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Wings of Liberty • December 20, 2022
Surviving Pandemics: The Little Things Make Big Differences : Water, Part 1
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Health Security, has released another pandemic “exercise. “ The latest version focuses on a crisis that disproportionately affects children and young adults. For those who have been paying attention, the Center has engaged in periodic simulations for which it might better be named “Center of Health Mortality”. i
Since the early 1990’s, (and before) scientists and medical researchers have expressed ongoing uneasiness of the impending era of the superbug.ii First world overuse of antibiotics and antivirals had been heedless of these dangers and standard of care practices mindlessly trampled over the liminal reality of this prophetic concern. But the Covid pandemic snapped the public to alert like no other warning could. Covid hospitalizations were ugly, medical supplies were lacking, frontline workers had long since surpassed burnout, nurse to patient ratioswere at an all-time high, and looming contagions were ahead.iii Not only had the medical infrastructure been teetering beforehand, but it was in no shape to usher society into wellness then or any time in the future.
Once Covid protocols were finally implemented, hospital stays evidenced there were simple, yet effective steps that were instrumental in saving lives. Some of those included ensuring patients’ vitamin C, D and Zinc levels were within normal range. In cases of serious illness, emergency doses were pivotal in (in addition to medications) boosting the body’s ability to pull through Covid, even in the cases of those with severe comorbidities.iv
These matters ought to concern every Seventh-day Adventist who is tasked with spreading the Three Angels’ Messages, regardless of what occurs in the world at large. A word to the wise worker, therefore, it is best to be apprised and maintain optimal health in an unfriendly political, religious and health climate. Doing so ensures that Jesus has use of His workers when He needs them. And for those who may fall ill, He has made it abundantly plain that His workers may not request healing when simple remedies are neglected.v
Drinking sufficient water is one of those areas that is highly underestimated yet has such a profound impact on the immune system. Most know water intake is not what it ought to be, but is it considered that the body has the additional task of converting water into fluids otherwise the immune system is impaired? Salivary glands, the stomach and the gut lining are important components of defense in addition to their function in the digestive system. Simply put, when these areas are not supplied with water to properly function, pathogens bypass these protections, sometimes causing immediate illness.
It is common practice to drink water or some other liquid with food to “wash the food down.” But saliva and gastric fluids must be in correct composition before food is consumed, to be most protective. The salivary glands produce around 1.5 litersvi of saliva daily which is 98% water and contains antibacterial compounds and beneficial bacteria, amongst other components. Likewise, the cells in the stomach produce between 3-4 liters of hydrochloric (hcl) acid a day for digestion but also to kill pathogens.vii Finally, when the gut is properly hydrated, it plumps up, minimizing pathogens from being absorbed into the body, as well as prevents large or toxic food particles from passing through the barrier. If the body is dehydrated either by lack of water or by drinking caffeine, or sugary beverages, for example, the saliva, gastric juices and gut lining are not physiologically ready to kill viruses, bacteria, fungi, and heal wounds.viii Pathogens then have access to the system, et voila!! Illness occurs where it wouldn’t have if all systems were “go.”
In the next installment of this series, the lack of water will be investigated in its role of causing comorbidities which can then play a role in pandemic illness.
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i https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/exercises/
ii Buhner, Stephen Harrod. Herbal Antibiotics: Natural Alternatives For Treating Drug Resistant Bacteria. (2013) Massachusetts: Storey Publishing, X,pp.
iii https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2207252
iv https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8712288/
v The SDA Bible Commentary, Vol 7, p.939
vi https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5052503/#:~:text=The%20normal%20daily%20production%20of,chewing%20and%20other%20stimulating%20activities.
vii https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279304/
viii https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6855406/
Economic developments globally are a 24-hour burning signpost which tell us that we are nearing the events described in chapter 13 of the book of Revelation. Financial Instability. Out of control national debt. Central Bank Digital Currency. Digital ID. Artificial Intelligence. Facial recognition. Palm scanning and biometric data as a means of payment. Social credit scores. Apple Pay. Never in earth’s history has the means to control all buying and selling been so available to totalitarian abuse. Revelation 13 declares that the Lamb-Like Beast will coerce and compel the world’s governments to prevent buying or selling if he or she does not have the mark. That means restrictions on commerce, transportation and mobility, speech, internet usage – everything. There will be no exemptions. What Is The Mark of the Beast? The “mark of the beast” is the mark of the authority of the leopard-like beast of Revelation 13. We do not have to guess who the leopard-like beast is. The leopard-like beast in Revelation 13 is the papal power. i Similarly, we do not have to guess what the mark of the authority of the papacy is.The Catholic Record declares that “Sunday is our mark of authority …. The church is above the Bible, and this transference of sabbath observance is proof of that fact.” ii The Catholic Encyclopedia states: Sunday was the first day of the week according to the Jewish method of reckoning but for Christians it began to take the place of the Jewish Sabbath … as the day set apart for the public and solemn worship of God. … [D]uring the first three centuries practice and tradition had consecrated the Sunday to the public worship of God by the hearing of the Mass and the resting from work. With the opening of the fourth century positive legislation, both ecclesiastical and civil, began to make these duties more definite.” iii Pope Benedict stated that “Sunday is the day of the Lord and of man, a day which everyone must be able to be free — free for the family and free for God”, and that “by defending Sunday, one defends human freedom.” iv Pope Francis declared that, “Sunday is the Lord’s Day. Let us find time to be with him.” v The Bible, however, plainly declares “that the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God”. vi The papacy is a pretender to the authority of the God of the universe and it has set itself against the Word of God. According to Scripture, the Lamb-Like Beast will compel (or otherwise convince) the world to worship the papacy by compelling the world to receive the mark of papal authority, Sunday, as a condition of buying or selling. vii This world fell when our first parents made a conscious decision to believe the serpent’s lies. The test at the beginning was simple: a choice between the fruit of two trees. One led to life and immortality, the other to shame and death. Adam sold this world into slavery. And Christ died to buy it back. viii Humanity is rapidly coming to the final point where all will decide for themselves. You, Reader, will decide for yourself. We will all be faced with a test akin to that of our first parents. Same God. Same deceitful serpent. And a choice. Once per month this website will provide a synopsis of recent global events which have transpired which show the inexorable march of mankind toward the test of the mark of the beast. Stay tuned for February’s report. ----------------------------------- i https://bibleask.org/who-did-the-reformers-identify-as-the-antichrist/ ii The Catholic Record of London, Ontario, Sept. 1, 1923 iii https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/sunday iv https://www.catholicsun.org/2012/06/06/sundays-must-be-a-day-of-rest-dedicated-to-god-family-pope-says/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CSunday%20is%20the%20day%20of%20the%20Lord,%E2%80%94%20By%20Carol%20Glatz%2C%20Catholic%20News%20Service . v https://x.com/Pontifex/status/553838709812908033 vi Exodus 20:8-11 vii Revelation 13:11-18 viii Romans 5:6-21
Christians are not immune to becoming entrenched politically and allowing a partisan mindset to obscure the spiritual and prophetic significance of events taking place around them. If there were any doubt on this point, the global Covid pandemic provides many examples of Christians doing this very thing. Christians ought to have been the last people fooled by global lockdowns and digital passports during Covid. Anyone with a proper working familiarity with the Bible knows that it tells us the signs that the world will end. We are instructed in the most solemn terms to discern the signs of the times. Jesus Himself stated, “Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching : verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them” – Luke 12:37. Also see Luke 21:34-36, Matthew 24. Amongst the many other prophecies of this sort interspersed throughout Scripture, there are two main books which speak extensively on prophecy and the end of the world. Those books are the books of Daniel and the Revelation. In both there are specific revelations from God regarding end time events. The book of Revelation begins with the statement that this is the “revelation of Jesus Christ” to the Apostle John regarding the end of the world – see Revelation 1:1. Revelation 13 contains the prophecy of the “mark of the beast”, and describes it as a condition imposed on every person on earth by civil authorities who operate under the directions and influence of the “Lamb-Like Beast”. The mark of the beast, simply put, is a test for participation in society – it is a condition imposed by governments which completely restricts an individual from buying or selling if he or she does not have the mark. That means restrictions on commerce, transportation and mobility, speech, internet usage – everything. If you think that sounds a lot like central bank digital currencies, digital passports, a cashless society, and the profound restrictions on personal freedom and movement that arose over the course of nearly four years, you’d be right. The global events we have witnessed are surely a harbinger of things to come. The system is being built before our very eyes. The Bible emphasises that no one on the earth will be immune from the test of the mark of the beast, and in case there was any doubt, Revelation emphasises that it applies to “ all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond ” – Revelation 13:16. Contrary to what the “once saved always saved” crowd says, the mark of the beast test is determinative of the salvation of the people at the end of the world. The class that refuses the mark is persecuted and ordered to be put to death by civil powers – Revelation 13:15, but triumphs in the end – Revelation 15:2. They get “the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name”. The class that takes the mark can buy and sell for a short time, but then it receives the plagues mentioned in Revelation 16, and is thrown into the Lake of Fire with the devil and his angels – Revelation 14:9-11; 19:20. Most Christians who study their Bibles to some extent, as opposed to the vast number of professed Christians who do not, have some general awareness of these prophecies. And yet during Covid, there were millions upon millions of Christians who failed to recognize that near-global forced lockdowns, vaccine passports, restrictions on cash, segregated societies etc. were a prophesied move in the direction the events described in Revelation 13. Those who failed to recognize the prophetic implications can be generally subdivided into two classes. One group of Christians, as stated, were oblivious to the prophetic significance because they simply do not read their Bibles, or only read them cursorily. These people have essentially obtained all of their understanding of the Bible, such as it is, from their pastor or priest. They fail to inquire of the Word of God themselves. While this nominal and uninformed type of Christianity is still labeled by the world as “Christianity”, this is illusive because Christians are instructed to study and watch - for example, see Mark 13:35-37. i Christ never instructed His followers to be ignorant and uninformed, to bow to public pressure on matters of conscience, or to receive their information from their equally ignorant and uninformed pastors or priests. The other group of Christians in this category, however, failed to recognize the prophetic significance of the events around them even though they read the Bible to some greater or lesser extent. A large number in this class of persons, it can safely be said, often missed the prophetic significance of global lockdowns and economic restrictions because of their political allegiance to left wing ideology and/or parties. Since it was primarily their tribe which imposed lockdowns and vaccine passports, etc., these Christians often proved incapable of putting sufficient distance between their party’s positions and their obligation to uphold and align themselves with Christian principles which have superior claims, such as liberty of conscience, the right to bodily autonomy, and freedom of speech. When governments around the world began to violate the right of free speech, these Christians sided with the state. When Christian pastors were being arrested for having a Bible study or a church service, these Christians sided with the state. When the governments told their citizens they had to have injections from Pfizer or Moderna or Astra Zeneca, these Christians sided with the state. They were unable to discern that what was taking place all around them was in fact an obvious advance toward the events of Revelation 13. To underscore the depth of their blindness, many in this class are so deluded that they still think that coercing billions of people to take the useless and dangerous Pfizer shot, and locking them away from society if they refused, was a good idea. We could generally summarize all the points made so far thusly: in America, if a Christian person was a member of Team Donkey, they were much more likely to rationalize oppression because it was Team Donkey that was doing the oppressing. An observer might reasonably conclude from this, therefore, that a Christian person could avoid this spiritual blindness by simply not being a member of the Donkey Party. And of course, that would be a good idea for further reasons we will come to momentarily. But it turns out the phenomenon is not exclusive to only to Team Donkey. It can be readily proven, in fact, that Christians who are on Team Donkey or Team Elephant both have a similar problem applying Bible principles objectively to a given fact scenario which touches on Revelation 13. In case there were any doubt of this, Providence has now determined to demonstrate the point for the world to see by way of observation of those Christians who are members of Team Elephant. Observation supports the proposition that Christians on Team Elephant experience a similar cognizance-impairing bias. When the Lamb-Like Beast imposes and threatens to impose aggressive global tariffs, i or threatens land seizures (Greenland, Canada, Panama Canal, and now the Gaza Strip) ii , Christians on Team Elephant tend to ignore it. When the Lamb-Like Beast makes public pronouncements from the Executive Branch that society needs to return to God, or that God’s plan for America will be fulfilled “sooner rather than later”, iii they are silent. Most are not inclined to defend the separation of church and state or the First Amendment of the Constitution. When the very co-author of Project 2025, which outlines plans for the state to legislate a national Sunday law, becomes part of the White House Cabinet, they are silent. iv Sunday legislation is undoubtedly the prophesied mark of the beast, the enforcement of the day of the Roman Papacy which boasts of its claimed change of the law of God as the special “mark” of its authority. v But many Christians, even those from the Seventh-day Adventist and Seventh-day Baptist denominations, are quiet. The Bible prophesies that the Lamb-Like Beast will make use of coercion as a mechanism to persuade the nations to impose the mark of the beast. Notice the language in Revelation 13:14 and 16: “ saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by the sword, and did live”, and, “ he causes all, both small and great” etc, to “receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads”. Tariffs are a tool of coercion. America has the greatest economic clout on the planet, and prophecy indicates that it will utilize its leverage to compel nations to impose the mark. We know the nations of the world will fall into line. vi We appear to have come to an inflection point in the timeline of Bible prophecy, and ought to know that the imposition of the mark is on the near horizon. When the leader of the Lamb-Like Beast boastfully claims that it has the nations of the world “over a barrel” economically, vii watch out. Around the world, plans to control buying, selling, speech and movement are being implemented in phases using digital IDs and artificial intelligence. Team Elephant has committed to funding AI in America to the tune of $500 billion dollars. viii There is a proposal to replace most Federal employees with machines. ix But there is little comment by Christians, and can there be any doubt their political allegiances are causing this silence? The call in Revelation 18:4 to “Come out of her my people” applies not only to the apostate churches, but in principle applies to earthly party allegiances. It includes a separation from human tribalism. Therefore, come out of Team Donkey, and come out of Team Elephant, and be free of partisan loyalties because both of them will support the taking of the mark, and both of them will receive the plagues, and both of them will be thrown into the lake of fire. And if you are in them still, so will you. According to the Apostle Paul, Christians ought to stand as registered independents with respect to political allegiances. God calls His followers “citizens with the saints” – a group who is called out and who’s allegiance is to heaven first, not second. They are of the “household of God”, not Team Donkey or Team Elephant. Speaking of those who had gone before, Paul writes: Heb 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Heb 11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. Heb 11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. Heb 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. This world is not our home. We have a city. We have a country. Let us stand as independents, judging righteously and not corrupted with partisanship. Let us watch faithfully and impartially, and weigh each issue against the inerrant standard of the Word of God. For we seek a city also, “Whose Builder and Maker is God” – Hebrews 11:10. ____________________ i https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/brics-is-dead-donald-trump-reiterates-100-pc-tariff-threat-on-brics-nations/ ii https://allisrael.com/shock-proposal-trump-tells-netanyahu-us-is-going-to-take-over-gaza-pacify-rebuild-and-run-it iii https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-christian-bias-attorney-general-b2693563.html iv https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24088042-project-2025s-mandate-for-leadership-the-conservative-promise/?q=Sabbath&mode=document#document/p621 – see page 589. https://apnews.com/article/trump-russell-vought-confirmation-budget-project-2025-7d1c476694176876256e95cecbd49231 - Russ Vought, co-author Project 2025 confirmed. v “Sunday is our mark of authority …. The church is above the Bible, and this transference of sabbath observance is proof of that fact” (The Catholic Record of London, Ontario, Sept. 1, 1923). vi https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/11/asian-economies-scramble-to-appease-trump-as-the-us-president-ratchets-up-tariff-threats-.html ; vii https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/brics-is-dead-donald-trump-reiterates-100-pc-tariff-threat-on-brics-nations/ viii https://www.forbes.com/sites/garthfriesen/2025/01/23/trumps-ai-push-understanding-the-500-billion-stargate-initiative/ ix https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/elon-musk-led-doges-big-plan-for-the-us-government-replace-humans-with-ai-tools-and-automate-majority-of-jobs/articleshow/118126032.cms
Witches, Science and Idols: The Many Faces of the Occult in Our World Today The Bible plainly declares that witchcraft, spellcasting, and attempting to communicate with the dead are an abomination. When God drove the pagan nations out of the land of Caanan so that ancient Israel could take the land the Lord had promised to Abraham, He gave unambiguous instruction to His people: When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee , thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations . 10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits , or a wizard , or a necromancer . 12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. 13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. 14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. i God absolutely prohibits witchcraft and necromancy (attempting to communicate with the dead). What else did God prohibit that the pagan nations were doing? The Lord declares in His Ten Commandments that idol worship is a sin. The second commandments states, in part: Exo 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image , or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Exo 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them . Yes, you heard that correctly. God prohibits spell casting, witchcraft and trying to talk to the dead, just like He prohibits worshiping statues of Buddha or Mary. Israel ignored God’s warnings, and God sent the judgments of heaven against them. The Assyrians, Babylonians, and Romans repeatedly invaded and destroyed their cities. They were starved, deported or killed, and their temple was destroyed, razed to the ground not once, but twice. The western world is repeating the sins of ancient of Israel. Today, the occult is everywhere in our society. Hollywood relentlessly promotes it to the masses. It’s in movies and its on TV. It’s on Netflix and Disney Plus. It is shamelessly marketed to children. It’s on Tik Tok and Instagram, where millions of people each day watch videos on spell casting, hexes, tarot cards and palm reading. ii There are witch influencers with hundreds of thousands of followers online. iii “We’re everywhere”, bragged a 36-year-old witch to a news reporter in Australia. iv "Summoning demons has never been so fun!", declares a popular children’s book. v The word “occult” comes from the Latin occultus, meaning secret or hidden . Satan, the rebel angel who was cast out of heaven and “deceives the whole earth”, vi promised Eve hidden knowledge. That is how death and suffering entered out world. You can read about it in Genesis chapter 3. You may not have realized that occult practices are no different in God’s eyes than the idol worship of false religions. For one thing, attempting to talk to the dead using a séance is no different than attempting to talk to Mary, who is also dead. Both are necromancy, forbidden occult practices. It is just that one uses mediums and Ouija boards, and the other uses images and cathedrals. But even if Mary were alive, which she is not, the Bible states clearly that it is a sin to make an image of anyone, or anything, whether in heaven or in earth, and bow down to it, or worship it. But what does this have to do with science, you ask. “The enlightened person is opposed to such superstition”, you may say. “I don’t believe in witches or ferries, and I don’t believe in God. I am a scientist.” But Satan is clever, and scientists are not immune to the temptation of supposedly hidden knowledge. Alfred Russel Wallace, co-developer with Charles Darwin of the theory of natural selection, was a spiritualist, and saw “spiritualism as a legitimate domain of scientific enquiry. vii Pierre Curie, physicist and husband of Marie Curie, often consulted a medium and believed in both her abilities and in the underlying claims of a spiritual realm containing entities. Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, pioneer of quantum physics, believed that quantum physics would return spiritualism to the world that was once ruled by atheistic paradigms. viii That’s interesting, considering the emerging promise of quantum artificial intelligence and a coming singularity. ix Most people do not realize that famous inventers Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison were both involved in spiritualism. Tesla built a device to communicate with the dead, and spent years listening to recordings of what he believed to be the spirits of the departed. Tesla was scared but fascinated by what he heard. “My first observations positively terrified me”, he said, “as there was present in them something mysterious, not to say supernatural, and I was alone in my laboratory at night.” x “The sounds I am listening to every night at first appear to be human voices conversing back and forth in a language I cannot understand.” xi Tesla filed a patent for the device, which he called a “Spirit Radio”. Today, people are building the device using plans posted on the internet, and using artificial intelligence to inform them of what “the dead” are supposedly saying. Like Tesla, they say that the recordings are disturbing, and listening to them can lead to mental deterioration. xii Make no mistake, Tesla was involved in the occult. His device to listen to the voices that he thought were the dead is as prohibited by the Bible as going to speak to a clairvoyant or a medium. Satan simply substituted so-called science and technology for the human medium, and repackaged the deception. The Bible states that the dead are dead – “the dead don’t know anything”. xiii Their thoughts have perished. Don’t attempt to speak to them, God warns. You’ll be listening to devils xiv – the fallen angels who were cast out of heaven and who deceive the whole world. The rise of the occult in our day is yet another sign that the end of all things is at hand. Don’t be deceived, friends. Jesus is coming again, and before He does, the Bible says that there will be a great “falling away.” xv People will be seduced by the occult and false religion. And it doesn’t matter whether it’s spell casting or so-called “science” that brings you into the occult, Satan would be happy with either. The Bible is our safeguard. The dead are dead. Do not be deceived. ----------------------------------- i Deuteronomy 18:10-14 ii https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-63403467 iii https://qz.com/quartzy/1411909/the-explosive-growth-of-witches-wiccans-and-pagans-in-the-us ; https://influencers.feedspot.com/witch_instagram_influencers/ iv https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/modernday-witchcraft-is-on-the-rise-in-australia-as-support-for-organised-religion-plummets/news-story/ccbc9bbcbc05ffd8acd8c5ab3f780f38 v https://www.newsweek.com/satan-getting-hot-hell-american-pop-culture-1790669 vi Revelation 12:9 vii https://www.cell.com/current-biology/p Deudf/S0960-9822(13)01317-1.pdf viii https://medium.com/paul-austin-murphys-essays-on-philosophy/the-weird-case-of-wolfgang-pauli-hardcore-positivist-and-mystic-041551d67dde ix The “singularity” is a tech industry term refering to their long-expected moment when artificial intelligence will become self aware. x Nicola Tesla, 1901. xi Nicola Tesla, 1918. xii https://x.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1831722931522826636 - “Tesla said he listened to this radio his entire life, I personally do not suggest this. This is why I have let the AI listen in. I am certain some of what is heard may contribute to a decline in some ways with people. This is why I hesitate releasing the schematics based on the actual patents. I advise to extend great caution in listening to more than a few seconds. And yes the feeling you have when you hear this is quite normal. And I will explain in detail why at some point. But I urge limited listening if you are handy enough to decide to build such a device. No I am not joking. However AI listening for us is incredibly useful. I have not only had the AI look for a language but also insights about the other sounds it hears and to discover if they are also a form of language.” xiii Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6. xiv Revelation 9:20; Revelation 16:4 xv 2 Thessalonians 2:34