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Nov. 17, 2022 - Health Ranger - Mike Adams

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Situation Update, 11/17/22 - Sen. Schumer calls for REPLACEMENT of Americans...

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	All right, welcome to the situation update for Thursday, November 17th, 2022.
	Mike Adams here.
	My special guest tonight is Pastor Todd Coconato.
	We'll be discussing some pretty controversial stuff about Christianity and about Q and some other things that are going to get us all in all kinds of trouble.
	But that's coming up.
	And then we've got five big stories to cover here today.
	And let me just give you those now.
	I think I'll do this each day because it gives you a little table of content.
	So, first story.
	Chuck Schumer, you know, the Democrat senator, calls for great replacement of Americans because they're not reproducing.
	I wonder why after all the jabs.
	Okay, that's story number one.
	Story number two, Germany is announcing emergency plans to prepare for grid-down chaos and bank runs this winter.
	I'm not kidding.
	Straight out of Germany.
	We're going to get into that.
	Story number three, California is going bankrupt and facing a $25 billion shortfall.
	For 2023-24.
	Because, well, they blew through all the money.
	Obviously, Gavin Newsom blew through it.
	Must be all that cocaine or something.
	Story number four, U.S. judge strikes down Title 42, activating the next invasion wave of America.
	That's going to cause an increase in the invasion on the border.
	And then story number five, crypto contagion is spreading, and now El Salvador is in deep financial trouble because, of course, El Salvador bet big on Bitcoin and bought in when it was much more expensive than it is now.
	And they thought they were going to be, you know, like really advanced and just going to have free money from Bitcoin.
	And it turns out they're losing all their money.
	And well, we'll get into the details there.
	Not a good decision.
	All right, we're going to get into all those news items and much more.
	Something else, yesterday I was asking if anybody knew animators, because we're doing a cartoon animation, doing a really funny thing that's going to require some South Park-style cartoon stuff.
	So if you know anybody who does that and wants to work with us on this project, they can email us at situationupdateatprotonmail.com.
	Today I'm asking for somebody who's an expert in...
	Mixing music, especially vocals, and like mixing vocals with music and doing some kind of DJ mix type of stuff with music because I have 90% written my next song.
	It all came to me over about 48 hours.
	I've gotten most of it all scripted out.
	I've already got the music tracks and everything.
	I've gotten most of the lyrics.
	It's going to be awesome.
	So I'm looking for somebody who wants to work with us.
	It's a paid gig.
	To turn this into a pretty amazing finished music track with some pretty awesome vocals.
	So if you know somebody like that, I mean, yeah, I guess we're recruiting talent every day now.
	And have them email us at situationupdate at protonmail.com.
	And yes, that's a paid gig also.
	Alright, so with that said, let's get to Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer calling for the great replacement of Americans.
	Now, as background to that, just recall that over the last couple of years, if you said anything about so-called replacement theory, you were called a racist.
	It's like, there's no replacement theory!
	They said, that's a conspiracy and it's racist anyway, there's no replacements!
	Now, the Democrat Senator, who's actually the Senate Majority Leader, by the way, is saying that we need amnesty, he says, for millions of illegals because Americans are not reproducing.
	In other words, got to replace the Americans.
	Let's listen to Chuck Schumer say this himself.
	Yeah, because he just said it.
	Here we go.
	Now more than ever, we're short of workers...
	We have a population that is not reproducing it on its own with the same level that it used to.
	The only way we're going to have a great future in America is if we welcome and embrace immigrants, the dreamers, and all of them.
	Because our ultimate goal is to help the dreamers, but get a path to citizenship for all 11 million or however many undocumented there are here.
	All right, so there's Senator Schumer basically saying, Americans aren't reproducing like they used to, so we need amnesty for millions of illegals.
	Okay, isn't this the same Chuck Schumer who pushed the depopulation vaccine on the American people?
	You know, the jabs that cause infertility, spontaneous abortions and infant deaths, you know, unborn babies dying, stillbirths and all these horrible things.
	So think about it.
	This guy, Chuck Schumer, he unleashes a depopulation biological weapon, a kind of genocide on the American people for the last two years, roughly, or coming up on that.
	And then after observing the excess fatalities, which we talked about yesterday with Ed Dowd, right?
	32% increased mortality.
	About 2,460-something Americans dying each day above and beyond normal death rates, right?
	So that's happening because of the vaccine.
	So then that's kicking in.
	And Americans are dying like crazy, not reproducing.
	So then he says, oh, well, gosh, guess we need to just give citizenship to all these people who broke the rules and came across the border illegally.
	That's what he's saying.
	Now, Aside from the debate, the arguments about people who were here, I can understand in some cases where a child was brought to America, one year old or two years old or something, and they grew up in America, and they're working and they're contributing to America, and so on, and they themselves did not break any rules.
	It was their mom, usually, who broke the rules and kind of dragged them across the border illegally.
	But that child may now be an adult and is participating in our system.
	I can understand that argument for that now adult who did not break the law.
	But for those who willingly broke the law, who came across the border illegally, who basically cut in line, why should they be rewarded with this?
	I mean, look, again, I'm pro-immigration, but it's got to be legal.
	I welcome immigrants, but we need to follow the rules and we need to be able to vet these people so that we can, for example, not invite in a bunch of former felony violent criminals from El Salvador, which we're going to talk about shortly here about crypto as well.
	That's just one example.
	I mean, we welcome immigrants from El Salvador.
	We welcome immigrants from Mexico and Peru and Bolivia and Colombia and Chile, everywhere.
	But it's got to be legal.
	It's got to go through the process.
	But what's amazing to me is here Senator Schumer is admitting that the American population is no longer really reproducing.
	And so, by the way, I should offer kind of a clarification.
	Not quite a correction, but a clarification of what I said yesterday.
	With the vaccines killing about 2400 people per day, and there are about 10,000 people being born per day, I forgot to mention that normally there's about 7700 people dying from All normal causes, right?
	That's the normal death rate.
	So if you take the 7,700 people that normally die in America each day, and then you add the 2,460 excess deaths, you actually get to 10,160-something deaths, which does mean that the population is starting to slowly reduce.
	So I failed to mention that yesterday.
	So I want to clarify that.
	But yeah, right now, the population is going down slowly.
	Not fast enough for the globalists, obviously, but it's reducing by, let's say, 160-something people per day.
	Now, of course, the vaccine deaths are going to increase substantially to where it's like 10,000 a day dying from that.
	So you're going to see a whole lot more fatalities stemming from that.
	And what do you think Chuck Schumer is going to say then?
	Well, gosh, we really need replacements.
	Look, all these Americans are dying.
	And it's like, I wonder why they're dying.
	Because you push vaccines on them, you evil creature.
	Gee.
	So anyway, I guess it's okay to talk about replacement theory now since it's a Democrat proposal.
	All right?
	So I just want to be clear.
	You can mention replacement theory is...
	It's all confirmed.
	In fact, it's promoted.
	So this is how these things go.
	At first, they say, oh, that's racist to even say that.
	That's not happening.
	That's impossible.
	And then, a year and a half later, it's like, oh, we love that idea.
	It's our idea.
	It's the same idea.
	It's just...
	They said you couldn't talk about it until the day they wanted to announce it.
	Now it's okay to talk about it.
	It's the replacement theory.
	Americans are dying, not having enough babies, because they're jabbed, and they're bringing in a bunch of unjabbed illegals to take your place.
	That's exactly what's happening.
	But, you know, I have a whole new idea about replacement theory.
	Why don't we replace all the Democrat senators and rhinos in the Senate?
	How about that?
	Yeah, it's called term limits, folks.
	That's my replacement theory.
	Let's replace all the scumbags in the swamp.
	And in fact, by the way, Trump mentioned this in his announcement speech yesterday.
	He said that he wanted term limits on all members of Congress.
	Of course, achieving that would require members of Congress to vote for their own term limits.
	So that's obviously never going to happen.
	But at least Trump says he wants that to happen.
	I mean, we all do.
	Because people like Chuck Schumer have been there far too long, or Nancy Pelosi for that matter, far too long.
	Yeah, let's have replacement theory.
	Let's replace these swamp creatures with real human beings if we could find some.
	Oh, before we go to the next story about Germany and the grid down collapse that they're anticipating, I do want to mention, you know, I covered it yesterday.
	Poland had that the missile landed in Poland and immediately Zelensky in Ukraine and the Associated Press said it was a Russian missile and we have to counterattack and like, you know, NATO Article 5 respond like nuke Russia.
	Basically, that was that's what the Associated Press was calling for.
	I mean, I'm paraphrasing, but that's essentially it.
	And Zelensky, like, waving his fizz, like, attack Russia now, you know?
	And it turns out that missile was a Ukrainian missile.
	And now that's all admitted.
	Even Poland admitted it.
	Joe Biden admitted it.
	It wasn't Russian after all.
	The AP issued a correction after nearly starting World War III. They issued a correction.
	It's like, oh, we're sorry, we almost caused World War III. Um, maybe you shouldn't just leap to blame Russia for every explosion that happens everywhere across the European continent, you know?
	Sometimes it's your own rogue missiles or your own anti-air missiles or whatever it is.
	Sometimes it's just a kid with a blowtorch and a couple of gallons of gasoline, you know?
	You should do your homework, AP. So they issued a correction, but Zelensky didn't.
	He's like, we should still attack Russia anyway.
	It's just like, whatever.
	Oh man, these people really want to get us into a world war, don't they?
	Just, they're really desperate to get us there.
	All right, so moving on to the next story here.
	Germany, emergency cash plans, anticipating bank runs and grid down emergencies.
	Okay, this story comes out of Reuters.
	And here's the title.
	Exclusive.
	Germany steps up emergency cash plans to cope in blackout.
	So Reuters is kind of downplaying the real story here.
	So we're going to have to kind of interpret this, but here's what the Reuters story says.
	German authorities are stepping up preparations for emergency cash deliveries.
	I mean, think like vans full of cash.
	In case of a blackout, i.e.
	power grid failure, to keep the economy running, This is Reuters saying this.
	Four people involved said, as the nation braces for possible power cuts arising from the war in Ukraine.
	Okay, so first of all, we always have to decode Reuters.
	Here's what the opening paragraph should have said if it were honest.
	Okay, this is my version of it.
	German authorities are preparing massive loads of cash to try to prevent a total banking collapse when people panic and freak out after the power grid goes down because Germany and other NATO countries cut off Russia from the SWIFT system, resulting in Russia's Gazprom cutting off natural gas exports to Germany, which was exacerbated by the UK and the United States of America.
	Bombing the crap out of the Nord Stream pipelines, making it impossible for Germany to get energy from Russia, thereby leading to the imminent power grid collapse that will lead to total chaos like that.
	I know that's a kind of a long run on sentence, but that's what it should have said.
	But Reuters just says, oh, it's arising from the war in Ukraine.
	No, it's not arising from the war in Ukraine.
	It's arising from the United States blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline.
	It's arising from Germany shutting off Russia's transactional system via SWIFT so that Russia could even sell gas to Germany.
	This is a self-inflicted wound by NATO and Western nations.
	Just to be clear, this is self-inflicted.
	Russia didn't do this.
	Germany did this to Germany, because one thing that German authorities are really good at, it's destroying Europe.
	They've done it twice already, and now they're gearing up for a third time.
	All right, so let's continue with our Reuters reinterpretation system here.
	The next paragraph says, the plans include Bundesbank, Germany's central bank, hoarding extra billions to cope with a surge in demand and possible limits on withdrawals.
	One of the people said, right, that's Reuters.
	Okay, what's my interpretation?
	They are going to have bank bail-ins.
	People will demand their cash and there will be bank runs and social unrest and they already know this.
	So they're trying to come up with billions of dollars in cash in order to maybe try to give people what they want so that they don't burn down the banks, basically.
	And then, according to Reuters, it says that officials and banks are looking at distribution.
	Discussing priority fuel access for cash transporters.
	Commenting on preparations that accelerated in recent weeks, blah, blah, blah.
	So wait a second.
	They're not even thinking they're going to have enough fuel for the civilians to gas up their cars?
	That they're going to have to prioritize fuel just for cash transport vans?
	That's how crazy this is going to get?
	Man, that's way worse than anything any of my guests ever said.
	Alright, the story continues.
	It says roughly 60% of everyday purchases in Germany are paid in cash.
	See, the Germans love their cash.
	They really do.
	Which is wise, by the way.
	Whereas Americans like to swipe everything on plastic.
	But in Germany...
	The average German citizen withdraws 6,600 euros annually from cash machines.
	So, yeah, they do a lot of cash shopping.
	The story continues, quote, a parliamentary report a decade ago warned of, quote, discontent and, quote, aggressive altercations in case citizens were unable to get their hands on cash in a blackout.
	What could go wrong?
	The power grid goes down.
	The cash machines stop working.
	The banks have limits on withdrawals.
	Sounds like a crypto crash, but it's Germany.
	It's Germany's central banks, right?
	It sounds like FTX, but no, it's Bundesbank.
	Quote, aggressive altercations.
	What does that mean?
	It means angry mobs beating up bankers, I think, is what that means.
	Yeah, aggressive altercations.
	Hmm.
	The story also says that more than 40% of Germans fear a blackout in the next six months.
	But that German banks consider the full-scale blackout to be, quote, improbable.
	Notice they did not say impossible.
	It's like, it's improbable.
	Which is why these things are called black swan events, by the way.
	It's because it's something that you did not expect.
	Because most swans are white.
	And then along comes a black swan.
	You're like, whoa, where'd that come from?
	See, that's a blackout.
	Black swan, blackout.
	These blackouts can strike.
	And, you know, look, I don't think they would be doing all this planning if they didn't think that this was a much higher risk than, quote, improbable.
	I think it's more in the category of, yeah, pretty much could happen.
	You know, wherever that is on the risk scale there.
	So, of course, this point is obvious to you, the listener here.
	You know that ATMs don't work when the power grid goes down, and that gas stations also don't work when the power grid goes down.
	But to most Americans, by the way, to bring this closer to home, the typical American does not realize those two things.
	Like, they think ATMs don't need electricity, or they never really thought about it.
	And they don't realize gas stations need electricity to pump the gas.
	They don't think about that because it's just not obvious.
	It comes out of the nozzle like magic, you know?
	People don't think about where their municipal water comes from either.
	We turn on the tap, the water comes out, it's like magic, you know?
	They never think, well, there's a pump somewhere else pumping the water up into a tower to gravity feed back down to you, and that pump has to keep up with all the demand from the gravity feed.
	No power, no pump, no water.
	And then, you know, tap runs dry.
	But again, these things do not occur to most people because, well, they're just, that's why we call them the oblivious masses.
	They don't think about this.
	But Germans are hoarding cash, which is smart.
	It shows that Germans have a sense of prepping.
	And they should because, of course, it wasn't too long ago when they had Weimar Germany and then World War II and, you know, other financial disasters after that.
	Part of the German culture is to not really trust the banks because, well, again, history.
	But in America, people are not good at prepping about cash.
	Of course, the smart people have gold and silver and all these other things, barter items and so on, and maybe some spare cash too.
	But the typical American not only has no cash, but no food.
	And so that's going to be interesting to see where America ends up when things go bad.
	And that takes us to the next story, I think.
	Yeah, the California bankruptcy story.
	Here we go.
	So California Governor Newsom...
	He's almost done looting California.
	He's going to make a run for the presidency.
	I believe he's going to run in 2024.
	And, you know, he's got the whole Democrat machine behind him, and he's a totally corrupt cabal criminal.
	And he's got billions of dollars that they looted out of California, by the way.
	Ran some of that through China with all the masks, you know, the PPE contracts and all that money laundering.
	So part of what Democrats do all the time is they build up these massive slush funds so they can rig elections by just having all this money.
	And then, just as a side note, what the Republicans do, like Mitch McConnell, is they withhold money from Republican candidates to make sure they lose.
	That's what Mitch McConnell did with Blake Masters in Arizona.
	In fact, Mitch McConnell ended up with $40 million Unspent in the midterms, while, let's see, Mark Kelly, the Democrat candidate in Arizona who apparently, quote, won, he spent $70 million more than what Blake Masters spent.
	Well, where do you think that $70 million came from?
	Democrat slush funds, folks.
	And Newsom is the master of Democrat slush funds.
	It wasn't just FTX and the crypto slush fund and all that, and the Consumer Fraud Protection Bureau slush fund and all these things.
	Man, Newsom figured out how to turn COVID into billions of dollars of slush fund money, so he's going to make a run for president.
	But that's only after looting the state of California.
	So now Breitbart is reporting that California will suffer a $25 billion deficit in 2023-24.
	And this is crazy because the previous year, California had a $98 billion budget surplus.
	Well, I guess that's gone now.
	You put a Democrat in charge and all the money gets vaporized.
	So why?
	Why does California have a $25 billion budget deficit coming up?
	Because Newsom destroyed California's economy with COVID lockdowns and shutdowns and masks and everything.
	And the vaccines that are killing off, you know, a couple thousand people per day across America.
	Quite a number of those are in California.
	So Newsom just gutted California's economy, just obliterated it in many ways, and now they don't have all the revenue sources, you know, the sales taxes, the business taxes, the real estate taxes, all of that because they shut a lot of it down.
	So there you go.
	That's the problem with California.
	That's exactly what Newsom would do to the whole country if he were to become president.
	He would just loot the whole country, which, of course, is what the Democrats are doing right now under Biden and Obama, for that matter.
	There's a giant looting operation.
	But I want to mention that this is going to be way worse than a $25 billion deficit because what is about to happen in terms of the economic downturn In terms of the supply chain shortages, in terms of the increased fatalities from vaccines, and also the mad money printing and the devaluation of the dollar, which is destroying the savings of the American people.
	California is going to face a budget deficit way larger than $25 billion.
	It could be double that.
	It could be $50 billion or more.
	And what are they going to do for that?
	What are they going to do?
	Well, they're going to borrow money.
	We've got to sell more bonds to people.
	Because, you know, California can't print money like the Federal Reserve, so they have to sell bonds or create emergencies and get federal money, which is kind of what some of the California wildfires are all about, by the way.
	Did you know that?
	Some of the fires are just about getting federal money.
	They start the fires themselves in California, and then, look, it's an emergency!
	We need federal funding!
	And then they get billions from Washington.
	That's how a lot of the scam works.
	Just emergency after emergency after emergency.
	This is the way the whole swamp operates, by the way.
	COVID is about that.
	Wildfires are about that.
	You know, anything they can come up with will probably cause a volcano to erupt or something so they can have more emergency funding and maybe keep the system alive a little bit longer.
	All right, next story for today is a judge striking down.
	This is a Democrat-nominated judge.
	I struck down Title 42, which was the so-called anti-disease barrier that Trump had invoked in order to stop a lot of the illegal immigration into states like Texas.
	Well, this has been struck down by a judge based on an ACLU lawsuit.
	So the ACLU, of course, wants America to be completely overrun by invaders, which is exactly what's happening.
	And this is Judge Emmett Sullivan.
	Oh, does that sound familiar?
	Have you heard his name before?
	Yeah.
	Emmett Sullivan gave Trump a very difficult time when Trump was in the Oval Office, and he has struck again.
	So as of right now, all of these millions of illegals coming across, which, I mean, it seems like the last number I saw was 5 million over the last two years or so, something like that.
	What is this?
	Oh, 12 months before October 2022, 2.7 million were registered crossing the border.
	There you go.
	In one year, 2.7 million.
	So I was about right.
	5 million in two years, roughly.
	And this is from Breitbart.com reporting on this.
	So now this is struck down and the invasion is on.
	But remember that what I covered in yesterday's podcast was Governor Abbott declaring an invasion.
	In Texas and deploying all kinds of amazing resources in Texas, including the gunboats.
	Remember the gunboats?
	It's like, we're going to bring out the gunboats, man.
	That's how bad this invasion is.
	We're going to build walls and have gunboats and we're going to seize assets and we're going to declare the Narcos to be terrorists and all that stuff.
	So Governor Abbott probably knew this Title 42 decision was coming.
	And Texas is about to be turned into, at least the southern part of Texas, into a war zone.
	So I guess it's on.
	This is going to be interesting.
	Okay, next story for today.
	Let's see.
	The crypto contagion is continuing to spread.
	It looks like BlockFi is going to be filing for bankruptcy.
	Maybe by the time you hear this.
	In fact, hold on.
	Let me check Coindesk real quick.
	Wow.
	Wow, there's a flood of news.
	I'm going to have to jump into this.
	Alright, so the first part of this story is that Bitcoin is continuing to crash.
	It's gone down from 65,000 now to 16,000.
	And there's a lot of talk that it's going to go to 13,000 or 12,000.
	And of course, John Perez says it's going to go to 4,000 something.
	I think 4,200 is what he said.
	But anyway, because it's been falling, El Salvador, which put a bunch of money into Bitcoin, they thought it was going to be free money.
	Here's a story from ElPais.com.
	Bitcoin's decline in value is deadly blow for El Salvador.
	After the world's most popular cryptocurrency fell 21% this week, the Central American country, that's El Salvador, lost an estimated $70 million of its public finances.
	Hmm, that's not good.
	So in September of 2021, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, he made Bitcoin legal tender and he invested part of the public finances into Bitcoin.
	And since he bought Bitcoin on September 6th of last year, when he thought that this was going to make El Salvador rich and progressive and advanced and everything, since that time, Bitcoin has lost 67% of its value.
	So losses are now $70 million.
	So basically, this guy, he took money from poor El Salvadorian people and handed it over to Bitcoin Crypto Whales, in essence, vaporizing that money from the country of El Salvador.
	That is not a genius move.
	That is a really bad thing to do, to vaporize the money of your countrymen and women.
	That's, sorry, not good.
	So, check this out.
	El Salvador has a poverty rate of 26%.
	That's crazy high, right?
	And then the American Institute of Fiscal Studies says, quote, this has a very high opportunity cost for a country like El Salvador because the losses in Bitcoin, $70 million, represents, for example, almost the entire budget of the Ministry of Agriculture in a country where half the population suffers from food insecurity.
	So, you know, instead of I don't know, teaching people how to farm or buying food or investing in better farming techniques or something that would have kept the El Salvadorian people fed.
	This guy, Bukele, or however you pronounce it, he goes out and spends all this money on Bitcoin and then loses most of it, two-thirds of it.
	It's just unreal, man.
	So the same guy that just quoted above from the American Institute, his name is Ricardo Casaneda.
	He says, quote, Yeah, it is no longer the case, he says, that someone else is going to tell you about the implications of investing in Bitcoin.
	Instead, people have already experienced it.
	In other words, he says citizens themselves have decided not to use Bitcoin.
	So for anybody out there who's still hoping that Bitcoin is going to bounce back, that it's going to have widespread institutional adoption, just waiting for more countries like El Salvador to jump on board?
	You're kidding yourself.
	I'm sorry to say that is never going to happen.
	There will not be institutional investors.
	There will not be any other countries jumping on board.
	Bitcoin will not be widely used by the people.
	Bitcoin is not digital gold.
	Bitcoin is causing incredible suffering in places like El Salvador.
	I should say the Bitcoin bubble and the hype surrounding it is causing tremendous suffering.
	I mean, basically, the president of El Salvador bought into a digital pyramid scheme.
	Let's be honest.
	And it's mostly collapsed, but there's a lot more collapse yet to come.
	Oh, and so, by the way, El Salvador could go into default because of this.
	Because they owe $667 million on a debt payment in January.
	And they don't have it.
	And it's gone.
	So, good luck.
	Good luck, El Salvador.
	Bet you wish you could have that money back.
	You know what they should have bought?
	Gold!
	Should have bought gold or silver, one or the other, and they would not be about to basically declare national bankruptcy.
	It's just unreal.
	All right, so here's what else is happening in the crypto space.
	So the contagion is spreading, and it's pretty wild.
	So BlockFi is about to declare bankruptcy, reportedly.
	The Wall Street Journal reported that.
	And then there are two exchanges that That have halted all withdrawals from their lending units.
	Now, this is not the entire exchange, but the two exchanges known as Gemini and Genesis, I know they sound similar, but they're different companies.
	They both had lending units, and the lending unit where you could borrow, I guess you could borrow crypto or borrow money in, I don't know how the lending units work, but they shut them off temporarily because they can't give anybody their money back.
	Because they don't have it.
	So the lending units are shut down, again, on Gemini and Genesis.
	Now, let's see, which one did I use?
	Pretty sure I do have an account on Gemini because I used them before.
	But I don't have any money there because I don't trust exchanges, obviously.
	But I think I do have an account there.
	Not that I've used it for a long, long time, but I certainly wasn't borrowing crypto or lending crypto or trying to earn interest on crypto because, as I've always said, that's a scam.
	That's a scam.
	Like, you know, where's the money coming from to pay interest yields and all that stuff?
	So anyway, those two exchanges are facing some issues.
	And then on top of that, here's the bigger story.
	U.S. crypto investors sue FTX's Sam Bankman Freed and the company's celebrity endorsers, including Larry David and Tom Brady.
	So, there's a class action lawsuit that's already been filed.
	This is on Coindesk.com.
	Here's the subhead.
	The plaintiffs in a class action suit claim that the heavily marketed FTX yield-bearing crypto accounts were actually a Ponzi scheme.
	Oh, indeed they were.
	Yes.
	So named in the lawsuit is Tom Brady, Larry David, who both of them appeared in the ads, tennis player Naomi Osaka, NBA team, the Golden State Warriors.
	They're all accused of fraudulently promoting FTX yield-bearing accounts, YBAs as they're called.
	So the suit was filed in Miami on Tuesday and By a resident and a holder, Edwin Garrison, on behalf of other account holders.
	And then there are lawyers, including attorney David Boies.
	He's a famous attorney.
	Coral Gables and Florida-based Adam Moskowitz and Miami-based Stephen Neal Zak.
	Yeah, David Boies has been involved.
	Wasn't he involved in a lot of Clinton-related lawsuits?
	Yeah, that name sounds familiar.
	Now, by the way, in defense of Tom Brady and Larry David and the other celebrities here, obviously they did not know that this was a Ponzi scheme, or they wouldn't have been involved, trust me.
	People like Tom Brady and Larry David and others, they work very hard to try to protect their reputations.
	This is going to be a nightmare for them because they have a lot of money.
	And they're pretty easy targets for this, and they were very public about it.
	But it gets to the issue of discernment.
	You've got to be careful what you put your name behind.
	You know, which is why I had to go public with a company that was using my name inappropriately recently just to defend my name, right?
	You know, they were saying Health Ranger approved, and it wasn't, but I'm not going to go into those details.
	The point is that if you have a name, if you have a reputation, and you got suckered into this crypto world of endorsing these things, which, by the way, a whole lot of YouTube influencers did as well, and now they're all apologizing as quickly as they can.
	We're so sorry!
	I never said to actually do it, you know.
	But Tom Brady is going to end up paying a lot of money and probably also losing.
	I mean, Tom Brady, I believe, has a position in FTX, like an ownership stake.
	And that's the other thing you've got to be careful of, folks.
	If you ever offered an ownership stake in a company and you think, wow, that's awesome, I'm going to get 2% of this company, don't forget, you might also be on the hook for 2% of the liabilities if it turns out that the people running it are a bunch of scammers and con artists and then you end up billions in the hole and you start to run the numbers.
	Gosh, 2% of like minus $8 billion, that's a lot of money.
	And it is.
	Although I don't wish for this kind of outcome, but wouldn't it really suck if Tom Brady lost most of his NFL fortune on this FTX crypto scam?
	I mean, how crazy would that be?
	But it's possible.
	But, you know, it also brings up the issue, why should we trust football players when it comes to issues of finance or crypto?
	Trust me when I tell you, Tom Brady does not understand crypto, nor does Larry David.
	I mean, nothing against Tom Brady, but he spent his life being the best football player in the world, which he is.
	I mean, the best quarterback in history, frankly.
	That's his gig.
	You know, no one can touch him in that space.
	But if we want to go into crypto or finance or stocks and bonds and options and, you know, puts and all this stuff, Tom Brady's not your guy.
	He's the guy to win Super Bowls for you.
	He's not your crypto guy.
	Larry David, same story.
	Larry David, brilliant comedian, screenwriter, actor, very funny guy, right?
	Very creative, very, very brilliant.
	But not a crypto guy.
	And yet he's telling you, he appears in the ads that are promoting the crypto.
	I'm sure he wishes he could take that back.
	But also in his defense, in the ad, he was skeptical.
	In the ad, he was saying that he didn't think it was the next big thing.
	So that's probably his excuse in this lawsuit.
	Remember in the ad, he was like, I don't think so.
	He was the only one who expressed skepticism.
	In fact, the ad was mocking his skepticism.
	So he has a defense, you know, but Tom Brady doesn't.
	Oh, and by the way, as a side note, just involving Dave Chappelle and Kanye and everything and the whole controversy about anti-Semitism, Larry David is one person who can make fun of Jews because he is Jewish.
	And if you watch his show Curb Your Enthusiasm, and I admit, I'm a fan.
	I'm a fan, okay?
	I've seen every episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm.
	I'm a fan!
	He takes it to Jewish people quite a few times, but of course he can get away with that because he is Jewish and he's also a Democrat.
	So don't think that that's a license for you, even if you're black, as Kanye found out, to do the same thing that Larry David did.
	But did you hear...
	Louis Farrakhan came out, I think, in the last day.
	You know it's going to be some fun controversy every time Louis Farrakhan starts to talk about something, especially something controversial.
	But Louis Farrakhan, I think he said that he was defending Dave Chappelle and Kanye, or Ye, as he's known.
	And I think that Louis Farrakhan said that the Jewish people owe black people an apology to And it wasn't clear to me what that means.
	Like, I'm not sure where that's...
	I'm not denying...
	I mean, who knows?
	But that's Louis Farrakhan claiming the Jewish people owe black people an apology.
	And maybe Kanye agrees with that, too.
	I don't know what Larry David would think about that.
	He's probably going to be too busy defending himself against this crypto lawsuit to mess around with that.
	But...
	Whether the Jewish people owe black people an apology, who knows?
	But I tell you what, Tom Brady and Larry David owe FTX customers an apology, whether they're black or Jewish or white or Asian or what have you.
	That is undeniable.
	So we'll see if that apology is coming.
	Oh, and by the way, as a side note, a little trivia item.
	The best actor in the entire Curb Your Enthusiasm series is not Larry David.
	It's J.B. Smoove.
	It is JB's move.
	I mean, he makes the show.
	I mean, at least in the years in which he appeared.
	He is the funniest guy.
	And I love watching that series because of JB's move.
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	Anyway, okay.
	So, moving on to some food news.
	The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has now cleared a lab-grown meat product made from animal cells for human consumption.
	So, I'm just wondering, I mean, okay, it's made from animal cells, so you had to take these cells from animals and then grow it in a lab.
	Don't we just, aren't we taking meat from animals anyway?
	Okay.
	So, I mean, here it is.
	Okay, Upside Foods.
	This is the company, according to Reuters, that makes cell-cultured chicken by harvesting cells from live animals.
	Like, they're taking biopsies from live chickens and then using the cells to grow the meat in stainless steel tanks.
	I mean, I grow chicken eggs in the backyard.
	I don't need stainless steel tanks.
	I don't need a lab for that.
	In fact, sometimes they hatch and you've got chickens, right?
	But, okay, they're harvesting cells from live animals, so they still need chickens.
	This isn't getting rid of the chickens.
	Anyway, the FDA has approved this.
	Let's see.
	They've been working on this since at least 2019.
	And this cell-cultured chicken was apparently served to attendees at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt, where there were, you know, 400 private jets of globalists.
	Who are all lecturing us about how much carbon dioxide we're using.
	So they ate lab-concocted chicken meat, which probably cost $100,000 per nugget or something like that.
	And I don't know.
	What do you think about this?
	It's going to be the most expensive meat in the world.
	If you thought food inflation was bad now, wait until this happens.
	Then on the other hand...
	I don't like the way that Tyson Foods treats chickens.
	I don't like all the chicken culling.
	I don't like all the CAFO operations.
	I don't like the cruelty towards pigs and hogs and the pork industry.
	There's a lot I don't like about the meat industry.
	And I also don't like the Beyond Meat, you know, fake meat products.
	It's like, eh, genetically modified GMO ingredients and MSG and all this garbage from all over the world.
	This is processed, junk, vegan food.
	That's not the answer either.
	So what do you think?
	Is cultured meat, is it the answer?
	Do they, in these stainless steel containers, do they have like, are they soaking these in blood?
	Is this like a scene out of The Matrix, The Pods?
	What does this look like?
	I bet it's pretty gross.
	You know, but then again, slicing the head off a chicken, letting it bleed out, and plucking the feathers, that's pretty gross, too.
	So, what do you think?
	Or should I ask the resistance chicks about this question?
	Because they process pigs and chickens.
	They don't have any problems about that.
	We were talking about that in the interview the other day.
	Cultured meat.
	Okay.
	Well, we'll see where this goes.
	But I will say this.
	What I don't like about the cultured meat idea is that it's food centralization.
	So you've got to have this big multi-million dollar laboratory concoction, this facility, and probably all these patents and intellectual property.
	And you still have to biopsy the chickens.
	We need food decentralization.
	So we need more people growing their own food.
	And backyard chickens are part of the food system.
	Backyard chickens.
	When I clean out the chicken house that I have on my ranch, and I'm raking out the chicken poop with the hay, it's kind of poopy, whatever.
	And then I take that stuff and I work it into the soil around the trees.
	Whether it's a Avocado trees or what have you.
	Any kind of trees that are going to produce food.
	It's nitrogen, right?
	The chickens are producing nitrogen.
	Backyard chickens or backyard goats or even Even some small number of cattle on a small little ranch operation.
	It's food decentralization.
	So there's something to be said about that.
	I don't want all our food to be in the hands of a few powerful corporations that control all the intellectual property and everything.
	I want food in the hands of everyday people.
	More people growing food.
	More people having backyard chickens and collecting eggs.
	I think that's the path to food freedom.
	Not all this lab concocted artificial food stuff coming out of the matrix steel tanks or whatever.
	Give me a break.
	That doesn't look like a chicken.
	It looks like a machine.
	Now, speaking of meat, the German meat industry is warning of empty supermarket shelves and another 40% jump in meat prices.
	That's reported by Remix, which is rmx.news.
	They report on European stuff.
	Pretty cool website, by the way, Remix News.
	Here it is.
	This is a quote from Hubert Kelliger, head of group sales at Butcher.
	The current federal government would like to abolish animal husbandry and switch the diet in Germany to vegetables and oatmeal.
	Vegetables and oatmeal.
	That's not going to keep you warm all winter long.
	So the German meat industry is warning of supply bottlenecks, and a board member is putting some of the blame on Germany's left-wing government, which is known for its attacks on meat and its efforts to transition to a plant-based food supply.
	So Hubert here says, quote, in four, five, or six months, we will have nothing on the shelves.
	One of the main factors affecting Germany's meat supply, he says, is the reduction of fattening pigs from livestock farmers.
	Other farmers have simply given up on production and are going bankrupt.
	Quote, this inevitably means there will be less stock in the coming months.
	So yeah, meat prices are going up big time.
	But remember, Germany is the same country we were just talking about that seems to be anticipating power grid failures and bank runs and social chaos.
	And then on top of that, the shelves are empty too.
	Just add that to your mix of chaos there.
	The panic just got taken to another level.
	So the German people, by the way, they do love to eat meat.
	And they love their cash, as we talked about earlier.
	This is something interesting about Europe in general, at least Western Europe.
	They eat a lot of meat.
	I mean, they really eat meat.
	They eat way more meat than I eat.
	It's crazy if you visit Europe or maybe you're listening from Europe anywhere.
	I mean, like even in the UK or whether it's France or Germany or Austria or wherever.
	They're just chowing down on meat constantly, especially in the winter.
	If they don't have meat, I mean, that's going to require a big cultural change because the culture shock coming to those folks is going to be quite immense, let me tell you.
	You know, just as a side note, I mean, I will eat a brisket sandwich or something, I don't know, a couple times a year.
	I'll have a hamburger every once in a while.
	Or I'll buy some ground beef and make a hamburger every once in a while.
	Every couple of weeks or something.
	Most of the time I'm eating a non-meat based diet, by the way.
	Because, you know, I do avocado smoothies a lot.
	And I do a lot of whey protein.
	And I put the flax seeds in there and everything.
	And I do turmeric and things like that.
	And even for dinners, sometimes I'll just do like a vegetable lasagna type of thing.
	Sometimes I'll have meat, sometimes I don't.
	But believe me, you go to Europe, it's like meat for breakfast, meat for lunch, meat for dinner, meat for snacks.
	It's all meat.
	I could not handle that much.
	And I don't have anything against having meat in your diet if it's, you know, if it's fresh and not raised on GMOs and animal cruelty and also doesn't have sodium nitrite in it.
	But I just couldn't eat.
	I could not live in Europe.
	That's all I'm saying.
	You know, I should call up Bob Moriarty and ask him.
	He lives in the south of France.
	I wonder if he's living on a bunch of meat or if he's got some vegetables or something.
	I mean, southern France, you would think they would have more of something closer to a Mediterranean type of diet because the climate's a little better there in south France, but who knows?
	Anyway, okay, moving on.
	Here's a story.
	The shortage is not just meat.
	Here's a story about the amoxicillin shortage.
	That's in hospitals now.
	So this is out of the UK Daily Mail.
	Children are left waiting for 15 hours in emergency rooms due to amoxicillin shortage caused by COVID restrictions.
	This is actually being reported by the Daily Mail.
	As record number of parents are forced to take time off work to care for sick kids.
	Well, allow me to introduce these parents to something miraculous called vitamin D. Which is getting Dr.
	Eric Naputi in all kinds of trouble.
	Did you see the FTC wants to fine him $500 billion?
	That was written up in the Epoch Times, and I interviewed Dr.
	Naputi, of course, not long ago, last week.
	$500 billion because they said he promoted vitamin D for COVID, even though the studies out there seem to support a lot of the things he said, but they're going after him, you know, like $500 billion.
	Well, What are you supposed to do when the amoxicillin runs out, huh?
	An ongoing amoxicillin shortage.
	So hospitals are seeing a rising number of RSV cases that they can't treat with amoxicillin because they don't have amoxicillin.
	So where's the RSV coming from?
	Oh, weakened immune systems because of the vaccines.
	Once again, vaccine destruction is kicking in.
	So it says that parents have been forced to stay home from jobs without sick leave pay to care for ill children, which is costing families financially.
	Well, again, maybe you shouldn't have jabbed your child with an immune system-destroying toxic mRNA experimental cocktail, and then you wouldn't have to stay home to care for your sick child.
	I mean, sorry to be so blunt about it, but that's the fact of the matter.
	So this story is quoting a pharmacist at a pharmacy in Savannah, Georgia, who says that amoxicillin has, quote, been on back order since October.
	It's like, where's the drug disappearing to?
	CVS and Walgreens are having trouble.
	Apparently, pharmacies are running out of the drug.
	But here's the real fun part of this whole article.
	Check this out.
	Amoxicillin is the most commonly used antibiotic to treat ailments like strep throat and bronchitis in kids.
	It does not directly treat RSV because, of course, RSV, they say, is a virus.
	But it is used for infections that often occur alongside the virus, such as ear infections.
	So here they are saying, oh, we need amoxicillin.
	For all the kids that have RSV, and you ask, does amoxicillin treat RSV? They're like, no, of course not.
	Why would you think that?
	We give it to children who have RSV to treat other things that are not RSV. So why is there an amoxicillin shortage if amoxicillin doesn't treat RSV? Tell you what, I mean, I can't give you medical advice, but when I have symptoms like that, I'll tell you what I do, and you know this if you've heard my podcast, I pull out the chlorine dioxide, And for nasal passages, where is that?
	I should have that little sprayer around here somewhere.
	I buy this nasal spray product from a company called, I still don't know how to pronounce it, Xclear or Xlear.
	It's spelled X-L-E-A-R. It's kind of a saline xylitol nasal spray.
	So I buy that, I pop the top off, and I put in three or four drops of nascent iodine.
	I mean, that's what I do.
	I can't recommend you do this.
	But then I shake it up, pop a couple of those sprays, and I inhale.
	And it goes all the way to the back of the sinuses and just coats the back of the sinuses and boom.
	Any symptoms, in my experience, are wiped out after a day or usually somewhere around that time.
	I mean, what's in this?
	What is it?
	Water, xylitol, sodium chloride, which is a saline solution, and grapefruit seed extract.
	There you go.
	And then I add iodine to it.
	That's what I do.
	I mean, there are so many natural remedies that work.
	You know that if you're listening.
	So many amazing things that people can do.
	I mean, and I gargle with like colloidal silver mouthwash, right?
	And spit that out.
	And if things get really crazy, I'll mix up a batch of chlorine dioxide, you know, and sip it.
	That's just me.
	Can't tell you to do that.
	But what is that website?
	Theuniversalantidote.com talks about chlorine dioxide.
	In my experience, it's part of my emergency medicine kit.
	But man, if you're out there thinking that you want to sell that stuff, FDA will throw you in prison for selling that stuff.
	Let me tell you, they will throw you in prison if you even think about it.
	And by the way, I'm not saying that amoxicillin doesn't work.
	Clearly, amoxicillin kills bacteria, right?
	But RSV is not bacteria.
	And the bigger question is, what do you do when you can't get amoxicillin?
	See, this is the whole point of Why I talk about preparedness and herbal remedies and natural remedies and backup medicine, emergency medicine.
	You've heard me talk about this a lot, like having povidone iodine, you know, for topical treatments, having hydrogen peroxide, having all these different things, isopropyl alcohol.
	You know, for cleaning wounds or what have you.
	Why do you have to have all these antiseptics?
	Because in a collapse, and I talk about this in all my books, in a collapse, you don't have the supply chain to your pharmacy or your doctor or your hospital or what have you, and that's exactly what's happening right now.
	So nobody thought amoxicillin was going to run out, and it's run out.
	So, I mean, what more do you need to see?
	You've got to have your own backup medical system, just in case.
	All right, with that said, we're going to jump into the interview with Pastor Todd Coconato, and I think that's about 50 minutes long, so that'll be the wrap-up for today's podcast.
	I think you'll enjoy that conversation.
	We get into some pretty interesting, intriguing, and slightly controversial areas that you know me for.
	And just as a final note, before we get to that You know, I interview hundreds of people a year.
	And I'm interviewed by other people all throughout the year, too.
	And, you know, I welcome people with all kinds of different viewpoints on these interviews.
	And I don't require somebody to fully agree with me in order to interview that person.
	There are a lot of people that may diverge on many areas, but I absolutely want to hear from them.
	For example, Dr.
	Francis Boyle, who's the author of the convention on bioweapons that was signed by President Reagan, he openly talks about how he agrees with the climate change movement.
	often raised by Democrats and so on, and that's a big concern of his.
	Well, it doesn't mean that I don't interview him about bioweapons and bioweapon laboratories and so on.
	You know, I don't have to agree.
	They don't have to agree.
	We don't have to be 100% aligned to talk to each other.
	We need to be able to talk to each other as a nation, even if we come from different viewpoints.
	Like, you know, for example, I mean, I interviewed Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
	And he's a Democrat.
	Well, I have a lot of problems with the Democrat Party, but then again, I guess I have problems with the rhino Republicans as well.
	But I don't say, oh, I'm not going to interview him just because he's got a D next to his name, you see.
	Or, you know, I've interviewed Alan Dershowitz before as well.
	And, you know, some people have a problem with Alan Dershowitz.
	Well, you know what?
	He's a very high IQ individual.
	He's got very important points to add to the discussion.
	And I just think if we can't talk to each other as Americans, then, you know, we're being too narrow-minded.
	So if I have somebody on that is controversial and If I have somebody on that says something that freaks you out or whatever, just chill.
	We're getting a lot of different viewpoints.
	Now, Pastor Todd Coconato is not a highly controversial guest, by the way.
	I think you're going to find he's really great, very much on board with the way you and I view the world.
	But some of my guests are not, and that's okay, too.
	It's okay.
	All right, with that said, we're going to turn it over to Pastor Todd Coconato.
	Here we go.
	All right, welcome folks.
	Mike Adams here in the aftermath of the midterm elections and a lot of unexpected results and a lot of people losing faith in political parties right now, that's for sure, or the political process or, you know, voting, voting integrity, all those things.
	But I find that more people are gaining strength in faith For a spiritual solution, faith in God, faith in Christ, faith in the fact that we need a direction that transcends even the process of voting.
	Not that we shouldn't vote, we should, but something that goes far beyond that.
	And to join me here tonight to talk about all of this is now our returning special guest, Pastor Todd Coconato.
	His website is pastortod.org, and he joins us to talk about all this and so much more.
	Pastor Coconato, it's an honor, sir, to have you back We had a great time last time.
	Welcome back to the show.
	Thank you, Mike, so much, and thank you to your listeners.
	So many people wrote just amazing emails, and I'm just very blessed to be back.
	Well, I really, really enjoyed our conversation, and I think that the history of yours that you shared with us, which we don't have to repeat everything here, but it shows where you came from, the Hollywood scene and all of that, and then to be a pastor and to be able to help people with guidance and to navigate the difficulties of our time.
	It really speaks to your authenticity and where you're coming from in all of this, so I just want to thank you for sharing all of that.
	It was quite personal on your part to do that, but you had the courage to share it publicly anyway.
	Thank you, Mike.
	I mean, I just feel like this is where we're at.
	You know, the Bible says something in Scripture, and I think we should take note of this.
	It says they overcame by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.
	And I think there's a lot of people right now that are hungry, that are seeking.
	I mean, I'll tell you, my email box is full.
	I mean, it's, you know, there's ministry to be done 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and the harvest is plentiful.
	And the reason is because people are seeking and they're searching for truth.
	And we're in a world of propaganda, disinformation, misinformation.
	I mean, look what just happened with this missile situation in Poland.
	I mean, we could have gone, you know, right into a nuclear war, you know, I mean, and praise God, you know, I think the prayers were heard of many people praying.
	But we're in a day that every 24 hours there's almost some bombastic major news story that is very critical.
	And so there's so many things happening.
	So people are hungry.
	And the truth is that you're never going to truly fill that void unless you turn to Jesus Christ.
	He is the answer.
	He is the solution.
	The Holy Spirit gives us discernment and wisdom.
	And this is what's so needed in this hour.
	I completely agree.
	And I've just, since the midterms, which apparently never end, but I mean, since election day, I've heard so many people say, you know, I'm done believing in this system.
	I'm done believing that men and women can solve this.
	And it's like, where do we turn now?
	And the answer is right in front of us.
	You know, the answer is Christ.
	The answer is the scripture.
	And I think Maybe this is the process that's necessary to awaken people to that realization.
	If you put your faith in men, you will be disappointed.
	Yes.
	No, 100%.
	I mean, the Lord says there's no other gods before me.
	We can't make an idol out of anybody or anything, even if it's a good thing.
	It still can be an idol, you know?
	And this is what I think a lot of people...
	You know, 2016 was a monumental year.
	We saw a man come into office that literally shifted the entire atmosphere.
	And I believe this was a man that was anointed by God, Donald Trump.
	And so what happened was people were excited.
	They knew there was something different, something changing.
	But a lot of people have looked to him to be the answer.
	And I really believe that this is why God is allowing us to go through this very difficult time.
	But as much as that presidency was amazing and we love Donald Trump and I don't agree with him on everything.
	I think many of us will agree the jab and other things.
	But for the most part, it was much different than any other cabal or whatever deep state person that's been in before.
	And so we all were excited about that.
	And then, you know, it shifted back, you know?
	And so people are like, what's going on, you know?
	And so for years, there's been this whole struggle in our nation to try to figure out what is going on.
	And now we're in another shaking situation.
	But to your point, I think what this is all leading us to, and it's the Lord's divine will and providence really, is to bring us back to Him, to turn us back to God, and to say it can't be a man, you know, we can't fix a spiritual problem with a political solution as much as we want to.
	And so the battle is not against flesh and blood, it's against strongholds and principalities.
	And so for many years, the church, it really, I mean, I actually have a whole, I mean, I can get into it if you want, but I know we don't have too much time today.
	But there's a whole, you know, storyline that took us to where we are today.
	And so where we are today is, I believe, it's almost like the prophets of God versus the prophets of Baal.
	But, you know, the Babylon system is being exposed and people are realizing that the reality is that the God of heaven and earth is the right choice.
	And then there's this big spiritual battle that's happening.
	And so it's even bubbled up into the mainstream news.
	I mean, they're even talking about it, Mike.
	This is something that only five years ago, you would have never heard some of the commentary that you're hearing in the mainstream corporate media.
	But we're hearing this because the culture is downstream of the church.
	At least it's meant to be.
	But for many years, there was the seeker-friendly culture.
	There was the megachurch culture.
	And basically the church went inside the four walls and really became stagnant, full of apathy, complacency.
	We weren't affecting culture.
	Culture was affecting us.
	You know, the whole skinny jeans and lattes and people laugh and joke about that, but it's true.
	The fog machines, you know, we started trying to be like Hollywood, trying to be like the culture.
	So for me, that was very upsetting because I came from Hollywood.
	And when I first came into the church, I thought this is like a cheesier version of the world.
	Why would I want that?
	I was seeking for truth.
	I was hungry for truth because I had an encounter with the Lord.
	And I know many people are understanding what that means.
	When you have an encounter with the Holy Spirit, that's a game changer.
	Your whole life will never be the same.
	You'll never go back.
	So there's many people that have been sitting in mega churches and seeker-friendly churches for years, but they're still basically at level one Christianity.
	I'm not here to bash those types of people.
	If you're seeking...
	That's what's up.
	That's what we need to do.
	But the key is that we can't stay at that level one.
	We always have to be going deeper in our faith, in our spiritual journey.
	And as you draw near to the Lord, He'll draw near to you.
	And that's where the revelation comes and the strategy, divine strategy and wisdom.
	These are the things that the Lord wants to impart to His church right now.
	But it's focusing our eyes back on Him.
	Well, that's a lot to unpack there, but let me begin here.
	So, I also hear, in addition to people asking about, okay, what's the deal with this political process?
	You know, the cheating, the rigging is just so obvious and blatant.
	You know, how can this be our country?
	But then I also hear a lot of people asking, well, where is God right now as the Luciferians are grooming the children and pushing genital mutilations and pushing all of this evil?
	And, you know, I don't have to tell you, but there's evil, obviously, in Hollywood, in the movies and the TV shows and all of this, some of it targeting teens with like witchcraft.
	I mean, Disney is issuing witchcraft training movies or something for 12-year-old little boys and girls to learn how to do occult stuff in their homes.
	And some people are asking, where is God?
	Because the battle is on, right?
	They see Satanism advancing.
	So how would you answer someone who has that question?
	Well, I think what's, you know, the Bible says what's been done in darkness will be brought to light.
	So what I feel like is happening is a major expose.
	You know, as the hour gets later, the spirit of Antichrist is rising in the nation and the world, and that's what we're experiencing.
	So the true, the blood-bought church, the ecclesia, the body of Christ, If you're standing for the entirety of the Word of God in this hour, you're experiencing flack.
	You're experiencing warfare.
	And I even say, you know, if you're not experiencing spiritual warfare, you might want to question if you're doing enough or if you're really, you know, pressing in.
	Because for those that are standing right now, you're understanding how many different levels and layers.
	I mean, you know, for a pastor like myself, I mean, I've been attacked, you know, physically.
	My property's been attacked.
	The government's come.
	I mean, you know, every different angle when you speak truth, you know, and so, wow.
	Like, so in other words, if you speak truth, all these different things are going to come against you.
	Yes, that's what happened to the Apostle Paul.
	I mean, there's a lot of biblical precedent for that.
	But, you know, you can look at it in both ways.
	You can say, why is all this stuff being allowed to happen?
	But I think it's always about souls.
	And so if we take it back to the core, we're the brides.
	The church is the bride of Christ.
	And the Lord says He's coming back for a church without spot nor wrinkle.
	And so what I really feel like is this is an extended mercy grace period where even though we're seeing the warfare increase and we're seeing moral deprecation increase and we're seeing all the different things in the world that are very egregious, At the same time, God is training the people of God, the true people that seek to serve Him and that hunger and thirst for righteousness,
	how to actually be effective in spiritual warfare, how to encourage themselves in Christ like the Apostle Paul, how to be warriors and not just flimsy people that will blow over in the wind.
	God is looking for a church that's willing to stand.
	That's the Church of Philadelphia, the empowered church.
	How are we the empowered church?
	Well, we have to know how to war.
	I'm going to tell you, there's a lot of seminaries.
	There's a lot of preachers that don't even know how to war spiritually.
	But God is giving us this time that if we want to seek His face, call upon His name, start learning how to be intercessors and prayer warriors and get into the Word of God and hide it in our heart.
	It's going to be that lamp unto our feet.
	We are going to become educated in how to be true warriors for Christ.
	And occupy until he comes and take back the territory for the kingdom of God.
	And that's why it has to be a spiritual solution and not a political solution.
	So I know there's a lot of, you know, egregious things and many people are very concerned, but the Bible told us all these things would happen, Mike.
	That's the encouraging thing.
	We're literally a generation that's seeing the Bible come to light before our eyes.
	And listen, if the bad things are true, guess what?
	That means the good things are true, too.
	We're going to rule and reign for eternity with Christ.
	I mean, we're just passing through in this world.
	To live is Christ, to die is gain.
	So I see it as an encouragement because we know that the time is short, the hour is late, but let's do the part that we're meant to do and let's stand in this hour.
	Let me bring in two controversial things here, then, that may be interfering with action, because what you just said, I think, makes perfect sense.
	You know, we need to be, I think, vocal, you know, peaceful and vocal, but openly talking with others about the lateness of the hour and about what's happening in the rise of the Luciferians and how we need to push back against that, for example, on school boards, right?
	In city council meetings and to be out there, again, peacefully but forcefully with courage to speak the truth.
	There are two kind of movements that we all have probably noticed in alternative media.
	That tend to, and I know I'm going to get in trouble for saying this, but they tend to cause some paralysis of action in people.
	Movement number one is the pre-trib rapture people in the church, and I'm not here to...
	To debate anybody's conclusions because I haven't figured out how that all works either.
	But some people use the pre-trib rapture as a justification for inaction.
	And then on the political side, it's the Q movement has kind of a similar effect, which is to encourage many people to just like sit back and watch the movie.
	Everything's already done.
	All you have to do is wait and you're going to be saved.
	So I find those things very similar and quite parallel.
	What's your take on those things?
	I'll try not to get you into too much.
	Thank you, Mike.
	It's an excellent question and it's a discussion that needs to be had.
	And here's what I want to say as a precursor.
	First of all, everybody that, you know, if you're a Q follower or if you're somebody who, you know, is a pre-trib rapture, these are not areas that I'm trying to argue with you because honestly, I would love there to be a pre-trib rapture.
	And to be quite frank, I would love there to be a plan and something to happen pretty soon.
	That would be amazing.
	So that's great, you know, but here's the thing about that is what if, let's just say it's a 50-50, okay?
	What if that's not true?
	What if we're actually going to be here through the tribulation?
	Or what if there's really not a plan?
	Are we positioned for that?
	Are we prepared for that, both physically and mentally, mind, body, spirit?
	Are we ready if we're going to go into massive persecution?
	And there's a lot of telltale signs that that could be very true.
	So it's kind of like playing Russian roulette.
	So I always say, look, the best could be coming.
	I hope for the best, but plan for the worst.
	So we have to be spiritually prepared and have the Bible hidden in our hearts.
	And understand that there's times when Israel, many times, there's biblical precedent where the people of God, God's chosen people, went into captivity because they turned their backs on God.
	Now that doesn't mean that there wasn't a remnant and the remnant was still protected.
	I can think of several instances in the Word of God where there were Daniel, people that were living under captivity, but yet still had the favor of God on their life.
	So be encouraged no matter what the scenario is.
	I believe that if you're in the Lord Jesus Christ, And you're serving Him.
	And that's the desire of your heart.
	And you have a personal relationship with Him.
	You're hearing from the Holy Spirit.
	And you have an active prayer life.
	God's going to protect you in miraculous ways.
	I mean, in ways that are just beyond our comprehension.
	You know, so we shouldn't fear.
	But at the same time, we should be spiritually astute to understand that there's still...
	We don't know.
	The Bible says no one knows the day nor the hour.
	No one.
	So, you know, anybody that's telling you that they do or giving you dates and certain things like that, that's, I mean, how many times have those things that end up panning out?
	Probably less than 1%.
	You know, when somebody gives a date or they say it's a very small percentage.
	And so we have to look at this rationally and sober-minded and be watchmen on the wall and understand that we're in a significant spiritual battle.
	And so let's prepare for the worst That way our minds are ready, our spirit is ready, and we're able to stand when that hour comes.
	And so we already see, whether it's from a legislation standpoint, what the Congress is trying to push through with some of these just insane bills and things that they're trying to push through.
	I mean, every day I hear about something different that's like, wow, that could be a real problem.
	There's aspects of biblical doctrinal Christianity that are going to basically be called hate speech soon, and they already kind of are.
	And there's a point where if pastors preach the full Bible that's coming in America, it's already happened in parts of Europe and Canada and other countries, but we could be thrown in jail.
	So these things are at our doorstep.
	Yeah, that's already happening.
	I think of in Canada, Pavlovsky, or is that his name?
	Yeah, Archer Pawlowski.
	Yeah, and then I've seen arrests in the UK of people citing scripture as well.
	It's very much out of control.
	Yes.
	But getting back to my question, well, a follow-up on that, it's striking to me how similar these narratives are.
	So in the Q movement, the story is that there is a secret, legitimate government still in power that is behind the scenes while the theatrics of an illegitimate,
	evil regime plays out in front of us so that we can see that and then It's going to be overtaken at the right time by the legitimate, more powerful military, I guess, in the case of devolution and so on, that will destroy the evil and set everything right.
	Think about The pre-trib rapture, it's kind of similar in a lot of ways.
	Again, God is in charge, but behind the scenes.
	And allowing evil to take over so that we can witness the rise of evil and see how horrible that is for life and humanity.
	But then at the right time, God is going to re-intervene and destroy the evil and save us from that evil.
	It's shocking to me how similar these stories are.
	It's almost like Were the Q people reading the book of Revelation and kind of changing some terminology?
	You know what I mean?
	It's almost that close.
	You know, that's such a good thought there.
	I think you're spot on.
	The challenge is this.
	The devil, since the Garden of Eden, has been distorting things.
	So he'll take some truth and then he'll mix it with falsehoods and counterfeit.
	That's what he does.
	I mean, with marriage, with everything, there's always a counterfeit version of reality that the devil offers.
	And so I think the challenge is that if you're someone that's not well-read in the Word of God, you hear aspects of Christianity, and that makes you feel comfortable, and you kind of let down your guard.
	But there could be syncretism.
	There could be New Age in there.
	There could be other elements that are going to pull you away from God.
	And so we have to be careful of that.
	That's why it's so important to know the Word of God.
	And I say every Christian needs to have discernment.
	I mean, major discernment.
	We all need to be praying for discernment.
	The Bible says, test the spirits.
	And so any influencer, I tell people to do this with me too.
	I say, you know, pray to the Holy Spirit.
	Say, is this guy trustworthy?
	Can I listen to what this man is saying?
	You know, we have to do that with everybody right now, really, because the Bible says to do it.
	And we have to look at what's the spirit behind it.
	You know, is it the Holy Spirit or is it another spirit?
	So when we look at these things that you're talking about, one of the things that's a common denominator is that you don't have to do anything.
	And that is a challenge because, see, the Bible says faith without works is dead.
	And, you know, it also tells us to occupy until he comes.
	In fact, there's a Greek word, ekbalo, which, you know, is part of the Great Commission to go out and make disciples of all the nations.
	Well, that go out is actually go out, cast out and drive out in the Greek.
	And what that means is that Christians, through the anointing of the Holy Spirit that lives within us, we're able to go into a territory and literally take back that territory for the kingdom of God by going out, by casting out and by driving out.
	And so that's action.
	All three of those are action.
	Even if you look at the scripture in 2 Chronicles 7.14, what does it say?
	It says, if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and seek my face and pray and turn from their wicked ways.
	So these are all actions.
	So let's contrast that to some of these narratives.
	The narratives are saying you don't have to do anything.
	You're just going to be saved and rescued.
	Well, that's not what the Bible is actually saying, because the Bible is saying we're supposed to be a people of action.
	Even in 2 Chronicles, I think it's 2 Chronicles 20, where the Lord went before the people of Israel and fought their battle, they still had to take their position and stand.
	So we always have something we have to do.
	And so we're meant to be a people of action.
	So if I was the devil, I feel like Paul Harvey now, but you know, I would say, hey, you don't have to do anything.
	Just sit back and do nothing and eat the popcorn and watch.
	So I think we need to be careful with this.
	And like I said, if those things are happening, well, praise God.
	It's an answer to prayer.
	But you know what?
	God will use this situation to build warriors and to get His bride ready so that we really are ready and we're actually activated as the church that's meant to be the head and not the tail.
	Yeah, and I do appreciate the optimism.
	Of those who believe that there is a plan, whether in the Q movement or outside of that.
	There is a lot of optimism that you hear from folks like that, which is great.
	But we also want to make sure that that optimism is justified or rooted in reality and that it doesn't dissuade us from taking action, like you said.
	But the other thing I want to ask you, and I mean, hey, since we've opened the lid on some controversial questions, let's just dive in.
	Okay.
	Any time I interview someone who begins to quote scripture or mentions Christ or is in this realm, I find that there's a lot of bickering among the Christian audience.
	I'll get feedback and emails and they'll say, well, you know, that person doesn't quite have it right on this issue or that issue.
	Whereas if someone never mentions Christ, I don't get any complaints.
	But if someone mentions Christ just a little bit, then it's like, well, now let's dive in.
	Let's dissect what their beliefs are.
	You know what I mean?
	Christians bicker a lot.
	Oh, they do it publicly too.
	And we have to remember that the world is watching and people are seeking.
	And the thing is, is that a lot of people, they're authentic people.
	They're looking for authenticity.
	That's the biggest thing people are looking for right now is somebody that's actually, they've been burned so many times.
	So many people are saying so many things and they're like, just Please, are you real?
	Are you real?
	So that's a big factor.
	You know, people have been burned by a lot of pastors over the years.
	And I recently actually repented publicly for that.
	And actually, people were saying, why would you repent for others?
	But I'm doing it as a pastor of just saying, look, if you've been hurt in the church, we have to remember that people are human.
	Man will always let you down.
	So we have to have a personal relationship.
	So no matter what happens to us from people, it's not going to shake the foundation of our faith.
	And that's important.
	And if we start there, then we're not going to be easily swayed or easily shaken.
	But if we put our faith in some preacher or a ministry or somebody that you follow, a prophet or whatnot, there's going to be some point.
	Listen, there's going to be some point, and I try my very best, but all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
	So we ultimately have to have a personal relationship with Jesus.
	That's number one.
	The other thing is the division in the body.
	Well, who is the author of the division?
	That's Satan.
	That's what he wants.
	There's all types of denominations and different beliefs within the body of Christ.
	But I had a great mentor, Mike.
	His name was Pastor Jack Hayford.
	And he was somebody that was a bridge builder in the Christian community.
	And even though he was a charismatic leader, he would meet with people like John MacArthur and all across the gamut.
	He really worked to have those relationships.
	And I learned from that.
	And he said this, and it's always stuck in my heart, but he said, focus on the 98% that we agree on.
	Instead of arguing over the 2% that we don't.
	See, there's two different types of people.
	There's people that are in Christ, and then there's people that are in the world.
	That's it.
	I mean, you're either going to go to heaven or you're going to go to hell.
	You're going to rule and reign with Christ or you're not saved.
	So the focus is souls.
	But as in the body of Christ, I mean, there's things that are like, you know, Some people don't believe in women ministers.
	Some do.
	Some people are post-trib, mid-trib.
	There's all different types of different things that people believe in.
	There's another debate that's coming up now about whether Christians can be demon-possessed or not.
	So you have different views.
	But see, here's the thing about this.
	Wait.
	None of those things are going to, they're not going to stop you from going to heaven, you know?
	So why are we going to sit here and bicker amongst ourselves about these things when we have a common enemy that is, you know, that spirit of antiprise in this Luciferian, you know, Babylon system that we're seeing that's just coming out of the open.
	This is a time for us to understand we have to stand together and we can't be infighting about all these little things, but we have to come to a place where we see, okay, Here's the problem.
	What's the solution?
	And the solution is getting people safe, set, free, healed.
	See, I'm right there with you.
	I mean, I interview 200 people a year plus, probably 250.
	If my rule was like, everybody has to be exactly aligned, it would be two people.
	It's, come on.
	Yeah, can't we agree on the 98%?
	Can't we agree that we got to stand and defeat evil?
	Like, let's start there.
	Like, let's just say, let's protect the children from the Luciferians, right?
	Can we start there?
	Let's not murder children in the womb or after they're born these days.
	I mean, we have so many things upon which we agree that are very, very powerful.
	If we could just remember those things and stop all the division and everything, I think we could really move forward.
	But then you have issues like the vaccine comes in.
	A lot of the churches were on board with the vaccine.
	Which, that's a pretty big deal, because I just interviewed Ed Dowd, and he said, yeah, plus 32% fatality rate.
	That's 2,400 people a day, Pastor, that are dying in America because of vaccine.
	And how could any church promote something, or continue to promote it?
	I understand if they made a mistake at first, but how could they continue to promote something that was killing 2,400 Americans a day?
	I mean, that's just wild.
	Yeah.
	Yeah.
	Well, there's some people that were in on it, and God is separating the wheat from the tares, and he's showing us those that are walking in discernment, like, wow, you know, it's so clear now.
	This person is actually not somebody I can follow as a shepherd.
	And then I think there's people that were sincere, but were sincerely wrong.
	You know, they just wanted to believe the Romans 13.
	I got to obey the government no matter what.
	And so they kind of got caught up in that.
	So there's kind of two different groups in there.
	But, you know, this is where discernment comes in.
	And I will tell you, there's been a major shift within the body of Christ that churches that stood during that time period have seen exponential growth.
	And then those that close their doors are hemorrhaging people.
	And so people want a pastor that's a lion and a general.
	You mentioned Pastor Archer.
	I mean, one of the reasons why Pastor Archer became a worldwide name is because, I don't know if you remember that viral video where he was telling the Canadian guards, like, you know, Gustavo, get out of here!
	So there was authority in what he was saying.
	He was speaking of the authority of the Lord, of the Holy Spirit.
	And even though those police, they could have just arrested him right there and then, there was something that happened where they basically ended up leaving.
	And, you know, those of you that know his story, it's been a whole story that you should definitely look into if you don't know it, and he's a man that stood.
	But, you know, this is what is going to be required of the remnant, of the body of Christ, is that we are going to have to be like Meshach, Shadrach, and Abednego, and we're going to have to choose not to bow down.
	And I believe there's going to be more moments.
	I mean, we already know the mark of the beast and other things that are coming, but there will be times when we are going to have to take a decisive stand, and it's going to go against everything.
	And this is what I believe God wants to prepare us for, no matter what the scenario is.
	So like I said, I'd love for the pre-trib rapture to be true.
	I'd love for the Q narrative to be true.
	But we also have to remember, though, what the Word of God says is that there's going to be tremendous persecution.
	If the days weren't cut short, people couldn't even make it.
	I mean, the Bible tells us all these things that are coming.
	So we just don't know exactly where we are on the timeline.
	But if I were to guess, I'd say we're in the birth pains.
	Okay, yeah, right.
	That's kind of the message I'm getting too.
	In other words, folks, hunker down.
	This is going to be a marathon.
	Now, I don't want to mention any names because we're not trying to be critical of any individual, but in a general sense, what do you think of people who, some of this has been out there for years, people who find scripture and quote scripture and Portray it as being predictive of stock market moves, for example.
	Like, oh, you know, this piece of scripture says that on this day there's going to be a crash or it's going to go up or whatever.
	I do see some of that effort out there and it strikes me as kind of a stretch.
	But what do you think?
	Well, you know, I'm just going to share what I feel about this.
	I mean, you know, there's people like you, Mike.
	You can just discern that you love this country, that you're a patriot, you love the Lord, and you're doing everything that you can to stand.
	It's so apparent in the way that you act and everything that you do.
	So the Bible says you know them by their fruit.
	There's other people out there, unfortunately, that I think take advantage of the saints.
	Take advantage of patriots.
	And so this is where the discernment comes in, you know, and this is where we have to test the spirits.
	I am always, you know, weary of somebody that gives a date.
	Just because, like I said, I think it's like a one...
	I don't even know if I've ever seen anybody give a date, to be quite honest, and it actually come through.
	But yet I've heard many people say that something's going to happen.
	And unfortunately, there's a lot of people, because of the use of Scripture, because of the form of godliness that's presented...
	That, you know, the Christian key words and phrases and things like that in scriptures, that they believe it because, you know, they want to believe it or, you know, the person is very charismatic or, you know, very articulate, well-spoken.
	And people can be taken for money or, you know, all different types of things that you could do.
	I mean, I know precious, you know, elderly people that have literally given away their whole life savings to some of these people thinking that what they're saying is true.
	And it just hurts my heart so much.
	So, you know, there's charlatans in the movement, you know?
	And so it's kind of a minefield.
	And this is why we need shepherds to stand up and to guard the sheep and to speak boldly.
	and we can't be afraid of the consequences.
	You know, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, I think we talked a little bit about it last time, but, you know, this was a man that was willing to stand in an hour when pretty much everybody was caving.
	And for our whole life, we've looked and we've said, how did that happen, you know?
	Well, now I think we all kind of have an understanding of how it happened.
	And so nothing new under the sun.
	I mean, you know, Operation Trust was something I would encourage people to look into.
	That was a very similar thing to the Q narrative.
	Think about it.
	If they wanted to get a bunch of people to do nothing, that would be a perfect PSYOP. These are things we have to ponder.
	We have to take to the Lord and say, what is actually happening here?
	Then each of us can have an individual role and each of us can do something to do our part.
	Yeah, well said.
	Now, in reading Scripture and then working to understand it, then we get into some disagreement.
	I'm sorry I'm being hesitant here.
	I'm trying to find the best way to describe this.
	But, of course, there are many groups that are literalists about what the Bible says.
	And then there are those who are far more interpretive.
	And just as a side note, I tend to think the Bible says, I think it means what it says, personally.
	That's just my take.
	And I don't try to rewrite it in my head, but a lot of people do.
	They're like, well, God didn't mean that.
	What God meant was this other thing.
	And then it's like they're weaving all these other things.
	How do we navigate all that?
	Well, I think that's where, you know, the Lord says, come to me as a child, you know, and so we tend to complicate things.
	But one of the best things that I've realized in my walk, my personal faith journey, is when I just come to the Lord and inquire the Holy Spirit and spend time in prayer, you know, there's a scripture in Psalm 91, it says, you know, the secret place of the Most High.
	That's what I consider my prayer time.
	I go into that, you know, I have a room in my house where I go pray when my wife and daughter go to sleep.
	And this is where many times, Mike, I'll have something in my flesh that I've conjured up or that I'm thinking, and I'll get into prayer and into worship.
	And this is why I think this is so important that we have an active prayer life.
	And the Holy Spirit will show me, you know what, that's not the way to go.
	Or some people call it a check in their spirit.
	But when you just have that feeling or that still small voice that says, don't do that, or don't go there, or don't be involved in that, or don't say that.
	And so we have to learn to trust that.
	Fine-tune that.
	And that comes by reading the scripture because faith comes from hearing.
	Hearing from what?
	Hearing from the Word of God.
	What is faith?
	Faith is literally believing in the unseen, but yet knowing that it's true.
	And so sometimes we can't see things, but we know in our spirit because God has spoke these things to us.
	And so it's just knowing.
	It's just trusting in the Lord with all of our heart, not leaning on our own understanding and all our ways acknowledging Him.
	He will direct our path.
	So that's the key, is if you have that prayer life and you're spending that time and you're truly inquiring of God and having a two-way conversation, you're going to grow.
	And God is going to peel away layers.
	And He should always be doing that.
	Honestly, we're always growing.
	Until the day that we die.
	And He's always peeling away layers.
	And we've never quite made it.
	But in each season, we're going deeper and we're becoming more spiritually astute.
	And this is what I believe God desires of His church, is that we're continuously growing.
	We don't just get to a place and we use our little time card and we check in.
	Okay, I'm at church on Sunday.
	I'm at church on Wednesday.
	This is a full commitment.
	All in.
	And that's what God wants of us.
	Okay.
	All right.
	Well said.
	Let me shift gears here slightly and bring in the topic of angelic protection or divine protection.
	Because I've interviewed many people who have experienced it.
	I also interviewed Eben Alexander, who's that neurosurgeon whose brain was destroyed and he went.
	He essentially died and experienced heaven and came back.
	He's the author of Proof of Heaven.
	But I've experienced...
	Two specific angelic interventions in my life, just two times.
	And so I know it's real.
	Other people know it's real.
	What is going on with this in your view?
	And also, let me just preface that by saying, people experience angelic intervention in different ways.
	It can be...
	It commands or voice, a vision, a feeling, a strong feeling.
	It can be all kinds of things.
	But what's your take on that, Pastor?
	Oh, it's 100%.
	I mean, my testimony would just be another example of that, where the Lord protected me and spared my life.
	And so I 100% believe it.
	I believe that the Lord sends us guardian angels.
	And, you know, He is the potter, we're the clay, you know.
	And so we're walking out our life where, you know, if we're truly seeking the Lord, we're doing our best, you know.
	And there's times we open ourselves up or we get into something that we shouldn't.
	And his love and his grace, he leaves the 99, he goes after the 1, and he gives us, you know, an understanding.
	I mean, I literally, my dad was on a freeway in Los Angeles one time, and there was no side on the freeway.
	It was just, you know, the divider.
	And he had a, you know, his car broke down, and so literally in L.A., you know, cars were going 80 miles an hour, and they could have just rammed him.
	And just out of nowhere, these two buff people came and, like, moved the car, and, you know, and then all of a sudden they were gone, and he was like...
	I think they were angels.
	I've had experiences like that.
	So many people I've talked to over the years have had that.
	So I think there's a lot of proof.
	I mean, you can read Lee Strobel's book and The Case for Heaven.
	And there's just so many people that have had these types of experiences.
	And so I think that the Lord does that so that we can have a testimony.
	And that's part of really disarming people that are in the world that don't want to hear us beating them over the head with the Bible or something.
	But you share your story.
	And you share what God did in your life.
	And no one can refute that.
	Like, I think that's going to be the way forward in a lot of ways because a lot of these young people are so broken.
	And, you know, my wife and I, we went to, like, a drive-thru last night.
	We looked inside, and there was one of these furries.
	I didn't even really know what furries were.
	Oh, yeah.
	We've talked about furries.
	Yeah.
	Yeah, it's like a whole subculture of people that basically think they're animals.
	And so there's so many different things going on from a spiritual standpoint.
	So how do we, as people of God in this hour, disarm and truly evangelize?
	And that's what needs to happen.
	We need to make disciples.
	We need to evangelize.
	The church needs to do this.
	This is what we've got to get back to.
	And being about the Great Commission.
	And if we do that, then the culture becomes downstream of the church.
	And that's what changes the culture.
	And that's what changes the wicked leadership that has been allowed to get into these places of power because it's a reflection of the absence of the church and many of the churches that are powerless because they don't want to speak of such things.
	They just basically just are there to kind of just be like motivational speakers.
	And that's not what a preacher is.
	A preacher has to speak boldly.
	How many times did the Bible say Paul went boldly?
	And what happened to Paul?
	He got thrown in jail.
	Ultimately, he gave his life.
	You know, but to live is Christ, to die is gain.
	And so we're just passing through.
	We stand for the truth, and that affects...
	I mean, look how many people are still talking about the Apostle Paul.
	He was a human.
	We're still talking about him today.
	Why?
	Because he was willing to stand.
	He had an encounter with the living God.
	And that's what we need to do.
	Yeah.
	Okay.
	Wow.
	There's a lot to deal with in all of that.
	In our society today...
	We seem to be watching, at least in our culture in America, more and more people moving into secularism.
	I think the polls show that, like a smaller and smaller population of people attending church, for example, or associating as Christians.
	Do you think that we have reached a turning point in that, where we're going to start to go the other way, where more and more people seek spiritual solutions as life in this world becomes more tormented, which is what's coming, by the way?
	I think that we could go that direction.
	I think we're at a moment of decision.
	And I think this is why voices like yourself and others that are speaking truth, the Lord has given these platforms because, you know, for those with ears to hear and eyes to see.
	And so he's allowing the truth to be out there and people have to make a decision.
	But, you know, if you think about what are the Luciferians, what are the Cabal people, what are they, who have they gone after?
	Whatever you want to call them, deep state.
	There's so many different words.
	What do they go after?
	They go after the children.
	Why?
	Because the children are the next generation.
	And so they focused on the schools.
	They focused on the young people because these people are going to grow up and they're going to have all these bondages and things that they need healing and deliverance from.
	And so it's really our job as people of God to teach the children, to protect the children, to change this And this is why it's so important for parents to go to the school board meetings.
	The things that we talk about that seem not that big, but these are big deals.
	We've got to push back against this demonic agenda and the curriculum and the things that they're propagandizing our young people.
	I mean, many, many people are homeschooling, and I think that's very wise if you're able to do that.
	But if you're not, it's okay.
	But what you can do is be extremely involved in your child's life And teach them the ways of the Lord.
	And teach them the scripture.
	And let them know the truth.
	And so we have to counter this.
	And so I think it can be done.
	I think we're moving kind of in that direction.
	But we're at a pivotal crossroad moment, Mike.
	And so what are we going to do?
	You know...
	Let me share a couple of things with you, just maybe that are kind of personal, but I feel like you and I have a lot of resonance here, and I can talk about this publicly, but number one, Brighteon.tv, where you also have a show, would not exist without God moving through us in ways.
	Have you even heard any of that?
	Are you aware of some of the dynamics that went into place to bring this about?
	Yes, it's an amazing testament.
	I've probably just heard bits and pieces of it, but I've been following you for a while and it's amazing to see what the Lord has done in and through you and through this ministry.
	I call it a ministry because I think it helps.
	It really is a ministry and I operate day to day with the full knowledge that We are blessed by God because we walk in alignment with God with what we do on this network, but also understanding quite Old Testament style that if we were to diverge from that path, all would be taken away, frankly.
	Also, I mean, and people don't like to talk about that.
	They're like, well, you built it.
	How can God take it away?
	Well, guess what?
	I mean, again, read about Egypt and everything in the Old Testament.
	If you lose your alignment with God, remember, he gave you these blessings.
	He created, he made this possible.
	Without him, if you move away from him, he could take it away in an instant because maybe he decides it belongs with somebody else at that moment, right?
	Yeah.
	Yes.
	No, I mean, the Bible says He gives and takes away.
	And, you know, I hear a lot of people say, my ministry, and, you know, I get it.
	I mean, I understand.
	I probably said that, too.
	But I always try to say, you know, it's actually, it's His ministry.
	He's given me this ministry, and it's how I steward it.
	And am I perfect?
	No.
	Far from perfect.
	You know, and I'm sure I probably said something that might not be even correct in this interview, but the truth is that it's all about our heart.
	It's about, are we trying our very best as a human?
	We're flawed individuals, but are we trying our very best to steward what God has given us?
	I believe that as we do that, the Lord knows our heart, He sees our heart, and His favor and blessing is upon us.
	Here's the thing, to anybody listening, if you want to know how to be successful in this world, follow the basic instructions before leaving earth, the Bible.
	He's given us the roadmap.
	He's given us an instruction manual.
	Think back to high school.
	If I would have had the answers to all the tests, I would have aced it, right?
	We have the answers.
	We have the tools.
	We have the answers.
	He's given us everything that we need.
	And then if you follow those things, the blessing and the favor is on you and he will expand your territory as you don't, you know, you're given a talent and then you don't bury it.
	You know, you steward that talent well, he'll give you more, you know, and he'll give you more because he knows that he can trust you.
	He's a good father.
	And if you get up every day and you say, how can I be about the business of the Lord?
	And I'm telling you, you make it about souls, you won't even have a financial problem.
	I don't care what happens in the world.
	I don't care if the whole economy collapses.
	You will have what you need.
	You will not lack because he owns a cattle on a thousand hills.
	And we're in this world, but we're not of this world.
	We're citizens of heaven.
	So if we start understanding spiritual dynamics and kingdom dynamics and we apply those, you will not be unsuccessful.
	There's no way.
	I mean, God is with you even until the end of the age.
	He will never leave you.
	He'll never forsake you.
	So that's the key.
	That's the whole thing right there.
	Completely agree with that.
	I've never felt like I would be abandoned by God.
	It's only a human being, they might choose to abandon God, but God will not abandon them unless they break with God or start to worship Satan or what have you.
	And, right, I've never felt like I would ever face a situation in this world, even in a total collapse.
	I've never felt like I would be alone or that I would be helpless.
	Never felt that way.
	So I'm really glad you said what you just said.
	Let me ask you a question that's related to that.
	So being a Christian in alignment with God's principles today in 2022, We might argue that it's more difficult than it was, let's say, in the 1980s.
	Because in the 1980s, you didn't have horned, demonic, drag queen story time stuff happen in the public schools.
	You didn't have to stand up and fight against that because nobody was crazy enough to try that.
	You didn't have the boys' and girls' restrooms in the public schools or the chemical castrations taking place.
	So it's...
	And also all of the incredible pressure on this.
	I mean, look at the LGBT flags that are flying everywhere in all the cities and all the buildings.
	It's like they're claiming their territory for the transgenderism of children.
	It's a territorial claim.
	Doesn't it seem like in some ways it's more difficult for people to hold the line today than it was a few decades ago?
	Or am I wrong about that?
	Yeah.
	I think in the Western world, yes.
	I mean, I think, you know, if you're talking about like in communist China, it's a different perspective or North Korea, you know, so it kind of just depends.
	I mean, there's always been a persecuted church.
	But, you know, I think for the Western world, for the most part, we've had it pretty easy.
	I think this is where a lot of people are still kind of in a normalcy bias where they just think, well, everything's going to go back to normal.
	Normal ain't coming back.
	We've stepped into a new season and you can't put new wine in old wineskin.
	And so God is looking for a people that are willing to stand, that are going to have some thick skin, And so we can't expect everything to be easy.
	We're in a microwave Christian society.
	Everybody thinks that everything's going to happen right away.
	And if they don't see it right away, oh, I'm mad at God.
	That's not going to work.
	I mean, God is looking for people that have stick-to-it-ness and that trust Him and that are willing to obey Him on the day-by-day and to encourage ourselves in Christ and to know the Word and to apply that.
	And so this is where we're at now.
	So I think it has gotten more difficult, especially in the Western world, And I would love to say that it's going to get better, but I think it's going to get much harder.
	So this is a season where we need to go deeper and know the word, hide it in our heart, and really become warriors, you know, where we don't have that thin skin and where we're not just going to give up and where we understand this is the reality of the world.
	This is the situation.
	But the good news is that we're on the winning team.
	The God of heaven and earth is on our side.
	It's a fixed fight.
	Like, Lucifer is a fallen angel, a fallen archangel.
	God is the God of heaven and earth, the creator of all things.
	So we're on the winning team, and if we understand that and we walk in that authority and we stick to the principles of the Word of God and we don't fall, we don't go back into our vomit, we're going to be okay.
	That's the good news.
	You know, it's probably going to get more difficult, Mike.
	I really believe it is.
	All right.
	Yeah, I agree with you.
	This so-called dark winter is approaching right now.
	And in the news, Germany just put out some kind of alert where they want to have a lot of backup cash for their banking system in case the power grid goes down and there are bank runs.
	I mean, this is what they're openly talking about now, right?
	Stuff that would have been a conspiracy theory two years ago or even less.
	And now they're just like, nope, it could happen.
	And we've seen, by the way, the fall of this crypto cabal, this FTX crypto, which I think is pretty amazing to watch because wasn't that another case where so many people, especially young millennials, they were putting their faith in this one man named Sam.
	Yep.
	They put their faith in this man as, oh, he's our savior.
	He's the altruist.
	He's going to not keep any money for himself.
	He's going to redirect billions to the appropriate causes that he knows because he's so much smarter than all of us.
	And so once again, they put their faith in this man who turned out to be the thief in the night, right?
	And it just collapsed, which, again, I think that's a wonderful process for people to learn not to have false faith in man.
	Yes.
	And I think you actually warned about that in the past, too.
	It took a lot of heat for that, too, by the way.
	Yeah.
	Well, and that's the challenge because obviously when you take a stand for something, there's going to always be that group.
	And I'm sure people will be very annoyed by some of the things that have been said today.
	But the whole thing is it goes back to the spirit behind it.
	You have a desire to see people set up for success.
	I have a desire to see people set up for success.
	Like you had mentioned, this is a marathon.
	It's not a sprint.
	There's probably no easy way out.
	We're going to have to really go through some tough times.
	But if we start preparing ourselves now, mind, body, spirit.
	And I love also that you talk about the body and health because that's another key factor.
	And we have to make sure that we're healthy.
	We're taking care of the temple because there's so much junk out there.
	That's just another way that these evil, demonic people have tried to come at us.
	So It's really looking at the whole thing.
	And every day, like you said, the crypto thing.
	I mean, there's so many different things that are happening at once.
	I mean, the news cycle is so fast, you can't even keep up.
	You know, only like 10 years ago, it was like one big story for the week and they would talk about the whole thing.
	Now it's like multiple major world-changing things almost every day.
	You know, so we know the hour is getting late.
	But at the same time, I think it's just, God has positioned us in this hour.
	He didn't make a mistake in bringing us into the world at this time.
	And so he must know.
	I mean, he does know better than we do.
	And so obviously we're going to be able to get through this and survive.
	And I believe even thrive in the midst of, you know, I say it's the best of times and the worst of times at the same time.
	Because the thing is, is that there's a tremendous harvest.
	That's the good news.
	And I believe that the beginnings of a powerful end time move of God, you know, and that's what we're seeing all around the country.
	You know, so there's very good things that are happening that aren't being reported, but there's also crazy stuff going on.
	All right, folks, the website is pastortod.org.
	And also, can you remind us, when is your show on Brighton TV? It's on Sunday.
	It's on the faith block.
	And, you know, we have a Sunday service that we do online.
	And, you know, many people tell us, you know, we can't find a remnant church in our community.
	We want to find a pastor that's, you know, speaking truth.
	And so, you know, I always say, if you can find a good church, get plugged in.
	It's really good to have community.
	I think that's going to be one of the most important things going forward, is having community.
	Thank you, Mike.
	Yes, yes.
	And folks, Sunday is the day of pastors and sermons on Brighteon.tv, too.
	So, you know, tune in every Sunday for that programming.
	And if you miss it, there is a channel on Brighteon.com called Brighteon.tv that has the archived episodes that you can watch there.
	Now, Pastor Todd, one other question.
	Now, we're recording this pretty late at night, but in your background, it's daytime.
	Where are you?
	It's a screen.
	Really?
	That's the best screen because I don't see any green screen artifacts at all.
	Isn't that cool?
	That's really good.
	Thank you.
	I do a lot of interviews, so I have to be prepared for every different streaming software.
	So I knew you were using this one, and so I had it prepared.
	Well, you fooled me.
	I thought, surely, maybe you're in Hawaii or something right now.
	No.
	I wish, but no.
	I'm in Tennessee.
	Oh, okay.
	So it's dark there, too, at the moment.
	Okay.
	Well, thank you for taking the time.
	Any last thoughts you want to offer people before we wrap this up?
	Yeah, absolutely.
	Well, first of all, I want to thank you for what you're doing at Brighteon and Brighteon TV. And I just, I would encourage people to share and to let people know because that's how many people, so many people are waking up in this hour and that's just so encouraging.
	And, you know, no matter what, we can't fear.
	And, you know, sometimes you just got to enjoy the moment, you know, and just be present.
	And so while we do need to be astute and know that all these things are happening and be watchmen, we also have to enjoy our life.
	So make sure you do that.
	Get some rest.
	Be prayed up.
	But we have to think about these things and get that divine strategy.
	And so I believe the Lord will speak to you as you seek Him.
	I've never seen anybody, Mike, that has sought the Lord that hasn't found Him.
	If you really seek, you will find that He stands at the door of your heart knocking.
	All you got to do is let him in.
	He is the author and the finisher of our story.
	He is the way, the truth, and the light.
	And if we turn to him, that is the ultimate solution, both on this earth and for all eternity.
	All right.
	All right.
	Well said.
	PastorTodd.org is the website, folks.
	Pastor Todd Coconato.
	And Pastor, it's always a pleasure to speak with you.
	Feel free to reach out anytime.
	I would love to have you back on again soon as well.
	Maybe a Christmas episode with you if you're up for something like that.
	I just purchased some crazy Christmas hats.
	Maybe we could both feature a Christmas hat or something to bring a little laughter to the episode.
	Let's do it, man.
	Until then, thank you so much.
	It's always a pleasure to speak with you.
	Thank you.
	The honor is mine.
	All right.
	Thank you.
	And folks, again, that was Pastor Todd Coconato.
	And as always, you are free to repost this interview.
	If something resonated with you and you'd like to share it with others, please go ahead and do so.
	If you disagree with anything, any specific word that was mentioned in the interview, please email us all a thousand times with...
	With what little thing you disagree?
	No, I'm just joking.
	Most people love all these interviews, but every once in a while I get feedback like, well, use the wrong word over there at four minutes and 17 seconds or whatever.
	I'm like, okay, whatever.
	But that's it.
	Feel free to repost this.
	I'm Mike Adams, the founder of Brighteon.com and Brighteon.tv.
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