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Do you believe in God and religion? [I Love My Religion]

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I do believe in God and religion. I believe Jesus died on the cross for my sins, and I believe by praying and asking for forgiveness and to be saved, I am saved and my sins forgiven. I also believe what is written in the Bible. Now here's my problem that I am having below:

Revelation 16-17 Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.

Now I don't know if I'm in the wrong here with this, but with everything that has been happening lately, I'm tending to tie this verse in with the one and only vaccine. "Getting ready to walk into wally world... "Uh sir, where's your card?" "Oh I see, no vaccine card (mark) no food."

Now one might say, well money could be the mark, but money is talked about in the Bible. If a store wants to deny you service because you don't have a vaccine card, it means you can't BUY or SELL, no mark, no service. I don't know, that's how I'm seeing it. And no I'm not some, crazy, off the wall whatever, I just remember reading Revelations and reading that if the people don't have the mark of the beast, they can't buy or sell, and to me in today's world in which we live, this vaccine sure sounds A LOT like a mark of some kind anyway.
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In terms of eschatology, that is a “futurist eschatology” approach. The mark of the beast bring physical.

If one embraces such an eschatology it seems the challenge is to identify one thing as the “mark”. I could see any number of technological advances being a mark of end of times.

I tend to be of an idealist eschatology. I feel the mark is symbolic. I have my own ideas, but I won’t go there....
@CopperCicada but only money and mark are synonyms for each other..
@Jdanielb That's a preterist view. Sure. I think "money" has a broad space for interpretation.
@CopperCicada well I mean I conclude only from biblical clues..

1. Mark was an apostle, he was a tax collector. Mark is money.

2. Judas betrayed jesus for cash.

3. You cant buy sell or trade with out it.. a clue to the mark in revelations.

4. 666 is only mentioned twice in the bible. Once to hint at the mark, and once to describe Solomon's wealth.

5. Jesus overturned the tables of the money changers.

6. Jesus said serve god or money.

7. Peter says " silver and gold have I none" then immediately performs a miracle.

8. God didnt make money, man did.

9. The traitor carried the money bag.

10. The bible says the love of money is the root of ALL EVIL.

11. Revelations says " you have made the merchants of the earth your great men by their many inventions" right before god destroys them for evil..

I mean the list really does continue.. I just follow the clues..

12. Jesus says to sell all you have and give it to the poor, THEN come follow him.

13. He says it's hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

14. The rich man leaves him and the rich man is sad.

15. Lazarus and the rich man parable.. Lazarus was poor and he went to paradise with abraham but the rich man went to hell.

16. He says that the kingdom of heaven belongs to the poor.

17. James says it's the rich men who blaspheme our holy name..

Etc etc etc.. the bible clearly is biased against money..
@Jdanielb Sure. I am in agreement. My point was that “money” has a broader meaning and impact today.