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February 12, 2026                   

(Rev 13:15-17) And it was given him to give life to the image of the beast: and that the image of the beast should speak: and should cause that whosoever will not adore the image of the beast should be slain. And he shall make all, both little and great, rich and poor, freemen and bondmen, to have a character in their right hand or on their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, but he that hath the character, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

X via Matt Shumer: Something Big Is Happening

GROK ANALYSIS: https://x.com/i/grok/share/8af9a359a9c043bab79090b9dbda18a7

Excerpt: Is Matt Shumer a reliable source?

Yes, he's credible within the AI builder/insider community.  As CEO of OthersideAI (focused on advanced AI autocomplete/agent tools) and an active user/investor in the ecosystem (Groq, Etched, OpenRouter, etc.), he has deep hands-on experience with cutting-edge models since roughly 2020.  His takes tend to be technically literate, forward-looking, and less filtered than mainstream media coverage.  The article exploded because it articulated what many developers and founders were already experiencing privately but hadn't yet seen framed so bluntly for a general audience.
He isn't an academic economist or neutral forecaster — he's an optimistic builder who benefits from AI acceleration — so his tone carries urgency and some promotional energy for tools/skills.  But the factual backbone (model releases, benchmark leaps, lab leader quotes, self-improvement loops) holds up under scrutiny.  His warnings aren't fringe; they're echoed by Amodei, Altman, and others running the labs.

X via Arcivescovo Carlo Maria Viganò: The scenario that looms ahead—indeed, that is already unfolding before our eyes—is profoundly unsettling, but from an eschatological perspective it finds its own rationale in the apostasy foretold by the Prophet Daniel and the Book of Revelation, reiterated presumably in the third part of the Virgin Mary’s message at Fatima and in her words at La Salette: “Rome will lose the Faith and become the seat of the Antichrist.” The apostasy of the Catholic Church’s Hierarchy forms part of that crisis of earthly authority as a necessary consequence of the rejection of Our Lord Jesus Christ’s Kingship.  This authority demands obedience in the name of the Head of the Mystical Body, while separating itself from Him through heresy and corruption.  The Hierarchy will not be able to heal the wound for which it is responsible until it converts.  Until that moment, it can only be a tyrannical and self-referential authority, devoid of any legitimacy, because it abuses its power for the very purpose opposite to that for which Our Lord established it.

MORE: Satanism and Globalization

MARK MALLET BLOG: 10 Reasons the Fuse is Short

Summary: The central message of the post is that we are living in a special, prolonged "time of mercy" — a period of extraordinary grace extended by God (as revealed to St.  Faustina Kowalska in 1937) — but this time has an expiry date.  It will soon give way to the "Day of Justice" (also called the "Day of the Lord"), a purifying event where God will judge wickedness and fulfill promises to the faithful.  The author argues that the "fuse" of this merciful period is growing very short, supported by 10 converging reasons drawn from Scripture, Church teaching, private revelations, and current world events. 

Here are the 10 reasons outlined in the article, with brief explanations:

1. Joel Prophesied This Hour- The massive explosion of prophecies, Marian apparitions, locutions, and visions in recent generations matches the biblical prophecy of Joel (quoted in Acts 2:17–21) about the last days, when God pours out His Spirit, leading to widespread prophesying, dreams, visions, and signs before the great Day of the Lord. 
2. The Magisterium’s Warning- Successive popes (from Leo XIII to John Paul II) have used strikingly prophetic language to describe our era — speaking of widespread apostasy, the "Son of Perdition," spirits of error, and the need for "watchmen" to announce Christ's coming — aligning closely with end-times prophecies. 
3. The “sense of the faithful”- The baptized share in Christ's prophetic office (Catechism n.  897) and many faithful (laity and clergy alike) report a powerful, growing interior sense of urgency to convert and prepare as global signs intensify. 
4. The General Signs — Man-Made?-  The "birth pains" Jesus described (wars, earthquakes, famines, plagues — Matthew 24) are increasingly man-made or human-amplified (e.g., record conflicts, engineered disasters, weaponized diseases), suggesting humanity itself is forging the instruments of its own potential destruction. 
5. Idolatry- Modern society has created a new "golden calf" through worship of technology and AI, which increasingly replaces human relationships, work, and even spiritual guidance — echoing the original temptation to "be like gods" through forbidden knowledge. 
6. Playing God- Humanity's unchecked pursuit of cloning, genetic engineering, designer babies, and weather manipulation crosses moral boundaries and attempts to usurp God's role, as warned by Pope Benedict XVI. 
7. Existential Threats- Rapidly advancing dangers — AI approaching singularity (potentially by 2026), nuclear World War III risks, and lab-created lethal pathogens — place humanity on the brink of self-annihilation. 
8. The Culture of Death- Abortion, euthanasia, endless wars, and widespread starvation constitute sins that "cry out to heaven," spilling innocent blood in a way that echoes Cain's crime and invites divine justice (as emphasized by St.  John Paul II in Evangelium Vitae).
9. The Emerging Global- Slavery The push toward cashless societies, digital IDs, and centralized control by governments/financial elites is creating a system of total surveillance and restricted freedom — described as a form of "global Communism" achieved through orchestrated chaos. 
10. The Great Scattering of the Church- The Church faces a final, severe trial that will shake the faith of many, scatter the flock, and involve apostasy even "from the top" — fulfilling prophecies about doctrinal confusion, indifferentism, and the Church's purification before the end.
    

Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 6- "On remembrance of death"

9. Some inquire and wonder: 'Why, when the remembrance of death is so beneficial for us, has God hidden from us the knowledge of the hour of death?' - not knowing that in this way God wonderfully accomplishes our salvation. For no one who foreknew his death would at once proceed to baptism or the monastic life; but everyone would spend all his days in iniquities, and only on the day of his death would he approach baptism and repentance. From long habit, he would become confirmed in vice, and would remain utterly incorrigible.

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