Currencies of God and Man by Ray Istre (Part 5 of 6)

Vulnerability and The Mark of the Beast

In this year 2013, the majority of business transactions are done with digital money through credit cards, debit cards or bank transfers. Checks of various kinds are not used as they once were, but all of these types of transactions are monitored and recorded by banks under the Federal Reserve Banking system. Credit card companies continue to get percentages of each transaction or purchase made by everyone using their service. With digital money, there is no such thing as a private transaction. As the move to digital money becomes more complete every day, the international bankers at the Federal Reserve private bank salivate at how much more money and power they obtain. An ignorant public thinking they are wealthy do not realize how vulnerable they really are.
The digital system is perfectly suited for the manipulation practiced by the international bankers. As the computer age continues to demonstrate new technologies that enhance digital currencies, control and monitoring of people and centralization of international power, the public simply goes along with it. Most people are bought off by the appearance of prosperity that is used to hook the ignorant into participation. Where’s Thomas Jefferson when you need him?

Over the past few years, new technology has been developed called the RFID chip. It is a tiny computer chip that sends a radio signal containing digital information about any product being sold at Walmart or any other retail outlet. The information would be the manufacturer, product ID, price and any detail to be used for inventory control or on a receipt. The chip would be placed in every packaged product being sold. It can be scanned by radio frequencies instead of the visual bar code system with the red laser lights currently being used to scan every purchase, one at a time, at the check-out.
This RFID chip system will maintain inventory control, pricing of each item and make checking out and payment for purchases much easier and quicker. Imagine a basket full of products being bought that is simply pushed under an arch that contains the RFID chip reader. The whole shopping cart full of items is tabulated instantly instead of one at a time with the old scanners at check-out.

Now that the tabulation of the price for all products being bought is taken care of, how is it to be paid for? A credit or debit card could be taken out and used. Cash may be taken for a little while longer. It is long past the time for them to accept gold and silver coins. The next item that these power mad bankers have in mind will go directly into the body of everyone who uses the system, which would probably be above 90% of the population of the world.
The next move of the international bankers is to put RFID chips in the physical bodies of everyone who uses their system. This chip would be connected to the bank account of the buyer and would be scanned along with the shopping cart full of products being purchased. There would be no need for cash, credit or debit cards to pay for the purchases. With this system, they could monitor and profit from the majority of purchases being made around the world. They would make a small percentage of each of the trillions of purchases being made on a daily basis which would amount to a very large sum of money every day around the world. This would support the one world government, Anti-Christ and False Prophet spoken of in the book of Revelations.

The scriptures tells of the “Mark of the Beast” and that without it, no one will be able to buy or sell. John received this revelation and it says that this “mark” will be placed in the hand or the forehead of everyone participating.
Here is the scripture from the book of Revelations 13:11-18, Amplified Version of the Bible.

11 Then I saw another beast rising up out of the land {itself}; he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke (roared) like a dragon.
12 He exerts all the power and right of control of the former beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell upon it to exalt and deify the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed, and worship him.

13 He performs great signs – startling miracles – even making fire fall from the sky to the earth in men’s sight.
14 And because of the signs (miracles) which he is allowed to perform in the presence of the {first} beast, he deceives those who inhabit the earth, commanding them to erect a statue (an image) in the likeness of the beast which was wounded by the (small) sword and still lived.

15 And he was permitted {also} to impart the breath of life into the beast’s image so that the statue of the beast could actually talk, and to cause to be put to death those who would not bow down and worship the image of the beast.
16 Also he compels all {alike}, both small and great, both the rich and the poor, both free and slave to be marked with an inscription (stamped) on their right hands or on their foreheads.

17 So that no one will have power to buy or sell unless he bears the stamp (mark, inscription), {that is,} the name of the beast or the number of his name.
18 Here is {room for} discernment – a call for the wisdom {of interpretation}; let any one who has intelligence (penetration and insight enough) calculate the number of the beast, for it is a human number – the number of a certain man; his number is six hundred and sixty-six.

If this digital money system utilizing RFID chips is not the Mark of the Beast, what could it possibly be? If it were a tattoo, any control over who bought or sold would have to be on an honor system because it could not be verified from a centralized location. Through computers, and internet connections, RFID chips can connect to centralized locations through the banking system now in place.
If indeed this system using RFID chips being inserted into the bodies of human beings, is the “Mark of the Beast” that is written of by John the Apostle, we should also pay attention to the predicted end of all those who worship this beast and accept the mark as told in Revelations 14:9-11. It is a false idol that will fall under the wrath of Almighty God along with all those who worship it.

Here is Revelations 14:9-11 from the Amplified version of the Bible.
9 Then another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a mighty voice, Whoever pays homage to the beast and his statue and permits the {beast’s} stamp (mark, inscription) to be put on his forehead or on his hand,

10 He too shall {have to} drink of the wine of God’s indignation and wrath, poured undiluted into the cup of His anger, and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
11 An the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever, and they have no respite – no pause, no intermission, no rest, no peace – day or night, these who pay homage and to his image, and whoever receives the stamp of his name upon him.

The “Mark of the Beast” would be nothing without the “Beast” who invented it. It is important to understand the nature of this “Beast”. Who are these people who will control buying and selling during the reign of the Anti-Christ? What kind of government would build an idol of this sort and demand that it be the object of worship? How do we identify this “Beast”? Is it a typical “idol” as we have seen in the old testament or is it an idol recognized only in the heart of man? Is it an idol featuring the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life? That sounds like a much more feasible way to entrap and enslave people. The inspiration of this rebellion is of course, Satan.
Apparently, it is a governmental system. Many bible scholars believe it will rise out of the old Roman Empire. It will be tied in with a religious leader or false prophet. This would probably include the European based Roman Catholic Church in a revival of its “theocratic” ambitions. One person regarded as the “Vicar of Christ” who holds power and influence over a billion people would be interesting to a dictatorial government. If it is so that this government will rise out of the revived Roman Empire, America must fall from its Super Power status. If this is indeed Gods plan, it would be no problem for this to be arranged. An explosion of the super volcano at Yellowstone National Park would set America back to pioneer days, even though with nuclear submarine fleets still lurking the oceans. None of this would come close to knocking God off of His almighty throne.

Before going any further, let’s understand that this is not an “Anti-Catholic” statement. Catholic doctrine states to “let them be anathema” being anyone who rejects their priesthood and their power to literally change the bread and wine into the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ. “Let them be anathema” is to say, “let them go to hell”. By the way, those assigned to hell would be anyone who is not Catholic as well as many Catholics who are too scientific to believe in these monopolistic claims of a “miracle” called trans-substantiation. Many of the latter group are Catholic simply for the political connections. They love the monopolistic part, but are just too reasonable to believe in the supposed “miracle”.
Jesus did say, “This is my body, take and eat”, but did not intend to build a political organization through carnal means. Shortly after saying this, he told Judas to go and do his work, which was to betray him in an attempt to politically push Jesus into open rebellion against Roman authority. Jesus would rather have died on the cross, went to hell to take the keys of death and hell away from Satan and rise from the dead. That was the real work of the Kingdom of God and He did it perfectly. With authority over death, hell and the devil, Jesus now ruled over the demonic powers behind Rome. The time was not right to establish Israel as Gods nation on the earth, because Jesus wanted to allow for the multitudes of people around the world who would accept his salvation and put on immortality to rule with Him in righteousness. A day is like a thousand years and a thousand years like a day to the Lord.

Religious corporations have a long history of vicious behavior towards people who have not subjected themselves to their claims of “Gawd Given” authority. This is not a judgment of any individual Catholics or “other” religious groups, most of whom have no idea what their church has done or teaches. Jesus is the only judge concerning which individuals go or do not go to hell. God delegate that judgment to Jesus, certainly not to any egomaniac in religious garb of Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Buddhists or what have you. The Anti-Christ will assume power to kill anyone who does not subject themselves to his authority and the False Prophet will be there giving his “blessing”.
We should understand the evil nature of dictators who gain their power from worshiping Satan. At some point, these people who build such systems to accumulate power will bring their hidden agenda out into the light of day with the threat of death over anyone who would defy their claim to absolute power. It is like a pimple collecting puss. God will allow it to manifest itself so that the poison accumulates in one place and can be removed at one time.