*ABUJA AND THE NEW ERA: AN ESCHATOLOGICAL VIEW OF THE GLOBAL ANGLICAN HEADQUARTERS* _By Postulant C. O. Oyadosu_ *INTRODUCTION: NOT JUST GEOGRAPHY, BUT PROPHECY* To the glory of God, the announcement on *29 August 2026 in Recife, Brazil*, that the headquarters of the *Global Anglican Communion* will be established in *Abuja, Nigeria*, is more than an administrative decision. It is a prophetic marker. While some individuals in their opinion rightly calls for wisdom, humility, and global representation, we must also read this moment through the lens of *Scripture, history, and eschatology*. God is not surprised by geography. He ordains seasons. What we are witnessing is not Africa “taking over” Anglicanism. It is the *return of Christianity to its ancient African roots* and the beginning of an *End-Time Revival that will be led from the Global South*. *1. CHRISTIANITY IN AFRICA PREDATES EUROPEAN MISSIONS* The argument that Anglicanism must remain tied to Canterbury because “that is where it began” overlooks a deeper biblical and historical truth: *Africa was Christian before Europe was*. 1. *Ethiopia*: The Ethiopian eunuch in *Acts 8:26-39* took the Gospel to Africa in the 1st century. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church traces its roots to the 4th century, with the _Garima Gospels_ and a canon of 81 books preserved for 1600 years. 2. *North Africa*: Alexandria, Carthage, and Hippo produced giants like Athanasius, Origen, Tertullian, and Augustine. The Nicene Creed was hammered out in North Africa. 3. *Christianity is not a Western export*. It is an Eastern and African faith that later flourished in Europe. Therefore, to locate the Global Anglican headquarters in *Abuja* is not innovation. It is *restoration*. It is God bringing the Communion back to a continent where the faith was planted by the Apostles themselves. As *Colossians 3:16* declares for this last Sunday of August: _“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.”_ That Word first dwelt richly in African soil. *2. AN ESCHATOLOGICAL READING: THE SHIFT TO THE GLOBAL SOUTH* Jesus said in *Matthew 24:14*: _“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”_ Church historians like Philip Jenkins in _The Next Christendom_ have documented what the Spirit is doing: *The numerical and spiritual centre of Christianity has moved to Africa, Asia, and Latin America.* The decision to place the headquarters in *Abuja* fits this eschatological pattern: 1. *Numerical strength*: Over 60% of active Anglicans today are in Africa. Nigeria alone has more Anglicans than all of UK, US, Canada and Australia combined. 2. *Doctrinal clarity*: In a season where Western provinces are revising biblical teaching on marriage, life, and authority of Scripture, God is raising up a bastion of biblical orthodoxy in the South. 3. *Missionary sending*: For 500 years the West sent missionaries to Africa. In this season, Africa is sending missionaries back to Europe, America, and Asia. This is not nationalism. This is *fulfillment*. The last shall be first, and the first last. *Mark 10:31* *3. WHY ABUJA? WHY NOW? PROPHECY AND REVIVAL* Many prophetic voices across Africa for the last 30 years have spoken of an *“End-Time Revival that will start from Nigeria and spread to the nations.”* Nigeria’s Anglican Church has been at the forefront of: - Church planting movements - Prayer and fasting culture - Defense of Scripture under persecution - Youth and evangelistic fervour The *G26 gathering in Abuja, March 2026*, was not accidental. It was a divine alignment. Abuja, the centrally located capital of the most populous black nation, becomes a *new Upper Room* from where the Spirit will be poured out. Just as Jerusalem was the geographic center for the 1st century Church in *Acts 1:8*, *Abuja can be a 21st century center* for a global outpouring — not because Nigeria is superior, but because God chooses weak and unlikely places to shame the wise. *1 Corinthians 1:27* *4. ANSWERING THE CONCERNS: INFRASTRUCTURE, GLOBALITY, AND OWNERSHIP* Some highly respected Anglican Church fathers in God raised legitimate practical concerns. But eschatology teaches us that *God provides infrastructure for what He ordains*. 1. *On Infrastructure*: Joseph was sent to Egypt, Daniel to Babylon, and Paul to Rome. God never waits for perfect roads before He moves. As the headquarters grows, God will raise partners, technology, and diaspora Anglicans to build it. The early Church had no “international banking” either. 2. *On Global Representation*: Yes, leadership must reflect Africa + Asia + Europe + Americas + Pacific. But global representation does not require a Western postcode. With virtual platforms and international flights to Abuja increasing daily, *global access is a matter of will, not geography.* 3. *On “Looking African”*: The Gospel has always looked like the people who carry it. When it was in Rome it looked Roman. In Canterbury it looked English. In Antioch it looked Middle Eastern. *Let it now look African, and let the world come and see the glory of God in it.* The goal is not to erase culture, but to submit every culture to Christ. The headquarters in Abuja will not “own” the Communion. *Christ owns it.* But the location will be a sign that God is doing a new thing. *Isaiah 43:19* *5. ABUJA MUST BE MORE THAN AN OFFICE — IT MUST BE AN ALTAR* I agree fully with Venerable Dr Jesulola here. If Abuja is to host the headquarters, it must become: 1. *A Global Anglican Prayer Centre* - 24/7 worship like David’s tabernacle 2. *An International Theological Institute* - Raising the next generation of orthodox scholars 3. *A Missionary Training and Sending Base* - For Europe, Asia, and the Americas 4. *An Archives and Research Library* - To recover African, Ethiopian, and Global South contributions to Anglican theology This will silence critics and prove that this is not about pride, but about *mission*. *CONCLUSION: THE HEADQUARTERS MAY BE IN ABUJA, BUT THE VISION IS FOR THE WORLD AND FOR THE END* Beloved, we are not in a time for timidity. We are in a time for faith. The decision to place the Global Anglican Communion headquarters in Abuja is: 1. *Historical*: Returning to Africa’s ancient Christian roots in Ethiopia and North Africa 2. *Missional*: Placing leadership where the growth and sacrifice is greatest 3. *Eschatological*: A sign that God is shifting the centre of global Christianity for the final harvest We must reject both Western paternalism and African triumphalism. Instead we must embrace *divine orchestration*. *Canterbury will always be our mother.* *Abuja can now be our mission outpost for the nations.* As we close August and enter September, let us pray: _“Lord, let the Word of Christ dwell richly in Abuja. Let this be the start of the End-Time Revival through the Anglican Communion. Let Nigeria serve with humility, and let the whole world see Jesus.”_ The headquarters may be in Abuja. But the fire will reach the whole earth. *Amen. Maranatha. Come Lord Jesus.* _“Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else... Saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure.” – Isaiah 46:9-10_ Shalom!

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The Body of the Word is an Adequate Security System for the Central Banking Systems of nations. The Kitchen

The Body of the Word is an Adequate Security System for the Central Banking Systems of nations. Join me for 15 minutes everyday in The Kitchen to explore and feed on the contents in the Body of the Word for strong central banking systems in the economic environments of nations. Listen to The Kitchen Podcast on Amazon Music. Apple podcasts. Audible. Deezer. Spotify https://music.amazon.com/es-us/podcasts/37df4cbf-d46c-44af-9104-77c1a71f3d09/the-kitchen #foodmoneyshow #bodyoftheword #marketplace #moneymarket #moneymindset

Good morning to everyone. Grace and Peace be with you. The birds are singing, my coffee is hot, my back hurts (not sure why), and I slept like an unmovable rock (probably why my back hurts). Today is a beautiful day in which many blessings are just waiting to be discovered. I have shared many times that, for the longest time, my prayer life was far from a prayer life. It has improved to the point where I pray at least twice a day. Once in the morning, before my feet hit the floor, and then at night, before my head hits the pillow. Each time I first give thanks for the day, the provision, the obstacles, and guidance…then I close with the Lord’s prayer. I have also shared how in the Lord's Prayer (Matthew version) it says debts/debtors, but I preferred sins/those who sinned against us. I learned that the way I say it is the Book of Luke version. I had never seen it that way until I started researching the actual translations. I remember a lesson in one of my Sparkling Gems devotional (I think that was the source) that the translated word ‘debt’ from the Greek was a banking term that Matthew used and he did so with the purpose of exposing the ‘DEBT’ that Jesus paid for us and how we should look at the wrong doings that have been done to us or at us in the same fashion. For about a month or so, this routine of mine has conjured up some internal discussion (the proper translation of the prayer and not my preference), which led me to find that, depending on what version of the prayer I follow (Matthew or Luke), I am fine. But the idea of debt owed really struck a chord with me. The mess that I am and the debt that I owe … that concept really changed the way I think about those who I feel have ‘wronged’ me. Now, that does not mean that I don’t get mad or lash out verbally in the moment, it simply means that I take accountability even deeper for my actions in their part of my situation. Yesterday, I spoke about the Old Testament being the foundation and building block of the New Testament and that we did need to following it’s guidelines … within the guidelines of what Jesus taught. I actually used a portion of that paper in a conversation yesterday about the one part of the old that we do not follow is ‘An eye for an eye’ … Jesus taught that we turn the other cheek. In giving thanks and closing with the Lord’s Prayer, I have found that I will remember something that I need to remember to pray for, that different situations come to light that need to be prayed for, that sometimes just silence is what is called for, and an internal and deeper desire to better understand the Word of God. I realize that today’s paper is a bit scattered, but the true takeaway is this … in prayer … a true devotion to God prayer … our eyes are opened to areas that pertain to our walk and the direction that He is leading us. To be clear, I have not reached the level of prayer life as depicted by the elderly woman in the movie War Room, however, it also is no longer a “Hey can you please look over and bless … or I know you are in control use me … Amen” either. My prayer life, now, is intentional … not a pop-up. My prayer life is direct and reflective, and most of all … reverent to the One who asked me to talk to Him. Today, I encourage you to start an intentional prayer time. Whether is like I do before the day starts and when the day ends, or if it is in your car while you are eating lunch … start a devoted prayer time and spend time with Him. You will be amazed at what you will see when you do. Be blessed. **We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. –1 Corinthians 2:6-7

https://youtu.be/CNN_JidNyKk?si=C7FIrd-SnNI2w7Fk Welcome to 7 Step Ministry OF Jesus Christ The goal for this Ministry is to prepare the Bride of Christ for the Corporate goal (Ephesians 4:13). The beginning of Salvation is born-again, but the goal of salvation is maturity. Jesus wants us to have ascendancy with Him in two areas of our lives, namely: 1. Resurrection union [He gives us power to overcome our sinful nature] 2. Ascension union [He gives us the authority to displace Satan, Principalities and Powers interface that are active and operative in our lives] I believe Jesus Christ of Nazareth who came in the flesh is God and He wants to heal your heart from depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, fear, bitterness, anger, wrath, hatred, jealousy, envy, resentment, clamor and malice. It is pointless to deal with the fruit of your tree (Matthew 12:33-37), you must deal with the ROOTS. See the following YouTube Playlists as a guidance to start your healing journey with Lord Jesus. Start with my testimony to have a clear understanding of where i came from and how the Lord healed my heart. Then work your way up through the 3 different roots that must be dealt with in order for the fruit of your tree to change and mature into the fruit of the Holy Spirit [Galatians 5:22-23] 1. On my journey to seek after God's will for mankind (Psalms 53:2) (My Testimony) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDm00nTDQPDU&si=eiMlfC4LTz5Luuew 2. Unforgiveness Healing https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWojEqw8f7Rs6XOOmaxGAQ6GFPh9jbjtw&si=fjXqrZ9ebW2GK20v 3. Where do demons reign and rule and how to ask Jesus Christ to cast them out https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWojEqw8f7RsDXfHMGVblG4sVqwZij6iU&si=sbaFiVIWzpQP8-sd 4. Trauma Healing (Dissociative Identity Disorder) (Satanic Ritual Abuse) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWojEqw8f7RsjdE6iGNhDMrDVqO9XJ7dm&si=K-fRgfhscX4MHWTk ALSO SEE OTHER EXTERNAL YOUTUBE PLAYLISTS: • Books (Letters) of the New Testament https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWojEqw8f7RsPvFV9bn4IIj-Z_vW6m1mP&si=WJq5gBSKIm88yGdd • What will your rewards, glory, honor, authority, mansion, abode, crown or position be in the kingdom of God https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWojEqw8f7RsLgbFO73JSWgH_H7pUvXtR&si=tKROUnSuMpiHIz4I • Biblical questions? https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWojEqw8f7RvLX-Hfka-jEAppRvWKeypR&si=zXE-3l2MqNRCPYKe • Must there be a RAPTURE before the 7-year tribulation https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWojEqw8f7Ru94k80w774x1xGgLQOqkGm&si=grKLsnh1UskxAMGJ CONTACT DETAILS • +27 78 016 8521 (WhatsApp) • Quinten.badenhorst@yahoo.com BANKING DETAILS ® If it is in your heart to give to the Ministry (2 Corinthians 9:6-15), then you may use the following links: 1. Account holder: QUINTEN BADENHORST Bank name: GoTyme Bank in South-Africa Account number: 51140676181 Branch code: 678910 2. PayPal Service link to donate: https://www.paypal.me/7StepMinistryOfJesus

#DAILY LIGHT THE MOST DANGEROUS WORD IN DISCIPLESHIP: "TOMORROW" 🚨 (Warning: This message will expose the silent assassin of your spiritual destiny. If you are comfortable putting God on hold, keep scrolling. But if you are ready to break the cycle of delay, read this with your spirit wide open.) Beloved, I bring you an urgent apostolic warning today. From our altars here in Ibadan to wherever this broadcast finds you across the globe, I am watching a tragedy unfold in the Body of Christ. Believers are missing their divine timing, losing their spiritual fire, and aborting their assignments—not because they stood up and rejected God, but because they gave Him a single, deadly response: "Tomorrow." Hear the Word of the Lord: Spiritual growth rarely dies through outright rebellion; it dies through the deception of delay. When Satan wants to destroy a disciple, he doesn't tell you to stop praying forever. He knows that would trigger your spiritual alarms. Instead, he simply whispers, "Pray tomorrow. You're tired today." He doesn't tell you to never forgive; he says, "Forgive them tomorrow, when you feel better." He doesn't tell you to abandon your calling; he says, "Start building it tomorrow, when conditions are perfect." THE DECEPTION OF THE "CONVENIENT TIME" Delay is the most sophisticated form of disobedience. It pacifies your conscience because you haven't technically said "No" to God, but it achieves the exact same result as rebellion: zero fruit. Look at the tragedy of Felix the governor when the Apostle Paul preached to him under the heavy anointing of the Holy Ghost. Felix trembled under the conviction of the Word! But look at his response: Acts 24:25 - "Now as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and answered, 'Go away for now; when I have a convenient time I will call for you.'" Felix missed his salvation because he waited for a "convenient time." Beloved, the flesh will never find it convenient to be crucified! It will never be convenient to fast. It will never be convenient to wake up at 3:00 AM to seek the face of God. If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow will become next week, next week will become next year, and next year will become a lifetime of wasted potential. GOD LIVES IN THE "NOW" God is not the great "I Was," nor is He the great "I Will Be." He is the Great I AM. Hebrews 11:1 declares: "NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." If your obedience is not in the "Now," it is not faith. Hebrews 3:15 gives us a strict apostolic command: "TODAY, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." Notice that the Holy Spirit equates delaying your response ("Today") with "rebellion." Every time you push an instruction from the Holy Ghost to tomorrow, you are hardening your heart. You are building a callus over your spirit that makes you less sensitive to His voice the next time He speaks. "Tomorrow" is a cemetery where the graves are filled with unwritten songs, unprayed prayers, unreached souls, and unfulfilled destinies. BREAK THE SPIRIT OF PROCRASTINATION It is time to arrest the demon of delay. The kingdom of darkness is banking on your procrastination. They are terrified of what will happen the moment you align your actions with the urgency of the Spirit. You cannot afford another day of spiritual stagnation. Whatever the Holy Ghost has told you to do—whether it is to apologize, to shut down a toxic relationship, to start an intense study of the Word, or to raise your prayer altar—the only acceptable time to execute that instruction is immediately (NOW). SOUL-SURRENDERING CALL TO ACTION Beloved, the illusion of tomorrow ends today. It is time to step into the violent obedience of the NOW. 👇 TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION: TYPE "MY TOMORROW ENDS TODAY!" in the comments as a prophetic decree that you are breaking the spirit of delay over your life and ministry. SHARE THIS BROADCAST right now. Don't wait until later. Someone on your timeline is sleeping in the cemetery of "Tomorrow" and needs this violent awakening! EXECUTE TODAY: What is the one thing God told you to do that you have been delaying? Drop this phone and go do it right now. A PRAYER OF SURRENDER (DO NOT SCROLL PAST THIS) 🔥 "Lord Jesus, I repent for the hidden rebellion of delay. I ask for Your forgiveness for every time I told the Holy Spirit to wait until a 'convenient time.' Today, I surrender my schedule, my feelings, and my excuses to Your altar. I break the paralyzing grip of procrastination over my mind. Breathe an apostolic urgency into my spirit! Give me the grace for instant, unhesitating obedience. From this day forward, when You speak, my answer is NOW. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ!" If your spirit burns with conviction and you are ready to walk in instant obedience, type "AMEN" in the comments right now! #THE SON OF LIGHT

Let's talk about it. A WORLD READY TO OBEY—WHEN DIGITAL MONEY MEETS RELIGIOUS LAW. CBDC is not the mark—but it may help build the rails for a world where buying and selling can be controlled. The Bible did not say the final crisis would only touch churches. It said: “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark…” — Revelation 13:17, KJV That means the final pressure will reach the wallet, the workplace, the market, the salary, the food supply, and daily survival. So the question must be asked: If these systems are not capable of control, why are governments connecting identity, payments, salaries, benefits, taxes, licenses, and public services into digital rails? Convenience may be the explanation. Efficiency may be the promise. Anti-corruption may be the selling point. But control is the dangerous possibility. --- 1. CBDC: NOT JUST DIGITAL PAYMENT—CENTRALIZED DIGITAL MONEY CBDC means Central Bank Digital Currency. It is not simply GCash, PayPal, online banking, or crypto. A CBDC is digital money issued by a central bank; the BIS describes retail CBDCs as intended for the general public as a digital means of everyday payment. In plain words: CBDC = official state-backed digital money. That matters because the more money moves through official digital systems, the easier it becomes to trace, regulate, restrict, or deny access. Cash can move hand to hand. But CBDC can move through a controlled digital system. That difference is massive. --- 2. THE WORLD IS ALREADY BUILDING THE RAILS This is not fantasy. The Atlantic Council CBDC Tracker reports 137 countries and currency unions are exploring CBDCs, representing 98% of global GDP; 72 are in advanced stages, 49 are in pilot projects, and 3 countries have fully launched CBDCs: the Bahamas, Jamaica, and Nigeria. That means the world is not merely discussing digital money. It is testing it. Piloting it. Preparing it. Normalizing it. Not every CBDC is mandatory. Not every CBDC is oppressive. Not every digital payment is evil. But the direction is undeniable: Money is becoming digital. Payments are becoming traceable. Access is becoming identity-linked. --- 3. DIGITAL ID: THE GATEKEEPER OF ACCESS Digital ID answers the question: “Who are you?” CBDC answers: “What can you pay?” When the two are connected, the system can know: Who received salary. Who paid tax. Who received benefits. Who bought food. Who traveled. Who donated. Who was approved. Who was denied. The World Bank reports that 89 countries already have at least one government-recognized digital identity credential allowing remote authentication for online services and transactions. That may help make services faster. But here is the piercing question: If access requires digital identity, then what happens to the person whose identity is suspended, rejected, flagged, or judged noncompliant? The same system that verifies you can also exclude you. --- 4. THE MECHANISM OF CONTROL: HOW IT CAN WORK The danger is not merely “digital money.” The danger is digital money connected to identity, law, and permission. Here is the control mechanism: Identity You must prove who you are. Wallet Your money is tied to your verified identity. Transaction Every payment leaves a record. Permission The system can approve or block the payment. Rules Money can be programmed for specific uses. Penalty Accounts can be restricted, frozen, expired, or denied. Now connect that to daily life: Salary can be paid only into approved digital accounts. Government benefits can be released only through verified wallets. Taxes can be collected automatically. Licenses and permits can be tied to compliance. Travel access can require verified identity. Business transactions can require approved digital payment rails. Public services can become conditional. Now ask again: If this cannot lead to control, why design money that can be identified, traced, programmed, and restricted? --- 5. PROGRAMMABLE MONEY: THE MOST SERIOUS WARNING Programmable money means digital money can carry rules. It may be allowed only: For certain goods. At certain vendors. In certain locations. Before a deadline. For approved purposes. For approved people. This is not wild imagination. A European Data Protection Supervisor paper explains that programmable money could include built-in rules restricting usage, such as limiting purchases to categories of services or setting expiry dates. Reuters recently reported that India is piloting e-rupee welfare transfers where CBDC programmability ensures funds are spent only at approved vendors, while critics warn restrictive programming may reduce public acceptance and weaken the cash-like nature of CBDC. That is the knife-edge truth: Programmable money can reduce fraud. But programmable money can also reduce freedom. It can help the poor receive aid. But it can also teach the world to accept money that obeys someone else’s rules. --- 6. CBDC IS NOT THE MARK—BUT IT CAN BECOME PART OF THE TOOLBOX Let this be clear and balanced: CBDC is not the mark of the beast. Digital ID is not the mark of the beast. Cashless payment is not the mark of the beast. The mark involves worship, authority, obedience, and false religious law. But when digital money meets religious law, the economy can become a weapon against conscience. “He causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond…” — Revelation 13:16, KJV “And that no man might buy or sell…” — Revelation 13:17, KJV The mark is religious. The enforcement becomes economic. The machinery may be digital. That is why this subject matters. --- 7. SPIRIT OF PROPHECY MAKES THE WARNING PLAIN “The time is coming when we cannot sell at any price. The decree will soon go forth prohibiting men to buy or sell of any man save him that hath the mark of the beast.” — Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 5, p. 152 This statement once sounded impossible to many. But now? A blocked wallet. A frozen account. A denied digital ID. A flagged transaction. A rejected salary deposit. A suspended business license. A restricted government benefit. Revelation 13 no longer sounds technically difficult. It sounds frighteningly practical. --- 8. COUNTRY LIVING: GOD’S PRACTICAL WARNING, NOT FANATIC FEAR “Again and again the Lord has instructed that our people are to take their families away from the cities, into the country, where they can raise their own provisions; for in the future the problem of buying and selling will be a very serious one.” — Country Living, p. 9 This is not panic. This is preparation. Simplify before the world forces simplicity. Grow food before food becomes pressure. Train your family before crisis trains them. Reduce dependence before dependence becomes a chain. Country living is not salvation. Christ is salvation. But country living is one of God’s practical counsels for a people preparing for a buying-and-selling crisis. --- TRUTHS If money can be programmed, access can be conditioned. If identity becomes the key to all transactions, exclusion becomes easy. If salary, benefits, taxes, licenses, and purchases are all digital, one system can touch the whole life. If cash disappears, refusal becomes harder and dependence becomes deeper. If government payment rails become mandatory, freedom becomes permission. If religious law is added to digital control, Revelation 13 becomes a living crisis. CBDC is not the final deception—but it may help build the financial switch. Digital ID is not the mark—but it can become the gatekeeper. The system will not need chains if it can control access. --- Beloved, do not be conspiracy-driven. Be Bible-driven. Do not fear every technology. Fear a heart unprepared to obey God. Do not shout, “CBDC is the mark.” Say the truth: CBDC may build the rails. Digital ID may guard the gates. Religious law may decide who passes. The final crisis will not merely ask: Do you understand prophecy? It will ask: Can you obey God when your salary is blocked? Can you stand when your business cannot sell? Can you remain faithful when your wallet is frozen? Can you trust Christ when the system says, “No access unless you obey”? “We ought to obey God rather than men.” — Acts 5:29, KJV “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” — Revelation 14:12, KJV --- WARNING THE WORLD IS BEING DIGITIZED. MONEY IS BEING PROGRAMMED. IDENTITY IS BEING CENTRALIZED. ACCESS IS BEING CONDITIONED. PROPHECY IS BECOMING EASY TO UNDERSTAND. But panic is not preparation. Character is preparation. Obedience is preparation. Faith is preparation. Family worship is preparation. Country living, when God opens the way, is preparation. Prepare now. Leave sin. Study the Word. Train your children. Simplify your life. Learn useful skills. Pray for God’s guidance. Move as God opens the door. Stand for truth before the crisis comes. Because one day the question may not be: “Can you afford it?” But: “ARE YOU ALLOWED TO BUY IT?” And in that day, only those settled in Christ will stand.

The Managed Man Marxist Socialism, the 2030 Agenda, and the Death of Freedom Freedom rarely dies in one dramatic act. It is usually renamed first. It becomes “safety.” Then “equity.” Then “public health.” Then “climate necessity.” Then “democratic planning.” Then “social responsibility.” By the time the citizen notices what has happened, his choices have already been filtered through agencies, algorithms, financial controls, public-private partnerships, school systems, and speech codes. Benjamin Hunter’s The 2030 Agenda and the Death of Freedom gives a useful outline for this concern. The public description frames the book around global initiatives, digital ID, central bank digital currencies, financial control, China’s social credit system, Big Tech influence, education, and constitutional resistance. I am using that public outline as the frame here, not claiming access to the full text of the book. The official United Nations 2030 Agenda presents itself as a plan for “people, planet and prosperity,” built around global partnership and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Those goals include poverty reduction, health, education, climate action, gender equality, and global institutional cooperation. The danger is not that every stated goal is wicked. Clean water is good. Reducing poverty is good. Peace is good. The danger comes when good words become a moral cover for centralized control. 1. The first danger is the redefinition of freedom. The older American idea of freedom begins with God-given rights, moral responsibility, private property, family authority, free speech, conscience, and limits on government. The socialist idea begins with the need for equality, redistribution, and state-managed outcomes. Those are not the same worldview. Marx and Engels made the issue plain. The Communist Manifesto treats private property, capital, banking, communication, transportation, and production as matters to be centralized under political power. It calls for centralizing credit, communication and transport in the hands of the state. Once freedom is redefined as “equal access to state-provided benefits,” the citizen stops being a free moral agent. He becomes a managed recipient. 2. The second danger is that socialism sells compassion while building dependency. Socialism presents itself as mercy for the poor. That is why young people respond to it. It sounds kind. It sounds fair. It sounds like justice. The problem is that socialism often turns compassion into control. A free society allows churches, families, businesses, charities, and local communities to help people directly. A socialist society absorbs those duties into the state. The result is not more love. It is more permission-seeking. The citizen who depends on the state for housing, food, healthcare, education, platforms for speech, employment regulations, and digital access cannot easily oppose the state. His stomach, job, account, license, and reputation all sit under political power. 3. The third danger is the rise of young socialist thinking without historical memory. This is not just theory. Gallup reported in 2025 that only 54 percent of Americans viewed capitalism positively, the lowest Gallup had measured, while 39 percent viewed socialism positively. Gallup also found that small business and free enterprise remained far more popular than socialism, which shows that many Americans like markets in practice while growing hostile to the word capitalism. Cato reported a 2025 Cato/YouGov survey in which 62 percent of Americans ages 18–29 said they had a favorable view of socialism, and 34 percent said the same of communism. That does not mean every young person wants Soviet-style tyranny. It means many young people have inherited slogans without definitions. Robert Whaples made this point in The Independent Review: many younger Americans no longer define socialism as government ownership and central planning. They often treat it as capitalism with more welfare, equality, free services, and kindness. That confusion is dangerous. A generation can vote for coercion while believing it voted for compassion. 4. The fourth danger is education without God becoming education with another god. No school is neutral. A child will be taught some account of truth, man, morality, authority, justice, sex, family, history, and purpose. Remove Christianity and biblical morality from the child’s mind, and the mind does not become empty. Something else enters. John Dewey is central here because he represents the progressive educational turn toward social reconstruction, pragmatic truth, and human-centered moral formation. A scholarly essay on Dewey’s A Common Faith summarizes Dewey’s view as one that rejects organized religion and supernatural belief, replacing them with a “religious” attitude grounded in democratic knowledge, moral faith, and experience through inquiry. The American Humanist Association also records Dewey as one of the national leaders who signed the 1933 Humanist Manifesto. That manifesto argued for a new humanist religious outlook, rejected the created universe, rejected supernatural guarantees of value, denied the sacred-secular distinction, and called for a socialized and cooperative economic order. That is not a clean slate. That is a different catechism. 5. The fifth danger is that public schools train citizens to think morally through systems, not through conscience. The Supreme Court’s school-prayer and Bible-reading cases did not ban private faith. Students can still pray privately. Families can still teach Scripture. But the legal and cultural result was clear: official public education moved away from open biblical formation. In Engel v. Vitale, the Court held that school-sponsored prayer in public schools was unconstitutional. In Abington School District v. Schempp, the Court held that public schools could not sponsor Bible readings and recitations of the Lord’s Prayer. A nation can make that legal choice. But it cannot pretend that the moral space remains empty. If children are not taught that rights come from God, they will be taught that rights come from courts, experts, identities, bureaucracies, or historical struggle. That shift changes the citizen. 6. The sixth danger is that rights become benefits. A right limits the state. A benefit expands the state. Free speech is a right. A government-approved communication platform is a benefit. Property is a right. Subsidized housing permission is a benefit. Religious liberty is a right. State-approved worship space is a benefit. Work is a right of free labor. A government job guarantee is a benefit. This is where socialism becomes spiritually dangerous. It trains people to trade liberty for provision. It teaches citizens to ask, “What will the state give me?” before they ask, “What has God required of me?” or “What duty do I owe my family, neighbor, and country?” A nation built on benefits can be bribed into silence. 7. The seventh danger is digital control. Hunter’s book outline identifies digital ID, government financial control, CBDCs, surveillance, and China’s social credit system as risks to freedom. Those are real categories of concern. BIS reported that 91 percent of the 93 central banks surveyed in 2024 were exploring retail CBDCs, wholesale CBDCs, or both. The IMF has also warned that poorly designed or poorly managed use of CBDC data can create privacy risks, including data leakage, data abuse, cyberattacks, reidentification, and even perceptions of state surveillance. Digital ID also has a double edge. It can help people access services. But the World Bank’s ID4D data show that foundational ID systems often include permanent ID numbers, biometric collection, and mandatory registration in many countries. The danger is not technology by itself. The danger is technology joined to ideology. When money, identity, speech, travel, education, health records, and social reputation become digital and centralized, freedom can be restricted without prison bars. 8. The eighth danger is social credit by another name. China’s social credit systems are not a single cartoonish national score; Stanford’s summary of recent research shows that some local systems do score citizens, link scores to national ID, reward approved behavior, punish disapproved behavior, and extend into moral and social domains beyond ordinary law. That model should alarm Americans. A free republic punishes crime through law. A managed society punishes nonconformity through access. That is the future to watch: not just “Did you break the law?” but “Are you aligned with approved values?” That means banking access, employment, licensing, education, travel, social media reach, insurance rates, and public reputation can become tools of discipline. 9. The ninth danger is that global language can bypass local consent. The 2030 Agenda is officially presented as a global partnership. The concern is not that every international meeting creates tyranny. The concern is that global goals often move through unelected channels: NGOs, agencies, accreditation bodies, corporate boards, foundations, school curricula, banking standards, climate rules, and public-private agreements. This is how freedom shrinks without a single dictator. The voter does not always see the transfer of power. He wakes up under rules written by people he never elected, using terms he never defined, enforcing goals he never debated, through institutions he cannot easily remove. That is not self-government. That is managed democracy. 10. The tenth danger is spiritual: man becomes material to be planned. Marxist socialism treats man as an economic class unit. Technocratic globalism treats man as a data point. Secular education treats man as a social product. Big Tech treats a person as a behavioral profile. Together, they reduce the person. Christian civilization begins somewhere else. Man is made in the image of God. He is not raw material for the state. His children are not enrolled in the school system. His conscience does not belong to the party. His wages do not belong to planners. His speech does not belong to censors. His worship does not belong to bureaucrats. The fight is not just capitalism versus socialism. It is personhood versus management. Conclusion: The Future We Face The possible future is clear enough. America can become a nation where young people vote for socialism because they were taught grievance before gratitude. It can become a nation in which schools teach identity politics rather than moral duty. It can become a nation where biblical faith is treated as private therapy while state ideology claims public authority. It can become a nation where digital money, digital ID, and platform control make dissent costly. It can become a nation where benefits replace rights and citizens are trained to obey for access. That future is not guaranteed. But it is possible. The answer is not panic. The answer is formation. Teach children Scripture. Teach them the Constitution. Teach them property rights. Teach them to work. Teach them history. Teach them why socialism fails. Teach them that compassion without liberty becomes control. Teach them that freedom without virtue becomes chaos. Teach them that the state is not God. A republic cannot survive on slogans. It needs citizens with a moral backbone. The old warning still stands: when a people forget God, they do not become free thinkers. They become easy prey for the next false religion. In our age, that false religion may not wear a robe or carry a prayer book. It may carry a climate plan, a redistribution chart, a digital ID, and a promise that freedom will be safer once someone else manages it. https://notd.io/notes/5152514094399488_1_1777641623790/the%20managed%20man

GUIDELINES FOR LIVING. April 20th, 2026 7 Guidelines for Financial Survival. Pay all your debts except the debt of love for others—never finish paying that! Romans 13:8 Living Bible Few of us lay awake nights worrying about a major world economic collapse any more than we lay awake worrying about our planet’s getting wiped out by an asteroid from outer space. But thinking about our own families and what may happen if dad doesn’t get a good -paying job is quite another matter. Now, when your family is smothered with bills you can’t pay, the entire issue of debt and financial survival becomes intensely personal. Who cares about the conditions of world banking if your local bank stamps your checks “I.F.”: insufficient funds? Now, bringing this whole issue into focus, is there anything you can do personally to make your financial position stronger in the future? There is. So, Guideline #1: Find out how much you owe and what you are paying in interest on your outstanding obligations. Don’t be like the friend who didn’t even bother to open his bills when they came. Unopened he would toss them into the trash. “Why bother to open them,” he sighed. “I don’t have any money to pay them, and they just make me feel bad.” Guideline #2: Get help now. For years I have encouraged churches to set up a stewardship department who can give of their time in helping young families especially young couples to get a handle on their finances. To me this is the application of faith with works, as James described it. If we who are of the household of faith cannot apply biblical principles to our financial needs today, who will? Guideline #3: Budget your income. Have a budget and refuse to spend what you don’t have. Don’t be like the fellow who said, “I’ve got a budget and I’m going to live within that budget even if I have to borrow money to do so!” Guideline #4: Get out of debt. In simple terms, debt is your inability to pay what you owe when it is due. The primary exception to this is your home, which in all probability will increase in value over an extended period of time. Easy credit has been the nemesis of our day: buy now, pay later. But if you think about the cost involved in paying later, even the purchase of a home may put you in the debtors column. So, before you buy anything better find out what the conditions are. Remember, “the large print gives and the fine print takes away.” Read that document carefully before you purchase, and if you don’t understand what you are signing, better find someone who can explain it to you, someone you trust. Guideline #5: Start paying cash for what you buy. Larry Burkett offers a recipe for getting out of credit card debt. He said, “preheat your oven to 425 degrees, grease a cookie pan, toss your credit cards on it, and bake ten minutes, or until done.” Another friend suggests that if you must use credit cards, freeze them in blocks of ice, and when you want to use them, think about the purchase while the ice is melting. Guideline #6: Work together as a couple and family. When you married, you made a commitment to each other, and money is part of that commitment. Almost always when a marriage is in trouble, money has been a weapon used to hurt the other person. Guideline #7: Finally, acknowledge that what you have belongs to the Lord. Include God in your budget and giving. Failure here probably began your downhill slide to trouble. Go deeper into investigating what God says and get out of debt once and for all. Resource reading: Luke 21:1-4