The Shot

              I walked into a coffee shop in a hospital and the scanner for the cash register was on, causing a red line to appear on the counter. I jokingly put my hand under it and the cashier said, “If that thing responds, I'm running.” She was referring to the prophecy whereby chips are put into humans thus causing them to be read by any number of digital readers and also fulfilling a prophecy in the Book of Revelation. The fear of worldwide control of people is in the air today and has been ever since the invention of digital chips inserted in a number of things including our cat.. Tina the cat is micro chipped and our address and name is on file if she should ever get lost and later scanned by a vet or animal rescue group. I do hear many stories of people being “chipped” in the world and wonder how many of them are actually true. I did find evidence that in “Sweden, a country rich with technological advancement, thousands have had microchips inserted into their hands. The chips are designed to speed up users' daily routines and make their lives more convenient — accessing their homes, offices and gyms is as easy as swiping their hands against digital readers.” quoted from Wikipedia. We may have wondered 50 years ago how such a thing could be possible. How could a large number of people be willing to be stamped with a mark that would be related to the governing of their lives in absolutely every way. Revelation 20:4 says, “And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.” 

        The verse mentioned refers to the millennium or the thousand rear reign of the Lord Jesus Christ upon the earth which occurs after the tribulation. It is interesting to note that the church is mentioned in chapter 1 though 3 and then the wonderful scene in heaven at the glorious throne of God and chapter 4 and 5 but then as John proceeds into the next chapter, chapter 6, there is no mention of the church. The scene is involving earth and what is going on there with the opening of the seals, trumpets and bowls. Finally in Revelation 19:11 we read, “And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.” What is important for me at this point is the absence of the church from Revelation 6 through Revelation 19:11. There may be many who have wondered how so many people could be persuaded to take the mark of the beast. All we have to do is to take a look at the results of a pandemic that recently plagued our world and that is still causing worldwide actions. As people began to speak of worldwide shots with the same vaccine, it became clear that the world population could very well be persuaded to take a “mark” if you wish to call it that. For the believer, the truth remains in the rapture of the church. I certainly believe in the prophecy of 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. The Latin word for being caught up in St. Jerome's translation of the Scriptures says, “rapture” in its Latin spelling. From this passage plus the absence of the church in thirteen chapters of Revelation, I won't have to be concerned about it. Maybe this is just a test run of how easy it is to control the general population of the world or maybe not. Time will tell. We are living in the last days but the rapture has not yet occurred. All prophecies have been completed and the next is the church being caught up together with the dead in Christ. It may be today or tomorrow. Are you ready?