Excellent analogy.
When we start hearing about executive orders that prohibit the purchase of food WITHOUT an EBT Card, then we will know for sure.
Though I am not a hard-core prepper, I always buy a couple of cans of soup or beans when they are on sale. Just in case the mid and post tribbies got it right!
It adds up...but I don’t think I have seven YEARS worth. I guess it is MORE important to “lay up Treasure in Heaven”!
It looks as though the bad guys are getting their mechanisms in place for total control of the food supply.
And it’s not just the EBT cards. It looks more and more like the Obamanation is destroying every facet of the country/economy/culture in order to force everyone to choose up sides. Truth, reality, and separation from that which is false and debased? Or lies, fantasy, and the safety and security within commune of the profane?
What is the regime to do with those not already on the Obamateam? Either beat them down to the point where they become corrupted (so that they will give in and embrace Looterville-Sodom), or beat them down (or worse) for refusing to comply.
Many are still fixated on literal tokens and symbols (e.g. barcodes, SS numbers, RFID) instead of the marks of inner character (or lack thereof) that motivate people to ride the beast.
There are those who value charity (often recognized by their extreme reluctance to take any), and then there are the thieves. How much longer until the ONLY people who are able to function within and benefit from the system *are* the thieves, liars, perverts, murderers, and the like?
The dragon has been spewing lies out of his mouth as waters of a raging flood, yet there are those who thusfar haven’t been enticed to lie, steal, cheat, murder, covet, or bear false witness.
Here is the patience and the faith of the saints (holy i.e. separated ones).