LEADING TO THE MARK?

There are a lot of different opinions as to what the mark of the beast will be. Some people even believe it is all symbolic, and there will be no such thing as a literal mark. Through the years, I have read many opinions that seemed logical at the time, but have been proven to be wrong. Even when credit cards were first coming into vogue, I remember reading how they could be the mark; then it was debit cards; and then electronic transfers and bar codes (remember 666 on all the bar codes?). Now we are hearing a lot about RFID technology.

http://www.retailsolutionsonline.com/content/news/article.asp?docid=00a6280c-b600-4a65-99e7-c5703e9a4330&atc%7Ec=771+s=773+r=001+l=a&VNETCOOKIE=NO

Here’s some interesting links for further review and future reference:

Digital Persona Driving Fingerprint Authentication Adoption In The Retail Market. The article goes on to relate how Digital Persona’s biometric fingerprint technology is more secure than passwords and also assists in increased worker productivity; for example, the technology allows managers to see exactly how much time elapses between when a cashier hits the time clock and then actually logs on to the cash register.

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/3924053.html

Immigrant advocates decry microchip idea. That’s the headline of an article in the online edition of the Houston Chronicle. Someone actually had the idea of implanting rfid chips in immigrant workers, and claimed that there was interest in the idea from some folks in our Congress. The article goes on to relate examples of how the technology has already been used in limited instances in Colombia and Mexico, as well as in some hospitals here in the U.S.

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http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70308-0.html?tw=rss.culture

RFID: Sign Of The (End) Times? And there’s also a book pointed toward a Christian audience by Katherine Albrecht: The Spychips Threat: Why Christians Should Resist RFID And Electronic Surveillance. I haven’t seen the book yet, didn’t even know there was one. I’ll have to check it out in the local Borders – hope no one’s watching…

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I do think the day is coming when anyone who accesses any computer with access beyond the user’s home will have to show biometric identification. And as we move further into our brave new world, it is not difficult to see that at some point in the future most financial transactions will involve electronic transfers, not cash or checks, and that anyone participating in the system will have to have positive biometric identification to buy or sell.