What is really interesting that many Christians don't understand is the connection between the Mark of the Beast and the Jewish tradition of using "tefillin" or phylacteries. These are small boxes filled with the word of God and wrapped in leather with leather straps. They are strapped to the left arm and to the forehead. In Jewish thoug…
What is really interesting that many Christians don't understand is the connection between the Mark of the Beast and the Jewish tradition of using "tefillin" or phylacteries. These are small boxes filled with the word of God and wrapped in leather with leather straps. They are strapped to the left arm and to the forehead. In Jewish thought, the head represents your thought life, and the arm or hand (because in a Hebraic mindset, there is no difference) represents action. So, essentially this practice has to do with saturating your mind with the word of God and then putting it into practice. Now, in Revelations we see Satan copying this Jewish custom because he isn't very original. He likes to copy God, but instead, Satan is switching the left arm for the right arm. I think it's important that we understand the symbolism of this Jewish tradition because it is the key to unlocking the symbolism of the Mark of Beast. Satan wants control of our minds and he wants our devotion (action). The question is, how can he best implement this? How is he already doing this? And how will he best implement this in the future that pertains to the control of buying and selling? Once we figure this out, we will finally understand what might potentially be the Mark of the Beast.
Revelation 13:16-18 And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17 and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.
The question is, this was a prophecy given over 2000 yrs ago around 95 AD. "And he causes "all", all who? Well, the entire world. How is the antichrist going to do that? Wouldn't one need some type of tech to pull this off? This mandate isn't a request, its a mandatory order, whch means if one doesn't receive the mark, then one is shut out of the society that was left behind after all the Christians were removed from the earth by JESUS before the advent of the antichrist. The is call the 7 yr Tribulation for the world especially the Jews.
There is no connection between the a custom of the Jews which by the way was a commandment from The LORD, and the Mark. This custom, the Jews took it literally from this passage:
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! 5 "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 "These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7 "You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. 8 "You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. 9 "You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
The mark of the breast is a literal mark of some type that people will need to show in order to survive during the 7 yr tribulation.
What is really interesting that many Christians don't understand is the connection between the Mark of the Beast and the Jewish tradition of using "tefillin" or phylacteries. These are small boxes filled with the word of God and wrapped in leather with leather straps. They are strapped to the left arm and to the forehead. In Jewish thought, the head represents your thought life, and the arm or hand (because in a Hebraic mindset, there is no difference) represents action. So, essentially this practice has to do with saturating your mind with the word of God and then putting it into practice. Now, in Revelations we see Satan copying this Jewish custom because he isn't very original. He likes to copy God, but instead, Satan is switching the left arm for the right arm. I think it's important that we understand the symbolism of this Jewish tradition because it is the key to unlocking the symbolism of the Mark of Beast. Satan wants control of our minds and he wants our devotion (action). The question is, how can he best implement this? How is he already doing this? And how will he best implement this in the future that pertains to the control of buying and selling? Once we figure this out, we will finally understand what might potentially be the Mark of the Beast.
Revelation 13:16-18 And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17 and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.
The question is, this was a prophecy given over 2000 yrs ago around 95 AD. "And he causes "all", all who? Well, the entire world. How is the antichrist going to do that? Wouldn't one need some type of tech to pull this off? This mandate isn't a request, its a mandatory order, whch means if one doesn't receive the mark, then one is shut out of the society that was left behind after all the Christians were removed from the earth by JESUS before the advent of the antichrist. The is call the 7 yr Tribulation for the world especially the Jews.
There is no connection between the a custom of the Jews which by the way was a commandment from The LORD, and the Mark. This custom, the Jews took it literally from this passage:
Deuteronomy 6:4-9 "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! 5 "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 "These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7 "You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. 8 "You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. 9 "You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
The mark of the breast is a literal mark of some type that people will need to show in order to survive during the 7 yr tribulation.