Bob Thiel's Blog, page 82

Trump, Putin, and Gender

COGwriter RT posted the following: 29 January 2025 Trump has banned 72 genders. Where will he put transgender people? Where is he going to put the trans toilets, the trans athletes, and what will happen to the transitions of children? There are few occasions when we can genuinely rejoice in being smarter than the Americans. […]

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Greenlanders do not want to be Americans, while Denmark & Germany push a united European front

Greenland Icebergs (Pixabay) COGwriter US President-elect Donald Trump continues to make statements that are stirring up various ones around the world. The truth is, on one topic, that Greenlanders are not clamoring to become Americans: 29 January 2025 Greenlanders have rejected the idea of joining the US, despite Donald Trump’s insistence that the US could […]

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Sunday Law–SDA and false prophetic view

Sunday Church, Naxos Greece (photo by Joyce Thiel) COGwriter One with Seventh-day Adventist affiliation asked me about a coming Sunday law. Before I give some comments, notice something that the late Seventh-day Adventist scholar Dr. Samuele Bacchiocchi had in one of his newsletters many years ago: SUNDAY LAWS PROPOSED BY THE EUROPEAN EPISCOPAL COMMISSION Many […]

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BBC: Doomsday Clock moved closest ever to destruction; COGwriter: The end is not yet.

Doomsday Clock COGWriter The ‘doomsday clock’ maintained by the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has been moved closer to midnight, signaling the view that the end of the world is closer. The BBC reported the following: Doomsday Clock moved closest ever to destruction 28 January 2025 The Doomsday Clock […]

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Freemasons, Rome, the Bible, and Armageddon

Freemason brotherhood symbol COGwriter From time to time, some have asked about Freemasonry. Well, Freemasonry is a ‘secret society’ (meaning that although the group itself is known, its members are sworn to secrecy about much of what it is and does). They have the word “Free” as centuries ago, masons were allowed to freely cross […]

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Chinese New Year of the Snake

Chinese Zodiac snake (photo from Alice-astro via Wikipedia) COGwriter The Chinese lunar “New Year 2025 of the Snake” begins on 29 January 2025. Here is something about it: The snake (蛇) is the sixth of the twelve-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the […]

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Denmark to spend billions more on defense for Greenland–Donald Trump turning allies into frenemies?

Greenland Fjord (Pixabay) COGwriter Denmark announced it will spend more on defense in Greenland: 27 January 2025 Denmark has said it will spend 14.6 billion kroner (£1.6bn; $2.05bn) to boost security in the Arctic region, in partnership with its autonomous territories Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The deal includes three new Arctic ships, more long-range […]

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Do ancient Chinese writings align with the Bible related to the Chinese worshiping the Beast?

Eastern Roman Empire emissary visiting Taizong of Tang A.D. 643 (Wikipedia) COGwriter Will the Chinese accept the final Beast power who is aligned with the final Antichrist? Bible prophecy strongly suggests that the Chinese will have involvement with the the final Antichrist and the city of seven hills: 4 So they worshiped the dragon who […]

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Isaac Newton and others considered that a type of cross would be ‘the mark of the beast’

Labarum Cross COGwriter Many people have pointed to various aspects of modern technology as being related to the ‘mark of the beast’ of Revelation. And while the final Beast power will utilize technology, could something as familiar as some type of a cross be a mark of the beast? Several years ago, I saw a […]

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Silver has shined

A Silver Nugget (Wikipedia photo) COGwriter Silver is an element with an atomic number of 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal, therefore it has many modern uses. Silver prices have fluctuated up and down recently: January 23, 2025 Much attention has […]

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