What Is The Mark Of The Beast?

@Lichocolati


This one already happened in 539 BCE and the world didn't end:

The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East.
Revelation 16:12

Cyrus was now reduced to great perplexity, as time went on and he made no progress against the place. In this distress either some one made the suggestion to him, or he bethought himself of a plan, which he proceeded to put in execution. He placed a portion of his army at the point where the river enters the city, and another body at the back of the place where it issues forth, with orders to march into the town by the bed of the stream, as soon as the water became shallow enough: he then himself drew off with the unwarlike portion of his host, and made for the place where Nitocrisnote dug the basin for the river, where he did exactly what she had done formerly: he turned the Euphrates by a canal into the basin, which was then a marsh, on which the river sank to such an extent that the natural bed of the stream became fordable.
Hereupon the Persians who had been left for the purpose at Babylon by the, river-side, entered the stream, which had now sunk so as to reach about midway up a man's thigh, and thus got into the town.

https://www.livius.org/sources/content/herodotus/cyrus-takes-babylon/

This is a far more parsimonious interpretation of the passage from Revelation than climate change slowly drying up the river over decades.

The fact is that people have believed they see this or that sign of the end times since the time of Jesus.
Paul was evidently quite convinced that Jesus would be returning within the generation. Even Jesus hisownself thought he'd be back before the people to whom he delivered the prophecy had died.

And yet here we still are.

@Pikachu Was the moon turning blood red and was there also pestilence all at the same time?

Remember what the apostle Paul said the return of the Lord Jesus would be like the days of Noah. People were making fun of Noah building the ark and going about their day till the flood came and swept them away. The advantage we have are the many signs that Jesus spoke of. I don't know if you didn't notice how the world changed in the blink of an eye in 2020.

@Lichocolati

Was the moon turning blood red? Probably not. Was there pestilence? Of course there was. There always is.
Here's the first hit on google for that time period:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian


Oh you thought COVID was a big deal? Well you're right, it was....but it was nothing compared to the bubonic plague which killed up to 25 million people.
That's the thing about these "signs" of the end times. People have been seeing them since they were written. War, pestilence, famine, natural disaster. There has never been a period in history where these things were not happening and indeed, some of these things like war and disease are actually at lower rates than they have been at any other point in history.

The problem with prophecy is that unless it can only match one event then it is useless as prophecy. And the "prophecy" in revelation has been recognized over and over and over and over and over and over and.....
There is not one single generation in recorded history since Jesus which has not been utterly sure that they saw the sings of the end.
And yet here we are.

@SW-User White men enslaved black men and tore their families apart, and their families need support.

@Carazaa yes that is what the DEMOCRATS are doing today. By the way history will tell you that ALL races have experienced slavery.

@Baremine If you are a Gentile expect to be a slave if the Jewish Babylonian Talmud is correct =

"Resh Lakish said: He who is observant of fringes will be privileged to be served by two thousand eight hundred slaves, for it is said, Thus saith the Lord of hosts: In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold, out of all the languages of the nations shall even take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, etc."
Shabbath 32b
http://www.come-and-hear.com/shabbath/shabbath_32.html

@Carazaa I agree with you completely but there's many people that can't see into the spirit world. How will they know who has this mark to allow them to buy or sell.

@Lichocolati It might be some actual mark, but not necessarily. the hand is a symbol of our actions. Our actions can impact on our business. And a business can be marked for good or bad. The thing is, regardless that God has promised that "his own will never beg for bread" And so I don't worry, God takes good care of me no matter if some people don't like me. God is our Jehovah Jireh, our provider, and he is a good provider. 🙂

@Adstar I don't even own a credit card 😀

@Lichocolati unfortunately.

@Lichocolati it is creepy but He will not leave anyone who loves Him.

@Lichocolati

So all the devout Hindus, Muslims, Zoroastrians, Buddhists, etc., are going to hell?
Seems a bit mean.

@CestManan labelled the anti-christ and the hero at the same time......depending on what colour they represent, red or blue......in reality it doesnt matter, they are all metaphorically dry humping us

@CestManan The Antichrist has been there for decades but is hiding till the set time to be revealed. It's hard to tell who is or who isn't.

@CestManan There are millions of anti-Christs.. So the Aerican presedents may all have been anti-Christs but they have not been THE Anti-Christ.. The one that will come and be a ruler of a great empire in the times Just before the return of Jesus..

@GuyWithOpinions I don't want to be here when that happens. In fact I wish billions of people wouldn't be here 😭😭😭

@nedkelly None finer! ;)

@Nimbus Well maybe George Best

@Nimbus What?

@Tres13 he comes close and definitely is anti Christ. Most democrats and progressives in office are anti Christ but aren't the Antichrist. Not saying the real Antichrist could very well be alive today. But the way I read he will have to be a Syrian Jew.

@CestManan If it doesn't involve Christ it does not count But that only means you'll be the main target for this plan

@SW-User The beast is manifested in humans that's what. There's always principalities behind every evil act people do

@spjennifer What is this?

@Lichocolati It's a song 🎶

@Carazaa These are not Satans lies. This is truth. The Bible tells you clearly that the people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge. And quote. Common sense should tell you if somebody is hiding something from you, then you might need to realize the importance of that which you do not know.

@Zonuss God is talking about Knowing Christ.

@Carazaa He's talking about your inability to not see the world through secularized glasses.Thats why you follow religion.

@gol979 I knew these vaccines were suspicious 😅

@SW-User *blink* 👀

@Emosaur Do your own research dear. Go in search of evidence. They told me the Bible was the real deal but it never made sense till God saved me from depression. I had a personal encounter with him

@Zonuss Wouldn't your name be canceled in the Book Of Life? when you take the name of the enemy?

@Lichocolati Yes indeed.

@Zonuss I'd rather die than accept. Eternity is a long time

@FeetAreFantastic The number of the beast is probably 12.

@FeetAreFantastic How can you know something you don't believe in though?