Prophecy Updates // Pastor Gene Pensiero

The future seven-year Great Tribulation is described in detail in chapters six through eighteen in the Revelation. One of its key features is the global authoritarian government of the antichrist. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Artificial Intelligence might have a role in the future Great Tribulation. It could, for example, power the Image of the Beast. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

It is disturbing to think that governments are creating huge databases about each of us from a multitude of sources in order to better surveil us. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The prophecies we most discuss are those that predict a cashless, global economy, that is accessed by a personal identifier. During the future 7-year Great Tribulation, the world leader we call the antichrist will control commerce and travel, indeed every aspect of the lives of his citizens. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Satan’s Nephilim were the first attempt at what today is called Transhumanism. It is “the improvement of human capacities through advanced technology.” Examples are cryogenics, virtual reality, gene therapy/RNA interference, space colonization, cybernetics, autonomous self-replicating robots, molecular manufacturing, mind uploading, and artificial intelligence. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

We’re not saying the image of the Beast will involve AI. We’re saying that developments like AI are what you’d expect from reading your Bible. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The believers in the current Church Age will be resurrected and raptured. A strong world leader will rise to power sometime afterward and exercise totalitarian control of his citizens. He will require they swear allegiance to him. Anyone who refuses will be executed. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

After the church has been resurrected and raptured, a strong world leader will gain totalitarian control of his citizens. He will require they swear allegiance to him. Anyone who refuses will be executed. The pandemic COVID19 is not an End Times plague. It has accelerated an acceptance of totalitarian control by governments around the globe. […]

Could the Mark of the Beast be some manner of biometric technology? Biometrics are unique individual traits, such as fingerprints, that can be used to verify identity and to transact commerce. It ‘fits’ the Bible’s prediction. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The Bible predicts a global totalitarianism and I think we are seeing how fast something like that can occur, with the blessing of most of the world’s population. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Control over buying and selling involves control over pretty much everything. If the government wants to restrict your movements, they will. If they want to track you, they will. You get the idea. We are experiencing on a small scale what this kind of control will be full scale in the future. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The future is an intrusive surveillance state. Facial recognition, retinal scans, palm scans, and implanted chips are the tip of the technology iceberg that exist and are currently in use. Any of them could be used by government to restrict buying and selling, restrict travel, or pretty much anything else. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

John saw a future in which the buying and selling of goods and services would require participation in a global system. The government will be able to control a person’s life to be sure they comply with its mandated behaviors. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The rapid progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a disturbing trend. The military is charging forward with AI combat applications. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The rapid progress in Artificial Intelligence is a disturbing trend. AI is the ability of machines to mimic the human mind. The ultimate goal of AI is to create an object that can think like a human. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

We read about a Last Days global religious movement in the seventeenth chapter of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. It is referred to as “Babylon” because it is the final form of the religious rebellion at the Tower of Babel. We therefore expect movement towards a global religion, or at least an “ecumenical” movement, meaning […]

There is an intriguing passage in the Revelation about an image, the person we call the false prophet, and the Beast – another name of the antichrist. An image of the Beast is going to come to life. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The Book of the Revelation describes the antichrist having authoritarian control over his citizens. In the future Great Tribulation technology will access the global grid and determine a person’s level of participation in society. It will be possible to restrict purchases and participation. The technology is ready for this digital dictatorship. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

In Revelation 13, humans “make” a sentient “image to the beast” that will have power over life and death. It will order and execute the deaths of people who refuse to worship the antichrist. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

In His prophetic sermon we call the Olivet Discourse, Jesus said the End Times would be like the days of Noah. Jesus specifically referenced the strange marriages in the days of Noah. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)