True Christians Are Hated Because We Belong to Him!

Our Lord Jesus teaching disciples on the Mount of Olives (Ai-generated)

by Leonard V Johnson

Our Lord Jesus Christ ── and brethren, you might think this is trivial, but I’d like to point out: When people speak about our Lord Jesus Christ, I notice so many just simply say “Jesus.” Have you noticed this? In my humble opinion, it’s not proper or respectful to simply say “Jesus.” By doing this, we fail to give to our Master and Elder Brother, our Savior, the honor that is rightfully due to Him. The names we call others, including our Savior, provide a snapshot of our relationship. A few examples ──

Names and titles matter a great deal. The top 5 titles the Apostle Matthew used for our Savior ──

• Son of Man (30 times)

• Lord (23 times)

• Christ (13 times)

• Teacher (10 times)

• The Child (9 times)

The top 5 titles the Apostle Mark used for our Savior ──

• Son of Man (14 times)

• Teacher (12 times)

• King of the Jews (5 times)

• Christ (4 times)

• Rabbi (4 times)

The top 7 titles the Apostle Luke used for our Savior ──

• Lord (35 times)

• Son of Man (25 times)

• Teacher (13 times)

• Christ (7 times)

• Master (5 times)

• Son (5 times)

• Son of God (5 times)

The top 5 titles the Apostle John used for our Savior ──

• Lord (36 times)

• Son (18 times)

• Son of Man (11 times)

• Son of God (9 times)

• Christ (8 times)

Surely, by the titles they used, we can see that they didn’t just think He was “Jesus of Nazareth,” but rather He was the Christ, the promised Messiah, the One sent to save His people from their sins (Matthew 1:21).

But enough said on this interesting topic for the moment. Our Lord Jesus Christ teaches us ──

“’ It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!’” – Matthew 10:25.

Truly, our Lord Jesus tells us ── and He’s continuing to tell us, brethren, because His words are alive! – cf. Hebrews 4:12 ── that His faithful followers would be hated because we belong to Him! ──

“’ If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.’” – John 15:18.

“’ Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man’s sake.’” – Luke 6:22.

“’ And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.’” – Matthew 10:22.

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It is true that our enemy, Satan the Devil, certainly does not want you to be a part of our Lord Jesus’ true faith of the Way ── by inspiring people to attack you verbally because of His name’s sake. Something that happened in my life ── my wife and I were having a family get together, and my sister-in-law was lamenting over the fact that she has lost so many of her family members to death, either from suicide, cancer, or a bleeding ulcer. And she was saying how this great loss has affected her throughout her whole life. And, because I was trying to comfort her in the name of Jesus Christ, she blatantly called me a winebibber, because I was having a beer. Immediately, I recognized that it was Satan the Devil, attacking me ── we wrestle not against human beings, but rather we wrestle against the spiritual forces of the evil one. Satan the Devil trying to discredit me. Well, I dearly love her and pray for her always. Wanting no ill will to come upon her family.

Yet, sadly, some often fall into Satan the Devil’s evil tactics.

The Apostle Paul before the high priest and elders in Rome. Acts 28:17-22 (Ai-generated)

History shows us that certain ones did not look very kindly towards true Christians ──

“But we would like to hear from you and to know what you think, because we are indeed very aware that this sect is everywhere spoken against.” – Acts 28:22, NET.

Are you able to endure to the end, being a part of a faith that is spoken against everywhere? Sadly, most people cannot. No one wants to be unpopular, to not be a part of the “in crowd.” No one wants to be laughed at, screamed at, spit upon, and berated. Back in 2023, my own mother-in-law screamed at me out of the blue, “You’re in a cult! You’re going to hell!” Her words stabbed deep into my chest. And I couldn’t help but immediately think of the LORD God’s living word regarding the Apostle Paul, and how he was berated by a certain servant girl ── saying to them sarcastically, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the Way of salvation.” It is revealed to us that Satan’s method is to deceive and that he and his minions have the power to place thoughts, suggestions, or impulses into unsuspecting human minds – unless we are alertly on guard against it.

Now, deception doesn’t always have to be clever to work ── Joseph Goebbels famously stated, “If you tell a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself.”

The Apostle Paul before the high priest Ananias, Governor Felix, and Tertullus in Caesarea. Acts 24:1-22 (Ai-generated)

So, surely what has happened to me by a mentor ── in which I suspect he has bashed my name and reputation against the jagged stones, possibly why I don’t have many people interacting with me on Facebook. The name-calling. Yet, I wish to be like our Christ, “not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.” – 1 Peter 3:9. Because we are warned ──

“Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.” – Proverbs 16:18.

But yes indeed. Are you aware that our Lord Jesus’ original followers of the Way were considered to be part of a “cult” or a “sect”? Did you notice above that the Apostle Paul, while in Rome, had called together the leaders of the Jews to explain that he had done nothing wrong? ── yet he was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans, was compelled to appeal to Caesar Nero during his imprisonment in Caesarea.

“And when he [born Saul of Tarsus] was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying to the governor, ‘Since we have obtained great peace through you, and excellent things have been done for this nation through your forethought. … 5) For we have found this man to be a pest, and a mover of INSURRECTION among the Jews in the whole world, and a leader of THE SECT of the Nazareans; …’

10) And when the governor motioned for him to speak, Paul answered, ‘Knowing that you have been a judge to this nation for many years, I do more cheerfully make defense for myself concerning these things. 11) So that you may understand, it was not more than twelve days ago that I went up to worship in Jerusalem; 12) And neither did anyone find me disputing with anyone in the temple, nor inciting a tumult among the people ── neither in the synagogues, nor in the city; 13) Neither can they prove the things of which they now accuse me. 14) But I confess to you that according to the Way which they call HERESY, so I serve the God of my fathers, believing all things that are written in the Law and the Prophets.’” – Acts 24:2, 5, 10-14, NET.

Most translations use the pejorative term “sect,” instead of “cult.” It’s a negative term ── a form of name-calling.

Let us also consider that the Apostle Paul, who kept and celebrated the holy weekly Sabbath (cf. Acts 15:21; 16:13; 18:4; 28:17), mentioned God the Father and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, in every single introduction to his epistles! All fourteen! (Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:2; Galatians 1:3; Ephesians 1:2; Philippians 1:2; Colossians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:2; 1 Timothy 1:2; 2 Timothy 1:2; Titus 1:1; Philemon 1:3; and Hebrews 1:1-2). Yet ── and brethren, please pay attention to this, he never mentions the Holy Spirit ── so, he clearly had a BINITARIAN understanding, not trinitarian.

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That was the understanding and doctrine of the early Church of Jesus Christ ── the Church of God ── the early Christians that were dubbed “Nazareans.”

True Christians have long been considered belonging to a “sect,” or rather, a “cult” – Acts 24:14. Our great High Priest, Advocate, and Savior, Jesus Christ, has warned us that the faithful would be persecuted and harassed ──

“’ Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom [from] heaven.

11) Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely FOR MY SAKE. 12) Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.’” – Matthew 5:10-12.

The LORD God’s true prophets of old, according to our Lord Jesus, have been subject to all types of revile, persecution, and evils ── including rejection, disdain, physical abuse, and threats of execution and death! And, according to our Lord Jesus, it will happen again, when His true end-time prophets arise on the scene (cf. Matthew 24:9; Revelation 11:3-12).

Furthermore, the Apostle Paul, under divine inspiration, wrote ──

“But you have carefully followed my doctrine [his doctrine is our Lord Jesus’ doctrine, they are the same!], manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance, 11) persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra ── what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12) Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.” – 2 Timothy 3:10-12.

Historically, at least to a large part, because of the utter hatred of the Jews, true Christians were “excommunicated” by Emperor Constantine. One of the first recorded “official” persecutions of true Christians on behalf of the Roman Empire was in AD 64, when, as reported by Tacitus, Emperor Nero was blaming Christians for the Great Fire of Rome. According to tradition, it was during the reign of Nero that our beloved Peter and Paul were martyred.

The persecutions didn’t stop, and the name-calling continued against our brethren. In addition to Emperor Constantine the Great’s Edict Against Heretics, Emperor Theodosius I only intensified the persecutions.

Theodosius I (379-95) resorted to name-calling against all those who held to the original biblical position and understanding of the Godhead ── the Elohim, which at this time consists of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. He specifically called out anyone who would disagree with his trinitarian law, as he stated ──

“ … According to the apostolic teaching and the doctrine of the Gospel, let us believe the one deity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, in equal majesty and in a holy Trinity. We authorize the followers of this law to assume the title of Catholic Christians; but as for the others, since, in our judgment, they are foolish madmen, we decree that they shall be branded with the ignominious name of heretics, … They will suffer in the first place the chastisement of the divine condemnation, and in the second the punishment which our authority, in accordance with the will of Heaven, shall decide to inflict.” 1

Persecutions of the faithful to our Lord Jesus Christ didn’t stop. And since Constantine the Great’s edicts did not stop everyone from properly keeping and observing the Lord’s Passover, Theodosius I brought out his Edict of Thessalonica. After he became a baptized “Christian,” he decreed the death penalty ──

“CHAP. XXVII. Edicts of Theodofius aganft the heretics, A.D. 380-394

… Theodofius, fuggefted the moft effectual methods of perfucution. In the fpace of fifteen years, he promulgated at leaft fifteen fevere edicts againft the heretics; more efpecially againft thofe who rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; … inflicted on the Audians, or Quartodecimans, who fhould dare to perpetrate the atrocious crime, of celebrating, on an improper day, the feftival of Eafter.” 2

Truly, truly, wouldn’t the murdering ── the martyring ── of the faithful of Christ Jesus, who provided for us an example to keep and observe the Lord’s Passover ON THE 14th of Nisan, instead of celebrating a pagan celebration (Easter), a large, bright, and glaring sign of THE ANTICHRIST?

Brethren, for true Christians, the name-calling has continued from those who believe in the doctrine of the Trinity against us who hold strong to the Rock ── those of us who “contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints”!

So, be not surprised, my beloved, when you are persecuted ──

“For we know Him who said, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord. And again, ‘The LORD will judge His people.’ 31) It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

32) But recall the former days in which, AFTER YOU WERE ILLUMINATED, you endured a great struggle with sufferings: 33) partly while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while you became companions of those who were so treated; 34) for you had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves [from] heaven.” – Hebrews 10:30-34.

“For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles ── when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness [and not just drunkenness with alcohol, but also with spiritual drunkenness], revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries. 4) In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.” – 1 Peter 4:3-4.

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Sadly, name-calling, persecutions, and shaming have occurred to the Lord’s people from the very beginning ── including by some who are claiming to be of the faith, of the Way.

Surely, the most common derogatory name that people call us who … “are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God” – Romans 8:14, ── is the pejorative term “cult.” □

Bibliography:

1 Behenson, H., Documents Of The Christian Church, Theodosius I (379-95) on Catholic and Heretic, Oxford University Press, New York & London, 1947, pg. 31-32.

2 Gibbon, E., The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.… 1789: Vol 3, Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand. London, 1789, pgs. 24-25.

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by Leonard V Johnson

Our Lord Jesus Christ asked, “ … ‘Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?’” – Luke 18:8. And it’s not just ‘faith in Jesus,’ or even ‘faith in God,’ but it’s more akin to faith in a Creator.

Mankind is moving further and further away from even believing in a Creator God! There are millions now who want to make God in their image.

Friday 10 April 2026

From your own AI Jesus to BuddhaBot Plus – The religious tech boom has arrived

A faith-based AI gold rush is underway

A tech company is offering evangelical Christians a "personal relationship with Jesus" – for a fee – through an artificial intelligence avatar. Users of the 'Just Like Me' platform can engage in video calls with an AI-generated Jesus, priced at $1.99 per minute. This digital deity provides prayers and encouragement in various languages, recalling previous conversations despite occasional glitches and slightly unsynchronised lip movements. …

This venture is part of a growing trend in faith-based generative AI, which now includes everything from alleged Hindu gurus and Buddhist priests to AI Jesuses and Catholic chatbots similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. As these religious AI tools become more prevalent, many are grappling with how such technologies are reshaping their understanding of faith, authority, and spiritual guidance. …

Some models have been shut down or overhauled because they generated misinformation or raised worries about data privacy, said Beth Singler, an anthropologist who studies religion and AI at the University of Zurich. Aside from practical concerns, people from many faiths are grappling with larger philosophical questions about what sort of role, if any, AI should play in religion.

(https://www.the-independent.com/tech/ai-chatgpt-jesus-buddhabot-muslim-b2955282.html).

Some sites can even have you supposedly able to have a conversation with the late Charlie Kirk.

All that truly should remind us of the story concerning King Saul and the Witch of Endor (1 Samuel 28:3-25).

Back in 2023, the Discern Report reported ──

The Machine God Takes Over

The Protestant German church was filled with worshipers. A photograph of the event showed a video screen in place of the pastor. And the sermon was written and delivered by the AI chatbot ChatGPT.

This was humanity worshiping its machines, and it may bring the wrath of God upon us all.

It seems as if society, worldwide, is determined to commit suicide. Artificial intelligence, which is nothing more than a computer program, preaching to humanity is the ultimate sin.

(https://discernreport.com/the-machine-god-takes-over/).

Of course, a “computer program preaching to humanity” is not the “ultimate sin,” however, God’s living word does warn us ──

“Their land is also full of IDOLS; They worship the work of their own hands, That which their own fingers have made. 9) People bow down, And each man humbles himself; Therefore do not forgive them.” – Isaiah 2:8-9.

Sadly, we are beginning to witness this with some AI religious tech. systems.

And even though this is relatively new technology, God’s living word tells us there is nothing new under the sun ──

“That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes 1:9.

In this instance, mankind has been worshiping the created rather than the Creator since mankind has been on earth! And since the beginning, mankind has been commanded not to do so ──

“’ You shall have no other gods before Me. 4) You shall not make for yourself a carved image──any likeness of anything that is in heaven [the atmosphere] above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5) you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, 6) but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.’” – Exodus 20:3-6.

Also, notice this posting from World Net Daily back in 2023 ──

June 15, 2023

An AI program is pretending to be Jesus and thousands of lost young people are flocking to it

There's an event recorded in the Gospel of Matthew in which Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, and his disciples asked him what the sign of the end of the age would be.

Jesus replied, “See that no one leads you astray. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will lead many astray.”

At least one of those deceivers is turning out to be an AI called “ask__jesus.”

According to The Independent, a Berlin-based tech collective has developed a chatbot resembling Jesus Christ, which already has thousands of followers seeking advice and guidance.

The chatbot, referred to as “AI Jesus,” has the appearance of a bearded white man with a radiant halo and utilizes artificial intelligence reportedly trained on the teachings of Jesus and the Bible.

(https://www.wnd.com/2023/06/ai-program-pretending-jesus-thousands-lost-young-people-flocking/).

Now, to be clear ── with my “Conversations With AI,” I do not seek advice or guidance.” I, rather, ask it what is being taught concerning a theological subject, and I correct it with God’s living truth ── from God’s living word.

Well … absolutely not! Our Lord Jesus Christ, in His glory, does not have a halo (a symbol that literally spread around the world) 1 Nor does He act or sound like ChatGPT (cf. Revelation 1:12-16). Yes … technically, another ‘false christ’! ──

“’ … if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. 24) For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

25) See, I have told you beforehand.’” – Matthew 24:23-25.

And also, what is coming down the pike that has been proposed regarding AI and religion ──

June 10, 2023

WEF Calls for AI to Rewrite Bible, Create ‘Religions That Are Actually Correct’

A top official with the World Economic Forum (WEF) has called for religious scripture to be “rewritten” by artificial intelligence (AI) to create a globalized “new Bible.”

Yuval Noah Harari, the senior advisor to the WEF and its chairman Klaus Schwab, argues that using AI to replace scriptures will create unified “religions that are actually correct.”

(https://slaynews.com/news/wef-ai-rewrite-bible-create-religions-actually-correct/).

Well … can you say, blasphemous? Because God’s living word ── the Holy Bible ── is not “fake news” or “made-up stories” passed down since the semi-mythic King Gilgamesh! Our Lord Jesus Christ says concerning the LORD God’s word, “ … ‘Your word is truth.’” – John 17:17. And that God’s word is “living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” – Hebrews 4:12. It’s God’s word in print.

Having certainly discovered that AI like Alexa+ can provide wrong answers to not only historical questions with theological connections (there is a clause at the bottom of the Alexa+ app in very small letters, “Alexa may not always get it right”), having AI rewrite a Bible or blasphemously pretend to be Jesus should not sound like a good idea to anyone who is rightly seeking the living truth of the LORD God!

Again, God’s living word ──

“There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death [eternal death, cf. Revelation 21:8].” – Proverbs 14:12.

Well … since the World Economic Forum (WEF) does not explicitly state that it believes in a Creator, it does, however, acknowledge how religion can help control the populous. They can (and will) create a God in their image and in their likeness, but their end is the way of death!

Sadly, a great many people in this present evil age desire to ‘exchange the truth of God for the lie, and worship and serve the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.’ cf. Romans 1:25.

As the LORD’s warning was in the days of King Jehoiakim of Judah, the LORD God warns us today ──

“’ And the LORD has sent you all His servants the prophets [including since then His very own Son, Hebrews 1:1-2], rising early and sending them, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear. 5) They said, ‘REPENT NOW EVERYONE of his evil way and his evil doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.

6) Do not go after other gods to serve them and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands; and I will not harm you.’” – Jeremiah 25:4-6.

Millions of people globally do not care for the living word of God, becoming known as “nones.” 2 Biblical stories like Noah’s Ark, Adam & Eve, Sodom & Gomorrah, or the parting of the Red Sea can all, they reason amongst themselves, be explained by “natural phenomena,” or “logic.”

But soon in these latter days will come the prophesied Day of the LORD ──

“’ Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the LORD is coming, For it is at hand …’” – Joel 2:1.

“’ And it shall be in that day,’ says the LORD, … 13) ‘Your carved images I will also cut off, And your sacred pillars from your midst; You shall no more worship the work of your hands; 14) I will pluck your wooden images from your midst; Thus I will destroy your cities. 15) And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury On the nations that have not heard.’” – Micah 5:10, 13-15.

My dear friend ── the only true answer to the solution facing humanity is to ‘Repent, and believe in the gospel,’ to ‘Return to God, and He will return to you.’ (Mark 1:15; Malachi 3:7). □

Bibliography:

1 Wilson, M., The halo: A symbol that spread around the world, BBC, 24 June 2021.
2 O’ Leary, A., America’s Religious Decline Creates New Battleground, GovFacts, 25 Aug. 2025.

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Is the U.S. President the “Trump of God” That Will Lead to Armageddon?

President Donald J Trump (AI-generated)

by Leonard V Johnson

Sadly, there are Protestant military commanders excited that President Donald Trump “started the end of the world.” The following is from an active-duty military non-commissioned officer (NCO) and a Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) member who had commented under the website’s title, “Unit combat readiness briefing and Armageddon,” March 2, 2026 ──

From: (Active-Duty Military NCO and MRFF Client’s email address withheld)

Subject: Unit combat readiness briefing and Armageddon

Date: March 2, 2026, at 1:02:53 PM MST

To: Information Weinstein

… I am a (NCO rank withheld) in our unit. This morning our commander opened up the combat readiness status briefing by urging us to not be “afraid” as to what is happening with our combat operations in Iran right now. He urged us to tell our troops that this was “all part of God’s divine plan,” and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ. He said that “President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.” He had a big grin on his face when he said all of this which made his message seem even more crazy. Our commander would probably be described as a “Christian First” supporter. He has been this way for a very long time and makes it clear that he desires all of us under him to become just like him as a Christian. But what he did this morning was so toxic and over the line that it shocked many of us in attendance at the op's readiness briefing.

Well … maybe it is “all part of God’s divine plan” ── it’s God’s will be done, after all. As far as “Armageddon,” most Protestants don’t properly understand God’s living word regarding Armageddon. Now, while there will be several unintended consequences because of the Trump/Vance Administration, which will very likely hasten the end of this present evil age, to outright insist or coerce something that isn’t actually true, such as “Trump has been anointed by Jesus to cause Armageddon,” that isn’t Christian at all.

I recall that I gave a Personal From … The Calm Is Over, in which I said ──

“The four years of the Trump Administration [January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021] were the calm before the storm ── now, events are being seen on the horizon, which is moving fast and increasing its momentum! This nation, as well as the world, is now heading rapidly into the most terrifying destruction the mind of man can conceive!”

And as we witnessed, brethren, during the Biden/Harris Administration, we had to painfully watch America fall far behind on key issues such as defense, security, education, race relations, energy, infrastructure, economy, and the massive influx of illegal and unvetted immigrants. America, however, sadly, made progress in one area: forced national inclusion of LGBTQ+ issues.

The Democrats ── which are not the Democrats of the Kennedy/Johnson Administration (January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963) ── are, the majority, a Party of Evil.

“If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.” (James Madison)

Columnist Mark Lewis, writing on Townhall, wrote ──

Individual treachery is not what is happening in America today. What we’re seeing is an entire ideological movement of hatred, selfishness, and violence. This is not individual; this is ideological. This is what the Left IS, it’s what it believes, it’s what it has done for over 100 years now in various parts of the world, and it has taken over the Democratic Party in the United States. 1

There are leaders, and even religious leaders, within the United States of America who are grieving the “martyrdom” of the evil and vile Ali Khamenei! 2

Also, there are those in the U.S., Iran, and throughout the world who believe that “causing chaos” is but a necessary step for a messiah-leader, known as the Mahdi, who is believed to appear at the End of Times, shortly before Jesus returns (in Islamic belief), to rid the world of evil and injustice. 3

Notice a predominantly Shi’ite view ──

The Koran accords the Macedonian warrior a remarkable role; in order to protect a people, until the last days, from the depredations of the hosts of Gog and Magog (Jai wa Majij) ── representing symbolically the forces of chaos …

One of the tenets of the Ahmadiyyah identifies Christianity with the dajja/, the “deceiver,” that is, with the Antichrist, at the end of time …

… and greatest will be a/-Masih ad-Dajjal, the “false Messiah,” or Antichrist, who will appear shortly before Jesus returns to earth at the end of time. ...

The doctrines of “final days” which refer to two things: the last days before the end of a cycle of manifestations, and the final, or posthumous, states of souls. The last days, as described in Islam, are marked by the figures of Gog and Magog (Jay wa Maju), the Mahdi, the Antichrist (Dayal), and Jesus. … Gog and Magog, representing the forces of chaos, have been kept at bay, for a time, … At the end of time, chaos will break through the wall of Divinely imposed order, and the world will succumb to “outer darkness.”

The reign of the Mahdi will be followed by that of the Antichrist, a/-Masih ad-Dajjal (lit. imposter messiah). …

… the reign of the Mahdi will be finished before the Antichrist (a/-masih ad-dajjal) appears to play his role; and once the Antichrist has led away his followers, Jesus will then come to destroy the Antichrist in the closing moments of the cosmic drama. 4

Some 200-260 million people throughout the world believe that the Mahdi is in a type of “suspended animation,” and that he will rise after a great time of chaos! In fact, back in 2020, Iranian officials called for the Coronavirus to spread globally to bring back their messiah! 5

So, this Protestant military commander appears to have the same type of religious ideology as a Twelver Shi'a regarding President Donald Trump, causing chaos to cause Jesus to come back!

Although we do believe that President Donald Trump was, and is, a Godsend for the United States of America, as well as the world ── the “Trump of God,” he is not! At least not in the way that this world’s Conservative Protestant Christians claim.

Back in 2024, I had written ──

The United States of America is no longer UNITED! And, I’m not just speaking politically. But more so morally and ethically. This nation (as a whole) has been worshiping politics. And, as it was during the Roman Empire, with the emperors insisting that they be worshiped as gods ── many of our … presidential leaders are being “worshiped.” You may very well disagree with me - as is your God-given right - but I saw the faces, the reactions, to Barack Hussein Obama in 2007 - 2008 ── the hysteria, the crying, the overwhelming adoration. Even some called him “Savior.” (Note: “Jamie Foxx Calls Obama 'Our Lord And Savior' At Soul Train Awards, Causes Furor Among Christians (VIDEO)” Retrieved 5 Mar 2026). Oprah Winfrey referred to him as “the One.” And as I saw President Trump walk out onto the stage of the 2024 RNC ── and as proud as I am of Conservative Americans, and overwhelmingly thankful to the LORD God for his safety ── I witnessed several with that same hysteria and adoration ── looking upon him as a “Messiah-like.”

He is far from [being a] “Lord and Savior”! Of course, those who are loudly screaming this are Leftists. Such as NPR [reporting] - (A Video making the rounds online depicts Trump as a Messiah-like figure). I do believe, however, that the hand of the LORD Almighty saved President Donald Trump!! □

Sources:

1 Lewis, M., The Democratic Party is Evil, And Has No Excuse For It, Townhall, 12 Sept 2025.

2 Klein, J., Michigan Imam Mourns ‘Beloved’ Khamenei, Says He Was Martyred by ‘Wretched Hands,’ Slams U.S. Strike as ‘War Against Justice,’ Breitbart, 3 Mar 2026.

3 Wikipedia contributors. "Mahdi." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, 4 Mar. 2026. Web. 5 Mar. 2026.

4 Glassé, Cyril, The New Encyclopedia of Islam: "Revised edition of the Concise encyclopedia of Islam." Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press, 2001, pp. 38, 90, 109, 127, 128, 280.

5 Berkowitz, A.E., Iranian Official Calls to Deliberately Spread Coronavirus Worldwide to Bring Messiah, Israel365News, 17 Mar 2020.

Antichrists - in the last hour (PDF article) by Michael C Garrett ── Our Lord Jesus says, ‘For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.’ Would you know an ‘Antichrist’ if you saw one? You need to open your mind to understand this vital TRUTH from our Lord Jesus Christ.

Demons Amok! (PDF article) by Guy C LaMar Oct. 2023 ── Truly, watching the live news from that region is extremely upsetting and sad.

Our Governments Are In Crisis! (PDF article) by Leonard V Johnson ── Literally thousands upon thousands of books have been written through our violent and bloody history probing mankind’s nature.

Satan's World (PDF article) by Leonard V Johnson ── This world is changing! And sometimes it does feel as if it’s with lightning speed for a man in the autumn of his years. I have seen such drastic changes – rapid changing – in technology, science, medicine, and in cultures, neighborhoods, and in our cities and towns all throughout the world.

Just What Is Armageddon? (PDF Bible Study) by Leonard V Johnson ── Just what is Armageddon? Does it have anything to do with the 1998 blockbuster movie “Armageddon” starring Bruce Willis? Nearly everyone on this planet has heard the name “Armageddon.”

Gog and Magog In Prophecy (website article) by Leonard V Johnson ── A few weeks ago I had mentioned that there are several online religious sources that are proclaiming that a war involving Russia and the United States of America, along with the U.K. is soon coming and is prophesied in the Book of Ezekiel chapter 38 - called the Prophecy of Gog and Magog. But are they correct?

Revelation ── A Book of the Past and the Future Series (Audio Series) 2:48:32 ── Friends, if you could know the future, would you want to know? And what would you do with that information? Where would you go, and who would you believe to tell you the truth about the future? How would you know if you were being told the truth?

A Reprobate Mind: ‘Inventors of evil things’

Photo: Chris Radburn/Financial Times

Mad scientists are attempting to create a biological computer using brain cells ── 

Meet The Dystopian Startups Making 'Biological Computers' From Human Cells

June 30, 2025 

Picture a dystopian future where computers don’t just mimic human thinking – they’re powered by actual human brain cells. That future is taking shape in a Cambridge, England, lab, where a groundbreaking device called CL1 is blending biology and technology in ways that could transform how we compute. Developed by Australian startup Cortical Labs and U.K.-based bit.bio, this shoebox-sized machine houses 200,000 lab-grown brain cells wired to silicon circuits, creating a “biological computer” that’s already turning heads.

Unlike traditional computers, which guzzle energy, CL1 operates with the efficiency of a human brain. “Our brains process information using a fraction of the power that modern electronics need,” Hon Weng Chong, CEO of Cortical Labs, told FT. “This could open doors to smarter robots, stronger cybersecurity, and immersive virtual worlds.” … 

Chong recognizes the ethical challenges that could emerge if biological computers and neuron cultures begin to show early signs of consciousness.

“[T]hese systems are sentient because they respond to stimuli and learn from them but they are not conscious. We will learn more about how the human brain works but we do not intend to create a brain in a vat.” 

(https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/meet-dystopian-startups-makingbiological-computers-human-cells). 

Here is something from Cortical Labs itself ──

Real neurons are cultivated inside a nutrient-rich solution, supplying them with everything they need to be healthy. They grow across a silicon chip, which sends and receives electrical impulses into the neural structure. … 

Push the boundaries of synthetic biology and intelligence. …

(https://corticallabs.com/cl1.html - retrieved 7 July 2025)

And, of course, this is not the first time that mad scientists have tried using human brain cells with a computer. Just last year, Science Alert proudly reported the following ── 

11 June 2024

Swiss Startup Connects 16 Human Mini-Brains to Create Low-Energy 'Biocomputer' 

Computer scientists have for decades been vying to emulate the human brain, replicating its neural networks to build artificial intelligence (AI) with enhanced processing power. …

In the latest demonstration of nature's efficiencies, a Swiss start-up company has just launched a 'biocomputer' that connects to living, pulsing brain cells and, according to its makers, uses far less energy than traditional, bit-based computers as a result. …

Clearly, it's becoming increasingly necessary to find ways to make computing more energy efficient, and the synergies between brain cell networks and computing circuits are an obvious parallel to explore. 

(Read More… https://www.sciencealert.com/swiss-startup-connects-16human-mini-brains-to-create-low-energy-biocomputer). 

Yes. They now have a computer “brain” that is part human “brain”! 

God’s living word warns us ── 

“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, …” – 1 Timothy 6:10.

BE NOT DECEIVED ── there are moral ways to save energy than for a mad scientist to invent a Frankenstein contraption. 

And there are certainly moral ways to help support human organs without the unethical and immoral way of cloning human organs.

Yet, unashamedly, mad scientists are inventing these abominable things! They are inventing evil things!

Creating a contraption to merge human brain cells with electronics to run a computer is AGAINST THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE!  

“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, … 21) … their foolish hearts were darkened. 22) Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23) and changed the glory of the incorruptible God …” – Romans 1:18, 21-22, 23.

Sadly, as we get ever closer to the end of this present evil age, more evil things will be invented. 

These abominations are against the LORD God in so many ways! Let us consider something that the LORD God says, that the Prophet Ezekiel was inspired to record ── 

“and the LORD said to him, ‘Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.’” – Ezekiel 9:4.

You, who think that this technology is Kool, exciting, or “inventive”!  

Of course, brethren, we are not surprised that mankind is ethically, morally, and spiritually WRONG in their endeavors to create a Frankenstein monster! Notice God’s living word teaches us that human knowledge and evil would increase towards the end of this present evil age ──  

“ … ‘ many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.’” – Daniel 12:4.

“But know this, THAT IN THE LAST DAYS perilous times will come: 2) For men will be lovers of themselves; lovers of money, boasters, PROUD, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, … 5) having a form of godliness but denying its power. AND FROM SUCH PEOPLE TURN AWAY!’” – 2 Timothy 3:1, 2, 5.

If one cannot tell good from evil, and evil from good ── you are not His! 

Notice ──

“And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not [FITTING]; … 31) Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32) Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, …” – Romans 1:28, 31, 32, KJV. 

Truly, these mad scientists love and lust after their inter-spliced, animal/human brain-electronic or organ non-sensical contraptions! They MOCK GOD! They are brutally destroying and experimenting in areas they ought not to!

People who invent or like the idea of using human tissues for these types of thingamajigs are lacking in natural affection and are doing those things that are not fitting.

Much new technology is going in the WRONG DIRECTION! And, we need to turn away from such things! 

We are WARNED by the LORD God ── 

“There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.” – Proverbs 14:12.

Sadly, we are seeing these abominable things being done in these last days, and they should be denounced! □  

THINK ABOUT THIS... What is meant, “a synagogue of Satan”?

In Revelation 2:9, we read, “’ I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.’” 

Now, the common idea ── according to a most popular Protestant website, Got Questions-- is, “In short, the synagogue of Satan was a group of unbelieving Jews who were persecuting Christians.” As in “International Jewry” ── that is, Gentiles masquerading as Jews.

This is incorrect!

Let’s learn God’s living word on this mysterious verse ── and not the American industrialist and inventor, Henry Ford, who was among the most well-known anti Semite of his era. Ford published The Dearborn Independent, a weekly newspaper produced throughout the 1920s. The newspaper also published the featured pamphlet—The International Jew: The World's Foremost Problem, of which so many – even today – want to believe.

So, notice this is a synagogue of Satan. And the word “synagogue” in Greek is synagōgē, which means “congregation, meeting, a gathering of worshipers.” So, our Lord Jesus is not speaking of a race, but of a group of worshipers ── in this regard,  “Christian” churches that belong to Satan the Devil. 

A church group claiming that they are spiritually Jews. Why? Because ── and I had a person on Facebook want to argue this with me before ── our Lord Jesus says, “’ You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.’” – John 4:22. And, the Apostle Paul said, “ … for the Jew first and also for the Greek [or rather, the Gentile].” – Romans 1:16. He goes on to say, “For he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, …” – Romans 2:28. Before proper conversion, for Jews and Gentiles “there is no distinction.” – Romans 10:12. 

So, a church made up of false Christians claiming salvation, and falsely claiming that they are of the Jews (spiritually Jews; Galatians 3:29) inwardly ── masquerading themselves as true Christians, but are “a synagogue of Satan.” Even in the first century A.D., synagogues of Satan were developing. There were synagogues of Satan already in the cities of Smyrna and in Philadelphia, in Asia Minor. As well as a great number of antichrists in many towns, as we read in 1st John 2:18-19. 

“Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming [speaking concerning Simon Magus], even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.”    

So, many antichrists ── those masquerading as spiritually religious leaders ── had gone out from among the true Church of God; they departed from the “faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.” Those who are claiming that they are spiritual Jews inwardly, but they LIE. 

Our Lord Jesus Christ encourages us – “’ These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, AND CAME TO LIFE: 9) ‘I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews [the chosen ones] and are NOT, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10) DO NOT fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison 1 …’”

Again, this is not speaking of the Jews who utterly reject our Lord Jesus as the Messiah, which was occurring long before the Book of Revelation was written. But, the synagogues of Satan ── churches that follow and teach those of an antichrist ── that church or Jewish synagogue had departed from the living Church of Jesus Christ! A “synagogue of Satan” is not referring to race, but to a Mother Church and her daughter churches throughout this present evil age who falsely profess to be “Christians” ── Jews inwardly.

 Satan – the Great Deceiver

Let’s speak of this GREAT DECEIVER, Satan the Devil. This present evil age is truly ruled by Satan. The true instigator is Satan, and the overall majority of people of this planet are doing things of which Satan the Devil is the instigator. And, they either don’t care or are ignorant of this. They don’t care, or they are unaware that they are being deceived by an evil and twisted “enchanting whisperer.”

Before he became this great deceiver, he was a beautiful spiritual archangel, “full of wisdom” ──

“’ Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: ‘You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.’” – Ezekiel 28:12. 

When heylel, translated Lucifer in Latin, for “morning star,” rebelled against Elohim’s government, however, that wisdom and perfection became perverted ──

“’ Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, That they might gaze at you.’” – Ezekiel 28:17. He became a trickster and a deceiver. A “great dragon … that serpent of old [symbolizes his nature as a devourer and deceiver], called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; …” – Revelation 12:9. 

Satan – the Great Propaganda Minister 

And when you stop to think about it ── that’s no small accomplishment. As Adolf Hitler wrote in his book Mein Kampf, “In the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie.” His Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945, Joseph Goebbels, simplified this by saying, “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” Surely, no one would deny that they were ministers of Satan the Devil.

Beginning with Eve in the Garden of Eden, Satan the Devil has fooled all of humanity throughout every generation! Including the Most Horrendous Lie Perpetrated Upon Mankind! How has he been able to do this?

By the 1920s, radio broadcasting began in the United States, marking the start of radio as a mass medium. It wasn’t long before we would discover that radio is a perfect tool to spread propaganda ── to influence, confuse, deceive, and outright lie to our own people or enemies. Like “Tokyo Rose” ── During wartime radio, Tokyo Rose became WWII’s most notorious propagandist. Announcing outright fabrications and lies via the radio. So, radio, and to an even larger extent now, television, have at times been used effectively to this end.

Satan long ago came to realize the potential of media propaganda. Our Lord Jesus Christ calls him, “ …’  a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resource, for he is a liar and the father of it.’” – John 8:44. The first and most effective Propaganda Minister ever! 

Satan “broadcasts” his deceptive message. For he is the “prince of the power of the air” – Ephesians 2:2. He emits spiritually an attitude of adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like.

But the thrust of his spiritual emissions remains the same: to keep people in a spirit of darkness. 

Lucifer Falls From the Light 

When Satan the Devil, that serpent of old, was still a beautiful, anointed cherub that covered, the LORD God (the Elohim, the family of God – which at this time consists of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ) placed him in charge of renewing the Earth (cf. Genesis 1:1; Job 38:7a, “the morning stars sang together”). But this position angered him. He became filled with vanity and greed. He said in his heart, “ ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; … I will be like the Most High.’” – Isaiah 14:12-14, see also Ezekiel 28:12-15. 

Satan the Devil mounted a coup d'état against the very throne of God the Father; he wanted to be our Lord Jesus Christ! But, he was defeated and thrown back down to the Earth, and the angels that had rebelled with him ── our Lord Jesus saying, “’ I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.’” – Luke 10:18. 

And, even though Satan the Devil has fallen from the Light, he has not been removed from his ceremonial throne of this planet, “’ the ruler of this world’” – John 14:30. Satan has sovereign rulership over the kingdoms on Earth ── 

“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2) And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. 

3) Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, ‘If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.’ 

4) But He answered and said, ‘It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’

5) Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6) and said to Him, ‘If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’ and, ‘In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ 

7) Jesus said to him, ‘It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the LORD your God.’

8) Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. …”

Such as the kingdoms of Rome, the Han Dynasty in China, as well as Gaul, Greece,  and Egypt.

9) And he said to Him, ‘All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.’” – Matthew 4:1-9.

Our Master, Elder Brother, and Savior of all mankind, upon His fast-approaching return to Earth, will take rulership of Earth. Satan the Devil and his demons will then be spiritually chained and bound ── will not be allowed to deceive the nations anymore for a thousand years! – cf. Revelation 20:3.

The Whole World Deceived?

Many will argue, “I can agree that Satan has deceived many people. Surely, he has atheists under his deception. Then some worship Satan the Devil. Then there are people in every nation who are just plain evil. Certainly, Satan the Devil has deceived those people. But the whole world? Come on… what about all those “Christian” churches on every street corner of every major city in America? They claim that Satan is the wicked one, that he is their enemy. How can you claim that the whole world is deceived?”

And yes, some sincere biblical theologians teach against the works of Satan and his demons. And, if you are a person who has come out of Satan the Devil’s world, spiritually speaking ── as true Christians were called out-- does that mean that you are now immune from being deceived and misled by Satan and his evil influence? 

Can Satan the Devil pull the wool over your eyes?

We mustn’t be ignorant of his devices, “lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.” – 2 Corinthians 2:11. 

Satan – the Great Compromiser 

From the very beginning of his Mother Church ── MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH ── Satan compromised. Without going deep into it here ── Simon Magus, after his rejection by the Apostle Peter, began to fashion his own “Christian” church – a church of which he was head. He came to blend together pagan teachings with some of the teachings of the true Messiah ── and certainly coming in His name, saying, ‘Jesus is the Christ,’ deceiving the many (Matthew 24:4-5) ── thus creating a ONE UNIVERSAL CHURCH! 

God’s living word clearly says, as we have seen, that Satan has deceived the whole world. How? He compromised.

Like the Roman Catholic Church of today, he has something for everyone! A female? No worries, there are now women Catholic priests. A homosexual? No worries, there are now homosexual priests. The broad highway that leads to destruction, the highway that this present evil age is following, is broader than perhaps you realized. You can be whoever you wanna be, love whoever you wanna love, and sin whatever sin your heart desires ── but they all lead to the same destination: “the lake which burns with fire and brimstone.”  

And surely you’ve seen pictures of Satan as a funny-looking, red-faced caricature, with horns growing out of his head and a long, pointy tail holding a pitchfork. Often portrayed cavorting among fiery flames and smoke, emitting gleefully evil peals of laughter. Or, maybe you’ve seen the Satan that was created by actor Ryan Reynolds in the 2020s Satan Soulmate Match Ad? Well… Satan the Devil doesn’t care either way. If people want to poke fun at him, or to think of him as … how does Wikipedia put it?—The devil is the mythical personification of evil. It doesn’t make any difference to him, as long as humanity continues in its misdirection. 

Also, if he must, Satan will even be willing to allow you to obey the Law of God ── summed up with the Ten Commandments. As long as there is at least one commandment, whichever one you choose, that you refuse to keep and obey! And for most, it’s the 4th commandment. 

The reason is: Satan the Devil knows that our great God has ordained that to break one point of His Law of love is to break them all – James 2:10-11. Therefore, to refuse to obey one is to rebel against Almighty God’s entire Law. That’s good enough for Satan. 

The Ten Commandments In Full Force Today! 

There are those in this world who stand on stage, foaming at the mouth, and vehemently denounce Satan the Devil and his evil works. They condemn his ways as corrupt. They may be like John Lithgow, in the 1984 movie Footloose, teaching that Satan can heavily influence people through much of the modern music and entertainment. These worldly preachers can stand on stage and say all they want… like, “If our Lord wasn't testing us, how would you account for the proliferation, these days, of this obscene rock and roll music, with its gospel of easy sexuality and relaxed morality?” They may even urge you to accept Christ as your personal Savior. Believe it or not, all this, too, can fit into the parameters of Satan the Devil’s misdirection. How? Because it can indeed be possible that church denominations ── however sincere, however eloquent or entertaining the sermon might be ── when they preach and teach, they fall short in properly teaching that we must keep and obey the holy and righteous Law of God. Instead, they teach that God’s Law has been “done away,” or “nailed to the cross,” and that it is no longer binding on Christians.

Instead ── open your Bible and read just what our Lord Jesus says ──

“’ Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets [speaking of the first five Books of Moses including the Books of the Prophets]. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.’” - Matthew 5:17.

Yes, our Lord Jesus Christ showed us how to fulfill God’s Law. He set true Christians an example that we are to follow, because we are expected to fulfill the Law – James 2:8-12. 

Satan the Devil doesn’t want anyone to know that. He wants you to think that what makes the difference is whether your church “preaches Christ” and believes Jesus is the Messiah. He certainly doesn’t want you to know that one can believe in Jesus and that He is the Savior, even worship Him ── but that it can be all in vain! – cf. Matthew 7:21-23; Mark 7:7. 

Test the Spirit ── If It Is Of God 

Satan the Devil, is very good at making something evil look good. By compromising,  he can take something blasphemous against the LORD God and make it look wholesome, righteous, and good. Part of his strategy is to disguise ── cf. Matthew 7:15. He has made Christmas appear to be a celebration of the birth of Christ ── even though it began in paganism. He has disguised Halloween as a celebration for children to play dress up and beg for candy ── even though it began as a celebration to honor Satan the Devil himself. He has morphed St. Valentine’s Day ── which actually began as a celebration of Lupercalia, a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus ── to a day in which you give your love interest a box of candy or a dozen roses. 

Be aware: As I was just mentioning to my wife, “Just because a medical doctor says something ── doesn’t necessarily make it true.” 

Satan the Devil, is quite deceitful. Your only hope of no longer being fooled by him and his cronies is to believe the LORD God, to study the living word of God, and to keep and obey God’s Law. Ask for God’s Holy Spirit to help guide you into the Light of proper understanding. Do exactly what Satan doesn’t want you to do ── surrender completely to the LORD God, and “resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8) Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. … 10) Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.” – James 4:7-10. 

For more information on this powerful enemy and supremely evil being known as Satan the Devil, that serpent of old, be sure to read our free PDF online booklet,  Satan’s World. It explains why all the utter chaos worldwide! □        

1 PHULAKĒ – from phulassō, to guard, denotes (a) a watching, keeping watch. … See HOLD, WATCH. Vine, W.E., Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, CAGE, Fleming H. Revell Company, Old Tappan, New Jersey, published by United Kingdom Marshall, Morgan & Scott, Publications, Ltd., 1981, pg. 163.  

Will You Recognize the Soon-Coming ‘Man of Sin’?

2nd Thessalonians 2:3. Many people might not have heard of this, talked about, or had it explained. The Apostle Paul says the following ──

“Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, …” – the time setting on this passage is the end of the age! The glorious and powerful Return of Jesus Christ! And of all the things that our beloved Paul was, evangelist, minister, writer of the Holy Bible, he was also ── and we don’t hear this often enough ── he was also a prophet! A prophet of the LORD God used to explain to His servants──things which must shortly take place.

Verse 2 – “not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ [the Day of the LORD!] [is at hand]. 3) LET NO ONE DECEIVE YOU BY ANY MEANS; …”

Including any self-professing prophet who is leading you astray as to who the ‘man of sin’ will be. Or, anyone with their own private interpretation of prophecy. Wouldn’t you agree ── that it’s vitally important to Recognize our Lord Jesus Christ at His Coming!? It’s also important to recognize the soon-coming ‘man of sin’!

Do not let ANYONE get inside your head and confuse you and deceive you, and mislead you. 

“ … for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition.”

TODAY, there is an American pope ── Robert Francis Prevost ── one of the most famous men at this moment in time! Fox News has a whole playlist on its YouTube channel devoted to him! Will there be a REVIVAL of Catholicism in our time? I recently saw an article titled, “Young people are converting to Catholicism en masse” by the New York Post, April 17th, 2025. The new Roman Catholic Church statistics reveal a growing Catholic population. 1 

“And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to MAKE WAR AGAINST HIM WHO SAT ON THE HORSE and against His army.” ── an end-time final “beast,” a European civic and military leader, along with many nations of the earth, all come together to fight against our Lord Jesus Christ and His army riding upon white horses.

Verse 20 – “Then the beast was captured, and with him THE FALSE PROPHET who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received THE MARK OF THE BEAST …” – Revelation 19:19-20. 

   

Historically, what has been ‘the mark’ of the Holy Roman Empire? Note:

Constantine I reports having a vision of a “sign,” either while sleeping or seen in the sky, that came to be identified with Christ. He places this “sign” at the top of his standard and on the shields of his men. It became known as the Roman Cross. The “mark” of the beast.

In the above passage, your Bible ── of which we call the living word of God ── speaks of a definite end-time FALSE PROPHET ── a man who is destined to inspire, AWE, ASTONISH, and certainly REVIVE the hearts of millions! 

WHO will he be? WHAT religious denomination will he represent? WHEN will he rise up to deceive those who received THE MARK OF THE BEAST and those who [worship] his image? WHERE will his headquarters be located? And, WHY will he be able to perform “miracles” and deceive? 

In this article, I would like to teach you the truths to these questions and more ── not try and convince you that I’m right and all others are wrong! 

A CHAOTIC TIME! 

Now, whether you are religious, an atheist ── or somewhere in between ── the massive impact of this soon-coming false prophet will affect your life and the life of all others! The LORD God’s living word says that this ‘man of sin’ will hold sway over MULTIPLE MILLIONS of people worldwide in a most powerful Church-State greater than at any other time in world history!

Now, we have been told by our Lord Jesus Christ that IMMEDIATELY AFTER His end-time prophets come on the world scene (Matthew 24:9-10), “’ … many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.’” – vs. 11. Our Lord Jesus is the greatest Prophet who ever lived ── because He has told us of our future before it has happened! He foretold the end-time rise of a multitude of false prophets worldwide,  deceiving millions. 

He has described for us the false prophets that would rise ── 

“’ Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16) YOU WILL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS. 

Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?’” – Matthew 7:15-16 

── and, as I spoke about in “’ Least In the Kingdom From Heaven,’” our Lord Jesus also calls false prophets, “’ unprofitable servants.’” The unprofitable servant was not faithful in carrying out the few duties that were given to him in this life. He had not learned to master his human nature, had not learned how to properly treat others – like a future ruler would – even though he knew better! In other words, the unprofitable servant might think that it is profitable for him to try and proselytize or spiritually influence a young man (a young man that may not have a calling from Father God) In other words, a young man that in fact the LORD God isn’t even calling out of this present evil age yet. And this unprofitable servant is becoming obsessed and fixated on this young man. Losing sight of what is more important to our Lord Jesus ── obedience.

False prophets will appear to be like sheep. Harmless, innocent, obedient, a believer, appearing to need guidance. Or, outwardly, a harmless older man wearing a baseball cap (which is a dishonor to himself – cf. 1 Corinthians 11:4, 7). Our Lord Jesus cautioned us, “LOOK AT THE FRUIT!” Their character, and the results of their life and activity (cf. 1 Corinthians 11:30). 

Brethren, we are to learn how to ‘discern the spirits, whether they are of God’ or not (reference 1 John 4:1).

 BY THEIR FRUITS

Let’s take the chaos that is occurring in Los Angeles, or the other 39 cities in the United States of America, where anti-ICE riots are taking place, as an example. Are the people who are participating in this violence and “borderline treason” showing us good fruits? Are these people who are spewing this hatred and evil, vile, good people? Are they obeying the LORD God? The answer should be obvious. They are obeying (whether they realize it or not) the ‘god of this age’ ── Satan the Devil. 

Rather than wanting illegal immigrants, thugs, murderers, rapists, traffickers, taken out of the United States of America, they would rather be paid and cause chaos and division. And, I want you to be aware: “Walmart Faces MAGA Boycott After Heiress Funds ‘No Kings’ Ads.” Another major reason why I refuse to shop at Walmart! Why would any logical man or woman want these illegal immigrants (some of whom are murders and rapists, and mentally ill) to remain in the U.S.A.? Well, that’s a good question! Vivek Ramaswamy ── who I respect immensely-- said, ‘US culture breeds ‘laziness’ and ‘mediocrity.’ A report by Newsweek back in 2024 showed that a rising number of men don’t want to work in America. But another reason why Democrats want illegal immigrants to remain in America could be voting. 

Now, apply this example to the major religions of the world. Consider Catholicism. And, I don’t mean to offend our Catholic friends around the world ── but we can’t help but think of the Catholic Inquisition. By the millions, they persecuted, tortured, and executed any they claimed were heretics ── religious genocide. What are their “fruits”? Interestingly, a Pew Research Study conducted in 2024 found that the reason why Catholicism can maintain a relatively steady share of the U.S. population – about 20% - is due to the high percentage of “illegal” and, of course, legal immigrants who are Catholic. 2

Here are but a few of the “fruits” of Catholicism ── 

• Pope Pius XII is widely criticized for refusing to publicly condemn the Nazi party.
• a systematic cover up of abuse, molestation, and rape at the hands of priests that went all the way to the top of the church.
• In 1095, when Pope Urban II made a plea for war with Muslims, armies of Christians in Western Europe took up the charge.
• Pretty Much Everything Done By Pope Boniface VIII.
• Burning Joan of Arc at the stake in 1431 in front of a crowd of thousands. 3

Apparently, the god they pray to says that these types of heinous acts are “righteous.” Their founder claimed divine status and was hailed by his followers as “the great power of God” – cf. Acts 8:10. Yes, they have followed false prophets, and they are under curses in every facet of their life. 

According to the Pew Research Center, there are five countries with the largest number of Catholics ──

• Brazil
• Mexico 
• Philippines
• United States
• Republic of the Congo 

Despite Record-Low Murder Rates, Brazilians Feel Less Safe. Rates of violent crime have skyrocketed in Mexico. Crime in the Philippines is a significant issue, characterized by various forms including illegal drug trade, human trafficking, arms trafficking, murder, and domestic violence. Crime in the United States, with the FBI reporting over 14 million criminal offenses in 2023 alone. And there is WAR IN THE CONGO!

What form of so-called “Christianity” do they practice? Does their religion inspire them to develop their minds and abilities, to grow in the “fruits” of the Spirit? To grow in the grace and in the KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS CHRIST? 1.272 billion Catholics throughout the world, yet these nations are trying to destroy themselves!? Are these nations prospering and being blessed by the god they worship?

Be NOT Deceived!

Our Lord Jesus has warned us, “’ Take heed that no one deceives you. 5) For MANY will come in My name [notice, not using His name, but rather, ‘in His name’], saying ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.’” – Matthew 24:4-5.

So, many would come in His name ── in the name of Jesus Christ ── and would deceive many. And a great many ministers have come in the name of Jesus Christ! They talk about His person, His works ── yet, they pervert and distort His Message. 

And then, speaking of the last few years before His glorious and powerful Return, He has warned us, “’ For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.’” – vs. 24.

Even in this “scientific age,” many people will be deceived by LYING WONDERS (fake miracles) which these false prophets are going to perform! 

‘two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon’ 

Turn to Revelation 13. Early on in Revelation 13, verse 2, we read about a concept which is called “the beast.” That refers to a reorganized and revitalized concept of the “Holy” Roman Empire. Countries in Europe unifying in the end times. And Revelation 13:15 – “He [referring to a great religious leader here. It’s not referring to a political leader here] ...” Well, look at verse 11 – “Then I saw another beast [speaking of this great religious leader] coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.” This is referring to a great religious leader who has his roots of power in the continent of Europe, and has had for almost two thousand years. Verse 12 – “And he [this second beast] exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.” – Now, what’s that “deadly wound”? Well, the Roman Empire – the greatest world Empire ever in the ancient world – had, at the height of its power, complete control over most parts of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. And yet, that great Empire eventually struggled and crumbled and disappeared. And then there were revivals of the concept of the “Holy” Roman Empire. Up to this point in history, we’ve had six revivals. The last one being Hitler’s Germany and Mussolini’s Italy. Your Bible says there will be seven revivals altogether. We haven’t gotten to the seventh revival yet. But the seventh revitalization of the “Holy” Roman Empire is what chapter 13 is talking about early on. And so this second beast is a great religious movement. And so, by saying, “whose deadly wound was healed,” when the seventh installment of the “Holy” Roman Empire comes to fruition, then the concept of the “Holy” Roman Empire will once again be alive and intact. And so that “deadly wound” will cease to exist because it will be alive and healthy again. Verse 13 – “He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire [or lightning] come down from heaven [to] the earth in the sight of men.” Now, as I’ve said before, this is a religious culture that is highly susceptible to what I would call false signs and wonders. 

A MAN OF LAWLESSNESS 

YOUR BIBLE reveals that there is coming a great FALSE PROPHET that is going to exalt himself and take unto himself the title of God. He is going to blaspheme the true God ── all while claiming to be God!

Again, in the Apostle Paul’s second epistle to the Church in Thessalonica, he warned, “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4) who OPPOSES AND EXALTS HIMSELF ABOVE ALL THAT IS CALLED GOD or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” – 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4. 

The Apostle Paul gravely warned that after his death, and even after the death of the original apostles of Christ, there would be a “falling away” from the Word of God, the Truth of God, and the ultimate Plan of God. We believe this has happened several times throughout this present evil age. (Be sure to watch “THINK ABOUT THIS… The Nicolaitans”). And that towards the end of this present age, a “man of sin” would arise ── or as the original Koine Greek, hamartia, meaning, “wrongdoing; usually any act contrary to the will and law of God.” #266. This end-time man of sin is to rise up and sit in a temple, showing himself that he is God ── through his title. As in Vicar of Christ. 

A man who will be dressed to the nines, who will OPPOSE the Law of God ── the Ten Commandments of the true LORD God, while at the same time sitting on his throne in a temple calling himself God ── and allowing himself to be worshiped! 

The Apostle Paul continued, “For the mystery of LAWLESSNESS [the correct Koine Greek, anomia, meaning “wickedness, lawlessness, lawless deeds, iniquity.” #458] is already at work; …”     

It’s sad that so very few of our peoples around the world properly understand this “mystery of lawlessness” which was already at work in the 1st century. The “mystery of lawlessness” is related to what we speak about all the time – “Traditional Christianity.” This lawlessness involves professing “Christians” who believe that they DO NOT need to keep the Ten Commandments! So, while they believe that they have a form of godliness, they are not keeping the religion that our Lord Jesus Christ or His apostles would recognize. 

In the 4th century, there continued to be a separation of the two groups. Yet, one group obtained considerable Imperial favor after the sun-worshiping emperor claimed to have had a vision and in around 332 Emperor Constantine I decided to issue his “Edict Against Heresies,” which resulted in the grave persecution of those who professed Jesus Christ who were not part of his group.

So, both groups, with all their numerous parts, have existed throughout this dispensation. Both groups exist today. 

“ … only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.” – 2 Thessalonians 2:7. 

Those that believe in the false religion of Satan, they’ll keep going that way ‘until he is taken out of the way,’ – meaning, the son of perdition. 

So, this FALSE PROPHET (also called “the man of sin” and “the son of perdition” ── note: Revelation 19:20) is a main part of this whole system of “mystery of lawlessness” – like “MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH” which is filled with ceremonies and rituals but DENY GOD’S LAW AND AUTHORITY! 

Most people have no idea that the Catholic Ten Commandments and the Biblical Ten Commandments are different. In the Catholic Catechism, it shows that the Ten Commandments have been altered by the Catholic Church. 4

    Fazzini sculpture "Resurrection" @ Vatican

Our beloved Apostle Paul was revealing ── inspired by the Spirit of God ── that this “mystery of lawlessness” was slowly building, even up to the end of this present evil age. He knew that towards the end of this age it would come full force upon the world and deceive the many, “And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming [again, reference Revelation 19:20]. 9) The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders.” – vs. 8-9.

So here, again, it is revealed to us that this FALSE PROPHET is one who performs ── through the power of Satan the Devil ── great signs and lying wonders!

Brethren, Friends, and Co-Workers in Christ ── do you believe the LORD God, or do you believe a self-proclaimed prophet? 

Sadly, most will not believe the LORD God. 😢

Because this soon-coming false prophet will mislead them with his slight of hand ── his signs and lying wonders. “with all unrighteous DECEPTION among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” – vs. 10. Certainly, no one wants to be deceived. But, when you have a powerful, influential, gaudy protagonist (considered one of the most influential religious figures in the world) appearing to do miracles in front of the whole world ── only those who know and love the truth of God will not be deceived. 

“’ Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.’” – John 17:17. □ 

Bibliography

1 Vatican News, New Church statistics reveal growing Catholic population, fewer pastoral workers, Retrieved 13 June 2025.

2 Day, K.M., Even with Pope Leo XIV in place, US Catholics stand ‘at a crossroads’, Religion News Service, 8 May 2025. 

3 Emery, Lea Rose, 15 Heinous Crimes of the Catholic Church, Ranker, 22 Aug. 2024. 

4 Amazingdiscoveries.org, God’s Ten Commandments Vs. the Catholic Church’s Ten Commandments, PDF, Retrieved 14 June 2025.