Well, here you go.
And, if I recall correctly, the original Greek used for the word "Mark" means "etching".
Ping!
I distinctly remember you writing on different thread on this topic a few months ago that the Mark could very well be tattoo and not a chip.
Yes, indeed, I was saying that. And by indications of the language in the Bible, I've heard other commentators on it say that it is a visible mark of some kind, something on the surface.
And this is interesting... for sure ... :-)
I will say that what I was saying was basically that the "mark" doesn't have to be "hi-tech" or anything -- but simply a "mark" so that it would identify the person as having agreed to worship the Beast (per Revelation).
In other words, while a lot of people are looking for "hi-tech marks" to be somehow done on people -- all I was saying is that this "mark" could be nothing more than a simple and easily seen mark that would simply mean -- "you can buy and sell" -- and nothing more than that.
BUT, this article here does present some interesting possibilities ... and thanks for calling my attention to it ... :-)
Thanks for the *ping*! Thank God we have been delivered from the wrath to come. My limited human thoughts and experiences cannot imagine the tribulation time.