Revelations: Virtual Channel Surfing #10
“EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP AND OPEN PALM-SLAM A VHS INTO THE SLOT. ITS CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK AND RIGHT THEN AND THERE I START DOING THE MOVES ALONGSIDE WITH THE MAIN CHARACTER.....RIDDICK."
The very first edition of Virtual Channel Surfing was published all the way back in May of 2022, and ever since I’ve tried my best to bring you a block of television as interesting and varied as the last. We’ve covered fast cars, relaxing music, travelogs, self-help, dancing tutorials, childhood edutainment, back pain relief, muzzleloading, gyroplanes, and a lot more. The picks I have for you this week are really something else, especially considering each of these tapes were found together in a stack.
I’m assuming one person owned all of these, though they could have just as easily come from a church or private school. I know at my (christian) school when I was growing up, we had plenty of this kind of stuff lying around in addition to religious edutainment like Veggie Tales and The Gospel According To St. Bernard. I thought it might be nice to present these all together.
In general, I don’t purchase a lot of religious content to share here on the blog. It’s often kind of dull and not terribly interesting to me, but I do often come across some things I believe would be fun to watch, especially for a select few of you readers who have expressed that you’re into this kind of stuff. I have to admit, some of this end-of-times conspiracy content does engage that latent part of my brain that watched all kinds of trash like this growing up.
Anyways, I hope y’all enjoy this stack of tapes. I don’t feel like talking much today so lets roll the big CRT television cart into the classroom and watch some tapes!
Secrets of The Bible Code Revealed
VOL 1
Secrets of The Bible Code Revealed
VOL 2
1999 | Runtime 45 Minutes
"The Most Amazing Story Since Moses Parted the Red Sea..."
Secrets of the Bible Code Revealed is a factual, scientific account of the true discovery and how it began. Few things have ignited people's imagination like the recent discovery of encoded information in the Bible that could only be discovered with the use of modern computers. Featuring interviews with Michael Drosnin, the author of "The Bible Code", the world's #1 best-selling non-fiction book of 1997. Drosnin reveals. accurate findings about historical figures as well as past, present and future events - FUTURE EVENTS THAT HAD NOT OCCURRED WHEN THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN.
Somewhere Forever
1998 | Runtime 17 Minutes
Where Will You Be 1,000 Years From Now?
There are so many people out there who claim to have the 'truth.' 'What are you supposed to believe?
I thought God would weigh my good deeds against my bad deeds.
I was confronted with a.. question I could not answer. 'If I could get to heaven by being good, why did Jesus have to die on the cross?'
The Bloodstained Hands of Big Brother Government
1995 | Runtime 60 Minutes
Did a secret, government bomb squad engineer the massive blast that ripped apart the federal building in Oklahoma City-and ended the lives of almost 200 men, women, and children? Before you say, "No, it's not possible, our government would never do such a thing," you must obtain a copy of this shocking, new video.
In The Bloodstained Hands of Big Brother Government, internationally known researcher and bestselling author Texe Marrs presents a mountain of evidence and documentation. He fingers federal government insiders as responsible for a wave of bloody bombings and assassinations and a pattern of lies, deception, and illegal spying and surveillance, extending from the 1930s to the carnage at Waco and the Oklahoma City tragedy. Texe Marrs reveals that an evil clique of unAmerican, money-hungry greedsters and murderers has grabbed the reins of such powerful groups as the CIA, FBI, DIA, DEA, DOD, and BATF. Its circle of influence reaches into the White House and controls the halls of Congress.
This is The Octopus. Its leaders abandoned our POWS/MIAs in Vietnam and injected experimental germs into our Persian Gulf war soldiers. From President Franklin D. Roosevelt to William J. Clinton, its wicked leadership has secretly terrorized the nation. They've manipulated and used the media, covered up crimes, and framed innocent "patsies"-like Lee Harvey Oswald, blamed in the JFK assassination, and Admiral Kimmel, falsely accused of malfeasance in 1941 over the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Are Timothy McVeigh and the Nichols brothers their latest patsies? More important, what vile act of human sacrifice and mass death is next? How much longer can we tolerate and endure the bloodstained hands of Big Brother government?
USS Liberty Survivors: Our Story
1992 | Runtime 60 Minutes
USS LIBERTY SURVIVORS: OUR STORY tells the American side of the USS Liberty incident through the eyewitness accounts of the survivors. It may be the only video account of the story free from the Orwellian doublespeak that has obscured the events since 1967.
This documentary contains interviews shot at reunions of the USS Liberty crew and slides and film footage collected from US Navy archives and private sources.
This video captures the intensity of men of action as they recall a time long ago when they shared the experience of being under hostile fire and the passion of the same men who are now committed to seeing that their story is told.
*Editor’s Note*
This isn’t some wild conspiracy. After watching part of this tape, I did my own research and this has been reported on quite a bit over the years, though its been pretty impossible to lock down some of the details. I found this video by Sea Lord Mountbatten on Youtube to be enlightening, and sourced well in the description. Check it out if you like, though if you can’t tell from the title, this is a really sad story of betrayal that happened to real people.
7 Signs of Christ's Return
1996 | Runtime 60 Minutes
He promised to return. The scriptures foretell of seven events that will herald the second coming of Jesus Christ. One is already part of history. Some are in the making now. The rest are events in the future. The Bible says, "the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him." However, there are signs that the world is watching for. People began watching for Christ's return on New Year's Eve of 999 AD. Christians of Europe gave away their land and their goods in anticipation of Christ's return at the onset of year 1000. But at the stroke of midnight, Jesus Christ did not return. "The Seven Signs of Christ's Return" explains why.
One of the signs is the future of Rome. Perhaps because of the classic "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," we are all under the impression that Rome "fell," once and for all time. "The Seven Signs" shows that in one form or another, the Roman Empire has been very much alive since 476 AD, the year that most historians agree marks the fall of Rome.
Another sign? The State of Israel and its claim on Palestine. Every day, it's on the news and in the press, but do people really grasp fully why Israelis defend so fiercely their right to the land of Palestine? Christ will not return until a third Temple of Jerusalem has been built to replace the first and second temples which have been destroyed. "The Seven Signs" explains the prophetic visions of the Prophet Daniel of the Old Testament, and the Apostle John of the New. They saw monsters as horrible as any in the fantasy films of today.
These biblical visions could be indications of where our civilization is headed in the future. As the second thousand years after Christ draws to an end, mankind peers into the uncertain future of the
Twenty-First Century. Or is it uncertain?
Some see the end of the millennium as a beginning. No biblical subject brings out the imagination in people more than prophecy. Christians claim to know just what is going to happen though they don't claim to know exactly when. The Countdown continues. The question is, at what hour are we on the clock of history?
Narrated by renowned British actor Edmund Purdom.
Well, that’s it for this week! I hope you enjoyed the tapes! If you’re looking for more, please check out my page on Archive.org for the full list of digitized media. If you have any questions, feel free to send me a message right here or drop a comment below. If you haven’t already, please check out the list below for some of my favorite previous installments of Virtual Channel Surfing or any of my other previous posts here. Thanks so much for checking out this week’s edition of Diptych!
See you soon!
—Forrest
The Donut Man Would Like A Word With You...
You're walking in the woods. There's no one around, And your phone is dead. Out of the corner of your eye you spot him, The Donut Man. He's following you About 30 feet back. He gets down on all fours and breaks into a sprint. He's gaining on you. The Donut Man.
Late Night Sleepycore
You feel the familiar sense of abrupt horror as you jolt awake. The misery of the dream you’d been experiencing quickly leaves your brain as you’re left with just the anxious lump in your throat. The clock on the VCR is blinking “12:00 A.M.”. Had the power gone out or did you forget to set it again? You can’t quite remember what you were watching before…
Virtual Channel Surfing #6
It’s Christmas in July this week on the blog, and I’ve got a giant pile of tapes for y’all! We’re starting off with some festive karaoke and a behind-the-scenes look at Christmas at “America’s largest home”. We’ll take a trip to Niagara Falls after that to look at both the summer and winter seasons there and on our way back we’ll stop at the
Forrest o my god! The sweater vest!