We reserve a few minutes each Sunday to discuss current trends that you’d expect from reading Bible prophecy.
We are futurists. We interpret the unfulfilled prophetic portions of the Book of Daniel and the Book of the Revelation, and all other unfulfilled Bible prophecies, as future events occurring in a literal, physical, apocalyptic, and global context.
Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence, cashless commerce, the manipulation of human DNA, global government, the exponential growth of human knowledge, and the rebirth of Israel as a nation are some of the trends we see corroborating the End Times prophecies of the Bible.
I’ve been talking about COVID19 vaccine mandates.
I’m not talking about whether you ought to be vaccinated or not.
I’m not talking about whether vaccination should be mandated or not.
I’m not suggesting anything that is partisan towards any political party or position.
I’m talking about how the mandates resemble what the Bible predicts in the thirteenth chapter of the Revelation.
During the future seven year Great Tribulation, “All, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, [must] receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name” (Revelation 13:16-17).
Citizens in the future Great Tribulation will be mandated to participate in a system by which they must produce proof of compliance in order to be allowed to work or shop or dine or attend entertainment. Without proof, their livelihood and lifestyles will be restricted.
What is happening today? Globally, citizens are being mandated to participate in a system by which they must produce proof of compliance in order to be allowed to work or shop or dine or attend entertainment. Without proof, their livelihood and lifestyles will be restricted.
Our leaders at all levels of government – Federal, State, and local – are starting to sound authoritarian.
President Biden, the leader of the free world, citing the unvaccinated, said “They’re killing people. I mean, look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. And they’re killing people.”
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/16/1017002907/u-s-covid-deaths-are-rising-again-experts-call-it-a-pandemic-of-the-unvaccinated
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, said that Americans who remain unvaccinated against the coronavirus are “propagating” the latest outbreak of cases of the highly contagious Delta variant. “We’ve really got to get those people to change their minds, make it easy for them, convince them, do something to get them to be vaccinated because they are the ones that are propagating this outbreak.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anthony-fauci-covid-19-unvaccinated-americans-delta-variant-face-the-nation/
Pam Keith, a former nominee for a Florida congressional seat, thinks the government should suspend benefits to unvaccinated people.
The Department of Homeland Security released an advisory summarizing the current terrorism threat, and mentioned “grievances over public health safety measures and perceived government restrictions” as potential [domestic terror] threats.
Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen sent US attorneys and federal law enforcement agencies a memo informing Department of Justice officials that they should consider prosecuting certain “purposeful exposure or infection of others with COVID19” under federal terrorism-related statutes.
The memo followed warnings from the FBI that white supremacist groups were encouraging members who become sick to spread the virus to Jewish people, minorities and police officers – suggesting that members could use spray bottles, leave bodily fluids on door handles or even spit on elevator buttons.
The Governor of Alabama said, “It’s time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the vaccinated folks.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/23/kay-ivey-republican-blame-unvaccinated-covid-cases
Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey turned on hecklers saying, “You are the ultimate knuckleheads! And because of what you are saying and standing for, people are losing their life.”
Washington Governor Jay Inslee said last week, “There is no reason on this green Earth why people who are vaccinated should lose the right to go to a restaurant, or go to school, or go to work because some folks won’t get vaccinated. That’s just not right. It’s not fair.”
Governor Newsom said, “An individual’s choice not to get vaccinated is now impacting the rest of us in a profound and devastating and deadly way.”
Hawaii Lt. Governor Josh Green said, “It’s a small minority that is otherwise condemning society to a lockdown and potentially large-scale death.”
https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-hawaii-c87f3f14ba91a55a84b927a7a2af72f7
LA City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell was quoted, “We’re not going to deny anyone the ability to access essentials, food, medicine, etc., regardless of vaccination… but what is immoral is choosing not to get vaccinated.”
LA City Attorney Mike Feuer endorsed the idea he calls “No shots, no admission.” He said
“Those who reject that responsibility should temporarily lose some of society’s privileges until their reckless behavior no longer endangers the rest of us.”
https://deadline.com/2021/08/los-angeles-city-requires-vaccination-vaccine-indoors-1234813086/
People were surveyed as to who they blame for the resurgence of COVID19 infections. Seventy-nine percent (79%) of vaccinated Americans blame unvaccinated Americans.
https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/medical-advances/566300-mario-tama-getty-images
More-and-more COVID19 is described as “the pandemic of the unvaccinated.” The labeling is intensifying the rhetoric of “killing,” “terrorism,” and social consequences for the unvaccinated.
Step back and look at the big picture. The entire planet is on the verge of a system of social credit based on government mandates in which “good” citizens are rewarded and “bad” ones are punished.
It is Revelation 13ish.
We believe the resurrection and rapture of the church is imminent. It could happen any moment; nothing needs to happen before it. It will happen before the Great Tribulation.
Jesus will return in the clouds.
He will raise the dead in Christ.
He will transform the bodies of living believers to glorified, resurrection bodies.
We will all 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!