Investing in Revelation
(Above) Past Thoughts on the Mark
(Above) New Thoughts on the Mark... those are tiny radio frequency chips.
Many years ago I mentioned to my uncle (who is an investment manager) that he should invest in this company when before it went public -- Verichip Corp -- based solely on Revelations. Why is this? Well, in Revelations, (which is known by manuscript evidence, Biblical criticism, and archeology, to have been written 1,910[+-5 years]), a mark is mentioned in a time period before there was any way to even think about tracking and tagging everyone’s moves or purchases.
16 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, 17 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. (Rev 13:16-17)
Every time you watch the video or read an article on this technology, the right arm is always involved.
How could you stop someone from purchasing something in the first-century world when money or labor was traded for everything? Only in our day is money possibly to be replaced by electronic "credit" (credit cards, debit cards, and the like).
The videos below are somewhat recent (I haven’t come the Fox News one that spurred this post), some of the info below is geared more towards the health care aspect of this technology, another is a about the convenience it would give people. I would say if it was offered with a 20% discount at grocery stores, almost every person would get it. Convenience equals submission in my minds eye. Take note of the last two items, one is a video the other a story about an exclusive beach. Both show how people are very susceptible to this thinking.
US group implants electronic tags in workers
By Richard Waters in
February 12 2006
An
CityWatcher.com, a private video surveillance company, said it was testing the technology as a way of controlling access to a room where it holds security video footage for government agencies and the police.
Embedding slivers of silicon in workers is likely to add to the controversy over RFID technology, widely seen as one of the next big growth industries.
RFID chips – inexpensive radio transmitters that give off a unique identifying signal – have been implanted in pets or attached to goods so they can be tracked in transit.
“There are very serious privacy and civil liberty issues of having people permanently numbered,” said Liz McIntyre, who campaigns against the use of identification technology.
But Sean Darks, chief executive of CityWatcher, said the glass-encased chips were like identity cards. They are planted in the upper right arm of the recipient, and “read” by a device similar to a cardreader.
“There’s nothing pulsing or sending out a signal,” said Mr Darks, who has had a chip in his own arm. “It’s not a GPS chip. My wife can’t tell where I am.”
The technology’s defenders say it is acceptable as long as it is not compulsory. But critics say any implanted device could be used to track the “wearer” without their knowledge.
VeriChip – the
So far around 70 people in the
Visitors will wear wristbands that automatically debit their bank accounts or credit cards to pay for beach access, food and parking. Garbage cans will e-mail cleanup crews when they're ready to be emptied.
And people won't even think about trying to sneak in: Beach checkers could scan the sands with handheld devices and instantly know who didn't pay.
This southern
Beach badges, those plastic or cloth scourges of the
The above video and Story illustrate just how vulnerable people are to this new technology.
