Sweden Heads Towards a Cashless Society

The Bible tells us that in the Last Days anybody who wants to buy or sell anything will need to be part of the Antichrist's system.  Clearly this hints at a time when only electronic transactions will be accepted.

So as we look around at events in the world...this cashless system should start to be foreshadowed.

In Sweden, a Cash-Free Future Nears

STOCKHOLM — Parishioners text tithes to their churches. Homeless street vendors carry mobile credit-card readers. Even the Abba Museum, despite being a shrine to the 1970s pop group that wrote “Money, Money, Money,” considers cash so last-century that it does not accept bills and coins.

Few places are tilting toward a cashless future as quickly as Sweden, which has become hooked on the convenience of paying by app and plastic.

This tech-forward country, home to the music streaming service Spotify and the maker of the Candy Crush mobile games, has been lured by the innovations that make digital payments easier. It is also a practical matter, as many of the country’s banks no longer accept or dispense cash.

At the Abba Museum, “we don’t want to be behind the times by taking cash while cash is dying out,” said Bjorn Ulvaeus, a former Abba member who has leveraged the band’s legacy into a sprawling business empire, including the museum.

Not everyone is cheering. Sweden’s embrace of electronic payments has alarmed consumer organizations and critics who warn of a rising threat to privacy and increased vulnerability to sophisticated Internet crimes. Last year, the number of electronic fraud cases surged to 140,000, more than double the amount a decade ago, according to Sweden’s Ministry of Justice.

Here;  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/27/business/international/in-sweden-a-cash-free-future-nears.html?_r=1

Wow!  The New York Times reports that cash could soon be a thing of the past!

Remember friends, we don't believe that the Antichrist will have to FORCE billions of people to accept his system....they will already be prepared for it!

Headlines like this one should help us understand WHERE we are on God's prophetic calendar.

As Dr. David Jeremiah says, great events by God always cast their shadows backward....meaning that we are currently living in the shadows of things that WILL HAPPEN during the Great Tribulation.

John 16:33 
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”