Genesis 11:1–9 (NASB)
11:1 NOW the whole earth used the same language and the same words.
2 And it came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.” And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
4 And they said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name; lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.
6 And the LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.
7 “Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city.
9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.
The people of the earth did not take long after the flood to organize and work towards openly disobeying God and working to elevate man – the obvious marker of pride.
This recent pandemic has created a very similar type of mindset. This mindset has permeated mankind throughout history – it is the desire to create a single human entity that can overcome anything – and in some parts of the mentality, that includes God almighty.
This can be observed quite easily in the constant drone of what’s best for “humankind” and “the public health” when it comes to vaccinations. The powers that be are working to create a single mindset among the people of the earth.
The problem? There are many that won’t go along with the plan, and that is frustrating the people (and entities) behind the movement.
For those of you that hold to the Blessed Hope, this could align very neatly into the way that these things are shaping up. Consider the following:
There are many that are being ostricized for not going along with government mandates to get a vaccination. They are being called selfish, dangerous and just plain dumb by anyone that has a mouthpiece that is considered halfway important to the world at large. They are calling for them to be banished from polite society, to be excluded from everyday social activities such as going into restaurants, bars, theaters, sporting events, etc., etc. and some have even called for them to commit suicide or be murdered for the offensive decision not to take a vaccine. Maybe you are in the camp that agrees with even some of the less controversial positions in this list.
As a pre-tribulation, pre-millenialist (I believe that the tribulation comes before the millenium, and that the tribulation comes before the great tribulation), I see the possibility for a very deceiving explanation for a pending Biblical event.
Matthew 24:37–41 (NASB)
37 “For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.
38 “For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, they were marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
39 and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so shall the coming of the Son of Man be.
40 “Then there shall be two men in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left.
41 “Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken, and one will be left.
This is Jesus talking about the last days. In this passage, many believe that Jesus is talking about the rapture of the church. This is bolstered by Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5.
Imagine this hypothetical scenario playing out:
Governments get more and more biligerant about compliance with a (current or future) vaccination to ensure the “public health”. There is a group that refuses and is routinely blamed for the ongoing public health emergency. All of a sudden, many to most of those people in that group disappear with no obvious explanation. The governement comes out and explains: “the UFO sightings over the past century have been real, and we have brokered a deal with the extra-terrestrial beings. As part of the deal, these beings removed all of the refusers and sent them to an isolated planet where they no longer pose a danger to the public at large. There may still be refusers among us, however. To help to identify those that are unwilling to protect the public health, we are requiring everyone who has complied to show their compliance with a visible, permanent mark on their bodies. You will not be allowed into a store or to make any transactions of any kind without this mark signifying that you are in full compliance and not a health risk to those around you. If you see anyone who does not have this mark, you must report them immediately. They will be taken into custody and required to comply or they will face execution as they are an imminent threat to the public health.”
This may sound far-fetched, but we are already seeing calls for extreme action to be taken against those that have not complied with governement mandates or “strong suggestions” to get vaccinated against the current COVID-19. There are many, many people that would get behind such a move by the government(s).
These are exactly the steps that we are told that the governement of the last days will take on for the entire globe. The people of the earth already have the mindset that is required for this to take place – those that are vaccinated are heavily against, bordering on hatred of, those that are not vaccinated. Even close family members! We are living the words of the Bible. Judgement is coming.
To be clear…. I do not believe that those who have taken the vaccine are in any way included in the hatred mindset, nor do I believe that the vaccine is some kind of litmus test. The mindset is the litmus test, and that can change for anyone up to the moment that a mark is emblazoned on your body (which I think many will refuse during the tribulation [Revelation 7:9-17]).
Doubt of the Truth of the Bible is spreading around the globe like wildfire today. I am personally aware of many current and former leaders of the Christian community that are “deconstructing” their faith – meaning that they are renouncing Christianity and embracing humanism, atheism or spiritualism – none of which have the God of Abraham, who sent his Son to die for the sins of the world, at their center.
There are many polls that show that even those that claim to be Christians in America today believe that Jesus is NOT the only way to Heaven and that the Bible is NOT the inerrant Word of God. The deception has been underway for decades, and the great falling away (2 Thessalonians 2:3 [Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.]) appears to be well under way.
Put on the FULL armor of God today and everyday. You will need it! (Ephesians 6:10-18)
I pray, MARANATHA! (Come quickly, Lord Jesus!)
Duane