This is really interesting . . . and a bit scary. Remember some years ago, when the microchip first came on the scene, people began to speculate that someday they’d have a microchip containing all your personal info that they could slip under your skin and access with a simple scanner? Well, speculate no longer. It’s here.
VeriChip Corporation is the first company to produce an FDA-approved implantable microchip for humans. Here’s what the company says on its website:
About the size of a grain of rice, the microchip is inserted just under the skin and contains only a unique, 16-digit identifier. The microchip itself does not contain any other data other than this unique electronic ID, nor does it contain any Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking capabilities. And unlike conventional forms of identification, the Health Link cannot be lost, stolen, misplaced, or counterfeited. It is safe, secure, reversible, and always with you.
They say the most common site of implantation is the back of the arm.
Are you thinking what I’m thinking? There’s already been much chatter on the net about ties between this chip and the number of the beast. Who knows? Maybe, maybe not. But we’re certainly one step closer. And if this national healthcare bill goes through it’s only a small hop, skip, and jump before we’re all required to get this ”grain of rice” inserted into the back of our arm. For our own benefit, of course.
Speculation again? Maybe. Probably. But it’s no longer science fiction, that’s for sure. The stage is set and the pieces falling into place.
I’d like to know your initial feelings about this chip. What do you think? Would you volunteer to get one inserted in your arm?
Mike,
Being the renegade that I am I would not like to be part of the collective.
there is no way i will recieve that chip it is againts the bible and its slao known as the mark of the beast so if you want to burn for eternity be my guess and get the chip because i dont want one this is a warnning if you recieve this chip you will burn in the lake of fire god bless
Thank you it will be the end of alot of things I think we should go my the bible
Amen to that , no way am i getting that thing put into my skin , im a christian & i believe in God & the bible they will have to catch me & kill me before getting that chip on my arm
I certainly do not think this is the mark of the beast, but I agree it is one step closer. I would avoid getting such a chip implanted at nearly any cost. Not only could it be used to tell people medical info, but other personal information.
please, dont do that. this is the mark of the beast remember what revaltions chapter 13. please read it . then contact me at my email below.
Marquette and Nate, I agree. I would avoid getting this chip as well. I’m pretty sure they’d have some Constitutional hurdles to get over if they made something like this mandatory anyway. Maybe I’ll post more on that at a later date.
No chip for me! Mike, I agree with you about the constitutional hurdles…but you know Washington!
If they say it’s for the greater good of mankind . . .
The devil himself isnt going to walk up to you and say so you want to go to hell its most likly going to be a regular person and that is exactly what they are going to say. Its better for human kind. even now we are sheep for the goverments of the world to manipulate.
No chip for me either. It may or not be the way the mark of the beast is set up, but it sounds too close to it for my tastes. One thing to remember though, it will be something that we are aware of – God isn’t going to let people take it and be oblivious to what they are doing.
This is scary information, but not unexpected. The direction our world is headed in certainly leaves the door wide open for this kind of nonsense. What is very odd to me is how people are warned about protecting their personal information online, on their cell phones, on their computers ect…and along comes Washington and wants to make our most private information available to the world! Can we say CRAZY!?
But, the Bible is true and what it tells us about the events leading up to the return of Christ will come to pass. If this little piece of “rice” opens that door a little wider, well…let’s just keep our eyes on the Eastern Sky and tell everyone we can about the atoning death of Jesus!!
It needs to be understood that, as far as I know, there aren’t any contracts on this microchip yet. Whether Washington gets involved or not is pure speculation, but obviously the FDA thinks it’s safe, which is half the battle.
This comment isn’t directly connected to the chip, but rather along side, maybe running parallel to the chip. CBS has a show called ‘Person of Interest’ that I have renamed ‘Show of Interest’, which if you have ever watched the show you can probably guess why. To me, this SHOW is scary since it shows what computers and the internet itself (and of course the human component behind them) have the capability and ability to invade our lives on a very personal level….and this show just brings it all to the forefront of our attention and shows how it can be (already is?) reality…
Hi Mike -
No matter what you think about prophecy, I heard a minister ask tonight, “Are you ready?” Folks in the world are asking questions about the end times. They see the changes. Do we?
Blessings,
Susan
Great point, Susan. The Lord will come when He comes. Nothing we can do about that nor about the circumstances leading up to it. Our responsibility is to be ready.
I’d not have a problem with it on moral grounds. It is basically a more convenient way of determining who you are. It is just a number. I don’t follow the interpretation of scripture that mandates the mark of the beast to be a technology that we can unknowingly take part in, especially one that is removable. I already carry the equivalent of this around in my wallet. I have business and personal credit cards, a subway rewards card, a driver’s license, my health care card, a starbucks card, a library card and … well you get the point.
All of these cards simply have a number on them that identifies me in a database somewhere that has more information than could be store on a little magnetic strip. The subway card is associated with my purchase history, but no idea of who I am (I think). The library card connects to information on the books I enjoy and how frequently I return my books late. The health card could eventually lead to my health records if you know how to navigate the red tape of the health system. The credit cards connect the user with my purchase history and cash (not mine, the credit company’s cash), My driver’s license is perhaps the most interesting. It identifies me as an individual and is a tool to actually do things as me.
The problem that I have with it is that it isn’t just convenient for me, but also for anyone. I like that I can’t accidentally leave these identifying numbers at subway in my next visit and lose them. The less sophisticated criminals among us are cut out of the picture when you implant these in the skin.
One thing I don’t like is that in all those places mentioned above, I then become the same number. Up to this point, someone who wants to connect the data from lots of different databases together to get a collective picture of who you are has to figure out what makes one “John Smith” different from another. Of course we have phone numbers, email addresses, street addresses and social security numbers that already do that. This sort of thing is done by directory sites like yellowpages.com. Most of this information isn’t strictly unique. People move, change phone numbers, email addresses, etc. You can even change you SSN and they are re-issued after your death so you potentially share your SSN with someone who is no longer alive.
If all these organizations identify me with the exact same unique identifier, then they can collectively know an awful lot about me. Changing that little grain embedded in my skin is bound to be a lot of hassle. That is what I’m uncomfortable with. I don’t trust businesses not to abuse the ease of merging this data and I’m sure that sophisticated criminals have greater access to this information than I’d care to know. The idea that they can so easily merge database tables and have enough data to very reliably impersonate me is concerning.
The other thing I don’t like is that my number can be gathered without be being aware of it. I’m sure they have a means of protecting people from this, something like a PIN number that decrypts the information coming from the electronic grain implanted in your body. Ideally, the PIN would be a number that would never be stored anywhere, but only used to unlock the encrypted data on your grain. Potentially, you could have multiple PIN numbers, each decrypting the grain’s data differently and identifying you differently for each of the systems. However, this assumes you trust the systems you are entering your PIN into while allowing them to scan your grain. In order for these to replace all he cards in my wallet, I’d have to trust each and every gas station, subway, starbucks and more to treat my data securely and not store the PIN I gave them in good faith in order to get what they needed from the grain. This trust factor is probably why credit card companies so closely monitor the terminal that take your credit cards. I expect this is why most self-checkout systems have the credit card scanner to the side rather than built into them. It makes for a confusing system sometimes, but it assures the credit companies that they are in control.
Since I don’t relish the idea of wrapping my upper-arm in tin foil to block the reading of the grain until I want it to be red and I don’t trust companies not to get together and act in their best interest to my disadvantage I’d like to abstain from such a system. If they can solve this to my satisfaction, I’d consider it.
Until then, I think it’s really only going to be a specialized tool used in certain environments. It is already commonly used to identify animals, where it has been very successful and well received. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_implant_(animal)
(Yeesh, this turned out to be long, sorry about that. Hope it’s interesting.)
Wow, Josiah, that was quite an education. Thank you! Certainly a different way to look at it. My fear (and it’s probably irrational, but a fear still) is that some day the government will say we have to get this microchip if we’re going to get their healthcare (much like they already want to say we have to get healthcare). . . for our own good, of course. Once that’s in force, what’s to keep them from saying we have to have the chip to purchase food or withdraw money. I know the reality of implementing a system like that would be years down the road and I don’t pretend to understand the technology behind it, but admittedly, that’s a scary thought, irrational or not.
I suppose ultimately, we come to the same conclusion.
On days when I let my brain float on this topic I find new interest in the idea of buying a private island. Incidentally, there is a guy working on just such a plan now and he’s already tested the idea out in the woods of Vermont. I think it has a $10,000 fee to get in on the deal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4-ATmdPjI8
This chip i beleive has disadvantages and advantages. By religious beleives or whatever one chooses not to. However, the way I look at it is if you take away all your crudentials who is to say “who you are”. If you lose your wallet or something to identify yourself they want your birth certificate. Who carries around that kind of infomation at least I dont. I have been thinking about it because if you have a medical emergency and cant talk or someone with you “who is ing to identify you. WORD OF THOUGHT.
Thanks for your thoughts, Sylvia. That’s the marketing angle VeriChip is taking on this. If you’re in an accident and unconscious with no identification, the chip can not only ID you but tell them your complete medical history, allergies, etc. In that way, yes, it could prove very helpful. But something about it still scares me . . .
Welcome to the Healthcare Reform of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA today. Thanks Congress for doing something either way. I was tired of hearing about it. As far this chip…Chip me all you want, I’ve got nothing to hide. The gov’t will be so bored monitoring me they’d fall asleep.
bible
“He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” Revelation 13:16,17 THE BIBLE
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/735519/humans-will-be-implanted-with-microchips
http://www.orwelltoday.com/microchiphumans.shtml explaining the chip will start in health big con
http://www.markbeast.com/mark/bible-mark-beast.htm
http://www.greaterthings.com/News/Chip_Implants/index.html
and anyone knowing how slow the government is bringing in such a change would most likely take a few generations to finaly hit and id rather die than get it it’s the mark of satan aka santa himself the false messiah antichrist and OBAMA has just passed ne whealth in usa by starting the micro chip on humans withing the next 3yrs and a faimly in the usa have already had it inserted having no idea there is no turning back and no chance for salvation now
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/05/10/tech/main508641.shtml first family inserted
i believe it to be the mark, in Greek a mark is a scratch or etching well the have to put it in your skin through a needle. either way mark or not its not going in me either way.
Just as the devil introduces you to evil at a little at time until your desensitized to it and it doesn’t seem so bad after all this is exactly what this chip is. A little bit here and there why this chip is such a good idea and then people that have no clue are getting it right and left. It scares me to think that by the time my children are having kids the hospitals will be asking or essentially required to microchip all babies before they leave the hospital. Just as social security numbers weren’t required until you turned 16, now they don’t leave the hospital without filling out a form for a social security number! I would be very interested in how the codes will be set up in the chips if there are 3 6 numbered sets of numbers or what. Hmmmmm…I won’t take it that’s for sure and I hope my kids will be wise enough to not accept it either. Once it is demanded to take it and that it will be your only way of means to buy or sell or anything else…I think that would clearly show proof this IS the mark.
Well I’m not against the idea of having a chip, but I’d like the option of removing it if and when I want to. It’s really no different than having a medic alert bracelet, a drivers license, an insurance card, etc, etc. Actually it’s a lot less revealing than traditional forms of ID as it actually carries no intrisic information at all. But here’s a question: how long until long range chip readers are developed and come into the hands of unscrupulous people? All they’d need to do then is insert a reporogrammed chip into their own arm, and they’d have stoled your identity.
As for the religious paranoia, I managed to dispense with that nonsense when I became old enough to think for myself.
100% against a chip being implanted. Although I don’t think that the type of chips available on the market currently are the Mark of the Beast, I do believe that it is the fundamental beginnings of what will eventually develope into a very powerful technology that will contain a great deal of data, and likely even a tracking device. Although I enjoy modern technology as much as the next person, this is one device that I will fight against tooth and nail. Just because in its current form it isn’t powerful enough to be the mark of the beast, doesn’t mean that it isn’t a close relative.
Father God, in the name of your son Jesus, I ask that you would keep me and my family, and all that turn to you. Keep us from this awful mark. God I personally reject the mark, even now as I type this. I choose you father God in Jesus name right now. Jesus come into my heart, please forgive me of my sins and transgressions against the father. I repent, I turn away from sin. I confess with my mouth and believe in my heart that Jesus is the son of God, came to earth as flesh, lived sinless, was crucified on the cross, and rose again with all power, and forever on the right hand of the father, so now we are able to have a rightful relationship with God. I confess, it, I believe it and I choose to live it. Lord Jesus come into our hearts. I accept you Jesus! I refuse this mark, I choose God! Even now. I choose you Jesus! Jesus, I call upon you!!!!! Please save us!!!! I refuse/reject the mark!!!!!
Okay, here’s something to freak everyone out:
The “Mark of the Beast” prophesied in the Bible is supposed to be in the right hand or forehead, correct?
And everyone is supposed to bow down to the Beast, right?
And the “Mark” is supposed to be how everyone buys and sells once it’s in place, right?
Well, who says we aren’t already doing that and haven’t already taken the “Mark of the Beast”?
Consider:
When you use your computer and go online what are you using when you do this? Typically the right hand controls the mouse and you use what’s in your forehead (your eyes and your brain) to see and interpret what’s on the screen in front of your face. The right hand and the forehead are in use.
What do you do when you sit at your computer? You are bent in the same shape as someone bowing to an idol except that your body is rotated up. (And if you’re anything like me, you’re probably gaining enough weight while sitting at the computer to look like one of those Buddha idols too!
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Where is all the purchasing and selling power going? Online.
Okay, still not convinced this might be a viable option for the “Mark of the Beast”?
Let’s look at the sixth letter in the Hebrew alphabet: In English it is spelled out as “Waw”. Let’s look at that first letter – “W” and realize that it’s the 23rd letter in the English alphabet that I’m using to form these words you’re reading and the digits of 23 is 2 and 3 — so 2 x 3 = 6 and there are three points on top and two on the bottom of the letter “W” and that again is 2 x 3 = 6. So that’s the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, the digits multiplied equals six, and the number of the points when multiplied equals six also. That’s a 6, a 6, and another 6, or “666″. Also, we are all on the “World Wide Web” right now or the “www” or “666″.
So if you’ve made a purchase online while sitting at your computer who says you haven’t already taken the Mark of the Beast and bowed down to the Beast even without a chip being planted inside of you?
You must be going to Hell, huh?
I said above that this might freak some people out and I meant it. I put this down here since there’s so many other irrational arguments mixed in above with the more rational (not that this is completely irrational, but just more rationally put than some of the irrational knee-jerks I’ve read in this thread).
Does this mean I really believe we’ve already accepted the Mark of the Beast because we’re using the Internet through the tool of the World Wide Web?
No, not really.
I think the ultimate “Mark of the Beast” is still to come. But I’m not really worried about that.
The thing is this folks:
Have you accepted the gift of salvation God gave your through the sacrifice of Jesus the Son? Do you have the Holy Spirit inside of you because of that?
If so, then quit focusing on the evil one!
Turn away from evil as we were commanded and keep your focus on God!
We aren’t supposed to be “Mark of the Beast” chasers, but God chasers!
Quit looking around for the Anti-Christ and worship THE Christ.
If something comes along that’s not of Christ, then you can ignore it and continue to focus on JESUS our Saviour. When you’re focused on HIM nothing else should matter.
Doesn’t mean it’s not interesting how things will work out and build up to what’s going to ultimately happen, it just means that this has been building up for decades, centuries and even millenia, so quit worrying about it! You can’t stop it, and you’re really not supposed to stop it. Your task is to worship the Lord and serve Him. Not be worrying about the Anti-Christ and the Mark of the Beast and getting all anxious because of it.
Be anxious for NOTHING, and in all things WORSHIP Him that created you, for He is Lord of all and worthy to be PRAISED!!
Get your eyes off of the “signs of the Anti-Christ” and put your eyes on the cross of Jesus the Christ!
You either have Him within you or you don’t, and if you do then you really have nothing to worry about. Just serve and obey and in all things worship Him that created you.
All Riight. Perfectly put. And Rest of sorts for me. I will keep my eyes on Jesus Christ that lives on the inside of us.
It is a precurser to the mark of the beast In Rev. bible it says he causeth both great and small to receive a chip in their right hand or forehead. it s around the corner fast…….. yes at that time if yu do accept you are accepting Satan it is true some may not believe but I sure dont want it I will die first. I dont want to go to hell. I want to be with Jesus Christ Savior of Mankind
Interesting analogy very much worldly knowledge you posses… Well my belief is that we have eternal life and Jesus saves us from our sin which we can not work our way to heavean……
I understand that so many are unsure about the chip and everyone should have their own personal feelings on them. It will come to a time when you will either be forced, or manipulated. Just like many are being talked into. Let’s start with pets. The Human Society will not sell any animals unless they have the chip. It is crazy and it is true. My daughter bought a bunny and she could not take the bunny until the Human Society inserted the chip. They say, because they do not want to loose the animal. Bull! Such a lie. They will tell nursing home families that if they do not want their loved one wandering and getting lost then have a chip inserted in the hand. The government will have all kinds of excuses. All kinds.
What they will not tell you is, the chips will never ever ever be able to be removed. Whatever is inside the chip will cause a rash like and very bad sores and also if you try to remove it, you will be worse off. It’s all in Revelations.
Also, Jesus warns us and tells us to trust in him and him alone. He is our savior, not the government and not Obama. Is it the mark of the beast? It is the mark of the coming of the mark of the beast. No matter what, the government or FDA will not say about the affects. Just like these lovely vaccinations we are so pressured to take. You really think that these nurses will work in WalMart and Walgreens and other pharmacies just because they really do not want us to be sick. I am not saying this toward the nurses, shoot half of them I talk to are against it and will not fall for it. It is the gov. I personally believe this was the starting of the mark of the beast. Look how this vac. drew people in. You do not want to be sick so get the vac. But, what is in the vaccines and what are the long term affects. Well, since people reacted to that so quickly it was time to be a guinea pig. Do your own resource. Best and only place, “The bible.” One last thing….
“KEEP YOUR EYES ON JESUS!”
This indeed true that this microchip is the mark of the beast, human beings were not designed to have electrical implants, I understand electronics and if the implant cracks and leaks it could release toxic substances, there be absolutely no way I’ll allow the government to insert a microchip into any part of my body, due to the dangers of it leaking and to my personal religious reasons.
The government should have this idea scrapped, having your personal details on a chip such as this is a invasion of free will, it matter of fact make the security problem ten times worse, any electronics in the human body is dangerous, due to capacitors leaking / batteries these implants might have batteries inside them, batteries have chemicals in them, me as a IT practitioner is against this harmful practice.
Stuart W Dip.IT Adv.Dip.IT AACS
It’s disgusting. People are saying it can be used to insert drugs.
dragon fly, everyone can see the emailaddress thing !!!!!!!!!!!
and yes it is disgusting
i totally agree butterfly, i mean why would people do that 2 themselves?
well me personally i wouldn’t get it. but everyone will say that right now but when time is really deadly and the suffering comes the devil will try to lure you to get!!!!
Everyone just needs to read the bible more and pray because its not going to be as simple as it seems. E.g you can be critically ill and you go hospital it can be inserted without your acknowledgement.
People that get the implant obviously don’t believe and faith in god that why.
we are heading to the judgement day!!!! Oh Father in heaven have mercy and let many believe and accept you…………
the is here, let the believers go out and tell the sons of about this. the rapture is at hand.
hay just wondering about detection devices for human microchips?what happens when microchipped without you knowing about it? Is there places and people or scanners to detect them? its as easy as spiking someone drink?
well if you drink it or eat it you would just well number 2 it out, and if someone injected you then you should pretty much feel that, and also you can detect it with one of those radio frequency detectors on ebay for just a fiver, or with a radio, its like putting your phone near the speakers of a computer and you hear that distinct sound, you just need to find the proper frequency. Hope i helped.
I wouldn’t take that chip because it resembles the mark of the beast & I am too much of a believer in God to betray him like that!!!
This world is becoming insane. And by the time they enforce something like this, it will be equipped with gps, bank and credit info, and probably all crriminal records. To require every individual to have a micro chip implanted would be a complete invasion of privacy, and personal rights. These are our bodies, they are the only thing that are truly and uniquely ours, they cannot force us to do this. Not to mention how many religions would be affected.
Have you ever seen the movie “Idiocracy”?
If you haven’t you should check it out…it seems to be where we are headed..
Another movie that you should see is “zietgiest :the movie”… This movie puts some light on a lot of speculations.
Its sad because alot of people that dont know jesus or the bible wont know or want to believe that this is the mark of the beast so alot of souls will be lost. SO PLEASE READ THE BIBLE GET CLOSER TO JESUS!!!!! Becuse the rapture is near…
Please don’t take this mark !
It is written, whosoever will take this mark will be in the lake of fire forever.
It is not me but the bible that said that.
If you read this, please ask Jesus to come into your heart and forgive your sins.
You will never be the same and you will enjoy heaven for eternity !