Christian Economies / Sub-Economies (Chap 5)

One question that I do ask the Lord is, “How Lord, is the church to survive without trading when we shall be required to receive the ‘666’ mark of the Beast?” I am sincerely interested in the matter and intermittently in my twenty plus years of walk with the Lord I will ask the question again out of genuine interest and concern. There was usually no answer. But one day the answer did come, when I asked the Lord for a solution to the problem of not being able to trade as a result of the requirement to receive the ‘666’ mark of the Beast. The answer I believe I heard is none other surprisingly simple; “Connect Christian Businesses!” The rest of the other details presented hereafter are just built-ups on this simple idea of ‘Connecting Christian Businesses’.

Indeed, we have Christians in every walk of trade and every profession. And we are 2 billion out of 6 billion people in the world and we know that an end time harvest is yet to come in. Anyway, Christianity is one of the world’s major religions even if not it is not the biggest. And most of us are in the more developed countries. There is really no reason that we should suffer lack or deprivation of any kinds of goods and services, if we can organize ourselves to serve one another, at least within our communities and cities, if not across states, nations and continents.

Even though the Bible says in Rev 13:16-18, that everyone will be forced to receive the ‘666’ mark of the Beast, yet the Bible did not say that everyone should succumb. In fact, Rev 14:9-11 tells believers that we must not submit, we must not receive the Mark of the Beast! And since we are prepared to defy the enemy’s coercion, then why must we not TRADE? Why do we defy only half-the-way by not receiving the Mark but then we will also NOT Trade! And so the answer and the solution to not receiving the ‘666’ Mark of the Beast is really to TRADE! Organize ourselves and Trade and we will not receive the Mark. But, if we will not Trade then, some of us, especially the weaker ones may fall into the coercion and receive the ‘666’ Mark.

Christian communities in cities, states and nations must arise and form alternative Christian economies that will not receive this 666 Mark when eventually forced to do so but come out of the world economic and monetary system. And so Christian businessmen must either convert their suppliers, distributors and employees or engage and help other Christians to get into their various industries. The networking and connecting of Christian communities and Christian businesses with each other will cause the first wave of wealth generation or transfer, if you like.
Christian economies by localities (whether in terms of nations, states or cities) will at first be sub-economies within the world economic system. However, these have to be prepared to walk out of the world economic and monetary system when the time comes for them to do so. We will eventually have to come out of Babylon, when we are forced to be part of their banking system which will bear the ‘666’ prefix known as the ‘mark’ of the Beast.

And while we remain sub-economies straddling between both economies i.e. the world and Christian economic systems, the second wave of wealth generation or transfer will occur as Christian businesses prove themselves competitive through the favour and the wisdom of GOD against the falling and failing world economic system. In fact, Christian business communities must begin to come together to create our own banking systems. Christian economies must develop their own payment and banking systems within and between the Christian economies. And Christian payment / banking systems will help to link or connect other Christian businesses with each other.

The third wave of the end-time wealth transfer should happen by the time that the Christian businesses, must eventually come out of the world economic system. The process of coming out will literally pull out wealth from the secular economy to transfer them into Christian Economies. By which time, the Christian communities must have our own judiciary systems in their respective communities especially for commercial disputes.

When the Christian economies come out of the world system, the two economic systems of worship will be in direct competition with each other. Should the Christian economies and systems prove competitive superior, there should be a fourth wave of wealth transfer to GOD’s kingdom on earth.

There can be a massive transfer of wealth from the world economic system into the Christian economic systems, in the processes of 1) the creation of Christian sub-economies, 2) in the process in which we compete as sub-economies while under the world economic system, 3) in the process by which we come out of the world economic and banking system (when it becomes imperative to receive the ‘666’ mark of the Beast) and 4) while in direct competition as separate competing economic systems.

Begin To Buy From Christian Shops and Businesses. Eventually Christians will have to learn to buy only from Christian businesses because we will not be able to pay any other non-Christian shop owners or suppliers for goods or services because we are not part of the world’s banking and payment systems. It is good that we start identifying and be identified as Christian shops and businesses that will eventually not be part of the secular payment system. In the last days, GOD may call many Christians out of regular employment to start businesses. Disciple making can be carried out in the market place if you truly provide spiritual leadership to your staffs.

Christian businesses must also start employing Christian workers because you will eventually not be able to pay non-Christian employees unless they agree to be paid through the Christian payment system. So start recruiting and training believers. In the same way, Christian employees must seek to work for Christian companies and organizations because the non-Christian employers will eventually not be able to pay you when you refuse to receive the ‘666’ mark of the Beast. There will eventually be no viable employment for you in the secular world. Even if you had already been established in a large secular organization, it is time that you should start to think about making a move, so that you can begin to connect and establish yourself in a Christian organization earlier rather than later.