* Original Area: POLITICS
* Original To  : Stan Hardegree (1:396/45)


 SH> The Revelation of St. John


 Speaking of which...


 (PRWEB) October 16, 2004 -- Two thousand years ago, an old forgotten
 prophet was exiled to the isle of Patmos for professing Jesus Christ.
 While there, he experienced an epiphany of the Lord, who said His
 future return would come during a time when men buy and sell with a
 mark in their right hand or forehead (Revelation 13:16-17).

 Ironically, the recent announcement of the FDA's approval of the
 Veri-Chip, a microchip implant storing medical records produced by
 Applied Digital Solutions (ADS) helps pave the way for the chip's
 alternative uses.

 According to CEO Richard Sullivan, who announced as early as October
 of 2000, "the company wants to see the chip used for identification
 and authentication for electronic commerce."

 This twenty-first century technology was originally developed for the
 pet and cattle industry.  In 2005, Wal-mart plans to test market a
 similar technology in Texas called the EPC or Electronic Product Code.
 This microchip replaces the bar code on all products for the purpose
 of expediting consumer traffic without long checkout lines.  Consumers
 will ultimately exit the store through a portal reader that will
 automatically deduct their bank account for the purchased products.
 Strangely, the portal reader was developed for tracking cattle as well.

 Henry Vandergriff, a graduate of Virginia Tech in Marketing and Author
 of
 Mystery Babylon: The Coming Microchip Economy and The Last Golden Calf:
 The Microchip Identity (Lamb Publishing), laughs,

 "God wasn't kidding when He said men would buy and sell with the
 'mark of the beast.'"  ...

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