Following the Health Scare post I put up last week, things have escalated. The pandemic has spread; the number of infected is now reported as approaching a quarter of a million individuals, more than quadruple from last week. It’s very contagious, obviously, but I wonder how many of these are truly new cases, rather than just newly detected as testing is becoming more widely available.
Also, the percentage of fatalities to those infected has increased to a little over 2%. A shortage of ventilators in New York City, where the virus has inundated the hospitals to overflowing, may explain part of that. Samaritan’s Purse has set up a field hospital in downtown NYC to help out, Franklin Graham announced. Strange times we live in!
I called this situation a wake-up call in last week’s post. Since then, I’ve heard the same term used by Jim Bakker & Brother Graham. There are likely more; I don’t spend much time listening to TV or radio. If God picked up a bullhorn to say, “NOW HEAR THIS” to the whole world, I doubt He’d command more attention than He’s getting now!
What is He saying? To paraphrase, ‘Life is short. I am coming, so get ready!’ The age of grace to repent and turn to Christ Jesus is coming to an end. The age of Aquarius is baloney; the Sovereign age of our Lord Jesus is up next!
Those who trust in Him will reign with Him. In the meanwhile, as the world undergoes drastic changes due to the pandemic, it seems to me the next big change is a cashless economy! Think about it. Even a SUSPICION that someone might have become infected by currency passing through his hands will make handling cash undesirable, to say the least. EFTs (Electronic Fund Transfers) and POS (Point of Sale) transactions are the viable options. The public will embrace the change gladly, rather than risk infection!
I do not intend to frighten anyone, nor am I purporting to prophesy in the name of the Lord. I’m only looking ahead to what makes sense, that’s all. Ten years ago, germophobes were viewed as paranoid; now, there are no germophobes, because “sensible precautions” are the NORM.
My grandparents’ generation believed that a cashless society would usher in the Antichrist. They would have fought tooth and nail against any such attempt to convert the economy, for that reason. Would anyone fight it now?