Alarming headlines—wars, economic turmoil, the conflict in Israel—continue to stir the question: Are these the harbingers of Jesus’ return?

Many ministers rush to interpret the signs of the times, pointing to moral decline, lawlessness, and rising anti-Semitism—not to stir discernment, but to stoke fear. Their warnings don’t illuminate Jesus’ covenant—they vindicate a false gospel built on anxiety, not truth.

The church now stands at a crossroad: Follow the signs of the times, or return to Jesus’ covenant?

The false church body is burdened with a message—one that claims ancient secrets align with specific events that shook our world. The false teacher creates a narrative around events in order to keep people shackled to that perception rather than covenant faith. The very hint of prophetic precision has left many in awe—but still in the dark, unable to discern.

Their message carries deadly advice: because the events are “real”, we should believe they are signs—the very stones God is laying to build a path into the future—a future He wants us to be a part of.

But that’s Satan’s lie.

The presence of signs does not confirm divine instruction. These “stones” are not milestones for covenant direction—they are misdirections, strategically placed by Satan to mimic prophecy while leading the church away from Christ’s foundation.

Remember Satan’s ancient trick: he reveals facts that are true—but leaves them outside the context of God’s plan. Truth without covenant is his playground. Satan’s ministers follow his steps as they remain in tune to the sound of his footfall. Satan will never walk where God is building, but always stirring where God is not. They victimize the saints by misdirecting them; leaving believers fixated on events instead of God’s call to build with Him.

That’s not stewardship—it’s sabotage.

Ministry leaders now frame world events—stock market crashes, political unrest, global conflicts—as if each headline is a divine signal, heralding Christ’s return and marking supposed ground gained for Christianity. But the false messenger does not know what he is announcing or foretelling.

God is confronting a counterfeit alert system that stirs up fear, not faith—watchmen untethered from covenant, who substitute headlines for stewardship.

The Lord is addressing the false signs and those who carry the tidings. He warns against the false harbinger teachings being promoted on social media today because it misdirects His church.

The Lord woke me out of sleep on June 16, 2025 at 3:03 am with this very message. I heard what the Spirit is speaking to the churches in warning, that the false harbinger falls in step with Satan. I heard the Lord repeat the warning, and it is time to take heed.

Apostle Eric vonAnderseck has also repeatedly brought forward timely discernment to help believers recognize the footfalls of Satan’s ministers. He recently taught, “The false harbinger stands in the shadows of events where no leadership is needed but fear molds the imagination and confusion is dealt by each hand.”

True apostolic stewardship reorients the prophetic voice—not to echo the world’s turbulence, but to build within God’s framework. In truth, two things are happening at once—and those under Satan’s influence cannot discern between them:

1. God is preparing His end-time remnant church—purifying her through a new apostolic visitation. Real apostles are equipping the saints again to return to God’s covenant to experience the reality of Christ in the power of His resurrection. Believers are being equipped to walk with God in this hour of temptation.
2. God is also preparing the world to receive the man of sin—the antichrist who will proclaim himself to be God. He will ascend the temple steps—the very temple now in planning in Israel. These are signs of preparation, not for Jesus’ triumphant return to earth to rule, but of God’s pending judgment. God is sending warning signs because mankind has rejected the covenant He offered in His own blood.

The signs are everywhere to be read. But the false harbinger walks in rhythm with Satan—not to prepare the church, but to paralyze her.

We live in a world of counterfeit voices and people want to know who to trust. God has heard the ache of a generation asking, “Who speaks for God?” In the days of Abraham, Moses, David, and prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, Samuel, and Ezekiel, the word of the Lord was in the mouth of His stewards.

God’s voice has remained tethered to covenant stewardship.

God’s voice is in His stewards to cut through Satan’s distractions. That’s how it’s always been—from Abraham to Ezekiel—and that’s how it is again in this hour of temptation that is upon the church. God has placed His voice once again in His real apostles—those He has sent to repair the covenant that false stewards neglected and abandoned.

An ancient pattern takes place: when God’s stewards are set aside, Satan’s ministers step in. They scrapbook an illustrative version of events, pasting ancient scriptures—words from the prophets—into their own narratives, as if to bring the Bible to life. But it’s not life they’re offering. It’s mimicry. They masquerade as men of truth while selling Satan’s lies.

God is not only exposing the counterfeit voice—He is clarifying the dual unfolding: His plan and Satan’s imitation. And real apostles are drawing the line with precision—between the signs that call us to build and the signs that distract us from building.

That distinction is everything right now.

It was not the distressful events surrounding Roman rule over Israel that heralded the long-awaited Messiah’s coming; it was God-appointed instruction in His Prophet John that prepared the way as a harbinger for Jesus.

It was not clever scholars unlocking hidden links between ancient prophecy and world events that stood as harbingers by which believers would recognize Jesus as the Living Word of God as He walked among them; it was Jesus’ stewardship that prepared their hearts to transition into the new covenant He would provide through His blood.

The religious elite at the time claimed to serve God, but in effect bowed to their own intellect in hero-worship as they story-booked a version of God that mirrored their own quest, not His. And though they wrapped their efforts in scriptural language, they were unknowingly walking in rhythm with Satan—out of step with God’s character, out of sync with His purpose, and blind to His plan.

Always remember: when the condition of the world is used to confirm the record of man and his experiences, substituting the record of Christ, the inspiration present is not of the anointing of truth, but of seducing spirits.

God is revealing the desperation of ministry heads who have separated themselves from Him. We have an example of this in king Saul. Saul was desperate for a word from God and when he did not hear from God, he turned to another voice. He sought out counsel from familiar spirits through the witch of Endor. The woman confirmed Saul and referenced the seer Samuel in her trance, but that did not change the fact that she was under the influence of Satan. (1 Sam 28)

She spoke of things that would happen in the coming battle. She predicted the outcome. She even borrowed the voice of the seer. But none of that changed the source. She was not speaking for God. Her words bore no sanctification. No covenant. No divine authorization.

This is the danger of the false harbinger: it borrows the language of prophets to validate a message God never authored. God points out His correction:

• Accuracy is not the same as sanctification.
• Linking the voice of a prophet (Samuel) to modern events does not make it God’s voice.

The witch of Endor was under Satan’s influence, and her words bore no authority—but they rang true in Saul’s ears anyway. We understand God’s warning against all false harbingers: true-sounding information outside of God’s framework still leads to death.

And Saul’s testimony is doubly instructive for Christians today.

As we look at why God selected Saul as a negative role model, we see similarities in false harbingers today. Saul laid a path of justification to seek out the witch of Endor for a word from the Lord because he said the Lord had been silent toward him. But Saul had clearly heard from God—through the Prophet Samuel. It just wasn’t what he wanted to hear.

God spoke through Samuel saying that He would take the kingdom from Saul because he was unworthy and disobedient. God found a man after His own heart in David, the shepherd and selected him as the next steward to replace Saul.

But because the word of the Lord did not align with his expectations, Saul rejected it. He didn’t want stewardship; he wanted affirmation. So, he turned to a forbidden source, hoping for a different outcome.

Saul’s search for answers was about his own preservation, not obedience to God. And that’s exactly what false harbingers do: desperate for a different word other than covenant, they bypass God’s voice in His steward in favor of voices that echo their fears or flatter their own search to preserve their legacy of error.

So, it wasn’t that Saul was left hanging in the time of his distress over the signs of the times. He wanted different revelation and he wasn’t discerning where it came from. He invited the witch of Edor who was under Satan’s influence to speak a word.

Today we see history repeating itself as many celebrated religious figures follow in these same defiled footsteps, prophesying in communion with unclean spirits, and leading many astray as they do. They speak of the signs of the times but walk right past Jesus as He calls believers to return to Him. As Jesus’ real apostles turn the key for discernment, hearts are being weighed.

The spiritual trend today is obvious. Ministers of unrighteousness look to signs that mirror their own interests. If their interest is Christian nationalism, they proclaim signs in people and events that touch that subject; if it is a return to Judaism, they look to Israel and the customs of that first covenant; if it is a more liberal stance, they may look to laws and institutions honoring individual differences and diversity – either way, their gospel is centered on man, and Christ is not truly seen nor the heart prospered in His virtue.

Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

So, if events and circumstances are used by Satan as false harbingers, stirring fear, combativeness and confusion – what is God using to truly herald a return to Christ?

As always, God works through His living stewards to equip believers to walk with Him in righteousness by restoring them to the terms He established for covenant faith to take root in them.

The scriptures bear out how Israel time and again was restored to that first covenant and Levitical priesthood through Godly stewards. The call is heard again today as God calls the church to return to His new covenant in Jesus. A return is required to that which God provided through His own blood. Jesus spoke through His apostles to restore the wandering churches back to their first love.

Revelation 2:4-5
⁴ Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

⁵ Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

That is the exact thing God is doing today – in a world of noise, confusion, and compromise, He is bringing reproof to the fallen church system. Through living covenant apostles, He is re-educating believers in the spiritual altar and spiritual works of Jesus’ new covenant by which we are restored to the living presence of Jesus—our First Love.

First means original—before the counterfeit.

God’s original covenant He made with us through Jesus is again seen in the church today. God is not calling believers to get worked up about the signs of the times, but to be awakened to the fact that the current Christian culture has fallen far from the soundness of faith the early church had functioned in under apostolic oversight.

God is not moved by man’s passions, be it worship songs in political parlors, or attributing sports wins to Him; He is moved by faith’s obedience – which means receiving instruction in His covenant terms and the function of His priesthood, and walking that out through the spiritual works that mirror Christ, not man.

When the Lord spoke of these things as the “first works” He was identifying the works He sanctified for faith – as opposed to whatever man would later offer of his own sincerity.

In 1 Chronicles 13, Uzza died for reaching out to steady the ark when the oxen stumbled. Was he sincere in his intentions to stop the ark from falling off the cart? Sure, but that was not God’s way, was it? God gave clear instructions on how the ark was to be transported, and that was not obeyed, leading to a tragic outcome.

This is only one of many examples throughout the scriptures of God’s valuing obedience over improvisation. The habit of man is to excuse acts of rebellion as something that seemed urgently needed at the time. Uzza’s actions were still unsanctified.

Currently, we see a resurgence of improvisation over obedience to God’s covenant.

False ministers point to physical works like public prayer and singing, tithing, mass water baptisms, etc. – neglecting to instruct believers in the spiritual first works of Jesus’ covenant that honor God in obedience to follow the pattern He set in Jesus for our faith to mirror Him. God’s standard and expectation is in Jesus Christ.

Another example of obedience trumping spiritual improvisation can be seen in the spiritual altar God provided for us in Jesus.

The true apostolic character leads the church to the repaired altar of Christ, while false stewards lead believers to congregate around the ancient altars of Baal they constructed in the wilderness. They’ve dressed these altars to look inviting—but it’s still Baal’s altar.

Perhaps you have heard their calls on social media?

One such invitation sounded like this: “God is inviting His people to return to the ancient practice of building spiritual altars”. But instead of teaching how Jesus’ one altar is built in the heart—through the 12 elements of the gospel—they offer a list of “Seven Prophetic Altars” guaranteed to attract God’s presence and power.

• The Altar of Generosity
• The Altar of Protection
• The Altar of Worship
• The Altar of Contentment…and so on.

These are not sanctified altars. They are altars built in man’s likeness. You can see it in the titles—each one tailored to what’s missing from the believer’s life. That’s spiritual improvisation.

In this new apostolic season God is drawing a sharp contrast between the altar He builds in covenant and the many strange altars man constructs in his own likeness, trying to make the record of man the power of God.

While God constructs His one altar in the likeness of Christ—using the elements of the gospel that carry His spiritual DNA to form His likeness in us—Baal’s many altars carry only the imprint of man’s separation from God. They promise presence without priesthood and power without the pattern of Christ.

When believers begin to build with God in the spiritual priesthood bearing Jesus’ name, they no longer fall victim to seeking signs of deeper spiritual significance in carnal matters, for their eyes are opened to beholding Christ in His covenant knowledge and spiritual tools of worship. There is no fear mongering, no stirring of suspicion, greed or condemnation where Christ is truly seen.

Instead, the true apostolic harbinger places the sign in Jesus and His covenant. God is preparing a people – not to rule and reign in this fallen world now – but to rule and reign with Him in the world to come.