Trying to think of how to explain this. I have been struggling a lot with a fear of worshipping the antichrist and taking the mark of the beast.
The thing is, we don't really know who the antichrist is. So I keep thinking of ways that various things might be the antichrist, and feel the need to stay away from them as much as I can. Without elaborating much more, I will just say that a big one at the moment for me is a specific brand. So, you might say, don't buy from this brand.
If it were that simple, it might not be such a big problem. But lately, I have started to think that avoiding these things isn't enough. I feel like I need to avoid being influenced by them in even very minuscule ways. For example, a friend sent me a photo through WhatsApp. In the photo are some products produced by this brand. Now I feel like I might be worshipping the antichrist if I use this phone for anything, because the pictures would have influenced the flow of electrons in the device so that everything I interact with involving the phone is the way it is because of possibly the antichrist. So, I took a nap a bit ago, and when I woke up I checked the clock on my phone. Seeing what time it was, I decided to get up. Now I worry that everything I do, having been prompted by the clock on my phone, might be worshipping the antichrist.
Then there are times where I'm walking, and think of something that I think might be the antichrist, and I feel like I have to retrace my steps and rewalk that part - otherwise my route has been influenced by the antichrist. Or I see some trash along the road that was packaging from the specific brand I mentioned, and fear that I have willingly used it to spatially orient myself and thus have worshipped the antichrist.
And so on. Chains of cause and effect, which make it extremely difficult to do anything without fearing it is somehow influenced by the antichrist and thus puts me at risk for worshipping the Beast and taking the mark.
Any advice?
The thing is, we don't really know who the antichrist is. So I keep thinking of ways that various things might be the antichrist, and feel the need to stay away from them as much as I can. Without elaborating much more, I will just say that a big one at the moment for me is a specific brand. So, you might say, don't buy from this brand.
If it were that simple, it might not be such a big problem. But lately, I have started to think that avoiding these things isn't enough. I feel like I need to avoid being influenced by them in even very minuscule ways. For example, a friend sent me a photo through WhatsApp. In the photo are some products produced by this brand. Now I feel like I might be worshipping the antichrist if I use this phone for anything, because the pictures would have influenced the flow of electrons in the device so that everything I interact with involving the phone is the way it is because of possibly the antichrist. So, I took a nap a bit ago, and when I woke up I checked the clock on my phone. Seeing what time it was, I decided to get up. Now I worry that everything I do, having been prompted by the clock on my phone, might be worshipping the antichrist.
Then there are times where I'm walking, and think of something that I think might be the antichrist, and I feel like I have to retrace my steps and rewalk that part - otherwise my route has been influenced by the antichrist. Or I see some trash along the road that was packaging from the specific brand I mentioned, and fear that I have willingly used it to spatially orient myself and thus have worshipped the antichrist.
And so on. Chains of cause and effect, which make it extremely difficult to do anything without fearing it is somehow influenced by the antichrist and thus puts me at risk for worshipping the Beast and taking the mark.
Any advice?
