The mark of the
beast is the
fleshy nature in the
firstborn state of
man which is
earthly and
carnally minded.
The name Adam means
earthly and
red.
Esau the
firstborn came out
red.
The
heifer to be sacrificed for the abomination is
red.
The
dragon that gives power to the beast is
red.
The
beast the woman sits upon is
red.
The
man of sin is the
first born nature in
man which is
flesh, which also shall go into
destruction.(son of perdition.)
Here is a post I wrote a while back on the man of sin.
In 2 Thessalonians 2:3 we are told before the coming of the Lord there is to first come a
falling away, and that
man of sin shall be
revealed. This falling away point pertains to the fullness of the Gentiles, but who is the man of sin? If we go back to Genesis 1:27 we see in the beginning God created man in his own image. We know by scripture that God is a spirit, and that he is the invisible God. So we know, and understand by this that God was not talking about an outward image, but rather an
inward image.
Jesus told us to be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. So by this we see, in the beginning man was created in the image of a perfect God. With that let us go to Ezekiel 28:15 where the Lord is speaking to the
evil one himself. The Lord said; " Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou was created, till
iniquity was found in thee. So who is the Lord talking to in this manner?
If you go back to verse 13 we see this
man was in the Garden of Eden. Now some might think this is refering to Satan, but if you go back to Ezekiel 28:2 we see the Lord refers to him as a
man. The Lord tells this
man, because his
heart is lifted up,
he has said I am a god, I sit in the seat of God. Meaning because of
mans pride he has lifted up his heart against the Word of God, and has put his
own ideas in the place of Gods Word. And this is just what the serpent told the man in the beginning; that he would
be like God if he ate from the tree of knowledge.
This sitting in the seat of God means he has
put himself in the place of God. And if we go back to 2 Thessalonians 2:4 we see this
man of sin would
exalt himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the
temple of God, showing
himself that
he is God. So what is the
temple of God? In 1 Corithians 3:16 we see that
we (our bodies) are the
temple of God. And we see in 1 Corinthians 6:19 that
our body is to be the
temple of the Holy Spirit, which is made for God to
dwell in.
Also in 2 Corinthians 6:16 we see the Lord said he would
dwell in this
temple of
our body. But we are also told in 1 Corinthians 3:17 that if
any man defiles this
temple,him shall God
destroy. So in the beginning God gave us this temple, or
Body, so that He might
dwell in all his children. But the
fleshy nature of
man decided he knew better than God, and so then the
iniquity entered, and
man set himself up in the place of God.
We know by Romans 5:12 that by this
first man Adam sin entered in, and by this sin came
death; and this first
sinful nature was passed on to all men. So we see the
first state of
man is to born to the
flesh, that is to say he is
carnally minded. It is written; to be
carnally minded is
death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Jesus said; that which is born of flesh is flesh, and that which is born of Spirit is spirit. Showing how the
first man is born
flesh, but the born again man is made spiritual by way of God's Holy Spirit.
In Genesis 6:3 the Lord said; my Spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is
flesh. It is this
fleshy spirit that rules in the
first-
born man. For in Galations 5:17 we see the
flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the
flesh. So the Lord showed us in the story Noah and the flood, and the story of the Exodus from Egypt, how all the
firstborn, and all those who are born of the
flesh must die.
That is also why Jesus said;
flesh and blood
shall not inherit the kingdom of God. And that is also why he said that except a man be
born again of the Spirit, he shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. The Lord showed over and over in scripture how the
first-
born fleshy state of
man would not be accepted of God. Just as with
Esau, who
sold out his birthright to feed his own
fleshy desire. Just as Judas, who was a sign of that
son of perdition, would also
sell out the Word of God made flesh for his own
personal gain.
So we see in all these examples the Lord has given us how all those who are still living in the
flesh, which is the
spirit of this world; shall also
perish.
For instead of accepting the knowledge that only comes from God by faith in his Word, they have gone about to
set up themselves through their
own carnal way of thinking. And the man-made
fleshy church is no diffferent. In Mark 7:13 Jesus told those hypocrites of his day; " You have made the Word of God of
none effect through your traditions."
Truly man has
sold out the Truth over profits, and personal gain, and has even changed the Truth to
justify himself in his
own eyes. Truly they have turned the Fathers House into a den of thieves.
All those who are not anointed with the
oil of the Holy Spirit, and are not washed in the blood, or
wine of the Lamb of God, will go into
destruction.
Romans 8:13; " For if you live after the
flesh you shall
die: but if through the Spirit do
put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live.
