HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, February 5, 2025 – As born-again believers, we know that we’re to go to God and God only for our spiritual intel. We don’t go to a pastor or priest, or to televangelists, or to YouTube prophets; we go to God, both directly in prayer and indirectly in scripture.

This directive to go to God and God only is especially important to follow in the end times. Jesus warned us that many deceivers would come in his name and would be so convincing, they’d deceive even some of us. We need to take this warning onboard and use it to navigate doctrine.

One of the more perfidious beliefs that have been popularized over the past few centuries holds that conversions will occur right up to and including the moment of Jesus’ second coming. It’s not difficult to see why this teaching would be so eagerly embraced, as it allows people to unrepentantly live the life of the world, knowing they can turn back to God at the last minute. What’s the rush to give up all the juicy stuff if you can just wait until your death bed to repent?

Unfortunately for those who hold this flawed doctrine, scripture, especially Revelation, tells a different story. There will be a definitive cut-off time for conversions prior to the start of the tribulation. There’ll still be born-again believers who were converted prior to that cut-off, but there won’t be any new conversions. For obvious reasons, this belief is rejected by the worldly church.

In the book of Revelation, the cut-off time is heralded by the blast of the first trumpet. The blast is itself preceded by a short period of “silence in Heaven”, which indicates the seventh seal has been opened. The silence is God’s sign to us to prepare ourselves for the horrors to come if we’re still here on Earth. But as Jesus advised us, we should pray that we’re not here, because along with there not being any more conversions, hell will empty out, which means there’ll also be no more exorcisms. The newly released demonic spirits will have free reign (within certain God-defined limits) to wreak havoc on the unconverted and, through them, on us. You can see why Jesus would call this time the worst in human history.

No more exorcisms means no more conversions, as conversion is the expulsion of unholy spirits to make way for the entrance of God’s Holy Spirit. Conversion is not reciting “the sinner’s prayer” and then promising yourself you’ll be a good little boy or girl from that point onward. No. Conversion is a full purging exorcism followed by an inrushing of God’s Spirit. It’s a physically and spiritually violent act that is miraculous, definitive, undeniable, and performed by God and God only. If you’re genuinely born-again, you’ll know what I mean.

As seductive as they may be, doctrines that promise people they have the option to delay repentance and conversion need to be rejected. Revelation describes no new conversions after the first trumpet is blown to mark the start of the tribulation and the count-down to Jesus’ second coming. In doctrine, as in all things, let God and scripture be your guide, not seducing spirits.