As I stated in the last week’s blog entry of 02/03/23; how does the beast plan to get this mark in the forehead or in the hand of his followers? And just to remind you, we must never let our imaginations or even our private opinions dictate what a prophetic symbol means. After all, we didn’t write the Bible. Our God did. That being the case, we must let Him define His own symbols. This is why Peter said what he did in 2Peter 1:20 which was, “Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.”
But before looking into how the mark of the beast is administered upon those that ignore Bible warnings, let’s look at how the Lord seals His children so that we can better see Satan’s counterfeit. After all, Satan is infamous for twisting Bible doctrines and even prophetic symbols so as to make those that don’t study the Bible believe a lie so as to entrap them into hellfire.
Therefore; how does our loving heavenly Father protect us with His perfect truth regarding His seal so as to know when apostate preachers, pastors and even some lukewarm Christians are being guided by Satan to try and lure us into damnation?
- “And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.” Revelation 7:2,3
Did you notice that it says, the Almighty seals them in and not ON their foreheads as so many have been taught? This is why Christians never remember being stamped, sealed, or marked by God when they become truly saved and begin to walk as He has written they will walk.
When God sealed us “in” the forehead it was not a mark ON the forehead like a tattoo, and it certainly isn’t a computer chip under the skin either because I don’t recall God doing that to me years ago, nor will you find a single Bible verse to back up such ideas. In fact, I was saved by the Lord over 35 years before the “computer age” was so plainly upon us. Simple truth is, the forehead represents the mind in prophecy. Notice the following verses.
- Isaiah 8:16, “Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.”
- 2 Timothy 2:19, “Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his.”
- Hebrews 10:16 says, “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;”
Scientists have recently mapped the human brain and they know that the frontal lobe of the cerebrum, which in layman’s terms is called the forehead, they now know that this is where functions like decisions, judgments, and free will are made. We are sealed by God when we make the free will decision (in our minds) to accept Jesus as our Saviour and His Word as Truth. This then causes our lives to be affected by His doctrine, teachings, and most importantly, His COMMANDMENTS. [Also see 2Cor 3:3 & Heb 8:10 & Heb 10:16] Now let’s see how the beast does it.
- “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.” Revelation 13:16
In this verse we now see the mark of the beast is not only being received in the forehead, it’s in the hand as well. We already found the forehead represents the mind in prophecy. So, this means the people with the mark of the beast in the forehead have made a free will decision by thinking it was perfectly acceptable to replace God’s Law with man’s traditions just as prophesied. But, what of those that receive it in the hand? Truth is, much of mankind is not likely to “freely” go along with the beast’s plans. So, the beast in Rome has to rely on the use of force instead. This is where the hand comes into play. Notice how the hand is defined in prophecy.
- Jeremiah 38:23, “… thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.”
- Ecclesiastes 9:10, “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.”
In prophecy the hand represents being forced against our will to do something as well as our ability to buy and sell, or “work” as Ecclesiastes 9:10 put it. As we all know, Jesus will never force Himself on us. He prefers we choose to worship Him of our own free will. That is why He only seals us in the forehead where the free will decision is made in the MIND.
In the revolt of Heaven 6000 years ago, two thirds of Heaven made the right choice. However, one third made the sinful choice and fell along with Satan. (see Revelation 12:4)
Our first Parents had to deal with choice. Just as the forbidden fruit in Eden was a choice for them, the forbidden mark of the beast is a choice for us.
In Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego’s day, they were also given a choice. Bow before Nebuchadnezzar’s 90 foot statute or perish in the furnace. And all cases we see that these choices had a “life or death” consequence, and these choices dictate as to who we choose to obey.
Adam, Eve, Daniel and the three worthies had this choice as did Mordecai and Esther in their day. This is always the devil’s main method of attack. Why would he choose a different method when all his past efforts worked so well? In fact, Satan used the Law again when he moved the Popes to kill over 500 million Christians between 538ad and 1798ad. They refused to break commandment #1 by bowing before the Eucharist set up by the Catholic church as a “god” on earth worthy of worship.
The choice will soon be placed before all living souls on earth once again. The beast will seek to use force against those that won’t make the decision to worship him right off. This is why the hand is mentioned here. Satan will use force against God’s people by removing their ability to work, as well as coerce them by other methods.
In other words, let’s say you do refuse to go along and lose your job or business. Or what if Satan seeks to force you to buy things in ways you think you need. One example could be, if your faith is weak in trusting Christ to feed you during this time as He promised to do in Isaiah 33:16, Satan will dangle food before you to tempt you to purchase it. He will make you think this is “your only way” when you’re hungry. But in order to purchase the food you must go along with the Roman mandate, thereby receiving the mark in the right hand by doing so.
Remember what Jesus said in Luke 17:33? He said, “Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.”
Since we understand making the decision to accept Jesus as Saviour, as well as accepting His teachings which includes His Law is the same as being sealed or marked in the forehead by Jesus as one who is saved and or marked with a seal of approval by the Creator. We must also understand, that accepting the doctrines, teachings, or traditions of the Roman Catholic church that is directed by men who in turn are directed by Satan, would mean we accepted the mark of the beast in the forehead.
Also understand there will be those that aren’t Catholic or even Christian for that matter. But they will do as the beast commands for fear of death, or loss of their livelihood from not being able to buy or sell anything unless he or she had the mark. Those that fear losing their ability to “buy & sell” will be bluntly making the decision to accept the demands of the beast over and above the Commandments of the Lord. These will be those who receive the mark in the right hand because they were forced against their will. Their “forehead” wasn’t marked because they did not “decide” of their own free will to agree to break God’s law. They did as commanded by authorities in the church or the state because they don’t want to lose their lively-hood to work or the ability to “buy and sell” which the global boycott will now cause. That global mandate will eventually force many to go along with the laws of the beast, ESPECIALLY the rich who have never learned to trust the Lord in the first place. (See Luke 18:25,26)
This is why society is based on debt today. It allows for greater control and temptation on the people. When the people are threatened with losing their ability to keep up their bills and lose their mortgages, cars, and other creature comforts bought with credit; they will easily be forced to go along with Rome’s mandate if they never learned to trust Christ as Lord to provide.
The true Catholic or any other Christian that accepts these unbiblical doctrines created in Rome will have received the mark in the forehead because they already made the free will decision that their church is correct in replacing Scriptures for “traditions of man.”
Summing it up… If you receive the “mark” by choice, this means you’ve made the free will decision that the “Traditions of man” are above Scripture as the Pope and all Sunday keeping pastors teach. Therefore, you will be marked in the forehead.
If you’re forced to receive the mark by not being able to buy or sell, or any other means of force that go against your God given right of free will, it will be that you’re one that is marked “in the right hand.”
When it comes to the mark of the beast; without realizing, or perhaps they are boasting; the prelates in the Catholic Church make both a prophetic and blasphemous statement as well as an undeniable LINK to their long-prophesied identity as Antichrist by declaring “something” as their “MARK OF AUTHORITY” by quite a few shocking statements in writing. God willing, I will share these statements in my next blog entry.
Do you believe we are close to the return of Christ but you need more bible facts to better warn those you love? If so,