By, Robert J. Hawkins, Jr. General World Missions Coordinator
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” (James 4:7)
“They are putting in place all of these technological mechanisms for control, we’ve never seen before. It’s been the ambition of every totalitarian state from the beginning of mankind to control every aspect of behavior, of conduct, of thought, to obliterate dissent. None of them have been able to do it. They didn’t have the technological capacity. Even in Hitler’s Germany you could cross the Alps to Switzerland, you could hide in an attic, like Anne Frank did. I visited, in 1962, East Germany with my father and met people who had climbed the [Berlin] Wall and escaped, so it was possible. Many died truly, but it was possible. Today, the mechanisms are being put in place that will make it so that none of us can run and none of us can hide. Within 5 years we are going to see 415,000 low-orbit satellites. Bill Gates says his 65,000 satellites alone will be able to look at every square inch of the planet 24 hours a day. They’re putting in 5G to harvest our data and control our behavior. Digital currency that will allow them to punish us from a distance and cut off our food supply. Vaccine Passports—you have a series of rights, as flawed as our government is, you can still go out… you can get on a bus or an airplane and you can travel. You have certain freedom, you can get educated, etc. The minute they hand you that Vaccine Passport, every right that you have is transformed into a privilege contingent upon your obedience to arbitrary government dictates. It will make you a slave! And what do we do about this? What do we do? We resist!” (Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., January 23, 2022).
We are in a spiritual war like never before and it will only get more serious, very soon. Satan is after our eternal souls, and our physical lives will be at greater risk. We must resist this onslaught, push back, and make progress for Christ and His Church by the power of prayer. We must have the real power of the Holy Ghost within us, flowing through the kingdom of God to the world around us, with a boldness to preach and teach the truth that we’ve never possessed before.
The end of this age is coming very soon. Many of the technological advancements that we have seen through the years are coming together to give governments of the world greater control over our lives.
This World Wide Web of high technology will be one of the main ways that the prophesied Beast will control the world. Currently, our locations are precisely tracked by our smart phones, and our fingerprint, iris, and voice patterns are stored in databases that can be shared worldwide by private and government entities. Many of our homes are equipped with security cameras and speakers that one day (even today) may be accessed, monitored, and controlled remotely. Private vehicles, equipped with digital technology and satellite tracking, could easily be shut down if an individual ventures too far from boundaries set for him. Cash is disappearing and being replaced by digital transactions and digital currencies. (During the pandemic, some businesses around the world refused to handle cash, using the COVID virus as an excuse.) One day, those in power will be able to remotely restrict their citizens’ ability to purchase certain items, restrict buying access to certain geographic locations, or choose to cut off spending for some completely. Public and commercial transportation will become inaccessible for those whom the ruling class feel are dangerous to the government narrative.
All of this is not too far off. China’s State Media boasts, with its vast camera and facial recognition system, that its State Police can identify every single person on all of China’s streets in one second. China has implemented a Social Credit System in certain areas of its society, similar to our Financial Credit System in the United States and countries all over the world (the groundwork has been laid). This system rates an individual’s social worthiness by his obedience to the government’s narrative. Rewards and punishments are doled out by the Chinese government through things such as: the ability to obtain financial loans, domestic travel, security checkpoints, choice of schools for children, etc. Much of this is done automatically by computer technology, using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms that monitor and identify an individual’s physical activities by camera and their online activities as good or bad, twenty-four hours a day.
We are in need of the Lord’s help immediately! We are in a real emergency situation. If major wars soon begin in the world, governments may use this as a further excuse to impose greater control over their citizens.
The devil knows what is coming and he is preparing all of this to restrict and hinder The Church of God. But Christ Himself has told us, “…upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matt. 16:18). We need more than what money can buy—we need the supernatural intervention and ability only the Lord can give! So, while we desire and appreciate so much your giving toward March World Missions 2022, we desire your obedience to the Lord even more!
I would like to encourage every member and friend of The Church of God, all over the world, from whatever economic situation you come from, to tithe your income in faith, in addition to giving to the work of the Lord. Prove God! We will not be able to accomplish the Great Commission without God’s power from heaven! “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it” (Mal. 3:10).
One day, when we step out of our homes, all we may have is our Bibles in our hands. How we will get where we must go and how we will survive will be up to God. But, if we have His favour, we have everything. Please be obedient to God. The Church of God needs the windows of heaven to be opened and we need the blessings from God to overflow! Thank you for your obedience and giving to the Lord!