The idea of a future cashless society is often linked to certain passages in the Book of Revelation, the final book of the New Testament. Specifically, Revelation chapter 13 is frequently cited. This chapter describes a scenario involving the “mark of the beast” and notes that no one will be able to buy or sell unless they have this mark.
While it doesn’t explicitly say “cashless society” in modern terms, many people interpret this passage as a prophecy about a future system where traditional money is replaced by some form of controlled transaction method. It’s a widely discussed interpretation but not a direct quote about cashless economies as we think of them today.
Read the passage and interpret this for yourself.
“The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.”
Revelation 13:15-18 NIV
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The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship...
