As we shall soon see, for those who live to experience the deception and ruthlessness of the final world empire, a foreknowledge of how the Mark will develop will turn out to be indispensable for survival. If we can determine what will happen from Biblical prophecy well in advance and prepare for it, then nothing will be able to take us by surprise. This is why it is so important to understand the development of the Mark and how close it is to being fulfilled. It will be a fearful thing to have our lives uprooted and made uncertain, but this is exactly what is going to happen when the Antichrist arises. Suddenly, when this happens Christians will find themselves completely cut off from society and its way of life, because the Bible unmistakably prohibits the followers of Christ from obtaining the Mark. When the Antichrist begins to implement a new system of commerce for the New World Order, the people of the world will be forced to swear allegiance to the empire and get branded for life. The Mark is the first prophecy on this side of the return of Christ that will completely change every aspect of our lives. When the Mark of the Beast is finally fulfilled, however, everything will be radically transformed. We may be able to sit back and observe the last world empire as it forms or get excited over the prophecies dealing with Israel being reborn as a nation, yet with those prophetic fulfillments we are still able to go about our day-to-day routines as though nothing has changed. This is only a normal defensive mechanism to impending trouble, because unlike some of the other prophecies of the Bible, the Mark cannot be fully realized without directly and negatively affecting everyone’s life. As the prediction starts to become reality, a natural tendency is to turn away from the evidence and pretend that nothing is happening. It is an interesting development, but only in so far as it can be studied from a safe distance. On the other hand, the Mark is also the one aspect of the last days that most people would rather not think about too seriously. The advent of the Mark of the Beast is one of the primary events that will characterize the Antichrist’s kingdom and the final world empire at the end. Of course, this fact should not come as a surprise to those who study Biblical prophecy. Amazingly, the Empire-Beast of Daniel and Revelation is already constructing the global electronic network and computer technology necessary to fulfill these prophecies. Even as you read these words, the people who control the banking and financial systems of the world are rapidly bringing the monetary structure of the final world order to fruition. Indeed, there is now good evidence that the development of the Antichrist’s economic system is already in the final stages of implementation. Perhaps this interest is partly due to a subconscious realization that its fulfillment now looms closer than we’d like to admit. Propelled to prominence by countless books and movies, it’s almost as if this single prediction holds greater fascination than most of the other prophecies of the end times. Of all the predictions in the Bible concerning the last days, the prophecy of the Mark of the Beast seems to consistently generate the most interest and speculation. This section is dedicated to explaining the prophecies dealing with the Mark as well as the latest events in our world that are leading to it. All people who obtain the Mark will suffer the wrath of God and be forever damned. This Mark will be the dividing line between life and death, Christ and Antichrist, allegiance to God or allegiance to Satan, and it will be given in the right hand or forehead. The Mark of the Beast is predicted in the Bible to be symbol of allegiance that the Antichrist and the Final World Empire will require of every man, woman, and child. The First Half of Daniel’s 70th Week The Empire of the Beast.Characteristics of Christ’s Return and the Rapture.The Beast with Seven Heads and Ten Horns.Success Teetering On the Brink of Disaster.