The founder of Yeshurun Farm Community Coop (YFCC) is Horace Miles Jr. Horace retired from the USAF and went to work in corporate America before starting his own IT business. He subsequently became saved and proceeded to serve his fellow man. He started Yah’s Global Kingdom Ministries (YGKM) to spread the gospel, to learn, and teach the ways of YAH to anyone that wants to change their lives. Many years ago Horace by the Spirit of God was told to purchase land for the coming times. Horace has been faithful in this endeavor and continues in is obedience as directed by YAH.
From the founder:
WHY I BELIEVE PREPARATION IS NECESSARY
I believe the world is entering a period of profound economic and technological change. Artificial intelligence and automation can be powerful tools, but they also have the potential to eliminate or radically change millions of traditional jobs. As fewer people are needed to perform work once done by human labor, increasing numbers of people may become dependent upon governments, corporations, or centralized economic systems for their basic necessities. Programs such as universal basic income may eventually be proposed or expanded as a response to widespread technological unemployment, but government assistance alone may not provide families with the land, food, housing, security, skills, community, and independence necessary to live well. For this reason, we believe families should begin preparing now by developing productive land, practical skills, food systems, water systems, renewable energy, cooperative businesses, and strong communities capable of caring for one another.
I do not claim that Scripture specifically names artificial intelligence or universal basic income. Scripture does, however, warn of a time when economic participation will become increasingly controlled and when the ability to buy and sell will be restricted.
Revelation 13:16–17 — KJV
“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”
The warning is economic as well as spiritual. Scripture describes a system capable of determining who may participate in ordinary commerce. Whatever technologies or political systems ultimately make such control possible, believers should understand the danger of becoming completely dependent upon systems over which they have no control.
Preparation does not mean living in fear. It means exercising wisdom.
Proverbs 22:3 — KJV
“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.”
I therefore believe the time to develop alternatives is before they become necessities.
A family that knows how to grow food is less vulnerable than one completely dependent upon a grocery store.
A community with its own water supply is less vulnerable than one dependent upon a single utility.
A community capable of generating power possesses options that a completely grid-dependent household does not.
People who possess useful trades and practical skills remain productive even when traditional employment changes.
And families who belong to a functioning community are not forced to face every economic disruption alone.
FROM INDIVIDUAL DEPENDENCE TO COMMUNITY STRENGTH
For generations, modern society has encouraged people to become increasingly independent from their families and neighbors while becoming increasingly dependent upon distant institutions.
One household buys its own house.
Its own vehicle.
Its own tools.
Its own appliances.
Its own food.
Its own insurance.
Its own utilities.
Its own childcare.
Its own retirement plan.
Its own emergency resources.
As long as employment and income remain stable, that model can appear to work.
But when employment disappears, inflation rises, housing becomes unaffordable, or essential services become expensive, an isolated household can become extremely vulnerable.
The biblical model offers another possibility.
Ecclesiastes 4:9–10 — KJV
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.”
The future may therefore require many people to rediscover something previous generations understood naturally:
People are stronger together.
Communal living does not have to mean the destruction of family life or personal responsibility.
It can mean families cooperating so that land, housing, food production, transportation, equipment, education, energy, and other necessities are shared efficiently rather than duplicated unnecessarily.
Twenty families do not necessarily need twenty tractors.
Twenty families do not need twenty workshops.
Twenty families do not need twenty separate wells, solar plants, greenhouses, food-storage facilities, or classrooms.
By working cooperatively, resources that would be unaffordable for one household can become practical for an entire community.
TECHNOLOGY SHOULD SERVE PEOPLE — NOT CONTROL THEM
YFCC is not opposed to technology.
We intend to use technology wherever it helps us become better stewards, increase production, conserve resources, educate our children, improve communication, and reduce unnecessary labor.
Artificial intelligence itself can assist with:
- agriculture,
- education,
- engineering,
- equipment troubleshooting,
- business administration,
- research,
- planning,
- communications,
- conservation,
- and many other areas.
The issue is not whether technology exists.
The issue is who controls it and what we become dependent upon because of it.
Technology should remain a tool.
It should not become the master of the people using it.
If artificial intelligence allows fewer people to produce more goods and services, then that increased productivity could become a tremendous blessing.
But if ownership and control of that technology are concentrated in a small number of institutions while millions of people lose the ability to independently provide for themselves, the same technology could produce enormous economic dependence.
That is why YFCC seeks to use modern technology while simultaneously preserving practical human capability.
Our children should know how to use computers.
But they should also know how to grow food.
They should understand artificial intelligence.
But they should also understand water systems.
They should know technology.
But they should also know construction, agriculture, electrical work, mechanical repair, food preservation, and the Word of YAH.
Technology should increase our capability—not eliminate our ability to function without it.
PREPARE BEFORE THE CRISIS
Scripture repeatedly shows the wisdom of preparing before a shortage occurs.
Joseph prepared Egypt during seven years of plenty because seven years of famine were coming.
Genesis 41:48–49 — KJV
“And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.”
Joseph did not wait until the famine began to start preparing for the famine.
Preparation took place while resources were available.
That principle remains wise.
If dramatic economic changes are coming, the time to learn agriculture is not after the food system has failed.
The time to develop water is not after water becomes unavailable.
The time to develop community is not after everyone is already in crisis.
The time to teach children practical skills is not after employment opportunities disappear.
The time to reduce dependence is while we still possess the freedom, resources, and opportunity to do so.
WE DO NOT PREPARE OUT OF FEAR
Our preparation must never become an obsession with disaster.
Yahshua taught:
Matthew 6:31–33 — KJV
“Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
Our trust remains in YAH.
But trusting YAH does not require refusing to prepare.
Noah trusted YAH—and built the ark.
Joseph trusted YAH—and stored grain.
Proverbs praises the ant because it prepares its food beforehand.
Proverbs 6:6–8 — KJV
“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.”
Faith and preparation are therefore not enemies.
Preparation becomes wrong when the thing we prepared becomes the object of our trust.
Our land is not our savior.
Our food is not our savior.
Our technology is not our savior.
Our community is not our savior.
YAH is our provider and our Saviour.
We prepare because wisdom tells us to use what He has placed in our hands while the opportunity exists.
BUILDING AN ALTERNATIVE BEFORE ONE IS REQUIRED
The purpose of YFCC is not to wait until society changes and then attempt to improvise a response.
We seek to build an alternative beforehand.
A place where people can live.
A place where food can be produced.
A place where children can be educated.
A place where useful work can continue.
A place where water and energy can be produced.
A place where families can cooperate economically.
A place where elderly members are valued.
A place where children can inherit productive resources and practical knowledge.
And above all:
A place where the commandments of YAH can be taught and lived.
We do not know every detail of what the future will bring.
We do know that dependence makes people vulnerable.
We know that wisdom prepares beforehand.
We know that Scripture warns of increasing control over economic participation.
And we know that people united in faith, knowledge, skills, land, and productive resources are stronger than isolated individuals.
Therefore:
We prepare.
We produce.
We teach.
We build.
We work together.
And we place our trust in YAH.
Brother Miles