Posted on 05/15/2021 4:41:27 PM PDT by Varmint Al
“......if my job tells me I have to be vaccinated to continue working there....after such a threat, is that taking it freely?”
Yes, you are taking it freely. Choosing this world over God.
He says....Flee Babylon. Jeremiah 5:16.
Cut off your hand or pluck out your eye if they would prevent you from entering heaven.
Mathew 5:30
Bend your knee to no tin god...Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego choosing the furnace over submission. (Daniel 3:16)
Daniel himself in choosing the Lion’s den vs submission..Daniel 6:5.
Give up your own ways and take up your cross and follow me. Mathew 16:24
In short, all the prophets, apostles and martyrs who chose death rather than bend a knee to anyone but Jesus.
If the bitter cup of choosing comes to you.....choose wisely.
The road to Hell is broad, that to Heaven a narrow gate.
Matthew 7:13
I appreciate the Scripture references.
As I said before, I don’t believe this vaccine is the Mark. However, I do fear taking it. I would only be taking it out of fear of losing my job rather than actual concern over my own health.
The Bible is clear that the “mark” is something that will be taken freely and voluntarily accompanied with direct worship of the beast.
9And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
12Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
The verse in Scripture that talks about the "number of the beast" is:
It is in Greek, not Hebrew and the number is six hundred and sixty.
The Greek lexicon has this for the number:
χξς, six hundred and sixty-six (chi Χ = 600; xi Ξ = 60; sigma ς' = 6), a mystical number the meaning of which is clear when it is written in Hebrew letters, קסר נרון, i. e. Νέρων Καῖσαρ, 'Nero Caesar' (sometimes the Jews write קסר for the more common קיסר, the Syriac always rSK [], cf. Ewald, Die Johann. Schriften, ii., p. 263 note; (Schürer, N. T. Zeitgesch. edition 1, § 25 III., p. 449 note); נ (nun) = 50, ר (resh) = 200, ו (waw) = 6, נ (nun) = 50, ק (qoph = 100, ס (camek) = 60, ר (resh) = 200): Revelation 13:18 R G T Tr. (For a digest of opinions respecting this much debated number see Lee in the 'Speaker's commentary' at the passage.)
In medieval manuscripts of the Book of Revelation, the number of the Beast 666 is written as χξϛ (600 + 60 + 6). (Numbers larger than 1,000 reused the same letters but included various marks to note the change.)
How to count in Hebrew (עברית), a Semitic language spoken mainly in Israel. Hebrew letters are used to a limited extent to represent numbers, mainly on calendars. For other uses Western (Arabic) numerals (1, 2, 3, etc) are used.
Hebrew for 600 is: (shesh meot) שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת ת״ר
60 is: (shishim) שִׁשִּׁים ס
And 6 is: (shishit) שִׁשִּׁית (shishi) שִׁשִּׁי (shesh) שֵׁשׁ (shisha) שִׁשָּׁה ו
That kind of goes with another interpretation that I have heard. It would not have to be a physical mark. Forehead = thought. Hand = deed.
Yes, you are correct.
The MOTB is about worship and commandment keeping. And, Rev 14:7 makes it very clear which one that is. That commandment is God’s everlasting covenant with His people and it will be His seal on our foreheads at that time. Everyone gets a mark. It’s either the MOTB or the seal of God. Daniel knew it and so did John...The greatest abomination.
It really does seem to be leading somewhere, and lots of libs would line up for this.
Mostly good but you might want to check your math here:
“Six hundred threescore and six. (Revelation 13:16-18)
It is in Greek, not Hebrew and the number is six hundred and sixty.”
Nope. Six hundred plus three score (60) plus six is 666, not “Six hundred and sixty” aka 660.
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