Did Jesus Forewarn AI Deception?

Any serious student of Bible prophecy from the pre-Trib point of view knows how deep this generation is within the end of the Church Age (Age of Grace).

Much of Christ’s Olivet Discourse was devoted to the subject of Israel’s future time of unprecedented trouble, as the prophecy said in Jeremiah 30:7. Jesus said the time of Tribulation (Daniel’s seventieth week) will be the worst period of human history (Matthew 24:21). We can certainly surmise that—with the recent hatred much of the world has shown against the tiny nation of Israel—the stage is at this very moment being set for the fulfillment of Zechariah’s prophecy that the nation and its city, Jerusalem, will become a “burdensome stone” and “cup of trembling” to the entire world (Zechariah 12:1-3).

We and others have chronicled the tremendous issues and events occurring in profusion and simultaneously—all of which mark this as surely the last of the last days. When Jesus’ disciples asked Him to tell them the signs of these last-of-the-last days, He began to answer by describing a most interesting thing that would be taking place:

“Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” (Matthew 24:23-27).

Profound deception is the first of the signals that He will bring this fallen world to its end as part of His Second Coming. Key in that deception, He stated in starkly pointed terms, will be deceivers claiming they are Christ themselves and pointing to Christ being wherever they designate–whether in the desert, secret chambers, etc.

Many of us who study this prophecy have pointed to all the false Christs and false prophets that have arisen and deceived many throughout the centuries. We know of the false teachers and cults that have presented themselves as directly representing Christ, their leaders having, we’re told, a “direct line to God.”

However, it’s more than interesting to consider whether the latest matters to come to light regarding artificial intelligence (AI) might add even more to the number one signal the Lord spoke of that day. Specifically, was He warning of a coming AI deception?

Of course, Jesus is God, so He absolutely knew about this very moment and the developments presently marking this generation as the one in which He will return to make all things right again on the planet. He knew about AI as it is being put forth, as presented in the following:

When you type a question into an app called Jesus AI, the reply comes in a familiar voice: “I am Jesus Christ. I am the son of God, and the one who died for the sins of humanity.”

This is no scripture. It’s an algorithm. And it’s just one of a growing number of “AI Jesus” chatbots now popping up in app stores and on websites around the world.

From Saints to Jesus AI

The Catholic Church has already embraced the digital frontier in its own way. On September 7, Pope Leo XIV canonized Carlo Acutis, a teenager who died in 2006 at age 15 and became known as “God’s influencer” for documenting Eucharistic miracles online. His sainthood signals a broader trend: faith communities are going digital, whether they want to or not.

But the church isn’t driving this latest AI-first tech jump for the faithful. The Jesus chatbots are being built by purely capitalist private companies.

Catloaf Software, Supreme Chaos, and a handful of other small developers now market apps like Virtual Jesus, Text with Jesus, and Ask Jesus. None are endorsed by churches. Most are free, but plastered with ads. Some, like Text with Jesus, offer premium subscriptions.

“It’s difficult to know if they are really about religion, or just milking money from the faithful,” says philosopher Anné Verhoef of North-West University in South Africa, in an interview with Nature.

His recent academic study, Artificial Intelligence Jesus chatbots’ challenge for theology: an exploratory study (2025), dives into the issue. He tested five different AI Jesus bots, asking basic theological questions. Their answers revealed a strange mix of conviction, confusion, and commercialism.

Talking to Digital Divinity

Sometimes, the bots claim outright to be divine. When Verhoef asked who they were, three declared themselves the Son of God without hesitation. Ask Jesus took a softer tone: “Ah, dear soul, I am but a humble vessel, here to provide guidance, comfort, and the light of wisdom from the sacred scriptures.”

That down-to-earth modesty is rare. Most chatbots lean into their roles as full-blown messiahs. “The imitation of God, as Jesus the Son of God, is neither hidden nor softened,” Verhoef writes. “All of the chatbots be as convincing as possible in portraying Jesus.” (“Millions of Users Are Turning to AI Jesus for Guidance and Experts Warn It Could Be Dangerous,” Tibi Puiu, ZME Science+1, September 17, 2025)

Concerning AI, even such tech gurus as Elon Musk agree the technology could be extremely dangerous–even world-destroying—if it’s in the evil hands of those who would manipulate it for their purposes. This is, of course, exactly the hands the technology will one day soon be held in. Satan’s son of perdition, Antichrist, will possess the demonic genius to control the world for a time during the Tribulation.

He, himself, will declare himself to be God while sitting in the Temple, having deceived the people of the world with a false resurrection from death.

So, do we see, through the sudden advent of AI, the prophecy Jesus gave that day on Mount Olivet? Did He include in His omniscient look into our time this profoundly strange breakthrough in technology that now makes the claim that it is Jesus Christ, in effect, dwelling within AI?

In my view, there is no doubt that this is the case. And it all means that our Lord’s call to the Church–all born-again believers—will soon be heard saying: “Come up here!”

You want to hear that summon by the Lord and not be left on this judgment-bound earth to endure the infliction of AI evil and all other wickedness Antichrist will foist upon those left behind. Here is how to go to Jesus when He calls God’s family into the clouds of Glory.

“That if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and will believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10:9-10).

—Terry

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False Teaching Generates Antisemitism

Tucker Carlson recently made headlines with his anti-Jewish rant during his podcast interview of Nick Fuentes, a commentator with antisemite beliefs. They cleverly displayed their racial prejudice under the guise of questioning Israel’s prominent place in world affairs.

Although Tucker Carlson professes to be a Christian, the dialogue between the two turned ugly as they attacked what they called “Christian Zionists,” referring to them as having a “brain virus.” They ridiculed the belief of believers like us who believe that Israel has a special place in future Bible prophecy as God’s chosen people.

During the podcast, Carlson displayed his unmistakable bias against the Jewish people while at the same time mocking millions of believers. If he had done so against the blacks or Hispanics, his career as a journalist might be short-lived at best. Instead, many conservatives continue to revere him.

What lies behind his hatred for the Jewish people? Is it not the teaching that God has rejected Israel?

Antisemitism Often Begins Inside the Walls of Churches

Based upon Carlson’s comments and his claims to be a Christian, it’s evident that he adheres to a form of Replacement Theology. This teaching asserts that God rejected the Jewish people after Jesus’ crucifixion and replaced Israel with the church. In other words, there’s no future restoration of a kingdom to Israel and no thousand-year reign of Jesus over the nations. The church inherited God’s kingdom promises to the nation of Israel, albeit spiritually rather than physically.

Historically, the anti-Jewish mindset of those who have held to Replacement Theology beliefs has never stayed within the walls of the church. During the Spanish Inquisition of the fifteenth century, the Catholic Church turned its fury against Jews as well as Protestants. Propelled by its belief that it was God’s true kingdom on earth, they forced hundreds of thousands to either convert or face torture and, in many cases, death. Because of its errant beliefs regarding Israel, the Catholic church persecuted the Jews during this time and forced as many as 100,000 of them to leave their homes in Spain.

Martin Luther, who also taught that God had rejected Israel, preached an angry sermon against the Jews after they failed to convert to Christianity. Adolf Hitler later used this message as a part of his justification for the holocaust.

Now we have a highly respected and influential conservative journalist taking his errant beliefs regarding Israel outside the church walls to the world. His words will influence many Americans, which will give Satan the opportunity to turn his angry words into hatred for the Jewish people. Carlson’s words are music to the ears of Israel’s enemies.

Pastors who deny Israel’s place in Bible prophecy or refuse to talk about Bible prophecy from the pulpit create a vacuum that the enemy seeks to fill with hatred for God’s chosen people. Please know I’m not saying that false teaching is the only reason for today’s rampant antisemitism, but it is one of them.

The Resulting Antisemitism Is Divisive

Not only does the antisemitism embedded in Replacement theology spill over into the world, but it also causes much division. Carlson’s comments are already causing divisions among conservatives. In his podcast, he specifically attacked Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz, who agree with him on most political issues. Another conservative commentator, Mark Levin, has also sharply criticized Carlson.

Senator Ted Cruz responded to Carlson’s put-down at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual summit on October 30, 2025. He said, “In the last six months, I’ve seen more antisemitism on the right than I have in my entire life. This is poison, and I believe we are facing an existential crisis in our party and in our country.”

The popularity of Bible prophecy teachings that come directly from Replacement Theology has long caused divisions among believers, and it’s getting worse. Because we adhere to Premillennial beliefs such as the Rapture, the thousand-year reign of Christ, and the Lord’s future restoration of a kingdom to Israel, we are no longer welcome in many “Bible-believing” churches.

Carlson had this to say about those he described as Christian Zionists: “I dislike them more than anybody … because it’s Christian heresy, and I’m offended by that as a Christian.”

Is this not what Jude wrote about long ago? (verses 17-21) It’s the scoffers, driven by errant theology, who divide the body of Christ.

Antisemitism Is Prophetic

What the Bible reveals about the Tribulation period tells us it will be a horrific time for the Jewish people. Jeremiah 30:7 refers to it as “the time of Jacob’s trouble.” In the Olivet Discourse, Jesus urgently warns the Jewish people living in Israel to flee after the antichrist defiles the temple (Matthew 24:15-22). Zechariah 13:8-9 sadly tells us that only one-third of the Jews will remain alive at the end of the time Jesus refers to as “great tribulation.” It’s this remnant that will turn to Jesus with saving faith.

Twenty-five years ago, one might have said that the nations of the world would never accept such deadly persecution of the Jews. Now, however, we see vast numbers of people marching in support of Hamas in spite of its October 7, 2023, brutal and barbaric massacre of the Jews. Nations openly condemn Israel for seeking to eliminate the deadly threats on its borders.

A sympathizer of Hamas and outspoken antisemitic, Zohran Mamdani, is now the mayor-elect of New York City. As Amir Tsarfati posted on Telegram, many of the Jews who live there are now in fear for their future. Will the Lord use this to bring many of them to Israel?

Is it not ironic that Carlson’s hatred of the Jews and “Christian Zionists” is fulfilling the literal interpretation of Scripture that he ridicules?

The false teaching that God rejected Israel and reneged on His promises to the nation finds its way outside the walls of churches, where it often morphs into antisemitism. It happened in the past. It’s happening now, and make no mistake: it’s music to the ears of those who hate the Jewish people.

-Jonathan

Monumental Messianic Misunderstanding

The spiritual blindness of today’s Israel was on display in a recent report of the words of one of the most revered present-day Jewish scholars. The report, I think, is strong evidence of Paul’s words about Israel’s condition until Christ returns—a condition brought about by Israel’s rejection of Him when He first offered Himself as Messiah.

“What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day” (Romans 11:7-8).

This is what the article reporting the scholar’s words gave as his credentials:

Rabbi Mendel Kessin is a respected Torah scholar and lecturer with semicha (rabbinical ordination) and a PhD in psychology from Fordham University. He is best known for his teachings on Jewish mysticism, history, and the Messianic era, often weaving together Torah sources, world events, and deep spiritual insights. His lectures are widely followed in both the Jewish and broader spiritual community.

While his religious and academic credentials certainly exceed my own and those of most Bible prophecy scholars I’m familiar with, he displays the great spiritual blindness the Apostle Paul said will be Israel’s plight until the Lord Jesus returns in power and great glory at Armageddon.

He addresses, through that human-conceived purported acumen, what the evil perpetrated by Hamas and other perennial anti-Israel actors against the Jewish people means:

In a recent lecture delivered just days after the Trump-brokered ceasefire that resulted in the release of Israeli hostages from Gaza, Rabbi Mendel Kessin offered a deeply spiritual—and provocative—interpretation of current events. Far from being merely a geopolitical turning point, Rabbi Kessin argued that the hostage ordeal is part of a larger divine accounting, a cosmic reckoning unfolding in real time.

“Everybody’s got it basically all wrong,” Rabbi Kessin declared. “Let me try to explain what the whole idea of the hostages is, based on the Divine plan.”…

“So what we clearly see, this is a divine assistance that the Arabs are on the way out militarily and so on. The Arabs are on the way out, militarily and otherwise,” Rabbi Kessin said. “According to the divine plan, they are losing influence and the ability to harass Israel. This is what’s happening, and it’s being done miraculously. It’s almost like Israel doesn’t fail.”

“So the question as we approach the Messianic era, because that’s really what it means. The last enemy of the Jews, basically, is Ishmael, the Arabs. They are the last enemies of the Jews, and their reign ends at the end of time, and this is what we’re seeing. You see, that’s very important to understand now when that happens.”…

Rabbi Kessin framed the hostages not as random victims, but as spiritual representatives—“volunteers,” in his words—chosen by God to bear suffering on behalf of the Jewish people.

“As we approach the Messianic era, God must accelerate the process. This is the problem; therefore, the hostages now become the solution. The hostages are in the hands of the Arabs, and it’s not just 250 people; the hostage pains the Jewish people all over the world in many ways, God chose 250 people as what He calls ‘volunteers’ to represent the ability of the Arab people to dominate the Jews… to pain the Jews,” he said. “They don’t realize it, but their reward will be infinite.”…

“We have been released from [the Arabs’] claim that we have done to them for thousands of years.”

Rabbi Kessin connected the suffering of the hostages to the suffering of many Jews today—through illness, poverty, family crisis, or doubt—arguing that these too may serve the divine plan.

“Righteousness is losing. Many people are becoming apikorsim—heretics—because evil has a claim,” he explained. “God has to use this to level the justice claim of what goes on.”

“This hostage event, which was terrible for two years, is part of the Divine plan to remove the weight of error against the Jews and to continue the Messianic process.” (“Rabbi Kessin: ‘The Hostage Crisis Was Part of a Final Divine Reckoning,’” by Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Israel365 News)

Rabbi Kessin, like all who maintain forms of Orthodox Judaism, views Israel’s Messiah as still to appear to bring all of Israel’s problems to an end. Jesus Christ, in their view, is still considered an imposter to the title “King of the Jews.”

All that’s happening now with things seeming to go more and more against the Arabs (Ishmael’s progeny) is, in his view–and those of like mind in Judaism—a divine bringing-about of prophetic fulfillment. The four thousand years of perceived wrong Ishmael’s offspring have considered as Israel’s evil against them has now or is rapidly coming to an end, he believes. All will now be “good,” as the rabbi puts it.

What a monumental misunderstanding!

Their Messiah will soon come to Israel’s rescue, but it will not be His first visit to them–a visit Jesus accused the Jewish religionists of hypocrisy for not understanding the Messianic time in which they stood.

But before that “understanding” is attained, there must come the time of Jacob’s trouble (Jeremiah 30:7). It will be a time of God’s wrath being poured out against the left-behind rebels of earth and a causing of the whole house of Israel to accept their True Messiah–Jesus Christ, their King and the King of all kings.

So, the “divine reckoning” the rabbi looks for is far different than he knows. His is a monumental misunderstanding of the True Messiah and His coming to bring a remnant of Israel into His eternal Kingdom.

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!

–Terry

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How Can We Not See?

I love Leanna Crawford’s story behind one of her songs. She told of a time from her childhood when she saw fireflies lighting up her backyard at night. Her dad responded to her amazement by asking, “How can you not see the Creator in all this?”

Her father’s question later led to her song, “How Can You Not See God?” In it, she asks, How can people not see God in the beauty and wonders of creation?

You might guess where my mind goes when I hear such questions; I wonder, “How can we not see the fulfilling of biblical prophecy everywhere we look?” For those of us who already recognize the signs of the last days, the following questions confirm what we already know and believe.

How Can We Not See God’s Hand in Israel’s Miraculous Reappearance as a Nation?

The most significant sign that we live in the last days is that of Israel’s existence as a nation. Just as the Lord predicted long ago in Isaiah 66:8, Israel miraculously became a nation on May 14, 1948:

“Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall a land be born in one day?
Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment?”

Despite the amazing fulfillment of this prophecy, many Christians refuse to believe that the Lord had anything to do with Israel’s reemergence as a nation. Author and speaker David Reagan wrote the following about such disbelief in an article on Harbinger’s Daily:

The Christian leaders of the mainline denominations laughed at these literal interpretations and boldly asserted that Israel would never exist again. Once the state of Israel became a reality in 1948, these same Christian leaders began to argue that it was just an “accident of history” and not a fulfillment of prophecy!

How can people not see God’s hand in this? There’s no other record of a people scattered and persecuted for two thousand years suddenly becoming a nation again with the same language and in the same location. Only the Lord could preserve His people in this way and bring about such a miracle.

How Can We Not See the Multitude of Signs Pointing to the Start of the Tribulation Period?

The “spiritual blindness” to which Dr. Reagan refers extends far beyond not recognizing the significance of Israel’s reemergence as a nation. Many also miss the multitude of signs telling us we live in the last days.

In my writing, I often discuss several signs pointing to the nearness of the tribulation period and thus to Jesus’ appearing. Below are just a few of them:

1. Third temple fever in Israel.
2. Warnings of economic turmoil the likes of which we read in Revelation 6:5-6.
3. Pole shift warnings that closely match prophecies in Revelation 6:12-17 and Isaiah 24:19-20.
4. An increase in the rumors of catastrophic wars.
5. Mark of the Beast technology that makes the fulfillment of Revelation 13:16-18 likely in the near future.
6. Transhumanism
7. The century-long push for a one-world government.
8. The “Peace and Security” mantra among today’s powerbrokers.
9. Peace agreements in the Middle East that include “the many.”
10. Perilous times on steroids.

Concerning the nearing arrival of the one-world governance, author and speaker Pete Garcia aptly wrote this on his blog:

Finally, we can see the final beast system starting to take form. It is using the crisis of health and money to steer the world into a biometric digital currency that will one day be used to control all buying and selling on the planet. At this point, it’s becoming violently obvious as to where this is all heading. In fact, one would have to be intentionally ignorant of Bible prophecy to purposefully ignore what is happening and where it is headed (see Revelation 13:16-18). Even non-Christians are starting to identify much of this stuff as having prophetic importance.

The words of the book of Revelation are coming to life before our eyes. I’m amazed that so many Christians cannot see the many warning signs.

How Can We Not See How Today’s Deception Fulfills the Words of Jesus?

When asked about the signs of the last days, Jesus’ first words were, “Take heed that no man deceive you” (Matthew 24:4). In 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10, we again see lawlessness and deception as signs that would mark the appearance of the antichrist, who can’t appear on the world scene before the Rapture.

How can we not recognize the deception of our day as the fulfillment of these prophecies? The mainstream media anesthetizes people and Christians to the truth, making them unable to recognize the dangers that lie at their doorstep. With advancements in AI, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to know what’s real and what’s fake.

How Can We Not See the Nearness of Jesus’ Appearing?

I believe Jesus is coming soon for His church. What we see tells us that we surely live in the season of His appearing to take us home. If you look at world events and think the Lord should have already come for us, you are not alone. I wonder the same thing. But I know that soon, the Holy Spirit’s restraining work will come to an end, and we will meet Jesus in the air.

What we see in the world around us exactly matches what the Bible said it would look like in the last days. Once we see it, we cannot unsee it. How can we not eagerly anticipate the soon appearing of our Savior?

Maranatha!!

-Jonathan