The following is something I wrote sometime ago and I included it as a chapter in my book, “How I Almost Sold My Soul”. I shared this info a long time ago on the Doves and elsewhere and it was usually met with understandable skepticism and sometimes derision. I am getting a strong push from the Holy Spirit to post this again for it is about to happen. It is not my job to convict or convince but I did not make this up or invent or force a correlation between our rapture, the tribulation period and the Rolling Stones’ CD, Steel Wheels. I never would have discovered this on my own, but the Holy Spirit showed it to me and now He has led me to again show it to you. As for the wise and foolish virgins being Christians or not, the Rolling Stones, or the spiritual forces that give them their songs seem to be of the opinion that the foolish are also Christians. The wise are “flung out into orbit” but the “fools aren’t going to follow…” and they immediately become very sad and are faced with “Mixed Emotions” about their “Terrifying” plight as they are hunted and try to hide and when caught they are told to “Hold onto their Head” or lose it by holding onto their Spiritual head which they denied during the time of grace. The church is referred to as the “Madhouse” that needs to be torn down. We know that the gates of hell cannot prevail against the church of Jesus Christ so don’t raise that argument that this cannot be the church. You are correct, the church will be removed but what remains behind will be those who have their candlestick removed and from that point on, they are called saints not the church. Antichrist will make war with the saints and overcome them.

Jude ²² And of some have compassion, making a difference: ²³ And others save with fear

The door of compassion is opened but soon will be closed and then comes the opportunity to be saved with fear.

Steel Wheels And The Tribulation

I’d like to share this with you for your consideration. I was given this insight (back in 1999) in a very interesting way that I believe was completely from the Holy Spirit. I had been learning, through a video presentation by a Mr. Al Neal, called “Subliminal Mind Control,” of the subtle ways that Satan uses the media and entertainment to communicate various ideas, usually subliminally, to a wide viewing and listening audience. I had just watched this video again for the umpteenth time, when, as I was putting it away, I became impressed strongly to look closely at a particular compact disk by the Rolling Stones called Steel Wheels. I got the CD out and was looking it over, along with another Rolling Stones CD, called “Flashpoint,” but was not sure what, if anything, I was looking for. I became excited when I discovered that the Flashpoint CD had the address that Al Neal had pointed out in the video, as being significant, in that many powerful and influential global companies have their headquarters at this address. This address is: 666 5^th Ave. , NY. After noticing several other significant things about this CD, I then turned my attention to the Steel Wheels CD.

After careful consideration as to what it might be about, in any collective way, I was astonished to realize that the entire album seems to describe the tribulation period, in order, and with details that seem prophetic. Each song conveys further aspects of what will be going on during that terrible time of trial on earth. Especially as relates to the Christians that are here after the rapture, who refuse to take the mark and participate in the new world order.

(I have never been a fan of those “Left Behind” books. The title alone already gets it wrong. The foolish virgins are not left behind, as in the traditionally held, popular view, but rather they choose not to go in with the wise, exactly as the parable says, and as the generation of Israelites that died in the wilderness also did. Both groups were invited to go out with similar words:

“Fling you out into orbit (the wise being raptured) no one’s going to hear you shout and fools aren’t going to follow (the foolish remain behind, choosing not to follow) you don’t need the sleaze about. Now you’re sad sad sad...(3x) (The foolish are sad that they are still here after the rapture.) But you’re going to be fine... (If you take the mark…) Your screams are gonna drown me out... I get a cold chill I get a cool thrill Are you ready for the gilded cage Are you ready for the tears of rage Come on baby, don’t let them drown you out...”

The second song is called Mixed Emotions. Immediately after the rapture, when the foolish see that they are in the tribulation, they will be sad sad sad, as in weeping and gnashing teeth. They will be faced with a monumental decision from that point on. If they remain faithful to Jesus Christ they will be killed, specifically by beheading. But if they will submit to the new world order and take the mark, then all will be forgiven and they can, for a time, have peace. Of course the Bible warns that ultimately they will have their place in the lake of fire for this choice and they, no doubt, are aware of this, and this predicament will undoubtedly give them:

“Button your lip baby button your coat. Let’s go out dancing go for the throat. Let’s bury the hatchet wipe out the past. Make love together stay on the path... This coming and going is driving me nuts, this to-ing and fro-ing is hurting my guts. So get off the fence it’s creasing your butt. Life is a party Let’s get out and strut...”

Button your lip and your coat, sounds like a command, and the invitation to go out dancing and have a good time, sounds like an appeal to these Christians, that they can still make peace with the world. It also sounds like an arrest and being taken downtown for interrogation. The subtle references to the idea of beheading are there in the words like, going for the throat and burying the hatchet. The choice is presented between dancing with them [did someone suggest Dancing With Wolves again?] and staying on the path – or else they will go for the throat, and not bury the hatchet, which suggests beheading. The lyrics then describe the back and forth emotional stresses that these people are subject to as “coming and going, to-ing and fro-ing,” while trying to make the choice. They are told that they must get off the fence and make a choice one way or the other. That all will be forgiven and the “hatchet will be buried and the past wiped out” if you will cooperate. But if not, then the next song comes into play. It suggests that you will have to run for your life and hide from those in power who seek you no matter what you do. The contrast between good and evil will be great. For those who remain good and faithful to Jesus Christ at this time, it will be:

“No matter what you say no matter what you do I’m lazy as a lion my body’s just for you crazy for you. I’m sneaky as a snake I’m dirty as a dog I’m rutting like a goat I’m horny as a hog terrifying love. I get these strange, strange, strange desires. You’re graceful as a bird my heart is on the wing you’re gentle as a dove if hummingbird could sing crazy for you. You’re running like a deer I’m wily as a fox. You’re faster than a mare I’m stronger than an ox. Terrifying love. I’m darker than a bat.. and tougher than a rat...”

The obvious contrast here is between such things as a sneaky serpent, such as was in the garden, and a gentle or harmless dove etc. This seems to portray the kind of cat and mouse situation that will become part of everyday existence for Christians during the tribulation. I heard recently from the video “They Sold Their Souls for Rock and Roll” that Sting admitted that the song by the “Police” “Every Breath You Take” was actually a reference to the time when the government will know everything about everybody on earth…

So many subliminals in advertising are saying that there is coming a time when you will “Want to get away…?” but you won’t be able to. “You are now free to move about the country…” (An airlines ad.) Suggesting there will come a time when you are no longer free to do that. Or the guy constantly asking “Can you hear me now? Good!” Meaning there is no place you can go that they can’t hear you… Or how about a computer store logo being like a cow (the leader’s view of the masses) and called Gateway? And many such examples…

Also, remember an album in the 70’s by progressive rock group, Emerson Lake and Palmer, called “Brain Salad Surgery,” that had a futuristic song called “Karn Evil 9, wherein it says … “Suffering in silence they’ve all been betrayed (tribulation saints) they hurt them and they beat them in a terrible way. Praying for survival at the end of the day there is no compassion for those who stay…” The same song later says: “Left behind the bars, rows of bishops’ heads in jars and a bomb inside a car Spectacular! Spectacular! …Not content with that, with our hands behind our backs, We pull Jesus from a hat, Get into that! Get into that!” Later, it says: “Soon the Gypsy Queen in a glaze of Vaseline will perform on guillotine What a scene! What a scene!” Then later it says: “Walls that no man thought would fall, the altars of the just, crushed Dust in the wind…” Copyright 1973 Manticore Music Limited

Next, it really gets interesting. The next song is called “Hold On To Your Hat”. This seems to describe how this world will feel about those who refuse to take the mark but remain faithful to Jesus while being hunted down. They describe the church as the madhouse, who had a fair amount of time at being in control, but now you’re finished and never coming back etc. Again here is a reference to beheading with the first line. The first words do not say, hold on to your hat, they in fact say “Hold on to your head”. A line that is repeated later in the song.

The Holy Spirit once asked me the question: Why is beheading the method of execution for Christians during the tribulation? For a while, I did not know. But I asked him to tell me and then it occurred to me that God’s punishment always fits the offense that was committed. Therefore, I considered that for someone to miss the rapture, they would have been a person that did not allow Jesus to be the head over their body and life. Since the church is the body and Jesus is the head of the body – but if you would not allow Him to lead you or to have that place of preeminence over your life, then that is like trying to be a body that doesn’t want it’s own head, or that carries on without it’s head. “Apart from Me you can do nothing…” So now, in order to get to heaven, you must be willing to lose your physical head to gain Him. God’s object lesson in graphic terms, I’d say. It’s better to respond to his love now than to be saved by fear then. As Jude says:

This explains God’s reason for beheading. Later, I would also learn the worldly reason for beheading. (I learned this from Al Cuppett on the Jeff Rense program on the Internet.) It seems the only method of execution that leaves the subject’s vital organs unmolested, is beheading. And this world will harvest the organs of healthy victims immediately upon their deaths by beheading.

Next, is a song about the police type forces that are even now ready to take over (MJTF “Multi Jurisdictional Task Force,” “FEMA,” “FINCEN,” etc.), in the event of an emergency, which the rapture will likely coincide with one… I believe this song describes the way that those individuals who make up these task forces will feel as they are forced to carry out violent orders that they will feel inside are wrong. Also this describes the exclusive parties that go on for those in power in the midst of others’ suffering much like the Nazis during World War II.

“Blinded By Love” Is next and is a song about various examples of people in history including Samson in the Bible, who made poor judgement choices because they were blinded by love. I think this is obvious in its meaning, that those still here after the rapture are examples of spiritual blind ones as Jesus calls them in the Laodicean church. Blinded by the love of this world.

Next is the song “Continental Drift”. Here the theme seems to shift away from the Christians and to the nature of the planet as a whole. As you may know the idea of continental drift is a relatively recent one in science. It includes the suggestion that all the earth’s continents were once joined as one great continent before they were split apart into the individual ones that we now have. Maps and charts have shown how they all can fit together. This song suggests that the idea of the earth coming together as one people, is as the continents coming back to being one. It sounds like a lot of new age, one world idealism.

The CD’s title, “Steel Wheels,” itself, I think refers to the trains that will be a chief method of transporting prisoners to the concentration camps. I’ve seen a photograph of boxcars with shackles welded into the walls and floors and a text explaining how this was smuggled out of the place in Oregon where workers wanted to know why these shackles were being installed and they were told it was none of their concern. Also I’ve noticed that there is a lot of refurbishing work being done on railroads in this area that have for many, many years been in non use. Why? (Update: The rails are now up and running here.)

The art work for this CD is also very significant. It shows a series of wheels that look like eyes with a stylized letter “S” between each one and a circular-saw blade, type appearance to them. If viewed diagonally as a pair of eyes, one of the eyes doubles as a sunset scene in which the sun is setting into the black sea and the other eye looks like a sun rising up but the sky remains black, anyway. Below this set of eyes there is another pair of eyes that appear to be hypnotized with the rings round and round it. Altogether, it suggests a time of satanic rule in which good is cut off and evil reigns supreme and all will come under the evil spell.