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Excerpt #3 The mark of the beast

Just like the Christians in Smyrna, I believe many Christians who refuse to worship the antichrist during the tribulation will be put in prison and given a second chance to do so. In addition, when Jesus tells the church at Smyrna He knows their poverty in verse 9, I believe He is making reference to the financial restriction of the mark.

As previously speculated, the financial restriction of the mark should come to pass before the death penalty can be successfully enforced. Thus, those refusing to take the mark will have to deal with the inescapable poverty caused by the financial restriction before the law eventually apprehends them for possible execution.

If they continue to resist after being put in prison, they will face the ultimate penalty of death. However, the penalty of physiological death associated with refusing the mark will be significantly preferable to the spiritual death associated with taking it (the mark of the beast), which involves eternal separation from God in hell.

Unfortunately, this penalty will also be imposed on any Christian left behind that takes the mark of the beast…..

According to scripture, two circumstances can cause eternal separation from God. One of those circumstances is never truly entering (or being born into) God’s kingdom. We learned in chapter 4 that entry into the kingdom occurs when someone genuinely accepts Jesus as savior and makes a confession of such.

The other circumstance that causes eternal separation from God is the sin of blaspheming the Holy Spirit. This is what will happen if a Christian submits to the mark of the beast. To understand how this happens, we must first understand what it means to blaspheme the Spirit……..

Excerpt #6 The mark of the beast

Satan will also use the false prophet to instigate a means to compel most of the world to submit to the antichrist. This means is referred to as the mark of the beast. In reference to the false prophet, Revelation 13:16 states he causes all to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads.

Verse 15 correlates this mark with the worship of the image of the beast, as does Revelation 14:9&11, 16:2, 19:20, and 20:4. Verse 17 states no one will be able to buy or sell without the mark. Obviously, the political authority exercised by the false prophet includes economic influence.

In all probability, the false prophet will present the option to take the mark at the same time the antichrist makes his proclamation in the temple. If the antichrist indeed explains the rapture as a an act of judgment against those who opposed him and threatens further judgment against any who will not worship him, the false prophet could endorse this claim and substantiate his threat by initiating the mark of the beast.

……..the mark will probably be presented as a document in electronic or paper form to be signed by all legal age individuals. The option might also be offered in the form of spoken consent to accommodate those otherwise unable to sign a document for whatever reason.

If so, it will have one or more of a handful of statements concerning the antichrist. It might contain a statement identifying him as God because of how the mark is associated with the worship of the antichrist. It might contain false information about Jesus or those taken in the rapture. I believe this document is mentioned in Zechariah 5:1-4.

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