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Big Tech Censorship Sets the Stage for the Rise of the Antichrist :: By Britt Gillette

Published on: by RR7

In an August 2019 article titled “Silicon Valley Censorship and the Coming Global Police State,” I wrote the following: “If you love freedom and liberty, recent actions from high tech companies should have you worried. In pursuit of profit, the mega-companies of Silicon Valley have created products that invade user privacy. And they easily cave to the demands of totalitarian governments.” Unfortunately, recent events reveal the United States is now among those totalitarian governments.

On July 15, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced White House officials were “meeting with social media platforms” and had “increased disinformation research and tracking.” She said the administration is “flagging problematic posts from Facebook that spread disinformation” and working to “connect doctors and medical professionals who are popular with their audiences with accurate information” so as to “boost trusted content.” If you don’t believe me, watch her press conference here.

This is a blatant violation of every American’s First Amendment right to freedom of speech. Who determines what is or isn’t “disinformation”? In her words, the government does. And who determines what is or isn’t “accurate information” or “trusted content”? Again, in the eyes of the Biden Administration, it’s government. They are the arbiters of “correct” speech. It’s their job to “protect” you from the evils of errant thoughts.

As if this weren’t bad enough, the U.S. Surgeon General followed up with his own lecture on the dangers of free thought and how the biggest threat to our health and safety is our stubborn unwillingness to agree with him. According to Dr. Vivek Murthy, “We live in a world where misinformation poses an imminent and insidious threat to our nation’s health. Health misinformation is false, inaccurate, or misleading information about health according to the best evidence of the time. And while it often appears innocuous on social media apps, on retail sites or search engines, the truth is that misinformation takes away our freedom to make informed decisions about our health and the health of our loved ones.”

Stop right there, and read that again. According to the Surgeon General, “misinformation takes away our freedom.” No, sir. That’s not true. Government suppression of free speech takes away our freedom – the exact government censorship of speech you’re advocating.

He goes on, “Modern technology companies have enabled misinformation to poison our information environment with little accountability to their users. They’ve allowed people who intentionally spread misinformation – what we call disinformation – to have extraordinary reach. They’ve designed product features such as like buttons that reward us for sharing emotionally charged content, not accurate content, and their algorithms tend to give us more of what we click on, pulling us deeper and deeper into a well of misinformation.”

Any freedom-loving individual should find these statements both chilling and frightening. If the Surgeon General thinks disinformation has invaded the public discourse, he’s free to combat that disinformation with facts and persuasive arguments. The government has no right to censor its critics. Again, if you find all this hard to believe, watch the Surgeon General’s comments for yourself by clicking here.

According to the White House and the Surgeon General, freedom of speech is such a dire threat, social media platforms should collude with government to delete any posts or content the Biden White House deems “disinformation.” Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and other social media platforms are more than happy to comply, and their crackdown on the evils of free speech doesn’t end with public postings.

According to Politico, “Biden allied groups, including the Democratic National Committee, are also planning to engage fact-checkers more aggressively and work with SMS carriers to dispel misinformation about vaccines that is sent over social media and text messages.” This means government authorities might “fact-check” future private text messages between you and your friends. Imagine being in the middle of a phone call with a friend, and the government cuts off your call because the two of you are discussing “disinformation.” Most people would be outraged. Yet, that’s exactly what the government is doing with this social media disinformation censorship campaign.

Free Speech is Under Assault

People have warned about this assault on free speech for years. For instance, in July 2020, over 100 writers, academics, and political and cultural activists published an open letter in Harper’s Magazine on the topic of justice and open debate. The signatories were a diverse list of well-known celebrities, including J.K. Rowling, Margaret Atwood, Noam Chomsky, Salman Rushdie, Malcolm Gladwell, and Gloria Steinem. In their letter, the authors pointed out that “the free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted.” They wrote the letter because the current cancel culture narrows “the boundaries of what can be said without the threat of reprisal.”

College campuses used to be open forums for free speech and radical ideas. Today, they’re ground zero for the assault on free speech – a place where totalitarians silence all dissent. This dictatorial impulse is spreading from the college campus to the public discourse, leading to censorship both online and offline – from social media platforms to local school board meetings. The willingness of so many people to suppress free speech foreshadows the rise of a dictatorial state. Widespread support for cancel culture and the demonization of opposing points of view set the stage for an oppressive government willing to use violence to enforce its edicts. Ironically, many of the people who claim to be anti-fascist are the exact same people who support social media censorship of any ideas they don’t like.

Canceling People

All this is a threat to the very foundations of human freedom and liberty. In an age when social media dominates public discourse, access to these platforms is vital to get a message out. Don’t believe me? Try getting your message out to a large audience without using Facebook, Twitter, Google, Apple, Amazon, YouTube, or Netflix. It’s nearly impossible. If they can de-platform the sitting President of the United States (which they did to Donald Trump), then they can de-platform you as well.

We’re living in a world where the largest technology firms have more power than most totalitarian governments had in bygone eras. Since the police power of government rules over these Big Tech companies, that means governments around the world are now more powerful than they’ve ever been. The power and reach of Big Tech is global in nature, and they’ve shown their willingness to use this power to silence you.

In recent months, Big Tech has canceled people and organizations deemed as dangerous or not sufficiently “woke.” YouTube channels have been demonetized or shut down. Twitter and Facebook accounts have been suspended. Websites have been dropped by their hosting companies, and businesses have been frozen out of using PayPal, Visa, and MasterCard. If large corporations “cancel” you and refuse to provide you with basic services, how can you operate in the modern world? You can’t. At least, not as effectively. They have the power to cancel people.

What the Bible Says

So, what does the Bible say about all of this?

The Bible says a time is coming when a global dictator will rule the world (Revelation 13:7). He will succeed in everything he does (Daniel 8:24). His power will be so great, no one will be able to oppose him (Revelation 13:4). His control over the earth will be so complete, he’ll regulate the purchase and sale of everything (Revelation 13:17). For most of human history, this was impossible. As this is written, it’s probably still impossible. But that window of impossibility is closing fast. As technology continues to advance, every aspect of human life becomes reliant on and intertwined with digital payments and the Internet. If access to those utilities is cut off, an individual’s ability to participate in modern-day society is also cut off.

This sets the stage for the Antichrist to control all buy/sell transactions on the planet (Revelation 13:17) and to determine at his whim who can or cannot participate in modern society. This is precisely the type of power Big Tech firms are consolidating today. The Surgeon General claims this is bad because “Modern technology companies have enabled misinformation to poison our information environment with little accountability to their users.” He’s wrong. What Big Tech is doing is enabling governments to limit, censor, and trample the rights and liberties of their citizens with little accountability to the ones they aim to rule. This is the road to dictatorship, and I have no doubt Big Tech will be a willing participant in the establishment of the ultimate dictatorship – the Antichrist’s global police state.

All this is yet another indication of the times in which we live. Jesus said when you see all these events take place, look up (Luke 21:28). So use what little time is left to spread the Gospel, because Jesus is coming soon!

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Britt Gillette is author of the free ebook Coming to Jesus as well as the books Signs of the Second Coming, Racing Toward Armageddon, and The End Times. Receive his book 7 Signs of the End Times for free when you sign up for his monthly newsletter.

End-Time Issues 2, America in The Church Age: What to Do :: By David Gravollom

Published on: by RR7

In Part One, I dealt with the fact that America not specifically appearing in the Bible does not mean anything—it does not guarantee our decline, and it does not mean the Rapture is close because we are having trouble. The Rapture can come in good times or bad, with Republicans in power or Democrats, when America is strong or weak. It might be tomorrow, but it has nothing to do with that. America WILL be judged, fall, and be turned to powder, as will ALL countries in the Tribulation.

We’re not there yet. It is natural to humanize nations because they are a “thing,” an entity. We think they can be saved, lost, repent, etc., like people. But only Israel is dealt with as a nation and will have a national salvation. Gentiles are individuals. But God did group those individuals into nations.

So how do we deal with America in the church age? How do we balance the nation, the individual, and what do we do? If the nation is doing bad things, are we helpless?

Nations have the government decisions, and the individuals have theirs. Individuals can repent of their bad decisions; governments can only change policy. A most important one is Israel. Does government policy bless and promote the peace of Jerusalem? Do individuals bless Israel and pray for the peace of Jerusalem? And if the government DOESN’T have the policy, the PEOPLE can still do their part and gain blessing. No one can stop you from doing that. So do all you can to pray for and influence policy, but DON’T NEGLECT YOUR OWN DUTIES.

While there are certain things that are only for saved people, there are also Biblical principles that are simply practical instructions and ways of justice. If even an atheist follows these principles and practices, things simply work better. If a large number of people, whether saved or not, even in an ungodly country, follow God’s ways, things go better for them. If those principles are followed by local, state, and national governments, the same result occurs. If you can get BOTH a government and a majority of the people doing this, it’s a best-case scenario.

We still live in a sin-cursed world, so there will always be trouble and tribulation, but one can get a potentially good situation that way. Thus, our first duty is to God, and we should follow those things.

As mentioned previously, even many atheists recognize the wisdom of those things and conduct themselves accordingly. But how about in the wider world? We know that judgment will ultimately come for the earth (Malachi 4), and this world is not our home; our citizenship is in heaven. But the house the Lord has provided for you is also not your permanent home. So do you leave the rain pouring through a hole in the roof in your child’s bedroom, telling the child, “Well, this isn’t our real home, and this very trouble is a sign that the Rapture is close. We need to accept it as an end-time sign. And you know we have our sins, and our home will be destroyed in the Tribulation anyway. This happened by the sovereign will of God.”

Of course, you’d never (let us hope!) do that. So why do you do that with your local, state, and federal God-provided home?

Of course, one can feel quite helpless, feeling political forces beyond our control. But in Sodom, only ten people repenting could have saved it. The GOVERNMENTS have abandoned the Godly principles they were founded on. But you can still study and firmly apply those principles yourself. Then, not only raise your children that way but homeschool or put them in schools that teach those. And if you have no choice but to send your children to public school, purchase a single-book homeschool curriculum that has fun exercises to be sure they actually learn. Especially get books on history that are accurate, and discuss them to combat the school. Superb books on combatting evolution lies, abortion lies, and history lies are out there.

And TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN SCHOOL. Ask them to tell you anything they either were specifically told not to tell their parents or knew they weren’t supposed to. You might get some ugly surprises.

And if you aren’t saved, GET SAVED (2 Corinthians 5:21, Romans chapter 10, Acts chapter 2) since trouble in your country is not even close to the worst you are facing. Then, start being Salt and Light.

Everything in life starts local and moves out. Show up at school board meetings and make your views known. Make your own tracts and leaflets (I’m at 8 so far), not only about salvation but combatting media lies. Ask the Holy Spirit for wisdom so that the media-correcting truths lead into a salvation message. Find tracts printed by others that do this, and as you are led by the Holy Spirit, spread them around. Consider publishing newsletters online, and also to hand out or leave places (careful of local laws, and NEVER leave anything in people’s mailboxes or on their cars).

With the Lord’s leadership, you can get very clever. But don’t let your lips be silent; tell the truth about what is going on, and more importantly, about salvation. Both your family and the local church can do so much. Organize and run people for local school boards, city councils, and county boards of supervisors.

Research before you vote, and make sure you vote. Form think tanks. Become police, firefighters, security guards. Send your children to trade schools rather than brainwashing colleges. And more importantly, seek the Lord as to what and how to pray, and hold prayer meetings in churches and homes.

Pray for salvation for the Left, the Communists, including the Chinese Communist Party and others the Lord puts on your heart. Pray for the Lord to show you how and what to rebuke in Jesus’ Name (don’t just go off halfcocked and start yelling at the devil). Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and bless Israel with prayers and giving to various groups that go to Israel to bless it.

Live your faith. Clean up unbiblical actions. Organize to clean up trash and slum areas and clean up litter. Take food to the homeless. A good idea is to get a bulk lot of the little cardboard carryout containers like you get from Chinese restaurants. Cook at home or organize groups in church to cook good, nutritious vegetables and things to put in them. They are very portable, and you can go in groups. Add plastic utensils and ziplock freezer bags full of hygiene products and other such things (make different gender bags).

Witness to those you bless. Add tracts. And in ALL the foregoing, INVOLVE YOUR CHILDREN. They yearn to make a difference, and if you don’t provide a way, the corrupt school systems will. And you won’t like it a bit.

Our national hymns are also prayers for the nation in many cases. Sing them with your children, sing them at organization meetings, say the Pledge of Allegiance, and sing the national anthem in your homes. Show your children, family, and friends how it was a slow increase in applying Godly principles that eventually overcame racism, sexism, and other injustices in the country. Things can KEEP getting better if these continue to be applied.

And finally, for churches themselves, hold hour-long classes for all ages to correct lies out there. Dedicate a room for children of all ages to come and hang out together after school. Due to their spiritual content and teaching ability, I would strongly encourage the singing of the old hymns during services and a service that is not ‘entertainment.’ But who says the building can’t be used for that too in things other than the services? You can meet for a church dinner and then have a fun, exuberant praise and worship songfest complete with clapping and all. Have concerts with the more modern stuff. Have fun movie nights where everyone can watch Bible movies while munching popcorn. The kids will go to events one way or the other, but whose? Yours? Do they exist?

And if you’re doing all these things in your locale, and everyone else is too, then what happens to the area – first local, then state, then federal?

Everyone feels discouraged and helpless, but the fact is, you should have ALWAYS been doing these things, regardless of anything else going on. Nothing, not your faith, not your actions, not your witness—IF they were where they should have been—should change with some election. And if they aren’t where they should have been, get them there.

We are like the lepers at the city gates in the Bible —why sit we here until we die? You don’t have to sit there; there’s tons of stuff you can do, and much is easy to do. And when do you stop? The Rapture. Not until then.

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