Jacob’s Trouble 666 – Life Imitates Art

Jacob’s Trouble 666 – Life Imitates Art - By Terry James - https://www.raptureready.com/2021/05/06/jacobs-trouble-666-life-imitates-art-by-terry-james/ Going through the news, the headline jumped at me in a startling jolt. Life does indeed imitate art—for certain when it comes to Bible prophecy. “Whole Foods Ushering in Mark of the Beast with New Palm-Scanning Payment System” The headline instantly took my thoughts to my first novel, which I started writing in about 1977 and was initially published much later, in 1999. Jacob’s Trouble 666 isthe title, and it’s still available on Amazon.com in reprint. The book was an attempt to portray through fiction what life might be like for the world and particularly for Jewish people during the earlier time in the Tribulation era.Even though the time of Jacob’s trouble (Jeremiah 30:7) is about the last half of the Tribulation, my story covered basically the first half of the seven-year Tribulation period, following the Rapture. I envisioned—or tried to—the technologies as they mightdevelop by the time that cruel moment of horror inflicts Antichrist rule upon the planet. Here is a portion of that story written sometime around 1979, as I recall. An old man shuffled tentatively into the checkout lane, avoiding the gaze of the checker. His broad head was bowed as if he sought to hide beneath the upturned collar ofthe ragged gray coat he wore. “You got an IN, mister?” Her question cut the air in a tone of disgust. “Yes… Yes… See here.” The man let his eyes meet hers fleetingly while he pulled back the sleeve on his right arm and moved his hand to a position beneath the countertopDecode scanner, activating an ultraviolet light which made visible a bar code tattooed on the back of his hand. At the same time, the number appeared on the INRU screen: 5DD197920- J Looking at the screen, the checker pushed a button, and data was added to the display. 5D019792O-J IN5DR – O – CREDIT LINE – D “You don’t have any drawing rights, Jew! Take these and put them back where they belong!” The little man shrunk deeper into the oversized coat, although he made a meek protest. “Please— but madam, I…” “Just get these things back on the shelves, Jew!” She shoved the items roughly at him, cursing beneath her breath. Her outburst drew the attention of others in the ProductCenter and caused the controller to stiffen to alertness from his position near the exit. While all eyes were on the frightened man, he moved from the counter and nervously replaced the foodstuffs on their various shelves. His face taking on the bloodless lookof a man terminally ill, his only wish was to be gone from the Product Center. “Are you Jew?” The controller collared him, snarling the question through clenched teeth. “Answer me, old man!” He slammed the smaller man hard against a nearby wall, then pushed his elbow into the captive’s throat. Unable to answer and growing dizzy because of pressure exerted onhis windpipe, the man ceased to struggle against his powerful captor, who jerked and ripped at the overcoat, sending buttons flying when the coat tore open. The controller pulled the coat apart, exposing a yellow, thread-stitched Star of David on the gray, tattered shirt. “Why are you hiding this?” the angry policeman demanded, jabbing his finger into the center of the symbol. “You know it’s forbidden to conceal being Jew!” Here’s the link to the novel. https://www.amazon.com/Jacobs-Trouble-666-Terry-James-ebook/dp/B07JKDW3BV/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=jacobs+trouble+666&qid=1619794909&sr=8-1 The news item, then, as I say, jumped out and smacked my realization. We are at a point no doubt even past the technological development stage of the AI and other advancementswhich I tried to imagine back then. The following news item excerpt maybe will further enlighten. Thanks to its acquisition by Amazon, Whole Foods Market is quickly morphing into the grocery store of the New World Order with a new cashless payment system that allowscustomers to wave their palm over a scanning machine in order to pay for their food. Instead of having to hand over cash or a credit card, Whole Foods customers can simply wave their hand (and maybe soon their forehead?) through the machine and voila: purchasemade. According to an Amazon FAQ, the palm-scanning technology analyzes “the minute characteristics of your palm – both surface-area details like lines and ridges as well as subcutaneousfeatures such as vein patterns” in order to identify a customer and allow for rapid purchase. This biometric scanning tool is branded as a faster, easier alternative to paying with a credit card or cash. The system is officially called Amazon One and it allows for Amazon Prime users to link their accounts and receive discounts and other promotions every time they opt towave their palm through a kiosk at Whole Foods rather than pay with cash or a credit card… The ultimate goal is to completely phase out paper and coin currency and replace it with a cashless system. Amazon via Whole Foods is paving the way for this by testingout the new system at its Seattle locations. (“Whole Foods Ushering in Mark of the Beast with New Palm-Scanning Payment System,” NaturalNews.com, RR News April 30, 2021) Technology has caught up to and surpassed my imagination, it is obvious. Bible prophecy manifests for all who are willing to believe God’s truth that the Creator of allthings knows the end from before the foundation of this now-fallen world. Life doesn’t really imitate art. Bible prophecy presents life in a story filled with truth only the God of Heaven can foretell. The end-times electronic economic system of controlling the masses was written about by the Holy Spirit-inspired pen of John the Revelator on the Isle of Patmos. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell,save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. (Revelation 13:16–18) Let’s pay attention to developments all around us. It is only upon doing this that we can truly anticipate the call we who belong to Christ can expect to hear soon. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then wewhich are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. 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