What Does Central Bank Digital Currency Have to Do With the Return of Jesus Christ Part 2
Does ChatGPT have anything to do with it?
To answer the sub-title question: No, Chat GPT has nothing to do with CBDC or the return of Jesus, but it’s great click-bait and everyone uses it. Back to our original story.
A quick re-cap: The government and One-Worlders (mostly the same group), all under one roof - The New World Order (say hello to Klaus Schwab) want the banking industry as a whole to fail so they can introduce their digital currency and control almost every aspect of your life.
Forbes said this about CBDC: “Nobody knows yet. It’s all very pie-in-the-sky, and sci-fi. In their “best” form, CBDCs are programmable. Meaning the central banks that run them can more easily control consumer spending, which is like controlling inflation without having to raise interest rates and get bond lords all mad.”
Control is the Goal
The central word here is “control.” Many in the market are down-playing the possibility of a national or even international digital currency, but I believe that is intentional. Most people aren’t thinking about the negative aspects of it. They believe it will just be one more crypto currency that noone understands and they put it out of mind. But I don’t see it going that way.
Remember the problem.
We are broke as a nation - our money is essentially worthless. The only reason it has any value is that we have the largest military in the world with the best people to mobilize - as in WW2 - to make up for whatever we lack in the way of military weaponry and equipment.
The projected shortfall for 2023 is $918 billion dollars. That’s not good.
I don’t need to make the point that the government wants to introduce the CBDC because it is everywher in the news. My point is what that will lead to - eventually.
What does the Bible Say?
Whether you believe the Bible or not, here’s what it says concerning the last days in the Book of Revelation chapter 13.
(I’m summarizing - I recommednd you read the entire book for yourself.)
First, there will be a series of Anti-Christs that arise - the final ones. They will make war against Christians (you can see that already happening) and you get the impression that they are done away with at this point - either killed or jailed.
Verses 7 and 8 say: “Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation. 8And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.”
The beast is who fights and wins against the Christians. Don’t you find it interesting that this entity is called a “beast?” Notice that this individual (government?) is given authority over the world at this point. It is obvious that there are no Christians left because verse 8 says all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast. Christians won’t worship the beast. Instead they will die or be put in prison. No biggee, because we are close to the return of Christ and the final resurrection.
A Second Beast?
Then another beast will arise, in succession, because this beast will make everyone that is still alive worship the first beast. This second beast will perform some kind of miracle in constructing an image of the first beast and giving it the ability to speak. And all who refused to worship this image will be killed.
Then comes the part that all of this has been leading to:
16And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.”
Here is where many Christians get hung up - the mark. The mark could be anything, but whatever it is, it must be able to control peoples’ buying and selling - basically all commerce. And if it controls their buying and selling it can control their employment, ability to travel - anything. Because if you have no money, you can’t exist very long in this world.
Bartering will only be good for so many things and at that point, all your interactions will be monitored. Think of the book, 1984. Haven’t read it? You need to. You’ll be shocked at what is happening today.
So, the nasty, trouble-making Christians are out of the way, the money system is flowing smoothly and everything seems to be going well.
What Could Go Wrong Now?
Let’s look at another passage in 1 Thessalonians 5:3, “1Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you. 2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.”
Some will say that this passage refers to the destruction of the Temple in AD 70, but that is not the historic context for the phrase “the day of the Lord.” The end is.
Everything seemed to be going along swimmingly. No “hateful” Christians, mucking up the desires to kill babies, marry who we want to, make believe we are any gender we want to be and calling everyone or noone God - except that beast who is demanding your worship at the point of death.
Back to Revelation….
This isn’t a prophecy lesson so I’m not going to preach the rest of the Book. However, I do want to peak your interest so that perhaps you will look into it.
Chapter 14 - The Harvest of the Earth (not a gardening lesson).
Chapter 15 - The Seven Angels with Seven Plaques (the real pandemic).
Chapter 16 - The Seven Bowls of God’s Wrath (self-explanatory).
Chapter 17 - The Great Prostitute and the Beast (The end of false religion and the Beast).
Chapter 18 - The Fall of Babylon (A continuation of 17).
Chapter 19 -The Rider on a White Horse (Jesus).
Chapter 20 - The Defeat of Satan (Not his death - his defeat).
The greatest lie of our day is that there is not life after death. The Bible says we all live forever - in one of two places.
Back to the CBDC
I hope I was able to make a case that the CBDC can be the mark of the beast and offer the control of people’s lives that Revelation describes. My purpose is not to get you to become a prepper and buy a cave somewhere to hide out. If you have read the texts I quoted, you will see there is no where to hide for anyone.
My purpose is to get you to investigate the Bible. It is true. It is relevant. There is a creator and He is GOD. He is immanent. You can call out to Him and He will answer. Let today be the day of your salvation. Amen