What would happen if the universal product code was expanded by a couple more lines?
Expanding the universal product code by a couple more lines would yield an 18-digit number, three sets of six digits. That total is sufficient to give every human being on the face of the earth a separate, unique number, which is identified as the mark of the beast.
Les explains that the mark of the beast is, in his view, nothing more than an 18-digit computer number—three sets of six digits. He points to the universal product code, the bars and lines on products, noting that the outside left, outside right, and center bars each have a value of six. He says all they have to do is expand that code by a couple more lines to reach 18 digits, which is enough to give every human being on earth a separate number. He also warns that anyone who takes that mark will have no opportunity for salvation, while those who have not yet taken it will have an opportunity as the 144,000 Jews proclaim salvation.