It’s an area I feel very strongly about.

When I look at the world, I see everything the Bible said would happen coming upon us very soon. I simply do not see America escaping financial catastrophe as the house of cards we call our fiscal policy falls aprt. I see dozens of key events that are corresponding to precisely what the Bible said would happen. And I see the future shaping up precisely as the Bible said it would in the last days.

I don’t know what’s going to happen in the next few years, but in the nect fifteen to twenty years, there is simply no escaping the fiscal black hole that the United States and Europe have created for themselves. If we’re not headed for the last days the way the Bible says, then we’re headed for the last days the way the Mayan calender says. ‘Cause the world is about to go down hard one way or another.

I am appreciative of the trouble you go to in making your point. I am back to scratching my head on this. … and I am going to reread something I ain’t read in a while.

I think those guys (the author) were using wild and crazy metaphor in those days because of persecution

Dog Walker,

A couple of things: one of them is that the Bible repeatedly tells us that God knows the future and tells it in advance to his prophets. And since in particular the Old Testament is FILLED with literal fulfillment of prophecy (including the coming of Messiah and virtually every single detail of His ministry in advance), why should it be such a surprise that the God who did that in the Old Testament would do it in the New Testament???

Here’s an interesting article on 101 fulfilled Bible prophecies: http://www.raptureforums.com/BibleProphecy/101lastdays.cfm

Some of the things that Revelation says would happen was that one day an army of 200 MILLION (Rev 9:16) would cross over the Euphrates River (Rev 16:12). Well, first of all, when John wrote the book of Revelation, THERE WERE NOT 200 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE WHOLE WORLD at that time. And rather amazingly we had Mao Tse Tung himself specifically boast of being able to field an army of PRECISELY 200 million back in the 1960s and that estimate reported as fact in the US major media:

“The documents make clear that the Red Chinese leaders believe that they cannot be defeated by long-range nuclear weapons – such as U.S. missles – and if they were invaded they would rely on their vast military manpower. One estimate is that in April, 1961, there were supposed to be 200 million armed and organized militiamen.” — John H. Hightower, Associated Press, Washington DC, April, 28, 1964

Equally amazing is that this army crossed a Euphrates River which was presented as being “dried up.” Let me also therefore point out the fact that the Euphrates is one of the great rivers of the world. It does NOT “dry up.” This prophecy was impossible until a massive damning project began in Turkey (also in the 1960s). Today one could literally “dry up” the Euphrates so that an army could cross it.

I won’t bitch at you for not believing, but it’s not like the confirming evidence of Bible prophecy isn’t all over the place.

So let me explain the language:

Imagine YOU were a first century AD man who had NEVER SEEN an engine, let alone attack helicopters, tanks, and nuclear bombs. HOW THE HECK WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THIS STUFF THAT YOU HAD JUST SEEN HAD YOU SEEN IT??? Go ahead and describe a nuclear bomb blast from your first century perspective. Go ahead and describe an attack helicopter. Go ahead and describe a modern mechanized army on the move. You’ll find it’s kind of hard.

Now, you might say, “Well, God could do it, couldn’t He?” But here’s the thing: the book of Revelation was NOT just intended for 21st century man: it was made for first century man, second century man, etc. etc. all the way up until today’s man. And so the language allowed every single generation of Christians in every single century to have SOME understanding of the events that were being described.

And today, for example, we can look at the passage on the mark of the beast and we can know EXACTLY what John was talking about nearly 2,000 years ago.

There’s abundant evidence to believe that “God knows the end from the beginning” and declared it to His prophets. What you choose to do with that is your own business. But me, I look at the world, see America under an absolutely staggering $222 trillion in debt, see Europe and China on the verge of collapse, see a global economic collapse coming, see famine and war and death coming just as Revalation chapter 6 describes, and see a world dictator a.k.a. the Antichrist or the beast who will take over the world thanks to the United Nations and a lot of dumbass socialist liberals.

Man o man! You got 84 responses to that article. So it looks like a topic with some real interest. I am not all that strong or committed to faith, so I don’t really read Revelation with a real literal mind. I know a guy who memorized that whole book. I heard him recite it more than once. I think those guys (the author) were using wild and crazy metaphor in those days because of persecution. But I don’t mean to start a church fight, cuz I ain’t no scholar.

I wrote an article on the mark of the beast and answer objections and questions.

As part of one of those replies I point out the following:

There’s a very good reason why Christians like me believe the mark will be a physical thing: BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS IT WILL BE.

The word “mark” is the Greek word “charagma” (Strong 5480) which means “to sharpen, to engrave, stamp, impress.” There is simply no question that this is a physical “mark” that is literally physically ON your body.

There is a reason the mark is “engraved” or “stamped” or “impressed” on your right hand or forehead. And that is because it is a specific act of obescience to the Antichrist. When we swear an oath we raise our right hands, or place our right hand on the Bible. And of course the “head” is the symbol of authority. When we take this mark on our right hand or on our forehead, we are publicly affirming Antichrist’s superior role in our lives and declaring our allegiance to him. We’re placing our faith in him and not in Jesus (there’s that word “in” again).

The mark is a real thing. It is very LIKELY a computer chip or “barcode” of some kind simply because 1) that dovetails with what Scripture says it will be; and 2) the technology underlying a computer chip makes possible what the Bible teaches the mark of the beast will do: keep those who don’t have it from being able to buy or sell.

If currency becomes digital – as it very nearly is now given the fact that over 99% of all financial transactions in America today are digital and “cash” does not change hands – then if you don’t have this mark, you don’t have and can’t have money. Further, with a computer chip mark of this nature, bartering will be easily stopped as monitors will be able to see that a given person is for example buying more food than they have been allotted. We may end cash currency as early as 2014 with even checks going into the trash bin along with cash and coins.

Paper money is going the way of the dinosaur. For one thing, it is too easy to counterfeit. Cash is also the easiest thing to “money launder.” And as we move increasingly to a one-world economy (which the Bible also predicts), currencies become more of a hassle. There is a move away from paper money. At the same time, it is way, WAAAAY to easy to do “identity theft” and steal somebody’s credit card or credit card number.

So just imagine the scenario the Bible predicts: a cashless society in which nothing can be bought or sold without the “mark of the beast.” How would that work? Well, the mark is almost certainly an implanted microchip that can safely store your personal data. If a world dictator (that’s what the Antichrist is) is able to exploit the already available technology (we can ALREADY DO THIS), what would happen?

You couldn’t use paper money any more. That would be done away with. You would literally have to have this microchip in order to buy or sell. And the Antichrist would control the government monitoring system so that he can keep track of everything that anybody does buy or sell. In this way, a person wouldn’t even be able to barter; because if someone is bartering for food, the government will know that a given family is purchasing more food than it needs. This system called “the mark of the beast” will be packaged to make it seem liberating and better and the future, but when the Antichrist gets through with it it will be a way to control every single human being on earth.

As I said, we can already do this right now today for the first time in history. No tattoo could EVER have controlled every single thing that every single person could buy or sell the way a financial system based on implanted microchips will be able to do. Get it?

Man o man! Maybe there is something to it.

Some of the scariest stuff such as the massive ammunition purchases is TRUE. I’ve been following that one with a WTF sense of bewilderment and growing concern. It sounds pretty damn crazy to anybody who ISN’T a liberal (and therefore a fascist who will one day worship the beast and take his mark) when somebody puts it all together like that, doesn’t it?

When Obama gave us THIS sort of “worship big brother!” mindset -

- what is his big brother ideology NOT capable of?

I’M the one who’s sorry. This vile little weasel that is so damn infamous may very well actually win.

http://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2012/10/homeland-security-graduates-first-corps-of-obamas-brown-shirts-homeland-youth-2503808.html