Fresh Warnings of the Mark of the Beast

 Fresh Warnings of the Mark of the Beast – Todd Strandberg - https://www.raptureready.com/category/nearing-midnight/ My three main interests in life are prophecy, economics, and general news. I watch several financial videos each week, and I’ve noticed that many of them are worried aboutthe implementation of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). They warned that such a system would give the government too much control over our lives. I am concerned because I see this device as the advanced stage of what will be the mark of the beast. A couple of decades ago, there was no possible way to implement a digitalcurrency that could conduct all financial transactions. Today, a working CBDC is being tested by several government agencies. The COVID pandemic helped set the blueprint for the mark. Millions of people couldn’t go to work, so they needed a handout from the government. The feds had the power to puttrillions of dollars into the bank account of everyone who qualified. Since the rapture will probably create far greater chaos, the Fed could offer more money to restore order. Only in this case your bank account will be with the Fed, and you’llneed to get a chip Injection to access your funds. If the government can put money into your current bank account, they can easily transfer all your funds to your new Fed account. You could be a billionaire and be separatedfrom your money by a system that the Bible warns we should not become involved with. Everyone who takes the 666 mark will be condemned to hell. “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God …. And the smokeof their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night …. Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus” (Rev. 14:9-12). People will not be tricked into taking the mark by accident. By accepting it, a person will be pledging their obedience to the Antichrist. There could be an oath that peoplewill be required to take. I find the mark to be one of the scariest things in the Book of Revelation. You could be a rich person but have to face starving to death to save your soul from the lake offire. The beast government will save many from dying of hunger by chopping their heads off. There is another technological development that I find equally worrying. There has been much news about the danger presented by artificial intelligence apps. The “Godfather of AI,” Geoffrey Hinton, recently resigned from his position at Google, where he has worked for over a decade. He joined a growing chorus of critics who warnof the existential risk artificial intelligence systems pose to humans. Elon Musk has warned of the danger of AI, but he founded the company that created ChatGPT, the most widely used AI app. Many of the scientists that labored to create the atomicbomb got cold feet when it came to using the bomb against Japan. When people create things that can be used for evil, they cannot be un-invented. There is one example of AI being used by criminals. Fox News reported that a Florida man received a call from what he thought was his daughter. The voice sounded just likehis daughter, but it was an AI-created clone. The scammers asked him to send $600 to resolve an undisclosed dire situation. Some people who rejected the mark may get calls from their dead relatives begging them to get chipped. Since the government records all phone conversations, AI would haveno trouble producing the voice of someone’s dead mother. AI could put pressure on holdouts by turning off their utilities, their internet, and their wireless phones. People could have their homes or cars taken from them becausethey didn’t pay loans that were paid off years ago. There will be few places to hide from an AI-driven mark of the beast system. Every true Believer should rejoice each day that God has promised to save us from an evil manwho will briefly have total control over the earth. “And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and hisseat, and great authority …. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations” (Revelation 13:2; 7).