I’m appalled as I witness the almost weekly changes taking place in the framing of new legislation in the United States. It is evident the Constitution of the United States is being ignored.
Freedoms we too often take for granted are being brushed aside one by one. Most of these changes are made in the name of security.
For example, recently Time magazine (Dec. 20, 2004) reported on the new intelligence reform law which includes some chilling elements. It requires states to coordinate drivers’ licenses to make them compatible with each other. In other words, drivers’ licenses are to be the same in all states. This has been on the horizon for a few years, and it finally arrived on December 9, 2004, when President Bush signed the law.
Other credible media sources indicate that this law includes requirements for a Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-approved birth certificate and a social security number for each newborn which includes DNA marker data. DHS plans to have a database that will include detailed information on every citizen.
The implications of this new law are enormous. A driver’s license can easily become the Department of Homeland Security’s way of monitoring the activities of every citizen. All that has to be required is that your driver’s license be scanned for approval or denial of every transaction.
This new law may soon make credit or debit cards obsolete. All banking information will likely be linked to the DHS database and directly linked to personal bank accounts. All a person will need is a driver’s license which can be scanned for approval at the checkout counter or gasoline pump.
With this system in place, whether one uses cash or an available bank line-of-credit, how easy would it be for Revelation 13:17 to be fulfilled: “That no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name”! Those who are targeted for religious repression can easily be isolated from the system by denying their ID card transactions.
Praise God that we don’t have to be afraid, as long as we remain submitted to Him. “The Lord will help all who take hold with good courage, and humbly do His work with honesty and fidelity and earnest zeal. The end is near, and I would say to those I love in every place, Be of good courage in the Lord. Ministers and people, the Lord is our Rock.
We may be secure. The Lord will not leave His people to the will of the enemy. He will carry us through all the strait places. He can spread a table for us in the wilderness.” Review and Herald, February 12, 1901.
This time is close at hand. “Look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” Luke 21:28.
