A mark? Of a beast? How frightful! Yet it is in the pages of the Bible that we are warned of a beast and of its mark:
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.
Revelation 13:11-18
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.
And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
Down through time, there has been much conjecture about this mark–is it credit cards, bar codes, computer chips? Is the covid mask the mark that will allow you to buy or sell? The vaccine?
It is true that rejecting the oppressive plan of the ultra-wealthy is to refuse the mark of the beast, and will result in some of us not being able to buy or sell in the devil’s economy. However, the mark is far more nefarious than a physical mark, and it can only be overcome by receiving the mark of Jesus Christ.
Everybody Has a Mark
People have been receiving marks long before the covid agenda came along, and it is not all the mark of a beast. There is another kind of mark. We read of this immediately following the scriptures quoted above in Revelation chapter 13:
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
Revelation 14:1
Ah, this is a happy scene! Expressed in the usual symbolism used throughout the book of Revelation, multitudes are seen here with the Lamb, Jesus Christ, on mount Sion (representing God’s church). Verses 4 and 5 confirm who they are:
These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
Revelation 14:4-5
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
The redeemed have a mark. It is the Father’s name written in their foreheads. Of this wonderful mark given to the overcomers, more is revealed in Revelation 3:12:
Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple [His church] of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem [His church], which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
There have been many Christians since the apostle John wrote these words, but they bore no literal mark. It is a spiritual expression denoting that God claims them as His own. “The Lord knoweth them that are his.” In the forehead–the Christian’s mind is filled with God’s truth and doctrine, which is evidenced by their righteous living. They have “the mind of Christ.” “I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them.” Hebrews 10:16b.
Is your master God or Satan? Whose mark do you bear?
The mark of the beast is “in their right hand, or in their foreheads” (Rev. 13:16). The mind of the unregenerate is not filled with the law of God, but with beliefs or ideologies borne of false religious systems. In Revelation 13, those systems of man are referred to as beasts or an image to the beast.
The rebellious have “a whore’s forehead, [that] refusedst to be ashamed.” Jeremiah 3:3.
God makes His people’s “face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.” Ezk. 3:8. Truth is stronger than falsehood and shall prevail.
And a mark in the right hand? Do we not make agreements, seal transactions, or express fellowship with our right hand?
“And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship.” Galatians 2:9.
The apostle Paul asked the Corinthians, “What fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” Christians are not to have agreement with unrighteous ways.
For those associated with the beast, Psalm 144:8 declares: “Their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.” It is an unholy association to something that is in opposition to God.
A mark is an identity, either to God or to the beast. It is primarily a spiritual mark, but the fruit of it is manifested in one’s doings and allegiances.
666
The question is asked, “Then why does the scripture say 666?” Perhaps the early Christians more readily understood this, being familiar with biblical numerology. The book of Revelation is an example of its use. Here are but a few:
3, 7, 12 – Fullness or completeness.
6 – The number of a man, representing imperfection.
In reference to God, we read of the seven Spirits in Revelation 4; not meaning He has 7 Spirits, but expressive of His fullness or absolute perfection.
The number 6 falls short of 7, and man, not willing to submit himself to the righteousness of God (Romans 10:3), will ever be falling short, all of his seem-right ways being the ways of death (Proverbs 14:12).
We have a triune God–three in one. There are 3 sixes–666. This is an unholy trinity–a fullness of evil working in unregenerate men in opposition to Almighty God.
Ever since Satan motivated the ancient Babel-builders to presume to try to reach heaven with their God-defying, man-made tower, the wicked have been working with the devil to engineer false systems of religion to deceive the masses. The Bible calls these systems BEASTS. They are dangerous and deadly, being wrought with deception.
The devil wants control of your mind and heart, to mark you with his mark for the purpose of separating you from God, His truth, His people, and ultimately from heaven itself.
This beast would have you pick the sect of your choice or create one of your own, rather than seek God’s one, true church; to choose your own preferred doctrines, or to separate you from those of different skin colours or nationalities. This beast is divisional, always seeking to divide and conquer.
This beast promotes immodesty, immorality, and all manner of sin, while promising you heaven in the end. It wants you to love the world, though that is enmity with God (James 4:4). This beast was conceived by the father of lies and of such it is filled, being a gate of hell to those deceived thereby.
Many who live in fear of being marked with a literal “666” on their foreheads, already have that mark and don’t know it!
Cannot Buy or Sell
Revelation 13:16-17 states that without having the mark of the beast, “or the name of the beast, or the number of his name,” one cannot buy or sell. This sounds ominous indeed, but before your mind runs to current events with some businesses possibly refusing service unless one has the untested mRNA jab, remember that the mark of the beast was here long before covid reared its ugly head. Though the jab is definitely of the beastly systems, not being able to buy or sell involves much more.
Daily, we all make transactions. That includes in the spiritual realm. Proverbs 23:23 exhorts us to “buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.”
Sadly, some people “sell their soul” for fleshly pleasure or sell the truth of the narrow way and buy the devil’s lie that they would be happier on the sinful broad way. The devil is a thief coming to rob you by trying to sell you a lie.
A God-called minister is not permitted to buy or sell in sectarian pulpits. The people with itching ears don’t want to buy the truth of sound doctrine or do business with someone that condemns their fleshly, unbiblical living.
Many such doors are closed to those having the Father’s mark in their forehead. So drunk on deception are the masses today that true Christians are even deemed cult members by some.
A Change of Mark
Whose mark do you bear? Are you living according to the course of this world (Ephesians 2:2) or living in full obedience and agreement with God?
Many a sinner has happily forsaken the beastly systems of this world and run to the Saviour for deliverance from sin and ungodly allegiances. With thankfulness, they now bear the Father’s mark. Revelation 15:2 tells of their victory:
And I saw as it were a sea of glass [Word of God] mingled with fire [Holy Spirit]: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
Blessed are those standing on the Word of God with the Father’s mark in their forehead. No beast can touch them here!
