timewerx said:
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The article in OP's link is way off.
The Mark of the Beast is simply money.
Mark = engraving = coin; The Roman money currency to be exact. Any form of modern currency, is still originally the Roman money and so is still the Mark of the Beast.
You cannot buy nor sell without money obviously.
It will cause you to drop God's commandments - obviously, you cannot serve two masters. If you love or serve money, you will hate God - in violation of the most important commandment of all. That is pretty much it.
The Good News is that Jesus came just in time to show us how to handle money (The Mark of the Beast) to prove that the Mark of the Beast has no power over us - using much of our money to help save the lost as well as providing substantial help to our brothers and sisters in the faith who are in distress and living in modesty / humility.
Off you go than brother, prove what your saying with scripture? Why would God send his judgments to the world for having currency when he says we need to be in the world but not of the world and to render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's *MATTHEW 22:21; JOHN 15:19; JOHN 17:15-16? The scriptures do not really follow what your suggesting above as the whole world would be lost.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts though brother, God bless
Both of you bring up some good points.
Concerning the" denarius and caesar", I would like to share some thoughts and Scriptures I feel may be somewhat pertinent to the OP and the above posts.
3 of the Gospels mention this event and all addressed to the corrupt/greedy Jewish rulers
Jesus mentions both the
Pharisees and "
Herodians" in Matt and Mar. [I don't know much about the "herodians" as they are only mentioned in 3 verses, Matthew 22:16 Mark 3:6 and Mark 12:13]
All 3 mention "denarius", "image" and "Caesar"
Matthew 22
15 Then the
Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle Him in
His talk.
16 And they sent to Him
their disciples with the Herodians,
18 But Jesus perceived
their wickedness, and said, "why make ye trial of Me, ye hypocrites?
19 Show me the tribute money". And they brought unto Him a
denarius.
20 And He saith unto them, "whose is this
image<1504> and superscription?"
21They say unto Him, "Caesar's".............
Mark 12
13 Then they sent to Him some of the
Pharisees and the Herodians<2265>, to catch Him in
His words.
15 "Shall we give, or shall we not give?" But he, knowing
their hypocrisy, said unto them,
"why make ye trial of Me? Bring me a
denarius, that I may see it".
16 And they brought it. And He saith unto them, "whose is this
image<1504> and superscription?" And they said unto him, "Caesar's".
Luke mentions the chief priests and scribes sending
spies.
Luke 20
19 And
the chief priests and
the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for
they perceived that He had spoken this parable against them.
20 And they watched
Him, and
sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
23 But He perceived
their craftiness, and said unto them,
24 "Show me a
denarius. Whose
image<1504> and superscription hath it?" And they said, "Caesar's".
The "denarius<1220>" is only mentioned in the Gospels, and
1 time in Revelation.
It has been said by some commentators that Reve 6:6 denotes "famine/depression" <G3042>, which also occurred during the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70ad [read: Josephus]
The Destruction of Jerusalem - George Peter Holford, 1805AD
Revelation 6:6
And I hear a voice in midst of the four living-ones saying: "choinex of grain/wheat a denarius and three choinex of barleys a denarius,
and the oil and the wine no you should be injuring".
"image<1504> is mentioned in 20 verses, 8 of those in Revelation.
Matthew 22
20 And He saith unto them, "whose is this
image<1504> and superscription?"
21They say unto Him, "Caesar's".............
Mark 12
16 And they brought it. And He saith unto them, "whose is this
image<1504> and superscription?" And they said unto him, "Caesar's".
Luke 20
24 "Show me a
denarius. Whose
image<1504> and superscription hath it?" And they said, "Caesar's".
The exact word form of #G1504 occurs in only 6 verses.
Genesis 1:1 (NKJV)
TR — 23x in 4 unique form(s)
εἰκὼν — 6x
Here are 3 of them:
2 Corinthians 4:4
whose minds
the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the
image<1504 εἰκὼν> of God, should shine on them
Colossians 1:15
He is the
image<1504 εἰκὼν> of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
And 1 time in Revelation [the word bolded]
Revelation 13:15
He was granted
power to give breath to the image<1504> of the beast, that the
image<1504 εἰκὼν> of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image<1504> of the beast to be killed.
Combine those verses with these 2 verses and perhaps a clearer picture emerges of Revelation?
Matthew 22:
19 Show me the tribute money". And they brought unto Him a denarius.
20 And He saith unto them, "whose is this image<1504> and superscription?"
21They say unto Him, "Caesar's".............
Revelation 6:6
And I hear a voice in midst of the four living-ones saying: "choinex of grain/wheat a denarius and three choinex of barleys a denarius,
and the oil and the wine no you should be injuring".
Mystery Babylon/Harlot appears to symbolize a corrupt
false religious system, that tho it believes in God [both
OC Judaism[Yahweh] and
Islam[Allah] of today comes to mind], does not worship Him as God as written in Romans 1:
Romans 1:21
because, although
they knew God, they did not glorify
Him as God, nor were thankful,
but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
And this interesting verse:
John 16:2
Putting out of the synagogue<656> they shall be doing ye,
but is coming an hour that every the one killing ye should be supposing a divine service to be offering to the God!
Any thoughts on this?
GOD BLESS