Nope. Just take it at face value unless face value makes no sense.
No reason to think the mark of the beast isn’t a literal, physical mark as clearly and plainly described.
And considering technology today, it’s more than feasible that it will happen. It’s just a matter of when.
Interesting, is it not, that John could have predicted something like this 2,000 years ago when there was no chance for enforcement of such a decree at that time. But there is now.
“No reason to think the mark of the beast isn’t a literal, physical mark as clearly and plainly described.”
Not long ago where I live, you could not buy or sell if you did not have a Vax card.
you could not go into a restaurant, I was thrown out of a bookstore.
People were scorned ridiculed and arrested.
We all know what is coming.
it might be a physical mark, it might be a microchip, or microtatto.
A “mark” does not need to be visible, just scanable
There are 2 marks written about in revelation
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.
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
That’s God’s mark. We also read of the Lamb triumphant.
Then later you see Satan invert this - with a second beast from the land that is a mockery of the lamb and a second mark that is for the quislings.
Both the marks are on your spirit, not physical
Excellent points.
But as you can see, many can’t discern the forest from the trees.