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2024 — Birth of the Digital ID Wallet

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The second beast was given power to give breath [life] 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. (Revelation 13:15-17)

2024 — Birth of the Digital ID Wallet

“We are looking at a massive advancement in how people use their identity and credentials in everyday contact with both public and private entities, and in how they use digital services.” – Ivan Bartos, Czech Deputy Prime minister for digitalisation

EU Digital ID Wallet to Release in 2024

“Authentication and revocation of wallets should be free of charge to natural persons. However, when wallets are used for authentication, services relying on the use of the wallet may incur costs, e.g., the issuance of the electronic attestations of attributes to the wallet.” (You pay to prove who you are.)

“A possibility has been introduced that electronic attestation [evidence or proof of the individual] of attributes [ID characteristics] . . . be issued to the wallet directly by the public sector body responsible for the authentic source [entity that issues and verifies the ID] or by . . . a public sector body responsible for an authentic source (third party). That identifier may consist of a combination of several national and sectoral identifiers.”

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2022/12/06/european-digital-identity-eid-council-adopts-its-position-on-a-new-regulation-for-a-digital-wallet-at-eu-level/

Convenience Leads to Adoption of Digital ID Wallet

“The EU Digital ID wallet will give any EU citizen or business the ability to prove their identity or any entitlements quickly and reliably. For example, with the EU Digital ID wallet you can:

  • Request access to a public record such as birth certificate, medical record or land registry
  • On-board a customer to a digital service
  • Sign a business contract
  • Open a bank account
  • File a tax return
  • Apply for a university place anywhere in the EU
  • Claim a medical prescription
  • Prove age
  • Rent a car or register a company car fleet contract
  • Check in to a hotel .
  • HR departments will be able to verify quickly the identity of a job candidate and authenticate any documents they submit to support their applications. They can also insert payslips into the wallet app.

(Conversely, without your EU Digital ID wallet you may not be able to: apply for a job, check into a hotel, rent a car, prove your age, get your medical prescription, apply to college, file a tax return, open a bank account, sign a business contract, buy a home, rent a home . . . perhaps even buy groceries.) – Eddie

“The work of purchasing and procurement teams [will be] much easier. They will be able to prove the company’s identity by sharing a verified registration certificate with suppliers. Treasury departments will also benefit. They will be able to file and complete tax returns much more quickly.”

(Conversely, without your EU Digital ID wallet you may not qualify as a government contractor or be able to file your tax return.) – Eddie

“Most users will access the EU Digital ID wallet in the form of a smartphone app. EU citizens will be able to download the wallet app from the major app stores and have their identity verified with high level of assurance to onboard to their wallet. Once done, they will be able to request their key identity credentials and electronic attestations from official institutions (ex: driver license, health pass, vehicle card registration, diplomas, etc..) and from private service providers (ex: IBAN bank credential, verified utility bill, etc…). When these credentials are approved and installed, they will be listed clearly on the app. Later, the user may be able to add more credentials from other enterprises with trusted data such as airlines and insurance companies. With the app installed, the user will be able to select the credential needed to complete a transaction, and authenticate using a password, PIN, biometric or similar.”

https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/worldwide-digital-identity-and-security/government/magazine/eu-digital-id-wallet-coming-heres-what

(12 percent of U.S. and U.K. adults do not own a smartphone.) – Eddie

Belgium’s Digital ID Wallet

“Belgium plans rollout of digital ID wallet in 2023. Belgium’s myID.be wallet will be enhanced to contain more digital verified credentials including the national citizen card to carry out transactions and access to services. Brussels are reportedly piloting their own “digital identity system”, which has been described in less than glowing terms as a “Trojan horse” which will allow the government to steal personal data.”
https://identityweek.net/european-rollouts-overview-biometric-touchpoints-at-munich-airport-digital-identity-program-in-brussels/

Munich Airport Streamlines Processing of Baggage With Biometric Systems

“Munich Airport, Terminal 2 [plans] to install the best-performing biometric systems on the market at the central security checkpoint. The works are set to be completed by Autumn 2024. Travellers will get to experience super streamlined processing of baggage as well as verification of their identity and immigration status.”

(Examples of Biometric Security: voice recognition, fingerprint scanning, facial recognition, iris recognition, heart-rate sensors. “right hand, forehead”) – Eddie

Growth in Digital Id Acceptance

“The number of users joining digital ID is growing. According to a Juniper Research report, this number will increase by more than 50% over the next few years, from 4.2 billion in 2022 to 6.5 billion in 2026. In that way, accessing government services will likely be essential in this construction. The future of digital ID is getting closer, and it’s moving toward a global adoption with enormous benefits for society, contributing decisively to reducing fraud and simplifying people’s lives.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2022/06/07/what-does-the-future-of-digital-id-look-like/?sh=1b6ec7cf266b 

S.4528 – 117th U. S. Congress Introduces Improving Digital Identity Act

“This bill establishes the Improving Digital Identity Task Force to establish a government-wide effort to develop secure methods for governmental agencies to protect the privacy and security of individuals and support reliable, interoperable digital identity verification in the public and private sectors.”

Will U. S. Adopt a National Digital Id Wallet?

“Most Americans eschew the idea of a government-issued national ID perceiving it as an overreach of the state. At the same time, many Americans are more than happy to use their identity credentials within their ApplePay or GooglePay e-wallets. The next frontier in payments will focus on creating a superior and seamless digital-first consumer experience. That means having a seamless application, onboarding, issuance, and payments experience that doesn’t require manual intervention. If your identity CAN’T be verified across borders and on different platforms in different countries, then it won’t be as useful to citizens in the first place. Additionally, with innovation, comes new risks. A breached password does not even come close to a breached biometric. You can always replace your password, but not your unique genetic code.”
https://thepaypers.com/interviews/digital-id-wallets-and-their-broader-adoption-the-us-model-vs-the-eu-way–1259002

Scytáles Wins Eu Digital Identity Wallet Contract

Scytáles AB has won the contract to build the European Digital Identity Wallet. The EU Digital Identity Wallet is planned for a 2024 release, after the legislation underpinning it is passed in spring of 2023.
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202212/scytales-wins-eu-digital-identity-wallet-contract-council-reaches-consensus-on-rules

EU’s Digital Wallet to Go Live in 2024

“The legislative process could be completed by next spring, setting the stage for the wallet to go live in 2024. Under the plan, EU member states will have 12 months to issue their wallets once the regulation is adopted.” – Romana Jerkovic, a member of the European Parliament and member of the EU’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202211/eu-says-it-can-have-a-digital-id-wallet-by-24-regardless-of-challenges

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We Need Writers, Speakers, Teachers, Trainers, Leaders, and Soldiers Willing to Serve on the Front Lines of God’s Kingdom

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Here at Heavenly Special Operations a group of intelligent officers recently compiled random transcripts of previous reports which we believe may point to future activities along the enemy’s lines.

We believe these reports to be accurate and authentic.

Plans are underway for a special mission with the goal of rescuing all who may still remain behind enemy lines. To this purpose, S. O. seeks young men and women who are willing to risk their lives and reputation in order to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, visit the sick, and befriend those in prison.

To this end we call groups of 12 to serve others before themselves, speak for those who have been silenced, and proclaim the good news that in Christ all can be set free from sin.

We need writers, speakers, teachers, trainers, leaders, and encouragers willing to serve on the front lines of God’s Kingdom.

Email this recruiter at: eddie@eddiejones.org to learn how you can belong to something greater than yourself. Join now and receive your new field manual (a FREE Bible) and a draft copy of Tha Pirate Gospel: Tales and Adventures of tha Sun as told by John Mark.

Below are Top Secret reports and an analysis how these events might unfold in the coming months.

There before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest (Revelation 6:2).

“Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.” — Jesus (Matthew 24:7)

No one knows with certainty when nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom (Matthew 24:36). But we are called to observe our times and prepare (Luke 12:56, Mark 13:28-29). Within the past twenty-four months, feelings of division have increased significantly throughout the world. This trend may only accelerate and lead to increased global conflict.

Another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword (Revelation 6:4).

“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other. Nany false prophets (preachers & teachers) will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,” — Jesus (Matthew 24:9-12)

China, North Korea, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Cameroon, Central African Republic, India, Mali, South Sudan, and Ethiopia have all experienced an increase in violence against those who follow Jesus. In the U.S. FBI data shows an unprecedented spike in murders. Gang violence increased in 2021.

I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “Two pounds of wheat for a day’s wages, and six pounds of barley for a day’s wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!” (Revelation 6:6)

“There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these (3 things) are the beginning of birth pains..” — Jesus (Matthew 24:7)

In 2021 957 million people across 93 countries did not have enough to eat. Experts agree that we may be on the verge of a world wide food shortage.  

“This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations. Then the end will come. — Jesus (Matthew 24:14)

A pale horse whose rider was named Death and Hades were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth (Revelation 6:7-8).

In many ways, it’s easier to share the Gospel now than ever. Apps, ebooks, the Internet, all make God’s Word available to those living in free societies. Those in dark countries (China, North Korea . . . see the list of Christian-persecuting nations above), prohibit the spread of the Gospel. Even in those countries, though, Christians continue to share their faith. The Gospel will be preached to all nations as a testimony. A few will believe and accept Christ as their savior. After this global testimony of the Gospel we can expect wars of an unprecedented nature, famine, world wide starvation, and wild, savage animals. This last trend, an increase in attacks on humans by wild, savage animals will be in response to a substantial decrease in food sources for the animal kingdom.  

Those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” They were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow brothers and sisters and servants were killed just as they had been. (Revelation 6:9-11)

“Then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. If those days were not cut short, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.” — Jesus (Matthew 24:21-22)

Those serving on the front lines of God’s Kingdom can expect persecution and death. If you are in Christ, accept that you are already dead in your old self and now alive in him. 

We seek recruits willing to give their lives to Christ in order to serve him and serve their neighbor. Once more I make this pitch: email me at: eddie@eddiejones.org to learn how you can belong to something greater than yourself. Join now and receive your new field manual (a FREE Bible) and a draft copy of Tha Pirate Gospel: Tales and Adventures of tha Sun as told by John Mark.

 

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Look for China to Be the Leader in the Future of Money

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Look for China to Be the Leader in the Future of Money

“While the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and Bank of Japan ‘study’ the mechanics of issuing a new form of cash, China has pulled ahead and has been testing its digital Yuan since April 2020.” – AsiaMoney

China comes at digital currency without the promise of anonymity but from the over-reaching surveillance of state-run accounts. Global chief investment officer at Deutsche Bank, Christian Nolting, wrote in a report on crypto-currencies published in April: China “could complement, or displace, increasingly widely used private-sector crypto-currencies.”

In other words, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether, and Binance Coin, would remain fringe players while China’s Yuan dominates global currencies.

Former CIA analyst Yaya Fanusie, now a digital currency expert and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, points to the recent example of Swedish fashion retailer as an example of how China might deal with those who step out of line. When H&M expressed concern over China’s use of forced labour in cotton production in the Xinjiang region, China pulled H&M products from their sites and mobile apps. NPR reported, “Two Chinese celebrities have already severed deals with the Swedish brand. Chinese state media outlets are now calling out other Western clothing brands — including Nike, New Balance and Burberry — for not using Xinjiang cotton. ‘Pure and flawless Xinjiang cotton cannot allow any forces to smear or blacken it,’ a Chinese commerce ministry spokesperson said.”

But former director of the digital currency institute at the People’s Bank of China, Yao Qian, claims surveillance is not the intent a digital Yuan. At the International Finance Forum in Beijing on May 30, Bloomberg news reported that Yao told a panel, “Helping the government see all transactions in real time was not the intention of the Chinese central bank.”

Still, data and information would be accessible in real time. Each transaction would reveal the location of the account holder and their purchase. We do not need a Jerry Jenkins / Tim Lahaye novel series to envision how this might play out on a world stage.

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Young Adults Drop Support for Israel

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Perhaps you can quote the passage: I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated (Malachi 1:2-3) and so you stand with Israel no matter what. “God said it; that settles it.” The “it” in this case are prophesies regarding Israel. (And oh how we Christians love prophesies—why it’s our very own virtual future reality game.)

For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession. (Psalm 135:4)

The Lord said to Abram, “I will make of you a great nation [Israel], and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis 12:1-4)

Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. (Luke 21:24)

All the nations of the earth will gather against Jerusalem. On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. (Zechariah 12:3)

I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured. Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle. On that day his feet [Jesus] will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. (Zechariah 14:1-4)

After World War 2 and the horror of The Holocaust, sticking by Israel seemed to be the patriotic thing to do, but now across the world, and now even in the U.S., support for Israel is declining. “It seems that the Israeli government’s decision to abandon large segments of the liberal, progressive Democratic public and gamble only on the Evangelicals might end up costing us dearly,” said Dr. Yoav Fromer, head of the Center for the Study of the United States at Tel Aviv University.

In a 2018 survey, 75% of American Evangelicals supported Israel. And yet even among American Evangelicals 18-29 years old, support for Israel dropped. Dr. Motti Inbari of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, points out that those in the survey who support Palestinians had more political reasons.

“They were less supportive of Israel but not because they are less religious, but because young Evangelicals don’t look at political issues the same way. It’s a generational divide.”

In fiscal year 2019, the United States provided Israel with $3.8 billion in military aid. Israel also benefits from around $8 billion in American loan guarantees. Israel’s annual budget is 387.717 billion. America’s financial support is around 3%. Should the U.S. pull funds Israel’s finances would take a hit but not a substantial blow. The bigger issue is our military support and shared military information. Were the U.S. become a foe rather than an ally, Israel would stand alone against the world.

The prudent sailor watches the wind and swells and keeps a weather eye out for squalls. If you squint through the binocs you can see clouds gathering on the horizon.