CBDC & Mark of the Beast

jx7 · May 24, 2026

CBDCs will be introduced across large parts of the world starting this year. Russia is apparently first in September. Central banks call it voluntary, but since all major actors will adopt it, anyone who wants to buy and sell will be unable to stay outside the system.

Most churches are not warning people. This is despite the fact that CBDCs lead to total enslavement, just like “the mark.” Many churches may not realize that the “mark of the beast” is the modern system itself. It will, however, become much clearer under CBDCs. Severe and very serious financial crises are visible on the horizon, and in an attempt to counter them, those in power want to control people to a far greater extent.

Will you accept CBDCs when they are launched, or do you see them as something evil?

jx7 · May 25, 2026

I my view, when you accept CBDCs, you give up the free will God gave you and place yourself under the rule of worldly authorities. It is a surrender of the free will we were created to carry. And if this is not the mark, it stands dangerously close to it.

jx7 · May 25, 2026

If CBDCs are not the mark of the beast, then they are certainly extremely close. Enslavement through CBDCs would be the necessary foundation for any future power to force billions of people to accept a mark on their hand. Without CBDCs, such a thing would be impossible, because the resistance would be overwhelming.

Why are so few churches able to see this and warn their members?

Servus · May 25, 2026

I've been hearing that one thing after another is the mark of the beast for over 50 years. This sort of belief didn't really exist in Christianity until it was popularized by author Hal Lindsey in his 1970 book The Late Great Planet Earth.

Until then the mark of the beast was considered spiritual like the seal of God on one's forehead. Hal Lindsey and others turned it into supposedly being something technological.

David Lamb · May 25, 2026

jx7 said:
CBDCs will be introduced across large parts of the world starting this year. Russia is apparently first in September. Central banks call it voluntary, but since all major actors will adopt it, anyone who wants to buy and sell will be unable to stay outside the system.

Most churches are not warning people. This is despite the fact that CBDCs lead to total enslavement, just like “the mark.” Many churches may not realize that the “mark of the beast” is the modern system itself. It will, however, become much clearer under CBDCs. Severe and very serious financial crises are visible on the horizon, and in an attempt to counter them, those in power want to control people to a far greater extent.

Will you accept CBDCs when they are launched, or do you see them as something evil?

I don't know whether or not I will accept CBDCs, because I have no idea what they are. "Central Bank Digital Currencies" perhaps? I know as Christians we need to beware of our adversary the devil, but thank God! we are now His slaves:

(Rom 6:22) But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.

There were all sorts of evils perpetrated by the Roman Empire in Paul's day, but they had no power to enslave God's servants, Christians.

Edited to Add: I have just looked it up, and find that my guess was correct. The Bank of England on its website says:

"Will a CBDC replace cash?

People are using cash less to pay for things but we know it’s still important for many people. We will keep issuing cash in the UK as long as people want to use it." (my emphasis)

jx7 · May 25, 2026

Servus said:
I've been hearing that one thing after another is the mark of the beast for over 50 years. This sort of belief didn't really exist in Christianity until it was popularized by author Hal Lindsey in his 1970 book The Late Great Planet Earth.

Until then the mark of the beast was considered spiritual like the seal of God on one's forehead. Hal Lindsey and others turned it into supposedly being something technological.

I assume that something spiritual happens to the soul when a person accepts “the mark,” even if the mark itself/CBDC app -- is physical. By accepting it, one chooses to give great power to a few individuals instead of honoring Gods wish.

jx7 · May 25, 2026

David Lamb said:
I don't know whether or not I will accept CBDCs, because I have no idea what they are. "Central Bank Digital Currencies" perhaps? I know as Christians we need to beware of our adversary the devil, but thank God! we are now His slaves:

(Rom 6:22) But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.

There were all sorts of evils perpetrated by the Roman Empire in Paul's day, but they had no power to enslave God's servants, Christians.

Edited to Add: I have just looked it up, and find that my guess was correct. The Bank of England on its website says:

"Will a CBDC replace cash?
People are using cash less to pay for things but we know it’s still important for many people. We will keep issuing cash in the UK as long as people want to use it." (my emphasis)

There is no real purpose to a CBDC unless the goal is to control the economy at the individual level.
Cash may still exist, but it will probably not be usable except if the CBDC system fails.

David1701 · May 25, 2026

jx7 said:
CBDCs will be introduced across large parts of the world starting this year. Russia is apparently first in September. Central banks call it voluntary, but since all major actors will adopt it, anyone who wants to buy and sell will be unable to stay outside the system.

Most churches are not warning people. This is despite the fact that CBDCs lead to total enslavement, just like “the mark.” Many churches may not realize that the “mark of the beast” is the modern system itself. It will, however, become much clearer under CBDCs. Severe and very serious financial crises are visible on the horizon, and in an attempt to counter them, those in power want to control people to a far greater extent.

Will you accept CBDCs when they are launched, or do you see them as something evil?

CBDCs are definitely all about total surveillance and control. The banks, N.G.O.s and governments will know everything everyone spends: when, how much, how often, which products, etc.; they will also be able to programme the currency, so that you can only buy what they want, and only as much as they want. If someone says something counter to their narrative, they could prevent you from travelling outside your local area; or stop you from buying anything at all.

The CBDCs will be closely tied to digital I.D. and social credit scores, as used in China, so that you can be punished, if you do or say anything that the ruling authorities don't like, and rewarded, if you support their narrative.

David1701 · May 25, 2026

David Lamb said:
I don't know whether or not I will accept CBDCs, because I have no idea what they are. "Central Bank Digital Currencies" perhaps? I know as Christians we need to beware of our adversary the devil, but thank God! we are now His slaves:

(Rom 6:22) But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.

There were all sorts of evils perpetrated by the Roman Empire in Paul's day, but they had no power to enslave God's servants, Christians.

Edited to Add: I have just looked it up, and find that my guess was correct. The Bank of England on its website says:

"Will a CBDC replace cash?
People are using cash less to pay for things but we know it’s still important for many people. We will keep issuing cash in the UK as long as people want to use it." (my emphasis)

The British Government has a "Nudge Unit", whose job it is to manipulate people into wanting and doing what the government desires.

A.T.M.s are also being closed by the hundreds, as are local bank branches, which means that the stats will increasingly show that people are using cash less, giving the governments a pretext to say that people want cash less.

Servus · May 25, 2026

jx7 said:
I assume that something spiritual happens to the soul when a person accepts “the mark,” even if the mark itself/CBDC app -- is physical. By accepting it, one chooses to give great power to a few individuals instead of honoring Gods wish.

For the most part wasn't considered a physical/technological thing; a barcode, a chip, RFID, the Euro, or digital currency etc until after 1970.

Servus · May 25, 2026

David Lamb said:
I don't know whether or not I will accept CBDCs, because I have no idea what they are. "Central Bank Digital Currencies" perhaps? I know as Christians we need to beware of our adversary the devil, but thank God! we are now His slaves:

(Rom 6:22) But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life.

There were all sorts of evils perpetrated by the Roman Empire in Paul's day, but they had no power to enslave God's servants, Christians.

Edited to Add: I have just looked it up, and find that my guess was correct. The Bank of England on its website says:

"Will a CBDC replace cash?
People are using cash less to pay for things but we know it’s still important for many people. We will keep issuing cash in the UK as long as people want to use it." (my emphasis)

We've all been using digital currency for quite a while now doing internet transactions to pay our bills.

David1701 · May 25, 2026

Servus said:
We've all been using digital currency for quite a while now doing internet transactions to pay our bills.

CBDCs are a different beast altogether...

Servus · May 25, 2026

David1701 said:
CBDCs are a different beast altogether...

Is it the mark of the beast though?

David1701 · May 25, 2026

Servus said:
Is it the mark of the beast though?

It certainly has some similarities to the biblical description; but I tend to view the mark of the beast as being, primarily, a spiritual thing, with the mark in the hand representing what people do, and the mark in the forehead representing what people think. Of course, this doesn't preclude C.B.D.C.s/digital I.D.s/social credit scores from being a kind of integrated system, in which, if you don't think and do what the authorities want (and what they want is anti-God), then you can't buy or sell. Research has been underway, for a while now, on enabling the powers that be to know what people are thinking.

JustaPewFiller · May 25, 2026

David1701 said:
CBDCs are definitely all about total surveillance and control. The banks, N.G.O.s and governments will know everything everyone spends: when, how much, how often, which products, etc.; they will also be able to programme the currency, so that you can only buy what they want, and only as much as they want. If someone says something counter to their narrative, they could prevent you from travelling outside your local area; or stop you from buying anything at all.

The CBDCs will be closely tied to digital I.D. and social credit scores, as used in China, so that you can be punished, if you do or say anything that the ruling authorities don't like, and rewarded, if you support their narrative.

We may need some more info on what exactly CBDC's are and how they work.

I was under the impression that - Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is actual digital cash issued directly by a government's central bank. Whereas, under normal digital payment (atm, credit card, apple pay/ google wallet, etc) money moves between private bank accounts. Transactions require clearinghouses and intermediate networks to verify funds, which takes time and fees. But, with CDBC the government basically becomes the bank. The CDBC is the money, its instant, no middlemen, etc.

Which would lead me to the question, if we had CDBC why would we need private banks?
A very potential downside as you mention is that if the government doesn't like you for some reason they could freeze your ability to buy and pay for things or limit what you can buy and pay for.

I'm legitimately asking. The above is best of my understanding. Did I get right?

David1701 · May 25, 2026

JustaPewFiller said:
We may need some more info on what exactly CBDC's are and how they work.

I was under the impression that - Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is actual digital cash issued directly by a government's central bank. Whereas, under normal digital payment (atm, credit card, apple pay/ google wallet, etc) money moves between private bank accounts. Transactions require clearinghouses and intermediate networks to verify funds, which takes time and fees. But, with CDBC the government basically becomes the bank. The CDBC is the money, its instant, no middlemen, etc.

Which would lead me to the question, if we had CDBC why would we need private banks?
A very potential downside as you mention is that if the government doesn't like you for some reason they could freeze your ability to buy and pay for things or limit what you can buy and pay for.

I'm legitimately asking. The above is best of my understanding. Did I get right?

CBDCs would no doubt operate in close co-operation with governments; but, the CBDCs themselves would be run by the central banks, which are not fully accountable to governments.

CBDCs will not really be money at all; they will be a kind of programmable credit system, e.g. they could be programmed to expire, after a set period, or in certain circumstances, and governments (or central banks) could use this to ensure that only favoured people could generate any savings.

I don't think that private banks, building societies and credit unions would survive the transition to CBDCs (at least, once they become the only permitted method of buying and selling).

Essentially, CBDCs (along with digital I.D.s and social credit scores) are a means of surveilling and enslaving the population, in such a way that they can never escape.

jx7 · May 25, 2026

Servus said:
We've all been using digital currency for quite a while now doing internet transactions to pay our bills.

In times of economic stability, a democracy can function well. But when economic conditions deteriorate, those in power tend to tighten their grip. Many signs suggest that we are now heading into far more difficult economic times. Possibly even shortages or famine. Such instability could spark uprisings around the world. In that situation, a CBDC becomes a dangerous tool.

David1701 · May 25, 2026

jx7 said:
In times of economic stability, a democracy can function well. But when economic conditions deteriorate, those in power tend to tighten their grip. Many signs suggest that we are now heading into far more difficult economic times. Possibly even shortages or famine. Such instability could spark uprisings around the world. In that situation, a CBDC becomes a dangerous tool.

Yes; and, the shortages or famines are being generated artificially. Various governments are trying to close down thousands of small and medium sized farms, either with taxes and regulations, or compulsory purchase orders for "re-wilding", solar or wind farms, under the pretext of so-called "global warming".

bèlla · May 25, 2026

I don't know if CBDCs are the mark of the beast nor is it a concern. The bible says work while the day is here and that should be our focus. Not fixating on possible future events. There's enough real ones to attend to and the list is growing.

Instead of wondering whether it's the mark of the beast you should be asking yourself if you can survive without it. Do you have enough in your storehouse to turn it down if your conviction says you should? It doesn't matter what you think you should do if you can't and there's time to address that.

~bella

Junotheservant · May 25, 2026

jx7 said:
CBDCs will be introduced across large parts of the world starting this year. Russia is apparently first in September. Central banks call it voluntary, but since all major actors will adopt it, anyone who wants to buy and sell will be unable to stay outside the system.

Most churches are not warning people. This is despite the fact that CBDCs lead to total enslavement, just like “the mark.” Many churches may not realize that the “mark of the beast” is the modern system itself. It will, however, become much clearer under CBDCs. Severe and very serious financial crises are visible on the horizon, and in an attempt to counter them, those in power want to control people to a far greater extent.

Will you accept CBDCs when they are launched, or do you see them as something evil?

Now using scripture prove that what you're talking about is indeed the mark of the beast.

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