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Prepare Now Because 'You Will Not Recognize the World in 2022’

Are you ready to face your life-or-death struggle?

All of us must take on the hero’s role as the world changes and chaos grows, Glenn said on radio Thursday. The world where you worked one job for most of your life is long over, and our society will only keep changing in the next few years.

“You will not recognize the world in 2022,” Glenn predicted, explaining why we need to be prepared now. “This is where the main character in every story faces his life or death struggle,” he said.

You can reduce chaos by revisiting your beliefs and knowing firmly not only what you believe but also why you believe it. The next generation is struggling partly because they weren’t given that secure foundation.

“Our children right now are failing” and leaving traditions because “they believe that we have lied to them,” Glenn asserted. “They go out and they see the bad things that are happening in the world that we didn’t prepare them for.”

GLENN: Let's start with news that actually means something to you. The UN has issued a, quote, early warning over the racial conditions in the United States. Now, this is a really rare move. And it's usually used to signal the potential of a looming civil war or conflict. The report has come from the UN commission specifically mentioning the incident in Charlottesville, stating that, quote, we are alarmed by racist demonstrations with overtly racist slogans, chants, and salutes by white nationalists, neo-Nazis, and the Ku Klux Klan, promoting white supremacy and inciting racial discrimination and-haired. Now, this is according to the head of the committee at the UN. Now, these types of warnings are usually reserved for countries that are gripped by ethnic and religious strife, places like Burundi and Nigeria and Iraq and the Ivory Coast.

That's where we are today, America. The UN is alarmed over the demonstrations by a very tiny refraction of the population here in America, in the country that has the longest-working Constitution in the world, at over 228 years since its ratification. Nobody has even come close. This is the country that the UN feels they need to focus on?

There's a couple of things. First, let me address this: It's time to shudder the United Nations. Close it up. Send it back to Europe. Stop paying for it.

Then we need to return to the values and the principles that made the constitutional -- the Constitution the most powerful document ever created by man: completely reject the idiocy of tiny racist fragments. And that includes the white supremacists and the black supremacists. Anybody -- may I -- dare I say, La Raza, translation the race. Anyone who is basing their politics on race must be dismissed, as well as the politically correct lunacy that is infecting our society. And if your media source is not telling you this today, then perhaps it's time you find a new media source. We begin, right now.

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GLENN: I believe -- and I told you this last week. And as I have been looking at my own company, as I've been looking at myself as a dad, as a father, as a guy who is trying to figure things out, and I'm trying to figure out the path to the future and the -- and the path that leads to stability. I've really believe to this place and this understanding that there is no stability in our near future. It's not going to happen.

In fact -- and this has nothing to do with politics -- stability is the last thing that we can expect, at least in the next five to ten years. Because we are at, not a pivot point, we are at the pivot point.

This is the place where the world pivots. I have been talking about this for a long time. And I have been predicting these things -- not predictions. But just looking at the events of the world and where we were headed and technology. And warning that this was going to be a very painful time. And we are at that pivot point right now.

The world is being redesigned, whether you like it or not. And that is the strife that we're feeling. And there are people up at the top of all industry, of all countries, that are trying to use this chaos to their advantage.

And so we have a choice.

Last night, somebody on the staff wrote to me and said, "Glenn, I -- how can I help?"

And I -- I want to -- I want to read part of my response last night because I think -- I think this goes to everybody, in all of our lives.

I urged this person to make notes on their opinions and their beliefs every single day. What is it you believe?

We're at the "question with boldness" part of our lives. And you're going to be dragged into it kicking and screaming, or you're just going to surrender to that concept: Question with boldness everything. And you're going to walk through it.

One, they're both going to be almost impossibly hard, they will feel at the time. But one will lead to success, and the other will lead to slavery and failure. You have to know what it is you truly believe. And why you believe these things. And not because you were taught or, I don't know, I've always believed that. But why are those things true to you?

You must know them firsthand. Because you're going to need to deliver on them every single day. And you're going to need to do it yourself.

The more self-reliant you are -- and this goes in every single business and every single family, every single role on earth. The more self-reliant you are, the better chance of success and survival you will have.

The days of long careers are over. The days of -- of big staffs and secretaries and all of that stuff, those are all over.

By 2022, the world is going to dramatically change. You will not recognize the world in 2022.

Chaos is our immediate future. We are now at the beginning of the middle. And this is where the main character in every story faces his life or death struggle. This is the point where the apex of the struggle is found and the decision that the characters make in that part of that story leads you to the end.

So we're at the beginning now of the middle. We've been writing the -- the opening of this story for the last 20 years. Maybe longer.

But the middle is going to be written quickly. And it's being written every single day.

Chaos right now is happening all around us. And it is the underlying tension that you're feeling. But it can be used to your advantage.

Now, it can be used for good, or it can be used for evil. And right now, we're seeing people use chaos mainly for evil. They are -- especially in politics. Power and the power centers are using chaos to rewrite history and realign the base of their power. That's what's really happening on the streets.

Now, your question that you need to answer, all of us need to answer is: How can I use this chaos, this time to bring a peaceful revolution? How can I use this time to do good instead of evil?

Read Sun Tzu.

Right now, our enemies are using -- using the force of chaos in their favor. We have to use that same force to our advantage. We have to prepare, we have to read, we have to push our mind. We have to think in new and different ways.

You have almost an impossible task. You have to remain young at heart and yet firm in resolve. Your heart needs to be soft, and your resolve needs to be hard. Really difficult.

But I believe, for me at least, the only way you can do this is to take everything you know and throw it away. Learn it from the ground level, as if you were a space alien and you were coming in for the very first time.

I'm going to show you in a minute how to do this.

What -- what have you been challenged on recently, that you -- you challenged yourself, you went and said, "I don't know if this is really true. I've just always been taught this?"

When I told you about the Confederate constitution not being about state's rights by any stretch of the imagination -- and I said, "Don't take my word for it, go read it yourself."

Did you? Did you read it? Have you ever read it? Because you need to know that and not know that because some dope on the radio told you. You need to know it.

Our children right now are failing. They're failing, and they're leaving their traditions because they believe that we have lied to them. Because they see that this isn't working. And then they go out and they see the bad things that are happening in the world that we didn't prepare them for.

We sheltered them from all of the bad things, and then we didn't know the bad things ourself. We were -- we will talk about a glorious flag. But we will not teach them about the horrors that this country was involved in.

You can't have the glories of America without its failings. And when they go out and they hear somebody talking about things that they can go out and quickly research and verify, that, yeah, that did happen -- and mom and dad or the teachers or the media source or -- or whomever didn't tell them that, didn't prepare -- all of a sudden, they think we're liars.

In three months, in as little as three months, by Christmastime -- and I don't think this is true. And I'm always wrong on timing. And I hope I'm wrong on this. I don't believe this is true. But I do believe this is a possibility, that by Christmastime, we could be fighting a civil war or a global war or perhaps both of them.

Please, please, I beg you to take that warning to heart. I pray that I am wrong. But it is coming. I don't know when. But it is coming.

A giant reset of the entire world is coming. And it's going to come, and it's going to come crashing down on our heads, unless giants to begin to rise. Now, what is a giant?

When we first got into the Iraqi War, I said, "Look for the man who will be on the postage stamp. Look for the Iraqi that will be on the postage stamp." Well, there was never one that rose up. There was never that self-sacrificing guy who galvanized behind the idea of freedom. And that's why Iraq is a failed state.

But what is a hero? A hero is -- a hero is somebody that just doesn't forget what's right and true. That's it. That's it.

They just know what's right and true, and they refuse to sit down. That is the only difference between us and heroes. But you're not going to be able to sit down when you are surrounded by voices telling you that you are wrong and presenting evidence that maybe perhaps you've never even thought of.

You can be a warrior, and you can stand with the people who will fight on the streets, but those people who will fight on the streets most likely are the same guys who are going to talk about white supremacy and how bad the Jews are or black supremacy. And strangely, how bad the Jews are.

What's your message going to be? What -- how do you build the framework of hope?

Because once hope is lost, the cause is lost. The battle is lost. The war is lost.

RADIO

Shocking train video: Passengers wait while woman bleeds out

Surveillance footage of the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, NC, reveals that the other passengers on the train took a long time to help her. Glenn, Stu, and Jason debate whether they were right or wrong to do so.

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: You know, I'm -- I'm torn on how I feel about the people on the train.

Because my first instinct is, they did nothing! They did nothing! Then my -- well, sit down and, you know -- you know, you're going to be judged. So be careful on judging others.

What would I have done? What would I want my wife to do in that situation?


STU: Yeah. Are those two different questions, by the way.

GLENN: Yeah, they are.

STU: I think they go far apart from each other. What would I want myself to do. I mean, it's tough to put yourself in a situation. It's very easy to watch a video on the internet and talk about your heroism. Everybody can do that very easily on Twitter. And everybody is.

You know, when you're in a vehicle that doesn't have an exit with a guy who just murdered somebody in front of you, and has a dripping blood off of a knife that's standing 10 feet away from you, 15 feet away from you.

There's probably a different standard there, that we should all kind of consider. And maybe give a little grace to what I saw at least was a woman, sitting across the -- the -- the aisle.

I think there is a difference there. But when you talk about that question. Those two questions are definitive.

You know, I know what I would want myself to do. I would hope I would act in a way that didn't completely embarrass myself afterward.

But I also think, when I'm thinking of my wife. My advice to my wife would not be to jump into the middle of that situation at all costs. She might do that anyway. She actually is a heck of a lot stronger than I am.

But she might do it anyway.

GLENN: How pathetic, but how true.

STU: Yes. But that would not be my advice to her.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

STU: Now, maybe once the guy has certainly -- is out of the area. And you don't think the moment you step into that situation. He will turn around and kill you too. Then, of course, obviously. Anything you can do to step in.

Not that there was much anyone on the train could do.

I mean, I don't think there was an outcome change, no matter what anyone on that train did.

Unfortunately.

But would I want her to step in?

Of course. If she felt she was safe, yes.

Think about, you said, your wife. Think about your daughter. Your daughter is on that train, just watching someone else getting murdered like that. Would you advise your daughter to jump into a situation like that?

That girl sitting across the aisle was somebody's daughter. I don't know, man.

JASON: I would. You know, as a dad, would I advise.

Hmm. No.

As a human being, would I hope that my daughter or my wife or that I would get up and at least comfort that woman while she's dying on the floor of a train?

Yeah.

I would hope that my daughter, my son, that I would -- and, you know, I have more confidence in my son or daughter or my wife doing something courageous more than I would.

But, you know, I think I have a more realistic picture of myself than anybody else.

And I'm not sure that -- I'm not sure what I would do in that situation. I know what I would hope I would do. But I also know what I fear I would do. But I would have hoped that I would have gotten up and at least tried to help her. You know, help her up off the floor. At least be there with her, as she's seeing her life, you know, spill out in under a minute.

And that's it other thing we have to keep in mind. This all happened so rapidly.

A minute is -- will seem like a very long period of time in that situation. But it's a very short period of time in real life.

STU: Yeah. You watch the video, Glenn. You know, I don't need the video to -- to change my -- my position on this.

But at his seem like there was a -- someone who did get there, eventually, to help, right? I saw someone seemingly trying to put pressure on her neck.

GLENN: Yeah. And tried to give her CPR.

STU: You know, no hope at that point. How long of a time period would you say that was?

Do you know off the top of your head?

GLENN: I don't know. I don't know. I know that we watched the video that I saw. I haven't seen past 30 seconds after she --

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: -- is down. And, you know, for 30 seconds nothing is happening. You know, that is -- that is not a very long period of time.

STU: Right.

GLENN: In reality.

STU: And especially, I saw the pace he was walking. He certainly can't be -- you know, he may have left the actual train car by 30 seconds to a minute. But he wasn't that far away. Like he was still in visual.

He could still turn around and look and see what's going on at that point. So certainly still a threat is my point. He has not, like, left the area. This is not that type of situation.

You know, I -- look, as you point out, I think if I could be super duper sexist for a moment here, sort of my dividing line might just be men and women.

You know, I don't know if it's that a -- you're not supposed to say that, I suppose these days. But, like, there is a difference there. If I'm a man, you know, I would be -- I would want my son to jump in on that, I suppose. I don't know if he could do anything about it. But you would expect at least a grown man to be able to go in there and do something about it. A woman, you know, I don't know.

Maybe I'm -- I hope --

GLENN: Here's the thing I -- here's the thing that I -- that causes me to say, no. You should have jumped in.

And that is, you know, you've already killed one person on the train. So you've proven that you're a killer. And anybody who would have screamed and got up and was with her, she's dying. She's dying. Get him. Get him.

Then the whole train is responsible for stopping that guy. You know. And if you don't stop him, after he's killed one person, if you're not all as members of that train, if you're not stopping him, you know, the person at the side of that girl would be the least likely to be killed. It would be the ones that are standing you up and trying to stop him from getting back to your daughter or your wife or you.

JASON: There was a -- speaking of men and women and their roles in this. There was a video circling social media yesterday. In Sweden. There was a group of officials up on a stage. And one of the main. I think it was health official woman collapses on stage. Completely passes out.

All the men kind of look away. Or I don't know if they're looking away. Or pretending that they didn't know what was going on. There was another woman standing directly behind the woman passed out.

Immediately springs into action. Jumps on top. Grabs her pant leg. Grabs her shoulder. Spins her over and starts providing care.

What did she have that the other guys did not? Or women?

She was a sheepdog. There is a -- this is my issue. And I completely agree with Stu. I completely agree with you. There's some people that do not respond this way. My issue is the proportion of sheepdogs versus people that don't really know how to act. That is diminishing in western society. And American society.

We see it all the time in these critical actions. I mean, circumstances.

There are men and women, and it's actually a meme. That fantasize about hoards of people coming to attack their home and family. And they sit there and say, I've got it. You guys go. I'm staying behind, while I smoke my cigarette and wait for the hoards to come, because I will sacrifice myself. There are men and women that fantasize of block my highway. Go ahead. Block my highway. I'm going to do something about it. They fantasize about someone holding up -- not a liquor store. A convenience store or something. Because they will step in and do something. My issue now is that proportion of sheepdogs in society is disappearing. Just on statistical fact, there should be one within that train car, and there were none.

STU: Yeah. I mean --

JASON: They did not respond.

STU: We see what happens when they do, with Daniel Penny. Our society tries to vilify them and crush their existence. Now, there weren't that many people on that train. Right?

At least on that car. At least it's limited. I only saw three or four people there, there may have been more. I agree with you, though. Like, you see what happens when we actually do have a really recent example of someone doing exactly what Jason wants and what I would want a guy to do. Especially a marine to step up and stop this from happening. And the man was dragged by our legal system to a position where he nearly had to spend the rest of his life in prison.

I mean, I -- it's insanity. Thankfully, they came to their senses on that one.

GLENN: Well, the difference between that one and this one though is that the guy was threatening. This one, he killed somebody.

STU: Yeah. Right. Well, but -- I think -- but it's the opposite way. The debate with Penny, was should he have recognize that had this person might have just been crazy and not done anything?

Maybe. He hadn't actually acted yet. He was just saying things.

GLENN: Yeah. Well --

STU: He didn't wind up stabbing someone. This is a situation where these people have already seen what this man will do to you, even when you don't do anything to try to stop him. So if this woman, who is, again, looks to be an average American woman.

Across the aisle. Steps in and tries to do something. This guy could easily turn around and just make another pile of dead bodies next to the one that already exists.

And, you know, whether that is an optimal solution for our society, I don't know that that's helpful.

In that situation.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

Max Lucado on Overcoming Grief in Dark Times | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 266

Disclaimer: This episode was filmed prior to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. But Glenn believes Max's message is needed now more than ever.
The political world is divided, constantly at war with itself. In many ways, our own lives are not much different. Why do we constantly focus on the negative? Why are we in pain? Where is God amid our anxiety and fear? Why can’t we ever seem to change? Pastor Max Lucado has found the solution: Stop thinking like that! It may seem easier said than done, but Max joins Glenn Beck to unpack the three tools he describes in his new book, “Tame Your Thoughts,” that make it easy for us to reset the way we think back to God’s factory settings. In this much-needed conversation, Max and Glenn tackle everything from feeling doubt as a parent to facing unfair hardships to ... UFOs?! Plus, Max shares what he recently got tattooed on his arm.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

Are Demonic Forces to Blame for Charlie Kirk, Minnesota & Charlotte Killings?

This week has seen some of the most heinous actions in recent memory. Glenn has been discussing the growth of evil in our society, and with the assassination of civil rights leader Charlie Kirk, the recent transgender shooter who took the lives of two children at a Catholic school, and the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, how can we make sense of all this evil? On today's Friday Exclusive, Glenn speaks with BlazeTV host of "Strange Encounters" Rick Burgess to discuss the demon-possessed transgender shooter and the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk. Rick breaks down the reality of demon possession and how individuals wind up possessed. Rick and Glenn also discuss the dangers of the grotesque things we see online and in movies, TV shows, and video games on a daily basis. Rick warns that when we allow our minds to be altered by substances like drugs or alcohol, it opens a door for the enemy to take control. A supernatural war is waging in our society, and it’s a Christian’s job to fight this war. Glenn and Rick remind Christians of what their first citizenship is.

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Here’s what we know about the suspected Charlie Kirk assassin

The FBI has arrested a suspect for allegedly assassinating civil rights leader Charlie Kirk. Just The News CEO and editor-in-chief John Solomon joins Glenn Beck to discuss what we know so far about the suspect, his weapon, and his possible motives.