Posted on 08/22/2021 1:34:48 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell
This is the question that may be partly responsible for vaccine hesitancy -- those who believe that the last days may be imminent are reluctant to take on the "mark of the beast."
I think the general context is fairly well known. A seven headed, ten horned "beast" arises in the last days, is assisted by various other figures, makes an alliance with a great red dragon, and enforces a "mark" to be taken in the hand or forehead that is required for participation in the beast's "reign of antichrist" society.
The vaccine qualifies in some estimations because you can have a piece of paper (in your hand) or knowledge (in your forehead) of vaccination, using this as your passport to participate fully in the current society.
Moreover, the modern globalist society seems to approximate the seven headed beast. It has certainly made alliances with the dragon, and is assisted by another beast in the image of a lamb (our mainstream media).
Looking into this further, I discovered that seven heads and ten horns is not just symbolic. The G7 countries would represent seven heads. Ten horns was a bit more complicated, but I realized that a horn was probably a leader (in other Biblical prophecy this is also the case), so looking at the seven member states of the G7, four are republics (and have one leader or horn), and three are constitutional monarchies and have two (an elected prime minister and a sovereign monarch). Remember Japan is one of those with an imperial family. Britain and Canada, you might object, share the same "horn" but in constitutional terms the Canadian head of state associated with the monarchy is our home-grown governor general, not the Queen. So it does add up to ten.
Also, the beast was said to have a deadly head wound that it "miraculously" recovered from. This can best be explained as follows: when the beast emerged from the sea (with the alliance in place with the dragon), the U.S. head was wounded because Trump was the president. He was anti-globalist. Now the U.S. head from the perspective of the beast's many followers is healed up with a globalist administration (fraudulently) empowered.
This is also significant to the timing aspect. It is said that the beast would have authority for 42 months. Clearly that cannot have begun before Trump was first elected. But I mentioned that in this analysis, the beast emerges from the sea during Trump's presidency. When might that have been? Possibly around early to mid 2018, when Chairman Xi consolidated absolute power in China, and when globalists were openly musing about global pandemics and population culling strategies at their annual meetings in Davos and the Bilderberg. I would say that January 2019 is about the last date I would assign, therefore we are somewhere in the last third of the 42 months now.
So therefore, is the vaccination business the literal fulfilment of the prophecy, and are we therefore commanded to remain unvaccinated? What about good and faithful people who either never thought about this and got vaccinated, or thought about it and decided it was better to take the chance? I have no insight into answers to these difficult questions, but would hope that faith will prove both an antidote to the harms that might lie ahead, or the judgement that might be possible.
It does pose more of a dilemma to a person like myself who is not by nature an anti-vaxxer in general, but on this one particular issue very hesitant and reluctant even before I factor in the issues related to eternal life.
It is stated in the same prophecy that Christ (or a Christ-like figure) returns with the onset of judgements against the beast, those who took the mark of the beast, and various other types of judgements of the end times.
Can we expect something like this at the end of the 42 months? Is that soon, or further away? Will not taking a vaccine expose us to harm, either from disease, or from a vengeful mob losing patience with us and being urged on by governments and the mass media to take out their frustrations on us? I heard on the local news that a survey shows (in my jurisdiction) 77% have "compassion fatigue" for the unvaccinated. I don't recall asking for compassion, I think they mean they don't care if we live or die and wouldn't go out of their way to offer medical care to the unvaccinated. The survey also claims that this number rises to 83% of the fully vaccinated (obviously the unvaccinated are largely compassionate towards their fellow unvaccinated). This is against a claim of 78% full vaccination (but in rural areas of my province the numbers are closer to 50-50).
My inclination was to remain unvaccinated just on the facts alone but with the added proviso that I would now be knowingly taking on the mark of the beast for my own convenience, it changes the dynamics of the decision for me. How about you (if unvaccinated, or faithful and vaccinated?) ... how do you see this? Will there be greater persecution and social ostracism coming our way? Will it get to the point of interfering in our ability to lead any sort of normal existence?
I think my decision is to withdraw from the society, which may include by necessity reducing ties with family and associates, and wait it out, until either the Biblical prophecy is fulfilled or at least the mass social delusion aspects fade away and the thing becomes a footnote of history perhaps.
This is perhaps easier for me, I am retired and not that involved in many social activities but I can see trouble looming on the family front if I make a very definite point of this (and as you can guess, I would, especially if pushed).
Maybe not the vaccination but the “passport”. Seems to me the really easy way to carry a passport like that is if they inject a microchip into you wrist with the vaccine info on it. Of course then you might not be able to buy or sell without it and guess what.... mark of the beast
You cannot have a “Mark of the Beast” without a “Beast”.
No... this is not it... but it SETS THE PRECEDENT for how the actual mark will be mandated.
No mark until the beast is revealed. No reveal, so the jab isn’t the mark.
Exactly, the technology may be in place for years before the Beast appears.
I don’t look for the Mark of the Beast until we transition into a cashless society.
I think the mask & vax mandates are a conditioning, a step in the direction for people to eventually accept the mark of the beast. Mandate enough things on a regular basis so that it’s accepted and seems natural to obey. Then comes the whammy.
IMHO, accepting the “mark” will contain a “moral” component (”by accepting this mark I hereby renounce xyz”).
I agree with the sentiment expressed - it is not the mark of the beast. I also agree that it’s a step toward it... We are on a very slippery slope with the many different things that are happening in our world. As in the days of Noah...
Who’s the Beast?
Can we be certain that the beast will be revealed in the sense that everyone will know the beast has appeared? My interpretation suggests that the beast is here but not everyone realizes it. Would it be necessary for everyone to realize it? Or do you mean the faithful will recognize it?
What’s missing now? Obviously this beast is not one man, an Antichrist, ruling the earth, but the image is not that of one man, and many believe that the “Antichrist” theme is a misread of prophecy, that actually a reign of antichrist will manifest itself, and that could have multiple leaders.
The mark of the beast, 666, is just referring to the use of Roman currency. DCLXVI = 500+100+50+10+5+1 = 666, but that got lost in the translation.
Just my opinion here. The time line does not seem to fit. I would say that rather than the actual mark of the beast, it is a trial run / education / attempt to normalize.
I suspect that the actual mark of the beast will be later.
No. Next question.
You mentioned “your province”, so it looks like you are in Canada.
The anti-covid measures there are draconian, as compared to those in the US, but I have no illusions about what the deep state is trying to accomplish here in the US and worldwide.
As to the descriptions in Revelation of the deep state players, you make very interesting parallels and associations.
When did the 3-1/2 year timespan begin (if “time, times, and half a time = 3-1/2 years)?
Years?
lol... not many... I think this is the dry run... the dress rehearsal.
I’m speculating that Tribulation begins sometime in 2024, with the rapture happening anytime before.
I base this prediction on the revelation 12 sign from Sept 2017, marking the beginning of a 14 year period. (7 fat cows + 7 famined cows)
Could be wrong... but I think it’s a good guess.
Lots of other signs pointing at 2024 too.
“Who’s the Beast?”
My interpretation follows those who do not look for a specific “Antichrist” or world ruler that you can name as “The Beast” (like a Hitler sort of figure) but that there is a world system “the beast” as evidenced by the imagery of prophecy, seven heads and ten horns, it sounds to me more like a world system than one man.
I wouldn’t go as far as saying any one man in leadership is “the Beast” nor would I look for one. I think this current situation is what we were warned about, and the fact that many are unaware does not contradict other parts of prophecy — the end comes when most are unaware, and not at a time they expect it. Whether that refers to people in general or the faithful is not clear.
Simply NO, but it is a precursor to the final event.
Jan 2019 plus 3-1/2 years is July 2022.
About 10 months away.
Agreed. That will be the enabling technology, and the globalists are pushing hard for it.
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