Tim LaHaye once said, “People recognize something’s going to happen, and they’d better get ready.”

The ‘something’ he was talking about is revealed to us in the prophecies of the end times found in the Bible.

The Bible is about 30% prophecy. About 500 of those prophecies are yet-to-be fulfilled.

Consider the encouragement of the apostle Paul who said, “[know] the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed” (Romans 13:11).

Put all that together with the headlines in the news and you’ve got the reasons why we take five minutes or so each week to discuss trends in the world that you’d expect from reading the Bible.

The grand-daddy of all unfulfilled end times prophecies is the dreaded Mark of the Beast. It was described by the apostle John as something on or in your hand or forehead by which people would be identified in order to be able to transact their daily business.

At the mid-point of the seven year Great Tribulation, the world leader best known as the antichrist will control all commerce. He will demand allegiance that is worship-like from his citizens. If a person refuses, the antichrist will cut them off from buying or selling.

If this were being implemented today, we’d say it was some form of e-commerce that uses biometrics. In fact, systems like this are being implemented today.

One of them is called FingoPay. According to their website,

Fingopay is a fresh way to pay, brought. It is the most secure way to prove identity, using only your finger. The reader uses Hitachi VeinID technology. Infrared light maps the unique 3D pattern of your veins.

This biometric signature is a one-of-a-kind personal identifier. Unlike fingerprints, it can’t be damaged, stolen or forged. Our cloud-based matching system verifies the payment in seconds.

It’s in use at the Copenhagen Business School. FingoPay uploaded a short video demonstrating it and promoting it.

FingoPay utilizes something on your hand in order for you to transact your business. Is FingoPay the Mark of the Beast? Doubtful. But it is exactly the kind of tech you’d expect from reading the prophecies of the end times.

We are not looking for any particular sign, or prophecy to be fulfilled. 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!