And people are not preparing for what is coming. They continue to pile on more and more debt. We ought to strive to "Owe no man any thing" (Romans 13:8). Debt, especially in a crisis, can crush people easily. And with personal debt at an all time high, this is exactly what will usher in the inability to "buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name" (Revelation 13:17). Even being out of debt, eventually there will have to be a personal choice made between receiving the Mark or having God's Seal, but going into the crisis with debt will be the people of the easiest prey. So get out of as much debt as possible now before it is too late.