Could mark of the beast be obtained only by those who feel they need to go to work to support themselves ? Is it about trusting yourself and not God for your needs ?
I am not saying people should quit their jobs now but when Jesus said do not worry about tommorow he wants us not worrying how we are going to survive and find work. To best be following Christ and serving Him it is best to trust Him to find you the work suitable to you to be serving Him and having enough money to support your needs. It is not wrong to be working in any job but people should not be worrying about tommorow or finding work and feeling they need to conform to ungodly government to find work. But people should make sure they have the righteousness of the kingdom before worrying about if they will lose a job or are not very successful if they have not seeked first the righteousness of the kingdom . You can still work any job if it does not stop you seeking the righteousness of the kingdom but those best serve God who trust in God to find one work that is best used to serve God
Jesus said you can not serve God and mammon
ofcourse you have to work Paul was a tentmaker and said if any does not work he does not eat but Jesus said a work man is worthy of his wages and to seek first the kingdom of God and all these things will be added to you
the birds do not worry about food and God provides. Jesus said to pray for our daily bread. But we should be seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness then we are worthy of any work because we are doing His will and the work we do can further things for His kingdom
because mark of the beast is tied to you can’t buy or sell if you don’t have it
I know it seems unlikely the vaccine is the mark of the beast but it could be especially if it is in some way related to being put on hand or forehead maybe after you receive it it is somehow related to hand or forehead
It seems you can’t travel without the vaccine so it seems silly not to receive it but that is not much different than buying and selling
if you trust in another to supply your needs rather than God to promote you as good candidate for doing a certain job so you get paid where you are also serving the kingdom it seems not good
Not sure it would apply to the virus? That could be a lying a sign as a wonder or unknown . Jesus said its an evil generation "non converted mankind (666) , that seeks after one, none was given but the sign of Jonas fulfilled by the Son of man, Jesus .
Most doctrines of God are found in Genesis.
It is about trusting yourself and not God for our needs. . all needs to include the ones not seen the spiritual . The mark was first applied to Cain a restless wander. No gospel rest no living hope as a promise of a new incorruptible body which the blood of Abel longs to or cries out to be clothed in.
Abel was yoked with Christ to make the burden lighter .Abel the first recorded martyr. Cain who saw no value in the unseen things of God (faith)
Cain the marked or sealed man refused to buy the truth of the gospel (believe God not seen) but influenced by the god of this world persecuted the gospel. Cain plowed Abel under. .The pagan foundation out of sight out of mind. (no faith coming from God)
Proverbs 23:23 Buy the
truth, and sell
it not; also
wisdom, and
instruction, and
understanding.
Cain said his sufferings was more that he could bear but still refused to believe God who alone did bear it. Cain wanted to die but God in affect said "mark my living abiding word) what I declare will come to pass .If any man murders Cain the same mark (non converted) has already been applied to them .No faith
Genesis 4: 13-15 And Cain said unto the Lord,
My punishment is
greater than
I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that
every one that findeth me shall slay me. And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a
mark upon
Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
Vengeance against the lord is the vengeance of the lord. No easy out for Cain sufferings the pangs of hell with no comfort till the last day .
Believer are marked with the seal of His gospel .They are moved by the gospel. they by the truth of the gospel and did not sell it for the things of this world.
Esau seeing no value in the unseen things of God sold his birth rite for a cup of goat soup.
Revelation 7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have
sealed the servants of our
God in
their foreheads.
In that way sealed in our minds we can follow the loving commandment below. (Look not. . .let this)
Philippians 2:4-6 King James Version (KJV) Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Let this mind be in you,
which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: