Darkness does not conquer a nation when it first appears, but when people stop recognizing it.   Peter Vázquez takes listeners to the foot of the Cross, to the unnamed soldier who pierced Christ’s side, and uses that “Longinus moment” to reveal how America now stands in front of truth and still chooses blindness.   From Dearborn’s Sharia-aligned politics to California’s cultural collapse, from Epstein’s web of influence to Trump’s release of the files, the hour tracks how spiritual warfare shows up as policy, propaganda, and cultural decay.   Claims that “crime is down” crumble as domestic violence rises, fear intensifies, and families fall apart. A loneliness epidemic grips the young, while hotel homelessness and welfare fraud expose a system that rewards dependence and punishes responsibility.   Callers press difficult questions about Christ’s ascension, righteous duty, corrupt elites, and the growing threat of digital ID systems that feel like a dress rehearsal for Revelation 13.   A retired officer testifies to God’s grace in moments of danger. A major gift from Tom Golisano shows the difference between wealth that corrupts and wealth that serves.   Threaded through every moment is a single challenge: Will we keep thrusting the spear into truth, or finally let the blood and water open our eyes?   This is not a conversation for spectators. It is a call to stand firm in faith, defend the foundations of family and country, and lead with conviction in a culture determined to forget both.