As the biblical month of Elul began this year, I found myself in one of the most beautiful places on earth–the heavenly landscape of Zion National Park, located in Springdale, Utah. God’s creation was on full display, showcasing massive rock formations, immense cliffs, colorful canyons and deep alcoves. Famous landmarks within the park were inspired by biblical characters and concepts, going by names such as The Great White Throne, The Court of the Patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob), Angel’s Landing, the Virgin River and the Watchman Trail.
As I walked along the Watchman Trail, I couldn’t help but notice the striking white, trumpet-shaped flowers known as Sacred Datura (Angel’s Trumpet). The still, soft voice of the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart as I realized that the biblical month of Elul had arrived that very day. In synagogues around the world, the ram’s horn (trumpet) was being blasted as a wake-up call, preparing believers for the arrival of the High Holy Days in September. The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah), along with the Hebrew month of Elul, form a season of awareness, contemplation, repentance and restoration. A spiritual alarm clock sounded with every step that I took, and deep inside I knew that the time for slumbering has passed.
When I arrived home from my trip to Zion, I felt an urgency that I couldn’t shake. “Sound the trumpet, sound the trumpet, sound the trumpet,” is what I sensed through the Holy Spirit. After praying, I began searching my newsfeed. Immediately I noticed that some media outlets and medical authorities were calling for the reinstitution of Covid restrictions, such as masking and lockdowns. Flu vaccines, RSV shots and new boosters for Covid were being pushed, along with warnings of a tripledemic. It felt like 2020 all over again, with fear being stoked like a raging fire. In the midst of the rising flames, the shofar’s call needed to be loud and piercing, so as many people as possible could hear it above the lies.
The first warning blast came from a story covered on the High Wire, which reported that TSA whistleblowers had disclosed information revealing that the Biden administration was setting the stage for more lockdowns, vaccinations, and other restrictions in the fall and winter. Beginning in September, incremental restrictions may be put in place and then snowball into full-blown lockdowns by December. While mainstream media and fact-checking organizations quickly moved in to de-bunk the claims, this did not convince a skeptical public that had seen many stories labeled as “Covid conspiracy theories” or “misinformation” eventually be proven true. Millions around the world had witnessed truth bombs exploding such as the lab origins of Covid, the dangers of mRNA vaccines, globalist/government ties to Big Pharma companies, and the suppression of effective treatments for Covid. At the same time, we pray that if these plans are in place, they would be stopped by God.
Just recently, former NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Director and pandemic czar Anthony Fauci appeared at a university virtual event titled, “Pandemic Lessons and Role of Faculty in Pandemic Preparedness with Dr. Anthony Fauci” where he said, “Lockdown has a purpose. One of the purposes, if you don’t have a vaccine, it’s to get more ventilators, get the hospitals better prepared…until you decompress the pressure on the hospitals…If you have a vaccine available, you might want to lockdown temporarily so you can get everybody vaccinated.” Fauci insisted that lockdowns were justified and even suggested that climate change is playing a role in causing disease outbreaks. Though Fauci is no longer the head of the NIAID, he continues to spread his influence around the country. His replacement, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, as well as the newly appointed CDC Director Mandy Cohen, echo his sentiments on lockdowns, mask mandates, and “unapproved” treatments.
On the same day that Dr. Fauci spoke about lockdowns at the widely-viewed virtual event, the Daily Mail posted an article titled Gloomy scientists call for people to start wearing Covid masks again as they sound alarm over new variant BA.6 that has ‘a lot of new mutations.’ Reading like an episode of Fear Factor, it quotes scientists who suggest that a big wave is coming and a “combined vaccine and mitigation-based approach” is necessary. These ideas are being pushed by members of the United Kingdom’s pandemic response agency known as SAGE (Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies). This detail is important to understand because it was in 2020 that Sage member Neil Ferguson, dubbed “Professor Lockdown,” predicted that 2.2 million people in the United States would die from Covid-19. This over-exaggerated, flawed disease forecast model was adopted by Former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci, who used it to justify lockdowns, masking, and vaccines. Currently Ferguson is warning that notable Covid variants are rapidly spreading around the globe.
Meanwhile, as the Eris variant (EG.5) is circulating in the United States, some universities, businesses, healthcare facilities, and nursing homes are reinstituting mask mandates and social distancing. Florida’s Surgeon General, Joseph Ladapo, responded by tweeting, “What do you call re-imposing mask policies that have been proven ineffective, or restarting lockdowns that are known to cause harm? You don’t call it sanity. These terrible policies only work with your cooperation. How about refusing to participate?” All of this is happening despite more than 70 studies citing that masks are not effective against the spread of viruses like COVID-19, as well as mounting evidence that extended mask-wearing is harmful to human health. World- renowned cardiologist Peter McCullough urges people to “Fear not.” He adds, “Fool me once, you’re the fool, fool me twice, I’m the fool. This applies to the anticipated calls for masking, lockdowns and boosters for the next Omicron wave lead by EG.5, or Eris, appropriately named as Eris, the Greek goddess of strife and discord.”
On August 21, 2023, War Room correspondent Natalie Winters revealed, “The federal government has already begun buying COVID-19 equipment and hiring consultants to enforce pandemic-era ‘safety-protocols.’ Some of these contracts are scheduled to begin in September and October.” Additionally, the Biden Administration earmarked billions of dollars to accelerate vaccine production and distribution. On August 22, 2023, the U.S. Department of Human Health and Services awarded over 1.4 billion dollars to Project NextGen “to support the development of a new generation of tools and technologies to protect against Covid-19 for years to come.” Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Dawn O’Connell explains, “As the virus continues to evolve, we need new tools that keep pace with those changes.” She adds that Project NextGen is “strengthening our preparedness for whatever comes next.”
President Biden left no doubt about his commitment to new Covid vaccines when he told reporters while vacationing in Lake Tahoe that, “I signed off this morning on a proposal we have to present to the Congress as a request for additional funding for a new vaccine that is necessary, that works,” adding that “it will likely be recommended that everybody get it no matter whether they’ve gotten it before or not.” Currently new vaccines for strain XBB.1.5 are being developed by Pfizer, Novavax, and Moderna and will be available in mid-September.
In July 2023, just prior to new vaccine roll outs, the White House announced the launch of the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy, which will be directed by Major General Paul Friedrichs. “OPPR will oversee efforts to develop, manufacture, and procure the next generation of medical countermeasures, including leveraging emerging technologies and working with HHS on next generation vaccines and treatments for Covid-19 and other public health threats.” Twila Brase, founder of Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom says, “Clearly federal bureaucrats tasted unprecedented power and they want to keep it.”
As Christians who are familiar with the biblical calendar, it’s important to be aware that these events are culminating near the High Holy Days. Thus, we must tune our ears to the shofar’s resonant sound which reminds us to choose faith over fear and truth over propaganda. God’s voice is likened to the sound of the trumpet and we must always draw close to Him in prayer asking “Lord Jesus, give us discernment so we do not fall prey to deceptions and falsehoods.” In fact, the season of Elul is a special time to meet with our King so we can be strengthened. Certainly, God will provide those voices in the wilderness who will blow the trumpet, speaking truth to our hearts and preparing us to face what’s ahead.
One such trumpeter is Senator Rand Paul, who in response to the calls for new vaccines, Covid restrictions and mask mandates has declared that those pushing this “hysteria” again “have no shame.” In a Fox News interview, he stressed that the leftist media is benefiting from their “corporate pharma owners,” adding that “It’s so dishonest to put people like that on the air to promote a product that they make more money from … This defies all logic. It defies science, and it defies common sense.”
Even as voices get louder about vaccines and masks, a crucial trumpet blast is blaring in the background, warning us about threats to free speech. Social media giants like X (formerly known as Twitter) are posturing themselves to fall in line with future pandemic narratives. X’s new CEO Linda Yaccarino was interviewed by CNBC’s Squawk on the Street about “brand safety” on August 10, 2023, where she said, “We have built brand safety and content moderation tools that have never existed before at this company. We’ve introduced a new policy to your specific point about hate speech called Freedom of Speech Not Reach. So, if you’re gonna post something that’s illegal or against the law, you’re gone–zero tolerance. But more importantly, if you’re going to post something that is lawful, but it’s awful, you get labeled–you get labeled, you get de-amplified, which means it cannot be shared, and it is certainly demonetized…it’s really important to note that once a post is labeled and it can’t be shared and the user sees that, 30% of the time, they take it down themselves…and that reducing hateful content from being seen is one of the best examples of how X is committed to encouraging healthy behavior online.”
Yaccarino, who has connections to the World Economic Forum, has stated that she has “autonomy” from Elon Musk and that one of her goals is to rebuild X’s base of advertisers such as Coca-Cola and Visa. She insists, “X is the future state of unlimited interactivity–centered in audio, video, messaging, payments/banking–creating a global marketplace for ideas, goods, services, and opportunities.” Additionally, she is widely known for supporting vaccinations and masking through the More You Know campaign and the COVID Collaborative. This has raised concerns among free speech advocates who wonder what constitutes her definition of “healthy behavior.”
You Tube has updated its medical misinformation policy stating that, “Moving forward, You Tube will streamline dozens of our existing medical misinformation guidelines to fall under three categories–Prevention, Treatment and Denial. These policies will apply to specific health conditions, treatments, and substances where content contradicts local health authorities or the World Health Organization.” Joseph Mercola, an osteopathic physician and health freedom advocate who recently had his bank accounts with JP Morgan Chase forcibly terminated, reports that the newly rolled out Digital Services Act will require online platforms such as Instagram, Amazon, Snapchat, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, Google Search, Bing and others to monitor their content, or risk heavy fines. This content would include information that endangers public health.
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) posted an article titled Communication of Covid-19 Misinformation on Social Media by Physicians in the United States. Major themes cited included “disputing vaccine safety and effectiveness, promoting treatments lacking scientific evidence and/or US Food and Drug Administration approval, disputing mask-wearing effectiveness and other (unsubstantiated claims, eg, virus origin, government lies, and other conspiracy theories).”
Doctors and scientists speaking out against the official Covid narrative were censored and called spreaders of misinformation. As a result, many lost their licenses and jobs. This phenomenon is still continuing and doesn’t show signs of slowing down. Recently, obstetrician Dr. James Thorp was fired for “blowing the trumpet” about catastrophic damage that has been done to women and babies via the Covid mRNA injections. Other doctors, such as pediatrician Renata Moon, cardiologist Peter McCullough, and osteopathic physician Dr. Sherri Tenpenny have been penalized by medical boards or fired from their positions. Doctors, nurses and healthcare workers cannot be silenced when they are trying to protect their patients from injury or death.
Ezekiel 3:19 is a stern reminder that when we become aware of danger or wicked schemes, we must warn others. Even if they will not listen, the warning must be given.
But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.
As intercessors for the Kingdom of God, we should never be afraid to share the truth in love, especially when it involves life or death matters.
The writing is on the wall when it comes to the coordinated global effort to keep the pandemic going. The World Health Organization is moving forward with a Pandemic Treaty that seeks to institute a coordinated “One Health, One Narrative” response system, despite worldwide push-back. Currently, they have plans to adopt a “Political Declaration of the United Nations General Assembly High-level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response” on September 20, 2023, moving them closer to finalizing their vision for total health control. Additionally, December 1, 2023 is the deadline to reject the amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR). Target areas for both the IHR and the Pandemic Treaty include mass vaccination and the elimination of what the World Health Organization labels as misinformation. To further support their plans, in June 2023 the European Commission and the WHO launched their Global Digital Health Certification Network (digital passport) that will “facilitate global mobility” during pandemics. Their goal is to get every country on board in order to foster “peace and safety.”
Intercessors, now more than ever, we must take our positions as Watchmen on the Wall. The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) will arrive at sundown on September 15, 2023, ushering in the first of the High Holy Days. Let us go boldly to the throne and petition the King of Kings for several things:
Lord Jesus, let us be courageous and resist every deceptive scheme of the enemy. May we only comply with YOUR WILL and not the commands of leaders seeking power and control. Let our words of warning be seasoned with salt and our actions be planted firmly in faith. Above all, please stop the relentless attacks against the freedoms that you have graciously given to every human.
Angela Rodriguez is an author, blogger and homeschooling Mom who studies the historical and biblical connections between Israel and the United States. You can visit her blogs at 67owls.com and 100trumpets.com. Her latest book, Psalm 91: Under the Wings of Jesus, was released in June 2021. Photo by CT Senate Republicans on Flickr with Creative Commons License
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