Quite often when some new technology comes out, I hear Christians who are concerned about it asking if it's the mark of the beast.{"It causes all, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, that none can buy or sell unless they had the mark."}Well...to their concerns,I don't think Christians will be caught "unaware",because God wouldn't let us get "duped" into doing something that will cost us to lose our souls. Furthermore, most Christians believe the Rapture will happen BEFORE the Tribulation.And besides,the Antichrist will have a mortal wound{"And I saw one of it's heads as if slain, but it's mortal wound was healed.And all the Earth followed after the beast, the name of not one stands written in the Lambs Book of Life who was slain from the foundation of the world."}These people with the new technology didn't die and come back.But what I DO think is happening is,these changes in technology are PAVING THE ROAD FOR the Antichrist.Like, the cashless society.I go in to my bank, and I notice the notes,"You no longer need a deposit slip".I go in the credit union sponsoring my car, the notes state,"No more paper transactions."On the toll highway near me that I use,the neon sign states,"the turnpike is going cashless.No more cash accepted."Also, these chips implanted in animals that can trace where the animal is.So, I don't think that any of these things by themselves are the mark of the beast, I think it's a "process"that's heading that way. It's taking time.{"The Lord is not slack concerning His promises, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering with us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should attain to repentence".}Sound like that's what's happening?