The Four Horsemen Will Soon Ride

Note: This is a revision of an article originally published on March 16, 2015. The events described below are from that time, but the interpretation is updated to reflect my current understanding.

"For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." - Revelation 19:10, KJV

Jesus Christ is still speaking loudly and clearly in this day. His testimony is the spirit of prophecy. He is coming quickly to bring salvation and grace to the saints and His judgment and wrath to the world.

A Rude Awakening

In the fall of 2013, I realized that America and the world are headed for great calamity. Before that time, I believed the world was improving and basically a decent place to live. Boy, was I deceived! There are many dark agendas playing out in the world, all of which are building to a crescendo of evil unlike any time in history. For a long time I studied these topics. It was overwhelming, like drinking from a fire hose, and completely changed how I saw the world and my life. There were days I felt deep sadness and mourning for the losses I saw coming. But I also felt hope because I knew this was God's plan for the end of the age. When Jesus returns, everything changes.

I realized our economy will soon collapse under an unbearable load of debt, unfunded liabilities, money printing and rejection of the US dollar in international trade. The dollar itself will crash and then eventually go away. This is by design. The global elite are preparing the way for an electronic cryptocurrency transacted using the mark of the beast, as described in Revelation 13.

I realized the Twin Towers and a third 50-story building, WTC Building 7, did not collapse perfectly into their own footprints at free fall speeds on 9/11 because two jets hit them. This is physically impossible on so many levels. The evidence points overwhelmingly to a controlled demolition. Our government used the trauma of 9/11 to justify eroding civil liberties with the Patriot Act and engaging in an endless series of bloody "wars on terror" in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, etc.

I realized that the passage in Genesis 6 about "sons of God" having children with human women was about fallen angels producing giant hybrid offspring, which the Bibles calls mighty ones or Nephilim. The Goliath David slew was one of these hybrid giants. Furthermore, Genesis 6 ties in directly to the alien and UFO presence and the many reports of human and animal abductions. Aliens are fallen angels and their minions. As they did in the days of Noah, the fallen ones are engaged in a program of genetic manipulation to create hybrid beings, but this time using advanced technology. This is what Daniel prophesied would happen during the final kingdom of this age, when iron (foreign DNA) will mix with clay (human DNA) in the seed (offspring) of men:

"And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men." - Daniel 2:43, NASB

There are other topics as well. All of them are related and point to the reality that we are living at the very end of this age, i.e. the final generation. Numerous prophetic voices confirm it as well. The world is about to become darker than it ever has, and then Jesus Christ will return to vanquish evil with a sword and bring light and justice to the world - see Revelation 19.

My wife and I reached out to people, both Christians and non-Christians, to try to share what we saw. Naively, I thought people would want to know. We envisioned building a community of Christians who are awake to the times, prepping for what's coming and seeking God's kingdom in the final days. Honestly, it was very disappointing. Most people don't want to touch these issues with a 10-foot pole. It frightens them. They love the world as they perceive it and don't want to think of it in a more sinister, apocalyptic light, or think that their world is about to change.

There is a sprinkling of people out there who are awake and I am grateful for the ones I know. Strangely, church leaders and pastors seem most resistant to these messages. I am unaware of any churches in my area that openly preach about it. 

But God has confirmed this message many, many times and I cannot doubt it: Our nation (and the world) is under judgment, we're at the end and Jesus is coming soon! It was a mercy to be awakened and have this time to make peace with this reality and prepare spiritually, intellectually, emotionally and materially. Jesus said men's hearts will faint from fear and expectation of things coming on the earth (Luke 21:26). I give God the credit for waking me up and giving me a chance to be ready. 

What's Coming Next?

Just before Thanksgiving in the fall of 2014, I asked, "Now what, Lord? What's coming next?"

Later I listened to a radio interview of John Shorey about end-times events in Revelation 6 and elsewhere in the Bible. He discussed various wars and how he believed that the Pale Horse that brings death over one quarter of the earth includes the destruction of Mystery Babylon in Revelation 17-18. I an convinced America is Mystery Babylon, so that grabbed my attention. Shorey also said that he thought the Rapture appears in Revelation 6:12-17, which is an interpretation that occurred to me. It all resonated. The more I thought and prayed about it, the more I sensed the Lord impress on my heart Revelation 6. As in, that is the answer to my prayer. That is what's coming next.

I shared this with my wife. A day or two later, as we drove home from Seattle and crossed a barren stretch of Eastern Washington, the car had quieted down and the kids were asleep. I flipped on the radio and there was a man reading Bible scriptures. He said, "Next we are going to read... Revelation chapter 6." He proceed to read the whole chapter. That was an amazing confirmation.

When I got home, I heard the latest prophetic dreams from Pastor T.D. Hale, in which the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse mounted and began to ride. There it was again! Also in his dream, lights all around the world shot up into the sky, which I think is a reference to the great rescue and gathering of the elect.

Then my mother shared with me a vivid dream of her own. In it a black horse was trying to stomp on her, but she stood to the side of it and had it by the reins. People were telling her to watch out, but she said it was okay, she had it under control. I told her that was probably the Black Horse in Revelation 6, which brings famine and privation. Another confirmation.

My mother had another dream that featured a pale green horse. She took out a wash cloth, wet it and said that was its color. The Greek word for pale in Revelation is 6 is chloros, which is the root for English words like chlorine and chlorophyll, implying a shade of green. Chloros can mean pale or ashen as well as pale green. She saw the Pale Green Horse in her dream.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

What's coming next are the Four Horsemen described in Revelation 6. They come as Jesus the "Lamb of God" opens the first four seals: 

White Horse
"Then I saw the Lamb open one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, 'Come!' I looked, and there was a white horse. The horseman on it had a bow; a crown was given to him, and he went out as a victor to conquer." - Revelation 6:1-2, Holman

The white horse brings conquest. The rider carries a bow and wears a crown, so he is a political leader, a king. When Jesus arrives to lead the armies of heaven in the battle of Armageddon (see Revelation 19), he will wear "many crowns" and have a sword, not a bow. The rider of the white horse in Revelation 6 is imitating Jesus, but is not Him. Therefore, this rider is a false messiah king, a.k.a. the Antichrist, the son of perdition, the little horn, the first beast. This person is already on the scene today and quietly building support for his reign in the background. Here is a sly hint about who he is. Here is another.

Red Horse
"When He opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” Then another horse went out, a fiery red one, and its horseman was empowered to take peace from the earth, so that people would slaughter one another. And a large sword was given to him." - Revelation 6:3-4

The red horse brings war. Its rider carries a large sword. Expect to see war between nations and violent, civil conflict within nations.

Black Horse
"When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, 'Come!' And I looked, and there was a black horse. The horseman on it had a set of scales in his hand. Then I heard something like a voice among the four living creatures say, 'A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius—but do not harm the olive oil and the wine.'" - Revelation 6:5-6

The black horse brings economic collapse and famine. The rider carries "a set of scales in his hand." Scales were used in the old world for commerce - to sell and to buy. In other words, they represent the economy. "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages." A quart of wheat is enough to make only a loaf or two of bread. How much money do you make in a day? $100, $200, $300? Imagine if you had to pay that much for a loaf of bread. The Black Horse brings an economic crash followed by hyperinflation, scarcity of resources, and famine.

Pale Green Horse
"When He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, 'Come!' And I looked, and there was a pale green horse. The horseman on it was named Death, and Hades was following after him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill by the sword, by famine, by plague, and by the wild animals of the earth." - Revelation 6:7-8

The pale horse brings death. It has authority over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine, plague and wild beasts. I take this to mean a plague of death will affect one-quarter of the world, not that a fourth of the world's population will necessarily perish. America will be affected since it is the prophetic Mystery Babylon whose plagues of death, mourning and famine will come "in one day" (Revelation 18:8).

Slain for the Word of God

After the fifth seal is broken in Revelation 6, the souls of those who were slain for their faith in Jesus cried out and asked, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, will you refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" They were given a white robe and told to wait a little while longer until the number of those slain should be completed. This represents the persecution of believers in Christ.

The Gathering of the Elect and the Wrath of the Lamb

After the sixth seal is broken, there is an earthquake, the sun turns dark and the moon like blood, the stars fall and the sky splits apart. People on earth are in anguish for the coming wrath:

"Then I saw Him open the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred; the sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair; the entire moon became like blood; the stars of heaven fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a high wind; the sky separated like a scroll being rolled up; and every mountain and island was moved from its place. Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the military commanders, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, 'Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, because the great day of Their wrath has come! And who is able to stand?'" - Revelation 6:12-17

This is the same celestial and earthly scene as the coming of Jesus Christ and gathering of the elect in Matthew 24.

"Immediately after the tribulation of those days: The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the celestial powers will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the peoples of the earth will mourn; and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other." - Matthew 24:29-31

In fact, Jesus' description of the end of the age in Matthew 24 matches the events in Revelation 6:

• White horse - conquest by Antichrist, i.e. false messiah king: "Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many." - Mat. 24:4, Holman 
• Red horse - war and conflict: "You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars... For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom." - Mat. 24:6-7
• Black horse - economic collapse and famine: "There will be FAMINES and plagues and earthquakes in various places." - Mat. 24:7 
• Pale green horse - death: This is a result of war, famine, plagues and wild animals. 
• Fifth seal - persecution and martyrdom of Christians: "Then they will hand you over for persecution, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of My name. Then many will take offense, betray one another and hate one another." - Mat. 24:9-10

Given all the similarities between these passages, I believe the sixth seal with its identical celestial imagery implies the coming of Jesus Christ and gathering of the elect, an event some call the Rapture. 

After this, the seventh will open up the seven trumpets in Revelation, and the seventh trumpet will open up the seven bowls of God's wrath. They are like Russian dolls, one inside the other. The seventh seal marks the Great Tribulation, the final 3.5 years of this age when the height of wrath and judgment are poured out on earth.

Please understand we will all experience tribulation on earth - the first six seals, all of Revelation 6 - before the gathering of the elect. Then the Great Tribulation will come, the final 3.5 years of this age.

Please also understand that the gathering of the elect is for those who are accounted worthy - who persevere in their faith and seek to obey Jesus Christ:

"Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man." - Luke 21:36, KJV

"Because you have kept My command to endure, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is going to come over the whole world to test those who live on the earth." - Revelation 3:10, Holman 

See also the parable of the virgins in Matthew 25. All ten virgins wanted to meet the Bridegroom, but only the wise virgins who took extra oil for their lamps entered the wedding banquet. The unwise virgins were left out because they ran out of oil - i.e. they did not maintain their relationship with Jesus Christ.

I point out these things because there are a couple false doctrines circulating around the Christian community. The first is that Christians will escape tribulation because of the gathering of the elect. Not true. We will go through the first six seals, including the Four Horsemen. The second is that everyone who claims to be a Christian will be rescued during the gathering of the elect. Not true. Those who maintain their relationship of faith and obedience to Jesus Christ will be accounted worthy. This is a challenge I personally feel. We must persevere in faith, because the others will be left on earth to be purified during the Great Tribulation.

Are We Really the Last Generation?

In the parable of the fig tree, Jesus said there would be a final generation that will see all end-times events come to pass:

"Now learn this parable from the fig tree: As soon as its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that summer is near. In the same way, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near—at the door! I assure you: This generation will certainly not pass away until all these things take place." - Matthew 24:32-34

Are we that final generation? I asked God that question, or rather, I asked Him what the fig tree represents, because the sprouting of the fig tree marks the beginning of the end. He showed me the answer in Mark 11! I recommend reading the whole chapter closely because the answer is not stated directly, but is woven into the fabric of the text.

In Mark 11, Jesus encountered a fig tree with leaves but no fruit, because it was not the season for figs. So He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" Later, Jesus and his disciples passed by the tree again and it was withered from the roots up. 

Immediately before Jesus encountered the fig tree, He entered Jerusalem, went into the temple complex, looked around and then left. What was He observing?

The next day, Jesus encountered the fruitless fig tree and cursed it. He went again to the temple complex in Jerusalem and was distressed to see all the buying, selling and money changing. He began to throw people out of the temple and said:

"Is it not written, My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of thieves!" - Mark 11:17

The chief priests heard it and began to look for a way to destroy Him. Jesus was the long-awaited and prophesied Messiah, but the religious leaders wanted Him dead.

Jesus and his disciples then returned to the fig tree to see it had withered. Do you see what the fig tree represents? It represents Israel. Jesus went into the temple complex in Jerusalem to observe the spiritual condition of Israel, because this was the center of religious life. Israel was fruitless, which is the spiritual meaning of the fruitless fig tree. Except for a small remnant, Israel had rejected their Messiah. Thus the fig tree was cursed and withered, and thus Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD and Israel withered.

It withered until the time of the end and Israel sprouted leaves again. There are many prophecies in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah about how God will regather the house of Israel to the Promise Land in the last days as part of His plan to save the whole nation. This began to happen on May 14, 1948, when David Ben-Gurion, head of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, proclaimed the establishment of the state of Israel. US President Harry Truman recognized Israel that same day. That was 70 years ago this year. According to the Psalms, a person's life and by implication the length of a generation is 70 to 80 years:

"As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, or if due to strength, eighty years." - Psalm 90:10, NASB

My friends, we are not only the last generation but the tail end of it. Seek God in humility and repentance because the world in its present form is quickly passing away. Jesus Christ is coming soon!

 

What Is the Abomination of Desolation? Something Like a Zombie Apocalypse

The "abomination of desolation" is a mysterious and frightful event in end-times Bible prophecy. It first appears in the book of Daniel. Jesus Christ referenced it in Matthew 24 and Mark 13 when He spoke about the signs of his coming and the end of the age.

Many believe the abomination of desolation refers to the Antichrist desecrating a rebuilt temple building Jerusalem. This article will show from the Scriptures that this view is not correct. The abomination will occur in human bodies. The event refers to a large-scale takeover and control of human bodies by satanic forces.

We are now living in the end times - and I would say very near the end. Many don't understand how late the hour is, in part because they believe a third temple must be constructed in Jerusalem before the action really starts. This is a red herring. It doesn't matter whether a temple is rebuilt because all Bible prophecy about the end of the age can be fulfilled without it. 

So stay vigilant and maintain your walk with God. Jesus is coming soon!

Jesus Said When You See the Abomination, RUN!

Here is what Jesus said about the abomination:

"'So when you see the abomination that causes desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place' (let the reader understand),' then those in Judea must flee to the mountains! A man on the housetop must not come down to get things out of his house. And a man in the field must not go back to get his clothes. Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days! Pray that your escape may not be in winter or on a Sabbath. For at that time there will be great tribulation, the kind that hasn’t taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again! Unless those days were limited, no one would survive. But those days will be limited because of the elect.'" - Matthew 24:15-22, Holman

Jesus said to flee immediately when you see the abomination. If you are on the roof, don't go inside the house to get your things. Run for the mountains! (Houses in the Middle East commonly had flat roofs and external stairs to access them.) If you're working in the field, don't go back to get a coat. Run! Pray the abomination does not occur at an inopportune time like winter or the Sabbath (in Israel, public transportation does not run on the Sabbath). This statement is intriguing, because it implies we have some influence through prayer over when the abomination occurs, though not if it occurs. The abomination of desolation marks the beginning of the great tribulation, a time Jesus said will be more terrible than any in history.

Jesus' statement about the abomination reminds me of the scene in The Lord of the Rings when they encountered the Balrog, a demon of the ancient world, in the underground cavern. "This foe is beyond any of you. Run!" shouted Gandolf.

Though Jesus spoke about the abomination in the context of where He was, in Judah and Jerusalem, I believe the abomination will be a global event. 

The Abomination Will Not Happen in a Building in Jerusalem 

Traditional interpretation says that the abomination of desolation will happen when the Antichrist King or beast ruler goes into a rebuilt temple in Jerusalem and exalts himself above God. This interpretation is mistaken, though understandable. This prophecy has a dual fulfillment. Desecrating the temple building was how the prophecy was fulfilled in the time before Christ. The end-times fulfillment will be different than the first, more far-reaching and sinister.

Remember what Jesus said: No matter where you are or what you're doing, run for the mountains! Don't go back! Flee now! If the Antichrist went into a building in Jerusalem and made a blasphemous statement, that wouldn't prompt this kind of immediate urgency and alarm. Jesus seems to be talking about rapidly spreading and pervasive danger - something like a zombie apocalypse. 

Notice also the parenthetical phrase "let the reader understand" after mentioning the abomination "standing in the holy place." Here in Matthew 24 and the parallel account in Mark 13 are the only places in the Bible where such a statement appears. It's as if the Holy Spirit is dropping us a hint: Really think about this because the meaning isn't the obvious one.

For context, let's look at the first fulfillment of the abomination of desolation:

"His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation." - Daniel 11:31, Holman

This prophecy was fulfilled in 169 B.C. when Antiochus Epiphanes conquered Jerusalem, massacred many Jews and plundered the temple. The following year he set up an altar to the pagan god Zeus in the temple. Zeus represents the chief god of the pagan pantheon, the sun-god. In other words, Zeus represents the chief fallen angel leading mankind astray, i.e. the devil or Satan. So this was an altar to Satan in the temple of the Lord, desecrating the sanctuary and installing the "abomination of desolation."

Antiochus Epiphanes is the King of the North in Daniel’s prophecy. He is also a figure or type of the Antichrist King that will appear at the end of this age (see the books of Daniel, Revelation and 2 Thessalonians). Antiochus represents and foreshadows the Antichrist, just as the altar to Zeus in the Lord's temple in Jerusalem represents and foreshadows the end-times abomination of desolation.

But a figure or representation is not the thing itself.

In the End Times (Our Time), the Temple Is the Human Body

In the time before Jesus the Messiah came, the Presence of the Lord, which Jewish rabbinic literature called the Shekhinah Glory, dwelt in the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. After the Messiah came and the Holy Spirit was poured out on Pentecost, the Presence of the Lord dwelt in the bodies of believers through His Spirit.

Under the old covenant, the law of Moses, the temple was a place of worship containing the glory of the Lord. 

"When the priests came out of the holy place, the cloud filled the Lord’s temple, and because of the cloud, the priests were not able to continue ministering, for the glory of the Lord filled the temple." - 1 Kings 8:10-11, Holman

The Hebrew word in the Old Testament that is sometimes translated temple or sanctuary is “qodesh.” It literally means holy thing or holy place, and the meaning is not limited to a building.

Early in his ministry, Jesus set the precedent for what the temple/sanctuary will be under the new covenant in His blood. In John 2, Jesus drove the money changers out of the temple in indignation, overturned tables and poured out their coins. The following dialog then took place:

"The Jews then said to Him, ‘What sign do You show us as your authority for doing these things?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Jews then said, ‘It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?’ But He was speaking of the temple of His body." – John 2:18-21, Holman

There it is: The temple as a body, the body of a Man. When Jesus talked about rebuilding the temple, He was talking about his body coming back to life!

Later, when Jesus gave up his spirit on the cross, the curtain of the temple building was torn from top to bottom and the earth shook. I believe this signified God's Presence would no longer dwell in a building in Jerusalem. Instead, Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit to dwell in us - comforting, teaching and empowering us:

"If you love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you." - John 14:15-17, King James 2000

This promise was fulfilled dramatically several weeks later on Pentecost:

"When the day of Pentecost had arrived, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were staying. And tongues, like flames of fire that were divided, appeared to them and rested on each one of them. Then they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages, as the Spirit gave them ability for speech." - Acts 2:1-4, Holman

Therefore, this is the new paradigm: When a person believes in Jesus Christ, he is born of the Spirit and his body becomes a temple indwelt by the Holy Spirit. 

The Apostle Paul put it this way:

"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?" - 1 Corinthians 6:19, NASB

This symbolism extends to sacrifices as well. Under the old covenant, animals were sacrificed at the temple to worship and honor God. Under the new covenant, sacrifices are righteous acts of obedience to God that we carry out in our bodies, which are temples of the Holy Spirit. In that sense, we are "living sacrifices":

"Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship." - Romans 12:1, Holman

"You also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." - 1 Peter 2:5, NASB

The Abomination of Desolation Is a Mass Hijacking of Human Bodies by Satan

So now let's put it all together, translating Old Testament concepts to new-covenant realities, and decipher the meaning of the prophecy about the abomination of desolation:

"His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation."

"Forces from him will arise" refers to actions by the king of the north in the Daniel prophecy, which represents the end-times Antichrist or beast kingdom ruler. The Antichrist will be possessed and animated by Satan, so really we can attribute the actions of the Antichrist directly to the work of Satan:

"They worshiped the dragon because he gave authority to the beast. And they worshiped the beast, saying, 'Who is like the beast? Who is able to wage war against him?'" - Revelation 13:4, Holman

"Desecrate the temple fortress" refers to violating or profaning a holy place, specifically, human bodies. Not just any bodies, though. A body that is temple of the Lord belongs to a person who is born of the Spirit, who is a true Christian. Non-Christians do not have temples because the Holy Spirit does not dwell in them. They are yet dead to God. I know this is disturbing, but I have to call it like the Scriptures say it: This is a desecration of Christian bodies.

"They will abolish the daily sacrifice" refers to ending the righteous acts of obedience to God in a Christian's body. These bodies will no offer "sacrifices" of good works for God, but will instead be controlled by Satan to carry out his will. 

Setting up the abomination of desolation means placing a satanic altar in human bodies - establishing a point of control and hijacking the bodies to carry out acts of wickedness.

We can also look at what the Apostle Paul said 2 Thessalonians for further confirmation:

"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come the falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God." - 2 Thessalonians 2:4, King James 2000

First there will be a falling away, an apostasy of people abandoning their faith in Christ. The Antichrist, the son of perdition, will be revealed. He will exalt himself above God and sit in the temple of God. In other words, the Antichrist, animated by Satan, will instigate this mass takeover of human bodies and demonstrate that he is like God by controlling them!

What Will It Look Like? A Zombie Apocalypse

If you want to understand what this mass hijacking will be like, go back to what Jesus said and read between the lines. You will not even have time to back in your house to get a coat. You will have to run NOW! Have you noticed the proliferation of zombie movies, books, comics, TV shows? This is predictive programming. It's the powers-that-be and Satan himself tipping their hands to show what they're planning.

Did you know the Pentagon has an official battle plan for dealing with a zombie apocalypse? They make it sound like a joke, but are preparing for such an event: 

Pentagon document lays out battle plan against zombies (CNN)

Exclusive: The Pentagon Has a Plan to Stop the Zombie Apocalypse. Seriously. (Foreign Policy) 

Did you know the US Department of Homeland Security issued a public guide for preparing for a zombie apocalypse? That's tongue-in-cheek, right? Or is it? 

From CDC - Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse 

Did you know that our and other governments are conducting training exercises to prepare for a zombie attack? 

Drills of the Dead: Maine Prepared for Zombie Attack

Quebec prepares for hypothetical zombie attack

Zombie Apocalypse Drill Conducted in US Town

This is not a joke, folks. The abomination of desolation will be something like a zombie apocalypse. Think killing, chaos and mayhem on a mass scale. There are people in power who know it's coming. This is why they're preparing as well as programming the masses to receive their solution for it - global martial law. Christians with a deep understanding of end-times prophecy should also know this is coming.

How Is This Even Possible?

Pop culture usually portrays the cause of zombies as a contagious virus. Though it's possible the US and other governments have developed bio-weapons that could turn people into rabid creatures, like a super-charged form of rabies, I think the cause of the abomination of desolation will be something more structured and scientific.

I don't have perfect clarity on this question, though I have been studying and praying about this for a long time and I believe the following answer is generally correct - in the ballpark, so to speak.

The main question is: How will Satan establish a point of control in human bodies? Satan has had thousands of years to figure this out and he surely has it down to a science. I believe the primary technique will be mind control, possibly in conjunction with the mark of the beast. These two are related because the mark of the beast will include mind control as well as identity tracking and DNA manipulation.

The information below paints a disturbing picture. But it is a reality that we should understand. How can we effectively deal with or oppose something if we don't know what it is?

"Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them." - Ephesians 5:11, ESV

Mind Control

Mind control is the ability to control what a person thinks, feels and does. Think of it on a sliding scale. On the mild end, the disinformation we continuously receive from government, media and corporations is a form of mind control, as is the pressure to "groupthink" and not question the official narrative. Fluoride added to water is another form because it reduces intelligence and creates apathy. Aluminum particles sprayed in the atmosphere for climate engineering and aluminum injected in our body from vaccines contribute to Alzheimer's and cognitive decline. The powers-that-be know a population that is less able to think clearly for itself and is fed bad information is easier to control.

Trauma-based mind control related to the abomination of desolation is on the other, extreme end of the scale. This is a technique of inflicting traumas so horrific that it causes a person's mind and personality to fragment. This splitting is actually a psychological coping mechanism. Trauma-based mind control is focused on children because their minds are more supple and able to split. The traumatic memories are stored in separate compartments or "alters" within the mind. The alters are in fact distinct personalities that the core personality often do not know exist. Psychology calls this dissociative identity disorder or DID (formerly multiple personality disorder). These alters can be programmed to carry out certain tasks or agendas. Handlers of mind control victims use triggers, such as certain words or sounds, to call up specific alters and use the person as a human slave. 

For a primer on this topic, I recommend listening to Cathy O'Brien's testimony. This testimony more than anything else helped me understand how wicked the United States has become:

The Cathy O'Brien Story - Ex Mind Control Victim

Trauma-based mind control is used in satanic ritual abuse and government-sponsored mind control projects. The United States government is probably the worst offender. It has engaged in mind control projects since the end of World War II when it brought back Nazi scientists under Operation Paperclip. The CIA and military continued developing these technologies under programs like MKUltra, Bluebird, Monarch and Project Montauk. The technologies have become so sophisticated that electromagnetic waves, implants and nanotechnology are used to program and control people. These mind control victims are used as couriers, sex slaves, assassins, shooters for false flag attacks and so forth.

I believe the abomination of desolation will be a mass triggering of mind controlled individuals who have alters programmed to go on a rampage. The sad thing is that these people are victims as much as the people they will kill and harm. In many cases the victims themselves do not know they are controlled. They have been traumatized beyond what most people can imagine and controlled by very evil people. That's why the Lord calls this an abomination. 

Russ Dizdar has many years of experience counseling victims of mind control and satanic ritual abuse. You can watch one of his speeches on this topic here: 

Russ Dizdar - "The Black Awakening" 

Dizdar has seen a huge increase in the number of mind controlled individuals at large in society. He estimated the number in the United States alone to be 10 million or more. The majority are victims of satanic ritual abuse (SRA). Others are products of black operations in intelligence agencies and military. High-ranking families in the Illuminati and freemasonry also program their own children to ensure loyalty to their satanic agenda. The scourge of pedophilia and child sex trafficking being reported in the alternative media is also related to this issue. Satanism, ritual abuse, mind control and pedophilia all go together.

From his work Dizdar came to understand that a mass triggering of mind controlled individuals is planned, detailed in his book The Black Awakening. It's part of the overwhelming chaos and mayhem that will be used to usher in the New World Order, i.e. the beast kingdom of Revelation. Imagine hundreds of thousands or millions of people triggered to carry out homicidal rampages at the same time. This is probably the same event as abomination of desolation, which Dizdar discovered by hearing directly the plans of the enemy.

The extent of mind control in society is one of the best kept secrets of the New World Order elite. They absolutely suppress information about it because this is probably their biggest key to ushering in the New World Order. Mainstream media won't cover it and the alternative media only touches the issue lightly. I once listened to Alex Jones interview a guest who brought up mind control. Jones shut down the topic immediately. He wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot pole.

But this issue is real. Even my wife, who is a therapist specializing in trauma, has witnessed victims of childhood satanic ritual abuse with significant DID.

To learn more about mind control and DID / SRA from a Christian counseling perspective, the following videos are excellent. These videos also continue beyond the sessions listed here – you can find the links on Youtube: 

SRA / DID Advanced Training Sessions 1 – 3

SRA / DID Advanced Training Sessions 4 – 6

SRA / DID Advanced Training Sessions 7 – 9 

Here are a couple other good web pages on this topic:

What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?

Powerful Answers and Surprising Help for People Traumatized as Children

Healing is a long-term journey for victims, but God is faithful and present in powerful ways to heal.

"The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." - Psalm 34:18, NIV
 

Still, the question arises, how is this a desecration of a holy temple? In the SRA / DID videos above, the speaker talks about how in sophisticated mind control programming the victims are intentionally led to Christ as young as possible, and then layers of bondage are applied to their souls and mind. I don't fully understand the reasons, but there is some powerful transformation of spirit and soul that the programmers (and Satan himself) want to harness. After all, Satan WANTS stand in the holy place and claim to be God. This is how mind control becomes a desecration of a holy place.

Such a thing happened when the holy temple in Jerusalem was desecrated. It also happened in Israel during in the time of the judges when the Philistines captured the ark of the covenant:

"He allowed the Ark of his might to be captured; he surrendered his glory into enemy hands." - Psalm 78:61, New Living Translation

And it is happening now as temples of the Holy Spirit are being mind controlled by the enemy. This world in this age is a very evil place. But Jesus Christ defeated the kingdom of darkness at the cross and will soon return to take his rightful place on earth as King of kings. Finally this awful scourge will end. Come soon, Lord Jesus!

The Mark of the Beast

WARNING: DO NOT EVER ACCEPT THE MARK OF THE BEAST. ANYONE WHO DOES WILL SPEND ETERNITY IN THE LAKE FIRE.

The mark of the beast may also play a role in the abomination of desolation since it will include a form of mind control. Bible prophecy seems to suggest the global roll-out of the mark will happen after the abomination, though I could be wrong. An early or limited roll-out of the mark prior to the abomination is also a possibility. In any case, another possible source of mind controlled individuals for the abomination are recipients of the mark of the beast.

"He was permitted to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast could both speak and cause whoever would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. And he requires everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark: the beast’s name or the number of his name." - Revelation 13:15-17, Holman

The mark of the beast is something like an RFID chip implanted in a person's right hand or forehead:

 

In the Scripture , the Greek word for mark, charagma, means a scratch or etching, which implies breaking the skin. The related Greek word charasso means to sharpen to a point, which would describe the tool used to insert the mark. So the mark is an implant or, less likely, a high-tech tattoo.

[Side note: The pervasive and growing vaccine programs pushed by governments, pharmaceutical companies and the medical industry are paving the way for the mark of the beast. Vaccines are conditioning the public to trust the government and corporate establishment when they say, "You must let us inject this into your body - for your own good, of course."]

The time will come when everyone must accept the mark of the beast in order to buy and sell, to participate in the economy. Without it, a person will not be able to have a job, buy food, healthcare, transportation or anything. People will be forced to make decisions such as: Should I take the mark or let my family and children starve to death? There will be enormous pressure.

We can imply a few things from this situation. There will be no cash. It will be a fully digital currency, like Bitcoin, except controlled by the beast government. There is already talk in elite circles about transitioning to a cashless society. These are whispers of the New World Order.

The mark will uniquely identify each person. It must in order to tie in to their bank accounts for processing transactions. So it will also be a tracking device. The mark's association with the name of the beast implies the recipient is a citizen of, or rather a slave of, the beast kingdom. The phrase "or the number of his name" is curious because it implies representing a name with numbers, which is how computers operate. Everything is represented by digital numbers, a combination of zeros and ones. This suggests the mark will be part of a computer network.

Finally, the preceding sentence about the image of the beast killing anyone who would not worship it, followed by the conjunction "And," tell me that taking the mark and worshiping the beast go hand-in-hand. They will be requirements for living in the beast kingdom. 

"And a third angel followed them and spoke with a loud voice: 'If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he will also drink the wine of God’s wrath, which is mixed full strength in the cup of His anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the sight of the holy angels and in the sight of the Lamb, and the smoke of their torment will go up forever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or anyone who receives the mark of his name. This demands the perseverance of the saints, who keep God’s commands and their faith in Jesus.'" - Revelation 14:9-12

WARNING: DO NOT EVER ACCEPT THE MARK OF THE BEAST. ANYONE WHO DOES WILL SPEND ETERNITY IN THE LAKE FIRE.

This passage is clear. Yet I have heard a Christian leader say it might be possible to receive the mark, go buy some groceries and then remove it. Not possible! I heard another influential pastor say if someone takes the mark and repents, God will forgive and everything will be okay. Not possible! Anyone who takes the mark will be unable to repent because they will no longer even be human.

In Daniel chapter 2, Daniel interpreted King Nebudchanezzar's dream of the statue. The statue's sections represented a series of earthly kingdoms that culminate with the final kingdom of this age, represented by the feet of iron mixed with clay. This is the beast kingdom, the New World Order. Read what Daniel said about the iron mixed with clay:

"And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men." - Daniel 2:43, NASB

What is the seed of men? When a seed is planted in the ground, how does it know whether to grow a sunflower or a cabbage? The pattern is in the genetic code, the DNA. Seed in this prophecy represents DNA. In the Garden of Eden, God originally formed Adam from the dust of ground, i.e. from clay. The clay represents the pure DNA of mankind. The iron is foreign, non-human DNA, whether from animals, angelic beings or novel sequences. The mixing of iron with clay represents the genetic corruption of human beings. 

If this sounds familiar, genetic corruption also occurred in the days of Noah prior to the flood, though in a different way:

"And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown." - Genesis 6:1-4, King James 2000

Sons of God, which is a Hebrew phase for angelic beings, who left their proper abode in the heavenly realms and came to earth to bear children with human women. This was genetic corruption through procreation. Their offspring were hybrids, giants or "Nephilim", mighty men. They were exceedingly wicked and violent, which led to a corruption of mankind so severe that God was grieved and He decided to flood the earth. 

Jesus hinted that the genetic corruption and accompanying extreme wickedness would return in the end times:

"But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." - Matthew 24:37, KJV

With the mark of the beast, Satan is taking a different approach to DNA corruption. It will employ advanced technology. Techniques for modifying human DNA have existed in secret laboratories for decades, but now are being revealed openly. For instance, CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing. Scientists can modify the DNA of sperm, eggs, embryos and even ADULT HUMANS. Of course, what they reveal publicly is light-years behind the technology they actually have. The mark of the beast will alter the DNA so its recipients are no longer human, fulfilling the Daniel 2 prophecy of mixing iron with clay in the seed of men. They will become something like the Nephilim, offspring of fallen angels, irredeemable abominations.

Kerry-Ann Gidden is a woman in the UK who receives dreams and visions from the Lord about the end times. Watch this 4-minute video about the mark of the beast:

Like prophecies in the Bible, dreams and visions are metaphorical. I believe the nightclub with all the partying and drinking represented the world and the kingdom of darkness. People turning into grasshoppers represented behaving like beasts and becoming beasts. The call to come out of the nightclub was God's to come out of the world and find salvation in his Son. And some responded. The flipping of the number 999 to 666 was the moment the mark of the beast was introduced. Sealing of the doors and windows meant those who received the mark could not escape. Salvation was no longer possible. The policeman said, "These people have lost their humanity." This meant they were literally no longer human - because their DNA was significantly altered.

Here is another video from Gidden in which she read and commented on a prophetic word from another Christian woman about the mark of the beast:

 
She said the mark of the beast will be far more than a microchip. It will be a bio-chip that integrates itself into the human body and nervous system. There is no way to remove it. It will disable the part of the brain that is stimulated by faith and spirituality. She said people will "become like zombies in allegiance to the government, the Antichrist, with no thoughts of their own." Did you catch that? Zombies. No thoughts of their own. That speaks to mind control, though a different kind than the trauma-based mind control mentioned above. This is an ultra-high tech mind control that operates at the level of brain and nervous system. "Once you have taken the mark, the hour of repentance is over," she said. I can't stress this enough: DO NOT TAKE THE MARK. NOT FOR ANY REASON. BETTER THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY BE TORTURED AND DIE THAN TO TAKE THE MARK.

In one of the comments below this video on Youtube, a man claimed to have received a dream from the Lord in which he experienced what it will be like to receive the mark of the beast. He said he lost the attributes and characteristics that defined him as a human being, and was more like an animal. He was able to jump up or down a 12 to 15 foot wall with ease, which suggests DNA modifications that impart superhuman abilities. He said people who received the mark were in a zombie-like state until they received a command. Some were sent to track people, presumably unmarked individuals. 

The bottom line is that the mark of the beast will turn people into humanoid biological robots under control of the beast system. This is how Satan will control the world by controlling the entities in it. With this understanding, I think it is easy to see how recipients of the mark may participate in the abomination of desolation and go on a rampage. Any Christian who receives the mark will become a desecrated temple. 

Conclusion

The hour is late. Many Christians a believe a third temple must be built in Jerusalem before the end-times action starts in earnest, but this is not true. The abomination of desolation will occur in human bodies, not a building. It will be a mass rampage of mind controlled individuals. These could be victims of trauma-based mind control or recipients of the mark of the beast. 

The most important thing you can do right now is maintain a close relationship with Jesus Christ. If you don't know him, repent and believe. If you do know him, press in closer. Be a wise virgin who keeps oil in her lamp, not a foolish one who lets her light go out before the Bridegroom arrives (see Matthew 25:1-13). Going to church or listening to a pastor in a pulpit does not make a person a Christian. Jesus said his sheep hear his voice and they follow him. Read the Scriptures and learn to hear and act on the voice of the Holy Spirit within you. Nothing else will save you during the times ahead.

"Watch therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man." - Luke 21:36, King James 2000