What Is the Mark of the Beast?
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- In Revelation 12 and 13, the Apostle John described an unholy trinity, an imitation of the triune
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- God, consisting of the dragon, or Satan, the first beast who is the Antichrist, and the second beast, the false prophet.
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- The second beast makes all the earth worship the first beast, performing great signs and deceptions, and causes those who wouldn't worship the beast to be slain.
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- Also it causes all to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name, it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.
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- The most popular theories about the mark of the beast pop up in End Times fiction. In the old film,
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- A Thief in the Night, the mark is a binary code for 666. In the Left Behind series, it's a computer chip in the back of the hand or the forehead.
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- But is it possible this mark is not something physical, but spiritual? Notice the beast causes all people to be marked, and the mark is on the right hand or the forehead.
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- In Deuteronomy 6, God told Israel, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.
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- And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
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- Isaiah 41 .13 says, The Lord God holds our right hand. We are marked by the deeds we do with our hands, and the thoughts we think with our mind.
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- Are you doing the works of God or the works of the devil? Are you thinking with the mind of man or with the mind of Christ?
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- This calls for wisdom, and something we should consider all the time, though it may also have a future fulfillment.