THE “MARK” IS COMING! |
The World, the Word & You!
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Commentary by Dennis L. Finnan
“I
WOULd have never believed it would happen in my lifetime! But it’s true,
finally science and technology has achieved what the Bible predicted long ago ¾ an identification and tracking device for
implantation in humans has arrived!”
I’m Dennis Finnan, host and speaker on the World the Word & You! Broadcast and in a moment we’ll talk about what the Bible calls “The Mark of the Beast,” and see how, if at all, it fits in with what 21st century technology has now brought us…
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Well now, it’s time to get down to business, that is the business of looking at our world to see the unfolding drama of God’s Word and its truths worked out in human hearts, and in our world and society around us. And, friend something dramatic and of biblical significance has amazingly happened in the world that you should know about! So, in a moment after we listen to our first musical refreshment, I’ll return with that information in my message, today, entitled: THE MARK IS COMING! Stay tuned…
…It appears it all began on May 13, 1997 when the Unites States Patent office granted a patent number 5,629,678. This patent covered the development of a “personal tracking and recovery system device” consisting of a miniature digital transceiver for possible implantation in human beings. This device was at that time in the developmental stages, but after almost four years of research, it has now made it debut! Yes, right now this device exists and is being offered to the world of business, technology and medicine. It’s name is the DIGITAL ANGEL, and it promises the world a convenient means of tracking, monitoring, and cataloging every human being on the face of the earth! Sound ominous? Prophetic? Scary? You bet it is, and after another musical moment I’ll give you all the details about it…
…In Chinese circles the year 2000 was the year of the Dragon. In Scripture the dragon is a symbol for the fallen angel Lucifer who became the Devil or Satan. The Bible tells us that at the beginning of the End Times,
Rev 12:7-9 (NIV) “… there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him."
Although I make no biblical interpretation, it’s just interesting that the year 2000 and the 21st century align itself with this fact from Scripture. What’s more eye-opening at this time is, there’s a prophecy book series of novels written about the end times called “The Left Behind” books. The latest one, number eight in the series, to hit the charts is called “THE MARK,” written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins.
This latest book reveals the time period coming after the entire Church of Jesus Christ has been removed from the earth. You see God removes the Church, so that all influence and restraint of righteousness in our world will be gone. Why will God do this? Well the answer is simple ¾ our lost sinful world and society has craved for centuries to get “rid” of those pesky Christians that oppose and prevent our fallen world from, doing its own thing and establishing a society where anything goes. The last election in the U.S. speaks of this battle. Well, in that “Day” God grants the world in rebellion to Him, their long awaited desire ¾ to have it their own way!
Now in Biblical prophecy this time period is called the Great Tribulation, a period of seven actual years when after the Rapture of the saints, when the fallen world is virtually on its own.
At that time, the Bible reveals a world ruler will arise who is a deceitful dynamic political leader who first comes as the world’s savior for all its economic, military and social woes. But we are told in the Bible that in the middle of this period of time, that is 3 ½ years, he turns and reveals his evil wicked intent. This antichrist demands the world to worship and serve Him only! Of course, he does this because he is at that time fully indwelt by that evil fallen angel Satan, the dragon who lusts for a kingdom and subjects to worship and serve him. Now all who refuse to bow down, worship and serve him will be killed, and to identify and control the world, he causes all humanity to submit to a MARKING, TRACKING & IDENTIFYING SYSTEM be installed on or in every human being. Let’s look at the particular Scripture that speaks of this, and then apply this to what’s happening in our world today…
Rev 12:12 (NIV) “… woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.””
Rev 13:8 (NIV) “All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.”
Rev 13:15-17 (NIV) “He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. 16 He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, 17 so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.”
In Scripture, we are told that one day in the future there is coming a technology and usage of it that will be for evil. It will be some sort of “marking system,” that will tag, identify and perhaps track human beings. It will also be a technology that will be used for commerce as verse 17 foretells.
Now what type of device could this be? Well we can only speculate, but on December 15, 2000, a press release stated that Applied Digital Systems, Inc (ADS) has completed its manufacture and patent rights to a miniature digital receiver, which is named “THE DIGITAL ANGEL,” and it is ready for implantation in humans! What for? Well, it is stated this can be a most helpful device for tracking, and monitoring say chronically ill patients, and livestock to insure food quality, and at-risk-for-kidnapping children, and even to enforce and detect parole violations of criminals. However, most promising they says will be its ability to provide tamperproof e-commerce for all citizens of the world!
Imagine that! Now there really exists a device so small, that it can be easily implanted sub-dermally under the skin on the hand or in the head of a human being. The device is a tiny computer chip lastingly powered by body heat and slight muscular movement. It relays pre-programmed signals and your body’s vital stats to a ground station that receives this radio communication from the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) satellite that monitors the earth. This is a not Sci-fi friend; it’s real and now is going to be marketed first for e- commerce.
The Digital Angel is the way of the future to ensure a cashless society. Already our banking and credit card industries are gearing up for this. MONDEX is the largest company working toward providing our world with a GLOBAL CASHLESS SOCIETY, that is the ability to conduct all manner of monetary exchange, electronically. Did you know that “MasterCard” bought a 51% share in MONDEX and now has franchised over 20 major nations to begin using this in what is first called the SMART CARD. This is a credit card sized device that contains this microchip that stores electronic cash, banking information on your account, and even vital stats on identifying you personally. All transactions will be made secure by adopting the Secure-Electronic Transactions (SET) protocols, and will are you ready ¾ display the “SET” MARK!
Now I make no biblical comparison or interpretation, but
throw out this interesting tidbit. The name of this conglomerate company is
MONDEX. This is a compound of words MONETARY & DEXTER. Webster’s Dictionary
Encyclopedia Edition defines these words as:
Dexter –belonging
to or located on the right hand
SET – (is) the
Egyptian god or evil
WOW! Of course this could just be coincidence, but what coincidence it may become. These things assuredly should be watched as we come closer to the end times and of course the moment when the Lord Jesus Christ as Scripture says, will RAPTURE AWAY the entire Church from the earth. Do you believe this? We read in,
1 Thess 4:16-18 (NIV) “According to the Lord’s own word… the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage each other with these words.”
Scripturally, some time after that occurs, not long obviously, the event spoken of in Biblical prophecy will begin which is called the seven-year GREAT TRIBULATION period.
Look around you at how technology is moving toward that future time when thousands of years ago, when no knowledge or even ability to dream of such things existed, the Bible writers depicted for us what is now emerged from the drawing tables of science.
Yes, this tiny microchip is touted to earn upwards of $ 100 billion dollars for its makers and distributors. The DIGITAL ANGEL when implanted just under the skin requires no maintenance, and of course can be used for good. Just think how chronically ill patients can have their vital stats measured by a tracking station, and if and when a medical crisis occurs the device will automatically turn on, sending a signal to the doctors and hospital and immediately help can be dispatched without anyone asking for it. Also, think how this can be used to track criminals out on parole, and keep them under surveillance. And, not to mention how this could be the answer to a cashless society. All you need to do is be scanned regularly and you could purchase anything and everything without carrying a wallet for identification purposes. Yes, on the surface it seems like a good thing, but remember good things in the hands of bad people can be used for evil. This is what the Bible says, the evil angel Satan and his minion the antichrist will get hold of this technology, to mark and monitor the entire world! He will definitely use it to “control” buying and selling everything from a loaf of bread to a Mercedes Benz. All who will not submit and follow him and worship him, will be denied access in the coming cashless society to buy and sell everything and anything.
Now of course, at this point don’t run off and get your camel’s hair robe and camp out in the desert waiting for the Rapture to come! In the USA at the present time, no one can force you to receive this implantation device. The Fourth Amendment in our Constitution forbids “unwarranted intrusions” by the government in and on your person. This is one of our first liberties thankfully. However, friend as we watch our courts and legislatures today, especially as the liberal Democratic Party and its followers are working towards constitutional changes, we may be in trouble there. Consistently liberal justices are reinterpreting our American Constitution and Bill of Rights to fit into their contemporary idea of government and personal rights. Already we have twisted the Constitution to say things our Founding Fathers never said nor would say. How do these re-constructionist justices answer? One Supreme Court justice boldly said and I quote, “The Constitution is what we say it is!” Really? It won’t be long before this document is reinterpreted to fit almost any prophetic scenario such scenes could possibly become law.
Well, I thought you should know about these things for I believe our world is getting ready for the end times so quickly, and it’s happening right before our eyes. The question I must ask in light of this is ¾ ARE YOU READY FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD?
Now some say and teach that after the Rapture occurs, during the Tribulation Period millions of people will be saved even after the Church is gone. Is that right? I answer, yes! However, the Bible puts a qualifier on who gets saved “after” the Rapture of the Church. Listen to it now as I read it from Scripture,
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Thess 2:1-12 (NASB) “Now we request
you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our
gathering together to Him… 3 Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not
come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed,
the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called
god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God,
displaying himself as being God. 5 Do you not remember that while I was still
with you, I was telling you these things? 6 And you know what restrains him
now, so that in his time he may be revealed. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness
is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out
of the way. 8 And then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will
slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His
coming; 9 that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of
Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, 10 and with all the
deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the
love of the truth so as to be saved. 11 And
for this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they might
believe what is false, 12 in order that they all may be judged who did not
believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.”
Right there in verses 10-11, we are told that those who “did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved,” prior to the Rapture, will AFTER the Church is gone, suffer a judgment of God called, “a deluding influence.” What is this? It is permanent blindness and hardness of heart that God will confirm in them, so that when truth is unfolded in absolute confirmation of God’s teachings, they cannot, will not and shall not be saved!!!
Friend, if in this age of the Church you clearly hear the
call to come to Christ, and you positively reject it, put it off, make light of
it, or simply ignore it ¾ God may well be saying you’ll never have another
chance, as those who have not clearly heard it, when God comes to Rapture away
His Church. This is why the Bible says, ”NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION… NOW IS
THE ACCEPTED TIME.” So don’t delay, rather realize the marvelous truth which is
the Good News Gospel preached to you. What is it? Here is it is in a nutshell,
John 3:16 (NIV) “”For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
John 6:47 (NIV) (JESUS CHRIST SAID) “I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.”
Acts 16:31 (NIV) “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.””
John 1:12 (NIV) “Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—“
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John 5:13 (NIV) “I write these things
to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you
have eternal life.”
Now friend, if you, hearing this great love of God for you ¾ walk away from it, reject it, laugh at it and mock it, or just ignore it ¾ you will NEVER be saved from your sins. In fact, when die you will be banished to an everlasting unending Hell prepared for you. And, if the Rapture of the Church will occur as I believe it can at any moment – you will NEVER AGAIN be given opportunity to respond and be saved.
Oh I plead with you to today, right now, trust Christ wherever you are. Just pause and in your heart pray a prayer asking God’s forgiveness, and He will answer you!
Now, what’s ahead? Well, the “Digital Guardian Angel” awaits us in some form that will align with God’s revealed Word. It will in time, not be used for good and it will one day be the embryo technology that marks the world perhaps on the hand or forehead, as the Bible states, and seals the fate of those so marked in a Christless eternity of Hell forever and ever. May it not be so for your sake I pray. Amen…
…Yes, it’s already here, a tiny microchip implantation device, self powered that can transmit your location, your vital stats and even contain personal identification for e-commerce in the 21st century ¾ it is called the DIGITAL ANGEL. Will it be used? Certainly, but only a volunteer basis at first, but one day the Bible says some form of identification mark will be permanently imprinted and or implanted on the forearm and forehead and it will have to be something like this that contains computer information to catalog you for the coming antichrist who will rule the world. At that time I, and millions of other Christians, we will not be here thanks to God. Now, may God grant you such faith to believe and be saved, and to stand up for Him and to serve Him now and for eternity…
… Well friends you’ve been listening to The World, the Word & You! Broadcast and speaking has been your host and commentator, Dennis Finnan. Say, if you would like a copy of today’s broadcast, visit our website at http://www.bibleradio.org or write to me and we’ll send it free of charge. Quickly here’s our address: The World, the Word & You! Broadcast, Post Office Box 40133, Grand Junction, CO 81504, USA. Until next week at the same time and station, this is Dennis Finnan thanking you for listening and praying for you that God’s richest blessing will be yours now and for eternity. God bless you my friend, have a great day in the Lord. Good-bye for now.
· Radio talk #0401
· Broadcast date: January 29, 2001
· Speaker: Dennis L. Finnan, Commentator
· Program: The World, the Word & You! Radio Broadcast
· Address: P.O. Box 40133 Grand Junction, CO 81504
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