You have to worship the beast or his image to receive the mark.
Holding me down and shoving a chip in me that I can dig out 10 minutes later won't quite accomplish that.
It's not a chip. Hearts are what's on trial.
Can't buy or sell your soul, unless you think you have to.
"The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall marvel, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is."