The Many Everyday Examples of End Times Theft

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“And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.”
–Revelation 9:20-21

God’s Word informs the reader that there will be five sins of the end times which are not only common, they are so prevalent that men–for whatever reason–will NOT repent (change their direction/mind) about these sins.

FIVE BIG SINS in the End Times

One is IDOLATRY.

One is MURDER.

Another is SORCERY.

Still another is FORNICATION (any sexual relations outside of marriage).

And the final one of these common end times sins of which men will NOT repent is THEFT.

IF the reader has his eyes closed to the other four, the one end times sin which has grown to a point beyond ignoring it is THEFT.

It seems that almost every time one carries out a transaction involving exchanging money for a product (or service), one has to be aware of the many opportunities for end times theft.

While some of these opportunities appear to be wholly the machinations of the person taking the customers’ money and dispensing change, a great many seem to be sanctioned by the store where the transaction takes place–as they involve wrong prices which have been entered into the system used by the cash registers themselves: few stores allow sales clerks the power to enter prices into these systems and many stores require the code of an upper level manager.

A few of the more common schemes involving theft follow.  These are not all of the common forms of theft, only those which have happened more than once.

Has the reader become familiar with any of the following?

1- Once common tactic involves the SHORTCHANGE.

When change is not counted back to the customer, but is given simply as a wad of bills and coins, one must be aware of opportunities for a shortchange taking place. A shortchange does not occur EVERY time change is not counted back to the customer, but it seems not counting change back is a prerequisite of the shortchange.

One of the more common locales for a shortchange to occur is the take-out window at those establishments selling food.

2- Another common tactic involves posting one price for a good and charging another price at checkout.

At one popular chain store, this occurred repeatedly during the Christmas holidays–always involving sums of money UNDER $2.00.  Which left any customer who became aware of the discrepancy a choice: stand in long customer service lines to point out the error and receive a small refund OR forget about it.

Many forgot about it, making the calculation that the small amount of money was not worth the time involved.

The salespeople at the store involved were always quick to apologize for “any inconvenience.” It was noticed that, many times, the sales person did NOT even check to see if the complained-about price was correct or not: he just changed the price to the correct one–which seemed to indicate the affair was more than merely a mistake.

3- Another tactic is the prominent posting of large signs near merchandise on shelves, advertising that the product was cheaper if more than one unit was purchased.  EXAMPLE: a product which sold for $1.99 each was proclaimed on the prominent signage to be $1.49 IF two or more units of the product were bought.  When the customer checks out, the regular $1.99 price is charged for each of the products.

4- One tried-and-true method of theft involves the person at the register quoting an amount to the customer which is MORE than the total of his purchase.  IF the customer pays the spoken price total, then the person running the register can just later pocket the difference.

5- Finally, when an obvious error occurs and a price discrepancy is pointed out to sales staff at a store, the staff becomes difficult: sometimes trying to justify the higher price charged; other times, flat-out refusing to fix the error in a timely manner, raising up imaginary obstacles to a speedy resolution.

Yes, the customer can refuse to do business with that establishment, but if ALL establishments have essentially the same practices, where does one go to avoid theft?

Which raises one more question:  Are these many instances of end times theft a driving force behind people moving their end times transactions to the Internet?

HAS the reader been involved in any of the above listed circumstances?

HAS the reader been the instigator of any of the above listed circumstances?

It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.

DOES the reader believe he is saved?

Make Your Calling and Election Sure: End Times Survival

DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?

Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST

“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16

MORE: Eternal Salvation Through Jesus Christ: Salvation Messages from End Times Prophecy Report

[Portions of this piece appeared originally in End Times Prophecy Headlines: July 20 , 2020.]

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