Scripture interprets scripture in this case:
2 Corinthians 1:22 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
The anti-christ is a possessed human and will use physical means.
The Lord uses spiritual means AND explains them.
No, the MOTB is a Spiritual mark, just as the Seal of God is a Spiritual mark. The Saints who do not receive the MOTB don’t have it because they keep the commandments of God (and the faith of Jesus). That is made very clear in Rev 14:12.
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
The MOTB literally has to do with WORSHIP, breaking God’s Law, and bowing to the authority of the Beast/Antichrist Power.
Rev 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who WORSHIP the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
You don’t think that these below verses have any bearing on the MOTB issue? They all relate to obedience to God’s commandments, and one in particular.
Deut 6:8 Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Exodus 13:9
It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
Exodus 13:16
So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”
Deuteronomy 11:18
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
2 Tim 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
1 John 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
“To depart from iniquity is to keep God’s law. The disciples of God, those who know, and are known by God, and call on the name of Christ, are sealed with His law. The seal of God is in His law, so clearly this is a symbolic seal, not a literal one.”
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