A Dangerous Direction :: By Daymond Duck

On June 13, 2023, former Pres. Donald Trump went to the federal court in Miami, Fla., where he was arraigned on charges associated with mishandling classified government documents.

Trump entered a plea of not guilty, visited a restaurant to eat lunch, and returned to his estate in Bedminster, NJ, where he warned that America is headed in a damaging direction.

He warned that America is in decline and said the political persecution of “Christians, pro-life activists, parents attending school board meetings, and even future Republican candidates” won’t stop with him.

Gary Bauer (Campaign for Working Families) said, “You don’t have to like Donald Trump to appreciate the gravity of this unprecedented political persecution. As we have repeatedly noted, the intolerant neo-Marxist left, which despises free speech and religious liberty, is increasingly criminalizing normal values and punishing faith.”

Like Trump, I believe America is headed in a dangerous direction, and I don’t think it will stop with him.

But it is worse than America; it is the whole world.

It is the great tribulation that Jesus talked about (Matt. 24:21).

It will be more damaging than anything that has ever happened on earth or ever will happen, “And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved” (Matt. 24:21-22).

I believe that is where the persecution of Trump is headed because the Deep State’s political persecution of Trump is more than the fact that he may have mishandled classified government documents (so did Obama, Biden, and several others that have not been prosecuted, and probably won’t be).

It is that the Deep State wants to stop Trump from hindering their surrender of America’s sovereignty to a one-world government, and they want his persecution to be a message to everyone else: Oppose the Deep State’s plan to surrender America’s sovereignty and establish a one-world government, and the full weight of the U.S. government will come down on you.

Here are recent events that seem to indicate that we are getting close.

One, concerning world government, world religion, deceit, and censorship: on June 15, 2023, UN Sec. Gen. Antonio Guterres announced a plan to combat “hate” and “lies” on media platforms that subvert and harm the UN narrative.

Critics say Guterres wants every nation to establish a group to silence anyone and everyone that disagrees with the UN.

It is a plan to force everyone on earth to comply with a UN Code of Conduct (sometimes called a global ethic).

It will ban freedom of speech, freedom of religion, or any other right to disagree with the UN on climate change, gender equality, LGBTQ issues, public health issues (abortion), or whatever the UN decides is global law.

Two, concerning world government: on June 16, 2023, Harbingers Daily posted an article by Tim Moore, CEO and Senior Evangelist at Lamb & Lion Ministries, about his interview of Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and what has happened since she attended the World Health Organization (WHO) Assembly Meeting at the end of May this year.

Here is some of what Bachmann said (These are quotes):

> Just one week after the World Health Assembly concluded, they dropped an absolute bombshell.

> A press letter went out that claimed the European Union has already developed a global digital passport that would regulate our health status and also the ability for people to take transportation.

> This global digital passport, which essentially would be a scannable QR code issued by your mobile phone, would reveal if the individual is in compliance with the mandates of the World Health Organization and so has permission to be able to travel and have the freedom to move about.

> The World Health Organization didn’t wait to pass amendments or seek a global treaty. W.H.O. announced on June 5, 2023, that they are adopting the system Europe has already come up with.

> How do you enforce a global government? The answer is through a global digital passport. This has become a reality!

> The W.H.O. announced that once it takes control over the European digital passport, this will be the first building block, presumably soon followed by merging your digital currency and digital health records as well. Your entire life will eventually be merged into a single digital QR code.

> When will the mandated global digital passport become effective? June of 2023. In other words, right now! This global digital passport is right now in effect.

(My opinion: Moore and Bachmann are very reliable people, and we are seeing global government “beginning to come to pass” now. There is an effort to speed it up, and people need to be Rapture Ready.)

Here is a link to the article.

https://harbingersdaily.com/global-digital-passports-holds-grave-implications-for-americans-and-all-people-around-the-world/

Three, concerning wars and rumors of wars and the use of nuclear weapons during the Tribulation Period (Zech. 14:12; Rev. 6:14):

  • Russia has threatened to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
  • Russia has confirmed that it has sent nuclear weapons to Belarus, and more are on the way.
  • Korea is testing ballistic missiles that can carry nuclear weapons.
  • Iran is enriching uranium and trying to develop nuclear weapons.
  • Saudi Arabia is demanding approval to build nuclear weapons in exchange for signing a normalization agreement with Israel.

The accuracy of the Bible is amazing.

Four, concerning an economic collapse, the U.S. treasury announced that America’s national debt topped $32 trillion on June 16, 2023, and it will continue to rise.

(More: On June 19, 2023, it was reported that Pres. Biden wants another $600 million to combat climate change.).

Five, concerning Jews in Judea fleeing into the wilderness at the middle of the Tribulation Period (Matt: 24:15-16; Dan. 9:27), on June 18, 2020, the Netanyahu government passed a bill that will immediately take effect and greatly speed up the construction of houses and Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria.

In Bible terms, the Fig Tree is putting forth leaves (Matt. 24:32-33), and it is a clear sign that the end of the age is approaching.

(More: The U.S. immediately said it is “deeply troubled” because “it will make the Two-State Solution—division of Israel—more difficult.” It makes me think our leaders are begging God to curse America; Gen. 12:1-3.).

Six, concerning the Temple Mount and a rebuilt Temple: a member of Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party has submitted a bill to divide the Temple Mount between Muslims and Jews.

As expected, many Muslims and others are claiming that dividing the Temple Mount (the third holiest site in Islam) will lead to a religious war because this is part of a plan to rebuild the Temple.

This is worth noting because the Bible indicates that the Temple Mount will be divided, and Gentiles will possess the area that was the outer court of Herod’s Temple (Rev. 11:1-2).

Seven, concerning corruption in the U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ): on June 20, 2023, it was reported that the DOJ has signed an agreement to let Hunter Biden plead guilty to federal tax charges (failing to pay $1.2 million in back taxes) and illegal gun possession in exchange for ending the investigation of him.

From what I read, he has admitted guilt, but it is unlikely that he will be sent to jail.

(FYI: Concerning deceit at the end of the age: Pres. Joe Biden’s claim that the information on Hunter Biden’s laptop is Russian disinformation and his claim that Hunter has done nothing wrong have now been proven to be false, and many in the media reported “Honest Joe’s lies” as the truth. This is the truth: Hunter has finally admitted guilt to part of the information, and the DOJ is going to let him escape with a slap on the wrist. In contrast, they are prosecuting Trump on 37 counts of mishandling information and may seek to send him to jail. The idea of equal justice in America is dead.)

(More: On June 15, 2023, James Comer, Chair of the House Oversite Committee that is investigating the Biden’s corruption, said he believes bank records will show that foreign nationals have given the Bidens $20-30 million. As Comer sees it, the Bidens are probably guilty of bribery, influence peddling, and money laundering. Even worse, they appear to be guilty of treason.).

Eight, concerning a one-world currency and a cashless society, on June 19, 2023, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said (in my words, as I understand it):

  • The IMF is working on a global digital (cashless; trackable) system.
  • The IMF believes that many different nations each having their own different Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs) that is good only in their own nation is a bad thing.
  • The IMF believes a system that will allow every nation to use their CBDC on a global scale is a good thing.
  • The IMF is working on a global digital (cashless; trackable) system that will accept every nation’s digital currency.

One digital (cashless) system that will accept every kind of CBDC on earth and allow people to buy and sell all over the world sounds much like a one-world digital (cashless) society.

Here is a link to the article:

https://discernreport.com/imf-pushes-global-central-bank-digital-currency-platform-as-cashless-trend-builds-steam/

Nine, concerning a global population reduction and the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) attempt to get the nations to surrender their sovereignty during a health crisis (or a potential health crisis), there have been several reports that the U.S. is facing a severe shortage of drugs before the end of this year (a potential health crisis).

One report said there is a shortage of 15 indispensable chemotherapy drugs, a shortage of penicillin and amoxicillin, and other badly needed medicines.

(My opinion: I seem to remember that part of the WHO’s attempt to take control of the world is the power to require nations to send some of their medicines to other countries. A shortage of indispensable medicines could cause and spread a pandemic and further reduce the population of the earth.)

Finally, are you Rapture Ready?

If you want to be rapture ready and go to heaven, you must be born again (John 3:3). God loves you, and if you have not done so, sincerely admit that you are a sinner; believe that Jesus is the virgin-born, sinless Son of God, who died for the sins of the world, was buried, and raised from the dead; ask Him to forgive your sins, cleanse you, come into your heart and be your Saviour; then tell someone that you have done this.

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Endtime Stratagem: Super-Jamming the Mind :: By Wilfred Hahn

Twenty-plus years ago, in this space, we published an article named “The Business of Snatching Minds.”

It was a shocker. At the time, we were incredulous as to how much of people’s waking hours were taken up with media devices. The latest surveys at that time reported that the average person living in North America spent 9.2 hours on such devices (social media, iPhone, internet, radio, TV … etc.) every day. Yes, 9.2 hours per day. This was a stunning increase of 45% from five years before. Surely this trend could not extend much further, we reasoned. After all, people need to sleep too!

However, now two decades later, updating the data, we are shocked again. Perhaps people don’t sleep after all … or have no need of quiet times to rest their brains. (Granted, some of the increased media usage is attributable to Covid-19.)

Consider this statistic: According to recent surveys, people in the US over 18 years of age are spending a seemingly frivolous 11.1 hours a day on their media devices (smartphones, iPads, gaming consoles … etc.). That equates to an average of 70% of one’s waking hours. What to make of these trends?

This and related trends are highly significant and must be seen in an endtime context. However, we should be careful to mention that technology in and of itself is not evil. However, it can facilitate great evil if applied to nefarious agendas … especially so given the power of its globally interconnected infrastructure.

We commented at the time that, just as the concept of “share of wallet” had been used by marketing strategists to great effect, the same would apply to a strategy focused on “share of mind.”

We postulated that Satan himself has masterminded this strategy of “share of mind.” The proof? The “share of mind” that God’s truths or a relationship with Jesus Christ attract in our time—specifically also in so-called Christian nations—is at an all-time low. In fact, the collapsing “share of mind” trend that we reference is actually a phenomenon applying to last-day Bible prophecy (as we will show).

But why is this stratagem to jam people’s minds and thinking so important and effective? Why is the mind such an important facet of Satan’s endtime strategies? And, sadly, why has this strategy been so successful?

Targeting the Mind

The human mind is a strategic focus in the cosmic battle for at least three important reasons. First, our faith involves the mind. “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord” (Isaiah 1:18a). Faith, belief, and obedience are connected to reasoning. As Apostle Paul admonished, we are urged to use our mind … to not put our brains on the shelf: “…I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind” (1 Corinthians 14:15).

In contrast, cultic religions try to immobilize and disable the mind … to circumvent the natural safeguard of the mind. Not so, our Lord. Yes, it is true that our minds are not able to fully understand His greatness and His ways. But that does not mean we do not accept logic and reason to support our beliefs.

The next reason is that our mind is the place of the spiritual battleground. It is precisely what thoughts gain access to the mind—whether through eyes, ears, or spirit—that have an impact upon our hearts and soul. In fact, what the Bible calls the heart is, in essence, what our mind chooses to believe and pursue.

Our thoughts represent reality and are just as eternally important as our physical actions. Christ made this point very clear, saying, “But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart” (Matthew 5:28). Here we see that the evil thoughts of the mind—if not repulsed—become an actual sin of the heart, whether there has been physical consummation or not.

Lastly, the mind finds its interface in the brain, a fleshly organ that learns and adapts. This grey matter can become habituated to lifestyle, thought patterns, and thinking processes. Just like an exercised muscle becomes stronger, so also the physical pathways of the brain.

These pathways can become trained and expert. To the extent that we have trained our brain to allow bad thoughts and behaviors, we need to undo them. Apostle Paul refers to this as renewal. “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will” (Romans 12:2).

In conclusion, we now understand the main reasons why the human mind is the logical point of assault. It is the essence that exercises faith and chooses a relationship with God. It is the spiritual war zone. And lastly, through our physical brain, our mind can entrench behavior and responses that we may have to strive to unlearn.

Super-Jamming the Human Mind

The onslaught against the attentive human mind continues. Without question, the mind of modern-day humanity remains under assault. The incursions are increasing and coordinated as perhaps never before. Moreover, a global communications bandwidth has rapidly taken form, which plays a pivotal role in enabling the Antichrist and the Beast to deceive the world, both on a macro and personal basis.

(An earlier article published in this space was entitled “The Last Technology.” It explained why the internet-connected smartphone is the last and final technology required for prophetic enablement.)

The result is that the average person’s mind is bombarded with entertaining images and populist messages. With that kind of informational diet, the mind loses its alertness … its ability to discern truth from fiction … to see and recognize the signs of the times.

“So let us not be like the others, but let us be alert and self-controlled” (1 Thessalonians 5:6). Fewer and fewer people today have the ability to test and approve what God’s will and plans are. Moreover, Jesus Christ counseled His followers to be alert and to watch. How many find the time and focus to do so today?

The Focus of Mind That the Bible Wants

What “share of mind” does our Lord encourage? The Bible leaves no doubt. Hundreds of Scriptures indicate that Jesus Christ should possess our total being. God’s truth and presence should dominate our minds. Perhaps the most quoted passage is found in Psalm 1: “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night” (vv. 1-2). “Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long” (Psalm 119:97).

Thoughts to Ponder

Sadly, all of us living in the age of the super-charged media and commercialized culture of our time struggle to attain the type of devotion that Scripture upholds. Apostle Paul was already worried about this type of assault upon the minds of Christians 2,000 years ago.

“But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ” (2 Corinthians 11:3). Yes, Paul may not have understood the “somehow.” But today, we do recognize the devices and means being deployed to lead our minds astray.

What can we do? Acknowledge this encouragement: “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:2-3). But in our time of a massive, coordinated assault upon the functions of people’s minds, more than acknowledgment is required.

We must also willfully act to govern and guard our minds. The Bible provides much counsel on this task. “Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy, because I am holy'” (I Peter 1:13-16).

“The end of all things is near. Therefore, be clear-minded and self-controlled so that you can pray” (1 Peter 4:7).

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Wilfred J. Hahn is a global economist/strategist. Formerly a top-ranked global analyst, research director for a major Wall Street investment bank, and head of Canada’s largest global investment operation, his writings focus on the endtime roles of money, economics and globalization. He has been quoted around the world and his writings reproduced in numerous other publications and languages. His 2002 book The Endtime Money Snare: How to live free accurately anticipated and prepared its readers for the Global Financial Crisis. A following book, Global Financial Apocalypse Prophesied: Preserving true riches in an age of deception and trouble, looks further into the prophetic future.

Do you have questions or other perspectives, you can contact Wilfred at: staff@eternalvalue.com. Please note that for reasons of volume and investment securities regulation, he cannot give financial advice.