China and its Social Credit Score Requirement

The Blessed Hope of Christians is steadily approaching (Titus 2:13), and could be much closer than many people think.

Below are three major reasons why this might be true.

First, on Mar. 6, 2018, it was reported that China is testing a program that requires every citizen to have a National ID number and a Social Credit Score.

Every citizen will be tracked, and their Social Credit Score will go up or down based on what groups they belong to, what they buy, what they read, the websites they browse, what others say about them, etc.

A high Social Credit Score means a person is a good citizen.

A low Social Credit Score means the person is not a good citizen.

People with high Social Credit Scores will be rewarded by letting them have better jobs, live in better houses, send their children to better schools, etc.

People with low Social Credit Scores will be given low-paying jobs, poorer housing, their children will be sent to poorer schools, etc.

How much a person earns, what they can buy and sell, etc., will be based on their loyalty to the government.

China implemented the Social Credit Score system, and millions of Chinese citizens have already been blacklisted from flying, riding trains, living in certain areas, etc.

On June 18, 2019, Facebook revealed its plans to implement a new cryptocurrency called the Libra in 2020 (Facebook originally planned to call it “Globalcoin”).

The Libra (Globalcoin or Facebook coin) appears to be a major step toward the creation of a one-world trackable economic system.

The Libra’s value will be attached to several major national currencies to try to keep it stable.

To give the Libra credibility and acceptance, Facebook has brought in 27 (and is seeking 100) investor partners that use the Internet such as Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, eBay, Bookings.com, stripe, etc., to back this venture.

Think about it: a global information system (the Internet), a global social-media system (Facebook), and global financial institutions (Visa, Mastercard, etc.) are being integrated into a one-world tracking system.

Almost everything that is known about a person (that person’s location, contacts, finances, buying and selling records, face scans, where all of the world’s wealth and goods are, all electronic communications records, texts, e-mails, etc.) will be in one database and available to one central authority.

Facebook can develop a Social Credit Score system like the one used in China.

As if this isn’t ominous enough, some experts are predicting that all jobs will be eliminated by robots in the future (but people will still need income).

At that point, people will be paid with a currency (such as Libra); the amount they receive can be increased or decreased based upon their Social Credit Score (such as a Facebook Social Credit Score); every transaction will be conducted electronically (so they can be tracked); and compliance with certain criteria will be put into law (such as the proposed Equality Act: accept LGBTQ, speak well of Islam, don’t mention or worship Jesus, etc., or you will be prosecuted for offending people).

It seems less than coincidental that this is happening when Israel is 71 years old and the UN wants a world government by 2030.

Second, in Feb. 2018 the Jewish Sanhedrin minted a coin (or medallion) to honor king Cyrus for his contribution to the building of the Second Temple and to honor Pres. Trump for recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Proceeds from the sale of the coin are used to train priests to serve at the Temple and, if needed, to help pay for the rebuilding of the next Temple.

On June 18, 2019, it was reported that the Jewish Sanhedrin has plans for minting another coin.

This coin is to honor King David in preparation for the coming Davidic Dynasty (remember that Jesus is a Descendant of King David, and He is coming back to establish an earthly kingdom).

It is also a reminder that, in addition to rebuilding the Temple, the Jews must re-establish the Davidic Dynasty.

The name of King David, a crown, and a verse of Scripture written in three languages (Hebrew, Arabic and English) are on the coin.

The verse reads, “So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekalim of silver” (II Sam. 24:24).

The three languages are a reminder to Jewish, Arabic and English-speaking people that the Bible says Israel bought the Temple Mount.

According to the Sanhedrin, there is a debate about whether the Temple will be rebuilt before the Messiah appears or when He appears.

But either way, the Sanhedrin believes that the Jews should start rebuilding the Temple as soon as possible.

Anyway, the Sanhedrin believes the Temple must be rebuilt and a descendent of King David must come to reign in Israel.

Third, this week, the U.S. came within a few minutes of an attack on Iran.

A U.S. attack on Iran could (I said could) have led to other wars such as an attack on Israel, the destruction of Damascus, the Battle of Gog and Magog, etc.

Some prophecy teachers believe these are Tribulation-Period events, but I believe they are pre-Trib events.

Thankfully, these things may have been delayed, but they haven’t been cancelled (God’s Word must be fulfilled, but that is only going to happen on His schedule).

Anyway, if an attack upon Iran had started these end-of-the-age events this week, they would have come upon the world like a snare.

Most people would have been caught eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, going about their daily business as if nothing very significant is going on, etc., in the Middle East.

For whatever it is worth, in late April 2019, Israel hand delivered information to Pres. Trump about Iranian plans to attack U.S. bases and ships in the Middle East.

U.S. Sec. of State Mike Pompeo warned Iran that the death of U.S. troops would be met with an attack on Iranian troops on Iranian soil.

When Iran shot down an unmanned drone, Pres. Trump asked the U.S. military to recommend a proportional response.

One military recommendation was to attack several sites in Iran.

After he approved the attack, Pres. Trump learned that approximately 150 Iranian troops might be killed.

He decided that killing 150 Iranian troops for destroying an unmanned drone was an excessive response, not a proportional response.

He was told that if he killed Iranian troops, Iran might use it as an excuse to kill U.S. troops, and that could start a war that would get a lot of people killed.

He called off the original attack, ordered severe sanctions on Iran’s leaders, and a virus attack on the computers at Iran’s command and control center for its rocket and missile systems (FYI: Iran said the virus attack didn’t work).

Put another way: Pres. Trump retaliated against Iran for shooting down the U.S. drone, but he selected a plan that will not kill Iranian troops because he didn’t want to give Iran an excuse to launch an attack that will kill U.S. troops.

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Daymond & Rachel Duck
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The Kingdom Will Be Restored to Israel

First, following the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, He appeared to His disciples several times over the next 50 days.

At His last appearance, just before He ascended into heaven, “they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth” (Acts 1:6-8).

Notice that Jesus didn’t say that the kingdom wouldn’t be restored to Israel.

Jesus said it wasn’t for His disciples to know the times or the seasons when the kingdom will be restored to Israel.

He added that the times and the seasons are the Father’s decision.

Then, He said the Holy Spirit would empower them and they would be witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and all of the earth.

Those four places recently caught my attention.

Israel was destroyed in 70 A.D., but Israel has come back into existence; Israel took control of all of Jerusalem in 1967; Pres. Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in 2018; Israeli Prime Min. Netanyahu recently said, if elected, he will annex some of the settlements in Judea and Samaria; the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, recently said Israel has a right to annex some of Judea and Samaria; and the Bible teaches that Holy-Spirit-empowered Jews (the 144,000 and Two Witnesses) and an angel will take the gospel to the uttermost part of the earth during the Tribulation Period.

Israel coming back into possession of Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and some Jews accepting Jesus as the Messiah looks like stage-setting or preparation for the restoration of the kingdom to Israel (during the Millennium).

Second, in early May, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, held up a Bible and said, “This is our deed to our land” (the Promised Land).

It occurred to me that God could be telling the UN leaders that it is the Bible (God Himself) that says the Promised Land belongs to Israel.

A video of that incident and Mr. Danon’s speech was posted on the Internet.

The video went viral and then it was translated into Spanish, Polish, French, Portuguese, Turkish and who knows what else.

I am now wondering if God has warned the whole world in several languages that He will have the final say on who will get the Promised Land.

Third, it has been almost three years since British citizens voted to leave the EU, and they are still not out.

Many British citizens are beginning to show great disdain for the EU.

This should be a warning to other nations that are thinking about surrendering their sovereignty to the UN: Do it and you won’t get your sovereignty back until Jesus returns.

Fourth, a bill called the “Equality Act” has passed in the U.S. House of Representatives that will criminalize the Christian faith and make all of the currently legal Christian defenses (freedom of religion, freedom of speech, just telling people what the Bible says, etc.) illegal.

The “Equality Act” defines those that oppose the LGBTQ agenda as hate mongers, and it empowers the government to prosecute them.

Christians that take a Biblical stance on the LGBTQ agenda will be guilty of a hate crime, and they will be exposed to lawsuits by so-called “offended people.”

The goal is to force Christians to say positive things about the LGBTQ agenda or be silent.

This bill will not become law unless it is passed by the Senate and signed by the president, and that is not likely to happen under the current president, but it could happen under a future president (and we could be one election away from that).

Much prayer and major opposition is needed.

Fifth, many believe the U.S. was founded on Judeo-Christian beliefs.

In 1620, the Pilgrims mentioned a nation under God in the Mayflower Compact.

In 1776, the U.S. Declaration of Independence said citizens have the unalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; rights come from God.

In 1863, in his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln said that God brought forth a new nation (the U.S.) under God.

Now, one of the two major political parties in the U.S. has decided to delete the phrase “so help me God” when witnesses are sworn in before Congress because these politicians don’t want to offend people by mentioning God.

If it is wrong to mention God in Congress, how long will it be before it is wrong to mention God anywhere?

Sixth, there has long been speculation about the existence of electromagnetic pulse weapons (EMP’s).

On May 17, 2019, it was reported that the U.S. Air Force had deployed 20 operational missiles to the Middle East that emit EMP’s that can render electronic equipment and military vehicles virtually useless.

So, we now know that EMP’s exist (and some of America’s enemies probably have similar weapons).

Seventh, many articles are being published about the impact of natural disasters on crop production in the U.S., the impact of swine flu in China and elsewhere, etc.

Some experts are predicting that the loss of millions of acres of crops, destruction of more than 200 million pigs, etc., will cause food prices to soar next year.

Money is now worthless and people are bartering for food in Venezuela, and the U.S. spent more than $3 trillion this fiscal year.

The Church needs to pray for revival because famine, hyper-inflation and a global economic collapse are Tribulation Period signs (Rev. 6:5-6).

Eighth, concerning Iran, it is important to remember that the hardliners that are in control of Iran want to trigger the Tribulation Period because they believe they can hasten the Mahdi’s return, win the Mother of All Battles (Battle of Armageddon), speed up an Islamic world government and Islamic world religion, etc.

Signing a nuclear agreement with Iran didn’t work; giving billions of dollars to Iran didn’t work; putting sanctions on Iran hasn’t worked; four ships were sabotaged off the coast of the UAE; Iranian-supported terrorists used drones to attack an oil pipeline, the Saudi airport, Mecca, etc.; two tankers have been attacked in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz; rockets have been fired at U.S. bases in Iraq; Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe tried to deliver a message from Pres. Trump to the Ayatollah Khamenei, and he flatly refused to accept the message, saying Pres. Trump is not worthy of a response, etc.

Of importance too is the fact that Israel, the U.S. and England have said that they will not let Iran get nuclear weapons, and a former high official in the IAEA recently said that Iran could be as close as six months away from acquiring them.

God is in control, and I don’t think Iran can trigger the Tribulation Period without His permission, but it doesn’t look good; and the Rapture is clearly a pre-Trib event.

The hour is late, and most of this article is bad news for unbelievers, but the blessed hope of believers is real and perhaps closer than many think.

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Daymond & Rachel Duck
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