PART 3 – WAR FAMINE DEATH AND HELL 

“And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth” (Revelation 6:4-6, 8 KJV)

CHAPTER 34 

Journal Entry Wednesday, January 22, 2020

After the signing of the covenant that Sunday, Mitch suggested that we have a time of prayer. We all agreed, all but Eva who looked very uncomfortable and said she needed to get back to the farm. Always before, Eva had stayed whenever we had prayer or Bible study even though she never participated. Her obvious discomfort to remain with us now was disturbing. We were all hoping that Eva was not hardening her heart to the point of no return. At any rate, she left, and the rest of us discussed what we’d just seen and then spent the next hour or more in prayer, asking God’s strength for ourselves that we will remain faithful even if it means our deaths. We prayed for those still lost and deceived, especially for Eva, Dewey, and Norm, that they will heed God’s call to salvation before it is too late and their hearts are hardened to the truth. The strong delusion has already begun to take root. We know that we are now living on borrowed time.

“So, how do you think this is going to impact us in the near future?” I asked.

“I think we are going to have to address this head on at the next meeting,” replied Will. “There may still be time to reach some of those like Eva, but I’ll tell you this: I believe our period of grace is over.”

“Yeah, so do I,” said Trail. “I can almost feel a…turning or a sense of change among those who are still lost, after Draken’s little display.”

“Let’s don’t lose heart now,” said Will. “We know that the greatest number of souls ever saved will be saved during this time of Tribulation, so don’t lose heart; although, there will be many more whose hearts will be hardened.”

“I keep talking to Eva whenever I get an opportunity,” said Carter. “I think she wants to believe; I really do, but she’s so stubborn. I have lots of opportunities to talk to her while we work around the farm, but she always changes the subject. We’ll just keep praying and I’ll encourage her as much as I can; but, ultimately, it’s going to be her choice to believe or reject salvation.”

“I gotta go an’ relieve Dewey fer a spell,” said Clyde, as he got up and headed for the door. “I’ll talk ta Eva agin’ too, Carter, as soon as I kin, but ya nailed it when ya said she’s stubborn. All we kin do is all we kin do. Y’all take care.”

That following Wednesday, we could all sense the change that Trail alluded to in the atmosphere of the meeting. Among those who were lost – which was probably a good 30% of the town, we estimated – it was apparent that Draken’s display of deception had taken hold to one degree or another. Will did his best to show from numerous scriptures that ‘lying signs and wonders’ was one of the identifying traits of the Antichrist, but it was evident that the ‘strong delusion’ was taking hold with some of them. Still there were others who were as yet unbelievers who were still open to the gospel. Thank God for that.

Mitch rose to speak. What he said brought the reality of where we now stand home to everyone. When he took the podium, his demeanor was somber. His tone and bearing didn’t display the usual cheerful attitude everyone was used to seeing in the young man who, over these past few months, has become the defacto mayor of Norrisville. Today, Mitch was almost grave in his demeanor. This lent his words more weight.

“Everyone,” Mitch began, “as a community, we need to deal with some unpleasant but necessary truths. Regardless of what you think about Lucius Draken or the Tribulation, we who are believers know exactly where things stand because God has laid it all out in scripture. The prophetic Word is like a road map of where everything is headed. Regardless, there are some practical matters that impact us here in Norrisville that we need to discuss first. Then, before we leave, I have some information that I pray God will use to open everyone’s eyes to the truth of who Draken really is. But first, we need to discuss what is on the horizon here and what each individual or household needs to do to prepare for what’s coming as much as possible. I want to be very clear and upfront: whether you believe the Bible or not, it is patently clear that we are now living in the beginning of Revelation chapter six. I suggest that when we get home, that we all read this chapter again regardless of how many times Will has called our attention to it. What is coming is already written there.

“According to Revelation 6, the next big thing will be a global war that will very likely be nuclear, at least to some extent. There will be an escalation of extreme violence, on a much larger scale than we’ve seen heretofore. Then there’s the aftermath of any global conflict, especially when coupled with natural disasters. These include famine – genuine famine the likes of which we in America have never known. As these things begin to happen; as food and other shortages begin to make an impact on us here in Norrisville, I want us to remember something. I want us to remember to always bear in mind that we are blessed to live where we do. We are blessed to live in a small town tucked in the mountains away from the big cities that have now become death traps. We are blessed to have town leaders like Clyde and many others who care about the people of Norrisville; people too numerous to name who work tirelessly to keep us safe, fed, our needs provided for, and most of all, who, like Will, teach and encourage us with the Word of God. We need to remember these blessings when we are tempted to complain or despair.

Mitch then reminded everyone of something else. “The truth is, we are left to endure these horrors by our own rejection of the truth of Jesus Christ as Savior. Each one of us had more than ample opportunity to believe on Christ before the rapture happened. Each one of us could have been part of Jesus’ Church and thus escaped the horrors that we are facing. So when we are tempted to blame God and rail at Him, let’s all be honest enough to realize that we are here because of our own choice. We chose to reject Jesus’ great salvation before He came for His Church. Still, in His great love and desire that none should perish in Hell forever, in His great mercy, He is still extending His salvation to any and all who are willing to believe in Him. Even in the coming judgments, God is still extending His great mercy and salvation. We who have rejected His salvation time and time again, we too can still be saved, although to do so will almost certainly cost us our earthly lives. What a blessing and honor it will be for us to give up our lives for His namesake! Let’s be encouraged to remain faithful unto death. Now I want to ask Trail to speak to us all about where we stand from a medical perspective.”

CHAPTER 35

Mitch returned to his seat as Trail rose to address us all.

“Mitch has given us a rundown of what the world is facing. Truth is, these judgments of God have already begun and will continue to escalate in intensity, severity, and with increasing rapidity. We will be dealing with God’s coming judgment here in Norrisville as well. For as long as God allows, we must continue to pull together and look out for each other. We will hold together as a town and as brothers and sisters in Christ for as long as we are able, but we must understand that eventually we will no longer be able to function as a town. I want us all to understand and accept that truth.

“Now, Mitch has already spoken of war and famine that is coming – the first three seals that have been broken in Revelation chapter 6. I want to address the things that always follow war: famine, disease, pestilence, and pandemics.

“Already,” Trail went on, “there are epidemics of cholera, typhus, and hepatitis C. Multiple cases of rabies are being reported in the western states: in Texas, Oklahoma, Nevada, and New Mexico; even Bubonic plague is making a resurgence. The reason for this is extremely unsanitary conditions and vermin. The population of rats has exploded. In the Middle Ages, nearly one third of Europe was wiped out due to the bubonic plague – a vector-borne illness caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis transmitted by the bite of fleas carried by the billions of rats whose numbers thrived in the squalid, overcrowded, unsanitary conditions of Europe during the Middle Ages – the same kind of conditions that we now have here all along the West Coast and in the irradiated ruins of New York and DC and in other larger cities.

“Any time the rodent population explodes, so does the transmission of plague and other vermin-borne diseases. Because of the level of destruction and the unsanitary conditions that are far too large in scope to get a handle on, both of these aftermaths of war and disaster are spreading eastward into the heartland. Additionally, in what was the DC area and in New York environs, there are multiple thousands who are dying from the effects of radiation poisoning and thousands more who will die in the near future because their immune systems are compromised from radiation and other pathogens, coupled with a lack of food and enough clean drinkable water. The weather will cause many more to die, and in the midst of all that devastation, there will be rats.” Trail paused to let this new horror sink in before continuing.

“This is why we are doing our best to be diligent in trying to stay ahead of any illnesses and why we are so adamant in making sure we keep our homes and our town as clean as we can. There are more threats than black bears, coyotes, and panthers to be worried about. The cold weather and snow we are having here is working in our favor for the most part, yet it still carries its own risks.

“Let me encourage everyone to take proper precautions. If you feel sick with a cold, or worse, flu, stay inside! We cannot afford to spread germs or risk an outbreak of flu, neither do we need to risk pneumonia. Colds will clear up in about 9 days. Just treat them like you normally would with rest and fluids. The normal flu strains, though more miserable to endure than a mere cold, do pose a greater risk to the elderly and those who are immunocompromised. But in healthy people, normal flu will usually run its course in about 14-20 days. Again, getting adequate rest, drinking plenty of fluids, and allowing your body to heal is the best course of action unless you develop trouble breathing, which might indicate pneumonia. Do be alert to the development of breathing difficulties or if you already suffer from chronic breathing issues such as asthma or COPD. If you do, call the clinic, and I or one of the nurses will monitor you more closely.

“Please follow all the health protocols we’ve discussed and which our very capable nurses have taught you. Those of you not sick who are working as caregivers, remember to wear masks and gloves at all times when caring for the sick and ill. Wash your hands often. Don’t touch your face around your eyes or nose. Keep a bowl of bleach diluted with water on your counter or in your sink; and after handling germ-contaminated materials such as tissues, bed clothes, or whatever, dip your gloved hands into the bleach water for about a minute or so, then let the gloves dry or dry them off, and then wash your hands. Spray all trash bags with diluted bleach before closing them up, and spray the outside of the bags before you take them to the designated trash pit that has been dug out behind Old Mill Road.

“I want to impress upon you the seriousness of our situation” continued Trail, his voice slightly raised. “Colds and flu, though miserable, do not normally pose any real problems; but we have no idea what else we may soon be faced with, or what may be brought in with newcomers. In light of what we might be faced with, we have already set up a sort of triage center at city hall where for the foreseeable future, Brent, myself, or one of the nurses will be available or on call as newcomers register with Clyde and the other registration committee members. Any obviously ill people will be sent back to Iverson. Although Iverson Baptist Hospital is in as bad a shape as we are supply-wise, they at least have a few doctors on hand and at least 150 hospital beds where patients can be isolated.

“I know how heartless this sounds; triage can seem harsh, but it is a vital and necessary protocol to protect the town. The harsh reality is this: we are simply not equipped to handle a full-scale medical emergency. Any new arrivals who are asymptomatic upon arrival – that means showing no obvious symptoms of illness when they arrive but who become ill later on, will be isolated to the best of our ability to do so. We are designating at least 6 quarantine houses situated around the downtown area to be used as isolation homes where newcomers who appear to be healthy will live for a week. If at the end of that week they remain healthy, then they will be given a medical clearance to join the town and find a house to live in.

“In the event of town-wide epidemic, we have designated the sanctuary of the old Calvary Baptist to use as an isolation ward for the ill if needed. It has pews that we can use as beds, but please bear in mind that we will have no IV equipment, no monitoring equipment, only a limited amount of oral antibiotics, and a very limited medical staff. We don’t have anything even approaching a medical facility or anything like one; so if we have to use Calvary, it will be less than ideal. Unless or until we are faced with an overwhelming outbreak of viral or bacteriological pathogens, the clinic has adequate supplies of oral antibiotics on hand for the short term. But bear in mind that antibiotics are useless in viral infections such as colds and flus, so we won’t be giving any of those out unless a secondary infection such as pneumonia sets in.”

Trail ended with, “Be aware that what we have on hand is all we have; and once our supplies of antibiotics are gone, there won’t be any more to get; so take care of yourselves and your household. Look out for each other and remember to check on the elderly.”

Mitch returned to the podium to finish the meeting. Making sure he had everyone’s attention, he began:

“Before we close our meeting today, there is one more issue we need to discuss. We need to prepare ourselves mentally – and most importantly, spiritually – to face the unprecedented persecution and killing of those of us who are believers. Folks, persecution is coming. In fact, it has already begun in Europe, Africa, in the Middle East, and elsewhere. It is being reported that thousands upon thousands are already being beheaded for no other reason than that they are believers in Jesus Christ who reject Draken and the EP kingdoms. This is not being widely reported in the mainstream news; however, there are reports and video confirmations all over the deep web from people who are eyewitnesses of the growing number of believers who are already being martyred because they refuse to deny the name of Jesus Christ.

“This is going to become a worldwide persecution of believers as we move on into the coming horrors of the Tribulation. The Bible tells us in Matthew 10:36, Micah 7, and Luke 12:3-8 that, during these last seven years, every man’s hand will be against his brother. In plain language, this means that we who are believers will be betrayed by friends, family and strangers simply because we are believers in Jesus Christ. This is going to happen.

“Folks, I want us all to be very clear about this. We can’t shy away from this truth, as frightening as it is to contemplate. But as the Apostle Paul said in Philippians 1:21, “For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” Paul himself was beheaded just as millions of us Tribulation Saints will be beheaded. Regardless of that, we do not have to worry or fear. The Holy Spirit will be with us every inch of the way. He will give us the strength to remain faithful even unto death.

“Now since God has already told us what is coming, what are we to do, practically speaking, to prepare to live faithfully for as long as God allows? Well, first of all, let’s look at the threat of war. We don’t have any control over whether we are killed in an attack, or by violence, or by illness just like those on the West Coast or in New York or DC had no control over the disasters that befell them. We will deal with how to prepare for the aftermath of war that we may be faced with if we are spared a direct hit.

“First of all is the issue of food. So far, we do not have a shortage of food. We’ve been very blessed in that after the rapture. Clyde, Mike and others made sure that the town gathered and stored its resources. Byllie and her resource committee have been marvelous at cataloging, distributing, and conserving our limited resources. This has both helped and hurt us. It has helped because we’ve really not had to go without like people in other places have had to do. But our preparedness has hurt us too in the sense that, perhaps, as Trail said earlier, we have built our hope on a false sense of security. The truth is that our supplies and resources are limited and will not be able to be replenished except for what we can grow, hunt, catch, trap or make on our own.

“When the time comes that resources are made available again, the ruling power, which will not be our own government but that of the global Antichrist-led EP, will exact a price for any and all needs just as scripture tells us. That ‘price’ to live and conduct commerce will be a price we as believers will not pay – this will be the coming ‘mark of the beast’ about which Will warns us so often in Revelation 13:16-17. To take that mark will forfeit forever any chance of salvation, but that will be the price demanded by the Antichrist and his False Prophet. So, for as long as we are able, each household must begin to ration what food, staples, and resources we have. We will keep all of our resources open such as the RR store for as long as possible, but you must realize that eventually what we have here will be gone. We are blessed to live where we do because we can still hunt, fish, and trap game, but eventually even those resources or our abilities to freely utilize them will be taken away as well. Our only hope is our eternal salvation.

“As far as medical help goes, Trail has already reminded us that we are extremely limited there as well. Those who have come here from Asheville and Iverson have told us of the near total destruction of the hospitals and cities – even Iverson Baptist is practically useless now as far as medical resources. Trail, Brent, Lilly and Sarah are doing a marvelous job; but when an overwhelming crisis comes, and it will, there is virtually nothing that they will be able to do given the fact that we have no hospital and no adequate medical or surgical supplies. What we all need to do now is to learn as many medical and survival skills as we can, and to take the reins for our own health and well-being as best we can. Do your best to attend the girls’ Monday classes.

“In addition to those, we are going to be setting up outdoor survival classes. Bobby Thorpe, Chief Little-John Redfern, Grant Owen, and Jet Reese have agreed to teach those of you who are interested in outdoor survival skills such as hunting, trapping, field dressing; how to build a shelter; how to make fire without matches, and other survival skills. These classes will meet here at 10:00 AM every Thursday and take things from there. Yes, even in this snowy weather: snow, rain, heat, whatever, we will still meet. We aren’t playing Huck Finn here. This is survival for as long as God allows. All these things we can and will continue to do, but always with the understanding that the events of Revelation, which have already begun, will continue no matter what. Nothing or no one is going to stop God’s wrath and coming judgment.

“Now let me end today’s meeting with one final bit of information we all need to ponder. I realize that some of you were quite taken in by Lucius Draken. I want to give you a clear warning regarding him, just as Will has already warned you about him. There is absolutely no doubt that Draken is the long- prophesied Antichrist and Jaakobah Gulden the False Prophet.”

A murmur arose among the crowd. Mitch raised his hands and his voice to quell the noise. He continued:

“Look, I know what you saw; we saw it too, but remember the warning that Jesus Himself gave to us concerning these days. This is what Jesus said in Matthew 24: “And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many” (Matthew 24:4-5 KJV). Jesus warned us above all about deception and being deceived. The Antichrist is the ultimate deceiver because he is Satan’s emissary – Satan’s’ main man,’ if you will. Satan was called by our Lord Jesus ‘the Father of Lies.’

“Let me give you the meaning of Lucius Draken’s name.  After the display on the Temple Mount, I wanted to know if Draken’s name held any significant meaning, so I did some digging. Shakespeare asked the question ‘What’s in a name?’ Well, in Draken’s case, what’s in his name is the proof of who he really is. He has admitted that he himself is not fully human – that his DNA carries more than just the DNA of his human parents. The answer lies in the meaning of his name. The name ‘Lucius’ is Latin. It means ‘bearer or bringer of light’ – which by the way, is the same meaning as the name ‘Lucifer’ from which the name ‘Lucius’ is derived. His middle name ‘Apollo’ is of Greek origin. It is a derivative of the name ‘Apollyon’ which is the name of the fallen angel of the abyss. It means ‘destroyer.’ However, it is his last name that is the most interesting to me. In Hebrew, the word ‘bar’ before a last name means ‘son of.’ The last name ‘Draken’ is Greek for dragon or serpent. Lucius Apollo bar Draken’s name actually means: bearer of light, destroyer, son of the dragon.”

The crowd was silent. Mitch then ended the meeting and dismissed the crowd, but not before he asked if anyone desired to become a believer in Christ – part of the family of God. A couple of people did become believers. One was Dewey Upshaw; the other young man was Grant Owen, the guy who is going to help with the outdoor skills classes. Eva was not among the new believers.

CHAPTER 36 

Journal Entry Saturday, February 15, 2020

All of this happened on Wednesday, January 8, at our regular meeting after Draken had signed the covenant with Israel. On Friday, January 18, Pakistan hit India with a nuclear attack on Kashmir; and within a few days’ time, China invaded Taiwan. Although China refrained from using nuclear weapons, and although the Taiwanese put up a valiant fight, there really was no contest. One week later, North Korea invaded South Korea. Now that the US is no longer able to protect South Korea, there really was no deterrent. The fighting there is bloody and will likely continue for a long time to come. In addition, Japan, who greatly fears North Korea with good cause, has joined forces to help defend South Korea. China, is now sending aid to North Korea. In addition, there are armed skirmishes all along the US southern border where hand-to-hand combat is escalating.

The rider on the red horse of Revelation 6 is on the move. The New EP, however, seems to be flourishing. In Israel, the construction of the third Temple has begun and is progressing quickly. Israel plans to dedicate the Temple with the sacrifice of a red heifer in the new Temple’s Holy of Holies – the sanctum sanctorum of the Temple – on May 14, 2020.

Lucius Draken has announced plans to build Euro-Phoenicia’s new e-commerce headquarters in the ancient city of Babylon, and to erect a new ‘Temple of the World’ on the ancient site where the Ishtar Gate once stood. Prophet Gulden has called for the original Ishtar Gate and the great Altar of Zeus – the Pergamum Altar that once resided in Pergamum in Asia Minor – to be returned to Neo-Babylon from Germany. Since Germany is part of the 10-kingdom conglomerate of Euro-Phoenicia, this will almost certainly be done, even if Germany itself isn’t in favor of returning these religious relics of pagan history. So, just as scripture prophesied in Isaiah 13-14; Jeremiah 50-51; and Zechariah 5, Babylon herself, ancient Babylon on the plains of Shinar, is rising again.

Within the next year, Draken expects the construction of these two facilities to be complete. There, in Neo-Babylon, the new hub of global e-commerce, finance, and tracking will be based. Also there, the new Temple of the World will become the repository and headquarters where all the world’s false religions will be based. Although the current Pope is working alongside Gulden, it is obvious that Gulden is the real welder of global religious power. Babylon is rising, just as scripture said it would. However, God will also utterly destroy it, just as scripture also foretells.

So much is happening, Journal. I am beginning to realize that my entries from here on may become fewer and farther between as events of the Tribulation accelerate. Still I am committed to archiving all that I can for as long as I can.

Here in Norrisville things are going along pretty much as usual; although, we are beginning to feel the encroachment of desperate times. Our supplies of food are so far holding out alright, but that’s not going to last much longer. Our supplies of gasoline and other household commodities are another matter. Clyde has ordered that gas be conserved as much as possible since once our supply runs out, it will be gone with no more available except what is left that can be syphoned from the left-behind cars that haven’t already been drained. Even gas syphoned from left-behind cars won’t last though, so our driving must need be done only as absolutely necessary from here on out.

So far, we still have enough things such as rice, sugar, beans, paper napkins and such, but Mitch is calling on everyone to begin rationing things like gasoline, salt, toilet paper, matches, lighters, over the counter medicines, and lamp oil.

The cold weather has been both a blessing and a curse. Overall, most of the town is faring well. Many of us have fireplaces or wood stoves which can double for both heating and cooking if needed; although, not everyone has those. The classes the girls offer and the survival-skills classes that Carter, Big Mike, Chief Little-John, Grant, Jet Reese, and I’ve been giving have been a hit. Even in the cold and snow of February, these classes have been well- attended. I grew up living off the land, but all of us are learning from Little-John, or just Chief, as we call him.

A few new people are coming into town. Clyde and the others at the PD including Brent, Trail, Sarah, and Lilly take turns doing triage. Between their regular duties and the new registration and triage duties, they are all kept busy trying to keep tabs on the newcomers and doing their best to assess the health status as well as the intentions of the ones coming into town.

There’ve been a few that Clyde and Dewey have turned back and not allowed in. These obvious troublemakers were addicts looking for drugs, and those who came in with an attitude of arrogance and disrespect looking for a place to get away but who weren’t interested in helping work. The addicts have apparently used up whatever there was in the surrounding cities and are now seeking out places like N’ville. Clyde, Dewey, and Rod have let it be known in no uncertain terms that anyone who comes into town looking for drugs, or causing any kind of disturbance, or who refuses to work will be escorted out of town; and if they make any trouble, will be shot on sight. We are still under martial law, so Clyde is well within his rights to enforce it if push comes to shove.

So far, the ones who could cause us trouble have left peaceably – the remains of the body in the car at the town limits is still somewhat of a deterrent – for now. I expect as food everywhere becomes more scarce, and the weather gets warmer, more may come. Of course, the addicts – those who are genuine addicts and not just recreational users, will soon die their own horrible deaths when there are no more drugs to be found.

As it turned out, it wasn’t the druggies or anarchists that caused the first really big trouble Norrisville faced.

TO BE CONTINUED

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Journal Entry Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Our growing group gathered at the girls’ house on Sunday, January 5^th to watch the signing of the covenant that was going to be televised around the world from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. As he had done on Christmas Day, Will canceled the Sunday morning service so everyone could watch the signing at home. He reminded everyone to be sure and be at the Wednesday meeting where we could all discuss the signing and what will come next according to the scriptures. At the girls’ house, our number kept growing. Besides we six, there was Mike, Clyde, Vinnie, Will, Carter, Eva, Izzy, Chief Little-John Redfern, Grant Owen, and Rod Weaver. There was a dusting of snow on the ground, so Mrs. Christine opted to stay home since she was nursing a slight head cold. She said a little snow wouldn’t stop her; but her cold, coupled with her ‘rhumatiz’ as she called it, was ‘painin’ her today so she said she was going to stay home and sit by the fire in her new rocking chair.

We invited Dewey Upshaw but he and Norm Baker were on patrol this morning. I was glad Eva was here. It worried all of us to no end that Eva still wasn’t saved. She wasn’t hostile to the gospel, but she, like Dewey, Norm and others just kept putting it off. Both Clyde and Mike keep warning them that the longer one refuses to believe in Christ and their need of a Savior, the harder their hearts will become. Mike tells Eva often that life is more uncertain than ever now. Clyde often reminds Dewey and Norm about Paul Digger who had no idea that when he went on patrol that night, he’d never go home again. The worst part is that as far as anyone knew, Paul wasn’t a believer when he died. So far, nothing seems to move Eva and Dewey; Norm either. We just keep praying for them. What else can we do?

On the Temple Mount, the day was sunny with an unusually warm temperature of 58°F in Jerusalem. The Temple Mount had been cleared and cleaned. There was a large crowd of people gathered, along with representatives from nations around the world. I did not see the US president in the crowd. Not surprisingly, in light of all of our national tragedies, it was reported that he would not be in attendance. There was no deferential treatment given to any other former global dignitaries. How the mighty have fallen. There was going to be only one star of this show.

In the center stood an ornate table with scrolled legs. Two matching oxblood leather chairs were placed about five feet behind the table on either side. Flanking the table was an Israeli flag on the right and the flag of the new 10-kingdom conglomerate of Euro-Phoenicia on the left. Between the two leather chairs stood a giant floor-sized globe. The subliminal message of the entire arrangement was not lost on us.

The flag of Euro-Phoenicia was stunning. It had a deep, ruby-red background with 5 purple stars on each side curving inward in a semi-circle around the central image. The stars were all upside down, forming pentagrams, Will told us. In the center of the flag between the upside-down stars – five on each side sort of forming half circles – in vivid gold was the emblem of Euro-Phoenicia, the two-headed phoenix rising from the ashes of a smoldering ruins. The image of the rising phoenix dwarfed the image of the burning globe. In fact, the central image of the serpentine-esque phoenix was the dominant image of the flag. The effect was stunning.

Beneath the phoenix in gold script was the EP motto ‘E pluribus unum.’ Draken, when he entered but before the proceedings began, proudly unfurled the flag so every news agency could get a good shot of it.

At precisely 10:00 AM our time, 5:00 PM Israeli time, the Israeli Prime Minister, another man whose name we did not know, and Lucius Draken all entered the area. All three men shook hands as the two Israelis took the seats in the two chairs further back from the table. Draken, dressed in a tailored black three-piece suit, white shirt, and a deep, rich-purple tie, stood behind the table and faced the cameras. Waiting for silence, he began to speak.

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LUCIUS DRAKEN SPEAKS

“Fellow citizens of the world. Today is an auspicious day, not only for the people of Israel, but for the entire world. Today, at the beginning of a new year, we stand poised upon a new beginning for all of humanity.

I do not come in the name of any other government, nor do I come in the name of any religion. I come to you in my own name. If I may, let me introduce myself to you. My name is Lucius Apollo bar Draken. My father was a Greek and a Jew.” This he said looking back at the Israeli Prime Minister, smiling.

“My father’s ancestors hark back to Alexander the Great of the noble Greek and later the mighty Roman Empire. And as you can see,” Draken said, smiling, “in addition to my Greek heritage, I have at least a partial Jewish ethnicity. My mother was a beautiful daughter of Lebanon. Her heritage hails from the ancient empire of Assyria. Her ancestors were among the great seafaring people of Phoenicia. As Euro-Phoenicia is a blending of the western and eastern parts of the ancient Roman Empire, so too am I the physical embodiment of the west and the east.

From the time mankind was seeded upon the earth, there has always been conflict and warfare. Genuine and lasting peace has continually eluded this planet. Particularly over the past century, ever since World War I, this world has been passing through increasing tensions and global upheavals.

Humanity has always been faced with choices between peace and continued bloodshed. As a species, we have always chosen poorly. Still, in the past, our choices did not threaten to destroy the entire planet. Now, however, because of our great advancements in the art and instruments of war and bloodshed, we now find ourselves poised at a terminal crossroads of what will be either the total annihilation of this planet, or its rebirth into a peaceful, more glorious future. We stand upon the cusp of a global decision with only two choices open to us. Either we remain warmongering, religiously divided, politically fractured homo sapiens who continue to repeat the same atrocities of the old order and thus continue our reign of bloodshed onward into oblivion, or we choose to make the evolutionary leap into a higher plane of consciousness; rising from the barbarity of homo sapiens into becoming homo noeticus – a spiritually advanced, clearer-minded, fully united peaceful species. As a world, these are our only choices.

All throughout human history, empires and religions, economies and ideologies have risen and fallen. Myriad great kingdoms and empires have come and gone throughout mankind’s history; empires such as ancient Babel on the plains of Shinar where mighty Nimrod reigned; the robust empires of indomitable Assyria and mystic Egypt; the magnificent magisterial kingdom of Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar, or powerful Persia under King Cyrus; the swift and stalwart Grecian Empire of Alexander the Great; and the fierce, omnipotent, dominance of the vast empire that was Rome which ruled with tenacity, supremacy, and dominion over almost all of the known world of its day.

All over the globe, these and other once mighty empires have risen and fallen, but it is always to the very cradle of civilization, the birthplace of mankind that we return, to the fertile crescent of Mesopotamia where the race of humanity was seeded.

From man’s beginning, nothing has changed. Mankind has always been a vicious, warmongering race, building empires and destroying others. As we have witnessed over the past month, the once commanding empire of Russia has been destroyed. We also watched in awe as the colossus of the modern world – the great United States of America, has herself been reduced to rubble and ashes; her fall and ruination so complete that she no longer even casts a shadow upon the world. These two most recent fallen empires lie in smoldering heaps among the rubble of history just as the former empires of the Inca, the Aztec, and the Maya empires of Mezzo-America lie fallen – their leaders immobilized or dead just as Sennacherib, the indomitable ruler of the ancient Assyrian Empire, or the great Alexander of the Greek empire also lie in the ancient dust of history.

Today, it is time for a new empire to arise – a truly global empire that will span the globe from east to west. As our motto states, from the ashes of the old rises a new world order, one new and glorious empire; a true brotherhood of man.

Many kingdoms, empires and nations have tried to bring about the unification of the world, but all have failed. The time was not yet right. Today, it is. Never since the days of the great and mighty Nimrod has the world been ready or able to bring about a truly global unity. Many empires have tried and failed to reunite all the people of the world with a common language, a common economy, a common religion, and a common government. All have failed – until now.

At this point in human evolution, mankind has finally arrived at the place where certain esoteric truths can now be revealed. Hidden and occult truths that have been heretofore only glimpsed by certain sages and adepts throughout the ages can now be revealed to all. The repository of the wisdom of the universe has, up until now, been deliberately kept occluded; hidden and well-guarded until the earth was prepared to receive true illumination.

There is an Indian fable which tells the tale of six blind men who each encountered an elephant. Because they were blind, none could see the elephant as it was. Each based his beliefs and created his own reality from the limited part of the elephant’s body he blindly explored. Each formed his own opinions based solely on what he could perceive. As a result, there developed great animosity and bitterness among the men as to the shape, identity, size, and nature of the elephant each man encountered, each believing his belief and experience had given him the truth as he perceived it to be. None of them could understand or grasp the totality of the whole.

My brethren of this new dawn, we are now at the place where we can all see the elephant, at the place where all of mankind can become illuminated. This illumination will bring us into that glorious brotherhood for which man has longed but which has, until now, eluded him.

The new world order upon which we embark today will finally become a brotherhood of man which will embrace the illumination of that which has in the past only been known by the few who were chosen to be keepers of the sacred hidden knowledge. The new world order we inaugurate today will have one economy; one defense; one government; one religion and one voice!”

The Temple Mount rang with applause and cheers. After giving the crowd a moment to allow their praise and adulation to swell, Draken raised his arms. The crowd immediately fell silent. He continued.

“No longer will the politics of differing factions be allowed to split and divide the people of the earth. Today, we reveal the elephant and come together as one in purpose, prosperity, and peace. This is no longer merely a dream. Today the dream becomes reality.

There has, however, always been one factor that has caused more division than any other; caused more animosity, more bloodshed in all of human history. That one thing has been religion. Blinded, jaded, dogged fanatical devotion to the parts of spirituality and religion has done more damage to mankind than all others. Each religion has had a part of the truth that is the whole, but none has seen the whole. Now is the time to illuminate the truth so that we are united in a true universal religion where each sect is seen in its true place as part of the entire whole of what is universal spirituality.

Today, as we prepare to sign a strengthened covenant of peace between myself, the conglomerate kingdoms of Euro-Phoenicia and the people of Israel, what we are doing here goes far beyond merely the nation of Israel. What I and Euro-Phoenicia are guaranteeing Israel today is the protection of Israel as a nation to live peaceably in her own land; the right for her religious traditions to be resumed as part of this greater, universal religious spirituality. Israel has the right to rebuild her Temple on this ground that is sacred to her. I will guarantee her that right and protection.

Every religious faction that is part of the whole is free to practice their religion as they see fit, realizing that all are parts of the greater sum of what is a greater universal truth.

The truth that must be understood by all today is this: there is a universal deity; and as such, this deity is to be respected and venerated. Multiple religions call this deity by many names: some call him Yahweh as Judaism calls him. The followers of Islam call him Allah. In Hindu he is Brahman. Some worship the multiplicity of aspects of this universal deity and call it pantheism which is really nothing more than the worship of this same deity in the many aspects and facets of its character. ALL of these differing religions are in essence worshipping the same deity. What we need to see today is the entire picture so that these religious divisions can be seen as all being multiple facets of the same whole.

All world religions can and will come under the authority of the seven universal laws that make up a universal religion. The basis for this universal religion is what has already been laid out in seven Noahide Laws that almost all the countries of the world have already adopted. These universal laws which are in truth a meta-religion, will govern all religions. These will be the basis for peace and unity. Under these seven laws, all of humanity’s religions can and will unite.

There is one faction, however, about which I must gravely warn you that can damage the brotherhood we are building. This brand of religious zealots will never join us in the brotherhood of man united under a single universal but multifaceted deity that is the god of this world. This rabid and contrarian sect has always rejected and defamed the Overlord of Illumination. In fact, this sect has vilified, maligned, distorted, and caused great harm, hindering the uniting of mankind under one illumined religion. I, of course, am speaking of the fundamentalist sect who call themselves believers or followers of Jesus Christ; those who believe that Jesus, instead of merely being the great illumined prophet he was, believe that Jesus was himself God.

These followers of a flawed and misinterpreted text they call the Bible will, in fact, oppose us as they always have with their hatred, separatism, and bigotry. They are the true idolaters! They are the very ones who will reject the universal Noahide Laws that bind us all together. These ‘trinitarians’ who believe that Jesus Christ and the entity they call the ‘holy spirit,’ and a patriarchal ‘father god’ are all part of what the bible believers call the ‘godhead’ – these fanatics are the real danger to the brotherhood of man!

Their ‘god’ demands that he, their ‘three-in-one God, is the only god who claims to be a trinity. Their narrow, restrictive god who rants about sin and Hell and judgment has no place in a world that is tired of warfare and division. This christian deity has no place in a world that is ready to unite as one in peace and unity; a world ready to unite under a benevolent universal deity who offers love, peace, prosperity, and enlightenment for all mankind; who offers to mankind the chance to achieve his own divinity! This threat to mankind’s golden dawn of universal peace cannot be tolerated and must be stopped. This sect and all who follow it must be rooted out and destroyed before their cancer can re-infect and poison our brave new world. I am happy to inform you that the ridding of the world of the religious cancer has already begun! 

My fellow brethren of the world, I have been groomed and prepared to lead this world through her time of change into our glorious future. I am prepared to sign this covenant today which will usher in a new world era of peace by finally bringing peace to the most embattled area on the planet. I am also prepared to give you the answers that no one else has been able to supply. I will both tell and show you what has happened to those who have vanished. I will also present to you proof of what our future holds.

These are bold and audacious claims to make, I know, but I am prepared to demonstrate to the world why the turmoil the earth is passing through is necessary. It is because the earth and her inhabitants are being reborn, moving from the confines and false constructs of a dying earth into a new and glorious new order – a new golden dawn of human evolution.

NO leader has stepped forward with answers to what has occurred nor has any global leader given any direction for where we are headed or how we are to get there. This world and all who inhabit it are drifting; tossed to and fro like a rudderless ship that lies beam into a raging sea of change and conflict. No leader has come forward to pilot the ship. The ship of this earth needs a captain who is both ready and able to take the helm. I have been chosen and am prepared to be that leader. Euro-Phoenicia, the phoenix rising, is ready to be the final empire that unites east and west. Euro-Phoenicia will be the embodiment of the new world order that other entities have striven for but failed to achieve. Why? Because the time was not yet right. The time for our change is now!

Did the universe not send to us the greatest event in history as proof that earth’s cleansing has already begun? Everyone is looking for answers as to what has happened to over a billion people. No one has offered any answers because they do not know what has happened. My fellows, I do know. I am here to give you the answers to the questions you seek; to give you hope for a brighter, more glorious future.”

Here, Draken moved from behind the table and walked in front where everyone could see him. He raised his head as his voice rose in intensity. His countenance became – fierce. I don’t know how else to describe it – almost glowing with power. That’s not it, but it’s the best I can do. I simply don’t know how to describe what we saw. The authority he exuded was palpable. It emanated even across the airwaves. Those around him stood motionless as if mesmerized and under a spell – which, I guess, they were.

Draken continued, his voice slowing in cadence, deepening in timbre.

“The universe is vast and infinite. There are many more dimensions than the one in which we live. The truth you need to see and be made aware of today; that which is now time to be revealed is the truth that there are multitudes of other beings living in other dimensions, all of whom have evolved beyond the physical plane of existence. These esoteric entities have been glimpsed throughout human history. They have been misconstrued as being extraterrestrials or aliens from other planets or galaxies. In the past, they have manifested as chimeras – hybrids of man and animals or as the demi-gods of myth and legend. The great Overlord of the Universe has, in the past, encouraged and perpetuated this delusion because the whole of humanity was not yet ready to be illuminated and given insight into the esoteric mysteries of the macroverse. What many have believed to be extraterrestrials are, in reality, the ascended masters who are extra dimensional in nature.

These higher beings seeded earth millions of millennia ago and have watched over planet Earth for eons of time. At pivotal times in man’s history, they have stepped into our plane of existence and parsed the hidden knowledge of the universe to the adepts and sages through the ancient mystery religions and secret societies. They have given guidance to selected sages in esoteric orders to prepare and direct mankind in his journey to enlightenment. Now they have once again intervened to protect and aid mankind as earth makes its evolutionary leap into a new world order – into a higher plane of consciousness. The ascended Ancient Ones now believe a spiritual singularity, an event horizon, has been reached and mankind is now ready for their existence to be disclosed; for that which was once hidden to be revealed.

Just last month, the Ancient Ones, the Ascended Masters from different planes and dimensions, came once again to the defense of earth which was poised on the brink of total annihilation. It was they who removed from the earth those billion or so people whose allegiance to the old god of the bible – the very ones who have hindered man’s progress for millennia. The Ascended Masters, in their wisdom, knew that these old-order christians would never join with us. Their continued presence and negative vibrational fields were holding back the ascendency of this age into our next evolution – the transcendent spiritual evolution, the cusp upon which we now are poised.

Those who have been removed are still alive. They are merely on another world in another dimension where they will remain to be reintroduced to the truth. They must unlearn millennia-long falsehoods of the old and twisted christianity. Rest assured, they are in a comfortable place – a place of peace and happiness where their minds and spirits can be deprogrammed from the old misconceptions in which their spirits have been imprisoned. They are being re-educated, if you will, where, when they will have sufficiently matured, their souls can migrate on into higher dimensions on other worlds. Someday, perhaps some of them may return when their biases and distortions of the old ‘christian god’ will have been removed.

As you all are acutely aware, the world’s children were also taken. Do not be alarmed or concerned about this. The Ancient Ones, under the direction of the Illumined Overlord (the god of this world, if you will), have taken the human children to another world – a parallel of this one, where they are happy, safe, and where their understanding can be released from the deceptions by which they too have been influenced. They are being kept there also to protect them from the culmination of the birthing processes of the old-world order that is giving way to the new.

The Ancient Ones have given us a clean slate upon which to build our universal religion under the benevolent Noahide Laws. However, I must with much caution warn you: although the old order of christianity has been dealt a mortal blow, the seeds of it still remain entrenched within the psyche of this world. We must take all precautions and permanently eradicate the old christian beliefs wherever we find them. Those who continue to cling to these dangerous errors cannot be allowed to remain among us; for if we do not eradicate this threat once and for all, then everything that is at our fingertips will vanish, and this earth will not survive. Our golden dawn of peace is upon us. Let us take the path that will take us into our future.

I have promised you proof of all I have said. I will give you that proof now. Today, the veil between our lower consciousness and the higher plane we reach toward will be lifted. BEHOLD!”

Draken lifted his arms into the air, and suddenly the sky went completely dark. The air all around became like a giant heavenly, how can I say it? television or movie screen. Suddenly, all we could see on television, everywhere the cameras panned, was the scene of a beautiful lush meadow surrounded by trees and running water. In a clearing of wildflowers, innumerable children of all races and nationalities could be seen playing, running, laughing, chasing butterflies, and picking flowers. Surrounding them were these glowing beings of light. The light beings seemed to be guarding or protecting the children. The vision or trick, or whatever it was, was absolutely convincing. It was also apparently universal.

We ran outside to see for ourselves. Those of us who were saved saw nothing; although, we could see the phenomenon on TV. But, apparently, those like Eva who were not saved could see the deception in the skies above us. Eva was weeping and pointing to the sky. Many people spoke later of what they were 100% convinced was a miracle from this man. Whether the vision – or I should say the deception, for that is precisely what it was – lasted for five minutes or fifty, I honestly can’t say. I looked over at Eva. Her attention was total, her expression rapt and ecstatic. But the feeling I and the other believers had and the expressions on all our faces was one of absolute horror and revulsion. We felt the presence of overwhelming, unadulterated evil the likes of which we had never felt before. All manner of signs and lying wonders kept running through my mind over and over and over.

As the vision slowly faded and the sky returned to normal, Draken continued.

“There are your children. They are safe. They are happy. I have one more proof to show you and one more person to introduce to you, my global fellows, before the covenant is signed. Now I want to show you the proof that not all of earth’s children were removed.”

From seemingly everywhere came children of all ages. The crowds parted to let them through. They came and surrounded Draken and the entire area, encircling it four rows deep. Sweeping his arms in a wide arc, he gestured to the children and continued speaking.

“These are children of the New Dawn who remained here; they are more than mere humans. They are part of a new breed of humanity, the next step in human evolution. Their human DNA carries more than just human genetic material; they carry the genetic material of the Ancient Ones. Through genetic engineering which has been going on in secret for many decades now, these are the progeny of the future. Many like them including many adults have been genetically altered—enhanced. These children have been called ‘star children’ or ‘Indigo children.’ They and those like them are the first wave of what humanity will become.”

Draken faced the cameras and stared unblinking into the lens. “My brethren, I am one of their kind. I am the leader of their kind. This is why I have been chosen to lead humanity out of the old, failing order into a new and glorious future – into the new brotherhood of man that is the rising golden phoenix emerging from the ashes of the old. Do not fear me or the new children. They are here to help you as we move forward, as am I. This is why I can assure Israel that I am both willing and able to protect and champion her right to build her Temple. I now ask the two gentlemen seated behind me to step forward.”

Draken gestured to the Israeli Prime Minister and the man whose name we did not know, and they joined him at the desk.

“My fellows, in just a moment we will sign this great covenant that will guarantee Israel’s security and ensure genuine and lasting peace in the Middle East and across the world. This covenant with Israel is drafted for a seven-year period of time, after which there will be no need of further covenants. There is still a time of great travail through which we and this earth must pass as the old order dies and the new order rises from the burning funeral pyre of the old. The strengthening of this covenant signals the dawning of this new golden age.

Before we sign, I want to introduce to the world the man who will work closely alongside me. He will be the head of our global religious community and will work with the leaders of all the world’s religions, particularly the Pope, to bridge the gaps and meld all religions into one under the leadership of the Great Overlord of the Universe. He will oversee and implement these seven universal laws which will at last unite all the belief systems of the world while I will lead the nations into forming a truly benevolent united global government and economic system. Ladies and gentlemen of the New Dawn, I introduce to you the prophet Rabbi Jaakobah Gulden.”

After the applause died down, Draken turned to each man and said, “Gentlemen, let us make history.”

The three men gathered around the table; and within a minute’s time, it was done.

We all sat there quiet, completely overwhelmed. Now the Rubicon, so to speak, has been irrevocably crossed. The Tribulation has begun. The countdown has started. The span of our lives and of this world is now set. The number of years this world has left – seven.

“And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week….” (Daniel 9:27 KJV).

“And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time” (Daniel 7:25 KJV).

“Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved” (2 Thessalonians 2:9-10 KJV).

END OF PART 2

TO BE CONTINUED…

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