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To: circlecity; P-Marlowe

Yes, in the tradition of Daniel’s beasts. In those, Daniel is specifically informed by an angel what they represent.

I can recall no text that tells me that the mark of the beast, itself, represents something other than a mark on the hand or forehead.

Can you cite one?


73 posted on 12/31/2021 12:09:34 PM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: xzins

Is the seal of God a literal/physical mark in the foreheads of the saved?

Rev 7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
Rev 7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Rev 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
Rev 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.


74 posted on 12/31/2021 1:21:32 PM PST by Philsworld
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To: xzins

I think the references to keeping the scriptures attached to your forehead and hand in Deut. 6.8; 11.18-19 is a metaphor for your thoughts and actions. The passage from Revelation could easily be an allusion to these verses and meant to be taken the same way. Virtually every verse in Revelation is a reference to or allusion to something from the OT. My feet are not set in concrete on this interpretation (as with much of Revelation) but I certainly think it’s plausible.


78 posted on 12/31/2021 5:50:21 PM PST by circlecity
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