The "Beast" was Nero. Like that was actually his nickname. It adds up to 666 in gematria, which John of Patmos was using. The image of the beast was literally h

The "Beast" was Nero. Like that was actually his nickname. It adds up to 666 in gematria, which John of Patmos was using. The image of the beast was literally his image on Roman coins, which was the only legal currency, so they needed it to buy and sell. Also, branding of slaves was sometimes done on their hands. This is the imagery that John of Patmos was pulling from, not visions of microchips, barcodes, vaccines, or AI. He was under Roman oppression and all the imagery used in Revelation is directly relevant to it's writer's own context - no need to editorialize and fear monger