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"The Antichrist was supposed to be the dictatorial leader of a "[[Wikimedia|one world government]]." He would promise [[peace to the world]] while leading Christians into apostasy, and impose a "[[one world money system]]" in which anyone had to have a Number of the Beast branded on them to buy or sell. Like the [[GodKing|Roman emperors of old]], he would impose horrible martyrdoms on surviving Christians. At some point after his appearance, a large number of Jews would convert to Christianity and preach the gospel after the Christians had been removed by the Rapture. | "The Antichrist was supposed to be the dictatorial leader of a "[[Wikimedia|one world government]]." He would promise [[peace to the world]] while leading Christians into apostasy, and impose a "[[one world money system]]" in which anyone had to have a [[Number of the Beast]] branded on them to buy or sell. Like the [[GodKing|Roman emperors of old]], he would impose horrible martyrdoms on surviving Christians. At some point after his appearance, a large number of Jews would convert to Christianity and preach the gospel after the Christians had been removed by the Rapture. | ||
Believers in the system therefore scanned the headlines wondering if various world leaders might be the Antichrist, and wondering whether Mideast violence might be a sign of Armageddon. They feared such things as Social Security numbers and [[UPC barcode]]s, fearing that these tax identification numbers may be precursors to the dangerous Number of the Beast, whose receipt dooms your soul to damnation. | Believers in the system therefore scanned the headlines wondering if various world leaders might be the Antichrist, and wondering whether Mideast violence might be a sign of Armageddon. They feared such things as Social Security numbers and [[UPC barcode]]s, fearing that these tax identification numbers may be precursors to the dangerous Number of the Beast, whose receipt dooms your soul to damnation. | ||
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Such beliefs may slow adoption of any under-the-skin embedded transaction control system to implement the [[Consumerium buying signal]]. Accordingly we should probably | Such beliefs may slow adoption of any under-the-skin embedded transaction control system to implement the [[Consumerium buying signal]]. Accordingly we should probably not plan on anything more embedded than a [[worn device]]. | ||