Posted on 10/21/2014 2:32:39 PM PDT by xzins
"And it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark" (Rev. 13:16-17, ESV).
A baker in Oregon is fined $150,000, told he needs "rehabilitation," and put out of business for declining to bake a cake for a lesbian wedding. A baker in Colorado is fined, ordered to bake a cake in violation of his own conscience, and sent to re-education camp for the same offense. A florist in Washington is pursued by the state attorney general for politely declining to make a floral arrangement for a same-sex wedding. A photographer in New Mexico is fined $6,700 for declining to do a photo shoot for a lesbian wedding.
A T-shirt company is ordered to produce T-shirts to promote a message it finds morally objectionable. Jennifer Keeton and Julea Ward are kicked out of graduate school counseling programs because of their moral objections to homosexual conduct.
Chris Culliver of the 49ers is sent to re-education camp prior to the Super Bowl two years ago for laughing at homosexuality in NFL locker rooms. The special-teams coach of the Minnesota Vikings is suspended and nearly fired for a joke about homosexuality. A safety for the Miami Dolphins is sent to re-education camp for tweeting out his displeasure over Michael Sam's slobbery homosexual kiss on draft day. A Canadian broadcaster is fired for defending man-woman marriage. Craig James is fired by Fox Sports Southwest for defending natural marriage in a senatorial campaign.
What do all these victims share in common? Their ability to engage in commerce was brought to a screeching halt because they would not celebrate, endorse or promote homosexual behavior.
The book of Revelation, in speaking of the end of days, indicates that one of the goals of the anti-Christ in his campaign to establish his own twisted caliphate over the entire world will be to drive Christians out of business altogether.
In John's vision, any Christian who does not willingly accept the mark of the beast will not be allowed to buy or to sell. He'll be fired, or won't be hired, or will be drummed out of business entirely.
So what is this mark of the beast today? That's easy. It's the gay rainbow.
This is the rainbow Big Gay has stolen from the Bible and from the church and turned into its own twisted symbol of perversion.
Anyone who does not plaster homosexual rainbow stickers all over himself, his resume and the windows of his business will have his or her commercial interests terminated with extreme prejudice.
The mark is on the "hand," referring to what a man does, and it is on the "forehead," referring to the way he thinks. It will not be enough simply to do what the Gay Gestapo demands; men will be forced to think politically correct thoughts about sodomy or face termination.
Legislation is even now under consideration—the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)—which will codify the mark of the beast and use the power of the federal leviathan to impose it tyrannically on the populace.
The great need of the hour is for prophetic voices to thunder against this demonic oppression from the pulpit and for statesmen to thunder against this beast in the halls of Congress. "We the people" must insist on this. If the voices of truth are not soon raised against this abomination, we may find out it's a lot later than we think.
Bryan Fischer is the director of Issue Analysis for Government and Public Policy at the American Family Association and host of the talk-radio program Focal Point.
We have been discussing this same conclusion on Free Republic for some time now. These thoughts are now beyond our conversations and are becoming obvious to others.
If you don’t bow down to homosexuality, then you will be punished.
Like”Radical Islam”,it’s”Their Way Or The HighWay”!!!!!!!!
Yes. This IS what constitutes ‘The Mark’ - not some bar code or implant. It’s obedience in thought and deed to the Government Beast’s ideology and religion - so that if you do not think and act as they demand, you will not be able to make a living or buy anything and you will be punished for refusing to comply (Matthew 24).
So a form of this is now in action in the MarxoFascist Dictatorship and Beast now ruling us.
What about Jesse Jackson and his Rainbow?
>>> So what is this mark of the beast today? That’s easy. It’s the gay rainbow.
Surely this is not a serious claim.
I think the reason we see such erroneous thinking like this is not just a lack of knowledge of the book of Revelation, but also the disbelief in a more literal interpretation of it.
All he cares about is the pot at the end of it.
They use the rainbow to mock the Creator who said that He would never again judge man in this way....The first Sodom and Gemorrah caused the flood. The rainbow is the symbol of His wiping it out.
They use it to flaunt it in His face.
The second judgment won’t be multi colored. It will be black and long-suffering.
It is not surprising that they chose the rainbow. In scripture, the rainbow is a symbol of Christ.
See #4
So far as biblical interpretation, the mark of the beast cannot be anything that can be forced on a person such as a tattoo, a bar code, an implant. The bible says we are able to refuse it.
So, those other things a person can hold you down and tattoo you, or skin implant you, or bar code you. They are not the mark of the beast.
It is something you willingly give your mind (forehead) and your service (hand).
I have never seen scripture to substantiate or support that view.
Hi panzer, I agree that they mock the Creator by using the rainbow. Sodom and Gomorrah, however, were after the flood. You are also right that they were destroyed. They were the ones destroyed by fire and brimstone.
I heard the rainbow means fire and that not flood but fire will be the “punishment”
Roy G. Biv is spinning in his grave!
Me neither. It's an idea that just might fit, so it's open to discussion.
Revelation 7 Please read it. Between the opening of the 6th and 7th seals, an angel descends from heaven with the seal of the living God and he cries out “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the bond servants of our God on their foreheads.”
This is done first, Satan copies this with having his followers get the mark after the opening of the 7th seal which is a three parter. The three parts are three “woes” and the third is the actual reign of the beast and the false prophet when the marks are given out.
Best thing to do is make your own outline.
Interesting take on the mark.
Thank you for posting as I have not seen this theory before now.
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Thanks for the suggestion. Also, do you think there is an actual stamp with ink that the angel puts on the forehead of the bond servants of God?
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