It’s inescapable, here’s a (very) basic example…
Most are familiar with this verse…
Revelation 13:16
He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead…
Exodus 13:16
And it will be like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead that the LORD brought us out of Egypt with his mighty hand."
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Two very different marks but the same chapter and verse number. I have my Fathers mark because I observe Pesach and Matzos. The Revelation mark comes from bowing to Mecca.
048.029
PICKTHAL: Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves. Thou (O Muhammad) seest them bowing and falling prostrate (in worship), seeking bounty from Allah and (His) acceptance. The mark of them is on their foreheads from the traces of prostration. Such is their likeness in the Torah and their likeness in the Gospel - like as sown corn that sendeth forth its shoot and strengtheneth it and riseth firm upon its stalk, delighting the sowers - that He may enrage the disbelievers with (the sight of) them. Allah hath promised, unto such of them as believe and do good works, forgiveness and immense reward.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/
The god of forces is also worshipped by many without their recognizing its source.
With regard to post 22 and the subsequent:
Kabbalism has become a subject of new age mysticism. The actual, ancient Jewish Kabbalah is quite something else. It literally means a tradition of knowledge passed down verbally over the millennia since Adam.
But here’s the rub, the actual Jewish Kabbalah is shrouded in secrecy because the power is much too great for mere mortals. We could wreck havoc – and that is not a metaphor.
Personally, I don’t seek to know the when or where or how God’s plan will be consummated. The “signs of the times” are enough for me. That His will is done is the important part – and it is also assured, so I’m a “happy camper”.