Judgments from the LORD worse than ancient Egypt’s are coming
a major one here since the 1960s, unseen but catastrophic, and few of His people see it yet, but the world sees it, though dimly, as in essence it is spiritual, and hidden from physical sight
Far more was going on in the psychedelic revolution of the 1960s than anyone imagined — occult happenings that would impact “the spirit of the age” come the 21st century like pounding blows on the body and soul of humankind.
Prefacing a book about this by a poet of that time, are these words:
In the sixties we were a joyous people, thinking we had found illumination, sacred friendship in community, and new spiritual hope for humankind Half a century later – a dawning awareness of the realities of our time, politically, culturally, spiritually – we knew we were in something else, way over our heads Setting forth from Woodstock on pilgrimage to Celestial City of the age to come, en route we found ourselves in whore Babylon amid the dread colossi of Revelation How stand in such approaching storms, how live amid so much death, stay human amid such evil? If one finds the answer hold it fast come what may! We have come to this: the fabled end of the world, what seers have called Armageddon, and then Judgment. This a true tale of Coming to Terms with it all.
The “major plague”? “Woodstock”, “the 1960s”, “psychedelic” — that should give one a hint! The drugs. In particular those classed as sorcery (pharmakeia / φαρμακεία in the Greek New Testament)— LSD, psilocybin (“magic mushrooms”), marijuana, mescaline, peyote, hashish, and substances with like properties such as DMT, ayahuasca, etc.
In a nutshell, sorcery is the means — the activity — whereby one is able, usually through chemical or herbal substances, to become conscious in the spirit world and partake of the powers of that realm. The holy realm, that of God, is not accessed so, but the demonic realm may be, as shamans, sorcerers, pagan worshippers, and occultists up through the ages well know. When one breaches that realm, not only can we enter into it, but it can enter into us — our minds and hearts.
On a massive scale, that is, when its use is widespread, the demonic realm can enter the human collective consciousness in great numbers and exploit it by their presence and influence. (What we see in American and British culture today illustrates just that.) In the 1960s, 70s and on, through the exportation of this “recreational sorcery” of the Woodstock generation into all the world, profound changes were effected in the human condition.
The explosion of these drugs onto the world scene was an event (the term now used for military-scale biological, chemical, or nuclear events) that befell nations around the globe through the drug-energized sixties generation in America — the drugs were exported far and wide — and this potent counterculture permeated these nations through its music and musicians, literature, art, film, and other culture-bearing vehicles, as well as “spiritual teachers” such as Tim Leary, the Harvard prof.
The nations and cultures of the world were leavened from within by the exciting new consciousness of the sixties and the Woodstock spirit, but it was a Trojan Horse filled with the spirits of Hell. Its impact was, in the psychic realm, the equivalent of a massive nuclear detonation.
The “fallout” of this “detonation” came in the presence of demonic beings and their influence upon the new thinking: it became (so it seemed) obvious to many that real vitality — and truth! — were not to be found in the Christian faith but in the relativity of postmodernism — the validation of everyone’s and every culture’s subjective truths and beliefs — and thus was the world made ripe for satanic deception on an unprecedented scale.
God was relegated to a myth, and not a reality. Christ and the Christian faith were delegitimized in the eyes of many, and a new era of thought and individual identity took place, as reality was now made to be whatever we thought was real in us and real to us. Empirical reality could be trumped by what we felt or wanted to be real.
This change in the collective consciousness of humankind — the zeitgeist (spirit of the age) — was effected by the presence and influence of the demons. Look at the world around us — madness prevails everywhere. Vileness, anarchy, insanity, violence, hatred. And a creed of unreality — biological and intellectual — has become the default narrative for much of the “civilized” world (i.e., the trans and woke).
This catastrophic judgment was foretold some 2,000 years ago in the Revelation of John, but we can see its recent fulfillment in hindsight. In Revelation 9 we have a cameo of it: an angel (demonic or holy is not clear) opening the abyss of hell to loose a swarm of locusts (symbolic of demons) like a cloud of smoke from a great furnace who darken the air and blot the sun, signifying the spiritual darkness they cause worldwide. This is called — by the Scripture — the 5th trumpet judgment.
Another current judgment that can be seen — at least in its beginnings — is the increasing global heat wave spoken of in Revelation 16:8 and 9, which is from God, although its cause may be of man, or of God, or both — the science is conflicted on this. What is sure is that it will get far worse — lethally worse.
"And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory."
Our societies and cultures will become increasingly dystopian and dictatorial, and our cultures will be hostile to any idea of the reality of God — at least the Christian God, and His Son Jesus Christ.
These are just two of the judgments that are already visible / tangible today. There will be more as the days proceed.
The only safe place — in all the world — will be in His care and protection, by faith in Christ’s word and promises. He — God the Son, Jesus of Nazareth — has said,
“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.” John 6:37 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.” John 10:27, 28
He is akin to the ancient ark of Noah before the great flood destroyed the world for its wickedness. That ark (though real) was a type of salvation to come in Christ at the end of the age. Enter into His heart and care — He is open and available to all who will come to Him — and the great resurrection when this age of the world is finished, will show that not a hair of our heads will perish, for He “has abolished death, and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel” (2 Timothy 1:10).
“This is the true God, and eternal life” (1 John 5:20).
And for me? Some years ago a curiosity and desire came upon me to use pot again. Someone showed me the enormous amount of crystals that formed on this 21st Century mj. I wasn’t shy and used a large amount of pure substance on this particular day. For hours I was the willing host to fascinating visions, notions, and imaginarium. And then. And then suddenly interrupting the magic was a red neon sign flashing “Danger, Danger, Danger ... not permissible ... Danger, Danger ...” I wasn’t frightened by the image and the message, it was a clear, intimate warning and a request from the One I owe my life to. So not out of fear, but from agreement to the wisdom, and knowledge, and caring love of the Lord my God, I resolved to never touch hallucinogens again.