I want to
state very plainly at the start of this article that I do not write this with
any intention for hate, or to stir up hate. In fact I write this with the exact
opposite intention; I want to stir up a spirit of prayer among God’s people.
Even if you disagree with my overall argument in this piece, which is fair and
valid, as I am simply hypothesizing, as a Christian you will be cognizant of
the dark forces at work in this world, and this piece might act as a new call
to prayer. In fact, it might even serve as a good call to repentance for many
of us, who have not been as diligent at praying for our leaders as we should
have been.
Over the last
few weeks, I have had several conversations in person with friends about a
particular theory of mine about powerful world leaders, including President Trump.
The change in Trump has been so dramatic, so far removed from his earlier
presentation and campaign promises that people have suggested different reasons
for what is behind this change.
Some people
have suggested that there is more than one Trump, that he has look-alikes who
speak and campaign as well. Some even suggest that Trump has been replaced in
the public sphere by one or more of his look-alikes. This might seem too
conspiratorial for some to consider, but the idea of body doubles and look
alikes goes back into ancient history, with even a Persian King having been
replaced by their lookalike at least once.[1] There is even a great
episode of Arrested Development that has fun with the Saddam Hussein lookalike
concept; it is a great episode. There are images going around showing a short
fat Trump at official meetings that is not as tall as Trump is known to be. So,
he at least has some body doubles, which is not even a little bit controversial
for such a prominent world leader to have.
Others simply
say that Trump has been changed and corrupted by the same process as other
powerful politicians, through campaign donations and political processes. They
point to the various interests that paid for his election campaign and argue
that he is now being pressured to deliver for his donors. Campaign donations
are not made from the goodness of billionaire’s hearts; they expect a return on
their investment. Some might add into this category that Trump may be under
blackmail, hence his resistance to letting the Epstein files be fully revealed,
and his constant attacks on Representative Thomas Massie who has been doggedly
trying to get them fully unveiled. These people simply consider him to be
corrupted or compromised in the normal sort of processes that happens to a lot
of powerful leaders.
Still others
think Trump’s strategy is to keep people off guard, and this explains much of
what we see. You could put in this category the hopium crew, those who are
holding out in hope that this will turn out for good. These are decent people
who believe Trump is enacting a grand plan and it will make more sense in
hindsight. I know many people personally who have this perspective, and I
counted myself in this category for some time.
Then there
are the gas lighters. Those who argue that this is exactly what was voted for. As
if they think some of us cannot remember how much Trump mercilessly mocked
those who wanted to invade Iran, or who had continually started these Middle
Eastern wars. These people might have some validity to their position, though,
because to be fair Trump’s messaging was more mixed than consistent on these
issues, especially if you take in his pre-presidential career. But still,
redefining foreign wars as America First is really one of the Neo-Cons most
successful cons so far. This is not the Trump a lot of people wanted, no matter
how much they try to day zero[2] us and pretend it is.
While I think
there is some truth in all of these perspectives, short fat Trump is pretty
noticeable (even if you struggle with that possibility), I think there is
another possibility that should be factored in that many people have not
considered: the white house is too powerful, too prominent, too connected to
the world system for the god of this world to not have a major and direct
influence in who runs it and how it is run. So let’s explore the reasoning
behind this hypothesis.
Something we
know as Christians is that non-believers have no defense against demonic
influence or even possession. Jesus gives us insight into this in Matthew 12,
where he says,
“43
When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless
places seeking rest, but finds none. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to my
house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds the house empty, swept,
and put in order. 45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more
evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there, and the last state of that
person is worse than the first. So also will it be with this evil generation”
(Matt. 12:43-45).
Jesus is
telling us here that a person without the defenses of the Holy Spirit has no
chance against demonic possession or oppression. They are like an empty house
waiting for an inhabitant. What happens to the sons of Sceva in Acts highlights
this as well. We read in Acts 19,
“13
Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the
Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus
whom Paul proclaims.” 14 Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were
doing this. 15 But the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I
recognize, but who are you?” 16 And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped
on them, mastered all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of
that house naked and wounded. 17 And this became known to all the residents of
Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the
Lord Jesus was extolled” (Acts 19:13-17).
These
“exorcists” were powerless because although they proclaimed the name of Christ,
they were not true believers. Hence, the demonic power drove them away, rather
than them driving it away.
Let’s leave
aside whether or not believers can be influenced, oppressed or possessed by
demons in this discussion.[3] I think it is
uncontroversial to say that the vast majority of believers would argue that
non-believers have at best little and probably really no defenses against
demonic influence. The best defenses they can probably bring to bear is
avoiding depraved behaviour, but this is easier said than done. It is probably
not even enough for the unbeliever, as they are like an open house waiting for
an inhabitant.
Therefore, if
we are willing to accept that the devil is the god of this world (2 Cor. 4:4,
c.f. Eph. 2:2, John 12:31). If we are willing to accept that he has a place of
prominence from which to rule (Rev. 2:13). If we are willing to accept that he
will seek influence over the rulers of this world (Rev. 13:4). If we are
willing to accept that possession or demonization is real, as it is recorded in
the New Testament on many occasions. If we are willing to accept that
non-believers have little to no defenses against demonic influence. Then it
stands to reason that non-believing US presidents would have incredibly evil
spiritual forces bearing down on them while in their role, or even before, and
it stands to reason that this would affect them and their policies in
significant ways. This even goes a long way to explaining why so many
presidents act like Manchurian candidates and push the same sorts of policies
that serve the interests of power and not their people.
I have had
this conversation with a few people privately recently. Maybe I was prompted by
re-watching The Two Towers and seeing how Theoden King was possessed by the spirit
of Saruman to think maybe the strongly Christian Tolkien wrote about this for a
reason. He was incredibly spiritually wise, and this is reflected in his
writings. Maybe I was prompted by reflecting on the obviously Satanic nature of
the Epstein reveals. Maybe I was prompted by other investigations about how
evil influences societies in history. Whatever prompted me I was considering
writing about this when I came across an article written by someone else who
has beaten me to the punch, it is titled: Are World Leaders Possessed? The
Ancient Technology of Demonic Transfer,
by Dr Heather Lynn.
It stands to
reason that many other Christians can see the obvious evil and inversion which
is happening in the world right now. Even the desperate desire for many to seek
to rationalize Trump’s foreign policy into some kind of grand plan is signs
that something is off. We saw people doing this through Covid. Many good people
were seeking to explain away why the people’s president was fast tracking dangerous
experimental jabs in an irresponsible way. Many thought if Trump was behind it,
they could not be bad…that was their actual reasoning. As if a real estate
mogul and former T.V. host greenlighting the production of a medication made it
unnecessary for the years’ worth of medical trials that are required before a
new medical technology can ever be considered possibly safe. Just think about
the hopium required to even make such a rationalization. But the utter devotion
of many to Trump, no matter what he does, is to many of us another example of
dark spiritual forces at work. Therefore, it is exciting that others are seeing
this and writing about it.
Let’s look at
some of her points,
“Is
it possible that world leaders are operating under the influence of an ancient
demonic force? I have spent over a decade researching exactly this. I wrote a
book about it. The answer is more disturbing than the question, because the
ancient world did not merely describe possession. They built infrastructure for
it. They named it. They classified its stages. They identified the methods of
induction, the patterns of institutional spread, and the vulnerability of those
closest to power.”[4]
Not only is
it possible for world leaders to be possessed, we have documented evidence
going back into the ancient world that the supernatural had this sort influence
over the powerful. This explains why the signs of the takeover in society by
evil are so consistent across continents, times, and culture; they are
manifestations of the same sorts of evil.
It is not
only an ancient phenomenon,
“This
is not confined to the ancient world. In a scene I documented in Evil
Archaeology, Mongolian government officials gathered in a hotel conference
center to participate in a shamanic possession ritual. They were not there to
stop it. They hoped it would work.
A
68-year-old female shaman and her two apprentices dressed in brightly colored
fringed costumes as the room fell silent. The shaman began her drumming and
chanting. An onlooker was overcome. He leaped into the arms of those
restraining him. The dancers crowded around and continued beating their drums.
The
goal was to summon an entity and ask for its help. A government official
watched, unblinking, hoping the shaman had delivered on her promise.”[5]
The
possession destroys the host, making them increasingly irrational,
“The
Roman emperor Caligula is remembered as a madman. He declared himself Jupiter
incarnate. He held conversations with the god. He built a bridge between his
palace and the Temple of Jupiter so he could visit his “brother.” He executed
citizens on impulse, displayed sexual behavior that horrified even Roman
sensibilities, and demanded worship as a living deity.
Nero
followed the same trajectory. His early reign was competent, even praised. Then
came a progressive dissolution of personal identity into the role. Murders.
Grandiosity. Performance replacing governance. Rome burned. He sang.
The
conventional explanation is insanity. The ancient explanation was more
specific.”[6]
The influence
of these demonic powers on these leaders turns them into madmen. Have you
noticed how increasingly erratic Trump’s policies have become? He always had an
element of chaos in his leadership style. In fact, I remember being impressed
with how he used this to keep the media and his political opponents continually
off guard, talking about his last controversy while he was already on to doing
something new. But this chaos has grown exponentially worse, and it is now
bringing the whole world into chaos with it. It has even undermined many of
Trump’s own good policies like the winding back of green subsidies, removing
the US from the WEF, and rejecting the anti-civilisational goals of the climate
accords.
You can even
see this chaos with the defences made by those who support Trump, no matter
what.
Their support
of him has even become more erratic. Precisely because they have to keep
rationalizing increasingly erratic behaviour. Watch how they claim that Trump
is a genius for ending the war with Iran and then the very next day that he is
a genius for threatening to destroy their entire civilisation, and then that he
is a genius for opening a straight that he caused to be closed in the first
place. And this process happens at least once or twice a week, at the moment,
and has for weeks now. This is an incredibly chaotic pattern that shows that
Trump has encountered a problem that cannot be saved with his usual rhetorical
bluster. Yet, these people are locked in for the ride, no matter what happens. It
is as if his charisma has an actual effect over them.
Many Trump loyalists
are constantly having to interpret everything through a trust-the-plan
framework that is becoming increasingly strained, as it becomes clear that the
president’s control over the situation is getting weaker and weaker. Trump
sending in the troops is genius, even though they aren’t effective. Then Trump’s
pulling them 100’s of kilometres away is genius, even though it contradicts the
first claim. Trump sending in the aircraft carriers is genius and so is his
pulling them outside of effective range. The examples could go on. Whatever he
does is just seen as genius. The plan keeps changing, and their argument is
that this is so no one can work out the plan. Whatever happens they claim that Trump
has it under control, and many obviously truly believe this, as well. The level
of idolatry necessary to make the claim that whatever happens he has it under
control, reveals how wrong they are, but if you say that you are simply accused
of having TDS. It is remarkable.
And remember
I am reflecting on this as someone who was a massive supporter of Trump. I used
to accuse Trump’s critics of just having TDS, I still believe many did. But now
I see how I went too far in defending his actions at times. I still have a MAGA
hat. I will keep it, too, is a memento of different days.
Possession
can even change the host,
“Father
Chad Ripperger, one of the most active exorcists in the United States, has
spent eighteen years observing how demons manifest through the human body. He
describes a phenomenon he calls morphing: the face changes, the complexion
shifts to colors no human skin naturally produces, and the voice assumes
characteristics proper to the demon’s own nature rather than the person’s. He
says morphing accounts for roughly ninety percent of what exorcists observe in
session. The person you were speaking to is no longer behind the eyes.
Something else is using the instrument.”[7]
Maybe this
explains why some of these people look so different sometimes from image to
image? Any normal human being looks a bit different depending on the photo
angle and lighting, countless people use this to their advantage on dating
apps. But sometimes you look at these leaders and there is just a difference
there that is incredible.
Of course,
for some Christians this is simply a bridge too far and too deep down the
conspiracy rabbit hole to even be considered worthy of public discussion. But
was it not our own Bible that tells us the real rulers of the world are not
human beings, but spiritual forces,
“10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11 Put on the
whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the
devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the
rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present
darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places” (Eph.
6:10-12).
This is why
Christians wield prayer, faith, the gospel, hope in salvation and the rest of our
spiritual armour of God, because we know that the biggest danger in this world
is spiritual danger. The threat to our souls that evil presents is a real, true
and genuine danger. Even many non-believers recognize that evil now.
But note that
Paul explicitly says it is these spiritual forces which actually rule the
world. This means that in one way or another they must have influence over the
unbelieving leaders in our world. Remember unbelievers have far less defences
against evil, if any, than believers, and even believers can find themselves in
danger from the devil who roams like a roaring lion, look for people to devour.
This really
drives home why we should be praying for our rulers and authorities, doesn’t it.
Paul, as usual, warned us about this as well, “1 First of all, then, I urge
that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all
people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a
peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way” (1 Tim. 2:1-12).
Just by taking on these positions of leadership world leaders have entered into
a spiritual battle many of them may not be aware of. And even those who think
they are aware of it, do not realize how unprepared for it they are, unless
they are believers trained in spiritual warfare.
This really
explains so much about our world. And it especially reminds us how much we
should depend on prayer. Perhaps we Christians need to repent for not praying
for our leaders enough. After all, prayer is powerful and effective.
List of
References
[2]
Pretend like the past did not happen.
[3] I
think they can. After all, if demonic idols could be set up in the temple in
the Old Testament (Ex. 8), and if the man of lawlessness can set himself up in
the temple of God, which is the place where God’s spirit dwells (2 Thess. 2:4),
then why can a believer not be effected in some way by demons to whom he has
given a foothold (Eph. 4:25-27?
[5]
Ibid.
[6]
Ibid.
[7]
Ibid.
