Unless you've been off-planet over the last couple of weeks, you are well aware that our new President has declared that "the Golden Age of America" is beginning anew. But what does a "Golden Age" actually mean? What does it imply? The term is actually part of the language associated with the Antediluvian period of history [which belongs to the time before the Biblical Flood] and recorded in ancient cultures and civilizations. I will delve into that context shortly. Suffice it to say, that the modern connotation of a "Golden Age" is a period of peace, harmony, stability, and prosperity.
In our modern history, it is commonly understood that America entered into its own Golden Age period post-WWII. The 1950s are often credited as being "golden" due to the economic growth and ability to climb in social status if you were intent on working hard and working your "way up". Government was smaller and less intrusive, and it was a time of industrialization and technological advances that contributed to the U.S. becoming an economical powerhouse in the world.
But, there have been other acknowledged Golden Ages in history, such as the ancient Greek dynasty from 500-300 BC, characterized by the advent of democracy, city-states, temples, ancient philosophers, architecture, and literature -- all building blocks of our own civilization. These were followed by the Tang Dynasty [618-907 AD] and the Islamic Golden Age [800-1258 AD]. The former depicted a golden age of Chinese arts and culture, which made an impact across Asia. The latter was distinguished by advancements in science, medicine, philosophy, and the arts.
Then came the Golden Age of the Italian Renaissance [early 14th Century until the end of the 17th Century], distinguished by the revival of art and culture -- think Da Vinci, Raphael, and Michaelango. Included within this time period was the Scientific Revolution, in which there was a rapid accumulation of independent [autonomous] knowledge that favored abstract reasoning over common sense, and which viewed nature as a machine rather than an organism. It has been speculated that science then replaced Christianity as the focal point of European civilization, giving rise to the Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment [also known as The Age of Reason]. Both of the latter still have profound influence over our present age, being associated with advances in literature, humanism, a world economy, industrialization, rationality, astronomy and calculus.
Taken from the context of advancements in the arts, culture, economic growth, and scientific knowledge, it seems to be a positive indicator that we may be looking at our own new Golden Age. At one level, if you Google "America's new Golden Age", you get the following prognostications ... we're entering into a new golden age in marketing -- everything from "a massive proliferation of television and online channels, including the transformation of the home PC into a retail channel". Spinning off of that trend is the suggestion that we could be entering a strong international sales momentum and global revenue growth.
But it kind of goes without saying that the New Golden Age seems to be closely tied to the growing use of AI across the fields of Science, Technology, and Medicine. But signaling AI as the harbinger of transformation into a new age for humanity may not be as "golden" as we've been told. And that brings me back to the ancient and antediluvian ideas of an ancient Golden Age, whose memory, author Timothy Alberino states, "was enshrined in the minds of the ancients as a utopian paradise, in which mankind greatly benefited from intercourse with the gods." This is where the ancient legends of demi-gods such as Zeus, Hercules, Achilles, and Dionysus take on significance.
I'd like to recommend that you read Mr. Alberino's book, titled Birthright: The Coming Post Human Apocalypse and the Usurpation of Adam's Dominion of Planet Earth. It ignited my spirit and set off warning bells regarding the human predilection [of some of our contemporaries] to be tempted by new evolutionary paradigms that promise we can surpass God's plan for mankind. That title should sound familiar if you've read any of my posts through the years regarding Satan's appropriation of man's dominion of earth through Adam and Eve's disobedience/sin against God.
I was fascinated to discover [in the book] that "the general narrative relating to the comingling of god and man, the subsequent procreation of hybrid off-spring, (including the Nephilim and the afore-mentioned demi-gods), and the sudden obliteration of a ruinous cataclysm [the Flood] can be detected in the written records and oral traditions of every primary culture on earth. Hundreds of pages could be devoted to cataloguing the parallels in the pre-Flood legends of Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greco-Roman, Mesoamerican, Andean, Polynesian, and Asian peoples [among many others]." The author concludes that "it is logical that all these stories, so homologous in their narratives, originate from the same source". And apparently they all remember this age as glorious and "Golden", with man longing to return to this paradise on earth in which they happily served the desires of the gods.
However, there are exceptions to these harmonious memories. A prominent departure would be the Hebrew account, which we have in our Bible. The history of this period is recorded in the Old Testament as well as extra-biblical texts [of Second Temple Judaism] in Enoch 1, Book of the Giants, Jasher, the Book of the Maccabees, and the antediluvian Epic of Gilgamesh, among others. These accounts leave us with a history marked by extreme violence, depravity, and open rebellion against the Most High God. The stories center around beings [called Watchers] who descended from Heaven, through the stargate [portal] on Mount Hermon, mating with human women, and begetting a hybrid race of Giants who brought violence, chaos, and corruption, along with advanced knowledge and technology that would play into their evil plans to not only subjugate mankind but experiment with geoengineering -- "genetically modifying men and creatures into perverted reflections of their own likeness" [Alberino].
In the favorable and ancient historical accounts, it is obvious the Watchers were worshipped as gods. Their advanced knowledge allowed them to tempt earthly men with the things that could be accomplished [as in building megaliths like the Egyptian pyramids, and even developing nuclear-equivalent weapons]. As Timothy Alberino writes, "This was the true Golden Age of yore. The gods were dwelling among men, imparting forbidden knowledge, corrupting the genetic matrix of life, and leading mankind into open defiance against his Maker -- seizing for themselves the adoration that belonged to Yahweh".
So, how are we to interpret the call for a "New Golden Age"? Does it raise any warning flags for you? Is the development of Artificial Intelligence at quantum speed going to be the spring board for a new age of gods who might once again subjugate men to their nefarious designs to control this realm called Earth? I know it sounds like a science fiction nightmare; a reinvention of the Terminator hypothesis, but if we're honest with ourselves, I think we instinctively know that God's Enemy, Lucifer, is not going to give up on his revenge against men. And we know that man's pride will always lead him down a path to his own destruction.
A Golden Age in America sounds enticing, for sure. Man has been seeking it since the fall of Adam. And I know that we're all tired of the machinations of men who only seek their own power and self-interests. Technology has some great things to offer to make our lives better, but we must be discerning and tuned into our God. Does it honor and glorify Him? Does it promote His plan of redemption and reconciliation with Him? Or is it becoming another tool of the devil to turn our focus away from our inheritance in God's Kingdom in Heaven? While this post may sound like the rant of a crazy Christian, I ask that you simply be aware that the promotion of a Golden Age has dramatic historical significance, and we better be careful of where we're headed. "Trust not in your own understanding, but acknowledge God in all your ways, and He will make your path straight".
Matthew 7:13-14 Enter by the narrow gate. For the way is wide and easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
