b'END TIMESThe End is NearBy Michael FortiIseveral years ago when remember Christiansthoughttheendwas near. Store products appeared with suspicious bar codes. Credit cards, having a chip, were taking the place ofchecksandcounterfeitmoney. Y2Khit,skepticswerestockpiling food and building bomb shelters as worldwide software issues became a concern.Manywererelievedwhen theircomputersturnedonatmid-night, January 1st 2000. Cities passed laws that pets need-ed to have a chip for record storage. If your pet gets lost, you can track her anywhere. Now end timers con-tinue to think, when will I be forcedMichael Fortitotakethechip?Manyarenow being forced to wear a mask and to taketherapidlydevelopedSHOT!side time fun. The laws will become Whats next? New car lots are emptysocorrupt,thatthegreedywillbe as they wait for the auto ECU chipabletogetawaywithalmostany-to be produced. Even stolen cars canthing.Today,thethievescansteel nowbetrackedandlocatedwithinwhatevertheywantwithoutconse-seconds. quences.Itsalmostimpossibleto No question, the red carpet is beingsue for damages unless you have a rolled out for the antichrist to walk$30,000 retainer to give to a greedy ontotheworldwidestage.Healsoattorney. Its becoming easier for the forcedeveryone,smallandgreat,corrupt to cheat someone, yet blame richandpoor,freeandslave,toitontheonewhowascheated.A receive a mark in/on his right handwomancancheatonherhusband, oronhisforehead,sothatnooneyet when the husband finds out and could buy or sell unless he had thegets mad, hes at fault for having a mark, which is the name of the beastbad temper. or the number of his name. This callsIts the spirit of antichrist that is forwisdom.Ifanyonehasinsight,the false accuser. It will cheat, steal, let him calculate the number of thelie and deceive to get what it wants. beast,foritismansnumber.HisToday,itsdeceitfulnessisbecom-numberis666(Rev13:17-18NIVing more obvious than ever because KJV). HOW CLOSE ARE WE?! itknowsthatitwontgetcaught. The Word of God teaches that thereHowever,theirtimeisaboutup. are several other signs of the timesGod is now sending them a powerful indicatingthattheENDisnear.delusion so that they will believe the TRUE believers in Jesus Christ willlie and so that all will be condemned be able to see that Jesus is Comingwhohavenotbelievedthetruth Soon.Butletusencourageonebut have delighted IN WICKEDNESS another-and all the more as you see(2Thess 2:12).theDayapproaching(Heb10:25ShouldChristiansrunandhide, NIV 84). But if you do not wake upturn the other cheek, walk the other andbewatchful,Iwillcomelikeaway,duckforcover,andsitback thief, and you will not know at whatwhiletheywatchtheinnocentget timeIwillcometoyou(Rev3:3robedandraped?Christianstoday NIV84, KJV). We may not know theare not turning the other cheek when DAY or HOUR, but we will know theit comes to taking the SHOT! Some season! say OK while others are quivering. Another sign of the times will be theManyarewillingtolosetheirjobs waythatpeopleareliving.Insteadover it!of being concerned that the chip isShouldbelieversbesympathetic approaching,theywillbeboastingknowingthatthelawlesswillburn aboutthenewinnovativemoderninhellforever?Theyvotedforthe technology.TheWordteachesthatenemy,andnow,theywillsoonbe people,intheverylastdayswillliving in hell on earth. The spirit of belivingforSatan.Theywillbeaantichrist is becoming more and more Godlessgenerationwithnorespectobvious while most preachers will be forBiblicalvalues.TrueChristianspreaching worldly wealth instead of willbemockedandhatedbecauseheavenlyriches.Sadtosay,much theywillberejectingthismodern- of the main stream Christian church daytechnology.Theenemywillbetodayisnotbeingeducatednor using the far left liberals and liberalequippedforendtimeWARFARE! media to usher in his agenda. (1Tim 4:1-2, 2 Tim 4:1-8).People will think that being a goodShouldChristianswalktowork liarisagift,especiallyifyoucaninstead of driving a newer car in fear becomewealthydoingit.Thewed- ofbeingtracked?Braceyourselves, ding ring doesnt mean a whole lot,Jesus is Coming Soon! Are you going aslongassomeonecanhavetheirto be ready?!BODY OF CHRIST NEWS SEMPTEMBER 2021 7'