The Bible is estimated to be 25%-35% prophecy. It’s very specific prophecies have thus far been 100% accurate.
There is much Bible prophecy that is yet unfulfilled. For example, beginning in chapter six, everything in the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ is future to us. That is why we are called futurists. We believe that these yet-to-be-fulfilled prophecies will be fulfilled in a physical, literal, global, apocalyptic context.
It makes sense that the world would be moving in the direction that the prophecies predict. Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence, cashless commerce, the manipulation of human DNA, global government, the exponential growth of human knowledge, and the rebirth of national Israel are potential End Times phenomena the Bible predicts. All of these are increasingly trending in the news.
I always give two disclaimers:
- We are careful to use recognized, reliable sources for news. Sensationalism about the future is detrimental.
- We’re not saying the things we report are the fulfillment of prophecy. We’re saying that they are the things you’d expect to be happening in the build-up to the future Great Tribulation.
In the Revelation of Jesus Christ, in the future, we read about a fascinating and terrifying “image.” A man we call the False Prophet oversees the making of this “image,” which by its description seems to possess sentient life.
“[The False Prophet] causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship [the Antichrist], whose deadly wound was healed. He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. [He tells] those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the [Antichrist]… He was granted power to give breath to the image… that the image… should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image… to be killed.”
What could animate this “image,” rendering it sentient and deadly? Artificial Intelligence.
A recent article posted to the internet was titled, The humanoid-robot CEO of a drinks company says it doesn’t have weekends and is “always on 24/7.”
Excerpts:
The CEO of the Polish drinks company Dictador is an AI-powered humanoid robot.
Dictador appointed the AI-powered robot, named Mika, as its experimental chief executive in August last year, and it’s not afraid to put in the hours to help the company “take over the world.”
Dictador is not the first company to make a bot its CEO. Last year, a Chinese gaming firm appointed an “AI-powered virtual humanoid robot” named Tang Yu as the chief executive of a subsidiary, Fujian NetDragon Websoft.”
The Chinese company said in their press release, “We believe AI is the future of corporate management, and our appointment of Ms. Tang Yu represents our commitment to truly embrace the use of AI to transform the way we operate our business, and ultimately drive our future strategic growth.”
AI robots were spotted hanging out among the crowd at the Week 1 NFL game between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Miami Dolphins at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. These robots are not actors or people in suits, but they are real characters from the upcoming movie The Creator. Some were placed on the sideline, others were in the concourse and some simply sat in seats throughout the stadium.
One report said, “The human fans didn’t know what to think of their fellow fans, but their curiosity turned into fascination after watching them act like human fans – cheering, high-fives, back-and-forth talk – during the game.” One fan tweeted, “Got a high-five from the robot seated next to me.”
AI satisfies another last days prediction. In the last chapter of the Book of Daniel we are told that human knowledge will explode at an exponential rate. That is true of AI. So true that many are warning we will be conquered by AI.
What’s going to happen? In His incarnation, Jesus proclaimed that the kingdom promised Israel had come. When the Jewish leadership rejected Jesus as their King, Jesus went to Heaven. The physical kingdom on earth went on standby.
We live in the Church Age. It began on the day of Pentecost fifty days after Jesus Christ rose from the dead. It precedes the Time of Jacob’s Trouble, more commonly known as the seven-year Great Tribulation.
The Tribulation will not begin until something fantastic happens. The Lord said He would return for us, the Church, raising the dead in Christ, then catching up, rapturing, believers who are alive when He comes. He promised His Church Age believers, “I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth” (Rev 3:10).
The resurrection and rapture of the church is always imminent. It could happen any moment; nothing needs to happen before it.
Are you ready for the rapture? If not, Get ready; Stay ready; Keep looking up.
Ready or not, Jesus is coming!