The Apostle John’s vision of the end times reveals that one of the significant ways that the antichrist will attack believers is through their finances.

It will be done by preventing people from being able to buy or sell if they do not take the mark of the beast (Revelation 13:17).

Though I don’t believe that we are in the age of the antichrist, the stage is certainly being set to disrupt people’s ability to financially function in our increasingly digital world.

CBN recently had an article looking at the number of Christian and conservative organizations that have had their bank accounts closed by financial institutions in recent years.

This included several faith-based groups including:

The Ruth Institute, a pro-life group, that favors the traditional family, had its bank account closed and only found out it no longer had an account when one of its employees tried to make a deposit. Apparently, it was targeted because the Southern Poverty Law Center had allegedly labeled the Ruth Institute as a hate group.

The National Committee for Religious Freedom (NCRF) had its account at JPMorgan Chase closed. The group, started by former U.S. Senator and Religious Freedom Ambassador Sam Brownback, also found out about the closure when an NCRF employee tried to make a deposit. Brownback was later told that the account was closed because he was designated as a ‘politically exposed person.’

In 2021, the Family Council of Arkansas (FCA), which also promotes traditional religious values, had its credit/debit card processing account closed.

According to an article on its website, FCA apparently received an email at 10:29 a.m. letting them know that the company would no longer be processing any donations, and by 10:30 the account was closed.

CBN added in its analysis of recent account closures, all but one involved faith-based or conservative groups.

In an interview with CBN, the CATO Institute’s Nick Anthony said that banks are able to do this because of federal legislation.

He said that the law is written in such a way that it gives banks great leeway when it comes to canceling bank accounts. He fears that regulators may even be pressuring banks to close the accounts of organizations they don’t agree with.

“Banks are deputized as de facto law enforcement investigators, and they face a very real consequence of missing anything,” Anthony told CBN. “When banks have concerns about things like money laundering or suspicious source of funds or they don’t like where the funds are going for any reason, they’re prohibited from telling customers what the actual reason is. They’re prohibited from telling people that they filed these reports to the government and now something has gone awry.”

This has led some to suggest that financial institutions are being weaponized by the political left to attack people of faith and those with conservative views.

And it is not just happening in the US. Reports over the summer revealed that British banks were also targeting religious and conservative groups in that country as well.

The most controversial involved the closure of the accounts of Nigel Farage, a prominent conservative in that country.

Fortunately, Farage had enough political and social clout to fight back, and it led to the resignation of two senior bank officials.

READ: ‘No Apologies’ From ‘Weaponized’ Banks Canceling Faith Groups AND Chase Bank Cancels National Committee for Religious Freedom’s Account Two Years After Canceling Ours AND Nigel Farage: Coutts document ‘shows bank account shut over my views‘ AND NatWest Bank CEO ousted after furor over politician Nigel Farage’s bank account