There’s so much happening out there as of late and it seems to be coming at us faster and faster. As such, it was difficult to decide what to write about for this week. There’s just too many unanswered questions that need answering. For example, when is Trump being arrested?? They clearly started this story to cover up something they don't want us to focus on. I wonder what that is? The next “plandemic” from Fauci & Friends? The budding “Russia/China” i.e., (Pootie/Winnie Xi Pooh Bear) Bromance? More money sent to Ukraine to be laundered so the “Big Guy” can get his cut? The coming global banking collapse and the Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC’s) our self-appointed betters, a.k.a. the “Mother-WEFers” at the World Economic Forum are planning for us? It’s like everything happening is all “Bravo Sierra” (and I don’t mean the skin care products). It’s all fake! It’s like a Grand Illusion.
It all reminds me of a song from my youth. The Grand Illusion was the title cut from the seventh studio album by the group Styx. Released in 1977, it became the band's first Triple Platinum album and spawned the Top 10 hit "Come Sail Away" and the Top 30 hit "Fooling Yourself." According to lead singer Dennis DeYoung, the album's theme was “the struggle to overcome self-deluding superficiality in order to affirm one's genuine value.” Put simply, they weren’t buying the “Bravo Sierra” (B.S.) their parents were living and selling to them and they wanted something different. I know this because this was my generation. Here’s a link to the song performed in concert and the lyrics to follow along if you want to take a short detour from this piece:
Lyrics:
Welcome to the Grand illusion
Come on in and see what's happening
Pay the price, get your tickets for the show
The stage is set, the band starts playing
Suddenly your heart is pounding
Wishing secretly you were a star
But don't be fooled by the radio
The TV or the magazines
They show you photographs of how your life should be
But they're just someone else's fantasy
So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because you never win the game
Just remember that it's a Grand illusion
'Cause deep inside we're all the same
We're all the same...
So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because your neighbors got it made
Just remember that it's a Grand illusion
And deep inside we're all the same
America spells competition
Join us in our blind ambition
Get yourself a brand new motor car
Someday soon we'll stop to ponder
What on Earth's this spell we're under
We made the grade and still we wonder
Who the hell we are
But there’s another version of “Bravo Sierra” we’re all being sold today. Some of us see it, others can feel it and they don’t like it and still more are totally oblivious to it and finally, there are those who are so far gone that they have embraced it. It comes in a variety of flavors from virtue signaling their support Ukraine or other various causes like the Green New Deal or the sick and twisted LBGTQ I before E except after C and sometimes Y “depopulation” movement and is wrapped in a pretty little bow called being “Woke!”
Making matters worse is this “Grand Illusion” we’re all being sold is coming down the tracks at us like a runaway freight train and in spite of all we know about it, I firmly believe that there’s absolutely no way we’re going to stop it. Why? Because I believe that it has been fore-ordained from the foundation of the world. God promised us that in the last days, he would send a “Strong Delusion” (Grand Illusion) to deceive the masses and although, admittedly, I could be wrong, it’s sure looking like it more and more with each and every day that these are indeed the last days and we’re experiencing the “Birth Pangs” that were promised leading up to the great tribulation.
In spite of those in the “Body of Christ” who think otherwise, this is gonna happen sooner or later whether we like it or not and if this is, as I believe, “it,” there’s nothing we can do to stop it. So forget about banding together with your fellow patriots and grabbing your guns to storm the capitol in order to “Save America” from the Marxist hoards and return it to God. Remember, Jan 6th. They’ve nipped that one off in the bud as an option and sadly, there are far too many useless idiots on the left who in spite of all the 44,000 hours of evidence to the contrary, still believe the lies they’re being told. We need to remember that our weapons in this battle are NOT carnal. As for America, it’s done, it’s over, it was fun while it lasted but, the land of the free and home of the brave has been fundamentally transformed into the land of the deceived and home of the depraved.
And it’s NOT just America. This is global. The Mother-WEFing Davos crowd have taken over the globe without firing a shot. They did it by infiltrating governments around the globe with their Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum. Just take a peek at the linked video featuring Dr. Jordan Peterson speaking with International War Correspondent Michael Yon talking about Smart Cities “Prisons” that our self-appointed betters a.k.a. the Mother-WEFing Davos jet-set crowd are planning for us. Everything that they are planning is very much in alignment with the dystopian world promised in the end days and found in the Book of Revelation.
In spite of all the evidence to the contrary, there are those in the “Body of Christ” who believe that the second coming isn’t coming and it’s our job to build the Kingdom of God. I got news for them too. Christ said He would build his church and the Gates of Hell wouldn’t prevail against it. Not only is that is way above our pay-grade, it’s sin to presume that we can and/or will do what Christ said He would do. As the Profit, Toby Keith, peace be upon him, so eloquently put it “the Fit’s gonna hit the sham” sooner or later whether we like it or not and if this is, as I believe, “it,” not even Gold, Guns and a Getaway plan is gonna help us work through this.
Further, I don’t think we should put all of our hopes in the Pre-tribulation Rapture basket either. Those who do may, IMHO, really be disappointed and maybe even a little miffed when Jesus doesn’t take us out of the way and let everyone else go to hell. Christ warned that many would fall away as a result of a strong delusion. Is the idea of a pre-tribulation rapture it or at a minimum, at at least one aspect of a larger delusion? Consider the possibility.
Now I’m not saying that I don’t think there isn’t a rapture where the dead in Christ are raised and we who believe and remain all get changed. I do! As a matter of fact, there is nothing I wouldn’t want more than to miss out on all the “fun” (pun intended) that’s in store for the children of wrath by seeing it from the “mezzanine section” i.e. heaven. My question is, do we have some of this all wrong? Remember, at Christ’s first coming, they were expecting him. They knew Daniel’s prophecies about the 70 weeks very well and yet they still missed it. Adding insult to injury, what is it about his second coming that we’re missing? “When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth” (Luke 18:8).
What I’m saying is folks might want to consider the possibility that the rapture doesn’t happen when a lot of us are expecting it to happen. I believe we may need to prepare for it not to happen until right up to the point where God unleashes his wrath on the sinners who refuse to repent? The Bible says we will have tribulation, but we are NOT appointed to wrath. Also, let’s NOT forget that when judgement does come, it: “MUST BEGIN with the house of God” (1 Peter 4:17). I think we’re in for some really hard times ahead. Admittedly, I could be wrong but, I lean more toward the “post-trib/pre-wrath” version of events.
Face it folks, it’s been 2000 years since J.C. walked among us and his Apostles performed their “Acts” and some folks like old Doctor Luke were kind enough to write it all down and put it in a book for us. Making matters worse is that a lot of stuff can get lost in translation(s). Language is not static. It changes over time to where what a word meant back in the day has a whole different meaning now (See here). Add to that, there have been a whole lot of folks who have come and gone before us and right or wrong, well intended or not, they’ve interjected all sorts of teachings into the body that makes me think we need to be a little more humble and admit we just don’t have all the answers.
For example, here’s a video by prophecy teacher Nelson Walters about the end days where he presents an alternative interpretation about the timing of the Rapture, the length of and the events related to the return of Christ:
and here’s a longer video by Joel Richardson, another good prophecy teacher, who presents a totally different theory:
Watch them both at your leisure and then ask yourself, which theory do you think is more plausible.
So all this begs the question:
“If we’re not out of here before the fecal matter hits the oscillating cooling device, like many of us, myself included, have been told, what do we do?”
First: Repent! Get yourself right with God and then spread the word, you know, that whole “Great Commission” thingy he charged us with. Don’t hide your light under a bushel.
Second: Pray! Ask the Lord what he want’s you to do in these perilous times and then obey, DO IT! Why do you think he said: “Why do you call me Lord, Lord and do not what I tell you to do.” As hard a saying that is for some folk to wrap their brains around, let me just tell you that the one thing you don’t want to hear Him say to you on that day is this: “I never knew you. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity!”
Third: Prepare! Get yourself physically, emotionally and spiritually ready to endure till he returns. Again, when I say prepare, I’m not talking about the Three G’s (Gold, Guns and a Getaway plan). God provided for the children of Israel in the desert and I think he’ll provide for us here too.
Fourth: Trust the promises that he can keep your soul. As things get worse, many of us may lose our lives but, we have everything to gain by being faithful until our end. Run your race well.
Finally: They’ll be looking for and coming for us so align yourself with like minded individuals, families, small groups of fellow believers and form your own ecclesia “Cell” and prepare to practice your faith underground and “off grid” in the relative safety (privacy) of your own homes. Don’t be deluded.
If you think I left anything off our “To-Do-List,” let me know in the comments.