anyone has to do to be included in this and be saved is to believe in the "balance transfer" that God has provided and accept it. Embrace it. It's no more complicated than that. There's no 12 steps. There's no list of things you have to do. The payment for your sins has already been paid. You don't have to ask God to do it, it's already been done. All you have to do is let God know that you accept it and receive it.

All you have to do is to allow God to place your sins on the Cross with everyone else. In the privacy of your own heart wherever you are, just tell Him that you'll let Him do it and it's as good as done in that very moment.

In exchange for this, you will become an adopted child of God, loved unconditionally, permanently sealed by God's Holy Spirit, given a new nature that will grow in time, promised an imperishable inheritance, promised a dwelling place that's built just for you in Heaven, and promised eternal everlasting life that cannot be taken away from you by anyone, anywhere, at any time, not even you.

You are promised to go to Heaven in the event of your physical death OR to be taken into Heaven (without dying) to keep you safe from the day of the Lord's wrath against the world.

Don't let anybody tell you that it's more complicated than this. They're agents of Satan, every one of them.

Jesus is called the Savior for a reason! We need saving! He saves us! And He is the One Who does all the saving. We don't do anything to help Him save us. If we had to do that, we'd screw it up and get in His way! All we do is receive His salvation and all the benefits of being saved.

We don't earn it. We don't become worthy of it. We don't repent in dust and ashes and shave our heads and moan and cry all day about what a horrible wretch we are (although we are). We just acknowledge that we need a Savior and accept being saved by the Savior! He takes the penalty for our sins. We take the rewards of His righteousness. That's it! Period! Nothing more!

We human beings along with Satan's help have done everything we can to complicate this with ideas of embracing a new moral code and lifestyle that we have to strive to keep with all of our might after we get saved in order to stay saved, we have to join a church and go every Sunday like good little christian soldiers to stay saved, we have to publicly profess it with announcements and a public water baptism to get saved and stay saved, we have to read the Bible every day and pray every day to stay saved, we have to strive to show evidence of fruit that we're saved in order to really be saved and stay saved, we have to stop cussing to stay saved, never smoke or drink alcohol again to stay saved, no more R-Rated movies or PG-13 movies, or maybe even PG movies to stay saved, no more good music, it's all from the devil, it's nothing but christian music from now on to stay saved, we have to start calling everybody brother and sister, we have to start giving 10% of our money to the church and let everybody know we're doing it so they know we're not sinning and robbing God of His fair share, we have to start saying "bless you" and "have a blessed day" to everybody everywhere, &#%!@?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's a tragedy that we've done this to people when Jesus is the One who did all of the sweating and all of the bleeding to save us!!!! Some of that stuff in that list above is good, some of it's just okay and some of it's pure crap! But none of it has anything to do with getting saved, being saved or staying saved. Jesus does all the saving. Past, Present, Future!!

Let Him do it. Tell Him that you'll let Him do it! And it's done.

Prophecy Of Narcissistic Personality Disorder

The reason why I occasionally bring up narcissism in my posts is because my father definitely had (among other things) Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I was brought up under it for over 15 years before my parents divorced and then another 10 years after that until I was finally able to seperate myself from it permanently. So you could say I have a Master's degree in NPD after being a victim of it for nearly 25 years. I know how it works, how it's fueled and how it affects the victims. I know it's every pattern and cycle and all the various responses that people have to it.

But THE MOST FASCINATING discovery for me has been how relevant NPD is to the psychological profile of Satan himself and its contribution to Bible Prophecy and the people of the End Times.

Satan doesn't see himself as Satan. Satan sees himself as the bearer of light, as the holder of truth and enlightenment, and one who is the victim of great injustice and who is unfairly and falsely accused of EVERYTHING.

But in reality, we know him to be the one who is constantly making accusations against good people (Revelation 12:10) and we know him to be a liar, the father of lies and a MURDERER from the very beginning (John 8:44). Narcissists always blame their victims of that which they themselves are guilty of.

People with Narcissistic Personality Disorder deal with everybody in their lives in one of three ways:

1. Deception.
They employ all their charms and resources toward creating a false narrative about themselves, the world we live in and how you should respond to both. If you see things the way they do and respond in the way they think you should, then you're painted as a good person who is enlightened, intelligent and among the best that humanity has to offer. You'll soon be surrounded by others who see things the way they do and you'll be rewarded by the fellowship of the community.

2. Intimidation.
If you don't see things the way the narcissist does and if you don't respond in the way the narcissist thinks you should, then you're painted as an evil person who is ignorant, stupid and among the very worst of humanity. Nobody wants to be painted in such a light, so if you can't bring yourself to buy into the lies you're being told, then you'll probably just keep your mouth shut and go along to keep the peace.

One of the ways the narcissist accomplishes this form of intimidation, besides displays of anger and rage, is increasing the pressure against you through the recruitment of others in your community circle who've gone along with the deception.

Those who have studied and written papers on NPD have given a label to these recruitments: "Flying Monkeys" which is obviously based upon the flying monkeys from the film "The Wizard of Oz" because of their blind loyalty to the Wicked Witch of the West.

3. Elimination.
When you're no longer afraid of their anger and rage and you're no longer willing to go along with their lies just to keep the peace, then you will be eliminated from their lives and their inner circle. You will be banished and ex-communicated.

For victims of people with NPD, all of this information is old news. But what I find most interesting is how perfectly identical Satan has employed these same tactics against the entire human race! First, he deceives. If he can't deceive, then he intimidates. If he can't intimidate, then he eliminates. I can't help but notice how "The Armor of God" in Ephesians 6:10-18 is designed specifically to defend against every one of these narcissistic attacks of the enemy.

Looking at this from a Biblically prophetic point of view, we know that the Bible describes a time in which the majority of the world would be overrun with people who have NPD. In 2nd Timothy 3:1-17, Paul described the very present day that we are living in RIGHT NOW.

The word he used in verse 1 to describe these times has been translated as "perilous, difficult and terrible" but the original Greek word that Paul used was "chalepos" which was never used anywhere else in the New Testament except for one other time and that was in Matthew 8:28 to describe the behavior of men who were possessed by demons! Paul doesn't encourage us to get along with them or try to better understand them. He doesn't say pray for them and hope for the best. He says to turn away from them and have nothing to do with them.

Verse 6 to 9 goes on to describe how they manipulate and brainwash the gullible and take advantage of their personal faults to control them, how they oppose the truth at every turn and how their mental state is depraved, distorted, twisted and reprobate, and then Paul closes with the assurance that in the end, they will be openly exposed in front of everyone for being exactly what they are.

I'm just amazed at how accurate the Bible continues to be no matter where we are in history. It's understandable why Paul said these days would be perilous (insane and demonic) because it's hard enough to have to deal with one of these individuals much less a world full of them. But we now live in a world in which many of them control most of our higher institutions, our music and entertainment, our schools, our courts, our news media and positions in government.

A time is coming when men and women with NPD will overrun the planet earth. They will be the "flying monkeys" of the antichrist when he arrives. Remember what I said at the beginning of this post: Satan doesn't see himself as Satan. Satan sees himself as the victim. He's the good guy just trying to enlighten the people of earth from the oppression, the sexism, the racism, the homophobia, the hateful rhetoric, the violent anger, the judgmental accusations of the One whom the christians call, Jesus: The Messiah: The Son of God.

Satan and his followers will be the good guys while Jesus and His followers will be the bad guys. They will be (1) deceived into following the antichrist, or (2) intimidated into following the antichrist, or (3) eliminated. They'll be put to death! There will be no room for their existence in the new utopia that they intend to bring.

That's the direction that all of history is going. This is where we're headed. Our job is to oppose the enemy and slow it down and perhaps even reverse course if at all possible. If we can't, and if that appointed time is indeed ahead of us, then those of us who are saved by the Blood of Jesus are promised to be removed from this earth BY JESUS HIMSELF and taken into Heaven before the antichrist reveals himself to the world.

But nowhere in the Bible are we told to sit back and let all hell break loose while we wait for the rapture. We're told to occupy this earth until He comes.

So armor up!

Protection Against False Prophets

When we were kids, our parents taught us to never take candy from strangers or believe them when they say, "Your mom told me to come pick you up from school. It's okay, I'm a friend of your mom's."

I remember my mom being very serious about this as she sat me down to drill this into my head. This is when I first learned about kidnapping. She warned me that no matter what someone might say to me or how convincing they might be, she promised me that she would never send a stranger to pick me up from school. She even ran through a few scenarios with me to make sure I understood. She warned me that they might try to use urgency to make me believe them or lie about why this time is different.

God has taught His own children these same lessons and He's given us the same warnings and yet, it's amazing how many of us have forgotten. We let total strangers tell us, "God told me to tell you X, Y & Z. It's okay, I'm a friend of the Lord. I got this straight from Jesus!"

Just as my mom promised me, God has promised all of us that He would never send a stranger to tell us anything that He wouldn't personally tell us Himself. We're to abide in our relationship with HIM and HIS WORD, not others who claim to have a special connection with Him.

1st Timothy 2:5
For their is one God and only one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus.

John 8:31-32
Jesus said, "If you abide in MY Word, then you are truly my disciples and you will know the truth and the truth will make you free."

1st John 2:27
The anointing which you have received from HIM abides permanently in you so then you have no need that anyone should instruct you. But just as His anointing teaches you of all things that are true and without deception, you must abide in Him.

This doesn't mean that God won't use other members of the faith as tools to help us along the way or as teachers to help us get there faster. But God likes to reveal things to His children personally. He wants us leaning upon Him and not other people.

James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, ask God who gives to all liberally and without reproach and it will be given.

God would never keep a secret from you or from millions of other Christians and then suddenly, one day, provide the answer to one special Christian and then send him out into the world to reveal it to the Body of Christ. That's NOT the way God works.

God may use an individual or something else to make the light bulb turn on in your head, to illuminate something that God has already shown you to make it click. But that's the illumination of the Holy Spirit at work, not the illumination of some divine messenger of God.

Jesus WAS and IS the final authority. We're to listen to Him and no one else. He will NEVER send anyone into our lives with a special divine revelation that He wouldn't provide for us personally Himself through our time alone with Him in prayer or in His Word.

Jesus Is Coming !!!!!

Folks, when days and days go by and you don't hear from me, it's because I've got so much to say that I just don't know how to say it.

I'm now 50 years old and the overflowing deluge of Biblically prophetic things that have been happening in just the last 5 years now outweigh and outnumber all of the Biblically prophetic things that have ever happened since Jesus left the earth 2000 years ago!!!

I used to study Bible Prophecy just for fun. I merely lived in the hope that maybe I'd get to see some of these things happen while not knowing for sure if their ultimate fulfillment would ever happen in my lifetime.

I knew the resurrection of Israel in 1948 was a huge mega sign, but that happened almost 30 years before I was born. I started to suspect that things were beginning to ramp up around 2011 or so with the increase of strange weather phenomena, outbreaks of demoniac behavior, the rise of globalism, the increase of demonic doctrines being taught from church pulpits, etc... But even then, the increase was something that was slow and steady... slow and steady.

But now, things are happening so fast that I can't even keep up with it all. Just when I've been able to process the fulfillment of one Bible prophecy that I never thought I'd see, there's already 3 others that have hit me between the eyes.

I'm hearing outrageous doctrines of demons being proclaimed so loudly from people I used to trust and respect, people who used to stand for the truth, people who I now look upon and hardly recognize.

When it comes to writing articles and producing Bible studies and podcasts, I have an OCD about it. I have to make certain that every word is flawless according to God's Word and that it's perfectly explained to the extent that everyone who's listening or reading will easily and perfectly understand it and see it for themselves without any leaning upon me whatsoever.

I try to anticipate all questions and disagreements before I ever publish it so that all questions are answered before they're even asked and all possible disagreements have already been addressed. I don't know if everyone should do that, but that's just me. That's the way I've always tried to do it.

But I'm afraid that this personal demand of mine that I've been imposing upon myself is keeping me silent when I should be getting on here every single day and screaming from the rooftops that JESUS IS COMING!!!!!

I wish I could unload upon you in a single post the last 30 years of observation and personal Bible study, but I can't. Things are happening so fast now, it's just not possible to carefully take each and every subject and parse it down perfectly so that everyone can chew on it in small digestible little bites.

The enemy certainly isn't working that way. He's shoving everything he's got down everyone's throats as fast as he can get it out there. I suppose my biggest problem is wishing that I COULD catch it all and shove every bit of it right back down his throat.

Just me sharing my heart with you again, folks.

I can't prove my next statements in this single post. I can't give you a perfectly outlined article with all the questions answered and all the disagreements addressed like I would like to do. But things are happening so quickly, I can't continue to be silent.

Jesus is on His way to get us out of here before He pours out His wrath upon a Christ rejecting world. After we're gone, He will allow the antichurch to thrive and the antichrist to rise. The world will follow him willingly and worship him as a god. The worlds of finance, security, science, medicine, politics and religion will become one entity. Every nation will fall in line with his plans in the beginning. Every religion will embrace him, including and especially those who call themselves christians, which will be just as false as the false messiah that will be ruling the world.

The worldwide hatred for Israel and the Jew will worsen until it becomes the entire world's goal to wipe them off the face of the earth. But God won't let it happen. They will not only survive, but they will be Spiritually redeemed and will play a critical role in the physical return of Jesus to the earth to overthrow Satan and his antichrist and his antichurch. Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord. Every knee! Every tongue! Everybody!

Until these things come to pass, the world right now is speeding on it's way to bring the antichurch and the antichrist to power. Nothing we're seeing right now will make any sense unless we understand that. That's why Satan has sent his own versions of John the Baptist out there in the form of Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson and there will be many, many more.

The antichrist himself can't rise until God lets it happen and God won't let it happen until Jesus has physically taken us home to safety in what the Latin speaking Christians for centuries called "The Rapture Of The Church" before our Bibles were translated into English. I like to call it "The Resurrection Of The Church" because that's what it is. That's what the Bible called it. That's the day we'll see all our departed loved ones again who have gone home before us. That's the day WE will see Jesus physically for the very first time. We will all receive our new physical bodies and we'll all be taken home where we belong.

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We're Going Home: The Rapture
The Antichurch

The Antichurch

Everybody's heard of the Antichrist, but not too many people know about the Antichurch. It goes by other labels in Scripture such as Jezebel, the Whore Of Babylon and the Woman Who Rides The Beast.

This demonic entity masquerades as "true Christianity" while endorsing and promoting doctrines that actually separate people from Christ. She has many character traits, but one of her most obvious is a passionate rage and hatred for Israel and Jews.

As with all things demonic, this hatred is fueled by such a massive wave of deception that those who dwell in this hatred live in an alternate reality where Jews are guilty of everything from the common cold to the death of Jesus. (Jesus Himself did not blame Jews for His crucifixion according to Luke 23:34.)

During the time of the Great Tribulation, also known as the time of Jacob's trouble (Israel's trouble), this false christianity will promote and endorse the Antichrist. That's why she's called "The Woman Who Rides The Beast" and "The Whore Of Babylon" in Bible Prophecy.

One of the Antichrist's goals during that time will be to completely wipe out Jews from off the face of the earth. So it's no wonder we see people like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson in the media today. The very breath that is blown from out these people's mouths come straight from Satan's lungs.

I've never seen anything like this before in my lifetime, but I've been saying that a lot in the last 5 years.

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Where Are We In Revelation Right Now?

Where Are We In Revelation Right Now?

Where are we historically in the book of Revelation right now? We're between Revelation 2:18 and Revelation 3:22 which are Jesus' own words to the last days churches. After John penned and published the book of Revelation toward the end of the first century, the biggest mystery to early readers wasn't the 7 scenes in Heaven, the 7 seals, the 7 trumpets, the 7 signs, the 7 plagues or the 7 final visions. The biggest mystery to early readers was probably the easiest portion of the book to understand, which were 7 short little messages that Jesus sent to 7 churches: the church of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.

In those 7 short little messages, Jesus gave those contemporary assemblies a Spiritual progress report and pep-talk. It was the easiest and least cryptic portion of the entire book of Revelation. But why those 7 churches? There were so many other churches around besides those 7, why didn't Jesus say anything to them? Why didn't Jesus send a message to the church in Jerusalem or the church in Rome? What's the real point behind Jesus sending those 7 little text-messages to those 7 churches?

Upon further investigation, the early readers of Revelation discovered that with those 7 short messages, Jesus had managed to address every individual Christian of every individual church of every church age from the 1st century to the time of the Great Tribulation. If any individual Christian will read those 7 messages, they will discover that one of those messages is specifically for them no matter what time of history they're reading. A Christian living in the 21st century, for example, can read those 7 messages and find that one of them is Jesus specifically speaking to them, addressing their problems, offering constructive criticism and encouragement. The same applies corporately for Christian assemblies. If any Church or Christian assembly will read those 7 messages, they will also discover that one of those messages is specifically written for their group.

The final application for these 7 messages is probably the most astounding. As the centuries progressed after John published the book of Revelation, it became apparent that the history of the church with all of its highs and lows had been prophetically anticipated and revealed by the order in which Jesus gave those 7 messages.

Revelation 2:1-7. To The Assembly In Ephesus.

The letter to Ephesus anticipated the age of apostolic planting (1st Century) which started off with a serious devotion to doctrinal purity due to the overwhelming presence of demonic doctrines that were constantly in competition with the 1st Century Church. Unfortunately, the demand for doctrinal purity became a legalistic obsession that overtook the Christian's original walk of love for the One Who bought them. This can happen to any Christian if they aren't careful. But it happened to the whole assembly in Ephesus and many other 1st century churches during this time in history.

Revelation 2:8-11. To The Assembly In Smyrna.

The letter to Smyrna anticipated the age of persecution (1st - 3rd Century) in which Christians were hunted down and killed by the leading governments and religious factions of the world. Being persecuted is part of the job description of being a Christian. Christians have been persecuted in all manner of ways throughout the past 2000 years. No Christian at any point in history is immune to persecution. But it was during the first three centuries that it would seem that Satan went out of his way to wipe Christians off the face of the earth.

Revelation 2:12-17. To The Assembly In Pergamum.

The letter to Pergamum anticipated the age of the Imperial church (4th - 6th Century) when world governments and religious factions stopped persecuting Christians and decided to work with them instead. Church and State became one and the same. The result was a massive growth of Christianity that became so large that individual assemblies had to resort to imposing hierarchies and dignitaries within each group, which had to report back to local government officials. Because world governments did not always agree with Biblical doctrine, Christianity began to compromise with governments by allowing the doctrine of other religions into their practices and teachings to keep the peace.

Revelation 2:18-29. To The The Assembly In Thyatira.

The letter to Thyatira anticipated the age of the Papacy (6th Century - Present Day) which began when the massive, powerful, world empire of Rome became one with the Imperial Church. Christian devotion, Christian teaching, Christian education, Christian charities and Christian outreach programs exploded all over the world. To this day, no church group can outmatch the level of giving, love, charity and outreach efforts of the Roman Catholic Church. Unfortunately, since the Roman Empire was the pagan capital of the world, almost all of it's idolatry and paganism had been re-packaged as Christian practices under the Catholic Church to keep the followers of all religions satisfied. Rituals and formalities that once honored Zeus, Apollo, Athena & Venus became rituals and formalities to honor Jesus Christ. Demonic rituals became Christian rituals. The Holy Scriptures, which had been the ultimate authority of Christian doctrine, was usurped and replaced by the authority of the Pope and the Priestly order of the Roman Catholic Church. In time, political conquests and outreach ministries became married to one another which resulted in campaigns of converting people into Christianity at the point of a sword.

In recent centuries, all manner of outrageous occultic spiritualism and idolatry has been embraced by the Roman Catholic Church under various Christian aliases. In the 21st Century, many Christian groups (both Catholic & Protestant) began to embrace "a larger view of Christianity" which marries itself into Islam, Hinduism, the New Age and every religion on the planet. This hybrid spirituality is accepted, promoted and will one day be lead by the Roman Catholic Church. Islam's Queen of Heaven and the Catholic's interpretation of the Virgin Mary are one and the same. This is also where the "coexist" movement is going, for those of you who may have seen those bumper stickers on people's cars.

Not all Catholics hold to these occultic and idolatrous strongholds of Roman Catholicism, which is why Jesus made a point to clarify in this letter who the targets are of His commendations and His threats. To those who do not hold to these demonic doctrines, Jesus has nothing but good things to say. To those who DO hold these demonic doctrines, Jesus makes the most violent threat found in any of the 7 letters. He promises that He will personally kill the idolatrous promoters and their followers during the time of the Great Tribulation.

In other words, faithful Christians within the Roman Catholic Church will be raptured outta here before the Great Tribulation. Those left behind in the Roman Catholic Church after the rapture (who aren't true Christians) will be joined by the false Christians who are left behind within protestant and non-denominational groups. Together, they will broaden their idolatry by aligning themselves with the Antichrist and will endorse the Beast of Revelation. This super-satanic religion under the banner of Christianity is prophetically called, "The Woman Who Rides The Beast" in Revelation 17.

Revelation 3:1-6. To The Assembly In Sardis.

The letter to Sardis anticipated the age of the Protestant Reformation (16th Century - Present Day) in which individual Christians rediscovered their roots in Biblical authority. The Bible was translated into English and many other languages for the first time under great protest and persecution from the Roman Catholic Church. The re-awakening of Biblical Christianity started a movement within Europe that migrated over into the United States, a land free from persecution. In the United States, a Christian could rely on the Bible to define their faith instead of the Roman Catholic Church.

As Christian groups studied the Scripture, they each segregated into different denominational groupings that complimented their interpretations. All denominations agreed to the vitals of the Christian faith while agreeing to disagree over everything else. While this age of church history was rich and vibrant in its founding, reestablishing the Word of God as it's ultimate authority, it wasn't long before most of its churches became dead in their formalities. Today, most denominational churches are merely churning through the motions, Sunday after Sunday after Sunday after Sunday after Sunday.

Before Jesus has anything nice to say to Sardis, He accuses them of being spiritually dead and admonishes them to wake up before what little there is left among them dies also. He also warns them that if they don't wake up from their spiritual coma, they will be caught off guard by HIS RETURN when He comes! I've noticed this among most of today's denominational churches. They have no idea where we are in prophetic history because they choose not to teach Bible prophecy. Much like the Pharisees of Jesus' day, they can't interpret the signs of the times; neither are they interested.

Then after painting with a broad brush, Jesus clarifies that there are a few exceptions among the members of denominational churches that are still awake and haven't soiled themselves in their coma. It is from out of the snoring of the sleeping church that two church groups escape and make up the following two church ages: Philadelphia and Laodicea.

Revelation 3:7-13. To The Assembly In Philadelphia.

The letter to Philadelphia anticipated the age of individual Christians, missionaries and Bible-based assemblies of small numbers (18th Century - Present Day) outside the traditional confines of either Catholic or Protestant Denominationalism. Personally, I would call this the "Reformation 2.0" with the same motives and objectives of the first reformation, only this time getting it right and going all the way; getting the focus away from church buildings and religious ritualism and returning the Christian assembly back to its roots: Home-Prayer, Home-Bible-Study, living out the Christian life daily and faithfully in the power of the Holy Spirit, gaining support and giving support to other Christians along the way who are engaging in the same walk, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

No focus is made on church buildings or on which days to worship because the small Philadelphian assembly can meet in people's living rooms as often as they wish. Since the Christian walk is a constant way of life for Philadelphians and not just a religious ritual that's performed once a week, they may desire to meet as often as 7 nights a week. No one has to force a Philadelphian Christian to assemble with other Philadelphian Christians. You don't have to "get them in the mood" to talk about Spiritual things. They're always in the mood for it. There are no rules or regulations about where to meet or how often because they aren't necessary.

Philadelphian Christians might visit or attend a local church, but their attendance is merely an additive or a supplement to their walk, not the walk itself. Their loyalties are to Christ and His Word and to their fellow brothers and sisters in the Family of God, not to any local church group or pastor.

Jesus has nothing but good things to say to the Philadelphian assembly and encourages them with a promise that they would be raptured outta here before the time of the Great Tribulation. I've noticed this among most of today's Philadelphian Christians. They have a healthy anticipation for the imminent rapture. They have a healthy and progressive grasp on where we are in prophetic history because they choose to learn all of the Bible, including Bible prophecy which makes up more than a third of the entire Bible.

Revelation 3:14-22. To The Assembly Of The Laodiceans.

The letter to Laodicea anticipated the age of lukewarm Christianity (20th Century - Present Day) which Jesus found disgusting enough to induce vomiting. Much like the Philadelphian Christians, the Laodicean Christians felt an urgent and desperate need to wake up and escape the sleeping church of Sardis. But unlike Philadelphia who accomplished this by returning to the Bible, Laodicea simply took Sardis and made it contemporary.

Choirs were abolished. The same old hymns of the past 400 years were replaced with contemporary pop/Christian music. Organs and pianos were replaced with guitars and drums. Church hymnals were replaced with overhead projectors. Suits and ties were replaced with blue-jeans and t-shirts. And last but not least, the slow-moving, white-headed preacher was replaced with a young, outgoing and charismatic fellow who could double for a stand-up comedian.

While there isn't anything wrong with newer music, guitars and drums, overhead projectors, casual attire and upbeat speakers, the Laodicean reasoning behind it is what's sickening. It's as if the dead church of Sardis were a man going through his mid-life crisis grasping for relevancy in a modern culture. Instead of turning to the timeless wisdom of Scripture for relevancy, they turn to the culture.

Ladies, you know how you feel when you see a man over 50 wearing the latest teen fashions, driving a brand-new red convertible with a young 20-something leaning on his shoulder as they zoom down the main drag listening to Meghan Trainor, Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift? That's how Jesus feels when he looks at a Laodicean church.

It's gotten so much worse in recent years. Many of these churches today have no problem integrating worship with entertainment. Their worship leaders run around on stage like Aerosmith and they've got explosions and smoke screens to go with them. Their pastors include both men and women, gay and straight and even transgendered. The church properties include bowling alleys, movie theaters, internet cafes, clothing stores, music stores, etc... It's as if none of these people remember why Jesus overturned the tables in the Temple.

What's worse, is that in order to remain relevant with the latest cultural trends, the Laodicean church is willing to water down, skip-over, delete and/or compromise immovable doctrines of Scripture, without even admitting it. At least Thyatira has the guts to deny Biblical authority while standing behind demonic doctrine. Laodicea stands behind demonic doctrine while claiming to actually believe the Bible from cover to cover!

Being a Lukewarm Christian doesn't mean what a lot of people think it means. It doesn't have anything to do with backsliding or how passionate you are for the Lord. Jesus uses the term "lukewarm" to describe the Church of the Laodiceans who are neither cold nor hot, who are neither backslidden nor passionate, who are neither asleep in their faith nor on fire for the Lord. This church is filled with lost people who were never even saved, but are playing church anyway.

Every other church that Jesus addresses is called a church "IN" the town that's addressed. Only in Laodicea does He refer to them as the church "OF" the town that's addressed. In other words, Laodicean (lukewarm) Christians make themself God. They make up their own rules for what is and isn't sin and they make up their own rules for atonement. The Blood of Jesus isn't covering their sins because they either don't know about it, don't believe in it or they don't think it's necessary. According to what Jesus says to them, He's never even been invited into their church. He's outside, knocking to get in, puking His guts out.

Jesus responds to the Laodiceans with a wake up call. While these merchants believe themselves to be rich, wealthy and in need of nothing, Jesus tells them that they're wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. Since buying and selling is all they understand, He tells them to buy from Him gold refined in the fire, that they may be rich (Jesus' Sacrifice); and white garments, that they may be clothed (Jesus' Righteousness), that the shame of their nakedness may not be revealed; and to anoint their eyes with eyesalve, that they may see (Holy Spirit).

So where are we in the book of Revelation? We're between Revelation 2:18 and Revelation 3:22. All of us reading this right now in May of 2025, fall into one of these categories: we're either in Thyatira, in Sardis, in Philadelphia or we're of Laodicea. Where do you see yourself? How do you feel about Jesus' own personal words to you in 2025?


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