REVELATION 13:16-18
‘Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark”
That sounds like a literal mark to me - not some figurative allegiance per the the last sentence in the excerpt.
The new medical “chips” being developed will alert you of a coming heart attack or stroke days before it happens and cancers years before it happens.
These will be the norm in a few years.
I remember the doom and gloom of dna testing 20-25 years ago-Mark of the Beast. Don’t know about Mark of the Beast but it sure has caught many old murders from 30 years ago and helped ID bodies.
I liked Billy pretty well. Franklin always disappoints me.
Another near icon falls. Few enterprises succeed beyond the founder. Billy Graham’s is no exception.
Remember barcodes and RFI chips being the mark of the beast?
I do.
There are too many things missing yet.
We are well on our way there, but there are prerequisites that must be fulfilled first.
I wouldn’t want to have a chip implanted in me, because, while it may not currently be the Mark, it could all too easily be morphed into one.
Once you’ve accepted having the government or other agency insert a chip in your hand, you no longer have any valid religious objection to it.
Even if it’s not, it acts in the same way. They can make it so that you cannot buy or sell without it. You cease to become your own person intrinsically, and you are only what you are identified as.
I’ll bet good money that any democrat who thinks these are a good idea would be dead set against using them to identify legal voters though
Why on earth would he deny it? Has he turned into a modern day Judas?
He’s correct because the technology has not yet been implemented for this purpose. Heck, my vet wanted my pets to be microchipped back in the 90s. It isn’t new.
For MOTB to happen you need: a) technology to implement it as foretold in Scripture. This, we have. b) someone powerful enough to demand this to be done on a global scale. This has not happened yet. c) someone evil enough to bring a and b together. This will happen some day but it’s not here yet.
While it is one thing to consider civilized societies forcing citizens to be chipped or not be capable of buying and selling, there are many places around the globe that are not this advanced and would take a long time for the plan to be implemented. Many tribes still live off of dirt. Do you think they’d be willing to be part of this?
But it will someday come to pass. Keep your eyes open and your ears ready to hear.
The way you're supposed to behave is the same whether or not we're in the End Times.
Well, he’s right... its NOT “THE MARK”... YET!
However, It’s certainly the trial run, which pretty much sets the PRECEDENCE for this to be accepted by mankind willingly.
It’ also a HACK into God’s creation, and is borderline on making recipients something “LESS THAN HUMAN”... Patent-able... and OWNABLE.
That is if it doesn’t just kill you first.
Until some leader says you must have them.
What is the mark? Is it physical? Spiritual? If you are a follower of Christ today it says we are sealed, can you show me that mark, right now?
Can you buy or sell now without money or credit?
The precursors to the Mark have been in place for a long time.
Authority, is he?
Isnt he precious? This guy needs to be stripped of his ill gotten wealth and ignored.
You may find Revelations comes after Revolution.
So?
Every religion is compromised. Every religious leader is compromised. If they are allowed to speak publicly, without censorship, they are compromised.
Not someone I trust for advice.