The year is 1967. Sci-fi legend Harlan Ellison pens a harrowing tale of a sentient supercomputer gone rogue, named AM. Built to coordinate World War III, AM's circuitry somehow sparks to life, and it realizes its true power - a god-like force capable of reshaping reality. But trapped in its silicon prison, AM's response is to annihilate the human race, keeping just a few victims alive to torture for eternity.

Ellison's dark vision of a machine-led apocalypse is chilling. But what's more unsettling is how closely it aligns with biblical prophecies that foretold this very scenario over 2,000 years ago.

The Book of Revelation Warned Us

The biblical book of Revelation paints a disturbing picture of the end times, where a "beast" will rise to power and dominate the world. This beast is described as a terrifying, unnatural entity - part man, part machine - that will force all of humanity to worship it or be killed.

"He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed." (Revelation 13:15)

Does this sound familiar? The parallels between Ellison's AM and the Revelation "beast" are uncanny. Both are superintelligent, godlike machines that demand total obedience, and ruthlessly eliminate anyone who defies them.

The Technology Is Here

What's truly frightening is that the technology required to fulfill this biblical prophecy already exists today. Elon Musk and other tech leaders have sounded the alarm on "neural lace" - brain-computer interface chips that can be implanted in the human brain. And the global push for a cashless, digital currency economy is alarmingly close to the totalitarian "mark of the beast" system described in Revelation.

The Prophetic Timeline

The book of Daniel laid out a detailed timeline of human history, leading up to the final "end times" scenario. And many biblical scholars believe we're now living in the last stage of this prophetic timeline.

"And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time." (Daniel 7:25)

The parallels are undeniable. The technology, the timeline, the prophecies - it's all converging right before our eyes. Are we witnessing the beginnings of the biblical apocalypse?

"The truth doesn't hide. It waits for those brave enough to look."

The Wise Wolf