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No one had ever seen God until Jesus came as God in human flesh. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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We read about a Last Days global religious movement in the seventeenth chapter of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. It is referred to as “Babylon” because it is the final form of the religious rebellion at the Tower of Babel. We therefore expect movement towards a global religion, or at least an “ecumenical” movement, meaning all-inclusive, all-embracing, and universal. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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God sent John the Baptist to give testimony about Jesus so that everyone would hear and believe. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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There is an intriguing passage in the Revelation about an image, the person we call the false prophet, and the Beast – another name of the antichrist. An image of the Beast is going to come to life. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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“The Word” Who was there “in the beginning” came to Earth to show us what God is like. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The Book of the Revelation describes the antichrist having authoritarian control over his citizens. In the future Great Tribulation technology will access the global grid and determine a person’s level of participation in society. It will be possible to restrict purchases and participation. The technology is ready for this digital dictatorship. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The last words of the Revelation are appropriately an invitation for “whoever” to “come” and be saved. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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In Revelation 13, humans “make” a sentient “image to the beast” that will have power over life and death. It will order and execute the deaths of people who refuse to worship the antichrist. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Nations and kings who inhabit New Earth give glory and honor to Jesus. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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In His prophetic sermon we call the Olivet Discourse, Jesus said the End Times would be like the days of Noah. Jesus specifically referenced the strange marriages in the days of Noah. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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John watches New Jerusalem descend from Heaven to its place over the new Earth in the renewed heavens. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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A story that didn’t receive much attention may be the most important thing that happened this week, at least from the perspective of Bible prophecy – America’s unfriending of the nation of Israel. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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COVID19 is not prophetic. However, the methods and mandates that are being utilized globally to combat it are predictive of the type of the socio-economic system that will play a significant role in the future government of the antichrist. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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We look forward excitedly to the new heavens, the new city, and a new Earth with no more sea. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The Dragon is imprisoned in the Abyss for a thousand years then confined to the Lake of Fire for eternity. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Now that we are into the pandemic’s second year, we are starting to get data on the unforeseen consequences of the methods and mandates governments are using. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Jesus came the first time riding a donkey but returns the second time riding a white horse. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Citizens in the future Great Tribulation will be mandated to participate in a system by which they must produce proof of compliance in order to be allowed to work or shop or dine or attend entertainment. Without proof, their livelihood and lifestyles will be restricted. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Four hallelujahs are sung in Heaven on the verge of Jesus’ return to Earth (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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A universal vaccine passport is not the Mark of the Beast. However, the way the leaders of the world are talking, they will establish a system like what the Revelation predicts will be in place in the Great Tribulation. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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God calls to saints in Tribulation Babylon, “Come out of her, My people.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence, cashless commerce, the manipulation of human DNA, global government, the exponential growth of human knowledge, and the rebirth of Israel as a nation are all areas we see corroborating the End Times prophecies of the Bible. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Naaman the leper finds healing and salvation after visiting Elisha, the prophet of God. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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The trend this week has been mandating COVID19 vaccination and the requirement to show proof in order to function in society. Is this paving the way for the type of system the Antichrist will use in the Great Tribulation? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The mystery global religious system of the Great Tribulation is compared to a harlot riding upon a scarlet beast. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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There is a lot of talk about vaccine passports. How does this line up with what we expect in light of Bible prophecy? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Despite God’s severe measures to bring them to repentance, those who inhabit Earth blaspheme Him. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Mandatory vaccination that requires proof for a person to travel, for employment, dining, entertainment, and anything else that a government deems necessary, sounds too much like the Last Days prediction that at some point everyone on Earth will be subjected to a contactless, cashless system of commerce involving a mark on your hand or forehead. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The Tribulation martyrs sing the Song of the Lamb in anticipation of the Lord coming to reign over all the nations. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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We have for many decades understood from Bible prophecy that the End Times would feature a cashless, contactless global system of economics. Something in or on a person’s hand or forehead will allow them to conduct all necessary business and commerce. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Three angels in the Earth’s atmosphere preach the Gospel and warn men not to take the Mark of the Beast. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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In Genesis 6, fallen angels married and mated with human women. Their offspring were giants called in the Bible Nephilim. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Jehoiachin receives astonishing mercy and not only freed from prison, but given a throne and a place at the king’s table. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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The Revelation introduces the two men associated with the notorious number 666. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Countries across the globe have begun announcing vaccine passports, allowing their citizens to use proof of vaccination from COVID19 to travel once again. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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With the great dragon in murderous pursuit, God gives Jews “two wings of a great eagle that they might fly into the wilderness to safety.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Facial recognition has become more popular and more accurate. It is one of the biometric technologies that could be utilized to take control over a society in the way described in the Revelation. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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John sees a sign illustrating God restraining Satan from preventing the birth of Jesus. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence, cashless commerce, the manipulation of human DNA, increased surveillance, global government, and the exponential growth of human knowledge are all areas we see corroborating the prophecies of the Bible. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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In the Bible, the need for salvation is pictured as a thirst God wants to quench. He offers His living water at no cost to anyone who will come. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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At the sound of the Last Trumpet the world’s Kingdom has become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Messiah, and He will rule forever and ever. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The Mark of the Beast is presented in the Revelation as a means by which the governments of the future will control every aspect of a person’s life. With this “mark” you will be able to participate in society. Without it you will be severely restricted or cut off entirely. Communist China is showing us what this looks like. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The inhabitants of Earth hate and want to kill God’s Two Witnesses but are themselves killed if they try. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Before he continues to receive the Revelation John eats a little scroll that is bitter in his stomach. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Does COVID-19 have anything to do with Bible prophecy? Not directly. Indirectly it has rapidly accelerated expected prophetic trends. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The trumpet judgments are so horrific that men will desire to die but death will flee from them. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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All indicators in the Book of the Revelation suggest there will be a global, cashless economy leading up to and during the seven-year Great Tribulation. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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A moment of silence is observed in Heaven before the judgments of the seventh seal begin. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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We have long pointed to implanted microchips as consistent with the prediction that in the Great Tribulation a “mark” on the hand will be necessary. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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God seals 144,000 Jews from the twelve tribes of Israel to preach the Gospel in the Great Tribulation. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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In the days of Noah, human DNA was being manipulated by the Nephilim. Today, man is tampering with DNA in startling ways, including the creation of human-monkey chimeras. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Jesus sets in motion the future Great Tribulation by opening the first six seals of the scroll. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Jesus’ resurrection was an outright defeat of death. Do you believe in these things? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The Lamb of God takes the seven-sealed scroll from the right hand of God the Father. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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John predicted the mark of the beast over 2000 years ago at a time when soldiers were getting paid with salt. He saw technology we take for granted. Here are a few of the biometric advances that could easily fit John’s vision of the future. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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John sees twenty-five thrones being set in Heaven and is given further revelation about the End Times. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The apostle John received the Revelation of Jesus Christ exiled on the Island of Patmos over 2000 years ago. He saw a future in which those in power would control every aspect of its citizens’ lives. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Jesus tells the church of the Laodiceans that He will vomit them out of His mouth unless they acquire from Him certain priceless spiritual resources. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Today, the dreaded mark of the Beast sounds like things we read about every day. We are definitely trending towards secure biometrics. Palm vein scans, retinal scans, implanted chips, could qualify as hand & forehead marks. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Jesus tells the Philadelphia faithful that He has the key to open the door that no one can shut. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The possibility of enslaving citizens by some sort of biometric “mark” is fast becoming reality. The technology exists, right now, for everyone to use their fingerprints, or their palm prints, or a vein scan, or a retinal scan, or a wearable device, or an implanted chip, to identify themselves, and conduct all their business. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Jesus shocks the saints in Sardis by pronouncing them dead, then telling them what to do about it. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The dreaded Mark of the Beast is described in the thirteenth chapter of the Revelation. The possibility of controlling humanity by this “mark” is fast becoming reality. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Jesus exposes a woman in the church in Thyatira who claims to be a prophetess but is more like a notorious witch and harlot from the Old Testament. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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In the Revelation we see an image of the Beast, and a prophecy that no one may buy or sell without his mark. How might this compare to the emerging social credit systems we see today? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Jesus tells the believers in Pergamos that Satan is living in their city. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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It would seem that the apostle John was shown how what we call biometrics would be used to surveil and control the lives of those under antichrist’s reign. You would expect that the nations of the world to be trending toward a surveillance state made possible by biometric. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The believers in Smyrna are told that they will soon be crushed like fragrant myrrh for their testimony of Jesus Christ. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Reading Bible prophecy, you would expect DNA to be a huge topic in the End Times. Lo and behold, when we look around today, it is. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Paul shares a prayer for the Ephesians Christians, that they would know more of Jesus Christ and what that means for their lives as His people. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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People ask, “Does COVID19 have anything to do with Bible prophecy?” My answer is, “No, not directly.” By that I mean it is not one of the plagues we read about in the Revelation. Indirectly, however, COVID19 has a lot to do with Bible prophecy in that it is accelerating several prominent end times predictions. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Jesus tells the church at Ephesus that, despite all their works, they have left their first love for Him. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Imagery in both the Book of Daniel and the Revelation leads us to believe that the End Times will feature a global government, and a global economy. But globalism is exactly what we are seeing on account of COVID19. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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When John sees Jesus in His glory, he falls down as dead. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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We’ve suggested that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could power the Image of the Beast we see in the Revelation. That’s why I was excited to run across a transcript from a podcast featuring John Lennox. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The apostle John looks into the future and sees the Second Coming of Jesus “with clouds.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The description we are given in the Bible of the future Great Tribulation suggests there will be what experts today call a “surveillance state.” Your habits, your movements, will all be known to the global government of the Tribulation. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The apostle John shares the Revelation of Jesus Christ that was given to him as a literal prophecy of mankind’s future. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Until recently, unless you lived in China, it has been hard to believe that such a thing like the mark of the beast could be forced upon a freedom-loving public. In just a few months, however, COVID19 has effectively changed that. Around the world, citizens are going to be forced to receive vaccinations or suffer consequences. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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We may be earthen vessels, but we contain a great treasure that sustains us through even the worst of times.

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The Revelation of Jesus Christ seems to describe what commentators call a one-world government during the future Great Tribulation. You’d therefore expect a serious movement towards a more global governance to gain traction before the Tribulation.

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In Zechariah we see a vision of man’s wickedness, heaven’s dress code and how we can be saved by grace by a God who loves us. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The instruments build and build and build to a crescendo of loud, clashing cymbals. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The Mark of the Beast. Believers and nonbelievers alike have some familiarity with it. It is something having to do with your hand or forehead that will allow you to identify yourself, and to conduct all of your business. Biblically, it seems to be a system in place globally before the Beast (the antichrist) declares himself to be God. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Don’t put your trust in princes who are mere men that die. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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There is a fantastic prophecy that, during the Great Tribulation, a person called “the false prophet” will construct an “image” of the world leader known as the Beast or the antichrist that will seemingly or actually come to life. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The God of the Bible is compared with the gods of this world, showing that Jehovah is powerful, compassionate and trustworthy. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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The final book of the Bible, the Revelation, predicts what the world will look like in the End Times – especially during the seven year Great Tribulation. The world will be under the rule of one government, one economic system, and one leader. A global, one-world order, is being openly pursued by many of the world’s most powerful men. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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David recognized that the Lord was working to perfect him in the present and that He would complete the work in the future. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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China has developed what is called, “Social Credit.” It is a system that, quite literally, controls the participation of citizens in everyday purchases and activities. Each citizen is given a social credit score, with rewards for those who have a high rating and punishments for those with low scores. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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A group of the night shift workers are acknowledged for making sure there was always worship in the House of the Lord. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Call it Globalization, or the One-World Government, or the New World Order – COVID19 has accelerated its progress, and made globalization desirable and possible. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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David recalls the holy oil running down on Aaron’s beard when he was anointed as High Priest. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The Bible predicts a future in which the world is united in a cashless system of commerce. Thus you would expect the nations of the world to be moving towards cashless economies. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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From creation to the end of all things we can give thanks to God for His unfailing love. (Gene Pensiero Jr.)

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Solomon commemorates his father’s passion to return the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Indirectly, the global response to COVID-19 does potentially have a prophetic impact. We’ve been pointing out for decades that, in the last days and then in the Great Tribulation, the world will be united in commerce. There will be some sort of digital and biometric technology by which everyone can be identified, and can conduct all their business. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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David is calm and quiet, more like a weaned child than an anxious and worried nursing infant. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Does COVID-19 have anything to do with Bible prophecy? Not directly; and by that I mean, it isn’t a pestilence from the Book of the Revelation. The things you read about in chapters 6-19, the Great Tribulation, are after the rapture of the church. Indirectly, the global response to the pandemic does potentially have a prophetic impact. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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From what he calls the depths, the psalmist cries out to the LORD trusting in His forgiveness. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Amazon isn’t the Beast. Technology, by itself, isn’t the Mark of the Beast. But Amazon Go certainly uses your “hand” to “buy or sell.” That sounds similar to what the apostle John saw over 2000 years ago. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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David makes and emergency call to God for help but his primary concern is not for his own safety, but that he would remain spiritual and in harmony with the Lord. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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The psalmist asks Israel to remember when they were beaten so badly by their oppressors that it was as if furrows were being plowed into their backs. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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There is an intriguing passage in the Revelation about an idol, a guy we call the false prophet, and the Beast – another name of the antichrist. Apparently an image of the Beast is going to come to “life.” Could AI be part of this prophecy? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The psalmist encourages everyone, starting with men, to fear the LORD and to walk in His ways. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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COVID19 is not one of the end times pestilences. Those occur during the seven year Great Tribulation. We are not in the Great Tribulation, nor will the church ever be in it. God has promised to keep us from that day. What COVID19 is doing is catapulting us forward to a “new normal,” global society that will depend upon biometric technologies to identify, and in many ways control citizens. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The psalmist describes our efforts without the Lord’s leading and enabling as “eat[ing] the bread of sorrows.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The Bible predicts that one day the citizens of the world would be identified by, and conduct all their business by, something in or on their forehead or their hand. The prophecy seemed ridiculous for centuries. Not anymore. There are any number of biometric technologies fully developed that could be implemented globally pretty much overnight. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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In this study, we learn about God’s amazing grace which solves the problem of sin and gives a universal opportunity for people everywhere to be saved. (Pastor Jacob Kelso)

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The psalmist reflects upon Israel’s tears of sorrow while in captivity and the subsequent joy of their release and return. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Futurists like ourselves have long predicted that in the days leading up to the Great Tribulation, commerce would go cashless. It’s happening. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The psalmist describes God supernaturally surrounding His people the way the mountains are naturally around Jerusalem. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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If COVID-19 has a sinister, Satanic, spiritual purpose, it is that it is pushing the world population towards a global, digital biometric system. It is the kind of system futurists have been predicting since the apostle John wrote the Revelation. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The psalmist invites us to remember that the LORD is on our side. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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COVID19 is not a one of the pestilences we read about in the Bible. Those occur during the Great Tribulation. If it has a sinister, Satanic, spiritual purpose, it is that it is pushing the world population towards a global, digital biometric system. It is the kind of system futurists have been predicting since the apostle John wrote the Revelation. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The psalmist compares believers to a servant carefully beholding his or her master’s hand for subtle signals. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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COVID19 is pushing the world population towards a global, digital biometric system. It is the kind of system futurists have been predicting since the apostle John wrote the Revelation. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The Psalmist has a message for all people everywhere about a life lived in Christ’s redemption as opposed to pursing the building of wealth. (Gene Pensiero Jr)

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The pilgrim arrives at Jerusalem and ascends the hill to the house of the LORD with a song about gladness and gratitude. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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Bible futurists have long understood that, in the Last Days and going into the Great Tribulation, there would be a global, cashless economic system by which everyone will conduct all their business. What do we see developing today? (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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The writer of Psalm 121 is promised God’s protection now and forevermore. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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It’s not being a conspiracy theorist to see one scenario that calls for everyone in the world to be vaccinated, and to be able to prove their COVID-19 status digitally. Without proof of the vaccination, you could be barred from entering stores and other buildings. That is to say, you won’t be able to buy or sell anything. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

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