"NIGHT AND DAY"
"After the darkest night in world history, we are going to
have the brightest dawn! The fast-approaching night is going to be the nightmare of the Great Tribulation, and the day, the coming of Christ.
Things have got to get worse before they can get better, but in spite of the horrors of the growing darkness of this world, we know that it’s all going to work out right in the end. The darkest hour is just before dawn!—And the faster it gets worse, the sooner it’s going to get better!
So keep looking up!
We have to go through a dark place of trials and
tribulations, but then we’re going to come out into the
sunshine on the other side and all these things will be blotted
out like an evil dream! One of these days Jesus is going to stop
the world and we’re going to get off, away from all this worldly
confusion and into the peace and the quiet and the beauty
and the love and the wonder of that wonderland beyond in
heavenly places with Him! Just a little longer, then dawns His
glorious morning!"
—David Brandt Berg
"The book of Revelation predicts that before Jesus’ return a
world dictator known as the Antichrist will rise to power
and rule for seven years. He will abolish all religions and insist
that the world worship him. He and his chief minister, whom
the book of Revelation refers to as the “false prophet,” will also
institute the “mark of the Beast” in an effort to exercise total
economic and political control.
The mark of the Beast will begin to be enforced halfway
through the Antichrist’s seven-year rule, at the beginning
of the Great Tribulation. That conclusion is based on the
following Bible passages:
'He [the false prophet] causes all, both small and great, rich
and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on [or “in,” as in the
King James translation] 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. Here is
wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number
of the Beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666'
(Revelation 13:16–18).
We also know that the Antichrist will sign a seven-year pact
or covenant, which he will break at the halfway mark: “Then
he shall confi rm a covenant with many for one week [seven
years]; but in the middle of the week [3½ years] he shall bring
an end to sacrifi ce and offering” (Daniel 9:27).
Next, we know that after the Antichrist breaks the covenant
his false prophet will erect something called the 'abomination
of desolation' in the 'holy place'—presumably in or near
the soon-to-be-rebuilt Jewish temple on Mount Moriah, in
Jerusalem. “Forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall
defi le the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the
daily sacrifi ces, and place there the abomination of desolation”
(Daniel 11:31).
Five hundred years after Daniel gave that prophecy, Jesus’
disciples asked Him what would be the sign of His return and
of the end of the world, and Jesus cited this development,
among others. 'When you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place …
then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since
the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall
be. … Immediately after the tribulation of those days … they
will see the Son of Man [Jesus] coming on the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory' (Matthew 24:15,21,29–30).
This brings us back to our opening passage, Revelation
13:16–18, about the false prophet enforcing the mark of the
Beast economic system, under which no one will be able to
buy or sell without the mark. Again, it seems fairly certain that
this will begin to be enforced halfway through the Antichrist’s
seven-year rule, at the beginning of the Great Tribulation.
At this point we can only speculate what form this mark will
take, but it could very well be a tiny computer chip or radio
frequency identifi cation tag (RFID) that is implanted under the
skin and linked to a database containing the bearer’s personal
and fi nancial information.
How far away is this? It’s impossible to say just yet,
but considering the present rate at which technology is
advancing, it could happen soon. For nearly 2,000 years,
ever since the apostle John wrote this passage about the
Antichrist’s worldwide economic system, such a thing had
been inconceivable. Now, with computers and the Internet,
electronic banking, and the increasing globalization of the
world’s markets and economies, it’s not so inconceivable after
all! In fact, it looks like the logical next step—and that’s what
the Antichrist is counting on.
With the VeriChip* and RFIDs receiving more widespread
use and publicity, the campaign to sell the world on the chip
implant idea is underway. The technology needed to carry out
the Antichrist’s plan for worldwide economic control, however,
is not yet in place. He cannot control the buying and selling of
the entire world until there is an integrated electronic banking
network with common, universal standards. That’s in the
future, but considering how rapidly things are moving in that
direction, it may be the relatively near future."
The pamphlet goes on to say this:
"* VeriChip is a rice-size injectable microchip. It is a product of the
U.S.-based company Applied Digital Solutions, and is already being
used to monitor children, convicts, pets, Alzheimer’s patients, and
others, as well as to provide ID in government agencies and trendy
nightclubs and resorts. Other applications are sure to follow."
Which is actually true.
All of this is from a random Christian pamphlet someone gave me brought to us by, "© 2006 The Family International", that you can probably find in your local trash can, or on your car's wind shield, or in a super market parking lot or in your local laundry mat [mainly in the south]. I'm not here to mock it or make fun of it, but to simply ask a question about 'Revelations' and make some comments about the RFID chips the pamphlet mentions.
Question: what religious fanatic is going to stop being a religious fanatic because some asshole is asking them to end their religious beliefs and follow him? Christians, Muslims, Jews and Hindus [even Atheists]; will you change your beliefs now and 'worship' some jackass because he told you to? No one man will be able to abolish religion and get everyone to 'worship' him. It's impossible. Maybe this shit could pass in 'biblical times', the dark ages, where kings and queens ruled day and night, but in modern times - fugetaboutit. Hell, even Christians in the era of kings were outraged that King James was rewriting their scripture. If 'the people' of King James were brave enough to protest his actions what chance does an Antichrist have in this day and age? Especially with people so nicely divided politically and religiously.
The only way an Antichrist could achieve such a feat would be to force it on the world, but that would just give rebellious people a new enemy. Christians, you wouldn't be alone in your struggle against the Antichrist, which blows all sorts of holes in the prophecy itself [since according to prophecy Christians would be the only ones to see through the Antichrist's disguise] because Muslims wouldn't 'worship' him, Jews wouldn't 'worship' him, Hindus wouldn't 'worship' him, Buddhists wouldn't 'worship' him and Atheists wouldn't 'worship' him. The only people I can see worshipping this guy are those with no convictions whatsoever. So to all you yuppies, consumers and corporate enthusiasts, beware "the mark" because a conviction isn't something you can pick up at Wal-Mart [no, not that kind of "conviction", dummy].
On to RFIDs and their friends: Idiots & Slaves [if used to buy and sell]. Like any craze I'm fairly confident that people who have no idea who the vice president is or who Moammar Gaddafi is [or even care] will jump on board for less privacy rights and more monetary gain because this is what America is about, folks. If RFIDs replace paper money and credit cards and becomes our only means of buying and selling, people are going to be all for it or feel pressured into getting one. But why not? It's kinda neat - a little chip in my hand or wrist and I'm economically secure and free! However it's a major problem for many of us whom already feel like this American Dream is being taken down in the name of convenience, corporatism and consumerism. Our inalienable rights as human beings just to exist is turning into their little farm of factory ants and those of us who simply want to survive have to play their game. This doesn't mean it's the end of the world or the coming of the Antichrist, but it is a new means of economic and social control, which is just as scary if not scarier.
For the time being RFIDs have been somewhat helpful [although, I don't want to be chipped just to get into a night club]. But if they decide to cross the line with these things then, it's time to worry.
Have a great day!
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