The Mark of the Beast

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I think it would be wise to talk truth rather than politics and opinions. The clinicians and public health experts are speaking for the good of the world in STOPPING the spread of the virus; while those who are self-centered only are interested in their freedoms and comfort (seeming selfish to me?). Any government is doing right in protecting the good of all, and not just the freedoms of rebellious ones. God tells us to obey authorities, so let us be humble and honor God (see Matt.22:21; Romans 13:4; Titus 3:1; Hebrews 13:17). God will in time deal with a government that is oppressive, so let us learn to yield to God.

A sound Christian will think much about the good of ALL mankind, rather than their likes and pleasures. God will not support the selfish views, I say.
 
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I think it would be wise to talk truth rather than politics and opinions. The clinicians and public health experts are speaking for the good of the world in STOPPING the spread of the virus; while those who are self-centered only are interested in their freedoms and comfort (seeming selfish to me?). Any government is doing right in protecting the good of all, and not just the freedoms of rebellious ones. God tells us to obey authorities, so let us be humble and honor God (see Matt.22:21; Romans 13:4; Titus 3:1; Hebrews 13:17). God will in time deal with a government that is oppressive, so let us learn to yield to God.

A sound Christian will think much about the good of ALL mankind, rather than their likes and pleasures. God will not support the selfish views, I say.
Interesting you say not to offer opinions as you offer your own opinion.

Also, as it was shown with Daniel, God says to obey Him over authorities.
 
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If you don’t want the shot, don’t get it. Frankly, I know plenty of people who don’t fear science who’d like to get the vaccine now and it seems a shame to waste good medicine on people who don’t want to do their part to end this pandemic.

On the flip side, if you pass on it, you do so knowing it’ll that your unwillingness to do your part means certain businesses and employers will want nothing to do with you and you give up your right to complain about it. Your right to get or decline medical care ends when you’re putting others at risk. This isn’t about your rights; it’s about our collective rights. Your right to be disagreeable doesn’t supersede everybody else’s right to be safe.

Have whatever opinion you want from the comfort of your own home.
 
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You believe that we are now in the millennium? There is not one aspect of this generation that fits the description of the 1,000 years reign of Christ. If you think that Satan is bound and in the bottomless pit, I have news for you. He's as active as ever, perhaps more so because his time is about up.

There are Christians in many nations who are already persecuted, marginalised, outlawed and murdered. Don't try to tell the Christians in North Korea about tribulation. They could not be treated any worse than they are now. If that's the millennium, you can have it to yourself.
You seem to be under the false impression that the millennium is a time of peace and love without sin. That misconception is clouding your understanding of scripture.
 
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On the flip side, if you pass on it, you do so knowing it’ll that your unwillingness to do your part means certain businesses and employers will want nothing to do with you and you give up your right to complain about it.

You don't get to tell people they've lost their right to complain.

Your right to get or decline medical care ends when you’re putting others at risk. This isn’t about your rights; it’s about our collective rights. Your right to be disagreeable doesn’t supersede everybody else’s right to be safe.

Have whatever opinion you want from the comfort of your own home.
What a backwards analysis of our current situation. Let me straighten that out for you: Only the sick should be quarantined, only the vulnerable should take extra precautions, and only the fearful should suffer the consequences of their own fear.

So don't tell me your fear takes away my rights.
 
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If you don’t want the shot, don’t get it. Frankly, I know plenty of people who don’t fear science who’d like to get the vaccine now and it seems a shame to waste good medicine on people who don’t want to do their part to end this pandemic.

On the flip side, if you pass on it, you do so knowing it’ll that your unwillingness to do your part means certain businesses and employers will want nothing to do with you and you give up your right to complain about it. Your right to get or decline medical care ends when you’re putting others at risk. This isn’t about your rights; it’s about our collective rights. Your right to be disagreeable doesn’t supersede everybody else’s right to be safe.

Have whatever opinion you want from the comfort of your own home.
Funny, according to you there are only two groups of people apparently.

Those that do not fear science... and those screaming witchcraft and a need to burn people at the stake for fear of science.

IF you pay attention to science youd know that RARELY do scientists get it right when they rush results, nor do they have high success at their first release of a rushed product.

This covers most fields of science, even those sciences relying heavily upon theories that must be "tweeked" and revised from its previous form based upon evidence discovered later.

You may be fine, trusting humanity blindly on a vaccine that was rushed out faster than any vaccine in history...... you may find comfort in ANY vial they wish to inject into your body. I am not and do not.

If you want it, by all means, be the human test subjects for the modern day Dr. Frankensteins...

But trust me, there are plenty of people that do not fear science that do not want the vaccine in its current state... it is also not a guaranteed outcome that those that do not want the vaccine arent "doing their part" by such refusal because there is no guarantee it would even be eradicated if everyone received the vaccine today.

There are success rates and failure rates for vaccines. Considering the vaccine is NOT 100% effective...... and considering the virus is constantly mutating... (yes, science)..... declaring the unvaccinated continue the pandemic and the vaccinated are some how "doing a noble deed" is at best useless propaganda and at worse, malicious.
 
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You can say the same thing about the TV. What if I just have a computer? Is it only smartphones or is it the entire internet?
Also, 666 is not 3 separate 6’s it’s literally all together; that’s where most hiccups in gematria happens. If you were doing Hebrew gematria it would be
666=
600 ם
60 ס
6 ו

Or phonetically MSW but ו can be not just W phonetically but also v, o, and u.
Social media is a huge problem. Removing the option of physical cash is a problem. inappropriate contentography is a massive problem.
But the blaming the entire internet for something that isn’t even theoretically correct when referring to gematria is like blaming a knife’s creation for being used in a murder. The knife is nothing more than a tool. It’s how we use it that makes all the difference.
It is simply a tool. I love to use the internet to read. Archive.org is amazing.
The internet helps helps teach.
The internet is a wonderful tool.
Be cautious of technology but don’t be superstitious about it.
Saying this without any authority of my own, only the God-given intuition in my head, I would say we will all have smartphones, one day. Here in America, we are 80% there. "And he causes ALL, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads (Rev. 13:16)..."

Does it say, "He causes unbelievers?" Or how about, "He causes some?"

People will repent when they realize the true scope of the internet. We are living in a virtual world, labor is being done remotely, and the surveillance state is here to stay. We will all have smartphones. But will we all go cashless? People think only the chipped can go cashless. Take a look at your phone. It's far more sophisticated than a microchip. It tracks you. It knows every move you're going to make, what your likes are, and what you're opposed to.

In regard to the microchip implant: in order to make a transaction, you will still need to input the direction of sales and an amount paid. If your "mark" is under your skin, that's a difficult feat. I know it happens, but only in one-way transactions. This is why I think implants are a decoy. In the state of Massachusetts, it's still legal to buy or sell a service (like mowing someone's lawn or shoveling some snow off a driveway) without paying taxes. So, for private, person-to-person transactions, at least one person would need a "register (or mark)" with a user interface.

And I would say you can't escape the internet. In fact, it is the name of the kingdom we are now living in. We call it the Information Age. Some people call it the One World Government. John calls it the World Wide Web. "... and he decrees that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name." The name of the beast (kingdom) is the World Wide Web. And herein lies the decree. We have smartphones. Everyone will. We have the internet. Everyone will. But are you willing to make all your business transactions electronic? Requiring a smartphone to conduct business? I'm not. They've started to do it in China.

I realize 666 from Greek to Hebrew is םסו (right to left), but the web was not invented in Israel. It was invented by a British computer scientist, hence translating from Greek to English to Hebrew and back to English again.

χξς (Greek) = 666 (English) = ווו (Paleo Hebrew) = WWW (English)

To show you that it's a British, and now a worldwide, scheme, it's easier if I just explain the whole thing to you.

Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream (Daniel 2)

I. Head of gold: Babylonian Empire (609–539 BC)
II. Breast and arms of silver: Medo-Persian Empire (539–332 BC)
III. Belly and thighs of brass: Greek Empire (332–63 BC)

A. Greek Empire (332–140 BC)
B. Hasmonean Kingdom (140–63 BC)

IV. Legs of iron and feet part of iron and part of clay: Roman Empire (63 BC–AD 395)

Daniel’s Vision of Four Beasts (Daniel 7)

"Thus he said, ‘The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings (Dan. 7:23–24).”

Daniel’s Vision of Four Beasts (Daniel 7)
I. Babylonian Empire (609–539 BC)
II. Medo-Persian Empire (539–332 BC)
III. Greek Empire (332–63 BC)

A. Greek Empire (332–140 BC)

B. Hasmonean Kingdom (140–63 BC)

IV. Roman Empire (63 BC–AD 395)

1. Pompey (63–49 BC)*

2. Julius Caesar (49–44 BC)

3. Augustus (44 BC–AD 14)

4. Tiberius (AD 14–37)

5. Caligula (AD 37–41)

6. Claudius (AD 41–54)

7. Nero (AD 54–68)

8. Galba (AD 68–69)**

9. Otho (AD 69)**
10. Vitellius (AD 69)**
11. Vespasian (AD 69–79)**



* Siege of Jerusalem (63 BC) - Wikipedia



** The Year of the Four Emperors, AD 69, was a period in the history of the Roman Empire in which four emperors ruled in succession: Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian. Between June of 68 and December of 69 Galba, Otho, and Vitellius successively rose and fell, the latter overlapping with the July 69 accession of Vespasian, who founded the Flavian dynasty.

Year of the Four Emperors - Wikipedia

Beast from the Sea (Revelation 13:1–10)

“And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy (Revelation 13:1).”



Symbolism is consistent in the Bible. This beast from the sea is a kingdom, as per Daniel 7:23. Yet it has two sets of kings: heads and horns. So, it is an alliance between two states, such as the Axis Powers. Before the Napoleonic Wars, the Holy Roman Empire was a center of Christendom. It consisted of what are today known as Italy and Germany. The Byzantine Empire had fallen by 1453.

Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire: 1806

Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire - Wikipedia



Seven Italian Kings/Heads (Revelation 17:10)

1. Victor Emmanuel I (1802–1821)

2. Charles Felix (1821–1831)

3. Charles Albert (1831–1849)

4. Victor Emmanuel II (1849–1878)

5. Umberto I (1878–1900)

6. Victor Emmanuel III (1900–1946)*

7. Umberto II (1946)**

List of heads of state of Italy - Wikipedia



Recall: “And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy (Revelation 13:1).”

The name of blasphemy: Emmanuel, meaning “God with us.” Jesus was called Emmanuel. Calling anyone else by that name is blasphemy.

“Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, ‘God with us (Matthew 1:23).’”

“And I saw one of his heads [kings] as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast (Revelation 13:3).”

* “ITALIAN KING WOUNDED BERLIN [Revelation 13:3]. Dec. 28, 1915. (Via Sayville by wireless.) King Victor Emmanuel of Italy has been wounded by an Austrian grenade and is now in the hospital, it is stated by the Overseas News agency. The agency attributes its information to a traveler who has just arrived from Italy. Terroristic and anti-government demonstrations are extending to an alarming extent in Italy, according to this traveller.”



South Bend News-Times 28 December 1915 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program

** Reigned only 34 days; “a short space (Revelation 17:10).”

“The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition (Antichrist): and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is (Revelation 17:8).”

“And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space (Rev. 17:9–10).”



Seven Hills of Rome (Revelation 17:9)

'1. Aventine Hill

2. Caelian Hill

3. Capitoline Hill

4. Esquiline Hill

5. Palatine Hill

6. Quirinal Hill

7. Viminal Hill



Seven hills of Rome - Wikipedia

“And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth (Revelation 17:18)”—Rome.

“And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition (Revelation 17:11)”—Antichrist.

Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia - Wikipedia ???

“And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast (Revelation 17:12).”

Ten German Rulers/Horns (Revelation 17:12)

1. Frederick William III (1797–1840)

2. Frederick William IV (1840–1861)

3. William I (1861–1888)

4. Frederick III (1888)

5. Wilhelm II (1888–1918)

6. Friedrich Ebert (1918–1925)

7. Hans Luther (1925)

8. Walter Simons (1925)

9. Paul von Hindenburg (1925–1934)

10. Adolf Hitler (1934–1945)*

List of heads of state of Germany - Wikipedia

These ten rulers began as the German Confederation (“no kingdom as yet”), but received power as kings one hour with the beast (1871–1918).

German Confederation - Wikipedia

Whose holocaust lasted 42 months: 25 November 1941–8 May 1945 (Revelation 13:5).

“And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months (Revelation 13:5).”

The Holocaust - Wikipedia

25 November 1941
Ninth Fort massacres of November 1941 - Wikipedia

8 May 1945
Victory in Europe Day - Wikipedia

“And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire (Revelation 17:16).”

“On Oct. 13, 1943, one month after Italy surrendered to Allied forces, it declared war on Nazi Germany, its onetime Axis powers partner.”

Oct. 13, 1943 | Italy Switches Sides in World War II
 
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You can say the same thing about the TV. What if I just have a computer? Is it only smartphones or is it the entire internet?
Also, 666 is not 3 separate 6’s it’s literally all together; that’s where most hiccups in gematria happens. If you were doing Hebrew gematria it would be
666=
600 ם
60 ס
6 ו

Or phonetically MSW but ו can be not just W phonetically but also v, o, and u.
Social media is a huge problem. Removing the option of physical cash is a problem. inappropriate contentography is a massive problem.
But the blaming the entire internet for something that isn’t even theoretically correct when referring to gematria is like blaming a knife’s creation for being used in a murder. The knife is nothing more than a tool. It’s how we use it that makes all the difference.
It is simply a tool. I love to use the internet to read. Archive.org is amazing.
The internet helps helps teach.
The internet is a wonderful tool.
Be cautious of technology but don’t be superstitious about it.
Great Sign in Heaven (Revelation 12)
Revelation 12 sign prophecy - Wikipedia
Draconids - Wikipedia

Beast from the Earth (Revelation 13:11–18)

“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon (Rev. 13:11).”

Two British Monarchs/Horns (Revelation 13:11)

1. George VI (1936–1952)

2. Elizabeth II (1952–present)



“And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed (Revelation 13:12).”

Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' Becomes Online Bestseller



Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' becomes online bestseller | DW | 11.01.2014

“And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men (Revelation 13:13),”

Nuclear weapon - Wikipedia

“And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

“And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed (Revelation 13:14–15).”

Sophia (robot) - Wikipedia

“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads (Revelation 13:16):”

Mark = “thing carved, sculpture, or graven work (Strong’s Concordance).”

G5480 - charagma - Strong's Greek Lexicon (KJV)

“And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

“Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”

Here is how 666 = WWW:

χξς (Greek) = 666 (English) = ווו (Paleo Hebrew) = WWW (English).

Waw (letter) - Wikipedia

Arabic numerals - Wikipedia

Banknote - Wikipedia

My belief is that the mark of the beast is the smartphone (gadget). And the name of the beast (kingdom), or the number of his name, is the World Wide Web.

One man is credited with inventing the World Wide Web (WWW): Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist (the reason the Greek is translated to English).

Berners-Lee was raised as an Anglican, but he turned away from religion in his youth. After he became a parent, he became a Unitarian Universalist (UU). When asked whether he believes in God, he stated: “Not in the sense of most people, I'm atheist and Unitarian Universalist.”

Tim Berners-Lee - Wikipedia

Berners-Lee worked as an independent contractor at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) from June to December 1980. CERN is a European research organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world.

In 1984, Berners-Lee returned to CERN as a fellow.

In 1989, CERN was the largest internet node in Europe, and Berners-Lee joined hypertext with the internet, creating the World Wide Web.

On 30 April 1993 CERN put the World Wide Web software in the public domain. CERN made the next release available with an open license, as a more sure way to maximize its dissemination. Through these actions, making the software required to run a web server freely available, along with a basic browser and a library of code, the web was allowed to flourish.

Twenty years of a free, open web

Tim Berners-Lee was dubbed a Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II during an Investiture in London on Friday, 16 July 2004. The rank of Knight Commander is the second most senior rank of the Order of the British Empire, one of the Orders of Chivalry.

Tim Berners-Lee Knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Information Age
1989: World Wide Web (WWW)

1991: SIM card

1994: Amazon

1995: eBay

1996: Nokia 9000 Communicator (smartphone)

1997: Mobile commerce

1998: Google, PayPal

1999: BlackBerry, Napster

2001: Apple iPod

2003: MySpace

2004: Facebook

2005: YouTube

2006: Twitter, Apple MacBook

2007: Apple iPhone

2009: Bitcoin, Samsung Galaxy

2010: Apple iPad

2011: Apple Siri

2014: Amazon Alexa

2016: Google Assistant

2020: e-Yuan

2021: Diem

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Why the Man Who Invented the Web Isn’t Rich

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You don't get to tell people they've lost their right to complain.

Actually, yes. If you choose to opt out of something than you are also opting for the repercussions of your decision. Employers, schools, colleges, and countries can (and do) require shots. I can’t send my kids to school without their shots. My husband can’t hold his job without his shots. If my father declined his shots for the flu, he’d be let go. If I wanted to fly out of the country before the pandemic, I had to provide proof of certain shots. Actually, I have Crohn’s Disease... I can’t walk into my job and say “I’m not getting treatment for it anymore and that’s none of your business.” If I stop treatment and it impacts my ability to do my job effectively, I can get fired.

Don’t want to get the shots? Super. That’s your choice. But that means you have disqualified yourself from travel, employment, or entry to certain establishments. There is nothing about you that gives you the right to say “I do not want to do my part, but I do want all the benefits as if I had.”

What a backwards analysis of our current situation. Let me straighten that out for you: Only the sick should be quarantined, only the vulnerable should take extra precautions, and only the fearful should suffer the consequences of their own fear.

So don't tell me your fear takes away my rights.

Actually, your fear takes away the rights of all others. Just because you don’t understand or trust the basic science behind the medicine doesn’t mean that I and everybody else need to put ourselves at risk and prolong this pandemic. Your rights don’t supersede the rights of others. You are not more important than the whole of the populace.

You don’t want to do your part? Stay home. Don’t want to stay home? Get the shot. Your fear of science isn’t our societies problem.

I’m getting my shot, not of fear, but because I have basic common sense. It’s the same reason I buckle my seatbelt when I drive, have smoke detectors in my home, and carry insurance... It’s not because I have a fear of crashes or I’m afraid of fires or I’m afraid of being sick... It’s because if I don’t wear my seatbelt and the worst happens, I risk injuring myself and others. If my house catches on fire it puts my family and my neighborhood at risk. If I get sick, insurance protects my health and assets.
 
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Funny, according to you there are only two groups of people apparently.

Those that do not fear science... and those screaming witchcraft and a need to burn people at the stake for fear of science.

IF you pay attention to science youd know that RARELY do scientists get it right when they rush results, nor do they have high success at their first release of a rushed product.

This covers most fields of science, even those sciences relying heavily upon theories that must be "tweeked" and revised from its previous form based upon evidence discovered later.

You may be fine, trusting humanity blindly on a vaccine that was rushed out faster than any vaccine in history...... you may find comfort in ANY vial they wish to inject into your body. I am not and do not.

If you want it, by all means, be the human test subjects for the modern day Dr. Frankensteins...

But trust me, there are plenty of people that do not fear science that do not want the vaccine in its current state... it is also not a guaranteed outcome that those that do not want the vaccine arent "doing their part" by such refusal because there is no guarantee it would even be eradicated if everyone received the vaccine today.

There are success rates and failure rates for vaccines. Considering the vaccine is NOT 100% effective...... and considering the virus is constantly mutating... (yes, science)..... declaring the unvaccinated continue the pandemic and the vaccinated are some how "doing a noble deed" is at best useless propaganda and at worse, malicious.

Yes, the people who are getting vaccinated are doing their part. Those who aren’t getting vaccinated are not. It’s just that simple. You’re saying that you hope we have economic crisis, death, and societal instability. You are saying you don’t believe science, that you are unwilling to be a benefit to the community, and you are ok with putting others at risk. You talk about useless propaganda, but the whole, tired “it was rushed, I won’t be a test subject to Dr. Frankenstein” is just that... Ignorant propaganda. The vaccine was already in development before this pandemic because COVID is an established viral strain, and when our whole world came to a grinding stop in the matter of six weeks, the best scientists, doctors, and people from every country in the world threw themselves into expediting the foundations of a vaccine that were already established. When thousands upon thousands of the worlds greatest minds come together with unlimited financial backing and the full support of all countries regardless of their status as an friend or adversary, stuff gets done. That level of free-exchange of ideas and advancement has always been said to be all it would take for us to tackle medical and scientific advancements that change the face of medicine and here we are.

In order for your claim that this is unsafe to hold any water, we’d have to believe that previously designed treatments for similar viral strains weren’t actually effective, that thousands of the worlds best and brightest didn’t individually come up with similar treatment plans based on this information, that every single person and country behind its creation (more than 100,000 people) all are conspiring together to facilitate a lie, and that you as a layman have thought of an outcome or complication that people who have been through decades of schooling and training and devoted their professional careers to the field have somehow missed... Which is a positively ludicrous thing to even entertain.
 
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I used to be 100% sure that the mark WAS a physical thing, now that I learned some Christians think otherwise, I'm less than 100% sure.
This is one of those defining theories for futurists: the mark of the beast. This is where their imaginations run wild just as in ages past. Even many of the American colonists had believed King George was "antichrist" and the Stamp Act was the "mark of beast." Nothing has changed.

However, when it is pointed out that there are TWO marks for foreheads in Revelation and BOTH are necessary for specific consequences to occur, the futurist finds himself in a quandry. The futurist loves to talk of the supercomputers of Bill Gates, Vaccines, AI, RFID, and tie those to diabolical endtimes myths -- YET, no futurist dares touch the Mark of the Lamb and of God with a 10-foot pole. Why is that? It is because it exposes their fantastic notions for what they are -- poor handling of scripture.

Obviously, either both marks are physical-literal and the futurist must then identify who is manufacturing the Mark of God/Lamb --or-- both marks are "SPIRITUAL," and the presence of today's AI computer development and COVID vaccines don’t provide a compelling reason to believe in futurism. Then how will futurists convince anyone and sell all those book$$$ ?

The "mark of the beast" has been a scare-tactic for decades, and many men, governments, and businesses have been, and continue to be, slandered by the Christian community over wild speculations. Well, I'm here to urge futurists to come forward and help identify WHO is making the Mark of God/the Lamb today for our foreheads and WHAT technology is emerging that will be utilized for it. This is life and death here, is it not?

If today's computers/ Chips / Vaccines, etc, aren't the mark of the beast then, "POOF!", there goes hoping that we are now in the endtimes. Futurism really doesn't have many other tricks up its sleeve to help lure people into its web of fear, speculation, and superstitions that simply never pan out .
 
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Yes, the people who are getting vaccinated are doing their part. Those who aren’t getting vaccinated are not. It’s just that simple. You’re saying that you hope we have economic crisis, death, and societal instability. You are saying you don’t believe science, that you are unwilling to be a benefit to the community, and you are ok with putting others at risk. You talk about useless propaganda, but the whole, tired “it was rushed, I won’t be a test subject to Dr. Frankenstein” is just that... Ignorant propaganda. The vaccine was already in development before this pandemic because COVID is an established viral strain, and when our whole world came to a grinding stop in the matter of six weeks, the best scientists, doctors, and people from every country in the world threw themselves into expediting the foundations of a vaccine that were already established. When thousands upon thousands of the worlds greatest minds come together with unlimited financial backing and the full support of all countries regardless of their status as an friend or adversary, stuff gets done. That level of free-exchange of ideas and advancement has always been said to be all it would take for us to tackle medical and scientific advancements that change the face of medicine and here we are.

In order for your claim that this is unsafe to hold any water, we’d have to believe that previously designed treatments for similar viral strains weren’t actually effective, that thousands of the worlds best and brightest didn’t individually come up with similar treatment plans based on this information, that every single person and country behind its creation (more than 100,000 people) all are conspiring together to facilitate a lie, and that you as a layman have thought of an outcome or complication that people who have been through decades of schooling and training and devoted their professional careers to the field have somehow missed... Which is a positively ludicrous thing to even entertain.

I think you need to read more carefully. You're saying something entirely different... Read as a whole for context... What is "ignorant propaganda" anyway? There's no such thing.

I dunno about your faith, but your reply is eerily similar to saying "ok" to the Mark of the Beast. Again, I dunno where your faith is, but this is just a set up - a foreshadowing of what is coming. If you believe in Christ, be on your guard.
 
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I dunno about your faith, but your reply is eerily similar to saying "ok" to the Mark of the Beast. Again, I dunno where your faith is, but this is just a set up - a foreshadowing of what is coming. If you believe in Christ, be on your guard.

See my post above.
Choosing common sense and proactive care for your fellow man over fanatical speculation, fear and selfish retreat, is always the correct, moral, ethical, CHRIST LIKE choice.

And, Pro Tip: If you look around and you find that that Nazis are supporting your side of an issue, you’re probably on the wrong side of the issue.
 
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vaccinations are a form of the mark of the beast; even most Christians exhibit more faith in covid-19's ability to steal, kill and destroy than in Jesus' stripes to restore, quicken and create (mark in the forehead); and act on faith in big pharma to save them (mark in the hand)

covid is as real today as leprosy was in Jesus' day; yet five Words of compassion from Jesus instantly defeated leprosy - "I will; be thou clean" (Mark 1:41)...

there's a huge wealth transfer happening between the nations of the world and the pharma industry; vaccinations and tests for covid may be free to individuals, but governments have to pay the price - and ultimately individuals pay the cost of governments...coivd is the largest business opportunity the modern world has seen...

(Rev 12:11) And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
 
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On 30 April 1993 CERN put the World Wide Web software in the public domain. CERN made the next release available with an open license, as a more sure way to maximize its dissemination. Through these actions, making the software required to run a web server freely available, along with a basic browser and a library of code, the web was allowed to flourish.

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1999: BlackBerry, Napster

2001: Apple iPod

2003: MySpace

2004: Facebook

2005: YouTube

2006: Twitter, Apple MacBook

2007: Apple iPhone

2009: Bitcoin, Samsung Galaxy

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2011: Apple Siri

2014: Amazon Alexa

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So is it the internet that’s the mark or is it just smartphones? It can’t be both. Because if it’s just smartphones then can you use your computer? What if your smartphone isn’t connected to the internet? If it is the internet, how are you on this forum right now?
It is too much of a stretch to say it is the mark. Sure, it may be a forerunner but the actual mark? Naw.
 
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I think you need to read more carefully. You're saying something entirely different... Read as a whole for context... What is "ignorant propaganda" anyway? There's no such thing.

I dunno about your faith, but your reply is eerily similar to saying "ok" to the Mark of the Beast. Again, I dunno where your faith is, but this is just a set up - a foreshadowing of what is coming. If you believe in Christ, be on your guard.

The fact that you answer my post that used logic, facts, established science, and clearly articulated viewpoints that bind all those together by attacking my faith and denying the existence of something as basic as ignorant propaganda tells us all we need to know and completely confirms everything I just said.

Get your shot or happily opt to stay home.
 
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You seem to be under the false impression that the millennium is a time of peace and love without sin. That misconception is clouding your understanding of scripture.
Maybe my understanding of "millennium" is different from yours. Do you seriously think that Satan is bound and consigned to the bottomless pit? I can assure that he still prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking who he can devour.
 
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If you don’t want the shot, don’t get it. Frankly, I know plenty of people who don’t fear science who’d like to get the vaccine now and it seems a shame to waste good medicine on people who don’t want to do their part to end this pandemic.

On the flip side, if you pass on it, you do so knowing it’ll that your unwillingness to do your part means certain businesses and employers will want nothing to do with you and you give up your right to complain about it. Your right to get or decline medical care ends when you’re putting others at risk. This isn’t about your rights; it’s about our collective rights. Your right to be disagreeable doesn’t supersede everybody else’s right to be safe.

Have whatever opinion you want from the comfort of your own home.
Some people react badly to flu vaccines - including me. I'll not have the shot, even though I'm in a high risk age bracket. I also dislike being coerced. Where does it stop? Do we become like China where the population is totally controlled by the state? That's the slippery slope that we face if we let too many of our freedoms go. It's bad enough now.
 
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Maybe my understanding of "millennium" is different from yours. Do you seriously think that Satan is bound and consigned to the bottomless pit? I can assure that he still prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking who he can devour.

Satan is most certainly NOT accusing any of the brothers any more. His ministry as the O.T. accuser of the saints came to an end when Christ stripped him of all authority and granted righteousness by faith to all the saints. Revelation 12:10-11 tells how the blood of the Lamb has granted this victory, and is tied to Paul's teaching in Romans:

Romans 8:30-31,33
Whom he foreordained, them he also called. Whom he called, them he also justified. Whom he justified, them he also glorified. What then will we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?... Who could bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

This passage shows how satan's O.T. role as accuser of the brethren (see Job 1 and 2; Rev 12:10-11) is now over. He simply can make no accusation, for the Judge has fully pardoned all his people and based upon the blood of His Sacrificial Lamb, Jesus.

Satan is defeated to Christ and his Church. In fact, this was the very purpose of Christ's ministry (see 1 John 3:8; Hebrews 2:14-15; John 12:31; Colossians 2:15; Matthew 16:18-19; Matthew 28:18-19, etc), yet many today seem to deny that Christ was successful.

It certainly is true that those outside the Kingdom of God are bound in chains of sin and darkness and are the "sons of satan" (as was Cain and as were the rulers of Israel Jesus spoke against in John 8:44) -- but look at how bound and powerless satan is to all the Sons of God (Acts 26:17-18; Matthew 12:28-29; Luke 10:19; Mark 16:17, etc). Jesus said the time for the satan to have been cast out was back in HIS time (John 12:31).

So we must not UNDO the work of Christ in this matter by a retroactive faith that places us back in time as if we are a people living PRIOR to Christ's victory over satan. What a travesty it is, IMHO, to see how the eschatological doctrine of futurism is always robbing Christ of his power and completed work.
 
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