No, the mark of the beast happens AFTER the antichrist has arrived and demands you worship him ad GOD. That has not happened yet, so this is not the mark. Im not so much concerned with the technology so much as I am the chronology
> the mark of the beast happens AFTER the antichrist has arrived and demands you worship him ad GOD
How do you know this? I asked for chapter and verse, but you don't seem to have it.
The Antichrist will sign a covenant with many nations concerning the city of Jerusalem (Daniel 9:27). This signing ceremony is the beginning of the seven-year tribulation period. Sometime during the tribulation period, the proclamation of the mark occurs. Most prophecy gurus believe the mark will come at, or near, the halfway point,three and a half years into the Tribulation (Revelation 13:16)
None of that is very clear to me. What is clear is that this injection will actually mark a person, and the authorities will require that mark in order to buy or sell. The mark also has the number of the beast which is 666.
When somebody puts their mark on you, that is like branding cattle. It is a sign of ownership. The one that has been marked this way no longer belongs to God, but belongs to the devil.
So go ahead and take this mark if you want, and argue that the mark of the beast is something else. The end will be the same, you will belong to the devil.
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