Backwards … forwards? People of course know the difference in the practical matters of life. We intentionally switch our gears back and forwards when driving a car. But it is not so cut and dry when it comes to truths and beliefs.

There, mankind is often insistent on backward reasoning, thinking he is enlightened and forward-looking. Actually, much worse; he finds himself reduced to nonsensical “backwardation” in his attempts to justify his wrong and backward perspectives. 

Sadly, in this way, much Biblical truth—i.e., the 7-day creation … the plan of salvation—is “backwarded” away.

It reminds of the well-known novel by Joseph Heller, Catch-22. The main character, John Yossarian, is so paranoid that he insists on walking backwards so as not to be followed. Doing so of course made him even more vulnerable.

But this is exactly what we see in the world. People reason backwardly in their attempts to support their misguided beliefs.

To no surprise, the human being has an incredible capacity for denying facts and treating his own logic inconsistently. He is therefore prone to being wrong … and in the position of also rejecting obvious truth.

The prophet Jeremiah observed this corruptible tendency of humans several millennia ago, saying: “But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward” (Jeremiah 7:24).

We see here that supposedly sensible people can choose to go backwards … to deny the obvious. Why? In many cases this is because people will cling to their a priori views—which may be wrong—even though the facts and truths point to the exact opposite. They must then bend and twist the facts to fit their theories.

In this case, Jeremiah clearly links this twisted “backwardation” to the “stubborn inclinations of evil hearts.” The truth is repudiated in order to follow their evil desires.

Ignoring the Obvious

As we have reviewed, it is simply amazing how opinions can be completely backward in the face of obvious Truths. This applies to lay people, academics, professionals, and experts … potentially everybody.

These supposed deep thinkers therefore also hold on to backward views, making convoluted arguments to support their views and opinions. Often, they choose not to accept the obvious or straightforward view, simply because they are biased and refuse Truth.

Doing so, instead they make their theories and scenarios much more complicated and unlikely … even ridiculous.

Here we see the rule of Occam’s Razor being ignored. What is this principle? It says that when a simpler or more efficient explanation (hypothesis) suffices, then one should not seek more complex arguments or theorems. The latter are almost always twisted and backward views …  jamming round pegs into square holes.

Let’s next consider some examples of obvious truths being flouted and reversed.

Backwardation #1: The Foul History of Language

Consider the origin of language. Taking the “evolutionary” view, it is theorized that languages evolved very slowly, appearing much later in the human timeline. Language perhaps may have begun with grunts and physical signals. This prehistoric state of communication then eventually evolving into actual verbal communication systems. At first, these would be simple languages; then gradually becoming very sophisticated, with large and complicated vocabularies. At least, so it is theorized.

This perspective is nonsense, of course, as most readers will conclude for themselves.

Not surprisingly, the natural evidence says otherwise. One need not be an academic … someone frocked in a white lab coat … etc. Common sense suffices. 

For example, one can see for oneself that the natural tendency for language is to deteriorate, left to its own. Just as the earth is gradually deteriorating and winding down (2nd Law of Thermodynamics), so does everything else in this dispensation. Says the Bible: “[ …] look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke; the earth will wear out like a garment” (Isaiah 51:6).

Who has not encountered people that have an extremely small vocabulary … and at that, mostly comprised of expletives. Their language is basal … showing a regressive tendency.

There is a major deficiency with the theories of evolutionary linguists. Research shows that the exact opposite occurred to what they theorize. As it turned out, the older, ancient languages were more sophisticated than recent languages … the latter languages clearly inferior. 

This finding clearly invalidates the evolutionary view.

This should be the end of this topic—one would think.

Not at all.

Linguists still strain to find another answer … i.e., the one that they want and will validate their a priori views. Essentially, they reason that since there is no God who created all things, the obvious evidence must be wrong. Linguists are virtually knocking themselves out with complicated and speculative explanations in their attempts to buttress their wrong evolutionary suppositions.

Backwardation #2: The Fossil Record Upside Down

Here is another example of a major “backwardation.” Fossils are found everywhere—from the deepest oceans to the peaks of mountains. The earth is literally teeming with fossils. Archaeologists agree that millions of species of creatures have died off and become extinct over time.

Interestingly, viewing this record, there has not yet been one “uncontested” missing link found. This must be very embarrassing for evolutionists, we imagine. After all, since the first perpetuation of this unlikely theory of evolution (leading to Darwin’s book, On the Origin of Species in 1859), evolutionists have had some 160 years to find supporting evidence for their theories.

They are still digging for the “missing fossils.” Should we allow the archaeologists an additional 50 years more time to search … perhaps another 160 years? Their insistence that links will yet be found appears unrealistic and, frankly, even comical.

Why comical? Consider the plain facts. What we clearly see in the fossil record—and for all to observe as well—is a story of thousands of years of death. A kindergarten child could easily and logically conclude from the fossil record, that it evidences a history of death (massive numbers of extinctions) and not new life.

Life does not come from death.

Looking over the history of expired species, death, and lack of links, how is it that a story of evolutionary life can be spun from such evidence?

Nevertheless, we observe that evolutionists have spent 160 years fabricating proofs and theories … constantly revising their theories. To date, they have not found one verifiable, uncontested proof of a “missing link.”

Instead, they propose explanations that are twisted, complex and speculative. Evolutionists are therefore in a state of “backwardation”—denying the obvious.

But why adopt very complicated and unlikely theorems, when the evidence supports a simple and clear answer (recall Occam’s Razor)?

Backwardation Everywhere

We have only presented two examples of “backwardations.” In this fallen world, there are many more we could review at length.

Briefly, for example, consider the position of the Jews. For two millennia, they have ignored or denied the proof statements of the Messiah in their Torah. Admittedly, God Himself blinded them for a time to fulfill His punishment and for our sake.

Be that as it may, they have been in “backwardation” for a long time. The good news is that the Jews will eventually bow their knees to their Messiah. As the prophet Daniel says, at that time the “knowledge of the Lord” will become obvious to them. They “will run to and fro” (KJV), re-discovering the “knowledge of the Lord” (Daniel 12:4).

Consider also the roles of debt and money. Today’s world monetary systems are based upon extreme and unprecedented indebtedness. This is not what God had in mind. The Bible clearly says that the creditor should “forgive us” (Matthew 6:12) our debts.

Indeed, forgiveness of debt was the standard practice several millennia ago. Rulers would announce “clean slates” when necessary. Now, living in the Roman era, the opposite is the norm. Creditors are dominant and powerful; the poor are held prisoner.

Much backwardation exists in this perspective. Most disturbing is the prevalent view that “unfettered capitalism” finds Biblical basis. This could not be more wrong. The Bible does not support any of mankind’s “isms.” 

This Roman monetary bias will change dramatically when the “day of the Lord” occurs.

Thoughts to Ponder

The world will remain in “backwardation.” They are going “backward and not forward” (Jeremiah 7:24).

“The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them” (Psalm 2:4). Ignoring common sense evidence indeed is laughable. 

“Thinking themselves wise they venerate their baseless thoughts. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools” (Romans 1:22).

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Wilfred J. Hahn is a global economist/strategist. Formerly a top-ranked global analyst, research director for a major Wall Street investment bank, and head of Canada’s largest global investment operation, his writings focus on the endtime roles of money, economics and globalization. He has been quoted around the world and his writings reproduced in numerous other publications and languages. His 2002 book The Endtime Money Snare: How to live free accurately anticipated and prepared its readers for the Global Financial Crisis. A following book, Global Financial Apocalypse Prophesied: Preserving true riches in an age of deception and trouble, looks further into the prophetic future.

Contact Wilfred at: staff@eternalvalue.com

The reader likely may be wondering, “Just what is really going on in the financial world? And why are so many financial precedents unfolding now?” Where do we find the prophetic connections in the Bible these days?

The ripening of humanism brings with it enormous consequences. In this writer’s opinion, the massive shifts in human values and beliefs today likely play a major role in creating the conditions to reach full catharsis later in the Tribulation period.

This being the case, what then are the most critical “human” proclivities and lusts that are contributing to the ongoing development of an end-time money snare? We will examine just two such human tendencies: 1. Epic human demographic shifts and 2: ingrained behavioral biases of humans. This latter factor refers to the responses and reactions that are seemingly hardwired into the fleshly brains of mankind. Experts have come to call this field of study “neural finance” or “neural programming.”

We begin our examination of the role of these two “human change factors” with the latter—demographics. We must then first ask the question: just what is demographics? Demographic analysis is the study of a population based on factors such as age, race, and sex.

Just what is unfolding today that demographic trends reveal? In short, there are two main contributing trends—one good, the other bad. First, human longevity (length of life) has continued to increase for much of the world … to the continued surprise of actuaries. This trend is largely the outcome of advancing medical technology and prosperity. Its main impact is revealed in the aging of the population.

Lengthening longevity has traditionally been considered a beneficial development. This past century, people have lived longer than ever before. A “good old age” was once considered a blessing according to the Bible. But sadly, today, a long life has begun to be regarded as a curse. To understand this, we must also connect another demographic trend—plunging fertility. It is a highly malignant factor that will continue to accelerate worldwide.

Increasingly, households are deciding not to have children (or cannot have more children). This is partly attributable to post- or anti-familialism. More and more, people choose not to have children or to marry. Families are under increasing attack.

Shockingly, not only are female fertility rates at new lows, but male fertility is also decaying rapidly. In the case of males, we must point out that the decline in fertility is not entirely the result of human choice. For some (still unexplained) reason, sperm counts have declined at a steep pace over recent decades.

Lengthening longevity and post-familialism are the major causes of slowing population growth and the aging of the world’s population. Critically, these factors are accelerating.

But how do these demographic trends connect with Biblical end-time prophecies? The main conduit is through the worldwide money trap.

Today, the future has arrived—the chickens having come home to roost. And so, the demographic trends and human values shift have now become more widely evident to most. This has unleashed desperate responses.

People are clamoring to save for their retirement years and to find sufficient future financial income. With interest rates so low and investment prices so high, this is virtually impossible. A very large cohort of older people will experience difficult retirement years. They will not be able to afford a comfortable retirement as they may have once anticipated.

At the same time, workforces and pension systems must rely on the support of a young cohort of the population. However, that will not be sufficient. Consider the shattering scale of this age shift. We quote a report by Fabius Maximus (a respected political research organization): “The 2nd generation after the present one will be only 40% as large as today’s. The 4th generation will be only 15% as large. These are astonishing numbers. The worst large-scale pandemics killed 1/4 to 1/3 of the affected population. Only the most severe inflicted such damage.”

There can be no doubt: The scale of these demographic trends is unprecedented … even dwarfing the impact of previous pandemics (most certainly also the impact of Covid 19).

The resultant financial and social pressures upon the world will truly be profound (as is already happening). Eventually, as simple math will confirm, financial markets will become greatly distressed. Seen overall, pension funds, for example, cannot deliver adequate future income if succeeding generations are less populous than the previous one. (We had dubbed this trend the “global income crisis” some three decades ago.)

These impacts are already evident. But here emerges a surprise. At the outset, financial markets will soar … not crash as most will expect … at least for a time. How so? Policymakers see an oncoming demographic disaster and, therefore, will aggressively seek to delay the consequences (even though this will worsen world affairs later).

In a sense, policymakers have no choice. They must pump up the value of stock market prices … real estate … and keep interest rates low.

We, therefore, witness a great deception. On the one hand, the global income crisis worsens. Yet, asset markets continue to rise for a time. Therefore, the negative underlying developments are being masked to appear as a wealth-enhancing environment. Many will be caught unawares. After all, if asset prices are going up in value, then how could anything negative occur? Or so people will think.

In our view, the deceptions that are unfolding are already well established globally.

Finding Peace in an Upside-down World

Should Christians worry about end-time financial challenges? How can they avoid the world’s fixation with money and wealth?

Jesus had a practical answer to this question, though somewhat unrelated. He said to leave earthly matters (of the spiritually dead) to the dead. He told them, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead” (Matthew 8:22).

We see parallels here in these statements. Let the world worry about financial crises. These are matters for the dead (spiritually), which do not lead to Life. Therefore, of course, churches and preachers should only focus on the important spiritual matters … and not dwell on financial and economic crisis.

As it is, one cannot love Mammon and God at the same time (Luke 16:13). Therefore, one must not mix up or merge these realms! It cannot be done without great harm. Trying to sit on the fence between these two opposing forces can only lead to a compromised testimony for Christians. One cannot be concerned about spiritual matters and worry about financial matters at the same time.

Beware of False Prophets

None of our perspectives here deny the veracity of Bible prophecy. All Bible prophecy has been and will be fulfilled. But even with the inviolable foreknowledge of prophecy, we are admonished, “Do not go beyond what is written” (1 Corinthians 4:6). While prophecy provides a light in a dark place (2 Peter 1:19), it provides no guidance as to short-term events.

Sadly, though teachers and preachers may be well-meaning in their warnings and prophecies about predicted financial, geopolitical, or economic trends, they are on thin ice.

In our view, they are at risk of causing much harm, as many of their views are unbiblical and simply plain wrong. Moreover, they play an unwitting role in the facilitation of a worldwide, end-time trap.

Not only do they discredit the pulpit, but also they are inadvertently aiding the agenda of the Destroyer, who uses fear and greed as his agents to bring about advances in his master plan.

This writer has witnessed many ill-advised financial and economic predictions from the pulpit. As it is, secular professionals who may specialize in geopolitics or currency markets, for example, are also often wrong in their predictions (if not almost always).

We must conclude that such types of “crisis” prophecies are likely to be unreliable. It is no surprise that some securities market regulators these days require that wealth advisory professionals declare whether they have influence over their congregations.

To repeat, what we observe today is a worldwide shifting in human values … a shift like none other in history in terms of scale and rapidity. It surely is symptomatic of a godless end that is coming “like a flood” (Daniel 9:26).

Thoughts to Ponder

Today’s financial perversions are attributable to worldwide godlessness, denial of Truth, and transgressions against God. A final and inevitable financial collapse should be seen as part of God’s wrath and judgment upon mankind, which will unfold in the Tribulation period. The exact timing one cannot know, and in any case, would not be of concern to Pre-Tribulation Christians.

This is yet one other unscriptural aspect of the “doomster business” … what is being fomented in pulpits, newsletters and elsewhere. The advice and solutions found there only cater to those that can afford it. Only people with financial means are eligible to be offered such solutions and survival services. To the extent that such services are offered as an accredited Christian activity, this would not be Biblical.

The exact opposite holds true: Says Isaiah: “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost” (Isaiah 55:1). The spirit of prophecy gives testimony to the thirsty that they will be given “water without cost from the spring of the water of life” (Revelation 21:6).

God’s salvation is free. God would not allow that only the wealthy be given access to His deliverance. The building up of supplies to survive the Tribulation period is not needed (nor will this be possible in any case).

God has a better plan.

Salvation is for ALL without cost. So is the Rapture. All Premillennial Christians have equal access to the rescue of the Rapture. As such, Christians need not fret. Purchase of survival supplies is not necessary.

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Wilfred J. Hahn is a global economist/strategist. Formerly a top-ranked global analyst, research director for a major Wall Street investment bank, and head of Canada’s largest global investment operation, his writings focus on the endtime roles of money, economics and globalization. He has been quoted around the world and his writings reproduced in numerous other publications and languages. His 2002 book The Endtime Money Snare: How to live free accurately anticipated and prepared its readers for the Global Financial Crisis. A following book, Global Financial Apocalypse Prophesied: Preserving true riches in an age of deception and trouble, looks further into the prophetic future.

Contact Wilfred at: staff@eternalvalue.com