We reserve a few minutes Sunday morning to suggest news, or trends, that seem to be predicted by a literal, futurist reading of the Bible.

We are careful to use recognized, reliable sources for news. There is a lot of sensationalism surrounding unfulfilled Bible prophecy, and we don’t want to add to it.

We’re not saying the things we report are the definite fulfillment of prophecy – only that they are the things you’d expect to be happening in build-up to the future seven year Great Tribulation.

One thing is clear from reading the Revelation: The government of the Great Tribulation will be totalitarian. The world leader we commonly call the antichrist will utilize a surveillance society in which no one will be able to transact any business without having a personal identifier connected to a global system of commerce.

Once that happens, human rights and freedoms will be a thing of the past. The government will dictate everything about your life.

I know – it sounds as if we are whacked-out conspiracy theorists. We’re not. The control we are suggesting is what many in world leadership are openly advocating. They are using the need to address Climate Change as an overriding, global problem that overshadows any loss of personal freedoms.

Thus we have what I’m calling, “Thermostat Wars.” An article posted last week was titled, Switzerland might jail anyone who heats rooms above 66°F.

Excerpts:

Switzerland is considering putting anyone who heats their rooms above 66° in jail for up to three years. It would only happen if Switzerland is forced to ration gas because of the Russia-Ukraine war. Fines could also be handed out for violators.
Markus Sporndli, a spokesman for the Federal Department of Finance, said the rate for fines on a daily basis could start at 30 Swiss Francs ($30). He added that the maximum fine could be up to 3000 Swiss Francs (over $4,000).

https://torontosun.com/news/say-what-switzerland-might-jail-anyone-who-heats-rooms-above-19c

Closer to home, Colorado utility company locks 22,000 thermostats in 90° weather due to ‘energy emergency.’

Excerpts:

Thousands of utility company customers in Colorado were locked out of changing their thermostats due to an “energy emergency,” sparking outrage that spilled onto social media. Tony Talarico, an Xcel Energy customer in Arvada, Colorado, told KMGH-TV that he attempted to turn up the air conditioning as temperatures creeped into the 90s on Tuesday but was greeted with a message from this thermostat declaring an “energy emergency” and prevented from turning the dial. 

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/colorado-utility-company-locks-22000-thermostats-in-90-degree-weather-due-energy-emergency

In all fairness, those affected had signed-up for the program, and received a monetary credit on their bills.

The latest smart thermostats feature on demand response and can reduce energy use at peak times of consumption, pricing, and carbon emissions.

Spain has set strict limits on air conditioning in shops and other venues, requiring business and various buildings to keep their thermostats anywhere from 60° to 80° degrees Fahrenheit – despite the fact that the country is enduring a heatwave.

In addition to cutting back on air conditioning, Spain has proposed ministers, public officials, and private sector employees stop wearing neckties during hot summer months to keep cool.

Here is something less comical. The United Nations Human Rights Council says, “Climate change is an urgent global problem requiring a global solution.” The Council called for international cooperation to implement the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) “in order to support national efforts for the realization of human rights affected by climate change related impact.”

It sounds like the UN is in favor of human rights.

They are, but they define “human rights” globally.

For example, concerning the right to life, they say, “In order to uphold the right to life, States must take effective measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change and prevent foreseeable loss of life.” In other words, because they see Climate Change as the #1 priority, you are violating someone else’s right to life if you will not submit to a global authority that decides how you live.

https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/ClimateChange/COP21.pdf

I’m not really talking about Climate Change. We can agree to disagree on it.

I’m talking about the rapid movement of the nations of the world to give up their sovereignty to a global government. It is what the Bible said would exist in the Great Tribulation. We therefore expect to see it being implemented… And it is.

We are witnessing the stage-setting for the seven year Great Tribulation that is described in the last book of the Bible. We will not, however, be on Earth during that terrible Time of Jacob’s Trouble.

The resurrection and rapture of the church are imminent. It could happen any moment; nothing needs to happen before it.

Jesus will come, in the clouds, and raise the dead believers of the Church Age. He will transform the bodies of living believers to glorified, resurrection bodies. We will join Him in Heaven while the earth endures one final seven-year campaign of severe evangelism.

Are you ready for the rapture? If not, Get ready; Stay ready; Keep looking up.

Ready or not, Jesus is coming!