Welcome – Introduction

Morning comes—but also night. (Isa 21:11–12)

Do you have the heart of a lion?
If you only want comfort without truth, you will not like it here. If something in you would rather face reality than live in a lie, then stay. You are the one I am writing for.

This site is called “The Heart of a Lion” for three reasons.

First, it is for readers who want a lion’s heart. Not bravado, not bluster, but courage: courage to see what is coming, to love truth more than safety, and to live by that truth, no matter the cost.

Second, my given name—Leonard—means lion-hearted. I am sharing what is in my heart for your benefit. Most people want to hope the dark night away, to escape what is coming on this world. By God’s grace I am trying to face it without flinching—or at least not let my fear cloud my vision. I read the Bible daily; I am prayerfully reading it for the ninth time. It is very alive to me. I will share understandings you will never hear from a church pulpit but which I believe will resonate with honest hearts. In no way do I expect you to simply trust my word or my interpretations. I am only a servant—an imperfect vessel. Measure anything I write against your own heart and against Scripture.

Third, and most important, my aim is to share the heart of Jesus Christ, the Lion of Judah, as Scripture truly reveals Him. I do not paint Jesus as a vague “nice guy in the sky” who only says soft things in heaven. I see Him as Scripture names Him in the hard images and the gentle ones: the Bridegroom of Blood (Exod 4:25–26), the firstborn bull with horns like a wild ox who gores the peoples (Deut 33:17, a blessing on Joseph that I believe foreshadows Christ’s strength), the One who treads the winepress (Isa 63:1–3; Rev 19:11–16), who opens the seals of judgment (Rev 5–6), who calls the religious leaders of His day a brood of vipers (Matt 23:33); and also the jealous Husband who demands faithfulness and fruit (Exod 34:14; Hos 2:16–20; John 15:1–8), the One whose flesh and blood are true food and drink (John 6:53–56), whose yoke is easy and whose burden is light (Matt 11:28–30), the Prince of Peace (Isa 9:6) and the source of love (Isa 9:6; 1 John 4:7–10). He is coming. The Day of the LORD will be terrible for His enemies and healing for His own. Night is approaching; fear, lies, and tribulation will multiply. Are you ready?

After night comes morning. Jesus calls Himself the Bright Morning Star (Rev 22:16). Scripture says He will return as He ascended and His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives (Acts 1:11–12; Zech 14:4). That hope fixes my direction: to prepare people for darkness without surrendering the certainty of dawn.

This is not a religious site. Religion crucified Jesus, and the institutions that trade on His name today are not immune from corruption. This is a site about faith—about reality as God names it, not as men package it. My starting point is simple: I hold that the Bible is the Word of God, that Jesus Christ is the Word made flesh, and that a dark night is coming before His return (John 1:1,14; Rev 19:13; Matt 24).

God has allowed me to understand certain things—through Scripture, through what is hidden in plain sight all around us, and at times in ways I can only call supernatural. He has also given me something just as important: the ability to show what I see so that you do not have to rely on my word alone. If you will look honestly, and if you are not ruled by fear, you can verify what I present. You do not need to be a Bible believer to benefit from the parts of this work that analyze the symbols and signals saturating our culture. They are not subtle and I explain them plainly.

How did the world get to the place we are at today? The pattern was set in Eden. Humanity chose the fruit of knowledge apart from right relationship with God. We have knowledge now—technology that can unmake the world given to us—while hearts remain far from Him (Gen 3). Our governments show it: rules written as if wisdom could save us, administered by rulers who serve themselves. The prophets described this. One of the saddest images in Scripture shows Pharaoh (Satan) in Sheol taking comfort in the multitude of those slain on the earth by the sword (Ezek 32). This is where the path of pride, power, and greed leads.

Jesus said we cannot serve God and Mammon (Matt 6:24). Choose a master; you cannot keep both. If God has assigned you a purpose, He will supply what you need to accomplish it. You do not need to be anxious about money while walking in His purpose. He is like a GPS: if you miss a turn, He re-routes; both the journey and the destination are His, not yours. Whoever clings to his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for His sake will find it (Matt 16:24–25).

This site has several lanes:

Food from God’s Word. Real food from Scripture that you are unlikely to hear in church or Christian media. We will go deep into hard passages and core themes to bring the Word of God truly alive.

Symbolism in Plain Sight. Illuminati messaging and other spiritual signals hiding in plain sight—exposed in depth, in plain language.

Messages in the Music. Looking again at the lyrics of songs that shape culture. Are they harmless, feel-good mood, or precise messaging about our future?

All of this is intended to help you prepare, to stand firm, and to help others when the night comes upon us.

A brief word about me so you know where I am coming from. I am an engineer; in 1985 I designed the first GPS chip and appear on related patents. I build high-performance math code and run a small site in the fantasy sports space. I have lived and worked across the world, including years in Ukraine. When the Maidan events and the change of government came in 2014, my firsthand experience told me my own government’s narrative was false; it did not want peace grounded in truth. That realization set me on a path of investigation and prayer. I concluded then that we were on the road to a global war. Returning to Scripture—daily, with fasting at times—clarified what I was seeing and whom I must serve.

What I ask of you is simple: open your heart to God. (I am not asking for your money. I am not building an organization.) My focus is to watch, to warn, to share what I see, and to help you navigate the dark night that is coming, on the way to the Bright Morning. This site will sometimes feel like taking the red pill (in the movie The Matrix); once you see, you cannot unsee. If you are willing to ask, to look, and to live for something larger than yourself—even larger than mortality—then welcome. You are in the right place.

You may discover that what you thought was “religion” is a counterfeit; that the churches you trusted have been shaped by myths rather than sound teaching (Ezek 34; Jer 23; 2 Tim 4:3–4); that the whole world lies under the power of the evil one (1 John 5:19). Do not let that drive you to despair. Let it drive you into a deeper trust, faith, and right relationship with God. The path back is not complicated: inquire, return, and come. Night is coming, but morning also. When the Lion of Judah roars, may you recognize His voice.

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