Recently read this article in Sync magazine. The techno-phile in me sees this as really interesting and something that would have some really great uses. Imagine being able to put one of these things in your kids so you could always locate them and know where they were, making it harder for kidnappings to occur.
However, the other part of me thinks this is exactly the kind of big brother stuff that we don’t want to start happening. In addition, the next logical step of storing personal information can be concerning as well. Positively, storing health details could be very beneficial, however storing financial information, eliminating needing to carry cash and or credit cards could make it very easy for someone to completely control your ability to purchase anything if so desired.
Revelation 13
16 And he causes all, (1) the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a (2) mark on their right hand or on their forehead,
17 and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the (3) mark, either (4) the name of the beast or (5) the number of his name.
18 (6) Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that (7) of a man; and his number is [1] six hundred and sixty-six.
So, interesting stuff. Scary and interesting