Switched Keys

I bought a CD over the weekend at Best Buy and as I checked out the cashier asked if I had some kind of Best Buy discount card. The last time I was at PetSmart they asked about a Pet Perks card and every week I have to hand the Brookshire's partner my Thank You card. We are making great strides toward a day predicted in Revelation.

My employer the state of Texas no longer gives me a check; it must be direct deposited in my bank account; Wal-mart only uses electronic checks or credit/debit cards; and unless you prepay the petro station only accepts credit cards.

The day I'm talking about is the day when we won't be able to buy or sell without the mark of the beast. Our commercialism and the lusts behind it is welcoming that day making all the necessary accomodations. Whether it's a real mark or not is irrelevent; there will be a time when the powers government commerce or something else will hold us hostage.

...that no man might buy or sell save he that had the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name." Rev. 13:17

That's not meant to make you feel helpless or hopeless. We all are now. There are two powers in the world that are greater than we. Practically speaking one has the power to destroy us; the other the power to save us. I'm not talking life or death; I'm talking about after death.