supdave98 on Nostr: This is always a difficult subject to broach. If this helps, I think a comparison of ...

This is always a difficult subject to broach. If this helps, I think a comparison of Rev 13 and Rev 14 is helpful. The context is Deut 6:8, where you are to tie the word of God on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Symbolically, they were to keep the Word close, in their minds and in the actions, as a part of their daily lives. John takes that imagery and applies it to the mark of the Beast, hand and forehead in Rev13:16 symbolically they were to be totally sold out to the evil world system so that no one can participate in their system without it. Then he does the same thing with the Seal of God in Rev 14:1, about the people of God also having His Seal on their hands and foreheads, in their minds and actions. The Mark and Seal are being directly compared to each other. Whatever the Mark is, the Seal is comparable. And the rest of the NT tells us that the Holy Spirit of God is our Seal (Eph 4:30 for example). So, I do not think you have to worry about a barcode or a vaccine, or Bitcoin, that is not what binds you to the evil world system. As the Seal of God is not something you can see or touch, it is internal and on the heart. So the money you use, whether it be dollar or peso or BTC, it is always about the heart. And you have the Seal on your heart, you are His, and called by His name, so you have nothing to fear from a computer code. Worry more about making money an idol, and instead use this money for what He has already said to use it for: His glory, building the Church, funding ministry, raising your family, giving to those in need, etc., those actions are the farthest things from the evil world system. Fiat inflation steals from people, and it creates fake value with no work. That's evil.