There are many that will stand up. Many times, we think we are the only ones that will stand but there are stars that will on appear when the dark night comes. We should just pray our light don't go out in the darkness.Proud of them! I feared they might be required to do so. So thankful we have a remnant who will not accept the poison.
Only going to get worse and worse. Especially as the lemmings forget all about choice, and join the fray in insisting that people that interact in any way in the public arena receive the gene therapy they call a vaccine.
Yeah. I’ve been kinda amazed at the willful ignorance and stupidity of those that don’t have the discernment to see what’s going on.I am really quite amazed and all the willful lying and hate because of being a little disappointed by the lockdown.
I read this morning where a man in Turkey took his pregnant wife mountain climbing, took smiling selfies with her, and then pushed her off a cliff to her death for life insurance money, but I can think of no lower people than those who refuse to cooperate to save lives from COVID-19---because they are too bothered.
Don't worry, it's not. A mark is a mark.
So someone murdering his wife is better than those who refuse to receive the mark of the beast? Lol. The insanity really has started.I am really quite amazed and all the willful lying and hate because of being a little disappointed by the lockdown.
I read this morning where a man in Turkey took his pregnant wife mountain climbing, took smiling selfies with her, and then pushed her off a cliff to her death for life insurance money, but I can think of no lower people than those who refuse to cooperate to save lives from COVID-19---because they are too bothered.
The mark of the beast is symbolic language. It's not a tattoo vaccine jab or microchip.
The Bible is pretty clear about it.
The problem is that proponents of Vatican doctrine tend to take scripture out of context in order to support false ideology. Post protestant churches are very good at it these days with the result that millions are deluded into believing something the Bible does not intend.
Any study of End Times MUST take into consideration two books from the Bible - Daniel & Revelation. Unfortunately most do not.
The book of Daniel establishes the textual use of beasts to describe systems, religions and nations. Horns proceeding out of the head of the beasts represent leaders or a succession of leaders in those systems. Revelation expands upon this textual imagery.
The sea beast that arises in Revelation 13 is a religious system not a man. This fact is interpreted by the Bible itself in chapter 17 of the same book. Horns proceeding out of the head of the religious system represent a succession of leaders or more specifically Papal apostolic succession.
The mark of the beast is thus symbolic of ALLEGIANCE to the horn/head/Pope. In the middle ages, those who did not give their undivided allegiance to the Pope were excommunicated or burned at the stake. The mark on the head is mental allegiance. The mark on the hand symbolizes ACTION or fulfulling one's obligations that result from allegiance.
Americans do the EXACT SAME THING when they pledge their allegiance to the US government during the traditional flag salute. Recite the pledge. It's a vow to support the government - not one's country, not one's community and not one's family. It's about government demands for absolute loyalty from it's citizens. (btw, I refuse to say it.)
What does God demand? 100% loyalty.
If God demands 100%, how much is left over for a government or a church leader? ZERO %.
The Catholic church supported the doctrine of FUTURISM as a response to the Protestant reformation. Today the principles of protestantism have all but been forgotten in the mad rush to accept Catholic ideology which is neither Biblical nor godly. Those that accept it are turning their back upon the true God to worship the god of this world - he who has declared himself god on earth...the one true anti-christ. (*)
The really funny part is that despite clear evidence to the contrary, post protestants will reject truth in favor of their theories and traditions.
that's me, hollering from the choir loft...
(*)
"The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in heaven and earth."
Barclay Cap. XXVII, p. 218. Cities Petrus Bertrandus, Pius V.
I am really quite amazed and all the willful lying and hate because of being a little disappointed by the lockdown.
That lack of compassion for others is another symptom we are experiencing, the love of many is indeed waxing cold.
Bless you Sophie T
Nope, it's not symbolic, a mark is a mark. It's really pretty blunt. As for the catholic church, it's not them, for that matter it's not any religion that we know about today. The prophecy is very clear that the Man of Sin will venerate a god that his fathers never knew, something new, something not seen before.
Your reference to the mark isn't the only thing that's blunt.
The prophecy is clear. Your interpretation isn't.
You are convinced of a lie and when the hand of God is revealed you will not know what hit you. You won't know because you've persuaded yourself that anti-Christ doctrine is truth when it isn't.
Any liar can use snippets of scripture to justify falsehood.
Satan did it to Jesus. American preachers did it to justify slavery prior to the Civil War. Nazi propagandists did it to justify the holocaust. Christians do it to justify everything from tattoos to torture to international military aggression.
Don't write about what's clear to you.
You cannot see.
that's me, hollering from the choir loft..
Apparently the sores that appear on those who take the mark is allegorical as well:Very well then, I shall post this chapter since I have failed to be clear in my own words, and then have no more to say upon this Topic. All of this chapter shall happen and none of the many many fantasies so often trying to connect that future terrible day to their own wicked times shall pass, for it shall be even more wicked when that beast empire and that man of sin arise and are given power by that old and wicked dragon even his own power, which is the three lies, the power of devils in his mouth, making their abomination in the figure of the first beast to speak and causing the people to take the mark. May this dreadful prophecy come to pass, but the praise of God still endure it and overcome it as is written later in the book, in the name of Jesus, amen,
The Book of the Revelation 13
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.