TABLE OF CONTENTS

End Time WEALTH TRANSFER (Message)
1. End Time CHRISTIAN ECONOMIES
2. How To Survive Without the Mark of the Beast
3. What Is This City Of BABYLON?
4. Coming Out of BABYLON and End Time WEALTH TRANSFER
5. Christian Economies / Sub-Economies
6. Plan & Execute The Exodus By Industries
7. Competitive Advantages of Christian Economies / Sub-Economies
8. God's Wisdom In Social Softwares & 11th-Hour Workers
9. Christian Payment Systems
10. Ownership & Creation Of Christian Payment & Banking Systems
11. Transfer Of Wealth From Hostile Secular Nations
To Christian Nations
12. Clustering Of Economies & BARTER TRADE
13. Trading Among Christian Economies In Different Currencies
14. Tribunals Of Love
15. Noah's Ark
16. ONE NEW MAN Possessing The Land
17. State / City-Wide Churches

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End Time WEALTH TRANSFER (Message)

I believe that this is a message for every Christian living in the End Times. WEALTH TRANSFER like the second coming of the Lord Jesus is an end time event. The time is short and we must get ready for it. Of course, GOD is the One who is to do the transfer but it is also necessary for us to believe Him and to know how to co-operate with Him.

We are going to refer to 3 Wealth Transfer incidences in the Bible and then we are going to draw 7 lessons from these prophetic types. These 7 lessons are important for us if we want to see wealth transfers for ourselves in our times. These 3 bible references are: Genesis 12:10 - 13:2; Genesis 30:29 - 31:21 and Exodus 1 - 15.

The first lesson, is that walking with GOD is not easy at all. Walking with GOD will lead us down to Egypt. Why did GOD bring Israel down to Egypt to be slaves? So that He can be glorified through them. Israel was a slave nation for 430 years. Difficult times may come. Heb 10:38 says, ….the just shall live by faith, and if we shrink or draw back GOD has no pleasure in that. And so, in order for GOD to bring us to mountain-tops, we will also have to pass through the valleys of life. GOD has to prepare us if He wants us to reign with Him (2Tim 2:12).

The second lesson is that, wealth transfer is part of a series of events that GOD will bring us through only if we continue to walk with Him. If we give up walking with GOD because of difficult times, if we quit on GOD then we may miss this event call 'Wealth Transfer'. Is it possible for us to miss, disbelieve or forget the dreams and visions that GOD has given us? Yes, it is perfectly possible. We will miss GOD if we are overcome by difficult circumstances. And we can miss GOD if we have no time for GOD or do not put Him first in our lives.

The third lesson is that, Wealth Transfer is only for those who would leave Egypt. In all the 3 prophetic types of wealth transfer accounts referred to above, we see that Wealth Transfer happened when GOD’s people came out of Egypt to go back to their Promised Land. If the nation of Israel will not follow GOD’s voice in leaving Egypt, they will still continue to be slaves to the Egyptians and there will be no Wealth Transfer for them at all.

Now, what is Egypt? Egypt is a land of slavery and idolatry. Egypt is an ancient type of modern-day Babylon. Through the false values of capitalism and industrialization, many have all become digits of production. The secular world is largely one that rejects GOD. People of this world value worldly success and pleasures above GOD and relationships. And corruption and bribery is practiced everywhere from the least to the most developed countries in the world. In Rev 18, we see that the Word of GOD describes Babylon as the secular world trading system through which all the nations of the world and their kings and merchants grow rich.

Now, we know that many Christians want GOD to prosper them while they are still in Egypt or in Babylon. But we see that GOD’s command for the end times is that we COME OUT of Babylon the Great. Rev 18:4 tells us, not to deceive ourselves that we can remain in Babylon and still be different. If we remain in Babylon and do not want to come out, we will inevitably partake of her sins and share in her plagues. Did not our Bible say that GOD will judge BABYLON and that she will go go up in smoke (Rev 18)? In fact, GOD had already begun to shake the world economic system. As things are, we can already see many cracks, weaknesses and tell-tale signs of her impending fall.

This brings us to our 4th lesson – which is, Is the Church right now, in Babylon? And if we are, how are we to come out of Babylon? I can tell you that up to now the Church of GOD is still in the Babylon and she does not know how to come out of her OTHER than just trying to be different. Right now, most Christians do not know how to come out of Babylon other than to leave a secular job or to leave a secular city or country, just by ourselves, individually as and when the individual is ready to do so. And while we must leave Babylon individually and spiritually, I believe that GOD’s Word tells us that we must come out corporately, as one people or one big family. Indeed Rev 18:4 addresses us as ‘a people’. And in all the 3 prophetic types of wealth transfer accounts that we refer to, the people of GOD all come out as a big family or as one people and with everything that they have. This was the case for Abraham; this was the case for Jacob and also for the nation of Israel.

Although in types and shadows, the lesson is unmistakably there in GOD’s Word. If we will turn to Ex 10:7-12; here, we saw that Pharaoh asked, ‘You may go and worship the Lord your GOD but who exactly will go?’ Moses said, ‘we will all go, young and old, including all our possessions’. Not one hoof was left behind. When we leave Egypt, the whole church must leave together. No one will be left behind unless they themselves choose to be left behind. The Lord lead His people as 'a flock' and not just individually. Since the Israelites left slavery in Egypt several thousand years ago, the world had not witness this testimony of GOD leading His worldwide church as 'one corporate body' (Ps 78:52).

The fifth lesson comes to me almost as a discovery and that is, if Christian communities will arise and organize ourselves by connecting Christian businesses within cities, states and nations, we are actually building the so-call Noah’s Ark. Of course, Jesus Himself is the Ark of safety for all of us but the body of Christ is the physical representation of Him on earth. This Ark is to contain 'provisions' (Gen 6:21). This Ark will also operate like a ‘refuge’ and a way of escape for the pre-believers who do not want to receive the Mark of the Beast. When we have the Alternative Christian Economies up, then we can tell the pre-believers, don’t worship the Beast, don’t receive the ‘666’ Mark but come into GOD’s kingdom and GOD’s economy.

Sixthly, forming the End Time CHRISTIAN ECONOMIES, and Coming Out of Egypt or the Babylonian System, will be a very Major Collective Scale Spiritual Warfare for the Church of GOD. In the last days, there will be great CONTENTION between mystery Babylon, the world economic system and the Lord Jesus and His people. We find this in Rev 17:5-6, 14. This is not something that any believer would like to see happen, yet it is not for us to avoid it. Yes, in the last days, it will be the unbelieving world versus JESUS and His church. And I believe that we will be much better off standing together as One rather than apart. As uncertain, and even fearsome as this may seem, those on the other side will ultimately loose (Matt 12:30); although this does not mean that we will not suffer some casualties on our side.

Will Egypt or the World let the Bride of Christ go out of them easily? Even if they will let us go, the dark angels and evil spirits that they serve will not let us go easily. Of course the Pharaoh of this world will say, “NO, No way!” But he has no choice in this matter. GOD will give him ‘no choice’. And just as Moses led Israel out their captivity, with a mighty arm; Jesus will also lead us out with a mighty arm. In Is 2:2-3 or Mic 4:1-2, we see that, ‘In the latter days, GOD is doing something. And the something that GOD is doing is that He will raise mountain [of the house of the Lord and another version says, the mountain] where the temple stands as the highest of all mountains, towering above all the hills. I want us to know that WEALTH has everything to do with the kingdom and the power of the kingdom. Wealth will be transferred to GOD’s faithful stewards in the kingdom because the kingdom of this world and the power of the kingdom will become the kingdom of our Lord Jesus. (Other bible references Ex 11:3; Esther 10).

Es 8:1-2 “On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her; and the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.” [RSV]

Es 10 “King Ahasuerus laid tribute on the land and on the coast lands of the sea. And all the acts of his power and might, and the full account of the high honour of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? For Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was great among the Jews and popular with the multitude of his brethren, for he sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people.” [RSV]

In the final analysis, we must address one very important question. And that is, ‘Will these End Time CHRISTIAN ECONOMIES not be just like the world’s existing Babylonian System? There is one brother who after reading my book, 'End Time CHRISTIAN ECONOMIES', called me up and asked whether GOD will still prosper us if we go about our business carnally, while forming these End Time CHRISTIAN ECONOMIES. And my answer is ‘Of Course Not’. And WHY Not? It is simple; …. because Israel did not enter the Promised Land straight away after crossing the Red Sea. And why did GOD not bring them in? Because they are not yet ready for it! GOD brings them through the wilderness to train them, to humble and to test them, so that He knows what is in them. And then after that, in order to enter the Land they have to cross the Jordan River. The Jordan valley is often preached as a very low and humble point in our lives. All true Christians WHO walk with GOD will make these journeys and pass by these ways. They will be call out from Egypt, be tested and humbled through the difficulties of wilderness, cross the Jordan River and receive their inheritance.

If you think you can get wealth for yourself, you are wrong about it. It does not matter who you are or what ideas you have. Wealth and riches belongs to GOD and He can sovereignly grant or take away. In fact, GOD said in Deut 8:18, that even if you enter the Land and you forget GOD and serve idols, GOD solemnly warn that we will perish like the others in the world. In fact, if you have walked with GOD for any length of time at all you will know that our GOD is not an easy GOD. GOD is good and gracious. He gives and forgives and keeps forgiving but He is not lowering His standards for anyone. And so, if you ask me, I believe that Wealth Transfer is very much for Christians who have died and rose again with Christ. They have gone through fire and they know that without GOD, they are nothing and can do nothing. They are out to prove GOD rather than themselves. These are the ones that GOD will prepare to take the kingdom of GOD by faith and by force. Jesus has done everything but you must want it enough and take it. If you will not take it, OTHERS WILL!

End Time CHRISTIAN ECONOMIES (Chap 1)

What is End Time CHRISTIAN ECONOMIES? I believe that End Time CHRISTIAN ECONOMIES is breakthrough news for Christian communities everywhere and provides answers to the questions of 1) 'How do we trade without the '666' Mark of the Beast' and 2) When & How is the prophecised Transference of Wealth going to happen'. This website contains part my book on the subject, in the hope of breaking this news to more Christians in the market place. Yes, the market place will be the greatest end-time harvest field ever but HOW?

End Time CHRISTIAN ECONOMIES will in fact be the vehicles for end-time wealth transference aside from individual business ideas and strategies. In view of the prophecized end time trails and coming persecutions in the last days, broad social economic frameworks will be suggested for the end time church that are effectively Christian Economies or Christian communities clinging on together for end time economic survival.

Offered for consideration is the all-important proposition that 'Walking out of Babylon' is a command that need to be obeyed on a collective scale, by both Israel and the church together. We know that GOD's judgment will come upon the so-called Babylonion system and Babylon will crash or fall (Rev 18). As depicted in Israel's biblical exodus from Egypt, GOD needs to judge the gods of the land and break the system that held His people captive, in order to deliver them from it. And GOD's end time command to the church concerning the Babylonion system is as found in Rev 18:4 - "Come out of her, my people that you may not partake of her sins and her plagues". And I believe that Rev 18:4 address the church corporately as one people rather than individually. As it is right now, christians do not know how to 'walk out of Babylon'. What we see now at times are individuals leaving secular jobs or countries which are perceived to be Babylonion as and when they are individually ready to do so.

The End Time CHRISTIAN ECONOMIES will linked-up together (if possible globally) to form an ark like the Ark of Noah which GOD used to preserve the lives of His chosen family and all the different kinds of the animals during the 40-day flood which destroyed the whole earth and the rest of mankind which did not go into the Ark (Gen 6-7). GOD can save through supernatural means but He also uses natural means. Neither should be pre-cluded, as we know it, GOD uses both ways to deliver. The Ark of GOD is a refuge and an escape route for anyone who will not worship the Anti-Christ. And when it is up, Christian communities will then be able to tell pre-believers who are in their midst to come into the Ark of GOD's economies and kingdom and not to receive the '666' Mark of the Beast.

Trading is an age-old activity of mankind. It is not new and it is not good or evil, but GOD's principles apply. In Matt 25:14-30, Jesus told the parable of His going away and entrusting to His servants, goods, talents or resources according to their abilities. When He returns, the servants will have to give an account for what they do with resources that had been entrusted to them. What we have in Zech 14 is the account of Jesus returning to earth with His raptured saints and see that it ends with the last verse - that there will not be anymore traders in GOD's kingdom. And so we see that Christians will go on trading until the very last moment in Zech 14:21 when there shall be no more trading in the new heaven and earth. Wealth can be transferred at various stages while the End Time CHRISTIAN ECONOMIES are being formed. And IF Babylon falls while the Kingdom of GOD, in the form of the End Time Christian Economies, is left standing, all the wealth of the world will be turned to us, to the glory of GOD. But that is provided that by the time that Babylon falls, we are out of it.

You may say that the 'line' is thin. How do we know whether we are in or out of it (Babylon) while we are still trading? However, I would like to say that the line is 'clear' with GOD even if it is thin with you. A broad boundary line will present its own difficulties besides GOD does not need a thick boundary line. He knows exactly who serves Him and who serves mammon (Matt 6:24). Physically, Goshen is an area within ancient Egypt. Things like boundaries, it belongs to God. God determines boundaries, not men and He made a distinction between the Isrealites and the Egyptians as a testimony for Himself (Ex 8:22-24; Heb 4:12). Forming this new trading system based on GOD's societal laws that is not a compromise with the corruption of the present monetary and trading system, will then be the great exploits of the last day saints who know their GOD (Dan 11:32). Yes, Christian business leaders must spearhead economic and societal transformations, as God shows them 'how' in practical terms. From here, we begin our journey heavenward; and we will be caught up to meet with the Lord in mid-air. Sometimes it amazes me how Zech 14 talk about this transformation process almost as if 'seamlessly'. As we move heavenward as one people intended on one purpose, we will pull resources, deplete the kingdom of darkness, bring wreckages to wicked systems and pull heaven down us as we strain towards Him (Jesus), the prize of our upward call.

Christian Economies are also not new. Why would we have Christian nation states but not have Christian Economies? A few centuries ago, many European nations and may be USA were Christian nations eventhough they may not term themselves as such. Sadly, many of these are now secular states. But as prophecized, there will come a time when the knowledge of glory of the Lord will fill the earth as the waters cover the sea (Hab 2:14). There is coming an end time harvest and nations are turning to the Lord, no matter how inconceivable this is to us now. Jesus Himself, spoke of the sheep and goat nations that will play deciding roles in His end time purposes in Matt 25:31-46.

Also globalization is not new. It is a broad basic trend that the world has been on for decades now, even centurries. At first, nations globalize and then companies and then increasing individuals tend to globalize in terms of mindsets and reach, as mankind grows in knowledge and capabilities. And I do not see globalization as being good or bad. It is a concept or a tool that can be used for good or evil purposes depending on the intents of those who apply it. All are beginning to see and realize the possibilities of the world as one connected whole. Although there are still barriers, the world should ultimately become one in many aspects, except for the great divide in values, intents and ideologies. In the not too distant future, beliefs and ideas will contest globally, for hearts and minds; and for money, power and fame. The Bible also prophcized about globalization in terms of a central monetary system and the whole world coming under the power of Anti-Christ for approximately 3-1/2 years (Rev 13). All the whole world will eventually be united under the rulership of the Lord Jesus (1 Cor 15:24-28; Eph 1:9-10). All things will be restored, for we know that the power, the kingdom and the glory belongs to our Father in Heaven.

Will God do this? Unless the Lord builds the house, we labour in vain who build it (Ps 127:1). The right thing to do is to seek and hear from GOD yourself, if this matter is important enough to you. What is given to one must be confirmed by the larger body of Christ. All of GOD's sheep can hear His voice. This is necessary whether I claim to have been to heaven or that an angel appeared to me. In fact, these are very early days and the idea is just hot out from the oven. There are a lot more revelations to pursue and dreams to realise together concerning End Time CHRISTIAN ECONOMIES. What I know that the Spirit of GOD says, is that, 'There are a lot more things to do for the kingdom of GOD in the marketplace'. The church must actively pursue GOD's kingdom and righteousness on earth and not just simply be a part of the whole world's economic system.

How To Survive Without The Mark Of The Beast (Chap 2)

As prophecized, Satan (or Anti-Christ) will rule the world (Rev 13:7-8; Dan 12:11-12) in the last days of the earth's history for approximately 3-1/2 years or 42 months; a period referred to in the Bible as 'a time, and times, and half a time' (Rev 12:14). One of the hallmarks of what the Anti-Christ will do during his reign, is to cause everyone to receive a 'mark' or the number '666' on their forehead or their right-hand, which is actually the name or the number of the Beast (Rev 13:15-18). This event is understood by the church to be the forming of the world's central monetary and banking authority with '666' as its prefix. Those who will not receive this 'prefix' will understandably not be able to trade since they are not part of the world's monetary and banking system.

Stern warning is given in the Bible against receiving this 'mark'. They will face the fierce end-time wrath of GOD (Rev 14:9-12); their names will not be written in the book of life (Rev 13:8-10). Therefore, be warned. Endurance is needed of believers during the last days. Whoever goes to captivity, to captivity he goes.

How then shall Christians survive during this 3-1/2 years without being able to trade? The period of Anti-Christ's rule is indeed shortened by the grace of GOD, so that the salvation of the elect will be preserved (Matt 24:22); yet even 3-1/2 years may be too long to stay alive physically if we work but cannot get paid, we cannot buy anything whether be it food or petrol, be housed or move around to fellowships to stay encouraged.

Will the church of GOD really be dependent on the charities of the unbelievers during this time? And will help be likely to be forthcoming, now that we know that end times are likely to be times of financial and economic distress having now some foretaste of it? During Hitler's time, we know that those who help the Jews had to do so at the risk of their own lives. Such were the degree of general hatred, distaste and intolerance directed at that race at that time that demanded their annihilation. Have no doubt that during the period of time that when Anti-Christ will rule the earth, the anti-Christ spirit in terms of the hatred of Jews and Christians should be in full expression. We may not find it quite imaginable yet how our days can be altered from the ones of the present moderation the church experience in most civilized states.

There is no answer. Of course, we have to be ready to face up to whatever may turn up to be the case whether there is an answer or NO. Many Christians believe that somehow GOD would supernaturally provide for us like He sent ravens to Elijah to feed him (1Kings 17:4-7) or angels will bring bread (1Kings 19:5-8) or we will supernaturally not feel hunger eventhough we may not have eaten. The Bible is full of GOD's promises of supernatural providence during times of need. Yet even so, many Christians who will not receive the '666' mark may suffer depravation, humiliation and even starvation, except for the charaties of the unbelievers. Futhermore, how then shall Christians dissuade others from worshipping the beast and receiving his mark when they are dependent on those who shall do so?

While the Lord may not shrink back from denying His people the opportunities to gain great eternal rewards by suffering for Him; I do not think that it is Him to allow unnecessary sufferings when distress and sufferings will already be common affairs in the last days. His angels will be busy helping us and indeed the Lord will be careful with each child for his preservation. The Lord is able to provide out of nothing being the Creator of all things (Is 41:17-20). However, while we rely on the Lord at all times, our faith does not prevent us from getting food and other provisions for our household and the community, if it is in fact in our ability to do so.

At the present moment, aside from supernatural providences, the church does not have much idea of how to help itself, during this time when they shall be forced to worship the Beast or have their wealth taken away and their supplies cut off. Talking to Christians, some even thought of prostituting themselves by receiving the mark of the Beast and keep other Christians alive. They thought that somehow some redeeming grace should be extended to them for doing this at the end of the age since they would have given more than just cups of cold water to those who are brothers of Christ (Matt 10:42).

So far, the best idea I have heard is that of migrating to countries with excess agricultural lands. It was suggested to buy farmlands and learn to cultivate and produce food. At least we will still have food to eat if we do not have anything else. It is possible for this project to be undertaken by a few families or even some local churches if there are enough who believe that they should prepare themselves in this way.

But escaping to rural areas to start farms will mean a transfer of wealth from Christians to the secular world instead. For example, Christians will have to leave many jobs pre-maturely as they make and execute plans to move their families out to farms. These extra-number of jobs will be left to non-believers, whether in governments, schools, hospitals, factories or other businesses. There will be many more added positions for promotions and filling. Christians will have to abundant their houses in cities and many assets like cars, furnishings will have to be left behind or sold as they cannot be brought along by vacating Christian families. There will be many Christian businesses available for taking over quite cheaply.

Christians will eventually have to start liquidating stocks and shares, as they need to turn their assets into land. Possessions of stocks and shares will become non-effective anyway as Christians will eventually not be able to sell them in the financial markets or even receive dividends. They are indeed better off being liquidated earlier than later at opportunistic times. The non-Christian are by default left to inherit all the financial rights that Christians cannot exercise because the later will not receive the mark of the Beast.

It could well be that the '666' mark of the Beast is a device of the enemy to wrangle wealth from the Christians as well as to control the whole world (Rev 13:7). Whether the church should then give up wealth and retreat away from cities is a matter to be considered but a transfer of wealth to the enemy or to the secular unbelieving world has not been prophecised.

Christians cannot hope to overcome by avoiding or escaping political persecutions in the last days. Cities will be the physical arenas for last day spiritual contests with the Evil One. Capitals and cities are gateways and major wealth, communication and control centers of nations. To abandon our cities is to abandon the world’s cities’ populace and so our nations, especially most of our developed nations. We can sacrifice our earthly lives but we should not abandon the nations.

What Is This City Of BABYLON? (Chap 3)

The Bible has described the present world economic order or system as Babylon or the City of Babylon. It is a system of trade and idolatry that all the nations of the world participate in. Among the long list of her cargos in Rev 18:12-13, are slaves or human souls. Have your souls been depleted or impoverished as a result of your participation in the world economic system? Have you sold your soul in exchange for her goods? The modern world economic system is a system of idolatry, slavery and oppression through the values of capitalism and industrialization. Men operating within the system have been systematically dehumanized whether they are reducing others to digits of a factor of production or they are so reduced, through greed and false values.

Lawlessness is coming into the world (2Thes 2:1-12). It is already now at work. We who are alive in this century had seen meltdowns in financial markets as a result of big scale integrity crisis of operations as well as in financial reporting. The stock market used to be able to predict stock values based earnings ratios but this is no longer true. Reported earnings are not reliable nor can we see even a few number of years into the future in a world plagued by lawlessness. Eventually nothing can be reliably predicted due to dishonesty. As lawlessness increase, disorder and chaos can only increase.

GOD will judge the whole world for her sins of greed and idolatry. Judgment will come almost in an instant. Babylon will fall in an hour (Rev 18:10-24). Just as we had seen stock markets crash overnight, so the world’s trading system has been prophesized to go up in smoke in an hour. In fact, the weaknesses and the signs of Babylon’s impending fall are already visible everywhere.

Money is created through the credit system on the basis of banks lending $1 for every 6 cents in capital. The insufficiency of banks’ capitalization had become all the more glaring of late as large companies fail, stock markets meltdown and economies spiral downward. The fact is that banks all over the world are thinly capitalized in proportion to the business that they are doing. It can be foreseen that failing banks are likely to become beholden to central monetary systems to keep them in business and lose autonomy. Even whole banking systems can collapse when major banks fail and cannot be shoaled up anymore.

The world economic situation is opportunistic for the relative few rich and powerful to conspire to take control of a financially failed world. When Babylon falls or the world economic system fails, she will become the habitation of devils and foul spirits of every kind (Rev 18:2). The world economic system will eventually be under the control of evil spirits namely Satan, the Beast and the False Prophet, as prophesized in the book of Revelations.

There will eventually be only one world central banking system. The Bible prophesized that the inhabitants of the earth will be forced to receive the ‘666’ mark of the beast on their hands or foreheads, otherwise they will not be able to trade? Why would people not be able to trade if they do not receive the 666 number on their hands or foreheads. It may well be that the one world central banking system will bear the prefix of 666, and everyone may eventually have to wear his own bank account no. on his hand or foreheads with the 666 prefix for the purpose of transactions. Technology is well in place to connect the world banking systems and for chips bearing the 666 mark of the Beast to be implanted in parts of the body.

Coming Out Of BABYLON And End Time WEALTH TRANSFER! (Chap 4)

The counsel of GOD’s Word in the end times is for the Church to come out of Babylon in order not to participate in her sins and thereby not share her plagues when judgment come upon her. Implying that if Israel and the Church are actually in the world Babylonian system and if they do not come out of her, it would be impossible not to participate in her sins and share her plagues.

Rev 18:4 “And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.” [KJV]

And while both Israel and the Church are commanded to come out of Babylon, the issue is, how are we to obey this command? Does coming out of Babylon mean to physically leave an organization or a country that we are presently in, or does coming out of Babylon mean just to depart from worldly values and practices of greed and idolatry? Are we to come out of her on a personal and individual basis, as and when each person is ready? While spiritually coming out of Babylon has to be on a personal individual basis, is that all there is to this command of the Lord? Should all believers come out or should only some come out?

Centuries ago, it used to be that serious Christians tried to come out of the worldly world, by retreating into seclusion. The churches built monasteries and nunneries and various man and woman of GOD carried the torches. Decades ago, others come out of the worldly world by going into full time Christian ministries or charities. But of course, lust can catch up with some even in monasteries and greed with others even while in full time service for the Lord. In modern day terms, what many Christians meant when they say that they left Babylon is that they left their jobs or positions in secular organizations, which they perceived or interpreted to be Babylonion. And people do walked out of their 'so-called' Babylon individually, as and when each is spiritually and otherwise prepared to do so.

While coming out of Babylon is very much a personal, inward and spiritual journey, Babylon is spoken of in the Bible not just as personal worldliness, greed and idolatry. It is unequivocally the present physical economic system of trade and money (Rev 18). And I believe that Rev 18:4 which commands both Israel and the Christians to come out of her addresses us as ‘a people’. The Church is after all meant to be a ‘called out’ people.

GOD Himself, prophesized to Abraham that the Israelites shall come out of Egypt with great possessions, after 400 years of slavery in Gen 15:13-14. In fact, I believe that if we do not come out of Babylon, there will be no transference of wealth for us. If Israel did not walk out of Egypt, there would not have been any transference of wealth but they would have remained slaves in Egypt. Clearly, what has been provided for us in Biblical examples, is that the whole household of faith is to LEAVE! None shall be left behind, whether weak, young or old and all our possessions are to leave with us.

In Ex 10:8-12, we saw that Pharaoh asked, “You may go and worship the Lord your GOD but who exactly will go?” Moses said, ‘we will all go, young and old, including all our possessions’. Then Pharaoh swore by the Lord that the women and the children should not go but only the men may go. With that Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh’s presence and GOD commanded the next plague, the locusts. Then we see in Exodus 10:24-26 that, Pharaoh relented and tried to negotiate, and he said, ‘OK, even your women and children may go with you but your sheep, goats and cattle must stay here’. To that Moses replied, ‘all our possessions must go with us, not one animal will be left behind’.

But of course, the Pharaoh of this world will say, “No! No way.” This coming out of Babylon will be a collective spiritual warfare, with the Lord going on ahead of us as the Captain of Host. It will happen by the shear will of GOD and the power of His Word. GOD will deliver us with a mighty outstretched arm as when He delivered Israel from slavery in ancient Egypt but as a people, not just individually. Is it not biblical that the Lord will shephard His people corporately as 'a flock' out of Egypt, through the wilderness and into the Promised Land?

Other prophetic types of this biblical event also testify of this same fact, that the church (with Israel) must in obedience come out of Babylon as one family or as a people and in doing so, wealth transfer takes place in the midst or in the process of it.

In Gen 12:10 - Gen 13:2 we find the wealth transfer account of our father Abram. He went down to Egypt because there was a famine in the land. And his wife, Sarai, a type of the bride of Christ was taken captive by Pharaoh. But GOD protected her and later Pharaoh had to release her. But as a result of this event, Abram went out from Egypt with his family and all that he had very rich in cattle, in silver and in gold (Gen 13:1-2).

The patriarch Jacob, also experienced Wealth Transfer when he left Laban to go back to the land of his fathers, i.e. Cannon Land. In Gen 30:29 - 31:21, we saw how the Lord GOD brought him back. According to Jacob, GOD gave him a prophetic dream of Wealth Transfer. And we know that Laban cheated Jacob of his wages 10 times, which figuratively speaking means that Laban paid Jacob only a miserable one-tenth of what Jacob thought he is worth. Yet with the dream GOD gave him, Jacob left Laban exceedingly rich, and had large flocks, maidservants and menservants and camels and asses (Gen 30:43). It is to be carefully noted, that Jacob also left with his whole family, his 2 wives, 2 concubines and all his sons and all his possessions. It was a journey which in the natural and to the natural mind is filled with difficulties, dangers and fear. This is why we have what GOD said to the exiles of Israel in Is 43:2 when calling them to come back to their land, "When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you; and when you walk through fire, you will not be burnt, and the flame will not consume you". For the Jews coming back to their land, yes, it is a fearsome journey filled with many dangers, toils and snares but the Lord GOD will undertake it. Same for us who wants to enter our heavenly Promised Land, we have to journey forward and pass through this great perilous passage of time and history, as if we fear not death or destruction because we have already pass over from death to life (Jn 11:25-26).

And of course, we have the classic prophetic type of Wealth Transfer in the Book of Exodus. We saw how GOD delivered the nation of Israel out of slavery in Egypt in 15 long chapters. Now, wealth was transferred as a result of the plagues or judgments that GOD inflicted on the gods of the land of Egypt and not because the Israelities had any power, they were slaves (Ex 11:1-3). In their hearts, many must be sorely afraid, hopeful as they might be.

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.

Plan And Execute The Exodus By Industries (Chap 6)

Christian businesses must plan to move into every kind of industry that we know of. We need whole industries with both up-stream primary resource suppliers and processors and down-stream distributors. Christian businesses can no longer depend on up-stream suppliers who are not part of the Christian payment / banking system, as we will eventually not be able to pay them for whatever we need them to supply. Similarly we need distributors who are Christian businesses that will pay us in the currency that we can receive and use.

Great industrial leaders are called for here. The process of creating whole new industries offers whole new opportunities to re-define the borders of industries. Identification of which businesses comes under which industry are important opportunities, in the creation of competitive advantages and wealth.

If your suppliers are not already Christian businesses, get your Christian friends into the business. And if your distributors are not already Christian businesses, help your church mates to get into this business. Your business connections with non-Christian suppliers and distributors will have to be cut off eventually and so get yourself ready if you want to continue in business but do not want to receive the ‘666’ mark of the Beast.

The exodus from the world economic system must be planned and executed by industries. The details of how this is to be done is specific to each industry and are best left to the industrial experts themselves. Carefully planned and executed, the processes by which each industry transforms itself through the wisdom and instructions of GOD, will be avenues to achieve transfer of wealth to GOD’s Kingdom in its time and history. If indeed, the borders between industries can be correctly re-defined re-engineered by Christian businesses, we will literally see industries wrangled out from world economies, and be translated into Christian Economies.

Christian Economies must have whole industries of almost every kind, both up-stream and down-stream companies. Acquire or build your own or connect with other Christian supplier chains and Christian distribution channels.

Start With The Consumer / Retail Markets - Here we are talking about the production, processing, packaging and distribution of consumer items because this is where the basic markets of the Christian communities are. As this major sector gets established we will then move on to establish industrial Christian businesses where the markets are other Christian industrial businesses, i.e. business-to-business markets. Christian businesses and churches ought to start networking and get connected for economic survival and preservation of the respective communities in the last days.

Acquire Land And Other Primary Inputs / Factors of Production - We must acquire land and other resources of primary inputs and all kinds of factors of productions must also be acquired. Raw materials of every kind will be needed, be it rubber, oil, chemicals, iron ores, steel, medicine. Make use of the indigenous resources of your land or country, be it oil or spices or technology.

Facilities must be acquired, be it hospitals, office spaces, schools, factories (production lines). Think, what are the basic economic structures that we need to put in place for Cities and States of Christian communities that will not be part of the world economic / banking systems?

Competitive Advantages Of Christian Economies / Sub-Economies (Chap 7)

The Christian economies will at first be sub-economies within the mainstream world economic system, while they are in preparation, for a number of years. May the Lord grant us time and grace so that Christian economies will take shape quickly enough before we need to cut it off from the mainstream economic system because none of any true Christians would be willing to receive the ‘666’ mark of the Beast whatever they may need to go through.

Even during this time when the Christian economies are sub-economies, great transfer of wealth can take place. And the one most important reason why Christian businesses should pull ahead of competition would be that the Lord is transferring wealth to His sons for the sake of establishing preaching the gospel of Jesus to every tongue and tribe. However, may the Lord’s favour upon us not be in vain! If we are true believers operating under the direction and the power of the Holy Spirit there are definitely many good reasons why we should have competitive advantages and do better than as Christian businesses. Some of these are listed below.

1 Christian businesses must treat their employees with more sincerity and have more interest in their potentials as human beings. Human Resource should not be measured and used like other factors of production. The benefits from doing so can be immeasurable.

2 There should be more equitable distribution of rewards and a greater sense of ownership and participation among employees.

3 It is believed that Christians are better workers in every walk and profession if treated fairly. They should be truth seekers and by the anointing of GOD they should be the most insightful, creative and skillful in whatever professions the Lord GOD put them in.

4 Better decisions can be made at work as a worshipful environment filled with the presence of GOD, encourages staffs to be in the spirit rather in the flesh while at work.

5 Christian businesses should provide their customers with the best services and products and so glorify our Father in Heaven.

6 Christian business should strive to be cost effective and pass on this benefits to their business partners so that the whole economy or sub-economy is strategically more competitive than non-Christian sectors and can win over their market shares.

7 A line-up of whole industries with Christian businesses should be a source of strength and flexibility in co-operation if there is brotherly love and genuine friendship in the Lord.

8 We have GOD as our source of wisdom and strategies for moving our businesses ahead. We should include GOD as our senior business partner and consult Him for business strategies and ideas and ask Him for favours and for supernatural increase.

When various Christian economies shall eventually come out of the world economic system, the later should suffer a collapse in moral restrain, chaos and confusion, if indeed Christians had been salt and light in their organizations.

Christian businesses are starkly warned against trying to take advantage of captive Christian markets. If they exploit by being uncompetitive in delivery, quality or pricing they are likely to impede the process of creating Christian sub-economies. Christian communities should be careful to spot and punish exploitations. Christian shops and businesses should not expect to be patronized in spite of shoddy services and products.

GOD's Wisdom In Social Softwares & 11th Hour Workers (Chap 8)

As we consider that Babylon is to fall in one hour, we realized that many of the legal, accounting and other business and professional practices and principles that supported the Babylonian system may contain flaws. In coming out of the Babylonian system, Christian architects, lawyers, accountants, engineers, business consultancy, training and other professionals, can do so by putting in new insights into their professions to improve or correct existing wrong theories and practices. In doing so, they will help create and amassed great wealth in the process.

Be good in your professions, stand on principles and ask the Lord for insights into compromises in current practices and such. If you dare to be the Lord’s man and be different, you are in a position for the Lord to bless you big time. Put the wisdom and mind of GOD in the practice of your professions. Many important changes can be decisively made and marketed.

Many other innovative good practices and principles can be packaged and taught. The providing of courses will be an all-time big avenue of revenue for professional and knowledge based firms and industries. In fact, tertiary and business education will represent a market in which Christian business should be able to capture with superior wisdom from GOD. We should be able to implement curriculums for all kinds of technical or social subjects, different from those offered by secular companies.

It is believed that the 11th hour workers in Jesus vineyard will be blessed with extra-ordinary wisdom and abilities, as GOD seeks to transfer wealth to you. According to Matt 20:1-16, these last hour workers will not have worked as long and as hard but their rewards for the last hour work is the same as those who had toiled for a full day. This has to be the sure favour of GOD and His wisdom, enabling them to gain extra-ordinary wealth.

Christian Payment Systems (Chap 9)

Governance And Operation Of Christian Payment & Banking Systems - What is the Christian payment and banking system about? And what are the safeguards we need to put in place so that it will not replicate the world’s banking system? How should the Christian payment & banking system be governed and operated?

Firstly, the main purpose of the Christian payment and banking system is not so much to lend money but to operate a trustworthy payment system (for money transfer) for the Christian businesses worldwide. However, in doing so it will become a kind of banking system. There is still a need for a trustworthy institution to hold and store the value of money and possessions and maintain their liquidity and the tradability of currencies.

There is no need for Christian banks to create false money by lending money that the banks do not have, since after all it is not its primary function or business to lend. Borrowing and getting into debts will not be encouraged and much less consumerism. Even if the Christian banks should be called upon to provide some kind of financing, Christian banks will only lend money that they have and at no interest, if to Christians.

It is necessary to ensure that Christian principles are practiced. According to biblical principles, interests should not be charged for loans to believers, although interest may be charged for loans to unbelievers. While interests are not charged, certain profit sharing of returns would be fair and can be arranged for Christian businesses that seek financing. Technologies in project financing and venture capitals have much room for further exploration and innovations.

Due to the vulnerability of the poor, various governments had always found it necessary to regulate money lending and the charging of excessive interest. We should at all times be mindful of the vulnerability and the plight of the poor and help and not exploit them, however financial responsibility and discipline is necessary. Churches can help but the banks should not be involuntarily depleted by the financial dependence and irresponsibility of sectors of the population.

The Christian business communities may appoint management teams to the payment and banking systems to run and oversee their operations, as we trust that they have (or can build) the necessary expertise to do so. However, local church communities should institute audits and checks for the protection of the wealth of the congregations. Local churches in the various Christian communities will appoint independent parties with the necessary business and professional expertise for these purposes. Church leaders must have an important say if the bank has unbiblical practices in place and makes no attempts or plans to change.

It must however be kept in mind that the Christian payment and banking systems will eventually be cut off from the world banking system. When this happens, it would be necessary for Christian payment & banking systems to eventually cut off all business dealings with unbelievers. As a result, loans made to non-Christian businesses and individuals run the risk of not being repayable. Such businesses should therefore be minimized and be cut off in good time to pre-empt transition.

Preparations should be made earlier rather than later. As banks are important vehicles for the purpose of connecting other businesses, Christian banks must be the first industry to detach itself from non-Christian businesses, to help other businesses to do the same. The ownership and management of Christian businesses should also be safeguarded to help ensure the end time economic survival of communities. A register of ownership of Christian companies must be maintained so that Christian payment and banking systems know who they are dealing with.

The stocks of money of the Christian communities (actual physical resources, facilities owned at the point in time of walking out of the world economic system) will grow but growth has to be through the generation of goods and services rather than through baseless money creation by the churning of numbers. Special care and control have to be exercised over the issue of the mere creation of money through the Christian banking system out of nothing, i.e. by just increasing the numbers or digits representing ownership. We should be very careful to study the impact of this and if adverse, to prevent it from ever happening.

It can be expected that the Christian banking systems (at various localities) will eventually become illegal when they refuse the ‘666’ mark, however, before that critical moment comes, Christian banking practices should entirely be legal and acceptable.

Ownership And Creation Of Christian Payment And Banking Systems (Chap 10)

How then do Christian banks not lend a dollar for every six cents that they have like the other banks? Simple, all depositors are bank owners. Bank shareholders will not be allowed to leverage their financial risks and returns at the expense of depositors and their monies.

The Christian banking and payment systems in respective of various Christian communities i.e., cities or cluster of cities, should be owned proportionately by depositors with net cash deposits in the system, rather than shareholders with only a small stake in the assets of the whole system. This is necessary for equity of ownership and risk-taking. We should also try to encourage widespread ownership and accountability within the communities for the banking and payment systems.

It is necessary to constitute the organizations so that it is accountable to the depositors as business owners. It is also necessary at its on-set to make sure that actual physical assets and resources invested or injected into the organizations are fairly valued rather than inflated in valuation. Paper or financial assets cannot be invested, as these have no value apart from the world’s secular financial systems.

Net cash deposits means that depositors will not borrow money to gain or buy ownership in the systems. Shares of ownership will be based on values of actual assets / cash invested in the business, minus what that individual or entity owed the banking and payment system in terms of loans or other forms of financing. Every effort must be made to avoid double accounting as individuals or families may seek to have more than their fair share of voting rights, profits and dividends through the vehicle of a structure of companies.

Businesses, which owe the banking and payment system money, will not be its owners though the reverse has to be true. The banking and payment system will be owners or business partners of these kingdom businesses that needed financing. This is in keeping with the Christian principle that lenders and not borrowers, should rule.

The ownership of the Christian banking and payment systems must totally be in Christian hands. Ownership must be jealousy guarded as we cannot afford to risk loosing this organization to the world economic system, so that it comes under the world banking and monetary system and forces its account holders to receive the ‘666’ mark of the Beast.

While Christian Economies remain as sub-economies in the world economic system, it is actually better for these institutions to start off as payment machineries rather than banks, though both are possible.

Transfer Of Wealth From Hostile Secular Nations To Christian Nations (Chap 11)

In the end days, the Church of GOD will have turned many of their nations to Jesus. GOD will have transformed nations and some will have declared themselves to be Christian states or nations. Christian nations should prepare themselves for this end-time transfer of wealth by preparing to open their doors to migrating Christians who cannot successfully create or operate Christian Economies within their own cities or nation states.

It may be possible that by that time Anti-Christ comes on stage to assume leadership for the whole world, that we have enough Christian nations on the earth, to provide limited airways and seaways. It is also possible to envisage that a few or even several neighbouring nations or states, to be largely Christian in their populations and co-operate to provide a larger platform for end time economic survival. However, be prepared that in many cases, the Christian economies may be very localized to communities within a nation, or to states within a larger country or a city or a cluster of cities. It fact, it may a good idea to head-quarter or incorporate companies that are doing highly sensitive and strategic work like payment and banking systems in Christian nations. It is possible for operations to be in many places all over the world even when headquartered in a particular city, say for example Jerusalem, the City of the Great King.

Nations have sovereignty. Supra-national organizations like the United Nations do not have sovereignty but operate more like a confederation of nations. Nations are therefore needed as a cover or boundary of protection, a shield for Christian Economies against a hostile secular world. One Christian nation has the sovereign right to trade with another Christian nation. This right is not subjected to any to any international body like the United Nations except by agreement. There will however surely be pressures from the international community.

It is noteworthy in Matt 25:31-46, that when Jesus comes back in glory and power that He will judge by separating nations into two categories. Nations will feature importantly in last day events. And the nations will be judged based on whether they are sheep nations or goat nations. Sheep nations are those who will feed, clothe and take in the Christians who are in want and distress and under persecution. And I must add that Christian nations should not only try their best to care for and provide refuge to Christians in want and distress due to last day persecutions, they must also do so for Jews who may have to flee their land. When Anti-Christ set up his throne in Jerusalem, the Jews must flee their country in haste (Matt 24:15-22).

Christian homes and even local churches in hostile countries alone will not be sufficient to get the job done. The Lord Jesus had indicated to us that it takes nations to do this task adequately. And praise GOD that Jesus prophesized that there will be sheep nations in the last days. And I pray that there will be many sheep nations rather than few. These will be nation states with mainly Christian governments and politicians who will be able to execute this necessary help in the last days despite minority descents in various quarters. Ultimately individuals have sovereignty and accountability to GOD for their own decisions and lives, eventhough there will always be social structures and authorities.

And so Christians must rise to political leadership and power in the last days. The last day Church will not only need Josephs but also the Daniels. May GOD help us! If we do not arise to political power and leadership, then we will not be able to have these sheep nations who will stand on the side of the kingdom of GOD and in opposition to the rest of the world who are set against the Lord Jesus.

Clustering Of Economies And BARTER TRADE (Chap 12)

Eventhough Christian Economies can try to acquire productive capacities in various kinds of industries, it is still possible that there are resources that Christian businesses fail to acquire but are nevertheless needed by Christian communities. While it is not possible for us to pay non-Christian business who are part of the ‘666’ world central banking system, it may still be possible to barter trade with them. Somehow the help of secular companies may be needed and must be sourced, in hopefully only a few and limited circumstances.

While it may be possible for Christian communities within the same nation, across neighbouring states and cities, using the same currency to trade, trading across nations can face difficulties. Firstly, I would think that it is particularly difficult for shipping and freight forwarding to operate outside of the surveillance of civil authorities and the payment of port taxes for harbours and port facilities. Even land transportation across boundaries of countries can be restricted not to mention sea and airways. Due to restrictions to the physical mobility of goods, only clusters of Christian communities that are physically proximate may be able to trade with each other.

There are many small nations in the world that are by no means self-sufficient economically but are dependent on the world trading system for survival. While it may be possible for Christian communities within large nations with sufficient natural resources to survive, smaller nations may have to align themselves with neighbouring Christian communities. We cannot fail to see that the clustering and re-clustering of city-states becomes necessary for survival, for some.

The churches in Singapore, for example, may have to align itself with neighbouring Christian communities in Indonesia, Malaysia or the South Pacific Islands for economic survival. Christians in the Korean Peninsula and in Japan may need to cluster or co-operate with Christians in China. Christians in Indo-China may align itself either with neighbours to its south or with China, and so forth. North and South America as continents should be large enough by with themselves, although I am not aware of the specifics of their economic resources. Christian communities in Africa and India too should be able to survive economically by themselves. Churches in Europe may consider aligning themselves with those in Russia for oil and agricultural produce.

Even with clustering and trading among neighbouring Christian communities, it may still be necessary to barter trade with companies and resource owners under the world economic and banking system, when already out of the world economic system. Those Christian companies who are able to do so, i.e. establish the barter trade contacts, can become a conduit of supply for other Christian economies for a particular scare or otherwise unavailable resource. This is another important avenue for wealth creation while you help whole communities survive economically.

Trading Among Christian Economies In Different Currencies (Chap 13)

One way in which trading and payment across Christian Economies may be facilitated is to have large trading companies or conglomerates that operate and trade across countries, regions or continents. These can either be pure trading companies dealing in a wide range of products, or large companies or manufacturers that supply the needs of Christian communities across countries or continents in a particular good or service. For example, these could be manufacturers of chemicals, medicine, electricals, petrol or paper or say, lumbering or packaging companies, etc.

The large cross-continent conglomerates or trading companies can then come together to agree on a system of currency or foreign exchanges among themselves. In this way there is a natural market for exchange of currencies. I will not delve into how rates of exchanges may be determined except to say that they can be determined in a way that is natural and equitable for these companies that are plugged into the real economic situations of various communities.

In fact, each one can double up and operate like a bank dealing in foreign exchanges as they receive payments across countries and continents. They can therefore also provide banking services to various local communities as well. If they do, it must then be decided whether the various Christian Economies in which they operate should then impose banking regulations and supervisions.

These large inter-continent companies should exist hand in hand with the many Christian businesses worldwide, as it can be envisaged that there are many trades and businesses that will by nature be smaller and localized. These inter-continental trading companies should therefore not replace localized Christian payment / banking systems, as it is envisaged that the localized payment / banking facilities will still be needed by the various Christian communities. The usefulness of these trading companies or cross-continent conglomerates lies in their ability to provide facilities for currency exchanges among Christian economies that may otherwise be impeded in their ability to trade with each other. On the other hand it is also highly possible that the whole world may be able to operate on one world currency by then. This may certainly not be ruled out. But we do not know when this be effected.

However, having large cross-continent industrial players or companies are needed, they can spell greater political risks for Christian communities worldwide. For example, what if one or two major companies or manufacturers break away? How would the Christian Economies worldwide be affected? Will they be strongly impeded? Much depends on whether there are alternative Christian suppliers. One way to safeguard this could be to impose or require autonomous regional business units within the larger whole. Each regional business unit should be an independent part of the whole that can be separated from the parent company and still continue to supply the goods or services previously supplied by the larger conglomerate.

Tribunals of Love (Chap 14)

It has long been recorded for us in the Bible that brothers should not bring a case against brothers and that before the heathen for judgment. For why should the heathen judge us when we should one day, judge even angels? (1Cor 6:1-6) It is believed that in the end times, days will come when Christians can no longer go to secular courts for the settlement of disputes, especially commercial disputes as our payment and banking systems are different and may not be recognized. Nevertheless there must necessarily be a way for the equitable settlement of commercial disputes among Christians by a qualified and competent judiciary system, within each State / City-wide Church.

The Christian judiciary is deliberately named the Tribunal of Love, as the Law of Love is the law that binds us in Christ. It should be made compulsory for anyone in the Christian Economy to be subjected to the judiciary system within the State / City-wide Church. There will be a need for different State / City-wide Churches to be in liaison for judiciary as well as other commercial reasons.

It should be call to mind that restitution is thought as a Old Testament principle for reconciliation in Exodus 22:1-17 as well as in the New Testament example in the story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1-19. And while there is to be forgiveness and reconciliation it does not mean that the need for restitutions is done away with or forfeited. On the contrary, restitutions are all the more necessary because we rather forgiveness and reconciliation than separation. Principles of restitutions had been laid down for various situations and offences in ancient Israel. Having said so, human courts can only attempt what the judge or jury may deem equitable. Only Jesus is able to fully address all injustices when He finally comes back to rule. God alone is able to grant grace to the offender and yet so compensate the victim for the wrong suffered that the entire wrong no matter how grave can be very happily settled.

A series of disciplinary actions of different gravities for different offences need to be put in place. The purpose of the disciplinary action is to deter offences, to reform the offender as well as to provide just restitution for plaintiffs. The Tribunal should have strong facilities and processes in place for arbitration of disputes before cases necessarily appears before judges. As counseled in Matt 5:25, out of court settlements should be encouraged.

It is possible that an individual or a syndicate or network of spies within the church may try to betray the State / City-Wide Churches and/or destroy the Christian economies by sabotaging the Christian banking or payment computer system. Such attempts should be seriously dealt with whether successful or not. There may be limited situations where it is necessary for the body to expel false believers and throw them out of the body of Christ. Such would still be able to find refuge through believing friends and relatives within the Christian Economies unless they choose to move in the world economic system.

While this tribunal presides over commercial matters there is no reason why it should not also preside over other legal matters, e.g. family matters, etc. Christians may not be able to resort to secular judiciary systems even in non-commercial matters if settlements have go through the world banking systems. While the Tribunal Of Love is in place and administering justice competently, there should be no reason for Christians to bring even non-commercial disputes to secular courts, if all parties involved are Christians.

Nevertheless certain matters are best left to secular judiciary such as administering capital sentences for murders, etc. We should consider whether the Christian community would be interested to administer prison cells, given that the time until the coming of Christ is short. In coming out of Babylon, we have a chance to simplify and cut of all unnecessary procedures built up over the decades.

Human judgments are often imperfect. Ultimately judgment and vengeance belongs to the Lord (Heb 10:30). Forgive and reconcile. Heaven will not be short of justice, just as it will not be short of gold, even pure gold. GOD has countless ingenious ways to achieve justice in the new order to come. In fact, it is my personal belief that in the millennia rule of Christ all the wrongs done on earth down the centuries will be righted. Is 9:7 for of the increase of the righteousness and the peace of His Kingdom, there will be no end. In the meanwhile, judge nothing before its time (1Cor 4:5). Do not go to courts too readily. Christians must as a general rule leave justice to GOD. However, there are human courts which will be necessary as GOD also institutes social hierarchies and expects us to correct injustices.

It is a pity that due to the lack of justice on this plane, many people’s love has grown cold. Continue to love fervently because love is the premise upon which there is a requirement for justice. Without love the premise for justice is lost. And love forgives all things. All things can be forgiven, yet it does not mean at all that justice is forgone. In heaven, everyone will have the place and the things that each deserve. Those who think that they can do wrong and get away with it are in for a bad surprise.

And we may ask, “Are we not forgiven in Christ?” Yes, you all is forgiven but people will still be rightly related according to who they are in the eternal kingdom. It is because we are forgiven that we are still in relationship. There will be mercy but there will also be justice. Yes, Jesus has paid the price for mercy and therefore the Father has given all judgments to Him (Jn 5:22) And as GOD, Jesus is capable of being totally right in all His judgments. He is coming and His recompense is with Him. He will reward all according to their works or deeds (Rev 22:12).

Noah's Ark (Chap 15)

What is being proposed is that the body of Christ is a sort of an ark, like the Ark that Noah was instructed by GOD to build to keep his household and the animals of the earth alive during the 40-day flood. Noah’s Ark was a type and prophecy of what might be needed to save lives, during the ultimate end-time troubles that are coming (Matt 24:37).

Why would GOD need an ark to save lives? GOD is able to keep anyone He choose alive with or without a physical ark. But He chose to use an ark during the days of flood in Noah's time. Similarly in the end times, GOD is able to keep anyone alive with or without the Christian Economies suggested. But as the typology goes, GOD will use ‘an ark’ of some sort.

In our case, the proposed ark is a kind of a social and economic ark in the physical body of Christ, which should provide spiritual and economic refuge for peoples from every nation worldwide who want to escape the receiving the ‘666’ mark of the Beast on their hands or their foreheads. As many as would believe and receive the message of Christ, must be provided with an escape route from the oppression of the devil, to worship him. The escape must be provided even to the last minute possible, whether or not the inhabitants of the world will in fact choose to escape the impending destruction. Provisions of shelter and refuge will be available, and choosing Christ will not be choosing suicide for the people of the world. Provisions will not necessarily be the best but adequate for short-term survival, if one would rather suffer poverty with GOD’s people than enjoy the fleeting fancies and the pleasures of the world.

If the Church cannot provide an alternative then the inhabitants of this world will have to receive the ‘666’ mark of the Beast, even if they see that it is the devil’s scheme because there is no refuge or escape route provided by the people who proclaim salvation in Jesus name. We have heard sermons that Christ Himself is that ark of safety, yet the body of Christ collectively and physically represents Him, here on earth (Eph 1:22-23). We are His body and He is the head of the church. Each part of the body is important and must play its vital role in co-operation with the whole. Only then can the whole body that is being held together, be able to perform its full functions.

This ark has to be HUGE in order to be able to contain two of every kind of animal and birds in the whole world and their provisions of food supplies (Gen 6:21) for the whole duration of the flood and for the time it takes for the flood waters to subside. I believe Noah must have taken a considerable amount of time to build the ark even if his sons help and even if he had hired men to help him. He was about 500 years old (Gen 5:32) when GOD decided to do something about the wickedness in the earth (Gen 6:1-9); and about 600 years old when the flood waters came upon the earth (Gen 6:6). In the same way, we should not be easily discouraged should the building of the economic ark take us considerable amount of time and resources.

The details of the structure and the composition of this ark will also be very important to GOD. According to Gen 6:14-22, GOD gave instructions for this ark, concerning its material, its dimensions, its architecture and food supplies, for those He named to go into the ark. Noah’s Ark was patterned in heaven just as the Tabernacle of Moses was patterned in heaven. Noah built the ark according to the command of GOD. I believe GOD have specific instructions for His end-time Ark. Let the church of GOD worldwide seek the mind of the Lord on this matter. I do not claim that I had received direct specific instructions from the Lord concerning this ark. Frameworks and ideas suggested are first attempts to stimulate further thinking and seeking of the Lord on the subject. The churches worldwide and business leaders of GOD’s kingdom should take counsel first with the Lord and then with each other. How each business, industry and economy will in fact take shape and evolve will also have to be worked out practically, on a case-by-case basis, with the Lord building and connecting us and giving us the Land.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 are not to succumb. We must not receive the Mark of the Beast! And since we are prepared to pay all price rather than succumb to the enemy’s coercion, why then do we not TRADE? In Dan 6:4-10, we see that King Darius of the Babylonian Empire was then instigated to issue a strict order that no one be permitted to pray or request anything from any god or other person than the king himself and that anyone who violate this order will be thrown into the den of lions. This was a trap designed for the children of GOD and we saw what Daniel’s response was. He did what he had always done before. Openly he knelt down at an upstairs window room that open towards Jerusalem and there he prayed three times a day as he had always done before.

In my opinion, this economic ark will not lessen the sufferings that will come as a result of end time persecution. In fact, it will make the world’s hatred of Christians even more certain than ever. Christian Economies will not reduce the number of Christians who may be betrayed, robbed, imprisoned, tortured or martyred during the rule of the Anti-Christ. It will only help us to stand together as a collective body and fight together as one people. Even if we are not entirely successful in forming very self-sufficient economies, any effort made in this direction will help so very much in the time of civil and social crisis that we expect to be in.
We do not have a testimony as a people when there is almost no organization or self-support among us. We are just a dispersed lot among the nations, not knowing how to be different. While the enemy has marked us for destruction, how can it be that we do not feel the urgent need to prepare ourselves for defense or support? Some prophecies were given to us as warnings, so that we can make preparations for coming events. Our attitude should be that we will do all we can to preserve the christian communities, and if we personally perish in doing so, we perish. Just like how Queen Esther and Mordecai reacted, when the enemy had already made the king issued an edict for the destruction of the Jews; they did not say, "Well, it is alright. If the king issued such an edict, then let them come and take our lives. We can take this lying down because the king knows what he is doing." Like Queen Esther, let us petition with our very own lives.

While we do not know the exact hour or time when Babylon will fall during the last days chart of events, there is no reason to further delay walking out of Babylon. And while out of the Babylonian system, we should still need to provide for our own households, if not the larger household of faith (Rev 12:14). The Church should not be dependent on the charity of those who will wear the mark of the Beast but must continue to dissuade and provide a route of escape and refuge for all from the schemes and the oppression of the enemy.

GOD will not spare us if we are replicating the world system but I am confident of better things because GOD is able to deal with His own servants. It might very well be that these end-times Christian companies and industries with spirit-led and spirit-filled leadership, will take the world by surprise and even by storm. Speaking of transformation of societies, these Christian businesses and industries will be key instruments in GOD’s hand to transform economies and societies. It will also be these Christian businesses and industries that will put Christian political leaders in power and see the nations transferred to the Kingdom. In the last days, the Lord GOD will cause righteous men in Israel and in the church worldwide to arise or spring up to repair ruins and devastations (Is 61).

What is suggested seems altogether practical but short of the will, favour and miracles of GOD, all these are mere words that cannot amount to anything. Having said that, the human factor and response is definitely critical as well, just as the Ark project required much faith and obedience Noah's part. Building the ark seems like a very practical thing and a lot of down to earth wisdom and hard work but it is actually men of faith working out their destiny in GOD Almighty, walking in inheritances and establishing GOD's kingdom in the world in the last days as the knowledge of the glory of the Lord fill the earth as the waters the sea (Hab 2:14).

ONE NEW MAN Possessing The Land (Chap 16)

A few pastors had taught on the One New Man, spoken of in Eph 2:14-18. When Israel finally comes to recognize Jesus as their Promised Messiah, the dividing wall of hostility between the nation of Israel and the gentile Church will be broken down and the two will become One New Man. This One New Man will be a powerful end-time testimony and weapon of warfare. The anointing of GOD will be unhindered as brothers dwell together in unity (Ps 133) and together we shall be able to tap every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies spoken of in the book of Ephesians (Eph 1:3).

Eph 2:14-15 “For He is our peace, who has made us both one, and has broken down the dividing wall of hostility, by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and ordinances, that He might create in Himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace,” [RSV]

In what way, or ‘how’ can the two function closely even as One Man? And how could their functioning together be used as a witness and an instrument of war. Could the end times Christian Economies be that vehicle by which the two shall operate mightily as the One New Man. Together we will possess the land.

Heb 11:39 “And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised, since GOD had foreseen something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect” [RSV]

Possessing the Promised Land is the prosperity and good success that the Lord wants to give His people (Deut 8:7-10). And GOD gave us the formulae for it in Jos 1:8. It should be interesting to note that it is Joshua who had to make his own way prosperous and have good success by meditating on the law of the Lord day and night and be careful to do according to all that is written in it. And GOD’s Word says to ‘Walk out of Babylon’ (Is 48:20; Is 52:11-12) and ‘Enter and possess the Land’. But waiting for the transfer of wealth to come is what the Church had been doing for decades. Doing just what we know how to do, like raising a family, holding a job, climbing the corporate ladder or running a small or a medium size business and being very much a part of the world, looks like not going to make the transfer of wealth happen.

Firstly, it is believed that prophesized transfer of wealth will not come if we will not walk out of Babylon. Many Christians want to see the transfer of wealth happen while in Babylon. If we gather wealth by the world’s ways, these will be subject to the wrath of GOD’s end time judgment. Yes, it was a fearsome thing to do for the Israelites then to walk out of their Egyptian masters in defiance. And the wilderness, the very idea of it is daunting although it turned out to be a time of supernatural providence and romance. But it is in entering and possessing the Promised Land that we will begin to enjoy the prosperity and success that is ours in the Lord Jesus. Taking Jer 29:11 in its context, GOD was talking to His people about their returning from places of exile (Jer 29:10-14). This coming back to your land, is a very fearsome, dangerous and difficult journey. Practically, this is so for many Jews returning to the land of their fathers, in obedience to the end time call of GOD. And so, GOD promised in Is 43:2 - "When you pass through the waters I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you." For those of us making this spiritual journey, we will also literally be passing through waters (uncertainties) and going through flames (troubles). There is every risk of perishing yet the Lord GOD says, 'Fear Not'. If you will make the journey, He will undertake it.

When we go into the land we are not to follow their abominable ways for which the Lord is driving them out. There are altars and pillars to tear down; and images, cravings and high places to destroy (Deut 12:1-4). In more current terms, these would mean that certain structures and systems must be torn down and revamped. And the church should be careful of agreements, pacts or alliances that we make with the people of this world.

Deut 12:2-4 “You shall surely destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess serve their gods, upon the high mountains and upon the hills and under every green tree; you shall tear down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; you shall hewn down graven images of their gods, and destroy their name out of that place.” [RSV]

When Israel shall accept Jesus as her promised Messiah as a nation, GOD will begin to bring to fulfillment the many prophecies concerning Israel’s end time glory and prosperity (Jer 33:6-9). And I believe that it is only when Jews and Christians begin to possess the nations as One New Man that the abundance of the sea and the wealth of the nations will begin to flow into the GOD's kingdom (Is 60:5-6), for the fulfillment of GOD's end time purposes.

Rom 11:15 “For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the whole world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?” [RSV]

State / City-Wide Churches (Chap 17)

How and who should organize and manage this huge link-up? Should it be left entirely to the Christian business communities worldwide? There is no doubt that by then Christian businessmen should be fully recognized Christian leaders in every sense of the word, establishing the kingdom of GOD within the perimeters of their own jurisdictions like their own companies and industries.

But should not the local church be critically involved in all these? What should be its role? Should the local churches be central or peripheral to the Christian Economies? While Christian businesses may do their own business link-ups they needed the local churches to be linked up with their markets i.e. the Christian communities. Local churches should also not deliver up the markets represented by their congregations to Christian businessmen without requiring reciprocity in terms of job creation for the congregations and the practice of covenant principles in their businesses.

How do we link-up? Get organized! Start State / City-Wide Churches! To link-up for businesses and markets, identify and register your business as a Covenant Business with a local church that should be an integral part of a much larger set-up. The whole Christian community even if just within the locale of one city would be too large for any particular local church to handle single-handedly. The local churches should come together to set up and run registration systems to register land and company ownerships, persons and businesses.

While large churches and large businesses are the ones who may kick start this process, we should ensure that smaller local churches or smaller business owners and individuals are not left out of the Economies. It is important to include everyone in the system for his or her own economic survival. And everyone that is a Christian must be plugged in and be part of this system for the preservation of lives in the end-times. While major industrial players lined up their business partners, State / City-Wide Churches as a conglomeration of local churches need to help smaller boys get connected.

State / City-Wide Churches can also help ensure fair competition in certain industries to prevent exploitation of Christian communities through effectual monopolies. The State / City-Wide Churches will help pull and organize resources and plug urgent gaps in the business community quickly. Planning may be needed in the location of shops like clinics, and so forth. Certain resources may need to be pooled and controlled centrally for e.g. doctors or medicine, if these resources are temporarily in short supply. The businesses that the Christian communities cannot develop adequately may be those services and goods that needed to be managed somewhat differently or the Christian communities may have to totally do without them.

There will be issues for State / City-Wide Churches to decide, together with the business leaders, like whether non-Christian businesses should be allowed in the Christian Economies? Should we allow these or some to straddle both the economies and banking systems? And we know that the Babylonian City is coming down in one hour (Rev 18:10-19). If we allow these, how should the fall of Babylon then affect the Christian Economies involved?

We need State / City-Wide Churches to come together to provide the policing, the government and also the judicial system otherwise provided by the secular government. There will be irregularities and disputes to settle and disciplinary actions to be taken even within the Christian communities. The church should no longer depend on the world’s judicial system by then. It should appoint judges, lawyers and other office bearers to run a competent judicial system for the Christian communities. All these need to be City Church based and need not busy itself with the settling of secular issues for the larger population.

The church of Christ within any locale will need unity and solidarity in a time of persecution and tribulation like never before. The more people we can include and share will mean a larger platform for our co-operation and higher possibilities of survival. It is not the time to sub-divide and exclude but to include and share.

While a part of the local church will still have to dedicate itself to pastoral and spiritual work, it is clear the State / City-Wide Churches will have a calling and task beyond that of local churches to one more akin to providing governmental surveillances. Running a State / City-Wide Church is not like running a local congregation whose main task is just to shepherd and edify the body of believers. And there should be no ground for elected Christian leaders to plea financial illiteracy or administrative incompetence. The body of elders had always featured importantly in the governance of local churches and I believe the role they used to play must soon come back into greater prominence.

Local churches must rise up to organize their respective communities and protect the systems they help set up and put in place, against infiltration and sabotages and exploiters. Social vehicles to undertake various processes must be invented and sufficient checks and balances must be put in place to avoid likely betrayals and sabotages. Every effort should be made to prevent unscrupulous exploitation of the system and masses for personal gain of wealth and power even by Christian leaders and businessmen.

The church had been forewarned; the enemy had planted false Christians in churches (Matt 13:24-30). Betrayals from within the church and among brothers are prophesized. In the last days some who are not true believers will betray and leave us. False and non-believers may eventually straddle both economies whether they are allowed to or not, due to the temptations for gain. Do not be too alarmed by betrayals!