[woollyone]

“Buying and selling, properly understood, are worship-related rituals (Isa. 55:1–2). “This is established in [Revelation] 3:18 (and compare 21:6). When those who refuse the mark of the Beast are not allowed to buy and sell, it means that they are expelled from the synagogue and Temple.”

After the abomination that causes desolation?

Um...this interpretation is a real stretch. Why, later, are damend called those who “worshipped the beast” rahter than those who bought and sold wiht the neast. makes no sense.

I’ll stick to the interpretation in the normal sense, where buying and selling means...well...buying and selling. And in that sense, I’m off to starbucks to buy a coffee...not worship there.

[Quix]

AMEN! AMEN!

[woollyone]

Lord, please teach me to type and to use spell check.
Thank you Lord.
Blessed is Your Name.
Amen

[topcat54]

“Buying and selling, properly understood, are worship-related rituals ( Isa. 55:1–2). “This is established in [ Revelation] 3:18 (and compare 21:6). When those who refuse the mark of the Beast are not allowed to buy and sell, it means that they are expelled from the synagogue and Temple.” ...

I’ll stick to the interpretation in the normal sense, ...

People tend to ignore the Scripture and believe what they wish to believe, adopting mantras like "normal sense" which really makes no sense when compared to the Bible.