Pastor Billy Crone isn’t pulling any punches. In a recent interview with Charisma Media about global instability, rising antisemitism and the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence, he said believers should take the signs of the times seriously. “They should be scared of the seven-year tribulation, which is seven years of hell on earth,” Crone warned.
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Crone believes something changed the moment Donald Trump returned to the White House. According to him, the pace of prophetic fulfillment has accelerated dramatically. “Since Trump got in office, Bible prophecy-related issues are happening on a scale. I call it in turbo mode,” he said. For Crone, this isn’t an exaggeration or an emotional reaction. It’s a sober reading of Scripture in light of world events.
A Church Asleep at the Wheel
For Crone, the real crisis isn’t happening in Washington or Beijing. It’s happening in the pews. He argues that some Christians have slipped into complacency because they assume Trump’s second term provides a kind of spiritual buffer. “Some of the church has basically said, ‘Oh, Trump’s in. I got a four-year vacation,’” he said.
He rejects that mindset outright. “You never take a vacation from your walk with Jesus Christ,” Crone said. He warns that spiritual apathy is leaving believers unprepared for what the Bible says is coming.
Division on the Other Extreme
While some Christians are asleep, Crone believes others have swung in the opposite direction. They cut off fellow believers, accuse Trump of being the Antichrist or get swept up in conspiracy-driven antisemitism. “If prophecy does not translate into greater excitement for Christ’s return, you are off track,” he said.
Crone insists that prophecy should never produce apathy or hostility. It should produce urgency, unity and boldness in sharing the gospel.
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The Charlie Kirk Moment
The assassination of Charlie Kirk shook the nation, but Crone says the wake-up call is already fading. He compared it to the spiritual surge that followed 9/11, a surge that evaporated within a week. “Attendance went exactly back where it was before 9/11,” Crone recalled. “It lasted one week. It was a flash in the pan.”
He sees the same pattern after Kirk’s death. Some have awakened, but many are already returning to business as usual. Even worse, Crone says antisemitic voices are hijacking the tragedy to push anti-Israel narratives. “They’re using the Charlie Kirk assassination to actually fuel antisemitism,” he said.
The Stargate Program and the AI Prophetic Connection
For Crone, one of the most prophetically significant developments happened on the first day Trump returned to office. “He launched this Stargate program,” Crone said. “It’s an AI investment. It invests $500 billion… to speed up the process of AI.”
What many assume is a domestic tech initiative, Crone believes is a global structure rapidly taking shape. “They’re building data centers in the UK, Norway, Japan, even Dubai,” he said. He argues that this global development mirrors exactly what Scripture describes about the future Antichrist government.
Crone says the missing piece of prophetic infrastructure was always technological. Revelation 13 describes a world where two individuals—the Antichrist and the False Prophet—monitor every person, every transaction and every act of obedience or disobedience. “There’s not one piece of technology left that I see in the scripture that is needed to pull out the Antichrist kingdom,” Crone said.
Humanity could never create or manage a global surveillance system on its own, he argues. But AI can. “For the first time in man’s history, we have now something superhuman that can monitor a global system,” Crone said. From tracking location to monitoring behavior to enforcing financial compliance, AI makes the Revelation scenario plausible for the first time in history.
Daniel 12 and the Age of Exponential Knowledge
Crone connects the expansion of AI to Daniel 12:4, which describes the end times as a period of exponential knowledge growth. “God calls that moment when information technology begins to spiral out of control… end of times,” he said. AI developers call this moment the “singularity,” the point at which machines surpass human intelligence and begin to improve themselves.
“AI is growing out of control,” Crone said. That isn’t science fiction—it’s prophecy.
“We Need to Get Motivated”
Crone’s message is urgent and straightforward: pay attention. “We’re so close to the seven-year tribulation, it’s not even funny,” he said. But instead of fear, he stresses preparation, clarity and gospel urgency.
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“Our job,” Crone said, “is to be the last days whistleblowers.”
Whether believers agree with every detail of his interpretation, the warning is unmistakable: the world is changing fast, Scripture has already spoken, and the church cannot afford to drift back into sleep.
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a background in journalism from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine.
