Thread: okay so you're thinking about getting the covid vaccine but worried it might be the mark of the beast 666 -- so let's clarify it
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okay so you're thinking about getting the covid vaccine but worried it might be the mark of the beast 666 -- so let's clarify it
Posted : 10 May, 2021 06:30 AM
Strong's G5480 - charagma
Strong's Info
Outline of Biblical Usage
a stamp, an imprinted mark
of the mark stamped on the forehead or the right hand as the badge of the followers of the Antichrist
the mark branded upon horses
thing carved, sculpture, graven work
of idolatrous images
the mark of the beast is some kind of seal that followers of the Antichrist will take in allegiance to him. The prophecy of Revelation 13:16–17 says that the image of the beast “forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.”
people think it might be a bar code. Now a popular speculation is that the mark of the beast will be an implanted microchip that allows people to access their digital currency or even a vaccine
Some people fear that they have already taken the mark of the beast. They may have blasphemed God at some point or made some impulsive statement of allegiance to the Antichrist. They may worry about the chip in their credit card. Others have been told that their act of worshiping the Lord on Sunday instead of the Sabbath constitutes accepting the mark of the beast. There is one significant reason why it is impossible to get the mark of the beast now:
The mark of the beast does not exist yet.
A literal reading of Revelation and other end-times prophecy in the Bible shows that there is a schedule for the end-times events. Daniel prophesied of seventy weeks (seventy sets of seven years) that mark the time of God’s interaction with Israel. Sixty-nine of those weeks have passed since Daniel’s writing. The final week will be what we call the tribulation, which is when the Antichrist, or the beast, will rise to power. This ruler will join together ten nations (Daniel 7:24–25; Revelation 17:7) and make a deceptive treaty with Israel (Daniel 9). The mark of the beast cannot exist until the beast himself is in power during the tribulation.
Another reason believers in Jesus Christ should not fear getting the mark of the beast now is the rapture of the church. In the rapture, Jesus will take all believers, living and dead, from the earth (1 Thessalonians 4:13–18; 1 Corinthians 15:50–54). Although people will still come to know Christ after the rapture, all those who trust Jesus before the rapture will be taken to be with the Lord. According to pretribulationism, believers who live in the church age will never have an opportunity to receive the mark of the beast.
So, there is nothing anyone can do today to get, take, or receive the mark of the beast. Implanted chips, bar codes, tattoos, blaspheming, saying out loud, “I follow the Antichrist and accept the mark of the beast”—none of these will give you the mark of the beast. The mark of the beast cannot exist without the beast/Antichrist demanding it.
okay so you're thinking about getting the covid vaccine but worried it might be the mark of the beast 666 -- so let's clarify it
Posted : 10 May, 2021 06:36 AM
Old testament typology of 666
Solomon's great wealth
1. (1Ki 10:14-15) Solomon's yearly income.
The weight of gold that came to Solomon yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold, besides that from the traveling merchants, from the income of traders, from all the kings of Arabia, and from the governors of the country.
a. Six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold: This is a vast amount of gold, which came to Solomon yearly. One commentator sets the value of the 666 talents of gold at $281,318,400. This speaks not only to the great wealth of Solomon, but it also makes him the only other person in the Bible associated with the number 666.
i. The other Biblical connection to 666 is the end-times world dictator and opponent of God and His people often known as the Antichrist (Revelation 13:18). In fact, the Revelation passage specifically says that the number 666 is the number of a man, and the man may be Solomon.
ii. This isn't to say that Solomon was the Antichrist or that the coming Antichrist will be some weird reincarnation of Solomon. But it may indicate that the Antichrist may not be someone "pure evil" from the very beginning. Instead, he may be like Solomon-a good man corrupted.
b. Besides that from the traveling merchants: Solomon received more than 666 talents of gold a year. The 666 talents was just has "base salary."
i. The writer of 1 Kings gives us a warning signal here. He assumes that we know of the instructions for future kings of Israel in Deuteronomy 17:14-20. He assumes we know verse 17 of that passage, which says: nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself. God blessed Solomon with great riches, but Solomon allowed that blessing to turn into a danger because he disobediently multiplied silver and gold for himself
okay so you're thinking about getting the covid vaccine but worried it might be the mark of the beast 666 -- so let's clarify it
Posted : 10 May, 2021 06:38 AM
gematria
666 is the number of the antichrist . . . the end times figure who will arise with the purpose of opposing God and God’s people. 666 is the gematria of the name of the antichrist. The verse that introduces this reads:
“Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six,” (Rev. 13:18).
In Greek and Hebrew, there are no numeric characters. There are only alpha characters. For example, the letters a, b, c, d, e, f, etc. are alpha characters. The numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, etc., are numeric characters. They are different — except for the letter “o” and the number “0”. When the Greeks wanted to write a number, they used letters for numbers. The Greek letter “alpha” had the numeric equivalent of 1. The next letter “beta” has the numeric equivalent of 2, and so on. (CARM has a chart of the Hebrew and Greek numeric equivalents if you are interested in more information.)
Therefore, whenever a word in Greek is written, because the letters are also numbers, every word has a numeric value. This numeric value is called gematria. The Greek word for Jesus (iasous, Ἰησοῦς) has a mathematical equivalent of 888. Also, the Greek word for fish (ichthus, ἰχθύς) is 1224. Revelation 13:16 presents 666 as the “number of a man” that the reader is to calculate. Thus, that number gives us the numeric value of a Greek word that identifies the man, most likely his name.
The Bible is saying that the future antichrist will have a name that, when written in Greek, will have a numeric equivalent of 666.
okay so you're thinking about getting the covid vaccine but worried it might be the mark of the beast 666 -- so let's clarify it
Posted : 10 May, 2021 09:16 AM
Very informative post RSVP!
No one need worry about accidentally assuming the mark of the beast.
The mark of the beast will be an informed decision. But even if someone becomes a new believer some time after receiving such a mark there will be forgiveness extended from heaven like any other sin but just as certain, severe consequences will follow. No doubt some sort of punishments or penalties (perhaps even capitol punishment) will be meted out under the beast’s rule and economy
okay so you're thinking about getting the covid vaccine but worried it might be the mark of the beast 666 -- so let's clarify it
Posted : 10 May, 2021 09:26 AM
Lots of confusion about the mark of the beast through the years.
Some people used to think receiving a social security number was the mark of the beast.
Good Bible study can’t be overstated! Informed Bible teachers who are able to teach are worthy of great honor. They are competent instructors in righteousness, obedience and heart transformation‼️
okay so you're thinking about getting the covid vaccine but worried it might be the mark of the beast 666 -- so let's clarify it
Posted : 10 May, 2021 09:59 AM
That's right Little David course I can remember a time just like you can when they thought the Antichrist was President Reagan because of his full name
Ronald Wilson Reagan -- of course every president that comes in somebody out there thinks is the Antichrist I will go with Biden being a type of antichrist
