I have a question about the tribulation. When during the tribulation are we to recieve the mark of the beast, is it before the rapture or after the rapture?
Jesus will take His bride, AKA the Church, off the earth before the Antichrist makes his appearance and before the judgments begin.
When a person takes the mark of the beast he is swearing allegiance to the Antichrist and making a decision to reject Christ for all eternity. The circumstances that people will be in that will force them to make a decision to take the mark of the beast or refuse it and most likely be beheaded are part of the judgments that will come on this earth. The judgments, including the mark of the beast, will come after the Rapture.