That's a tough question.
The original Greek translates "to pierce" the skin...to denote ownership.
That the NWO types have already admitted that it is a question of WHEN (not IF) they go to implanted RFID chips rather than a card you carry, I think that is telling.
However, I'm certain the form of "the Mark" won't be only one thing. I'm sure it can be just having the card or an issued number as compared to an implanted chip. After all, if you don't have your "number" you'll be just as cut off. They don't need the chip under your skin to do that.
It is noteworthy that the makers of RFID technology patented a logo that would identify that something was equipped with an RFID chip and where it was located. They trademarked the name "The Mark." For people, this emblem would be useful so that the part of the body containing the RFID chip could be identified and not subjected to energy bursts that could damage the chip.
All I know for certain is that when the time comes, every person will be asked to take an oath of loyalty to something (other than Christ). Failure to do so means you'll be sanctioned....unable to buy and sell. In time, refusal to comply would lead to imprisonment, segregation from society, and/or death.
That's been the useful thing to watch for.
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There is no doubt in my mind that we will see a nuclear war soon. The Illuminati-type power brokers intend this third massive war to cause destruction as never before seen between Zionist Jews and Islamic radicals. As "Bible-believing" Christians are always behind Israel (no matter what), when the dust settles, those that survive will see a massive finger-pointing campaign against the "intolerance of religion." The whole goal of this massive war is to shatter faith in traditional religious views and impose acceptance of a new "global ethic" for the sake of humanity's survival. ANYONE who will not adopt this new social philosophy will be deemed as the enemy of humankind.
Go to
www.threeworldwars.com for more information in their articles.
I'm convinced that if we successfully frustrate the plan to impose Real ID in America, there will most certainly be a horrible war to break the resistance and impose it by force. It certainly will be the grounds used to make a "new social ethic" for the world to adopt.
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Since (for the Real ID), they say not having one means you won't be in the database for employment verification, you won't be allowed to open/hold a bank account and you could lose your driver's license, it is a very real threat.
Remember, the Social Security number was pushed on people with the promise it was not for identification and that participation was voluntary. They've spent 40-50 years covertly undoing that promise, and all because of the very concerns we have now about a national ID card.
Oh, on not being able to get a bank account without a SSN.
1. It can be done. Set up a shell LLC with a corporate identity with the IRS. You will have to hunt about, but you will find places that will not require anything but the LLC's EIN number for the account. It will restore the convenience of banking without having to use a number assigned to you (great for privacy concerns if nothing else). On those same lines, if you live near Mennonites or Quakers, a lot of those people will not take a SSN.
2. Banks are nothing but agents of the IRS. So, you're better off NOT having any assets in the bank anyway as it deprives you of any economic privacy. Possession is 9/10ths of the law where your money is concerned. Homeland Security has also implemented rules that in the event of a national emergency, banks will close, accounts will be frozen (or what you can access will be strictly limited) and SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES can be frozen or seized. That means you can't get what is rightfully yours with the stroke of the President's pen.
Better off getting off the banking system before it gets that bad.
Again, without a SSN, until the last 10 years, you could still have a bank account, buy and sell, work any job, but they have made it progressively harder, and advocates of liberty have had to fight ever harder to assert their legal and lawful right to work and transact business in the world. So, we're back to the fact that the SSN isn't the Mark of the Beast, but it could be made into it.
In such a situation, presuming the SSN will become the Mark of the Beast, the day will come when you are confronted to basically pledge loyalty to some NWO system. Say "no" and they will key your SSN into the system and you'll be an economic non-person. Say "yes" and your SSN is elevated to the accepted list.
In the end....when you are asked to pledge loyalty, you must say "no." I don't think it will be the SSN because it just isn't adequate for the task. To number everyone globally (which is what the Real ID is part of), you need more digits than the SSN provides. SSN numbers get reused, so they need a sequence that will issue a unique number for everyone who will ever live for the foreseeable future of the system.