Friday, October 4, 2024
Preempting today’s Letter, many distractions call our attention away from a deadlier event developing in our world, a near-future event that will cull true believers from unbelievers. For example, some of those distractions are the horrific devastations caused by hurricane Helene. Then, Iran attacks Israel. Then, Israel vows deadly revenge. Plus, Israel bans anti-Semitic UN secretary general Guterres from Israel as it should! And then a staggering domestic report that the Biden/Harris regime allowed “650,000 Criminal Illegals Loose In The US” as reported by ICE. And on another foreign development, threat of nuclear war, “NATO attack on Belarus would trigger nuclear strike”. And now Longshoremen at vital docks nationwide go on strike!
In addition to global chaos, world citizens see their freedoms disappearing and being replaced with totalitarian leadership that just one decade ago would not have been. Instinctively people know that much is wrong. The US dollar is failing globally; housing costs are unaffordable for most; inflation makes everyday living untenable; we have a wicked rigged political system of vitriol and hatred exacerbated by corrupt weaponized government whose leaders are intent on destroying peace, integrity and the human rights of free speech, free thought, self-defense and freedom of religion. Warring nations, weather warfare and the difficulties of real world living want to rob us of being holy, discerning and vigilant with a watchman’s revelation of coming end-time events. We must have a biblical vision and prepare for the behind-the-scenes events.
So my prayer for you is: “Don’t get distracted from the end-time truths God gave us!” With that said, I pray you are aware of just how close the spirit of Antichrist is to developing the image of the beast. And, yes, the image of the beast will be a technological development related to AI and superintelligence. It’s highly unlikely that your church leadership speaks of this prophetic issue given the fact that end-times is of little to no interest to most pastors. But it’s time we biblically discern the devil’s scheme that’s set to deceive and destroy billions of people made in the image of God, people for whom Christ died, people who could have by grace through faith been saved for eternity had they by faith believed and prepared in the testimony of God’s Son, Jesus Christ.
From the world of hi-tech: “Open AI CEO says AI ‘superintelligence’ is coming sooner than you think”, as reported by foxbusiness.com. The article opens with, “Open AI CEO Sam Altman says the world could be just ‘a few thousand days’ from creating an artificial ‘superintelligence.’” He goes on to say, “This may turn out to be the most consequential fact about all of history so far. It is possible that we will have superintelligence in a few thousand days (!)…” That’s near! What’s more is, “Current AIs, such as ChatGPT, are large language models that analyze troves of data to provide responses and reactions. A ‘superintelligent’ AI, however, would have greater cognitive abilities than any human, as well as the ability to iterate on and improve itself.” [My emphasis]
Altman said, “We need to act wisely but with conviction. The dawn of the Intelligence Age is a momentous development with very complex and extremely high-stakes challenges. It will not be an entirely positive story, but the upside is so tremendous that we owe it to ourselves, and the future, to figure out how to navigate the risks in front of us.” [My emphasis] No, it will “not be an entirely positive story”, because the very premise of an AI superintelligence is Satan’s plot against God and His creation of humanity made in God’s image! And what is so “tremendous” about the “upside” to an AI superintelligence? It’s Satan’s lie and the goal of fallen man since the Garden of Eden when Satan said to Eve, “you will be like God” (Gen. 3:5). And we must be reminded of this promise: “That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which it may be said, ‘See, this is new’? It has already been in ancient times before us” (Eccl. 1:9–10). Superintelligence has now come full circle. In the days of Noah fallen angels brought superintelligence to mankind that served only to get most people killed in the Flood! But this time, the superintelligence of AI will mandate that people take Antichrist’s mark or number of the beast, or be killed! God warned us!
“And he [the false prophet] deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, [Antichrist] telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. 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. He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name” (Rev. 13:14–17). Men create the image of the beast and AI’s superintelligence is critical to its performance. And be warned, it will be AI’s sophistication and superintelligence that will enable the image of the beast to have “breath” and to also “speak”! The deception will be great!
The foxbusiness.com article concludes saying that, “It’s important for us to be surrounded by investors who understand, respect and support our mission, which is to make a straight shot to safe superintelligence and in particular to spend a couple of years doing R&D on our product before bringing it to market”, as stated by former Apple AI Chief Daniel Gross to investors who raised $1 billion “to help fund the development of a safe artificial intelligence system”. But they are creating Satan’s tool for killing billions! The time of “a couple of years … before bringing it to market” agrees with the assessment that, “the world could be just ‘a few thousand days’ from creating an artificial ‘superintelligence’”. A couple years and a few thousand days are about the same. And as I discern world conditions of today, I believe that in a few thousand days of right now the world will be engulfed in the full force and dread of the seven year tribulation and with the great tribulation of 1,260 days to commence very soon thereafter, the time for which Jesus said, “And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened” (Matt. 24:22). Let’s be “counted worthy to escape” (Luke 21:36).
That escape will not be the rapture, but to God’s safety and provision for the 1,260 days of great tribulation. Globalists, elites, Democrats and RINOs are destroying America and God is allowing their evils to win in this age. They’ll do anything to stop Donald Trump! Anything! Beware of an October surprise, political rage, chaos and totalitarian rule by the UN and other criminal globalist entities. It’s nearly time for the two preachers in sackcloth of Rev. 11:3 to begin their 1,260 days of ministry in Jerusalem which heralds the start of the tribulation. Then, at the mid-trib point we believers must be prepared and “counted worthy to escape” the fierce wrath of Antichrist.
My new book “ON EAGLES’ WINGS” was written with much Bible study and prayer and reveals many truths in preparing unbelievers and believers alike for the 7-year tribulation and finding God’s safety and provision for the last 1,260 days of “great tribulation” (Matt. 24:21).
Marlin J. Yoder
