From Dubai to Washington, the language of global leaders is growing eerily familiar to students of Bible prophecy. On one hand, Bill Gates and technocrats like Larry Ellison are pushing for a unified global digital ID system that consolidates health, financial, and even voting data into centralized databases. Critics warn this vision strips privacy and sovereignty in favor of AI-driven governance. Simultaneously, world governments—including the UK, Switzerland, Canada, and the EU—are moving to implement their own digital ID systems. Gates’ chilling warning that those who resist will be “left behind” paints a picture of economic and social exclusion for dissenters.

Meanwhile, in Washington, President Trump unveiled a sweeping Gaza peace plan accompanied by the creation of a “Board of Peace.” Figures such as Tony Blair are already positioning themselves for influential roles in overseeing Gaza’s reconstruction and transition into a commercial district. Trump’s rhetoric—calling the announcement “one of the greatest days ever in civilization” and promising “eternal peace in the Middle East”—echoes the prophetic warning of 1 Thessalonians 5:3: “While they are saying, ‘Peace and safety!’ then destruction will come upon them suddenly.”

For those who follow Daniel 9 and Revelation, the convergence is striking. The digital ID agenda and the “Board of Peace” may appear disconnected, yet together they demonstrate how quickly global systems of surveillance, governance, and diplomacy can centralize. Daniel’s prophecy of a strengthened covenant for seven years, confirmed by a future Antichrist empowered by ten kings, has not yet come to pass. Still, these developments sketch the contours of a world being prepared for exactly such an arrangement—a world willing to surrender sovereignty for promises of safety, convenience, and peace.

Believers must be clear-eyed. What we are witnessing is not the covenant of Daniel’s 70th week, but a foreshadowing of it. Digital IDs, AI-driven control, multinational “stabilization forces,” and peace boards all serve as rehearsals for the coming system Scripture calls the Beast. While the world rushes toward a false peace, the Church is reminded that only in Christ is true refuge found. The stage is being set. The curtain has not yet risen—but the rehearsal is well underway.