Jesus's prediction in Matthew 24:37 and Luke 17:26 has come to pass because we're in days like the days of Noah.

Jesus [foretold](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQCuBzyvkSM0XLGoyx6MLcGvKvcbauTzk73i2GUal2R9w&s=10) in Mathew 24:37 that the time of his return will be like the days of Noah. According to Genesis 6:4, there were giants on the earth in those days, and also after that, as a result of fallen angels who procreated with human women. So, "aliens" came to earth, corrupted the seed of humankind, and, according to the book of Enoch, taught abominations that resulted in great wickedness that filled the earth. These ungodly events are part of the war between Satan's seed and that of the woman as described in Genesis 3:15. In addition to Jesus' prophecy, it's predicted in Daniel 2:43 that nonhuman entities will attempt to mix their seed with ours in the last days, similar to what happened in Noah's time.

Fast-forward to today and what do we see? We see more and more headlines about UFOs and a possible alien presence. Trump recently [said](https://youtu.be/2MeA\_iBItb0?si=4alNvSM-GL5SJtOI) he's going to order the release of alien files, shortly after which the White House [registered](https://defensescoop.com/2026/03/18/white-house-registers-new-alien-gov-domains-ufo-uap/) the domains "alien.gov" and "aliens.gov". Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna [said](https://youtu.be/16ysG0GDtE0?si=RVvAhLDXSUiLskle&t=5m46s) that, based on her investigations, she absolutely believes there are advanced technologies not of human origin. The well-known [Bob Lazar](https://youtu.be/DOj\_BMFLhrk?si=qafGmKpT2X8KO3p0) story is corroborated by her statement and potentially authentic UFO sightings, such as ones in [Turkey](https://youtu.be/BX3VTg1uQrw?si=tLmfC7qnfMIJ6k80) and [Israel ](https://youtu.be/pNyMZqArGwY?si=SM11B5DzvoycKiWt).

There are also reported encounters of the third and fourth kind. For example, we had the [Vegas](https://youtu.be/oli6Q6y14W8?si=YDmcaxBeelTaOU6m) story in 2023. There were the more compelling [Travis Walton](https://youtu.be/FsaiT9vDtmE?si=I70uRtNEo5My5OFK) and [Betty and Barney Hill](https://youtu.be/Y0liJSCL\_YQ?si=ynHZ9-fPqQKx9-9m) abduction stories. and the lesser-known [Zimbabwe schoolchildren ](https://youtu.be/q8pymWSKAPQ?si=4VBBCjqpEOQPQQbE) story. Further back in the 1940s when some say the modern UFO phenomenon began, in the US at least, is the Roswell incident.

Before you dismiss abduction events as merely stories without proof, understand that they are only a drop in the bucket. According to one [paper](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333634035\_A\_Report\_on\_the\_Demographics\_and\_Beliefs\_of\_Alien\_Abduction\_Experiencers), hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people believe they've been abducted by aliens. Are they all lying or wrong about their experiences? According to PhD researcher David M. Jacobs, who wrote several [books](https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/david-m-jacobs/229571/?srsltid=AfmBOoqQ-v15T2apSkxP7CQbruYGwqNRZHIelmaFteG94xQ3QSbwuVL4) detailing the accounts of some of the more than 1,000 alleged abductees whom he interviewed, they aren't. The late Harvard psychiatrist Dr. John Mack agreed, as can be seen in an [interview ](https://youtu.be/u4PUijcQuPI?si=HTBKkmuGgIcWmj5n).

What's more, descriptions of abduction experiences parallel the Bible's description of the goal of these so-called aliens, because the "aliens" are apparently creating alien-human [hybrids ](https://youtu.be/pjLCQvDG\_0s?si=IMlgqhJdhE\_3hrKU&t=3m48s) to be integrated into human society. The only difference is that, this time, they're being created to look as human as possible so as to keep their planned takeover secret. Dr. David M. Jacobs' book *Walking Among Us* explores this hybrid breeding program in depth, talking about how what he terms hubrids have already been strategically integrated into our society. The experiences of the alleged abductees Jacobs worked with resembles other abductees' experiences, including those examined by Harvard professor of psychology Richard McNally and his colleagues. In fact, 7 of the 10 alleged abductees they [interviewed](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2003/02/alien-abduction-claims-examined-2/) reported having their sperm or eggs extracted for breeding purposes.

Former Congress man Matt Gaetz [said](https://youtu.be/TuxzOBz8t1M?si=4uisA7LpoI5Ibymv) he was briefed on a secret human-alien breeding program, to which Congressman Tim Burchett responded, "If they were to release the things that I've seen, you'd be up at night, worrying about, thinking about this stuff." In a 2016 keynote address, 39th U.S. Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley [said](https://youtu.be/gUt-W95E9Zg?si=OgyQqxYSMgfsymsD&t=34m40s) to his audience that they'll be dealing with "hybrid armies" and "little green men."

If in fact there are human-alien hybrids living among us like in the days of Noah, have they or can they be identified? To answer this question, some people would at least say they've come across others who appear human until they don't. [Billy Corgan](https://youtu.be/zz1\_6JRywgQ?si=q8TPpOGEo8dmP46j), the frontman for the Smashing Pumpkins, claimed on at least two occasions that he saw a shapeshifting woman. He hasn't retracted his claim. Rapper [Lil Tony](https://youtube.com/shorts/Wfgpb9g6Mzk?si=f6lVkZstwcLjHpV7) said he saw someone's face change, too. Then there are everyday people telling their stories such as the [man](https://youtu.be/idy9flP7usE?si=adGo1s0XqEToochg&t=2m50s) and [women](https://youtu.be/oAAgSAvf7Dc?si=jn5oo7dnYH9enpF4&t=10s) in the following videos who share very similar experiences.

While many have claimed to have encounters with alien beings, others have claimed to encounter living giants. For example, a [marine](https://youtu.be/h5YHZUttavc?si=Tqnm2X1c0M4-9NZR&t=0m14s) and military pilot claimed to have been involved in an incident in which an approximately 12 ft. giant in Afghanistan was killed outside a remote cave and air lifted to an unknown location. Years later, an [Afghani](https://youtube.com/shorts/opazlrrad8k?si=7hVdMqnpop0UZ4ef) came forward in a few interviews claiming to have been told by his father that his grandmother went to a cave to bring animal sacrifices to a giant.

The [book](https://books.google.com/books?id=KiwLLKx6cAkC&printsec=copyright#v=onepage&q&f=false) *Solomon Islands Mysteries: Accounts of Giants and UFOs in the Solomon Islands* provides a detailed account of an Australian man who lived in the Solomon Islands with the natives and, to put it mildly, saw and heard things. Furthermore, a [pastor](https://youtube.com/shorts/gFVYQtB9tSY?si=Q8hp6p3n3NeqB34W) claimed to have a giant sighting in Mexico. His extraordinary claim is consistent with [video](https://youtu.be/mRdMKU4ki9I?si=Q3SbrnRN7n02GVVP) taken in Mexico and elsewhere, in which giant figures are seen atop mountains in the distance.

These seemingly unbelievable, contemporary stories of giant encounters are only few of many going back into history. The firsthand accounts of the early explorers of the Americas are a rich source.

An [account](https://www.collegesidekick.com/study-docs/19111901) from the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan describes a giant. His chronicler wrote, "One day we suddenly saw a naked man of giant stature on the shore of the port, dancing, singing, and throwing dust on his head...When the giant was in the captain-general's and our presence, he marveled greatly...He was so tall that we reached only to his waist, and he was well proportioned. His face was large and painted red all over..."

Spanish conquistador Hernando De Soto's private secretary Rodrigo Ranjel wrote a [diary ](https://books.google.com/books?id=AVY1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA294&dq=hernando+de+soto+Walter+malone&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks\_redir=0&source=gb\_mobile\_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiK2Ye9w4mTAxXN4ckDHQZ8BDUQuwV6BAgHEAg#v=snippet&q=great-limbed&f=false) detailing their expeditions in which they encountered various tribes, each with a giant that reigned as chief. Referring to the giant chief Tuscaloosa's son, he writes, "Seeing him we paused, dumb with amazement. For, though but a youth...he towered on high. A great-limbed giant: heads of tallest men reached only to his breast." He goes on to write, "...the chief was a giant ten times mightier than his son."

Spanish explorer Alonzo Álvarez de Pineda [reported](https://books.google.com/books?id=1zoTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Spanish+settlements+within+present+limits+united+states&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks\_redir=0&source=gb\_mobile\_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwijps6zyomTAxWLjokEHa-kPX4QuwV6BAgLEAg#v=onepage&q=river%20race%20of%20giants%20from%20ten%20to%20eleven%20palms%20in%20height&f=false) finding a large settlement of native villages inhabited by giants. He described the tribe that settled near the Mississippi River as "A race of giants, from ten to eleven palms in height."

Spanish explorer Francisco Coronado was accompanied by Pedro de Castaneda on an expedition across the American Southwest. In his [book](https://books.google.com/books?id=NaEVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP10&dq=the+journey+of+Coronado+Pedro+reyes&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks\_redir=0&source=gb\_mobile\_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiD-fblzYmTAxXvhYkEHcitOnsQuwV6BAgKEAg#v=onepage&q=giants&f=false) , Castaneda writes, "...they came to a province of exceedingly tall and strong men—like giants."

The Dominican friar Diego Durán, who's responsible for writing some of the earliest Western books on the history and culture of the Aztecs, [writes](https://books.google.com/books?newbks=1&newbks\_redir=0&ovdme=1&id=fPp5AAAAMAAJ&dq=historia+de+las+indias+de+nueva+espa%C3%B1a+e+Islas+de+Tierra+firme&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=monstrous+) , "It cannot be denied that there have been giants in this country. I can affirm this as an eyewitness, for I have met men of monstrous stature here. I believe that there are many in Mexico who will remember, as I do, a giant Indian who appeared in a procession of the feast of Corpus Christi. He appeared dressed in yellow silk and a halberd at his shoulder and a helmet on his head. And he was all of three feet taller than the others." He also [wrote](https://books.google.com/books?newbks=1&newbks\_redir=0&ovdme=1&id=fPp5AAAAMAAJ&dq=historia+de+las+indias+de+nueva+espa%C3%B1a+e+Islas+de+Tierra+firme&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=enormous) , "In some places of that region enormous bones of the giants have been found, which I myself have seen dug up in rugged places many times."

In his [History of the Indies](https://books.google.com/books?id=lm9KAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+natural+%26+moral+history+of+the+Indies:+the+moral+history+acosta+books+V+sir+Clements&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks\_redir=0&source=gb\_mobile\_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiBjO6U54mTAxUjj4kEHVS2BucQ6AF6BAgOEAM#v=onepage&q=fable&f=false), Joseph de Acosta wrote, "We must not holde this of the giants to be strange or a fable; for at this day, we find dead mens bones of an incredible bigness."

Bernal Díaz del Castillo wrote one of the most significant [sources ](https://books.google.com/books?id=hGU28Ir1lIoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+memoirs+of+the+conquistador+bernal+diaz+del+Castillo+volume+1&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks\_redir=0&source=gb\_mobile\_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSoNDJ6ImTAxUPjIkEHTj4KT4Q6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=giants&f=false) documenting the collapse of the Aztec empire and the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Mentioning a race of enormous giants that once inhabited the land of the defeated Tlaxcatec Indians, he writes, "In order to give us a notion of the huge frame of this people, they dragged forth a bone, or rather a thigh bone, of one of those giants, which was very strong, and measured the length of a man of good stature...We were all astonished by the sight of these bones and felt certain there must have been giants in that land."

A 3,300-year-old Egyptian [papyrus](https://www.earth.com/news/egyptian-papyrus-revives-the-theory-of-giants/) describes warriors up to 8.5 feet tall (2.59 meters).

As you may already be aware, these extraordinary stories and depictions of encounters with giants and other nonhuman, otherworldly beings extend far back into human history, even to the very beginnings of human history according to the book of Genesis. Take a look, for example, at ancient Egyptian [depictions](https://youtu.be/7NrrvIaFArQ?si=Vc6sAGHdSYZNFXyh) of giants. Another [example](https://www.worldhistory.org/gilgamesh/) is the Mesopotamian king Gilgamesh, who's shown holding a lion with one arm.

There have been some curious, notably large artifacts uncovered. For example, [giant spearheads](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dlUJxNFyRBM&t=2m23s) were found in Israel, and an over 33-lb [axe head](https://youtube.com/shorts/UjLilNu5IoY?si=XELeBbg5ohfqJEK0) was found in a mound in Illinois in 1904. More notably large axe heads can be seen at the bottom of a [display case](https://www.instagram.com/p/CSyIOOhMlas/) at the Ancient Ozarks Natural History Museum in Missouri.

1 Samuel 17:4–7 gives a description of Goliath, the giant David killed. It says, " And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span...And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron"

In addition to oversized artifacts, [Sacsayhuamán](https://youtu.be/mFygN7xBnVc?si=MzGvY08YhRprXxS2)

, an archaeological site in Peru, has oversized doorways and steps, and, amazingly, with structures of up to 125 tons, only retains an estimated 40% of its old structure. It's [unknown](https://www.ticketmachupicchu.com/fortress-sacsayhuaman/) how the Incas purportedly built these and other megalithic structures in the region. Importantly, the Incas themselves [said](https://youtu.be/1n1uUIDkv9I?si=i-O2l-LayZkv7wTl&t=1m28s) they didn't build them, but rather inherited them. This mystery is more intriguing when viewed in light of the Incan creation [myth](https://www.eiu.edu/historia/2012Scarbrough.pdf), which says that Virococha, the Creator, created a race of giants before creating humans. According to the paper, this myth suggests that "ancestors are superior to their living descendents," which is reflected in the superior, earlier megalithic architecture that was built on and [around](https://youtu.be/1n1uUIDkv9I?si=kau8\_wx9j3t4QoJW&t=1m36s) by the Incas. What's more, the Incan creation [myth ](https://clas.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/Peru\_Culture\_Reading%20the%20Inca%20Creation%20Myth.pdf) says Virococha created the giants by sculpting huge stone figures and then turned some back into stone and drowned all the rest, save two, in a great flood.

Of course, this myth, as well as many others from various cultures across the world, is similar to the great flood of Noah, in which giants and all flesh that "had corrupted its way" were drowned. But is it all myth, or is it a cross-cultural body of knowledge of real giants cloaked in myth by later retellings of an original source account?

Oral and written accounts and depictions of giants, although abundant, generally aren't enough to convince the average person that a race of giant humanoids existed. They want to see the bones for themselves. So, where are they?

As recently as the mid- to late-1800s and early 1900s, there were newspaper [articles ](https://sydhav.no/giants/newspapers.htm) published about the discovery of giant skeletons found in burial mounds across America, some 8-9 ft. or even well exceeding 10 ft. tall.

The Jewish historian Flavius Josephus [wrote](https://lexundria.com/j\_aj/5.125/wst), "There were till then left the race of giants, who had bodies so large, and countenances so entirely different from other men, that they were surprising to the sight, and terrible to the hearing. The bones of these men are still shown to this very day, unlike to any credible relations of other men."

Why did a 1st century historian say that the bones of giant men were on display? What about the explorers I referenced who more than a millennium later said they also saw the bones? Has there been a coverup?

One [documentary](https://youtu.be/3bFBGpJiZRo?si=SF8q7aqDxcy-hqrR&t=4m20s) addresses this question.

A [cover](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601990111,00.html) from a 1999 Time magazine issue captures the Bible's description of what the serpent (Satan) has been aiming to do since he beguiled Eve. The giants of old or any other human-alien hybrid that I'm suggesting exist or existed are but one devilish construction of the serpent, Satan. Today, we're seeing a push in some very influential circles to become something "more" than human, whether through genetic engineering or biological-technological integration. For example, [Elon Musk](https://tech.yahoo.com/general/articles/elon-musk-says-future-no-140107288.html) said that the goal of Neuralink, his brain chip company, is to merge human cognition with technology and erase the need for handheld devices altogether. Nokia's CEO made a similar [statement ](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DSw\_xQbicAD/?hl=en), saying that by 2030 we'll have devices like the smartphone implanted into our bodies. Bestselling author, historian, and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari [said](https://rumble.com/vyc5x0-yuval-noah-harari-whos-steering-the-great-reset-gates-schwab-zuckerberg-and.html?start=72) that we're upgrading humans into gods and acquiring the power to reengineer life.

This push to alter our human makeup is further proof that the Bible is true because it falls under the same umbrella of the fallen angelic plan to pervert God's creation into something other than human. Just as Satan beguiled Eve by telling her that she would be as a god if she ate the forbidden fruit, humanity is on the precipice of being beguiled in a similar manner. In a time of calamity, we'll be offered a "fruit" that we'll be told will improve us and create a harmonious and peaceful society. According to the Bible, this "fruit" will look something like a new system of world government with a new leader, referred to as the antichrist, who will coerce people into receiving a mark that bears the number of his name, 666, in their right hand or forehead.

Revelation 13:16-18—And he causeth all...to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name...and his number is Six hundred threescore and six

Although some dismiss this prophecy as the wild ramblings of a late 1st century author, we see their words poking into our modern times. For instance, in 2019 Microsoft filed for a [parent](https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/WO2020060606), numbered W0/2020/060606, for a "Cryptocurrency system using body activity data." The patent application describes a device that senses the body activity of a user and awards cryptocurrency if said activity satisfies some condition set by the system. If society goes cashless, as some stores already have since the pandemic, and an implantable device such as this is somehow implemented, then the mark of the beast needed to buy or sell in the Book of Revelation would become a reality.

While some may think society would never accept such an implantable device to make financial transactions, it's important to note that we're already progressing towards contactless payments and biometric authentication as standard procedure, as shown by [palm scanners](https://youtu.be/4WaOq3wQlxI?si=PnW\_EorE7dZ6-ZKo) in Amazon stores. Further, the World Economic Forum [said](https://youtu.be/GtR24YDetu0?si=NoWGFpbX0G1GwnqM&t=0m54s) they want 100% digital payments.

[VivoKey](https://youtu.be/bqm5UOQXTk8?si=jPsvjS89xraC1zZB) developed an implantable chip that some people are already using for payments, and [thousands](https://youtu.be/qWVQR99bXt8?si=xh5yfded2L7cKBnm) in Sweden have done the same. To some, a real mark of the beast may sound too draconian to ever be implemented. Governments, however, have shown their willingness to push progressively more authoritarian measures. For example, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer [announced](https://youtu.be/D2ShXCrfu-s?si=CcoFfXG-EAZO057Y) plans to enact compulsory digital IDs.

Governments doing draconian things isn't anything new, but a one-world government headed by one leader—the antichrist—is. How could this possibly happen when we're so divided religiously, politically, and otherwise? According to Ronald Reagan in a [speech](https://youtu.be/Ag44dRO8LEA?si=DG6Lfh-9v7ZTVC1Z) he gave to the United Nations, an alien threat could be just the thing to get humanity to set aside its differences. According to Dr. Carol Rosin, who worked with German-American rocket scientist Wernher von Braun during the last years of his life, von Braun [said](https://youtu.be/zrvtHCpDZY8?si=LBo1N404g1MAzEN3&t=2m55s) this alien threat will be a lie.

Could this be the lie, or strong delusion, referred to in 2 Thessalonians 2:11 regarding the end times?

With films like [*Independence Day: Resurgence*](https://youtu.be/YmfJTf471w8?si=lCZLpno-BlZS7Fzh) and Spielberg's upcoming movie [*Disclosure Day*](https://youtu.be/UFe6NRgoXCM?si=oZ6vvd7SaY3SLoGz), it appears that Hollywood has been preparing us for this eventuality. Oddly enough, the beginning of the trailer for the upcoming [*Super Mario: Galaxy*](https://youtu.be/\_Rcl0aiwixw?si=g1eLp09FqggA29PP) movie is very similar in its messaging, which says the universe is so vast that there must be intelligent alien life—and now they're here. Commercials like [one](https://youtu.be/UYgNVPPjgNQ?si=u-D7wjXSJmtcBpOs) from the 2024 Super Bowl or [another](https://youtu.be/KIShJGu1ISc?si=WyHS-k2z06Sa2w6k) from the 2025 Super Bowl also appear to be conditioning us for a disclosure event. If there's any truth to what's known as "predictive programming" or "hiding the truth in plain sight," the 2025 commercial and the 1988 film [*They Live*](https://youtu.be/yjw\_DuNkOUw?si=80bbReNBM2YIFBbs&t=1m40s) may also be telling us that there are human-looking alien hybrids walking among us. Interestingly, the starring actor of *They Live* [said](http://x.com/R\_Roddy\_Piper/status/558772446816256000?lang=en) on what was then Twitter, "They Live is a documentary!" before he passed away 6 months later.

Undoubtedly, a disclosure event, if it were to involve much more than a files release—maybe even a manufactured "alien" arrival complete with alien craft in the skies—would have a dramatic, immediate worldwide impact that could, in the [words](https://youtu.be/6GooNhOIMY0?si=og-7LyM4Mp0dxA7G&t=3m8s) of Dr. Michio Kaku, mark the beginning of the "most important transition of all time" from a type 0 to type 1 civilization. He called those that oppose such a transition "terrorists," which may elucidate why Christians are heavily persecuted for refusing to participate in the beast system according to Revelation 20:4. They could be viewed as intolerant and holding humanity back, as they are by some today, except to a far greater degree. A Netflix [cartoon](https://youtu.be/i0bpK9284Sk?si=Mcr03L6xbRx4gu7y) provides a chilling illustration. 1997 Nobel Prize laureate Richard Seed [stated](https://youtu.be/WTzF11lSCII?si=G79hSKU0kRK7yl6r), "We're going to become gods...if you don't like it, get off...you don't have to participate." Will the beast system dangle the same carrot that Satan dangled in Genesis 3:5 when he said to Eve, "Ye shall be as gods"?

With disclosure may come the revealing of the antichrist that 2 Thessalonians 2:8 says will happen. Consider the fact that there may already be plans in the works for the antichrist's arrival that align with biblical prophecy. For example, a [commercial](http://youtube.com/watch?v=3gkCTHvW0y0) and United Nations affiliated [website](http://share international) promotes the soon arrival of Maitreya, a so-called world teacher, and the so-called Masters of Wisdom. To see its UN affiliation, you can visit an archived [homepage](http://web.archive.org/web/19961114223433/http://www.shareintl.org/) of the site, which says "affiliated with the United Nations Department of Public Information." According to the site, Maitreya will inspire humanity to see itself as one family and will come with signs and miracles. Speaking of the antichrist, 2 Thessalonians 2:9 says "Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders." Revelation 19:20 says, "And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone." Daniel 8:25 says that by peace he will destroy many, and Daniel 9:27 says that he will confirm a covenant with many for one week. So, he will come as a peacemaker at first, portraying himself to be the good guy here to help solve the world's problems.

I contend here that we're in days like the days of Noah that Jesus said would come at the time of his return. The many eyewitness accounts of seeing aliens or giant humanoid beings and their skeletal remains are not all lies, myths, or mistaken identity. They are an expected reality that the Bible and other ancient texts like the book of Enoch describe. Further, a beast system is rising just as the Bible predicted.