Apocalyptic Developments

This is in regard to the parallel postings "The End Of The World As We Know It" and "Inducing The Apocalypse", both January 2026.

We know that the Antichrist, who will be the greatest leader that the world has ever seen, will be from Europe. Just as in the Ukraine war, Europe is getting left out of negotiations to end the Iran war. Donald Trump treats Europe like it doesn't even matter. Both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin typically treat Europe with contempt. What can Europeans do? Europe is a union but has no single leader. What Europeans can do is to come up with a great leader of their own who can deal with both. Donald Trump is acting like the boss of the world and all that the Antichrist will have to do is to step into the position that Donald Trump has created.

As we saw in "The End Of The World As We Know It", the next major war will be especially nasty because of robots. Ukraine claims to have recently captured a Russian position, for the first time using only robots and no humans.

The successful destruction of distant targets by inexpensive drones sets a perilous precedent for the future. Most countries do not have a military capacity much beyond self-defense. But now any country can strike at distant targets. No expensive aircraft or trained pilots are necessary, only inexpensive drones. Attacks on ships are especially troubling because, even if the attacks are not successful, it will make insurance and thus the price of necessities much higher.

We know that there will be a "Mark of the Beast" in the Last Days that the Book of Revelation describes as necessary to buy or sell. Europe is introducing an age verification app for social media. This is not the Mark of the Beast but is a step toward it. Users will verify their age to the app and then use the app's certification to access social media, without having to verify their age to each different site.

The Book of Revelation describes the "Mark of the Beast" as being on either the right hand or the forehead. But we must remember that St. John was given a vision of the distant future without having the slightest idea of modern technology. I am sure that the forehead is facial recognition. Most travelers to Europe now have to provide biometric data, including facial recognition, by which their movements in Europe will be traced.

We know that there will be an assassination attempt on the Antichrist. He will amaze the world by apparently coming back to life. We are in an age of assassination, as seen by the attempt this week on Donald Trump.

On the topic of surveillance, what would it be like if smart glasses had facial recognition capability?