Dr. David Jeremiah said, “God didn’t include prophecy in the Bible to confuse us but to enlighten us. It’s important for our ears to hear it, for our mouths to proclaim it, and for the world to hear it.”
Each week we like to focus for a few minutes on Bible prophecy. For one thing, as Christians we are encouraged to understand the times in which we live, and act accordingly.
The apostle Paul encourages us that, “Another reason for right living is that you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for the coming of our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed” (Romans 13:11 NLT).
In the first century, the apostle John predicted a future time in which everyone would be identified, and transact all their business, by what he called a “mark on their right hand or on their foreheads“ (Revelation 13:16). For centuries it was considered too fantastic to be true… But today we can see how it could be fulfilled.
Microsoft and Fujitsu have teamed up to enable palm-vein authentication on Windows 10. The article was titled, No more Windows 10 passwords? Microsoft says hello to palm-vein biometrics.
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Microsoft has added Windows 10 Pro support for palm-vein authentication, bringing another biometric option in addition to its Windows Hello facial and fingerprint-recognition system.
The palm-vein authentication comes by way of a collaboration with Fujitsu, a Windows 10 enterprise hardware partner that is in the process of deploying its own palm-vein biometric technology to 80,000 employees in Japan.
The partnership means Windows 10 Pro users can use Fujitsu’s PalmSecure sensors that are embedded into the keyboard of Fujitsu laptops or on a scanner attached via USB.
Users hover a hand over the sensor rather than touching a fingerprint sensor. The scanner is already built into Fujitsu’s Lifebook and Stylystic series notebooks for the enterprise.
The scan focuses on unique blue veins in the hand to authenticate users without requiring a password. One advantage over fingerprint and facial recognition is that it’s harder to copy veins under the skin.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/no-more-windows-10-passwords-microsoft-says-hello-to-palm-vein-biometrics/?ftag=CAD-04-10aab6c&bhid=%%CF_regid%%
In related news, Fujitsu notes that Brazilian bank Banco Bradesco and Korean credit card company Lotte Card are using the technology.
Lotte Card last year rolled out its Hand Pay service using PalmSecure, which allows customers to pay for goods using their hand instead of a card. Bradesco deployed the technology on ATMs several years ago.
These technologies are not the “mark of the beast.” They are, however, exactly what you’d expect from reading your Bible from a literal and futurist point of view.
The mark of the beast is more than technology. It is an event in the future Great Tribulation.
Good thing we won’t be here for the future Tribulation. Jesus promised He’d return to rapture His church – which entails the resurrection of the dead in Christ of the Church Age, then the translation from earth to Heaven of all 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!