Just to enlarge on Proverbs 14 v 15’s comment,
Whitney says it will be brought in after some event under the guise of safety.
Talk about understatements.
Will the governments implement cbdc’s this side of the great tribulation?
Maybe just like the patriot act was enacted after 9/11? Maybe the system collapses under the weight of its unsustainable debt necessitating a “reset”.
Perhaps another government /cia sponsored “terror attack” would
bring it on.
Whatever cbdc system they implement and force people to do this side of the eighth kings rule/great tribulation being cut short will ,as Proverbs 14v15 says, have nothing to do with the mark of the beast and therefore nothing wrong with participating in a cbdc scheme that could very well be fully functional at the point in which the great tribulation begins.
Most likely the eighth king uses a system of surveillance and control already in place which is enhanced to some degree to root out and destroy those he deems his biggest threat namely the then sealed brothers of Jesus “the new terrorist threat” along with any who side with them.
The sign of the son of man appearing in the heavens will most likely be the cause for terror to the ruling power just like when the king of Babylon saw the “writing on the wall”.
His ascension to power, being the start of the 42 month long “hour of test”, will most likely see some additional requirements implemented for anyone wishing to “participate” in whatever economy exists then.
A little pinch of incense to Caesar here, a little bowing down to a giant gold image there, a signed pledge or verbal oath of allegiance maybe.
Whatever that requirement will entail, we will see it plainly and we will know beyond any doubt it will be the line in the sand we can’t cross because of the eternal consequences of so doing.