"What will be his mark? ... It appears that it will be some sort of credit card number and loyalty badge combined into one. Possibly it may be a tattoo ... visible upon some type of light-beam scan. It will, however, in its numerical aspect have some logo type connection with the number 666, or a code based on these digits, which will be related directly to the name of the Antichrist." (Dr. Gary G. Cohen, cited in Satan's Mark Exposed, Salem Kirban, 1978, p.131)
"Could a microchip be programmed with the number of the Beast and be inserted under a person's skin? And what of the bar code? Could the laser be used to 'brand' people with the Mark? In light of the meaning of the Biblical word 'mark' as used in Revelation 13, I do not see this as a viable possibility." (Texe Marrs, Mystery Mark of the New Age, 1988, p. 38) "Will the implantable biochip, linked in with L.U.C.I.D. worldwide control net, become the basis for the mysterious, but diabolical, Mark of the Beast? It seems possible, even likely, that this will prove to be the case." (Texe Marrs, Project L.U.C.I.D., 1996, p.113)
"Of course, computers and electronic networks would allow an antichrist today to keep tabs on everyone.... So inventions like the biochip give us a better explanation of how the mark of the Beast could be implemented ..." (B.J. Oropeza, 99 Reasons Why No One Knows When Christ Will Return, 1994, pp. 165,166)
"Using modern technology, it will be a method to eliminate losing such cards or having them stolen or duplicated. ... [I]t is possible a small computer chip will be embedded under the flesh, or even into the bone of the forehead of hand. That kind of technology is already in place." (Roy L. Branson, Jr., The End of the World, 1989, p.78)
"In fact, the microchips currently used in "smart cards" could easily fulfill the definition of "the mark" which will be issued under the Antichrist regime." (Peter Lalonde, One World Under Anti-Christ, 1991, p. 229)
"It is a tiny step to go from using a Visa card or a bank card on the Plus System and other ATM machines, in which the electronic strip is attached to the card, to putting that same strip of information on the human body so that it can be laser scanned. This has already been done with laser tattoos and implanted microchips. ... [W]hat better descriptive term could John have found in the ancient world than "the mark," which would enable every citizen to buy or sell who had it?" (Tal Brooke, When the World Will Be As One, 1989, pp. 229, 230)
"A tiny computer chip painlessly and quickly implanted just under the skin in hand or forehead will likely become the means of fulfilling this prophecy [Rev 13]." (Dave Hunt, How Close Are We?, 1993, p. 261)
"... [T]he Mark of the Beast, as related in scripture, is absolutely literal. Soon, all people on earth will be coerced into accepting a Mark in their right hand or forehead. I am convinced that it will be an injectable passive RFID transponder with a computer chip — a literal injection with a literal electronic biochip 'mark'. . .I believe that such an implanted identification mark literally will become Satan's Mark of the Beast ..." (Terry Cook, The Mark of the New World Order, 1996, p. 587)
"In this soon-coming CASHLESS ELECTRONIC DEBIT system, no one will be able to BUY OR SELL anything, anywhere without the New World Order global biochip "MARK" in their right hands or foreheads (the mark of the beast)" (Allen Woodham, South East Christian Witness Newsletter, Feb 1996, p 6)
"The number 666 will be a finance number, perhaps invisibly tattooed on every person's right hand or forehead." (Jerry Johnston, The Last Days of Planet Earth, 1991, p.135)
"... I believe the coming New Age World Leader will promote the Mark as a spiritual status symbol that people will proudly covet. It will be a Mark of distinction. Like the commercial for a well-known credit card says, you wouldn't want to leave home without it! To hide or somehow make the Mark indistinguishable would defeat its purpose." (Texe Marrs, Mystery Mark of the New Age, 1988, p. 38)
"The mark will be a physical, probably visible, mark that the False Prophet will demand every man and woman receive on their right hand or forehead. The Mark will be related to both the "name of the beast" and the "number of his name" — '666'. It will indicate that the individual willingly worships the 'beast' the satanic Antichrist. ... The totalitarian control will involve 'the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.' All three of these identifying marks may be used either simultaneously or at different times to identify the worshippers of the Antichrist from those who reject his claims to be god. ... This mark must be something different from the name or the number 666 because scriptures, including Revelation 13:18, mention all three as separate items. We are not told the exact nature of the Mark, but it may be a physical brand on the surface of the skin including either the actual name of the Antichrist or the number 666. The Mark may also be implanted as a miniature computer micro chip beneath the skin of the right hand or forhead." (Grant R. Jeffrey, Surveillance Society, 2000, p.p. 233, 238)
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DEFINITIONS:
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1894:
MARK: 5480 charagma, khar'-ag-mah; from the same as 5482 (charax) a scratch or etching, i.e. stamp (as a badge of servitude), or sculptured figure (statue): — graven, mark.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, 1985:
MARK (Noun): charagma denotes "a stamp, impress" translated "mark" in Rev. 13:16, 17, etc. See GRAVEN. (Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, p. 393). GRAVEN charagma, from charasso, "to engrave" (akin to charakter, "an impress," RV, marg., of Heb. 1:3), denotes (a) "a mark" or "stamp," e.g., Rev 13:16, 17; 14:9, 11; 16:2; 19:20; 20:4; 15:2 in some mss.; (b) "a thing graven," Acts 17:29. (Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, 1985, p. 279)
Unger's Bible Dictionary, 1957:
MARK: The mark (Gr. charagma, stamp) is to be stamped on the right hand or the forehead as the badge of the followers of Antichrist. (Unger's Bible Dictionary, 1957, p. 695)
Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament, 1930:
The stamp (the mark) may bear either the name or the number of the beast. The name and the number are one and the same. They could write the name in numerals, for numbers were given by letters. Swete suggests that it was "according to a sort of gematria known to the Apocalyptist and his Asian readers, but not generally intelligible."
Jack Van Impe's Dictionary of Prophecy Terms:
MARK OF THE BEAST: This mark will consist of either the name of the Beast (Antichrist) or his number, 666 (Revelation 14:11). ... It is likely that the Image of the Beast, a forth-coming master computer, will give Antichrist all the information necessary for him to govern the world. It's memory bank will know the number, record, and history of every living person. Perhaps this number would be composed of an international, national, and area computer code plus an individual number, such as one's social security number. The present international computer code is "6" ... it could easily be expanded to "666." (Jack Van Impe, Dictionary of Prophecy Terms, "Mark of the Beast".)