For some time I have believed that the mark of the Beast is not some kind of implant but more a political/social pressure to conform to whatever social fad Satan's puppets decide to impose. Those who subscribe to the Biblical view of Christianity clash with the PC, "don't you think?", pro gay, pro abortion, hyper feminist and leftist Nazi types. Or least, we should clash with such and anyone else who is trying to silence those who want to preach the gospel.
The latest, and to me, most troubling, is the blackmail being imposed on those who refuse to get a COVID injection. I'm not an anti vaxxer, but I object to being told that I can't fly if I've not had a shot. Some state governments in Australia want to give businesses the right to refuse to deal with unvaccinated people or allow them to work for the business. Since some of the vaccines are only 50% effective, it is hardly a public health issue.
It seems apparent to me that this is another step towards total control of the population by the state. The state is increasingly Satan's puppet. It has always been so to a degree, but we've enjoyed quite a degree of personal autonomy, at least in the Western world, for as long as most people can remember. Now laws are being introduced that Hitler, Stalin and Mao would approve of. Worst of all, there is not a great deal of dissent from Mr Average.
It's time for Christians to pray against such laws and not sit back and let the state suppress the Church. If we do not, we will be forced underground. I very much enjoy my present way of life. If we want to keep it, we must fight for it, not with guns, but with the Living Word of God and against the real enemy - Satan and his forces.
The mark of beast is about
worship.
Revelation 14:9 Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone
worships the beast and his image, and receives
his mark on his forehead or on his hand,
The 4th commandment:
Exodus 20
8“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
10but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God.
In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who
is within your gates.
11For
in six days the
Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
The Sabbath is on the seventh day (Saturday), but it was changed by the Roman Catholic church which they admit:
A. Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her; —she could not have substituted the observance of
Sunday the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday the Seventh day, a change for which there is
no Scriptural authority.
—Rev. Stephen Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism; New York in 1857, page 174
Who wants us to
not worship on the day God made Holy, Blessed and asked us to Remember?
End times is about who we worship. The mark is not a literal mark, it is a mark that shows who we worship through our actions (hand) and mind (forehead).
Nehemiah 9:6
You alone
are the Lord;
You have made heaven, The heaven of heavens, with all their host, The earth and everything on it, The seas and all that is in them, And You preserve them all. The host of heaven
worships You. (similar to the 4th commandment)
Revelations 14:12 12 Here is the patience of the saints; here
are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. The 4th commandment has been trampled on by Satan, God wants us to stop following traditions led by the dragon and come back to worship Him on the day He commanded.
Revelations 14: 7 saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come;
and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.” (similar to the 4th commandment)
In the US we now have a Catholic president and all Catholic supreme court members. These positions used to be held by Protestants. The mark of the beast is who we worship and will be implemented through the "Sunday law" which the pope right now is meeting with high profile leaders/politicians all over the world, CEO's of fortune 500 companies to implement a national day of rest, which is not going to be on Gods Sabbath (Gods real day of worship). This law will come into the guise of being good for our earth, but its Satan's way of leading you away from Gods true Sabbath. This law will turn into an enforceable and persecuting law that Sabbath keepers will not be able to buy or sell. God tells us not to worry, He will take care of His people.
I have a lot more references and scriptures if anyone is interested.