I don't leave my bunker much these days. Stabbed by human traffickers years back, I've turned into a full-blown hermit, dependent on Amazon and the digital world. But sometimes, I have no choice.
Today was one of those days. As I bundled up and zipped down to the local Dollar General, the harsh fluorescent lights and vague chemical smell hit me first. This isn't the America I grew up in. This is the America of prophecy.
The Rise of the Beast System The book of Daniel paints a chilling picture of the "end times" - a global empire that devours everything in its path. A "beast" system that crushes the individual, consuming the very soul of humanity. And right here, in the heartland of America, I'm watching it happen.
Small town Main Streets are dying. Every town, the same. Walmart, then Dollar General. The soul-crushing sameness, the institutional bright lights, the feeling that you're trapped in a maze with no exit. This isn't the America I fought for. This is the America that ancient seers warned us about.
The Death of the Entrepreneurial Spirit Isaiah warned us that the day would come when "the merchant and the trafficker" would rule the land. No more family-owned hardware stores, no more mom-and-pop diners. Just the grey, lifeless shells of a corporate machine, grinding down the entrepreneurial spirit that once defined us.
I can't help but think of Revelation 13 - the prophecy of the "mark of the beast" and the control of all economic activity. Digital currency, surveillance chips, an Orwellian grip on every transaction. The technology exists right now. The ancient warnings are unfolding before our eyes.
A Clarion Call to Action We are not powerless. We are not doomed. But we must wake up and heed the words of the prophets. The death of Main Street is not inevitable - unless we allow it. The time to act is now, before the last flicker of independent spirit is snuffed out forever.
The beast system is here. But the God of Daniel still reigns supreme. Will you join the resistance?
"The truth doesn't hide. It waits for those brave enough to look."
The Wise Wolf