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The Global Push for Digital ID: A Dress Rehearsal for the Mark of the Beast

By The Stream Published on October 7, 2025

At first, digital IDs are promoted as convenience and security — making life easier, preventing fraud, and modernizing services. But when government holds all the keys — your money, your health, your travel, even your ability to speak freely — it opens the door to control and punishment at the flip of a switch.

In this six-minute video, Vlad Savchuk discusses how digital IDs and CBDCs may feel like dress rehearsals, conditioning people to accept government-controlled systems, but are more than likely not yet the mark of beast itself. The mark will be about worship and allegiance, not simply about data or finance.