Fully 80% of the Bible’s approximately 2500 prophecies have been fulfilled to the letter.  The prime example I would give, in modern times, is the miraculous rebirth of Israel as a nation in her ancient homeland.

The remaining 20% of yet-to-be fulfilled prophecies have to do with the Last Days in which we are living.  Some of them have to do with a system of commerce that requires every citizen to have some type of personal identifier on them or in them.  Without this “mark,” a person will be unable to buy or sell anything.

We don’t know what the final form of this “mark” will be, but we find it more than interesting that the technology exits to implement a system like this right now.

In fact, there are several things in development, and in use, that seem like they could become this “mark.”

One important thing to note is that this trend is becoming more mainstream.  It’s not just a handful of tech nuts.

I would cite a recent article in the Wall Street Journal.  It was, in fact, the lead article on their Trends page.  It was about implantable RFID chips, and was titled, When Information Storage Gets Under Your Skin.

The reporter noted, “There is no comprehensive data on how many people have RFID implants in their bodies, but retailers estimate the total is 30,000 to 50,000 globally.”

The article went on to discuss a few of the things we have already reported on – like the Dutch businessman who has multiple implants, and the Scandinavian guy who boards SAS flights by using the RFID chip embedded in him rather than a ticket.

It also predicted that, “while many adults are repelled by the idea of manipulating a perfectly healthy body part, young people may accept it as they do most technology surrounding them.”

Read the Bible and you see a prediction of a mark by which all business will be transacted, without the need for cash.

Read the news and you see the trend towards technology that will fulfill the prophecies.

In the future seven-year Tribulation, that you read about in the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, everyone participating in society will be forced to swear allegiance to the Antichrist or be cut-off from all commerce.  The “mark” will be “the mark of the beast.”

We will not be on the earth for any portion of those seven years.  Jesus promised to come and get us; to raise the dead in Christ, and to rapture living believers.

It is presented in the Bible as an imminent event.

Are you ready for the rapture?  If not, get ready, stay ready, and keep looking up.  Ready or not, Jesus is coming!