I read this comment from a website about the endtimes and found it to be very interesting. What say you?

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Just something to consider...
I am somewhat skeptical that the RFID chip (or anything similar) will be the prophetic mark of the Beast. The primary reason for my doubt is simple..

Everyone with a Bible and any knowledge of the Book of Revelation are looking to the chip implants as being what John was describing, but the Bible also says that almost everyone will be deceived and take the mark and become doomed.
I believe it is quite possible that Satan has subtly help in the creation of the chip technology and has devised the fear around it as a distraction and a counterfeit for the real mark. Thus, please do not put all of your faith into the idea of an RFID chip as the inevitable mark; keep open minded and keep studying the Bible because there is a very real possibility the mark may be something you have never considered.

I had always thought that when you took the mark, you were very much aware that you were giving your allegiance to the AC.  I don't see that the chip would fullfill that, at least right away.  There is the thought that with the rapture being at the door, by the time the chip is implemented, it might indeed represent an allegiance thing.  I also feel that the mark will be something visible - something that makes it very apparent that the person has taken the mark.  To be able to need it to buy and sell - I would think it would have to be something tangible - if not visible at least able to be scanned.  I might  have watched too many "rapture" movies - but that's just my thought.

JordanPeter - that is an interesting thought. It made me giggle though. Can you imagine having to scan an armpit or tongue every time you bought something? Not a pretty sight! :)  I'm glad I'll be raptured by then!

I think it's important to consider who is going to be here during the time when the mark, whatever it may be, is imposed on the populous. True believers will have already been raptured, people who have been presented with the gospel and have had a clear understanding of it but rejected it will be sent a dillusion so as not to believe and there will be atheist, who don't believe in the Bible in the first place, and finally those who never cared one way or another where some will be converted because of all the miraculous signs. These are those who will be so new in knowledge of what scripture prophesied and then will have decide to refuse taking the mark and will most likely become martyrs. So my point is those left to decide either don't believe its the mark of the beast or scripture is new information to them and they are going to have to decide to take it or not.

I think this sophisticated technology was put in (no pun intended)for a purpose;it may not be a decoy or diversion;rather it may be the very thing or a prototype of the real mark. There are many weapons and technologies that we do not know of that have been there for years.

  As 'His new creation' said,I'm glad we will be gone by then,too!

  Believe it!The first seal or phase of God's wrath begins with the rider on the white horse,ie the antichrist.We will be in heaven watching Jesus unveil this and the next six seals.

2 Thessalonians 2:3  1 Thessalonians 5:9   Revelation 5:9-10;6:1

I agree ! THE MARK will alter the mind for worship of The Beast . It may change other functions in the body /mind as well .

The transformations coming through the implementation of the NWO operations , one of these being The Mark , are antichrist , antigod .

 BE YE SEPARATE !

 why the tribulation saints will always be on the run , underground church .....

If you think about the sheer number of people & the lack of a computer network thru most of the world I think the following is more likely...

http://www.naden.de/blog/bbvideo-bbpress-video-plugin -->

TR (and Tony), I love you (both) dearly but the safest place to put a foreign object is probably going to be in the ear lobes. Limited blood supply to spread infection, lot's of padding for a small object and nothing hard to be pushed against.. That's why so many cultures have pierced ears. The forehead is thin skin with a thin sheet muscle (Frontalis) then bone then brain. No padding to protect a foreign object and a quick path to the brain in case of infection. Although I understand in the western world that under the skin in the pectoralis area is a common site for implantation. Also an area with lots of padding. 

The fleshy part of the right hand is going to be in the opponens pollicus muscle. Not a good place to put any object if you want to keep your GI Joe kungfu grip operating. 

I'm still of the opinion that the mark is going to be just that - a mark, made incisively and visibly. AKA a tattoo. scan 'em with a cellphone and you're good to go. The right hand would avoid the stigma of left hand in cultures without toilet paper and the forehead is easily visible pretty much at all times. It already seems a popular location in India, (although I have come to understand it doesn't really have anything to do with scratch off games).

Thom,

 I used to think it would actually be a tattoo...But "Can not buy or sell" makes me think it has to be in the "Digital" format...The "Digital Angel" brand is only the size of a grain of rice... not very invasive and can be read or monitored from cell towers....and them cell towers are popping up like weeds. And something associated with them causes sores to come up on the wearers of the mark...Lythium. Of course that could be just wrath and nothing actually in the mark.It is  all speculation on my part.....I dont plan on being here!!HA!HA!HA!

An inked on bar code, that would work.  Saw the video Trumpets 777, I have stated more than once that the application of the ashes upon congregants of the Catholic church was a pre-conditioning for a coming mark.  This present pope, Bendedict is supposed to resign soon, and according to the prophecy of St. Malachi the last and final pope, called Peter the Roman will be evil.  But as has been  already stated on other threads, whatever the nature of this mark, it will not be taken by accident, or in secret.  And that the taking of the mark also includes mandatory worship of the beast.  So until that beast shows up and is indwelt and empowered by satan, any mark prior to that would also just be a pre-conditioning.  Not coincidental that implants will be required to enjoy Obama care.

Love & blessings...Tender Reed

I thought it was RFID, but I am leaing towards the Digital Tattoo, it is a tatto that can store data, and never needs batterys.

It can be placed on your forehead, hand, and have the same skin tone

which says that biochip is not mark of the beast, but is not acceptable for other reasons and that mark of the beast will be given only for last seven years. He says that it's literal 666 on forehead or right hand though it seems to me more logical that it will be bar-code ( which, as we know, has 666) given by laser. Yet, I think that we should be carefully of possibility that mark of the beast is signed even through more perfect biometric technology used in procedure of taking universal electronic cards (like those in Russia and similarly) and, of course, Christians mustn't receive chip in body. I'll change my position if I see I'm wrong, but, for now, I consider that Christians mustn't take personal electronic documents with chip too.

Here are some useful and interesting links:

http://www.ridingthebeast.com/articles/epi-charagma-chi-xi-stigma/

http://www.ridingthebeast.com/articles/666-hand-or-forehead/

http://norfiden.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/new-german-rfid-id-card-european-electronic-id-card-european-citizen-card-ecc-big-brother-is-here/

http://www.rt.com/news/prime-time/universal-electronic-cards-russia/

http://www.usa-the-republic.com/mark%20of%20beast/toc.htm

http://www.notfooledbygovernment.com/

http://worlduin.homestead.com/Aadhaar.html

http://markofthebeast.embassyofheaven.com/index.php

Here is how universal electronic card will be used:
http://www.atmmarketplace.com/article/189771/-Universal-electronic-card-for-Russians-postponed
And I would ask moderators what happened with my topic "The Rapture in 2036, The Second Coming in 2043". I can't find it, like it disappeared.

The way I see it, is that people will think it's just a step up from having a card - like when they introduced EFTPOS (for shopping) instead of cash.

I don't think people are aware at all that this will keep them enslaved and monitored. They will just think it's probably a convenience for their shopping (or selling) - let alone think it has anything to do with worshipping Satan (or the Beast).

RFID Ink Tatoos are old news, which, by the way is being used in cattle for years now. Companys like Somark, digital angel, etc have been perfecting the technology for years.

Mercury is a type of liquid metal, well, there are synthetic liquid metals that are just as metal as iron is and just as pliable as mercury is and somewhat less toxic (Bible says otherwise).

Alwhile, the real mark of the beast is 3 1/2 years into tribulation; after the abomination of desolation and the healing of the deadly wound in the head of the beast. My guess is that this technology will be super perfected by then.

I don't think people are aware at all that this will keep them enslaved and monitored. They will just think it's probably a convenience for their shopping (or selling) - let alone think it has anything to do with worshipping Satan (or the Beast).

If the Mark is something which which will cost a person his soul, then taking it must be a conscious choice, and it must involve worship of the Beast.

It can't be something that people are tricked into doing. God wouldn't hold them responsible for such a choice.

its interesting to me that there is a push towards transhumanism (that is a combining of human and machine, robotics /nanotechnology)

i wonder if there will be a lot of rumour/lies associated with the mark like 'if you take the chip look how easy your life will be..and claims of better health/longevity/eternal life/ look what we are building a utopia if you pledge your allegiance with this chip/tattoo.

its also interesting that this is a choice which if you refuse will lead to your beheading.

To expand on your thought Tx Thom, I would think that it would be the same with the 144,000 as it is with the 2 witnesses. Granted the 144k cant do miracles but everyone will know who the 2 witnesses are since they will praise their deaths. Why would it matter if you have the mark on your forehead of God when your going out preaching the word anyway? They would know who you are just by your actions. So I would think it would be like Gods mini army on earth, spreading the gospel across the globe. Also, arnt the 144k during this time not getting hit with his wrath? Like plagues have no effect? Because he says hold off till they ARE sealed. I would think people would definitely notice this too.

Any ideas?

I think it will be a deliberate choice as well. This might be the ultimate example of "choose this day whom you will serve." Nobody will be able to say on the day of Judgment that they didn't know they were making a choice to follow God or the devil. It will be obvious that they chose a few short days of convenience over eternal life with God.

http://www.theopedia.com/Polycarp

Polycarp's greatest contribution to Christianity may be his martyred death. His martyrdom stands as one of the most well documented events of antiquity. The emperors of Rome had unleashed bitter attacks against the Christians during this period, and members of the early church recorded many of the persecutions and deaths. Polycarp was arrested on the charge of being a Christian -- a member of a politically dangerous cult whose rapid growth needed to be stopped. Amidst an angry mob, the Roman proconsul took pity on such a gentle old man and urged Polycarp to proclaim, "Caesar is Lord". If only Polycarp would make this declaration and offer a small pinch of incense to Caesar's statue he would escape torture and death. To this Polycarp responded, "Eighty-six years I have served Christ, and He never did me any wrong. How can I blaspheme my King who saved me?" Steadfast in his stand for Christ, Polycarp refused to compromise his beliefs, and thus, was burned alive at the stake.

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