Posted on 10/21/2014 2:32:39 PM PDT by xzins
"And it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark" (Rev. 13:16-17, ESV).
A baker in Oregon is fined $150,000, told he needs "rehabilitation," and put out of business for declining to bake a cake for a lesbian wedding. A baker in Colorado is fined, ordered to bake a cake in violation of his own conscience, and sent to re-education camp for the same offense. A florist in Washington is pursued by the state attorney general for politely declining to make a floral arrangement for a same-sex wedding. A photographer in New Mexico is fined $6,700 for declining to do a photo shoot for a lesbian wedding.
A T-shirt company is ordered to produce T-shirts to promote a message it finds morally objectionable. Jennifer Keeton and Julea Ward are kicked out of graduate school counseling programs because of their moral objections to homosexual conduct.
Chris Culliver of the 49ers is sent to re-education camp prior to the Super Bowl two years ago for laughing at homosexuality in NFL locker rooms. The special-teams coach of the Minnesota Vikings is suspended and nearly fired for a joke about homosexuality. A safety for the Miami Dolphins is sent to re-education camp for tweeting out his displeasure over Michael Sam's slobbery homosexual kiss on draft day. A Canadian broadcaster is fired for defending man-woman marriage. Craig James is fired by Fox Sports Southwest for defending natural marriage in a senatorial campaign.
What do all these victims share in common? Their ability to engage in commerce was brought to a screeching halt because they would not celebrate, endorse or promote homosexual behavior.
The book of Revelation, in speaking of the end of days, indicates that one of the goals of the anti-Christ in his campaign to establish his own twisted caliphate over the entire world will be to drive Christians out of business altogether.
In John's vision, any Christian who does not willingly accept the mark of the beast will not be allowed to buy or to sell. He'll be fired, or won't be hired, or will be drummed out of business entirely.
So what is this mark of the beast today? That's easy. It's the gay rainbow.
This is the rainbow Big Gay has stolen from the Bible and from the church and turned into its own twisted symbol of perversion.
Anyone who does not plaster homosexual rainbow stickers all over himself, his resume and the windows of his business will have his or her commercial interests terminated with extreme prejudice.
The mark is on the "hand," referring to what a man does, and it is on the "forehead," referring to the way he thinks. It will not be enough simply to do what the Gay Gestapo demands; men will be forced to think politically correct thoughts about sodomy or face termination.
Legislation is even now under consideration—the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)—which will codify the mark of the beast and use the power of the federal leviathan to impose it tyrannically on the populace.
The great need of the hour is for prophetic voices to thunder against this demonic oppression from the pulpit and for statesmen to thunder against this beast in the halls of Congress. "We the people" must insist on this. If the voices of truth are not soon raised against this abomination, we may find out it's a lot later than we think.
Bryan Fischer is the director of Issue Analysis for Government and Public Policy at the American Family Association and host of the talk-radio program Focal Point.
the root word is actually BOW, not rainbow, and it points to heaven (ie Jesus) as the next judgement. The Bow was a covenant that God will never flood the earth again.
So....go buy bows (bows/arrows). :)
i'll say it again... make-em their damn cake, there's no law it has to be your best work or taste good make it the most bland misshapen cake imaginable
if you are a photographer, eat a ton of pickled eggs and beans before the wedding and fart up a storm all day, laugh at the guests and off center all the pics
no law against that either
I don't think the question is if they CAN force it on you. The fact is, they won't. God won't allow it. But expect some type of physical, actual "mark". IMHO, of course.
And because Rev 12:17 Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring--those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
And this: 9 Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”
And this: 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
In short, Satan hates humans and will take all to hell with him. Remember, we don't wrestle with flesh and blood. We are in combat with spiritual forces that want your soul. And if a simple implant will condemn you for eternity, then they will do it.
You're forgiven today, but see if you can fix that by tomorrow. :>)
I did read the article, and it’s nonsense, there is no mark of the beast “today”. He also makes several mistakes in his description of things from Revelation that make it clear he really isn’t that familiar with the book.
A physical mark can be forced on you so it is not physical. It is the metaphorical one in which you give up and go along with the world on homosexuality, euthanasia, abortion or you name it that you have voluntarily accepted the mark in order to buy or sell. Perhaps to access your bank account or get employment or social security that you have to sign a contract agreeing to their terms of "human rights and progress" to be processed.
There is no confusion. I am going to be raptured out of here because I am special. None of the bad stuff applies to me. I am a coward in Jesus Christ. /s That's what they believe.
Yes, it says “all” but then it uses categories: small/great; rich/poor, etc.
So, “every category” of human is included. No category is excepted.
We know that “all” doesn’t mean “total number” because some refuse and are martyred.
Absolutely, a divine intervention each time they attempted to force the mark on an unwilling person would also prevent a physical mark from being placed upon a person.
Yes, a physical mark CAN be forced on you. WILL it be forced on us? No, God won't allow it to be forced. It MUST be accepted/voluntary. But I believe it WILL BE physical. It won't, however, be forced. That's the niftiness of it. Yes, it's a physical mark. No, you are not mandated to accept it. But if you DON'T accept it, you won't work. You won't be able to buy food. You won't be able to bank. Etc. It WILL be a physical mark. It won't be forced.
We’re just going to disagree on this one.
I clearly hear him suggesting this is a parallel and not (necessarily) the Revelation foretold actual mark of the beast
Think missing emails and hard drives are bad? How about millions of ID compromised bank accounts shutting down all electronic transactions? You want your money, prove who you are with the chip by X Mark.
Facts are most people worship money first and the Creator gets an honorable mention at pagan festival times. This is literally the old robbery saying "Your money, or your eternal life!"
They have something like this going on in ISIS areas right now. If you don’t bow down and worship their false god you die or are prevented from anything they feel like preventing you from.
In short, Satan hates humans and will take all to lake of fire with him THAT HE CAN. Remember, we don't wrestle with flesh and blood. We are in combat with spiritual forces that want your soul. And if a simple implant will condemn you for eternity, then they will do it.
With that in mind we find that the word in the Greek for "all" is "pas" which means "all" in the sense of "each (every) part that applies." The emphasis of the total picture then is on "one piece at a time." rather than each individual.
So we see that "all" in this case means "each and every part of society" rather than every individual. That is reinforced with the following discription of each of the different segments of society. The phrase "both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave," is defining the "every part of society".
The mark of the beast is IN your head, not on it. Ie, your brain. They can stamp 666 on you from head to toe, just don't believe the false Christ when he comes at the 6th trump.
Got it, that makes sense.
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