I’m working on a new lesson about the Ten Virgins and the oil for their lamps, and I was looking for signs on the imminent return of Christ. When I put in the quote for the Mark of the Beast (666), I suddenly realized it has been demonstrated recently. Here’s the quote from Revelations 13:
15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. 16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.
Rev 13 NIV – The Beast out of the Sea – The dragon – Bible Gateway
Consider this:
- Mark on their right lands — as an app on one’s smartphones
- Mark on their foreheads — as a facial recognition system
I used to think these are subdermal implants, but those can be replaced and are not necessary anymore.
Where has the Mark of the Beast been demonstrated recently? In China, as the “Health Code“. It’s a required app on the phones of Chinese population. If it’s green, then you can go into stores, take public transit, etc. If it’s yellow or red, then you would be refused service and must stay at home. Originally designed to stop the spread of Covid-19, it had been repeated used to stop people from protesting about their bank deposits being frozen, lawyers for dissidents from traveling, or by local officials seeking revenge on particular individuals.
In the U.S. where we place great value on freedom and privacy, this may seem unthinkable. With rising crime, governments and stores may develop ways to stop known criminals from entering certain stores. If there is an even deadlier pandemic, maybe people will have second thoughts too. Personally, I don’t mind stores doing something like this because I’d never commit crime and their system would protect me better. Only criminals need to fear legitimate crime-prevention measures. But when such a system becomes a means of control, then it’d affect all of us, criminal or not.
Jesus is returning soon. Signs are everywhere…
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