Is RFID the mark of the beast?

Few new technologies get conspiracy theorists going quite like the VeriChip--an implantable electronic identification device for humans.

A new book about "the disturbing satanic influences in America" dedicates two whole chapters to VeriChip and a related technology known as radio frequency identification, or RFID. The book, titled "The Resistance Manifesto," equates VeriChip with "the mark of the beast," which the Bible's book of Revelation describes as a demonic numbering system for people.

Some CNET News.com readers have made the same connection.

The author, John Conner, plans to self-publish the book this spring and sell it online through Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com and his own Web site. Conner, who is 27 and lives in California, is hoping to strike a big publishing deal for the book, which also discusses satanic symbols in satellite images of Washington D.C., secret prison camps in the United States and the coming of the anti-Christ.

Few people have actually been injected with VeriChip devices, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved the technology for medical purposes. In addition, an elementary school near Yuba City, Calif., has begun requiring students to wear ID badges containing RFID chips around their necks. And the Department of State is planning to embed RFID devices in U.S. passports.

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Verichips, smart cards, biometrics, failure to worship on the Jewish Sabbath, bar codes, social security numbers are not the Mark of the Beast.

Dr. D. Jack Grasse There is a mark of the beast secret

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"It should be pointed out that this mark has nothing to do with credit as is often taught today. In a credit system, everyone must have a different number. In this case, everyone has the same number. The purpose of the mark will be a sign of identification of those who will own the Antichrist as their god. Only those who have this number will be permitted to work, to buy, to sell, or simply to make a living. The verse does not speak of credit cards, computers, etc." (The Footsepts of the Messiah, pg. 172-173). BUT THE MARK OF THE BEAST HAPPENS DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE TRIBULATION DESCRIBED IN REVELATION 13:16-18. AFTER CHRISTIANS ARE RAPTURED, THANK GOD.