Hi mrsnacks,
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Dear Paula:
Think for just a moment. Who would receive this "mark." Why EVERYONE. So therefore, EVERYONE could "buy and sell," couldn't they? This is all RELIGIOUS NONSENSE, Paula. It is the Church that is filling people's heads with this nonsense. The mark is not a literal mark, or tatoo, or imbedded computer chip. Besides, why would we need one on our hand AND ON OUR FOREHEAD? This is all symbolism. Read my "Lake of Fire" series for explanations of many of these symbols.
God be with you,
Ray
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Here is the scripture I think most think of when referring to this mark of the beast.
Rev 14:9 And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,
But actually the elect will receive something on their forehead also.
Rev 14:1 Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
What I beleive this is talking about is what is inside the forehead, our mind. A person is carnal minded and of the world or have the mind of Christ.
This is an excerpt from Ray article 'WHERE IS THE CHURCH THAT JESUS BUILT?' in the Lake of Fire series.
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We abide and dwell in Christ and Christ abides and dwells and lives HIS LIFE in us, so that we will "go no more out," till at the consummations of all the ages, "God may be ALL in All" (I Cor. 15:28).
"And I will write upon him the NAME OF MY GOD, and the NAME OF THE CITY of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God: and I will write upon him MY NEW NAME."
That’s CHRIST! These are honors and rewards bestowed upon us by Christ. The 144,000 (12 x 12, complete foundational kingdom of God’s government for the new world) are given the Father’s name in their foreheads (Rev. 14:1 & 22:4). Not a tattoo on the forehead skin, but
inside their foreheads, in their hearts and minds.
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Phi 2:5 "For let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,"
Hope this helps.
mercy, peace, and love
Kat