Hey, been reading the posts.
I have to tell you all, I need your prayers.
There are times when I don't know myself, lately. There are times when this whole crisis has made me think, and maybe even say, things that are not very Christ-like.
For this same reason, I will pray for all of you, too. We all need each other's prayers.
Now, for some complete and totally baseless speculation. Is that allowed?
I have been listening to a few call-in shows. And no, I won't tell you which ones. Good grief, talk about forming an opinion on somebody based on the talk radio shows he listens to.
There has been some talk about a National ID card. People saying, "hey, it might be a good idea."
I know it's baseless, but it made me think about the mark of the beast, or the number of his name.
You know, they kick around the National ID card idea first, but then they say, "hey, we can do better than that, we already have child implants, we could put GPS technology on them, if we wanted."
To which the host inevitably says, "Yes, but they would know everything you bought, they would know everywhere you went. Would you be willing to give up that kind of privacy for the sake of public freedom, and safety?"
Most say, "Yes, I would make that sacrifice." In other words, it would be regarded as an act of PATRIOTISM.
(the argument they preclude is that if a national id card was issued, only those included in the card's programs could buy or sell. Thus, it also implies that certain others could be excluded from having said card, and not be able to buy or sell, or travel, or buy airplane tickets.)
I was thinking, isn't it weird, how easily society could be tricked into accepting such a thing?
The one surefire defense against someone being able to fly on an airplane, or buy and sell goods, would be to make it mandatory for an identification device to be used.
Then, all you have to do, is exclude/disqualify those people you don't want to use it.
Just a thought. And maybe it would be better on another thread. But I saw this one was active, and if you want it somewhere else, or if you want to discuss it, please tell me.
Seems like the crisis could precipitate a precursor to the actual mark.
I don't know. But I always thought the mark would come into existence as naturally as Cool Whip on shortcake.
In His Steps, (hopefully)
Alex Peterson
II Corinthians 10:5
