The Mark of the Beast | United Church of God

 

Mere implanted microchips are NOT The Mark of the Beast.

We do not know exactly what form the Mark of the Beast will take, yet the Holy Bible is very clear and easy to understand. So easy that a child could comprehend this, yet the overwhelming majority of adults and professed Christians remain confused, and muddled, perhaps due to the massive Bible illiteracy and failure to read, study, mediate — think deeply daily, nightly upon the infallible inerrant living Word of God;

And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven. Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. If anyone has an ear, let him hear:

If anyone is to be taken captive,
to captivity he goes;
if anyone is to be slain with the sword,
with the sword must he be slain.

Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.

Revelation 13:5-10

Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain. 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, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.

Revelation 13:11-18

And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Revelation 19:20

Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Revelation 20:4

Conjecture, rumor, surmising, and declaring knowledge of is dangerous and foolhardy.

Go directly and only to the Word of God.

And know this — all that has transpired, all that is transpiring is CONDITIONING and PREPARING the people of the world, the great overwhelming majority, those who are darkness, in darkness, without truly knowing or following the Lord Jesus Christ to take the name of the Beast in their bodies, in either their foreheads or their rights hands. A sign of allegiance and worship to the Beast also providing the means to survive, to live, to buy, sell, eat, and keep going on.

Which the overwhelming majority will willingly, eagerly choose over the alternative. Which is faithfulness and obedience to the Lord and His Word.

All that needs knowing is all that is taking place is CONDITIONING the world’s population. PREPARING them. Getting them ready, willing and able. Wearing them down like wind upon the landscape. Eroding.

Values, morals, reality, facts, history, and the truth have been and are massively eroded and torn down, torn asunder, altered, removed, and replaced.

The advent of the Beast and his false prophet will be a transition easily accommodated, applauded, accepted, and anticipated by the lost people of this lost world refusing the truth, and refusing to follow the Lord Jesus Christ.

Let’s not get distracted, caught up, prone to debate regarding the means, and know, and accept faithfully the Word of God regarding this matter.

Knowing the time is coming wherein the Antichrist and his false prophet appear. At the appointed time. And the people of the world — every person not a true disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ, not a true child of God will worship this Beast to the degree they will take his name in their flesh as a sign of allegiance and worship to him, and in order to function and live their lives daily.

While the saints will be hunted down, and slaughtered, and the Beast and his henchmen and henchwomen will be at war with the saints.

What form this taking the name of the Beast in their flesh really isn’t the point, which so many get distracted and sidetracked in debate over.

Focus.

Let us focus.

Faithfully, fully in the Word of God.

Unshakable and without adding to or omitting from the Word of God. In order to accomplish this we must first take hole of the Holy Bible. Love it. Read it. Study it. Become fluent and literate within it. Hold it in our hearts and minds. Not intellectualizing everything. Not only within the head. Within the heart, the spirit, and the soul as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ.

What a novel idea in these times, eh?

Even a child can read and understand this within the Word of God. Why can’t we? Has the eating of the tree of knowledge and the voice of Satan grown within that we cannot turn to God, to the Word of God for our understanding, our knowledge, our necessary instruction, and wisdom?

Ken Pullen, A CROOKED PATH, Monday, May 8th, 2023

 

Human Implanted Microchips Back In The Spotlight

 

May 03, 2023

By PNW Staff

Reprinted from Prophecy News Watch

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Human implanted microchips are back in the news after biotech company Blackrock Neurotech, based in Salt Lake City announced this week it has already implanted brain chips in dozens of patients.

“We are the only company with direct-brain BCI implants in humans,” Marcus Gerhardt, Blackrock’s co-founder, told DailyMail.com.

“Our implantable arrays have enabled people to connect directly to computers, control robotic arms and wheelchairs, play video games, even regain sensation – with just their brain signals,” Gerhardt added.

Blackrock’s technology uses an implantable microchip that has 96 arrays — small needle-shaped brain chips that can read and stimulate electrical signals.

It can be placed anywhere on the brain’s surface. Multiple devices can be placed on the same person’s brain.

After implantation, the chip detects electrical signals generated by the wearer’s thoughts.

Machine learning software decodes these signals into digital commands such as cursor movements, which can be used to control prosthetics and computer equipment.

The company is now seeking FDA approval for devices built for use outside the lab and to be used at home.

Tech mogul Elon Musk has also launched similar plans with Neurolink, an implantable device he hopes can be brought to market in the near future.

The use of microchip implants to biohack our body is nothing new and the applications are already numerous and growing.

Today, more than 50,000 people have elected to have a subdermal chip surgically inserted between the thumb and index finger, to serve as their new swipe key, or credit card.

Tech company Walletmor has developed a new app called Purewrist, which is a digital wallet combined with a microchip that can be installed in your hand. Once the chip is installed, a person can then use the app and chip to make payments to businesses that also use the app.

Walletmore’s chip is quite light and is only a bit bigger than a grain of rice and is composed of a microchip and an antenna, which is surrounded by biopolymer. The Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Wojtek Paprota claims that it is entirely safe and also has regulatory approval.

Walletmore has priced the implant procedure at $299 and says the system can be used to make everyday, normal transactions.

“The implant can be used to pay for a drink on the beach in Rio, a coffee in New York, a haircut in Paris – or at your local grocery store,” founder and chief executive Wojtek Paprota said in a statement to the BBC. “It can be used wherever contactless payments are accepted.”


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The microchip does not need a battery to function nor does it need any other power source which makes it quite attractive to the users.

A 2021 survey conducted in the European Union and the United Kingdom came up with the result that at least 51 per cent of people will consider having a chip implanted in their body.

On the other side of Europe Sweden has been rapidly expanding its use of microchip technology for quite some time with tens of thousands already microchipped:


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Notes and coins now make up less than 1 percent of Sweden’s economy which is ironic considering it was the first European country to issue modern banknotes, in 1661.

“No cash accepted” signs are now the norm in shops across Sweden as payments go digital and mobile but many Swedes want to take it to the next level as they blend tech with the human body.

Microchip implants that give people the ability to conduct financial transactions, monitor their health (including vaccination status) and even replace keycards to allow them to enter offices and buildings are the new rage as thousands have already been implanted.

Many technological enthusiasts believe this is the next logical step in a digital society that is quite happy to give up privacy for convenience. That convenience factor is a big reason commuters on the SJ Rail transit system have traded cash for chips:


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Many Bible Prophecy experts believe each of these steps is taking us closer to global acceptance of a digital “mark” commonly called “The Mark of the Beast” that will merge technology and commerce with political and religious allegiance as described in the Book of Revelation.

Most Christians recognize that current chip implants are not the actual “mark of the beast”, yet there is concern that acceptance of such technology is conditioning people for when the real one does come along.

What often starts off as voluntary can just as easily become mandatory and whereas tech itself may be neutral, in the hands of the wrong person it could be extremely dangerous.  Imagine the technology of today in the hands of Hitler.

There are also growing fears that an economic collapse and “currency reset” could bring about an era of forced digital cash that would be necessary to conduct commerce. Digital cash with biometric practicality would seem to make a perfect union for convenience and security.

Christians have long debated the meaning of the “mark of the beast”.  Our generation, however, appears to be the first to have the technology to fulfill this prophecy.

Soon, you may have to answer the question: “Would you get chipped?”