youval Noah Harari an Israeli author professor and adviser to the influential World economic Forum believes AI is not only on the brink of creating a new religious text but one that Harari asserts might actually be true Harari made the stunning claim during a conversation on AI and the future of humanity with journalist Pedro Pinto another article stated the following while dismissing the validity of religion as a whole Harari specifically took aim at Christianity suggesting that AI can rewrite a new more correct Bible artificial intelligence is the first technology ever that can create new ideas the
printing press radio television broadcast spread the ideas created by the human brain by the human mind they cannot create a new idea you know Gutenberg printed the in the middle of the 15th century the printing press printed as many copies of the Bible as Gutenberg instructed it but it did not create a single new page Harari stated it had no ideas of its own about the Bible is it good is it bad how to interpret this how to interpret that AI can create new ideas and can even write a new Bible end quote Unity power
wealth and being a part of a movement that is what many people are looking for and have been looking for since the early days of human existence these desires are greatly prayed upon when you add seduction and deceit into the mix nothing checks all these boxes quite like false religion and specifically the worldwide false religion that we see alluded to in Revelation 17 we see all kinds of religions around the world today that only seem to be gaining speed seemingly propelling us straight into the kinds of things we see playing out in Revelation there are
many reasons why people fall into or accept false religion but the main reason is that these people are deceived false religions claim that they are the truth and that everyone else has it all wrong it is much easier to cast all logical thinking aside and blindly follow when it has been hammered into your brain that you are a part of something true and sacred Revelation 17 like the rest of the prophetic book books can be difficult to interpret and there are certainly different viewpoints on what exactly is being stated but God has given us enough
clues in the text especially when referencing the rest of the Bible that we can grasp the main idea of what is happening well enough to be informed and to apply these things to our lives today the main idea is this although we see many false religions around us they will all ultimately boil down into one final world religion when God makes things right in the final days he will judge and destroy all false religion false teachers and anything that stands against his Holiness we can use some key words and key phrasing in Revelation 17 to
better understand what is being taught and learn to guard ourselves against false religion with the details we can uncover in this chapter we can learn to be more Discerning and filter everything we choose to believe through God's word verse vers 1 and two are setting the theme for this chapter and tell us this then one of the Seven Angels who had the seven bows came and said to me come I will show you the Judgment of the great prostitute who is Seated on many Waters with whom the kings of the Earth have committed sexual immorality
and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the Dwellers on earth have become drunk notice here that we are first being informed about a coming judgment the seven bowls that are mentioned are also seen earlier in Revelation and they refer to the wrath of God God will never allow wickedness to Reign indefinitely if God never deals with and punishes the evil in this world then he is not truly good in order for him to be good as we believe and affirm with all our hearts he has to judge sin and we as Christians find comfort
in the fact that he will write every wrong that has been committed against him and Against Humanity all also notice the words that paint a picture of unfaithfulness in a marriage we have a promise of a man and a woman being faithful to each other and treating their Unity as something special and sacred a husband and wife prefer to look at each other and nobody else the Bible treats the worship of false gods and false religion in a similar manner there is a reason God gave Moses the Ten Commandments in a specific order first and
foremost we are to not have any other gods before the true God in doing so the Bible has harsh words that liken this sin to a spouse being unfaithful throughout this chapter we find the phrase great prostitute let me note that this is God's word and is pure however this is not meant to be pleasant God is not trying to beat around the bush on his feelings towards the matter false religion idol worship and all actions that seek to Dethrone God of his majesty and replace him with something false is both disgusting and wicked the
theme of sexual loudness is unpleasant unsettling and uncomfortable however please understand this is meant to be the case this is a grave subject that the Bible is speaking to and we ought to feel uncomfortable and ashamed with it God is furious when he is deprived of the worship that he rightfully deserves now let's focus on The Mention Of Kings of the earth these Kings as we are told are guilty of committing sexual immorality with the great prostitute as a result of this we are also told that the Dwellers of the land that being the people
who suffer the consequences of the king are also involved in this whole thing by being drunk by the wine of this sexual immorality there is a lot of speculation as to what exactly is happening here in the vision and what this will actually look like when it is played out in the future but we can still understand the essence of what is going on quickly call to remembrance the story of Babylon in Genesis and recall each time that Babylon is mentioned in the Bible and the kinds of thoughts that name is meant to invoke Babylon
can be traced back to Genesis 11 with the Tower of Babel here the Dwellers of the earth work together in unity to achieve something extraordinary that is a tower that extends up into the heavens they wanted to make a name for themselves is this not what humanity is always striving for it would appear so even in these last days people and powers are always seeking to find Unity with others we see more commonly these days this idea of universalism no matter your religious belief you are welcome in these communities however Unity is not always good
remember that God is Holy and separate he is not just another God that we can tack onto our NeverEnding list of deities to try and keep happy he is the one true God that will not share his glory with anyone or anything else how can we as Christians have Unity with people who do not hold this sacred view of God we simply cannot do it in good faith and consciously no matter how beautiful they try to package it up to us it does not matter how many people stand together United to accomplish something if that
something is e evil in nature the Bible tells God's people you shall not spread a false report you shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness you shall not fall in with the many to do evil this unity in the wrong thing is a ticking Time Bomb when the entire world is speaking one speech and working together to achieve wicked things it is asking for God to come down and do something about it that is exactly what happens at the Tower of Babel and as we see later in the Bible
more mentions of Babylon we see all the colors of this wicked Nation sometimes referred to as physical and sometimes spiritual these colors or attributes are something to remember and they fit perfectly to what we see here in Revelation 17 Rebellion to God opposition to God's kingdom persecution of God's people pride and power and finally judgment though those are feelings that the mention of such a place is supposed to stir up it is obvious to us that the great prostitute and great Babylon mentioned in the Old Testament is more significant than just a person or a
place we are to put on our thinking caps and really consider the entire Bible with our knowledge of Babylon in scripture we can come to an understanding in Revelation 17 that there is a spiritual movement taking place all throughout history movements come and go but this is different usually movements are isolated to certain areas of the world or small groups of people certainly there have been world powers that dominate the world with an iron fist but it's not always as easy for the entire world to submit to a certain belief of ideology and actually hold
to it with sincerity this movement that we see in Revelation 17 is different this sexual immorality has infected the kings of the earth and their people this is worldwide not only that but this sexual immorality has caused them to be in a state of intoxication this language suggests these people were actually drunk on this teaching this false religion the Bible does not tell us here that people were simply going along to get along or to not get in trouble with the Kings who had authority over them it seems to me a fair statement that these
dwellers of the lands as well as their leaders all held this false religion in sincerity we know that false religion can completely consume a person they are not designed by some ordinary person seeking to control or harm them although that is a reality even more deep-seated than that there are demonic forces that are at work and are playing a major role in these people accepting these false teachings with all their heart this sexual immorality that is mentioned that is to say false religion is causing both Kings and dwellers of the land to participate in it
and has bigger consequences than meets the eye this sexual immorality actually has Eternal consequences with all of this in the Forefront of our mind as we read this chapter we are supposed to be admonished to steer clear of false religion and to warn others about them there's a lot to break down but let's keep it simple for now look at what unfolds in the next chapter and he carried me away in the spirit into a Wilderness and I saw a woman sitting on a Scarlet Beast that was full of Blasphemous names and it had seven
heads and 10 horns the woman was arrayed in purple and Scarlet and adorned with gold and jewels and Pearls holding in her hand a golden cup of Abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality notice the attire of the woman she would seem from the outward appearance to have it all nice clothing and jewelry however ever we know that even when something is attractive to us it can still be deadly the substance underneath the physical observations is more important she is characterized by her golden cup of Abominations and impurity she is identified for her false
and blasphemous teachings and on her forehead was written a name of mystery Babylon the great mother of prostitutes and of Earth's Abominations and I saw the woman drun with the blood of the Saints the blood of the martyrs of Jesus we see that she obviously has power and she has used that power to become drunk off of the blood of God's people that is the unity this false religion is nothing but a hatred for God and the people of God as we read on in the chapter as well as the entire Book of Revelation we
see that God eventually steps in and makes things right so what do we do with all this let us look at this verse 2 Timothy 3: 1:5 says but understand this that in the last days there will come times of difficulty for people will be lovers of self lovers of money proud arrogant abusive disobedient to their parents ungrateful Unholy heartless unappeasable slanderous without self-control brutal not loving good treacherous Reckless swollen with conceit lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God having the appearance of godliness but denying its power avoid such people the Bible paints a
picture of this end times false religion with some poetic ambiguity but beautifully enough details to hold on to there are enough blatant warning signs that we can latch on to we have seen some signs of this end times false religion it is worldwide massively appealing to some powerful seemingly beautiful Wicked seeking to harm God's people defiant against God this section of scripture in Revelation 17 is warning us of a worldwide false religion I hope that scratching the surface of this text has opened your eyes to some of the key characteris ICS that this end times
religion will have and that you will steer clear and warn others I want to tell you about a new world order that's unlike anything you've heard and this new world system is built on the very foundations that will allow the Antichrist to take the Reigns of the world this new system is built on sin sexual immorality and perversion and this New World Order rejects the god of the Bible and in in fact it Demands a new God true biblical Christianity will not be welcomed in this new world system pay attention for the next few minutes
as we look at what's to come if you were to Google the phrase New World Order you would be met with different search results and a lot of them saying or suggesting that the New World Order is a conspiracy theory now if you clicked on the Wikipedia page and read the first line on their page about this it would say the New World Order NWO is a conspiracy theory which hypothesizes a secretly emerging totalitarian World Government the common theme in conspiracy theories about a new world order is that a secretive power elite with a globalist
agenda is conspiring to eventually rule the world through an authoritarian One World Government now it's not my position or agenda to discuss what is or isn't a conspiracy theory but rather I want to discuss what the Bible says about where the state of the world is going what I want to share with you through scripture is not any conspiracy theory but rather biblical prophecy that should serve as both a warning and a guide to all of us as we navigate Our Lives now there is one school of thought among biblical Scholars and academics that think
that the new world is heading into a direction where there will be a global leader who will introduce a One World Currency Health Organization and even military system all the ingredients to suggest a unified World Government the Bible does not use the terms One World Currency or One World Government however let's take a look at what the Bible does say Revelation 13:15 to18 the second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first Beast so that the image could speak and cause all who refuse to worship the image to be killed
it also forced all people Great and Small rich and poor free and slave to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark which is the name of the Beast or the number of its name this calls for wisdom let the person who has Insight calculate the number of the Beast for it is the number of a man that number is 666 verse 15 tells us that all who refuse to worship the image of the Beast will be killed let's think
about some hypothetical scenarios to answer the question how will it be known that someone has refused to worship the image of of the Beast now this isn't in the Bible but this is how I imagine the Antichrist will opt to govern I believe that he will have people in communities in villages towns and cities and these people will Monitor and Report anyone who refuses to conform to the leadership of the Antichrist the Bible simply says the Beast will cause all who refuse to worship the image to be killed now it could be known that someone
refuses to worship because the Antichrist will require some type of public demonstration of allegiance to him and refusal to do this will be the death penalty and you have to remember that at this point in time the devil thinks he has taken Center Stage he wants the attention he wants the praise he wants to be worshiped so anyone who dares to refuse will be punished severely now to enforce something like this this would probably mean that there is a law or some type of physical perhaps military law enforcement whatever the case may be the Bible
tells us that there will be a heavy price to pay for those who refuse to worship the Beast furthermore the Antichrist will force all people to receive a mark on their right hands or foreheads if they want to buy or sell think about what we're being told here whatever the Mark is whether whether it's a small electronic chip or something else it is now replaced physical money and we are now in the realm of a one world monetary system a fully-fledged cashless Society now a lot of people underestimate how severe this regime is if you
were left behind and if you take the mark of the beast you have literally pledged Your Allegiance to the devil and many people may think well I will refuse use and just find somewhere to hide for the rest of my days but this won't be possible because you will literally be unable to pay your bills fill up the gas in your car or anything that requires a transaction you won't be able to do any of that without the mark of the beast and if you refuse it then you will have to pay with your life
what should we do with this knowledge biblical prophecy is for for our benefit now how can we prepare for the end of days well I believe that we need to know two things the first is that there is only one Savior and his name is Jesus Christ only he can save you from the difficult times to come only he can save you from the power of the enemy now the second thing we also need to know is that although the Antichrist is yet to be revealed the the devil is already at work he's at work
trying to lead us away from God but if we are to succeed against the devil we have to know the word of God we have to abide under the shadow of the almighty if we are to overcome him we are to pray without ceasing if we are to succeed in our lives as Believers we must resist the devil and his Temptations the Book of James puts it this way resist the devil and he will flee from you if we are to abide under the shadow of the almighty God then the devil has no place in
our lives and he is defeated the enemy has no power no hold over us as blood-washed children of God in Christ we are dead to the desires of our flesh and Are Made Alive in the spirit Jesus tells us not to fear the world because he has overcome the world we have nothing to fear from any evil enemy as long as we have God his spirit and his word we are more than conquerors so live in Victory and never in fear live in the freedom of God and never in bondage on June 26th 2024 you
US Secretary of State Anthony blinkin delivered a speech as the state department released its annual report on the status of religious freedom around the world the report tells the story of people around the globe who face various forms and levels of persecution for their beliefs the goal of this annual report is to monitor inform and advocate for Religious Freedom around the world but religious persecution doesn't seem to be waning in his speech Lincoln referenced a recent Pew research Center study that found government restrictions on religion reached the highest Global levels since the group started monitoring
such activity in 2007 Lincoln stated today governments around the world continue to Target individuals shudder places of worship forcibly displace communities and imprison people because of their religious beliefs now Christians are not the only group to face persecution much of the secretary's comments and the state Department's report focused on the persecution of Muslim and Jewish peoples in various places around the world but Christians are not immune to persecution either many areas in the world are persecuting Christians and in some places the persecution is intensifying in Western cultures persecution may not seem severe the government does
not endorse or even allow violent oppression of Christians but in other ways many Christians feel that the tide is turning while America and most Western European countries have enjoyed centuries of religious freedom it feels as though such freedoms are becoming more and more imperil many Christians wonder if persecution even violent persecution might be a reality even in Western cultures within the coming generations for those who have grown up enjoying religious freedom that can be a frightening Prospect we don't want to be targeted by our rulers we don't want our places of worship shuttered we don't
want to be displaced imprisoned or Worse killed for our faith we can't say what the future holds for any particular place perhaps violent state sponsored persecution will arise in the west shortly or maybe it won't either way the possibility of such a thing along with the rising awareness that Christians in other places are facing such persecution should make us reflect soberly on God's word perhaps it's time for many Christians to realize that sometimes faith is very costly but this shouldn't be a surprise while many of us have grown accustomed to and should be thankful for
religious liberty God's word never promises that such should be expected on the contrary God warns us that we can and should expect persecution shortly before his arrest trial and crucifixion Jesus warned the disciples if you were of the world the world would love you as its own but because you are not of the world but I chose you out of the world World therefore the world hates you remember the word that I said to you a servant is not greater than his master if they persecuted me they will persecute you if they kept my word
they will also keep yours writing to Timothy the Apostle Paul echoed the Lord's shity of persecution in 2 Timothy 3:12 he wrote indeed all who desire to live a Godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted faithfulness to the Lord has always opened Christians to the possibility of persecution even in cultures where Christianity is permitted and even promoted persecution will be a fact of life even when governments don't sponsor or permit violent persecution Christians will still suffer wrongs from others perhaps they will lose friends maybe they will lose out on job opportunities they will almost
certainly be ridiculed persecution is not simply a possibility it is a promise for those who live Faithfully to Jesus of course many Christians have faced and continued to face much more than ridicule and spite even today there are places where Christians are beaten imprisoned and killed for their faith what if such harsh persecution also became our reality would we have enough faith and commitment to stay true to Jesus even if doing so required the ultimate sacrifice while none of us want to think about suffering we must remember the Lord's promises when suffering becomes a possibility
as Jesus concluded his final remarks to the disciples he promised trials but also peace he says in John 16:33 I have said these things to you that in me you may have peace in the world you will have tribulations but take heart I have overcome the world when Jesus opened his Sermon on the Mount with a series of blessings the lengthiest beatitude had to do with persecution Matthew 5: 10-12 reads blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you
and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account rejoice and be glad for your reward is great in heaven for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you Jesus never promised us that following him would be easy or free from trials he was clear that following him would often come at significant cost but he did promise US that the cost would be more than worth it suffering may not sound like a blessing but suffering for Christ certainly comes with a blessing When The World Turns against us and seeks to destroy us
through persecution we can find strength and comfort in the Lord's promises even though men can kill our bodies we serve a God who can resurrect our bodies and save our souls persecution is temporary God's promises are eternal since the earliest days of the church's existence enemies of the Cross have wielded persecution as a tool to try and destroy the church whether it was the Jewish leaders of the first century the Roman emperors or any of the countless regimes and groups who have sought to destroy Christianity in the last 2,000 years they have all used a
common approach and they have all failed persecution has never deterred the Lord's Collective people in the early church Christians could not be killed quicker than they converted others thus despite the intense persecution the church grew 2,000 years later the church still stands and for however long the Lord allows the world to continue the church will continue it will face persecution in varying forms but the faithful will always continue even if we fall to the whims and persecutions of other men if we die for Christ we will gain far more than we will lose as Jesus
once promised for whoever would save his life will lose it but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it and so the question really isn't are we going to face persecution the question is do we love and Trust Our Savior enough to endure persecution when it comes are we faithful enough to suffer and perhaps even give our lives for the cause of Christ is our hope in the here and now or is it in the Lord his promises and Eternity are we ready to be blessed as those persecuted for righteousness sake so that
we might inherit the kingdom of God do fish even know that they are in water while we will never know for certain the chance is probably not being in water to a fish is as normal as a human breathing air they're so constantly surrounded by it that water just becomes the reality that they live in while the outside world knows the difference the fish seems to not the same argument can be made for Humanity and lawlessness the biblical definition of lawlessness is those who knowingly deliberately and willfully rebel against the laws of God and man
now I wonder do most people even realize that lawlessness is like the air that we breathe in this world [Music] we're summoned by it but often have no idea it is the very air we breathe due to that we must stay ready and prepared so that we do not give in to lawlessness and stay on fire for God the Bible talks about lawlessness quite often the truth is that we need laws without laws the world would be in chaos people would be able to live how they want with no consequences people often think that the
laws of God are oppressive however these laws are put in place to protect Humanity these laws were made for our benefit when God tells us not to commit adultery it is actually in our best interest when we commit adultery we ruin our relationships with our spouse and the people around us it is good for us when God commands us to love our neighbor we build good relationships with those around us the problem becomes that people see these rules as restricting we live in a time when these laws are ignored this is what the Bible calls
lawlessness an early example of lawlessness is seen in the Book of Judges judges 21:25 says in those days there was no king in Israel everyone did what was right in his own eyes in this time in Israel's history people went to Pagan altars and women were treated as slaves one specific story that happened at this time in judges 20 involved a concubine for those who may not know a concubine is a woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife or wives the fact that men had concubines is a red flag
in and of itself the concubine was traveling with the levit man with whom she was in a relationship the levite and concubine took a stop to rest in a city as they travel the man got drunk that night with someone in the city the other men of the city took the concubine for themselves and this led to her death while there was a lot that does not make sense in that story it illustrates the wickedness that was happening in Israel at the time they lived in a culture of lawlessness while the laws of God were
in place everyone did what was right in their own eyes we also live in a time of lawlessness sin is everywhere and easy for the taking you turn on your computer and access pornography from wherever you are sitting you can turn on the TV and find people being hateful to each other on every News Channel you can go to the doctor and get any procedure done no matter the impact it will have on the people around you what used to be wrong is now accepted as right while we may not be stuck in sin as
deep as the people who were at the time of the judges lawlessness is still very present sin is cheap and very accessible in this day and age so how can the Christian remain on fire while living in such a lawless Society Matthew 24:12 helps us with that it says and because lawlessness will be increased the love of many will grow cold while this verse seems to only state a problem within the problem is the solution to fight lawlessness we must not allow the love in our hearts to grow cold the love in the heart is
not talking about General love Lawless people love all the time they love their spouses kids friends and even their Lawless actions the love that Matthew 24:12 points to is the love for God it is as though the more our love for God is fostered and it grows the more we run away from Darkness let's say you're in a house and it's completely dark there's no Reflection from the moon and stars no light post putting off light and not even a car driving by as soon as you turn on the light in your house you now
have a way to see if you open your door the darkness does not come streaming in the darkness does not have the power to overcome the light however if you are in the dark and you light a match the light overcomes the dark the more light you have the less Darkness there is out there love for God is the light that overshadows the dark desire for lawlessness so what does it look like to stay on fire for God in such a lawless time we spent time with God and allow his love to transform us this
begs the question are you spending time with God if you are listening to this this is a great starting point hearing the word of God taught and preached is excellent however it must be more than that are you spending time seeking him in prayer are you taking time to read the word are you gathering in Christian Community so that the Holy Spirit can shape you through the lives of others if not you're putting your heart at risk of allowing your love to grow cold if you want to fight the lawlessness that can grow in your
heart you must allow the light of God's presence to be active in your life every day [Music]
