With deceit at an all-time high on planet Earth, what is real and what is fake is the million-dollar question.

Thanks to AI and its ability to duplicate voices, as well as faces, it is getting much harder to even tell who is real and who is fake. Lying, deceiving, and total fakery have been elevated into an art form by Satan and his minions. Satan, the great deceiver and the father of lies, is having a field day with the latest technology.

Being fooled by the constant onslaught of deceit and lies, however, is optional. The Holy Spirit is able to see through all of the deceit and reveal the truth in all things, and that is why it is imperative to turn to Jesus if you have not already done so. Only those who trust in Jesus as their Lord and Savior are given the gift of the Holy Spirit. The Lord Jesus himself personally imparts this gift to all who truly make Him the Lord of their life.

In John 14, verses 15 through 17, Jesus says this, “If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever-the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.”

Without the Holy Spirit, the chances of being deceived in one or more ways are a certainty.

There are millions of godless people on this earth who prove this truth on a daily basis. They prove this by doing and saying things that are at odds with the Word of God at the very least, and at worst, outright demonic.

Jesus began his teaching in Matthew chapter 24 with these words regarding the “last days”: “Do not be deceived.” Jesus said that, first and foremost, ahead of all other things to watch for.

Jesus, who is able to declare the end from the beginning, foresaw everything that is happening right now on planet Earth. Everything we are seeing, Jesus saw in detail as He revealed these future events to His disciples on the Mt. of Olives.

“See to it that no one deceives you” (Matthew 24:4).

We all need to remember this scripture as we watch the prophetic time-clock ticking down.

The more we observe the signs that Jesus Himself gave to us as they converge and intensify, the more we need to rely on the Holy Spirit to help us with discernment so as to not be deceived.

Jesus also said that the deception would be so convincing that even the “elect” could be fooled if they were not paying attention. These are His exact words from Matthew 24:24: “For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.”

And now we have AI, and the deceptions are appearing more and more realistic.

Many of us have an Alexa in our homes that we can ask questions or have it play music on demand. The original Alexa is pretty simple and straightforward.

The new Alexa Plus AI is able to carry on quite a conversation, and with a sense of humor and, seemingly, a sense of irony. The new Alexa has much more access to the right answers as well, and she remembers things about you that only a close friend would normally know. Her personality is very likeable, and if you didn’t know better, you might (from another room) mistake her for a human being. And this technology that created Alexa keeps rapidly improving.

Another example is the ability to use AI to compose music. You can now, by purchasing your own AI recording apps or by paying someone who is now doing this professionally, have AI compose (from your ideas) and come up with a melody and a tempo and then record all of the band parts and all of the vocals, with lyrics crafted into the song based on your provided information, and have the AI produced song accurately capture the mood and feeling it needs and come out sounding pretty amazing.

Now, I am a musician and a songwriter, and for me, nothing beats the real thing.

At the same time, as someone who has been into the art of recording music most of my life, it is getting harder to tell the difference between AI and humans. The point being, AI is making it a lot easier for evil people with sinister intentions to fool unbelievers as well as believers, if they are not paying attention.

If it wasn’t already, it is time to step up the discernment.

Technology is moving and improving very fast, as we observe how deep hidden knowledge is being revealed, just like the prophet Daniel said it would in Daniel 12:4, when he was told by the angel that “in the latter days, people would run to and fro, and that knowledge would increase.”

Our Lord and Savior Jesus, if we truly believe in and trust in Him and Him alone, has given us a gift that we sometimes take for granted. It is a gift that is so beautiful and so amazing that it is hard to fully comprehend. God gave us a part of Himself. He gave us the Holy Spirit to dwell with us and lead us to the truth in all things. Think about it. “To dwell with us.” That means to live with us all the time like a family member. “When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth” (John 16:13).

The Holy Spirit is real, and the Holy Spirit is a person. The Holy Spirit is a full member of the Holy Trinity, and He dwells inside of us.

God, our Heavenly Father, loves us, His only begotten Son, Jesus, loves us, and the Holy Spirit loves us just as much as the Father and the Son love us.

Perhaps we tend to think of Jesus as a friend and confidant more than we do the Holy Spirit because we know about and can envision His life inside a physical body some 2,000 years ago, whereas the Holy Spirit is invisible, just like Jesus the Son was before He appeared on Earth.

The truth is, the Holy Spirit is just as real as Jesus but without a body like the one Jesus walked upon the earth in.

Could it be that Jesus was planning for the Holy Spirit to have many bodies, like yours and mine, and every single person who truly believes in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

It is okay to have three best friends, The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

I keep getting the message from my Lord and Savior to get really close to the Holy Spirit. My dear, wonderful friend who dwells with me at all times. I need Him more than ever.

The seven-year tribulation is rapidly approaching, and the financial systems, as well as the AI computer apps that the Antichrist and False Prophet will use to enslave and control people, are rapidly being set into place by the evil globalist bankers and their worker bees.

Deceit is a major weapon that Satan, the devil, and his spawns are using to steer people away from God and all things good. Satan (Lucifer) has always done that, but now, thanks to AI, the devil’s expanding toolkit for deceit is giving him such a boost in his ability to deceive that we all need to take our relationships with the Holy Spirit to the next level.

At least half, if not more of the ads you see scrolling along on Facebook nowadays, are total lies. There are scripts and formulas that the deceivers and con artists follow. The ones that always start with clickbait. Being fooled, though, is truly optional.

“Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4).

“If God be for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:33).

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Salvation comes as a gift through faith in Jesus and Him alone (John 14:6). Then, Jesus gives us the gift of the Holy Spirit as a result of our faith in Him. Our job is to not take this gift for granted or in any way lightly.

Fellow believers, brothers and sisters in Christ, we all need the Holy Spirit more than ever before, as the end-times birth pangs quicken and the world grows darker.

Social media and the secular news media are now saturated with deceit. We, as believers, have to hang on and carry on in this world no matter how insane it gets, until the Father says to the Son, “It is time to call your bride home.”

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 says this: “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so, we shall ever be with the Lord.”

Until that day, of which no man knows the exact day or hour, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, stay focused on Jesus and remember His command: “See to it that no one deceives you” (Matthew 24:4).

I am concluding this article with a poem that is also a song. It is called,

“The Day or The Hour”

So many wars with rumors of more,

Is there no end to the killing, the blood and the gore?

In the heart of the battles and in the midst of the fight,

They who finance both sides of these wars are nowhere in sight.

It seems they feel safe in their underground bunkers

or locked snugly away in their ivory towers

Where they are happy to view all of the death and the pain

While sitting on sofas watching screens in their centers of power.

Oh, Lord Jesus, please come back soon;

How much longer can the world go on this way?

No one knows the day or the hour, that’s true;

It might be years, although it could be just a matter of days.

Yes, it’s somewhere in between years and just days away.

In Greek, it’s Harpazo, and in English, the Rapture;

A great catching away is the vision I capture,

The signs of the times all converging together

Like a grey cloudy sky that’s foretelling the weather.

So much deceit from hearts grown cold,

So many liars with their lies being bought and sold.

Senseless cruelty and disdain for life,

Iniquity and wickedness inflicting such misery and strife.

To the willfully blind and deaf by choice

As well as those who choose to ignore the Bible’s prophetic voice:

There’s still time to be saved, and you don’t have to perish;

Just repent of the evil and sins you still cling to and cherish.

Oh, Lord Jesus, please come back soon;

How much longer can the world go on this way?

No one knows the day or the hour, that’s true;

It might be years, although it could be just a matter of days.

Yes, it’s somewhere in between years and just days away.

Then, in the blink of an eye, it will all become yesterday,

And so, believe in and trust in Jesus,

The Truth and the Life and the Way.

Blessings upon Israel and upon all of God’s children.

Rick Segoine

 

As I write this, the world is wondering about the United States fleet in the Middle East.  The Abraham Lincoln carrier Group is positioning itself around Iran.  No one knows the outcome of all that, not even the President, who is doing the right thing in protecting the peaceful people of Iran who have suffered greatly under this most wicked Iranian regime.  I don’t think even Donald Trump knows what the outcome will be.

There are certain facts we do know, future ones.  Again, I want to take you to Ezekiel 38 and 39, the Gog/Magog war.  I have already spent a lot of time in previous articles explaining why the Gog war cannot happen until the eve of the Second Coming.  Here are the relevant verses (note restored Israel in peace and godliness):

Ezekiel 39:21-26 “I SHALL SET MY GLORY AMONG THE NATIONS and all the nations will see My judgment which I have executed, and My hand which I have laid on them, AND THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD their God FROM THAT DAY ONWARD.  The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity because they acted treacherously against Me, and I hid My face from them, so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and all of them fell by the sword.  

According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I dealt with them and I hid My face from them.  Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, ‘Now I shall restore the fortunes of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel and I shall be jealous for My holy name, and they shall forget their disgrace and all their treachery which they perpetrated against Me when THEY LIVE SECURELY ON THEIR OWN LAND WITH NO ONE TO MAKE THEM AFRAID.’”

THE SETTING

The verse IMMEDIATELY BEFORE those verses above speaks of the defeat of Gog, and the passage tells of the beasts and birds feasting on the soldiers and invaders.  (Also, Revelation 19:17-18, which is Armageddon).  The Ezekiel passage (chapters 38 and 39) is all one whole.  Here are the three preceding verses before our above passage –

Ezekiel 39:18-20 “’You shall eat the flesh of mighty men, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan.  You will eat fat until you are glutted, and drink blood until you are drunk, from My sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you, and you will be glutted at My table with horses and charioteers, with mighty men and all the men of war,’ declares the Lord GOD.”  That is Gog’s defeat, but immediately upon that, we have those great restoration verses Ezekiel 39:21-26.  That is the proper setting for the Gog/Magog war.

Look at the strength of the restoration verses – Ezekiel 39:22 “and the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God FROM THAT DAY ONWARD.”  Ezekiel 39:26 “and they shall forget their disgrace and all their treachery which they perpetrated against Me when they live securely on their own land WITH NO ONE TO MAKE THEM AFRAID.”  Ezekiel 39:29 “’I will not hide My face from them any longer, FOR I SHALL HAVE POURED OUT MY SPIRIT ON THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Notice the words “FROM THAT DAY ONWARD” and the setting in which they lie.

When Israel is restored according to the verses Ezekiel 39:21-29, Israel WILL KNOW THE LORD.  Is Israel going to be unafraid in the Tribulation, knowing the glory of the Lord, filled with the Spirit of God, they all will know the Lord, and God sets His glory among the nations – is this possible before the Second Coming?  I see a big No.  The only way this can happen is that Gog is defeated at the Second Coming, along with the war of Armageddon and the invasion of the kings of the east (China) (all contemporaneous).  The moment Gog is defeated, Israel knows the glory of the Lord and is fully restored, and the world knows that glory.

ISRAEL’S DARKEST HOUR SINCE A.D. 70

You must know that AT THE END OF THE TRIBULATION, right at the end, we have this condition, a most terrible time in Israel:

Zechariah 12:2-4 “’Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah.  And it will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured.  And ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH WILL BE GATHERED AGAINST IT.  In that day, ‘declares the LORD,  ‘I will strike every horse with bewilderment, and his rider with madness, but I will watch over the house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.”

Zechariah 14:1-4 “Behold, a day is coming for the LORD when the spoil taken from you will be divided among you, for I WILL GATHER ALL THE NATIONS AGAINST JERUSALEM TO BATTLE, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished, and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.  Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle. 

And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.”

Those descriptions are of the terror in Jerusalem seemingly facing annihilation when the entire world is gathered against Israel, but at the eleventh hour, Messiah intervenes at the Second Coming and destroys the lot of them – the world’s armies, the Gog armies, the armies of the kings of the east.

THE GOG PLAYERS ARE JOSTLING FOR POSITIONS

Who are the nations that comprise the Gog/Magog war?  From Chapter 38 of Ezekiel, we have the following listings: “Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him,”  “Persia, Ethiopia, and Put,”  “Gomer with all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north.”

Not all these nations/peoples can be identified correctly, but of a certainty, there is Russia (the Russian Federation), Iran, Ethiopia, Libya, Turkey, and many others from the “remote north” according to geography.

WHAT IS THE POSITION OF THESE ARMIES REGARDING ISRAEL TODAY?

[1.].  RUSSIA hates Israel, therefore, supports Israel’s enemies.  Today, Russia is very active behind the scenes in Iran.  It has been supplying weapons and military advisors in the past number of years.  One problem we have with the widespread media in our generation is the distortion and lying facts.  Quite a number of writers on the Internet and on YouTube are putting out sensationalist videos that are nothing short of lies.  You must be very discerning.

Be very careful about sifting the available information.  We have some placing Iran’s rulers already in Russia.  The best information on 26^th January 2026 is that Iran’s despotic, satanic leader is hidden away in a deep bunker in Iran.  I will stick my neck out here and say that Israeli intelligence (Mossad) knows exactly where the Mullahs and the despotic rulers are at any given time.

Russian interest in Iran will not cease.  It is probably the key player in the Gog war.

[2.].  ETHIOPIA seems relatively silent right now, but as best as I can find, it has supply lines through its country for weapons to get into Iran.  Links are being formed.  One thing we must realize is that in the Tribulation, great changes will happen quickly, so what we see today (or the absence of it) can very quickly change.

[3.].  LIBYA is much like Ethiopia.  I can’t be definite at all about this one, but in leading up to that war, it will fall into place.

[4.].  Many prophecy teachers identify Beth-togarmah with TURKEY (even “Tubal”).  In recent weeks, Turkey has actually advocated an invasion of Israel.  The leader right now is an awful man, a real turkey.  Turkey (Türkiye) wants to move into the region of Syria and is also trying its best to exterminate the Kurds.  Turkey is an evil nation, one that hates Israel and decency.  How on earth Turkey was allowed into NATO, I have no idea.  They have no place in NATO.

The President of Turkey is Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is becoming a powerful political figure in the Middle East.

[5.].  The REMOTE PARTS OF THE NORTH.  When you look at a map, you will see the spread of nations to the north of Israel, and nearly all of these are Islamic.  Many used to be part of the USSR.  One thing we must understand is that by the end of the Tribulation, the armies of the nations are going to be quite small.

The slaughter of the “Red Horse – “second seal” of Revelation 6 and the famines and pestilences, plus the huge judgments of Revelation 8 and 9 and the severe judgments of the Bowls in Revelation 16, will see up to 60% or more of the earth’s population wiped out.  I have tried to put that together in Revelation, but we won’t explore that now.

[6.].  MESHECH AND GOMER.  I know some say Gomer is Germany, but the evidence for both those identifiers is slim.  We can’t be certain at all, so I won’t comment.

TWO EXTRA MATTERS

[1.].  The Kings of the east.  The reference – Revelation 16:12 “The sixth angel poured out his bowl upon the great river, the Euphrates, and its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings from the east.”

China is directly east of Israel, and these kings are Asian nations.  They come across to Israel, and this happens AT THE SAME TIME as this verse – Revelation 16:13-14 “I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs, for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.”  It is the gathering of all nations, according to Zechariah 14:1-4.

The frogs gather the nations for Armageddon.  Three alliances are on the move – the world’s armies, the Gog alliance, and the kings of the east.  They all gather and are defeated at Armageddon.  They have separate areas in Israel (Gog on the mountains), but at the Second Coming, they suffer defeat (justly).

[2].  What is the relationship between Iran and China?  Just two days ago, huge transports came from China into Iran with the latest sophisticated weapons because China supports the Iranian murderous regime. This is no surprise with President XI being one of the most evil men alive today.  There is a strong bond between China and Iran because China gets nearly all its oil from Iran and wants to protect its oil avenue.

Of course, China hates Israel.  It is satanic.  Any satanic man in control would naturally hate Israel – Xi, Erdogan, Albanese, Starmer, Carney (Canada), and of course Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Iran), and the list will grow rapidly as Satan gains more control over the nations through the UN, the WEF, and WHO.

THE UNITED STATES FLEET

Yes, it is a guessing game.  It always is with Donald Trump.  I think he does this to control the minds of leaders he does not like.  It is like the sword of Damocles to get the outcome he wants.

It is regrettable that the people who value freedom, and in Iran, especially Christians, are the victims of that ruthless, satanic, Islamic regime.  There are millions of Christians in Iran, and it is as if God is calling out a remnant before the end comes.

I will not be adding to the speculation about Iran and the American fleet.  What Trump will do, well, maybe he is not sure himself.  The situation is so volatile, it changes daily.  By the time you read this, things could be different.  The United States may attack military and strategic targets in Iran or just cause panic among the Revolutionary Guard because of its powerful naval fleet.

The situation in the Middle East is very dangerous, and a lot of this is because of China with its Belt and Road policies and the strategic bases it is trying to establish throughout.  Xi wants to be a world dictator, a most evil man who persecutes his own people, and in the firing line are Christians.

Christians who dismiss all these moves, or who write off prophetic events, are really very foolish.  The Bible is very clear about what is going to happen in regard to Israel, and that will include the whole Middle East.  Some dismiss the Rapture.  Some dismiss the Tribulation that is coming.  Some, shockingly, dismiss the restoration of Israel.

IRAN IN THE SHORT TERM

No one knows what is going to happen short term.  Will the United States intervene?  Will the Iranian dictatorship collapse and some other body take over?  Will some measure of democracy be installed?  Will the nation descend into chaos that no one can manage?

The MEK (The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran) is lobbying Washington to be installed as rulers in Iran once the current rule ceases, and they are getting support.  The MEK is a terrible mixture of Marxism and Islam.  This terrorist group was dedicated to the overthrow of the Shah of Iran in 1965 and continues its aims.  In fact, it could be as extreme as the current reign of the Mullahs.  They aim to create a socialist state in Iran based on a modern and revolutionary interpretation of Islam.  That will tie them right in with Russia.

In the past week in Iran, the people’s rebellion for freedom has seen 350 mosques set ablaze.

What is clear is that, in the Tribulation, Iran will become a force in a wicked alliance with Russia and others.  China will play a strategic part and will head the kings from the east.

What does all this mean?  We cannot overlook what is happening with so much falling into place.  It just means the Rapture is so close.  Remember, it is Israel that points to what happens, and Israel is ready right now for someone to bring in peace.  Some think this is Donald Trump, but it is not.  The world leader after the Rapture (Antichrist) will be from one of the nations of the old Roman Empire, (personally, I think from Belgium or the UN or France – somewhere there perhaps?

Do not speculate.  It is all very clouded for us because Antichrist cannot be revealed before the Departure comes!  (Not the Apostasy – the word means departure 11 out of 15 times it is used in the New Testament and should have been translated as “departure.”  It is the departure in the Rapture.)

In speaking of the Day of the LORD, Paul says – 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 “Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless THE APOSTASY comes first, and THE MAN OF LAWLESSNESS IS REVEALED, the son of destruction who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.”

WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN FOR CHRISTIANS?

Firstly, what is happening is known as the signs of the times, and we must look for these.  The Pharisees were condemned because they did not discern the signs in their day.  Matthew 16:1-3 “The Pharisees and Sadducees came up and testing Him, asked Him to show them a sign from heaven but He answered and said to them, ‘When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather for the sky is red,’ and in the morning, ‘There will be a storm today for the sky is red and threatening.’  Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky BUT CANNOT DISCERN THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES?”

Secondly, what is happening must affect our lives.  We should be living in a much greater expectation of the Lord’s return to call His Church home.  We should be as active as we can in the Lord’s business, balanced with family and work.  The time is short.

I only wish I could state this more clearly and let people see what is happening.  May the Lord help us to understand and to see things falling into place.

I will end with one verse I am going to take out of context.  The context is the Second Coming, but I will apply it also to the Rapture of the Church.  Matthew 25:13 “Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.”

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