"Christians must resist all COVID-19 restrictions. Here’s why"
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I agree. Wearing a mask and taking a vaccine isn't the same as falling down and worshipping the beast and taking his mark.
I haven't taken the vax but most of my family have. They are good Christians so I cannot even imagine that just because they took the vax that means they will take the mark and fall down and worship the beast.
However, I do think the pandemic and vax mandates are preparing the way for the mark. Many people are afraid of sickness and death and are putting their faith in the government and man to save them. That's how the enemy works. He will slowly get you to take your eyes off the Lord and rock you to sleep little by little, and if we listen to him and aren't careful we can drift far away from the Lord and his protection.
We know the end is coming, and we know it is going to be tribulation like never before seen. We have already been warned and know that we must be prepared to suffer in this world to reign with Him in the next. We need to be rooted in the Word and be prepared to stand on his Word come what may.
But yeah, I agree. Wearing a mask and taking a vax doesn't mean that people will take that as far as taking the mark of the beast and falling down and worshipping him. People should not even judge their brothers and sisters so harshly because in saying nonsense like that they are condemning others who have taken the vax as reprobates and bringing division in the body of Christ.
This is not the time for that foolishness. This is the time to try to help our brothers and sisters and come together in his Love and his Holy name.
The harvest is ripe but the laborers are few. Now is the time that Christians need to come together to help one another and witness to the lost... not try to pluck them up and cast them out.
I haven't taken the vax but most of my family have. They are good Christians so I cannot even imagine that just because they took the vax that means they will take the mark and fall down and worship the beast.
However, I do think the pandemic and vax mandates are preparing the way for the mark. Many people are afraid of sickness and death and are putting their faith in the government and man to save them. That's how the enemy works. He will slowly get you to take your eyes off the Lord and rock you to sleep little by little, and if we listen to him and aren't careful we can drift far away from the Lord and his protection.
We know the end is coming, and we know it is going to be tribulation like never before seen. We have already been warned and know that we must be prepared to suffer in this world to reign with Him in the next. We need to be rooted in the Word and be prepared to stand on his Word come what may.
But yeah, I agree. Wearing a mask and taking a vax doesn't mean that people will take that as far as taking the mark of the beast and falling down and worshipping him. People should not even judge their brothers and sisters so harshly because in saying nonsense like that they are condemning others who have taken the vax as reprobates and bringing division in the body of Christ.
This is not the time for that foolishness. This is the time to try to help our brothers and sisters and come together in his Love and his Holy name.
The harvest is ripe but the laborers are few. Now is the time that Christians need to come together to help one another and witness to the lost... not try to pluck them up and cast them out.
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Yes, exactly. Thank you for always being a voice of reason here. I believe we need more measured responses such as yours.
What really tipped me off was this, and I paraphrase, "All people who take the vaccine and wear a mask will take the mark of the beast and go to the lake of fire." That's a bit too extreme for me and seems to invoke a spirit of fear and panic. What if people actually believe that because they wore a mask that they'll end up at the second death?
Someone has to be here to reassure people that the mask, vaccine, and other restrictions are not the literal mark of the beast. Yes totally agree that it looks like the world is being prepped for the great tribulation. However, I don't have any proof of this, but I feel led to say this: many Christians are suffering now as part of a training to be strong in the great tribulation and possibly lead others.
What really tipped me off was this, and I paraphrase, "All people who take the vaccine and wear a mask will take the mark of the beast and go to the lake of fire." That's a bit too extreme for me and seems to invoke a spirit of fear and panic. What if people actually believe that because they wore a mask that they'll end up at the second death?
Someone has to be here to reassure people that the mask, vaccine, and other restrictions are not the literal mark of the beast. Yes totally agree that it looks like the world is being prepped for the great tribulation. However, I don't have any proof of this, but I feel led to say this: many Christians are suffering now as part of a training to be strong in the great tribulation and possibly lead others.
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I believe the Covid virus was introduced to bring about vaccination cards, etc., as part of a prearranged process that will lead to a cashless society where one must have a number to buy and sell. Aka, the mark of the beast. I find it difficult, at times, to fathom that we are where we are, but every time I think through the facts that I know, I arrive at the same conclusion. We are in for some rough times.
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We were already in some respects a cashless society, using bank cards for many financial transactions, and banking by phone using account numbers and pin numbers. I wonder if Christians ran around crying about the mark of the beast when credit cards were introduced over fifty years ago. If I were a betting person, I would bet they did.
PS~ the mark of the beast is identified as a man. Not a bank card, or vaccine.
"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."
(Rev 13:18)
PPS~ I hope 1John has never so much as taken an aspirin! It would
make her a cowardly Christian bound for hell (according to her).
"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."
(Rev 13:18)
PPS~ I hope 1John has never so much as taken an aspirin! It would
make her a cowardly Christian bound for hell (according to her).
The thought has crossed my mind also, and I'm not so sure it is false. I don't want to condemn or frighten anyone who has taken the shot, but I don't trust in the "wisdom" of the fickle powers that be either. We are the children of the almighty King. What need have we of their pins and needles? My physician is Dr. God.
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Not everyone believes the mark of the beast on the hand and forehead are literal devices
or marks such as computer chips, vaccines, implants, bank cards, or anything similar, and
there are Scriptural reasons to believe they are not... much in the same way we would not
accept that just because people were trying to build the tower of Babel meant we think
they could have actually reached God that way, through their human means and/or effort,
or that the laws written on our hearts are literally etched/chiseled there.
The forehead very much represents a person's thinking and beliefs, out of which arise
the actions anyone takes and the things we do and what we serve with our hands.
Revelation 14:1 says, Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion,
and with him 144, 000 who had His name and His Father's name written on their foreheads.
Revelation 22:4 says: They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
I believe the mark is meant to be symbolic of to Whom we have pledged our allegiance.
Deuteronomy 11:18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds;
tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Deuteronomy 6:5-8 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Hebrews 10:16 “This is the covenant I will make with them after those days,
declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
or marks such as computer chips, vaccines, implants, bank cards, or anything similar, and
there are Scriptural reasons to believe they are not... much in the same way we would not
accept that just because people were trying to build the tower of Babel meant we think
they could have actually reached God that way, through their human means and/or effort,
or that the laws written on our hearts are literally etched/chiseled there.
The forehead very much represents a person's thinking and beliefs, out of which arise
the actions anyone takes and the things we do and what we serve with our hands.
Revelation 14:1 says, Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion,
and with him 144, 000 who had His name and His Father's name written on their foreheads.
Revelation 22:4 says: They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.
I believe the mark is meant to be symbolic of to Whom we have pledged our allegiance.
Deuteronomy 11:18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds;
tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Deuteronomy 6:5-8 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Hebrews 10:16 “This is the covenant I will make with them after those days,
declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”
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