Biblical Prophecy of "The Mark of The
Beast"
 Many people in this world today are absolutely clueless as to
what the unfulfilled prophecies in the bible are and what they actually
say and mean. In addition, most churches do not even teach anything other
than what their members want and expect to hear. They often skip the
important teachings such as the unfulfilled prophecies and stick to
teaching the same old sermons over and over again such as God's
forgiveness and love for us, being saved and tithing. Churches do this
because they do not want to scare away their members, risk being
ridiculed, risk hurting their reputation and losing their financial
support. And sadly most pastors even do not understand or want to believe
the truth. So as a result most people in this world will attend church and
listen to these repetitive sermons, maybe give a little money and think
that is all they need to do to be saved. Most people will go about living
day to day caring only about their material lives such as what car they
want to drive, what type of house they want to live in or what
entertainment they want to have and never thinking about the real future
they will face. God gave us important information that the majority of
this world is ignoring. And this vital information is actually right in
front of us all! The biblical prophecy that will be explained is the
little known but very important prophecy about "The Mark of the Beast"
found in the Bible book of Revelation. This prophecy will be explained in
a set of two separate articles and will be discussed in easy to understand
language with scriptures being cited for easy reference to by the readers.
These two articles are not affiliated with any single religion and are
intended to teach an unbiased truth about the bible and make the reader
aware. Please be open-minded while reading these articles and double check
all the information presented by getting your own bible out and reading
the scriptures for yourself as well as performing other non-biblical
research.
This important prophecy can be found in the Bible book of
Revelation starting in Chapter 13. In Revelation 13:16-17 it states, "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." Most current translations of the bible use the
word "forced" instead of the old word "causeth". Either way it is
translated, the bible clearly states that many people will be made to
receive this mark by the beast. The consequences for God's faithful people
who refuse to worship the beast and receive the mark can be found in
Daniel 7:21, 11:33 and Revelation 6:9-11, 13:7, 13:15, 20:4. There it says
that God's people can be killed for refusing to worship the beast and
receive this mark. So just how many people will be forced to receive this
mark? Well, Revelation 13:3,7-8 and Daniel 7:23 both describe this beast
as controlling the entire world. The mark will be universally issued to
people around the globe by some global entity which the bible has
symbolized as a beast. It will not matter in what country a person lives
in or what a person's background or race is and it does not even matter
what a person's status is such as if they are a slave or not or rich or
poor. This mark will be forced on everyone! There are many people that
totally disregard this prophecy either because they do not want to believe
it or because they do not understand it. However, there are other biblical
references that totally support this prophecy as we will later see. There
are also many who say this mark is not a literal mark but is a symbolic or
spiritual mark. This is a popular belief by many people because of the
spiritual seal of God described elsewhere in the bible. However, God and
Satan are total opposites and they do things differently. Which means that
they do not have to mark or seal their people the same way too. The
scriptures clearly state that everyone will be forced to receive the mark.
If the mark is a symbolic or spiritual mark then nobody could be forced to
receive it. The same goes about the description that God's people will be
killed because of their refusal to receive the mark and worship the beast.
The scriptures also state that anybody who does not have this mark will
not be able to buy or sell anything. This is further evidence that it will
be an actual physical mark. No business, merchant, cashier or worker could
ever check to see if a person had a symbolic or spiritual mark and refuse
them service. However, they could check to see if a person had a physical
mark. Also, notice that the scriptures describe the exact locations on the
human body that the mark will be forced on. The scriptures specifically
say that the mark will be in the forehead or in the right hand. So now by
analyzing the scriptures we now know that someday there will be an actual
physical "mark of the beast" that will be universally forced on everybody.
It must be understood that not under any circumstances should
any of God's people ever receive this mark no matter what it turns out to
be! No matter what type of authority, government, political leader,
soldier or police officer would ever make you do, you must never be made
to get something in your right hand or forehead and you should resist this
even to death. Even if your own pastor says otherwise you should never get
this mark! When this time comes, there will be people that will tell you
it is alright to get the mark and it does not matter. There will be other
people that are going to try and deceive you by saying that the real mark
is not actually the mark mentioned in the bible and it will come at a
later time. God's people need to be wiser than that because God has
already told us ahead of time everything we need to know. In Revelation
13:14 it states that the inhabitants of the earth will be "deceived"
because of the signs and miracles that the beast(or false prophet, Rev.
19:20) will perform. This matches exactly the same warning Jesus gave us
to not be deceived in the end days. He said that many false Christs and
false prophets are going to appear on earth and will deceive many people
by performing great signs and miracles before his coming back to the
earth(Matthew 24:11,23-26; Mark 13:5-6,21-23; Luke 21:8). In addition to
this Jesus also said that many people at this time would turn from the
faith and even family members would betray and hate each other(Matthew
24:10; Mark 13:12-13; Luke 21:16-17). So since we know ahead of time that
there are going to be false Christs and false prophets to deceive us and
people will be betrayed even by family members then we need to never let
ourselves be deceived into getting the mark from anybody. The consequences
for anybody who receives the mark is stated in Revelation 14:9-12, "And
the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, 'If any man
worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or
in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which
is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he
shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy
angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment
ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who
worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his
name.' Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the
commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." If this set of scriptures
was not enough to get the point across to mankind that God does not want
humans to get the mark of the beast the bible goes on to say in Revelation
16:1-21 that all the people who receive the mark will be punished by the
Seven Bowls of God's Wrath also!
Jesus own teachings also supported this prophecy very plainly
when he said in Matthew 10:39,16:25, Mark 8:35, Luke 9:24 and John
12:25-26, that anyone who loves his life will lose it in this world, while
anyone who hates his life will gain it. And whoever serves him must also
follow him and where he is his servants will also be. Now, he said this
shortly before he was crucified to help future generations understand
everything he was saying. Many people will love their lives too much and
choose to get the mark of the beast because of their fear of dying.
However, his servants will not love their lives so much as to shrink from
death(Revelation 12:11). His servants will hate their lives and choose to
follow him when this time comes even if this means they will be made to
suffer a similar death as Jesus! Also, many people will love their lives
too much and choose to get the mark of the beast so they can continue to
buy and sell. There is not much a person can do in this world without
buying and selling. Somebody who could not buy or sell would lose their
daily quality of life. Everything would stop like operating a business,
driving a car, paying bills, buying food, buying material possessions and
much more. However, his followers will not love their lives but will
choose to follow him when this time comes no matter what!
Jesus gave more supporting evidence that this prophecy is
real when he told people that it would be more easier for a camel to go
through the eye of a needle that for a rich man to enter the kingdom of
God(Matthew 19:23-24, Mark 10:23-24, Luke 18:24-25). This further supports
the prophecy because when this mark is forced on the whole world it is
going to be the rich people that will have the hardest time resisting it.
This is because money would be useless in a world where you cannot buy or
sell anything without having the mark. Rich people would need to give up
their large amounts of money, their valuable possessions and their rich
way of living life. Jesus knew it would be nearly impossible for rich
people to do this and that is why he said it would be easier for a camel
to go through the eye of a needle.
So now that we know about the prophecy about the mark of the
beast and the consequences for anyone who receives it and for anyone who
does not receive it, why should we be concerned about this now? Because we
are living in the very last days before this mark is going to be forced on
everybody. And the scriptures support this also. In Matthew chapter 24,
Mark chapter 13 and Luke chapter 21, Jesus was asked by his disciples when
the time of the end was and he gave several clues. He described the time
of the end as having false christs, false prophets, many wars, famines,
pestilences, earthquakes, fearful events and signs from heaven. In
addition, people would be perplexed at the roaring and tossing of the sea.
He also said the love of most would be cold and many would be betrayed
because of him, persecuted, arrested and taken to trial. He also said that
before the arrests that the gospel would first be preached to the entire
world. After all these things happen the sun will be darkened, the moon
will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky and the heavenly
bodies will be shaken. This last clue about the end times is also what is
described in Isaiah 13:10; 34:4 and Revelation 6:12-13;8:12. All these
things would have to be fulfilled before he came back to Earth. And before
he comes back to Earth the mark of the beast will already have been here.
In the world we live in, it is impossible not to see how almost every one
of these clues has already been fulfilled. There are only a few that have
not fully happened yet. There have been some cases of those claiming to be
Christ but not as what is described in the bible. There will most likely
be many more false Christs and with greater influence and followers than
the false Christs that have already come out in the world this far . There
will also most likely be some extremely fearful events that will happen in
space around Earth that will cause men to faint(Luke 21:26). There will
most likely be another greater persecution on God's people too other than
what happens in the world today and what has happened throughout history.
All these things will happen exactly as the bible has prophesied before
Jesus returns again. Never in human history has there been so many
earthquakes, hurricanes, Tsunamis, Cyclones, floods, famines, and
pestilences happen in such intensity and frequency. His description about
how the love of most would be cold is especially seen in this world.
Families no longer are united and strong. All types of crimes have
increased in our period of time compared to history. Crimes like murder,
rape and theft to name a few precisely show how the love of most has grown
cold. So since Jesus own words, which are supported by other books in the
bible, describe that the period we are living in today is the end time and
most of the clues have already been fulfilled we should be sure that the
mark of the beast will shortly be introduced into this world.
So what is this mark of the beast? This will be
explained in the next and final article concerning this prophecy. You will
also learn some more deceptions that are taught in the world relating to
this prophecy. If you read everything to this point and this was all new
information to you then consider yourself blessed. You now have knowledge
that can save your eternal life if it is applied. Please continue on to
the next article and help spread the word around to as many people as
possible. What is going to happen in this world cannot be stopped but at
least people can have this knowledge and have the choice to save
themselves.
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