What is a biochip implant?

The current, in use, biochip implant system is actually a fairly simple device. Today’s, biochip implant is basically a small (micro) computer chip, inserted under the skin, for identification purposes. The biochip implant system consists of two components; a transponder and a reader or scanner. The transponder is the actual biochip implant. The biochip system is a radio frequency identification (RFID) system, using low-frequency radio signals to communicate between the biochip and reader. The reading range or activation range, between reader and biochip is small, normally between 2 and 12 inches.

Note, we are only examining the implanted "biochips", there are many other RFID microchip systems available.

The transponder: The transponder is the actual biochip implant. It is a passive transponder, meaning it contains no battery or energy of it's own. In comparison, an active transponder would provide it’s own energy source, normally a small battery. Because the passive biochip contains no battery, or nothing to wear out, it has a very long life, up to 99 years, and no maintenance. Being passive, it's inactive until the reader activates it by sending it a low-power electrical charge. The reader "reads" or "scans" the implanted biochip and receives back data (in this case an identification number) from the biochip. The communication between biochip and reader is via low-frequency radio waves.

The biochip-transponder consists of four parts; computer microchip, antenna coil, capacitor and the glass capsule.

PERSPECTIVE OF THE ACTUAL SIZE

Computer Microchip: The microchip stores a unique identification number from 10 to 15 digits long. The storage capacity of the current microchips is limited, capable of storing only a single ID number. AVID (American Veterinary Identification Devices), claims their chips, using a nnn-nnn-nnn format, has the capability of over 70 trillion unique numbers. The unique ID number is "etched" or encoded via a laser onto the surface of the microchip before assembly. Once the number is encoded it is impossible to alter. The microchip also contains the electronic circuitry necessary to transmit the ID number to the "reader".

Antenna Coil: This is normally a simple, coil of copper wire around a ferrite or iron core. This tiny, primitive, radio antenna "receives and sends" signals from the reader or scanner.

Tuning Capacitor: The capacitor stores the small electrical charge (less than 1/1000 of a watt) sent by the reader or scanner, which activates the transponder. This "activation" allows the transponder to send back the ID number encoded in the computer chip. Because "radio waves" are utilized to communicate between the transponder and reader, the capacitor is "tuned" to the same frequency as the reader.

Glass Capsule: The glass capsule "houses" the microchip, antenna coil and capacitor. It is a small capsule, the smallest measuring 11 mm in length and 2 mm in diameter, about the size of an uncooked grain of rice. The capsule is made of biocompatible material such as soda lime glass. After assembly, the capsule is hermetically (air-tight) sealed, so no bodily fluids can touch the electronics inside. Because the glass is very smooth and susceptible to movement, a material such as a polypropylene polymer sheath is attached to one end of the capsule. This sheath provides a compatible surface which the bodily tissue fibers bond or interconnect, resulting in a permanent placement of the biochip.

BIOCHIP AND SYRINGE

The biochip is inserted into the subject with a hypodermic syringe. Injection is safe and simple, comparable to common vaccines. Anesthesia is not required nor recommended. In dogs and cats, the biochip is usually injected behind the neck between the shoulder blades. Trovan, Ltd., markets an implant, featuring a patented "zip quill", which you simply press in, no syringe is needed. According to AVID "Once implanted, the identity tag is virtually impossible to retrieve. . . The number can never be altered."

THE READER or SCANNER
	Notice the ID number in the LCD display.

The reader: The reader consists of an "exciter" coil which creates an electromagnetic field that, via radio signals, provides the necessary energy (less than 1/1000 of a watt) to "excite" or "activate" the implanted biochip. The reader also carries a receiving coil that receives the transmitted code or ID number sent back from the "activated" implanted biochip. This all takes place very fast, in milliseconds. The reader also contains the software and components to decode the received code and display the result in an LCD display. The reader can include a RS-232 port to attach a computer.

How it works
The reader generates a low-power, electromagnetic field, in this case via radio signals, which "activates" the implanted biochip. This "activation" enables the biochip to send the ID code back to the reader via radio signals. The reader amplifies the received code, converts it to digital format, decodes and displays the ID number on the reader's LCD display. The reader must normally be between 2 and 12 inches near the biochip to communicate. The reader and biochip can communicate through most materials, except metal.

Common Misconceptions About Biochip implants:

With a biochip they can track you or your pet’s location, anywhere in the world.

FALSE. The current biochip and reader has a maximum range of 12 inches. Pet’s are located by shelters, vets, etc. finding a lost pet and reading it’s biochip. The technology does not exist to globally locate something as small as a biochip.

The World & I magazine writes:
Contrary to rumors at Stanford University that a microchip implanted in Chelsea Clinton's neck broadcasts her location to a satellite, the device's current capabilities are much more primitive. In fact, the majority now in use can only transmit a single alpha-numeric identification number that is unique to the particular animal in which a microchip is implanted. (Craig Dees, Watching From Inside. Vol. 13, The World & I, 02-01-1998, pp 150.)

A biochip can store and update your financial, medical, demographic data, basically everything about you.

The common scenario is: an implanted biochip can be scanned to pay for groceries, obtain medical procedures, conduct financial transactions.

FALSE. Currently, the in use, implanted biochips only store ONE 10 to 15 digit. Although the microchip can hold more data, and some microchips can be "updated", the technology to perform the above mentioned functions via today’s small biochip does not exist. At best, the biochip could be scanned for your PIN (Person Identification Number) and a global centralized computer system could perform the functions against your number. But the obvious question is – in that case, for only identification purposes, why not use biometric identification technology such as "eye-scans", fingerprints, hand scans or voice ID’s? They are more reliable and completely tamper proof.

One major concern with a implanted biochip is theft.

According to the "authorities" a chip implant would contain your financial world, medical history, health care — it would contain your "electronic life". If cash no longer existed and if the world’s economy was totally chip oriented; — there would be a huge "black-market" for chips! Since there is no cash and no other bartering system, criminals would cut off hands and heads, stealing "rich-folks" chips. How would like to "borrow" Bill Gates chip for a few days?

Terry Waite, the Anglican Church envoy who spent five years as a hostage in Beirut, sounded a similar alarm concerning biochip implants:
"It is very dangerous because once kidnappers get to know about these things, they will skin you alive to find them," (New York Times, June 20, 1999)

According to the majority of today’s "prophecy teachers" the biochip gets the vote as the infamous "Mark of the Beast". Here’s just a sampling:

Texe Marrs, Project L.U.C.I.D.:
"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. p.113)

Betty Lynn, Pathways to Armageddon:
"The prince. . . will exclude everyone who does not have an approved cashless account. Because of the importance of that account to daily existence and to protect it from theft, account information will be bio-implanted, leaving a small mark on the hand or temple." (Betty Lynn, Pathways to Armageddon, p.47)

Terry Cook, The Mark of the New World:
"It is my well-researched opinion that the 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, as we will discuss further in this chapter." (Terry Cook, The Mark of the New World Order p. 587)

And not only that. . . one very important factor to keep in mind. . . the "world system", as it exists before the rapture, will be a markedly different "world system", after the chaos of the rapture!

What the state of world affairs, technology, politics, etc. will be after between approximately 200 million and 2 billion people immediately disappear, is anybody's guess — and no matter what anyone "claims" they KNOW — it's just a GUESS.

As we prayerfully look into the "light" of the Holy Scriptures, let us be ever careful to avoid the temptation to make the scriptures say what we "want" them to say. But let them speak as "thus saith the Lord".

What saith the scriptures?

As we examine the biochip in the light of the Holy Word of God, may we take to heart the admonishment of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ:

"And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, . . ." Mark 12:24

Help us, Lord Jesus, to "know what the scriptures say about the mark of the beast, and not therefore err".

What does the scriptures say about 666: The Mark of the Beast?

And does the Lord’s description of the Mark of the Beast match a biochip implant?

Most people when examining 666: The Mark of the Beast, make the serious mistake of limiting their scope to only Revelation 13:16-18, but the MARK of the beast is mentioned eight times in the book of Revelation:

Revelation 13:16-18
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a MARK in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the MARK, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. Rev. 13:16-18

Revelation 14:9
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his MARK in his forehead, or in his hand, Rev. 14:9

Revelation 14:11
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the MARK of his name. Rev. 14:11

Revelation 15:2
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his MARK, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. Rev 15:2

Revelation 16:2
And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the MARK of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. Rev. 16:2

Revelation 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the MARK of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. Rev. 19:20

Revelation 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his MARK upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. Rev. 20:4

Notice. In these eight verses, the MARK is referred by:

Rev 13:16 "a mark"
Rev 13:17 " the mark"
Rev 14:9 "his mark"
Rev 14:11 "mark of his name"
Rev 15:2 "his mark"
Rev 16:2 "the mark of the beast"
Rev 19:20 "the mark of the beast"
Rev 20:4 "his mark"

Very important: Notice how the mark is personally associated, representative or symbolic of the beast or Antichrist:

Rev 14:9 "his mark"
Rev 14:11 "mark of his name"
Rev 15:2 "his mark"
Rev 16:2 "the mark of the beast"
Rev 19:20 "the mark of the beast"
Rev 20:4 "his mark"

These verses, clearly indicate a mark personally symbolic of the beast and his name.

This appears to eliminate a biochip implant. A biochip is basically, a few components in a small glass capsule. There’s nothing symbolic about a biochip,

much less the "mark of HIS name".

The mark is also, associated or represented somehow, to his name and his number (666).

Revelation 13:16-18 is, by far, the most quoted and misquoted, verse on the "mark of the beast". Most people limit the "And that no man might buy or sell" only to "the mark" but notice what verse 17 actually says:

And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, OR the name of the beast, OR the number of his name. Rev. 13:17

Very important. The "buying and selling" is NOT just those that have the MARK, but ALSO those that have the NAME of the beast, or the NUMBER of his name.

Revelation 13:17 clearly teaches THREE ways a person can "buy or sell":

And that no man might buy or sell, save he:

1. that had the MARK,
2. or the NAME of the beast,
3. or the NUMBER of his name.

So, if you do NOT have the MARK, but have the NAME or the NUMBER – you can "buy or sell". Again, this would also "weed-out" a biochip.

How do you "have" the name of the beast, or the number of his name?

Five times the Bible refers to "receiving" the mark (13:16, 14:9, 14:11, 19:20, 20:4)

Three times the Bible refers to "receiving" the mark specifically "in their right hand, or in their foreheads:" (13:16, 14:9, 20:4)

But no where does the Bible mention "receiving" the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Is it possible, the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name, be one and the same?

Yes. Depending on the definition of OR.

The word or is defined:

Or: 1. express an alternative of terms, definitions 2. explanations of the same thing in different words

Taking definition 2 — "explanations of the SAME THING in different words", would indicate the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name, are the same.

If someone receives the mark, they shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, and be tormented with fire and brimstone for ever and ever.

And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the MARK of his name.
Revelation 14:9-11

And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the MARK of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. Rev 19:20

What about the name of the beast, or the number of his name?

Is there any punishment for "having" them?

In Rev. 16:2, a "noisome and grievous sore" falls upon those who receive the mark:

And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the MARK of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. Rev. 16:2

Why no "torment" or "grievous sore" for those that have the name of the beast, or the number of his name?

Again, is there any punishment for "having" his name or number?

Rev. 15:2, tells of those that got victory over "….his MARK, and over the NUMBER of his name…"

How does someone get "victory" over "the NUMBER of his name"? Does one also receive the name of the beast, or the number of his name "in their right hand, or in their foreheads:" – like the mark?

Could they all be the same "mark"?

Again the biochip doesn’t seem to match the Word of God.

Although, we can’t say for sure, examining these verses, the "mark" would be one of the following scenarios:

1. The mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name are the same single mark. In this case, because we know what the number is, the mark would be "666".

   A lot of Bible teachers believe the mark is "666".

   Mark Hitchock, in his book, The Complete Book of Bible Prophecy, makes an interesting "logical progression" concerning the mark of the Beast:

   "This passage [Rev 13:16-18] provides five key clues as to the interpretation of the mark of the Beast.
   

   1. The name of the beast
   2. The number representing his name
   3. The number of the Beast
   4. The number of a man
   5. The number is 666

   When these five clues are followed through their logical progression, the number or mark of the Beast is the number of a man who is the Antichrist or final world ruler. This number is the number of the Antichrist's own name."(Mark Hitchock, The Complete Book of Bible Prophecy, p.202)

   "The 'Mark' will be BRANDED or burnt on. It will probably be the 'NUMBER OF BEAST' OR '666'." (Clarence Larkin, Dispensational Truth, p.. 124, published 1918)

   "Yes, I believe there will be three sixes tattooed on foreheads and right hands. . . indeed I do. I believe John 3:16. I believe God literally loved, literally gave, Jesus literally came and literally died. Why should I not believe the number of the Beast will be 666?" (Oliver Greene, The Revelation, Verse by Verse, p. 350, 1963)

2. The mark consists of both the number of his name (666) and his name combined in a single mark. Some type of "esoteric" mark forming a "666" while also symbolic of his name.

   "The 'mark' itself is at once a number and a name. The Apostle tells us what it is. As he gives it, it is made up of two Greek characters which stand for the name of Christ, with a third, the figure of a crooked serpent, put between them, the name of God’s Messiah transformed into a Devil sacrament." (Joseph Seiss, The Apocalypse, 1865, p. 457)

   "What kind of mark will it be? It will be a physical mark, probably visible, that the False Prophet will force every man and woman to receive on his right hand or forehead. The mark will be related to both the 'name of the beast' as well as the 'number of his name' — 666."(Grant R. Jeffrey, Prince of Darkness, p. 275)

3. They are all different. Which would possibly be three separate "marks". Also, if this is true, you could "have" the number of his name or the name of the beast and not receive any punishment. From scripture, it seems unlikely there are three separate "marks".

The biochip error. . .

The error that misleads most people to believing biochips, bar codes, etc. is the mark of the beast, is the limiting or over emphasis of the "buying and selling" aspect of the mark of the beast. Most people are frantically searching for some technology or method to control the commerce functions (buying and selling) of the world. They’ve heard Rev. 13:16-18 quoted so much – they think that’s all there is to the mark.

You know how I know that's true. . .

The number of "frightened" Christians who have contacted me worried about getting a credit card, smart card or debit card because they might be "receiving the mark of the beast". Anybody that has read ALL the Lord says about the mark wouldn’t ask such a "silly" question. All they know about the Mark of the Beast is "no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark …"

But that is NOT the purpose of the mark of the beast. . .

How do I KNOW?

Simple. The Bible says so – you just have to look further than Rev. 13:16-18

The reason for receiving the mark is worship and allegiance to the Antichrist. It’s NOT the "buying and selling"! Most people are busy searching for a "technology" or method to control the "buying and selling" — and that’s NOT the reason for receiving the mark of the beast. And I’m going to prove that without any shadow of a doubt. . .

I repeat – the reason for taking the mark of the beast is not so someone can or can NOT buy or sell.

Here’s the reason "buying and selling" can NOT be the main purpose for the mark. Because according to Rev. 14:9-11 — whoever receives the mark "shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God . . . shall be tormented with fire and brimstone . . . their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever".

And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the MARK of his name.
Revelation 14:9-11

Do you understand the seriousness of what you just read? Whoever receives the mark "shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God . . . shall be tormented with fire and brimstone . . . their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever".

This begs the obvious question – is a Holy, Righteous, Just, God going to "torment someone with fire and brimestone, for ever and ever" for receiving a "mark" to "buy or sell".

Please, let’s not forget . . . Our God is LOVE.

The Bible says in 1 John 4:16 – "… God is LOVE…"

"And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. GOD IS LOVE; . . ." 1 John 4:16:

The Bible says in familiar John 3:16, "For God SO LOVED the world…"

The Bible says in Psalms 86:5, that God is "good, ready to forgive, and plenteous in mercy".

"For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and PLENTEOUS IN MERCY unto all them that call upon thee." Psalms 86:5

In the "light" of these verses (and there are thousands of wonderful verses just like them) – would a "God of LOVE"; a God, "ready to FORGIVE; a God, "plenteous in MERCY" — "torment someone with fire and brimestone, for ever and ever" for simply receiving a "mark" or "biochip" to "buy or sell"?

NO. Absolutely NOT. A thousand times — NEVER!

What is the real purpose of the mark of the beast?

What is it about the mark of the beast, that so "disturbs" a just and holy God, that He would justly "torment someone in fire and brimestone for all eternity" for receiving the mark?

The purpose of the mark of the beast is a "mark" of allegiance and worship of the Antichrist. And it is a rejection of a holy God. To receive the mark of the beast you must FIRST worship the beast. Look at the following verses:

"If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark. . . " Rev. 14:9

" . . . who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark. . . " Rev. 14:11

" . . .which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image." Rev. 16:2

" . . . them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. . ." Rev. 19:20

" . . . which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his . . ." Rev. 20:4

True. No one can buy or sell without the mark, but that’s not the REASON for receiving the mark. The "no man might buy or sell" is the CONSEQUENCE of NOT receiving the mark – not the REASON for receiving it.

John Hagee writes in From Daniel to Doomsday:

"I believe the main reason the Antichrist will cause everyone to receive what is known as the 'mark of the beast' is to control everyone and crush all who worship the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." (John Hagee, From Daniel to Doomsday, p. 193)

Pastor John Hagee is wrong.

The main reason of the mark of the beast is WORSHIP.

Satan desires what belongs ONLY to God — WORSHIP. Satan wants to be God!

Let's not forget what Lucifer said in Isaiah 14:

For thou hath said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Isaiah 14:13-14

When Satan tempted the Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew 4 (and Luke 4), remember how Satan tried to "bargain" with the Lord:

Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and WORSHIP me. Matthew 4:9-10

The devil desires WORSHIP.

And how did the Lord Jesus respond?

Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him ONLY shalt thou serve. Matthew 4:8-10

Worship ONLY belongs to God — and that's what Satan desires.

2 Thess. 2:4 describes the worship of the Antichrist during the tribulation:

Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 2 Thess. 2:4

No sir, Pastor Hagee. The reason for the mark of the Beast is not control — it's WORSHIP.

The biochip’s REASON is the "buying and selling" which is NOT the REASON for the mark. And when most people "vote" the biochip as the mark, their only REASON is – the "buying and selling".

The foundational logic for the biochip as the mark of the beast is WRONG.

This leads us into another question about the mark of the beast. . .

Will the mark be invisible?

Salem Kirban says in Satan's Mark Exposed
"One day in the Tribulation Period you will need proper identification to withdraw or deposit money in your bank. The identification will be an invisible mark either on the back of your hand or on you forehead!" (Salem Kirban, Satan's Mark Exposed, p.46)

If a biochip is indeed the mark, chances are it would be invisible. There are biochips that can be "illuminated" through the skin, but these are not viable for implants because:

1. They would need a battery or energy source to "illuminate" the mark.
2. To make it visible it would have to be very powerful for a small biochip
3. For it to be effectively visible, it would need to be "illuminated" 100% of the time. A battery would "drain" very quick.

Because of the REASON for the mark (worship and allegiance of the beast), I believe the "mark" will be "loud and proud". The Bible refers to the Antichrist's "mark" as "HIS" mark, the mark "OF THE BEAST" and the mark of "HIS Name". The "mark" of the antichrist is "his mark" of worship and allegiance. He'll certainly want to "show it off". Making it invisible would defeat his purpose.

Notice how the Bible "words" Revelation 15:2:

"And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God." Revelation 15:2

The wording of ". . . them that had gotten the VICTORY. . . over his mark, and over the number of his name. . ." certainly sounds as if the mark will be very visible and overbearing during the tribulation. By the way, did you also "catch" that ". . . over the number of his name. . ."? The number "666" will also be "loud and proud" during the tribulation.

Another biochip error. . .

The "guru" of the "biochip-mark of the beast" teaching is Terry Cook. Jack Van Impe says of Cook, "undoubtedly the most qualified expert on the subject of the mark of the beast." Brother Cook has done a tremendous amount of valuable research on the biochip. Even though I don't believe the biochip is the mark of the beast, his book is loaded with tons of excellent, documentation on the biochip.

Terry Cook writes:
"It is my well-researched opinion that the 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, as we will discuss further in this chapter." (Terry Cook, The Mark of the New World Order p. 587)

Terry Cook's main reasoning for the biochip follows:

"And he [the Antichrist beast] causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,. . . count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man [Antichrist]; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. [666] Revelation 13:16-18 (KJV)

Pay particular attention to the above scripture that says the mark will go in — not on — the right hand. This is the key to correct understanding of the technology that must be used to carry out its implementation."(Terry Cook, The Mark of the New World Order p. 587)

Brother Cook says "the key" is that the Bible says "IN" not ON the right hand.

But what about Revelation 20:4?

Revelation CLEARLY says ". . .UPON their foreheads, or in their hands. . ."

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark UPON their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. Rev. 20:4

The word "UPON" in Rev. 20 is clearly a reference to a visible mark.

Remember what I said was the main error when studying the mark of the beast. . . Most people NEVER go beyond Revelation 13:16-18. If Terry Cook would have only gone 7 more chapters, he would have CLEARLY seen – the "mark" is "UPON their foreheads".

What about the word "IN"? The mark of the beast will be "IN" and "UPON" their foreheads and hands. One explanation, even a simple tattoo goes "IN" the skin and goes "UPON" the skin. It can be IN and it can be UPON and it will be SEEN.

The phrase "in their right hand" or "in their hands" doesn't necessarily mean "underneath the skin". In fact, it normally refers simply to the "inside" or "in the hand". A simple comparison of a few scriptures in Revelation yields this valid interpretation:

"And he had in his right hand seven stars:. . ." Rev 1:16
"And he had in his hand a little book open…" Rev 10:2
". . . and in his hand a sharp sickle." Rev 14:14
". . . having a golden cup in her hand. . . Rev 17:4

Notice a couple of other valid uses of the word "in" with forehead:

And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine IN his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 1 Sam. 17:59

And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous IN his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him. 2 Chron. 26:20

A serious error in Terry Cook’s reasoning. . .

Terry Cook also writes:
"The English word mark (Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, No. 5480) is from the Greek word charagma (pronounced Khar'-ag-mah). Charagma is connected by The Expanded Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words to stigma, Strong's No. 4742, in which Strong's references stigma back to the Greek word stizo, then defines stizo as follows:

. . . to prick, stick, incise, or punch for recognition of ownership. . . Scar of service: a mark [emphasis added].

This is perhaps the best definition of HOW the Mark of the Beast will be given to everyone." (Terry Cook, The Mark of the New World Order p. 587)

Big, big problem with Cook's reasoning. Every time the word "mark" appears in the book of Revelation, it is the Greek word charagma. It is NEVER the Greek word stigma. Not in any manuscript ever found. It's interesting that Brother Cook does NOT give the definition of the Greek word charagma.

charagma: a scratch or etching, i.e. stamp (as a badge of servitude), or sculptured figure (statue): — graven, mark (Strong's Exhaustive Concordance)

charagma denotes "a stamp, impress," translated "mark" in Rev. 13:16, etc. (Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words)

Charagma is very strong evidence for a "mark" or "stamp", rather than a biochip implant.

Also, Brother Cook's statement, "Charagma is connected by The Expanded Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words to stigma, Strong's No. 4742,. . ." – IS NOT TRUE. Vine’s does not "connect" stigma to charagma. In The Expanded Vine's Expository Dictionary under the work "mark", Vine’s simply lists the Greek words translated "mark" – charagma and stigma. Stigma is translated "mark" in Galatians 6:17. Our word stigma, stigmatism comes from this word.

From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks [stigma] of the Lord Jesus. Galatians 6:17

There is no connection to stigma and charagma. Brother Cook re-defining "mark" as "stigma" rather than "charagma" to prove his point, when it’s not there, is dishonest and corrupting the Word of God (2 Cor. 2:17). This is a very serious and dishonest error. Unfortunately, he’s not alone, many "modern" Bible teachers do likewise. Please don’t fall for this. Check every man out with the King James Bible. (Rom. 3:4) It’s amazing how many prophecy teachers like Van Impe, Texe Marrs, Peter Lalonde, et al that quote Terry Cook, without checking out his teachings with the Word of God.

Let me also say this. I have nothing against Terry Cook, personally (or anyone else). The reason for "refuting" his statements is because he is the "authority" of the "biochip-mark" teaching. And he is wrong. And he is misleading people.

After all we’ve just read and studied "disproving" the biochip as the mark of the beast – now comes a "curve ball".

Even though I do NOT believe the biochip is THE mark of the beast – I believe the biochip could be the method utilized to CONTROL the "buying and selling" of Rev. 13:18.

In other words, the mark of the beast and the biochip are NOT the same.

Here’s a possible scenario:

Everyone would eventually receive a biochip. At first it would probably be voluntary. Later, for your benefit and convenience (ever heard that before?) it would be law – mandatory. It’s a fact, the world is very quickly (like in "speed of light") going to a digital or E-economy, thanks to the Internet. (Lord willing, we’ll document this in another article). According to International Data Corporation, the Internet’s leading provider of growth statistics, ". . . by 2003 80 percent of all business transactions will be carried out online. . . 2 million [US Dollars] will change hands every minute." (IDC Report, Oct. 05, 1999)

What’s "holding-up" the E-commerce world?

Why it that most people will not purchase on the Web despite many major vendors selling on the web?

What it is that many software and hardware giants like Microsoft, IBM, and company are working "day and night" on?

It’s call IDENTIFICATION and SECURITY . . .

Is a biochip a possible solution to the "identification and security" dilemma facing the digital economy?

Many experts are "trumpeting" the biochip, as the "great security hope".

Network World,(August, 31, 1998), carried an article titled, "A chip in his shoulder" by Fred McClimans, which point-blank stated, " . . . the answer is chips. Let's face it, the potential value is too great. . .".

"But look on the bright side: Who wouldn't want to stop worrying about where they put their keys or Mobil Speed Pass? And no more remembering pesky PINs, passwords or social-security numbers. Medical information could also be dumped onto your forearm chip. We could even probably away with those pesky "home arrest" bracelets used to monitor the criminal element in their own homes (imagine how different the Caine Mutiny would have been if Queeg had had chips in all of his crew - no strawberry problem there!). . .

So perhaps the answer is to use this type of new bio-security device to accurately track information regarding what we are doing, and who is to accurately track information regarding what we are doing, and who is actually doing it. . . Let's say we all get together and implant everybody with these new chips.

Are they safe? Sure — they've been using variations to track dogs for some time now.

Sadly, I think the answer is chips. Let's face it, the potential value is too great. . ." (Fred McClimans, A chip in his shoulder, Network World, August, 31, 1998)

A&E (Arts and Entertainment Cable Channel), aired a two-hour program titled "The Story of Money" (aired early 1999) here's part of the transcript:

Narrator: Everyday trillions of dollars are moved in less time than it takes you to screw up your transaction at the automated teller machine. More and more money is going digital. . . Some imagine everything you own will one day be tied to a single easy to use card, or even in a computer chip, implanted in your skin. . .

Narrator: The E-money future, however, isn't necessarily secure. The Internet wasn't built to be Fort Knox. In the wrong hands, this powerful tool can turn dangerous. Hackers have already broken into bank files that were 100% secure. One cyber-pirate downloaded 20,000 credit card numbers, courtesy of the phone company.

Frank Abagnale (Forgery Expert): The problem is, if we have such tremendous fraud with paper we can only expect even much bigger frauds with electronics. In electronics you're dealing with people from all over the world that have access through computers and the internet to thousands of accounts and there's really no way of making the system foolproof.

Narrator: E-money entrepreneurs are hoping to solve the problem of safeguards with even more electronics.

Unidentified banker: The golden rule in banking is know thy customer.

Narrator: Know thy customer, and then scan their eyeballs into a computer. Your eyes are like fingerprints and by recording them, a company can confirm your identity and your bank balance.

Narrator: But how far will it go. Pretty far, actually.

Neil Marcous (EDS): You'll simply have the chip embedded. You'll do a retina scan or some other kind of bio-scan, you'll validate who you are, you'll have your information, it'll transmit and you can conduct all your business, literally against a ledger, an electronic ledger somewhere.

Note: If anyone knows the Future of electronic money, it would be the people at EDS. Over 90% of all electronic payments travel through EDS — over 25,000 transactions every 5 minutes!

Narrator: Did you say embedded?

Neil Marcous (EDS): Well, it could be embedded any number of places, for sake of artistic license, let's say it was embedded under your skin up above your left eyebrow.
Listen to it

If people are coerced into receiving a biochip to perform the necessary everyday functions, such as financial transactions, medical insurance, security, identification, tied into a global, centralized computer system, it would be a simple matter for the Antichrist to "disable" your ability to "buy or sell".

But then again, it could implemented much easier with a "simple" biometric security system, such as "eye-scan", voice-recognition, fingerprint, etc. Biometrics are safer and much more secure, and people would be much more likely to "buy into" the system

But, the "no man might buy or sell" system, might be as simple, visibly looking to see if someone has the mark.

I know one thing — I don’t plan on "hanging around" to find out! (1 Thess. 4:16-18, 1 Cor 15:51-55)

Are humans currently being "biochipped"?

Many rumors are "making their rounds" claiming humans are being "chipped".

According to The Word & I, rumors at Stanford University claim, "that a microchip implanted in Chelsea Clinton's neck broadcasts her location to a satellite. . ." (Craig Dees, Watching From Inside. Vol. 13, The World & I, 02-01-1998, p. 150)

Of course, as we’ve already seen, and The World & I also points out, such biochip "location" technology does not exist.

And the Oklahoma "Baby Killer", Timothy McVeigh, claims the U.S. Army implanted a computer chip in his buttocks. (I bet some of the parents whose precious babies were murdered by "Monster McVeigh" would like to "biochip" a stick of dynamite in McVeigh's buttocks, and light the fuse. To "murder" and "mutilate" innocent little babies because he's mad at the government is a sick, wicked, perverted coward.)

Killer Colin Ferguson, (whose racial hatred murdered six people on a commuter train), in a press-conference, accused the CIA of implanting a computer chip in his brain.

16 year-old Kip Kinkel, who on May 1998 murdered his parents, two students and wounded 25 students, said he was just obeying the "voices" in his head. According to Orin Bolstad, a child psychologist who examined Kinkel, the "voices" commanded, "You have to kill him. Shoot him, My dad was sitting at the (breakfast) bar. The voices said, Shoot him. I had no choice. The voices said I had no choice." After he killed his mother, Kinkel said the "voices" told him to "Go to school and kill everybody."

Bolstad said Kinkel believed the "voices" came from, "the devil, a satellite or a computer chip inserted in his head by the government." (AP Wire, Nov. 04, 1999)

In 1995, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said that young Prince William, heir to the British Throne, had a microhip implanted somewhere in his anatomy to discourage would-be kidnappers. (Texe Marrs, Project L.U.C.I.D. p. 111)

According to Electronic Telegraph (Oct. 6, 1998), Italian dignitaries, who fear kidnapping are having biochips implanted in their bodies so authorities can locate them if kidnapped. Originally designed by Israeli spy-experts, Gen-Etics is launching the "Sky-Eye" chips in Milan, Italy. The Times of London, describes "Sky-Eye" as a low-power chip that utilizes electrical energy from the human body. Gen-Etics claims, 45 of the world's richest are carrying "Sky-Eyes". When asked the "64-million-dollar" question - What prevents the kidnappers from removing the chip? Gen-Etics says, they're working on a "sure-fire" solution. Already, the chip is inserted under an anesthetic and even the implantee doesn't know where it's located. Also, the chip is only 4 mm by 4 mm, making it hard to detect via x-rays.

Conspiracy Nation (Vol. 8, No. 97) allegedly, intercepted an "official", high-level, IBM document that reports pilot-testing implants in prisoners in Texas, Massachusetts, and California. The highly-classified IBM document reports prisoners were unknown "guinea pigs" of the biochip titled "20/20 Neural Chip".

Arizona Republic (July 20, 1989, p. B1) reports of private investigator Jack Dunlap's plan to microchip and track children. The system, titled KIDSCAN, would enable the authorities to locate a missing child. Arizona Republic writes, "Each child whose parents signed up for KIDSACN would get a computer chip planted under the skin and an identification number." According to Dunbar, Pennsylvania investors were prepared to invest $600,000 and military-industrial powerhouse, Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. was prepared to produce the chips. In the end, Martin Marietta backed out and Dunbar's KIDSCAN came to naught. As Parascope comments on Dunlaps' failed KIDSCAN, "The year was 1989. Perhaps the idea came before its time. But as the technology for such tracking systems continues to advance, more and more companies are eyeing the potentially lucrative human tracking market."

A very interesting and "enlightening" case recently popped up in a Worchester, Mass. court in June, 1999.

Reputed mobster, Vincent (Gigi Portalla) Marino took the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration (FDEA) to court claiming they "had secretly implanted a microchip tracking device in his body two and a half years ago during surgery to remove a bullet from his buttocks."

Here’s the New York Times report on the "unusual" case:

"In an unusual case that unfolded in Worcester, Mass., last week, a reputed mobster by the name of Vincent (Gigi Portalla) Marino went to court to find out whether the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration had secretly implanted a microchip tracking device in his body two and a half years ago during surgery to remove a bullet from his buttocks.

Prosecutors first argued that the Government was not required to confirm whether it had done such a thing, but later, after a judge ordered them to respond, they said the drug agency had not implanted a microchip in Mr. Marino." (New York Times, June 20, 1999)

What made Vincent Marino believe that the government had "biochipped" him?

A FDEA agent told him! According to the New York Times report – ". . . Mr. Marino said a drug agent told him had been implanted by the Government." Marino is currently in prison, and requesting an MRI scan to check for a microchip.

Here’s the "enlightening" — and the "frightening" part:

"Intriguingly, the Federal Bureau of Investigation would not say whether it ever uses such tracking devices. ‘This is going to fall into the no-comment category,’ said a bureau spokesman, Paul Bresson. ‘It's discussing investigative techniques, and that's about akin to a journalist disclosing confidential sources. It's very sensitive.’ (New York Times, June 20, 1999)

But are humans currently being "biochipped"?

"As the microelectronic circuits and microminiature components now available in space work and laboratory experiments filter into general use, such tags will become available in much smaller sizes, increasing still further the possibilities for secreting them in an individual's clothing or his personal and professional accessories. Receiving or scanning units will also grow more powerful and smaller, making it easier for investigators to carry them in concealed form on their persons.

. . . Invisible magnetic-ink tattoos might be applied (for example, to babies at birth) to provide permanent identification of every individual; these might possibly be used also for locating a subject. Existing microminiaturized transmitters the size of a pinhead might be coded with an identification number, enclosed in a permanent capsule, and implanted under the skin by a simple and painless surgical operation." (Privacy and Freedon, Alan F. Westin, 1967, pp. 85-86)

ADS (Applied Digital Solutions), a major player in internet e-commerce and America's 5th fastest growing technology company, recently acquired the patent rights to the "world's first human implantable digital device". The implantable device is named "Digital Angel". According to ADS, it is "the world's first digital device — implantable in humans — with applicatons in E-business to business security, health care and criminal justice. Inserted just under the skin, with maintenance-free regenerating power supply, miniature 'Digital Angel' has multi-billion dollar market potential." And according to the patent abstract, "The device is small enough to be implanted in a child, facilitating use as a safeguard against kidnapping "

• Applied Digital Solutions (ADS) Press Release
  
• Yahoo Business Wire Reporting on Digital Angel
  
• Detailed ADS Patent Specs - PDF Format
  
• U.S. Patent Info on ADS Device

"We are not part of a military program to implant tags in humans. In fact, we are not part of any program to implant tags in humans, but a glass encapsulated animal tag only begs the question of the definition of what type of animal, and if that definition is a ‘mammal,’ certainly it would include man. Are there humans running around somewhere on the globe with tags — RFID tags — implanted in them? Yes! Absolutely, conclusively so."
(Mark of the New World Order video, Virtue Productions)
Listen to it

The first "verified" human receiving a biochip is the highly publicized Kevin Warwick, professor of Cybernetics at the University of Readings in the UK. Warwick received a biochip in his arm that enabled doors to open, turn on-off lights, basically a high-tech-cyber-remote-control. Warwick told ABC's Good Morning America (August 30, 1998), "People have been looking at the possibility of humans and silicon chips coming together for some time. And it seemed about time to actually have a go at it."

Are people ready to "receive" a biochip? Is the world "tuned" to "receive" a biochip?

When the Social Security program was enacted in 1935, the public was skeptical. Most people, at first, refused to be "numbered". Less than 40 years ago, something as "seemingly innocent" as receiving a social security number was met with hesitance and alarm.

What a difference, a "quick" 40 years of credit cards, smart cards, satellitles, computers and the "information revolution" makes!

Is the public "ripe" for a biochip?

Ann Cavoukian and Don Tapscott, writes in their excellant book, Who Knows: Safeguarding Your Privacy in a Networked World:

Such a microchip [biochip implant] may strike some of you as a gimmick, but two doctors in the United States recently had a microchip containing their respective medical histories implanted in their bodies, as part of a trial. House pets in Europe and North America are routinely implanted with microchips that identify their owners. When a group of internationally renowned privacy experts met to discuss the privacy implications of the information highway, they expressed concern that 'these tracking systems will be adapted to humans. The conversion would not be difficult'. Among the many who shared this view was Simon Davies, the director general of Privacy International, who was dismayed that a number of professionals he had spoken to would not object to such a tracking system. . . (Ann Cavoukian and Don Tapscott, Who Knows: Safeguarding Your Privacy in a Networked World, pp. 83-84)

Linda LeSabre, singer of the rock group Death Ride 69, says:

"I love technology, and to me it's not moving fast enough. I think it would kick a__ to have all the things like implants and upgrades because the human body is okay, but it certainly doesn't have the incredible hyper-capabilities that we could really use." (Alternative Press)

Craig Dees, in the World & I, says:

Today's implantable microchip devices used for identifying animals are the precursors of devices that may monitor, report on, and even regulate a spectrum of conditions in the bodies of animals and humans. . .

Implantable microchip devices offer many exciting possibilities in the fields of medicine and scientific research, as well as for general use involving, for example, credit card numbers or passport identification. . .

I can see in the near future putting my hand over a grocery store sensor that reads my credit chip and automatically debits my account for the purchase. Considering the burdensome number of cards, identifications, and licenses I carry now, I would have no problem with placing my Social Security number, credit access, passport, and driver's license on a microchip implanted in me.
(Craig Dees, "Watching From Inside", The World & I, Feb. 01, 1998, p. 150)

"How’d you like to avoid waiting in lines for the rest of your life? Breeze through everywhere like you owned the place. Watch lights snap on, doors open automatically, money pop out of ATMs as you approach. Never have to show an ID, buy a ticket, carry keys, remember a password. You’d leave stores loaded with packages and waltz right past the cashiers. You wouldn’t have to carry a wallet. Ever. Family and friends could find you instantly in any crowd. There’s only one catch—you’d need to have a tiny little chip implanted in your body. No big deal. . .
(Paul Somerson, "Inside Job", PC Computing, Oct. 1999, p. 87)

A very informative "Mark of the Beast" "spoof" was recently staged on the Internet by Bill Cross.

Bill wanted to try his hand at setting up a website. Bill decided for his first project, "a spoof website of a company peddling the mark of the beast". So Global Monetary was created with the advertising "Become an ID chip member and Receive $250!". Not wanting to cause real panic, Bill admittedly laced the site, "with enough clues so that anyone who scrutinized it would know it wasn't for real and would therefor not panic." Bill was surprized, "On the first full day of operation the site had more that 4,200 distinct user sessions averaging 6 minutes each". Emails began pouring in from hysterical Christians, privacy enthusiasts, the media world requesting interviews, and many who recognized it was simply a "joke".

Realizing things were getting "out of hand", after just four days, Bill "pulled the plug" on Global Monetary.

Bill also made this "alarming" statement, "I realized that I was getting another kind of visitor to the site: People who actually wanted to receive the mark of the beast just to get in on the IPO. I was totally blind-sided by that. I never expected that to happen. . ."

CNN conducted a poll on Jan. 14, 1999, and asked the question: "Would you consider having microchips implanted in your body?"

Here's the "surprizing" results of the CNN Poll:

What's really amazing. . . So many are willing to "receive" what they "believe" to be the mark of the beast and, according to the Word of God, whoever receives the mark of the beast "shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, and be tormented with fire and brimstone for ever and ever!

And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the MARK of his name.
Revelation 14:9-11

It's bad now — can you imagine what the tribulation will be like? When the "salt of the earth" — the Christians will be removed! When the Antichrist will dazzle the world with his "signs and wonders", prosperity, peace — the world will be "jumping with joy" in anticipation to worship the Beast and receive "his mark"!

God help you, if you're reading this and have not received the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour. All these incredible technologies and events are not just happening — they're EXACTLY as the Lord said!

Are there plans to biochip humans?

Yes. . .

New York Times, June 20, 1999

"We get calls all the time: 'Is this available for children?' " said Paul McMahon, a spokesman for the LoJack Corporation, based in Dedham, Mass., which markets a positioning device that has helped track down 30,000 stolen cars. People also frequently ask about using LoJacks for an elderly relative who might be suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other disorienting ailments, said Mr. McMahon. . .

"It's inevitable [biochipping of humans]," said Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. "Why? Because there's a level of concern, some based in fact, some based in fear, about the loss of children, about kids being stolen in custody disputes, about terrorism, about kidnapping, that leads people to be frantic about wanting to know where other people they care about are."

PC Computing, Oct. 1999, p. 87
Paul Somerson, "Inside Job"

"How’d you like to avoid waiting in lines for the rest of your life? Breeze through everywhere like you owned the place. Watch lights snap on, doors open automatically, money pop out of ATMs as you approach. Never have to show an ID, buy a ticket, carry keys, remember a password. You’d leave stores loaded with packages and waltz right past the cashiers. You wouldn’t have to carry a wallet. Ever. Family and friends could find you instantly in any crowd. There’s only one catch—you’d need to have a tiny little chip implanted in your body. No big deal. . .

How will they convince people to implant these chips? First, they’ll hype the convenience of leaving your keys, credit cards, and money at home. Then they’ll automate everything from cash registers to tollbooths so if you’re chipped you can zoom through in a digital carpool lane."

(PC Computing, Oct. 1999, p. 87)

Time magazine,April 27, 1998, pp. 50,51:

A single electronic card may replace everything in your wallet including. . .

. . . your cash
. . . your credit cards
. . . your ATM card
. . . your ID cards
. . . your insurance
. . . and your life
FUTURE One card, or one chip, with your life on it.

Time also writes, "Your daughter can store money any way she wants – on her laptop, on a debit card, even (in the not too distant future) on a chip implanted under her skin." (Time, April 27, 1998, p. 51)

Popular Science, July 1995 p. 74 - E-Money

"If we had our way, we’d implant a chip behind everyone’s ear in the maternity ward," says Ronald Kane, a vice president of Cubic Corp.’s automatic revenue collection group. Cubic is the leading maker of smart card systems for mass transit systems, highway tolls, parking, and other applications and one of a number of companies and government agencies pushing the frontier of smart cards — the money of the future. (E-Money (Popular Science, July 1995 p. 74)

Brainticklers II, Beyond Y2K—Questions for the New Millennium and the Year 3000, Supplement to Business 2.0, December 1999, p. 14

"What electronic devices will we choose to insert into our bodies?"

Automatic I.D. News, April 1996, p.6
Mark David, Editor-in-Chief, "Satan Big Brother and other uses of Auto. ID"

"Bar coding people doesn't make sense, but tracking them via RF/ID tags or biometrics does — in many cases. The time has come for a logical debate about the ethics of coding people.

The problem is, logic and efficiency cannot be our sole guides in this matter. Is there any 'logical' reason for not wanting to tag humans with RF/ID chips? (Automatic I.D. News, April 1996, p.6)

Network World, August, 31, 1998
Fred McClimans, A chip in his shoulder

But look on the bright side: Who wouldn't want to stop worrying about where they put their keys or Mobil Speed Pass? And no more remembering pesky PINs, passwords or social-security numbers. Medical information could also be dumped onto your forearm chip. We could even probably away with those pesky "home arrest" bracelets used to monitor the criminal element in their own homes (imagine how different the Caine Mutiny would have been if Queeg had had chips in all of his crew - no strawberry problem there!).

So perhaps the answer is to use this type of new bio-security device to accurately track information regarding what we are doing, and who is to accurately track information regarding what we are doing, and who is actually doing it. . . Let's say we all get together and implant everybody with these new chips.

Are they safe? Sure — they've been using variations to track dogs for some time now.

Sadly, I think the answer is chips. Let's face it, the potential value is too great. . .

ABC Good Morning America, August, 30, 1998
Part Man, Part Machine
Aaron Brown interviews Kevin Warwick, the first verfied human chip implant

AARON BROWN: But I think what people are scared to death of, frankly, is that this is the beginning [Warwick's test biochip implant] of how governments — yours, mine, whose ever — who controls us all. We put these little microchips in.

Popular Mechanics, "A Century of Technology", January 2000, p. 63

However, if technology follows its current trends, this may all be moot. Becoming ever more compact and powerful, how long before hardware as we know it disappears completely from sight, replaced by nanotechnology and bioimplants that plug directly into body and brain?

Scientific American, "Rise of the Robots", December, 1999, p. 124

Alert pundits now foresee a world saturated with powerful computer chips, which will increasingly insinuate themselves into our gadgets, dwellings, apparel and even our bodies.

Yahoo! Internet Life, "Be patient", December 1999, p. 132

By 2007, your entire medical history, including the sequence of your genome, will be stored on a data card in your wallet, or in a bracelet on your wrist, or on a chip in your earlobe.

Business 2.0, "The Web Within Us", December 1999, p. 173

By the second half of the next century, there will be no clear distinction between human and machine intelligence. Two things will allow this to happen. First, our biological brains will be enhanced by neural implants. This has already begun. Doctors use neural implants to counteract symptoms of Parkinson's disease, for instance, and neuroscientists from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta recently placed an electrode into the brain of a paralyzed stroke victim who now communicates using a PC.

Forbes, Sept. 22, 1997 Computers/Communications
Ann March, No place to hide

TYPICAL AMERICAN FAMILY, c. 2008. Above their home, foot-long robot airplanes patrol several hundred feet up, on the lookout for criminals and even casual pot smokers. Both family cars are equipped with global-positioning satellite receivers and locator beacons. . . The parents, the kids and the dogs all have microchips under their skin with ID and medical data. . .

The potential loss of privacy leaves Dr. Stevens uneasy, he concedes, but there is no better way to insure the accuracy of a person's medical records. He thinks it inevitable that microchips with medical information will become common in humans, possibly inserted under the skin of the upper arm.

A&E (Arts and Entertainment Cable Channel)
The Story of Money, (two-hour program aired 1999):

Narrator: Everyday trillions of dollars are moved in less time than it takes you to screw up your transaction at the automated teller machine. More and more money is going digital. . . Some imagine everything you own will one day be tied to a single, easy to use card, or even in a computer chip, implanted in your skin. . .

Narrator: The E-money future, however, isn't necessarily secure. The Internet wasn't built to be Fort Knox. In the wrong hands, this powerful tool can turn dangerous. Hackers have already broken into bank files that were 100% secure. One cyber-pirate downloaded 20,000 credit card numbers, courtesy of the phone company.

Frank Abagnale (Forgery Expert): The problem is, if we have such tremendous fraud with paper we can only expect even much bigger frauds with electronics. In electronics you're dealing with people from all over the world that have access through computers and the internet to thousands of accounts and there's really no way of making the system foolproof.

Narrator: E-money entrepreneurs are hoping to solve the problem of safeguards with even more electronics.

Unidentified banker: The golden rule in banking is know thy customer.

Narrator: Know thy customer, and then scan their eyeballs into a computer. Your eyes are like fingerprints and by recording them, a company can confirm your identity and your bank balance.

Narrator: But how far will it go. Pretty far, actually.

Neil Marcous (EDS): You'll simply have the chip embedded. You'll do a retina scan or some other kind of bio-scan, you'll validate who you are, you'll have your information, it'll transmit and you can conduct all your business, literally against a ledger, an electronic ledger somewhere.

Note: If anyone knows the Future of electronic money, it would be the people at EDS. Over 90% of all electronic payments travel through EDS — over 25,000 transactions every 5 minutes!

Narrator: Did you say embedded?

Neil Marcous (EDS): Well, it could be embedded any number of places, for sake of artistic license, let's say it was embedded under your skin up above your left eyebrow.
Listen to it

Automatic I.D. News, September 1991, p.E35
"Monetary Union, Already a reality at Eurocheck"

"The EC card is more than just a check guarantee card; it may also be used with a personal identification number (PIN) in automated teller machines (ATM). . .

But what is the future of the EC card? A chip, of course! (Automatic I.D. News, "Monetary Union, Already a reality at Eurocheck", September 1991, p.E35

Privacy and Freedon, Alan F. Westin, 1967

"As the microelectronic circuits and microminiature components now available in space work and laboratory experiments filter into general use, such tags will become available in much smaller sizes, increasing still further the possibilities for secreting them in an individual's clothing or his personal and professional accessories. Receiving or scanning units will also grow more powerful and smaller, making it easier for investigators to carry them in concealed form on their persons.

. . . Invisible magnetic-ink tattoos might be applied (for example, to babies at birth) to provide permanent identification of every individual; these might possibly be used also for locating a subject. Existing microminiaturized transmitters the size of a pinhead might be coded with an identification number, enclosed in a permanent capsule, and implanted under the skin by a simple and painless surgical operation." (Privacy and Freedon, Alan F. Westin, 1967, pp. 85-86)

The Oprah Winfrey Show
Your Life in the Year 2000 (February 25, 1994)
Note: The guest, Ms. Faith Popcorn is from Trend Tracker.

Ms. Popcorn: . . . it's going to be kind of a more controlled future.

Oprah: But the question is, will violence still be running our lives and will the schools be any better?

Ms. Popcorn: No, because I. . .

Oprah: Will we treat each other better?

Ms. Popcorn: Well, we may not treat each other any better, but we can get over it faster. As far as violence goes, we're going to have little chips — as a privacy issue — implanted in us. So we — you know, we'll be tracking. You'll be able to track a child that disappears and get them back globally so that — because we'll all have our little memory chip.

Listen to it

Marin Independent Journal, April 2, 1989 p.A10
Future Shocker: 'Biochip' 'Science fiction' technology here

"Don’t reach for our wallet at the check-out counter. After your food items have been priced, tallied and bagged, simply pass your hand over the computer code scanner used on the groceries, and the bill will be automatically deducted from your checking account. . .
Most likely. . . it would be implanted on the back of the right or left hand for convience, so that it would be easy to scan.(Marin Independent Journal, April 2, 1989 p.A10)

Time Enough? Consequences of Human Microchip Implantation, Elaine M. Ramesh
Franklin Pierce Law Institute web site

"However, proving that old adage that there is nothing new under the sun, the concept [biochips] may be attributed to far earlier authors. The Book of Revelation of the Bible contains the following statement: 'He also forced everyone, small and great, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.' Revelation 13:16-17. That mark could well be the microchip implant." (Time Enough? Consequences of Human Microchip Implantation, Elaine M. Ramesh Franklin Pierce Law Institute web site)

Denver Post, September 2, 1995
Chip envisioned to curb inmates

". . .the technology of the future might enable authorities to implant microchips into the heads of convicted felons as a way to handle prisoners."
New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson

FROM Parascope:

Dr. Daniel Man, on the other hand, holds the first patent in the United States for a homing device designed specifically for implantation in humans. Man had the idea for this device "while I was a resident in plastic surgery and I kept seeing on TV all those stories about missing and abducted children." Man's device was designed for use in conjunction with a network of existing communications satellites, which would locate the implantee via triangulation. (Parascope)

Wired, January, 2000, p. 162

Within 20 years, there will be no avoiding MEMS: [Micro Electro Mechanical Systems] They will be in every telecom line, computer, and coffeemaker — even our own bodies. (Wired, January, 2000, p. 162)

Excerpts from a speech to the 1994 IBM Health Care Executive Conference by Mary Jane England, MD, a member of the executive committee of the White House Health Project and president of the Washington Business Group on Health. (source The New American, July 24, 1994)

"The smart card is a wonderful idea, but even better would be the capacity not to have a card, and I call it 'a chip in your ear,' that would actually access your medical records, so that no matter where you were we would have some capacity to access that medical record. We need to go beyond the narrow conceptualization of the smart card and really use some of the technology that's out there. . . I don't think that computerized, integrated medical records with a capacity to access through a chip in your ear is so far off and I think we need to think of these things."

The Washington Times, October, 05, 1998, p. A21
David Oderberg, He's got it under his skin

But what we do know is that proponents of this technology [biochips] envisage first using it on animals (now widespread, particularly dogs, cats and cattle), then prisoners (more effective than electronic ankle tags), then children (e.g., newborn babies, so as to prevent their being switched or lost) and elderly people suffering from Alzheimer's disease (to prevent their wandering and getting lost).

After that, who knows? The potential for the chips to replace credit cards and cash is huge, and will tempt financial institutions in turn to tempt their customers to "try out" the chip with no obligation to carry it permanently, and monetary rewards for those who persevere.

Supporters of the injectable microchip say it is just the logical extension of a technology that already allows the heavy monitoring of people through pagers, cellular phones, "smart" cards and cars fitted with Global Positioning System transponders.

The Digital Economy, Don Tapscott, pp.275-276

There are now chips that can be inserted into breast implants. Perhaps chips would be inserted into other parts of peoples' bodies for nonmedical reasons. We could track repeat offender pedophiles, or repeat offenders in general, or offenders in general, or maybe just offensive people. Microprocessor-based products can be attached to children to discourage abduction or locate missing kids. What about chips in children for extra and permanent safety?

PC Week, Vision 2000 Special Report, January, 3, 2000, p.42
The office of tomorrow

A chip embedded underneath the skin of your hand serves as your identification for personal and professional transactions.

The Birmingham News, January 2, 2000, p. 4J
Josh Calder, In the 21st century, our luggage will be smarter and tougher

A lost passport will mean less when travelers can wear an anklet, ring, or patch that contains all ID information, medical records and perhaps some e-cash. The truly worried can get implantable ID chips; either way, a traveler could have his movements tracked in real time by satellite.

Popular Mechanics, January 2000, "Famous Americans Predict the Future", p. 22
Sharyl Attkisson, CBS Television Correspondent

" . . . We certainly aren't carrying around cash. Instead, each person wears a tiny computerlike device in a ring, or has it painlessly tattooed into his skin."

Who Knows: Safeguarding Your Privacy in a Networked World, Ann Cavoukian and Don Tapscott, p.83, 84

Such a microchip [biochip implant] may strike some of you as a gimmick, but two doctors in the United States recently had a microchip containing their respective medical histories implanted in their bodies, as part of a trial.House pets in Europe and North America are routinely implanted with microchips that identify their owners.

When a group of internationally renowned privacy experts met to discuss the privacy implications of the information highway, they expressed concern that 'these tracking systems [biochip implants] will be adapted to humans. The conversion would not be difficult'. Among the many who shared this view was Simon Davies, the director general of Privacy Internationl, who was dismayed that a number of professionals he had spoken to would not object to such a tracking system. . .

Today, it may seem far-fetched, but how long before the microchip embedded in the beast implant and the transponder carried by children are merged into one unit? How long before one device can be implanted into our bodies to identify and track us, and to transmit this information electronically to a central database?

PC Magazine, June 22, 1999, pp.142, 145

Regardless of whether you like it or even know it, you have already established a digital identity. That identity is a constantly growing and shifting amalgam of your personal information, stored in the databases of state and municipal offices, hospitals and medical centers, insurance companies, stores, banks, and more federal agencies than we can imagine. That shifting, inchoate digital identity is destined to become much more "real." It will be sharply defined because you will construct and control your own digital persona, carrying it with you, embedded in a microchip, at all times.

The growing use of smart cards, especially outside the U.S., paves the way for their acceptance as standard security devices. A smart card, whether in conjunction with passwords or biometric data, can help protect your digital identity by letting you carry that identity embedded in the chip on your own card, rather than have to store the identifying information in databases scattered across or linked via the Internet. In the future, those chips will be embedded in our clothes and perhaps eventually in our bodies.

MetroActive News, December 12-18, 1996
Michael Mechanic, Beastly Implants

Implanted ID tags have become all the rage for saving precious pets. Internal homing devices have the ability to thwart kidnappers. Now that the future has arrived, would you prefer your chip in your wrist or forehead?. . .

Within the next decade, human implants are almost certain to become available, too. . .

And technology watchers believe it's only a matter of time before we, too, will carry implants.

USA Today, June 6, 1995
Mike Snider, Embedded electronics, a chip off sci-fi

In the near future, people may have chips implanted under their skin with medical history information, even X-ray and MRI images, says chip designer Fadi J. Kurdahi, University of California-Irvine.

Philadelphia Inquirer, January 21, 1996:

"Thirty years from now, chips will be implanted in our bodies encoded with credit card, passport, driver's license and other personal information. We'd no longer have to worry about leaving home without it."

Noah Webster, Southwest Radio Church:

This past month I received a copy of a confidential report from an IBM affiliate regarding testing of implanted computer chips in prisoners without their knowledge. It could be determined where they went, with whom they talked, details of their conversations, how long they slept how much they exercised, etc. The only problem encountered was that the prisoners experienced nose bleeds, and the comment was that this problem would have to be solved before wider experimentation could be engaged.

Electronic Telegraph, March, 1999

"Just three years ago I put forward the notion that chip implants inside humans would become commonplace and as desirable as mobile phones. I also postulated that they would require telecommunication facilities. Well, the latest pacemakers now have a short-hop radio link, and in the past month there have been reports of paraplegics with silicon brain implants able to control computers, and artificial retinas restoring sufficient sight for someone totally blind to recognize letters of the alphabet. Most likely the next five years will see people with chip implants as commonplace."

Newsbytes News Network, August 27, 1998
Sylvia Dennis, UK Professor Implants Chip, Turns Himself Into Cyborg

"In five years' time, we will be able to do chips with all sorts of information on them. They could be used for money transfers, medical records, passports, driving licenses, and loyalty cards. And if they are implanted they are impossible to steal. The potential is enormous,"
Kevin Warwick, the first "verified" human biochip implant

The Straits Times

In 10 years you will have . . . a chip in your head

Take out your wallet and count the number of cards you carry, not to mention all the Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) that you have to memorize for every possible transaction. . .

Everything from employment and medical records to financial status can be written into the chip. Add a short-range wireless transmitter-receiver, implant the whole thing under your skin, and you have a personal transponder, just like those in airplanes. . . Even grocery-shopping could be easier. Just walk into a store and pick up whatever you want to buy. No more queues at the cashier's counter.

All this could be reality in a few years time.

The World & I, Feb. 01, 1998, p. 150
Craig Dees, Watching From Inside

Today's implantable microchip devices used for identifying animals are the precursors of devices that may monitor, report on, and even regulate a spectrum of conditions in the bodies of animals and humans. . .

Implantable microchip devices offer many exciting possibilities in the fields of medicine and scientific research, as well as for general use involving, for example, credit card numbers or passport identification. . .

I can see in the near future putting my hand over a grocery store sensor that reads my credit chip and automatically debits my account for the purchase. Considering the burdensome number of cards, identifications, and licenses I carry now, I would have no problem with placing my Social Security number, credit access, passport, and driver's license on a microchip implanted in me.

Chicago Tribune, May 7, 1996, p.1
John Van, In Future, Tiny Chip May Get Under Skin

A tiny chip implanted inside the human body to send and receive radio messages, long a popular delusion among paranoids, is likely to be marketed as a consumer item early in the next century. . .

"This is currently very hot," said Edward Cornish, president of the World Future Society, based in Bethesda, Md. "The field is developing because the technology is becoming available to do it."

Although potential problems are huge, locator ID chips may be inevitable, said Cornish of the World Future Society.

Cornish believes, at least initially, that such chips would be voluntary. But he acknowledges that "things that are voluntary today have a way of becoming compulsory tomorrow.

Forbes ASAP

"Is all this a good thing? Certainly many people are nervous about the privacy issues involved. . .What parent wouldn't sympathize with the idea of implanting a chip to enable the police to track a lost or abducted toddler?"

Popular Science; August 1997, p.53

In the near future, watches may be old hat. Future cool may be a programmable LCD that tells time while implanted under a layer of skin. That's the possibility raised by a patent issued to Interval Research Cor., a high-tech lab in Palo Alto, California, funded by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, among others.
The device, called a programmable subcutaneous visible implant, would be close enough to the skin's surface for the display to be read easily. A control chip and a battery would be the other elements. Holding your wrist next to an external charger would replenish the battery.
The device might also prove itself valuable in other areas; the health field offers particular potential, says inventor Andrew Singer of Interval. In one application, the implant might allow individuals to monitor their temperature or blood pressure at any time.
While the implant is not actively being developed for commercial use at the moment, Interval sees further possibilities—perhaps even in the fashion industry. So don't even think about body piercing — it'll soon be pass. The trend is toward a watch you'll never lose.

Futurist, January - February 1996, p. 11
The Cyber Future

Infotech will be implanted in our bodies.

A chip implanted somewhere in our bodies might serve as a combination credit card, passport, driver's license, personal diary, and you name it. No longer would we worry about losing our credit cards while traveling. A chip inserted into our bodies might also give us extra mental power.