Awaken Bible Prophecy

Seeing as how I have an abundance of shorter Commentaries that the Lord has directed me to write, today is another one where I combine several to create the longer Prophecy Update. In this case, we’ll be considering three of these shorter pieces. First we’ll consider the question as to Will We Know That Rapture Day? In this we’ll explore a significant previous Rapture in the Old Testament and suggest that what we’ve always thought, may not necessarily be so. Second and Third, we’ll look at a couple of incidents in the books of 1 & 2 Kings. In Blood Sacrifice we’ll see the power of blood to the demonic realm. Finally, we’ll examine the narrative about Naboth’s Vineyard in the realm of evildoers then and now. Since these are all, in effect, Commentaries like I normally do on Fridays, they are each relatively short, so make sure you’re buckled in and ready to listen quickly. Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title. Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/

Today we’re embarking on Part 3 in this three-part series, in which we’re briefly examining Catholic theology based on a couple of small books by a Catholic priest. These books by Albert Joseph Mary Shannon are titled Genesis – The Book of Origins and Apocalypse – The Book for Our Times. It’s important to understand as I discuss what I read that these books have been determined by Catholic authorities as having no doctrinal errors. They’re sanctioned in this way through the awarding of what are called the Nihil obstat and the Imprimatur. The first book regarding Genesis that we completely covered in Part 1 of this series provides a Catholic view of Genesis. On the positive side, the author of these books makes a number of good, solid doctrinal statements as I interpret them. On the other hand, because they imbibe deeply, by definition, in Catholic doctrine, from my Biblical and prophetic perspective, I found many errors in the thinking. In Part 2, we began looking at Vatican teaching presented in this little book - Apocalypse – The Book for Our Times – that discusses Revelation. I believe it has serious issues which present a skewed understanding of this last book in the Bible For today’s Part 3 we’ll endeavor to bring this study to a close as this book we’re examining deals with God’s Judgments in the Tribulation. Gary Ritter website & blog: https://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

In this three-part series, we’re doing a brief dive into Catholic theology related to the first and last books in the Bible based on a couple of small works by a Catholic priest. These books by Albert Joseph Mary Shannon are titled Genesis – The Book of Origins and Apocalypse – The Book for Our Times. You’ll recall in Part 1 I expressed confusion as to how this priest could have ended up with Mary as one of his middle names. One of my commenters from Belgium stated that in his country during baptism, there are often surrogate parents who become basically like godparents. These may be actual grandparents who promise to raise the child if anything happens to the birth parents. In this tradition, the name Mary might have been given from one of the grandmothers. I found this interesting and wanted to pass it on, so Hat Tip to Jaap in Belgium! As I noted previously, these books are given Catholic sanction for having no doctrinal errors through the awarding of what are called the Nihil obstat and the Imprimatur. You’ll also note in passing that I refrain from referring to the author as “Father” Shannon. Jesus did say, after all, in Matthew 23:9: And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. The first book that we completely covered in the prior Prophecy Update provides a Catholic view of Genesis. As I stated, I found that many things the author presented led me to conclude that indeed it’s certainly possible for some Catholics to have a saving relationship with Jesus Christ. I have many issues, however, with their understanding of Scripture and believe there is a point at which someone would believe enough incorrect doctrine as to separate himself from Christ and/or never to have been born-again in the first place. Today in Part 2, we’ll look at how Vatican teaching as shown in this little tome - Apocalypse – The Book for Our Times - discussing Revelation, has serious problems that will lead ultimately to great dismay on the part of the Catholic laity. Proper reading and interpretation of Scripture is vital for one’s spiritual health. As has been said: Poor understanding of eschatology leads to poor understanding of theology. Gary Ritter website & blog: https://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

I must be a masochist. Not content to call out erroneous post-Trib Rapture and NAR doctrines, US government conspiracies, and the medical profession for their devilish, homicidal participation in the depopulation agenda which I call Hospicide, I also have to take on the Vatican. Is it something simple like their faith by works beliefs or the false un-Scriptural notion of purgatory? Oh no – I have to investigate their thinking about Genesis and Revelation – the two cornerstone books in the Bible. Why would I take on this little task? Only God knows. Two 100-page books came into my possession from a thrift store. My wife thought I’d find them interesting. Thanks, Dear, one more project. Both books were written by a Catholic priest by the name of Albert Joseph Mary Shannon. I wondered about that second middle name of Mary. Did he come from a Catholic family that so revered Mary as the mother of Jesus that they couldn’t resist given him that name despite his being male? Or at a later point in life did he adopt that additional middle name? The books in question are titled: Genesis – The Book of Origins and Apocalypse – The Book for Our Times. As I note in the name of this Prophecy Update, they comprise bookend beliefs of the Catholic church. Because of how Catholicism sanctions various works, these are representative of Biblical beginning and ending beliefs within Catholicism. As such, they are indeed problematic when seen in the light of Scripture. Today as Part 1 of this dive into these books, I want to briefly discuss the first of the two works: Genesis – The Book of Origins. This will by no means be exhaustive, but I think representative of the thinking that comes from the Vatican and infiltrates the minds and hearts of the people in this religion. Next week I’ll continue this effort in Part 2 with Apocalypse – The Book for Our Times, a look into how Catholicism views the book of Revelation. Gary Ritter website & blog: https://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

Sometimes there’s so much going on that it’s difficult to keep up with all the prophetic events happening both in plain sight and behind the curtains of media censorship. To that end, to cover the issues that are important in these final days, I often find it a lot easier to write a shorter Commentary than a longer one. That’s how I’m approaching today’s Prophecy Update with two separate and very necessary discussions that were initially created for my weekly Biblical Audio Commentary. The first is titled War Cry, which addresses the persistent efforts in the world to bring about World War 3. The second deals with what I call the Two Financial Bombshells Looming – the latest attempts to completely lock up the world’s economic systems. I do have some reference links for the things I discuss, but in this case, they are embedded in the Transcript on my website blog, not on the Rumble page as usual. Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title. Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Kindle Vella story: Tribulation Rising https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099Z462WD

Having dealt previously with the probable alien deception that will be used to explain away the Rapture of true believers in Jesus Christ prior to the Tribulation, i.e. the pre-Tribulation Rapture of the church, in my Prophecy Update of May 31, 2023 titled Alien Invasion, I wanted to return to this issue of aliens because they likely show up later in the 6th Bowl Judgment at a key point just prior to the final curtain call on this unbelieving world. It's a funny thing how we can get caught up in a certain narrative because it’s so dramatic, but then lose the thread of it when so many other events take precedence. This has certainly been true with me. I’ve explored the issues of Babylon, the Harlot, Gog and Magog, the Psalm 83 War, and how the demonic realm will mislead the world with the great alien deception. When the Great Disappearance takes place, much chaos and confusion will overtake large portions of the earth as governmental authorities and the apostate church struggle to bring calm out of the fear and grief. Have no doubt that the explanations are already well tuned. In the last several years the peoples on this planet have been conditioned to trust and believe anything the media tells them coming from their masters in the government. Not only has this obedience been instilled to meet the ever-expanding needs of the globalists and Deep State to exercise control over the masses, but it will also be used to convince their subjects that those who vanished were evil and due for spiritual retribution. The increasing publicity of alien UFO encounters is setting the stage for people to think that the New Age Great Awakening will soon take place. After all, those who opposed it and emitted destructive vibrations that harmed Mother Gaia are now gone, paving the way for a bright and glorious future after the earth settles down in its restored harmony. But this early appearance isn’t the last the denizens of this world will experience. Satan and his minions have need of the alien phenomenon at least one final time. This will occur late in the Tribulation when the 6th Bowl Judgment is poured out. Sources: Alien Resistance – Roswell 1947: What Really Happen? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QdtCdIAaFU Alien Resistance YouTube channel (aliens from Christian perspective) https://www.youtube.com/@TheAlienResistanceHQ/videos Pope Francis – baptize aliens https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/05/pope-francis-says-he-would-definitely-baptize-aliens-if-they-wanted-it/362106/ Vatican observatory https://www.as.arizona.edu/vatican-advanced-technology-telescope https://answersingenesis.org/astronomy/does-vatican-have-telescope-called-lucifer/ Alien Invasion – Awaken Prophecy Update https://garyritter.com/awaken-bible-prophecy-update-5-31-23-alien-invasion/ Paradox Brown – on Wayback Machine (internet archive) http://web.archive.org/web/20230401163420/https://paradoxbrown.com/ A Modern Guide To Demons And Fallen Angels – Paradox Brown https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Guide-Demons-Fallen-Angels-ebook/dp/B013CENB7Y/ Novels by Terry James . . . The Rapture Dialogues: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08VRFQC7D The Nephilim Imperatives: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08VRLR137 The Minion Protocols (by Gary Ritter): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08X7KNPKR The Second Coming Chronicles box set: https://www.amazon.com/Second-Coming-Chronicles-Dialogues-Imperatives-ebook/dp/B08X9QCGPF Novel by Gary Ritter Alien Revelation: https://www.amazon.com/Alien-Revelation-Unveiling-Sons-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B07X7H92XY/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

There are a lot of people out there who are really serious about saving our planet through various green initiatives, misguided though they may be. However, the individuals pushing this narrative from the very top of the food chain – the globalist elite – don’t believe in this scam one little, teeny bit. They truly couldn’t care less about the earth and especially about the general population inhabiting it, despite their encouraging those under their sway to cry about saving humanity. They care only for themselves with the money they rake in and the control they are able to exercise over the masses. The true believers in the climate change agenda are somewhat lower on the food chain and are primarily those inhabiting the Deep State, along with the useless idiots parroting the propaganda – as well as working diligently to do their part for Mother Gaia. All this has resulted in much blather about the catastrophe the world is facing, and that it will end in 5 – 12 – 20 years; take your pick, as the experts have been spouting this nonsense for decades. This is the reason, by the way, that the term being used now is Climate Crisis. The sad and ironically funny aspect of this is that those shouting the gospel of planetary doom and destruction are actually correct at this juncture of world history. Man is destroying the planet. However, it’s not through our inadvertent carbon and methane emissions; rather it’s a result of purposeful weather manipulation – such as with HAARP – the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program - and incredibly foolish strategies to combat the results, such as the brilliant (“audacious!”) idea to block out sunlight – known as solar radiation management (or modification, a.k.a. SRM) - to halt global warming primarily by injecting reflective chemical compounds into the earth’s atmosphere. From this we have the grand plan to make everything worse around us so that those in charge can truly be in control with all peoples everywhere depending on the morsels of handouts they provide. This is the ironically funny part. The sad aspect of all this is that God’s hand is definitely in this as well because of the necessary coming judgment. Very soon the Lord will rain down plagues of various kinds that will truly make the planet a barren wasteland. Worse than that, most of those living on the earth as this happens will lose their lives and their souls – this, last a far worse catastrophe than anything that happens to their earth mother. In today’s Prophecy Update I want to show you the extent to which all this climate alarmism is leading. In the UK various prominent universities have collaborated, with government funding of course, to produce what is effectively a playbook for every aspect of their society (and, truth be told, the world) whereby they will slay the climate monster through their Green Machine machinations. Their document promoting this is called Absolute Zero – and yes, it proposes to achieve just that with every sort of theoretically harmful emission they can imagine. This leads to what is envisioned as a very different way of living than what we currently know. For fun and the resulting tears, we’ll briefly discuss some of what this group is aiming for. You can bet your bottom dollar that the objectives outlined in the Absolute Zero paper will not remain limited to the UK for long. Sources: Absolute Zero https://api.repository.cam.ac.uk/server/api/core/bitstreams/75916920-51f6-4f9c-ade5-52cbf55d5e73/content Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir https://www.amazon.com/Project-Hail-Mary-Andy-Weir-ebook/dp/B08FHBV4ZX/ Biden Regime Supports “BLOCKING OUT THE SUN” https://gellerreport.com/2023/07/tyrannical-biden-regime-supports-blocking-out-the-sun.html/ https://www.wnd.com/2023/07/will-biden-block-sunlight-cut-global-warming/ https://endoftheamericandream.com/the-earth-is-being-cooked-from-above-by-our-erratic-sun-and-from-below-by-seismic-activity-in-the-oceans/ HAARP https://grandmageri422.me/2019/01/31/manmade-climate-change-caused-by-haarp-no-conspiracy-just-the-facts-2/ Jim Rickards Strategic Intelligence: The Green Fraud: How Climate Alarmists Are Scamming You – subscription access only https://my.paradigmpressgroup.com/article/the-green-freaud-how-climate-alarmists-are-scamming-you Weight of electric vehicles causing road damage https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/26/pothole-electric-cars-damage-roads-double-petrol-telegraph/ https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/electric-car-drivers-could-face-27177825 How Oil is Formed https://www.visualcapitalist.com/how-oil-is-formed/ Carbon Capture and Storage https://www.nationalgrid.com/stories/energy-explained/what-is-ccs-how-does-it-work Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

I’m not sure what it is about many post-Tribulation Rapture believers, but there is some number of them that are just plain mean. They are so invested in their post-Trib doctrine that true believers in the church today must go through the Tribulation in order to be real believers, that they unpleasantly attack those who don’t agree. If you don’t think post-Trib is a Biblical position and have no desire to experience the horrors of this coming time that will consume the entire earth, then many declare you’re not part of the Bride of Christ, i.e. you’re a false believer who is going to hell. (Note: I’m not saying that all post-Tribbers act like this or say these things, but there are enough of them, and they are often quite vocal.) Add to this their thinking that everything God was going to do with Israel is already done, and that the church shows up throughout the book of Revelation chapters 6-19. In other words, all promises related to the people and the land of Israel that the OT prophets wrote of, and the Apostle John relates in Revelation concerning God’s Chosen People, aren’t really about them at all. Because we who believe in the pre-Tribulation Rapture of the church also read the Bible very differently and understand fully that God still has much work to do with the Jewish people, we are told that we’re liars and spawns of Satan. Hard to imagine that fellow Christians could be so un-Christ-like isn’t it? Today, I’ll prove that to you by discussing a series of comments that were made on my Rumble channel in response to a Prophecy Update I did in February of this year titled: A Controversial Rapture Discussion. Now, the premise of my Rapture thesis is one that is indeed controversial with many good Christian believers standing on one side or the other of what I discussed. Regardless, the fact that we do have disagreement among us on certain aspects of the Rapture as I discussed hasn’t elicited any hostility. That’s the difference in the issue regarding pre- and post- Trib positions. Numerous times I’ve been attacked by post-Tribbers along the lines that I’ll speak of today. And I know I’m not alone. Many other pre-Trib Bible prophecy teachers have been savaged in the manner that you’ll see shortly. What is it with these people? I don’t really know, but I’ll tell you that the oil of unity among brothers seen in Psalm 133:2 certainly seems to be missing with them. Sources: A Controversial Rapture Discussion https://rumble.com/v2ahwm6-awaken-bible-prophecy-update-2-22-23-a-controversial-rapture-discussion.html Zionism – ADL https://www.adl.org/resources/glossary-term/zionism Zionism – Heyalma https://www.heyalma.com/israel-guide/what-is-zionism/ Got Questions – replacement theology https://www.gotquestions.org/replacement-theology.html Got Questions – dispensationalism https://www.gotquestions.org/dispensationalism.html Kenny Rogers – The Gambler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(song) Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

There’s been much written about the identity of Babylon and its richly deserved destruction as chronicled in Revelation 17-18. Is it actual Babylon or symbolic about that locale? Is it literally the rebuilt city in Iraq, or is it metaphorically Rome, or someplace else like New York City or Jerusalem? I’ve spilled plenty of ink over this subject myself along with many other Bible teachers. If you’re interested, I’ve linked a couple of my writings about this on my Rumble channel. The reason for today’s explorations into God’s prophetic Word comes about because of my reading The Final Prophecies by Bill Salus. In that book he has a chapter titled: What Happens to the Harlot World Religion After Her Desolation? I hadn’t really given that much thought, but in considering Salus’ argument, I think he’s got a good point. Given what Bill has suggested, I think we can come to an even fuller understanding of this demonic location that has brought such corruption and devastation to the earth as stated about the Harlot and her association with this place in Revelation 17:5: And upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth. As usual, I take an idea and run with it by adding my additional thoughts and research. This approach often provides a fuller understanding or even a somewhat different understanding from that of the original author. So, let’s try to see what we might learn about this mystery and what light we can shed on this subject. Sources: Prior Babylon discussions https://garyritter.com/isaiah-1320-babylon-never-again-inhabited/ https://garyritter.com/america-likely-not-commercial-babylon/ The Next Prophecies – Bill Salus https://www.amazon.com/Next-Prophecies-Bill-Salus/dp/0692176179/ The Last Prophecies – Bill Salus https://www.amazon.com/Last-Prophecies-First-Years-Tribulation/dp/0578563290/ The Final Prophecies – Bill Salus https://www.amazon.com/Final-Prophecies-Last-Years-Tribulation/dp/0578759772/ A Woman Rides the Beast – Dave Hunt https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Rides-Beast-Catholic-Church/dp/1565071999/ Alternative View – opening of 1st 5 Seals prior to Tribulation https://garyritter.com/awaken-bible-prophecy-update-2-15-23-a-soon-coming-psalm-83-proxy-war/ https://garyritter.com/biblical-audio-commentary-israels-psalm-83-prophesied-land-grab/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

Bible prophecy teachers are seldom in lockstep about various events in Scripture. One of the seminal prophecies that causes disagreement is the War of Gog-Magog as recounted in Ezekiel 38-39. Although this is among the most detailed of foretellings in the Bible, there are several different takes on when it will occur. I don’t know of any prophecy position, i.e. futurist, preterist, or historical, that places this war in the past, thus it remains an unfulfilled prophetic event. The question then becomes: When in the future will it happen? There are four timeframes in the future that I’m aware in which prophecy experts say this war will take place. They are: 1. At the very end of the Millennium 2. At the very end of the Tribulation 3. Sometime early in the 7-Year Tribulation 4. Prior to the Tribulation I’m in Camp #4, and in this Prophecy Update will show you why none of the other possible timings make any sense given the details of this war in Scripture. Sources: Biblical Audio Commentary – Israel’s Psalm 83 Prophesied Land Grab https://garyritter.com/biblical-audio-commentary-israels-psalm-83-prophesied-land-grab/ Bill Salus Traditional vs Alternative View of Seal Judgments http://www.prophecydepotministries.net/2018/part-1-the-potential-pitfalls-with-the-traditional-view-of-the-seal-judgments/ http://www.prophecydepotministries.net/2018/part-2-the-potential-pitfalls-with-the-traditional-view-of-the-seal-judgments/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

There is so much to learn from the trials, tribulations, and underlying apostasies of God’s children, Israel and Judah, when they turned away from Him in rebellion. When we read the Old Testament, we see that sinful people practice their sin regardless of who they are and in what earthly dispensation. As it was in ancient Israel, so it is today in America and the rest of the world. Jeremiah 5 provides a template for our instruction as to what occurred in Jerusalem during the times that God was supposed to be the Holy One of Israel, the One whom His people were to faithfully follow. These truths are evergreen in that the sinful falling away during that era absolutely apply to our condition in these end times. What we see is a very sad state of affairs, which is evident all around us. The key to grasping all this is to understand that which grieves God to the core. These things are the same yesterday, today, and forever. What is it that gives God heartburn about His unfaithful human creation? The two primary issues are encapsulated in the first two of the Ten Commandments. #1 is having another god in place of, or in addition to, our Holy God. #2 is the creation and worshiping of idols – images of any sort – in place of the Lord. Follow these two paths at any time of history and you’re in serious trouble, destined for self-imposed trials, tribulations, or even soul death. Why? Because then you’re grieving the Holy Spirit, which is a death knell. In today’s Prophecy Update we’ll look verse by verse at this description that Jeremiah 5 provides and draw the inevitable analogy to our desperate times. Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

If all the signs of the very end of this Church Age have converged and are in full swing right now at this very moment, how long can these indicators continue to remain teetering on the edge of complete fulfillment? In other words, do these Biblical prophetic indicators have a finite shelf life as Pastor JD Farag has said many times? Or, can they simply continue indefinitely in their current state and not advance beyond what the Bible says they must be for the end to come? Does technology progress? Or does it remain stagnant? If you’ve followed civilizational progress to any extent, you know that the world has been spinning forward at a crazy pace. It could even be said that it’s falling in line exactly as stated in Daniel 12:4: “But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” Are we not in a time where people come and go, one place to another, from local to global, seemingly in the blink of an eye? Even more pertinent, aren’t many chasing their tails in fruitless pursuits of social media fame, social justice, or trying to change their gender because it’s the popular thing to do? Isn’t technology on the brink of advances so profound and unheard of even ten years ago with the advent and promotion of General Artificial Intelligence that humanity itself teeters on the edge of extinction? Can we not agree that we who study Bible Prophecy have seen all these events come together in rapid order – particularly related to Israel – such that God has surely unsealed His end-times book? The Prophecy Update today considers several of the factors happening in such a way that there can be no doubt that the end is very near. In fact, were as much as five years to go by from now, we would greatly exceed what God has said in His Word that would occur in the last days. That, obviously, cannot happen or God would have stated the condition of the world based on those future technologies. As you’ll see, given the state of affairs, the Tribulation is very near indeed. Sources: Technology on steroids https://www.zerohedge.com/military/ai-controlled-drone-goes-rogue-kills-human-operator-simulated-us-air-force-test https://www.the-sun.com/news/8276320/ai-scientists-digital-brain-surpass-humans/ https://nickbostrom.com/ https://nickbostrom.com/2050/outsmart https://anthropic-principle.com/preprints/sowers/beyond.pdf https://nickbostrom.com/views/transhumanist.pdf https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/newly-developed-humanoid-robot-warns-about-ai-creating-oppressive-society John Kerry https://www.infowars.com/posts/biden-climate-czar-john-kerry-says-farmers-need-to-stop-growing-food-to-address-climate-crisis/ Depopulation https://garyritter.com/awaken-bible-prophecy-update-5-17-23-depopulation/ End Game – Dennis Behreandt https://shopjbs.org/product/end-game/ 2045 Strategic Social Initiative http://2045.com/ The Insecure Mind of Sergei Kraev https://www.amazon.com/Insecure-Mind-Sergei-Kraev-ebook/dp/B0992CS99J/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

This Prophecy Update will be slightly different. It combines two different subjects that I comment upon. Sometimes these individual, shorter topics come together more quickly than a single longer theme, although they are hopefully not any less pertinent. The two issues I bring forth today are the following: The first, titled: Beware of Watchers Bearing Gifts discusses the immense changes in human life that came about in the antediluvian era through the seemingly benign and quite helpful gifts given to mankind in a difficult time where presumably all activities were a constant struggle. The second, titled: Exposing Evil looks at the current efforts to reveal the wickedness in high places and what it accomplishes in these final hours. In both Commentaries, we come to understand that God continues overseeing the affairs of men and that His plans and purposes inevitably prevail. Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

As you can imagine, this isn’t an official catechism by any means, but it does more or less fit the description as put forth in Wikipedia: A catechism, from Ancient Greek meaning "to teach orally", is a summary or exposition of doctrine and serves as a learning introduction to . . . Christian religious teaching. Catechisms are doctrinal manuals – often in the form of questions followed by answers to be memorized – a format that has been used in non-religious or secular contexts as well. With my version, it’s certainly not a doctrinal manual, nor do you have to memorize it. I’m really calling it by this name because of the Q&A dialog I’m using, for better or for worse. We could also describe it as a primer for how to dig into Scripture, which, when we do so, can yield surprising results. You’ve seen some of that in my prior offerings whereby I discuss whether Once Saved, Always Saved is a valid position and if indeed the equation Salvation = Rapture holds true. We won’t discuss these two issues directly today, but with their two ideals in mind, we’ll see how they hold up in this Q&A catechism-like format. As I’ve stated a number of times, one of my objectives is to get folks to think, and not to just believe in a particular position because your pastor said it. The questions we should all ask are: What does Scripture say? What are the implications when we look at all sides of certain passages? How might this affect what we’ve been led to believe simply because someone else said it and declared it true? Just a word: In no way do I challenge salvation doctrine. I hold an absolutely Biblical position with that as put forth in the Assemblies of God 16 Fundamental Truths. What we’re examining today are certainly related, but with effectively peripheral issues like the ones stated a moment ago, there is room within traditional Christianity for different interpretations of Scripture. I’m going to show you today how someone can come to an interpretation that may differ from yours. If you’re up for the challenge, hang on. Sources: Catechism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catechism A/G 16 Fundamental Truths https://ag.org/Beliefs/Statement-of-Fundamental-Truths Apostasy https://www.gotquestions.org/apostasy-salvation.html Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

The topic of angels, fallen angels, and aliens with their UFOs is of paramount importance in these last days. Going back to time immemorial, various peoples have seen unexplained aerial phenomena and encountered strange beings not of this earth. We know Biblically, that God has come down to this world at times in a chariot of fire and has appeared to men as a man, although fantastically glorious to behold. What most people in the church don’t really apprehend is that beyond the person of Satan, there are many more divine entities operating in, over, and under this world which don’t have the best interests of humanity in mind – if fact, their demonic objective is to steal from, kill, and destroy the human population just as the Bible describes is Satan’s goal. In many instances throughout history, rebellious spiritual entities, a.k.a. sons of God, a.k.a. Watchers, a.k.a. fallen angels, have appeared as angels of light. They entice men and women to follow their teachings while at the same time drawing them away from the One who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. These demonic beings want nothing more than to keep people from saving faith in Jesus Christ, or perhaps worse, cause them to renounce their great salvation in Him. Probably the worst offender in this regard is the being or beings that appear to those who generally follow Catholic doctrine. This entity shows itself to be Mary – Mother Mary – the mother of Jesus. She speaks, prophesies, and displays little curiosities that people look on as miracles, such as a statue of Mary weeping, the seeping of a seemingly inexhaustible source of oil flowing from a picture of Mary, or the image of Mary appearing with the baby Jesus on a tortilla – yes, I’m serious. More impressive are what are known as Marian apparitions, described as follows by Wikipedia: Marian apparitions are reported supernatural appearances by Mary, mother of Jesus, or a series of related such appearances during a period of time. These appearances are often paired with some type of message Our Lady wants to communicate and can be anywhere from one short appearance to several over the course of years. To be classified as a Marian apparition, the person or persons who claim to see Mary must claim that they see her visually located in their environment. If the person claims to hear Mary but not see her, this is known as an interior locution, not an apparition. A couple of the most famous of the apparitions were Our Lady of Lourdes in France in 1858 and Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal in 1917. Inevitably, the focus is not on Jesus with these very public visitations, but they often do speak of wars, countries like Russia, and other prophetic issues. So, our questions for this Prophecy Update are: What are these novelties? What are the primary manifestations of the demonic today? Where do they lead? Sources: LA Marzulli Disclosure DVDs https://lamarzulli.net/product/ufo-disclosure-1-4-set/ Alien Revelation – Gary Ritter https://www.amazon.com/Alien-Revelation-Unveiling-Sons-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B07X7H92XY/ Mary & Jesus on a tortilla https://khqa.com/news/local/image-of-virgin-mary-baby-jesus-appears-on-tortilla-10-25-2015 Marian apparitions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_apparition UFO polls https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/06/30/most-americans-believe-in-intelligent-life-beyond-earth-few-see-ufos-as-a-major-national-security-threat/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ufo-aliens-belief-poll-americans-b1879321.html https://news.gallup.com/poll/350096/americans-believe-ufos.aspx http://www.alienresistance.org/ufo-alien-deception/recent-polls-trends-belief-aliens-ufos/ Portals – Douglas Richards https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B6JR8CSW/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

There are days when the recognition of the evil in this world becomes overwhelming. It’s at those times that I cry out to the Lord, “How long, O God? How long?” – just like the martyred Tribulation saints standing before the throne in the heavenly courtroom depicted in the 5th Seal Judgment of Revelation 6:9-11. Of course, my plight isn’t anything like that of these worthy men and women of God who suffer unspeakable horror and pay the ultimate price for their newfound faith in Jesus Christ. Currently, we’re only in the pre-Tribulation period, the birth-pains-phase of those horrible days when literally all hell breaks loose on this planet. Today, what we see and experience is only a forerunner – a nauseating taste if you will – of that which is to come. That’s because there is a progression of events to get us to the point of such utter depravity, lawlessness, and chaos that occurs in the Tribulation. Each of these evils in the lead-up to that time will effectively get worse and worse. It’s just like what Jesus said in Matthew 24 that there will be wars and rumors of war, etc. but all these things are only the contractions prior to the actual delivery. What happens in the labor process that a woman experiences? The spasms grow in frequency and intensity. This analogy from Jesus describes exactly what’s currently happening. What also occurs in labor? For one, it doesn’t stop. Secondly, it brings forth a new birth. Of course, in human labor, the result is good – a new life is brought into the world. In the progression of pains leading to the Tribulation and the resulting birth, the surface result is, frankly, dreadful. Yet, we have to look beyond our human reactions and realize God’s intent. He must cleanse the world of the sin and impurity that has overtaken it. If seen from this perspective, the eventual birth of the Millennial reign of Christ after the Tribulation is truly new life. Today, I want to speak a little about the heinous evil consuming this world but compare it with what is to come. We have a great responsibility even in these final days, and despite how the darkness is closing in, I want to encourage you with how we can still make a difference. Sources: Busybody neighbor https://www.tiktok.com/@officialmrcharlez/video/7228121948281261317 Carnival Mayhem https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tinley-park-carnival-shut-down-after-flash-mob-of-400-teens-takes-over/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

Did you ever expect to be living your life inside the fiction of a dystopian novel? Of course, the soon-coming 7-year Tribulation will be a true dystopian nightmare beyond anything that futurist novel writers ever imagined. Thankfully, true followers of Jesus Christ won’t be around to experience that since the Lord will Rapture us from the world prior to this seminal period. Yet, because the Tribulation could not possibly start immediately at the flip of a switch, it required a progression of various developments to occur. This includes advances and developments in the realms of technological-biological, natural-physical, sociological-political, psychological-spiritual, and more, all to complete their evolution to the fullness of time at which point the Lord will act and the world will come crashing down on itself. This means that we who believe in Christ as our Blessed Hope are still required to see and experience this devolution into chaos, anarchy, and apostasy. For those of us who do have eyes to see, it is a difficult sight to behold. For those who have no vision, they either maintain a false hope that normalcy will return or know that something is wrong; they just don’t know what it is. A major factor that is bringing us to the very edge of the cliff of the Tribulation is one that has gotten very little exposure. There are all sorts of clues because of the many and varied attacks on humanity and the world, of which those who have awakened to this evil have been calling out for three years and more. However, this subject hasn’t really been tackled head-on because there’s so much static that prevents us from grasping it. I’ve been aware of this in a sense for a while, but like many others, simply didn’t put it together. That time has now passed. What I want to show you today is shocking. You may doubt it at first. Since real, factual numbers are impossible to find in this era of obfuscation where the truth is never fully told, yes, there is some amount of speculation in all this. But if you connect events of the last three years with Bible prophecy – which is what we must do to have a clear picture of reality – then you will understand that what I convey here rings true. What is this drastic and shocking realization? It is that the world population – rather than currently being at 8 billion people as recently reported in mainstream news, is actually much less than that and is rapidly decreasing. Hang onto your head, because the numbers will astound you. Sources: Gaslighting https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/gaslighting When Grid Goes Down https://rumble.com/v2ks8xw-what-happens-when-the-grid-goes-down.html Future Babies https://thenewamerican.com/forget-ivf-technology-will-soon-create-babies-without-eggs-or-sperm/ America Alone – Mark Stein https://www.amazon.com/AMERICA-ALONE-End-World-Know/dp/1596985275/r On-air personalities collapsing https://rense.com/general97/dying-on-live-tv.php Birthrates https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/total-fertility-rate Ectolife – Designer babies – Artificial womb facility https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2RIvJ1U7RE Our Brave New World – Aldous Huxley https://garyritter.com/awaken-bible-prophecy-update-2-8-23-our-brave-new-world/ The COVID Blog – world population https://thecovidblog.com/2023/04/20/5-reasons-to-believe-the-global-population-is-already-one-billion-people-less-than-it-was-in-january-2020/ Leo Hohmann – Deagel population forecast https://leohohmann.com/2023/04/21/deagel-population-forecast-of-nearly-70-percent-fewer-americans-by-2025-is-starting-to-look-prophetic/ The Fourth Turning Collapse https://garyritter.com/awaken-bible-prophecy-update-6-1-22-the-fourth-turning-collapse/ China, Population, and Lies https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/05/china_population_and_lies.html Why Are So Many Children Suddenly Dying? – Emerald Robinson https://www.emerald.tv/p/why-are-so-many-children-suddenly Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

Here we go again. Once more I’m compelled to bring up this topic simply because I read the Bible. To give you a sense of this, since I was saved in 2005, I’ve on average read the entire Bible front to back very close to two times per year. There have been multiple years I’ve read the entire Bible three to four times in twelve months, others only once in a year. This doesn’t make me any more righteous or holy than anyone else; what is does do is provide a very sound basis for my Scriptural exegesis. I’m not so hot at memorizing verses, but God has given me the means to know His Word pretty thoroughly. The other thing He has done is given me the capability of reasoning through the Bible: to read, to comprehend, and to explain using Scripture as proof for other Scripture. Again, this doesn’t make me necessarily right all the time, but in my doing this, I’m being obedient to what God commands through the Holy Spirit. What do I mean by that? God says in Isaiah 1:18: “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.” Yes, this is in context about God pointing out the sins of His people so that they will understand their need to repent, however, the sense also is that God wants His people to think and to use logic in relation to Him and His ways. Confirming this principle is the praise for the Bereans in Acts 17:11: Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. The implication is that the Jews in Thessalonica did not research what Paul said. They didn’t critically read the Scriptures. Their understanding was limited and flawed since they had no basis for their feelings and beliefs that ran contrary to what Paul preached. As a result, they came against Paul to persecute him so that he had to flee. With this as background, let me just say: Hey, don’t blame the messenger. I’m just doing my best to interpret what God had His scribes relate for all of us to read. If you have issues as to what I’m going to expound on here, I certainly understand and encourage you to contend for the faith as you understand it. But listen, that does not mean simply saying: “I disagree.” It does not mean simply quoting a bunch of Bible verses that you believe oppose my conclusions. No, if you want to argue against my reasoning, then you likewise need to reason. If I’m attempting to use logic to explain what I conclude, then you also should use your mind to provide rationale for your opposition. Is that too much to ask? My challenge to you is to seriously consider the arguments I make here and address them specifically. Why is my reasoning flawed? How is my interpretation of what I read and understand in God’s Word contrary to your understanding? What do you think the Scriptures I comment upon mean? Sources: Carnal Christians https://www.gotquestions.org/carnal-Christian.html Awaken Bible Prophecy Update 2-22-23: A Controversial Rapture Discussion https://garyritter.com/awaken-bible-prophecy-update-2-22-23-a-controversial-rapture-discussion/ Biblical Audio Commentary – Since We’ve Been Discussing the Partial Rapture – Here’s More https://garyritter.com/biblical-audio-commentary-since-weve-been-discussing-the-partial-rapture-heres-more/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Kindle Vella story: Tribulation Rising https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099Z462WD Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

For about 60 years – since the early 1960s – we’ve seen an increase in the degrading of the culture in Western nations; America in particular. People have consistently been moving away from the God of the Bible to seek out other gods. Sexuality in society has been put front and center. Accompanying these phenomena has been the loosening of our belief in the sanctity of life. The absence of the church in fighting these issues is certainly key to why we’re facing such an onslaught of evil from every direction. But a big question is: Why has the church pulled away from being a light in this increasing darkness in Western societies as a whole and the world at large? God is sovereign. He is in charge. So, what is going on? It appears as if God’s gone missing while all this madness envelops us. In a sense He has, but only because there’s a larger story behind all this – what I call the Big Narrative. The free will that God granted to all His creation – in the spiritual realm and in the physical that we humans inhabit – plays a major role in what the world looks like today. Actually, it was free will that allowed Eve to willingly partake of the fruit in the Garden. Before that, it was free will that enabled the serpent to determine that it was a brilliant move on his part to take on God and contest with Him for the future of the world. It is also free will that has brought us to the societal conditions all around us, because many beings in the heavenlies are imposing their concept of reality upon every facet of life in this earth, and much of mankind is going for it. In my recent Prophecy Update: The Return of the Gods – In Technicolor, I discussed various aspects of Jonathan Cahn’s book with that same title: The Return of the Gods. In order to expand on this discussion and provide a little more depth, today we’ll explore more about these gods, the impact on the church and the world, and why all the Biblical prophesies will come together as this narrative plays out to its final conclusion. Sources: Worldly madness https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-mayor-condemns-teen-takeover-chaos-not-constructive-demonize-youth https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/un-backed-legal-recommendations-normalize-sex-minors-critics-say https://www.foxnews.com/media/gates-funded-ngo-claims-children-born-sexual-10-year-olds-should-learn-about-commercial-sex-work Puppet Master Conspiracy https://garyritter.com/awaken-bible-prophecy-update-8-11-21-puppet-master-conspiracy/ Enduring Word Commentary – Genesis 12 https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/genesis-12/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

Jonathan Cahn’s recent book The Return of the Gods provides the background and context for this Prophecy Update. For those who have read it, what I say and describe today will likely make more sense to you than to those who have not read the book. I do highly recommend everyone read it. An incredible phenomenon is happening in America and the rest of the world. Cahn frames it very well and puts into perspective the reason everything – and I mean everything – is headed downhill in all spheres of society and culture. We who have a Biblical, prophetic worldview can appreciate how prophetic events and the advent of what Cahn describes as The Return of the Gods are on a collision course. What Cahn portrays is exactly what I’ve said for several years, although Jonathan does a much more elegant job of it, plus his audience reach is slightly bigger than mine – just slightly. Hopefully, it will wake up more people – particularly Christians – to the fact that the end has come and this world as we know it is burnt toast. For those who have not read the book, I’ll provide a very brief outline of the premise. From there I’ll explore various aspects and outcomes that have resulted and will further impact life on this planet. As many of you have come to expect, what I say here is exceedingly dire for both the unbelieving world and, I think, for Christians who prefer to keep their heads hidden under the pews rather than lift them up and see the encroaching darkness. Once more, you won’t find a feel-good message from this quarter. I can only say, however, that those of us who truly make Jesus our Lord have the greatest of hopes and expectations – a promise unmatched in human history. Ours is truly a glorious future; for unbelievers – not so much. Sources: The Return of the Gods – Jonathan Cahn https://www.amazon.com/Return-Gods-Jonathan-Cahn-ebook/dp/B09XY5Q12P/ This Present Darkness – Frank Peretti https://www.amazon.com/This-Present-Darkness-Frank-Peretti-ebook/dp/B005WK6JFI/ The Curse on Canaan https://garyritter.com/awaken-bible-prophesy-update-4-12-23-the-curse-on-canaan/ The Countdown https://garyritter.com/awaken-bible-prophecy-update-3-29-23-the-countdown/ Secular (pagan) hostility against Christianity https://www.foxnews.com/us/anti-christian-hostility-reaching-unprecedented-levels-culture-government-under-biden-observers-warn Apostasy https://www.gotquestions.org/apostasy.html The Return of Paganism https://www.commentary.org/articles/liel-leibovitz/paganism-afflicts-america/ The Dark Light of a False Spirit https://garyritter.com/the-dark-light-of-a-false-spirit/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

An interesting parallel is evident when we compare certain historical aspects of ancient Israel’s beginning with that of America’s first years. In making this comparison, we don’t want to make the mistake of conflating or confusing the covenants God made with Israel with how our nation was founded and developed. The Bible clearly records the multi-covenant promises the Lord made with His Chosen People. There’s obviously no such Scriptural record for us in the US to cling to. Yet, our nation has had a very special relationship with God because of how the hearts of many of our founding fathers were for Him. That’s important and extremely consequential. When a people honor and revere our Creator as the One true God and worship only Him, He blesses that nation and/or individuals for the faith it requires to take such a stand for Him. Likewise, when a people turn away from God, they lose His favor and suffer the consequences for their apostasy. God had a plan for the Israelites. They were to be a blessing to others and a beacon in the world pointing Gentiles toward the Holy One of Israel. Much of that plan didn’t work so well because of the deceitful hearts of God’s children. The Jewish nation had a faith problem. Apparently one God - who laid down rules, commandments, statutes, precepts, and laws - must have been too boring for their tastes. But, the gods of the pagan nations surrounding Israel – the pantheon of them! Now there were some deities to worship and follow! Nothing ho-hum about these fascinating beings. And the marvelous part was that Israel could have a god for all occasions and every reason. You want a cricket god to oversee those insects as a yummy snack, or a mealworm god to revere when you make mealworm flour pancakes? You got it! Gosh, you’d think the Israelites were heeding the World Economic Forum of today in following those gods. But, of course, this falling away took time. One doesn’t usually change his gods overnight. In fact, most people don’t do it at all. Leave it to the Israelites, as the prophet lamented in Jeremiah 2:11: Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit. America started out well, just as Israel did in Round 2 when the people finally crossed the Jordan River after the Exodus generation failed Round 1, and God determined they would wander in the wilderness 40 years for their lack of faith. That’s the problem, however, whether with Israel or America, starting out well isn’t a promise of continuing to do so. How is it working out for us to change our God for other gods? In today’s Prophecy Update I want to draw some simple parallels between these two nations from their earliest years. As I inevitably do, I then wish to project where each of these once God-fearing states will end up because of their falling away into the foolish pursuit of other gods. Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

What if I told you that one incident on this side of the worldwide flood that God sent to judge all creation set the stage in our current times for the Days of Noah and the next judgment as Jesus spoke of in Matthew 24? What if I could help you see that where we are today, so very close to God’s final judgment upon this world, actually dates all the way back to the period sometime following when Noah’s ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat? I believe I can do just that by relating what occurred in Noah’s family, which was such an abomination in the eyes of God, that it has been a defining aspect in this world ever since. When you read Genesis 9:20-27, what do you understand from this event as you come away from it? We’ll read it momentarily, but do you – as many Bible study notes explain – simply see what happened as someone mocking and making fun of another? Have you been taught that it was a homosexual act? Maybe you’ve read it in passing, and like so many other extremely important passages in the Bible, you didn’t quite understand its implications so you ignored it? When we neglect to dig into the deeper meaning of certain narratives that God has given us so that we can more thoroughly understand the intense spiritual battle around us, we fail God, because He wants us to think, and He desires that we know His Word more deeply by searching Scripture so that we are not ignorant in these final days. Buckle up, you’re probably in for a shock as we delve into this, but my hope is that it will enable you to better understand the entire Biblical narrative just a little better. Sources: Goliath https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4113151/ Gath - giants https://www.gotquestions.org/Gath-in-the-Bible.html Anakim https://www.gotquestions.org/Anakim.html Amalekites https://www.gotquestions.org/Amalekites.html Portals – Douglas Richards https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B6JR8CSW/ NIH re: giants in the Bible(!) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4113151/ Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

It makes a difference who we listen to. This is true whether one is a king or a peasant, someone living in ancient times or an individual today. If people give us suggestions, what kind of discernment do we have to understand whether what is said is actually good counsel or bad counsel? What is the only means we truly have in order to determine this? Obviously, we should filter their words through a Biblical and prophetic lens. Only by using Scripture as our plumb line can we know whether people speak truth or not. We have many examples in God’s Word regarding this. The Lord has not left us bereft of His guidance, i.e. His good counsel. He makes it quite clear on the pages of Holy Writ that when we follow that which has a Godly moral basis, positive results occur. The other side of the coin shows that when guidance comes from a place other than God, the odds are that trouble is in the offing. The two chapters of 1 Kings 12-13 provide a wealth of illustrations in this regard. What I’ll do today is show this and reflect on the outcomes. In the same light, I’ll point out a few instances today where good and bad counsel have shown up in the public sphere. Unfortunately, because the bad has outweighed the good for far too many years, this is a major reason for our downward trajectory as a people and a nation. Worse, it’s why the church has become no different than the world. Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

There is obviously a line in the sand, at which instance - when it’s crossed - Almighty God will determine that He will afford no more mercy upon this lost and dying world. To many of us, this tipping point cannot come too soon. Judgment is surely overdue for one; and for two, we who are sorely anticipating Christ’s appearing for us in the clouds are more than ready for that wondrous event. What could be holding back our Lord from this appointed day? We know His promise to keep us from the hour of trial that will come upon the whole earth. We regularly repeat that God will keep us from the wrath to come. We’re to be encouraged by this. When we observe the apostasy in God’s church and how it seemingly gets worse and worse, we’re positive that time must be here. This very moment would be about right, Lord. Still, we wait. Of course, our timing is not God’s timing. There is the Biblical truism that with Him one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like a day. Despite that, every indication is that it won’t be a thousand years from now until Judgment, let alone fifty, or even three. As Pastor JD Farag says, every prophecy has a shelf life. There is a certain period in which it must come to fulfillment. Otherwise, the conditions for it would pass by and probably exceed the specificity of the prophecy. For instance, the technology and means for the Mark of the Beast are here in apparently all their aspects. This includes the method of application upon the forehead or forehand, the ingredients to be administered under the assumption that it’s a bio-tech solution, and the evil in men’s hearts whereby the wicked are driven to harm others for their own devious purposes. With everything advancing so quickly these days, this perfect set-up will change dramatically in a very short time. Patrick Wood in Technocracy News quotes an unidentified member of the Trilateral Commission – thought to be the puppet masters even above the World Economic Forum - who said: “Three decades of globalization — defined as integrated, free-market based and deflationary — has been replaced by what will be a multi-decade period of globalization defined as fragmented, not-free-market-based but industrial-policy based and structurally inflationary. This year, 2023, is Year One of this new global order.” If someone like this makes such a statement, we do well to heed it. These people are very serious about their plans and purposes in the timeframe they outline. Adding to this, just think of the determination of Klaus Schwab, Yuval Harari, and others to implement the Fourth Industrial Revolution by 2030, in which they absolutely plan to bring about the merger of man and machine into what’s known as the Singularity. Their intent to create man in their image under the guise of Humanity 2.0, when implemented, will mean that the window of opportunity for true God-imaged men and women will pass. That cannot happen in God’s timing for His purposes to be enacted. Thus, the Rapture must happen sooner and prior to this seminal period when the very nature of mankind will change. I’ve suggested in the past that perhaps there is a linkage between the Biblical passages mentioning the fullness of the sin of the Amorites and the fullness of the Gentiles for the time of Judgment. If that’s the case, then the recent poll by George Barna may have significance. In this, he found that only 4% of all Americans have a true Biblical worldview. That percentage has been decreasing steadily over the years. Might this be a strong indicator for us in our long and weary wait? When does God say “Enough!” in the global effort to displace Him completely? Sources: Barna Study – 4% of Americans have Christian worldview https://www.arizonachristian.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CRC_AWVI2023_Release1.pdf Barna - Biblical Worldview https://www.arizonachristian.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CRC-Release-2nd-2023-Final.pdf Fullness of Amorites https://www.gotquestions.org/sin-of-the-Amorites.html Fullness of Gentiles https://www.gotquestions.org/fullness-of-the-Gentiles.html Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.

Judgment is coming. If you miss this fact, then you need to read more deeply in the Word of God. It seems, in many instances, that commentators in the secular world see the coming times of trouble more clearly than those in the church. They realize that the financial system is massively broken with debt careening out of control, inflation is soaring and likely to ascend to greater heights, and recession is on the horizon just a wrong move away by a nation or federal bank. The Butterfly Effect is real when it comes to the world economy poised to crash and burn at any time. The recent Silicon Valley Bank failure is just one harbinger of many to this effect. There is no man-made climate change, i.e. our ecological system isn’t subject to normal industrial pollution, cow flatulence, the warming rays of the sun being our enemy, or the God-ordained method of how mankind exhales carbon dioxide. No, there’s none of that. What is happening is that artificially engineered climate warfare is occurring by evil, satanically possessed people, who wish to follow the lies of their father the devil and destroy humanity because we are created in God’s image. War is also coming soon. Again, many who don’t know the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior often have a better grasp of this than the church. It seems that people gather to sing, fellowship, and hear an encouraging word for their lives, but perish the thought that the pastors should raise the specter of tribulation to come. That might hurt someone’s feelings or make them feel uncomfortable. It is all about how we feel these days, you know. Then, there’s the inconvenient fact that the killing of babies in the womb has been a worldwide phenomenon for decades, while before that many children unfortunate enough to be born in pagan cultures were sacrificed to the gods of the land whom their people worshiped. All in the hope of winning the favor of whatever god they follow and having a better life. The blood spilled in the earth cries out for justice. After my having just briefly mentioned these issues that impact the heavens, the lands, the seas, and all of mankind – if you have any kind of knowledge of your Old Testament – can you really say that God will just ignore these things and allow the world to continue for generations to come? Do you not see that the time of judgment is at hand because it must be? Don’t you understand that God’s longsuffering patience does have a red line; that once it’s crossed, it’s curtains for those under judgment? Sources: Dane Wigginton’s recent alert: “The Bad News Broadcast” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i8IYcUtEU4&list=WL&index=1&t=2049s geoengineeringwatch.org https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/ The Dimming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf78rEAJvhY Gary Ritter website: books & blog http://garyritter.com/ Please note that the transcript is available on my website blog under the post with the same title.