THE END TIMES
VOLUME III || ISSUE 1 || OCTOBER 5, 2005
October 8, 2005: The Day the World Will End!
True Nature of the New Business Center Revealed!
New ID Cards Mark of the Beast?
New ID Cards Mark of the Beast?
You need it when you eat; when you get chapel credit; when you register for classes, get
your work-study paycheck, enter a contest, apply for a leadership position, sign up for a
housing-plan, or buy a snack from the California Caf�. It's your JBU ID card and number.
"I honestly don't know how comfortable I am with relying on these things," says one freshman. "I mean, you need it for just about everything. And the university can use it to track when you eat, when you don't, what activities you're involved in, and pretty much anything else they want to. I may be overreacting, but this sounds a lot like that stuff in Revelation."
She is not alone. Many students feel like the use of ID cards�with their barcodes and identification numbers�is an obvious precursor to the events outlined in St. John's apocalyptic account. Many Bible commentators agree that people in the last days will need a special kind of ID or serial number, the Mark of the Beast that will be taken on the right hand or forehead, to do commerce and make it through daily life. And with the implementation of the new ID cards with the more permanent magnetic strip on the back, JBU experts agree that this is without a doubt a step towards ID's being tattooed permanently on one's hand or forehead. To quote Dr. Jim Blankenship, "It's certainly possible."
Could such a system be rooted in practices on college campuses? Could JBU students see in the near future a system under which no buying of food in the cafeteria or California can be done without this Mark? Could JBU students see in the near future a system under which they would be unable even to attend chapel without it? To quote Dr. Jim Blankenship, "It's certainly possible."
So how should the JBU community respond to this coming threat? People are divided on the issue. "I say just go with it, it's more efficient anyway," remarks freshman Sarah Creek. Others do not share her views, however. "I'm just afraid that I would lose my salvation if I used the new ID cards," says junior Ryan Beelzebub, "My last name's bad enough as it is, I don't need to make it worse." Will the JBU community respond with such drastic measures as abstaining from ID card use or changing of unfortunate last names? To quote Dr. Jim Blankenship, "It's certainly possible."
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