Why do Christians Care About Digital ID/Currency?
If you’re a Christian, or if you have friends who are Christians, you may have seen posts expressing severe concern over the latest phase of government overreach, where virtually all nations are now forcing their people to have a digital ID and are similarly pushing for digital currency and the elimination of paper currency. In Europe they are forcing it on their people even though the vast majority don’t want it. But wouldn’t that just make things more convenient? Indeed, you can just wave your hand to pay for your groceries, you never have to worry about losing your passport, and you won’t have cash so you won’t get mugged (unless they cut your hand off and can use that). Seems like a pretty sweet deal, right?
Well, even from a non-religious point of view, ordinary citizens should be very concerned, because the government rarely stays within its boundaries. For example, let’s say you’re against abortion and you post regularly about how wicked it is and you advocate for your state to ban it entirely. Let’s say your governor (or President) doesn’t like your point of view and now all of a sudden you’re locked out of your house and you’re showing a balance of zero in your digital bank account.
Let’s do the inverse for the more liberally minded. Let’s say you’re for abortion, and President Trump is pressuring states to ban it entirely. You post on social media how evil he is and how he violates a woman’s right to choose. Now you’re in the same boat. Your electric car won’t start. You can’t take the subway because your ID isn’t working; you can’t even prove you’re a citizen. Your bank account is zero. If you think that’s an absurd proposition, just look at where it’s already happening. China has more cameras than people and they know everything you do and everything you say there. The above is literally already happening there. Additionally, we don’t have look much further than our northern neighbor, Canada. Under Dictator Trudeau, the truckers who opposed the “safe and effective” jab, had their bank accounts frozen and their families were left to starve or surrender. So, even religion aside, any citizen should be terrified of the loss of a tangible item that you can physically hold and secure versus a digital form that can be altered or taken away with the click of a keyboard.
But from a religious perspective, it’s also relevant, as it is a clear and distinct symbol of the end times.
In Revelation we hear of a notorious character, the Antichrist, whose identity is unknown except for the “mark of the beast,” that might provide some identification. Nonetheless, when the world is thrown into chaos and disorder, he requires allegiance by everyone to him. Revelation 13:15-18 (ESV) states:
And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain. Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.
Did you catch that? Unless you swear allegiance to this beast (clarified as a man in the book), then you will be prevented from buying or selling at all. You can’t go to the grocery store. You can’t pay the gas bill. You can’t sell the dress you just made so you could get some food to feed your family.
Throughout recorded history we’ve never been in a position where this was even a theoretical reality. There was always gold, silver, and the cash of the day. Even if you disagreed with everyone in power, you could still use your hard-earned cash to feed your family and you could work, earn money, or sell your wares to make ends meet. Even if you’re the weirdest recluse that nobody likes, you still could participate in the free market because no one had exclusive control over the money supply. Well, that’s what the governments want, what they are ever-so-close to accomplishing, and that’s what Satan wants in the book of Revelation. It’s how he controls those to remain after the rapture. Those living at that time will be forced to allow themselves and their families to starve, or they will be forced to worship the puppet of Satan at that time, forever condemning themselves to eternal damnation.
Not a pretty picture is it?
This is not some theoretical fearmongering rant. This technology is here, and many nations are already flipping the switch on. I pray that our country resists, but I suspect it is only a matter of time.
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