666 - Number of the Beast

[JM]

Originally Posted by Zamar

What do you think the mark of the beast is then, if its not this new chip technology? It has to be something that those here must have to buy or sell.

Well,

What if its a Metaphor?

What if its nothing at all, except an idea that helps support other ideas that people want people to accept?

[Mycernius]

Originally Posted by Zamar

What do you think the mark of the beast is then, if its not this new chip technology? It has to be something that those here must have to buy or sell.

Seeing that SeekerSA did put in bold at the top of the OP "Humour" I find it odd that people are taking this thread so seriously. Come on christians, it's humour, you're supposed to have a laugh at it, not start analysing it.

[Zamar]

Originally Posted by Mycernius

Seeing that SeekerSA did put in bold at the top of the OP "Humour" I find it odd that people are taking this thread so seriously. Come on christians, it's humour, you're supposed to have a laugh at it, not start analysing it.

Yes, I understand that the first post was humor, but I was addressing something he said in the 3rd post which was not humor.

[Someday]

Originally Posted by Mycernius

Seeing that SeekerSA did put in bold at the top of the OP "Humour" I find it odd that people are taking this thread so seriously. Come on christians, it's humour, you're supposed to have a laugh at it, not start analysing it.

True, we probably shouldn't be analysing it so. But since we are, might as well put my two cents worth in.

Blessings

[Someday]

Originally Posted by Zamar

What do you think the mark of the beast is then, if its not this new chip technology? It has to be something that those here must have to buy or sell.

When reading a book that proclaims itself to be of the spirit, then in order to understand it, one must close the carnal mind and interpret it through the spirit. When we are talking about "marks" as we are, let's begin with a revelation of the mark of the Lord from Ezek. Ch. 9 to understand what a mark is.

The account tells us of six men, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand, and one man clothed with linen who had a writer’s inkhorn by his side. This writer was sent on ahead, to "Go through the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof."
To the others who would follow, He said, "Slay utterly old and young . . . but come not near any man upon whom is the mark: begin at my sanctuary." Shortly after this vision, Jerusalem was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, but Jeremiah and Baruch and many poor of the land were spared.
Do you think that there was literally a mark that Nebuchadnezzar's men saw that caused them to spare Jeremiah and Baruch and others who followed the Lord faithfully? Of course not.

The man with the inkhorn symbolizes God’s care for His own, and the mark He made on the foreheads of the faithful of that day was symbolic, so the sealing of the elect in Rev. 7 is symbolic and spiritual, not literal and physical.
Eph. 4:30 says, "Ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." The Lord doesn’t stamp us on the forehead or hand, but looses us, progressively, from one realm to another, from one nature to another, from one mind to another. We are being delivered from the dominion of the carnal mind.

What of this "none shall buy or sell" business? It's the same thing. Buying and selling has a much more significant meaning than supermarket shopping.

The first use of a word in the Book of Revelation establishes its meaning. Rev. 3:18 says, "I counsel thee to buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich." This is not a buying of natural things with money, but divine nature exchanged for the carnal nature. To "buy the truth" means to pay the price to embrace the truth. The price of truth is often to be willing to give up or "sell" an error. "Selling" as a symbol, indicates the dealing out of truth, the ministering of the things of the Spirit. "Buying" typifies the acceptance of truth, the receiving of the things of God.

If the beast and his mark are to be fulfilled literally, then we must read the words with natural eyes, and understand them with a natural mind. But if the message is spiritual, it will be understood only by "He that hath an ear to hear!"

When you read Rev 13, make sure you understand that it is meant to be read along with chapter 14. The mark of the Beast is representative of the carnal mind. Only the mark of the Lord can overthrow this attitude. It is through becoming "sealed unto the day of redemption." that our beast is overthrown.

Blessings

[Grace]

Originally Posted by Someday

The mark of the Beast is representative of the carnal mind. Only the mark of the Lord can overthrow this attitude. It is through becoming "sealed unto the day of redemption." that our beast is overthrown.

I would put a "thumbs up" emoticon here, if I could find one!
Oh well....