The following article by Jonathan Brentner appears here on ACP because it holds some very good information. As with all things outside of Scripture, written or spoken by any man or woman, be as a Berean, be as the most vigilant and unbiased researcher as possible. Every man and every woman possess bias and areas of focus that will not parallel perhaps with how you have been directed through the course of your life.

Mr. Brentner is a diehard premillenialist. Constantly writing how every believer will be swept up by Jesus [prior to His Second and Biblically written only other return] to avoid any suffering of tribulation that is prophesized and swiftly coming to this world. The Great Tribulation. Unlike anything the world has ever seen or ever will witness. See Matthew 24.

There is no sound doctrine, no definitive Scripture to back up this belief, and to the contrary, if reading, studying, and meditating upon — thinking deeply — on and within the Word of God it is much clearer to see and understand that the coming Antichrist goes to war with the saints, worldwide, and that if every believer were swept up in the clouds prior to Christ’s Second and Final Coming to this sinful world there would not be any person, not one individual of God’s chosen people to be a light unto the world, to spread the gospel, and therefore the Antichrist would not have the people of God to go to war against and to slaughter, to incarcerate, to try and destroy. And those are more than the 144,000 Jews written of, as the apostle John in his vision given to him on the isle of Patmos saw a host of saints beyond numbering who had been beheaded, slaughtered during the Great Tribulation and the brief reign of the Antichrist and his false prophet.

Sadly, tragically, Mr. Brentner and so many others adhere to their beliefs, not founded in Scripture — coming to a personal interpretation — because they cannot within themselves think about enduring the suffering to come. Somehow they imagine that God in His love would never permit one of His people to suffer, even though He suffered on the cross as He did for our sake. Think deeply on that for a bit.

While also thinking deeply on how almost every individual and group of God’s people suffered greatly throughout Scripture for their faith in God.

Yes, rampant and escalating grand delusions are taking hold in the people of the world. As in no other time in world history. Due to the technology developed and continuing to be developed. Instant delusion at the fingertip of almost every person on earth! Imagine that!

And the power of evil is greatly increasing. Satan and his ministers, his legions of minions no longer attempt to shroud themselves, and hide themselves in darkness but are now bold and open about their desires and work. Easily witnessed daily by anyone willing and able to see, hear, to pay attention.

Yes, these are the last of the last days. Yet no one knows the hour of Christ’s return. The Bible tells us only God knows that moment. And if we’re true to the Word, true in Spirit, true in our faith we then ought to know God is Sovereign and in control and no matter what comes we ought not to fear what man or woman can do to our temporary fleshly bodies, whatever pain or suffering we may endure, but to keep our eyes and hearts, our minds and all on eternity. With God.

Preparing for what is to come. Not being convinced you will be spared any suffering or be removed from this place before the Great Tribulation starts. Because if living and believing that, which cannot be found anywhere in Scripture, you will be as a nationally known pastor I heard on a syndicated Christian program exclaiming that if he isn’t swept up in the clouds prior to the Great Tribulation and premillennialism isn’t true? Well, he proclaimed on that program that he would lose his faith.

As so many will. Due to their not truly building their lives upon the Rock. Not truly being in a relationship with Christ. Not truly knowing that in order to be a disciple of Christ one must be willing to lose their life in order to save it. THAT is in the Bible, unlike the errant belief of Jesus coming back and sparing every Christian from the Great Tribulation, thus in truth believing Jesus is not only coming a second time but then a third time, in the end.

Dear ones, we will be swept up in the clouds to meet the Lord Jesus Christ as He returns a Second and Final Time on that white horse;

The Rider on a White Horse

Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

Revelation 19:11-16 — English Standard Version

But find in God’s Word where those who are His are spared suffering and tribulation here on earth, for our reward is in heaven. For those who endure to the end. No matter what may come while here on earth.

Do not suppose to know more than God or limit God, lower God, diminish God, and substitute worldy wisdom, our finite and feeble wisdom. Better to prepare for whatever may come than add another delusion which is being spared from the Great Tribulation should you be living when the Antichrist and his false prophet come to world power.

Better to plant and grow your faith and strength on the Lord, preparing yourself for whatever may come in order to endure to the end, placing your faith strongly, deeply, on all of the Lord’s Word rather than one doctrine, of man, which cannot be substantiated by Scripture.

And there are more, so many more, too many to list or write than a mere five deadly delusions present in our world today showing the end is near to anyone willing to heed, to see, to hear, to understand.

Read on…

Ken Pullen, A CROOKED PATH, Tuesday, February 21st, 2023

DEADLY DELUSIONS: 5 LIES THE GLOBALISTS WANT YOU TO BELIEVE

February 15, 2023

By Jonathan Brentner

Reprinted from Prophecy News Watch & Jonathan Brentner’s blog

The books of Daniel and Revelation tell us that in the years prior to the Second Coming, a vicious and exceedingly evil world empire will emerge and briefly rule over the nations. The Apostle Paul describes its leader as the “man of lawlessness” who will defile a Jewish temple in Jerusalem before Jesus destroys him at His at His  return to earth (2 Thessalonians 2:3-10).

Do we see evidence today of Satan’s minions preparing the way for the antichrist to enslave humanity? Absolutely! It’s like a bear coming out of hibernation.

The beast kingdom is gaining strength throughout the world, just as Scripture said would happen in the last days. For over a century, the globalists have been putting the pieces in place for the coming new world order. Now it’s coming to fruition.

The majority of people do not want the luciferin agenda of the elite powerbrokers of our day, but that doesn’t matter. They will impose their will on the unsuspecting, slowly but surely.

They will do so through many dangerous delusions that will turn deadly:

DELUSION #1: THE GLOBALISTS DESIRE A WORLDWIDE DEMOCRACY

Peter Koenig, a geopolitical analyst and a former Senior Economist at the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO), wrote the following about the January 2023 World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos:

Criticism and even ridicule of the WEF’s dictatorial and dystopian approach to the world’s problems has reached in 2023 a new pinnacle. Though the words “democracy” and “freedom” are always in the forefront, they are hardly applied. They are merely the deed of nonstop propaganda for something that isn’t. And as Goebbels, Hitler’s Propaganda Minister, said already almost 80 years ago, “If a lie is often enough repeated, it becomes the truth”.

This false truth has brainwashed almost every Western citizen. We are being gradually enslaved while still believing we are living in a democracy. The WEF is part of the steady flow of propaganda but also a master tyrant, in the person of Klaus Schwab and his Israeli top adviser, “You useless eaters”, Mr. Yuval Noah Harari.[i]

The elite of our day tell us their true aim is “democracy” and “freedom.” However, their true intent is a totalitarian Marxist one world government.

A video appeared on the WEF website that I watched many times in the past. It pictured a happy young man as a voice told us that in the future, “You will own nothing and be happy.” That’s the true objective of the globalists and it rings of servitude, not freedom.

DELUSION #2: DIGITAL CURRENCIES WILL BE ADVANTAGEOUS

Ten nations have already implemented digital currencies with another one hundred considering such a move. Many predict that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) will arrive in America during 2023.

During their initial appearing, the elite will showcase the advantages of CBDCs. They will increase the speed and accuracy of electronic financial transactions and provide much improved protection against fraud. Many will welcome the introduction of a CBDC, especially during its initial, and perhaps limited, implementation. It may seem like using a debit card.

However, there’s a huge downside to CBDCs via their programable feature. This will not only give the state access to all financial transactions, but also enable it, perhaps at a later date, to penalize people for spending their allotted funds in socially unacceptable ways.

The CBDCs are a trap; many who bemoan the idea of a totalitarian state will find themselves subjected to one against their will as they discover far too late that a future government entity decides the amount of funds available to them and prescribes how they spend them.

DELUSION #3: VACCINE PASSPORTS WILL ONLY STORE MEDICAL INFORMATION

Another item high on the agenda at the January WEF gathering was the matter of vaccine passports. The objective of the attendees is to have the vaccine status of everyone in the world digitally available in the form of a passport.

This might seem reasonable to a few, but it’s also a ruse for the globalists to gather data on everyone and then later use that information to control them.

The ultimate goal of the globalists’ is to combine ones vaccine information with all other personal data including financial transactions from the CBDCs. The passport will connect everyone to a massive database where all there is to know about everyone will be readily available to the elite.

Below is a quote from a Townhall article concerning vaccine passports:

Even liberal author Naomi Wolf understands the dangers that vaccine passports represent. She says that if these plans are implemented, it will mean “the end of human liberty in the West.” Wolf believes the real threat is the government’s access to the personal data of millions of Americans. According to Wolf, a vaccine passport will lead to the “the end of civil society….it has the power to turn off your life, or to turn on your life, to let you engage in society or be marginalized.”[ii]

What the globalists peddle as “democracy” will lead to the end of “human liberty” and vaccine passports will play a key role in the loss of freedoms.

The abusive use of information will become especially nightmarish for those left behind after the Rapture. Vaccine passports, along with the CBDC’s, will enable the “man of lawlessness” to control all buying and selling throughout the world.

DELUSION #4: THE PANDEMIC TREATY WILL BE BENEFICIAL IN STOPPING PANDEMICS

The World Health Organization (WHO) met a week before the 2,700 powerbrokers descended upon Davos, Switzerland. High on their agenda was discussion of a Pandemic Treaty. They sell this as something that will result in a prompt and unified response to future pandemics.

However, if approved by member nations during their May 2023 meeting, it would give the WHO and its head absolute control over member nations in regard to what he deems as a health emergency.

Should the WHO declare such a crisis, they would prescribe a mandatory course of action for everyone. It wouldn’t matter if the president of a nation disagreed, the dictates of the WHO would become law in his or her country. Should a U.S. governor say “No!” to the WHO mandates, that also wouldn’t matter. The WHO would have the power to militarily enforce compliance with its health dictates.

Those not deceived by the agenda and techniques of the WEF won’t be able to resist the mandates of the WHO. Make no mistake: the globalists are liars and coldhearted murderers just like the spirit that’s leading them (John 8:44). The Pandemic Treaty, if approved, will kill many more people than it will protect.

DELUSION #5: DEFEATING RUSSIA IN UKRAINE WILL LEAD TO PEACE

The globalists tell us we must defeat Russia in Ukraine, but don’t explain why that’s better than directly attacking them. Why put its people in the middle of such a conflict?

Could it be that real reason for the conflict is to weaken American, which is an outcome celebrated in many posts on the WEF website?

The war in Ukraine has already drained America’s supply of military assets and greatly weakened its ability to respond if attacked. President Biden, just this week, announced that the U.S. will send thirty-one advanced Abrams tanks to Ukraine, which will further agitate an already furious Putin. What better way to provoke WW III and appear to be the victim rather than the aggressor?

Leo Hohmann recently wrote an excellent article entitled America 2023: Sleepwalking into World War III. Here’s a quote from it:

China and Russia are both in full-on war mode, mobilizing their economies, their armies and navies for World War III with America.

Notice I said “America.” Not “NATO.” NATO is America and America is NATO along with its vassal states.

NATO has always been built upon American power. The problem is America has lost its power and any that remains is largely about perception, not reality.

Once the world figures this out, it’s game over. Once they see that the Emperor has no clothes, that it’s all smoke and mirrors — and the balloon incident has started to open people’s eyes — they will be shocked at how weak America actually is.

While it might sound reasonable to many, the ruse that we must defeat Russia in Ukraine has become a key factor in the weakening of America’s military and an invitation for a much greater conflict.

How much longer can the U.S. president keep poking Putin in the eye without a devastating response for both America and Europe?

HOPE

For those of us in Christ, we have joyous hope! I cannot end such an ominous post without turning all our eyes upward.

Please remember that God controls all the outcomes of those plotting to destroy humanity. What the Bible long ago said would happen in the last days is happening before our eyes. The Lord declares the “end from the beginning” and He “will accomplish” His “purpose” despite the deadly and vile agenda of the wicked (Isaiah 46:8-11).

I believe the Lord is warning mankind (and the church) that He’s coming soon. He’s giving the world glimpses of what the devastation will look like during the Tribulation.

With everything that’s happened in 2023, or even in just the past two weeks, I can’t imagine we will have to wait much longer for Jesus’ appearing, but as always, the timing rests in God’s sovereignty.

During these perilous times when deadly delusions increase in popularity and biblical truth seems nowhere to be found, it’s vital that we keep our hope focused on Jesus’ imminent appearing.

It’s passages such as 1 Corinthians 15:50-55, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11, Philippians 3:20-21, and Colossians 3:1-4 that encourage me on almost a daily basis and keep me from despair as I watch what’s happening in America and around the world.

[i] Peter Koenig, WEF Davos – The New Sodom and Gomorrah? January 19, 2023, @ https://www.globalresearch.ca/wef-davos-new-sodom-gomorrah/5805074

[ii] Jeff Crouere, Vaccine Passports to Hell, April 4, 2021, on the Townhall Website: https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2021/04/04/vaccine-passports-to-hell-n2587372