This is the first time I've ever encountered a teaching like this, and to be honest, I have a feeling the OP is right. Especially when the verse about King Solomon receiving 666 talents of gold was mentioned. That was similar to how the banking system came into being, currencies backed by gold and then intrinsic value determined by legal tender with no backing by anything. Even if the mark of the beast is not the fiat system itself, it is definitely closely linked to it.
Just throwing a conjecture out there, King Solomon (a type of the beast who had control of the mark of the beast) received actual gold as his income from all those under his rule, which is exactly what the current fiat system did. The ultimate owner of the fiat system took all the gold from those under his rule.
Being a former student of finance, I was disgusted with the fiat system since years back. It is "creating something out of nothing", giving people the illusion of possessing wealth while those in control of the system slowly gained control of the actual tangible wealth (like gold) and commodities needed for basic human survival. It is a system of deception and utter slavery. You could contribute decades of actual labor to earn income for your daily food only to have all that income completely wiped out by an economic disaster in one day. Just look at Lehman Brothers and its aftermath.
Just throwing a conjecture out there, King Solomon (a type of the beast who had control of the mark of the beast) received actual gold as his income from all those under his rule, which is exactly what the current fiat system did. The ultimate owner of the fiat system took all the gold from those under his rule.
Being a former student of finance, I was disgusted with the fiat system since years back. It is "creating something out of nothing", giving people the illusion of possessing wealth while those in control of the system slowly gained control of the actual tangible wealth (like gold) and commodities needed for basic human survival. It is a system of deception and utter slavery. You could contribute decades of actual labor to earn income for your daily food only to have all that income completely wiped out by an economic disaster in one day. Just look at Lehman Brothers and its aftermath.