Do you believe the mark of the beast is the Covid V@ccine or has to do with it? Why or Why not
18-21, M
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NorthernBear · 51-55, M
I don't remember the details now, but I saw something on the History Channel where Biblical scholars and experts on the languages in which it was written were talking about the mark of the beast. Owing in part to the way numbers were represented in both Greek and Hebrew they said that the number 666 is a numeric representation of a man's name and the mark of the beast was the act of swearing allegiance to him. Delving a little further into it, they said it was the name of the very man who had exiled the writer to Patmos, Emperor Nero. You know, the guy who had a few of his own agents set fire to some of Rome's important buildings so he could frame Christians for it. Truly an evil and twisted man who had dictatorial power over what was at the time the known world.
Needles existed when revelation was written. If they meant a needle they would have said so. The mark of the beast is a literal mark as the letters of the Hebrew alphabet were considered to have power. So certain words could do magical things. Such as bringing a golem to life as in the golem of Prague story. The mark is literally a word marked down upon the skin that has an alphanumeric equivalent. That is why it is said to have a number as in Jewish gematria. And that it is on the hand or forehead where a brand would be most visible to others. Vaccines aren't put in the hand or head and they are not visual for everyone to see like a brand would be.
Christians have lost all Jewish context when it comes to revelation which was written by a messianic jew.
Christians have lost all Jewish context when it comes to revelation which was written by a messianic jew.
MightyLion · 18-21, M
Interesting, I think it might be the vaccine because in Revelation 18:23 says “And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.” By the “sorceries” of Babylon all nations were deceived. The Greek word for “sorceries” in verse 23 is “pharmakeia” [far-mak-i’-ah]. According to the Thayer Greek Dictionary “pharmakeia” is “the use or administering of drugs; poisoning; and sorcery, magical arts, often found in connection with idolatry and fostered by it.” If you put the original Greek word “pharmakeia” in place of the English word “sorceries” the end of verse 23 would say, “For by thy pharmakeia were ALL nations deceived”! “Pharmakeia” is where we get our English word “pharmacy”! And I heard there was an interpretation where the forehead part and right arm part was symbolic because the right hand meant where you get your money from (job) and the forehead like your thoughts. But I think the needles that existed back then were for sewing and not injecting things. @canusernamebemyusername
NoGamesTolerated · F
No. I don’t believe that. When one receives the mark of the beast, they will know exactly what they are receiving and will swear allegiance to the beast.
AndysLoft · 56-60, M
I seem to remember seeing a question very similar on YA, it was nonsense there too.
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M