Peggy Popham gets her flu shot every year, despite her daughter Laura’s opposition to vaccines.
“I’m 70 and I’ve gotten sick before,” said Popham. “I don’t have a great immune system.”
Some evangelicals fear the 'mark of the beast' from a coronavirus vaccine
There are several things that, according to Scripture, have to be in place before the mark is implemented, and none of those things has happened yet.
- The one world government has to be established
- The antichrist has to be revealed and take his place as the head of that government
- The false prophet has to be revealed (the false prophet is the one who will cause the world to worship the antichrist and to receive his mark on their hand or forehead---his name or the number of his name)
To my recollection, the original Greek word used in the Revelation for "on" (as in on the forehead or the hand, describing the mark of the beast) is "epi", which means on the outside or the surface, not inside or underneath.
The original Greek word for "mark" (describing the mark of the beast) is "charagma", which means a stamp or impression, not injection or insertion; a superficial mark like a brand, not something internal.
Also, the institution of the mark of the beast is concurrent with the institution of the mandatory worship of the image of the antichrist.
So no, the COVID19 vaccine is not the mark of the beast. When that mark comes about, there won't be any need for guessing or speculation as to whether it is what it is. It will be a visible mark of the allegiance of the branded person to Satan (indwelling the person of the antichrist) and that he or she belongs to the devil, just as the spiritual seal of the Holy Spirit is the "mark on the forehead" of those who belong to Christ, visible to God and the angels.
It's possible, however, that this pandemic will be used as by politicians and political groups as justification for forming the one world government.