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(Revelation 13:16-18)
"And it puts under compulsion all persons, the small ans the great,
and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, that they should give these a mark in their right hand or upon their forehead, and that nobody
might be able to buy or sell except a person having the mark, the name of the wild beast or the number of its name. Here is where wisdom comes in: Let
the one who has intelligence calculate the number of the wild beast, for it is a man's number: and its number is six hundred and sixty-six."
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First I need to explain that this mark is symbolic, just as the mark that was placed on Cain after he murdered his brother when God told him he was to be exiled and Cain was afraid that
where ever he went that everyone would seek to kill him. (Genesis 4:13-15) Just as the mark of the beast is symbolic to identify those who worship the beast and not the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ.
The wild beast has a name, and this name is a number: 666. Six, as a number, is associated with Jehovah's enemies. A Philistine of the Rephaim was of "extraordinary size" and his "fingers and toes were in sixes"
(1 Chronicles 20:6) King Nebuchadnezzar erected a golden image 6 cubits in breadth and 60 cubits high, to unify his political officals in one worship. When God's servants refused to worship the image of gold, the
king had them thrown into a fiery furnace. (Daniel 3:1-23) The number six falls short of seven, which stands for completeness from God's standpoint. Thereforte, a triple six represents total gross imperfection.
A name identifies a person. So how does this number identify the beast? John says that it "is a mans number," not that of a spirit person, so the name helps to confirm that the wild beast is earthly,
symbolizing human government. Just as six fails to measuer up to seven, so 666--six to the third degree-- is a fitting name for the worlds huge political system that fails miserably to measure up
to God's standard of perfection. The worlds political wild beast rules supreme under the name--number--666, while big politics, big religion, and big business keep that wild beast functioning as an
opperssor of mankind and a persecutor of God's people.
What does it mean to be marked on the forehead or on the right hand with the name of the wild beast? When Jehovah gave Israel the Law, he told them:
"You must apply these words of mine to your heart and your soul and bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they must serve as a frontlet band
between your eyes."
(Deuteronomy 11:18)
"And it must serve for you as a sign upon your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, in order that Jehovah's law may prove to be in your mouth
because by a strong hand Jehovah brought you out of Egypt."
(Exodus 13:9)
"And it must serve as a sign upon your hand and as a frontlet band between your eyes, because by strength of hand Jehovah brought us out of Egypt."
(Exodus 13:16)
"And you must tie them as a sign upon your hand, and they must serve as a frontlet band between your eyes."
(Deuteronomy 6:8)
These scriptures meant that the Israelites had to keep that law constantly before them, so that it influenced all their actions and thoughts all the time to mark them as belonging to Jehovah God. As we can see they did not actually
have a literal mark on their hand or forehead but, it was a symbolic meaning of importance none the less and just as the 144,000 anointed ones to serve with Jesus Christ in heaven
are said to have the Fathers name and that of Christ written on their foreheads to identify them as belonging to Jehovah God and Jesus Christ.
(Revelation 14:1)
In imitation, Satan uses the symbolic demonic mark of the wild beast. Anybody engaging in everyday activities such as buying and selling is pressured to do things the way the wild beast does, as, for example,
celebrating holidays. They are expected to worship the wild beast, letting it rule their lives, so as to receive its symbolic mark.
Please keep coming back as I will constantly be adding more and new information on a regular basis as I myself keep uncovering the deep mysteries within this great book.
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