The nightmare on Wall
Street is far worse than a dozen movies combined of The Nightmare on
Elm Street. The long-predicted financial meltdown of America's
debt-ridden economy finally arrived in the Fall of 2008 under the
Bush administration. The elements of a perfect storm converged.
Since then, there has been a cascade of bad economic news on a daily
basis that makes even those with great faith that God is in control
a bit shaky.
Dr. Mark Hitchcock has connected the
dots in his new book, Cashless: Bible Prophecy, Economic Chaos, &
the Future Financial Order. Hitchcock presents the best case I
have read as to how America has changed forever and how it applies
to what the Bible foretold. He asks the right question:
"What if the global financial
chaos is not just a massive economic meltdown but rather, the
genesis of a dramatic, tectonic shift toward a global economic
system?"
People in pain are willing to go along
with almost anything the government proposes if it can stop the
economic bleeding. Thus, global cooperation has been astonishing. In
tough times, people are willing to surrender freedoms, make
concessions, and cooperate in ways never imagined. And this is why
many Americans are going along with the socialization of our
country.
The words of Thomas Jefferson are a
stark reminder and warning: "A government big enough to give you
everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have."
And according to the Bible, that's exactly where all of this is
ultimately headed. Economic chaos is leading to a cashless society
as one foundation for a future financial order. There is a cry for a
"global fix." The only question is, how soon will it be fully
implemented?
The rush toward globalism and a
cashless society will grease the skids for the coming of the
slickest politician the world has ever known. He is called the
Antichrist, the son of destruction, the lawless one, and the beast.
He will seize the reins of world power and the global economy to
advance his own agenda.
Many have wondered what could possibly
happen to make the world ripe for the arrival of this evil one. Yes,
a collapsing financial system is a setup. But there also must be a
longing for a "man with a plan." A "Mr. Fix-it." We see how much of
the world considers Barack Obama to be "president of the world."
Evan Thomas of Newsweek said of him, "Obama's standing above the
country, above the world. He's sort of god."
I am not suggesting Obama is the
Antichrist. But the adulation knows no bounds. Search engines reveal
thousands of references to him as a "messiah."
In the last ten days we have seen more
"man worship." As an attendee of Michael Jackson's funeral said,
"He's our prince, he's our king." While the constant news coverage
of the event has been intolerable, it reveals that once again
mankind longs for a "savior." No matter how sick Jackson was, to
many, he was and is a god. The longing is there.
Nations are uniting like never before!
Get used to hearing about the G-7, G-15, G-20, G-30. There must be a
forced economic alliance to stay afloat.
Today the Pope called for a "world
political authority." In his 30,000-word encyclical, he pushed for
"reform of the United Nations Organization, and likewise of economic
institutions and international finance, so that the concept of the
family of nations can acquire real teeth." He is calling for the
mandatory transfer of wealth from the haves to the have-nots through
the brute force of the state. He even offers one suggestion as to
how this might be made less objectionable to those whose wealth
would be taken.
So now even the Pope is a part of the
"perfect storm."
Back to Mark Hitchcock's book that
outlines all of this without naming the names I have. There are
approaching hoof beats from the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
It's just a foreshadowing now. They appear in the Tribulation, which
we are not in at this time but read about it in Revelation 6:1-8.
You can read about financial collapse, hyperinflation, and famine in
the land. Don't think it can't happen! It did in the Weimer Republic
in the 1920s and it is taking place today in Zimbabwe. In both
instances a day's wages were and are required to buy a loaf of
bread! And with the Federal Reserve printing money faster each day,
the logical conclusion is hyperinflation in America in the near
future.
So when will we be cashless? We're in
the process. From online payments to direct deposit to credit card
use, the world is more and more comfortable without the burden of
cash. As one pundit put it, "Buddy, can you spare me a card swipe?"
It's all a setup that is foretold in
the Bible. How tragic that many denominations don't take such
passages literally. They allegorize them as though they were nothing
but a fairy tale. And why would God write fairy tales? Those folks
who take this allegorically, or who have skewed eschatology, are
missing out on the clues to all that is happening today.
