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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    9/2/2003 9:14 pm  
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MIT to uncork futuristic bar code 


By Alorie Gilbert 

Staff Writer, CNET News.com

August 29, 2003, 6:09 AM PT


A group of academics and business executives is planning to introduce next month a next-generation bar code system, which could someday replace with a microchip the series of black vertical lines found on most merchandise. 

The so-called EPC Network, which has been under development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for nearly five years, will make its debut in Chicago on Sept. 15, at the EPC Symposium. At that event, MIT researchers, executives from some of the largest global companies, and U.S. government officials intend to discuss their plans for the EPC Network and invite others to join the conversation. 

The attendee list for the conference reads like a who's who of the Fortune 500: Colgate-Palmolive, General Mills, GlaxoSmithKline, Heinz, J.C. Penney, Kraft Foods, Nestle, PepsiCo and Sara Lee, among others. An official from the Pentagon is scheduled to speak, along with executives from Gillette, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble and United Parcel Service. 


"I see this (event) as a formal marker that is pretty key," to the development of these next-generation systems, said Pete Abell, analyst at the ePC Group, a research firm tracking the technology. 

EPC stands for electronic product code, which is the new product numbering scheme that's at the heart of the system. 

There are several key differences between an EPC and a bar code. First, the EPC is designed to provide a unique serial number for every item in the system. By contrast, bar codes only identify groups of products. So, all cans of Diet Coke have the same bar code more or less. Under EPC, every can of Coke would have a one-of-a-kind identifier. Retailers and consumer-goods companies think a one-of-a-kind product code could help them to reduce theft and counterfeit goods and to juggle inventory more effectively. 

The way it's been designed, an EPC can be linked to databases that can store much more information about a particular product than is possible with the bar code. In addition to price and manufacturer, the EPC could link to information about location of an item based on a complex system of readers and microchips, or "tags," that communicate via radio frequency, a concept known as radio frequency identification (RFID). 

"Put tags on every can of Coke and every car axle, and suddenly the world changes," boasts the Web site of the Auto-ID Center, the research group at MIT leading the charge on the project. "No more inventory counts. No more lost or misdirected shipments. No more guessing how much material is in the supply chain--or how much product is on the store shelves." 

Another feature of the EPC is its 96-bit format, which some say is large enough to generate a unique code for every grain of rice on the planet. "Every molecule on Earth is what the MIT boys said," Abell said. 

The 12-digit bar code that's used across the United States was introduced in the 1970s, and the retail industry is close to running out of new combinations. The industry is in the process of moving to a 14-digit code in the next year or so, but Abell said that's just a stop-gap measure. "We ran out of room" with the bar code, he said. "The EPC solves all of that; there is plenty of space in there." 

Yet, the EPC Network--the EPC specifications and technology related to them--is still very much in the laboratory stage and probably won't begin to replace bar codes for at least a decade, said Abell. 

That's because the price of the EPC tags needs to fall from nickels and dimes today to fractions of a penny. Protection of consumer privacy is also a concern. Wal-Mart Stores and Britain's largest retailer, Tesco, both ended the first in-store trials of the technology after privacy advocates spoke out against them. In addition, standards are still being developed to ensure that tags, readers and related computer programs from different technology suppliers all work together. 

Working on the standards problem is AutoID, a new arm of the Uniform Code Council, the nonprofit that administers the bar code, or Universal Product Code. AutoID, announced in May, plans to pick up where MIT's Auto-ID Center leaves off, assigning codes, ironing out technical standards, managing intellectual property rights, publishing specifications, and providing user support and training. Heading the group is Dicki Lulay, a former executive at Nabisco Foods and McCormick & Company. 

"The Auto-ID Center has done a great job, but you need a global standards body," Abell said. "Everything from Auto-ID Center is proposed; it's a draft. You cant say, 'Oh I can build my systems around that.'" 

Representatives from AutoID and MIT were not immediately available to comment. 

AutoID will likely release the first set of EPC specifications either at the EPC Symposium or within the next couple of months, Abell said. Wal-Mart is expecting them by November. Sometime that month, the retailer is scheduled to hold a meeting with representatives from its top 100 or so merchandise suppliers at its Bentonville, Ark., headquarters, Abell said.

At that meeting, Wal-Mart intends to present its detailed plan for setting up an EPC system for tracking shipments to its distribution centers, he said. The company has asked the suppliers to begin attaching RFID tags to the large containers and cases they ship to Wal-Mart by 2005. 



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 From:  David (DavidABrown)    9/2/2003 9:26 pm  
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Source:   http://www.basicchristian.org/theology.html#Mark

 

Mark of the Beast (666) - See also Antichrist, End Times, & Martyred Saints of Revelation
Charagma (5480) Mark, stamp, symbol, impression, etching, engraving i.e. statue. 
Eikon(1504) Icon, image, statue, representation, figure, commemoration. 
Number 666 - Representation of incompleteness, 6 6 6 trinity of incompleteness.
Verses - Matthew 24:4-5, 2Thessalonians 2:11-12, 2Timothy 3:13, Revelation 13:16,15:2,19:20
First Use: Genesis 4:15 .. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain .. {This mark from the LORD was for Cain's protection. Satan is out to Counterfeit the actions of God therefore Satan wants to put his evil mark on people, marking people for his destruction.}
It is the plan of God to mark His people with His distinction and in marking them to set them apart, apart form the world and gathered together unto God.

Ezekiel 9:3-6 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon He was, to the threshold of the house. And He called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

Satan is not original in his plans he is simply out to imitate God by seeking the worship that belongs to God and he is attempting to corrupt the true things of God. Therefore Satan has his own version of a mark and his Satanic version is referred to as "The mark of the beast".

Revelation 13:14-18 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 (60) and six [666].

There are at least three aspects to the mark of the Beast as explained in the book of Revelation it is an actual mark or marking and it is also an Image (Icon) a representation of the Antichrist (Satan) himself and it is represented in his personal name of, emptiness, which is referenced by the number 666.

It is important to note that as a Mark and an Icon it is a representation of an actual person and of an actual event (the event of the fake resurrection of the Antichrist), meaning that the person and the event must first come then the Icon follows to commemorate/represent what has already occurred. This means that the mark is not available prior to the Antichrist therefore eliminating any existing objects like, credit cards, social security numbers or computer chips from being the mark of the beast.

The event that Satan is commemorating by offering his mark is his own fake, arranged death and resurrection. That's right, Satan in being the Antichrist is attempting to counterfeit and copy what Jesus has already done for real in His Atoning death and His Sanctifying resurrection.

Revelation 13:3-4 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

Worship is to acknowledge where our life comes from. Jesus proved His claim to be the source of all life by His Resurrection after His death on the cross. Satan is going to attempt to stage the death of a person and will then possess this dead or near dead person enacting out a counterfeit resurrection. A resurrection that will give Satan a claim that he is a creator of life and this is to be the cause of the worship to Satan and it is Satan's resurrection and his false claim that he is the giver of eternal life that his mark, icon, and name (666) are commemorating and representing. In fact the response from God to the fake resurrection of the antichrist is to send an angel to proclaim that mankind is to Worship God and God only as God is the Creator and sustainer of all life.

Revelation 14:6-11 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach (The Church has been Raptured into heaven therefore an angel is giving the message) unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation (wrath); and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

The mark of the beast is the Satanic counterfeit to the "Born Again" Spirit and condition of the Christian. [Note at this future time the Christian Church will have been Raptured and will be in heaven. This fake mark will only be an option to those who are still left on the earth and have not yet become Martyred Saints.]

Just as the Christian Receives the Holy Spirit from God as a seal a mark of belonging to God, in the future Satan will counterfeit the "Born Again" condition of the Christian with his own Satanic version. Remember that what is at stake here is Eternal Life and who can provide it the God who Created Life or the counterfeit and lies of Satan. Satan's counterfeit mark is the promise to offer eternal life yet Satan is not God and does not have the ability to fulfill his promises and likewise Satan is not God and does not have the Triune nature of God therefore Satan cannot give a holy spirit so continuing his counterfeit Satan seals the initiate with a demonic spirit. It is this sad and permanent spiritual marriage/matting between the human and the demonic spirit that so alters the human that the human is no longer in the image that God created the human to be in and is now therefore incapable of ever receiving salvation from God. The human with the mark of Satan has forfeited any opportunity to receive Salvation from God.

Revelation 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

This demonic infusion (mingling) into the human spirit and soul by the human receiving the mark of the beast is best explained by the Old Testament Prophet Daniel.

Daniel 2:42-45 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the (Satanic) kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven {return and} set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, .. 



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From:  David (DavidABrown)    9/2/2003 9:31 pm  
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Continued ...

The event that Satan is commemorating by offering his mark is his own fake, arranged death and resurrection. That's right, Satan in being the Antichrist is attempting to counterfeit and copy what Jesus has already done for real in His Atoning death and His Sanctifying resurrection.

Revelation 13:3-4 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

Worship is to acknowledge where our life comes from. Jesus proved His claim to be the source of all life by His Resurrection after His death on the cross. Satan is going to attempt to stage the death of a person and will then possess this dead or near dead person enacting out a counterfeit resurrection. A resurrection that will give Satan a claim that he is a creator of life and this is to be the cause of the worship to Satan and it is Satan's resurrection and his false claim that he is the giver of eternal life that his mark, icon, and name (666) are commemorating and representing. In fact the response from God to the fake resurrection of the antichrist is to send an angel to proclaim that mankind is to Worship God and God only as God is the Creator and sustainer of all life.

Revelation 14:6-11 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach (The Church has been Raptured into heaven therefore an angel is giving the message) unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation (wrath); and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

The mark of the beast is the Satanic counterfeit to the "Born Again" Spirit and condition of the Christian. [Note at this future time the Christian Church will have been Raptured and will be in heaven. This fake mark will only be an option to those who are still left on the earth and have not yet become Martyred Saints.]

Just as the Christian Receives the Holy Spirit from God as a seal a mark of belonging to God, in the future Satan will counterfeit the "Born Again" condition of the Christian with his own Satanic version. Remember that what is at stake here is Eternal Life and who can provide it the God who Created Life or the counterfeit and lies of Satan. Satan's counterfeit mark is the promise to offer eternal life yet Satan is not God and does not have the ability to fulfill his promises and likewise Satan is not God and does not have the Triune nature of God therefore Satan cannot give a holy spirit so continuing his counterfeit Satan seals the initiate with a demonic spirit. It is this sad and permanent spiritual marriage/matting between the human and the demonic spirit that so alters the human that the human is no longer in the image that God created the human to be in and is now therefore incapable of ever receiving salvation from God. The human with the mark of Satan has forfeited any opportunity to receive Salvation from God.

Revelation 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

This demonic infusion (mingling) into the human spirit and soul by the human receiving the mark of the beast is best explained by the Old Testament Prophet Daniel.

Daniel 2:42-45 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the (Satanic) kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven {return and} set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, .. 
 
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  From:  LenBenHEAR/LIFE_or_death:SEE: John 3:36 (franknsense)   9/2/2003 11:24 pm  
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eventually, just about everything and everybody is going to 
be "marked." ..... except those "sealed unto the Day of 
Salvation." [ie/ full and complete deliverance] ! 
Thank GOD of His great grace in 
evil days such as this. 

Shalom. 


---> Isaiah 54:15-17 <---

"If you have not [and show not] (Divine) Love... all the rest profits you exactly NOTHING." - 1 Corinthians 13.

*LenBenHear/FranknSense/Romans 8:14 + John 3:8*

---> Isaiah 41:10-13 *Psalm 94:1-16, 21-23.* <---

Isaiah 41:

AND THE LORD said, 10 Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.' 11 "Behold, all those who were incensed against you Shall be ashamed and disgraced; They shall be as nothing, And those who strive with you shall perish. 12 You shall seek them and not find them-- Those who contended with you. Those who war against you Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing. 13 For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, "Fear not, I will help you.' 

VINCIT OMNIA VERITAS

* Truth Triumphs Over All *

(Always "speak the Truth in Love")...[see Profile] 

* There is a time for mercy...and a time for Judgement. * - (which one you get depends upon your honesty and humility before GOD)


 
and JESUS said, "I AM The Way, The Truth, and The [Eternal} Life [of GOD], *no one* shall be reconciled back to The Father except by Me." - "I AM the door..." - and you walk thru that door *on your knees.* For you see, The Way is: Repentance, Forgiveness, Transformation, and to walk in the Light as He is in the Light: to walk in the Light of His Love and Truth. * 

* There IS no other way. * mercy/grace/truth/and holiness. 


* GOD IS SEARCHING EVERY HEART AND THEIR (actual) RELATIONSHIP TO HIS SON AND ETERNAL WORD! * * He is looking for REALITY: not pretense! * 



Daniel 12:10: Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; 

but the wise shall understand. 


WHAT IS HAPPENING?---> *Matthew 24:10-14* *Luke 21:22, 31-36* ~ II Timothy 3:1-9, plus verses 12-15. * HEBREWS 12:25-29 * 
- and THAT is what's happening. *FOR REAL* 

THE FINAL SIFTING IS IN FULL-THROTTLE!




** The choices are yours...AND the consequences: whether good or evil. ** ~ ~Ecclesiastes 12:13,14. ~ 
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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    9/5/2003 12:59 pm  
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http://english.aljazeera.net/Articles/ScienceTechno/Smallest+microchip+unveiled.htm

World's smallest microchip unveiled

Thursday 04 September 2003, 17:54 Makka Time, 14:54 GMT 


Malaysia has bought the rights from a Japanese firm to the world's smallest microchip that can be #### in everything from currencies to human bodies.

Announcing this on Thursday, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Muhammad said the microchip would boost the global anti-terror war. 

Mahathir said the revolutionary miniature chip, developed by Japan's FEC Inc., could be combined with current technology to "greatly prevent the possibilities of terrorist acts" as well as banknote and document counterfeiting. 

FEC (M) Sdn. Bhd. chief executive Kunioki Ichioka told reporters that the chip can also be inserted into the human body, animals, bullets, credit cards and other items for verification purposes, and can replace price bar codes used to tag products. 

Unlimited application 

Measuring 0.5 of a square mm and produced at less than 0.38 ringgit (10 cents) each, the chip - the size of a dot - uses the radio frequency identification (RFID) chip technology. 

"The application is almost unlimited," Mahathir told a news conference after annual talks with global hi-tech chiefs at Cyberjaya town in Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor MSC), an enclave south of the capital Kuala Lumpur modelled after California's Silicon Valley. 

"We think this is a great breakthrough for Malaysia. It is the first in the world. No other people have come up with such a tiny microchip, particularly as it also has a built-in antenna," he said. 

The veteran premier declined to reveal the cost for the project, dubbed MM or Malaysian Microchip. "I think it is reasonably priced," he said, adding in jest that the acronym MM did not stand for Mahathir Muhammad. 


"We think this is a great breakthrough for Malaysia. It is the first in the world"

Mahathir Muhammad, Prime Minister, Malaysia


Mahathir said the project, in which Malaysia would establish the chip applications and network, would spur new economic initiatives and accelerate the country's goal of becoming a developed nation by 2020. 

He said the chip would initially be manufactured in Japan early next year but production would eventually be shifted to a factory in Malaysia's northern Kedah state belonging to state-owned wafer fabrication firm Silterra (M) Sdn. Bhd. 

He said Japanese companies would still be involved in the project, in the transfer of technological know-how, but the proprietary right would belong to Malaysia. 


The project is seen as another feather in the cap for the 77-year-old Mahathir before his retirement in October after 22 years in power. 


AFP 




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  From:  LenBenHEAR/LIFE_or_death:SEE: John 3:36 (franknsense)   9/7/2003 10:24 pm  
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Well, David, they have to find *someway* to keep tabs on 
the terrorists and "the undesirables." ! this tiny little chip 

is likely the answer. ! 

Like Time magazine recently said, "it's time to get chipped." ! 

- of course, only those crazy christian fanatics would ever 

object to such a technological wonder! 

;^) 


TWO HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BOOKS for those who are wondering or considering the validity of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord: THE CASE FOR CHRIST, and THE CASE FOR FAITH, - both by journalist, legal expert, and author, Lee Strobel. - both of these books are a very, very worthwhile read. 

VINCIT OMNIA VERITAS

* Truth Triumphs Over All *

(Always "speak the Truth in Love")...[see Profile] 

* There is a time for mercy...and a time for Judgement. * - (which one you get depends upon your honesty and humility before GOD)


 
* from the heart. *


It all has to do with *fruit* and destiny.---> YOUR choices. Choose Him: choose Life. HE IS GOD's Way to mercy, grace, forgiveness... and TRANSFORMATION! 
* Be sure you answer when GOD comes knocking at the door of your heart! * 


** The choices are yours...AND the consequences: whether good or evil. ** ~ ~Ecclesiastes 12:13,14. ~ 
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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    9/8/2003 11:13 am  
To:  LenBenHEAR/LIFE_or_death:SEE: John 3:36 (franknsense)   (7 of 22)  
 
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http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/09/08/ncard08.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/09/08/ixnewstop.html/news/2003/09/08/ncard08.xml

Public backs ID cards but balks at 40 fee, poll says

By Stephen Robinson

(Filed: 08/09/2003) 


The public overwhelmingly supports the idea of compulsory identity cards, says a YouGov opinion poll published today in The Telegraph. But it strongly objects to having to pay 40 for them.

Seven per cent of those asked were so opposed to the cards that they said they would refuse to acquire or carry one. This suggests that if the Government introduces legislation for cards this year, as expected, the police would have to act against some three million "refuseniks".

Members of the Cabinet are at loggerheads over the scheme.

David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, supports it and Tony Blair is backing him. But opponents say it will be difficult to enforce and that the 40 fee will prove highly unpopular as the next election approaches.

More than three quarters of people canvassed supported the principle of a national ID card, but a majority said they should be free.

Most people believed that cards would be helpful in countering benefit fraud, "health tourism" and illegal immigration.

The poll also showed that a quarter of respondents felt the cards would reduce their sense of freedom and two thirds expected that criminals would soon learn how to forge them.

Half of respondents believed that information collected in creating a national identity system would be passed on to agencies outside the Government.

A compulsory ID card system was used during the Second World War.

War-time ID documents were pieces of cardboard, but Mr Blunkett favours a scheme involving technology that would contain unique biometric information, such as the holder's fingerprint or a scan of the iris.

The Home Office puts the cost of the system at 1.5 billion. Industry experts say it could be three times that.




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  From:  LenBenHEAR/LIFE_or_death:SEE: John 3:36 (franknsense)   9/8/2003 10:11 pm  
To:  David (DavidABrown)    (8 of 22)  
 
  687.8 in reply to 687.7  
 
It's the next "logical" move against fraud and terrorism. 
For most of the world it makes perfect sense. 

Remember: "Peace and Security" above all else. ! 

and the UN and the globalists will have a field day with 
this one: once the economy of "buying and selling" is patched 
into the system: near full control is only a step away. 

we're probably closer to this than most people (even Christians) 
realize. 

Shalom 
and God bless. 


TWO HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BOOKS for those who are wondering or considering the validity of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord: THE CASE FOR CHRIST, and THE CASE FOR FAITH, - both by journalist, legal expert, and author, Lee Strobel. - both of these books are a very, very worthwhile read. 
---> Isaiah 54:15-17 <---

"If you have not [and show not] (Divine) Love... all the rest profits you exactly NOTHING." - 1 Corinthians 13.

*LenBenHear/FranknSense/Romans 8:14 + John 3:8*


VINCIT OMNIA VERITAS

* Truth Triumphs Over All *

(Always "speak the Truth in Love")...[see Profile] 

* There is a time for mercy...and a time for Judgement. * - (which one you get depends upon your honesty and humility before GOD)


 
and JESUS said, "I AM The Way, The Truth, and The [Eternal} Life [of GOD], *no one* shall be reconciled back to The Father except by Me." - "I AM the door..." - and you walk thru that door *on your knees.* For you see, The Way is: Repentance, Forgiveness, Transformation, and to walk in the Light as He is in the Light: to walk in the Light of His Love and Truth. * 

* There IS no other way. * mercy/grace/truth/and holiness. 


It all has to do with *fruit* and destiny.---> YOUR choices. Choose Him: choose Life. HE IS GOD's Way to mercy, grace, forgiveness... and TRANSFORMATION! 
* Be sure you answer when GOD comes knocking at the door of your heart! * 


** The choices are yours...AND the consequences: whether good or evil. ** ~ ~Ecclesiastes 12:13,14. ~ 
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  From:  LenBenHEAR/LIFE_or_death:SEE: John 3:36 (franknsense)   9/8/2003 10:22 pm  
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  687.9 in reply to 687.8  
 
Recent updates on prophecy and current events: 
www.olivetreeviews.org/topics/prophecy.shtml 

Prophecy Watch 

We are to watch and pray for the Lords return. We will help you do so by keeping our eyes on the signs of the times and report them to you. Jesus chastised the Pharisees for not knowing the signs of the times in His day. So He wants to us know the signs today, for they instill in us hope for the future and encourage us to evangelize the lost while there is still time. 

Articles: 

God Isn't Finished With Israel--Hal Lindsey -- September, 2003 
What Is The Pre-Tribulation Rapture? -- August, 2003 
Satan Worship Rampant Globally: Hal Lindsey -- August, 2003 
The E.U., the "Road Map" and Prophecy: Hitchcock -- July, 2003 
The Increase of Knowledge: Kinsella -- July, 2003 
"Intelligent" Passports With Computer Chips Coming -- July, 2003 
Bush, Sharon And Prophecy: Mike Evans -- July, 2003 
Dr. Tim LaHaye on Sodomy Rule's Prophetic Implications -- July, 2003 
Peace, peace, when there is no peace! -- July, 2003 
Jerusalem Touted As World's Capital Under U.N.! -- July, 2003 
Microchips Under Human Skin Next Step? -- July, 2003 
Identity Theft Soaring in U.S. -- July, 2003 
The Campaign of Armageddon - Fruchtenbaum -- July, 2003 
Mideast Road Map Is Ultimate End-Time "Strong Delusion" - Jan Markell -- July, 2003 
"Smart Shelf" Innovation Tracks Consumer As Well As Product -- July, 2003 
Israel Warned of False Peace & Security -- July, 2003 
Jerusalem: The Lord's Time Clock -- July, 2003 
Supreme Court Ruling Fulfills Prophecy? -- July, 2003 
Big Brother's All-Seeing Eyes -- July, 2003 
"End Times" In Conflict With Catholic Theology -- June, 2003 
The Last Days of Apostasy - Mark Hitchcock -- June, 2003 
Europeans Assert Their Mideast Role -- June, 2003 
A Tool For Big Brother - "MSNBC" -- June, 2003 
Jerusalem, God's Time Piece - Hal Lindsey -- June, 2003 
Is The United States in Bible Prophecy? -- June, 2003 
Europe vs. America -- June, 2003 
The Salvation of Israel in the End Times -- June, 2003 
Heading for a Showdown -- June, 2003 

- this is only a general overview. there's much more: 

www.harpazo.net/101/List.html 

www.eternal-productions.org 

www.understandthetimes.org 

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---> Isaiah 54:15-17 <---

"If you have not [and show not] (Divine) Love... all the rest profits you exactly NOTHING." - 1 Corinthians 13.

*LenBenHear/FranknSense/Romans 8:14 + John 3:8*


VINCIT OMNIA VERITAS

* Truth Triumphs Over All *

(Always "speak the Truth in Love")...[see Profile] 

* There is a time for mercy...and a time for Judgement. * - (which one you get depends upon your honesty and humility before GOD)


 

* Be very sure that you do not reject the Lord Jesus Christ and His Gospel, - for if you do: it will prove to be absolutely the very worst AND THE MOST FOOLISH thing you ever do in life." - C.H.Spurgeon, The Prince of Preachers.

NOTHING YOU AND I CAN OR WILL EVER DO can substitute for the mercy and grace found in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, The Lamb of God. 

* HE IS The ONLY Way to forgiveness and reconciliation with GOD. WITHOUT THE BLOOD ATONEMENT THERE IS NO REMISSION OF THE ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES OF SIN. ---> The ETERNAL consequences of sin. 

* GOD IS SEARCHING EVERY HEART AND THEIR (actual) RELATIONSHIP TO HIS SON AND ETERNAL WORD! * * He is looking for REALITY: not pretense! * 


It all has to do with *fruit* and destiny.---> YOUR choices. Choose Him: choose Life. HE IS GOD's Way to mercy, grace, forgiveness... and TRANSFORMATION! 
* Be sure you answer when GOD comes knocking at the door of your heart! * 


** The choices are yours...AND the consequences: whether good or evil. ** ~ ~Ecclesiastes 12:13,14. ~ 
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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    9/9/2003 1:10 pm  
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  687.10 in reply to 687.1  
 
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=808&ncid=808&e=2&u=/dowjones/20030909/bs_dowjones/200309090110000059

New Peach-Colored $20 Bills to Make Debut Oct. 9

Tue Sep 9, 1:10 AM ET 


WASHINGTON -- The new peach-hued U.S. $20 bill will be introduced at U.S. banks and businesses Oct. 9, officials plan to announce today, Tuesday's Wall Street Journal reported. 


The Federal Reserve (news - web sites) and Treasury will flood the U.S. and overseas outlets with up to 900 million of the new notes next month, issuing only the new $20 through the end of October and withholding previously circulated $20s until November. 


The idea is to get consumers, businesses and money handlers accustomed to the pretty new note. Officials say adaptation of machinery, training of retail employees and other preparations have been under way for months, though, and there shouldn't be any notable problems. 


The bill's front features the familiar Andrew Jackson portrait, with a new peach background and without its old oval border. The bill also sports a new blue eagle and a green tint near the right and left edges. The back of the bill features a similar multihued scheme. 


Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter John D. McKinnon contributed to this report.



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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    9/11/2003 1:25 pm  
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  687.11 in reply to 687.1  
 
To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34534 

Thursday, September 11, 2003

LIFE WITH BIG BROTHER

Group to protest 'spy chips'

Inventory technology also can be used to track consumers

Posted: September 11, 2003

1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Jon Dougherty

 2003 WorldNetDaily.com 

A consumer-protection group is planning to lead a demonstration against the introduction of electronic identification technology critics say violates basic privacy rights. 

According to a statement issued by Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering, or CASPIAN, opponents will protest the launch of the Electronic Product Code, or EPC, network during a Sept. 16 symposium at Chicago's McCormick Place Convention Center. 


Enlarged graphic of RFID tag. 

Currently, all products are identified by a series of lines and numbers via the Universal Product Code, or UPC  which is commonly referred to as "bar coding." But industry and manufacturing leaders want to adopt the EPC network, which involves #### computer chips that emit radio signals inside products. The signals, which can be picked up by "readers" at varied distances, will alert in-store and warehouse managers to current stock levels, streamlining product management while aiding in the prevention of theft. 

But opponents of the technology say the so-called "spy chips" could also be misused by industry and government to not only identify products but also consumers who buy them. By incorporating Radio Frequency Identification, or RFID, technology within the EPC network, corporations can identify shoppers as well as products. 

"We have serious privacy and civil-liberties concerns about this technology. Corporations and governments could use it to register products to individuals and secretly track them after purchase," says Katherine Albrecht, founder and director of CASPIAN. 

Peter Fox, a spokesman for shaving supply giant Gillette  one of the first companies planning to use EPC technology  downplayed concerns about civil-liberties violations. 

"There seems to be a level of misunderstanding" about the use of the technology, Fox told WorldNetDaily. 

Back in 1999, Fox said Gillette was "a founding sponsor" of the AutoID Center, a corporation helping to develop both barcode and EPC technology, because "our goal is  to have our products on retail shelves where consumers can buy them." 

"That may be a simple goal, but the truth of the matter is, that doesn't happen," he said. "Each year billions of dollars are lost by manufacturers and retailers because products get lost in the supply chain, and for lots of different reasons." 

Data error, mistakes in inventory and outright theft are some ways products can get "lost" in the system. As the cost of covering those losses rises, so too does the cost of the product, he explained. 

But Albrecht says RFID technology is much more than an "improved bar code," and she believes industry is dismissing "consumer concerns." 

"These RFID spy chips can be read silently from a distance, right through your clothes, wallet, backpack or purse by anyone with the right reader device," she said. "For example, the chips can be secretly #### in credit cards or sewn into the seams of pants where they can be used to observe people's movements without their knowledge or consent." 

As WorldNetDaily reported, CASPIAN led a boycott against Gillette for the company's decision to use the technology. 

Days later, Gillette renounced some uses of the technology. 

Related stories: 

Gillette renounces 'smart shelf' technology 

Boycott against Gillette launched 

Shopping to go high-tech? 

Technology automatically IDs consumers 

'Digital Angel' unveiled

 

Jon E. Dougherty is a staff reporter and columnist for WorldNetDaily. 




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  From:  liberee    9/12/2003 11:07 am  
To:  David (DavidABrown)    (12 of 22)  
 
  687.12 in reply to 687.3  
 
Thank God that those sealed WITH the Holy Spirit are going to be kept from those dark days of the Great Tribulation, and from receiving the mark of the beast.

The mark of the beast is reserved for unbelievers, and those who have rejected Christ who will go through the GT, being deceived by satan to accept his offer.

By that time, the BOC will be outta here!

 
Grace and Peace!


 Knowing Jesus   Our Life In Christ 

Faith & Freedom 

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  From:  Franksharing    9/12/2003 12:27 pm  
To:  LenBenHEAR/LIFE_or_death:SEE: John 3:36 (franknsense)   (13 of 22)  
 
  687.13 in reply to 687.4  
 
Hi Len

I agree with your remark!

We have nothing to fear except we forget how God has lead in the past!

Take care my friend, and God bless

Frank

May our prayer be:

"Oh, my best Friend, my Maker, my Lord, shape me and mold me into Thy divine likeness. Make me entirely like Thyself. Refine, purify, quicken me, that I may represent the character of God."

A nice on line Bible study http://www.discoveronline.org/schools/222 
 
  
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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    9/12/2003 1:14 pm  
To:  liberee    (14 of 22)  
 
  687.14 in reply to 687.12  
 
Hi Geraldine,

 

Thank you for your Excellent comments. I agree the Body of Christ the Church is out of here.

 

If anyone thinks the Church is going through the Great Tribulation period I always point them to the Cross of Jesus where Jesus said It is Finished therefore those of us who are in Jesus have passed from condemnation into Sainthood and into Everlasting life.

 

While posting the articles about the most modern technologies of man and of mans desire to track and enslave every single person and item in the world I am actually startled by how precise and correct the Bible is and how Gods written word continues without error and without interruption.

 

Very, Very,

Impressive!!!

 

God Bless You,
David A> Brown



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  From:  liberee    9/12/2003 1:48 pm  
To:  David (DavidABrown)    (15 of 22)  
 
  687.15 in reply to 687.14  
 
Amen, DAvid!!!!  To think that there are many who WANT to go through the Great Tribulation and believe they will be able to endure it to be saved... OUCH!

What they are doing in effect is rejecting the cross, without realizing it, and going about to establish their own righteousness by works.

Yes, it is truly amazing what God has promised us and how great and precise His Word really is.  Some people even want to manipulate THAT!

 

 
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  From:  LenBenHEAR/LIFE_or_death:SEE: John 3:36 (franknsense)    9/13/2003 1:21 am  
To:  Franksharing    (16 of 22)  
 
  687.16 in reply to 687.13  
 
Hi Frank. The longing to be with the LORD increases almost 
day to day, doesn't it.? 
I believe we will be gathered to Him soon...and there to abide 
forevermore in glory! 

M A R A N A T H A !!! 

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---> Isaiah 54:15-17 <---

"If you have not [and show not] (Divine) Love... all the rest profits you exactly NOTHING." - 1 Corinthians 13.

*LenBenHear/FranknSense/Romans 8:14 + John 3:8*

---> Isaiah 41:10-13 *Psalm 94:1-16, 21-23.* <---


VINCIT OMNIA VERITAS

(Always "speak the Truth in Love")...[see Profile] 

* There is a time for mercy...and a time for Judgement. * - (which one you get depends upon your honesty and humility before GOD)


 
* WHAT is He separating? - The wheat from the chaff...and the wheat from the tares. He is (at this moment) preparing the world for judgement, and (simultaneously) preparing an Eternal Bride for His Most Beloved Son. - which group you belong to depends upon your spirit and your CHOICES.

* People are being *fixed* in their true INWARD spiritual condition by choices and responses to Jesus Christ and His redemptive work and words. - IT IS AN INWARD PREPARATION for The Final Seperation. *

~ Why? Because of the nearness of His appearing. {and for some this shall be unto honor and glory forever; for others: it shall be eternal shame, condemnation, and dishonor} 

~ CHOICES.

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* from the heart. *


It all has to do with *fruit* and destiny.---> YOUR choices. Choose Him: choose Life. HE IS GOD's Way to mercy, grace, forgiveness... and TRANSFORMATION! 
* Be sure you answer when GOD comes knocking at the door of your heart! * 


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  From:  Franksharing    9/13/2003 3:08 pm  
To:  LenBenHEAR/LIFE_or_death:SEE: John 3:36 (franknsense)   (17 of 22)  
 
  687.17 in reply to 687.16  
 
Amen brother Lin

the longing to be with Jesus is a growing desire as we learn more and more of Him

Reading God's Word helps our faith grow strong!

"Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know." Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV

Peace and joy of heart be your in the faith of Jesus and His promises
Brother Frank

May our prayer be:

"Oh, my best Friend, my Maker, my Lord, shape me and mold me into Thy divine likeness. Make me entirely like Thyself. Refine, purify, quicken me, that I may represent the character of God."

A nice on line Bible study http://www.discoveronline.org/schools/222 
 
  
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  From:  David (DavidABrown)    9/16/2003 8:06 am  
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To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34615 

Tuesday, September 16, 2003

Kiss your house goodbye

Posted: September 16, 2003

1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Neal Boortz

 2003 WorldNetDaily.com 

A few weeks ago, I wrote about private-property rights. I wrote about the clash between the rights of individual Americans to their property, and the never-ending quest by politicians for more money to spend on their various vote-buying schemes. That previous column didn't generate enough of an outrage, so I'm back to try again. How about listening up this time? 

Maybe it would help if I could be more concise. This time, maybe I can make you understand that the very foundation of liberty is under attack. 

Just what is the basic foundation of human liberty? Self ownership. It's just that simple. You own your life. If you don't believe that you own your life, then you are admitting that some other person or entity claims that ownership  either in whole or in part. 

You will spend part of this life that you own earning money. You will then exchange that money for property. That property, then, represents a part of your life. To deny you that property is to deny you that portion of your life you expended to acquire that property. 

Simple, right? Yeah ... so simple even a Democrat could follow it. 

Free societies recognize freedom can't exist unless this right to self ownership is recognized. When you are denied your right to your own life, and that which you produce, you are denied your basic liberty. 

To protect your liberties, and your right to your life, laws in free societies have always placed strict limitations on the power of government to deprive you of your property. While the law has long recognized the right of the state to seize property, our Constitution limits that power to the taking of private property for public use, and then only with just compensation. 

Now, here's the rub. While you might think that a "public use" would be something like a school, a fire or police station or roads and bridges, politicians are developing a completely different definition. In many states a "public use" is defined as nothing more than maximizing the taxes that can be collected on a particular piece of property. 

In other words, if a politician figures out your property would generate more tax revenue for government if it was owned by someone other than you, it would then be perfectly OK to use force to seize that property from you and give it to the party who is going to generate the higher tax revenues. You will then be paid for your property based on a bureaucrat's decision on what it is worth, rather than a price negotiated between a willing seller and purchaser. 

I first brought this new excuse for the seizure of private property to your attention a few weeks ago writing about Alabaster, Ala. The politicians running this town of 24,000 have decided a new shopping center with a Wal-Mart would be such a wonderful thing for their community ... and especially for sales tax revenues. So, the Alabaster City Council is in the process of seizing the homes of about 11 private individuals so the property can be handed over to the developer for the shopping center. 

Today, I bring this up again to tell you about Duncanville, Texas, and the unbridled arrogance of one particular city official. In Duncanville, the politicians have decided to seize the property of Deborah Hodge. They want her house, the pasture, the swimming pool  all of it. They want to hand over the property to a private developer for a Costco. Why? More tax money. The Costco will pay more in taxes than Deborah Hodge and her husband. 

Now  listen to this. Kent Cagle is the city manager of Duncanville, Texas. How does Kent Cagle feel about government seizing private homes and then handing the property over to developers who will, in turn, hand over more tax money? Well, apparently Kent Cagle rather likes the idea. Here is what he had to say about the Hodges. Just feeeeel the arrogance: "They don't have the option to say no to us. We have made it clear we want that property. The only thing that will be settled in court is how much we have to pay for it." 

That just about says it all, doesn't it? The state of private-property rights in America in 2003. If the government wants another, richer private entity to own your property, you have no option but to say "OK!" 

Freedom cannot survive in a society that does not protect property rights. So now you know where the greatest threat to our freedoms resides. Just visit your local city hall.




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  From:  LenBenHEAR/LIFE_or_death:SEE: John 3:36 (franknsense)    9/16/2003 10:12 pm  
To:  David (DavidABrown)    (19 of 22)  
 
  687.19 in reply to 687.18  
 
"The urge to control" - due to fear, terrorism, and other 
agendas, - is very much tightening its grip among "the powers 
that be." 
- they will have their little day, ... and then CHRIST, - in 
resplendent glory, - will end their little reign with Judgement 
and with Fire. 

"...and of the increase of HIS government 

THERE SHALL BE NO END." 

Halleluyah. 

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---> Isaiah 54:15-17 <---

"If you have not [and show not] (Divine) Love... all the rest profits you exactly NOTHING." - 1 Corinthians 13.

*LenBenHear/FranknSense/Romans 8:14 + John 3:8*

---> Isaiah 41:10-13 *Psalm 94:1-16, 21-23.* <---


VINCIT OMNIA VERITAS

* Truth Triumphs Over All *

(Always "speak the Truth in Love")...[see Profile] 

* There is a time for mercy...and a time for Judgement. * - (which one you get depends upon your honesty and humility before GOD)


 


Daniel 12:10: Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; 

but the wise shall understand. 


WHAT IS HAPPENING?---> *Matthew 24:10-14* *Luke 21:22, 31-36* ~ II Timothy 3:1-9, plus verses 12-15. * HEBREWS 12:25-29 * 
- and THAT is what's happening. *FOR REAL* 

THE FINAL SIFTING IS IN FULL-THROTTLE!


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   From:  David (DavidABrown)    9/17/2003 9:06 am  
To:  LenBenHEAR/LIFE_or_death:SEE: John 3:36 (franknsense)   (20 of 22)  
 
  687.20 in reply to 687.19  
 
I Totally Agree,

 

Rebellious mankind is seeking to rule and control without God, and in a very evil way, and God is going to let them do it but only for a very short couple of years.

 

Not worth it at all.

 

A long time ago the Prophet Daniel said that when Jesus returns to reign and rule Himself that He will immediately destroy the existing Evil One World Government that is in place when He returns. In effect this Evil One World Government of  Complete Control is necessary to be established before the second coming of Jesus. However it is not necessary for this World Government to be in place before the Rapture of the Church takes place.

 

God Bless You,
David



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