" 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:  Revelation 13:16.

The prophet John makes a cryptic statement saying that at  some point future to his day "all"… that is everyone in the entire world, will receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads. This indicates that some 2000 years before it happened, God’s prophet saw that everyone on earth would be able to be tracked and would be influenced or compelled to receive this "mark".

It is not the intent of this particular post to go into the specifics to what the mark of the beast is, suffice it to say it will occur in a religious setting, but it will be sustained, backed, upheld, and executed by the secular arm of governments all around the world. This is clearly seen from the language of the prophecy itself.  The total context from which the above Scripture was taken reads:

 "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.  
 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,  And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.  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.  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: 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.  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." Revelation 13:11-18. 
 

One can see that the entire issue concerns the power identified as "another beast" (nation or kingdom in Bible prophecy) causing the "earth", and the people that "dwell" on the earth "to worship" in a certain way. Although a religious law at its heart we see the situation spilling over beyond the religious world and affecting the political and the social (laws being passed that "causeth" or forces people to worship in a certain fashion or to worship a particular God), as well as into the economic sphere, "no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."

Given this prophetic backdrop, we should not be surprized when we find that telecom companies were turning over communications of American citizens to the government…which amounted to warrant-less searches in violation of the 4th amendment to the constitution, and to still further hear men of influence and power making a case as to why these companies should not be held accountable as we see below:

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On the other hand there have been some statesman that see the issue in the proper light and point out the grave dangers in situations like this. Senator Dodd on Meet the Press in the video below points out that there were some companies that did not turn over the requested information, but that they requested a warrant. When no warrant was forth coming then they did not comply. The senator also points out that he has been given to understand that the companies that did not comply were punished financially.

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Congressman, Inslee, reminds his colleagues in the video below of the early liberties given by the founding fathers,the importance of those liberties, and the dangers those liberties now face.

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In the "Comment" segment below from Keith Olbermann we learn that a whistle blower,Mark Kline, a worker for ATT personally connected circuits to spy on all communications… email, telephones etc… not just of terrorists, but all of us.

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Finally, what have the two presidential candidates had to say about this…its very important, for it is likely that one of these men will be at the helm and play a very important role in bringing about the finalization of the new America.  You can view their positions below…

Barak Obama And John McCain On FISA 

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