We live in an amazing World of the Information Super Highway – The Internet. We have amazing digital devices that far surpass the types of technology that we would have imagined would be hundreds of years in the future only a few decades ago. In fact knowledge acquisition on a human scale has reached a tipping point. With the advent of Artificial Intelligence what should have taken centuries of development even with the best human minds is now potentially months, weeks, days or even only hours and minutes away.
So where is all this new accumulated data leading us? Is there prophecy that can explain this headlong plunge into the ungoverned abyss of data unbridled. Plunging headlong into the great unknown regions of moral decadence and decline supervised by the unknown quantity that is the cutting edge of the Western Military Industrial Complex. Which is now on steroids because of quantum computing and the recent advances in software development resulting in Artificial Intelligence.
A look into the future, could show mankind’s incredible potential for innovation and discovery leading humanity to the stars. Man without God such that man is the master of his own domain, his own future as it were. Take a step back and look at the impact of mankind on the Earth. The careless and rampant destruction that we have wrought on our home planet. The wars, the greed, the harm to our human brothers and sisters. The lack of moral accountability, the rebellion, revolution and sinful impulsivity. Question? Would the other peoples of the universe want mankind roaming around the galaxy reaping greed inspired devastation on planet after planet?
Think of the James Cameron movie “The Avatar” as a well imagined example of the type of viral infestation that mankind could become. Never gaining wisdom, only everlasting sinful greed to obtain and consume ever more of the galaxy, or the universe. Where would it end?
Honestly, God will not allow mankind to leave Earth. The bible tells us the Lucifer’s experiment with the sin virus and it’s accompanying philosophy of wickedness and evil. Sin will not be allowed to leave the Earth, even to travel within the Solar System. In that vein, the last time the Earth had billions of people mankind became so wicked that God sought to end creation on the Earth. He brought a great cataclysmic flood that was planet wide and that we can see the evidence for in the geological layers of the fossil record.
We are now in an era of billions of people once again and once more we are seeing sin, greed and wickedness being unleashed around the Earth. For two thousand years since the Crucifixion. Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God. Christians, have looked for the Second Coming. Looking at the events happening in the world at this time, it is possible to say that the time of God’s judgement on mankind and his imminent return is near at hand.
So, how does this relate to the Mark of the Beast. Well, the bible tells of the Mark in Revelation chapter 14 verses 9 &10: “Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.”
This will happen in the Tribulation time that Jesus prophesied of in Matthew 24 verses 4 through 8: “And Jesus answered and said to them, “See to it that no one misleads you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will mislead many people. And you will be hearing of wars and rumours of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pains.”
Sound familiar? So we are living in the time immediately before the Tribulation which ends with the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The next verses in Matthew 24 tell what happens during the Tribulation and relate to the scripture in Revelation 14 which tells about those who worship the beast and receive the Mark of the Beast. It becomes a them or us situation. Those who worship and follow the beast will receive the full measure of the wrath of God and Christians following Jesus in the Tribulation will be put to death. You will not be able to buy or sell without the Mark. Not to receive the mark means you can’t be a citizen of Satan’s world empire at that time.
In the 1990’s considerable work was carried out to establish the use of computer chip technology that could be used to mark the people. As this progressed, GPS tracking technology was also added to the package. Phones can be used in this way also. In the last ten years considerable advances have been made in the field of bionomics. Where computer tech can be grafted into the brain or central nervous system which would enable connection to Internet without the need of a computer. The implications for marking, locating and potentially controlling people are really quite sinister.
The time we live in today is an interesting one for marks. If you looked at a picture of bathers on the beach fifty years ago. A prominent feature would have been their clear skins. Virtually no one had tattoos of any kind. Today we would see all manner of tattoos from tiny butterflies to taimoko and on to full body cultural and artistic tattoos.
The bible forbids tattoos in Leviticus chapter 19 verse 28 “You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD.” To my mind most folk who place tattoos on their bodies are unaware of this commandment and also of the danger that they put themselves in by marking themselves in this way. A butterfly tattoo is probably harmless but still breaks the law of God’s commandment. However, a full body tattoo of a cultural or spiritual nature makes a statement about the soul of the person concerned and where their spiritual interests lie. I believe it is a mark of the devil and claims them for Satan. It is not the mark of the beast but it may ensure that they get one when the time comes.
Yahweh (God), marks His people as well. In the old testament the nation of Israel were instructed to remove the foreskins of boys at eight days old. This was a mark that they were of God’s holy people. Today Christians are marked by the Holy Spirit when they believe on Christ Jesus and His redemptive work upon the cross. This happens by His indwelling presence in the heart of the believer. Hebrews chapter 8 verse 10 has this to say. “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people...” Jesus spoke of the “Blood of the New Covenant,” in Matthew 26 verse 28 “for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” So the Holy Spirit writes God’s laws on our hearts and puts them into our minds. Believers are sealed by the Holy Spirit and are given to Christ Jesus by His Father.
What may we then conclude? Well, there is an ongoing battle between Satan and Yahweh (The Creator God). It is a battle between good and evil and I believe the people living on the Earth now will see its conclusion in the Tribulation and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Those who belong to Christ Jesus are sealed by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Those who belong to Satan carry a variety of marks but during the Tribulation will carry a mark on the back of their hand and forehead and will require this to participate in the Tribulation economy. Christians will be put to death during that time.
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life...”
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