The Final Countdown

Thirteen states have begun “tagging” certain criminal offenders and monitoring their whereabouts using global positioning system technology. In most cases this is reserved for sex-offenders or domestic abusers. However, a Wisconsin appeals court ruled last week that police can secretly track anyone at any time for any reason, by attaching a GPS unit to a vehicle, phone, or wherever else they think they can get away with it. This isn’t reserved for folks with criminal records–they can track whomever they feel like, without even having a reason.

With most cell phones and cars now coming with built in GPS systems, there isn’t even a need to use a secondary GPS device; they can simply tap into the one you have now. Applications such as Mologogo and BuddyWay already allow friends and parents to track the whereabouts of others from a computer or mobile phone.

This is exactly what the Antichrist will soon do. He will purpose to track the location and transactions every human on the planet (Revelation 13:16-18) by forcing people to take a microchip in their right hand of forehead (Revelation 13:16, 14:9, 20:4). The technology is presently in use and being further developed, including miniature flying cameras. A car is even being developed that allows the government to track every move of your car and control how fast you are driving. Amazing!

Look here for recent stories about microchip tracking by government agencies.

During the Tribulation, The Antichrist and False Prophet will make attempt to implant every human being with a tiny microchip in order to track their whereabouts and financial transactions (Revelation 13:16-18). Thanks to the Minnesota based corporation Digital Angel, this technology already exists and is in use for a wide array of programs. If the Antichrist decides he wants to watch you on live video instead of following a blip on a computer screen, he can use the new PD-100 miniature spy helicopter:

Weighing in at just 0.5g, the tiny servos mean the PD-100 is even smaller than a toy battery helicopter.

Powered by an electric motor, the microcopter has 4in rotor blades, carries a tiny digital camera and flies at speeds of up to 20mph.

‘The helicopter can be carried in a pocket and launched within seconds to give immediate situational awareness,’ said Petter Muren, boss of manufacturers Prox Dynamics.

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If anything were to happen to the aircraft whether due to flat batteries, a crash or even a rolled-up newspaper, no matter – several cheap replacements could easily be carried.

The standard package will come with three aircraft, a pocket controller and a charger.

A worldwide database of citizens is already in the works. In Britain, at least 850,000 people have become unwitting participants in a government DNA database. Here in the United States, at least 29 states have begun compiling DNA databases using birth records while the federal government records the GPS coordinates of where you live.

When the world-wide tracking system is instituted, tagged humans will have a microchip placed in their right hand or forehead (Revelation 13:16, 14:9, 20:4). Anyone accepting this mark will be eternally lost (Revelation 14:11). Many millions will reject it and be saved as the gospel will be spread around the globe by 144,000 Messianic Jews (Revelation 7:4-8).  Sadly, most of these converted souls will face death, as their own family members will turn them in for becoming Christians (Mark 13:12-13) causing these new saints to be beheaded (Revelation 20:4).

A man in France was detained for 24 hours and strip searched, all because he received a text message, sent by a friend as a joke:

An innocent man was strip-searched and held in a cell for 24 hours after receiving a joke text message from a friend about sabotaging a train.

The 29-year-old was arrested after his mobile phone provider passed on details of the message to police – who accused him of not reporting a crime.

The case, which happened in France, provoked widespread outrage about the ‘sinister’ march of the Big Brother state there.

The man, referred to only by his first name of Stephane, received a message saying ‘Do you know how to de-rail a train?’ last month in Abbeville, in the Somme region.

The woodworker thought nothing of the text but hours later he was arrested.

Europe is taking monitoring its citizens seriously. In Britain, the plan is to not only monitor text messages, but email, instant messages, Facebook messages, and web browsing history as well. Currently, Welsh parents are running a test program where they monitor their children via GPS; microchips are being used to track Alzheimer’s patients; and a program is in development to use microchips to monitor medicine intake.

The Antichrist will use microchips to track every human on the planet (Revelation 13:16-18). Humans will likely be monitored by the Belgian Electronic Accounting Surveillance Terminal, an EU supercomputer with an acronym (BEAST) that is the same as one of the names used for the Antichrist (Revelation 13:1). Europe is not alone. America is already compiling a vast database on its citizens, including DNA tracking from birth in many states. The US also has the stunningly powerful SBX Radar system, which can be used to track a baseball from 3,000 miles away.

The next step is to have “smart” computers, with near human abilities thanks to artificial intelligence. Such technology is being developed at an incredible pace. The Japanese have developed a robot that learns and grows, mimicking an infant. Meanwhile, Harvard is set to launch a new search engine that is able to “understand like a human does.” All of this will come together to make smart microchips, such as the GPS system being developed in the UK that “senses” you can’t find what you are looking for in the cabinet or grocery store, and points you in the right direction.

This is the technology of the False Prophet, a man who comes from a Christian background but is actually controlled by demons (Revelation 13:11). This apostate sets up “images” of the resurrected Antichrist (Revelation 13:14) that are likely robots with high levels of artificial intelligence, and forces humanity to worship them (Revelation 13:15). He is also the one responsible for implementing the mark of the beast (Revelation 13:16-17).

***In the UK, the fight over mandatory biometric ID cards is heating up. Some are now pushing to require only passports to be tagged with personal data, an effort to save money. A similar measure in the United States (Real ID Act) was set to go into effect in May 2008, but has since been given a mandatory comply date of May 11, 2011. Most states will be in compliance well before that date.

These actions are laying the groundwork for the Antichrist to tag all humans (Revelation 13:16-18). The Antichrist will take control after the earth is divided into 10 zones (Daniel 7:20, 24, 9:26), issue the “mark of the beast” (Revelation 13:17), and track people, probably using an already existing supercomputer at European Union headquarters known as the Belgian Electronic Accounting Surveillance Terminal–the BEAST. What at appropriate name as this computer will control economic activity (Revelation 13:16-18) and provide surveillance through GPS location technology.

***In an absolutely sick development, a British couple is suing the National Health Service because the NHS failed to talk them into having an abortion. Yes, we have a “wrongful-birth” lawsuit because the child was born with some defects. Meanwhile, a debate rages in Britian over whether it is sexist to tell women not to consume alcohol while pregnant. Back in the US, Democrat Senator Patty Murry says that laws that allow physicians who oppose abortion to refuse to perform the procedure are “short-sighted” and should be overturned by President Obama. God help us.

Also from the US, New Hampshire is poised to become the fifth state to legalize gay marriage, with more soon to follow. The homosexual movement is having great success this month, with three more states now allowing same-sex marriage. Additionally, the US House of Representatives passed a bill that will give gays protections that heterosexuals do not enjoy.

The United States is sliding backwards (Isaiah 18:2, 7) and has detached from its Godly founding (Jeremiah 50:28), and her mother Britain is becoming an absolute mess (Jeremiah 50:12). It is because of these sins that God sends His judgment upon America (Jeremiah 50:14, 28), likely in the form of a nuclear missile attack (Jeremiah 50:14, 29, 51:3, 11) from Russia (Jeremiah 50:9, 41, 51:48) , fired directly over top the north pole.

***China has reopened its borders with North Korea, allowing citizens to freely travel between the nations. China and North Korea have strong relations, and they will only strengthen over the next few years as these two nations join with others to march on the Middle East (Revelation 16:12).

***A 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook southern Iran Thursday. Because of its location on a seismic fault, it isn’t out of the ordinary for Iran to experience significant jolts several times a month. However, the strength of these quakes are intensifying, one of the signs that Jesus is coming soon (Matthew 24:7; Mark 13:8; Luke 21:11).  During the Tribulation earthquakes reach an incredible magnitude, especially in the Mid East region (Revelation 6:12, 8:5, 11:13, 19).

Still, the most powerful earthquakes in history are reserved for the Lord Jesus Christ. The two previous greatest quakes occurred at the crucifixion (Matthew 27:51-54) and the resurrection (Matthew 28:2). But the grandest of them all happens when Jesus ascends to earth and places His feet on the Mount of Olives (Revelation 16:18), causing the Mount to split from east to west, creating a large valley (Zechariah 14:4).

***In Lebanon, jailed Brigadier General Jamil al-Sayyed was among those released by a UN-backed tribunal, a move that many feel will enhance chances of Hezbollah gaining power during the June 22 elections (which we touched on briefly yesterday). Whether it happens after the June 22 elections or at a later date, Lebanon will be controlled by anti-Israeli factions and join with Russia (Psalm 83:7) to attack Israel (Psalm 83:4-5).

Condensing the days news into one post worked well yesterday, so we are going to do it again. There is a lot of stuff going on.

***The Egyptian news weekly Al-Usbua reports (via the Jerusalem Post) that an Iranian vessel attempting to deliver weapons to Hamas was destroyed by either an Israeli or American vessel off the Sudanese coast. Along those lines, a report released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute today says that arms transfers to the Mideast are up 38 percent since 2004, with many of them going to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia from the United States. All this happens while Syria and Turkey stage joint military maneuvers, a “disturbing development” according to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak.

It is appropriate that so many arms and military exercises are happening in the region, and all of the above nations have a part in the Russian led march on Israel (Ezekiel 38:15), but not on the same side. While Iran (Ezekiel 38:5), Syria (Isaiah 17:1, Psalm 83:8) and Turkey (Ezekiel 38:6) will join with Russia and many other Arab nations (Psalm 83:4-5), Saudi Arabia and the UAE (Ezekiel 38:13) will team with the United States to defend Israel (Isaiah 18:7).

***Israel’s population is nearing 7.5 million, with over 5.5 million of those being Jews. Yet Palestinians continue to refuse to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will not accept eastern Jerusalem as being part of Israel, and that is critical to future events. Very soon Israel will sign a peace contract that creates a Palestinian state and divides up Jerusalem (Joel 3:2; Zechariah 14:2), but this is a contract Israel signs with “death and hell” (Isaiah 28:15) and will only last 42 months before the Russian & Arab march on Israel (Ezekiel 38:11; Daniel 9:27).

***Yesterday we wrote about the new centralized database in the works in the UK to store transcripts of all emails and phone calls that pass through the nation. British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said today that are no plans for “a central store” of data, meaning more than one computer will house information collected on the UK citizens. Smith said that all Facebook messages, texts, and web internet addresses that are visited will be recorded, as well. Another EU leader, the Antichrist (Daniel 7:24, 9:26), will attempt to monitor and track every human on the planet (Revelation 13:16-18) using ID microchips similar to the one that helped Sarah Hawley find her missing cat this weekend .

***Iceland’s prime minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir, says she wants to join the EU “as soon as possible.” The EU will become a global organization (Daniel 7:23, Revelation 13:7), usurping authority from its member nations, such as is happening now in Britian where the EU wants to force British courts to apply Sharia law in certain cases.

***IBM announced today that it is in the final stages of completing a computer program with an astounding ability to interact with humans via artificial intelligence. A robot with with such abilities will be used by the False Prophet as the “image of the beast” (Revelation 13:12-17). People who do not worship this image will be killed, often by their own family members (Mark 13:12-13). There is already an unnatural affection among mankind, such as with Jesse Fierstine, who cut out his own father’s pacemaker. It will become much worse as people begin to believe that the Antichrist is God (2 Thessalonians 2:4).

***The swine flu scare continues to spread, with over 2,000 people hospitalized in Mexico, with confirmed cases in the US, Canada, Spain, the UK, and other nations. Reports now indicate that the virus may not only have pig and human components, but bird components as well. The swine flu won’t be as big as many fear, however future virus mutations from animals will be a source of widespread death during the Tribulation (Revelation 6:8).

***News continues to show the degradation of US society as same-sex couples have begun marrying in Iowa following a state Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage; state sanctioned atheism is on the rise;  70% of Americans who do not regularly attend church say they simply “gradually drifted away” from the faith (1 Timothy 4:1);  Nine out of ten teens view pornography online, many of them due to porn purveyors tricking the kids into going to seemingly innocent sites;  and professional educators are calling for a mimicking of the UK system where sex education is now compulsory for five year-olds. This pictures the continuing fall of America (Isaiah 18:2, 7;  Jeremiah 50:11) which leads to God sending His judgment (Revelation 18) though the vehicle of missiles fired over the north pole by Russia (Jeremiah 50:9).

***Jerome Corsi has crunched numbers in an attempt to show that the US is becoming the largest welfare state in world history. What is intriguing is how accepting the American people are over this rapid sprint to socialism. The US has long been the home to capitalism, and it will continue to provide the world with wealth into the Tribulation (Jeremiah 51:3; Revelation 18:11-15). However the readily acceptance of socialism by the US will make it easier for the Antichrist to gain power, for he uses socialism to curry the favor of many nations (Daniel 11:24).

***More Christians have been killed in faith-based violence in Iraq, where Christians are fleeing the country because of being targeted by extremists. Yesterday a woman and her daughter had their throats slit, while a father and his three sons were shot in their home. As mentioned yesterday, persecution of Christians is often overlooked, even among our churches. There have been more people killed for Christ in the last 100 years than in the previous 1900 years combined. Jews & Christians will continue to be targeted on an increasing scale as we approach the Tribulation hour, at which time mass killings of believers and Jews becomes global (Revelation 13:7, 12:13, 20:4; Matthew 24:9; Mark 13:9; Luke 21:12-17; John 16:2).