Minority Report

Hebrews 11:39-40 connects the past believers to current with faith as the focal point. Hebrews 11 tells of believers who had great successes and what would apparent to the lost of the world terrible failures. Of course, God defines all that differently than does the "earth dwellers" as they are called in the book of Revelation. Believers today can learn from those of the past and how they came through hard times. For the first time we can actually see the mark of the beast shaping up. The Chinese social credit score and now the USA ESG help us see what that mark will be. The ESG is an early iteration what will become mark, name or number of Revelation 13:7. That which we have tried to conceptualize if now coming into focus. It is clear in the Bible that believers during the age of grace (today) will not be here when this all goes down in its final form. We have not been appointed un to God's wrath. The devil's persecution, yes. But not the wrath that is coming from God on this world. The coming of it will be gradual and incremental. So we need to thrive even as it all shapes up.