Dramatic Increase in Knowledge & Big Brother

The following prophecy from Daniel states that there will be an explosion in man’s knowledge in the “Last Days.”

1 "At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people, everyone whose name is found written in the book, will be delivered. 2 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. 3 Those who are wise [a] will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. 4 But you, Daniel, close up and seal the words of the scroll until the time of the end. Many will go here and there to increase knowledge." Daniel 12:1-4

Footnotes:
Daniel 12:3 Or who impart wisdom

I vivid example of man’s increase in knowledge is the video from ted.com. Go to the following link http://www.ted.com/talks/Patti Maes demos the sixth sense.html. I think you will find this video and the news below very interesting.

In November 2008 the federal government deployed new detection machines that can scan citizens without their knowledge from as far as 50’ away and "read" their personal documents such as passports or driver's licenses.

A Homeland Security Department official said the new devices increase security at border crossings, but privacy advocates are raising all sorts of red flags.

Critics say the scanning machines, which read one's personal information right through a wallet or purse, do so without consent or a warrant and may set a unconstitutional precedent.

The devices are called Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) machines and allow officials to read remotely any passports, pass cards, and driver's licenses that contain special chips with personal information.

The RFIDs are so sensitive that, even before a vehicle pulls up at a border checkpoint, agents already will have on their computer screen the personal data of the passengers, including each person's name, date of birth, nationality, passport or ID number, and even a digitized photo.

The scanners are in place at five border crossings: Blaine, Wash.; Buffalo; Detroit; Nogales, Ariz.; and San Ysidro, Calif. They are slated to have a dramatically expanded presence in June 2009.

An official from the Electronic Frontier Foundation argues that the technology could make Americans less secure because terrorists or other criminals may be able to steal the personal information from the ID cards remotely. Criminals and terrorists can use their own RFID machines in a process called "skimming" to read the information from as far as 50 feet.

A privacy expert worries that the chips create the "potential for a whole surveillance network to be set up." He said police could use them to track criminals, abusive husbands, and stores could track the shopping patterns of patrons.

Homeland Security officials rebutted the criticism, arguing that the embedded chips surrender only a code to machine readers. That code is then broken in order to display the personal information on the border agents' screen.

The Christian viewpoint states that the purpose of life is not human happiness and pleasure but rather the purpose of life is to gain a deeper knowledge of God. Ironically, an intense knowledge of God often comes with intense pain. For example, the church is growing the fastest in the world where the pain and suffering is the greatest.