{"id":35815,"date":"2019-02-28T11:20:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T17:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=35815"},"modified":"2020-05-16T10:57:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T16:57:05","slug":"the-great-corralling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-great-corralling\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Corralling","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-35817\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/greatcorral3-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/greatcorral3-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/greatcorral3-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/greatcorral3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/greatcorral3-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/greatcorral3.jpg 1331w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>WHILE<\/b> praying before the Blessed Sacrament twelve years ago, I had a sudden, strong and clear impression of an angel hovering above the world and shouting,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/13\/control-control\/\"><em>\u201cControl! Control!\u201d<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more-->Since then, we have watched humanity literally being corralled <em>like cattle<\/em> into a digital matrix. Our phone calls, letters, purchases, banking, photographs, software, music, movies, <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-35818\" style=\"margin: 1px 2px 1px 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/rubens_angel2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"339\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/rubens_angel2.jpg 989w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/rubens_angel2-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/rubens_angel2-768x665.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/>books, health info, private messages, personal and business data, and soon, self-driving cars&#8230; it&#8217;s all being funnelled into &#8220;the cloud&#8221;, accessible through the Internet. It&#8217;s convenient, sure. But increasingly, the World Wide Web is becoming the\u00a0<em>only\u00a0<\/em>place to access these things as people adopt it as their sole means of communication and as companies move their products and services entirely online. In the meantime, more and more traditional retailers are folding their tents. In the U.S. alone, over 4000 retail outlets have announced closure in just 2019 thus far\u2014nearly double compared to this time last year.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/biggest-drop-in-more-than-nine-years-americas-retail-apocalypse-is-greatly-accelerating-in-the-early-stages-of-2019\">theeconomiccollapseblog.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> They simply cannot compete with the likes of online retailers like Amazon, Alibaba, etc. sometimes leaving entire malls empty and retail blocs looking like ghost towns.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s all globally connected. When I was in Rome recently, I had to withdraw some money at an ATM machine. I was reminded of how instant our connections are\u2014from banking, to texts, emails, video messaging, etc. It&#8217;s a technological marvel\u2014and a frightening step toward universal control of the population. We have arguably never had, until now, all the conditions necessary for the kind of\u00a0<em>control\u00a0<\/em>described by St. John 2000 years ago\u2014and a world practically drooling for it:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">Fascinated, the whole world followed after the beast&#8230; It forced all the people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to be given a stamped image on their right hands or their foreheads, so that no one could buy or sell except one who had the stamped image of the beast\u2019s name or the number that stood for its name. (Rev 13:16-17)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, any talk of &#8220;beasts&#8221; or &#8220;antichrists&#8221; is enough to spur eye-rolling and head-shakes among a few.\u00a0So let&#8217;s have an intelligent conversation about it centred on facts instead of letting fear and irrational conspiracy theory dominate the day.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>The widespread reluctance on the part of many Catholic thinkers to enter into a profound examination of the apocalyptic elements of contemporary life is, I believe, part of the very problem which they seek to avoid. If apocalyptic thinking is left largely to those who have been subjectivized or who have fallen prey to the vertigo of cosmic terror, then the Christian community, indeed the whole human community, is radically impoverished. And that can be measured in terms of lost human souls. <\/strong>\u2013Author, Michael O\u2019Brien, <em>Are We Living In Apocalyptic Times?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>THE DIGITAL CORRAL<\/p>\n<p>True <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2015-09-07\/danger-eliminating-cash\">control of the monetary system<\/a> is only possible if society moves to a cashless system. And that has already begun in many places. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">eg. <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/399531\/denmark-hopes-to-boost-its-economy-by-eliminating-cash\/\">&#8220;Denmark hopes to boost its economy by eliminating cash&#8221;, qz.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Bills are too easily counterfeited. Cash and coins are expensive to print and mint. They&#8217;re tainted with bacteria, drugs, and all manner of filth. And most of all, cash is\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-35926 \" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cowsgrouped-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"344\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cowsgrouped-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cowsgrouped-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cowsgrouped-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cowsgrouped-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cowsgrouped-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cowsgrouped.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/>untraceable\u2014perfect for criminal activity and tax evasion.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[3]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">see <a href=\"http:\/\/money.com\/money\/4307717\/getting-rid-of-cash\/\">&#8220;Why Killing Cash Makes Sense&#8221;, money.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> But then what? If I hold a dollar in my hand, I&#8217;m holding a dollar. But when my digital bank account says I have a dollar&#8230; the bank is &#8220;holding&#8221; it\u2014somewhere out there in cyberspace.<\/p>\n<p>Each time I purchase gasoline with a bank card, standing there, waiting for the &#8220;Approved&#8221; word to pop up, I am reminded that the transaction is not dependent only on whether or not I have the means. It depends on whether or not the connection works and <em>if<\/em> it allows me to buy. Many may not realize that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapling.com\/7417212\/would-decide-close-bank-account\">banks have the right to close your account<\/a>\u2014for whatever reason. In the U.S., some with &#8220;conservative&#8221; views have already complained that credit card companies and banks are targeting them. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[4]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/time-for-action-chase-bank-denies-service-to-conservatives\/\">pjmedia.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/usbacklash.org\/chase-bank-punishes-conservative-pro-trump-army-combat-veteran-by-abruptly-closing-bank-account\/\">usbacklash.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/02\/19\/business\/banks-gun-sales.html\">nytimes.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> If you voted for the &#8220;wrong&#8221; person or take the &#8220;wrong&#8221; position&#8230; watch out. If you have cash stuffed under your bed, no problem. But if your account is closed because you are deemed &#8220;intolerant&#8221;, a &#8220;bigot&#8221; or a &#8220;terrorist&#8221; for your views&#8230;? It&#8217;s as easy as flipping a switch.<\/p>\n<p>The cashless push has rapidly progressed. In a short time, we have gone from bank cards, to chips inside them, to now a cellphone or smartwatch completing the transaction with a mere &#8220;tap.&#8221; What&#8217;s next? It&#8217;s no longer a &#8220;conspiracy theory&#8221; to suggest that some kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/zuckerberg-wants-facebook-to-build-mind-reading-machine\/\">interface within or on the body<\/a> is the next &#8220;safe&#8221;, &#8220;secure&#8221;, and &#8220;convenient&#8221; step&#8230; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>HUMAN TAGGING<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">&#8230;a stamped image on their right hands or their forehead&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>People have literally begun <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/latest\/437210-man-gets-live-under-skin-chip-implant-at-mobile-fair\">lining up<\/a><\/em> to have a computer chip injected into their skin. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[5]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">eg. see\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/national-news\/articles\/2017-07-24\/wisconsin-tech-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees\">here<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dataconomy.com\/2016\/12\/amal-graafstra-biohacking-dangerous-things\/\"><em>here<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/microchips-under-skin-technophile-swedes-033147071.html\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> No, it&#8217;s not mandatory for the general population\u2014yet. But we <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-35927\" style=\"margin: 1px 2px 1px 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/666cow2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/666cow2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/666cow2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/666cow2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/666cow2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/666cow2-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/666cow2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/>are rapidly moving toward such an invasion of one&#8217;s body. Already, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2106835-kuwait-lawyers-fight-worlds-first-mandatory-dna-sampling-law\/\">mandatory DNA sampling<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalnews.com\/036825_iris_scans_airport_security_TSA.html\">iris scans<\/a>, and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalnews.com\/030100_naked_body_scanners_airport.html\">naked body scans<\/a> in airports have been implemented virtually overnight &#8220;for security reasons.&#8221; And few seem to mind.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>They all just lined up like cattle to have their bodies scanned with ionizing radiation.<\/strong> \u2014Mike Adams, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalnews.com\/030100_naked_body_scanners_airport.html\"><em>Natural News<\/em><\/a>, October 19th, 2010<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At the same time, voluntarily &#8220;tattooing&#8221; oneself has become a <a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/articles\/472165\/americas-booming-tattoo-economy-by-numbers\">multi-billion dollar industry<\/a>. It&#8217;s not a huge step, then, to inject a chip that can open doors, buy goods, find lost children, store health records, turn on lights, and a host of other &#8220;conveniences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Let&#8217;s throw the smartphones away and think about how humans interact with infrastructure.<\/strong> \u2014Ari Pouttu, science professor at the University of Oulu, Finland; CNN.com, Feb. 28th, 2019<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, all that&#8217;s left for governments &#8220;to close the corral gate&#8221; is to merge biometric data collection with the right to &#8220;buy and sell.&#8221; In fact, that gate is already beginning to swing&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>THE TESTING GROUNDS?<\/p>\n<p>India recently launched the Aadhaar initiative for the entire country, perhaps the most invasive state-imposed collection of personal biometrics.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>&#8230;each Indian citizen\u2019s information, such as fingerprints and eye scans, [was collected into] a database linked to every part of that person\u2019s digital footprint \u2014 bank account numbers, cellphone details, income-tax filings, voter IDs&#8230;<\/strong> \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/indias-vast-biometric-program-was-supposed-to-end-corruption-but-the-neediest-may-be-hit-hardest\/2018\/03\/24\/bb212a86-289c-11e8-a227-fd2b009466bc_story.html\"><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<em>March 25th, 2018<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>National Public Radio reported that &#8220;The rollout was accompanied by a big patriotic PR campaign, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=29&amp;v=92qa1gMfzOs\">TV ads<\/a> showing smiling elderly people using Aadhaar to collect state pensions and villagers using it to collect food rations.&#8221;<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[6]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/10\/01\/652513097\/indias-biometric-id-system-has-led-to-starvation-for-some-poor-advocates-say\">npr.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> State governments introduced machines at ration shops, post offices, or enrollment centers to harvest <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-35928\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Aadhaarbio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Aadhaarbio.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Aadhaarbio-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Aadhaarbio-768x647.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/>people&#8217;s fingerprints, eye scans or cellphone numbers. Nearly all of the 1.3 billion population has participated in handing their biological information over to be stored on government servers. But privacy experts and activists, including <a title=\"www.indiatoday.in\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/governments-use-of-private-details-leads-to-abuse-says-edward-snowden-1123067-2018-01-05\">Edward Snowden<\/a>, the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor and whistleblower, fear that the information could be used to snoop on citizens or be easily leaked, hacked or utilized by private companies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-elm-loc=\"16\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>This is an incredible tool for surveillance. There is little benefit, and it is devastating for the welfare system.<\/strong> \u2014Reetika Khera, an economist and social scientist, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/indias-vast-biometric-program-was-supposed-to-end-corruption-but-the-neediest-may-be-hit-hardest\/2018\/03\/24\/bb212a86-289c-11e8-a227-fd2b009466bc_story.html\"><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<em>March 25th, 2018<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At the same time, the government abruptly invalidated 86\u00a0percent of the cash in circulation, which led to widespread panic and a currency crisis.<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[7]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf. <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/indias-vast-biometric-program-was-supposed-to-end-corruption-but-the-neediest-may-be-hit-hardest\/2018\/03\/24\/bb212a86-289c-11e8-a227-fd2b009466bc_story.html\"><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<em>March 25th, 2018<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/em><\/span>\u00a0Indians were being corralled into a digital system whether they wanted it or not. Several &#8220;computer glitches&#8221; proved fatal as some people without proper ID cards were deprived of rations or services, and in some cases, starved to death. Ironically, Nandan Nilekaniis, the tech billionaire who is the architect of Aadhaar, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Our whole goal is to give people control.<\/strong> \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/10\/01\/652513097\/indias-biometric-id-system-has-led-to-starvation-for-some-poor-advocates-say\">NPR.org,<\/a> October 1st, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In China, it is the opposite: purposeful control. The Communist-controlled government launched a new &#8220;social credit system&#8221; that is &#8220;Orwellian&#8221; to say the least. A recent report <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_8');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_8');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_8\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[8]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_8\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/2186606\/chinas-social-credit-system-shows-its-teeth-banning-millions\">South China Morning Post<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>February 19th, 2019<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_8').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_8', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> reveals that authorities have collected over 14.21 million pieces of information on the \u201cuntrustworthy conduct\u201d of individuals and businesses. Everything from late payments, to arguments in public, or taking someone&#8217;s seat on a train, or tracking the kind of leisure activities they do&#8230; all this data is used to devise a &#8220;credit score&#8221; of the business&#8217;s or person&#8217;s &#8220;trustworthiness.&#8221; It&#8217;s hard to believe, but over 3.59 million Chinese enterprises were added to the official creditworthiness blacklist last year and thus <em>banned<\/em> from engaging in numerous kinds of business transactions. Furthermore, 17.46 million \u201cdiscredited\u201d people were restricted from buying plane tickets and 5.47 million were restricted from purchasing high-speed train passes. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_9');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_9');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_9\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[9]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_9\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/2186606\/chinas-social-credit-system-shows-its-teeth-banning-millions\">South China Morning Post<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>February 19th, 2019<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_9').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_9', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35822 alignright\" style=\"margin: 1px 2px 1px 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/allseeiungey-956x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/allseeiungey-956x1024.jpg 956w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/allseeiungey-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/allseeiungey-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/allseeiungey.jpg 1244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE<\/p>\n<p>The fact is that we are <em>all<\/em> being surveilled by a &#8220;data industrial complex.&#8221; Our activities on computers, smartphones, smartwatches, social media, websites, etc. are being harvested from organizations like Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, Google, Amazon, etc. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, is surprisingly blunt about it all:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Our own information\u2014from the every day to the deeply personal\u2014is being weaponized against us with military efficiency. These scraps of data, each one harmless enough on its own, are carefully assembled, synthesized, traded and sold. Taken to the extreme this process creates an enduring digital profile and lets companies know you better than you may know yourself&#8230; We shouldn\u2019t sugarcoat the consequences. This is surveillance.<\/strong> \u2014Keynote speech at the 40th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, October 24th, 2018,\u00a0techcrunch.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s almost bizarre how people are excited that Alexa, Siri, and other &#8220;services&#8221; can listen constantly for your next instruction. Smart appliances, smart bulbs, and such can now respond to your commands. Many have noted, including me, that words spoken\u00a0around their devices suddenly generates spam emails or ads on websites for the specific thing they were discussing. Facial recognition technology is rapidly being adopted in stores, billboards and on every street corner (without our permission, I might add). The &#8220;Internet of Things&#8221; has arrived where increasingly everything we use, wear, watch or drive will monitor where we are and what we do.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Items of interest will be located, identified, monitored, and remotely controlled through technologies such as radio-frequency identification, sensor networks, tiny embedded servers, and energy harvesters\u2014all connected to the next-generation internet using abundant, low-cost, and high-power computing, the latter now going to cloud computing, in many areas greater and greater supercomputing, and, ultimately, heading to quantum computing.<\/strong> \u2014former CIA Director David Petraeus, March 12th, 2015; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2012\/03\/petraeus-tv-remote\/\">wired.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s tech-speak for saying that we are close to the moment when every person will be tracked in <em>real-time. <\/em>This will be especially possible with the implementation of 5G (fifth generation) cellular networks and thousands of new satellites slated to be launched in the next decade that will not only make transfer of data almost instant, but will dramatically change the way we interact with each other and the &#8220;virtual world&#8221; (and here, I will not treat the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safesleevecases.com\/blogs\/industry-news\/5g-is-coming-learn-about-the-impacts?utm_source=Shopify+Customers+v2&amp;utm_campaign=180bddb136-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_02_26_07_54&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_f70cbc95b5-180bddb136-110720197&amp;mc_cid=180bddb136&amp;mc_eid=97b0043c38\">serious health risks<\/a> of 5G that include the possibility of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecommonsenseshow.com\/voice-to-skull-technology-is-embedded-in-5g-mind-control-reaches-its-apex\/\">mass mind control<\/a> through the frequencies it will utilize.) Whether we know it or not, we are handing over our personal and national sovereignties on a platter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Remember &#8220;the eye of Sauron&#8221; from the movie <em>The Lord of the Rings<\/em>? The only way it could see you is if you held a mystical globe and stared into it. The &#8220;eye&#8221; in turn could stare <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35823 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/collaget2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/collaget2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/collaget2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/collaget2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/collaget2-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><em>into your soul<\/em>. What a parallel for our times as billions are daily transfixed on their smartphones, oblivious that the &#8220;eye&#8221; is also &#8220;watching&#8221; them. Ironic, too, that Sauron&#8217;s tower looks an awful lot like a cellphone tower (see inset).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, the prophetic words of Blessed John Henry Newman take on a chilling relevance:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>When we have cast ourselves upon the world and depend for protection upon it, and have given up our independence and our strength, then [Antichrist] may burst upon us in fury as far as God allows him. Then&#8230; Antichrist [may] appear as a persecutor, and the barbarous nations around break in. <\/strong>\u2014Blessed John Henry Newman, Sermon IV: The Persecution of Antichrist<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Who are the &#8220;barbarous nations&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>THE RED DRAGON<\/p>\n<p>Islam is continually presenting itself as a threat to Christianity, not only in the Middle East but in Europe (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/07\/the-crisis-of-the-refugee-crisis\/\"><em>The Crisis of the Refugee Crisis<\/em><\/a>). But there is another, perhaps more ominous threat.<\/p>\n<p>China is quickly rising to become the world&#8217;s next economic and military superpower. At the same time, they are increasingly crushing human rights and religious freedom, <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-33724\" style=\"margin: 1px 2px 1px 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/chinarising3-1024x673.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/chinarising3-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/chinarising3-1536x1009.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/chinarising3-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/chinarising3-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/chinarising3.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/>and with a vengeance. Stephen Mosher of the Population Research Institute summed it up best:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>The reality is that as the Beijing regime grows wealthier, it is becoming ever more despotic at home and aggressive abroad. Dissidents who once would have been released following Western appeals for clemency remain in prison. Fragile democracies in Africa, Asia and Latin America are increasingly corrupted by China\u2019s moneybags foreign policy. China\u2019s leaders reject what they now publicly deride as \u201cWestern\u201d values. Instead, they continue to promote their own conception of man as subservient to the state and possessing no inalienable rights. They are obviously convinced that China can be rich and powerful, while remaining a one-party dictatorship\u2026 China remains bound to a uniquely totalitarian view of the state. Hu and his colleagues remain determined not only to remain in power indefinitely, but to have the People\u2019s Republic of China replace the U.S. as the reigning hegemon. All they need to do, as Deng Xiaoping once remarked, is \u201chide their capabilities and bide their time.<em>\u201d <\/em><\/strong><em>\u2014<\/em>Stephen Mosher<em>, <\/em>Population Research Institute, \u201cWe are Losing the Cold War with China \u2014 by Pretending It Doesn\u2019t Exist\u201d, <em><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/pop.org\/content\/we-are-losing-cold-war-china-pretending-it-doesnt-exist\">Weekly Briefing<\/a>, <\/em>January 19th, 2011<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What they are imposing on their nation&#8217;s people could easily be imposed on nations who are in their debt or under their military might. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/03\/27\/politics\/general-hyten-hypersonic-weapon-threat\/index.html\">American Generals<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/china-threat-to-america-fbi-director-warns-2018-2\/\">intelligence analysts<\/a> are increasingly warning that\u00a0China is rapidly becoming the greatest threat to democracy. But early Church Father Lactantius (c. 250 &#8211; 325) foresaw this centuries ago:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Then the sword will traverse the world, mowing down everything, and laying low all things as a crop. And\u2014 my mind dreads to relate it, but I will relate it, because it is about to happen\u2014 the cause of this desolation and confusion will be this; because the Roman name, by which the world is now ruled, will be taken away from the earth, and the government return to <em>Asia<\/em>; and the East will again bear rule, and the West be reduced to servitude<\/strong>. \u2014Lactantius, <em>Fathers of the Church: The Divine Institutes<\/em>, Book VII, Chapter 15, Catholic Encyclopedia; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newadvent.org\/fathers\/07017.htm\">www.newadvent.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Several years ago, I drove past a Chinese businessman walking down the sidewalk. I looked into his eyes, into a seemingly dark and empty void, and there was an aggression about him that disturbed me. In that moment (and it\u2019s hard to explain), I seemed to be given an &#8220;understanding&#8221; that China was going to \u201cinvade\u201d the West. This man seemed to represent the <em>ideology<\/em> or spirit behind China&#8217;s ruling party (not necessarily the Chinese people themselves, many who are faithful Christians in the underground Church there).<\/p>\n<p>Recently, <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-33721\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/chinarising-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/chinarising-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/chinarising-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/chinarising-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/chinarising-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/chinarising-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/chinarising.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/>someone forwarded this message that carries the Magisterium&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Imprimatur:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><strong>I am gazing today with the eyes of mercy on this great nation of China, where my Adversary is reigning, the Red Dragon who has set up his kingdom here, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">enjoining all, by force<\/span>, to repeat the satanic act of denial and of rebellion against God.<\/strong><\/em>\u2014Our Lady allegedly to Fr. Stefano Gobbi, from the &#8220;Blue Book&#8221;, n. 365a<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Revelation 12, this &#8220;red dragon&#8221; (Marxist, Communist ideologies, etc.) emerges particularly at a time\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/21\/when-the-stars-fall\/\">When the Stars Fall<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0It spreads its errors throughout the world as a precursor to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/01\/the-new-beast-rising\/\">the rise of the beast<\/a>\u00a0to whom the dragon eventually gives its power. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_10');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_10');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[10]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_10\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">cf.\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/15\/when-communism-returns\/\">When Communism Returns<\/a>;\u00a0<\/em>Rev 13:2<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_10').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_10', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>We see this power, the force of the red dragon\u2026 in new and different ways. It exists in the form of materialistic ideologies that tell us it is absurd to think of God; it is absurd to observe God\u2019s commandments: they are a leftover from a time past. Life is only worth living for its own sake. Take everything we can get in this brief moment of life. Consumerism, selfishness, and entertainment alone are worthwhile.<\/strong> \u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, <em>Homily<\/em>, August 15th, 2007, Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the years following that &#8220;infused&#8221; understanding through the man on that sidewalk, I read several prophecies about China.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><strong>Before mankind is able to change the calendar of this time you will have witnessed the financial collapse. It is only those who heed to My warnings that will be prepared. The North will attack the South as the two Koreas become at war with each other. Jerusalem will shake, America will fall and Russia will unite with China to become Dictators of the new world. I plead in warnings of love and mercy for I am Jesus and the hand of justice is soon to prevail.<\/strong><\/em> \u2014Jesus allegedly to Jennifer,\u00a0May 22nd, 2012;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordsfromjesus.com\">wordsfromjesus.com<\/a>\u00a0; her messages were endorsed by Monsignor Pawel Ptasznik after he presented them to Pope John Paul II<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em>You will go on falling. You will go on with your coalitions of evil, paving the way for the \u2018Kings of the East,\u2019 in other words the helpers of the Son of Evil. <\/em><\/strong>\u2014Jesus to Maria Valtorta, <em>The End Times, <\/em>p. 50, \u00c9dition Paulines, 1994 (Note: the Church has not evaluted her writings on the &#8220;end times&#8221;, only the\u00a0<em>Poem of the Man God<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em>\u201cI will set my foot down in the midst of the world and show you: that is America,\u201d <\/em>and then, [Our Lady] immediately points to another part, saying, <em>\u201cManchuria\u2014there will be tremendous insurrections.\u201d<\/em> I see Chinese marching, and a line which they are crossing<em>. <\/em><\/strong>\u2014Twenty Fifth Apparition, 10th December, 1950;<em> The Messages of The Lady of All Nations<\/em>, pg. 35. (Devotion to Our Lady of All Nations has been ecclesiastically approved.)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>THE GREAT CORRALLING<\/p>\n<p>The whole progression of these events must be haunting to Emeritus Pope Benedict who lived in Germany as a boy when the Nazis rose to power. When he became a Cardinal, he seemingly prophesied all that we are seeing now unfold:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-35929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cowscor-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cowscor-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cowscor-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cowscor-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cowscor-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cowscor-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/cowscor.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>The Apocalypse speaks about God\u2019s antagonist, the beast. This animal does not have a name, but a number.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>In [the horror of the concentration camps], they cancel faces and history, transforming man into a number, reducing him to a cog in an enormous machine. Man is no more than a function.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>In our days, we should not forget that <em>they prefigured the destiny of a world that runs the risk of adopting the same structure<\/em> of the concentration camps, if the universal law of the machine is accepted. <em>The machines that have been constructed impose the same law.\u00a0<\/em>According to this logic, man must be interpreted by a <em>computer<\/em> and this is only possible if translated into numbers. <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>The beast is a number and transforms into numbers. God, however, has a name and calls by name. He is a person and looks for the person.<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014Cardinal Ratzinger, (POPE BENEDICT XVI) Palermo, March 15th, 2000 (emphasis mine)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong><em>My people, your time is now to prepare because the coming of the antichrist is near\u2026 You will be grazed and numbered like sheep by the authorities who work for this false messiah. Do not allow yourself to be counted among them for you are then allowing yourself to fall into this evil trap. It is I Jesus who is your true Messiah and I do not number My sheep because your Shepherd knows you each by name. <\/em><\/strong>\u2014Jesus allegedly to Jennifer, August 10th, 2003, March 18th, 2004; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordsfromjesus.com\">wordsfromjesus.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The purpose of this writing is not to scare anyone or to be sensational: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/23\/fear-not\/\"><em>Fear Not!<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Nor do I have any idea of timelines. Rather, it is to begin a serious reflection among the faithful regarding the &#8220;signs of the times&#8221; \u2014 and to encourage you to prepare and ready your heart to be <em>faithful<\/em> to Christ, no matter what tomorrow brings. As you may have read the other day, the Church has entered a very serious trial already that will &#8220;shake the faith of many believers&#8221; (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/26\/resurrection-not-reform\/\"><em>Resurrection, Not Reform<\/em><\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\"> Delay not your conversion to the LORD, put it not off from day to day. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/022819.cfm\">Today&#8217;s first Mass reading<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong style=\"font-style: italic;\">My children, do not let yourselves be deceived by the false beauties of this world, do not stray from my Immaculate Heart.<\/strong>\u00a0<em><strong>Children, there is no more time to delay, no more time to wait, now is the moment to decide: either you are with Christ or against Him; there is no more time, my children.<\/strong><\/em> \u2014Our Lady of Zaro, Italy to Simona, February 26th, 2019; translation by Peter Bannister<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-13600\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/numbering_000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/numbering_000.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/numbering_000-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" \/>Bear in mind that those who take the &#8220;mark of the beast&#8221;\u2014whatever it is and whatever form it takes\u2014lose their salvation, along with the &#8220;beast&#8221; who imposes it:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;\">The beast was caught and with it the false prophet who had performed in its sight the signs by which he led astray those who had accepted the mark of the beast and those who had worshiped its image. The two were thrown alive into the fiery pool burning with sulfur. The rest were killed by the sword that came out of the mouth of the one riding the horse&#8230; there will be no relief day or night for those who worship the beast or its image or accept the mark of its name.\u201d (Revelation 19:20-21; Rev 14:11)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There is some kind of compromise, a spiritually lethal exchange that will be demanded of all. In the words of the Catechism:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>The persecution that accompanies [the Church&#8217;s]\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>pilgrimage on earth will unveil the &#8220;mystery of iniquity&#8221; in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth.<\/strong> <\/span>\u2014<em>Catechism of the Catholic Church,\u00a0<\/em>n. 675<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>The beast that rises up is the epitome of evil and falsehood, so that the full force of apostasy which it embodies can be cast into the fiery furnace.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014St. Irenaeus of Lyons, Church Father (140\u2013202 A.D.); <em>Adversus Haereses<\/em><em>, 5, 29<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the nations are being increasingly corralled and controlled, this is why, more than ever, we need to <em>&#8220;watch and pray.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0<span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_11');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_35815_1('footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_11');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">[11]<\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_11\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Mark 14:38<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_11').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_35815_1_11', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35930 alignnone\" style=\"margin: 2px 5px 2px 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/999cow2-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/999cow2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/999cow2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/999cow2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/999cow2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/999cow2-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/999cow2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>I know that all times are perilous, and that in every time serious and anxious minds, alive to the honor of God and the needs of man, are apt to consider no times so perilous as their own\u2026 still I think\u2026 ours has a darkness different in kind from any that has been before it. The special peril of the time before us is the spread of that plague of infidelity, that the Apostles and our Lord Himself have predicted as the worst calamity of the last times of the Church. And at least a shadow, a typical image of the last times is coming over the world.<\/b> <br \/>\n\u2014St. John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890 A.D.), <br \/>\nsermon at opening of St. Bernard\u2019s Seminary, <br \/>\nOctober 2, 1873, The Infidelity of the Future<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">RELATED READING<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/08\/antichrist-in-our-times\/\"><em>Antichrist in Our Times<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/09\/of-china\/\"><em>Of China<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/15\/when-communism-returns\/\"><em>When Communism 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center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">To journey with Mark in\u00a0<strong><em>The <\/em><\/strong><em><strong>Now Word<\/strong><\/em>,<em><br \/>\n<\/em>click on the banner below to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\">subscribe<\/a>. <br \/>\nYour email will not be shared with anyone.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-25916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner-300x98.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/now-word-banner-768x250.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_35815_1();\"><h5>Footnotes<\/h5><\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_35815_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_35815_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_35815_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\"><h5>Footnotes<\/h5><\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_35815_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_1');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theeconomiccollapseblog.com\/archives\/biggest-drop-in-more-than-nine-years-americas-retail-apocalypse-is-greatly-accelerating-in-the-early-stages-of-2019\">theeconomiccollapseblog.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_35815_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_2');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">eg. <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/399531\/denmark-hopes-to-boost-its-economy-by-eliminating-cash\/\">&#8220;Denmark hopes to boost its economy by eliminating cash&#8221;, qz.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_35815_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_3');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">see <a href=\"http:\/\/money.com\/money\/4307717\/getting-rid-of-cash\/\">&#8220;Why Killing Cash Makes Sense&#8221;, money.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_35815_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_4');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/trending\/time-for-action-chase-bank-denies-service-to-conservatives\/\">pjmedia.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/usbacklash.org\/chase-bank-punishes-conservative-pro-trump-army-combat-veteran-by-abruptly-closing-bank-account\/\">usbacklash.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/02\/19\/business\/banks-gun-sales.html\">nytimes.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_35815_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_5');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>5<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">eg. see\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/national-news\/articles\/2017-07-24\/wisconsin-tech-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees\">here<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dataconomy.com\/2016\/12\/amal-graafstra-biohacking-dangerous-things\/\"><em>here<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/microchips-under-skin-technophile-swedes-033147071.html\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_35815_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_6');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>6<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/10\/01\/652513097\/indias-biometric-id-system-has-led-to-starvation-for-some-poor-advocates-say\">npr.org<\/a><\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_35815_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_7');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>7<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf. <span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/indias-vast-biometric-program-was-supposed-to-end-corruption-but-the-neediest-may-be-hit-hardest\/2018\/03\/24\/bb212a86-289c-11e8-a227-fd2b009466bc_story.html\"><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<em>March 25th, 2018<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/2186606\/chinas-social-credit-system-shows-its-teeth-banning-millions\">South China Morning Post<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>February 19th, 2019<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_10\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_35815_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_35815_1_10');\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_plugin_link\" ><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>10<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">cf.\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/15\/when-communism-returns\/\">When Communism Returns<\/a>;\u00a0<\/em>Rev 13:2<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_35815_1_11\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index pointer\" 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