Posted on 12/30/2021 9:10:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Evangelist Franklin Graham doesn’t believe that the “vaccine passport” chip implant developed by a Swedish company is the mark of the beast described in the Bible but warns of what such technology could lead to in the future.
The 69-year-old son of the late evangelist Billy Graham posted a statement on Facebook Tuesday, commenting on the recent news that many Swedes are having microchips the size of a grain of rice implanted under their skin, storing COVID-19 vaccine passport information and other personal data.
Some have speculated online whether such microchips could be the “mark of the beast” described in the book of Revelation.
“The Bible tells us that in the end times there will be a one world system,” Graham, who heads the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, wrote. “Revelation 13:16-17 says, ‘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…’”
“Right now, a Swedish company has developed a ‘vaccine passport’ chip that is implanted under the skin and can be scanned. It could be required to enter restaurants or businesses, fly commercially, etc,” he continued. “I personally do not think this particular chip is the mark the Bible talks about, but it does make you think how close we may be.”
Graham is not opposed to vaccinations and believes getting vaccinated is “important and helps save lives.” But he believes political leaders have used the coronavirus pandemic “as an excuse to exert more and more control” since “many world leaders are still using COVID ... to lock down their countries.”
“Christians around the world are wondering if COVID-19 is being used as a way to condition the world population to accept a mark like this, whatever form it may take,” Graham added.
“If a scannable chip under the skin can contain vaccine information, adding other personal information and financial data could be a short step away. This may sound frightening; but people who have put their faith in God and His Son, Jesus Christ, don’t need to be afraid. We should not live in fear. God told us what was coming in His Word. Make sure that your name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life by repenting of your sins and putting your faith and trust in Jesus Christ.”
The microchip, created by tech firm Dsruptive Subdermals, can store various data accessible through smartphones and other devices.
Thousands of people in Sweden have had chips implanted into their hands.
The chips are usually installed just above the thumb through a procedure that costs as low as about €100 euros (roughly $113).
However, concerns have been raised about privacy and what kind of personal health data will be stored on the chips.
Hannes Sjoblad, managing director of Dsruptive Subdermals, told AFP that chips allow people to communicate effortlessly with their devices. He contends that people should see chips as a form of identification rather than a “surveillance technology.”
This is not the first time that some have speculated if microchip implants could be related to the beast’s mark. After similar speculation was raised in 2017 after a Wisconsin-based company let employees get microchips implanted in their hands, Jerry Newcombe from D. James Kennedy Ministries warned about such conclusions.
“World leaders from Mikhail Gorbachev to Ronald Reagan have been falsely accused of being the Antichrist,” he wrote in an op-ed for The Christian Post. “And microchip fears have stoked prophetic speculations for years — but many biblical scholars note that Revelation is not pointing to some inadvertently-adopted technology, but is speaking symbolically of those who cast their lot with the opponents of Christ for societal approval.”
SSN and cell phone#s aint enough to please the devil?-)
The mark on the hand is those that do the work of the Beast and the mark on the forehead is those that do not believe the Lord and follow the beast. There may be a literal mark at some point, but the real mark is those that go along with the Beast. It’s the same sin that condemns us today.
Read Wm. Hendriksen’s “More Than Conquerors” and get a sweet taste of the freedom of amillennial parallelism.
Franklin needs spiritual counseling.
The Antichrist hasn’t been revealed yet. We’re in bad times but not yet the Great Tribulation.
I can’t take anyone seriously who still has a Fakebook account that has not been permanently suspended.
Spiritual leaders don’t do Fakebook.
This is a precursor.
Before there is a “Mark” of the “Beast”, there will need to be a “Beast” rising on the scene. Everyone will LOVE this guy; everyone will think he’s GREAT and a man who brings peace to the world.
THEN you can worry about the “mark” he imposes on everyone..
“I don’t believe Americans will stand for microchips.“
My whole life, I’ve agreed with this.
But then, I never thought the American people would stand for such obvious election tampering like we saw last year..
I never thought we’d tolerate the rioting that went on either..
And what did you expect?
Conservatives from the Suburbs to drive into the Liberal run cities, who's cops are told to stand down, and for the Conservatives to do the Kyle thing, only to have the cops arrest them?
“It’s certainly the trial run”
Yes. Same technology. People don’t want to see the truth.
“I don’t believe Americans will stand for microchips.”
Hope you’re right. But after the last two years?
Would appreciate prayers for my mother who is in end stage cancer.
Maybe smartphones are the Mark of the Beast. I see many people worshipping them more than God, and their phones are inseparable from their hands...
I don’t either, but it sure is a precursor for it.
It gets people used to the idea so when the antichrist implements it, people will think it’s no big deal.
Franklin has way too many strikes against him for me to even consider his council for anything regarding Prophecy or Politics.
The mark of the beast is both allegiance and an actual mark that makes that allegiance visible. Bible prophecy is fulfilled literally throughout history, so this, too, will be literal.
It is possible to refuse the mark. Many are martyred for not receiving it. That suggests some kind of immunity based on choice.
[but it does make you think how close we may be.”]
Amen, Reverend Graham.
The mark of the beast is both allegiance and an actual mark that makes that allegiance visible. Bible prophecy is fulfilled literally throughout history, so this, too, will be literal.
It is possible to refuse the mark. Many are martyred for not receiving it. That suggests some kind of immunity based on choice.
[That sounds like a literal mark to me]
I agree.
The word is that for a tattoo. An ownership mark.
[But it will someday come to pass.]
Yes. For that reason, I keep posting it.
Only to try and spread the knowledge of the Messiah vs. the anti-messiah that is coming.
The consequences are taking the Mark of the Beast are eternal (Revelation chapter 14).
correct
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