Hey Pink grapefruit, this is an interesting way to look at the whole bible prophecy end times stuff.
Basically, jesus said he would return to judge the living and the dead and setup his kingdom on earth, bringing peace and happiness the way god had intended for years to come.
And after he said that, lots of people have had visions of signs that would lead to a day that he'd return and some of those people put it into the bible.
ANYWAY.. fast forward to the bible prophecy of today: Basically, people read into what may or may not be prophecy, and try to cross reference it with things that are happening in modern times so they can sort of "decode the bible" to predict his coming... that's where you get the rapture dates and stuff that you see in the news.
In the 60's and during the globalist movements people started getting creative and that's where the microchips come from, basically they think "oh well, that's one way you could have a like 666 icon on your hand or forehead like Revelations."
Now, I personally think that John (the author of the book of revelations) was a clever guy and was writing a sort of:
"These are the signs your empire is collapsing - and how to survive after" series of newsletters for the Christian churches while Rome was struggling to keep itself together.
I cant help but think if you look at how all the empires collapse leading up to the writers time, and to ours, it's all basically the same. Same behavior. Same tragic events that shake the foundations of the empire. Famines, wars, natural disasters.
I think the author of revelation is saying,
"if you have X number of disasters in X number of months, move the kids to the hills"
So it's more practical than paranormal.
And that's what gets my creative end times prophecy juices flowing.