AN APPLICATION OF VARIOUS CONSPIRACY THEORIES TO END-TIMES PROPHECY
Thomas Horn wrote in the Introduction to this 2013 book, “It was 1990 when, as keynote speaker to a packed house of religious delegates… I howled, ‘If America doesn’t wake up and teach its kids to think, we will have a dictator in this country within ten years.’ … I miscalculated. A dictator didn’t take control of the US within ten years like I’d predicted. It now appears he will need a bit more time. But… it shouldn’t take too long. The eradication of fundamental rights… will be easy fodder for the emerging Beast as he soon plows the inevitable intrusion by federal bureaucrats into every corner of our lives.” (Pg. 2-3) He adds, “Still, until I took time to investigate [this book] with my friend Terry Cook, even I had no idea how far down the rabbit hole we had fallen and how close we really are to a single event that could give rise to the era of Antichrist and the Mark of the Beast.” (Pg. 8)
They outline, “Throughout this book, we will be discussing biochip technology---its origination, manufacture, current uses, proposed uses, and unlimited possible future uses. We will summarize these facts and introduce the prophetic connections as described in the Bible. We, by reading this book, you will be informed and awakened from your slumber---if, indeed, you have been … slumbering along, enjoying al this new Star Trek technology without being cognizant of the dire consequences.” (Pg. 15)
They note, “If your phone was purchased within the last couple of years from any major carrier, it likely came with a preinstalled GPS that keeps constant tabs on your travels… What you may or may not know about this feature is that unless you go out of your way to turn the GPS personal information to all other date-share occurrences on your phone… Whereas nobody may be referring to this cellular phone feature as a biochip implant, it’s essentially a chip you voluntarily carry with you everywhere, reporting everything that you do and everywhere you’ve been.” (Pg. 23-24)
They say of consequences of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, “When this kind of terrorism strikes the heartland of America… fear grips the hearts of everyone, and PREVENTION becomes the top priority in our minds… ‘You are willing to give up some more of your freedoms and willing to submit to more covert surveillance and more control of your lives…because how else can we protect the safety of all those innocent victims?’ Of course, the ultimate example of this social phenomenon has increased exponentially since September 11, 2001… But that brings us back to the question of how much liberty and freedom we’re willing to forego. Are we going to INVITE ‘Big Brother’ to turn this country into an armed camp… with all rights of privacy tossed out the window in the process?” (Pg. 43)
They assert, “Where the CFR, Trilateral Commission, and Bilderbergers emphasize control of the world through control of world finances, the Illuminati/Freemasons, Skull & Bones, and similar secret societies found on university campuses around the world focus on education, or the control of the minds of our future leaders. Of course, they adhere heavily on the ‘good ol’ boy’ network, where anyone who belongs to the organization is assured successful placement in a position of power and prominence… priority is always given to candidates who are brothers of this elite group over applicants who are not.” (Pg. 58-59)
They state, “The CFR has a stranglehold on America. It effectively controls the four most powerful positions (after the presidency) in our government: secretaries of state, treasury, and defense, and the national security advisor.” (Pg. 81) Later, they add, “The Bilderbergers, funded by major one-world institutions, was created to regionalize Europe.” (Pg. 93)
They note, “As newer versions of RFID-like transmitters become even more sophisticated---adding other ‘prophetic’ components such as merging human biological matter with transistors to create living, implantable machines---the authors of this book believe the possibility that the Mark of the Beast could arrive through a version of smart-chip technology increases.” (Pg. 121-122)
They suggest, “The Human Genome Project, intended to finish in fifteen years, instead announced completion only THIRTEEN years into the work. If you read … review of the work now, you’ll find many arguing that the announcement came prematurely---that the entire sequence had not fully been read. Thirteen is a number repeated again and again in occult circles. It is considered the number of rebellion, an unlucky number… Could it be that the HGP leaders arbitrarily stopped at thirteen and ‘rested,’ announcing their victory to the world, or is it possible that the number was carefully chosen as a nod to spiritual influences and masters?” (Pg. 160-161)
They contend, “As we type this manuscript, it’s very likely that the NSA or some other agency is monitoring my every keystroke. In fact, it is hyperbole to state that every move you and I make is potentially being observed, recorded, and catalogued…” (Pg. 206)
They argue, “Technologists are already working on brain-computer interfaces, which will allow us to interact with our smart-phones and computers simply by using our minds… But the scientists who are working on memory manipulation are the ones who seem to be pushing the boundaries of what we believe is possible. Sure, it sounds like movie fantasy right now, but don’t laugh of the imagination of Hollywood screenwriters; sometimes the movies can be a great predictor of things to come.” (Pg. 240-241)
They speculate, “Metal will meld with flesh and mind with falsehoods as those who do not choose the true Christ… are transformed into the transhumanist zealots’ twisted image of godhood. Human Artificial Chromosomes, HACs, may be used to mark us---as many tattoos embedded with genetic information. We shall all be changed---some to immortality with Christ, some to hideous clay and iron constructs that mock God’s beautiful design by attempts to ‘enhance’ His code. Cloning, human/animal hybridization, mind control, pharmaceuticals, and the false notion of self-directed evolution are all part of an end game that the enemy hopes will allow him to defeat God. The final armies will gather in Jerusalem---not to fight each other, but to look up! The true Christ will return at the end of this age, and He will do battle with Earth’s demon-led enhanced human army. We know the ending. We know the ending. We know that enemy is already defeated---but he just won’t admit it… YET!” (Pg. 255)
In the final chapter, they suggest, “what ‘trigger’ could set in motion the need for a universal vaccine in the form of a biochip? This is an important question, because … Nita Horn… asked if the biblical Mar of the Beast might be a conspiracy employing specific implantable technology only now available. Her theory was gripping: An occult elite operating behind the US government devises a virus that is a crossover between human and animal disease… and intentionally releases if into the public. A pandemic ensues, and the period between when a person contracts the virus and death is something like ten days. With tens of thousands dead in a few weeks and the rate of death increasing hourly around the globe, a universal cry for a cure goes out. Seemingly miraculously, the government them steps forward with a vaccine. The only catch… is that … the ‘cure’ uses animal DNA and nanobots to rewrite one’s genetics so that the person is no longer entirely human… those who receive this antidote would become part ‘beast,’ and perhaps, thus, the title, ‘Mark of the Beast.’ … For believers, they would know this is the Mark of the Beast, as we believe the Spirit of God would confirm it in their conscious and Spirit the true facts. If they take this ‘cure,’ they will know at the moment they have willfully submitted to damnation regardless how it is justified.” (Pg. 274-275)
It will mostly be Evangelicals who subscribe to various ‘conspiracy’ theories who will appreciate this book. (And no, the COVID virus and its vaccine development hardly fit the DETAILS of this last quotation.)