Someone asked this on Facebook, so I looked into it.

If anyone has more insight into the Greek words, please let me know.

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Could the smartphone be the mark of the Beast, without which one can’t buy or sell? It is held in the hand, and Google Glass is worn on the forehead, and could easily be the only way to buy or sell.

Smartphones can already read the hand (fingerprints) and can be held up to the forehead to scan irises.
Nick Begich is less known than his famous politician brother, here in Alaska, but he is an expert on technology and mind control. In the video below, he’s asked about implantable chips, and mentions the the iris and fingerprint scan possibilities.
THE GREEK WORDS

..the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn’t worship the image of the beast to be killed. He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads; and that no one would be able to buy or to sell, unless he has that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred sixty-six. – Rev. 13:15-18

I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. – Rev. 20:4b

The Greek preposition used in Rev. 13:16 and 20:4 is epi (Strongs #1909), and is usually translated as ‘on,’ ‘in,’ and even ‘upon.’ So that seems to be vague enough to fit this possibility.
The Greek word for ‘mark’ is χάραγμα/charagma (Strongs #5480), and is defined here.
It does seem like it’s a mark on or beneath the skin, but possibly it’s a device held in the hand (iPhone) or worn on the forehead (like Google Glass?), and would be the only way to buy or sell, for those who have sold their souls to do so.
Many cell phones already have fingerprint scanning technology that connects the phone with the user. An iris scan can also, right now, electronically tie the phone to the owner.
CHIPS CAN CAUSE CANCER
Katherine Albrecht, author of “Spychips” and I Won’t Take the Mark: A Bible Book and Contract for Childrenis an expert on this general topic, which she discusses a lot on her online radio show, and has shown that implanted RFID chips can cause cancer.
Embedded microchips are already in use in people and animals, but because they could cause health problems for some, an iPhone or Google Glass perhaps is a possibility, or maybe an option.
Whichever technology they use, it’s already here, for the first time, ever!
I think it’s likely that we will see the end of America and the birth of the NWO, prophesied in Revelation, so it’s really important to consider these things, and determine to never worship the Beast to be able to buy or sell.
Katherine Albrecht talks about the privilege of being able to be martyred for the Lord. She has a refreshing perspective, and has a lot of information in her audio broadcasts, which I’ve listened to for many years.
NEVER worship the Beast!

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