It’s The End of the World as We Know It

On September 19, 2025 By permission2speakIn spiritual stuff, Uncategorized2 Comments

Rapture dreams, the Illuminati’s focus on the Antichrist, and the soon return of Jesus Christ

A few years ago, I asked my dad, an agnostic Baby Boomer former Hippie who attended Woodstock, his thoughts on the crazy times we were living in at the time. Since he personally lived through and experienced many historical moments, I thought he would reassure me with a casual comment such as,

“Well, similar things were happening back in ‘69, so don’t worry, it will all settle back down in a year or two…”

He thought for a moment and then said something completely unexpected:

“I think we are heading into the end times.”

I couldn’t believe the words coming out of my irreligious father, whom I had been sharing God’s love with for forty years, with no spiritual movement on his end.

Fast forward to September 2025. It appears that there is growing momentum toward my dad’s mindset, with many people speculating that the rapture (definition forthcoming) may occur this coming September 2025, sometime within Rosh Hashanah.

Regarding the timing of Jesus’ second coming, the Bible states that “no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” However, many people believe that this phrase is a Jewish idiom referring to the Feast of Trumpets, also known as Rosh Hashanah.

So, are we heading into what the Bible refers to as the end times? And will the rapture occur this coming September 23^rd or 24^th?

The truth is that I have no idea, and nobody else does either. But I do think we are getting closer. Maybe very close!

The goal of this post is to provide you, dear reader, with some interesting and compelling information related to end-time events. I desire that this material will draw you closer to God and prepare you for whatever may come.

For context, the following blog post presents my opinion on a complex subject matter. I cannot write with any sense of authority.

But can I write with a sense of curiosity and with the mission to figure everything out? Absolutely!

First, a brief overview and clarification of key terms are provided.

The book of Revelation details the very challenging time preceding the second coming of Jesus Christ, when Jesus returns as a reigning King who will conquer evil, judge humanity, and establish a new Heaven and Earth. During the seven years of the “Great Tribulation,” there will emerge an evil Anti-Christ figure who will deceive the world into following and worshiping Satan. Jesus will ultimately defeat both the Anti-Christ and the devil.

The end times refer to the last seven years of life as we know it, before Jesus returns to earth for His earthly 1000-year reign. The second half of the seven years will be more difficult than the first.

The rapture of the church (the belief that Jesus will snatch away His believers) is mentioned in books preceding the book of Revelation. The idea is that believers in Jesus Christ will be lifted away from the three sets of wrath (wrath of the Lamb, of Satan, and of God) that the earth will endure. Refer to the P.S. section for scriptural references and a detailed examination of all things related to the end times.

The following are three reasons why I believe we are nearing the end.

Scripture and Societal Unraveling:

We are living in crazy times! I have felt this way since COVID-19 in 2020. It’s easy to see that some of what the Bible says concerning the signs of the end times is upon us. Jesus said that in the last days there will be an uptick in wars, famines, earthquakes, persecution, and deceptive leaders. Timothy, another Biblical writer, says that “in the last days, people will be lovers of themselves, boastful and proud, and lovers of money.” In addition, our society is unraveling before our eyes, at least to some degree and in some localities. The recent assassination of Charlie Kirk is one example. Rising crime rates and international instability (Russia invading Ukraine, and conflicts surrounding Israel) are other examples.

Many pastors and theologians could summarize the biblical signs of the coming end times more effectively (or differently) than I can.

Instead, I would like to highlight two other angles that I believe are very compelling.

End Times Dreams:

There have been many people of all ages (including young children) who, over the last few months and years, have experienced rapture or end-time-related dreams and visions with eerily similar threads. Many people report that Jesus appears to them to tell them one of four things: one, He is coming back soon; two, the rapture is happening soon (like September 23-25 of this year soon); three, the end times are upon us; or four, how God spoke to them about a three-day darkness event, with the rapture occurring within those three days.

These dreams, visions, and prophecies align with the Bible.

According to Acts 2:17:

“And it shall come to pass that in the last days, I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and daughters shall prophecy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.”

It would be very easy for me to dismiss the dreams, visions, prophecies, and testimonies, except for one teeny tiny problem:

Three people in my immediate circle also had similar dreams.

Below is a recap of those dreams.

Rapture Dream (close friend Felita): Felita finally finishes the book she has been writing for two years and closes her laptop with a sense of satisfaction. She hears a trumpet blast. Immediately, she is brought up to Heaven in the rapture and sees Jesus. She is filled with complete joy and peace. She wakes up.

Second Coming of Jesus Dream (daughter): My daughter is driving past a field, notices cars pulled over, and sees people outside of their vehicles, looking out. She exits her car and notices that the sky is dark, cloudy, and electric, with a visible rainbow in the lower portion of the sky. A massive bolt of lightning strikes the ground. She looks up and sees Jesus appear in the sky. My daughter falls to her knees in awe. She then hears screaming and notices that people next to her have fallen to their knees, screaming in terror. My daughter’s impression is that these people are screaming because they realize that Jesus is here, that they have been wrong about Him the whole time, and that death and suffering await them in Hades. She wakes up.

Post Rapture Apocalypse Dream (family): This person is driving through a destroyed city on a bike, attempting to escape a horde of people who are trying to kill him. He is on the run because a horrible person is trying to force everyone to take a mark on their hand or forehead to survive, and he refuses to accept this mark. He wakes up! This person has experienced the same dream three times consecutively.

I asked him if he thought he was “left behind” after the rapture. He said, “Maybe God left me behind for a reason.”

But if biblical signs and dreams with common threads were not enough for you, I understand. However, here is one final perspective to consider, one that you have most likely never encountered before.

You’re not going to like this, but according to the Luciferian Brotherhood, a group of high-ranking Satanists who run the world, we are very close to the end times.

First, a moment of context. A few months ago, I began researching the fiction book I am writing, with an emphasis on the elusive organization known as the Illuminati. At first, I thought the Illuminati was all conspiracy hogwash, and that I would find very little to support the claim that this organization even exists!

Turns out, the Illuminati does exist!

By divine providence, I came across an excellent book called An Illuminati Primer. The book uses the testimonies of several defectors, whistleblowers, survivors, and escapees to paint a very horrifying picture of this elusive group called the Illuminati. I will link the book in the P.S. section.

Also called the Luciferian Brotherhood, the System, the Cabal, and the Deep State, etc., the Illuminati is a highly secretive medium to large group of people at every level of life and government, who have infiltrated the whole world with an evil, Satanic agenda, whose goal is to worship Satan and do whatever he pleases, and also to set up government, religious, and monetary systems which will be used to introduce and support the Anti-Christ. The Anti-Christ will claim to be the second coming of Christ and bring a false peace to the world. He will force everyone to take a mark or a chip to buy and sell. He will eventually force people to worship him, while he himself worships Satan, a.k.a. Lucifer. The end goal of all of this is for Satan to raise an army of human beings who are possessed by demons, with the intent to take over God’s throne and thus rule not only the world but the entire universe.

Does this all sound too lofty and out of reach for you? Does your personal worldview not include God, the devil, or a spiritual world? If that’s the case, I understand. The author of the book, Veronica Swift, points out that you don’t have to believe in God, Satan, or any higher power to educate yourself with this book and understand the organization’s agenda.

But you must understand this: they themselves strongly believe in all of it, and everything they are doing now is for a larger purpose, which is mainly to honor and glorify their god, Lucifer, and organize themselves around a one-world system that is focused on the installation of the Anti-Christ.

These people are powerful, well-connected, and well-funded. Dismiss them at your own peril.

I will now present what the Illuminati is focused on.

Again, you are not going to like it.

The Illuminati and the Anti-Christ:

“Much of what the Illuminati is doing these days seems to revolve around preparations for what are termed the ‘end times,’ or what Christians might know as the Apocalypse predicted in the Bible’s New Testament Book of Revelation. This System orchestrated End Times is also called the Great Deception, because when the Anti-Christ springs on the scene and the masses of people worldwide become aware of him for the first time, they are supposed to be in awe of him and believe that he is the second coming of Christ.” (p. 47)

According to one key whistleblower, the Anti-Christ has taken over a key leadership position which was once held by a woman called the Queen Mother of Darkness in the year 2020 (p. 49). The implication is that the Anti-Christ is just waiting for his cue to sweep in and rule the world.

In my humble opinion, that cue will be the rapture of the Church, or if the United States is greatly minimized or destroyed, and/or the System’s goals (monetary, religious, government) are in place.

The New World Order:

Another key insight I gained from this book is that several key objectives of the New World Order must be fully implemented. Their goals are as follows:

One, they wish to take over and govern the world.
Two, the U.S. currency must be totally devalued.
Three, they will create a second pandemic, which is highly fatal to young children.
Finally, they wish to implement hate laws against Christianity, Judaism, and any political group that does not agree with the agenda.” (Chapter 22.)

Digging deeper into these four goals, you can see that the folks behind the Anti-Christ agenda need a period of worldwide instability to set the stage for this helpful and amazing Anti-Christ figure to step in and fix everything.

Do you think our world is becoming increasingly unstable? I do!

I will now transition to what I believe still must take place before the seven-year window begins. With that said, the seven-year window could start, and then the following three things will fall into place afterwards. Both options are possible.

A Great Shaking to Awaken:

I believe that the world must experience a Great Awakening (revival) event first, which will bring many people into the family of God. There are some signs that this movement is happening as we speak, with the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk and the outpouring of support, an increase in church attendance, and many college campuses and students experiencing spiritual awakening. In addition, Mel Gibson has finally started filming the sequel to The Passion of the Christ (August 2025), which I believe God will use to draw people to Himself. Many prophetic intercessors are also speaking about potential challenging future events that will shake people awake, with an outpouring of God’s Spirit to follow.

The Third Temple in Jerusalem Rebuilt, and the Gospel Preached:

Certain Biblical events must happen before the end, among them: the Temple in Israel must be rebuilt, and the gospel must be preached to the entire world. Some people believe that the Red Heifer must also be sacrificed after the Temple is built.

Based on the limited research I have conducted, we are still some distance away from realizing those first two goals.

The Temple is important because when it is finally rebuilt, the Anti-Christ can stand in the middle of it and claim to be God (or Messiah). (An Illuminati Primer, page 50.)

The Acceptance of Extra-Terrestrial Entities:

At some point in the future, either before or after the rapture, there will be an introduction and acceptance of Extra-Terrestrial entities. They may promise help and technology, but don’t be deceived. After much research, I have learned that the message of the extraterrestrial entities has proven to be New-Age, anti-Christian, and mirroring a false end-times scenario. These demonic aliens will no doubt deceive many people to align with the Anti-Christ and to receive his mark, to trust in him, and to worship him. They will also deceive mankind into believing that the rapture of God is a removal of the undesirables who have outdated religious thoughts. These demonic aliens will promote world peace through a one-world spiritual system, a one-world government, and a one-world leader of their choosing. Their covert goals are to abolish all systems that are based on the Bible and begin the Age of Aquarius (a period of time based on intellectualism, equality, innovation, and global interconnectedness).

If the goals of the Extra Terrestrials sound like the goals of the Illuminati, they are! I also find it interesting that UFOs are all over the news. Consider the interstellar object called 31 Atlas. It’s large, very fast, has no tail like a typical comet, and has a puzzling forward glow. It is set to come close to our sun in late October 2025 (coming right up). A Harvard professor thinks it could be alien technology.

The Collapse of the U.S. Dollar:

The Anti-Christ system is a one-world monetary system, run by Lucifer and the System. That means the U.S. dollar cannot be the world’s currency. There are signs that the U.S. dollar is weakening, and world leaders are coalescing around other currencies and economic opportunities. I also theorize that the Anti-Christ needs to move the whole world to a digital platform to control people. When both happen, buckle up.

Closing Thoughts:

This was a hard post for me to write. I don’t want to put my neck out and be wrong. However, I also feel a moral and spiritual obligation to share my thoughts on what I am learning.

If indeed we are embarking on the end times, I am praying and asking God to stay behind and not be raptured up. I want to be a resource for people and lovingly point them to Christ in their hour of need. I realize that, if I stay, it will make my life much more complicated, and that I could be killed for my beliefs, as I refuse to take the mark or bend the knee to the Anti-Christ.

This morning, I woke up extra early and asked God to speak to me about the end times. To be honest, I got nothing. So, I will continue to watch and wait, pray for wisdom and discernment, and share the gospel as much as I can (in a normal, non-panicky way).

I will close on a positive note!

Remember my agnostic dad that I mentioned at the beginning of this post? I was thrilled to hear that he recently asked Jesus Christ to forgive him of his sins and come into his heart and life to be his Savior, God, and King. He is a new creation in Jesus Christ and is slowly growing closer to God every day!

For those of you who are undecided about God and Jesus, I would like to offer you one final thought, as it pertains to my daughter’s dream.

In her dream, as soon as she saw Jesus, she fell to her knees in awe and reverence. Others fell on their faces, screaming in terror. There is an interesting Bible verse that lines up with her dream.

Revelation 1:7 says:

“Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes on earth will wail on account of Him.”

Trust me, at the very end, you don’t want to be on your knees wailing.

Please consider allowing Jesus to come into your heart, forgive you of your sins, and start a new life with Him. The gospel is this: God sent His only son, so that whoever believes in Him will not perish, but have everlasting life.

Thank you for reading this sobering post. May God bless you and may God continue to bless America (and keep its currency strong). 😊

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P.S. Thank you for reading. Below is further reading on the end times, links to the two books I mentioned, and the chapter on the book of Revelation I wrote for my book. Happy digging!

I used A.I. images for the photos in this post.

Scriptural references for the rapture include: I Thes, 4:13-18, I Cor. 15: 51, Matt. 24: 40, and Luke 17: 34 -34).

Scriptural references for the end times include Matthew, chapters 24-25. Jesus’s end-times discourse of what will indicate the time of the end consists of wars, famines, earthquakes, persecution, and deceptive leaders. In addition, 2 Timothy chapter 3 states that, “there will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, and unholy.” There are several other Biblical references for the end times.

You can order the Illuminati Primer here: https://veronicaswift.blog/book/an-illuminati-primer/

You can also listen to it for free on Amazon and Spotify. Here: https://a.co/d/7kVd0W5

You can order my book, which will help you to manage demonic spirits, evil in general, and will get you prepared for the end times, here: https://a.co/d/bINKAtm

Finally, if you have a few minutes to read or skim, below is the complete chapter from my book on the book of Revelation and the end times.

CHAPTER 11

THE END TIMES

The Book of Revelation, the coming deception, the Anti-Christ, and preparation for the end times.

I am a child of the 1980s and remember my sister and I watching A Thief in the Night, a four-part rapture series at our youth group. Those movies were terrifying in their own low-budget, cheesy Christian sort of way, and I made an inner vow that I would never, ever take the “mark of the beast” when the time came.

Fast forward to 1988, when my entire family read the book called 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988 by Edgar C Whisenant. I admit the book was interesting and compelling, and probably did serve to curb my teenage rebellious steak a little. Personally, I didn’t really believe that the actual rapture would happen in 1988, as the Bible says that “no one knows the day or the hour, only God,” (see Matthew 24:36) as to the timing of the rapture.

Around that time, I had a friend whose dad was a pastor and had read this book, along with his wife. They were convinced that Jesus was coming back in 1988! However, they were not so convinced that their rebellious teenage daughter (my friend) would be “caught up in the clouds,” as they say.

Her parents would drop her off at school and tell her: “Now remember, if we are raptured during the day today, and you are still here, you can go stay with your grandma,” while they shooed her out of the car and off to school.

1988 came and went. Fast forward to 2023. One sunny summer day, my agnostic, Baby Boomer dad and I were talking about how America had drastically changed, disturbing natural and man-made events were occurring all over the world, and the fabric of society was unraveling before our very eyes. I had been wondering if he had any thoughts on what was going on.

He blandly replied: “I think we are heading into the end times.”

I looked at my dad in disbelief! I couldn’t believe that he would come up with that theory on his own, especially as an agnostic.

In this chapter, I want to do some shallow digging into the most difficult and controversial book of the entire Bible: the Book of Revelation. My goal is to help all of us with simple tools, some spiritual in nature, in the event we are indeed heading into the time right before the second coming of Jesus Christ.

This chapter is also futuristically written for those who are “left behind,” as they say, or those who come into a relationship with the Lord after the rapture has occurred.

A few qualifiers

I must confess that this chapter was not in the original draft, and I never wanted to touch the end times or the Book of Revelation with a ten-foot pole. But in my spirit and my gut, I wonder that we are heading into the time of the last days, for a variety of reasons. My hesitation in writing on this chapter is that I am not a theologian or a pastor. But then it occurred to me that it’s okay to offer a layperson’s perspective on spiritual topics, as this is one of the main themes of this book you are currently reading!

So, please understand that this chapter is mostly conjecture and speculation on my part. And to be fair, there is no layman or seasoned professional who knows exactly what the period known as the end times is going to look like. In addition, no one knows the timing of the rapture.

Feel free to take this chapter with a grain of salt and do your own research! Before we work our way through the weeds, I will offer an overview of the Book of Revelation.

The Book of Revelation in a nutshell

Below are the major themes of the Book of Revelation (and other biblical content preceding it):

Jesus is coming back to earth for a second time. Every person will see Him. Those who don’t know Him or believe in Him will mourn when He returns. I believe that they will mourn because they know that they didn’t choose to believe in Him while they had their opportunities, and they will have received many opportunities preceding this moment.
At some point, God will rapture Christians to heaven to be with Jesus as He comes to earth for the second time. In the Greek, the word for rapture is harpazo, which translates to “snatch” or “take away.” Many Bible scholars and theologians believe this will happen at the outset of the Great Tribulation, but there are differences in opinion on this.
There will be a great deception, where Satan and his demons will deceive the whole world into following an Anti-Christ figure. This person will be controlled or possessed by Satan and will rule over all the inhabitants of the earth, and force everyone to take a mark or symbol. This mark will enable people to buy food and other necessities to survive but will also require they show worship and alignment with this person. I have an opinion about how the whole world will be deceived, which I will share in a moment.
Satan’s goals are to make war against the saints (meaning Christians), and to deceive the whole world into worshipping him, thus ultimately destroying them in the process.
The Great Tribulation is a time of God’s judgment and wrath (one definition of wrath is “anger at sin”) being poured out on the earth, which will lead to many distressing natural disasters and other challenging events. It will last seven years, with the first half being very difficult and disruptive but less horrific than the second half. The second half will be catastrophic, and many millions or even billions of people will likely perish.
God will still draw people to Himself despite the chaos and suffering. There will likely be a large revival preceding the coming judgments and smaller revivals within the seven-year period. An Angel of God will fly out over the whole earth, to be visible to all people, both to draw people to God, and to warn people to refrain from taking the mark of the AntiChrist. Two times in the Book of Revelation it states that even through all the suffering, people still do not repent of their sin and worship God. Despite mankind resisting Him, God still attempts to draw humans to Himself, as He wishes none to perish, but everyone to turn to Him.
The Battle of Armageddon is a huge war between good and evil. It occurs at the very end of the great tribulation. God wins.
The Millennial Reign of Christ occurs when Jesus comes to earth again. Jesus Christ will become the actual and physical King over all the earth. This period will last 1,000 years. There will be a new Heaven and a new Earth.
The Great White Throne Judgment will occur after the 1,000-year reign. This is the judgment for fallen angels, Satan, and those who, of their own free will, did not choose Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord while they were alive on earth. If anyone chooses the mark of the Anti-Christ, unfortunately, they will suffer for all eternity in hell.

A few thoughts on the coming judgments.

There will be three “waves” or sets of judgments. The first set of judgments is called the Seven Seal judgments. This includes the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, which many have heard of.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are the first judgments out of the gate and begin the time of distress on the earth. The first horse is white and symbolic of the rule and reign of the Anti-Christ. The second horse is red and is associated with war. The third horse is black and is associated with scarcity (implying food, water, or resource shortages). The last horse is the worst of this first grouping: it is a pale horse and is associated with the death of one-quarter of the world’s population through war, famine, disease, and wild or evil creatures.

If you do the math, during the first set of judgments, it is possible that up to two billion people will perish.

Two billion!

Interestingly, these first seven judgments are like the Egyptian plagues from the Book of Exodus.

The second set of judgments is called the Seven Trumpets judgments, and the final set is called the Seven Bowls judgments. The judgments get progressively worse and cause cataclysmic world events, resulting in the deaths of many people, animals, and other forms of life.

The trouble on the earth includes, but is not limited to the following: an increase of evil; the outbreak of many wars; death, destruction, earthquakes, famines, food shortages, undrinkable water, pain, and anguish; fire that burns a significant portion of the earth; large hailstones; a large star falling to the earth and poisoning the drinking water; evil locusts that torture people, and much more.

Right before the last set of judgments, an Angel goes out to the whole earth and urges mankind to turn from their sin and receive the gospel of Jesus, because the hour of His judgment is close.

This is what the Angel says in Revelation 14:

“Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come, and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water” (v. 7).

“If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark, they too will drink the wine of God’s fury” (v. 9).

“They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb” (v. 10).

Evil beasts during the end times?

I want to speak briefly about the concept of evil beasts as part of the fourth judgment. Ezekiel 34:25 says, “I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from their land.”

Except, when you look at the actual Greek word used for “wild” it is ra which translates to “evil.”

It is well known in Satanism that there are shapeshifters, werewolves, and other evil creatures that Satan uses to accomplish his purposes. Rebecca told a story in one of her books where she was driving home one night, and her car suddenly stopped working. Up ahead, she saw a werewolf, who told her (through her thoughts) that he was going to kill her. She rebuked it and commanded it to leave in Jesus’s name. It went.

One of her clients told her that werewolves were used heavily in Satanism to punish wayward members. I have listened to many stories of dogmen, wendigo, skin-walkers, not-deer, and similar creatures, who have glowing red eyes and project hate and fear wherever they go. I have heard stories of people tracking large wolf tracks that gradually shift over to human footprints! One YouTuber, who documents these types of stories, claims that sightings and encounters of these creatures are on the rise.

Who is to say they won’t make an appearance during the end times? If you happen to be the unfortunate soul who comes across some of these monsters, resist fear and stand your ground. Rebuke them, renounce them, and command them to leave in Jesus’s name.

Are we nearing the end?

I personally believe we are closer to the second coming of Jesus Christ. Here are a few reasons why I think this is true:

Chaos in the Middle East
Israel becoming a state after 1,900 years
The spread of the gospel to remote regions
Signs in the heavens and the earth (the rise in major earthquakes, for example)
The spread of evil and occult acceptance
Declining moral standards and societal unraveling
A rise in interest and acceptance of the extraterrestrial phenomena

Below is a passage in the Book of Matthew from the very words of Jesus. I will highlight the main themes. As you read His words, ask yourself if what He says to be on guard for is happening today.

Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.

^“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come” (Matthew 24:4-14).

While I don’t have time to get into deep theology in this book, I would like to point out that major earthquakes have been increasing dramatically since the 1980s; Israel is a state again after 1900 years of being exiled and spread out (see the article in My Jewish Learning by Jeremy Moses); wars are certainly on the increase; many Christians have begun to turn away from the gospel, and Christian persecution is on the rise.

I don’t personally know whether the gospel has now been preached to the world. I have heard many stories of Muslims and those of other faiths having dreams about Jesus, and them eventually converting to Christianity. It seems to me that we are indeed closer to the second coming of Jesus Christ, which leads me to my next point.

The timing of the rapture

There is a heated debate among Christians regarding the timing of the rapture. Will it come right before the start of the seven years, in the middle, or towards the end?

Most traditional Christian theologians and Bible scholars believe it will occur before the seven-year tribulation begins. This is called the pre-tribulation rapture theory in Christian bubbles. Others believe that the rapture will occur about halfway through it (3.5 years into the process) before God’s wrath is poured out and catastrophic events occur.

A minority of Christians postulate that all believers will go through the entire tribulation period but be protected from God’s judgments, as they will be protected by some sort of seal. Although there may be a certain protection against God’s judgments, unfortunately, the Bible indicates that many Christians will still be martyred for their faith in Christ during this time.

My personal thought is that the rapture will occur halfway through the seven-year period, but we shall see. I would rather be completely ready in the event we have to go through some, half, or all seven years of the tribulation period.

The Boy Scouts’ motto is one we should all live in accordance with:

Be prepared.

The Anti-Christ

A religious and political leader called the Anti-Christ will emerge and will most likely bring some sort of peace and economic stability to the world, as well as usher in a one-world currency and one-world government. This person will rule and reign on earth for three and a half years.

In the Greek language, anti-Christ means “Christ Counterfeit.” The Bible states that the Anti-Christ will have been mortally wounded and have come back to life, and his False Prophet (the person who supports him and points to his authority) will perform many signs and wonders. This will result in much deception and worship of the AntiChrist (also referred to as the Beast in Scripture).

There are at least six Bible verses regarding the Anti-Christ, including the following: Daniel 7:24, Matthew 24:24, 2 Thessalonians 2:3, 1 John 2:18, 2 John 7, and Revelation 13:1-10. I will highlight a few of these verses.

Revelation 13:5-8 states:

“The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty-two months (3.5 years). He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. He was given the power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Book of Life.”

In Revelation 13:16-17, it says:

“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.”

According to 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4, and Revelation 13:14, the Beast will attempt to deceive the entire world. Two highlights of the verses are as follows:

“Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, and it (the Beast) deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.”

So how exactly will the whole world be deceived? I have a theory.

The UFO and extraterrestrial phenomena

Many years ago, I worked at Concerned Women for America (CWA), a conservative women’s public policy organization. I was friends with the girls who worked in the radio department and often wandered over to their section of the office building to chat with them. The radio department was sent a huge number of books from budding authors in hopes that CWA would feature them on their radio show.

One day, I picked up a random book about UFOs, alien life forms, and extraterrestrial (E.T.) beings from a Christian perspective. The author asserted (with research) that whenever these E.T. aliens appeared to people, many times they had a strangely anti-Christian religious message to give to them. The aliens would say, in effect: “Shake off your old religious ways and come into a higher way of thinking.” They may have said seemingly nice things to people too, about technology and resources, but I don’t remember. However, I found it strange that their anti-Christian messages were repeated to numerous people with whom they made contact.

Fast forward to today.

I honestly didn’t believe in the E.T. phenomenon, but I perked up when the U.S. government finally admitted to the existence of UFOs and other unexplained anomalous phenomena (U.A.P.s), after decades of ignoring or denying it. The federal government even hosted a hearing in the U.S. Senate on the topic. The hearing included three military veterans who testified that the U.S. government had operated a secret multi-decade reverse engineering program of recovered vessels. They also stated that the U.S. had recovered non-human “biologics” from alleged crash sites (Romo & Chappell, 2023).

I am currently reading a book by Missler and Eastman called Alien Encounters, where the authors assert that extraterrestrial (E.T.) beings are giving a more “New Age” message to psychic medium channelers, who then have written numerous books on their messages and goals. The aliens communicate messages that are different from what you might expect.

Below are a few highlights of what I discovered in this book:

Their messages are primarily apocalyptic, religious, and antiBiblical (p. 254).
Lucifer is a misunderstood extraterrestrial who gives us a gift of freedom. If we accept this gift, then we are free. This is the Luciferian initiation. It is one that many people know, and in the days ahead, will be facing, for it is an initiation into the New Age (p. 157-158).
There will be a mass evacuation of people on earth who do not fit Mother Earth’s vibrations because of their traditional religious thinking (This is discussed in detail in Chapter 9 and summarized on p. 184).
Mother Earth will experience changes such as earthquakes, famine, pestilence, wars, poverty, and violence. These are simply “birth pangs” of Mother Earth as she attempts to usher in a new age of peace and prosperity followed by global governance” (p. 177).
The E.T.s advocate for a world leader who will “unify the world in peace and brotherhood with technological answers to solve our problems” (p. 177). This evacuation is to remove those who no longer fit in, those whose thought patterns are of the past (p. 186). After certain people are removed, and when enough people have the right vibrations, the New Age of peace, harmony, and brotherhood will arrive (pp. 178, 191-192, etc.).
The earth’s changes are not the wrath of God, but rather they are the birth pangs of our Earth Mother who is trying to expel the “dark forces” from her surface so she can evolve. They also state that there will be an arrival of a new, highly evolved humanoid-hybrid species, which will be in vibration or harmony with Mother Earth (p. 256).
Jesus is a superior E.T., who will also return with other UFO spaceships at the right time, and all people on earth will indeed witness this. He will come surrounded by a fleet of glittering spaceships, objects which you call UFOs (p. 155).
During abduction and channeling experiences, aliens give prophetic messages (which often turn out to be false) and profess a benevolent purpose while doing painful experiments and performing sexual activities with their human victims (p. 248).
According to the teachings of the Pleiadeans (a group of evolved E.T.s), “mankind stands at a quantum leap of evolution that will abolish religious and government systems as we know them” (p. 148).
Lastly, many thousands of people claim to have been removed from their homes or other locations by E.T.s and are sexually assaulted or have some kind of sexual experimentation conducted on them. These activities suggest or infer that the E.T.s are attempting to make a humanoidhybrid species, as they have indicated to psychic medium channelers (pp. 256, 259).

What the UFO experts say

Many mostly secular UFO researchers have concluded that modernday aliens may very well be the equivalent of fallen angels who are demonic entities (Missler & Eastman, 2023, p. 247).

According to Dr. Pierre Guerin, a well-known UFO researcher, “UFO behavior is more akin to magic than to physics as we know it…the modern UFO-nauts and the demons of past days are probably identical” (p. 247).

John Keel is an internationally renowned UFO researcher who stated:

Demonology is the ancient and scholarly study of demons who have co-existed with man throughout history. The manifestations and occurrences described in this imposing literature (in other words, demonology literature) are similar, if not entirely identical, to the UFO phenomenon itself. Victims of demonomania (possession) suffer the very same medical and emotional symptoms as the UFO contactees. The UFO manifestations seem to be, by and large, merely minor variations of the age-old demonological problem (p. 248).

Stuart Goldman concluded his research with the following comments:

50,000 people cannot be lying. Something is here – probing them, inspecting them, and planting thoughts in their minds. Are we seeing the formation of a new and highly destructive cult, one whose views posit the elimination of people who are unfit to exist in the coming New World? Are they really demonic entities hovering about, searching for likely candidates…the answer is not easily forthcoming (p. 249250).

Gordon Creighton, editor of the British periodical Flying Saucer Review said:

“Many of the UFO reports now being published in the popular press recount alleged incidents that are strikingly similar to demonic possession. I do believe that the great bulk of these phenomena are what is called Satanic” (p. 258).

Jaques Vallee, who received much criticism from fellow researchers for his views, stated the following:

I pointed out in the “Invisible College” that the structure of abduction stories was identical to that of occult initiation rituals. I had shown in “Passport to Magonia” (his previous work) that contact with UFO-nauts was only a modern-day extension of the age-old tradition of contact with non-human consciousness in the form of angels, demons, elves, and sylphs. Such contact includes abduction, ordeal (including surgical operations), and sexual intercourse with aliens. It often leaves marks and scars on the body and the mind, as do UFO abductions (p. 253).

“Even secular researchers have concluded that the UFOs and their occupants are demonic” (Miller & Eastman, 2023, p. 321).

In summary, the message of the extraterrestrial entities has proven to be New-Age, anti-Christian, and mirroring a false, end-times scenario. These demonic aliens will no doubt deceive many millions of people to align with the Anti-Christ and to receive his mark, to trust in him, and to worship him. They will also deceive mankind into believing that the rapture of God is a removal of the undesirables who have outdated religious thoughts.

The demonic aliens are in lockstep with the goals of the New Age movement. As touched on in the last chapter, their goals are to create world peace through unification in a one-world spiritual system and a one-world government through a one-world leader of their choosing.

Their covert goals are to abolish all systems that are based on the Bible and begin the Age of Aquarius. They endeavor to convert Western religious beliefs into those of Eastern thought (Miller & Eastman, 2023, p. 145).

E.T.s and the name of Jesus

I have no direct knowledge of anyone experiencing contact with an extraterrestrial demonic being. I did a quick look online and found the following from a former New Ager turned Christian who worked with many individuals with these experiences.

This is what she had to say:

Having worked as a secular Counselor previously (Mental Health, Trauma, Bereavement) and with many traumatic alien abduction cases, as well as a hypnotherapist, I also ran experiencer support groups for those who were having abduction experiences. I believe the entities are NOT Extraterrestrial biological entities from other stars, planets, or galaxies but rather

interdimensional in their nature and demonic in the entirety of their being. I also believe they have supernatural abilities to cross the veil at their will and they do, and that they have what we would call shape-shifting abilities to present /however they want YOU to perceive them. They are masters of manipulation and deception. Remember that these entities are imposters for being represented as Benevolent.

This person ended their summary with probably the most important thing they could say, and it goes in keeping with the book you are holding in your hand:

I want to make a point loud and clear that if the mentioning of the name of JESUS is powerful enough to make those socalled “Aliens” flee, then they are NOT Aliens indeed. They are demonic entities. They will flee and instantaneously dissolve right before your eyes, with the name of JESUS (Nachtigal, 2021).

In my research, I was able to locate testimonies of those who have experienced E.T.s from a Christian angle. One website is the “Alien Resistance HQ” at http://www.alienresistance.org/, which goes into long accounts of biblical truths about the description of angels, fallen angels, aliens, and UFOs.

Rebecca had a client who was experiencing demonic oppression.

Her client later admitted that she encountered a UFO spacecraft and God had warned her to look away. She dismissed the still small voice and watched it for quite some time. She ended up experiencing demonic oppression and came to Rebecca for help. Rebecca stated the following: “That was the doorway. I always suspected that the UFOs were demonic phenomena, especially in light of the tremendous emphasis placed on them by the New Age movement and other pagan religions” (Brown, 1992, in “Prepare for War,” p. 299.)

Spiritual preparation for the end times

I will close out this chapter with a few thoughts on ways to be prepared in the event we find ourselves alive during the great tribulation (or more likely the time preceding it). Please pray about ways you can be on guard and act in accordance with the times we are living in.

First, we will all need wisdom and patient endurance. In Revelation 13:18 we read: “This calls for wisdom. Let the person with insight calculate the number of the beast…666.”

In Revelation 14:12, it says “This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.”

Be on guard against deception. Ask God to protect your heart and mind. Pray against a spirit of deception and a lying spirit. Continually read and study the word of God, so that you will have wisdom, and avoid being deceived.

Get prepared with food, water, and provisions. As we don’t know when the rapture could occur, it’s good to be ready. Have a plan of where to go (and with like-minded people) in the event things get crazy.

Remember you will need freshwater in abundant supply. Think about living near lakes, rivers, and streams.

Do not, under any circumstances, receive the mark, symbol, tattoo, sign, implanted chip, scarf, tie, or coat of the Anti-Christ. Remember what the Angel said.

Apply the principles of what you have learned in this book: put on the full armor of God each day; anoint your home and other places with olive oil and plant crosses; command demons to leave in Jesus’s name, and pray around public areas, to start. If you encounter an E.T. entity, command it to leave you in Jesus’s name. If you see a flying saucer or UFO in the sky, command it to leave in Jesus’s name.

Remember God’s heart for the unbeliever. According to 2 Peter 3:9, Christ is delaying His return because He is patient with us, not wanting any to perish, but all to be saved. People will be scared, desperate, needing help in every way (including financially), and hurting. Give them the hope of eternal life in heaven with Jesus and provide for their practical needs. The Book of Revelation is God’s giant “last call” to all of humanity.

No matter how long we are here on planet Earth, remember the following excellent advice from the Book of Peter:

“But in your heart, set aside Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do so with gentleness and respect” (1 Peter 3:15).

Soon, we will be in heaven for all eternity. The only thing that will really matter, besides loving and serving God and others, is looking around the room and seeing how many souls you led to Christ while you had the chance. Don’t know where to start? Pray and ask God to help you to become a soul winner. When we stand before the Lord, there will be an accounting of how we lived our lives. It is important to share the gospel and to plant seeds of faith in others. No other activity we do during our time on earth will be as important as being a soul winner.

Finally, keep looking up! One day, Jesus will come back in the sky. He is your redemption! Remember that in the end, Jesus wins.

In the next and final chapter (which is very short), one particular and helpful class of angels will be touched upon, as well as a brief and relatable call to action will be presented.

Chapter 11 summary

The Book of Revelation is the final book of the Bible and details the second coming of Jesus Christ. Before His second coming, there will be distressing events on the earth, including the rise of an Anti-Christ figure who will force everyone to take some sort of mark or chip. There are many judgments, but God continues to draw people to Himself during this difficult time. He even sends an Angel out to be visible to the whole earth to invite everyone to worship God and to reject the Anti-Christ.

I believe that extraterrestrial beings are demonic spirits, who will be used by Satan to deceive the entire world into worshipping Satan and the Anti-Christ. There are ways to be spiritually prepared during these difficult times, including patient endurance, wisdom, using basic spiritual warfare principles, and being as prepared as possible for every scenario, including if Christians must endure all or part of the great tribulation.

Pray and ask God to help you to save souls. When you get to heaven and look around, you will be so happy that you did.

Finally, keep looking up, because in the end, Jesus wins!

Six to Nine Months

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My childhood bestie, cancer, death, and life

When I was a little girl in the 1970s, I met another free-spirited, tow-headed little girl named Hillary, and we became best friends for the rest of my childhood.

*Hillary and I met when we were babies.*

My mother Linda and Hillary’s mom Becky also became best friends, spending almost every weekend together for about twelve years straight. They even lived in the same homes and apartment complexes during several portions of my childhood.

Linda and Becky were two twenty-something divorcees with four young children and two modest salaries between them, doing their best to survive and thrive.

Hillary, Jessica (my sister), Kurtiss (Hillary’s brother), and I all grew up in the middle of Generation X, with few financial or other resources available for single working moms or their children. Linda and Becky were the quintessential under-resourced, overextended single working moms of that era.

We four kids got into loads of adventures and trouble together, including spending many Saturday afternoons roller skating at Sports O Rama in DeWitt, New York, and swimming at Jamesville Beach during the summer months. We also did all the typical childhood rites of passage of that era: playing outside for all hours with no adult supervision, riding bikes, playing in the woods, and coming in when the streetlights came on.

One of the clearest memories with Hillary and my sister Jessie was roller-skating to “Angel in the Centerfold” by the J Giles Band at Sports O Rama for several Saturdays consecutively. All the kids at the roller rink screamed for joy and entered the rink to skate to that song. I also remember doing the “Limbo” with Hillary, Jessie, and all the other kids at the rink. I distinctly remember seeing the tiniest little girls do full-on splits to clear the 12 inches where the Limbo bar stood. Now that was a sight to behold.

All was well in the Hillary-Heather bubble until we were both twelve years of age. Sadly, our moms unexpectedly went their separate ways. This was long before social media or planned play dates, so unfortunately, my friendship with Hillary ended. Or rather, much like a cassette tape player back in the day, our friendship was put on a very long “pause.”

In the decades that followed, I connected with Hillary only occasionally. I remember seeing her once as a teenager and visiting her twice when her children were very young. We enjoyed the occasional phone call. I sent her a Christmas card every year when I had her address.

In our forties, however, our lives reconnected over Facebook, and from then on, we picked right up where we left off and became fast friends once again.

In the many decades I had missed, I learned that Hillary had built a wonderful life for herself. Not only had she single-handedly raised two great children, but she had also graduated from a business school at the top of her class and had excellent jobs for many years. I am so very proud of her many professional accomplishments. But probably the best accomplishment of all was simply the kind of person Hillary grew up to be: she possessed a rare combination of kind-heartedness, a hard work ethic, a sense of humor, a servant’s heart, a compassionate, listening ear, a positive outlook on life, and a will of steel.

At one point in her life, Hillary struggled with some drug addiction due to a car accident that left her in constant physical pain. She was able to break free from this addiction cold turkey and completely on her own by isolating herself, drinking chocolate milk, and sucking on orange popsicles for an entire month. After that month, she never touched any painkillers or other unhealthy substances again.

I share this story about Hillary to highlight her strong will and that she refused to allow one dark chapter to define her entire life story.

Just a few short years into our wonderful reunion, Hillary was unexpectedly diagnosed with two forms of deadly cancer at the age of 44. I was with her in the hospital while we awaited liver biopsy results when she received this news. I will always remember the look in the doctor’s eyes when he spoke to her that day. Even before he said anything, I saw the dread and sadness in his eyes as he stated, very directly in fact, the following***:

“Hillary. I am so sorry to tell you that you have two forms of cancer, and they have metastasized. The tumor on your liver is very large and inoperable. Your cancer is phase four. It’s not looking good.”

Hillary was silent for a moment, probably in shock. She then asked: “But doctor, isn’t there anything we can do? Can we fight this?”

The doctor sat quietly for a moment, and I could see the answer in his eyes. To me, the answer was “No, you are going to die.” I sat there in stunned silence, waiting for the doctor to continue.

He sighed and said: “We will hit it with chemo and radiation, and there are also a couple of immunotherapies we can try. But I need to caution you that any treatment will most likely only extend your life by a month or two.”

Both Hillary and I were speechless.

Finally, she broke the silence and quietly asked: “How much time do I have?”

He said, “About six to nine months.”

After the doctor left, we both sat devastated and cried together in the hospital room.

For my part, at that moment, I began earnestly praying for Hillary to be physically healed, that she would come to know how much God loved her, and that her soul would be secure in heaven in the event she would not be healed in this life.

For the next several months, I walked through Hillary’s entire cancer treatments and daily life with her. We texted daily and spoke on the phone frequently. I was her “person” outside of her immediate family. We were soul sisters once again during this terrible time.

Hillary and her care team did indeed “hit” her cancers with chemo, radiation, and immunotherapy treatments, but these did little to slow the progression of the two forms of fast-moving cancer.

*This is the one and only picture I got of Hillary during one of her cancer treatments.*

Have you ever watched someone dying from cancer?

It’s not a pretty sight.

I watched Hillary’s body go from naturally skinny to downright skeletal. Her hair fell out. Her skin color changed. Her memory and thought articulation began to wane. She lost her appetite. She was in constant physical pain due to the tumor in her liver, which continued to grow, pressing on other organs. She often had very little energy to do simple household tasks. She napped frequently and lacked the motivation or organizational skills to handle the initial stages of her immunotherapy treatments (which I subsequently helped her to secure).

Despite those initial difficult months, Hillary maintained a positive attitude and a heart to see the good in everything. Although she complained just a little here and there about her cancer, she always attempted to maintain a positive outlook on life and even her diagnosis.

“It could be so much worse, Heath.” She would tell me. “I am grateful to be alive today. There is still so much to be grateful for. I have lived a good life.”

Honestly, it was very convicting for me to witness her attitude as she faced the worst news a person can face. I remember remarking to God that she was handling her cancer diagnosis much better than most Christians I knew would handle it.

I looked deeply within myself and wondered if I would handle this type of soul-crushing news as well as Hillary.

Watching Hillary slowly fade made me realize how incredibly blessed I am, and how little I have to complain about.

As far as religion was concerned, Hillary was an atheist and did not believe in God. With her permission, I would share the gospel with her, and one time I even brought her to church, which she enjoyed. While she would politely listen to me talk about Christianity and God’s love, she was not interested in the message of the good news of Jesus Christ and persisted in unbelief.

There were several distinct moments of joy during the awful months of her cancer treatments.

Erik, Hillary, Hillary’s daughter, and I spent a night in the Singer Castle in the 1000 Islands, New York, located on the St. Lawrence River. It was an amazing experience as we had full reign of the entire castle during the evening hours. I will never forget finding all the secret passageways with Hillary and the rest of our group.
Jim and Hillary were married in November of 2016. It was a beautiful event! Unfortunately, Hillary’s wedding dress did not fit her properly as she had lost so much weight in the months following her original dress fitting. That was hard for Hillary. But in typical fashion, she “got over it” and moved on to enjoy the rest of her wedding. I was so honored to be a part of that wonderful event.
Hillary and Jim visited our family a few months before she passed. We did some sightseeing in the Washington D.C. area, and Hillary and Jim saw the White House for the first time. Hillary was in constant physical pain by that point, but we still had a wonderful visit with the two of them.
Hillary and I attended a Heart concert on a beautiful sunny day in 2017. After the opening act, some DJs from a local radio station stood up and announced a “front-row seat for two people” contest that anyone could enter. She dared me to enter it and appealed to me that we should both pray to “win the contest, which would prove that God exists.” We entered it and won! God revealed Himself to Hillary that night as we rocked on to a band we both enjoyed growing up.

One time when I was visiting her, we got into a deep conversation. In her typical blunt style, she told me why, in her opinion, she had developed cancer. Here is a summary of what she relayed to me:

“Heath, I have cancer because I smoked cigarettes my entire life. I started when I was fourteen, and now I’m forty-four. That’s forty long years, and now I am dying. It’s time I admitted this to myself. And to you. I deeply regret smoking, and I wish I never started in the first place.”

As the months sped by, and the sand in Hillary’s hourglass began to recede, I prayed passionately for her physical healing. I also prayed for God to save her soul, and that she would choose Jesus Christ as Lord before it was too late.

Hillary continued in her atheism, while I continued to speak to her about how much God loved her and wanted to comfort her and give her peace. She was always receptive but remained firm in her beliefs. She always welcomed any prayers I offered her, however.

As time went by, I began to suspect that Hillary was being blocked by spiritual forces of evil who did not want her to turn to Jesus Christ. I began praying quietly from her bathroom whenever I would go see her at her home, basically binding up any demons that were blocking her from coming to know the Lord Jesus Christ. After I exited the bathroom, I went directly to her and shared the gospel again (with her permission). Although I made a tad more progress after binding the demonic spirits, Hillary was still not interested in turning to Jesus Christ (although she was softer after each prayer, I noticed).

Several weeks before she passed, I was set to visit her over a weekend. A family member (whom I shall not name) contacted me over Facebook. This person warned me to refrain from sharing anything about God with her. This person insisted that Hillary was a lifelong atheist and would die an atheist. I told this family member that I always asked Hillary’s permission before I shared anything with her about God. Each time, Hillary said an enthusiastic yes. I told this person that Hillary herself had brought up the topic many times. Nonetheless, I honored this family member’s request and decided not to say a thing about God during the weekend visit, unless Hillary herself brought it up.

Sure enough, when Hillary and I went out to lunch, she very happily said: “Heath, I have been praying to God to reveal himself to me, and He has been! He has been talking to me!”

I asked her what He had been saying to her. She said something to the effect that God told her that He does exist, and He loves her very much!

Several weeks later, Hillary entered hospice. At this point, it was not looking good for her physical healing, but still, I continued to cry out to God for a last-minute miracle.

About a week into her time in hospice, she called me up and said “Heath, I know you just visited me a few weeks ago, but can you come and revisit me? I need to speak to you.”

Of course, I said yes, and immediately booked a flight back to Syracuse. I felt in my spirit that this would be the last time I would see Hillary alive on the face of the earth.

I texted many Christian friends and family and pleaded with them to pray for Hillary, as this would be the last chance she would likely have to receive Jesus as her Lord and Savior.

When I arrived, she was so sick that she fell asleep on the couch and laid her head on my lap. I sang and prayed over her sick, deteriorating body, stroked her head tenderly, and prayed for her.

The next day, she was in a much better place both physically and mentally. She asked me if we could review that “little booklet” together. I had previously given her a gospel tract which she had yet to read. I again went into her bathroom and bound up the demons that were blocking her. After exiting the bathroom, I asked her if it was a good time to go through the gospel tract with her. Hillary said yes, and we went through the tract together.

After reading the gospel tract aloud to her, which presented the plan of salvation, I asked her if she wanted to receive Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior.

What would Hillary choose?

“This is it, Lord.” I thought to myself. “This is the end.”

“Yes, I would!” Hillary replied enthusiastically, with a smile on her face.

I asked her to “repeat after me,” and led her in a prayer to ask Jesus into her heart and life.

During the prayer, she confessed (on her own) to God that she had ignored Him her whole life. She asked God to forgive her. She asked Jesus to come and live inside of her heart, forgive her of all of her many sins, and stated that she would live for Him rather than herself for all the remaining days she had on earth. She then asked Jesus to take her to heaven with Him when she died.

When she was done praying, she had tears streaming down her face and said, “I am so sorry it took me so long to do that, Heath. I am sorry I was so stubborn!”

I told her, with a sly smile, that she didn’t stand a chance, as I had probably 50 people praying for her, including small children who were constantly peppering God for her salvation.

I relayed the story of a homeschooling mom friend, whose kids prayed daily for Hillary’s physical healing and her salvation. Her kids were extremely invested in finding out what was happening with Hillary and kept asking their mom (my friend) for updates.

With several young children praying for Hillary, I had a feeling in my heart that she would make it over the finish line.

And she did!

She smiled and wiped her eyes. She said, “Thank you, Heath, for not giving up on me. And please tell everyone who has been praying for me, especially all the kids, that I said thank you.”

Suddenly, Jim came downstairs to check on his wife. She was beaming and her face was shining with light.

“Jim!” She cried out. “I have something to tell you, and you’re not gonna like it!”

He paused at the door.

“I just prayed to receive Jesus Christ as my Savior, and I am so happy right now and I have so much peace!”

I held my breath. How would Jim respond?

Immediately, Jim rushed over to her, took her frail body into his strong arms, and said, “Baby, whatever brings you peace and happiness is great with me.”

All three of us burst into fresh tears. It was such a personal moment for Jim and Hillary that I had to look away.

Having Hillary receive God’s gift of salvation was one of the best experiences of my life.

Just a few days after she asked Jesus into her heart, she passed away. Jim told me that Hillary had a sense of peace, calm, and joy up to the very end.

Later, I heard from her daughter that, before she died, Hillary gathered her entire family around her (many of whom were atheists) and told them that she now believed in God and Jesus and she was going to heaven when she died. She asked them to please consider Christianity for her sake. In typical Hillary fashion, she asked them to please raise their hands if they were willing to do this. Her daughter said she, herself, raised her hand, and that all but one of her family raised their hands as well. Interestingly, the one family member who warned me to stop talking about God with Hillary also raised their hand.

I still pray for Hillary’s entire family to this day.

Additionally, Jim asked me to say a few words at her memorial service. I shared how much Hillary meant to me, her many wonderful qualities, and a mini version of her Christian conversion. I was blessed to honor Hillary and share God’s love with the entire group of people gathered.

Before she died, I asked Hillary to please pray for me when she got to heaven. She immediately said yes. Knowing her, once she got to heaven, she probably went straight to God and asked to be the head of my prayer team.

I also told her that when it was my time to go, I wanted her, along with Jesus, to come and get me and take me home with her to heaven. I also asked her to bring a pair of roller skates with her, as I wanted to start roller skating in heaven together once again.

It has been eight years since Hillary passed. I still experience “Hillary moments,” and realize that it’s her birthday, or some other day important to her. I often “feel” her prayers from heaven. Sometimes I even ask God for permission to speak directly to Hillary. Once I sense that I have Hillary’s attention, I pour my heart out to her and ask her to please pray to God on my behalf.

I firmly believe that Hillary still prays for me from heaven. Why? Because I asked her to. And she is the type of person who would do that for me.

I can’t wait to see her again one day.

Dear Hill, if you are reading this post, I want you to know that I love and miss you so much. It’s not the same around here since you left. Please keep praying for me from heaven, because I really need it. When it’s my time to go, and when you come for me with Jesus, don’t forget the roller-skates!

I will see you soon!

I love you.

Love, Heath

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Hillary J. Walters (Hillary Drake) of Cicero, NY passed away peacefully in her home on 3/30/2017 surrounded by her loving family after a hard-fought bout with cancer. She fought with a strong-willed determination to live and taught us not to take our time for granted. She was far too young to be taken away from us all and from this life at 44 years of age. Hillary had a spirit of generosity and love none of us will ever forget. She was kind to a fault, with selfless compassion and was a loving mother. More than anything she loved to make silly jokes, loved cooking and crafting but laughing and making people feel good was the heart of Hillary and something we will all carry with us for as long as we are here to keep her memory alive.

In her life, she has known great struggles but more so, she knew great accomplishments and overcoming difficult odds. First and foremost, she raised two beautiful, kind, and loving children. She worked hard putting herself through Bryant and Stratton College so she could make a better life for them, graduating at the top of her class as valedictorian with an associate’s degree in business administration. She went on to work at the college as a receptionist in the admissions office, then spent over five years as an office manager and Sr. Admin Support Specialist at a radiopharmaceutical company, and then as the head admin for the Onondaga County lake clean-up project, always giving her very best to whatever she set her mind to. In her honor and in respect of her wishes, Hillary does not want a funeral but instead a celebration of her life; which is so Hillary. Thus we have decided to bury her ashes with the planting of a tree at her home where she enjoyed the latter part of her life with her husband Jim and pets Roxie, Robbie and Jakey.
Date of Death: March 30, 2017

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*** A quick note on what the doctor said to Hillary and me that day in the hospital. The doctor’s statement was to the best of my recollection. It is possible that he didn’t know that the cancer had metastasized by that point, but I do remember that he said that the tumor was inoperable and that there was very little the medical community could do. But the look in his eyes said it all: that Hillary’s cancer was fatal, and that she didn’t have long to live. It turned out that her doctor was correct: Hillary lived another nine months. At this point, the details don’t matter. What matters now is that Hillary is alive and well in Heaven with Jesus, living her best life. 😊

If you have read this far, below are a few more pictures, and three songs that remind me of Hillary.

Lastly, I recently wrote a book, which you can check out here: https://a.co/d/5hCFDMJ

Take care!

The four besties reunite once again!

“I’ll carry these torches for you, that you know I’ll never drop…”

A Path to Freedom through Deliverance

On March 2, 2023September 18, 2024 By permission2speakIn spiritual stuff5 Comments

Reducing Demonic Activity in People and Places

Several years ago, I was struggling with mental health issues that manifested in the form of obsessive, constant, racing, and repetitive thoughts regarding a difficult situation I was experiencing at the time. These negative thoughts would often play repeatedly in my head like a broken record and keep me up at night. I had tried everything I could think of spiritually (including extended prayer, fasting, and Scripture memorization) to deal with these thoughts and negative emotions with no lasting relief. I also had lingering struggles from my childhood that were constantly with me no matter how hard I tried to be free of them (for me, time did not heal all wounds).

A good friend told me about a deliverance ministry run by a pastor and former counselor named Dr. David Appleby based out of Lynchburg, VA, and although I thought it sounded weird and like something I didn’t really need because I was a “good Christian,” I was intrigued. I researched Dr. Appleby’s ministry and learned that he helped Christians get rid of ongoing difficulties in their lives by ridding them of demonic spirits. As I had tried everything else, I decided that I had nothing to lose by setting up a meeting with him. I figured that there would probably be nothing present, and that I could check that off the list and move on.

I was wrong.

I drove down for my appointment, and, over the course of four hours, Dr. Appleby and his team were able to set me free from demonic oppression. Immediately after it was over, I was very tired, but hopeful.

A few days later, I was scheduled to drive up to Syracuse, New York to see my extended family. I had driven up route 81 North for 25 years and knew the drill: almost as soon as I got in the car, all the negative thoughts and feelings I normally struggled with would show up on cue and bug me all the way home (which was a six-hour drive).

But this time, when I got behind the wheel and started to drive, my brain was filled with….

Absolutely nothing.

No racing thoughts. No obsessions. No painful memories. No rethinking about things that were outside of my control.

Just calmness, peace, and nothingness. I hooped and hollered in celebration! My kids thought I was going crazy. To this day, I am no longer experiencing any unhealthy thoughts or lingering negative emotions, and my mental health is awesome! I am so grateful to God!

In this post, I will show you what “spiritual warfare” is (I know it sounds weird), what you can do on your own to make a difference in your life, in the lives of those you love, and in your own community!

Please know that I am an extremely average Christian with no ministry background or training. I just have a hunger for figuring things out and for being set free, and a desire to help others achieve these same goals if that is what they desire.

*That’s me, being a completely average stay at home mom with my awesome family!*

Before we get into the weeds, let’s define terms. Spiritual warfare is simply the act of getting rid of the devil and his spirits (demons) and bringing in God’s power, authority, and love instead so that people, homes, or geographical areas can be set free from demonic oppression. If that definition makes you feel uncomfortable, then think of it as my attempt to get rid of the bad and bring in the good by the power of God. This tool is only available to Christians, and it is always God’s power and authority at work; it is never the power or the ability of the person engaging in this work. Also, not every problem or difficult experience is demonic in nature, as human problems can be due to a wide variety of factors. The devil and his spirits are the enemy to all of humanity, and their goal is to keep people from coming to God and knowing how much God loves them, among other things.

So without delay, let’s dig into the different aspects of spiritual warfare that I have learned about and practiced on and off for about thirty years.

I also have a special request at the end of this post, so please feel free to read until the end so that you can do me a solid!

Spiritual warfare for myself:

It has been nine glorious years since I went through my own deliverance, but I must still be alert to the devices of the enemy because the Bible says that “your adversary prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” (I Peter 5:8) Almost daily, I pray that God will put his full armor upon me (Ephesians 6), alert me to the plans of my enemy, and then if I sense a situation has a demonic component, I pray that either God will remove the demonic oppression, or I command whatever is there to leave in Jesus’s name. I openly admit that it often takes me a very long time to figure out that my struggle is with spiritual forces rather than other factors. A quick example of this is that I have been struggling with a lack of sleep for many weeks. I assumed that my insomnia was either physical or hormonal, but I failed to pray about the spiritual component. A few nights ago, I rebuked any evil spirit involved with messing with my sleep, and I have been sleeping better ever since.

There is no real magic formula for expelling demons in Jesus’s name. I simply pray something to this effect: “If there is a demon involved in this __________ (area), I command you to go away in Jesus’s name.”

Spiritual warfare for my family:

I have prayed for many family members (or those staying in our home) who are experiencing demonic issues over the years. I will list a few quick examples. Many years ago, my daughter Claire told me that she was afraid of the “black bat” that stood in the corner of her room. We got rid of that in Jesus’s name. Another time, Nina (a girl from Ukraine we are attempting to adopt) woke me up in the middle of the night and told me that there was an evil ghost in her room who looked exactly like her but was very scary. I went up to her room and got rid of that in Jesus’s name. Recently, Erik and I had a conversation with one of our kids because I sensed that they were dealing with shame. Yes, shame can be an emotion, but sometimes, there is a demonic component. We got rid of shame in Jesus’s name but also counseled this child on the topic of shame and prayed for emotional healing. I always seek to cover every area of the problem, since issues are usually complicated and multi-factorial.

Spiritual warfare for friends and acquaintances:

After I had met with Dr. Appleby for my own deliverance, I decided to just “go big or go home” and, with the prodding of a close friend Erin, we decided to run our own deliverance ministry using Dr. Appleby’s model for about five years! Erin and I (along with others) were able to help 25 people get rid of demonic oppression in their lives. We also hosted a conference at our church where about 100 people attended, and several more were set free after the event. We also spoke at a women’s retreat, and more people were set free there as well.

Here are a few examples of the deliverances I remember. One girl named Laura (name changed) came to us because she was struggling with many things, including the fact that she felt like men were targeting her for sexual perversion. Through the process of the deliverance, we figured out that the demon’s name who was chiefly involved with this aspect of her life was named Mark (yes, demons can have normal names), and his role was to “mark her for perverted men.” We got rid of Mark in Jesus’s name. Immediately, Laura joined our ministry and stayed with us pretty much the entire time! Now this beautiful young woman is happily married and well on her way to becoming a doctor! And no more perverts bother her!

Another client we served was dealing with debilitating health issues. This woman was a homeschooling mom of two young girls, and she was so sick she couldn’t get off the couch. We met with her and, by the grace and help of God Almighty and Jesus, we set her free from demonic oppression. She got better, started homeschooling her girls again, and she is doing great to this day!

Still another client was a lovely woman who had an extremely abusive childhood and had such bad demonic oppression that her stories resembled something out of a horror movie with actual blood dripping down on her from the ceiling. She went through the deliverance with us, Jesus set her free, and she is doing great to this day!

If you are curious, I will leave a link to an interview I conducted with Dr. Appleby at the end of this post, which includes links to his ministry website.

Spiritual warfare for houses and hotels:

Right after my husband Erik and I moved into our first home, I anointed the entire property with olive oil and asked God to rid the property of anything evil in Jesus’s name. I did not anoint the attic because I didn’t even realize we had one at the time (I later noticed a small door that contained a pull-down step ladder that led to a small attic space). For several months, right around 10 p.m., Erik and I would hear loud scurrying noises coming from the attic space right above our bedroom. We both naturally assumed it was squirrels or some other critter. Months went by and still the critters. Erik’s brother came into town and the two men decided to “go up into the attic and look around” and I asked them if they could let me know if they saw any sign of squirrel droppings or nests. The two men went up to the attic space, looked around, and found nothing. That evening, right on cue, the scurrying came back. I turned to Erik and said, “those dang squirrels!”

“Those are not squirrels,” was the immediate thought.

Uh-oh. I sat up in bed and prayed out loud, looking up to the attic. It was a lame prayer, and it went something like this:

“If what is up there is not a squirrel, in the name of Jesus, get out of our house!”

Immediately, my husband and I heard a loud BOOM noise, which sounded like someone had actually HIT one of the attic support beams with something very loud and strong.

The next sound was the sound of silence.

The attic stayed silent from that day forward.

Another time, Erin and I went to a friend’s home because she had been experiencing some very strange events ever since bringing home antique children’s furniture from an estate sale (hint: please don’t do this). We found out later that a demonic spirit had attached itself to the furniture, and the demons were communicating with her young children as well as climbing up on my friend’s bed at night! By the power of God, we got rid of all of that in Jesus’s name. The woman’s husband then collected all the antique furniture and then lit the collection on fire!

Please see the following post for more stories about haunted houses and hotels and helping myself and others be free from evil: Stop Ghosting Me! How to deal with unwanted ghosts and evil spirits

Spiritual Warfare for cities and other geographical locations:

I have had the pleasure of attempting to get rid of bad spirits out of geographical locations, including Washington D.C., and more recently my current home city of Chicago, Illinois.

Before I get into the stories, I have a quick teaching moment.

I was taught several years ago by a woman who had much experience with this form of ministry that I should pray the following for geographical areas:

In the name and power of Jesus Christ, I claim the ground I am walking around/on for Jesus Christ, bind up any demons and get rid of them in Jesus’s name, break off any curses that have been placed on the area, close any demonic doors that have already been opened, and cleanse the land of any demonic objects or symbols.

In addition, I ask God to send his powerful warring angels down from heaven to fight for the area and for those people in this location. I also sever all demonic curses and influences so that many can come to have a personal relationship with God through Jesus His son. I ask God to send rivers of living water over that land so that people may experience God’s love and peace.

Lastly, I seal what I am doing in the power of the Holy Spirit and to bring in God’s presence. In Jesus’s name, Amen.

As I am walking around an area, I also “anoint” it with olive oil, to seal and cleanse the land.

Here are a few examples of this practice.

In the summer of 2019, I began to get concerned about the rising crime rate in Chicago and wanted to do more than to sit on my couch and pray half-heartedly from the comfort of my own home. Erin visited me in September of that year, and we drove to Chicago and prayed for the city (using the above prayer as a model, but also adding in our own prayers). A couple of months later, I was on my elliptical machine in the basement, watching the local news, when I happened to catch a small headline banner at the bottom of the television screen which stated the following:

Chicago Police Crime Stats Show Fewest November Murders since 2013

If you do the math, that is the month immediately after we went down to Chicago and prayed! Could our prayers be working?

Another year, Erin came to visit me over my birthday (which is in early August) and asked me what I wanted to do to celebrate it. I felt a burden for Chicago (again), so I told her: “I know I can do whatever I want on my birthday, but honestly, let’s go down to Chicago again and pray. And we will do some fun sightseeing as well.” We came, we saw, we prayed, we rode some bikes around, did some sightseeing, and grabbed a margarita. Guess what? Our prayers seemed to work yet again. Here was the headline from an article I read a few months after we prayed:

Summer violence drops in August, but murders up 50% since 2019: CPD

When you dig into the article, it states that the month of August actually saw a 45% decrease in murders compared to July. To reiterate, murders were down in one month, the month of August, which is the peak of the summer season of violence, right after we prayed. To be completely fair, the article cites Operation Legend as the leading cause of this summer crime drop, and I am sure that was part of the reason as well.

*Erin and I doing our thing! Plus a fun bike ride.*

The most recent example occurred on Good Friday of last year, April 15, 2022. I had been texting back and forth with a Chicago police officer whom I knew through a friend and asked him to direct me to a “really bad area where you would really like to see some improvement.”

He directed me to an apartment complex in downtown Chicago, where two rival gangs lived and were continually fighting with each other. And when I say fighting, I don’t mean with words. This police officer stated that the children who lived in the huge complex couldn’t even go play in the playground in the middle of the complex UNLESS two police cruisers (and officers) were present. Otherwise, it wasn’t safe for them to play. I sat on that for a second and thought to myself:

“If I can save the life of one kiddo by going down there, then it’s worth it to me.”

I told this officer of my plans to pray at the apartment complex and requested a police escort; however, he stated that they were short staffed, but that I should go directly to the police officers who are continually stationed near the playground and inform them of my plans. He then instructed me to go on a weekday–first thing in the morning.

So around 9 a.m. on Good Friday, I arrived at the apartment complex, parked my vehicle, and observed that unfortunately there were no police cruisers in front of the playground. However, I saw several police officers stationed at one of the main entrances. I immediately walked over to them, told them what I was doing, and asked if it was safe to walk around the perimeter of the complex and to pray over certain parts of the area. They said yes, and that they would keep an eye on things for me.

Before I began, I studied the vibe of the entire complex. It was very quiet and literally nobody was even outside. There were no kids at the playground, as they were all at school. All was quiet on the violent crime front, and I felt safe to do my small part-time job. I finished in about forty-five minutes with no issues at all.

Several months later I checked in with the same police officer, asking specifically about the apartment complex and how things were going. This was his text, word for word:

Truthfully, we were expecting a very bloody year where I work and it was statistically one of the worst we’ve had but the ******* were surprisingly not involved in a lot of the shootings. Obviously, there was plenty that happened there, but the extreme violence was down there. I think walking through the morning is always the safest bet. We will take all the help we can get, Heather.

I was incredibly encouraged by this news.

The apartment complex in downtown Chicago that I prayed around last year (2022). According to a police officer, the extreme violence has since decreased. Notice the playground in the middle. Apparently the kids can’t play there unless police officers are present.

*I love Chicago! I will continue to pray for this great city!*

Do I know with 100 percent certainty that my prayers are the reason for the drops in crime? To be honest, I don’t. But I can tell you this: I did pray that God would “let me know” if what I was doing was effective or not, and each time I have prayed this prayer, I have randomly caught different headlines or news stories (or texts!) that seem to confirm that yes, our prayers were working and that yes, we should keep it up!

In closing, there is a line in the movie The Edge starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin that has stayed with me my entire life. In the movie, three men were flying in a small plane over the Alaskan wilderness when their plane crashed into a lake, but the three men survived. As they were attempting to hike out of the woods to safety, they were stalked by a huge, man-eating Kodiak bear, which ended up killing one of the three men. The bear was relentless and wanted to eat the other two alive as well, and no matter what the two men did, the bear kept stalking them continually.

The main character, Charles (Anthony Hopkins) decided that, in order to survive, they must kill the Kodiak bear. Alec Baldwin was skeptical and said it couldn’t be done. Charles had previously learned that young native American boys were taught how to kill huge grizzly bears successfully, and that he (Charles) was confident that, if he used the same method that these young boys were able to use, then he could kill the bear too.

The mantra Charles kept repeating to motivate them was:

“What one man can do, another can do.”

In this analogy, I see Satan and his demons as “the bear.” They will be stalking me all the days of my life, seeking to devour me. I must be on the alert.

I must kill the bear.

When we look to Jesus Christ himself, and He is casting out demons, and then He says to His disciples that they can do this too, I think to myself:

What Jesus says I can do, I can do.

When I saw Dr. Appleby helping people to be set free from demonic oppression, I thought to myself, “if he can do it, I can do it.”

And if I, an extremely average stay-at-home Christian mom, can do the ministry of deliverance and spiritual warfare, then you can do it, too!

Because what Jesus says you can do, you can do.

What one man can do, another can do.

What one woman can do, another woman can do.

What one Christian can do, another Christian can do.

Let’s go kill the bear.

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PS: I just published a book on this topic! The book is about Christian deliverance, and how to reduce demonic activity in people and places. I share the struggles of what led me to seek out a deliverance for myself, how a friend and I started our own deliverance ministry, and what I learned about creative ways to do basic spiritual warfare to reduce demonic activity in people and places. I discuss the many negative symptoms of demonic oppression and the four doorways (trauma, occult involvement, ongoing sin, and generational curses), and teach everyday Christians how to command demons to leave people and places, in Jesus’s name. I also discuss the occult, ways that the enemy tries to block an unbeliever from hearing the gospel, Extra-Terrestrial entities (hint! they are actually demons), and the End Times as recorded in the book of Revelation. If you are struggling with demonic oppression, a haunted house, or other demonic activity and you’re not sure how to handle it, check out this book! The link is here: https://a.co/d/4kDlJwH

To read the interview I conducted with Dr. Appleby (highly recommend), or to contact his ministry, click here: Confessions of an Exorcist

To read about how to get rid of ghosts and demons out of houses, hotels, and other locations, please see my previous post. I also go into a bit more detail about what demons actually do for a living here: Stop Ghosting Me! How to deal with unwanted ghosts and evil spirits

Never mess with Ouija boards. It will not be your deceased grandmother talking to you: Are Ouija Boards a Doorway to Communicate with (evil) Spirits? My Ouija Board story

To watch the “What one man can do” scene from the movie The Edge, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5rZeGU0E2s

Thanks again for reading! And please let me know if I should write this dang book. 😊

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