The Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a new database that will track every consumer purchase within the United States. The Pentagon is hoping to use the information collected in the database to track unusual patterns of consumer activity, which they will use in the war on terror. The database should be up and running within a few years.

Quote: ""The bottom line is this is an important research project to determine the feasibility of using certain transactions and events to discover and respond to terrorists before they act," he said. Aldridge said the database, which he called another "tool" in the war on terror, would look for telltale signs of suspicious consumer behaviour. Examples he cited were: sudden and large cash withdrawals, one-way air or rail travel, rental car transactions and purchases of firearms, chemicals or agents that could be used to produce biological or chemical weapons. It would also combine consumer information with visa records, passports, arrest records or reports of suspicious activity given to law enforcement or intelligence services.

This is the exact situation I predicted would occur. The Bible states that when the Mark of the Beast is brought in, no man will be able to buy or sell save he have the Mark (the implant), the name of the Beast, or the number of his name (possibly like a credit card number?). One of the prime reasons for bringing in the Mark will be to control consumer purchases. If the government can prevent unauthorized financial transactions by eliminating physical money and adopting a secure electronic monetary system, they can literally control who lives or dies - hopefully the terrorists of course. But such a system will only become effective once it becomes compulsory, and the Bible states that during the seven year tribulation period, the Antichrist will make the Mark compulsory.

Revelation 13:16-17
And he (Antichrist) 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.

Source Fox News