Will the Block Chain Technology Replace Cash?

https://www.thetrumpet.com/article/13876.2.0.0/economy/will-the-block-chain-technology-replace-cash

The Bible talks about this exact scenario in Revelation 13:17: “[N]o man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” Referring to this scripture, Herbert W. Armstrong wrote in 1952 (emphasis added):

Everyone wants to be able to “buy or sell.” In this scriptural usage, the expression “buy or sell” more literally indicates being able to buy—not that stores or those from whom one might make purchases of the necessities of life would refuse to accept the money, but that the one refusing the “mark” WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BUY, WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO EARN A LIVING, TO EARN A WAGE OR SALARY, OR TO ENGAGE HIMSELF IN BUSINESS.

Those who want to participate in any form of commerce will have to take on the “mark of the beast,” meaning everyone will be forced to keep the government’s laws. Mr. Armstrong explained, the mark of the beast is Sunday worship. Sunday-keeping is already an established law in a few European countries. Catholic Bishops have been trying for years to establish it across Europe. This, in particular, becomes very important when a six-day work week is introduced, as it was once planned in Greece. Through this new technology, the government could easily enforce such a law and make sure it is being kept. If someone is found not keeping Sunday worship but rather having trade records on this day, he could be denied access to the technology. In the same way, if someone is found to be not working on another day when he is supposed to work, he too could be denied access.

Guttenberg said that Europe should be the one leading in this digitization. The book of Revelation also speaks about an economic superpower rising in Europe. This superpower will force the world to take on the mark of the beast. The blockchain technology could offer the means to fulfill that prophecy.

The fulfillment of this prophecy in Revelation was hardly possible in 1952 as Herbert W. Armstrong wrote about it, but in a few years, if cash is abolished, this reality could become true, just as it is recorded in the Bible. To learn more about why Europe is working toward abolishing cash and its imminent consequences, read “Why Is Germany Eliminating Paper Money?”