Our world is changing faster than ever before.
Cash is disappearing, machines are getting smarter, and global systems are quietly linking together behind the scenes.
Everywhere you look, things are becoming digital — from how we talk to how we shop.
Now, even money is going digital.
Governments are working on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), and powerful organizations are pushing for a unified global financial network.
It all sounds high-tech and convenient — but could it also be setting the stage for something the Bible warned about long ago?
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The Rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, isn’t just about robots or chatbots anymore.
Banks, governments, and companies use it to watch transactions, flag fraud, and even predict your spending habits.
In the future, AI could make decisions about what you can or can’t buy — all in the name of “safety” or “security.”
That kind of control might sound helpful now… until it isn’t.
When technology watches, learns, and decides for you, freedom slowly fades — one algorithm at a time.
Digital Currencies: The Money You Can’t Hold
Now comes the next shift — Central Bank Digital Currencies.
A CBDC is like cash, but you’ll never hold it in your hand. It exists only online, controlled directly by a country’s central bank.
Unlike Bitcoin, CBDCs aren’t private or decentralized.
They can be tracked, programmed, and even restricted.
In theory, your digital dollars could come with conditions:
“You can’t spend this on meat this month.”
“Your balance expires in 30 days.”
“Your account is frozen for noncompliance.”
Sound extreme? China already uses digital currency tied to its social credit system — where behavior can affect access to your money.
Now imagine a world where this system isn’t just national, but global.
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The Bank for International Settlements: The Hidden Power Hub
Few people have heard of it, but at the heart of this global financial web sits the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) — known as “the central bank of central banks.”
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Founded: 1930
Members: 60+ central banks, representing nearly the entire global economy
The BIS doesn’t serve ordinary citizens. It serves central banks — the very institutions that issue national currencies.
It sets global banking rules, shapes financial policies, and leads the research on digital currencies.
Even more striking, the BIS operates with sovereign-style independence:
It has its own legal immunity, its own governance system, and sits outside the control of any single nation.
In short — the BIS functions like a global government of money.
As more countries roll out digital currencies, all coordinated through the BIS framework, the world moves closer to a single financial system — a kind of “global brain” for money.
And if money becomes digital, controlled, and global… whoever runs that system controls who can buy, sell, and survive.
The Tower of Babel: Then and Now
The Bible tells the story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11.
It begins with humanity united under one language and one purpose:
“Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens,
and let us make a name for ourselves…”
— Genesis 11:4
The people wanted to build something great — something that reached heaven — to show their power and independence from God.
So God intervened:
“The Lord confused their language and scattered them from there over the face of all the earth.”
— Genesis 11:8–9
Babel was humanity’s first attempt at global unity without God — one system, one language, one goal, driven by pride.
Fast-forward thousands of years.
Once again, humanity is building a new kind of tower — not with bricks and mortar, but with AI, digital code, and global banking systems.
Today we have:
One language of finance (digital money)
One system of coordination (the BIS)
One brain of control (AI)
It’s the same spirit of Babel — unity without God, power without humility, progress without prayer.
From Babel to the Beast
The Book of Revelation warns of a future world system that will control global commerce:
“He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave,
to receive a mark… and that no one may buy or sell
except one who has the mark.”
— Revelation 13:16–17
Many see this as describing a time when economic control will be used to enforce allegiance to an ungodly system.
And when you connect the dots — AI, CBDCs, global surveillance, and the BIS — you can see how that kind of system could easily emerge.
It’s not here yet, but the infrastructure is being built.
The world is uniting again — not around faith, but around finance.
What Should We Do?
The Bible never tells us to panic — it tells us to watch and pray.
Jesus said:
“Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.” — Matthew 10:16
That means:
Stay informed, not fearful.
Stay faithful, not distracted.
Stay connected to other believers.
And stay rooted in the Word, not the world.
Technology isn’t evil by itself — but it becomes dangerous when humanity builds systems that replace God with global power.
We can’t stop prophecy, but we can prepare our hearts.
The Bigger Picture
The Bank for International Settlements, the rise of AI, and digital currencies all point to a future where control and unity come through technology — a digital Tower of Babel.
But just like the first tower, God will not let human pride stand forever.
The same God who scattered the people of Babel will one day judge and reset every human system that tries to take His place.
So our mission isn’t fear — it’s faith.
Our hope isn’t in governments or global banks — it’s in Jesus Christ, who reigns above every system and every tower.
Sources & References
Bank for International Settlements (BIS): About the BIS
Investopedia: How the BIS Works
Wikipedia: Bank for International Settlements Overview
BibleGateway: Genesis 11:1–9, Revelation 13:16–17
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No matter how advanced the world becomes, the Creator still holds every code and every currency in His hands. Towers may rise, systems may unify, but only one Kingdom will stand forever — the Kingdom of God.