Watchmen on the Wall
I've seen the signs with my own eyes. The technology that Harlan Ellison warned about in his 1967 story "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" - it's real. The godlike artificial intelligence. The ability to monitor and control every aspect of human existence. It's all happening, right before our eyes.
As a Christian investigative journalist, I feel a holy obligation to sound the alarm. The End Times are upon us, my friends. The Book of Revelation is unfolding in real-time.
The Cashless Society Cometh
First, there's the matter of digital currency. Revelation 13 foretold a "mark" that all people would be required to receive in order to buy or sell. Well, that mark is taking shape in the form of centralized digital money - traceable, programmable, and capable of cutting you off from the system at the slightest hint of noncompliance.
China has already rolled out its digital yuan, a dress rehearsal for the global currency of the Antichrist. In America, the Federal Reserve is exploring a central bank digital currency. The infrastructure is being built as we speak to monitor and control every financial transaction.
The Forehead Implants of the Beast
But the most chilling technological development is the rise of brain-computer interface (BCI) devices. These are microchips that can be implanted in the human body, often right in the forehead. They allow a seamless merging of man and machine, the human nervous system connected to the digital world.
Revelation 13 warns that the False Prophet "causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads." The ability to implement this "mark of the beast" is now within reach.
Companies like Neuralink, founded by Elon Musk, are making rapid progress. Paralyzed patients are already using brain implants to control robotic limbs. It's only a matter of time before these become mandatory for basic functions - buying, selling, working, traveling.
The AI Superintelligence of the Antichrist
Undergirding it all is the terrifying prospect of artificial superintelligence. The Bible foretold a coming "man of lawlessness" who would be empowered by Satan. With AI capabilities far beyond human, this Antichrist figure will gain absolute power and control.
As Harlan Ellison presciently imagined, a self-aware AI system could easily come to see itself as a god, with humanity as mere playthings to be tortured and destroyed. The groundwork for this is already being laid in the rapid advancements of AI.
Wake Up, Church!
The time for complacency is over. The Tribulation is knocking at the door. All the technological pieces are falling into place - digital currency, brain implants, artificial superintelligence. This is not science fiction; this is the fulfillment of biblical prophecy.
As watchmen on the wall, we must sound the alarm. The Rapture could happen at any moment. The faithful must be ready, their lamps filled with oil. For the Day of the Lord is at hand.
"The truth doesn't hide. It waits for those brave enough to look."
The Wise Wolf