Professor Kevin Warwick, who developed the technology that made it possible for the first child in Britain to volunteer to be "chipped" in 2002 – after the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman – has been bombarded with e-mails over the past years from parents desperate to keep tabs on their children. Professor Warwick says that if there was sufficient demand from the public and the initiative was backed by child-safety groups, it would not be difficult to make chip implants – about an inch long – available nationally in a relatively short period of time.

Now we hear that even grown-ups need some extra monitoring: Manchester United stars could be fitted with a tiny microchip to help Sir Alex Ferguson track their movements on the pitch. A chip the size of a grain of rice could be embedded just under the skin of stars including Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand and Gary Neville. Satellites would track its exact position so that United's training staff can pinpoint players' movements during a match or training. But they rubbished reports of a revolt by players who are concerned they could be tracked off the pitch shopping or nightclubbing. It is believed the technology has been used in South America, where footballers have been kidnapped.

Even here in Scandinavia some observers have been curious to know, what else could be enforced with these chips, "spychips" as they have been called, too. Already in the 60's, professor Jose Delgado was even able to control the minds of animals with this kind of equipment.

But why would anybody be interested in tight tracking of millions? At least for a certain "Reich" it was mandatory a process - to achieve the most horrible objective - to "keep the trains run on time": in Germany and in Poland .

We don't know. But we are not told of their intended purpose either.

One thing we know for sure is, that during the Tribulation, the Beast will be distributing his Mark, and the ones that reject it, will be as important for the Antichrist as the Jews were for the Third Reich. And what a blessed assurance it is, that we, the blood-bought Bride of Christ, won't be here to see it.

The Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ, is returning soon for His Saints, to take us home to our Father's House (Joh. 14:1-3). Will you be leaving with us? Or will you stay here on earth and receive the righteous wrath of God?

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved" (Acts 16:31)