Dear razzle, I'm not sure if you are thinking that God will be upset if you trade/swap goods or exactly what you asked a couple of posts ago. It's not that God will forbid us to use the monetary system, because every man is due his wage and the Bible speaks very harshly of a wealthy man or a landowner withholding the poor man his daily wage for labor. What will happen is, IF you choose to follow the Lamb, public opinion, then society, the "world church", then the government will freeze your swipe card account, rendering you unable to buy or sell according to the normal way everyone else does. In other words, your bank card ain't good any more. I haven't taken the time, as it just crossed my mind, but the scripture says that we need not heap stuff up, nor worry about what we eat or wear, as God already knows this and will feed you. It's in Mathew, I think.
What it will boil down to is a hypothetical (or invisible)mark OR SEAL of God. Not on paper OR on you. It's in your mind and heart. If you check out history, there was a group who refused to follow the dictates of Rome called the Waldenses. They lived high in the Swiss Alps, just out of the reach of the armies commissioned to serve the papacy. The kept no traditions, except SOLA SCRIPTURA, or the "scriptures solely". Rome hated them because they wouldn't comply to her ways. Rome murdered a ton of them over the years, but never broke them for over 1000 years. In fact, the Papacy is credited with murdering at least 50 million (and could exceed 150) "in the name of God". The Waldenses had their own EVERYTHING. Schools, crops, animals and anything else they needed. They would train the youth their entire life in the wiles of rome and when they came of age, they would slip down off of the mountain with Bible verses and songs cleverly sewn into the "hems" of their clothes. As they would retain work and befriend the people of the "world", IF they trusted them, they would uncover these verses and share the light with folks. Many were turned in and killed. THEY actually helped keep the scriptures pure and alive, at a heavy cost. Back then, possession of a Bible or even one verse was punishable by death from the "church". The Waldenses sacrificed everything worldly in order to serve God the way God wanted to be served.
The printed word (around 1510) and the Spirit of God, working through people like Martin Luther (where the Lutheran Church came from, the first Protestant church) exposed the lies of the papacy and the Protestant revolution was born. Over the years, many of her pagan teachings were never completely removed from churches. It was common knowledge as to the identity of the anti-Christ system up until the late 1800/early 1900s. Now, no one seems to know anything about it. That is because of a well planned Counter-Reformation. You can believe it or not, but these doctrines of men, were made to darken once lit areas and take away from the diety and Omnipotence of Jesus Christ. Church and state were one and scripture says it will be again. It may be so suttle that most never know it. Most don't worship anyway. The situation will be similar again toward those that choose God over world. Many laws have been passed recently that force compliance of what the "world" thinks ought to be the standard, not God. It's only the beginning. Bringing people to court or jail for not serving in private business, people whom God calls their behavior an abomination. They even force people to be hooked up to the "grid" in most places. We grew up with electricity, but who would've imagined a law requiring it. People can't even have solar in some places, and the ones that do still require the grid hookup. It's little, suttle things. THE- the system, knows they can't break you, do now, they breed it out. Home schooling will eventually be outlawed. For the best "interest" of the child, of course. The very first book your kid gets at school is a dinosaur book that starts with: millions of years ago....., so that shoots alot of the literal 6 day creation thing in the foot. They are removing God at all costs. TV basically is just propaganda to get you to buy stuff you DONT have to have, but think you do. If you look at the list in Rev.18, it's goodly and dainty things we don't need. People have become dependant on running to the grocery store instead of making their own food. Now the man says not to stockpile food. They are making us dependant of the govt. as well. We get lazy and ignorant. That's just what they want. Compliance and ignorance. Its all planned and has been for a long time: FOR YOUR SAFETY AND SECURITY. How many people do you know that honestly know how to farm? What will the ones that know how do for 6- 9 months until crops come in? Where are you gonna get seeds? Where are you gonna buy food if the stores quit bringing trucks? They'll be desolate in 2-3 days MAX. In a week, people will be eating dogs and cats. Did you ever consider owning 4 Maltese dogs would make you a "rancher"? Govt bread lines? Fema camps? Our pants are down around our ankles and we don't have a clue! That's just from a common sense worldly view. There is ample scripture to tell us EXACTLY how it will go AND it's chronological. We just don't know exactly when our Lord will return. He didn't either when He was here, but I'm sure His Father filled Him in once He got home! We do know the seasons, however, but here's the real kicker - we are told to watch and be ready at all times. If you think about it, WE don't know if we will draw one breath more. It COULD be the end for anyone at anytime. Having your I'd dotted and It's crossed with God is of utmost importance. Peace be with you.
