No. This is NOT the Mark of the Beast.
Revelation 13:11-18 very clearly shows it must be done with allegiance to the Satanic messiah Antichrist. And the False Prophet has all the power of Satan just like the Antichrist does.
BUT, this DOES show how easily such a system can be deployed, right NOW.
How far away can it be? Dunno.
No. This is NOT the Mark of the Beast.
I understand that.
And yes, it shows how easily most brain dead people will accept anything “convenient”.
I expect it’ll eventually be the RFID chip.
They’re doing a pilot now in various countries, chipping people in their RIGHT hand I must mention, they would like everyone chipped by 2017 they say.