@Quix @Oceander @Freya @CatherineofAragon "Nevertheless, for a time . . . 3.5 years? . . . the Mark of the Beast will be implemented . . . regardless of how well it will or won't work for how long. The enemy is not stupid. He must have the collapse of the grid well factored in."
I agree this will happen and last 3.5 years - but the grid won't be down when it is implemented because if the grid is down, there is nothing but chaos. If the grid is down, there would be no way to control the people. There will be no police as they will be trying to keep their families alive, plus if the police worked, they wouldn't get paid and they won't risk their lives for nothing - they will stay with their family. There will be no commutation between the federal government and the people - the federal government will not work, either, as those people will be with their families. There will be no military as they will be with their family.
We will be back to living as it was in the 1800s but the people won't have the living skills people had in the 1800s. I am prepared to live as in the 1800s, with the exception of I will have unending battery power which they did not have then, and medical supplies and medical information (I was an EMT) they did not have.
The book of Revelation:
It is strange people will believe the Bible until they get to Revelation, then their brain stops and they don't consider that prophecy to be the truth.
I just got, a few days ago, "The New Jerusalem Bible", study edition, which is translated from the original Hebrew/Greek/Aramaic languages used at that time. I haven't had time yet to read Revelation but will get to that shortly, sometime today. The wording in this Bible from the original languages, is different than other editions of the Bible which were translated from the French who translated from the original languages. Translating from the French version lead to English word problems.
I didn't know about the Jerusalem Bible until I was helping a Spanish Priest with his English at our church last week. That is the Bible of choice for him and other Priests to use. The Spanish Priest and I meet once a week to improve his English diction.