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In 1996 and 1997 The Navy issued "smart cards" on at least a few bases.(NATTC Pensacola) The cards had a chip that was to hold all your personal info such as medical/dental etc. and would be scanned in the chow line and leaving and entering the base. Take a wild guess what the name of the card was..."MARC card". I wish I still had mine because I cant remember what the acronym MARC stood for.
I can tell you this, it created quite a stir and and was NOT optional. Those that refused were removed from training I presume into less prestigious MOS's.
Fortunately, it never really got passed the card issue stage.

Probably similar technology to what will be used inevitably but not 'the beast' quite yet.

There has been a thousand years of incremental technological advances made that are all necessary for the day the beast causes many to take 'his' mark. This is just one more headed in the general direction...albeit a little closer to the day...

This has about as much to do with 'the mark' as airplanes have to do with 09-11

When the day comes most won't even blink...It will be sold as a good thing to do...a necessary thing..perhaps in the name of anti terrorism...or financial security...

Perhaps...The day will come on the heels of some disaster or a series of disasters or e terror attacks... many will be joking and make fun of those who will not take the mark...(like people who did not trust banks after the depression) those who wont take the mark will be called superstitious, paranoid, or right wing religious fanatics' or traitors or worse. etc...

At first the beast (and friends) will be tolerant but will grow increasingly less so until every letter....what Jesus said was 'every jot and tittle', every period quotation mark and exclamation point of prophecy in scripture will be fulfilled..

Only by the grace of God and His Holy Spirit will anyone even know the difference or have the courage to resist...

The news will certainly not reflect any reality of what is actually going on...reality will be prepackaged...by the beast

The spirit of anti Christ will cause many...both great and small rich and poor free and bond to take the mark...in the right hand or forehead...no one will be able to buy or sell without the mark of the beast...the name of the beast or the number of his name Rev 13 :16-17

"If any
man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of
the wrath of God...and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angles and in the presence of
the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship
the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name." Revelation 14: 9-11

If God says it...you can take it to the bank...even without the Mark of the Beast

with no worries mate

imo