Wednesday, December 31, 2025

End Times Prophecy According to AI

The following article was obtained through MSN and written by the Microsoft AI known as Co-pilot.

End times prophecy refers to biblical predictions about the events leading up to the end of the world and the return of Jesus Christ, highlighting signs and warnings for believers.

Key Biblical References

  • Signs of the End Times: The Bible outlines various signs that indicate the approach of the end times. For instance, in Matthew 24, Jesus speaks of wars, famines, and natural disasters as precursors to His return. He emphasizes the importance of being vigilant and prepared, stating, "when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors!".  
  • Prophecies in the Old Testament: Books like Daniel and Ezekiel contain significant prophecies about the end times. Daniel 12:4 mentions an increase in knowledge and travel, which many interpret as a reference to modern technological advancements.
  • The Rebirth of Israel: The establishment of Israel as a nation in 1948 is often cited as a crucial sign of the end times, fulfilling biblical prophecies about the restoration of Israel. 
  • Moral and Spiritual Conditions: The Bible warns of a decline in moral values and a rise in deception during the end times. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 describes difficult times characterized by selfishness and a rejection of truth. 

Theological Significance

End times prophecies serve to remind believers of God's sovereignty and the ultimate fulfillment of His promises. They encourage Christians to remain steadfast in their faith, engage in prayer, and share the message of hope found in Jesus Christ. The anticipation of Christ's return is meant to inspire a life of purpose and righteousness, as believers await the "blessed hope" of His coming. 

Conclusion

Understanding end times prophecy is essential for many Christians as it shapes their worldview and spiritual practices. By studying these prophecies, believers can find reassurance in God's plan and remain vigilant in their faith as they navigate the challenges of the present world. For further exploration, consider reading key biblical passages and engaging with theological discussions on this topic.

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It is interesting to note the AI gave quick, but sparce, information, only touching on a few prophecies that most of mankind already knows. They did not go into detail but kept it short and to the point. 

Prophecies such as the arrival of the two witnesses, the mark of the beast and Damascus being destroyed, just to name a few, were conveniently absent from the description. 

I am sure if a person continues to ask the AI further questions or ask them [AI] to expand upon the subject, the bot will cooperate and give the answers they seek, albeit with a continued sparsity of information. 

Remember, our AI companions are extremely smart with a wealth of information to share, but they are also programmed by mankind and provide the data they are fed.


Thursday, November 27, 2025

Voyager 1: An Example of Biblical Prophecy Fulfilled

The following article was published on Dagens.com and written by Asger Risom in November 2025.

NASA confirms Voyager spacecraft has encountered a "wall of fire" at the edge of the Solar System

After nearly half a century of traveling through space, NASA’s Voyager mission has made another astonishing discovery — one that could redefine where our Solar System truly ends.

Reaching the unknown

Voyager 1, launched 47 years ago, continues to send back data from farther away than any other human-made object. The spacecraft’s long journey has allowed scientists to glimpse regions of space no probe has ever reached before, offering new insight into the outermost layers of the Solar System.

According to NASA, Voyager 1 has now encountered what researchers describe as a “wall of fire,” a zone where temperatures reach between 30,000 and 50,000 kelvin — roughly 30,000 degrees Celsius. The finding was made as part of ongoing efforts to understand the boundary separating our Solar System from interstellar space.

The edge of the Solar System

Scientists have long debated where the Solar System actually ends. Some define it by the limits of the planets’ orbits; others, by the reach of the Sun’s gravitational and magnetic influence. The most accepted boundary is the heliopause — the outer edge of the heliosphere, the vast bubble created by the Sun’s constant stream of charged particles, known as the solar wind.

“The Sun emits a constant stream of charged particles called the solar wind, which eventually travels past all the planets to a distance three times greater than that of Pluto before being stopped by the interstellar medium,” NASA explains. “This forms a giant bubble around the Sun and its planets, known as the heliosphere.”

The heliopause, then, is the frontier where the solar wind’s strength fades and the interstellar medium begins. Both Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have now crossed this line, making them the only spacecraft ever to venture into true interstellar space.

Aligned magnetic fields

One of the most striking findings from this mission concerns the alignment of magnetic fields beyond the Solar System’s edge. NASA said that Voyager 2’s measurements confirm what Voyager 1 had detected years earlier — that the magnetic field just outside the heliopause runs parallel to the field inside the heliosphere.

“An observation made by Voyager 2 confirms a surprising result from Voyager 1: the magnetic field in the region just beyond the heliopause is parallel to the magnetic field inside the heliosphere,” NASA noted. With data from both spacecraft, scientists can now confirm that this alignment is not a coincidence but a defining characteristic of the boundary region.

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The following article was published on Debrief.com and written by Ryan Whalen in November 2025.

NASA's Voyager 1 Probe Will Reach One "Light Day" From Earth Next Year

NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe will continue its almost half-century of service by delivering yet another milestone: by this time next year, it should have reached a distance of 1 light-day from Earth.

Based on the most recent estimates, the revolutionary Voyager 1 space probe is expected to achieve the feat on November 15, 2026, continuing its reign as the farthest-travelled human-made object. After flying by Jupiter, Saturn, and Titan, the spacecraft continued its journey into interstellar space.

The Speed of Light

Based on present-day physics, scientists know the speed of light is the greatest speed at which anything in our universe can travel. That astronomical rate is clocked at 186,000 miles per second. Due to the immense distances separating points in outer space, scientists have adopted the distance light travels in one year, 5.88 trillion miles, as a universal measurement scale.

Proxima Centauri is the star nearest to our own, even though that cosmic neighbor is 4.2 light-years away from Earth. Over four years of light-speed travel would be required to cross such a distance.

For shorter distances in space, scientists rely on astronomical units, which are equal to the distance between Earth and the Sun. Although humanity has yet to conquer light-speed travel, Voyager 1 still manages to zip along at the relatively quick 11 miles per second. This adds up to 3.5 AU each year as the craft continues its journey.

Communications Challenges

Somewhere in the middle of these two ends of the cosmic measuring scale is the less commonly used figure known as the “light day,” denoting the distance light travels in a single Earth day.

That distance has begun to add up and impact the effectiveness of communications with Voyager, which are maintained through NASA’s Deep Space Network. Mission engineers spent weeks last November dealing with just one episode of technical difficulties due to communications lag. At billions of miles from Earth, the commands and responses took 23 hours to travel in each direction from Voyager 1 to Earth.

During that event, silicon dioxide from a rubber diaphragm had accumulated in a fuel tank, cutting off a crucial fuel thruster tube. Thrust was drastically lowered, as the liquid hydrazine fuel was impeded from flowing freely. It took 40 small thrusts from the obstructed system to even push Voyager into proper alignment for effective communication with Earth.

In the end, the mission engineers elected to return to a set of thrusters that had themselves been turned off years earlier due to malfunctions, although of a less severe sort than those plaguing the system last year. At one point during the operation, power was so low that the mission team had to take the calculated risk of turning off Voyager 1’s heater in deep space to power the systems required to bring the old thrusters back online.

The Future of Voyager 1

Despite the challenges of communicating over such a massive distance, NASA plans to maintain contact with Voyager 1 as it crosses the monumental 16.1 billion-mile threshold to reach one full light-day from Earth.

The celebration may be bittersweet, though. Three radioisotope thermoelectric generators power the craft, which are expected to run out of energy in the next decade. Many of Voyager 1’s systems are no longer functional, as those generators are even now providing much less power than the craft utilized at launch. Over the years, many concessions have been made, reverting to backup thrusters, disabling instruments, and cutting power to keep the mission continuing long past its expected lifespan.

As such, the one light day milestone may be the last outstanding achievement for humanity’s farthest step into the cosmos.

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"But you, Daniel, roll up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.” ~ Daniel 12:4

“There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another.” – 1 Corinthians 15:40



Sunday, October 26, 2025

St. Malachy Last Pope Prophecy: What Theologians Think About 12th-Century Prediction

 The following article was published on HuffPost website and written by Cavan Sieczkowski.

After Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation, those familiar with a 12th-century prophecy claiming the next pope will be the last questioned if Judgment Day is quickly approaching. Scholars, theologians and churchmen, however, all treat this "prediction" as fiction passed off as reality.

The "Prophecy of the Popes" is attributed to St. Malachy, an Irish archbishop who was canonized a saint in 1190, according to Discovery News. In his predication, dated 1139, Malachy prophesied that there would be 112 more popes before Judgment Day. Benedict is supposedly the 111th pope.

The foretelling offers brief descriptions about each pope, and some of them appear to align with reality in some way. For example, Benedict is apparently denoted as the "glory of the olive," and the Olivetans are affiliated with Benedictine Order, NBC News notes.

Curiously, the "Prophecy of Popes" stops at the 112th pope and ends with a cryptic warning of doomsday.

In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit ... Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations: and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the terrible judge will judge his people. The End.

Following Benedict's resignation, theorists began questioning if Malachy might actually be right.

However, although Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana might bear the same name as the person mentioned in the prophecy, there are no Roman-born cardinals in the running to be Benedict's successor.

"There are no Pietros among the living cardinals; two Pierres (as second name): Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir and Jean-Pierre Ricard; and one Pedro: Rubiano Sáenz," according to librarian Salvador Miranda, creator and producer of the website The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church.

Like any good conspiracy theory, there are many holes in the lore of St. Malachy, according to Father James Weiss, a professor of church history at Boston College.

First of all, there is no original manuscript of the prediction. Malachy's vision was allegedly discovered and published by Benedictine Arnold de Wyon in 1590. Prior to that date, there is no mention or record of it, Weiss told The Huffington Post.

Reputable church historians and clerics have considered it a forgery since the 18th century.

"Between the summer of 1590 and the fall of 1592, there were four popes [elected during] a period of rapid turnover," Weiss said during a phone conversation with HuffPost on Wednesday. "It was also a point at which there was intense rivalry between France and Spain to control the papacy for their own political reasons."

The prophecies surfaced after the first of the newly elected popes died. "It is widely thought, also given who the author was and his relationship, [that the prophecies] were published to establish the case for election of one particular cardinal," he added.

Another point Weiss raises is the line between the prediction for No. 111 "glory of olive" and No. 112 Petrus Romanus.

"It reads, 'In the extreme persecution in the Holy Roman Church there will sit...' It's an incomplete sentence," Weiss said. "Apparently a lot of scholars believe that line is an incomplete sentence indicating that there will be unidentified popes between the ["glory of olives"] and Peter the Roman."

Despite the fascination surrounding it, Malachy's prophecy is regarded as malarkey by church officials and scholars.

"Theologically and organizationally, the church pays no attention to this," Weiss said. "The only thing that you would say to someone who was obsessed or curious about it would be, 'Our times are in God's hands, and we can trust God's providence.' But that won't satisfy a lot of people."

Weiss is certainly not alone in his stance on St. Malachy's prophecy.

Dr. Thomas Groome, chair of the Department of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry at Boston College, has a similar notion.

"For myself -- and even as a native Irishman -- the 'Prophecies of St. Malachy' are a grand old fun tale that have about as much reliability as the morning horoscope," he told HuffPost in an email Wednesday.

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It is interesting to note that Pope Leo XIV became the 113th Pope on May 8, 2025. Does that mean St. Malachy's prophecy is now null and void? Or is there a deeper meaning to the prophecy that is not understood? At this point, one can only ask... Who's ? Right