Thread by @hartramsey

The Mark of the Beast is:

1. NOT a literal mark, but a seal of loyalty to the Beast. Just like Saints are “sealed” by the Holy Spirit in loyalty to GOD.

2. Received on the forehead & hands. (Both are imagery) Rev. 13:16; 20:4

The forehead = the heart.

The hands = our deeds

For the love of GOD, before you start spewing stupid ideologies about end time events STUDY THEM & at least learn what the imagery means.

I’m so tired of reading the ramblings of unlearned “prophets” & pastors who don’t know their Bibles.

Consider Moses’ figurative use of the hand & forehead.

Exodus 13: 9
“This annual festival will be a visible sign to you, like a mark branded on your hand or your forehead. Let it remind you always to recite this teaching of the LORD...”

The Dictionary of Biblical Imagery states, “The two dozen references to foreheads in the Bible fall into three main clusters. The most numerous are references to the forehead as a place where one wears an IDENTIFYING MARK, either literal or figurative.”

So the Mark of the Beast is more about IDENTITY than it is about a literal mark.
Taking a vaccine is NOT an identifying mark. It’s a lifesaving measure.
I’m neither for nor against the vaccine. But stop letting these false prophets & fake teachers lead you into divisive error.

In Deuteronomy 11:18 Moses used the same figurative language of the hands & forehead to urge Israel to remember & do what he said.

He told them, “So commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these words of mine. Tie them to your HANDS and wear them on your FOREHEAD as reminders.”

Jeremiah 3:3 uses the image of "a whore’s forehead" to picture someone who refuses to be ashamed.
So again! The mark of the beast on the hands & forehead is not a microchip, barcode, vaccine, tattoo or any other physical Mark.
The reference is to an IDENTIFYING MINDSET.

In Ezekiel 9:4 we are given insight into a spiritual operation. Check out the language.

“He said to him, ‘Walk through the streets of Jerusalem and PUT A MARK ON THE FOREHEADS of all who weep & sigh because of the detestable sins being committed in their city.”

This mark in Ezekiel 9:4 was put on the foreheads of those who were grieved with the sins of the land.
IT WAS NOT A PHYSICAL MARK!
The people who for the mark didn’t know they were mark. The mark was for the destroying angel so he could know who to spare & who to kill. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

Ezekiel 9:5

“Then I heard the LORD say to the other men, “Follow him through the city and kill everyone WHOSE FOREHEAD IS NOT MARKED. Show no mercy; have no pity!”

In understanding the symbolism of the Mark of the Beast, remember it’s first an IDENTIFYING MINDSET before anything else.

For all we know, it could be a mindset that makes you wear a RED CAP which comes down over your FOREHEAD with the words “Make America Great Again!” 😏🥴🤪