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Prophecy in the Spotlight with Dan Goodwin

Danger in the Last Days: 2 Timothy 3 and Why Self-Love Is the Root of Perilous Times

Dan Goodwin and Dr. Charles Hiltibidal open 2 Timothy chapter 3 to argue that the perilous times Paul warned about describe the condition of the church rather than the world, walking through the self-love, compromise, and broken families they see marking Christianity today.

Opening: Perilous Times Ahead
Dan Goodwin opens Prophecy in the Spotlight alone, telling viewers the broadcast is titled "Danger in the Last Days" and grounding it in 2 Timothy chapter 3. He reads verse 1, "this know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come," and stresses to viewers that Paul is not describing some distant future but conditions Goodwin believes are already here. He explains that "perilous" comes from "peril," meaning danger, and reads ahead to verse 2, where Paul writes that men "shall be lovers of their own selves." Goodwin argues that self-love has become the defining mark of the modern Christian, pointing to how believers now build their lives, beliefs, and priorities entirely around themselves rather than God. He tells viewers that Dr. Charles Hiltibidal is waiting in the studio to dig deeper into the passage, promises the show will not be a lighthearted one, and sends the broadcast to its opening break.

Setting the Scene: Christianity, Not the World
Back from the break, Dan Goodwin tells viewers the discussion may feel more sober than usual, recalling the show's occasional lighter moments but noting this is "a time of mourning." He and Charles Hiltibidal work through the early verses of 2 Timothy 3 together, and Hiltibidal points to verse 5, "having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof," arguing that the perilous times Paul describes are not a warning about the secular world but about "the condition of Christianity in those last days." Goodwin agrees, noting the world has always lived without Christ while the church was once set apart, with Bible reading, preaching, spiritual leadership, and parental discipline shaping believers' lives. Hiltibidal adds that even young parents in their twenties and thirties now treat church as optional, calling their pastors for advice they would have already heard had they attended the previous Sunday. Both men tie this decline to the "latter times" language of 1 Timothy 4:1 and the last church of Revelation chapter 3, the Laodicean church, which Hiltibidal insists describes Christianity rather than the world.

Self-Love, Obsession, and Yielded Members
Dan Goodwin returns to the phrase "lovers of their own selves," calling it the key statement of the passage and arguing that every trait Paul lists afterward flows out of that self-love. Charles Hiltibidal agrees, describing the list as character traits of someone who has let his "old man" become spiritualized while still living as before. The two address a common claim that a Christian cannot be influenced by demonic forces, with Hiltibidal clarifying that a believer cannot be possessed, since the Holy Spirit seals the inner man, but can still be "obsessed" through outside influence. Goodwin cites Paul's teaching, likely from Romans, that believers become servants to whatever they yield their members, whether eyes, hands, or thoughts, to. He argues Christians can yield themselves to demonic influence even while remaining saved. Hiltibidal broadens the point to responsibility, saying pastors, Sunday school teachers, deacons, and fathers must guard their households because scripture and preaching have been "watered down" to avoid confronting sin, with churches increasingly excusing compromise as simply belonging to "the Laodicean era."

Natural Affection, Abortion, and Broken Walls
The conversation turns to the phrase "without natural affection," and Goodwin asks why a woman would want to end her baby's life, answering that it requires the same self-love the passage describes. Hiltibidal points to a man running for the Senate in Texas who identifies as a preacher yet says abortion is acceptable, calling it proof that perilous times have reached Christian leadership itself. Goodwin then raises the old "doctrine of separation," illustrating it with the image of a wall meant to keep children, and especially sons, from wandering off like the prodigal son, and both men lament that courtship and chaperones, common in earlier generations, have largely disappeared because fathers will not enforce boundaries. Hiltibidal shares a personal memory from his pastorate in Dallas, recalling a respected evangelist who fell into adultery, lost his church and family, and wept at his desk confessing he believed God's blessing on his ministry meant the affair would be fine, an example Hiltibidal calls a clear picture of self overruling what a man already knows is true.

Money, Debt, and Seducing Spirits
Hiltibidal ties the list's word "covetous" to Paul's closing words in 1 Timothy 6:10, that the love of money is a root of evil that has caused some to err from the faith, and warns that Christian leaders today take advantage of their position for personal gain. Goodwin adds that many preachers avoid confronting certain sins because they fear offending the large donors who keep their churches running, and Hiltibidal suggests some leaders have built such debt through buildings and the appearance of success that they cannot risk losing that income. The men then return to 1 Timothy 4:1, where "the Spirit speaketh expressly" that in the latter times some will depart from the faith by giving heed to "seducing spirits" and doctrines of devils. Hiltibidal blames a lack of personal devotion, guessing that the vast majority of preachers, deacons, and Sunday school teachers never open their Bibles or spend quiet time with God before starting their day, leaving them vulnerable to whatever consumes their attention instead, a habit he says shapes much of what is wrong with Christianity today.

Boasting, Pride, and a Call to Repent
Working through the rest of Paul's list, Hiltibidal describes "boasters" as those who claim accomplishments and knowledge they do not truly have, and "proud" as those who consider themselves superior because of a larger congregation or following. He calls "blasphemous" not blasphemy against God directly but leaders who promote practices, which he says are unbiblical, while claiming spiritual authority, and ties "disobedient to parents" to fathers who refuse to set standards for their children's dress and conduct, warning that many preachers have lost their families by living one way in the pulpit and another at home. On "unthankful," Hiltibidal contrasts self-centered American believers with joyful Christians he has met in Uganda who own almost nothing, and a miserable millionaire he has also visited. He defines "unholy" as living by the old sinful nature while claiming spiritual justification. Goodwin closes by summarizing that self-love drives every trait on the list, urging viewers to be certain of their salvation and to walk with God, before signing off telling them to keep their eyes on the skies.

Here's To Your Health with Joshua Lane with Joshua Lane

Skyhorse Publishing's Censorship Fight and the Hidden Merck MMR Vaccine Report with Tony Lyons

Joshua Lane talks with Skyhorse Publishing president Tony Lyons about publishing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s bestselling, heavily censored book on Anthony Fauci, then spends the second half of the hour walking through a former FDA commissioner's report on Merck's mumps vaccine and a new poll on shrinking MMR confidence.

Joshua Lane Welcomes Tony Lyons Of Skyhorse
Joshua Lane opens Here's To Your Health by welcoming Tony Lyons, president and publisher of Skyhorse Publishing, a house he says has placed more than one hundred titles on the New York Times bestseller list in roughly twenty years. Lane reads praise from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now Secretary of Health and Human Services, who calls Skyhorse's willingness to tackle tough issues "a critical cog in our democracy," and from Julian Lennon, son of John Lennon, who credits Lyons with giving his children's book series "the perfect home." Lane notes that Lyons is viewed as controversial in some quarters for publishing authors who question vaccination and mainstream health narratives, and asks what pushed him to found a company built around outsider voices. Lyons thanks Lane for having him on and settles in to explain his philosophy of publishing before the conversation turns to specific titles and the reaction they have drawn.

Lyons On Publishing Dangerous, Disturbing Books
Lyons tells Lane he was "born the kind of person who questions everything" and takes pride in publishing books other houses are afraid to touch. He argues books ought to be "dangerous and disturbing," designed to promote curiosity, skepticism and discomfort rather than simply confirm what readers already believe. Reading only to reinforce existing biases, he says, is like taking an Epsom salt bath, pleasant but pointless, while real reading should leave someone questioning their job, their habits or their whole way of living. Lyons says he feels sorry for critics who accuse Skyhorse of recklessness, arguing that publishers controlled by mainstream narratives are the ones failing readers by limiting freedom and progress. Lane, who says he regularly hosts Skyhorse's wellness authors, agrees the approach is fair and steers the conversation toward the company's biggest and most contested success, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s book about Anthony Fauci, asking Lyons directly how many copies it has sold.

The Real Anthony Fauci And Its Censorship
Lyons reports that The Real Anthony Fauci has sold 1.4 million copies and calls it likely the most censored book in modern history, describing how bookstores, libraries and websites refused to stock or sell it soon after release. He says Kennedy worked on the book seven days a week without pay, donating every royalty to Children's Health Defense, the nonprofit he founded, and argues that integrity built the broader movement around him despite relentless vilification in major newspapers and television. Lane adds context from Kennedy's earlier career founding Riverkeeper and cleaning up the Hudson River against General Motors, General Electric and the Army Corps of Engineers, noting Kennedy once earned praise from Time magazine. Lyons contrasts today's measles anxiety with the 1960s, when he says roughly 400 Americans died among twenty million measles cases and families held measles parties, arguing infectious disease deaths fell through sanitation and hospitals rather than vaccines alone.

Kennedy's Broader Health Message And Sign-Off
Lyons broadens his argument to the American health system, citing a claim from the British Medical Journal's editor that as much as forty percent of peer-reviewed science amounts to advertising for pharmaceutical products, and noting the United States spends three times more than other industrialized nations on healthcare while ranking near the bottom on outcomes. He recounts Kennedy pressing CNN anchor Dana Bash on air to produce the two hundred studies she cited proving vaccines and autism are unconnected, studies Lyons insists do not exist. He credits Kennedy's first twenty months in office with shifting public conversation on seed oils, beef tallow, ultra-processed food and the food pyramid. Lane closes the interview by referencing last week's guest, researcher William Parker, on Tylenol and autism risk, then thanks Lyons warmly for making time in a busy schedule before the two say goodbye and the show breaks for advertisements and a promo for another BBS program.

Kessler Report Exposes Merck's Mumps Vaccine
After the break, Lane returns alone to walk through a report from Dr. David Kessler, former FDA commissioner under both the George H. W. Bush and Clinton administrations, prepared for the Krahling v. Merck & Co. lawsuit and summarized by Children's Health Defense reporter Brenda Baletti. Lane reads Kessler's finding that Merck's MMR II mumps component lost potency before its labeled shelf life ended as early as 1998, and that rather than recalling doses, the company sought new testing methods and secretly overfilled vials with extra live virus starting in 1999 without safety or efficacy trials at the higher dose. Lane details how roughly twelve million low-potency doses reached the public regardless, how whistleblowers Stephen Krahling and a colleague identified in the transcript as Joan Wzkowski sued under the False Claims Act in 2010, and how a 2023 federal ruling dismissed the case on materiality grounds Lane says he finds hard to understand.

New Poll Finds Cracks In MMR Trust
In the final segment, Lane cites a new Reuters poll reported by Children's Health Defense scientist Brian Hooker showing confidence that the MMR vaccine is safe for children fell from 84 to 76 percent even as measles outbreaks made headlines in Pennsylvania, Utah and South Carolina. He notes only 19 percent of respondents approved of the administration's outbreak response, and that Senators Rand Paul and Ron Johnson stand out to him as the only lawmakers pressing the issue. Lane walks through VAERS figures showing over 95,000 adverse events and 500 deaths reported after MMR vaccination, the 2010 vaccine court award to the family of Hannah Poling, and President Trump's executive order shifting the eighteen-vaccine childhood schedule toward the eleven-vaccine European model and separating MMR into single shots. He closes by thanking listeners, inviting guest suggestions at joshlanewellness@gmail.com, and wishing everyone a healthy evening.

Brother Jim Shaw Ministries

End Days Warning: Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders and the Coming of Grievous Wolves

Brother Jim Shaw preaches from Acts 20 on Paul's farewell to the Ephesian elders, warning that grievous wolves will enter the church, and calls listeners to repentance, watchfulness, and freedom from the idols of comfort, sports, and drink.

Hold Fast in the End Days
Brother Jim Shaw opens the broadcast urging listeners to hold fast, declaring that the end days are near. He marvels that modern technology, cell phones reaching anyone on the planet, GPS precise enough to find a golf ball on any course, is easily believed, yet people resist believing in Jesus. He tells the audience they were created for the glory of God but remain sinners, fallen and led by their own lusts, which want to make themselves God. Brother Jim insists there is no escape from this condition other than what happened at the cross, the blood sacrificed by the Lamb, calling every alternative, good works, any preacher, any religion, kindness itself, a deception outside of that blood. He explains that once a person accepts what Christ did at the cross and becomes reborn, fruit follows because the seed of God's word has been planted, but fruit without the blood of Christ is only deception and the respect of men.

Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders
Brother Jim Shaw turns to Acts chapter twenty, reading how Paul, hurrying toward Jerusalem for the day of Pentecost, sends from Miletus for the elders of the church at Ephesus. He reads Paul's account of serving the Lord with humility, tears, and temptations while the Jews lay in wait to kill him, teaching publicly and house to house, testifying both to Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. Brother Jim stresses that Paul kept preaching even knowing he was hunted, and applies this directly to listeners, warning that anyone who wants to walk the walk of Christ will come under attack, whether through people, weather, thoughts, or temptations. He reminds the audience that repentance is not a one time event, comparing it to a righteous man falling seven times yet always getting back up, and urges listeners caught in bondage or facing recurring temptation to keep fighting rather than give in to discouragement.

Bound in the Spirit, Undeterred by Chains
Brother Jim Shaw continues reading Acts twenty, where Paul says he goes bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what awaits him except that the Holy Ghost testifies in every city that bonds and afflictions await him. He marvels that the Spirit sent Paul out to preach while warning him of coming suffering, and reads Paul's declaration that none of these things move him, that he does not count his own life dear so that he might finish his course with joy and complete the ministry received from the Lord Jesus. Brother Jim warns listeners that the end days are near and that conveniences like radio, YouTube, electricity, and gasoline, which he calls two massive golden calves society depends on, could vanish quickly, urging people to relish God's word today rather than assume anything is guaranteed. He notes that everyone was born naked and helpless, dependent entirely on others, and has already survived hopeless positions before.

Feed Yourself First, Then the Flock
Brother Jim Shaw reads Paul telling the Ephesian elders that they will see his face no more, and that he is pure from the blood of all men because he did not shun to declare the whole counsel of God. He reads Paul's charge to take heed first to themselves and then to the flock over which the Holy Ghost made them overseers, to feed the church of God purchased with his own blood. Brother Jim explains that believers must feed themselves the word of God before they can care for others, noting that Christ's sheep are found everywhere, in convenience store lines, at gas stations, drywalling, or repairing an electrical panel. He then reads Paul's grim prophecy that after his departure grievous wolves will enter in, not sparing the flock, and that even men from among the believers themselves will rise up speaking perverted things to draw disciples away, a warning Paul delivered with tears for three years.

Repentance, Football, and the Golden Calf of Idols
Brother Jim Shaw warns listeners not to get past the simplicity of Christ or slide into bondage of rituals and traditions, insisting that real rebirth always brings change. He shares a conversation with a man who noticed he could no longer watch football the way he used to, calling it evidence of repentance and the Lord tilling the soil, and clarifies that football and money are not evil in themselves but become idols once given power over a person's heart. Brother Jim recalls his own conversion, when he could not enter a restaurant with a bar for three years or watch football for five years without crying over stadiums full of people caring only about a first down. He says he has since found peace and can enter such places again without partaking, but describes alcohol bluntly as a pharmaceutical, noting that even the world calls liquor wine and spirits, and warns that a little leaven spoils the whole loaf.

Paul's Example of Labor and Giving
Brother Jim Shaw finishes his reading from Acts twenty, where Paul reminds the Ephesian elders that his own hands ministered to his needs and to those with him, working, by his account elsewhere, night and day so no one could accuse him of stealing their money. He reads Paul's instruction that by such labor believers ought to support the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that it is more blessed to give than to receive, framing Paul's refusal of gold, silver, or apparel as proof his message was pure truth rather than a bribe. The account closes with Paul kneeling down and praying with the elders before Brother Jim gives his own blessing, telling listeners to stay in Jesus and fight the good fight of faith. The broadcast ends with the announcer returning to give the ministry's website, a post office box in Vero Beach, Florida, a phone number, and a mention of Brother Jim's YouTube page for further sermons.

Tony Alamo

Program 271: The Book of Proverbs, Roman Canon Law, and Letters From Texarkana to Ghana

World pastor Tony Alamo devotes program 271 to the Book of Proverbs and a running case against what he calls Roman canon law and the Vatican's seat in Rome, reading listener letters from Texarkana to Ghana with co-host Lydia.

Program 271 Opens With Free Literature and Ministry History
World pastor Tony Alamo opens program 271, part 169 of his series How to Have God's Life Living in You, with his standing offer of free literature, cassettes, CDs, Bibles, and his Messiah book, all sent with postage covered, and an invitation for listeners to become distributors or open their own churches. He recalls how the ministry began in his house, grew too large, and moved into what he calls an actual dope den after members invited him to preach and everyone there got saved. From there the congregation outgrew several buildings, expanding from Hollywood, California, into Saugus, Newhall, and Valencia as crowds kept multiplying. Alamo frames the day's teaching as a comparison between the Bible and what he calls Roman canon law, describing a world government and a world church he identifies with Satan's seat in Rome, working alongside much of the news media. He tells the congregation not to fear these forces but to fear God and keep His commandments, calling that the whole duty of man.

Prayer, Song, and the Book of Proverbs on Wisdom
Alamo leads the studio in prayer, thanking the Lord for people responding to the ministry's teaching even on their deathbeds and asking that lukewarm members of the church be filled with the Spirit and set on higher ground; the congregation answers with an audible amen. He then performs a recording of Lead Me, Guide Me with J.D. Sumner and The Stamps Quartet. Returning to the microphone, he turns to the Book of Proverbs, calling it God's detailed pattern for living and naming wisdom, the ability to live skillfully in an ungodly world, as its key word. He tells listeners that no law or word other than God's can lead them rightly, quoting Christ's claim to be the way, the truth, and the life, and warning that anyone trying to reach heaven by another path is a thief and a robber who cannot enter the kingdom. He then turns the broadcast to co-host Lydia to begin reading listener responses.

Listener Letters From Texarkana to Ghana
Lydia reads a letter from Texarkana, Texas describing how sisters Theresa and Emily brought Alamo's tract That's What It's All About, containing the testimony of a woman named Bessie Haskell, to an 88-year-old stroke patient dying in a nursing home; Theresa read it aloud as the woman lay silent, then led her in the sinner's prayer as her eyes filled with tears. Alamo explains the tract's origin, an elderly woman in a Chicago rest home whose testimony his witnessing crew recorded decades ago with her permission to distribute worldwide. Lydia continues with letters from Easton, Pennsylvania, praising an article called Brace Yourselves printed in the New York Daily News; from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, thanking Alamo for teaching heard on KAAY 1090 AM; from Minneapolis, Minnesota, admiring a full-page prayer printed in the Star Tribune; and from a man named John in Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana, who says a newsletter passed to him by a friend led him to salvation and asks for more literature to distribute.

A Newspaper Campaign and the Power of God's Grace
Alamo tells listeners the ministry has placed pages of testimony and prayer in newspapers across the country, including the Miami Herald, the Chicago Tribune, and five weeks of ads in the New York Daily News, spending what he says was a quarter of a million dollars on a single Sunday's placements two weeks earlier, and appeals for volunteers to help answer the flood of mail and email the campaign has produced. Returning to Proverbs chapter one, he teaches that the King James word grace was originally power, a change he attributes to Shakespeare's editing, and insists that by God's power believers can do all things in Christ and will be raised from the dead on the last day. He describes receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit as the source of that power, recalling that Jesus blew the Spirit onto the disciples in a locked room and later commanded them to wait in Jerusalem for it to descend with power for ministry.

Proverbs Chapter One and the Story of Susie and the Rabbi
Alamo tells the story of his late wife Susie, who died in 1982, witnessing to a rabbi identified as Sonderling and beginning to speak in an unknown tongue she had never learned; the rabbi, alarmed, later confessed that during the Bataan death march he had seen a vision of Moses on a hillside with the Messiah, Yeshua, dying on a cross behind him, a secret he says he had never told anyone. Alamo offers the episode as proof that true tongues carry real meaning rather than meaningless noise. He then has Lydia continue reading Proverbs chapter one, verses eight through eighteen, warning against sinners who entice the innocent, and interjects that such enemies of the ministry are laying a net for their own destruction. He recalls Sennacherib's army, 185,000 of whom, Lydia notes, were struck dead by God's angel in a single night after boasting against Him, and warns present-day critics of the ministry that they risk the same fate.

Roman Canon Law, the Vatican, and a Closing Prayer
Alamo turns to what he calls Roman canon law, having Lydia read from Vatican Council II's statement that the Church of Christ subsists in the Catholic Church under the successor of Peter and the bishops; he rejects the claim, insisting Peter was a Jew, not an Italian, who preached in the Book of Acts and never sanctioned praying to Mary or worshipping idols. He calls the Vatican the seat of Satan in Rome and the organization behind a one-world Antichrist government that he says has tried and failed for forty-two years to stop his ministry. Running low on time, he promises to continue the teaching the next day and leads listeners in a spoken sinner's prayer confessing belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, raised from the dead, and asking forgiveness for sin. Lydia gives the ministry's website, Texarkana post office box, phone, and fax number, and Alamo closes singing So High with J.D. Sumner and The Stamps.

Bible News Prophecy with Dr Bob Thiel

Continuing Church of God 64

AI-Made Viruses, the Fourth Horseman, and a Coming Mark of the Beast with Dr. Bob Thiel

Dr. Bob Thiel joins host Steve Dupuis to trace reports of AI-engineered viruses and rogue artificial intelligence back to Bible prophecies of pestilence, the fourth horseman of Revelation, and a coming digital mark of the beast.

AI's Biological Threat Emerges
Steve Dupuis opens the Bible News Prophecy program by asking Dr. Bob Thiel whether artificial intelligence poses real risks to people today. Thiel points to a headline he saw the day before, "AI's Greatest Threat is Biological," which describes an Anthropic researcher who resigned after concluding there is roughly a ten percent chance AI could wipe out humanity within three to ten years, an estimate he says others in the field share. Thiel explains the article's greatest alarm is not runaway machines but biological warfare and synthetic biology, warning that artificial intelligence could eventually help produce a virus lethal to people whether they are vaccinated or not. Dupuis presses further, asking how close AI actually is to creating a genuine bioweapon risk, setting up Thiel's account of a specific study that turned that abstract worry into a documented, unsettling result.

Stanford's AI-Made Viruses
Thiel tells Dupuis that last month a report described artificial intelligence creating sixteen new viruses that never existed in nature, after the system learned patterns from nine trillion nucleotides in research associated with Stanford University. He explains that scientists have synthesized viruses for decades to study disease and pursue medical advances, but artificial intelligence now lets them generate viral genomes unlike anything found in nature. Thiel reads a line from the researchers themselves, that the ability to compose viral genomes using generative AI now exists while the governance to safely steer it does not. Dupuis asks whether this research is simply a hopeful step toward medical progress, and Thiel answers cautiously, recalling that COVID is presumed by some to have come from a lab pursuing similarly well-intentioned work. He warns that a rogue AI program could misuse such techniques, adding that turning biological agents into weapons has never been difficult for determined nations, the United States included, despite official denials of biological weapons programs.

Prophecies Of Pestilence And The Pale Horse
Thiel turns to scripture, citing Jesus's words in Matthew 24:7-8 that famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places mark the beginning of sorrows. He argues that biological warfare agents, whether engineered by AI or developed by humans alone, could easily be a factor in that prophesied pestilence. Thiel then reads from Revelation chapter six, where the fourth seal opens and a pale horse appears, its rider named Death, with Hades following behind and given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, by hunger, by death, and by the beasts of the earth. He notes that pestilence naturally falls under that last category. Dupuis asks directly whether AI-developed pathogens could be part of the pestilences riding with that fourth horseman, and Thiel answers without hesitation that they absolutely could, tying the ancient apocalyptic image to the modern headlines about synthetic viruses and rogue programs discussed earlier in the conversation.

Raymond McNair's Doomsday Bug
Thiel widens the discussion by reading from a 1969 article by the late Church of God evangelist Raymond McNair, titled The Doomsday Bug, which described a feverish international search for germs and chemicals capable of wiping out whole nations overnight. He recounts McNair's visit to a chemical and biological warfare laboratory and his survey of history, noting that people have used such weapons against enemies for thousands of years, from poisoning rulers' food and water supplies and using poisoned arrows in battle to catapulting corpses of plague victims over the walls of besieged cities. Thiel adds McNair's account of early American settlers trading plague-infected blankets to Native Americans on the frontier, calling it evidence of what he describes as humanity's virtually limitless inventive genius for destructive weapons of warfare. Dupuis listens as Thiel stresses that none of this diabolical history required artificial intelligence, underscoring that the danger long predates today's technology and only grows sharper with it.

Plagues, Crop Warfare, And Historical Scale
Asked about the magnitude of past viruses and plagues, Thiel cites the Black Death, the bubonic plague that wiped out roughly a third of Europe, with three-quarters dead in some regions, and cites a Cold War-era claim that a single gram of Q fever-inoculated chicken embryo could infect more than a million people. He adds that twenty million people died of flu at the close of World War I, with about fifty times that number falling ill. Thiel then describes chemical and biological warfare aimed at economies rather than armies, recalling that the highest US civilian award once given went to a woman who developed a deadly rice blast fungus usable against rice-dependent nations, while Russian scientists developed a wheat rust capable of striking American crops. He argues scientists bear real responsibility for developing microbes that could unleash horrifying epidemics, then cites Jesus's warning in Matthew 24:21 of a coming great tribulation unlike any before or after it.

Digital Wallets And The Coming Mark
Thiel turns to a second AI risk beyond pestilence, warning that AI programs may increasingly break into financial systems and drain accounts as world commerce grows more digital. He predicts a European leader could respond by proposing a biometric system to guard against such AI-driven economic disasters, noting that all twenty-seven European Union nations must offer residents a digital wallet holding identification and driver's license information on their phones by the end of 2026. Thiel suggests that system may prove insufficient, speculating that a future leader could push a more secure mark involving the right hand or forehead for safer buying and selling. He reads Revelation 13:15-18, describing the image of the beast compelling everyone, small and great, rich and poor, to receive a mark permitting commerce, numbered 666, then cites 1 Thessalonians 5:3's warning that sudden destruction follows cries of peace and safety. He closes citing Revelation 16:2's warning against taking the mark, before Dupuis thanks him and points listeners to biblenewsprophecy.net.