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Friday, December 13, 2024

Demonic UFO and UAP Incursions

During November and December 2024, the news media and government have all been buzzing for weeks about the sudden appearance of what they call "drones" flying nightly over the state of New Jersey in the United States. These entities are swarming over New Jersey, and that is the focus of everyone's attention. However, they are not just limited to New Jersey. This is a worldwide event!

So far I have seen reports, comments, and videos regarding drone and other UFO/UAP sightings in November and December 2024 in the following locations: California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland, Washington DC, Delaware, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Florida, Puerto Rico, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Romania, Russia, China, Thailand, India, Norway, England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Sudan, Uganda, Guinea, and the country of Georgia. That's 43 states, 19 foreign countries, one US district, and one US commonwealth. And the list of locations where they have been sighted keeps growing daily. The FBI says they have received 3,000 reported sightings since November, an average of 92 per day in the US alone. 

These are signs of the times, people. Jesus said: "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven." (Luk 21:10-11). Read Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21 in the Bible. 

Jesus Christ, God's Son, died on the cross for you and me. He was buried and rose again from the dead on the third day. He paid the price for all our sins, and does not want anyone to perish, but all to believe in Him, so that they may have eternal life. Repent, believe the gospel of Jesus Christ, and be baptized in His name for the forgiveness of your sins. He is coming very soon. 

UAP/UFOs are Demonic
Many people think these Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) are drones, manned aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), angels, or aliens. Others say they have been sent by foreign countries like Iran, and one Congressman even went to far as to say that Iran has a mother ship off the east coast of New Jersey that is sending these "drones" ashore to fly over New Jersey. One man said they are "gravitic propulsion" drones, which he claims is a technology that only the US and China have. However, while there are certainly drones in our skies, unmanned aerial vehicles, and manned aircraft, most of the sightings that have occurred in November and December 2024 are none of these. They are demonic.

They defy the laws of physics. They appear and disappear. They shape shift, and can mimic the sound and appearance of essentially anything. They can hover, move slowly in any direction, and even travel at hypersonic speeds faster than any vehicle known to mankind can travel. 

They have interfered with electronic devices. For example, in England, one man's digital display on his microwave began to go berserk, and continued to flash all kinds of numbers repeatedly, right after he made a UFO sighting. Others have reported that when they drove their cars under these entities, the UFOs took over their car radio and began to produce strange sounds of various kinds, which did not sound like normal radio interference. Another person following a UFO said that the time displayed on their car's clock suddenly changed, but later following the incident, the clock returned to the correct time. Another person said that while they were recording a UFO with their smartphone, the video camera malfunctioned and became jammed. People have seen parking lot lights, street lights, and stadium lights flashing on and off like strobes for no known reason, as well as the hazard lights of parked cars flashing without any alarm sounding. I have seen videos of all these things. 

I have also seen videos of these phenomena appear in just about any form you can imagine. They have appeared as lights, orbs, flashing lights like you see on aircraft, as a silver ball the size of a car, as flying cubes, circles, discs, saucers, stars, triangles, airplanes, a parallelogram, as bright white parallel cylinders floating vertically in the sky, and as a cylinder with rounded ends floating across the sky, which is considered a spherocylinder - essentially a cylinder with hemispherical caps on each side. I have seen one that was an orange, square-shaped entity that was broiling like the surface of the sun when viewed in a telescope. It had a jagged indentation on the right side that looked like an open mouth on an angry face. And I've seen a myriad of other combinations, some of which are difficult to describe. These have even been spotted by airline pilots and passengers in airplanes. I have seen them followed by helicopters, chased by an F15 fighter jet, and travel many times faster than the F15's top speed, which is believed to be over Mach 2.4. I have also seen a video showing a glowing orb that was "dripping" other similar orbs down toward the earth. I have seen another one in which the craft seemed to drop a net from the sky down toward the earth.

I have also seen them appear as the sun, moon, and stars, but they morph into different shapes and move in ways that the sun, moon, and stars don't.

In the spirit realm, the identity of entities, including angels, demons, and humans, are known not by their appearance, but by their character. So you know them by their fruits, not by their appearance, just as the Lord taught us to distinguish false prophets this way. 

In order to explain how demons work, let me first explain how angels can operate, since demons are fallen angels. Angels can appear as men, women, or children. Many people have reported seeing them, and many such encounters with angels that appeared as men are recorded in Scripture. They can also sometimes appear in a vehicle, such as a man showing up in an old pickup truck to help someone whose vehicle has broken down on the side of a lonely road at night. Then afterwards, once the man has provided help, he gets into his vehicle and begins to drive off, but a second later the vehicle disappears. Angels can perform miraculous signs and wonders, defying the laws of physics. They can travel at hypersonic speeds, probably as fast as the speed of light. They can pass through solid objects like cars, walls, roofs, etc. Weapons of this world like guns and bullets cannot harm them. 

Likewise, demons can do all the same things the angels do, except demons do them for nefarious reasons. They use their power for evil to steal, kill, and destroy. The use tactics like deception, temptation, intimidation, and accusation to accomplish their purposes. They too can appear in any form, and they can perform supernatural miracles, signs and wonders. They can appear and disappear. They can come in a vehicle of any kind they choose, including an aerial one. This causes people to be deceived and think they are from another planet. They can even appear as aliens, if they want to, since they shape shift and change their appearance at will. Don't be deceived by them.

The apostle Paul warned:

"For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of His mouth and destroy by the splendor of His coming. 

"The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. 

"They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness."  (2Th 2:7-12)

The passage above speaks of the lawless one, which is the antichrist, who will rule the whole earth for a period of time, according to Scripture. He is being restrained until the one who holds him back is taken out of the way. I believe, as many do, that the Holy Spirit is the one restraining him, and when the rapture occurs before the Great Tribulation begins, the Holy Spirit will cease to restrain him, which will cause all hell to break loose on earth, once the saints are removed.

The government and the media will all say that the UFOs came and abducted the saints, so people will believe that's what happened. But the real reason for the disappearance of all the children and the true, godly Christians, will be because they were raptured. The rapture is what we call the yet future event in Scripture, when the Lord Jesus will appear in the clouds and the saints will be caught up to meet Him in the air. Paul spoke of this in 1 Thesallonians 4:16-17. I encourage you to read it, because it is set to happen very soon.

The passage in 2 Thesallonians  2:7-12 says the lawless one will enter the world stage in accordance with how satan works. His coming will be by satan's working. And you may ask, "How will that be specifically?" Scripture says that he will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie. Or as the NET version states, it will be "with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders." 

Paul also taught that the lawless one will also come with all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. It is those who are perishing that are deceived by all of these lying signs and wonders. It's mass deception and they fall for it. The reason they are deceived and perishing is that they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore, God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie. The whole world is witnessing this before its very eyes. God has sent that powerful delusion to those who have refused to love the truth, and now they are believing the lie. Mass deception is occurring, and they don't even know they've been fooled. 

Once again, people may realize that the government is not fully disclosing what's going on, or that it is spreading misinformation or disinformation, but they still don't realize that what's happening is demonic. They don't understand the reality of the things of the spirit realm. They don't know, because the natural man does not accept the things of the spirit and cannot comprehend them. As Paul states, "The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit." (1Co 2:14).

Another reason they don't understand what's happening, as I've already mentioned, is all that they refuse to love the truth. They've rejected the truth of the gospel that can save them, so whenever we speak truth of any kind, they can't accept or understand it. That is because they have delighted in wickedness, which is why they've rejected the truth. They prefer their wickedness to the truth. And the Bible says that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness

But those of us who are saved, who love the truth, and are filled with the Spirit, know exactly what's happening. We know that satan and his angels can appear in any form, because the Scripture says so. "And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light." (2Co 11:14). Moreover, in the Bible, satan is referred to as "the prince of the power of the air" in Ephesians 2:2.

Finally, let me say that I believe these craft and other manifestations that people are sighting in the air are most likely Nephilim coming out of portals. Those portals have been opened up by the evil, demonic things that people (and even governments) have been doing for many years, even in the skies, inviting these demonic entities and opening doors for them to come. If you would like to know more about the Nephilim, then you may read my article about them linked here.

Trump's Alibi for the "Drones"
While Trump was President-elect, he said the government surely must know what these "drones" are, and he vowed to find out and tell the public after taking office. Later as President, after his inauguration, he stated that most of the New Jersey sightings were authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to be flying for research and other purposes, I don't believe that. 

First of all, it was shown that the FAA was not even able to see most of these drones on radar. If they were approved, they would be visible on radar, and the FAA would have told the military and police what was going on. But the military and police didn't know what was going on, and even the FBI and Homeland Security said they didn't know who was behind the drones. In fact, they even sent fighter jets and helicopters up to chase after them. 

Secondly, while the FAA acknowledged these mysterious sightings, they claimed that the cause was unknown. I even listened to a recording of Air Traffic Control (ATC) transmissions with airline pilots over Oregon, regarding such sightings by pilots, in which the controller  called them UFOs (U stands for "unidentified"). And ATC works for the FAA, so it would make no sense for them to speak like that if they knew what these were. 

Thirdly, the only ones Trump referred to were those over New Jersey, but he never mentioned the other 42 states, 19 other countries, plus one US district and one commonwealth. I think there was a more nefarious purpose behind these UAPs. 

Fourthly, if the FAA lied to the military, the police, the airline pilots, and the public during these sightings, and is now saying the sightings were authorized flights for research and other purposes, then they should be investigated and prosecuted for fraud and terrorizing the public and creating mayhem. Trump is normally one to hate corruption and fraud, and to go after it to root it out, so why did he give them a free pass? 

The FAA is under the Department of Transportation (DOT), which at the time of these sightings was headed up by the Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg. If the FAA authorized most of these drones, then surely Buttigieg should have known about it. Why isn't he under investigation for possible involvement in this? 

Lastly, there should be ATC employees coming out to either confirm or deny Trump's claim that the FAA authorized most of these aerial vehicles. They would certainly know if the FAA had authorized them or not, and should be able to tell us whether that was true or not.

Closing Words
In conclusion, the vast majority of the UFO/UAP, so-called "drones" and other mysterious sightings are demonic in nature. This is a sign of the times, and it's mass deception from the devil. Believers need to remember that Jesus said, "Do not let your hearts be troubled." But He also warned us that we must properly interpret the signs of the times, so that we will recognize the day of the Lord and be ready for His coming. That's why even we as believers should repent and get ourselves ready to meet the Lord in the air when He comes. No man knows the day or the hour.

If you see these craft or manifestations in the sky, and you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, then don't be afraid, but boldly rebuke them in the name of Jesus and command them to leave. He has given us power and authority over all the power of the enemy (Lk 10:19). And always be sure to put on the full armor of God before you start each day.

If you want to see video footage of many of these sightings, look up "Drone Incursions around the World" on the Black Bronco Productions channel on Youtube. You'll see many of them there. There's a part I and a part II video. However, I must warn you that people in some of the clips use foul language, sometimes because they are so afraid of these things, and other times just because that's the way they always speak. 

Jesus is real and He is coming very soon!

Attribution Notice: Scriptures takes from the Holy Bible NIV, copyright Zondervan, used by permission. Images used according to Fair Use Act for educational and commentary purposes only.

Author's note: The US military also used the term UAS (Unidentified Aerial Systems) for UFOs/UAPs. If you enjoyed this post, you may also like the other posts in this blog like The Evil Nephilim Giants, Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God, and others available through the Home page for this blog, and you can also find my complete blog directory at "Writing for the Master." 

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"
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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.

Saturday, December 30, 2017

The Past Defeat and Present Threat of AI

In my previous article called The Times of the Gentiles, I wrote about artificial intelligence (AI) as a key aspect of the rising Iron-Clay world empire that will be ruled by the antichrist, and I warned that AI presents a formidable threat to mankind. I showed how the book of Revelation may contain an example of AI technology that will be used by the false prophet to force people to worship an image of the beast. Today I would like to draw an analogy between AI and another Ai that's found in the Bible. By doing this comparison, and enumerating some lessons learned from Ai, I think you will be able to see the relevance of that defeat to the existential threat of AI that we are going to be facing in these end times

The Defeat at Ai
First let's review what actually happened at Ai. For this we go back to the book of Joshua, where it is recorded how he led the Israelites across the Jordan into the promised land after the death of Moses. His mission was to lead the nation to possess the land that the Lord had given them. Under his leadership and guidance, they were to go into the cities and conquer their enemies one by one, destroying them and taking over the land.

Initially they got off to a good start. Immediately after crossing the Jordan, they conquered Jericho, which was a great victory considering its great walls that surrounded it like a fortress. The next city to take was Ai, but here is where they ran into trouble. Joshua sent scouts to reconnoiter Ai, and they returned with an overconfident attitude, recommending that only a small contingent of the Israeli fighting forces be sent to conquer Ai. After their first victory at Jericho, which was a major one, they assumed Ai would be easy in comparison due to the fewer numbers of enemy people living there. Here is what happened:

"Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, 'Go up and spy out the land.' So the men went up and spied out Ai. They returned to Joshua and said to him, 'Do not let all the people go up; only about two or three thousand men need go up to Ai; do not make all the people toil up there, for they are few.' So about three thousand men from the people went up there, but they fled from the men of Ai. The men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of their men, and pursued them from the gate as far as Shebarim and struck them down on the descent, so the hearts of the people melted and became as water." (Jos 7:2-5)

This was a major defeat that immediately followed their major victory. What a humbling experience! What could have gone wrong? Why couldn't they defeat this relatively smaller city when they had destroyed Jericho the way they did?

The reason was that there was sin in the camp. Before they took the city of Jericho, Joshua had placed a ban on all items in the city. He said:

"The city shall be under the ban, it and all that is in it belongs to the LORD; only Rahab the harlot and all who are with her in the house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent. But as for you, only keep yourselves from the things under the ban, so that you do not covet them and take some of the things under the ban, and make the camp of Israel accursed and bring trouble on it. But all the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they shall go into the treasury of the LORD." (Jos 6:17-19)

So to summarize that, aside from taking Rahab and her household alive, they were to destroy everyone else in Jericho. And they were forbidden from taking anything in the city at all for themselves. Joshua said that anyone that took any of the plunder for themselves would would make the camp accursed and bring trouble on it. All silver and gold was to go into the Lord's treasury.

The problem was that one of the Israelites named Achan took some of the plunder and kept it for himself. The Bible records:

"But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully in regard to the things under the ban, for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the things under the ban, therefore the anger of the LORD burned against the sons of Israel." (Jos 7:1)

Note that the sons of Israel were all viewed as having acted unfaithfully, because of the sin of one man. Since he rebelled and took some of the contraband, this caused the Lord's anger to burn against Israel. But Joshua didn't know about this matter yet. He was perplexed and distraught over the defeat at Ai and immediately went to God in prayer to ask why it happened.

"Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, both he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads. Joshua said, 'Alas, O Lord GOD, why did You ever bring this people over the Jordan, only to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? If only we had been willing to dwell beyond the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say since Israel has turned their back before their enemies? For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and they will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will You do for Your great name?'" (Jos 7:6-9)

As you can see, this was a serious blow to the Israelites. And here is the answer the Lord gave Joshua as to why it happened:

"So the LORD said to Joshua, 'Rise up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face? Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things under the ban and have both stolen and deceived. Moreover, they have also put them among their own things. Therefore the sons of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, for they have become accursed. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy the things under the ban from your midst. Rise up! Consecrate the people and say, "Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for thus the LORD, the God of Israel, has said, 'There are things under the ban in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you have removed the things under the ban from your midst.'" (Jos 7:9-13)

The Lord told Joshua that the reason the sons of Israel could not stand before their enemies and turned their backs before their enemies was that they had sinned, they had transgressed His covenant which he had commanded them. They had taken some of the contraband, stolen it for themselves and then used deception to keep it hidden among their own property. Thus they had brought down a curse on themselves. God promised not to be with them any more until they had removed and destroyed the stolen contraband.

Then through a process that the Lord directed, it was discovered that Achan was the culprit. He confessed to Joshua that he had taken some of the contraband and hidden it in his tent. 

"So Achan answered Joshua and said, 'Truly, I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel, and this is what I did: when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight, then I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are concealed in the earth inside my tent with the silver underneath it.'" (Jos 7:20-21)

Then they sent messengers to his tent to fetch the concealed items and they brought it back to Joshua and all the people. And just as the Lord directed him to do, Joshua removed the items from the camp, along with Achan, and there in the valley they burned the contraband with fire and stoned him and his family to death.

"Then Joshua and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the mantle, the bar of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent and all that belonged to him; and they brought them up to the valley of Achor. Joshua said, 'Why have you troubled us? The LORD will trouble you this day.' And all Israel stoned them with stones; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones. They raised over him a great heap of stones that stands to this day, and the LORD turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the valley of Achor to this day." (Jos 7:24-26)

Afterward the Lord told Joshua to arise and take all the men of war back up to Ai, because he had given into Joshua's hand its king, his city, his people, and his land. Remember that they had already consecrated themselves to the Lord once again, as He commanded them to do through Joshua (7:13). Then just as the Lord commanded, they went up to fight against Ai and totally defeated it. What a big difference from the first attempt they made! 

Lessons Learned from Ai
We can learn some important lessons from this terrible event. Defeat is always certain when there is sin in the camp. Don't expect to walk in victory when you have transgressed God's covenant. We should never take things the Lord has commanded us not to take, or steal or deceive. Your sin will always find you out. You can be sure that you will not be able to stand before your enemies, if you walk in disobedience to the Lord. There is a strong connection between disobedience and defeat.

Likewise, when even one person in the church has sinned and continues on unrepentant, refusing to confess his sin, then that congregation cannot stand before their enemies; they will turn their backs before their enemies, for in a sense it is like they have become accursed. God's presence will not be with them anymore unless they take proper measures to deal with it. 

Under the New Covenant in Christ's blood, we do not stone people to death. But the one who has sinned must repent before the Lord and confess their sin to Him. They must take whatever steps the Lord directs to address the matter, so that everything can be restored properly. They must make restitution. That will vary from one situation to the next. They may need to go and apologize to someone, seeking forgiveness, and return something they have stolen. They may need to destroy something that the Lord had forbidden, which they had in their own possession. They may even need to confess publicly what they have done in certain instances. As I said, it will vary, but the whole situation must be made right in God's sight, according to His Word and led by His Spirit.

The apostle John wrote: "If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us." (1Jn 1:8-10)

The apostle Paul wrote: "Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." (Rom 8:1)

This is very comforting to those who genuinely repent and confess their sin. But Paul also said:

"For if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live." (Rom 8:13)

And "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap." (Gal 6:7)

Even though we are under the New Covenant, there are still very serious consequences for sin. In the book of Acts we see some examples of this, such as the death of Ananias and Saphira in chapter 5. And in chapter 5 of Paul's letter to the Corinthians, he instructed them to expel the wicked man from among them, who was a man that was sleeping with his father's wife. Because this sexually immoral person was practicing this sin with the church's full knowledge and he was unrepentant, he had to be excommunicated or dis-fellowshiped from their midst. Yet very few churches ever go to such lengths to deal with sin. Very few are willing to confront sin.

On the other hand, when the people of God consecrate themselves to the Lord and remove all devoted and forbidden things from their midst, as well as all evil doers, and walk in holiness, righteousness, and truth, then they will be a terror to their enemies. The enemy will not be able to stand before them. And this is true of any church that does this, too. They will walk in victory over all the power of the enemy and through Christ overcome the world.

Artificial Intelligence
What does all of this have to do with artificial intelligence or AI? It has a lot to do with it. The reason is that AI is considered by one leading expert named Elon Musk to be the greatest single threat to human existence. And there are many factors that lead us to believe it will be a key component in the kingdom of the antichrist. If that is so, then AI represents a potentially formidable enemy to the Church. If it falls into the wrong hands, it could easily be used for evil purposes. This is true for all the same reasons that the world does not want rogue elements or terrorists possessing nuclear technology or nuclear weapons capability.

A human being is no match for a nuclear weapon. They are helpless before it. We could say the same of other technologies like guns. A person is no match for a gun. And guns in the hands of evil people can be used to terrorize them, as we have seen countless times throughout history, including the recent Las Vegas massacre. Likewise, a human without the power of the Holy Spirit is no match for future, advanced forms of AI technology, if they are harnessed for evil purposes.

Since we know that apart from Christ, all men are sinful, we know that there is no question AI can be misused to harm people. And since we know from Scripture that an evil dictator will rise to global power in the last days, this technology becomes a potential tool in his arsenal to use to control people. If you don't believe me, then just read my article called The Times of the Gentiles, and you will see what I mean. 

History already has plenty of examples of despotic rulers who have used their power to destroy others. We have historical examples in which mass numbers of people were murdered for being Christians or for opposing the evil practices of their ruler. For example, such things happened under Caesar Nero in the first century, and later during the Inquisitions, as well as under Hitler's Nazi regime, and later under Stalin and other leaders of the Soviet Union and its communist satellite states. This continues even today in countries like communist China and North Korea. So this certainly has a historical precedent.

That being said, if there is sin in the Church, how will the Church be able to stand up to the threat of AI or any other threat of the enemy for that matter? It won't be able to do so, because all its protection will be gone. It will be liable to destruction from its foes. The same thing that happened to the sons of Israel at Ai will happen to the Church in any confrontation with AI being used as a means of societal control or persecution.

Naysayers and Opportunists
Meanwhile there are those who downplay the threat of AI and tell you it's nothing to be concerned about. They point out that Isaac Asimov had an "us against them" attitude in 1942, when he wrote the three rules for robots in his book Runaround, which were meant to protect mankind from robots taking over the world. They try to characterize such an attitude as old-fashioned, unwarranted paranoia from seventy-five years ago. They encourage people to get with the times and embrace AI, so that they won't be left out and miss the chance to enjoy the benefits of it, or perhaps so that they won't be a hindrance to its progress and acceptance in society. Such naysayers are speaking the same way the spies did that Joshua sent to Ai, when they downplayed the threat of that city and advised Joshua to send only a few soldiers to fight against it. This is exactly what the enemy wants to accomplish through the use of such propaganda -- for everyone to let down their guard with respect to AI.

However, there are those with real intelligence who still recognize the threat of AI, especially in the form of autonomous weapons. Oren Etzioni, PhD, author and CEO of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AIAI), suggested an update to Asimov's Three Laws of Artificial Intelligence. He has proposed his updated rules for discussion by the United Nations, in light of the enormous growth of the AI business globally.

Communist China has recently announced its intention to be the world leader in AI by 2030. And according to Frank Tobe's September 2017 Robot Report, Russian president Vladimir Putin has told a group of Russian students that artificial intelligence is “not only Russia’s future but the future of the whole of mankind… The one who becomes the leader in this sphere will be the ruler of the world. There are colossal opportunities and threats that are difficult to predict now.”

Life Application
That's why now is the time to repent, for the kingdom of God is near. Now is the time to do some serious soul searching and seek the Lord while He may be found. Now is the time to confess our sins and make things right with the Lord and with our fellow man. Now is the time to seek deliverance from besetting sins and bondage in your life, which are demonic strongholds. It's high time we sought holiness and consecration to the Lord. We need to cry out to God and ask for the ancient paths, because so the church has allowed so much compromise with the world that it is now widely accepted and not even recognized as sin any more. Now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation. But it will soon be over and then you will have to contend with the wrath of man, which will be followed by the wrath of God. It will soon be the day of vengeance of our God.

If you do not deal with sin in the camp now and cleanse yourself of it, then you will be no match for the enemy. You will be an easy target, and liable to destruction. You don't want that and neither do I. That's why we should take this warning seriously. Pastors should also take this warning seriously. They should first apply it to their own lives. They should then apply it to those in their own congregations over which they are in charge. They should preach against sin explicitly, naming sins that will keep people from heaven. They should expose evil and purge unrepentant evildoers from their midst, not allowing them to remain in the Church.

I realize this is a hard message, but if you don't want to hear it or heed the warning, then you will eventually be a victim of the enemy, and that will be much worse than the drastic measures I am proposing. Pray about this and ask the Lord what He would have you do. It's your choice. Choose this day whom you will serve. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Attribution notice: Most Scripture quotations taken from the NASB
   
Author's note: I also recommend reading The Times of the Gentiles, Sins That Will Keep You from Heaven, Holy Living in a Perverted World, Ask for the Ancient Paths, Restored Truth, The Forgotten Sin of Worldliness, Abominations in the Sight of GodThe Coming Wrath of GodWalking in Truth, Righteousness, and HolinessThe Evil Nephilim Giants, Demons Disguised as Humans, Wars and Rumors of War, The Dangers of DisobedienceDemonology 101, Demonology 201, Demonology 301, Baptized with the Spirit and Holy Fire Baptism.  Further reading: Baptized by Blazing Fire -- a Korean church's testimony.  I invite you to visit the Home page for this blog, and you can also find my complete blog directory at "Writing for the Master."

Do You Want to Know Him?
If you want to know Jesus personally, you can. It all begins when you repent and believe in Jesus.  Do you know what God's Word, the Bible says?

“Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.’” (Mar 1:14b-15).  He preached that we must repent and believe.

Please see my explanation of this in my post called "Do You Want to Know Jesus?"
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Len Lacroix is the founder of Doulos Missions International.  He was based in Eastern Europe for four years, making disciples, as well as helping leaders to be more effective at making disciples who multiply, developing leaders who multiply, with the ultimate goal of planting churches that multiply. His ministry is now based in the United States with the same goal of helping fulfill the Great Commission. www.dmiworld.org.