Is it wrong for Christians to fear that the "Mark of the Beast" could be implemented in our lifetimes? Is there any reason to believe that mandatory microchipping of the population is on the horizon?
Well, although there are no known plans by any government in the world to microchip their populations, the technology does exist, and several recent trends seem to indicate that the day when we will see mandatory microchipping of the population is closer than ever.
For example, a shocking new U.S. government plan would embed an RFID chip in all driver's licenses. Just when privacy advocates thought that the REAL ID program was dead, the federal government has come up with something far, far more sinister.
If this proposal is implemented, the U.S. government would be able to electronically track nearly every adult citizen wherever they go. The possibilities for abuse of such a system are endless. For example, the government would be able to compile attendance lists at anti-government rallies just by walking through the crowd with an ID reader.
This very disturbing proposal actually has the support of Janet Napolitano, the new head of the Department of Homeland Security. Instead of calling them REAL IDs, these new licenses would be called "enhanced driver's licenses".
The Department of Homeland Security even has a web page up about these "enhanced driver's licenses". On that page they even admit that these new licenses will contain an RFID chip that "will signal a computer to pull up your biographic and biometric data" and could tell a government agent all of your personal details.
Do any of find this disturbing yet?
Of course this is not the Mark of the Beast yet, but it is another step in that direction.
As you read this, RFID chips are being implanted into humans with alarming frequency. For instance, RFID implants are being implanted in older Americans living with Alzheimer's disease who are at risk of wandering off. RFID human implants are also being used in some areas to store the medical records of patients who are chronically ill so that doctors can get their information quickly in an emergency.
While those uses may sound "good" or "reasonable", the truth is that the primary use of this technology is to create a "Big Brother" society where everything that you do is tracked, traced and watched by the government. Every time this technology expands, it brings us closer to that day that we read about in the book of Revelation.
PC Magazine is even advocating the microchipping of humans. In a recent article, one of their writers stated this: "It's high time we embraced RFID technology in all its permutations, even personal implants."
The author of that article even advocated the microchipping of our children.
Chip implants can even manipulate human emotions and feelings. In fact, in one very bizarre application of this technology, scientists in the U.K. are developing an electronic "sex chip" that can be implanted into the brain to stimulate pleasure.
Other more sinister microchip experiments by scientists around the world involve mind control. Do any of you find it disturbing that the majority of the population could one day be "mind controlled" by the government through mandatory microchip implants?
The use of microchip technology in humans could open the door to abuses that we could hardly even imagine right now.
The reality is that microchipping is becoming commonplace in the United States. Hospitals, private corporations and security firms are increasingly viewing human microchipping as the most foolproof form of identification.
In particular, financial institutions are eyeing microchip technology as a key to fraud prevention.
The biggest credit card provider in the U.K. says that the plan is for everyone to start paying for their purchases with a microchip instead of a credit card very soon.
"In time you won't have to carry a plastic credit card around with you if you don't want to, although some people will chose to for nostalgic reasons," Barclaycard Chief Executive Officer Antony Jenkins stated recently.
This is just another small step towards the day when everyone in society will be forced to get chipped.
While we are not forced to be chipped yet, the same is not true for some animals in the United States.
Under the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), the FDA is going to start requiring the microchipping of certain types of farm animals and livestock. The homeless, hospital patients and employees of certain corporations are being microchipped in some areas of the United States. This is a technology that is spreading and is not going to go away.
Will you take a microchip someday when the government requires you to do so?
Will you willingly take the chip when they come for you?
It may be really easy to resist it when they introduce it on a voluntary basis at first.
But will you resist it when you cannot have a bank account without it?
Will you resist when you cannot buy or sell without it?
What will you do?
Where will you live?
How will you buy food?
Will you resist when they start putting people without the chip into camps?
Will you resist when they start waterboarding you?
What about when they threaten to put a nail through your eye?
What about when they put you in a cramped, windowless cell and they turn out all the lights and they let dozens of hungry rats in?
What about when they start torturing your children right in front of you?
Will you still resist then?
Will you still resist when they threaten to burn all of your skin off with acid and then throw you into a blazing fire?
Would it be worth it for you to resist?
Why not just make things easy on yourself and take the chip and then you can stay in your house and buy and sell and you can go to work and live normally and the new world order will get of your back?
Perhaps you think that you will never have to face such a choice.
But the Scriptures say that everyone will face this kind of a choice in the last days.
It will be known as "the Mark of the Beast" and we don't know exactly what form it will take, but Revelation 13:16-17 tells us that if you do not have it on your right hand or your forehead you will not be able to buy or sell without it.....
He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Revelation 14:9-11 tells us the ultimate destiny for ANYONE who takes the Mark of the Beast:
A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: "If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name."
Will you have the power to resist the Mark of the Beast in the last days?
There are some who will.
Only those who have given their lives to the Lord Jesus Christ will have the power to resist when that day comes. We urge you to invite Him into your life today.
This microchipping can be made to sound scary, but the story has two flaws. First, you’re talking about tyranny in the US, not world-wide. The Mark of the Beast will be world-wide, and no matter how well Americans are kept track of, about half of humanity lives in nations that could never afford such a system. Second, the Mark of the Beast will be legal tender world-wide. There’ll be no other form of money for consumers. An implanted chip is too costly, too error-prone, and too problematic: just the risks of allergy and cancer, though rare and unproven, are enough to make it unsuitable for 100% implementation. Moreover, if you disagree with it, even if it’s been forcefully implanted, you can take it out again.
Read my free e-book, Walkabout: The History of a Brief Century for a banker’s view of a viable design for the Mark of the Beast!
I don’t know about you but 666 is real and it shall happen. i’m not sure if during my lifetime or in the next generation or in thousand of years. what i’m sure of and is believing in is that there’s rapture as well! Christians will be taken in a blink of an eye and those who are left are those who will experience this. besides if it’s starting now I pray that God reveals to his children through the Holy Spirit what it is.
if u study out revelation and daniel correctly. u will find that the only church in the world that has the characteristics of revelation 13 is the roman catholic church. the catholics say their mark is sunday worship. at end time if u have (the mark) you will be a sunday worshiper/keeper. saturday is the true sabbath and when all this goes down there are two sides, gods and man. there is already talks in the govt about making a sunday law. but the sad thing is is that the govt is not going to want to do it, the people are going to call for it saying that the country has gotten so bad that we need to turn back to god, thus having a false day of worship set aside. Sunday… revelation is a book of prophesy and u have to study it out correctly to understand what things mean. the bible plainly says 666 is a number of a man VICARIUS FILII DEI (on the popes hat) is interpreted using roman numerals into 666.
Well written, well researched story. I’m a Christian but I am not active in any local church. I have my personal beliefs that I carry with me as I go through life that were built from years of attending a Baptist church regularly.
To Gregory Greene….have you not noticed that there has been constant chatter of a one-world currency system to possibly be put in place to keep further recessions from creeping up? There are many countries who believe that the US Dollar should no longer be the standard in terms of global currency value. Which makes sense since none of our dollars are backed by anything of value. (Gold, for example).
This recession (and trust me…it’s not over yet by a longshot) has allowed other countries to reconsider the US dollar, its value and it’s effects on the world market.
One a global currency is in place (not that far off if you believe news reports), you are going to see a global standard. You can already use credit cards globally if you travel internationally…the banking system is tied together seamlessly. It’s only the matter of a quick conversion in terms of currencies to make that happen.
So I don’t see that as any kind of flaw in the article….when you talk about countries that can’t ‘afford’ the chip, that type of poverty won’t need this chip. Between disease and other types of population control…third world countries will fade out in the next decade. They kill each other, diseases kill them, they die of starvation…
I believe the article to be accurate as far as raising sane questions as to what might happen. No man shall know the day or the hour…but you can see the clues given to us by the scriptures and form an educated opinion. But yes, eventually the RFID chip will prove to be the Mark of the Beast because it will be mandatory and will be the only way you can buy or sell if you live in any kind of industrialized nation.
all you need to successfully study your bible is a Bible (i prefer king james) and a good accordance (i prefer Strongs Accordances), and a little brain power
Thanks, Don P. for the comment. I have read the posts on the one-world currency, and have responded to some of them. I have a few objections to them: they reflect only a US perspective, and an uninformed one at that; what world leaders are discussing is supplementing the US dollar as an international reserve currency (not as US legal tender) with euros and Special Drawing Rights; the payment media we use–cash, checks, or plastic cards–already work anywhere and don’t depend on introducing a common world-wide retail currency. Neither will a future ID, permanently attached to the bearer, be in any way dependent on the currency in use in a country. You have to be able to travel then, as now; the banks will convert your overseas purchases to your own currency and charge you their customary mark-up just like they do now.
You may not realize this, but converting a country to an international currency such as the euro is as laborious as herding cats, and it’ll never succeed in what we know as developing nations. Imagine rooting out every bit of corruption and inefficiency in a place like Zimbabwe so they can present a balance sheet of low inflation, a balanced budget, dependable tax revenue, etc. to an international body overseeing such a currency conversion. It’ll never happen. Ecuador, and in a fashion, Argentina already tried using the US dollar and had to give it up; their economies aren’t solid enough. And the developing world isn’t going away: their fertility is high enough to allow for their high mortality.
My book describes the introduction of the Mark of the Beast from a banker’s point of view. As a banker, I can assure you that the Mark, once it becomes legal tender and the only kind of legal tender, won’t be based on a technology as complex and costly as an implanted chip. Why settle for conspiracy theory when you can read the real thing?
First things first. The question that I have is whether the book of Revelation is in chronological order? When I read through rev. from begining to end, no where in there does it actually talks about a rapture taking place BEFORE the tribulation period. Chapter 11 talks about the two witnesses; ch.13 talks about the two beasts of the sea and of the earth and the mark; ch.14 talks about the 144,000 and the fate of those who took the mark, and then also where the Lord, Yeshua(Jesus)reaps the harvest of the earth:
Revelation 14:14-16
[14] And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
[15] And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
[16] And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
This is the only “rapture” that is actually noted in revelation, which is AFTER the beasts and the mark (tribulation period). This is reason to take all precautions necessary to be aware of the signs and warnings of any governmental activity that could possibly manifest into the revelation of the apostle John.
So does anyone have any insights on whether Revelation is in chronological order? Or am I missing a specific verse?
I know that the mark of the beast exists and in my thoughts Nothing will or can make me wnat one.
You can torture me you can kill me i dont care but I serve a powerful god and of they do kill me I know I will be going to a far better place.. and I will see my Jesus and I will worship at his feet.
Nothing but that matters to me.
It says he who worships the beast and his image AND takes the mark….what you are espousing, having a microchip implant in your hand or forehead, does not mean you are worshiping the beast. BOTH conditions must be present to receive the fate described. But a Christian who worships the true God, and has a microchip implanted in his hand, does not fit this category. You people are all the same, first it was a credit card was the mark…now this. Your opinion does not make it so, and I will not starve my family or my children based on even a consensus view of misinterpretation. I trust my Lord and Saviour to indicate to me by his Spirit, who lives in me, the mark when it comes. And I’m not convinced it is as you say. You aren’t my mediator. Christ alone is. And He will not let me be ignorant the day the “mark” is passed out.
On the 18th of May 2009, Katrina wrote: “This is the only ‘rapture’ that is actually noted in revelation, which is AFTER the beasts and the mark (tribulation period). … So does anyone have any insights on whether Revelation is in chronological order? Or am I missing a specific verse?”
Answer: In Luke 21:34-36, Jesus said “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.” Revelation 3:10-11, even today, Jesus still says to certain ones: “Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. Behold, I am coming quickly! Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.”
The book of Revelation is spiritual rather than chronological, but some things are presented with chronology. Consider the following: In Revelation 1:19 Jesus said to John “Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this.” Later, Revelation 4:1, John said: “After these things i looked, and behold, a door standing open in Heaven. And the first voice which i heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, ‘Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”
First, John wrote what He saw: MeshiYah in all His glory. Second, John wrote what Jesus had to say concerning “the things which are” taking place in the churches (even today). Then thirdly, Revelation 4:1, John said: “After these things i looked, and behold, a door standing open in Heaven. And the first voice which i heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, ‘Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.” I think it’s okay to understand Revelation 4:1 as the rapture. Contact: Taiwo. CreatorCame@yahoo.com
Semms to me that once that chip is implanted, and you decide to remove it…too late. Just allowing it to be implanted, you’re selling out. Satan has you. No matter if you remove it…you’ve all ready sold your soul, and there is NO turning it around. I would imagine that tons of folks have had that very thought “Oh, I’ll remove it.” Nope… it won’t matter. We’re NOT to take the mark….that’s final.
You people are foolish,as you all believe the Beast aka the Man of Sin will obey Satan.
I tell you that the Son of Perdition shall not obey Prophecy. God can not force the Lawless One to follow Scriptural Prophecies that foretell of his doom.
The Little Horn can and shall DENY Prophecies.
Who is able to make the Beast obey Prophecies. God can’t order the Beast to obey Revelations!
If you will read Revelations you will see “in your forehead or hand” not on them. What is in your forehead? Your brain. Your brain controles what you do or think and also makes your hand do things it shouldn’t.”Think about it”! On your forehead does not appear until the very last.Then and only then will it be ON YOU.