
The UK government's Digital ID Advisory Group has refused to publish its meeting minutes or disclose its budget, citing its non-decision-making status, while the digital ID policy itself appears to be losing momentum following Prime Minister Starmer's resignation. This pattern of secretive, centralised identity infrastructure development mirrors the prophetic conditions described in Revelation 13 — a world system where economic participation is tied to identity verification and oversight is removed from public accountability. Revelation 13:16-17 warns of a coming global system where buying and selling are controlled through a mark of identification, and today's digital ID frameworks — built quietly, resisting scrutiny — are laying the precise technological and governmental groundwork for such a system.