Rise in Technology Points to Return of Christ

[Chris]

Rise in Technology Points to Return of Christ
By Tim Moore

In 330 B.C., Aristotle coined the word, “technologia,” to describe productive science. Distinguished from the merely theoretical, technology encompasses the practical and inventive output of mankind that makes life more comfortable and productive.

From simple levers and pulleys to the most advanced computers and vehicles, rising standards of living have generally been tied to steady increases in technology. But alongside positive developments, increasing technology has unleashed threats and risks on an unprecedented scale. A single soldier wielding a sword can wreak only so much havoc. A maniacal despot with nuclear weapons can annihilate millions.

Many Christians are surprised to learn that the Bible has much to say about technology. Although that word never appears in the pages of Scripture, man’s inclination toward technical inventiveness reflects the inquisitive and creative nature we are imbued with — and a degree of hubris that is self-destructive.

We only need to consider the technical advances that occurred in the past century to realize how fast technology has multiplied. At the beginning of the 20th century, horsepower referred to the number of beasts that could be yoked together. Trains and ships were driven by steam power. In less than 100 years, fledgling aircraft gave way to jumbo jets and rockets that reached the moon — and beyond.

In modern society, we all rely on technology, and take it for granted most of the time. You are reading this because technology allows it to be produced and distributed. Only when we step back and look through the lens of God’s prophetic Word do we realize that the Antichrist’s reign of terror will rely on the very technology that is being perfected today.

As the pieces fall into place, many of the Signs of Technology multiplying before our eyes also portend the season of the Lord’s return. What does the future hold? God only knows.

The Father in Heaven also knows the exact moment in human history when He will tell His Son, “Go, and get your Bride.”

That expectation thankfully gives us a blessed hope that is not technical, but immensely reassuring. As we examine the modern Signs of Technology, keep your eyes on the Ancient of Days, our soon-returning King, Jesus Christ!

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[Baby Yoda]

The Father in Heaven also knows the exact moment in human history when He will tell His Son, “Go, and get your Bride.”

 

[penbrat]

Good article. I like Tim Moore.

 

[Lincoln1992]

I am not big into the A.I that is now on scene, but I did try an art generator and it's unbelievable what you can create in a matter of seconds. I do believe the A.I will play a part in the antichrist return and tribulation period.

 

[Hidden]

Good read.

Pre-Flood, it seems technology began with Tubal-Cain who was the seventh generation from Cain. "He was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron". (Genesis 4:22)

After the Flood, they used "brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar" (Gen. 11:3) and decided to build a city, Babel. It's interesting that it wasn't until much later that humanity rediscovered the use of bronze and iron for technology, during the Greek and Roman Empires if I'm not mistaken. The fourth beast of gentile rule described in Daniel 7:19 has "teeth of iron and claws of bronze", and is "exceedingly terrifying" because the beast uses these to tyrannize its subjects.

And now we live in a time when the ten horns of this beast are about to emerge. And the technologies that come with them are far more advanced as we now witnessing. I believe the beasts in Daniel 7 and the statue in Daniel 2 as not just a picture of gentile rule but also the evolution of technology that enable these beasts to have such control over people.

 

[Andy C]

And now we live in a time when the ten horns of this beast are about to emerge.

I hope so because that would mean the church is even closer to being snatched away!

 

[DanLMP]

Pete Garcia wrote an article based on the same idea. I forget the title.

My point is that as the time gets shorter more people are noticing and commenting on the same things. It's like the time is compressing and different subjects are popping to the surface more.

 

[usoutpost31]

Not necessarily, because the first century Church believed that Jesus could come back in their lifetime. They at least believed it was possible. They weren't waiting on any technological threshold.

If the Antichrist's empire is built strictly on technology, you could argue it will never survive the Tribulation because of the judgments raining down from Heaven. The meteor showers or even comet or asteroid strikes, changes in the sun, moon, devastating earthquakes, etc. The effects on satellites, the power grid, manpower, and anything else to continue a surveillance state would be severely disrupted. And even today, there are more than one billion people who don't have electricity where they live.

Because the devil is the "prince of the power of the air", he isn't constrained by technological limits. Passages like Job 1:7, 2:2 seem to indicate he can go wherever he wants. And with an army of demons to send out, he can surveil the planet already, and gather whatever information he needs on any one of us.

I don't believe it's necessary to have eyes in every corner of the earth to enforce a Mark of the Beast type system, just to root out dissidents. Just like Daniel and his three Hebrew friends living in Babylon, if you're not worshipping the Image of the Beast or carrying his Mark, you'll stand out from the crowd. Others will turn you in, of their own volition. No electronic surveillance necessary for that.

 

[daygo]

Not necessarily, because the first century Church believed that Jesus could come back in their lifetime. They at least believed it was possible. They weren't waiting on any technological threshold.

If the Antichrist's empire is built strictly on technology, you could argue it will never survive the Tribulation because of the judgments raining down from Heaven. The meteor showers or even comet or asteroid strikes, changes in the sun, moon, devastating earthquakes, etc. The effects on satellites, the power grid, manpower, and anything else to continue a surveillance state would be severely disrupted. And even today, there are more than one billion people who don't have electricity where they live.

Because the devil is the "prince of the power of the air", he isn't constrained by technological limits. Passages like Job 1:7, 2:2 seem to indicate he can go wherever he wants. And with an army of demons to send out, he can surveil the planet already, and gather whatever information he needs on any one of us.

I don't believe it's necessary to have eyes in every corner of the earth to enforce a Mark of the Beast type system, just to root out dissidents. Just like Daniel and his three Hebrew friends living in Babylon, if you're not worshipping the Image of the Beast or carrying his Mark, you'll stand out from the crowd. Others will turn you in, of their own volition. No electronic surveillance necessary for that.

Agree, good one.

 

[Spartan Sprinter 1]

Yeah not to mention that the technology that they have released to the public is actually old technology and that the technology they haven't disclosed is supposed to be down right scary in terms of its capabilities

 

[Amethyst]

Not necessarily.....

Are you saying you don't believe the rise of technology has any bearing on the Tribulation?

 

[usoutpost31]

Are you saying you don't believe the rise of technology has any bearing on the Tribulation?

More like it's not related to the timing of Jesus return.

And some dispensationalists have interpreted the words of Rev 13:17 as if every transaction on earth will be monitored. And that the Tribulation "can't happen" until such a capability is in place. I read a number of books supporting that idea when I was growing up. Over the years, now, I'm less persuaded that is the case.

From my point of view, there are a lot of ways to be "discovered" as a follower of Jesus during the Tribulation. Even going out in public without the Mark. Refusing to participate in the worship of the Image of the Beast. Others will notice that. The Antichrist doesn't actually need cameras in every household or constant surveillance of everyone living just to find the Tribulation Saints out.

 

[Tall Timbers]

Not necessarily, because the first century Church believed that Jesus could come back in their lifetime. They at least believed it was possible. They weren't waiting on any technological threshold.

If the Antichrist's empire is built strictly on technology, you could argue it will never survive the Tribulation because of the judgments raining down from Heaven. The meteor showers or even comet or asteroid strikes, changes in the sun, moon, devastating earthquakes, etc. The effects on satellites, the power grid, manpower, and anything else to continue a surveillance state would be severely disrupted. And even today, there are more than one billion people who don't have electricity where they live.

Because the devil is the "prince of the power of the air", he isn't constrained by technological limits. Passages like Job 1:7, 2:2 seem to indicate he can go wherever he wants. And with an army of demons to send out, he can surveil the planet already, and gather whatever information he needs on any one of us.

I don't believe it's necessary to have eyes in every corner of the earth to enforce a Mark of the Beast type system, just to root out dissidents. Just like Daniel and his three Hebrew friends living in Babylon, if you're not worshipping the Image of the Beast or carrying his Mark, you'll stand out from the crowd. Others will turn you in, of their own volition. No electronic surveillance necessary for that.

I agree that the technology isn't necessarily necessary. I reckon the end times govmint will use whatever they have but as the world goes from one judgment to the next disruptions will likely be significant.

 

[Andy C]

From my point of view, there are a lot of ways to be "discovered" as a follower of Jesus during the Tribulation. Even going out in public without the Mark. Refusing to participate in the worship of the Image of the Beast. Others will notice that. The Antichrist doesn't actually need cameras in every household or constant surveillance of everyone living just to find the Tribulation Saints out.

Agree. I have always believed there is a good possibility that high tech equipment may not be needed by the AC to control the masses. Anyone out in public will need the MOB in order to buy, sell, or basically do anything. Perhaps a monetary incentive will be presented to the people to turn in anyone they see without the MOB. Families and neighbors will easily turn on each other if whatever they gain by doing so will help them survive longer. Plus, with the wars, and judgements, there is no guarantee that the high tech tracking systems that are now available will be useable during the trib.

 

[KenE@21B]

When I was a young man, Revelation (and the other 'end times' Scriptures were very difficult to grasp.
Now, as a much older man, technology (based on the fulfillment of God's Word that "knowledge will increase") has cast 'new light' on all of those Scriptures, making it so much easier to understand how a global government could be implemented.

I believe that all the (exponential) advances in quantum computing, A.I, facial recognition, communications, robotics, etc will be used in combination to subjugate the global population. We, as the public, have literally only seen the 'tip of the iceberg' - the real advances in these technologies are almost always weaponized and\or reserved for government purposes.

One example of how Scripture is now so much easier to understand, is that we have experienced first hand how the entire world can witness, in real time, the fulfillment of God's Word, by virtue of satellite and cellphone technology.
Years ago, the witnessing of a celestial event was always limited to the 'side of the world' on which the event occurred, but now, I can see in South Africa, events from anywhere around the world, as they unfold.

The WEF maintains that humans are 'hackable and programmable'.
These are computer terms.
It is now obvious that a network of quantum computers (which can perform in just seconds, tasks that would take conventional 'super-computers' years to perform), linked to satellite, surveillance and banking systems as well as to the 'internet of things', would provide a world leader with all the information (power) needed to control every living person on planet earth.

As we see the 'spirit of lawlessness' accelerating around the world, more and more people turning their back on God, sexual perversion and sin in all its forms spreading its tentacles into younger and younger lives, we know without a shadow of a doubt that we are witnessing the final years of 'human history'.

Praise God for the blessed hope with which we can encourage one another while everything falls into place, according to His Word and His will.

 

[katt]

There is something that I don't understand and haven't ever since I saw the exhibit of the Presidents at Disney world and now with the invention of AI, my courosity is even stronger.. my question, how can anyone living in this part of the age be shocked that the image in the temple can talk? One would really have to be living under a rock to be shocked by that. The signs and wonders? Anyone who's been to a Sci-fi movie would know how that is done. This is why I believe there is much more to it than our technology. There has got to be supernatural entities at play here, things they have never seen before, even in the movies.

 

[Everlasting Life]

I've always thought his passage from Daniel was interesting:

"But you, Daniel, keep this prophecy a secret; seal up the book until the time of the end, when many will rush here and there, and knowledge will increase.”
Daniel 12:4

 

[KenE@21B]

There is something that I don't understand and haven't ever since I saw the exhibit of the Presidents at Disney world and now with the invention of AI, my courosity is even stronger.. my question, how can anyone living in this part of the age be shocked that the image in the temple can talk? One would really have to be living under a rock to be shocked by that. The signs and wonders? Anyone who's been to a Sci-fi movie would know how that is done. This is why I believe there is much more to it than our technology. There has got to be supernatural entities at play here, things they have never seen before, even in the movies.

Absolutely!

satan cannot be 'everywhere, all at once' (though He really wishes he could!)

So with the power of all this technology at his disposal (some think he may have inspired much of it) the supernatural (spiritual) will combine with the super-natural (human tech) to convince, conquer and control the world.

Isn't it telling that the 'father of lies' has already conquered mainstream media and the entertainment industry to the point where anything we see or hear today could be a lie?

Seeing is no longer believing - because the lie has become compellingly convincing - and only the Spirit of God is able to provide the necessary discernment to know the real Truth.

 

[usoutpost31]

It is now obvious that a network of quantum computers (which can perform in just seconds, tasks that would take conventional 'super-computers' years to perform), linked to satellite, surveillance and banking systems as well as to the 'internet of things', would provide a world leader with all the information (power) needed to control every living person on planet earth.

Not everybody has access to those things, though.

Take a nation like Eritrea. One of the most impoverished nations in the world, there are no ATMs there and the government restricts how much cash can be in circulation. Internet penetration is around 1% and SIM cards are almost unheard of. Even if you have a cell phone there, there is no mobile data. They are many years away from such a thing as online banking.

Yet it's still a restrictive, totalitarian state despite its lack of modern technology.

 

[Dragontiger777]

Off the topic, but connect?????

What if the a/c got head shot (dead then brain or whatever transfer to the AI?) Shall raise worse antichrist?