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I recently had the experience of sitting for Jury Duty. Rather than bemoan my fate, I decided to see what the trial attorneys (AKA "Professional Persuaders") could teach me about persuasion.

In a nutshell, it was a civil case - a traffic accident allegedly resulting in an injury.

The Plaintiff's attorneys tried to tug at our heartstrings. The "victim's" parents were in the court every day, and they were constantly portrayed as a close, loving family. When the Mother took the stand, we were told of how her daughter had suffered as a result of her injury. She couldn't pick up her children. Her first Thanksgiving in her own home, she couldn't put the turkey in the oven. She couldn't wrap Christmas presents.

And, in what clinched the case, the mother tearfully recounted how her daughter had to tell her young children to stay away from Mommie because her wrist was hurt, and they might hurt it worse.

As I said, it clinched the case - for the Defense. It was too much, and it was fake.

First of all, the "victim" had one child still in diapers. If she couldn't wrap presents, how'd she change the poopies? How'd she dress them every day? And what kind of "loving mother" tells her children they'll injure her when she's in a hard cast? (When I had major surgery two years ago, I went out of my way to make it possible for my youngest son to climb on me without hurting me. It can be done.)

The jury had a visceral reaction to the Mother's testimony. When it actually came time to deliberate, instead of debating we spent our time railing on the absurdity of it all.

There were facts, of course, to back up our emotional reaction. The Defense attorney presented them very logically, without all the tears and emotional theatrics. We used them, however, to justify the decision we'd already made with our gut: This girl was lying.

Sound familiar?

Application: People buy on emotion, and justify that purchase with logic. But the thing is, people also can see right through insincerity. My fellow jury members were surprised when we discovered we'd all come to the same opinion, and no deliberations were necessary. We each thought we'd been the only one to see through the Plaintiff's story, but in reality we all had.

You cannot fake emotion and sell your product or service. People will know it immediately - and they'll hate you for it. Whether you believe it or not, your prospects will see through you.

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The Mother of All Conspiracies

Satan is the “mother” of all conspiracies. Since he does not have a heaven or hell or hope or happiness to offer us, he also has no religion or truth to offer. So over the millennia he has spawned—or mothered—hundreds of counterfeit, conspiratorial religions and philosophical systems. He is a cunning tyrant whose whole existence is given over to hating, deceiving, and destroying us. The sole purpose of spawning these lies is to set in place his powerful one-world anti-Christ system.

The best way to hide the source and intent of the mother conspiracy (conspirator) is to spawn a dozen daughter conspiracies that (unwittingly and unknowingly) front for, or create a diversion for the mother conspiracy. The mother conspiracy can stay in the background, never showing her hand, but forever manipulating all her daughters. Even speaking of them as a mother and her daughters is deceptive. The truth is, these conspiracies are of their father—Satan (John 8:44).

These conspiracies are actually diverse groups that disagree with each other over many issues, but they have one thing in common. They have more unity and more oneness in the anti-Christ spirit than the Church presently does in the Spirit of Christ; and they have had it for a long time. They are united in one common purpose, one powerful force against Christ and the Kingdom of God.

The Scripture Reading For This Article

2 Timothy 3

· 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

· 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

· 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

· 4 Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

· 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

2 Peter 3

· 1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:

· 2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:

· 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

· 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

· 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water.

Satan's Ultimate Goal

Satan's ultimate goal is to disrupt and destroy Christendom and all social, political, and economic systems on Earth by putting into place dozens of competing systems. Out of the resulting chaos, fear, and mistrust, he plans to set in place a one-world social, economic, and political system that collectively will become his one-world system. This anti-Christ system will be brilliant! It will work wonders! And a vast majority of the world’s people will welcome it—for a while. It will not prevail!

What I am about to show you comes out of my 2.5 years of training in church history, and as a computer professional since 1965.

Though there may exist different streams within the Church, as long as each stream leads to the same River, we are joined in purpose. However, the anti-Christ system has also infiltrated some areas of Christian thought. (The word " anti-Christ" means "in place of Christ" more so than "against Christ.") Even though I am a social and fiscal conservative and of the "religious right," I have observed that some "radical right" thought, especially amongst some "conspiracy theory" proponents, have crossed that line.

What Will The One-World Religion Be?

Now, let’s go another direction for a minute.

The Bible speaks of a one-world religion that will deceive people of every religion on earth in the latter part of the last days. But I think this religion has ALWAYS been the world religion. What can that religion be?

It is highly improbable, and seemingly inconceivable that any existing religion (Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Jewish or Christianity, etc.) could convert the whole world to its doctrine, but religions such as Islam would like to force all living humans into submission to their religion.

That will be the goal of this false religion, not to convert, but force us to need them in order to survive. How can that be done?

Most people of every religion on earth espouse one religion but live another, and the Bible identifies this religion as: The love of money, and the power it brings (to dominate and survive). In a word: Self, the most primal of instincts.

Christians whose subliminal God is money shows that they can be seduced and drawn from God. Since the love of money is the world religion, God will cast down this false God, this idol of worship. Therefore it should not surprise us that a worldwide depression is imminent.

This religion originated in the Garden of Eden when Satan originally sold this lie to Adam and Eve. A religion is anything you love, admire, and devote most of your attention to. Self-preservation —the survival instinct— is so basic to human nature that we don't think about it, or write about it, or preach sermons on it. That is why the one-world religion can be described as the perfect conspiracy, because it is a subliminal, subconscious religion. We treasure, and are driven, by the gratuitous instinct to survive; and that can be defined as a subliminal, invisible religion.

"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence."

-- Franklin Delanor Roosevelt --.

In other words, when we lose our economic security, we also lose our freedom, and are forced to survive any way we can.

The Bible shows me a coming world leader who will exploit this self-preservation instinct and will bring this religion to its logical conclusion. And if possible, even some of the very elect will be deceived by this appeal to their pocketbook and personal security.

On the one hand this is a gloom and doom message, but on the other hand this is the age (the days just prior to the Second Coming) when the church will come forth in her greatest power, glory, and victory.

The Adolph Hitler Model

The cruel, demented leadership of Adolph Hitler probably directly resulted in more death and destruction than any other single individual in history. The name Hitler will forever be one of the most ugly scars on human history. However, even Churchill acknowledged that if Hitler had died in 1938, he would have been considered one of the greatest leaders of all time.

When Hitler came to power, Germany was suffering under some of the worst economic and political conditions a nation has suffered during modern times. There was between fifty and seventy-five percent unemployment. The government was bankrupt, and the German Mark fell to an exchange rate of actually being worthless. Mobs ruled the streets, perversion was rampant, and the whole nation tottered on the brink of becoming a Soviet state.

In just four years, Hitler not only balanced the budget; he paid off the national debt while building the most powerful economy in the world. He brought employment to near one hundred percent. He restored Germany’s national dignity, and built the most powerful army in the world. He also drove pornography and other forms of perversion from the land. There has never been such a transformation of a country in the history of the world.

Most of the church in Germany was so fooled by Hitler that they helped establish his power base, with some church leaders actually calling him “a messiah.”

Are we doomed to keep repeating history because we fail to learn from history? Will we prepare ourselves physically, mentally, and spiritually? I pray we will.

Why The World Will Accept The anti-Christ System

2 Kings 17:33, "They feared the Lord, but served their own gods."

We have a nation where the overwhelming majority of the people declare the name of the Lord. Many even claim to be born again, and they actually may be, but the same ones give themselves to serving many other gods.

When it comes down to choosing between death and survival, the survival instinct in all of us will compel many to overrule our social, economic, political, and religious belief system. Most people will choose to survive at any cost. If possible, even professing believers may choose survival over death, perhaps for the sake of their children.

Look at the Joseph scenario. By the time the seven years of famine were over, ALL the people (except the Jews in Goshen) chose to sell themselves as slaves of Pharaoh for wheat to survive on. But fortunately, Joseph was benevolent.

The coming world dictator will seem to be a benevolent messiah, but will ultimately show himself to be a malevolent dictator. The book of Revelation describes him as a credible and charismatic leader when he first comes on the world scene. He will most likely be the head of a major religion and/or nation that has a long history of violence and intrigue…an almost forgotten history.

How might Satan accomplish this seemingly impossible goal of world domination?

A Massive World-Wide Depression Is Coming

(i.e., The Mother Of All Depressions)

If you had asked an Amish man during the last depression how he and the Amish community was fairing, he would have asked, “What depression?”

Many people lost everything during the last depression and some committed suicide, but others made a fortune. There is a way to not only survive and live well, but in past depressions you could actually make a fortune if you planned ahead properly.

During the last depression a lot of people who lived off the land (farmers), and had no debt, came through with very little loss. But the federal government and some banks were able to file foreclosure on millions of houses and acres of land. After the depression was over they were then able to rent, lease, or sell all these holdings and made a vast fortune off of them.

In recent years David Wilkerson has been warning us about this coming depression, and wrote two excellent books on the subject. They are titled:

America's Last Call—On the Brink of a Financial Holocaust

God’s Plan To Protect His People In The Coming Depression

Long before Wilkerson wrote those books I was teaching that a massive worldwide depression is coming. It could be so severe that there will be no paycheck for anyone, not even the military, police, or government officials.

In my lifetime, America has gone through a depression and several wars. Three of those wars were on this continent. And even as you read this message, millions of Christians in China and other nations are under terrible tribulation, persecution, and martyrdom this very day. In my lifetime around one million Christians have been martyred. To say another war or depression can't happen in America is not being realistic. But to say we should prepare for such an eventuality as best we can is realistic.

Consider this scenario. Let’s say that the foolishness of the world system causes a major depression that the anti-Christ can take advantage of. But let’s say God complicates Satan’s plans and makes the depression much worse by bringing on several “natural disasters.” Look at the damage Katrina and Mt. St. Helen did to our economy.

Deadly flue epidemics, hurricanes, volcanoes, earthquakes, droughts, floods, tsunamis, terrorist attacks, and wars can cause an economic disaster. National debt and unemployment due to manufacturing going to other countries, or a combination of all the above could cause an economic collapse. Put the domino effect into play with enough dominoes falling—tink-tink-tink—and we have the potential to bring down the world economy…the worst depression in history.

Under such conditions there would be little to no money for food or gas. Total anarchy can potentially reign in many areas for a few months until local (National Guard, Para-military groups?) leaders can bring order to their areas, and then begin to rebuild the nation. Millions could possibly die pitiful deaths in the USA and the world because they were not ready for such a disaster, and felt like they had no warning whatsoever. The warning signs were ignored.

BIBLE PRECEDENT: These precedents need little introduction.

· Moses showed us that we must accept the possibility that we may eventually and ultimately be living by miracles alone as his people did in the wilderness. God provided them with physical protection, provision, and promise.

· Joseph is another model for us. He had seven good years to prepare Egypt and his family for seven bad years. Whatever time we have left we need to be preparing for the eventuality of the coming bad years, however many years that may be in the future.

· Noah was instructed by God to prepare a place (Ark) that was totally self-sufficient, so he and his family could survive the flood. The Ark was God's place of promise, provision and protection. ArkHaven Ministries was named after the Ark model, but incorporates the insight these three models give us.

· 2 Timothy 3:1 “But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.”

IN CONCLUSION: No matter what your or my eschatology is, the scenario I have presented to you here, will prove to be accurate—but not exact. As always, we will need to hear from God, and be obedient to His instructions on a daily basis, rather than depending on an eschatological teaching or some leader we look up to.

Not all Christians will be called to join a Christian community. David Wilkerson talks about other callings in the two books I mentioned earlier. But we all must ask God if what was said in this article is from Him or not. And if you sense that God is telling you, “Yes, it is,” then you need to ask Him what He would have you do to prepare for this coming time.

About the Author

Kenneth Uptegrove, founder of ArkHaven Ministries, is a “Restorationist” Christian writer who speaks to the entire Evangelical Christian community. His 40-year career as a computer professional equipped him to uses the apologetics style of writing. His full length Bio can be seen at his ArkHaven Ministries website.

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