Worst Famine EVER Seen!

On CBS Morning News this morning they had the headlines scrolling along at the bottom of the TV.  One headline said:
"Nigeria facing famine unlike anything that has ever been seen."

Holy famine!  That is quite a statement!

Of course Bible readers are not surprised as Jesus said, "There will be earthquakes and famines in various places," as he referred to signs of the approaching Last Days.

Nigeria is on the brink of "a famine unlike any we have ever seen anywhere", according to the United Nations.

Nearly a quarter of a million children in Nigeria's north east are severely malnourished, according to the UN's Assistant Secretary-General Toby Lanzer.

Millions more are thought to be starving in refugee camps that are too dangerous for aid agencies to reach.

Here:  http://news.sky.com/story/nigeria-faces-a-famine-unlike-any-we-have-ever-seen-anywhere-10570663

The Rise of the "Nones"

What happens when Pew Research walks up to American's on the street and says, "What religious affiliation are you?"

What do you think the biggest answer is?  Catholic?  Lutheran?  Methodist?

Nope!

Sadly, a large percentage of Americans now say, "None".

An important new survey by Pew Research asks why people who were raised in religious homes but who now identify as religious "nones" - having no religious affiliation - decided to leave the faith of their childhood.


The results were varied, but according to the survey, "Half of 'nones' left childhood faith over lack of belief, one-in-five cite[d] dislike of organized religion."

Of this half (more exactly, 49 percent) of "nones" who say they no longer believe, many "mention 'science' as the reason they do not believe in religious teachings" while others "reference 'common sense,' 'logic' or a 'lack of evidence' - or simply say they do not believe in God."

Of the 20 percent who cite their dislike of organized religion are "some who do not like the hierarchical nature of religious groups, several people who think religion is too much like a business and others who mention clergy sexual abuse scandals as reasons for their stance."

This chart summarizes the survey's results:



Here;  http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=592

The Bible warns us that as the Last Days come upon us, more and more people would fall away from the faith.  Some would call it the great apostasy.

We don't know if this is the great apostasy that the Bible speaks of....but we do know that rejecting God and giving Him no thanks and no praise on no Sabbath can't last for long.

Matthew 24
10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 

America is Literally Eating Itself to Death

What is gluttony?

If you go to Webster's, the simple definition is;
: the act or habit of eating or drinking too much

Of course there are always exceptions to every rule....but as a rule when you see someone who is obese, they have been eating too much.

Psalms 23 warns us about eating and drinking too much:
for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

We also know that obese people end up with bad backs, bad knees, bad hearts, bad stomachs and require lots of medical attention which costs lots of money.

So what would happen to a country that was filled with elderly people, many of whom were obese? How would that country pay for train wreck of health care costs that are running down the tracks?

America's Obesity Epidemic: At Least 1 Out Of Every 5 People Is Obese

The United States officially has an obesity crisis.  According to a brand new report that was just released by the Trust for America's Health, at least one out of every five people meet the clinical definition for obesity in all 50 states.  But of course in some states things are far worse than that.  

More than 35 percent of all adults are obese in four states, and the obesity rate is between 30 and 35 percent in 21 other states.  And it is important to keep in mind that just needing to lose weight does not mean that you are obese.  According to the CDC, you have got to have a body mass index of at least 30.0 to meet the clinical definition for obesity.

Each year, the American people spend 60 billion dollars on weight loss programs and products.  That breaks down to about 188 dollars for every man, woman and child in the country.  We are a nation that is absolutely obsessed with losing weight, and yet obesity levels are hovering near all-time record highs.

But some parts of the U.S. are definitely doing better than others.  The following is an excerpt that comes directly from the new report...

In 2015, Louisiana has the highest adult obesity rate at 36.2 percent and Colorado has the lowest at 20.2 percent. While rates remained steady for most states, they are still high across the board. The 13th annual report found that rates of obesity now exceed 35 percent in four states, are at or above 30 percent in 25 states and are above 20 percent in all states. In 1991, no state had a rate above 20 percent.

Did you catch that last part?

I put it in bold for a reason.  To me, it is absolutely incredible that no state in the entire country had an obesity rate of more than 20 percent just 25 years ago.

How is that possible?

How could obesity explode to such a dramatic level in just a couple of decades?

Well, a lot of it has to do with what we eat and drink, and I will have some comments about that below.  But first, let's take a look at some more statistics from this new report.  It turns out that there seems to be a significant link between obesity and poverty...

- 9 of the 11 states with the highest obesity rates are in the South and 22 of the 25 states with the highest rates of obesity are in the South and Midwest.
- 10 of the 12 states with the highest rates of diabetes are in the South.
- American Indian/Alaska Natives have an adult obesity rate of 42.3 percent.
- Adult obesity rates are at or above 40 percent for Blacks in 14 states.
- Adult obesity rates are at or above 30 percent in: 40 states and Washington, D.C. for Blacks; 29 states for Latinos; and 16 states for Whites.

The report also noted that it has been estimated that our obesity epidemic costs the United States somewhere between 147 billion dollars and 210 billion dollars every single year.

We are literally digging our own graves with our forks, knives and spoons.  What we eat and what we drink are the biggest reasons why we have an obesity epidemic in this nation, and if we will just take a few common sense steps we could start turning around this crisis tomorrow.

Here;  http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=616

We have become addicted to food.  We have become addicted to sugar!!  Millions and millions of us have become food addicts!!

This is just one more headline from one more day that points out one more nail in America's coffin.

We point this out to our readers to remind them all that our ONLY HOPE is in our savior, Jesus Christ.  This world certainly offers us no hope.  This country certainly offers us no hope....and it's the best country on earth!!

"But Dennis, you seem to love pointing out problems the world has but very seldom point out all the good stuff the world has going for it!"

Yes, I admit it!  I'm VERY pessimistic about what the world is up to...BUT...I'm VERY optimistic about what Jesus Christ is up to!!

The things of this earth continue growing very dim when you reflect on Christ and his soon return!

Even so, come Lord Jesus!

Will Banks & Governments Steal Our Money in Cashless Society?

A few years ago, the tiny nation of Cyprus had a problem paying their bills....so the government decided to take 10% of the money that was in certain folk's bank accounts and use it to prop up the government for another day.

Perfect!!

So what would stop any government, including the USA, from doing the same thing when they come up short on paying their bills?

"Well Dennis, that would never happen....because I would just take my money from the bank and put it in my gun safe....and then they couldn't take any of it!"

Yep....anyone who says that is 'whistling past the graveyard'...because one day, most likely much sooner than most realize, cash will no longer be legal tender to buy anything.

As highwaymen once ambushed travelers to separate the victims from their cash, so today many such opportunities continue to abound. As bank vaults once hunkered like mother bears around people's hoards of gold, now computers labor to a similar function by magnetically holding records of our economic achievements, waiting to be accessed from connected terminals anywhere on Earth at any given time. 

The destiny of cash may have arrived at its last logical end. What can we expect when our globally interdependent economies finally render cash obsolete? Have robbers truly gone the way of Bonnie and Clyde, or have they become so sophisticated that they now manifest as banks and governments?

For the moment, the common folk seem willing to trust their funds to their banks, internet providers and the politically privileged. Just ask the Swedes. 

But some people think they may be whistling past the graveyard. Given that governments, and the banks that fund them, have a dirty little penchant for war and total control over their subjects, can it be wise to surrender to them your entire means of exchange?  

Whereas some consumers and industries may find no fault in the evolution to a cashless society, others raise dire warnings. What do the naysayers predict?

Will the first lamb sacrificed on the altar of total digital economies be anonymity? What consumers eat, read, play, worship and even with whom they associate will be known to the powers that be. At any moment, certain foods, books, websites, religions and associations could be declared illegal or so unsavory as to be criminally suspicious. 

If the past predicts the future, then suppliers and those buyers who prefer to make their own decisions will either be driven out of the economy, into a prison or underground.

Those who believe this dystopian future poses no threat to them because, in their minds, they "have nothing to hide" and entertain full confidence in their government, may find themselves unpleasantly surprised by sudden, official disapproval of some aspect of their lifestyle. 

Who could have foretold a future where you would be convicted and confined for merely wondering if the official body count of the Holocaust were accurate? Who foresaw that failure to bake wedding cakes for homosexuals would enable bureaucrats to wipe out your business? Tables do turn upside down!

So long as money exists in any form, common thieves will find ways to abscond with it. Can they be stymied simply because money is reduced to blips on a server? For all the efforts to thwart hackers, they still manage, regularly, to crack into cyber safes and make off with information critical to access financial accounts. 

Who knows how much of their success depends on a little inside help? Maybe a few, maybe a lot of security penetrations occur with the assistance of an insider. Even if employees were angels, electronic outlaws continue to haunt the virtual forest.

Creating security access that depends on biometrics might add a thin layer of armor to accounts, but that may only render burglaries and muggings more gruesome. Without the ability to fling your wallet at assailants, now they may torture you for your passcodes and account numbers. 

If financial security systems require fingerprints, microchip implants or iris scans for admittance, what would prevent soulless crooks from removing said items from your body? Certainly not your firearms, for those, most likely, must be relinquished before any bank account will be authorized in a completely cashless society.

Since the ability to make large purchases without personally delivering a suitcase full of cash or coin has been a reality for at least a century, the question arises: qui bono, who benefits, from a cashless society? 

Some futurists wonder if the full implementation of a global cashless society won't seal the sarcophagus on the ragged remnants of individual liberty.

http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=612

How many of my readers are already at a point where they almost NEVER use cash?

I'm going to say the answer to that is MOST OF US.

It is easier to pull out our credit/debit card at McDonalds than it is to fish in our wallets and pockets for paper money and metal coins to pay for our lunch!

How many of my readers get all their paychecks automatically deposited into their checking accounts?

Probably ALL OF US.  So really our economic value is measured by electronic numbers being transferred around the country...in one account and then out of another...and then back in again.

So what good is cash anyway?  It's expensive, dirty and used by drug dealers and pimps!  Let's just do away with it?

It all makes perfect sense!!

Of course the Bible has been saying this day is coming since Jesus revealed it to John in Revelation.

Revelation 13
16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.

"What do you mean you won't take my cash?  What do you mean I have to get a mark to buy these groceries?  What do you mean I have to get a mark on my right hand before I can trade in my car?"

Pope Says Recycling Will Atone for Sin of Global Warming

We will never say that the Pope is the False Prophet mentioned in Revelation.....but we certainly could see how the idiotic and Anti-Gospel things he says could one day qualify him for the job.

We already know he has jumped on the GLOBAL WARMING/CLIMATE CHANGE bandwagon.  We believe this will be a major catalyst in pulling the world towards a one-world government and a one-world currency.

Today we find out that Pope is saying that if you recycle and car pool that you can make atonement for your sins of causing global warming!!

“Global warming continues, due in part to human activity,” Francis said, adding that “2015 was the warmest year on record, and 2016 will likely be warmer still.”

“This is leading to ever more severe droughts, floods, fires and extreme weather events. Climate change is also contributing to the heart-rending refugee crisis. The world’s poor, though least responsible for climate change, are most vulnerable and already suffering its impact,” he wrote.

Repeatedly citing the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who has “courageously and prophetically continued to point out our sins against creation,” Francis made his own a new list of such environmental sins, which include pollution, global warming and deforestation.

For human beings to “destroy the biological diversity of God’s creation,” to “degrade the integrity of the earth by causing changes in its climate,” to “contaminate the earth’s waters, its land, its air, and its life–these are sins,” he wrote.

Summing up, the Pope stated that “to commit a crime against the natural world is a sin against ourselves and a sin against God.”

Lamenting “the devastation of the environment,” Francis said that “God gave us a bountiful garden, but we have turned it into a polluted wasteland of debris, desolation and filth.”

Specifically regarding a loss of biodiversity, the Pope suggested that now there are fewer species to give glory to God.

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/09/01/pope-francis-global-warming-sin-man-can-atone-recycling-car-pooling/

Holy Papal crap!!  Friends, if you are still involved in the Catholic church....I would strongly recommend you run!  Find a body of believers where the Bible is preached, where Jesus is held up as the ONLY way of salvation and where a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is preached frequently.

This passage that Jesus spoke in Matthew 7 always makes me think of Catholics....probably because they are the religion that still trains exorcists to cast out demons and also because they are so into discovering/identifying miracles to attribute to saints....but do they REALLY KNOW JESUS??

Matthew 7
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

The Spread of Witchcraft, Wicca and Satanism in USA

No real surprise here!  As American kicks the God of the Bible out of its house....Satan always comes rushing in to fill the void.
   
Witchcraft and Satanism (devil worship) in America are growing by leaps and bounds. No longer are their highly secret activities being kept in-the-closet. Today s witches are no longer at risk of getting burned at the stake, but rather honored and revered.

They are increasingly being accepted as spiritual experts who meet the needs of clients inclined to embrace, and tap into, their extensive access to supernatural spirit powers and hidden knowledge. 

Wicca - the key umbrella organization for formalized Witchcraft and New Age practice in general - has finally come out of the shadows.

Qiling Wang in a recent article for reportingtexas.com gave an account of how Wicca has been growing in Texas, and beyond. Wang narrated a description of your typical Wicca adherent or 'Wiccan': Mary Caldwell. She has spiky pink hair, tattooed arms, and works in customer service for a software company. She's also the leader of a Wicca gathering that meets every other Monday at Monkey Nest Coffee on Burnet Road.

On a recent Monday evening, she led the group in a discussion of numerology - the belief that numbers have mystical meanings - as well as rituals and personal experiences with spirits. 

Recently, some members of the group had visited a local cemetery to commune with spirits. "Some of the people in the group just see them, some just hear them and some of them just smell them," said Caldwell, 44,  "It was great fun."

Both she and her husband, Joe, are third-degree Gardnerians, meaning they are serious students of Wiccan theology and have the ability to lead a coven. With Wiccan signs hanging on her office wall, she said her coworkers know and accept the fact that she's Wiccan. "It's funny, because I've got people who are devoted Catholics coming to me and saying, 'I've got a problem, and can you do a spell for me?' " she said.

"We believe that everything is part of the One," said Ed Fitch, 80, a Wiccan senior high priest and a member of Caldwell's meet-up group, one of several Wiccan or witches' groups in Austin. "Everything in the universe is linked to everything else in the universe."

According to sources such as Wikipedia, Wicca is a modern version of ancient pagan religions, created in England and brought to the United States in the 1960s. 

Its followers worship a goddess and a god, honor the Earth and practice ritual magic. They reportedly follow the Wiccan Rede, a statement of principles that stresses the importance of doing no harm.

Because Wicca is a highly decentralized religion with no central authority, it's hard to get a tally of its members. The American Religious Identification Survey, which periodically surveys 50,000 Americans, said the number of self-identified Wiccans increased to 342,000 in 2008, up from 134,000 in 2001. The 2008 figures are the most recent available.

http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=440

Friends, I know we are supposed to pray for revival in this country, I know we are supposed to pray for an end to abortion, and end to intense perversion, an end to godlessness and that a healthy FEAR OF THE LORD would come rushing back into America.....but do you think maybe we have gone past the POINT OF NO RETURN?  Do you think we have reached that spot in Romans 1 when God says, "You really want disaster and perversion?....then here you are!!....gorge yourselves on it!"

Ayatollah Says Islamic Savior Coming in UFO

It seems we find more and more evidence every day that planet earth and it's inhabitants are being set up for a grand delusion.

Today we find an article reporting that one of the top Iranian spiritual leaders is hinting that the Muslim messiah, (called the Mahdi) is going to return in a spaceship/UFO.

Do you know how many UFO/Spaceship sightings have been reported around planet earth just this year?   Yep, deception is building!

A prominent Iranian ayatollah says the Mahdi, the end-times Muslim savior, will come back in a spaceship with the sound “of thunder and its power and speed is that of lightning.”

Actually, his recent explanation wasn’t completely clear.

“It is like a spaceship and like other swift and amazing space vessels that are found [only] in stories today, but nobody knows how close [these vessels] come to truth and reality. Maybe it will be like [a spaceship] but in any case it is not a spaceship,” he said.

His description was discovered in an Iranian news report by the Middle East Media Research Institute, which monitors and analyzes media reports in the region.

The comments came from Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi, who operates his own website to promote his views.

He was respoinding  to a question about the “arrival of the Mahdi – the Hidden Imam who is the equivalent of the Messiah in Shiite Islam,” MEMRI reported.

“He explained at length how the Mahdi’s arrival will be high-tech, as befits the modern age,” MEMRI said.

His comments included:

“It was said by Imam Sadegh [the sixth Shiite imam, circa. 700–765 C.E.]: ‘When our Lord arrives, the land will be illuminated by divine light, and [God’s] creations will no longer require sunlight.’ The interpretation of this saying is that the issue of light and energy is expressed in that both in daytime and nighttime powerful lights can replace sunlight.”

“Today we use satellites [and by means of them] cover extensive areas, so that anyone with a receiver can use them… In the time of the Mahdi’s arrival, there will be a powerful apparatus, that may be difficult for us to imagine today, for transmitting images so that the entire world is visible like the palm of a hand. Without worldwide control by an intelligence [apparatus], there can be no unified global regime [as foretold that there will be when the Mahdi arrives], and no peace, security, and decency… Therefore, God grants him this tool… Once again I stress that this is a routine matter, and that it is inconceivable that it will come about based on a miracle; rather [it will come about] by means of ordinary tools that are based on scientific and industrial advances.”

“Another hadith states: ‘A bestial vessel is reserved for your Lord and Friend [the Mahdi]. What is the meaning of ‘bestial vessel’? A cloud that is loud as thunder and fast as lightning, upon which he rides. Be aware that soon he will [appear] riding on clouds, and ascending to seven heavens and seven lands.’ This does not refer to an ordinary cloud, as clouds are not vessels that can be sailed upon in outer space. [Clouds] travel near the atmosphere that is close to the earth, and they cannot attain great altitudes. Therefore, the meaning here is an extraordinary and very swift vessel that looks like a dense cloud in the sky; its sound is that of thunder and its power and speed is that of lightning. When it moves, it slashes the heart of the sky with extraordinary force, and in this way it can advance to any point in the firmament. Therefore, this is a super-modern vessel, and there is none like it today. It is like a spaceship and like other swift and amazing space vessels that are found [only] in stories today, but nobody knows how close [these vessels] come to truth and reality. Maybe it will be like [a spaceship] but in any case it is not a spaceship… “

“When the Mahdi rules, the pure will have the height of freedom, and the criminals will be monitored – maybe so much so that sound waves will be detected from the walls of their houses, and when necessary it will be possible to understand what they say at home.”

“Perhaps a century ago, this statement [about detecting sound waves] would have seemed like an unimaginable miracle. Yet today, some countries monitor traffic on the roads using radar, with no police present. Therefore, it is clear that during the global revolution of the Mahdi… there will be an unprecedented expansion of industry and technology.”

http://www.wnd.com/2016/08/ayatollah-mahdi-coming-back-in-spaceship/

For those unfamiliar with Muslim eschatology, here is a snippet to get you started;

 Among the nearly 68 million people in Iran, the vast majority are Muslim who place their hope not in modern-day politics or rulers but in a person who walked the earth centuries ago and is promised to return.

“Both Islam and Christianity have a very well-defined eschatology, or period of the last days; both of them cannot be correct …,” said William Wagner, senior professor at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary and author of the book, “How Islam Plans to Change the World.”

A majority of Shiite Muslims traditionally believe that the “12th Imam” (Islamic religious leader), born in 868 A.D., was placed by God into hiding (known as occultation) until the day of judgment. Southern Baptist author and evangelist Anis Shorrosh explained that many Shiites also refer to the 12th Imam as the Mahdi, an Arabic word that generally references a messiah, or a guide.

“This man will come to show them the way, because the prayer of every Muslim five times a day … ends with ‘Show us the right path, not the path of those who have incurred your anger or those who are lost, but those upon whom grace has come,’” Shorrosh said.

Though most strains of Islam have a belief in the Mahdi, Shiites traditionally believe he is Mohammed ibn Hasan, the 12th in the line of imams who were descendents of the prophet Mohammed. Though they do not know when the Mahdi will return, they believe he will come to end the misery of his people. Some strains of Islam even hold a belief that Jesus will be the Mahdi who will return and proclaim Islam as the true religion.

“Satan always tries to duplicate everything that God does,” Wagner said, “and I believe he has created his own eschatology that is somewhat similar to that of Christianity, but false enough to where it is apparent that it is not the truth.”

Here;  http://www1.cbn.com/onlinediscipleship/12th-imam-key-facet-of-islamic-prophecy-fuels-middle-east-turmoil

With UFO sightings happening around the world, most humans have been prepared over the last 60 years to believe that there is intelligent life on other planets and that they have been visiting us all along.  In fact, if a spaceship showed up today in America and some strange looking humanoids emerged and said, "We are from the planet Zorbo and we have been watching your development since we seeded life on this planet 4 billion years ago...." MOST HUMANS WOULD TOTALLY BELIEVE THEIR STORY!!

Of course a reporter would next ask the Zorboans, "What about all the Americans and others that have put their faith in Jesus as a savior to take them to heaven when they die?"

And the Zorboans may answer, "Jesus?  Yes, he was a very nice man...a great teacher and someone to be admired....but he certainly isn't god, he certainly can't save people from their made up guilt of sins, and he certainly doesn't have any mansions in the sky to take people when they die!"

And how many people on planet earth would believe it??  ALMOST ALL OF THEM!!!

1 John 4
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.

1 Timothy 4
The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.

Matthew 24
For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

We Actually Are Living in a Computer Program

I get a big kick out of the atheists who sometimes attack me via email and Twitter.  They attack me because I dare to believe that a higher power (God) created life as we know it.  They attack me because one must have a certain amount of faith to believe this...and they think faith is for the simple minded.

Of course the atheist has even more faith...because he believes that NOBODY and NOTHING created EVERYTHING....even though he has no proof and not even any evidence.  When you point out this fact out to the atheist that he has lots of faith in his Mother Earth RELIGION....they usually revert to hurling swear words...which is a sure sign that you have touched a nerve.

We posted on this topic a few months ago, but it is in the news again today.  Some scientists have been looking at all the evidence around them, including the newly discovered QUANTUM PHYSICS, and have come to the conclusion that our entire human experience is really just a computer simulation and that it isn't real.  In other words we are all characters in a video game...set on stage to play our part....until we are removed from the game.

Are you real? What about me?

These used to be questions that only philosophers worried about. Scientists just got on with figuring out how the world is, and why. But some of the current best guesses about how the world is seem to leave the question hanging over science too.

Several physicists, cosmologists and technologists are now happy to entertain the idea that we are all living inside a gigantic computer simulation, experiencing a Matrix-style virtual world that we mistakenly think is real.

Our instincts rebel, of course. It all feels too real to be a simulation. The weight of the cup in my hand, the rich aroma of the coffee it contains, the sounds all around me – how can such richness of experience be faked?

But then consider the extraordinary progress in computer and information technologies over the past few decades. Computers have given us games of uncanny realism – with autonomous characters responding to our choices – as well as virtual-reality simulators of tremendous persuasive power.

It is enough to make you paranoid.

The Matrix formulated the narrative with unprecedented clarity. In that story, humans are locked by a malignant power into a virtual world that they accept unquestioningly as "real". But the science-fiction nightmare of being trapped in a universe manufactured within our minds can be traced back further, for instance to David Cronenberg's Videodrome (1983) and Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985).

Over all these dystopian visions, there loom two questions. How would we know? And would it matter anyway?

The idea that we live in a simulation has some high-profile advocates.

In June 2016, technology entrepreneur Elon Musk asserted that the odds are "a billion to one" against us living in "base reality".

Similarly, Google's machine-intelligence guru Ray Kurzweil has suggested that "maybe our whole universe is a science experiment of some junior high-school student in another universe".

What's more, some physicists are willing to entertain the possibility. In April 2016, several of them debated the issue at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, US.

None of these people are proposing that we are physical beings held in some gloopy vat and wired up to believe in the world around us, as in The Matrix.

Instead, there are at least two other ways that the Universe around us might not be the real one.

Cosmologist Alan Guth of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US has suggested that our entire Universe might be real yet still a kind of lab experiment. The idea is that our Universe was created by some super-intelligence, much as biologists breed colonies of micro-organisms.

Here;  http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160901-we-might-live-in-a-computer-program-but-it-may-not-matter

So here is the crazy thing friends....the Bible has basically told us this all along!  

Think about it!!

Paul told us that what we can SEE isn't real....but that only the UNSEEN things are real.

2 Corinthians 4:18

So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

James 4:14

Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

The Bible also tells us over and over that the angels are doing battle all around us but we can't see them.  Elijah saw them for a little while as he prayed to allow his servant to see the angels in chariots that were protecting them.

If we are but a mist and we fade away after a few years but our SOULS head into eternity where the angels dwell.....then where the angels dwell and where Jesus is are the only REAL places....and this existence is simply a video game made up of electronic impulses.

Of course the short life we are given has eternal consequences for WHERE we will spend eternity...which is reality.

If more of us really understood this reality....don't you think we would be more focused on eternal things rather than earthly things that aren't really real?

American Media is "Erecting a Demon" in Hillary Clinton

I think most of you guys have heard of Wikileaks and Julian Assange.  He has hacked into all sorts of governmental/political places and exposed some interesting/illigal/nefarious stuff.

Evidently they are going to be releasing lots more stuff on Hillary sometime in October.  Some are calling it an "October surprise".

Today we read that Julian believes the American media is erecting a demon by defending Hillary Clinton.

Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange lashed out at the American press on Wednesday, saying that it is “erecting a demon” by defending Hillary Clinton.

“The American liberal press, in falling over themselves to defend Hillary Clinton, are erecting a demon that is going to put nooses around everyone’s necks as soon as she wins the election, which is almost certainly what she’s going to do,” Assange told New York Times reporter Jo Becker during a live interview.

Wikileaks, which Assange co-founded in 2006, recently released nearly 20,000 emails hacked from the Democratic National Committee. Assange has said that the group will be releasing Clinton documents before the Nov. 8 election.

Assange declined to provide additional details about the documents procured from Clinton or from the Clinton Foundation. In an interview last week he called the Clinton documents “interesting” and “entertaining.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/08/31/assange-american-media-is-erecting-a-demon-by-defending-hillary-clinton/#ixzz4JUZ9358A

We have no idea what to make of Julian Assange and his goal of exposing all sorts of secrets from all over the world.  Of course some secrets are good.  For instance, it was good we kept the secret of how an Atomic Bomb works from Germany or Japan during WWII.  It is good that we have spies living in Russia, Iran, Syria or any other countries where we need inside information to defend ourselves.  It was good that the Germans didn't know exactly when D-Day was going to happen, etc...

It's really no secret that the American Media are huge democratic supporters.  What we find interesting in this prophecy blog is that Julian chose to use the phrase, "erecting a demon" as we ponder what the book of Revelation tells us is coming.

Revelation 13
11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. 13 And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. 14 Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. 16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.