>>> So what is this mark of the beast today? That’s easy. It’s the gay rainbow.
Surely this is not a serious claim.
I think the reason we see such erroneous thinking like this is not just a lack of knowledge of the book of Revelation, but also the disbelief in a more literal interpretation of it.
See #4
So far as biblical interpretation, the mark of the beast cannot be anything that can be forced on a person such as a tattoo, a bar code, an implant. The bible says we are able to refuse it.
So, those other things a person can hold you down and tattoo you, or skin implant you, or bar code you. They are not the mark of the beast.
It is something you willingly give your mind (forehead) and your service (hand).
“I think the reason we see such erroneous thinking like this is not just a lack of knowledge of the book of Revelation, but also the disbelief in a more literal interpretation of it.”
Bingo. When men refuse to believe what God has told them, there is no end to the confusion they can dream up to fill the void.