The earth continues its restless trembling as monitoring stations record over 500 earthquakes worldwide in the past 24 hours, while governments from France to Africa accelerate the deployment of biometric digital identity systems that will fundamentally reshape how citizens interact with the state.
Seismologists report moderate global activity today, with two magnitude 5.0+ earthquakes leading the count alongside 28 magnitude 4.0+ events and 162 magnitude 3.0+ tremors. A 5.5 magnitude quake struck 201 kilometers southwest of JosĂ© MarĂa Morelos, Mexico, at 19:33 UTC, while another 5.5 hit the remote Drake Passage near Antarctica. Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, one of the world's most seismically active regions, recorded a 4.8 magnitude event 155 kilometers east of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. December's cumulative data shows 20 significant quakes above magnitude 5.0 among more than 2,000 total recorded events—a pattern Jesus described in Matthew 24:7 as characteristic of the age preceding His return: 'There will be earthquakes in various places.'
Meanwhile, the sun presents its own concerns. Space weather monitors are tracking a 'sunspot triumvirate'—active regions AR4294, AR4296, and AR4298—which spent the past day spewing jets and prominences visible in GOES-19 satellite imagery. While flare activity remains relatively weak, the potential for stronger events is rising. This comes as analysts warn that America's critical infrastructure remains dangerously vulnerable to severe space weather. A Carrington-class geomagnetic storm could disable power grids and communications networks precisely as the nation's AI-driven systems become increasingly dependent on continuous electricity.
On the technology front, France announced its national digital identity app, France Identité, has now enabled the creation of more than 3.2 million digital IDs, with approximately 525,000 fully certified through in-person verification at local town halls. The system will serve as France's EU Digital Identity Wallet and is slated for use in the 2026 elections. LexisNexis Risk Solutions simultaneously unveiled upgrades to its IDVerse biometric platform, enhancing deepfake detection and synthetic identity fraud prevention through selfie-based verification.
Across Africa, however, researchers from the UK's Institute of Development Studies are sounding alarms. Their new report examining digital ID systems in ten countries—including Ethiopia, Egypt, and the Democratic Republic of Congo—concludes that biometric systems are being 'imposed on Africans, preventing millions from receiving essential services they are entitled to.' The researchers call for stronger independent governance bodies to oversee these systems. The prophetic implications are striking: Revelation 13 describes a future system where buying and selling require a specific mark, and today's infrastructure—facial recognition, digital wallets, centralized identity verification—creates the technological foundation such a system would require.
In the Middle East, tensions remain elevated. Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched live-fire drills in the Persian Gulf Friday, firing ballistic and cruise missiles at mock targets in a demonstration of reconstituted military capability. The exercises come as the U.S. Central Command praised Syria's new government for blocking Hezbollah weapons shipments—a significant shift following the Assad regime's collapse. Israel continues operations in Gaza, where the IDF reported striking two armed men who approached troops, killing one.
The convergence of these developments—persistent seismic activity, solar threats to an AI-dependent grid, and the rapid global expansion of biometric identity systems—presents a picture of accelerating change across multiple domains. Observers should watch for continued solar activity as we approach solar maximum, further digital ID mandates tied to essential services, and whether Iran's military posturing translates into direct confrontation. The infrastructure for unprecedented global control is being built in plain sight, one verified selfie at a time.