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You can "respectfully disagree" but God's Word on the matter stands.

Funny, my Bible doesn't have anything about the Mark of the Beast in it. Granted, that's because it's the Torah and doesn't have Revelations. You often quote from my Bible and then add on stuff of your own, but I personally think mine is right and yours...well, it's taken some liberties with the faith I don't approve of.

Here is the biggest issue with Christianity: you are always railing against the other, the heathens: Muslism, Hindus, Pagans. When it comes to Jews, though, you have a quandry. Same start, different ending point. If you'd like to tell me I'm going to hell, feel free. I don't believe in it. My faith, the basis of your faith (a basis you like to ignore regularly!) is just as valid and more ancient than yours.

Genesis 3:15 sounds very prophetic to me - when the Lord spoke to the serpent/satan:

And I will put enmity between you and the woman
and between your offspring and hers
he will crush your head
and you will strike his heel

While the Old Testament does not mention the mark of the beast it DOES mention the beast via special revelation in Daniel 7:1-8; 12.

The genuine messiah in contrast to the false/Antichrist is presented in Daniel 7:13-14.

Daniel's vision is then interpreted in Daniel 7:15 - 28. The Antichrist presented in the book of Revelation is the "4th beast" also presented as "the little horn".

Interestingly enough; the plan, program and ultimate destruction of the Antichrist is actually revealed in the Old Testament in Daniel 9:24-27.

The above is just a taste of the incredible amount of "revelations" found within the blessed Old Testament.

As a born-again Christian, I am NOT in a quandary with regards to the Jews. As a gentile and a Christian, I owe EVERYTHING to the Jews. Of all the people of the face of the earth "they (alone) were entrusted by God with the oracles of God" (Romans 3:2). On top of this, the Jews possess the following: the adoption as sons, the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the temple service and the promises of God! They are the children of promise; being the sole decedents of Abraham AND Sarah, Isaac and Jacob. Lastly and most important of all; my Savior and the savior of the Jews... and the entire world is "according to the flesh" a Jew (Romans 9:4-5). All I can say if you are Jewish is this: I thank God for you and for your people and I continually pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

As for telling you that you are going to hell, Jesus says:

"You search the Scriptures (reference to the Old Testament) because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me;

and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.

“I do not receive glory from men;

but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.

“I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name (the ultimate reference is to the Antichrist), you will receive him.

“How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?

“Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope.

“For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me.

“But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?” (John 5:39-46)

When addressing the Jews who steadfastly refused to believe in Him, Jesus said: "Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He (the Messiah), you will die in your sins." (John 8:24)

You are correct when you say that your faith is more ancient and just as valid as mine, but the fact of the matter is this; the Lord Jesus Christ and Biblical Christianity are the ultimate outgrowth and fulfillment of the promises made throughout the Old Testament beginning with Genesis 3:15 and expanded upon in Genesis 12:3, 18:18, 22:18. I along with the rest of the gentile world am blessed through Abraham because of Jesus Christ the Jew and Jewish Messiah.

The Old Testament is filled with specific prophecies concerning the promised coming Messiah and the Lord Jesus Christ, when He came the first time, literally fulfilled EVERY Old Testament PROPHECY concerning the first coming of the Hebrew Messiah.

I have read studied and taught the entire Old Testament on the graduate and undergraduate level numerous times. My simple request and prayer for you (and anyone else reading this post) is this: Ask the God of Israel to reveal to you if what I am saying is true or not. Read the Gospels with an open mind and heart, look and see what Jesus says about Himself and what he does and make a decision to accept Him or reject Him after honestly examining Jesus.

May the God of Israel richly bless you, and THANKS AGAIN for everything!

Here is the biggest issue with Christianity: you are always railing against the other, the heathens: Muslism, Hindus, Pagans. When it comes to Jews, though, you have a quandry.

Just an added benefit of being a Christian and knowing that the rest of you are all going to hell. /sarc
As for having a quandry with the Jews - no worries, we have a new "mark of the beast" - the Muslims..
Probably won't get back around to you guys for another century or so.. ;)