Satan’s 2nd Countermove — Planting a Forest of Trees

Peter

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, here is what we’ve covered so far. On May 14th, 1948, the fig tree was replanted. On June 21st, the Tree of Knowledge was replanted as well. Coincidence? Two trees — one dormant for two thousand years, one absent since the Garden of Eden — born on the exact day Jesus pointed out in the parable of the fig tree — replanted thirty-eight days apart. Really? And all the remaining forty-six trees sprouting in the exact same year.

And all the trees. When they are budding — not when it is budding. That’s the clue. That’s the whole case right there. Forty-eight major prophecies had to be fulfilled at the exact same time Israel was replanted. After all, that was the question Jesus was answering. “What will be the sign of Thy coming and the end of the world?”

Peter turns and heads back to his podium, still talking as he walks.

One question. One small parable. Forty-eight trees. Representing Satan’s entire end-time plan.

He centers himself, hands firmly on the podium. He takes a beat.

Not from some Bible teacher. From the Son of God Himself. A vivid masterpiece. I know that phrase keeps coming out of my mouth. It keeps coming from my heart. Because I know the One who spoke those words.

Special Master Wright

Take it easy there, counsellor.

Peter nods respectfully and turns his attention back to the jury.

Peter

But really, if you think about it, the end of time before the Second Coming of Christ — which is the subject of this trial — is actually the end of an epic story.

He picks up his Bible and holds it in front of him. He paces in front of the jury, meeting eyes with each one of them. The Special Master stifles a yawn. Peter raises the Bible to about shoulder height.

As many of you know, I’m a movie producer as well as a wannabe lawyer. I know exactly how film scripts work. And I want to explain to you, as an analogy, how almost every movie follows the exact same pattern. In the last ten minutes, it looks like the bad guy is certain to win. The hero is in an impossible position. All is lost. And the structure used in virtually every film comes from exactly this book. No wonder it’s called the greatest story ever told.

True?

He looks at each juror. They are all nodding in agreement, smiling.

He looks toward the gallery. A lot of nods there too.

So I want you to imagine that you walk into a theatre. You’re very late. Your wife is not pleased. And she’s certainly not sharing her popcorn — or even answering your whispered questions about what’s going on. So you’re stuck with what you see on the screen. You quickly figure out who the good guy is and who the bad guy is. But you don’t know the story. You don’t know who they are or what brought them here. You can see that the good guy’s situation is desperate. But you know — because most of us have seen enough movies — that the good guy is going to win.

The jury is smiling and nodding again. They are right there with him. There is restrained chuckling from the gallery.

Here’s my point. So many people jump straight into the study of end-time events. It’s a big moment, and we can all see it playing out around us. The world is suddenly not like it was before. But many people are like the fellow who walked into the movie late. They focus on the prophecy without knowing the story that led to it. They have to make up their own context as they go. We can’t do that here. This is about the whole story. I mentioned the timing of the replanting of the fig tree and the Tree of Knowledge. They both have a long and storied history. To understand what’s going on, we need to know that story. Don’t worry — I’m not going to give you a long history lesson. I’m going to give you the fast-forward version. A trailer for our movie.

Bible in hand, Peter steps back and extends his right arm out as far as it will go.

The climactic end in the Bible is the final confrontation between God and Satan. This is the last seven minutes of the movie. The bad guy is winning, as he always is. The situation looks desperate. If it’s a Tom Cruise or James Bond film, the entire world is about to be destroyed. And yet, even though we know the outcome, we can’t help but cringe when the villain gives his evil look directly into the camera. It’s the same in the Bible’s story. Jesus will win. Satan will lose. But it looks very dark right now in the final minutes.

He switches hands and extends his left arm out.

But let me tell you the part of the movie you missed. It began before time itself. Lucifer led a rebellion against the very God who created him. He stood up and said, in effect, “Who died and made you God?” Lucifer decided he was equal to — or even greater than — his Creator. He launched a coup in the heavens. And a third of the angels joined him.

Peter

In film terms, that is the catalyst.

Peter sweeps his arms dramatically into the air.

The moment in Jaws when the shark explodes out of the dark with the screaming girl in his giant teeth.

The Special Master, who has been leaning forward without realizing it, is startled by Peter’s sudden gesture and knocks over his glass of water. He looks up at the gallery and smiles sheepishly.

Special Master Wright

I got to say that scared the daylights out of me. I did exactly that — knocked my drink clean off the armrest — first time I saw that film in the theatre. Sitting there thinking I’m perfectly composed, and then that shark comes out of nowhere.

A beat. He straightens his robes.

Proceed, counsellor.

There is warm laughter from the gallery. Even Peter is smiling. He waits for the room to settle, then continues with quiet authority.

Peter

The moment in Jurassic Park when we see the first dinosaur. It changes everything. It is the moment that begins the real story. Our story begins there — at that rebellion in the heavens.

He bends his arm at the elbow.

Then comes the first turning point. The moment when we know something is truly at stake. In our movie, it is the Garden of Eden — when Lucifer offered Adam and Eve the same thing he had already demanded for himself in the heavens. Not a calculated deception. His manifesto. It has never changed. Not once.

Peter

He wasn’t lying to Eve. We know it was a lie. But for him — it was his manifesto. The same declaration he had already made in the heavens — I will be like the Most High — he simply offered it to her as a gift. You will be like God. He believed it then. He believes it now. And the men building the digital tree of knowledge believe it too — whether they know his name or not.

That is still the lie at the heart of the reborn digital tree of knowledge. Keep your eye on that and you will see that tree in a way you can never un-see. It is the core of Satan’s end-time plan. And that is exactly what forty-five of the remaining prophecies document for us in precise detail. Every tree is a specific, exact, and undeniable prophecy. Together they reveal Satan’s entire end-time battle plan against God — not just digital, but geopolitical, scientific, and the exact alignment of nations rising to power at the exact same time. All born in 1948. Because when God replanted His fig tree, Satan knew his time was short, and he began to move with great fury — setting the stage for a final battle already well underway. The last seven minutes of our movie.

He lowers his Bible slowly. The courtroom is quiet.

And it all begins with a fig tree. And forty-six more.

End of Prophetic Fulfillment 3

Prophetic Fulfillment 4 follows.