REVELATION
LESSON 28
ARE WE LIVING IN THE END TIMES?
REVELATION
13:16-17 16 It also forced all people,
great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their
right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could
not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the
number of its name.
Many prophecy
experts can see the results of the number and the mark of the beast as a
cashless society. Today the governments of the world want to eliminate our paper
and coin money so that all transactions can track all buying and selling.
Perhaps some
of the most fanciful suggestions for prophetic interpretation revolve around
the meaning of this number. The text does not indicate that it somehow will mathematically
speak the name of the antichrist. since the number will not be revealed until
the middle of the revelation period and the church will be raptured out by then,
it seems more likely that we, the church, will not be given a hint as to the full
meaning or even the name of the antichrist.
The mark of
the beast is not my number, your number or even the number of anyone that can
be identified at this time. I don’t think it will be your driver’s license
number, social security number or even a national I.D. number.
It is not a
different number for different people. It is the same mark, name or number for
everyone. It is the mark, name or number of the antichrist.
Revelation 13:17 17 so that they could
not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name
of the beast or the number of its name.
Those who
take the mark are accepting the antichrist as god. They are choosing the beast
over Jesus, thereby refusing Gods offer of salvation, mercy, forgiveness and
love. This will be the end of their opportunity to be saved. Everything that is
needed in the form of chips and systems to enforce the mark is available at this
time. These will be powerful chips, scanners the antichrist will use to keep
track of everything that goes on in the world.
Chips were placed
in the bodies of many of those who died in the southeast of Asian tsunami. They
are placing chips in many people in several countries.
Some international
financial experts are saying the coming one world government will have its own
one world currency.
The global
government will force people to use it by making it illegal to buy and sell in
any currency except the new world currency and every transaction will include
ones national global I.D number.
Bio pay
systems are gaining wider acceptance and use. These systems use fingerprints
and eye scan technology to debit purchases from their customers bank accounts. They
offer great protection against identification theft and relieve the customer
from carrying credit cards. Businesses receive their money immediately with
added advantage of not getting stuck with bad credit.
These things
are not the mark of the beast, but they are a giant step in that direction
because they establish a system to track the buying and selling of people. One push
of the computer button will provide a list of those who have taken the mark and
of those who haven’t taken the mark. Scripture tells us that in the future a
one world system of government will require every person to receive a mark in
his or her right hand or in their forehead.
Without this
mark of the beast, no one would be able to buy or sell. In years past few could
envision how such a system could be. The technology at that time was not
advanced enough for people to see it. Now such a thing is not only viable but
probable.
Stay in the
word,
Until next
time,
Brother Andy
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