I have been thinking about Christians who believe that the Lord Jesus Christ will only return for His people after the seven year Great Tribulation period.
The Bible says that during the reign of the Antichrist during the Great Tribulation, people cannot buy or sell without the mark of the Beast either on their right hand or on their forehead.
We have experienced how hard it is when our rights become limited. Governments can restrict movement during the pandemic by removing our rights to go out of our homes, our rights to riding public transportation, or access to malls and other establishments, and even other regions and countries. People can easily lose their jobs or business or source of livelihood.
So, if you are a Christian who is present during the seven year Great Tribulation, can you really survive? Even if you are a Doomsday Prepper, and have your own farm for food, solar panels for energy and deep well for water, how long can you last? And if governments take these sources of necessities away from you, what then?
It has been easy for governments to sway people into getting vaccinated. They use carrots and sticks. How easy will it be for the one world government to sway people into getting the mark of the Beast on their right hand or forehead? This pandemic is the test if one rule can be imposed on the entire world by all countries and if every individual can be forced to follow.
Thanks be to God through our Lord Jesus Christ. If a believer finds himself in this situation, God will give him the strength to live on or the courage to face death for the Lord.
