Could Real ID Act Herald the Apocalypse?
By requiring the universal issuance of high-tech national identification cards, typically in the form of a drivers license, some fundamentalists contend that the Real ID Act is predicted in the Book of Revelations.
"Some Christians interpret verses from the book of Revelation that say humans will be 'marked … so that no one can buy or sell who does not have that mark' as a prophecy of a global numerical control system to be used by the beast, or antichrist. The number would be used during the Great Tribulation, which some Christians believe will precede the second coming of Jesus," writes Derek Kravitz in the Jefferson City, Missouri Post-dispatch.
Under the Real ID Act, persons not carrying the state-issued ID cards would not be allowed to board commercial airliners, open certain bank accounts or enter federal buildings, including courthouses -- acts equated by some with the ability to "buy or sell" as stated in Revelations.
The Book of Revelations, Chapter 13, Verses 15-18:
15: And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16: And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17: 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.
18: Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man, and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
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Comments
Don’t forget that all post offices will be among those federal buildings too.