There is a good case, I think, to make that the Mark of the Beast is how he enforces his definition of goodness. He does it by force, whereas God does it through love and reasoning. The Antichrist will be the one who will enforce his will through state sanctioned violence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoUkkcDDNT8
To be clear, the Greek word behind “Mark” in “Mark of the Beast” is the Greek word “charagma”
This is a stamp of ownership - it will be a stamp / tattoo (for example)
It WILL be on the Right Hand OR on the Forehead of those who willingly take it. God bless.
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The word in Revelation 13:16 for “mark” is the Greek word for a mark of ownership.
Such as a tattoo - perhaps similar to how one marks cattle by branding.
Or how Hitler’s Nazis branded Jews with tattoo numbers for identification purposes.
Revelation 13:16 Greek - English Bible
https://biblehub.com/interlinear/revelation/13-16.htm
5480 [e]
charagma
χάραγμα
a mark
N-ANS
(it’s in the middle of the translations; to the furthest right - FWIW)
The word for “mark” in Revelation 13:16 is “charagma”
Greek word “charagma”:
https://biblehub.com/greek/5480.htm
Strong’s Concordance
charagma: a stamp, impress
Original Word: χάραγμα, ατος, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: charagma
Phonetic Spelling: (khar’-ag-mah)
Definition: a stamp, impress
Usage: sculpture; engraving, a stamp, sign.
HELPS Word-studies
5480 xáragma – properly, an engraving (etching); (figuratively) a mark providing undeniable identification, like a symbol giving irrefutable connection between parties.
5480 /xáragma (”brand-mark”) was originally any impress on a coin or a seal, used by an engraver on a die (stamp, branding iron). 5480 (xáragma) later became “the identification-marker” (like with an owner’s unique “brand-mark”).