Bill Gates has proposed that people who have recovered from or received a vaccination against the Corona Virus should receive a digital identification certificate to prove that they are virus free.

The Corona Virus outbreak, which first began in China in December 2019, has spread to nearly every country in the world and is causing massive social upheaval and economic turmoil. Many businesses have been forced to close for fear of spreading the virus, and millions of people have been left unemployed as a result.

Quote: “Eventually we will have some digital certificates to show who has recovered or been tested recently or when we have a vaccine who has received it”

China has been battling the Corona Virus for over four months, after initially trying to cover its existence up and threatening those who were alerting the authorities about it. Now China is using modern technology to try to contain its spread. People who have signed up to use the popular digital wallet app, Alipay, are able to receive an identifying colour code which designates their health status. This system indicates whether people are allowed to visit shops, use the subway or public places.

Quote: “After users fill in a form on Alipay with personal details, the software generates a QR code in one of three colors. A green code enables its holder to move about unrestricted. Someone with a yellow code may be asked to stay home for seven days. Red means a two-week quarantine.

In other news, former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has called for a temporary one world government to be set up to deal with the Corona Virus pandemic. He said a taskforce needs to be set up involving world leaders, health experts and the heads of international organizations, which would have executive powers and could coordinate an effective response. It is of course not the first time Gordon Brown has called for such a body to be set up. Following the global financial crash of 2008, the former Prime Minister also called for a New World Order to be created.

The Bible states that during the tribulation period, an identifying mark will be issued by the leader of a one world government, and that without this identifying mark no person would be able to buy or sell.

Revelation 13:17
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.

It is interesting that the Bible specifically mentions the right hand or the forehead in relation to this mark. It was back in 2005, after the Asian Tsunami, when I first came across a news article which mentioned the VeriChip being insert into these specific parts of the body. The VeriChip is an RFID microchip, about the size of a grain of rice, that can be inserted under the skin and used as a method of electronic payment. This article promoted the idea of the use of the VeriChip in response to a global disaster, like the Asian Tsunami, and happened to mention that the chip was usually inserted into the ‘right hand or forehead’. Now I don’t believe that the VeriChip is the actual mark of the beast, but it could be a prototype of it. Certainly current events are paving the way for its eventual introduction, in one form or another.

The Bible doesn’t elaborate on the exact circumstances in which this mark will be brought in, but it is very easy to see how the case could be made for such a mark. With millions unemployed, and calls for a unified global response to a deadly pandemic, people will be more willing to accept their freedom being taken away in exchange for personal security.

Now believers have no reason to fear from current events. The Bible states that it will be the False Prophet who will issue the actual mark of the beast, and that receiving it will be directly linked with worship of the beast. So I don’t believe it is possible for believers to unwittingly accept the mark of the beast. The Bible also records of those that do worship the beast, that their names were “not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world”, Revelation 13:8. If you have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour, then your name is already written in the Lamb’s book of life (Luke 10:20), and there is no power in heaven or in earth that can remove it (John 10:28-29).

I also believe that Christians will not be here on earth when the mark of the beast is issued, for the Lord Jesus Christ must first come to take all those who have trusted in Him to be with Him where He is (2nd Thessalonians 2:6-8, John 14).

If you are not yet saved then put your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation today. He loves you so much, He took God’s punishment for your sins when He died upon the cross, so that you could be forgiven and could spend eternity with Him in heaven. We are living in the last days of this world system. Jesus Christ is coming back soon. Are you ready to meet Him?

Acts 16:31
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

Source: News Punch, India Times, The Guardian