Teachinghearts	Technology and Prophecy "Explore the Word. Change the World"	Statistics: Time: 120 minutes Print: 23 pages

Some prophecies described in Revelation require a certain level of sophistication and technology. The ability of Antichrist systems to effectively capture God's people or deny services can be easily achieved through current technology.

Prayer "Ask and you shall receive"

Father, may I understand the forces at work. May I see the developments in human history through your eyes. And may I be encouraged by the fact that you are still in control so that I may face the future with courage. Thank you.

This section is dedicated to describing the use of the technology now and under a end-time scenario. As such, the precautions seem premature, the guidelines may seem extreme because you cannot see humans, governments and churches in such a vicious light. Therefore, I have included examples where the exact scenario has or is happening and show current laws that threaten to make the scenario a possibility.

I believe the end time battles will be on such a scale of magnitude and horror that it will make Hitler's group look like Girl Scouts on a picnic. This is the final war where the evil forces will hold no barriers. So anything that is possible will be possible.

I must warn you that what I am about to present may be frightening - but God is in control. Remember this.
So, instead of being frightened about the capabilities of the enemy, be happy that it shows that the coming of our precious Lord is closer than you believed.

Prophecies Related to Science and Technology

Technology Summary Spread the Gospel     Printing     Radio     Television     Video Recorders     Telephone     Computer     Internet     Satellites Tracking     Night Vision     Thermal imaging     Satellite Photography     Traffic Cameras     GPS receivers     Pattern Recognition     Vehicle Identification     Data Networks     TIA (Total Information Awareness) Identification     Biometrics     National Identification (Real-ID)     Social Security Numbers     Tiny GPS receivers     RFID tags     Face Recognition Cameras     Gait Recognition     Digital Angel Economic Boycott     Bank records     Tax records     Social Security Numbers     Direct Deposit     Credit and Debit Cards     Credit Verification services     Know your Customer Law     Driver's License Surveillance     Traffic Control Systems     Vehicle Recognition     Remote Photography     Parabolic receivers     Body Scanning     Public Cameras Listening Devices     Carnivore     Calea     Echelon     Oasis and Fluent     Telephone off hook     Electronic devices Interrogation     Psychological techniques     Personality evaluation     The Lie Machine     Body language analysis     Coercive techniques Laws     USA Patriot Act     Know your Customer Law

1. Creation. The final message urges the world to worship God as the Creator. This suggests that there will come a time when this is an issue for most people.
   Worship Him who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters. (Revelation 14: 7)
2. Knowledge Increases. Although this refers primarily to an increase in spiritual knowledge, at the same time scientific knowledge exploded. It was as if the physical world benefited from the spiritual.
   "... conceal these words and seal up the book until the time of the end; many will go back and forth and knowledge will increase". (Daniel 12:4)
3. Worldwide Economic Boycott. If one does not accept the mark of the beast
   "And he provides that no one will be able to buy or sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name. (Revelation 13: 17)
   • Banking systems and networks
   • Credit Bureaus
   • Point of Sale Terminals
   • Instant Verification: E-money, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Instant Check Verification
   • Card Technologies
   • RFID in merchandise, identification cards and implanted in people.
   • Use of National Identification like the United States Social Security Number by Financial Institutions.
4. Worldwide Economic Globalism. There will be a time when the world's economic systems will be so enmeshed that a collapse in the major economic center will have worldwide repercussions. But this is a prophecy for the very end. Current economic downturns are not the sign. However, as the economy keeps bouncing back it does give a sense of false security, luring more and more people from the world into these global investments. In 1929 the stock market crash in the United States triggered a worldwide financial crisis and led to the Great Depression.
   And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more. (Revelation 18: 11-20)
5. Mark of the Beast. Since many Christian groups believe it to be only a literal mark, we will see how technologies can be used. But, while I believe it is more than a literal mark and may not necessarily include any such real marks, there is nothing that prevents the beast power from physically marking the people of God. Past persecuting powers have used marks to separate people. Jews were forced to wear outward signs in Nazi Germany and in the crusades. The Taliban forced people who were not of the Moslem faith to wear a sign on their forehead or on their sleeves.
   And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead. (Revelation 13: 16)
6. Gospel to the Whole World. Given the current population, secularism, and the physical impossibility of reaching all people, several inventions make it possible for spoken or written words to be seen by billions.
   The gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will come. (Matthew 24: 14)
   • Printing
   • Radio
   • Television
   • Internet
   • Computers and computer software that allows desk top publishing
7. Persecution Technologies. Systems for tracking and finding people.
   ... And there shall be a time of trouble ... (Daniel 12: 1)
   A combination of technologies and laws will be used to harass, track and locate people.
8. Military Technologies. The prophecies state that people will be destroying the earth.
9. Biotechnologies. There will be famine and disease during the seven last plagues. These will be traced back to human activity.

Science of Identification and Surveillance Technologies
Recent trends and innovations which allow bugging, telephone monitoring, visual surveillance during night or day over large distances and the emergence of new forms of local, national and international communications interception networks, and the creation of human recognition and tracking devices are already available and in operation.

Systems that infringe on your rights have already been secretly and covertly deployed. This section covers only the surveillance, identification and networking systems. There are other good articles which examine the militarization of the police technologies and advances in the technologies of political control.

Several scientific discoveries or convergence of applications can be used to allow the technology related prophecies to be fulfilled
These technologies may include active or passive devices. The active devices will work with your cooperation. If you are always required to show identification or if you are using a device that is constantly communicating your location to a satellite or ground-based antennae, then your movements can be monitored.
But there are passive devices and other strategies that can be used without your knowledge.

• Changing the Laws. It forces the private sector to cooperate in the process of tracking and reporting. Laws are also being made to protect businesses from prosecution or civilian law suits if they assist the government in the persecution.

  Biometrics It is the science of verifying a person's identity by comparing physical characteristics of his or her body with a stored pattern in a law enforcement or private database. It is an emerging technology destined to be the basis of information security technology, because it is well suited to replace passwords and smart card Personal Identification Numbers, because biometric data cannot be forgotten, lost, stolen or shared with others.

  According to Revelation 18 businessmen will be punished because they participated in supporting the efforts the the persecuting power.
• Identity Recognition and Biometrics. The science of identification is based on something unique that you have, or something that you know or what you are. Whereas cards or passwords or personal identification numbers can be forged or compromised, what you are is totally unique to you.
  
  Biometric Identification methods consist of seven main groups:
  • Fingerprint Identification
  • Iris Identification
  • Retina Identification
  • Hand Identification
  • Voice Identification
  • Signature Identification
  • Gait Identification (the way you walk)
  • Automatic Facial recognition using the region of the face called the "golden triangle" - the region between the ears and the top of the mouth.
  • DNA (genetic information). This is not instantaneous.
  • Medical Implants. All of the above are passive biological systems. They do not transmit data. There are active devices being engineered to become a permanent part of the body.
    Digital Angel. One of the most controversial recent developments in new technologies is a device called Digital Angel ™, it is a miniature digital transceiver designed for human implantation that uses the GPS network. It is powered electromechanically by the movement of the muscles and it can be activated by the user or from a remote monitoring station. Therefore, you cannot turn it off if you wanted to.
• Economic Surveillance. Monitoring and denying economic activity.
  • Limiting Cash Transactions or requiring Identification for any significant transactions.
  • Store Cards (Loyalty Cards). These are generally used in grocery stores and pharmacies to monitor what you buy and when, they are insidious in that you cannot get sales discounts if you do not use them. So people subscribe to them. Similarly, in the end they could be required for cash purchases, thus again requiring one to show some form of ID to complete a sales transaction. They can be used to limit your cash transactions to a certain amount per month or to deny you services. Their primary advantage is that they can collect personal information from non-credit purchasers.
  • Denial of service in electronic transactions.
• Communications Surveillance. Monitoring your communications.
  • Intercepting e-mail from miles away.
  • Intercepting phone calls and messages from miles away.
  • Taking phone 'off hook' and using your phone receiver as a listening device.
  • Intercepting computer key strokes and computer monitor images.
  • Monitoring conversions through the vibration from walls and windows from three miles away.
• Remote Surveillance (Active). Activity surveillance and monitoring your location through mobile services to which you have subscribed.
  • Cellular phones
  • Vehicle locators
  • Embedded Chips in animals or people
  • Medic-Alert devices
  • Court-ordered electronic bracelets or monitoring devices
  • Secretly or illegally planted rice grain sized microphones
• Remote Surveillance (Passive). Short and long distance surveillance.
  • Traffic Control Systems.
  • License Plate Monitoring.
  • Global Positioning Satellite System (GPS) - This is a military application that is being used by civilian systems to provide location services for all sorts of devices.
  • Military Satellites that take detailed pictures
  • Thermal imaging systems. These can be mounted on any type of vehicle or remote cameras or hand-held devices.
  • Night Vision Systems
  • Satellite photographs of human activity can find people in the forests.
  • Other Human Location Strategies
    • Controlled burning of forests - to "smoke out" people if they are in hiding
    • Confiscation of property
    • Rewards
    • Propaganda
    • Learn the lessons from the Nazi's persecution of Jews and how the citizens helped to enforce these policies
• Personal Surveillance. Human location networks and systems that are designed to be on your body but they are removeable.
  • Ankle bracelets in use by parolees. Just as Hitler required the Jews to wear the star of David. A population being singled out beforehand could be required to wear these monitors or to have implanted chips.
  • RFID. Tiny electronic tags that monitor items and cash.

Medical Implants and Radio Frequency Identity (RFID)
Miniaturization has made the transmitters cheaper and easier to use. They also have the ability to make the system a permanent part of the human. Older systems are just identifying a device that is in close proximity to the human to whom it was assigned. So you could not be assured that the device was not lost or stolen and does not identify the user. RFID in miniature devices make it possible to permanently implant these devices inside the body. This has great advantages in controlling identity theft and guarantees a better application in security and medical technology.
Tiny transmitters can be sewn into clothes, or product labels, or identification cards, or money or implanted into people. These devices transmit a unique identification code and any other information the designers require. This is all related to a class of identification methods that use a smaller, ubiquitous or more portable identification methods that takes advantage of the tracking systems that already exist. What has changed is that the identification system is no longer external to the human. It is a permanent internal device.

• VeriChip. This is a rice grain sized chip that can store and transmit data. It is designed to be implanted under the skin. It can transmit and receive data through walls and is accurate to within five or ten feet. The company wants to see the chip used for identification and authentication in electronic commerce. It seems that banks are asking for legislation that will allow them to use this. With this use, it can be a very efficient method of enforcing the "buying and selling" laws of the mark of the beast.
  On October 16, 2004 the Food and Drug Administration approved this chip for human implant and Identification.
• Electronic Product Code (EPC). Walmart, the biggest retailer, announced in June 2004 that all of its suppliers must switch to RFID technology. This technology is essential in implementing the EPC system. Customers exit the store through a special "portal reader" which reads the signals emitted from the product. Their account is automatically deducted.

Computers and Data Networks
Computer systems are the brains that drive all the other technological devices. With the advent of miniaturization, coupled with telecommunications a whole range of applications became possible.

Databases
Databases are files of related information residing on one or more computers. With a correctly organized database one can maintain all types of information that can be retrieved instantly. If a unique personal Identification number is attached to all these bits of information, then systems can start sharing information about you more readily.

Several important database systems from a combination of government and private sector systems are being used to collect data on citizens. In our times and the immediate future, these are some of the organizations responsible for collecting, organizing and implementing these systems:

1. Financial Institutions
   
   • Banks. They are the crucial link between the government and the credit verification systems. They assist the government by reporting 'suspicious activity' as defined by the government. One 1996 law, used to monitor criminal activity, requires banks to report 'suspicious activity' by reporting any financial transactions that have a high probability in uncovering criminal activity, tax evasion or helpful in any regulatory or investigative proceedings. Financial transactions in excess of $10,000 and in some cases $5,000 must be reported. To further monitor these activities other methods have been proposed and some were scheduled to be implemented in 2001.
     
     One major regulation proposed on December 7, 1998 called the ' Know your customer' law extensively invades privacy. It requires banks to maintain a profile of all depositors, including average expected monthly deposits and average expected expenses. If a depositor exceeds the average (possibly by a reasonable percentage) then that person must be reported. This includes any increase in income or expenses. Here is what the original proposed laws requires banks to do specifically:
     • Identify their customers. This indicates how likely you are to engage in certain levels of financial transactions.
     • Determine the source of funds for each customer.
     • Determine the 'normal' and 'expected' transactions of each customer.
     • Monitor each account activity and measure it against historical patterns and report any suspicious activity that does not conform to historical patterns.
     
     The law at first described to me requires that bank customers fill out a form that declares all of this information. Since there would have been a huge revolt by the public (before September 11, 2001), I submit that the banks can actually develop a profile without your knowledge, based on the historical patterns of your transactions.
     
     Income. Most people have direct deposit to their banks, these can readily be identified as income. Any other regular monthly deposits should be traceable to investments or trusts. Large, unexplainable regular deposits that are not from a financial institution will probably be investigated.
     
     Expenses. Similarly, expenses are predictable. And depending on your zip code and the agencies to whom money is transferred they can correctly guess that your expenses might be for rent, mortgage, taxes, utilities, food, transportation, education, entertainment and charity.
     Cash withdrawals might be identified as going to one of these areas and should be compensated for by an equivalent drop in one of the other expenses.
     
     MSB Rule. The 1999 Money Services Business (MSB) Rule appears to be an extension of the law to monitor and report suspicious activity in support of the 'know your customer' rules. This law defines the institutions that are governed by the MSB and requires each institution to designate personnel who will be available to investigators.
     
     What is interesting, is that the 1999 MSB Registration Rule banking laws that just went into effect seems to set up the administrative structure to report to the government in anticipation of starting this level of spying. Although the 'Know your Customer' regulations have not been adopted as of September 2001, they would only formalize what is already taking place in banks all across the United States.
     
     Finally, because banks must know which institutions receive money from you, they can identify the church to which you belong. By looking at the frequency, amount or percentage of income that you give to a particular church they can accurately predict if you are a member or a one-time contributor. The insidious nature of this capability is that, unless you pay by cash, you cannot protect yourself by choosing not to report your charitable contributions on your annual Income Tax report, or by not having your name on the church books. They are identifying these donations at the source - your bank transactions and the charitable organizations who receive them.
   • Credit Bureaus and Verification services
     These have the ability to deny access to credit and to enforce an economic boycott. They collect the following types of information:
     • Identification and employment information - name, birth date, Social Security number, employer, and spouse's name , employment history, home ownership, income, and previous address
     • Payment history
     • Public record information -bankruptcies, foreclosures, or tax liens
     • Inquiries
     Currently, the three main agencies are:
             Equifax
             Trans Union
             Experian
   • Payment Technology and Instant Credit authorization, Identification and verification services
     These systems affect you at the point of sale. With the ability to deny credit, they will be able to enforce an economic boycott. These are mainly employed through major credit card companies.
     Visa's subsidiary Inovant ,with offices on 3 continents, processes more than 35 billion financial exchange transactions annually.
     Electronic Clearing houses such as NCIS processes credit cards, debit cards, and checks. NCIS has a growing list of 12 million problem check writers and is a source of instant verification data.
2. Government Agencies
   
   • Total Information Awareness. The new office of Homeland Security is creating a database that integrates all the information from law enforcement, financial systems and private databases to track every citizen. When I wrote this web page over three years ago, this database and this new government agency did not exist. The potential prophetic role of this system confirms and centralizes all the prophetic warnings.
   • Law Enforcement. (National Fingerprint) - Identification verification
     FBI's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS)
   • Social Security, Tax collection Services, United States Internal revenue Service (IRS). Current addresses, jobs and religious affiliation. If you report large donations, you must name the organization receiving the gift. In this way they are also able to track religious affiliation. One important development in this area is the requirement for all citizens to receive this national identification from birth. Coupled with the practice of foot printing and hand printing babies, they could combine to be a powerful identification tool in this generation. Already, adults are required to submit finger prints to obtain a driver's license or for a job application and these biometric identifiers enter these systems through that route.
   • Government Surveillance Agencies and Technologies.
     Many of these systems exist to monitor satellite, internet and voice traffic in order to protect national security. Some might even have been renamed because of public scrutiny but these systems exists through tapping into the telecommunications networks.
     • Tempest. A system designed to capture computer signals (such as key strokes or monitor images) from stand-alone computers. The information is captured through the walls from the radiation emitted by the computer through radio waves or any cables attached to the computer.
     • Calea. The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, designed to conduct wire tapping by having the telecommunications company install special equipment to intercept the traffic.
     • Echelon. An automated global interception and relay system that can intercept and process many types of transmissions worldwide. It is operated by at least 5 governments - United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, but it uses satellites and a network of ground-based antennae located in many other countries. The system has also tapped into underwater transatlantic cables. There are even suitcase sized equipment and credit card sized antennae that can be used to tap into a system and relay the information from anywhere.
       Echelon uses a network of computers, databases and artificial intelligence software named Dictionary to process transmissions by searching for addresses, key words and phrases. Criminals have gotten wise to some of these tactics and have learned to use special code words in place of the actual words.
     • Oasis and Fluent - Used to enhance Echelon, it creates transcripts from television and audio broadcasts. Fluent allows English language searches of foreign language text and Oasis can also detect possible characteristics of the speaker, such as gender.
     • Carnivore and Enhanced Carnivore or DCS 1000. A system similar to Echelon, it intercepts e-mail and other internet traffic. Since the events of September 11, 2001, this once illegal operation has been officially blessed for use against terrorism.
     • Face Recognition and Pattern Recognition Technology. Already widespread in England and in Tampa Florida, security cameras constantly photograph everyone on the streets The image is then compared to a known list of wanted suspects.
       A similar process can be done with traffic control cameras, currently installed in many cities to control red light running. These cameras can be hooked up to a system that can process license plate numbers.
     Many countries use information gathered from these systems or their own versions. Nations such as Russia, China, Germany, Israel, European Union, France, India and Pakistan have similar capabilities.
3. Other Private Databases
   There are many databases and systems in the private sector that capture information about you that can be used in tracking your habits or movements:
   • Transportation. Commuter trains are now migrating to the use of permanent electronic access cards that can use credit cards or cash to add more fare. To issue these cards, your personal information is collected, as you enter the system your movements can be traced.
   • Grocery Stores. These stores have also issued consumer cards that track what you buy. It is now the only way that consumers can take advantage of sales. No card, no sale price on items. Consequently, everybody signs up. Your personal information is also supplied when you apply for these cards.
   • Memex. This company has a database that stores the entire life profile of any individual. The system can connect to many other databases to construct a real time picture of you and your activities.
4. Summary and Examples of Surveillance Capabilities
   
   • Night Vision and Thermal Imaging Technology. Humans can be seen in total darkness by measuring the heat from their bodies.
   • Wire Tapping and Intercepting Conversations. The ability to intercept voice or data transmissions.
     • Telephone in Use. When a telephone is in use, your conversations can be intercepted by equipment set up at the telephone company's office, or by tapping the wire directly connected to your home. Active mobile phones can be tapped into by small laptop or hand-held devices simply by selecting your phone number or by searching the network to see if your phone is active. A handheld device can detect phone transmissions anywhere in the world and can monitor thousands of phones simultaneously..
     • Telephone not in use. When a telephone is not in use, your conversations or your location can still be monitored. This technology is currently implemented in ISDN systems common in Europe and some American businesses. Upgrading the telephone office systems could make them available for all classes of voice communication. A telephone, when normally activated by taking the receiver 'off hook' becomes a microphone for you to speak to the other party on the line. There is now a new technology that can send the signals to the telephone to take the system 'off hook' without your knowledge. This activates the microphone so that the conversations in the immediate area of the phone can be monitored from a distance. So, if you are having secret meetings unplug the wired phones and remove the batteries from the cellular or satellite phones. If you are travelling, turn off the phone.
     • Other Listening Devices. There are short distance systems that can record conversations by picking up the vibrations from the walls and windows through powerful microphones. Distant laser beam audio sensors measuring window vibrations can operate from at least 3 miles away and detect movement in the vibration of the glass and convert these to sounds. Conversations can be intercepted through listening devices planted in your homes, or tiny devices that can be attached to cockroaches. A real live bug!
     • Data Transmissions when Connected. Your e-mail or internet activity can be monitored by systems such as Echelon and Carnivore.
     • Data Transmissions when not Connected. Your computer activity can be picked up through the walls and windows from the radiation emitted by the screen or the electrical cables.
   • Tracking Movements and location. Several types of activity can be tracked through the use of the GPS satellites or through cellular networks.
     • Communication Devices. Your location can be detected through your wireless phones. With older phones, you can be detected within your current cell site, with newer phones you can be detected within inches.
     • Vehicle Recognition. GPS technology can be used to track anyone and anything, as long as the transmitter is attached.
     • Face Recognition. Powerful artificial systems and databases are being used to process the photographic images to identify faces or vehicle licenses. These systems are capable of processing millions of records per minute.
     • Remote Photography. The ability to photograph objects from satellites. On October 6, 2001 a satellite was launched to join the other network of spy satellites. It is capable of photographing and identifying objects the size of a cigarette box from space. When combined with the face recognition technology, you could potentially be found anywhere in the world.
     • Traffic Control Systems. Many imaging systems are being installed under the guise of traffic control systems. When coupled with the pattern recognition technology, they will be used to identify faces, and license plates.
       
       It is therefore possible, that all pictures taken for drivers' license or for the new National ID card will be held in a system that encodes the faces so that they can be used by the face recognition system.
   • Other Technology.
     • Body Scanning. Devices, now installed in airports can see through your clothes from at least 12 feet away.
     • Border Crossings. This is a volunteer system normally used by frequent flyers with countries that participate in the program. People volunteer to have their hands and fingerprints scanned and encoded on a smart card. At the border, a hand reader is used to scan the hand, it is used with the smart card to access a database that positively identifies the traveler. One only has to trade international exchange of their personal information for the convenience of faster immigration processing. New passports will probably migrate to this system of identification.
     • The Lie Machine. In January 2002, scientists at the Mayo Clinic announced the development of a lie machine that could be used without your knowledge. It does not require the experts and the physical links to your body like the old model. A heat sensitive lens records the warming around your eye sockets as blood rushes to your eyes when you are lying. This is an involuntary response that cannot be controlled. Since nervousness can trigger this response, the interrogator must learn to use carefully worded questions to obtain a true response.
     • Body Language. Behavior analysis which attempts to identify deception or other concealed actions and intentions through human observation.

Most of the surveillance systems were created to target and track certain groups. If your group becomes a threat, then these systems can be targeted towards you.

War Strategies
There are two positions to take in any conflict. Be mentally prepared to be persecuted with the strategy based on military warfare and terrorism.

• Defensive. Use tactics to protect yourself that match the offensive weapon used.
  • Fortification. Build an impenetrable barrier with supplies and wait for the enemy to leave.
  • Asymmetric Warfare. If you cannot match or counteract an attack, then hit the enemy with nonstandard tactics in an unrelated area where they are not as prepared to fight. Attack friends, civilians, property, valuables, finances or economy.
• Offensive. Attack and become the aggressor. There are many strategies used to conquer and control.
  • Conventional Warfare. Two armies matching each other tactic by tactic and strength for strength. It is a war of attrition, whoever gets the most or takes the most wins.
  • Total War. Destroy all food, homes and any support of the civilians, soldiers and their wives and children The aim is to demoralize them so that they will give up.
  • Scorched Earth Policy. Destroy everything of value so that it cannot be used by the enemy. This includes food and infrastructure such as bridges, homes, crops and water supply.
  • Full Spectrum Dominance. Control political, media, economic and military developments everywhere.
  • Siege. Surround a fortification or walled city and starve the people into submission. Economic strategy. An embargo is a modern application of the same principles.
  • Propaganda. Try to win public support for a cause by showing the righteousness of your cause or the evil works of the enemy. This is done by exaggerating the evidence for either side or by lying or by controlling the media so that the enemy has no voice of accusation or public defense or they believe a lie that conquers them.
    • White Propaganda. Truth, full disclosure.
    • Grey Propaganda. Does not disclose the origin of its source. Presents certain facts to subvert the enemy. Innuendos that lead you to a specific conclusion. e.g. underground news papers.
    • Black Propaganda. Misleading and false information about the source and the news. Lying.
  • Guerrilla. Surprise attacks, hit and run, unconventional warfare that has no rules.
  • Swarming. Surrounding an enemy and attacking from all sides.

• Self Preservation (hoard). Uses other peoples assets. Even the enemies. Save your own resources.
• Alliance. Strategic alliances allow you to use other people's assets or ensures that they will not fight you.
• Denial. Destroy an asset to prevent its use by the enemy if you cannot acquire it.
• Wait and Snatch (Exploit). Do nothing. Wait until the others spend their assets then acquire these assets at a bargain when they are desperate.
• Bait and Switch (Lure). Lure with sympathy or opportunity and exchange inferior for superior assets.
• Diversion. Hide activity in plain sight or by pointing in a false direction or by confusion. Minimize the importance of a valuable asset or build up the importance of something useless.
• Synergy. Use a variety of strategies that complement each other or the situation.

War: Warriors

Roman Soldiers Formation Total Soldiers Commander Legion 4000-6000 Legate Cohort 480-360 infantry Tribune Maniple 120 infantry - Century 80-60 infantry Centurion Contubernia (tent group) 8 infantry - Turmae 30 cavalry - Phalanx. A formation of troops in battle used by the Greeks and Romans for level ground warfare. A close line of soldiers with their shields making an impenetrable wall. The long spears protruded at many angles. Echelon. Arrangement of troops in a line Military Specialties Specialty Description Cavalry Soldiers on horses Infantry (Hoplite) Foot soldiers Paratrooper Jumps from aeroplanes Logistics Support Food, laundry, supplies Navy Seal Amphibious specialist

United States Military Army Formations Total Soldiers Commander Region, theatre 2 army groups General, field marshall Army Group 2 armies Army 50,000-60,000 Corp 30,000 Lieutenant general Division 10,000-20,000 Major general Brigade 2,000-5,000 Brigadier general+ Regiment, group 2,000-3,000 Colonel Battalion 300 - 1000 Lieutenant colonel Company, squadron 60-250 Captain, major Platoon, troop 30-40 1st-2nd Lieutenant Section, patrol 8-12 Corporal, staff sergeant Squad, crew 7-14 Fire team 4-5 Lance corporal, sergeant Air Force Formations. Division, wing, air group, squadron, flight Navy Formations. Marine Corp, division, squadron, naval unit, flotilla, fleet Mercenary. A soldier for hire. Hoplite. A Greek infantry group Muhajadeen, Mujahideen. A struggler. Those who engage in Jihad (struggle, holy war).

Modern Military Forces
Division		Terrain	Transportation	Specialties
Army		Land	Tanks, vehicles, ski, chariot, horses, elephants	Infantry, cavalry
»	National Guard	Land	Vehicles, construction	National disasters
Airforce		Air	Airplanes, transport, fighter, bomber	Pilot, paratrooper
Navy		Water	Ship, submarine, aircraft carrier	Seal
»	Marine	Amphibious	Land, water and amphibious vehicles	-
Coast Guard		National Waters	Water vehicles	Divers

War: Weapons of War
A weapons system is constructed by using one or more projectiles that are delivered with enough force and accuracy to penetrate the target and cause damage. Weapons have certain components.

• Target. The asset that will be damaged. People, property, reputation, systems.
• Projectile. The object that causes damage. Usually by fire or penetrating a vulnerable target.
• Dispersion System. A method that spreads the deadly projectiles on impact but does not destroy them.
• Delivery System. The delivery system depends on the distance and location of the target.
• Force. The amount of force applied on impact. Objects cause greater damage with more force.
• Guidance System. Greater distance and specific targets requires more precision and accuracy.

Delivery	Projectile			Target
		Incendiary	Fire
		Explosive	Bomb
		Nuclear	Bomb
		Radiation	Dirty bomb
Air		Biohazard	Disease
		Chemical	Gas, liquid
		Armed Forces	War
		Personal arms	Blunt, sharp
		Psychological	Words, terror
		Spiritual	Error, lies
		Words	Truth, Peace

Weapons Production. A weapon is made by combining one or more deadly projectiles with a delivery system that will not destroy them. Then it delivers it to a distance and precision required across a specific environment that interacts with the target (land, sea, air, biological). The projectile must disrupt a human process that jeopardizes life. Breathing, intake and use of oxygen, blood chemistry, eating, reproduction, barrier penetration (skin, property), deadly disease, organ damage, food and property contamination or destruction. Even when a weapon is aimed at property, the reason is still to destroy something valuable to a human for the purpose of making them submit to your will.
Weapons of Mass Destruction. Any weapon that is attached to a delivery and dispersion system that can affect a large number of people in a short time. Nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
Missile. A weapon that is thrown either by hand or with the use of a launcher.
Rocket. A device that has the power to launch a weapon by applying thrust or explosive force.

Weapon	Description	Defense	Effect
Projectiles			System Damage
Small Objects	Stone, pellets, nails, bullets, boomerang, sling	Shield, vest	Concussion, smash, break
Blunt Object	Mace, battering ram, club, baton, night stick, catapult
Sharp Object	Arrows, dart, nails, bolts, broken glass. Blade (Cutting): knife, dagger, cutlass, axe Pole arms (Stabbing): javelin, pike, spear, falx, halberd, rhomphaia		Skin penetration
Fire	Alcohol, fuel, atoms, radioactivity, explosives	Retreat, fight	Organ damage
Chemicals	Deadly chemicals and gases. Nerve gas, sarin gas, cyanide, chlorine, mustard gas, binary bomb	Mask, shield, sensor	Breathing, burns, blood chemistry
Biological	Noise, anthrax, small pox, deadly virus and bacteria	Vaccine, bleach	Disease
Psychological	Words, leaflets, commercials, altered pictures, lies, fear, torture, terror	Knowledge, courage, faith	Mental
Delivery System and Force			Force Dispersion
Physical	Hand, humans, animals, post office, air, wind, water, food, dead bodies, children, wheel chair, strollers	Sensors, control	Near
Mechanical	Bow, slingshot, atlatl, rubber band, rockets	Deflection, interception	Short range
	Rockets, missiles, vehicles, aeroplane, train, boat, truck Car, bus, bicycle, motorcycles, train, jet ski		Long distance
Chemical	Explosives, corrosives, adhesives, aromatics, fog, gas	Fortification	Local
Biological	Humans, animals, fish, birds, infected carrier, food	Quarantine	Local - wide range
Environmental	Air, wind, water	Quarantine	Local - wide range
Nuclear	Atomic (fusion, fission). Radioactive material (dirty bomb)	Bunkers	Regional
Psychological	Radio, television, newspaper, advertising, sermons	Knowledge	Global
Guidance and Targeting System			Precision
Physical	Eye, hand, manual delivery, post office, bus schedules	Diversion, camouflage and blinding tactics	Bad
Electronic	Using computers to calculate location and direction		Good
Targeting	Locating a moving target. GPS, RADAR, heat seeking, homing device		Better
Peace	Talking and negotiating an agreement		Best
Weapons Miles Km Hezbollah Rocket Katyusha 15.5 25 Fajr 46.6 75 Zelzal 124.28 200 Iranian Missile Shihab 3 800 1287 Shahab 4 1800 2896 Shahab 5 3,500-4,300 km Pakistan Shaheen II 1250 2000 North Korean Missile No-Dong-1 620 1000 No-Dong 1,350-1,500 km Taepo-Dong-1 1240 2000 Taepo-Dong-2 3720 6000 Israel Jericho I 310 500 Jericho II 930 1500 Jericho III 2982 4800 Several direct and indirect means can be used to increase the range and accuracy of a weapon. Normally rockets are attached to a weapon. Guided rockets will increase accuracy. Unguided rockets are sufficient for a large target area. But if time is not a factor, there are several unconventional methods. • Post Office and Package Delivery: Distance and accuracy is increased by the address. Slow delivery. Accurate targeting. • Public Transportation: Increases distance. • Nature: Wind and water and seasonal opportunities. • Humans and Animals: Someone willing to be a suicide delivery system or an unsuspecting carrier. • Trojan Horse Invitation: Let the victims come to the site of their destruction. • Trojan Horse Gift: Let the victims willingly take the object of their destruction. • Electronic Viruses and Attacks: Use the internet to sabotage critical systems anywhere by targeting IP addresses.

Weapons Construction (Deadly Agents)
Projectile	Physical	Mechanical	Chemical	Nuclear
Small, Hard Objects	Stone, stick, club, baton, mace, ball bearings, bludgeon, pellets, BB, bullet. Electronic. Taser, stun gun, stun baton	Gun, cannon, battering ram, catapult, trebuchet, perrier, mangon, mangonel	CS gas, pepper spray	Dirty bombs
	Spiritual. Hail
Sharp Objects	Flail, arrow, dagger, spear, pilum, pike, javelin, broken glass, cutlass, knife, war hammer, axe, tomahawk	Bow, mine, blow gun, harpoon, ballista, hedgehog	Rocket, grenade, rocket propelled grenade (RPG)	Dirty needles
	Spiritual. Bees, thorns, teeth (wild animals)
Chemical: (Fire, incendiary)	Molotov cocktail, alcohol soaked rags, gasoline, kerosene, oil, fire brands, matches. Diesel fuel and fertilizer	Flame thrower, flaming arrow Explosive. Mine, bomb, cluster bomb, grenade, torpedo, rocket, missile, mortar, howitzer, rocket propelled grenade (rpg)	C2, napalm, Greek fire, thermite, white phosphorous, nitroglycerine, binary bomb, ammonium nitrate, pitch, sulfur, dynamite, fire bomb	War heads
	Spiritual. Fireball, brimstone, heat, fog, darkness
Chemical: (Poisons)	Mace, poison dart, suicide bomb	Suicide vehicles	Poison dart
	Pulmonary Choking Agents: chloropicrin, chlorine, phosgene, diphosgene gas, ammonia. Blood Agents: hydrogen cyanide or cyanogen gas. They block cells from using oxygen. Blister Agents: mustard gas, sulfur gas and Lewisite. They burn and blister the skin. Nerve Agents: Zyklon-B, Tabun, Sarin, Soman, cyclosarin. VE, VG,VM, VX. They block the transmission of nerve impulses to the muscles, heart, and diaphragm. Hallucinogens: LSD Herbicides: Agent orange
Biological	Poison dart, arrow, suicide carrier	Blow dart, suicide bomb	Poison dart	-
	Bacteria: anthrax, plague, gas gangrene, brucellosis, and typhus Virus: equine encephalitis, small pox Fungus: rice blast, cereal rust, wheat smut, and potato blight Toxin: poison oak, botulism, ricin, SEB, saxitoxin, and other mycotoxins Ancient Methods: Rotting or diseased corpses, infect animals and people. Infected food, clothes, blankets. Venomous snakes, poisoned wells Spiritual. Disease, famine, drought
Radioactive	"dirty bombs", food, aerosol	"dirty bombs"	"dirty bombs"	Atomic, Hydrogen
	Radiological Agent: Ce137, Co60, Am241, Es252, Ir192, U238 (Plutonium), Sr90, Ra226 Fission Bomb: Atomic bomb, boosted fission weapon, neutron bomb, salted bomb Fusion Bomb: Hydrogen bomb, thermonuclear bomb, H-Bomb
Physical Defense	Plate armor, chain mail, bunkers, shield, night vision, gas mask, camouflage, bullet-proof vest Fortification. City wall	Tanks, towers	Fog, smoke screen, antiboitics, vaccine, bleach, hand washing	Dusk mask, bunkers
	Spiritual. Armor of God (shield), knowledge of God (fortification), accepting a culture (camouflage)
Strategic Defense	Psychological operations (PSYOPS), propaganda, phalanx, terror, torture	Siege, ambush, guerilla war	-	Star Wars
	Spiritual. Fear, confusion, darkness (PSYOPS), astronomical signs. Miracles, unity of the church (white propaganda), kindness
Unusual Weapons. • Greek Fire: Composition is unknown but it may have consisted of sulfur, naphtha, and quicklime. • Napalm: An incendiary sticky, gelly mixture of polystyrene, benzene, and gasoline that sticks. • Hedgehog: A wagon full of crossbows which are hooked on the same trigger. • Ballista: A big cross bow made like a box frame with two arms on the side that throws siege bolts. • Trebuchet (Perrier): A vertical arm that throws rocks using a counterweight of (rocks or people (Perrier)). • Catapult: A vertical arm that throws rocks using torsion for power. • Molotov Cocktail: A bottle filled with fuel, gas or alcohol, with a rag as a wick. • White Phosphorous (WP): A chemical, incendiary weapon. It is used as a smoke screen and anti-personnel weapon that causes serious burns down to the bone. • Binary Bomb: A bomb assembled by combining two or more inert products.

United States Military Ranks
Rank	Grade	Army	Air Force	Marine	Navy	Coast Guard
Commissioned Officers
General, Air, or Flag Officer	Special Grade	General of the Armies ("Six Star")	-	-	Admiral of the Navy ("Six Star")	-
	O-11 Wartime	General of the Army ("Five Star")	General of the Air Force ("Five Star")	-	Fleet Admiral ("Five Star")	-
	O-10	General ("Four Star")			Admiral ("Four Star")
	O-9	Lieutenant General ("Three Star")			Vice Admiral ("Three Star")
	O-8	Major General ("Two Star")			Rear Admiral ("Two Star")
	O-7	Brigadier General ("One Star")			Rear Admiral (Lower half). Commodore
Field or Senior Officer	O-6	Colonel			Captain
	O-5	Lieutenant Colonel			Commander
	O-4	Major			Lieutenant Commander
Company grade or Junior Officer	O-3	Captain			Lieutenant
	O-2	1st Lieutenant			Lieutenant (Junior Grade)
	O-1	2nd Lieutenant			Ensign
	Student	Cadet	Cadet	Midshipman (officer candidate)		Cadet
Non-commissioned Officers (NCO)
NCO	WO	Warrant Officer	-	"Gunner"	Warrant Officer
	NCO	Sergeant			Chief Petty Officer
	NCO	Corporal			Petty Officer
Enlisted	E-9	Sergeant Major 2	Chief Master Sergeant	Sergeant Major 2	Master Chief Petty Officer
	E-8	Master Sergeant	Senior Master Sergeant	1st Sergeant	Senior Chief Petty Officer
	E-7	Sergeant 1st class	Master Sergeant	Gunnery Sergeant	Chief Petty Officer
	E-6	Staff Sergeant	Technical Sergeant	Staff Sergeant	Petty Officer 1st Class
	E-5	Sergeant	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	Petty Officer 2nd Class
	E-4	Corporal	Senior Airman	Corporal	Petty Officer 3rd Class
	E-3	Private 1st Class	Airman 1st Class	Lance Corporal	Seaman
	E-2	Private	Airman	Private 1st Class	Seaman Apprentice
	E-1	Private	Airman Basic	Private	Seaman Recruit

War: Spiritual

Parts of an Armor			Armor of God		Rank
Helmet		Head protection		Helmet of Salvation	1	Christ
Chain mail		Body protection		-	2	Those who Love
Pauldron		Shoulder protection		-	3	Apostle
Cuirass and Tassets		Breastplate, backplate, thigh plate		Breastplate of righteousness		Prophet
»	Belt	Groin protection		Belt of truth		Teacher
»	Shield	Mobile body protection		Shield of faith		Miracles
Gauntlet		Metal gloves		-		Healing
»	Sword	Offensive weapon		Word of God (Sword of the Spirit)		Helps
Rerebrace, Vambrace, Couter		Arm protection		-		Administration
»	Shoes	Foot protection	Ephesians 6	Gospel of peace		Tongues

... And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; Nation will not lift up sword against nation, and never again will they learn war. (Isaiah 2: 4)
... put your sword back. For he who lives by the sword will die by the sword. (Matthew 26: 52)
Rank. Christ is the head and we are the body. Rank is assigned through the gifts and those who love have the greatest gift. However, the chief among us must be the servant of the others.

The Spiritual Battle. Conventional human warfare is opposed by God. None of these methods will be learned or used or praised in heaven. It is a place of farmers and florists, not warriors.
But during our times when there is a mixture of righteous and unrighteous people and methods God uses several methods in war. These were by natural forces and psychological warfare or the physical and spiritual. He avoided any man made systems (mechanical and chemical) because they are corrupt and do not achieve the righteousness of God. God tricked the enemy into killing each other in the cover of night and He used fear to drive them to disaster. But God never used torture or cruelty.

Weapons of Spiritual Warfare
Method	Nature	Land	Water	Air
Physical	Wild animals, locusts, hornets, bees, thorns	Earthquake, war	Floods	Fire, hail, rain, sun
Covenant	Famine, crop failure	Exile, darkness	Drought	Fear
Spiritual	Laws, kindness, goodness, truth, reconciliation	Peace	Holy Spirit	Prayer, faith

The only offensive weapon we have is the "Sword of the Spirit" which is the "Word of God". It is an offensive weapon because it will be used as a witness against them in the judgment.

The following are legislations that I believe are significant laws that will affect end time activities. You might find laws buried into other laws which are totally unrelated. This is not a mistake. One wonders why law makers have to go to such subterfuge to hide these laws. Here is a list of United States laws (enacted before September 11, 2001) that can enable persecution.

Laws before September 11, 2001

• National Database. The Welfare Reform Bill, HR 3734 which became public law 104-193 on August 22,1996 contains provision for a national employee database.
• Terrorist Labeling. A law enabling the executive branch to declare various groups "Terrorists" - without stating any reason and without the possibility of appeal. Once a group has been so declared, its mailing and membership lists must be turned over to the government.
• Secret Trials. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996; S 735; became public law 104-132 on April 24, 1996 authorizes secret trials with secret evidence for certain classes of people to combat terrorism.
• National Identification. Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996, HR 2202 included a law requiring that all states begin issuing drivers licenses carrying Social Security numbers and "security features" (such as magnetically coded fingerprints and personal records) by October 1, 2000.

  By October 1, 2006, neither the Social Security Administration nor the Passport Office nor any other Federal agency nor any State or local government agency may accept for any evidentiary purpose a State driver's license or identification document in a form other than one issued with a verified Social Security number and 'security features'.

  Real-ID. It is now 2005, four years after I wrote this article, and almost one year before the states must be compliant with the 2000 law.. At this moment, the Real-ID driver's license was slipped into a bill to appropriate money for Iraq. Again, hiding laws in emergency bills, without debate or notification. This law actually takes advantage of the 2000 law. But it ensures that states can communicate with each other and the Federal government. I have no doubt that the information will be placed in the TIA database and will be used to verify TIA information. Real-ID will probably use RFID and microchip technology which matured during the last five years.
• Confiscation of Property. A health care crimes law named Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, HR 3103 which became public law 104-191 on August 21, 1996 contains a provision for the confiscation of assets from any American who establishes foreign citizenship in sections 511-513.
  
  Could there come a time, when you will be forced to declare allegiance to Heaven (another country) and so have your property confiscated?
  
  Why does the government want to confiscate your assets if you move to another country? Unless you owe money this does not make sense.
  If we pledge allegiance to God only, as citizens of the heavenly country can we expect this law to be put into effect to confiscate our assets? Can we be declared 'persona non grata' then stripped of our citizenship and then our property under this law? The law makes no sense unless you believe that the vast majority of citizenship changes are done by terrorists and anarchists. It is also in direct violation of Amendment V of the Constitution.
• National Identification - Security Features . A national ID card started with the Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996, sections III, II 8, 119, 127 and 133. It later became part of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, HR 3610 and became public law 104-208 on September 30, 1996. See sections 656 and 657
• Eavesdropping. Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999, the Enhanced 911 Act was enacted on October 26, 1999. It is a good law that aims to assist emergency services personnel locate victims who are using mobile phones. The law requires telephone companies to have the ability to locate subscribers within 100 meters of their actual location. This automated location identifier went into effect October 1, 2001 with 95% penetration by December 2005.
  The significance of this law to the end time prophecies is that, the system will be able to accurately pinpoint your location through any type of mobile phones even when the phone is turned off or not being used.
• Financial Surveillance. The proposed 'know your customer Law' designed to enhance the powers of the Bank Secrecy Act.

Indefinite Detention. As of September 11, 2001 we have learned that people can be held indefinitely as 'material witnesses' without a charge and a trial. So much for your right to a speedy trial guaranteed by Amendment VI of the constitution, even Amendment V says you cannot be forced to testify against yourself. Indefinite detention seems to be designed to force people to 'talk'. It also assumes that they know something to 'talk' about. So much for the presumption of innocence.

U.S.A. Patriot Freedom Act
The government is now pretending to enact these kinds of laws for the first time, because it has overwhelming public support to do so. The fact that these provisions were made law without your knowledge during the last 6 years demonstrates that you cannot wait for official knowledge of these events before you realize that prophecy is being fulfilled. In every historical case that I have seen - such legal trappings were done in secret and it was too late by the time the victims realized it.

Persecution
Let us take a look at past persecutions. You can see several military strategies at work. It is important to know that long before such a strategy comes out in the open, several defenses are being covertly deployed. Legal problems, and media saturation and finally surveillance of the victim.

People will be eternally grateful to National Socialism, that I exterminated the Jews of Germany and Central Europe.
Adolph Hitler

Many tactics were used in the Nazi policy to destroy the Jews. The people claim that they did not know, but in public speeches, in marches, in their willingness to close their eyes and ears to the public harassment of the Jews, burn businesses, ban them from schools, allow the ghettos, harbor prejudice - they are without excuse.

• Law
  Over 400 laws against the Jews were passed
  1. Loss of Citizenship - The Nuremberg Laws (September 1935)
  2. Loss of property
  3. Loss of Work and education
  4. Stupid laws for everything, that would counteract the victim's attempts to survive
     1. Death - if found outside the Ghetto fences
     2. Death - for killing an animal for food
     3. Death for owning jewelry and furs
     4. Death for not wearing the armband
     5. Death because you exist
     6. Death, death, death
• Prejudice
  1. Anti-Semitism
  2. Isolation and ridicule
  3. Lawlessness: Encouraged citizens and law-enforcement authorities to act lawlessly against the Jews
     Kristallnacht - The "night of broken glass" - November 9, 1938
         1000 synagogues were burned (76 destroyed). 7000 Jewish homes and businesses looted and 30,000 sent to concentration camps,
• Psychology
• Media - Suppression of Truth and publishing of lies
  • Propaganda - Psychological warfare works both ways. To make those who should act comfortable with their decisions, to make the persecuted an object of derision and to make them feel alone, helpless and unworthy.
• Identification, Separation and Access
  1. Armbands
  2. Fenced Ghettos - Jews forced to live in one place
  3. Loss of mobility
  4. Concentration camps
• Economics
  1. Boycotting Jewish businesses
  2. Starvation
  3. Loss of public services
  4. Price gouging
  5. Theft
  6. Death for owning property
• Nazi Sympathizers and Spies
• Collection of data long before any actions were taken
• Neighbors turning against neighbors - We saw a lot of this in the war in Kosovo.
  1. For reward
  2. For ideology (religious or nationalistic)
  3. For fear
• False Promises
  People were lured into gas chambers with the false promise of honest work at another location.
• Death - State sponsored. When deportation, starvation and all other measures did not kill them all fast enough
  • Killing squads (Einsatzgruppen) in 1941 - Squads of 500 - 900 men shot people (men, women and children). They were responsible for the murder of 1,500,000 Jews by 1942.
  • Death (Extermination) Camps - These were less personal than the Einsatzgruppen. Members of the squad were beginning to suffer emotional problems from the direct killing of children. So they invented gas chambers and crematoriums for the mass extinction of the people.

The Cherokee Nation and the Trail where they cried
This is a lesson which shows that despite existing laws, if the citizens, courts and government do not intend to publicly support the law then a group that is being persecuted essentially has no legal rights.

I put this example in because sometimes people believe that this or that law must be changed in order for a particular prophecy to be fulfilled. I say that is not necessarily the case.
In times of great emotional and highly prejudicial situations, if the government and legislatures will not enforce the laws because of popular opinions and wishes, then you essentially have no rights, the law in effect has instantly been nullified without going through the proper legal process.

Before the tragedy of the Cherokee Trail of Tears, the Cherokee Nation living in the region of Georgia had assimilated many European-style customs and had beautiful plantation style homes. They lived on rich farmland, their children were educated, they even owned slaves and they had adopted the Christian religion. All this was of no value when the surrounding settlers desired their land. There were those in the legislature that did not believe they were equal citizens or that they deserved the land of their forefathers.

• Oppressive Laws. Eventually laws were passed to dispossess the people of their land. In 1830 the Congress of the United States passed the "Indian Removal Act." President Jackson quickly signed the bill into law.
• Failure of the Legal System. The Cherokees attempted to fight removal legally by working with the system and challenging the removal laws in the Supreme Court and by establishing an independent Cherokee Nation. In 1832, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee, Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that the Cherokee Nation was sovereign, making the removal laws invalid. The Cherokee would have to agree to removal in a treaty. The treaty then would have to be ratified by the Senate.
• Confiscation of Property. But the President, the state of Georgia and other elected officials refused to honor the law, and with the full blessings of the citizens started a land lottery. Most of the Cherokee fought this invasion, but a minority (less than 500 out of 17,000 Cherokee in North Georgia) followed Major Ridge, his son John, and Elias Boudinot, who advocated removal and signed the Treaty of New Echota in 1835. This gave Jackson the legal document he needed to remove the First Americans. Ratification of the treaty by the United States Senate sealed the fate of the Cherokee.
• Forced Eviction and Death. The government proceeded to evict the people from their land. People had less than a day to flee with all that they could. In the subsequent 1000 mile walk to Oklahoma about 4000 perished.

Case Studies: Use of Technology for Persecution

Traffic Control Signals
One country which was not known to be technologically advanced, was able to conduct an effective witch hunt with the minimum of technology. In a country with hundreds of millions of people with just simple means and the cooperation of citizens who by greed or ideology or by fear can become important pieces that are crucial to any persecuting system.

The cameras were sold as advanced traffic control systems by Siemens Plessey. After a public demonstration and a massacre of students, there followed a witch hunt when the authorities tortured and interrogated thousands in an effort to ferret out the subversives. The Scoot surveillance system with USA made Pelco camera was used to faithfully record the protests. The images were repeatedly broadcast over the television offering a reward for information, with the result that nearly all the protestors were identified.

The Mark of the Beast - My Analysis
Although certain religious groups see chip implants as the fulfillment of administering the mark of the beast, this cannot be a sinful system unless by its acceptance it is connected to an act of disobedience or treason against God. Therefore, it is simply a more sophisticated identification method that will be more efficient in the tracking and identification of people.

In waiting for the development and deployment of these systems, people fail to realize that right now (year 2001) and even as far back as the late 1980's to early 1990's we already had the systems and information networks in place to conduct the witch hunt envisioned in Revelation. It merely took the 1990s to have all these systems deployed to all merchants and point of sale terminals. It merely took the events of September 11, 2001 to openly put the legal system in place.

Even without the sophisticated laws and technology, other methods such as friends, associates, neighbors and a good monetary reward have been the best effective low technology method of identifying and capturing a person or group. And this requires no technology. The crusades and Inquisition have often used confiscated property as a reward for others to fight against the persecuted. Who among your friends and relatives and neighbors would be willing to own your home for just one phone call to the government? Many would. Some will rationalize that if they do not do it, strangers will get it and after all they will just 'hold' the property for you until you get rid of your strange beliefs.

Once identified, the financial network can be put in place to deny service until you surrender to whatever ungodly demands are required.

Threatening Signs
So instead of chip implants, I see the following trends as more critical and ominous:

• Social security numbers at birth
• Fingerprint and other biometric databases
• The collection and storage of social security numbers and fingerprints by the government and private organizations (especially banking).
• The collection of this information from children. I once read a newspaper article in the late 1980's or early 1990's about a promotion at a fast food restaurant. Children were asked to place a fingerprint on an application form and mail it in for a toy. The promotion was abandoned when it was discovered that a government agency was behind this - collecting the fingerprint of children! If they were at this task 10 years ago, they might be collecting prints from birth, or through school records. They now collect fingerprints on the job, what other institutions are feeding these databases? And why children?
• If hard cash is outlawed or discouraged then this closes the net, whether or not we have systems such as Digital Angel™.
• We have always had the capability to identify sellers through our businesses licensing laws, charity registration and other tax laws. Now we have the ability to completely identify buyers on an individual basis.
• The use of identification connected to a database about your history at supermarkets is most troubling. This could become a central point or system of managing an economic persecution. I have lived in the woods for 6 months. In the woodlands of the eastern United States there is no food to sustain a population of any size. We need supermarkets and grocery stores.
  I have added the following information as an update. These store cards have now expanded to pharmacies and other locations that supply food. Right now they are being used just to give discounts. It is possible that they could switch to making them a requirement for any purchases in one day. This closes the cash loophole. Anyone can be tracked with electronic cards, but only cash purchases can be tracked with these store cards.
  The government is now using this capability for home land security. Although one company had promised that the personal information collected would remain confidential, the company immediately turned over their information just it case it can help.
  I mention this not because I think the store was wrong, but to demonstrate that the information exists and the government has the capability to immediately analyze it and businesses and government are working out the technical and administrative problems of reporting.
  
  So the problems of tracking purchases and instant identification of buyers are solved.
  1. Credit and Debit Card denial has always been possible.
  2. Cash purchases can be denied.
  3. Government can analyze where and when you have made purchases. Now they can identify what you have purchased down to an item as simple as candy.
     
     They have surpassed the capability they need to fulfill prophecy. All they needed to do was to be able to identify the purchaser and stop buying and selling. But using neural network technology, they can identify the type of purchaser by looking for certain patterns in their purchases, so that if you are not on a list of people who are denied services, you can be treated as a suspect because of your habits.
     How does this work? By analyzing what you purchase, the amount and what you do not purchase.
     • Drug dealers can be recognized by the large purchases of snack size plastic bags.
     • Vegetarians can be identified by what they do not purchase and the purchase of soy protein.
     • Adventists can be recognized by vegetarian purchases and items they do not purchase (cigarettes, beer and alcohol)
     • Campers can be recognized by the type of food they purchase (raisins, nuts, ziploc bags and toilet paper)
• Citizen Corp. As of August 2002, the government has started using a network of citizen spies. They have the infrastructure and hot lines in place and they have formally recruited certain professions that regularly service our homes.
  Ordinary citizens are free to report any activities they see, but certain types of workers (mail men, meter readers, service men, and appliance repair men) are being trained to look for certain things.
  
  This sets up the mentality and network for individuals to start watching and reporting on each other. Now they are looking for terrorists. In the future they will be looking for signs of illegal and required religious activity.
  You should not be skeptical. This was done in the Spanish inquisition to identify Jews who were hiding. So, even if you are disguising your activity be careful of that pork dish and the beer that your neighbor is offering - just to see if you will eat it. Beware of the Trojan Horse.

A Loyalty Test
We have already arrived at the point in time where the forces of evil are able to effectively cause a boycott and identify people for persecution. This group will be easy to identify, because like Daniel, they must obey God. Therefore, to capture the group a test must be given that assures that they will fail. In addition, that test must be given in a place where they must eventually go, whether they are hiding or not. In this society we must buy to survive, at some point we must visit a supermarket or do transaction with a bank. To test allegiance to the beast, one can simply require citizens to do something that was similar to Daniel's test - bow to the statue.

This scenario could happen again. Under a time of religious fear, a modern version of this could be:

• Statue of the Virgin. A very direct method would be paying some type of homage to a plastic statue of the virgin Mary set up at every check out counter. It is easy to institute and only takes training as to what to do with offenders. Most places of business already have security guards, let us put them to use. Failure to perform the acts could lead to arrest or cancellation of the purchase. Either sanction would be a fulfillment of the prophecy.
• Declaration of allegiance. Another direct method would be to conduct a census that requires everyone to declare under oath some statement of allegiance that cannot be obeyed by the people of God. Tied to this action would be the activation of the National ID Card which authorizes one to use goods and services. A mandatory response may be required.
• Wearing a badge of allegiance. Require everyone to wear a visible card or sign or bumper sticker to show their allegiance to the state religion.
• Wearing a badge of shame. Require those who do not support the state religion to wear a sign. If the understanding is that by not wearing this outward sign that you whole-heartedly support the state religion, then people of faith must wear the sign or it will be idolatry.

I have just described a method by which the economic boycott can be enforced. As soon as people run out of food they will be forced to come out of hiding to try to access what they need. As with the persecution of the Jews in Germany, there may be enough of an underground market to satisfy your needs - at the price of everything you have. One loaf of bread could be the price of a television set or a car. Very soon you will run of of time and options.

Resisting the Evil
God has given us a model for confronting evil and instructions for approaching the authorities in the last days. I confess that the instructions seem to leave us open to slaughter - unless you believe that God will eventually come charging on a white horse to our rescue.

Our Model - Jesus Christ

• Nonviolent. At His arrest when Peter cut off the ear of one of the men, Jesus healed the man's ear and told Peter that 'He who lives by the sword dies by the sword'.
• He was obedient to the will of God. In the Garden He prayed that this would not happen. He was so full of pain and anguish that He perspired drops of blood instead of water. But in the end He said 'not my will, but your will be done'.
• He was silent. At His trial He was silent, He did not respond to the taunting and accusations in defense of Himself.
• He was willing to die for His enemies. On the cross He said 'Father forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing'.
• He had to trust God. Despite all the evidence. Near the end, He cried 'Father, why have you forsaken me?'. But He remained obedient to the death of the cross, even when He had no answers. Sometimes, you too will have no answers.

God's Strategies - Our Secret Weapons
God's instructions are simple. Do not worry about food, clothes or about words to defend yourself. At first it may seem that we are sheep being led to the slaughter. But remember, this is not a battle for our individual survival. It is a battle for the soul. For the very ones who are persecuting and torturing you. Therefore, at all times we must never think that it is too late. We must always give encouragement and extend forgiveness in hopes that the people we come in contact with will turn to God.

Remember that these are not sterile lists of techniques that you must use to survive. These must define who you are so that they are a natural part of your behavior. So, if you think that these are weak or nice things to do in harmless situations - reexamine your beliefs.

1. Trust God. They cannot capture our leader. We have already won.
2. Bible Study. This is the only tangible preparation that you can make. Your faith will be ridiculed. You will be called to minister to someone. You must be prepared.
3. Christ is our righteousness. Our sins do not define us. Our past cannot condemn us.
4. Love. Love your enemies, do good to those who persecute you.
5. Joy. Let the joy of the Lord remain in your hearts.
6. Peace. He will keep you in perfect peace if you focus on him.
7. Patience. In the end God proudly proclaims 'here are the patient saints'.
8. Goodness. Show random acts of kindness to your persecutor.
9. Faith. Always believe that God will keep you.
10. Forgiveness. Truly forgive your enemy. He may respond to God because of your love.
11. Prayer. Develop this daily communication with God now. Pray for yourselves and for your enemies. They have been deceived.
12. Turning the other cheek. Do not fight back.
13. Surrender to God. He will never lose what you have surrendered to him.
14. No preparation. God will give you your words, food and shelter.
15. Keep your eyes focused on the prize. Forget your circumstances, it is only for a moment. You will be alive for trillions and trillions of years. Forever. So what is one hour, one day, one year or 30 years in the whole scheme of things.
    It is nothing!
16. God has His plans. In all this evil activity God has His own plans to light the world with His Truth and His Glory. Pray that you can become a part of it.

Of course it would help if you prepared for the battle before with diligent Bible Study so that you will be assured of the truth when Satan attacks. But if you have not, do not focus on yourself and how bad you think you are. Focus on how magnificent God is. How gracious and forgiving. Never give up on God.

Forbidden Activities

1. Use of Guns and Weapons. No one can convince me that in the fight to show the love of God to the world, to resist the devil and to triumph over the mark of the beast - that we will be found shooting our enemies for self defense. This is a spiritual war. Battling on human and physical terms is denying the power and ability of God to solve His problems His way. Do you think that if God says, do not even rehearse what you will say in self-defense in court, that He would resort to this type of violence? Think about it. If reviewing what you know and how you would counteract a particular argument seems to be reasonable and logical preparation on the face of it. What could be wrong about this? But by telling you not do it, God is saying that every part of the battle - even the words you speak - is His to Win, because you cannot win it by your own power or intellect.
2. Violent Demonstrations. We should never participate in, nor support demonstrations in which any participant supports any method that causes our opponent to be forced into any action. So even some forms of civil disobedience are wrong. Civil disobedience is based on the premise that people must suffer some inconvenience (not death or injury) so that they will take our arguments seriously. It also creates some controversy for the media so that the cause can get coverage.
   They are correct in that the news media feeds on controversy and that the message will not be heard if it is not broadcast. But it is still wrong to force others. We must trust that the goodness of our cause will eventually reach its audience no matter how long it takes. That God Himself is the one who will market our messages. No matter how long it takes or ineffectual we seem, always do the perfect thing in an imperfect society.
   
   I am also willing to say that even peaceful demonstrations may be wrong if it is an attempt to force or inconvenience others just to get publicity. What is right, however, is doing the right thing no matter what it costs you personally, or how ineffective it seems.
3. Sabotage. Under the new law such crimes could be classified as terrorist activity. and could be used as an excuse for you or your group to be detained. The Germans used the activities of one frustrated Jewish teenager to justify Kristallnacht.
   While I honestly believe that we are under no moral obligation to obey any unjust law or laws that disobey God's wishes and I believe non-violent retaliation is permissible yet you must think about the implications of your actions. Can you involve a whole group of people in your possible punishment without their consent?

1. Develop a trusting relationship with God and a daily devotional life.
2. Memorize Bible verses about God's protection and love.
3. Use all legal means now to defend our civil and religious liberties and those of others.
4. Fight for the separation of church and state. We know it will eventually be undermined but fight for it anyway.
5. Teach your children at home to love and respect God and each other. Having been a Sabbath School teacher for many years, it became absolutely clear to me that if God was not a meaningful part of the home, then education in a Christian school and one hour of Sabbath school per week gives exposure but does not instill the correct values in the child. They see your attitude as hypocritical and this Christian exposure is tolerated only until they are old enough to make their own decisions. What usually keeps them in church as teenagers is just the desire to be with their friends not a love of God.
6. Become debt free. This might give you more time and options and the ability to help others. Teach your children self control so that they will want what is good and necessary, not to have what everyone else has. Everything that is not necessary for life and love should be regarded as a privilege not a right. If you read the fine print on many loans, they state that the bank reserves the right to recall the debt at any time. This could be used to put financial pressure on you if you are a target.
7. If you are actually on the run, discontinue use of all wireless devices and services. Even if service is discontinued, do not carry the devices, they still have a transceiver that uniquely identifies you. Do not use any electronic cards or bank accounts. And if your precious Fido has an implanted chip, send the dog to the pound.
8. Prepare for the day when you have to live without electronic financial cards. It might give you a week of options, but you eventually have to go completely to God to supply all your needs. With proposed virtual cash where the card is refillable, businesses may not even use cash anymore.
9. Equipment. Buy some sensible hiking boots and break them in. Invest in thin lightweight sleeping bags that are rated for low temperatures.
10. Go camping in the rain. You might choose arrest and imprisonment over flight. If you have never spent a week in the woods under the best of conditions, life will be much worse during a period of crisis.

A Cosmic War Is fast approaching

Make no mistake about it. September 11 was not just about terrorists. We are in the grip of a cosmic war that is about to escalate to a new level in our world. This whole exercise is meant to rapidly deploy certain systems and laws - with your desperate approval. On the cosmic level the installation of these systems is critical. For another terror awaits - one which we will try to fight with prayer and sacrifice and charms and magic - then with bullets.

The Love of God for His Enemies
We can only survive and plant the seed of survival in others if we use God's most powerful weapon - love. Christ tells us to 'love others, do good for those who despise you, use you and persecute you'. He also asks how much better are you if you only love your family and friends, even the ungodly do that. But a child of God loves his enemy.

And in loving, what does this love do? According to I Corinthians 13, Love is patient and kind, is not arrogant, seeks the good of others. It does not remember a wrong suffered but forgives easily. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things and endures all things. Love never fails.

So yes, I am telling you that if your persecutor tells you a suspicious story, believe it for his sake and be willing to endure the consequences of being tricked. If someone asks for Bible study, you cannot afford to consider if this is a trick. Go. Tell the words of life. The mission is not to survive at all costs. Christ won the victory over death. The threat of death means nothing to us. The opportunity to tell about the love of God means more. The mission is to provide a light to a dying world. To demonstrate the love of God in our care and compassion and, yes, our naiveté.