Just a quick question: Was it inserted into their foreheads or on top of - or under their right hand? We are still able to buy nd sell etc. without having to "receive a mark" I don't think we are in that specific period yet that this is required. This chip may lead to the above but as you mentioned they took it voluntarily, if or when we are still here when THE MARK comes into existence it will be "take it or....." There will be no buying or selling without it. We may look at this now as "a conspiracy theory" or think it's all "hog-wash" but in End Times it will be a definite.
Hi Sherry!
The mark is already in existence. The mark technology began with the ATM's, followed by the Universal Product Code (UPC) and the Point of Sale system (POS). And now people are having the RFID chip inserted under the skin of the hand. I believe that the chip will continue to evolve into something more applicable in preparation for the revealing of the beast. Currently, people are receiving it voluntarily. However, in the middle of that last seven years when the antichrist/beast proclaims himself to be God, I believe that all other methods of buying and selling will be made obsolete, leaving that mark as the only way to virtually credit and debit one's bank account.
Since the mark has to do with buying and selling, it was not going to just pop up over night, but the mark technology had to evolve, which it has been doing. A good example of this is being able to electronically pay for our groceries at the checkout. You swipe your card and the amount is debited to your bank account in real-time.
In Sweden and her sister countries they are already pretty much cashless, using bank cards for their crediting and debiting. But since 2015, people have been having an RFID chip inserted under the skin of their hands in between their index finger and thumb and have been using this to make make purchases. It has even come to the US and will soon spread to the entire world.
Though the chip is currently voluntary, which is the technology that the mark will use, when that beast comes, it will become the only valid means electronic buying and selling. It's kind of like, if you live in a rural area and there is only one cable provider, you either buy their service or you won't have cable.