The ones that look like brains are morels? Those are GOOD ones.
We found much more morels and truffles than those white brainy football sized cauliflower mushrooms. We also dug up fatwood stumps. Those are the resin rich heartwood of conifer stumps and dead fallen trees. The heartwood is well preserved, and when splintered makes a great fire starter when campfire fuels are wet. The Umatilla reservation also valued them for carvings, and appreciated the turpentine aroma. They taught us a lot about what else to bring to them, especially the truffles which are still very valuable. By the time I developed a close relationship with the reservation I had to transfer for an upgrade in pay. Too bad. Those people were and probably still are familiar with what the land can provide towards independence of the outside world.
On Fridays we had all day to pack up and drive back to civilization, the ranger station at Dale, OR. Some guys slept in at the cabin, but 3 of us spent that morning collecting stuff to take to the tribal store near Pendleton, OR. Three gunny sacks worth of mushrooms and one of fatwood got us jerky and staples, plus dried fruit & veges for all 8 of us for the next week. In those days (1966-68) we earned about $1.40/hr, so didn't have a big food budget. Having no electricity or refrigeration in the mountain camps, our choices of food were limited to mostly canned or dry. We got pretty tired of supplementing with mushrooms, berries, and boiled panfish so we 'ate up' our paychecks.
It is very practical for any American to live off the land, especially if there's a place to plant some vegetable seeds. All the necessary nutrients are out there. The survivalist mode however is one of hunting/gathering.
My point is that were this continent were to be stripped of electrical circuity for probably decades, all of us, regardless of buying power, would be about equal in status as a remote village high up in Peru. Also, I doubt the antichrist would be able to locate everyone in America and S. America, not having his chip or mark. An EMP bomb would make drone surveillance impractical without a communications system until moving their protected satellites into orbit here. In the Middle East. probably yes, he could, since he would be in power enough to preserve the electronic arm of his empire there, maintaining a banking system. Our credit cards would be good for starting a fire.
If the economy is preserved here through microchips, those without would have to abandon homes, unable to pay mortgages, taxes, or even stay legally without paying the water/sewer bills according to the common requirement for homes in urban America. Christians would all have to decide, to bug out, or to stay and be punished, enslaved or killed, or become apostate. This tiny flesh life is not worth that last option. Esau traded his inheritance off for a pot of stew so don't you.
Leave an inheritance of provision for the unbelieving. Purchase and dry freeze a selection of vegetable seed for some cheap food insurance, putting a Bible in there along with your testimony. Survivors taking over your stuff likely will appreciate knowing what happened. Plan to keep some heirloom varieties so you can save seed from a harvest, and treated improved varieties for quicker and larger harvests. Remove from a freezer losing power, keep it dry. Non-gardeners should be able enough to put some seed in some ground between some trees in a forest, if for no other use than to attract animals to traps. There are experienced trappers in every state that would probably choose to bug out (leave home well prepared), who would make excellent team members. There are dozens of edible wild plant products in N. America, and at least 50 edible insects near you., plus any wildlife, even skunks and opossums.
For God to allow microchipping to be wrong for Christians, we would have to be told the sinful conditions of use, making their use a choice. If you have one implanted already, maybe an MRI would be available in an emergency for millions of people, a few seconds worth disabling all circuitry. Pacemaker bearing folks would die in there unless it is a recent model and the wires are OK for that. Most would die within a few minutes in the event of a non-nuclear EMP (electromagnetic pulse) bomb. Just having one would be forgiven if against your will, but using it to live by while ignoring God would put a person in spiritual jeopardy. If you think you couldn't resist, then prepare to survive without it, or prepare for possible worse situations.
For those of us trusting God to meet all our needs according to his riches in heaven, those happily supporting ministry now, there is no reason for alarm, though life would become quite difficult. That's why I began considering Elijah's bug-out in 1 Kings 17, but God's order until a widow obeyed God to host him. He was no more or less human than us, and wasn't a born again child of God. Consider a potential life similar to many missionaries who ended up in bad situations, having to exist under harsh conditions around the world. Believe the vine to yield, birds to bring, and the creek to flow, in the spirit of this commandment of Jesus:
Mark 11:21-26 (KJV)
21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
Some claim Jesus meant "mountain" to be a spiritual need. But the report has to do with a fig tree on a mountain. A real tree that should produce figs for travelers to eat. He spoke to it and it withered exactly like He commanded. That passage authorizes anyone willing to exercise the faith of God to do likewise. When situations come along that appear to be more than you choose to put up with, that scripture will become a lot more hopeful for you. Microchip or not, turn it over to God and He will instruct you how to curse the curse of it. Avoid doing nothing at all before, during, or after.
Practice before the storms. Lay out the bills you might not pay on time. Speak to them in prayer that God will help with that. Pray directly over a health report, believing God will intercede, allowing the healing Jesus provided long ago to manifest. Put a photo of a loved one on the table, pray over that with faith like folks did with a napkin sent from Paul. It's about ALL your needs met. NO FEAR.
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