Mark in hand or forehead not required to receive it?

Note: Colors added for easier reference
A is Mark in either Right Hand or Forehead
B is Name of the Beast
C is Number of his Name

013:016 And he causeth all,both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
013:017 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
013:018 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

choose A or B or C

It doesn't say
choose A and B and C
neither does it say that the mark A is the same as the name of the beast B or the number of his name C.
It says OR

What is the Mark A?

A recent poll by the Pew Research Center showed that 2/3 of Americans support the mandatory display of a national ID card on demand in order to "feel safe and secure." So-called Smart-cards, an identity card with embedded chips are already in use by 120,00 U.S. military troops, and the goal is to issue 4 million cards within two years. 

 This technology has already been proven by Applied Digital Systems (ADS), the inventors of the so-called digital angel. ADS holds patents on chips which are currently implanted in more than one million animals to track and identify them. The embedded chips are already in voluntary use in many humans, such as heart patients with pacemakers or artificial valves, and even knee and hip replacement patients. A chip implant is now required for all convicted sex-offenders in California. Palm Beach, Fla.-based Applied Digital Solutions Inc. now is offering details of its rollout plan for Digital Angel, which it touts as the "first-ever combination of advanced biosensor technology and Web-enabled wireless telecommunications linked to GPS." The first target market appears to be Florida. The company says that by using advanced biosensor capabilities, Digital Angel will be able to monitor key body functions, including temperature and pulse, transmitting that data along with accurate location information to a ground station or monitoring facility. Potential applications include locating lost or missing individuals, keeping track of children locating missing or stolen household pets, monitoring parolees, managing livestock; pinpointing stolen property and preventing the unauthorized use of firearms.

Commercial Product available now for your right hand!

Quick Schematic.

Making good on its promise to "achieve a global presence," Digital Angel Corporation - manufacturer and marketer of high-tech, implantable devices for tracking human beings - has opened a research and development facility in Shen Zhen, a special economic zone near Hong Kong, hoping to cash in on vast markets in China and the Far East.

As WorldNetDaily first reported, Digital Angel is a sophisticated, miniaturized tracking device intended by its manufacturer for subdermal implantation in large numbers of human beings. After heavy publicity, the manufacturer last year deflected criticism from privacy advocates and Christians concerned over biblical prophesy by removing all references to human implantation from its website and literature, only to re-introduce human implantation - with a product called VeriChip - after Sept. 11, due to the nation's new preoccupation with security. from article

Webmaster note: Friday May 10, 2002 a family in Florida received the implant in their arms. Questions I have to asked myself.

Can I say 100% that this is the actual mark?
No the bible does not fully support it.

Can I say 100% that this family has accepted the Mark?
Yes, it's a symbol of it.
A freshly hatched duck out of the egg is a duck. Might have to grow up but it is a duck. If it walks like duck, quacks like duck and looks like a duck, it's a duck!

For more information on digital angel see the site here

What is the Name of the Beast B?

Lucifer, Satan, the world system we live in!
2Co 4:4 KJV  (4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Question for you is who is the "god of this world"?

History of the Lucifer code which is now in everything It's in your credit cards, driver license, internet passwords, ATM/debit cards, etc etc
Lucifer code DES algorithm
Lucifer cipher and DES quick history
More info on Lucifer Code

1. 1970 Civ Feistel Dr. Horst Feistel led a research project at the IBM Watson Research Lab in the 1960's which developed the Lucifer cipher. This later inspired the US DES and other product ciphers, creating a family labeled ``Feistel ciphers''.
2. 1976 civ/govt FIPS PUB-46 A design by IBM, based on the Lucifer cipher and with changes (including both S-box improvements and reduction of key size) by the US NSA, was chosen to be the U.S. Data Encryption Standard. It has since found worldwide acceptance, largely because it has shown itself strong against 20 years of attacks. Even some who believe it is past its useful life use it as a component -- e.g., of 3-key triple-DES.
3. 1977 IBM submitted a candidate that it had developed internally under the name LUCIFER. After evaluating the algorithm with the help of the National Security Agency (NSA), the NBS adopted a modification of the LUCIFER algorithm as the new Data Encryption Standard (DES) on July 15, 1977
4. DES was quickly adopted for non-digital media, such as voice-grade public telephone lines. Within a couple of years, for example, International Flavors and Fragrances was using DES to protect its valuable formulas transmitted over the phone ("With Data Encryption, Scents Are Safe at IFF," Computerworld 14, No. 21, 95 (1980).)   Meanwhile, the banking industry, which is the largest user of encryption outside government, adopted DES as a wholesale banking standard. Standards for the wholesale banking industry are set by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). ANSI X3.92, adopted in 1980, specified the use of the DES algorithm

What is the Number of his Name C?

013:018 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

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Do you have a number assigned to you? Your Social Security Number? Driver License Number?
Does it not give you a number to "buy and sell" or "get a job" in   the new world mammon system?

What is truly startling is how few Christians have actually thought through the decision as to where they will draw the line. Most just vaguely say that they will refuse to accept any chip implant. A few Christians have already publicly stated they will immediately accept any imbedded chip because Jesus “will forgive even that.” These usually cite Scriptures speaking of submission to governing authorities.

 Others have recognized the spiritual nature of submission – and how the decision to abide or not to abide within the edicts of the beast is precedent to any final numbering scenario. These believe that their present refusal to function within existing political and commercial parameters is crucial to recognizing where the line will ultimately be drawn. These non-conformists are already resisting on a variety of levels, including renouncement of the Social Security number and a refusal to be licensed to drive.

Vast numbers of Christians confidently believe they will be raptured before the final requirement to receive a beast sanctioned identity is implemented. The simple truth is, the “mark of the beast” system has already ensnared significant numbers of “believers” who will simply continue to readjust their rationalizations as the beast slowly but surely tightens his grip on an already undiscerning Christian church.