Love to hear from and know who is listening In my household we try to be as conservative as possible. God has richly blessed us in many ways, but we still try to be as financially responsible as possible, especially during the Christmas season. I would love nothing more than to be able to give my children and grandchildren their every desire, but doing that really isn't being a responsible parent. I have tried to teach my children that nothing good is free! One way I try to be financially responsible is by not putting any Christmas gifts on the credit card. We have a large jar that we both put our spare change into. Around the Thanksgiving we take the change to the bank and cash it in. This year there was $240 in change in the jar. I also have an account at the credit union that I put $20 a pay period into. The credit union is 85 miles away, so it is easy to just forget about it. Just like the change jar each year around Thanksgiving withdraw most of the balance of the account. This year it was $400. I also have a bank bag at home that we keep all the cash from the sales of eggs. This year we sold $1,100 in eggs. The total cash I set aside for Christmas was $1,740 now “That's not Chicken Feed!” It is nice to be able to set aside the cash and to avoid debt. In Revelation 13, the beast forces everyone in the world to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads in order to control financial transactions. No more buying eggs from your neighbor with cash.Revelation 13: 16-17 ESV Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. These verses in Revelation indicates that during the tribulation currency will become cashless or digital. In order for the Antichrist to control all buying and selling, a cashless society will be necessary during the tribulation. As long as people are using cash, transactions can be completed in private, but, if currency becomes electronic, then every transaction can be monitored. According Clearly Payments, a payment processor that provides digital payment solutions, including websites and credit card machines, 84% of payments in the US are being made digitally in 2025. Why is this a problem you ask? If Christianity were to fall out of favor with those in power, a government-controlled digital currency could be used to target Christians. The government would have the ability to monitor or even block transactions and could be used to shut down churches, confiscate funds, or penalize individuals based on their political or religious views, and that's only the beginning. In a digital society those who control the currency could assign everyone of a carbon foot print and once you have purchased your allotment of petroleum products, no matter what the balance of your bank account, you wouldn't be able to buy any more gas for your car or propane or natural gas to heat your home. The same could also apply to the grocery store. Each and every household could be assigned a certain portion to be used to buy groceries and once you reach that limit your money would no longer be any good.2 Timothy 3: 1-5 ESV But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. The end times started with the rSupport the show

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