The Black Swan Rising Podcast

Send us Fan Mail If God knows the end from the beginning, why would He ever create Lucifer? I take a listener’s question seriously and push back on the hidden assumption behind it: that every intelligence in creation must want the same thing, or that God only creates beings who will choose the light. What if the universe is radically diverse, and what if agency is so sacred that God protects it even when He can see the consequences ahead of time? We talk through the difference between forekn...

Send us Fan Mail The stock market looks like a party, but the bond market is acting like a lifeguard waving both arms. That contrast is what makes us uneasy right now, because when US Treasury yields surge day after day while equities sit near record highs, something is off. We walk through why that relationship matters, what it can signal about stress in the financial system, and why “everything is awesome” can be the most dangerous mood in markets. We also dig into bond volatility in plain...

Send us Fan Mail A sitting congressman repeats a briefing he says came from a uniformed Army insider: secret locations, “non-human biologics,” and hybrid breeding programs. That claim sounds outrageous on its face, so we do what we always do here we slow down, compare sources, and ask what kind of world would have to exist for stories like this to keep surfacing. My guest, author Phil Wright (Return From RISA), helps me connect the dots between modern whistleblower narratives and long-runnin...

Send us Fan Mail Isaiah doesn’t describe the gathering of Israel like a gentle parade. He describes an ensign lifted up “from far,” a force that moves fast, doesn’t tire, and leaves the ashes of the wicked its wake, and that should make any serious reader of the Book of Mormon stop and reread the chapter. We walk through 2 Nephi 15 (Isaiah 5) and 2 Nephi 23 (Isaiah 13) to show a consistent theme: covenant restoration is paired with a purging day of the Lord. Then we widen the lens to Joel’s ...

Send us Fan Mail The Watchers in the Book of Enoch are a deal-breaker for a lot of readers, not because the story is complicated, but because it sounds impossible: “angels” descend to Earth, corruption explodes, and giants appear. If your brain has ever hit the eject button on Enoch, I get it. So we slow way down and do something most people do not do: we let restored scripture define the terms and we follow the footnotes where they actually lead. We start in the Pearl of Great Price with Mo...

Send us Fan Mail The U.S. Treasury just drew a brighter line in the sand: support Iran and you could be pushed out of the dollar-based system entirely. I walk through what “Operation Economic Outcast” is really signaling, why SWIFT matters as the settlement backbone, and why the debanking of a UAE institution feels like a new phase of economic enforcement rather than business-as-usual sanctions. If access to dollars can be revoked at the network level, then “reserve currency” is no longer onl...

Send us Fan Mail A single YouTube comment kicks off a much bigger question: am I reading scripture with an open mind, or am I just hunting for proof of what I already believe? I take that challenge head-on by putting two texts side by side the Book of Enoch (chapters 6 to 7) and Moses 8 from the Pearl of Great Price and letting the wording and the timeline do the heavy lifting. We walk through Enoch’s claims about “angels, the children of heaven,” their descent, the oath on Mount Hermon, and...

Send us Fan Mail Something feels off when markets keep climbing while debt, inflation, and geopolitics keep flashing red. So I step back and name the black swan risks I think are building in plain sight, starting with a financial engine most people never talk about: the yen carry trade. When investors can borrow near 0% in Japan and pour that money into US Treasuries and equities, “free” liquidity doesn’t just boost returns, it can distort price discovery and push US stock market valuation in...

Send us Fan Mail Some spiritual ideas don’t sound evil at all. They sound exciting, “deeper,” and confidently delivered and that’s exactly why they can be dangerous. We talk about how to avoid deception in the last days without shrinking into fear or refusing to learn. For us, the goal is simple: pursue personal revelation and real growth while staying on the covenant path and inside the guardrails of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We walk through a set of practical discernment tests rooted in ...

Send us Fan Mail Secret combinations get talked about like they’re only political conspiracies or criminal networks, but I think that framing misses the center of gravity. I walk through Moses 5–7 and argue the root is covenantal: secret oaths, enforced silence, and a supernatural bid for power that begins with Cain and becomes organized through “brethren” rather than isolated bad actors. Once you see that pattern, the early scriptural details start to feel less like trivia and more like a ma...

Send us Fan Mail Prophecy gets real when you stop assuming tomorrow will look like yesterday. We close out the season by walking verse by verse through Doctrine and Covenants 133 and reading it with the Book of Enoch in mind, because that context changes what words like “ungodly,” “judgment,” and “prepare” are doing on the page. I also share why we’re taking a short break and what I’m building next: a Book of Enoch reference guide designed to make Enoch easier to study without needing to tack...

Send us Fan Mail A city that descends from heaven sounds like pure symbolism until you follow the scriptural breadcrumbs. We go deep on the New Jerusalem and why it matters right now, tracing how Zion is described as a real city of refuge, a millennial center of peace, and the gathering place for covenant Israel. We start with the story of Joseph and Asenath and the moment her life turns on repentance. In that account, she’s given a new name that reframes everything: City of Refuge. From the...

Send us Fan Mail Silver collapses while oil rockets higher, debt auctions weaken, and wars widen. That combination should scream “flight to safety,” yet the metals that usually benefit look like they’re being held underwater. We dig into a provocative framework for making sense of it: a currency war where BRICS, de-dollarization, and a commodity-backed settlement system threaten the financial order that’s dominated the world for decades. From there, we trace how energy becomes the pressure p...

Send us Fan Mail A baseball leaves a hand and crosses 60 feet, and our brains swear we just watched reality happen. Then we widen the frame: Earth spins, Earth orbits, the sun moves through the Milky Way, the galaxy drifts, and that “simple” throw actually travels in multiple directions at once. That single image becomes our doorway into a bigger question: how often do we confuse our perspective with truth, especially when we talk about God, eternity, and doctrine? We take that perspective s...

Send us Fan Mail A doctrine can feel warm, “restorative,” and even holy, and still be a trap. That’s why I sat down to answer a question I keep getting: what does it actually mean when people say we’re entering the age of the divine feminine? I walk through the ancient footprint of the mother goddess across civilizations and the many names tied to her, especially Asherah and the Queen of Heaven. Then I make the case that this isn’t just history or symbolism. Using 2 Timothy’s warning about i...

Send us Fan Mail What if a 2,500‑year‑old text could decode today’s headlines? We take a bold, verse‑by‑verse journey through Daniel 11 and 12—starting with Persia’s clash with Greece and Alexander’s sudden empire—then track how “kings of the North and South” evolve from geographic rivals into competing worldviews that still collide on our screens. From Cleopatra’s fateful alliances to Rome’s ascent, Byzantium’s struggle with the Ottomans, and the Renaissance windfall that powered colonial ex...

Send us Fan Mail Start with a simple question: what if “impossible” flight is just unfamiliar physics? We take you from a headline-making interview with Rep. Luna to the dense but revealing world of Defense Intelligence Reference Documents exploring wormholes, negative energy, and zero-point concepts—then translate it into plain language you can use to think clearly about UAP reports. Along the way, we map how a space-time “bubble” could explain erratic motion, fuzzed imagery, right-angle tur...

Send us Fan Mail A wave of spectacle is coming—signs that stun crowds, wonders that feel unstoppable, and a culture eager to trade discernment for awe. We set the table with Enoch’s phrase “worthless mysteries” and track how counterfeit power has shadowed history from Pharaoh’s priests to medieval alchemists and today’s occult curiosity. The thread is consistent: power that compels creation and manipulates people always extracts a hidden price, while power that comes from Christ restores, fre...

Send us Fan Mail Feeling the weight of apocalyptic headlines and wondering whether school, career, and long-term plans still matter? We take that anxiety head-on and offer a grounded path forward: act from hope, not fear. We draw a clear line between faith—trusting God’s character and promises—and hope—expecting those promises to become personal in your future. That shift changes how you show up for your life today, from studying and skill-building to providing for family with steady hands. ...

Send us Fan Mail A fierce eagle with twelve wings and three hidden heads rises from the sea, rules the world, splinters, and falls under judgment. That’s the haunting vision in 2 Esdras 11–12—and it may be the clearest map for understanding modern power, America’s role, and why deception in the last days will feel both irresistible and inevitable. We read the text closely, follow the angel’s own interpretation, and connect the trail of symbols across Daniel 2 and 7 and Revelation 13 and 19 to...

Send us Fan Mail A single listener question opens a door to one of Revelation’s most debated timelines: when do the seven trumpets sound, and how does that relate to the rise of the Antichrist? We trace the arc from the seventh seal’s “half hour of silence” through temple imagery of incense and fire, and into a sequence of trumpet judgments that read less like riddles and more like cascading, literal events. Fire and hail, a “burning mountain” striking the sea, and a darkened sky create a wor...

Send us Fan Mail Silver doesn’t sprint like this without a deeper story. We trace the metal’s surge to a wider resource war that ties Venezuela’s oil and mining belt, Greenland’s rare earth troves, and the BRICS Plus bid to challenge the dollar with a commodity-backed unit. From the end of the gold standard to the petrodollar pact, and now to de-dollarized oil trades and sovereign gold buying, we map how demand for U.S. debt is shifting while commodities become the scoreboard for trust. We w...

Send us Fan Mail We revisit Enoch’s sweeping ten‑week prophecy to uncover a throughline that runs from Sinai to the Sermon on the Mount: covenants shape a people who can stand when everything else shakes. I share how the higher law transforms preparation from fear‑driven stockpiling to formation—becoming the kind of disciples who hold communities together under pressure. We dig into the practical heart of Isaiah 61 and translate it into a crisis playbook: bring good news to the teachable, bi...

Send us Fan Mail Prophecy feels distant until it starts rhyming with the headlines. We take Enoch’s “ten weeks” framework and walk it from antediluvian days to our turbulent present, testing the claims against biblical milestones, temple history, apostasy and reform, and the strange resurgence of phenomena in the skies. Along the way, we connect Enoch’s language about covenant houses and sevenfold instruction with Sinai, Solomon’s temple, the scattering of Judah, the Dark Ages, and a later wa...

Send us Fan Mail What if the most astonishing prophecy of our time isn’t hidden at all, but sitting in plain sight across Ezekiel, Revelation, Isaiah, Jeremiah, the Apocrypha, and early Restoration sources—waiting for us to connect the dots? We follow a breathtaking thesis: the Ten Tribes weren’t simply “lost,” they were preserved and hidden for a timed return that will rival the Exodus and reset the world’s balance of power. We begin Second Esdras, where we learn of a faithful remnant that ...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode lay the ground work for some of the most important and fascination events of the last days. We do so by comparing the first twelve chapters of Ezekiel with the first twelve of Revelation. Ezekiel's vision starts with wheels within wheels blazing across the sky, four living creatures marked with the lion, ox, man, and eagle, and a throne ringed by a rainbow. Then we jump centuries ahead to stars descending from the heavens, hosts pouring out, and a world shaken...

Send us Fan Mail A studio confession kicks things off: we’ve been talking into a world-class microphone without the preamp it needs, and you’ve heard the consequences. Thankfully that is about to change, and it will make Rush's voice easier on your ears, if such a thing is possible. From there, we unpack highlights from a recent Congressional hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, where military witnesses described gigantic hovering craft, transmedium objects moving from sea to s...

Send us Fan Mail Fire from heaven, a beast that speaks, and a mark that moves markets—Revelation reads like science fiction until it doesn’t. We connect the ancient text to startling modern claims: a hovering orange orb unearthed in Arizona, alleged portal tech in a Salt Lake City lab, and a Cheyenne Mountain meeting where disclosure and deception collide. Whether you treat these reports as credible, questionable, or somewhere in between, they sharpen a timeless challenge: when spectacle surg...

Send us Fan Mail A financial reset won’t be the strangest shock of our time. We trace how cascading debt, a potential BRICS metal settlement system, and the fragility of paper precious metals could set the stage for something far more disruptive: a persuasive figure who arrives with power, spectacle, and answers the world has been begging for. Matthew 24, Daniel, Revelation, and 2 Thessalonians sketch a profile that’s uncomfortably relevant—someone who speaks “great things,” changes “times an...

Send us Fan Mail A midnight in Portugal, a blinding outline of the Lady of Guadalupe, and a single chilling sentence: leave my message alone. That shock becomes our launch point into Scripture, symbolism, and the headlines most of us skim past—linking Revelation’s beasts and Babylon to the modern architecture of money, sanctions, and the fragile plumbing of precious metals. We start with the “Queen of Heaven” theme in Revelation 17, unpacking how the Whore of Babylon operates in mystery and ...

Send us Fan Mail A radiant figure with many names—Ishtar, Asherah, Sophia, “Lady Wisdom”—keeps reappearing across civilizations, texts, and timeline-shaking events. We follow that thread with open sources in hand and ask a hard question: when history celebrates the “Queen of Heaven,” does truth rise or collapse under her altar? We start where few sermons dare to linger: Enoch 42’s portrait of Wisdom who finds no place among humans and returns to a different heavenly realm. From there, Revela...

Send us Fan Mail A warning in binary, a sky battle carved into a 16th‑century woodcut, and congressional witnesses describing craft over restricted airspace shouldn’t fit in the same story—yet the threads keep crossing. We pull on those threads with care, mapping how the Arecibo message may have echoed back in intricate crop circles, why the 1561 Nuremberg “celestial phenomenon” still unsettles skeptics, and how modern missing‑time accounts produce testable artifacts like ASCII‑2 messages and...

Send us Fan Mail Are we witnessing the fulfillment of ancient prophecies in our skies? As Congressional hearings bring credible military whistleblowers forward with accounts of recovered non-human craft, we're confronted with a spiritual dilemma few are prepared to address. The evidence is mounting—Commander David Fravor's Tic Tac encounter, Gary Voorhees tracking objects moving from space to sea level in seconds, and Brigadier General Haim Eshed's bombshell claims about decades of contact. ...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wonder why the most transformative events in history seem to catch everyone by surprise? The answer lies in understanding Black Swan events—those rare, unpredictable occurrences that completely reshape our world but appear obvious in hindsight. Black Swan Rising takes you on a journey through biblical prophecy, current events, and historical patterns to help you recognize these world-changing moments before they arrive. Drawing from Nassim Taleb's concept of Black Swans...