"Are You Looking Forward to the Mark of the Beast?
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By John Gideon Hartnett
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July 26, 2023
If you believe God is in control of all events, of all the rulers in this world, then there is no need to worry regardless of your eschatological beliefs. I believe as many do that God is sovereign. That is, nothing happens outside of His will.
Satan, the prince of the air, rules through the kingdoms of men. But Satan is not omniscient or omnipotent. Only God has those qualities. Satan is a powerless punk by comparison to the Creator God of the universe. Nothing Satan does is outside God’s will, whether it is revealed or secret. Nor can it be.
God uses the evil ones like Satan and his followers to accomplish His will. God says:
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Isaiah 45:7
This verse does not mean God created the evil but that He created the people or angels who embrace evil. It means He created the agents, that with free will, who choose to do evil deeds. But God sees all things in space and time. He is omniscient. So He uses these evil characters to achieve His own will. That is especially true of Satan, who was once Lucifer the light bearer, the top angel in heaven.
Jesus is coming back to the world soon and it will not be as a “suffering servant” (Isaiah 53, 1 Peter 2:21–25) but as the “lion of the tribe of Judah” (Revelation 5:5). When exactly that is going to happen we do not know. But the scene is set in Revelation 13:
And he [the false prophet] causes 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. Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six [666].
Revelation 13:16-18
Very rapidly that beast system is being put in place with digital IDs, digital currencies, and mass surveillance systems. Once they have that in place it will be very difficult to enter into a store to buy food. Some stores are already doing this where customers must sign in with a digital/biometric ID and pay with their credit card or digital cashless wallet.
So if Revelation chapter 13 and 14 is anything to go by, I say “bring it on”! The sooner the better. Revelation 14:1 tells us the Lamb of God stands on Mount Zion the heavenly city and calls His children who are sealed with God’s mark in their foreheads. Verse 14:3-5 tells us the redeemed, those who are “virgins”, meaning not defiled with the profane world, will be taken to God’s throne in heaven. This is another description of the resurrection of the believers.
So, I say, bring it on. The sooner Satan does his thing and brings in total control and mark of the beast (which is God’s will), the sooner the redeemed will fly."
#bible #christian #revelation #endtimes #grownostr
https://biblescienceforum.com/2023/07/26/are-you-looking-forward-to-the-mark-of-the-beast/
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