This day in History April 30 1975. The Fall of Saigon and the Rise of Deception

When Discernment Dies, the Dragon Returns to Power

April 30, 1975 – The Fall of Saigon and the Collapse of Moral Clarity

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I. The Smoke of Saigon, the Ashes of Discernment

On April 30, 1975, the last American helicopters lifted off from the roof of the U.S. embassy in Saigon. Beneath them, chaos. The South Vietnamese government collapsed. Desperate citizens clung to skids and fences. Communism rolled into the city unopposed.

The West lost a war—but far worse, it lost its discernment.

This wasn’t just about Vietnam. It was the bitter fruit of generations of deception, where popes, potentates, and politicians took the name of God without ever hearing His voice. And as always, the people paid the price.

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II. A Pattern of Deception: From Joan to Saigon

Just the day before—April 29, 1431—Joan of Arc stood trial for heresy. She claimed divine visions, heard voices from saints, and led armies under their banner. But the Church that burned her was no better. It was a papal machine using religion to move thrones and borders.

Fast forward four centuries.

In Vietnam, the French returned in the 1940s with priests, relics, and guns. They ruled in the name of civilization, but left ashes and revolution in their wake. When the French fled, America inherited the crusade—a war dressed in flags and crosses, but without Christ.
• Catholic dictator Ngo Dinh Diem persecuted Buddhists and enriched bishops.[8]
• Cardinal Spellman blessed the war, calling it “a war for Christ.”[7]
• The Vatican remained silent at every massacre and betrayal.

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III. The Gulf of Tonkin: A Lie to Light the Fire

“Because they received not the love of the truth… God shall send them strong delusion.”
— 2 Thessalonians 2:10–11[2]

In 1964, the Gulf of Tonkin incident—a faked naval attack—gave Lyndon Johnson the excuse to drag America fully into Vietnam.[6]

Like the forged papal letters of the Crusades, this was a lie dressed as righteousness.

And when discernment dies, even the worst lies sound like calls to duty.

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IV. Two Dragons Fighting for the Same Throne

Communism and Catholicism—enemies on paper, twins in practice.
• Both want control.
• Both replace Christ with the state or the church.
• Both promise utopia and deliver chains.

And as Vietnam fell, the people weren’t looking for truth. They were looking for rescue, for order, for peace at any price.

The stage was set for the ultimate deception: a world where discernment is dead, and men are prepared to worship anyone who promises stability.

“And all the world wondered after the beast.”
— Revelation 13:3[1]

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V. The Vatican, the French, and the American Sword: A Dragon’s Game of Thrones

France’s empire was gone—but her delusions of Catholic glory lingered.
• In Indochina, she sent not just troops but Jesuits and Dominicans, cloaked in cassocks and carrying crucifixes.
• Her dream: to reclaim a Catholic Southeast Asia, subservient to Rome, just as the old kings once bowed to the pope.
• But after the humiliating defeat at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, France’s dream was shattered.

So what did the Vatican do?

It turned to a younger, stronger arm—the United States.

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VI. Enter America: From Sword to Servant
• Kennedy, a Catholic president, was pushed to expand aid and advisors.
• CIA operatives, many connected to Knights of Malta and old-world Catholic orders, coordinated covert ops and regime changes.
• Cardinal Spellman, dubbed “the American Pope,” acted as a bridge—blessing U.S. troops and calling Vietnam “a war for Christ.”[7]

But it was all theater.

Behind the curtain, the Vatican played both sides:
• If the U.S. won, Catholic rule would return to Vietnam under Rome’s orders.
• If the U.S. lost, papal socialism—liberation theology—would creep in and tame communism from within.
• Either way, biblical truth was never the goal—power was.

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VII. We Could Have Won—But We Weren’t Meant To

“Had we fought Vietnam the way we fought Germany, it would have taken months, not years.”

In WWII, America unleashed its full military strength with clear objectives.

But in Vietnam?
• Rules of engagement tied soldiers’ hands.
• Borders were sacred—for the enemy.
• War became a stage for policy, not victory.
• And behind it all stood a strange alliance of religious clerics, intelligence operatives, and global planners.

We weren’t there to win.
We were there to spend, manipulate, and destabilize.
The people bled. The politicians postured.
And the Vatican smiled—whether it gained a nation or seeded a new order.

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VIII. Was This a Setup for the Antichrist?

It wasn’t just about Vietnam.
It was about a worldwide framework:
• Religious militarism through orders like the Jesuits.
• Political manipulation through “neutral” clergy.
• Economic coordination through secretive banking and concordats.
• Media cooperation, preaching peace while fermenting war.

“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God.”
— 1 John 4:1[3]

The Anti-Christ system doesn’t need to win every battle.
It only needs to weaken the nations, blur the lines, and position itself to offer a solution when all discernment has died.

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IX. Author’s Note: I Remember Watching

I was ten years old, watching the helicopters on the news—airlifting the last souls off the roof of the U.S. embassy in Saigon.
A few years earlier, my uncle George walked up our driveway in uniform. I didn’t know then he hadn’t been in combat. I just knew he was safe. And it felt like the world made sense.

I was told Vietnam was about fighting communism.
I believed it—because why wouldn’t we fight for liberty?
I know that many of my friends and family that were older than me did just that..
But decades later, I’ve learned what the news didn’t say.
That those who leaders who claim to fight evil don’t always serve good.
That freedom was rarely their goal.
And that discernment, once lost, makes it easy to serve a cause that has no cross.

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X. Final Invitation: The Time Is Short

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.”
— Proverbs 9:10[5]

Wars without discernment are wars without end.
And the next deception is already being written.

Discernment begins not with headlines—but with the Word of God.
It begins at the foot of the cross, not at the altar of nationalism or religious empires.

Christ is coming. The dragon is waiting.
And the world is already ready to believe the lie.

“Let no man deceive you by any means…”
— 2 Thessalonians 2:3

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XI. Final Invitation: The Time Is Short—But Not Gone

All of this—
The burning cities, the false wars, the popes and generals, the fading flags—
It will all pale in comparison to what’s coming next.

“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.” – Matthew 24:21

The same spirits that whispered to Joan, the same liars that plotted Tonkin, the same dragon that rides through Vatican halls—
They are preparing the world for one final deception.

“And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” – 2 Thessalonians 2:11–12

But we are not there yet.

The restraint still holds.
The trumpet has not yet sounded.
The heavens have not yet opened.

“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise… but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” – 2 Peter 3:9

Right now—today—mercy still speaks.
And in an instant, when the last soul believes, the last name is sealed, and the last cry is heard—

“The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God…” – 1 Thessalonians 4:16

And those who are in Christ will be gone.
The rest will remain for the great lie—and the judgment that follows.

Don’t be here when that trumpet sounds.

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Repent. Believe the gospel.
Christ died for your sins, was buried, and rose again the third day.
He is not religion. He is not ritual. He is the only way, the truth, and the life.

Come to Him now—
While there’s still time.
Because when discernment dies…

The dragon rises.

Saigon, 1975. Kabul, 2021.
Two nations, two ideologies, two decades of war—same ending.
• People clinging to helicopters.
• Allies left behind.
• Promises broken.
• And the enemy walking in unchallenged, because discernment, purpose, and truth were gone long before the last plane left the tarmac.

In both cases, we weren’t just fleeing battlefields. We were fleeing the lies that got us there, and the emptiness of man-made missions once the illusion collapsed.

Just like Rome in Joan of Arc’s time—just like the French in Vietnam—just like Spellman’s false crusade—when you fight without truth, the end will always be shame, retreat, and betrayal.

Footnotes

[1] Revelation 13:3 – “And all the world wondered after the beast.”
[2] 2 Thessalonians 2:10–11 – “God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie.”
[3] 1 John 4:1 – “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God.”
[4] Galatians 1:8 – Even an angel preaching another gospel is accursed.
[5] Proverbs 9:10 – “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.”
[6] Gulf of Tonkin: Declassified records confirm the August 4 attack was misrepresented or did not occur.
[7] Cardinal Spellman’s visits and declarations are preserved in Catholic military chaplain records and public addresses.
[8] Diem’s regime was deeply tied to Catholic favoritism in a Buddhist-majority nation.