Perhaps...The day will come on the heels of some disaster or a series of disasters or e terror attacks... many will be joking and make fun of those who will not take the mark...(like people who did not trust banks after the depression) those who wont take the mark will be called superstitious, paranoid, or right wing religious fanatics' or traitors or worse. etc...
At first the beast (and friends) will be tolerant but will grow increasingly less so until every letter....what Jesus said was 'every jot and tittle', every period quotation mark and exclamation point of prophecy in scripture will be fulfilled..
Only by the grace of God and His Holy Spirit will anyone even know the difference or have the courage to resist...
The news will certainly not reflect any reality of what is actually going on...reality will be prepackaged...by the beast
The spirit of anti Christ will cause many...both great and small rich and poor free and bond to take the mark...in the right hand or forehead...no one will be able to buy or sell without the mark of the beast...the name of the beast or the number of his name Rev 13 :16-17
"If any
man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of
the wrath of God...and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angles and in the presence of
the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever 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." Revelation 14: 9-11
If God says it...you can take it to the bank...even without the Mark of the Beast
with no worries mate
imo
The frog in a pot of water set to boil analogy.
It is surprising to me that many who make a study of prophecy & eschatology do not quite see that.
A system of false worship. Worship of a counterfeit. Satan's M.O., to manufacture faux pearls.
Thinking they "do right" by persecuting those who do not accept the mark.
When the day comes most won't even blink...It will be sold as a good
thing to do...a necessary thing..perhaps in the name of anti
terrorism...or financial security...
Well, there won't be any mistaking of what is going on. I mean -- how can one mistake angels flying over the world, giving a messages like these (shown below). One will not be mistaken as to what is involved. There will be no "accidental" occurences of the taking of the mark of the beast.
Revelation 14
6 Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of
heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to
those who dwell on the earth--to every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people--
7 saying with a loud voice, "Fear God and give
glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has
come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth,
the sea and springs of water."
8 And another angel followed, saying, "Babylon is
fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has
made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of
her fornication."
9 Then a third angel followed them, saying with a
loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his
image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on
his hand,
10 he himself shall also drink of the wine of the
wrath of God, which is poured out full strength
into the cup of His indignation. He shall be
tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence
of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
11 And the smoke of their torment ascends forever
and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who
worship the beast and his image, and whoever
receives the mark of his name."
12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are
those who keep the commandments of God and the
faith of Jesus.
FINALLY -- it will happen that the "everlasting gospel" is preached to all the people and nations -- as it says in Revelation 14. It's kind of hard to miss an angel "flying in the midst of heaven" preaching the everlasting gospel "to every nation, tongue and people ..."
The second angel will announce the falling of Babylon.
And most specifically (in regards to the mark of the beast) -- it is made clear by the third angel --
"If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on
his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of
the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His
indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the
smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest
day or night, who worship the beat and his image, and whoever receives
the mark of his name."
It's kinda hard to miss those angels flying around. The Bible makes it clear that these messages are given "to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people ..."
Regards,
Star Traveler