In this hope-forward briefing (not fear-mongering), Steve and Colleen explore how accelerating digital IDs, biometric SIM rules, “smart tattoo” concepts, and AI-driven surveillance intersect with Scripture. Framed by Revelation 13:16-18 and anchored in Matthew 24’s call to “take heed,” the conversation weighs how control of buying/selling, predictive policing, and social-credit style systems could prime hearts for coerced obedience to a Beast system—while urging the church to prepare spiritually, love truth, and stand firm.