I have the very first cell phone I ever purchased sitting on my desk. It is from 1997.
(I was slow to jump on the cell phone craze because I was living in Europe as an interpreter before that and the rates there were criminal.)
The phone is roughly 10 inches by four inches by one inch.
It had the old screen with the black letters, one single ring tone, and it made only phone calls - nothing else.
Less than a decade later I have a phone that is less than half the size of my original one.
It has a color screen and besides phone calls...
- Internet connectivity including ability to download music and videos and do online banking.
- Texting
- Email
- GPS tracking
- 5 MP camera
- Video camera
- A card slot where I was able to load more than half a dozen full-length movies I can watch at my leisure.
And mine isn't even one of the top-of-the-line models.
All I can say is, just imagine what they will be able to do five years from now.
Why am I boring you to tears with this information?
Because it is a reminder to me just how fast technology and human knowledge can progress.
The amount of knowledge learned in a thousand years was doubled in a hundred.
Doubled again in fifty.
Doubled again in 20.
Doubled again in 5.
Doubled again in 2.
What was unheard of 20 years ago became a luxury 15 years ago, common place 10 years ago and a necessity today.
And just as important, there has been a rapid growth in how fast humans can be indoctrinated to accept new technology, abilities, regulations, guidelines, and laws.
Now....apply that to morals and civil standards.
What was considered immoral 20 years ago became a novelty 15 years ago, common place 10 years ago, and completely accepted today.
Accepted to the point that those who oppose it are the ones now considered immoral.
We are quickly - and I do mean quickly - reaching a point of no return.
- Those who wish to adhere to morals are the ones being called immoral.
- Technology allows for the tracking and profiling of individuals down to their social habits, buying habits, political beliefs, etc.
- The usage of credit and debit cards means that purchasing habits (as well as where and when the transactions took place) are already known.
Actual currency is quickly going away. Other than vending machines I make only 1-2 actual cash transactions per week.
I have told my daughter that in in the next couple of years we will be able to say we remember the last time we used actual money to buy something.
Humans have become accustomed to rapid changes in technology, governmental practices, political policies, etc.
Combine that with the obvious things taking place that dovetail with end-time prophecies and we are looking at the Tribulation coming in the not too distant future.
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