Every Sunday we present a prophecy update. We show how news and trends in the world corroborate centuries-old prophecies you read in the Bible.
Fully 80% of the Bible’s approximately 2500 prophecies have been fulfilled to the letter. The prime example I would give, in modern times, is the miraculous rebirth of Israel as a nation in her ancient homeland.
The remaining 20% of yet-to-be fulfilled prophecies have to do with the Last Days in which we are living.
One of the most prominent, and feared, prophecies is that there will exist a method of commerce that utilizes some sort of personal identifier on you, or in you. You will transact all your daily business and activities using this unique identifier.
In the middle of the future Great Tribulation, this personal identifier will become the dreaded Mark of the Beast, when the world leader we know as the antiChrist will force citizens to swear allegiance to him, or be cut-off from conducting any business.
We’ve reported on the trend in technology towards a personal “mark.” There are many possible candidates: imbedded RFID chips, enhanced finger prints, palm prints, electronic tattoos, etc.
One secondary aspect of this trend is the elimination of cash. It is a cashless system.
Thus we would expect to see a trend in the world towards eliminating cash… And we do.
A recent article was titled, War On Cash Intensifies: Citibank To Stop Accepting Cash At Some Branches.
Excerpts:
Less than a week after India’s surprise move to scrap its highest denomination cash notes, another front in the War on Cash has intensified down under in Australia.
Yesterday, banking giant UBS proposed that eliminating Australia’s $100 and $50 bills would be “good for the economy and good for the banks.”
This isn’t the first time that the financial establishment has pushed for a cashless society in Australia (or anywhere else).
In September 2015, Australian bank Westpac published its “Cash Free Report”, suggesting that the country would become cashless by 2022.
In July 2016, Australian payments firm Tyro published an enormously self-serving blog post touting the benefits of a cashless society and saying, “it’s only a matter of time.”
Most notably, two days ago, Citibank announced that it was going cashless at some of its Australian branches.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-16/war-cash-intensifies-citibank-stop-accepting-cash-some-branches
Another article was titled, Zimbabwe is running out of money — can a cashless society save it?
Excerpts:
Zimbabwe’s banks are running out of cash and there’s a sense of distrust, panic and frustration among locals.
President of the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ), Charity Jinya, told CNN that banks are working on a solution to reduce the heavy reliance on cash.
“Banks have streamlined daily cash withdrawals and continue to encourage wider use of electronic [or] digital payment platforms,” she said.
So perhaps now is the perfect opportunity, analysts argue, for Zimbabwe to really embrace the latest technological developments and adopt an alternative solution to their crisis: a completely cashless society.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/18/africa/zimbabwe-broke-cashless-society/
We are interested in these things, but we are not looking for their fulfillment before Jesus can return for us.
Jesus promised He’d come and resurrect the dead in Christ, and rapture living believers. There are no prophecies needing to be fulfilled prior to the rapture. It is presented in the Bible as an imminent event.
Are you ready for the rapture? If not, get ready, stay ready, and keep looking up. Ready or not, Jesus is coming!