Ubiquitous Is Here - Part I
"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." Revelation
13:16-18
This post shows how RFID technology will be used to track every person,
animal and product on the earth to fulfil the prophecy in Revelation 13:17
which says "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." We will also share
information about some key supporters for this technology and how they are
bringing this technology to every product.
1.RFID
The technology that we have become accustomed to is also fulfilling
another scripture in the Bible. In Revelation 13:16-18 (KJV) it says "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."
In this passage we see a time coming when no one will be able to buy or
sell without "the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his
name." The technology to fulfill this scripture is already here and is
called RFID or radio frequency identification. This technology will be
able to track everything on the earth. It was developed by the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999 to help save businesses
money in lost, stolen and wasted products. MIT refers to this technology
as Auto-ID. As of October 26, 2003 the Auto-ID Center officially closed.
They have two separate organizations today. They are called Auto-ID Labs
and the EPCglobal, Inc. The new Auto-ID Labs has six labs at some of the
world's leading research universities. They are the following: 1. MIT in
the US; 2. University of Cambridge in the UK; 3. University of Adelaide in
Australia, 4. Keio University in Japan; 5. University of St. Gallen in
Switzerland and 6.Fudan University in China. Notice how all these labs are
located all over the world for easy access. Here is a quote from their web
site "Auto-ID Labs continue the research and development work of
designing, building and testing a global infrastructure - a layer on top
of the Internet - that will make it possible for computers to identify any
object anywhere in the world instantly. This network will not just provide
the means to feed reliable, accurate, real-time information into existing
business applications; it will usher in a whole new era of innovation and
opportunity."(Note 1) For more information about the history of the
Auto-ID Labs see their web site at autoidlabs.org
We see from the Auto-ID Lab's web site that RFID will identify everything
on the earth using implanted microchips. These microchips are about the
size of the head of an ant with a thin antenna attached. RFID will
eventually replace the barcode that is used all around the world to
identify products in stores. There are two types of RFID tags or
microchips. These are called passive RFID and active RFID. With passive
RFID, the tags must be scanned manually which requires that the RFID items
must be in proximity to a reader unit. With active RFID the tags
incorporate a battery that constantly broadcasts the chip's ID number.
The EPCglobal, Inc was formed as stated on the Auto-ID Labs web site as "a
joint venture between EAN International and the Uniform Code Council,
Inc." The website states that EPCglobal, Inc "carries forth the research
completed by the Auto-ID Center to work toward the development of
industry-accepted standards and commercial adoption. The newly formed
organization has taken on the mission of working with end users, and
hardware, software, and integration solutions providers to build the EPC
Network infrastructure and support implementation."(Note 2)
You can read more about what they are doing on the internet at
https://www.gs1.org/epcglobal
NOTES
Note 1: autoidlabs.org
Note 2: autoidlabs.org
In future posts I will share more about this topic.
