Escape The Matrix

[0:00] I'm starting this message a little tongue-in-cheek, you could say, calling it Escape the Matrix.

[0:17] ! Now, The Matrix is a movie that I must confess I haven't even watched actually.! I try not to waste my time on worldly media if I can help it.

[0:29] As much as I do waste some of my time on such things. Anyhow, many people know of The Matrix and can relate to what I'm saying. The Matrix tells of a powerful and secretive group of individuals who seek to control and manipulate the minds of the population.

[0:47] You could see The Matrix as a way of representing how government, media and other institutions work together to shape people's thoughts and beliefs, like the big brother of Orwell's 1984.

[0:59] I believe that we're in the midst of a massive concerted effort to transform our nation and the world. What is The Matrix? Actually, I've got a picture of it right here.

[1:10] Here's a picture of this beast. Here it is with its many tentacles. So what's all this got to do with the Bible? I don't want to get away from the Bible. This is very much biblical.

[1:21] So what does the Bible actually say about such an animal? It names The Matrix. It is Babylon. So I want to address two things today to reveal what The Matrix is and what we need to do to escape The Matrix.

[1:38] And Babylon really is the actual real Matrix, as it were. In fact, it's a Matrix to come, but it is also already here.

[1:51] Because you know, back in history, there was this city called Babylon. And Babylon is a picture of many things through the Bible. It talks about it being like a symbol of sin, of rebellion and of spiritual corruption.

[2:06] And some consider that the Antichrist will have his headquarters here, his base of power in Babylon. Certainly we could reflect the same spiritual force that is at work within the evil Babylon system is the same spirit that's at work in the works of the man of sin, the Antichrist yet to come.

[2:28] And we think of Babylon. It's often represented as a system of economic and political power that the Antichrist will use to control the world.

[2:42] So Babylon, we could interpret, is a symbol of the world system that's opposed to God. It sounds like The Matrix to me. This system of political and economic power.

[2:54] That we can see ultimately there will be the Antichrist having such a control system over the whole world. So what can we learn about Babylon? We're going to go to the Word of God to see what does the Bible tell us about Babylon?

[3:07] How does it describe it? Babylon in the Bible symbolises pride and arrogance. It was a city marked for judgement. Right back in Genesis, it was there that the Tower of Babel was built.

[3:22] And what happened at the Tower of Babel? It was really the first false worship system. We go back to Genesis 11, we read about this tower. And it says, verse 4 of Genesis 11, they said, Let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven.

[3:43] And let us make a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And it says, the Lord came to see the city and the tower which the children of men built.

[3:56] Babel means Babylon. Babylon. It means confusion. Babylon is a symbol of confusion and rebellion against God.

[4:07] We see that in Genesis 11 verse 9. Therefore, is the name of it called Babel, because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth.

[4:19] And from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Of course, we know what happened. The judgment of God came because this tower that they were building was not God's plan.

[4:31] God didn't call them to build a city, but to go and replenish the earth. So they built this city that was contrary to God's will. And they built it in defiance of God.

[4:42] And to make a name for themselves. Now it's interesting, of course, it's purely coincidental that the European Parliament has designed its building. After a depiction of the Tower of Babel or Babylon.

[4:56] So they've deliberately built this building to represent an unfinished building. Interesting, isn't it? The European Parliament. Of course, we know in the Word of God it talks about the revived Roman Empire.

[5:08] And this thought of this conglomerate, this coming together, this uniting of government. And what a picture that is. Truly a picture of Babylon.

[5:19] Babylon was known as a city of pride and of spiritual wickedness. Again, this Babylon is a city marked for judgment. It was compared to Sodom. In Isaiah 13 verse 19 it reads, And Babylon the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

[5:39] Of course, we know what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah got destroyed. And Babylon shows up not only in Genesis, the first book of the Bible, but Babylon shows up in the last book. Revelation.

[5:51] At the return of Christ, at the end of days, the last days. And we see Babylon talked about through the Word as this mysterious seductive entity.

[6:02] A symbol. Again, a symbol of spiritual deception and seduction. And she is pictured as a she. Well, she's not non-binary.

[6:13] She's a she. And it tells that she's like a harlot. And she's seated on a beast. And it reads of her in Revelation 17 verse 5, Upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery Babylon, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth.

[6:30] So this mysterious figure, the city, as it's defined to be, is pictured as a woman riding on a beast. And this woman is defined as that great city, Babylon.

[6:43] Interesting that there happens to be a representation of a woman riding a beast outside the Justice Lipsius building, Headquarters of the Council of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium.

[6:56] They're not hiding it. These very symbols are in front of the Headquarters of the European Union. Interesting also how in the 2022 UK Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, it featured what?

[7:15] A woman riding a beast again. A woman riding a beast. And also, the Tower of Babel was pictured there in some of the imagery of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.

[7:27] So you've got there a close-up of the woman on the beast and this great gigantic beast. And the people were worshipping. It appeared that they were kind of worshipping, paying homage and adoration to this mechanical beast that walked around as part of the opening ceremony.

[7:44] You can see all of this, of course, if you want to watch videos of it. What a very apparent thing that they would have such a clear biblical inference there.

[7:59] The Babylon of the Bible is a corrupt system and it's identified by oppression and tyranny. It's always identified as being, I suppose, the empire of evil. And it was known for being identified with oppression and tyranny.

[8:16] And we see Babylon is spoken of as really a base for false religion and cruel persecution. Like happened in the amphitheatre at Rome.

[8:28] And Revelation 17, 6 says of this woman, Babylon, I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

[8:42] This was a shocking sight. This woman riding the beast, drunk with the blood of the people of God, the blood of the saints and the martyrs of Jesus, symbolising false religion and the persecution of the faithful.

[8:55] So again, it's a picture. Babylon is antichrist. It's a false deceptive religion, a harlot and the mother of harlots.

[9:06] So there's multiple and of abomination, which we know the Bible tells us much about abomination and what that is related to, too. So Babylon is associated with false prophets and deception as well.

[9:19] We see that in Jeremiah 29, verse 9. Of course, we know the children's story of the Pied Piper playing the little tune and all the children follow the dainty, catchy little tune and follow the melody, not knowing that they're being led astray.

[9:40] And it's the same with Babylon. It leads people astray. It tells us in Jeremiah 29 of these false prophets, For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name.

[9:51] I have not sent them, saith the Lord. So you might have these TV preachers, these famous faith, health, wealth, prosperity, preaching, gospel preachers who call themselves apostles and prophets.

[10:05] They come falsely. They prophesy falsely to you in my name. I have not sent them, saith the Lord. Babylon was known for its spiritual confusion.

[10:17] It was this mixed up mess, this syncretism of a variety of gods and goddesses, a pantheism. Another thing about Babylon is that it was mixed together with the occult. Isaiah 47 verse 13, in part it reads, Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.

[10:42] And of course in the Revelation 18 scripture there, 18 verse 23, it reads about pharmakia. Babylon is associated with sorcery of pharmakia.

[10:55] So, don't we see so many signs today of this in the entertainment industry with constant occult signs and imagery that are going on with the movie stars of today?

[11:12] Think of, well, they just all happen to go like this. Don't take a snapshot of me or you'll think that I'm part of that. But that's what they do. They got these little signs and symbols.

[11:23] It's, you know, six. It's a six, isn't it? 666. It's this thought of the occult signs and imagery that they're using.

[11:35] And it's happening all the time. These movie stars and rock stars. It's like they're not really hiding it, who their true allegiance is to. And they greet one another, don't they, with their, what they do to each other.

[11:49] I don't really want to do it. But they do these special signs and symbols, these occult signs, covert signs to identify who they are worshipping, who they belong to, who their true allegiance is to.

[12:03] It's hidden in plain sight, so to speak. And they know what they're doing. Babylon is this, again, this symbol of worldly wealth, of materialism, of wealth and power, of worldliness.

[12:17] It's a latter-day feature of the closing days of world history. And it reads in Revelation 18.3, All nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

[12:29] And the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her. And the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. So it's got this picture of this very powerful world, materialistic entity of worldly wealth.

[12:45] In Revelation 18.7, it says, she had glorified herself and lived deliciously. So, no doubt, there are political players who are corrupt today.

[12:56] And you can see, is that what that's all leading to, too? This corruption that we see in increasing levels of government and such. This increasing globalism that's happening.

[13:09] And it seems to be the main governing principle. They're all kind of joining together. And Babylon is a city that seduces nations. And the kings of the earth, it says, into idolatry.

[13:20] That's that one that we just read. That these nations are all being drawn together, seduced, in this picture of seduction, into idolatry, into spiritual adultery, leading to their downfall.

[13:32] And Babylon is pictured as this spiritual entity that's seducing people into these things. So how will we identify this Babylon to come? Babylon is portrayed as really the world's corrupt systems and evil forces.

[13:46] We could see, for example, Revelation 18.2. It tells us how it reads, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

[14:04] So it's telling us this Babylonian system, this global entity, this antichrist system, is ultimately going to fall.

[14:19] It's characteristics are corruption and spiritual deception. Devils and spirits. It's a system that's a construct of devils.

[14:30] Foul spirits. And, friends, when you see the news these days, don't you see the foul spirits, the unclean spirits propagating this stuff? It's like that septic channel that goes into your living room.

[14:45] It's just spewing out this devilish, foul, unclean spirit. The spiritual forces at work that are moving our world hellwards.

[14:57] Really, Babylon is the antithesis of God's kingdom. In other words, it's the direct opposite. We see all the things, foul spirits, unclean spirits.

[15:08] We see the devils and such. And then we see God's kingdom to come. It's really that blessed and glorious kingdom of peace and love and joy and truth and righteousness.

[15:23] So, Babylon is the antithesis, so it's kind of the polar opposite of God's kingdom, directly opposite to God's kingdom. And so, as we've talked about, really, there's many verses, there's many more we could tell, that describe Babylon as this great city with power and influence over the nations.

[15:44] We're seeing that, I believe we're seeing that starting to come together. I'm not saying there's Babylon anywhere, this or that, but I'm saying that this sentiment, this spirit, this influence, this globalistic agenda is getting more and more front and center, isn't it?

[16:02] It's more and more in your face, isn't it? Can you see that? This globalism, it's ramping up. Another thing about Babylon is that it's a symbol of captivity. Of course, we know this has been popularized by a song, by the rivers of Babylon.

[16:17] There we sat down. Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. In the context, it's the Israelites taken into Babylonian captivity, taken as prisoners to Babylon.

[16:31] So, Babylon is a picture of slavery. It's almost like this control system that's just overarching and dominating, domineering, totally controlling, as a master would control a slave.

[16:44] And that's the picture of Babylon too. And it seems like these days, the state is increasingly treating its citizens with these heavy handed tactics. We're seeing a rising police state with the prospect of their force being backed by surveillance capabilities, beyond our comprehension, beyond our imagination.

[17:04] With everything and everyone tracked and traced by advanced AI systems. You know, these are the prospect and it's really out there. I'm just getting overwhelmed with information from different news sources of how these kind of surveillance systems are starting to roll out.

[17:25] Just greater and greater force. And wider and wider. And this surveillance is all tied in with artificial intelligence such that, you know, in microseconds they'll know who you are, where you are.

[17:44] They'll know your face, the face recognition. They'll know who you are. They'll know what's in your bank account. They'll know what you had for lunch today. You know, they'll know everything that is going on about you.

[17:56] This is the reality. This is actual factual what is going on. And so we see it does tend to such a thought of what could be with such a evil empire, Babylon to come.

[18:10] The good news is, as I say, that Babylon is marked for judgment and destruction. Again, it reads in Isaiah 2, 21 verse 9, it says, Babylon is fallen, is fallen.

[18:21] All the graven images of her gods, they are broken onto the ground. So Babylon's idolatry too. There's a picture of idolatry there. This evil system that is Babylon will face a coming and sure destruction by the wrath of God.

[18:35] It's marked for destruction. It will end. It will end badly for Babylon. So we've seen, I put to you some pictures of, I put to you some signs of the matrix, really the Babylon to come.

[18:50] That evil empire that is to come. And what Babylon is. And just to recap, it's an economic and political power. So there's a commercial aspect to it.

[19:04] It's merchandising. It's pride. It's spiritual wickedness. It's false religions coming together. But cruel persecution of the people of God.

[19:18] The true people of God. And it's known for its worldliness and materialism. It's fleshly and worldly. It's known for corruption and evil.

[19:30] And it's associated with captivity, control, enslavement. Now part two. How is all of this being played out for us today?

[19:43] How do we get out? How do we get out? How do we get out? How do we protect ourselves in such a prospect? What ought we to do about the types of modern day Babylon that we see around us?

[20:07] Friends, it says come out. That's the simple two words. Come out. That is the simple answer. Come out. Come out of her, my people.

[20:18] That you be not partakers of her sins. That you receive not of her plagues. The only course of action is to exit. God calls upon his people, come out.

[20:30] Come out of Babylon. And the parts of Babylon don't partake with her sins. And this is a theme right through the word of God that we're not to dibble dabble, to pussyfoot around, to stay in Babylon.

[20:45] We're to come out. God's people need to come out of Babylon so that we won't be contaminated with her sins and receive her judgment. Again, Babylon is the city of spiritual confusion.

[20:56] This force of deception which seeks to seduce and corrupt the faithful. We cannot join party to it. Some would think, well, we'll just stay here and do that.

[21:08] There's people staying in churches that they know are corrupt. They know it's wrong, but they're staying in it. They think they can somehow help stop what's going wrong.

[21:21] There's good people doing that. God bless them. I don't think that's the answer. I don't think it's the right thing to do. Myself, talking frankly, talking biblically, Babylon is a symbol of spiritual confusion and deception.

[21:34] We cannot abide it. Babylon is a symbol of idolatry and spiritual adultery. We cannot linger under its influence. We have to flee. In the matrix, there's hidden forces working behind the scenes to control the world.

[21:48] And the system of control keeps people in a state of ignorance and obedience. And most people fall into line and never wake up to the truth. It's a kind of analogy, this movie. As I say, I haven't watched it, but what I've heard about it.

[22:01] This analogy of people asleep. There's only a few individuals who do search for the truth. Who wake up and become aware of what's happening, of these forces that seek to control their lives.

[22:14] They break free from this status quo. This illusion that it is. And they take action to resist. My message today is to seek to expose the truth and awaken people. We have a matrix, as it were, spiritually speaking, in that the devil is at work.

[22:30] And it's pictured in the Bible as this Babylon of old and of that yet to come. And I believe it's important to know what is happening and to break free. Now, there's some good folk that call themselves freedom fighters, but yet they're not saved.

[22:43] They're missing out on really the answer. You can fight this stuff, but you've got to be saved. You've got to be saved. And we should fight it. We should be freedom fighters. But the greatest freedom is the truth that sets men free, isn't it?

[22:57] To know the truth, Jesus, that sets men free. And the devil is at work. And it's important to see it. And the matrix, as it were, Babylon comes in many shapes and forms.

[23:09] We see right through the word of God this evil system. It takes lots of shapes, as I say. We see its influence, the devil's crowd. For example, Egypt. A picture of Egypt, Pharaoh, Babylon.

[23:21] We see Sodom. It's another picture of an evil system. Of Laodicea. You can't stay in that. You've got to get out of it. We could see it also represented in the Rome of history.

[23:33] We're meant to be a resistance force. We're meant to be the freedom fighters. To know the true freedom that Christ gives. To fight against the enemy. Throughout the Bible, we read about the constant enemies of God's people.

[23:46] And the deceiving false prophets. Over and over again, there's this theme of God's people versus the enemies of God. And we warn over and over again about false prophets to come.

[23:57] As we near Christ's return, it's all the more something we should have our eyes open to. False prophets. It's all the more needful to be alert. And the people of God were told, really, to utterly destroy the enemies they faced.

[24:12] There could be no compromise. It sounded pretty severe. Really, when you think about it, Deuteronomy 20, verse 17, for example, Thou shalt utterly destroy them. The Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, the Jebusites.

[24:28] Utterly destroy them as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. We have, for example, Gideon destroying the altar of Baal. There can be no accommodation of error. Utterly destroy them.

[24:40] Don't try to join and hang around them. Destroy them. We cannot accommodate error. There's a zero tolerance, really. And Babylon stands as this symbol of worldliness.

[24:51] Really, Babylon is in defiance to the Almighty, isn't it? Arrogantly defying him. Babylon takes many forms in our world today, various forms.

[25:02] For example, we could think of these tentacles of the Matrix. The tentacles of Babylon. Think of it, the various different enemies of the people of God.

[25:14] They're like tentacles on this octopus. I think he's got more than eight tentacles, too. Think of wokeism. There's a lot of that now, isn't there? You've got to be woke. Just accept anything that comes out of the worldly way of thinking.

[25:29] Scientism. Trust the science. Humanism. Man being his own God. Materialism.

[25:40] Just feed your flesh. Hedonism. Same thing. Pleasure, isn't it? Leftism. You know, anything that's... Anything of tradition, of conservative value, of biblical value, they chuck it out.

[25:56] Of course, you've got atheism, consumerism, skepticism, secularism, postmodernism. You've got communism, socialism, fascism, Marxism.

[26:10] You've got environmentalism, Darwinism, paganism. Basically, it's all the tentacles of this one beast. And then there's the New Age movement. And there's some churches that are actually...

[26:23] They're actually opening the floodgates for the New Age movement in their churches. This pragmatism, this ecumenism, this pantheism. Where does it all come from? Now, Julie was in the background while I was preparing my message and she was listening to a video by a preacher, Barry Smith.

[26:40] Oh, yeah. And he posed this question. Why is there an Egyptian pyramid on the US dollar bill? Why is there an Egyptian pyramid?

[26:54] Of course, we know Egypt is the world. It's the devil's system. It's another picture. We could unpack all of that. There's so much more you could say about that. But there is an illuminati, a shadow government, right at the top of the pyramid.

[27:09] Oh, I'm doing one of those signs again. That's what they do. They go like this, don't they? It's the pyramid. There is an illuminati, a shadow government, a deep state, a globalist takeover.

[27:24] Everything is being engineered. There's deliberate forces actively destroying nations from within. These covert, relentless forces. And we're seeing the result of it. For example, Alice Springs at the moment.

[27:36] Crime wave, increasing lawlessness, breakdown of law and order, lawlessness. The Bible tells us about lawlessness to come. Here's a car set ablaze.

[27:47] There's horrific video footage of shops being looted in New York City, in parts of the USA. They're just running into shops and helping themselves to everything on the shelves and just walking out with it.

[28:01] Mobs, violent mobs of people ransacking businesses, supermarkets. Mayhem and violence is ramping up.

[28:12] And what do they do about it? The shop assistants just stand there and watch them walk the merchandise out the door. How long can that carry on for? How long can they put up with that?

[28:23] Those shops are going to have to shut down. What's going to happen here? Are we next? Antichrist belief systems are at work. Demonically driven. We see cultural Marxism.

[28:35] That's becoming the dominant culture of the world. Basically, it's a culture war against Christian values. And the deliberate undermining of the foundations of civilization and biblical morality and truth.

[28:48] There's this takeover. It's a cultural thing. Of our values, of our ideas, such that we have to accept perversion as normal. Perversion is the new normal, people.

[29:02] Get used to it. That's what they're telling us. A big thing now is scientism. Trust science. Scientism. It's an ideology that basically is defined as excessive belief in the power of scientific knowledge and techniques.

[29:17] Trust the science, we're told. Maybe they really mean political science. Because that's what it's on about. Trust big pharma. Trust everything we tell you.

[29:29] Trust us. We're the government. Trust us. It's as if, you know, it used to say, in the US dollar, in God we trust.

[29:41] Now it's in science we trust. In science we trust. Science is the new God. Scientism. It's like a religion now. People say, trust me, I'm a scientist.

[29:52] They say, turn off your brain, trust the experts. Really it's what you could call, here's a new word for you today, technocracy.

[30:05] Technocracy. Write that one down. The idea of governance by a small group of unelected so-called experts, not directly accountable to the public.

[30:17] So you trust the experts, the technocracy. It's this small group of so-called experts that tell us what's good for us and what's not good for us. Really it's what the Bible calls suedo science or science falsely so-called.

[30:32] Science falsely so-called. 1 Timothy 6 verse 20. Paul tells Timothy, so-called science brings us, what does science bring us these days? The theory of evolution. You're just as valuable as the pond scum that your ancestors emerged from.

[30:48] That there's no real purpose or value or eternity for you. That you're all just occupying space on the planet. What does science bring us?

[30:59] The idea that men and women can change their genders. That's science. The concept that life begins sometime when we define it by philosophy instead of biology.

[31:11] Doesn't conception, doesn't life start at conception? Isn't that obvious?

[31:22] So-called science is allied with climate alarmism now. That's why they've got to change everything. And go nuts. That's what's happening. And then we see nature worship as well.

[31:33] The worship of Gaia, Mother Earth. Really it's witchcraft. That's what it is. It's witchcraft. And we're seeing this steady escalating cultural shift in what people believe. The way people think.

[31:44] This erosion and its rapid of values and even common sense has gone. There's people acting today that will be the same.

[31:56] That would have been locked up in prisons and mental asylums. That now some of them are governing us. Here's a couple of individuals. They were born as men.

[32:07] Now they like to wear skirts and lipstick. They are in, well one of them has been sacked actually. But the both of these individuals had very senior posts in the US government.

[32:26] Not long ago they'd have been locked up in prisons and mental asylums. Now they're governing us. And Australia's not far behind. This is happening. And then you've got these crazy things.

[32:38] And I don't want to give you such repulsive things. But there's men role playing as babies. So here's a man. A pretty poor attempt at a man. But this is a man dressing as a baby girl.

[32:52] And he's playing in his cot, eating baby food and he's wearing nappies that he discharges into. This is madness people.

[33:03] This is madness. This is the new normal. This is what we're told is science now. Man-made philosophies. The Bible warns us over and over about man-made philosophies.

[33:14] Colossians 2 verse 8 Paul tells the Colossians, Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit. There's people that want to harm you through this captivation of philosophy, of vain deceit after the tradition of man.

[33:32] So there's some fighting we need to do people. We should be alarmed. We should be alarmed. I don't know about climate alarmism but we need some alarmism here.

[33:43] Some godly alarmism to fight back. To realise these things are happening on the spiritual level. And to counteract these false philosophies with the truth of God's word. Of course we know really we're not fighting against flesh and blood.

[33:56] We're not fighting against people like this. We're fighting about what's possessing them. What's inside of them. Friends, it's a spiritual battle.

[34:10] Another thing we're seeing is behaviour modification they call it. Behaviour modification which is really these techniques to coercion and manipulation, social control and conditioning.

[34:23] It's called behaviour modification. That's what they're pumping out through all their media. And what's going on in the church? Where's the church? The church has got weak.

[34:34] Friends, the church is weak as water. It's weak on issues like marriage, the gospel, salvation, creation, warning against hell.

[34:49] All of the foundations are under attack by godless philosophies. We've got weak on issues like separation from evil. We don't want to touch it. Touch not the unclean thing.

[35:00] That's what the king of Babylon wants. That the weakening of the church, of morals. The word of God warns us about seducing spirits. We see that there in 1 Timothy 4.

[35:12] Don't give heed to these seducing spirits. This seduction, these latter day spirits. There's many idols today. What is happening? We're witnessing, I'll put to you a takeover of media.

[35:25] The mass media. Here's what the reality is. Four companies control 80% of the media. No wonder it all sounds the same. And there's videos where they're just parroting the same words.

[35:40] Multiple media outlets, they're all using the same words. Because they all come from the same source. Friends, we're at war today. And what happens in war? All propaganda and censorship. The media is controlled.

[35:51] We're being lied to. We're being lied to routinely from what comes through the mainstream media. It's lies. Many lies. And there's fabricated narratives. And what messages we're receiving, they're filtered.

[36:03] I'm telling you honestly that this is, I believe, it's all part of this same, it's the same influence, the same agenda of Babylon, of the matrix, you could say.

[36:15] Think about the World Health Organisation. The World Health Organisation wants to impose what they're calling pandemic prevention measures on 194 member states.

[36:26] That's you and me. By a new international treaty. They want pandemic prevention measures. In other words, it authorises the police to be very active and heavy handed with the citizens of the country.

[36:44] Because they've got to keep us safe. The World Health Organisation. The World Health Organisation also wants to compel its member states, that's you and me, that's Australia, to legalise abortion on demand up to birth.

[37:00] You know, the day before, the hour before you give birth, they can snuff out the life that's inside of you. They call the baby in the womb pregnancy tissue now.

[37:11] That's the new name. Pregnancy tissue. So it dehumanises this life that's inside the baby's mum. They want to take this life away. They want to dehumanise this life.

[37:23] Call it pregnancy tissue. And of course, you can't call them mothers anymore. They're pregnant persons now. And after they give birth, they become a lactating person.

[37:35] This is the world we're living in. This is the madness we're living in, people. This is the World Health Organisation pushing this garbage. And then we've got the United Nations increasingly exerting powers too.

[37:48] Let's talk of them removing, basically removing, and I'm conscious of young members in the audience here, removing the age of consent. So there's no age of consent.

[37:59] Doesn't matter how old you are. All manner of wicked ramifications to that too. I won't detail that, but you can check it for yourself, the United Nations.

[38:10] And there's a mounting push for gender transition. Gender transition. This is happening as young as eight years old. There's surgeries counselling eight year olds to press them to irreversible mutilation.

[38:27] Irreversible mutilation of minors. National sovereignty is also under direct attack. We talked about the health space.

[38:38] What about the education space? Here's the sign for your local school. There's a push for ideological indoctrination, I'll put to you, right across the education system.

[38:49] In Jeremiah 10 verse 2 it says, learn not the way of the heathen. And we're seeing that even in the daycare industry now, they want to take the children as young as they can. As soon as they can.

[39:00] Because they've got to replace the parents with parenting professionals. The mums and dads aren't qualified. It's got to be the parenting professionals that take over your children from as early an age as possible.

[39:14] It's shocking stuff really, and I shouldn't be laughing because it's not funny. I've become aware that Christian schools are increasingly caving in to the ways of Babylon.

[39:25] There's a local school, Tyndale, is screening episodes of Jumanji. Now some might think this is a relatively harmless fantasy show.

[39:37] But Jumanji, from what I've read of it, is full of profanities and crudeness, sexual dialogue, suggestive content, violence. And there's a boy who transforms into a girl.

[39:50] This is Tyndale Christian school. Tyndale Christian school. I'll name them. We need to know this stuff. We need to be alarmed. And Tyndale's also been including lessons talking about wizardry and the casting of spells.

[40:05] It's just part of the teaching methodology. They think it's okay that they have wizards or talk of wizardry, talks of wizards, talks of casting of spells. No.

[40:16] That's Babylon. No. That's Babylon. Isn't it? Isn't that Babylon? We don't want that. We don't want our children having that. Where is the church? Where is the church?

[40:28] There's a lot that's going on. The church. Oh. A lot of what's going on in churches is even the devil's work too. It's a demonic construct.

[40:39] Satan has infiltrated the church. Sin is being celebrated. LGB activists are taking over whole churches. No wonder they're closing down.

[40:51] We're seeing delusion and deception, doctrines of devils. It's like the floodgates have opened. Someone put it like this. Mainline denominations have moved their headquarters to Sodom.

[41:02] This is reality people. There's many churches, many denominations in our fair city that are just caving in to this evil agenda. And then you've got some churches focused on entertainment.

[41:15] You've got people into metaphysics, the occult. People like Jonathan Rumi that are producing films, Christian movies. That's dangerous. He's into the metaphysics.

[41:26] He's into the occult. I can send you info on this. Jonathan Rumi, the star of The Chosen and of the Jesus revolution. People are swallowing this stuff because there's a lack of discernment now.

[41:37] People aren't getting the information to be alarmed about this. We're seeing the feminization of the church. Here's the name of a book someone wrote on the subject. The feminization of the church.

[41:48] Where we're seeing a decline of biblical manhood. Where are the godly men? In some churches there's hardly any men there. We thank God we've got a few men amongst us. God bless you, men of God.

[42:00] It's said that in most Christian churches there's approximately a 60-40 ratio of women to men. So men are wildly outnumbered in most churches. And feminists have emasculated the church.

[42:12] There's an absence of men, of masculine men, such that their worship is very feminized. And look, I'm not knocking any females present. There's a place for females and feminized thinking.

[42:26] But we think where the church worship has become feminized. It's like there's a decline there. There's a decline there. And churches have become like circus shows, literally, in order to draw the crowd.

[42:39] There's this unbiblical tongues movement. There's the new apostolic reformation, contemplative prayer. There's no biblical preaching in some churches. Now it's all pep talks.

[42:50] The false health, wealth, prosperity gospel. In some churches they're constructing mosh pits. Mosh pits. So the disco type youth worship style can be fostered with sensuality, with entertainment.

[43:05] And then you've got lordship salvation. Really it's another gospel. And then we see the disgrace of people like Brian Houston, the former global senior pastor of Hillsong, who pled guilty to driving under the influence.

[43:18] He was twice the legal limit. Sentenced to three years probation. Now I'm not picking on the man. I'm just saying it's an example. It's an example. This is a man who needs prayer. He needs Christ.

[43:29] He needs to know God. How could a minister be drinking so? Surely there's a real falling away people. Falling away. And the world looks at this and laughs at it.

[43:40] And now he's got to go to Alcoholics Anonymous. Ichabod. Ichabod is written over these churches. In other words, the glory has departed. This is 1 Samuel 4.21. These people are wolves in sheep's clothing.

[43:52] What's happening? And I'm telling you the truth here today. I'm talking earnestly and truthfully. We see the word of God warns us. 2 Corinthians 11. That tells us of false apostles of deceitful workers.

[44:05] Transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no marvel for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers be transformed. As the ministers of righteousness whose end shall be according to their works.

[44:19] Here's apostle Catherine Crick. I don't know much about her, but she's another health, wealth, prosperity preacher. She's preaching the prosperity gospel. It's fake.

[44:30] It's false. People, these churches are playing with demons. We dare not trifle or compromise with the word of God. We have to cleave unto God. What are the people of God to do?

[44:41] What are the people of God to do? We have to leave the matrix. We have to leave the matrix. We have to get out of Babylon in all of its shapes and forms. And the Bible gives us a clear dividing line between truth and error.

[44:54] There can be no compromise. There can be no sitting in the middle, sitting on the fence. It gets uncomfortable after a while sitting on that fence. Friends, it says the fear of the Lord is to hate evil and pride and arrogance and the evil way.

[45:07] The froward mouth or the perverse mouth do I hate. So when something is false and evil, don't dibble dabble with it. Don't toy and meddle with it and think you can somehow improve it.

[45:21] It's corrupt. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. You've got to get rid of it. Get out of it. Hate evil. Hate evil. When something is false and evil, we're commanded to separate from it.

[45:35] To hate it. Mark it down. Hate it. There's a good hatred to hate evil, people. Don't accept it. Don't condone it. We're against what is false. And the Word of God repeats that theme here.

[45:48] Psalm 119. I hate every false way. Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right. This is my fact checker.

[46:01] This is my fact checker. We need to speak truth to power. And we need to say on those people I know toying around with, there's false cults and churches that are false. Get out of it.

[46:12] Don't mess with it. Get your loved ones out of it. Get out of Babylon while you can. We've got to wake up and smell the coffee telling of Babylon the Great. It says, come out of her my people.

[46:25] Come out of her my people. That ye be not partakers of her sins. And that ye receive not of her plagues. Babylon is marked for judgement.

[46:37] And it's imminent. What we must do is separate. Biblically we have to separate. Wherefore come out from among them. And be ye separate saith the Lord.

[46:48] Make that separation wide. Come right out and be ye separate. Touch not. Don't even touch it. The unclean thing. And don't be like Lot.

[47:00] At the judgement of Sodom what did he do? The angels came. They hastened Lot. They said, arise take thy wife and thy daughters. Lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

[47:11] And while he lingered. While he lingered. While he lingered. The men laid hold upon his hand. These angels laid hold upon his hand. And upon the hand of his wife. And upon the hand of his two daughters. The Lord being merciful unto him.

[47:24] And they brought him forth. And set him without the city. And they further said, escape for thy life. Look not behind thee. Escape to the mountain.

[47:36] Lest thou be consumed. So we dare not linger. Lot made the mistake here of he lingered. He lingered. He toyed around. He cankered still. He had that draw.

[47:48] That attachment. That he took his time. He lingered. There's no time to waste. If you see Babylon. Flee it. Flee it.

[47:59] Get out of it. Don't toy with it. Escape for thy life. We dare not linger. And Babylon's in so many churches. Sadly these days. Frankly. Escape it. Escape the matrix.

[48:10] Escape for thy life. Judgment looms. So escape Babylon. My friends. We're just drawing to a close here. To sum up. Thus far. Where we've travelled here.

[48:21] It tells us to flee out. Of the midst of Babylon. And here's your escape plan. Here's the escape plan people. To sum up some actions that we can take.

[48:34] Come out of Babylon. Come out of Babylon. It's really the essential isn't it. So come out of Babylon. Wake up. Put some toothpicks in your eyes if you have to.

[48:47] Just keep your eyes wide open. People keep your eyes wide open. Because the devil would swing you in his hammock. He'll sing you a lullaby. And he'll keep you fast asleep.

[48:58] You've got to wake up. Wake up. And not only wake up. But waken others too. Wake up. And awaken others. We've got to be alert. These things are happening. This is happening. This is real. And be the resistance.

[49:10] Against all those tentacles. Of this beast. This monster that is Babylon. Keep your eyes wide open. And check out. Wow there's another tentacle. Of this monster Babylon. And guard against the erosion of values.

[49:23] Family values. Parents. Parents. Parents. Keep your children safe. Whatever you have to do. I know there's maybe still some good Christian schools out there.

[49:38] But I think the best school here. The best school is your home. There's an erosion of values. An erosion of values. And counteract the philosophies. All these ungodly philosophies. With God's truth.

[49:49] Be aware that the media is controlled. It's filtered. It's 80% of some powerful people. Banished by some powerful people.

[50:02] And I don't think they're godly people. I don't think they're God's people. I think they're Babylon's people. Friends. The media is controlled. And be aware of globalism. It's happening.

[50:13] It's like constant. There's constant stories about this globalism. And I think we should join the freedom fighters and help them. Because they need godly people to be against this stuff.

[50:26] This globalism. It's bringing ungodly things on our nation. It's threatening our liberties and freedom. As god-fearing people. As god-fearing people. Guard your children from indoctrination.

[50:38] In all of its forms. Withstand false doctrine. And forsake the false church. If it's a church that's false. There's leaven there. And they won't get rid of the leaven.

[50:50] Then you've got to get out of the leaven. Get out of it. Cleave unto God. And friends. Above all. Use your fact checker. Use your fact checker for everything. Amen.

[51:01] Use the word of God to test everything. And don't linger. Don't linger like Lot. And then his wife did worse. She hankered and looked back. Don't linger like Lot. Get out.

[51:12] Escape for thy life. Escape for thy life. And friends today. We can really. It's a repeated theme. Flee. Run out. Get out of Babylon. Deliver your soul.

[51:24] It's judgments looming. And friends. We've got to escape the matrix. How do we do that? Flee to Christ. Flee to Christ. Here's the answer. Here's the answer to all of this.

[51:36] All of that that the freedom fighters go on about. All of this globalism. The smart cities. The domination of worldly influences. Of godless influences.

[51:47] Which you can see as a portend to the coming antichrist. All of these control systems. These surveillance systems. The answer is to flee to Christ.

[51:58] It's to find Christ. To find Christ. To know Christ. To know Christ. As your sure refuge. Let's pray. Lord we praise you. That you are the. Refuge. The refuge.

[52:09] That we can flee to. We can run to. We know that you are the sure refuge. For all that trust in you. And Lord we know we need not be fearful. About these things.

[52:20] As much as they threaten. We know that we can have comfort. And peace in our soul. And even if we face. Some testing.

[52:31] And even persecution. Even though we may face some trial and test. Yet we know you are faithful. And we can know. Underneath us are your everlasting arms.

[52:44] Lord we pray that no one will leave this place. Feeling a bit. Overwhelmed. Or feeling fearful. But. But rather to feel. Faithful. To feel.

[52:55] Yes my faith is in. The one who holds the future. The one who knows the future. And the one who has my future. And the best interest of me. In mind.

[53:06] And Lord we can take confidence in that. We pray that each one might have that heart's trust. To know. The sure shelter. Of your saving. Lord that blood. That you shared.

[53:17] Helps us to. Know freedom. Truly. To know salvation. We pray if there is any present. That are still unsure. They will say. Jesus I trust you.

[53:29] I trust you. To take care of my soul. To take care of my eternity. To pay for my life. To pay for my sin. And my guilt. To bring me forgiveness. And to give that gift of eternal life.

[53:41] As I trust in you. I receive it by faith. Lord we pray each one might have that heart's trust today. In Jesus name. Amen. Amen.