Oracle Commentaries  10/20/2005
Chip Implant Medicine: Blessing or Curse?

The Federal Drug Administration has recently approved implanting radiofrequency microchips for human use. This technology may become the biggest revolution in medical treatment in our near future.

According to WebMD, which was reported on CNN this week, "The chip is about the size of a grain of rice and contains a 16-digit verification number that is picked up by a scanner that emits a small amount of radio frequency that activates the chip and transmits the number back to the scanner. A similar implantable microchipping system has been used in pets and livestock for identification purposes. VeriChip is recommended for insertion in the triceps, between the elbow and the shoulder of the right arm. The chip is inserted in a brief outpatient procedure using a local anesthetic."

Don't get me wrong; there are good reasons why this technology may become a great life-saving device. Logically and practically, there is no doubt that it will become a widely used procedure. It will save many lives.

According to Scott Silverman, CEO of Applied Digital, which makes the FDA-approved Radio Frequency Identification Chip (RFID), '"When we first announced VeriChip, a network poll asked people if they would put one in their bodies,' Silverman tells WebMD. 'Only 9 percent said yes. After FDA approval, 19 percent said yes. When former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson joined our board, the rate went up to 33 percent. But our own study shows that if you ask people whether they would have a VeriChip implant to identify their medical records in case of an emergency, the positive response goes to 80 percent."

FOX News reported on October 14, 2004, "The chip is about the size of a grain of rice and contains a 16-digit verification number that is picked up by a scanner that emits a small amount of radio frequency that activates the chip and transmits the number back to the scanner."

This miniature chip will make it possible to track and locate every person implanted with it by GPS. It will be able to identify whether the person is in physical distress and notify emergency medical response. The emergency medical crew using a scanner will be able to get a complete medical record on the patient and what medicines and treatments the person should have. Given the advantages of such technology, I believe that it will become universally accepted.
 

So why am I a concerned about the wide use of it? This is just another good logical reason why the world will become conditioned to receive implanted microchips. But the book of Revelation predicts the ultimate end of this technology.

The world has to be gradually conditioned to accept these chips. But in the near future, a great world leader will be unveiled. He will use this technology to force the world to worship him. He will require all who follow him to receive a special unique identification number. He will require it to be validated by a prefix number that is the number of his name - 666.

And that validation only is given to those who worship him. As the Apostle John under the inspiration of God predicted;

"And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast [the Antichrist of Rome], telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 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. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666." (Rev. 13:14-18 NKJ)

This is also the way the Antichrist will be able to identify those who believe in Jesus Christ as Savior during those final fateful days just before Christ returns. The only ones who will have an adequate reason to reject this number will be those who will not worship the Antichrist. For they will know that receiving it will mean they cannot be saved.

God predicts the fate of those who reject the Antichrist's number. Most of them will be martyred. John speaks of these martyrs standing before God's throne;

"And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God." (Rev. 15:2 NKJ)

The sea of glass is a symbol of the peace and serenity of these martyrs as they stand in the LORD's presence in heaven. They have achieved the victory of eternal life with Him.

Praise God that those who now believe in Jesus as Savior will not be here to make that choice. We will be snatched up to meet Him before the final seven-year Tribulation begins. Those who are left behind will have a chance to believe in this terrible period, but they will have to pay a tremendous price to believe then.

This is why it is so important to receive the gift of pardon that Jesus the Messiah purchased for you by dying in your place. He took the penalty for all your sins and died under the judgment that was due to you. Don't put off making sure that you have made this most important decision of your whole life.

For we are witnessing the stage being set up for all these things that were predicted to come. This is a time when putting off the decision to believe in Jesus as Savior is like playing Russian roulette with eternity.

Confess to Jesus that you know you are a sinner and can never be good enough to be accepted with God. Tell Him that you want Him to come into your life and take it over.

Your eternal destiny hangs in the balance of making that decision.
 

Hal Lindsey

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