I took a covid-19 rapid test is that the mark of the beast?
Does the Mark Of the Beast come before after the church is raptured?
Please According to the bible. I prefer King James Version.
No, the "mark of the Beast" isn't a literal, physical mark. It is figurative language (the book of the Revelation is a book of symbolic, figurative images and language) to describe personal allegiance to the Beast, as opposed to Christ. The Revelation also mentions God putting His mark and seal on His Church.
There's no such thing as "the rapture of the Church". The Bible instead speaks of Christ's return, at a time we don't know, can't predict, that will come without warning--and at His coming in glory to judge the living and the dead, He shall raise the dead. As such, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 is referring to Christ's return to earth, to judge the nations, at His coming the dead are resurrected: this is God's promise to us in Christ, eternal life.
The doctrine of "the rapture" is a false doctrine that arose in the early 1800's and was by-and-large the product of a single individual: John Darby, a former priest of the Church of Ireland (the Irish branch of the Anglican Church). Darby's doctrines first entered into the church he helped found (the Plymouth Brethren), and then in the decades afterward a number of high profile figures took Darby's doctrines (called Dispensationalism), further systemetized them, and then spread them outside of the Plymouth Brethren. Notable examples of these include Dwight L. Moody, Cyrus Scofield, and John Ryrie.
But even as late as the mid 20th century Dispensationalism and its doctrine of "the rapture" was still a fringe belief among Western Christians, even in the United States. But with the rise of Dispensationalist seminaries, theologians, and publishing houses the doctrines continued to infiltrate many churches. Then in the 80's, 90's and 00's the doctrines became even more popular, with very popular books, such as Tim LaHaye's "Left Behind" books, which even got adapted into movies. The first starring Kirk Cameron, and the reboot starring Nicholas Cage of all people.
Dispensationalism is still a fringe doctrinal position among the over 2.5 billion Christians alive on the planet, but its huge popularity among certain churches (and how politically and socially visible those churches are) has led to these ideas being considered mainstream by many--even though they are as far from the mainstream of Christian faith as can be.
Your fear of accidentally taking the "mark of the Beast" because you are concerned with a global pandemic, and doing the wise thing of getting tested (and vaccinated) is precisely what the fruit of Dispensationalism does. Dispensationalism destroys faith and hope in the Gospel, because Dispensationalism at its core rejects the Gospel. "End Times" theology is Christ-denying, Gospel-denying, and ultimately breeds hopelessness, fear, despair, and drives away faith, hope, and love.
-CryptoLutheran