——>“No one is going to “literally” put anything on anyone’s hands or forehead. The mark is figurative, as is the seal of God.”
Oh, how wrong you are, Phil.
Literal or figurative? (symbolic)
Ex 13:
9And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
16And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 11:18
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
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.
Rev 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
Rev 14:1And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.
Rev 22: 3And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
**The saints keep the commandments of God, and so they do not receive the mark of the beast. Instead, they have the SEAL OF GOD in their foreheads**
You can go and pick out another word from wherever in the Holy Bible you like, but it won’t do you any good. (I have no clue as to how that is supposed to work. Geesh.) You have to deal with the word at hand, no pun intended.
Here’s the word used in the relevant Revelation text:
G5480
χάραγμα
charagma
Thayer Definition:
1) a stamp, an imprinted mark
1a) of the mark stamped on the forehead or the right hand as the badge of the followers of the Antichrist
1b) the mark branded upon horses
2) thing carved, sculpture, graven work
2a) of idolatrous images
Part of Speech: noun neuter
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from the same as G5482
You don’t just ignore it, Phil. You deal with it.
What the MOTB comes down to: Authority and to whom you claim allegiance to. To the One who wrote the law, or the one who claims to have changed it. There’s no middle ground. It’s one or the other. You choose the Catholic Church, fully knowing what they did and why? You receive the mark of the beast on your forehead. You don’t understand but you go along with it so you can still buy and sell? You receive the mark of the beast on your hand. COMPROMISE IS IMPOSSIBLE (that’s actually a quote from the Catholic Church).
Letter from C.F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons on October 28, 1895:
“Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change was her act…And the act is a MARK of her
ecclesiastical power and authority in religious matters.”
“Sunday is our mark or authority...the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is
proof of that fact.” — Catholic Record of London, Ontario, September 1, 1923.
Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change was her act. It could not have been otherwise, as none in those days would have dreamed of doing anything, in matters spiritual, ecclesiastical and religious without her. This act is a mark of her ecclesiastical power and authority in religious matters.i
i. Extract from a letter written by the Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons (November 11, 1895).