WE ARE AS GODS

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We are living in a world that no longer believes God exists and in fact some believe that we can become Gods. Peter Diamandis is intelligent and it is difficult for me to understand how he still believes in evolution. By most measures it is a failed theory. Sadly, it seems the following Scripture defines Peter Diamandis: “And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.” Romans 1:28

Excerpts from: We Are As Gods – A Survival Guide for the Age of Abundance, By Peter H. Diamandis & Steven Kotler

A man walks into a hospital, legally blind. Eighty minutes later, he walks out able to see faces. That’s not science fiction. That’s not a hundred years from now. That’s Monday morning in 2026.
His name doesn’t matter. What matters is what happened inside that operating room. A surgeon implanted a two-millimeter photovoltaic microchip containing 400 light-powered pixels into his retina. The chip—called PRIMA—works like a solar panel, converting infrared light into electrical signals that stimulate surviving neurons. Those neurons transmit signals along the optic nerve to the visual cortex, where the brain constructs them into images. The surgery took 80 minutes. What were the results? Biblical.

Before the procedure, this man’s vision measured 20/450: legally blind by U.S. standards. And after? 20/160. The difference between seeing darkness and seeing faces. Between isolation and connection. Between blindness and sight.The blind can now see. And if that phrase sounds familiar, it should. Because according to the New Testament, the restoration of sight to the blind is one of the defining miracles – proof in the mathematical sense, of divine power.Which raises an interesting question: If we can perform miracles of biblical proportions, what exactly does that make us?


“We Are As Gods and Might as Well Get Good at It”

In 1968, Stewart Brand wrote those words in the first edition of the Whole Earth Catalog. He was talking about technology, and it was a tall order. Consider what it would actually take to match the gods. Creation ex nihilo: the creation of something from nothing. That feat is reserved. Only supreme deities need apply. Yahweh pulled it off. So did Brahma, Atum, Pangu. The ability to drag light, land, and life out of the void. Or omniscience – the ability to know all things. Omnipresence – the ability to exist everywhere at once. “Praecognitio” – Latin for the power to foretell the future. Shape-shifting. Resurrection. The power to heal the sick, control the weather, and part seas. If you count the miracles in the Old Testament alone, you get 83 supernatural acts divided into ten categories: Creation, Provision, Nature, Healing, Resurrection, Judgment, Protection, Prophecy, Communication, and Victory in Battle. That’s a lot of miracles.
And in 1968, when Brand made his proclamation, we weren’t quite there. We were gods in training. Mainframe computers the size of oil tankers were the rule. The microchip had just been invented. Color television was a neat trick. NASA managed to orbit the moon with men in a can, but Neil Armstrong’s small step was still a year away. We were not gods. Not yet. But what nobody expected… we were very fast learners.
The Miracle Inventory
Let me show you something. If you measure modern technology against the Old Testament’s miracle categories, here’s what you might find:

CREATION MIRACLES
Synthetic biology creates new forms of life or modifies existing ones. CRISPR edits genes with precision. 3D printing brings matter into being layer by layer: literally building something from almost nothing. Generative AI creates virtual worlds populated by self-directed agents capable of forming economies, religions, and societies.
We create life. We create worlds. We create intelligence.

PROVISION MIRACLES
Vertical farming produces food with 95% less water and 99% less land than traditional agriculture. Desalination turns seawater into drinking water at scale. Lab-grown meat provides protein without slaughter. Solar-powered systems provide clean water, cooking, and sustainable protein even in deserts. Drones deliver meals and medicine where supply chains fail.
The miracle of provision—feeding multitudes, turning scarcity into Abundance—is no longer metaphor. It’s operational.

HEALING MIRACLES
Gene therapy cures disease at the genetic level. Stem cells repair what injury destroys. Telemedicine enables remote diagnosis and treatment. Advanced diagnostics detect disease before symptoms appear – often catching seven out of the top ten causes of death early enough to intervene. AI-powered drug discovery accelerates cures for cancer and rare genetic disorders.
The blind see. The paralyzed walk. The dying are healed.

RESURRECTION MIRACLES
Cryonics preserves the dead in hope of future revival. Stem cells create new organs. Organ perfusion technology keeps donated organs viable for days instead of hours. CPR and drone-delivered defibrillators revive people in cardiac arrest.
We raise the dead. Maybe not permanently. Not yet. But we’re getting there.
The list goes on. And on. And on.

In 1968, when Stewart Brand made his proclamation, these capabilities were fantasy. Today, they’re infrastructure. Miracles have become utilities. We are, by any reasonable definition, gods.
Why We Don’t Feel Divine
So, if we’re literally walking the Earth in an age of miracles, why don’t we feel like gods?
The answer lies in how our brains process novelty – or more accurately, fail to process it.
In the 1980s, Northwestern University cognitive scientist Dedre Gentner ran experiments asking people questions like: “How is a solar system like an atom?”
Most people answered: “Electrons orbit the nucleus like planets orbit the sun.”
Gentner discovered something profound about how the mind works: a process she called structure-mapping. To understand the unfamiliar, humans don’t just make surface comparisons. We map deep relational similarities between domains. We use analogies as cognitive infrastructure.
The brain to a computer. The internet to a web. Genes to code. The universe to a network.
Analogy is how we compress novelty into familiarity. It’s how we make sense of the world when it starts changing faster than we can keep up.
But here’s the problem: Our comparison machinery has run out of comparisons.
Godlike powers in our pockets? What’s the analogy? Curing blindness with microchips? Resurrecting the dead with defibrillators? Creating life from stem cells?
There are no easy grounds for comparison. Without analogies, we can’t parse the world. The result is cognitive vertigo: the sense that the world is moving faster than we can make sense of it.
And when analogies fail, humans start hunting for deeper patterns—what Carl Jung called archetypes.
The Rise of Archetypal Media. Jung argued that archetypes are universal patterns embedded in humanity’s collective unconscious, primal symbols that evoke powerful reactions across cultures. The Hero. The Shadow. The Great Mother. The Wise Old Man.
In the early twenty-first century, we find ourselves awash in Jungian archetypes. And if you want to track the psychological impact of technological acceleration—the failure of analogy—just count the gods, goddesses, superheroes, and supervillains populating our screens.
Start in 1968. The next decade produced one notable cinematic release: Superman. Television gave us Wonder Woman.
The 1980s saw a step-function increase: ten superhero films and six TV shows.
The 1990s doubled: twenty major releases and nearly as many shows.
Between 2000 and 2010? The numbers tripled: sixty films and thirty television series.
Jung would argue this surge is an unconscious response to the psychic destabilization brought on by radical acceleration in human potential. With each technological leap, we need new symbols and myths to anchor our understanding of our growing power.
Archetypes provide narrative coherence and moral clarity. As Spider-Man says: “With great power comes great responsibility.”
We live in a world of abundant archetypes because we live in a world of abundant miracles.
The Information Apocalypse
There’s another reason we don’t feel divine: information overload.
In 3000 BCE, if you measured all the data in the world—papyrus scrolls, clay tablets, the works—you’d total about one gigabyte. The equivalent of 4,000 books.
In 2012, when we published Abundance, the world produced 2.8 zettabytes of data. A zettabyte is a trillion gigabytes. That’s 4,000 trillion books.
By 2025? 181 zettabytes. We don’t have an analogy for that number. And that’s the point. Information impacts the nervous system, and we’re living through the biggest information surge in history. The result is a mismatch between the data storm outside and the prediction engine inside. Our ancient brains don’t have the bandwidth, and our imagination has been hijacked by the apocalypse.
No wonder we don’t feel divine.
The Miracles in Your Pocket. Let’s bring this home. You carry miracle technology in your jeans and handbag. You can summon a chariot of the gods disguised as an Uber with a finger tap. You can conjure a feast via Uber Eats with another.
You have answers to nearly every question in seconds—omniscience on demand.
You can see anyone, anywhere, anytime through video calls—omnipresence as a feature, not a bug.
Translation. Navigation. Simulation. Creation. Communication. It’s all at your fingertips.
The grandiosity of “omnipresence” and “omniscience” has been replaced by the prosaic “Zoom” and “Google,” but the underlying superpowers are the same.
These divine powers are everywhere and everywhen.
In 2012, we predicted a future that included autonomous cars, flying cars, delivery drones, and humanoid robots. It sounded like science fiction.
Today? Over 30 autonomous car companies are operational. Waymo operates robotaxis with zero safety drivers in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. Tesla Full Self-Driving has over one million users.
Flying car companies—eVTOL vehicles—are conducting commercial test flights in Dubai, Los Angeles, and Singapore. Joby Aviation expects to launch commercial operations offering 15-minute flights from LAX to downtown LA (versus 60-90 minutes by car).
Nearly every major retailer has robots running their warehouses. Zipline makes thousands of drone deliveries every day, transporting lifesaving medicines and saving tens of thousands of lives in the process.
Humanoid robots? Google “Tesla Optimus.” You’ll find videos of robots folding clothing, serving drinks, and holding yoga poses.
We’ve gone from hard-to-believe stories to commercial operations in just over a decade.
The Survival Guide for the Age of Abundance
Here’s the thing: Stewart Brand was right. We are as gods. But he left out the hard part. We have to get good at it.
Because the same exponential forces that gave us godlike powers are also overwhelming our nervous systems, hijacking our attention, and triggering bias cascades that blind us to miracles.
Our capabilities have far outstripped our wisdom.
As Ray Kurzweil writes in his endorsement of We Are as Gods:
“Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler show that while exponential technologies deliver the capability for radical abundance, the real challenge lies in upgrading our consciousness to match our accelerating power. This is more than a survival guide—it’s a manual for optimizing our destiny.”
That’s the paradox. We have the power to cure blindness, create life, and command machines with our thoughts.
But we’re still running Stone Age prediction software in our heads. Our ancient brains don’t have the bandwidth to process miracles at scale.
So we feel anxious instead of abundant. Overwhelmed instead of empowered. Burned out instead of divine.
The solution isn’t less power. It’s a consciousness upgrade.
The Abundance era has arrived. The miracles are here. The blind can see. The paralyzed can walk. We create life from stem cells and resurrect the dead with technology. But without upgrading our consciousness to match our godlike capabilities, we’ll miss it entirely. We’ll keep doom scrolling through the apocalypse, blind to the fact that we’re living through the most extraordinary transformation in human history.
The Choice
You have a choice. You can keep seeing the world through the lens of negativity bias, confirmation bias, and cognitive overload – where every headline is a disaster and every change feels like a threat. Or you can update your operating system. You can learn to see the miracles you’re living through. You can train your brain to recognize Abundance even when it’s wrapped in disruption.
You can, in Stewart Brand’s words, get good at being gods.
The tools are here. The data is clear. The miracles are multiplying. The only question is: Will you see them?
Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, put it this way:
“Diamandis and Kotler’s bestseller Abundance helped shift the global conversation from fear to possibility. Now, We Are as Gods reveals that the forces they predicted—AI, clean energy, digital biology—are scaling at a pace few could imagine. This book argues persuasively that the Abundance era has arrived and challenges leaders to use these capabilities responsibly and ambitiously.”
The Abundance era has arrived. The blind can see. The paralyzed can walk. We create worlds with code and life with CRISPR.
We are as gods. The question is: Are you ready to get good at it?

It is Babel all over again. Is it any wonder why Jesus has to return to restore righteousness. Be prepared for what is next on God’s agenda for planet earth go to http://www.millennialkingdom.net


THE BIBLICAL FATE OF THE UNREPENTANT AFTER DEATH

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A Case for Annihilationism / Conditional Immortality

  1. THE EARLY CHURCH: WHAT THE FIRST FIVE CENTURIES TAUGHT

Six major theological schools existed in the first five centuries:

• Alexandria – taught apocatastasis (ultimate restoration)
• Antioch – taught apocatastasis
• Caesarea – taught apocatastasis
• Edessa/Nisibis – taught apocatastasis
• Ephesus – taught annihilationism (eventual destruction)
• Rome/Carthage – taught eternal conscious torment

Important note:

• The majority view among the early church theological centres was that God’s judgments are ultimately restorative (apocatastasis) or that the wicked ultimately perish (annihilationism). • Only Rome/Carthage—later shaping Western theology through Tertullian, Augustine, and others—consistently taught eternal conscious torment. • Augustine himself appears to have initially leaned toward universal restoration before adopting the eternal torment view.

Thus, the idea that hell consists of everlasting conscious torment was not the universal or majority teaching of the early church.

  • THE SCRIPTURAL WITNESS: THE WICKED PERISH, DIE, AND ARE DESTROYED

Scripture repeatedly uses the language of literal death and destruction—not infinite torment.

Below are key passages grouped by theme.

2A. The wages of sin is death, not endless life in torment

• Romans 6:23
The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus.

Paul sets up a contrast:
– Sin → death
– Christ → eternal life

If the wicked instead live eternally in torment, they would also have eternal life (just in misery). That contradicts Paul’s contrast.

2B. Destruction, not perpetual suffering

• Matthew 7:13
Broad is the road that leads to destruction.

• 1 Corinthians 1:18
The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing.

• Philippians 3:18–19
Their end is destruction.

• Galatians 6:8
Whoever sows to the flesh will reap corruption (Greek: phthora, decay, ruin).

• Hebrews 10:39
We are not of those who shrink back to destruction.

The consistent imagery is final loss of life—not everlasting torment.

2C. Death is the final result of sin

• James 1:14–15
Sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

• Acts 3:23
Every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed.

• Romans 8:13
If you live according to the flesh you will die.

• Proverbs 11:19
Evil leads to death.

• Proverbs 14:12 / 16:25
Its end is the way of death.

In Scripture, death consistently means the cessation of life—not eternal life in torment.

2D. Jesus Himself contrasts perishing with eternal life

• John 3:16
Whoever believes will not perish but have eternal life.

“Perish” does not mean “live forever in misery.” It means cease to live.

• Matthew 10:28
God can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

This is one of Jesus’ clearest statements. What God destroys does not continue endlessly.

2E. Historical examples of God’s judgment as destruction

• 2 Peter 2:6
God made Sodom and Gomorrah an example of what is coming to the ungodly by reducing them to ashes.

Ashes symbolize completed destruction—not ongoing suffering.

  • THE “SECOND DEATH” (THANATOS) IS STILL DEATH

The Greek word for “death” used in Revelation is thanatos—the same word used everywhere else for literal death.

Revelation uses the term “second death” four times:

• Revelation 2:11
• Revelation 20:6
• Revelation 20:14
• Revelation 21:8

If “death” everywhere else means cessation of life, the plain reading indicates that the “second death” is the final, irreversible destruction of the person.

Jesus uses the same word:

• John 8:51
He will never see death (thanatos).

Thus, the second death is a real death, not an eternal conscious experience.

  • THE LOGIC OF IMMORTALITY IN SCRIPTURE
    God alone possesses immortality

• 1 Timothy 6:15–16
God alone has immortality.

This means:

• Humans do not inherently have immortal souls.
• Eternal life is a gift granted only to the redeemed.
• The wicked are never promised immortality.

For eternal conscious torment to be true, God would have to grant everlasting life to the wicked—just to torment them forever. This conflicts with Scripture and with God’s character.

  • THE CHARACTER OF GOD: JUSTICE THAT IS REAL BUT FINITE

Scripture consistently emphasizes:

• God’s holiness requires that justice be done
• God’s judgments are righteous and appropriate
• God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezekiel 33:11)
• God’s wrath is real but not infinite in duration (Psalm 103:9)

God punishes sin, but:

• The penalty is death, not endless torment
• Justice is proportional, not infinite
• God’s heart is toward restoration, not torture

  • SUMMARY: THE BIBLICAL AND HISTORICAL CASE
  1. Most early church theological centres did not teach eternal conscious torment.
  2. Scripture overwhelmingly uses death, destruction, perishing, corruption, ruin—not eternal suffering.
  3. Jesus explicitly says God destroys souls in Gehenna.
  4. The “second death” uses the same Greek word for literal death, not eternal life in pain.
  5. God alone is immortal; the wicked are never promised immortality.
  6. A loving God does not sustain the eternal life of the wicked merely to endlessly torment them.
  7. Biblical justice is real, but its final form is death, not everlasting torture.

CONCLUSION

Across Scripture, early Christian theology, philosophy, and the character of God, the consistent picture is:

• Sin leads to death, not everlasting life in misery
• Only God has immortality; humans do not unless granted by Him
• Judgment is real but finite
• The wicked are destroyed, not sustained eternally
• Eternal life belongs only to the redeemed
• Eternal conscious torment was a minority position in the early centuries
• The majority position in both East and early theology was restoration or destruction

The annihilationist / conditional immortality view integrates all of Scripture without contradiction and aligns with the deepest themes of God’s justice, love, and ultimate victory.

EARTH IS NOT JUST A SPEC IN THE UNIVERSE

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In this episode of Creation Talk, host Joshua Bemenderfer talks with guest Keaton Halley about the claim that Earth’s small size proves humanity is insignificant. Referencing voices like Carl Sagan and Bill Nye, they examine whether science truly supports that conclusion—or whether it reflects a biblical worldview, considering on the evidence.

The conversation explores cosmic and local fine-tuning, from life-permitting constants in the universe to Earth’s position in the habitable zone and the stability of our sun. Keaton argues that the data points not to mediocrity, but to intentional design—suggesting that our “speck” in the cosmos is far more significant than it appears.

Introduction/Teaser: 1. Carl Sagan and the Pale Blue Dot, 2. Bill Nye and Cosmic Insignificance, 3. Does Size Equal Significance? 4. Psalm 8 – Humility and Dominion, 5. A Thanks for Support, 6. Made in God’s Image, 7. The Purpose of Humans, 8. Does Location Make Us Mediocre? 9. Cosmic Fine Tuning, 10. Local Fine Tuning, 11. Final Takeaways, 12. Promo: Genesis The Key to the Gospel

JEWISH COUPLE MIRACULOUSLY SAVED BY JESUS

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This a great video showing us how God captured the hearts of a Jewish couple and is now using them mightily to reach other Jews in Israel.

Jeff Morgan grew up in America (Jeff’s father was a Cohen but he changed their name to Morgan as anti semitism was already a problem in the USA). Yael was born and raised in a devout Jewish family in Israel. Jeff has an amazing story from being heavily involved in new age spirituality from a young age. He was eventually drawn back to Israel to explore his spiritual roots where he met Yael. They married and started a family but Jeff was not settled and he took his family back and forth from the USA trying to find meaning in life. He finally got so depressed he considered suicide. Jeff and Yael were is such a dark place, they were on the verge of divorce when Jesus suddenly and unexpectedly broke into their lives and redeemed them, their family, and their lives.

Jeff and Yael now minister with Highway 53, where they explore Scripture, prophecy, and the road that leads to the Messiah.

THE PRE-EMINENCE OF JESUS CHRIST

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This one Scripture in Colossians describes the pre-eminence of Jesus Christ in history. Moreover, the Bible clearly, with many prophecies, tells us that Jesus is about to return to Earth first to rescue His Saints before God pours out His wrath upon an unrepentant world. with the Trumpet and Bowl judgements. Jesus will then return to Earth with the glorified Saints to rescue Israel and begin His Millennial reign.
“He (Jesus) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.” Colossians 1:15-23

God has unfinished business with Israel, the nation He set up to fulfil His purposes. God’s adversary, Satan, knows this and is intent on its destruction. He is the one who is inspiring the leaders of the nations to come against Israel. What is amazing, proving that God is in control of world events, is that all that is unfolding in the world is prophesied in God’s Word. This little nation in terms of land size is the centre of world events.

‘I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and I will curse him who curses you; and in you ALL the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ (Genesis 12:2-3)

If you want to be prepared to rule and reign with Jesus in His coming Millennial Kingdom go to http://www.millennialkingdom.net where you will find all the information and resources you will need.

RESULTS OF PRAYER AND FASTING FOR THE UNBORN

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Thank you to every one who prayed, fasted and stood for life! Across the country, thousands have joined heaven’s heart for the 90,000 aborted babies who are denied the right to life every year.

Proverbs 24:11 commends those who make a stand for the unborn. “Rescue those being taken off to death, and save those stumbling towards slaughter.”

Immense gratitude goes to the Love Adelaide/Love Australia team and volunteers who initiated this national call for 21 days of prayer and fasting for the unborn, produced prayer devotionals (read them all here) and ran Australia’s first walk for life in the 2026 calendar year on the last day of this prayer campaign in Adelaide.

An estimated 4,200 took to Adelaide’s parks and city streets as a public witness for life — the largest turnout since 2021, which was just weeks prior to the abortion up to birth bill passing in SA.

Please thank pro-life politicians Alex Antic, Dennis Hood and Nicola Centofanti (Liberal) and Claire Scriven (Labor) for their attendance and support in Adelaide. (You will find their contact details by clicking their names.)

Be sure to check out Ann Browne’s (Love Australia prayer co-ordinator) summary of these 21 days and highlights of 2026’s first pro-life walk here and watch the moving 4-minute video below.

Recently in Queensland, baby Samuel, at 16 weeks’ gestation, survived an abortion and for 30 minutes, was left to die, still sucking his thumb.

A Queensland medical professional (at great personal risk) took a photo of baby Samuel to reveal this horrendous child abuse.

Thousands attended a rally on the steps of Queensland’s Parliament House on Monday in support of baby Samuel and all unborn children who are denied the right to life.

The rally was held one day in advance of pro-life MP Robbie Katter’s motion to overturn a ban forbidding parliamentary debate on abortion. Tragically, the ban prevents MPs from seeking to change the laws on abortion was set up by the LNP Premier David Crisafulli.

In 2024, Robbie Katter attempted to change Queensland’s law to mandate medical care (and, if possible, life-saving care) for babies born alive and left to die after a failed abortion. The current ban means no politician can bring pro-life bills to parliament.

Disgracefully, the Liberal National Party (LNP) opposed Katter’s motion. The Labor Party, while voting in support of the motion, did so with the evil motive to push to make Queensland’s laws even more pro-abortion.

Sadly, Robbie’s motion was voted down.

Yet, in the midst of defeat, we are incredibly encouraged by LNP MP, Nigel Dalton, who decided to go against his party and vote according to his pro-life principles. He was the only LNP MP to do so.

We highly encourage you to watch Nigel explain how he made his decision. We’re sure you’ll be inspired.

ISRAEL’S HISTORY FORETOLD FROM THE BEGINNING

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God does not simply react to Israel’s history; He predicted it before they ever entered the land.

Key passages from Moses:

  1. Israel would enter the land
    Deuteronomy 30:5
  2. Israel would be unfaithful
    Deuteronomy 31:16–17
  3. Israel would be exiled and scattered to all nations
    Deuteronomy 28:64
    Leviticus 26:33
  4. Even from worldwide dispersion, God would regather them
    Deuteronomy 30:1–4
    Nehemiah 1:8–9

This is the very foundation of biblical prophecy: Israel’s entire national history was foretold before it happened.

THE PROPHETS CONFIRM MOSES’ PREDICTIONS

The Major Prophets build on Moses’ covenant warnings and promises.

Jeremiah:
Israel scattered for disobedience but later regathered
Jeremiah 16:14–15
Jeremiah 23:3–8
Jeremiah 30:10–11

Ezekiel:
Regathering from all nations into their land
Ezekiel 36:22–24
Ezekiel 37:21–28

Isaiah:
Worldwide return of a remnant
Isaiah 11:11–12
Isaiah 43:5–7

Zechariah:
Two‑thirds of Israel cut off; one‑third purified
Zechariah 13:8–9

Every prophetic book reinforces the same pattern Moses laid down.

THE FINAL TRIBULATION AND THE ANTICHRIST

Jesus, Daniel, and Revelation describe a last-days global crisis centered on Israel.

Daniel’s prophecy:
A final ruler (the “Little Horn”) persecutes the saints and Israel
Daniel 7:21–25
Daniel 9:26–27
Daniel 12:1

Jesus’ teaching:
When the Antichrist declares he is God in the temple in Jerusalem (midpoint of the last seven years), great tribulation breaks out for the Jews but also believers.
Matthew 24:15–22
Luke 21:20–24

Revelation:
The Beast (Antichrist) and False Prophet lead a global rebellion. Believers raptured at trumpet blast and opening of the seventh seal. At sixth seal, the prophesied celestial signs precede the Day of the Lord and it says, “the great day of their wrath has come” (Rev. 6:17) so at the seventh seal the trumpet and bowl judgements commence. Also after seventh seal, John sees the multitude of raptured believers standing before the throne of God (Rev. 7:9). Each of the seven churches represent the church in the last seven years, just as the seals represent what is unfolding in the last seven years and note it is the sixth church (Philadelphia) that is raptured at the trumpet blast opening of the seventh seal “Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world” (Rev.3:10). The Laodicean church will face the wrath of God, “For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked” (Rev. 3:17)
Revelation 13
Revelation 16:13–16
Revelation 19:19

Israel is refined in this period, exactly as Moses and the prophets predicted.

THE RETURN OF JESUS AND THE RESCUE OF ISRAEL

Jesus returns specifically to rescue Israel.

They look on Him whom they pierced
Zechariah 12:10

The Mount of Olives splits when He comes
Zechariah 14:3–4

Israel calls on the Messiah
Hosea 5:15
Matthew 23:39

The Beast and his armies are destroyed
Revelation 19:11–21

The Satan is bound for 1000 years
Revelation 20:1–3

This is the turning point of human history.

THE MILLENNIAL KINGDOM OF JESUS

Jesus, Christ and the Saints rule on earth with a rod of iron for 1000 years as the curse is only partially lifted off the Cosmos mainly in Israel.

Duration:
Revelation 20:4–6

Jesus and the Saints reign with a rod of iron
Psalm 2:6–9
Revelation 19:15

The resurrected saints reign with Him
Revelation 20:4
2 Timothy 2:12

Israel becomes the chief nation
Isaiah 2:1–4
Isaiah 60
Isaiah 66:20–22
Zechariah 14:16–19

Jerusalem becomes the spiritual center of the world
Isaiah 24:23
Isaiah 65:18–19

The nations come up to worship the King
Zechariah 14:16

The Millennial Kingdom is a time of peace, justice, and restored creation.

THE RELEASE OF SATAN AND FINAL REBELLION

After 1000 years, Satan is released briefly.

Revelation 20:7–9
He deceives nations “as the sand of the sea,” gathering them against Jerusalem—but fire from God destroys them instantly.

Satan is cast into the lake of fire permanently
Revelation 20:10

This ends all evil forever.

THE GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGMENT

The second resurrection and final judgment occur.

Revelation 20:11–15
All the unrighteous dead are judged and condemned.

This concludes the old creation.

THE NEW HEAVEN, NEW EARTH, AND NEW JERUSALEM

John sees the final eternal state.

New Heaven and Earth
Revelation 21:1

The Holy City (new Jerusalem) descends from God
Revelation 21:2
Revelation 21:9–27

God dwells with His people
Revelation 21:3–4

No more death, sorrow, or curse
Revelation 21:4
Revelation 22:3

GENERAL-PURPOSE HUMANOID ROBOTS

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Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, A360 and Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures. Both men are well known for the roles on Peter’s, Moonshots blog.

In this video Peter & Dave sit down with Brett Adcock to discuss the future of Figure AI and Humanoid Robots. Brett Adcock is the founder of Figure AI, an AI robotics company developing general-purpose humanoid robots.

Brett Adcock (born April 6, 1986) is an American technology entrepreneur and billionaire who is the founder and chief executive officer of Figure AI. In 2018, Adcock co-founded Archer Aviation, five years after he co-founded Vettery. In 2023, he established Cover. As of June 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth as US$1.4 billion.

In 2026, Figure AI will be working with companies to introduce robots in their companies to replace humans for manufacturing, and all other functions including warehousing and distribution. Figure has 55 companies knocking on the door ready to spend big bucks which will help them scale up their robots manufacture. However, he did say that with neural net his company can produce general-purpose humanoid robots and he is keen to produce them as is Elon Musk with Optimus Robots.

The disruption that robotics will cause to employment in 2026 will just increase the lawlessness we are already seeing in developed countries where for the most part, people, particularly the younger generation have accepted evolution and the Big Bang theory as the origin of life and the Cosmos. For them, God and His commandments are part of myths and legends. Their lives have no meaning or purpose. For Christians who know their Bibles and Biblical end times prophecy realise this is just part of what God has revealed to prepare us for the tribulation that precedes Jesus second coming to earth to usher in His Millennial Kingdom. For more on what is next on God’s agenda for planet earth go to http://www.millennialkingdom.net.

https://youtu.be/S_fXhVT67Uw?si=1zxPN77X7gyB1T4_

BUILDING FAMILIES

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Families don’t grow by themselves; they need dedication, commitment and self-sacrifice. Mary Eberstadt is an American researcher and writer. In conversation with John Anderson, Mary said:

“Politicians should look at every possible experiment to make it easier to get married, easier to have families, and easier to have families of size… One of the most frustrating things in the United States, for which we have very good laws, is obscenity, and yet there are no prosecutions for the creators of pornography. We need to go after this, it’s a proven contributor to romantic trouble, to marital breakup, and it is often cited in divorce cases. American parents seem to be waking up to the problem of what is being taught in American public schools, this is all to the good. The privileging of motherhood would be a great thing to bring back. Hungary is experimenting with some very interesting ideas. For example, women with four or more children do not have to pay income tax for the rest of their lives.“

While We Were Sleeping, here in Australia, there has been near silence on the family; the cry has always been about the rights of the individual or a minority. (The Family First Party under Lyle Shelton being an invaluable exception). Society seems to have accepted that shattered families are simply our daily reality, one in three marriages ending in divorce, quoted Warwick Marsh.

However, there is encouragement. Stephen Turley, in his study of demography (the study of changes in the number of births, deaths, and marriages, etc, in a particular area over a specified period of time), quotes from Eric Kaufmann’s 2002 study of American demographic trends, which suggested ‘religious fundamentalists are on course to take over the world.’ (Self-identified non-religious women only had 1.5 children per couple, compared with conservative evangelical women who had 2.5 children, replacement fertility being defined as 2.1 children).

Consequently, the socialist left, supporters of homosexuality, gender transition, abortion, euthanasia and the fear of climate change are having fewer babies than replacement and will breed out, while conservative evangelicals who trust in God are going forth and multiplying! (Genesis 1:28)

The Rights of the Child

Katy Faust is the founder and president of the children’s rights organisation Them Before Us, a global non-profit. In 2021, together with Stacey Manning, they published Them Before Us: Why We Need a Global Children’s Rights Movement.

The same-sex marriage agenda got these ladies involved, as they were angry that the so-called rights of adults were being recognised, while immense harm was being inflicted on the children, who became pawns to be traded in the marketplace of feelings. It is ironic that one of the hallmarks of the progressives has been their stand for the rights of minorities, yet they have set back children’s rights by decades.

Dying to Self

For me, the biggest take-home from this chapter on family is the principle of dying to self for the flourishing of family.

Often, as followers of Jesus, we don’t ‘present your bodies a living sacrifice’ (Romans 12:1) as Jesus clearly did when He died for our sins. Only when we die can Jesus shine through us. The apostle Paul acknowledged, in the last days, ‘men will be lovers of themselves’ (2 Timothy 3:2), so true. Marriage is the ultimate death of two that one might live; the Scripture says that ‘the two shall become one flesh’ (Mark 10:8).

For half a century, I have treasured this anonymous depiction of dying to self — it always catches me out:

  1. When you are forgotten, or neglected, or purposely set at naught, and you don’t sting and hurt with the insult or the oversight, but your heart is happy, being counted worthy to suffer for Christ… That is dying to self.
  2. When your good is evil spoken of, when your wishes are crossed, your advice disregarded, your opinions ridiculed, and you refuse to let anger rise in your heart or even defend yourself, but take it all in patient loving silence… That is dying to self.
  3. When you lovingly and patiently bear any disorder, any irregularity, any unpunctuality, or any annoyance; when you can stand face to face with waste, folly, extravagance, spiritual insensibility…and endure it as Jesus endured it… That is dying to self.
  4. When you are content with any food, any offering, any raiment, any climate, any society, any solitude, and interruption by the will of God… That is dying to self.
  5. When you never care to refer to yourself in conversation, or to record your own good works, or itch after commendation, when you can truly love to be unknown… That is dying to self.
  6. When you can see your brother prosper and have his needs met and can honestly rejoice with him in spirit and feel no envy nor question God, while your own needs are far greater and in desperate circumstances… That is dying to self.
  7. When you can receive correction and reproof from one of less stature than yourself, and can humbly submit inwardly as well as outwardly, finding no rebellion or resentment rising up within your heart… That is dying to self.

I pray that our families might be filled with joy as their dominant characteristic. Fathers, what about Proverbs 5:18 (MSG): “Your spring water is for you and you only, not to be passed around among strangers. Bless your fresh-flowing fountain! Enjoy the wife you married as a young man! Lovely as an angel, beautiful as a rose — don’t ever quit taking delight in her body. Never take her love for granted! Why would you trade enduring intimacies for cheap thrills with a prostitute? for dalliance with a promiscuous stranger?“

From this committed bedrock to our marriages, let’s build strong families, giving our children a secure, lasting and firm foundation for the adventure of their lifetime.