The Mark of the Beast and How To Avoid It Today

What will the Mark of the Beast be and will they be able to force it on you? What choice do you have now and when that day comes?

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Hey, I was just looking at your site. It looks good. I have a question. What do you think the Mark of the Beast is? Do you think it is going to be something we are required to have, or is it going to be something we choose to have. Like a National ID. What I want to know is, can it be possibly for the Mark to be forced on me. Can they make me have it? If so, what should I do about it? Is there anything in scripture that says what happens if we don't take the mark? Thanks.

Hi Chris,

Thanks for writing me with your questions. I'll address them in sections below:

Identifying The Mark of the Beast

After considering this question for many years, I believe that the Mark of the Beast will be some sort of literal visible mark. If you have doubts whether the mark of the beast is literal or figurative/spiritual then please read this article first that settles the question: Mark of the Beast: Literal or Sunday Worship?.

I believe that the mark will literally be on the right hand or forehead of people and works like a credit card does. It might combine the icon/number/name of the issuer (in this case the Beast) and a unique user number (maybe like a barcode which contains 666 in it). This would make it possible for a secure, efficient cashless society. It would be visibily obvious if someone was missing the mark, facilitating enforement. Rebels who have not yet joined the Beast society/religion yet (like in the movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers) would be easily caught and turned.

Further, I do not believe the Greek allows for a chip implant. Nor do I believe the broken state of the world at that time would support such advanced technology being rolled out to every single country.

(Update: Interestingly, there is already a patent for an invisible bar code for human skin, by Thomas Heeter who emailed me to let me know after reading this article:

Hello..i read the article about the "Mark of the Beast". i agree with your premise that it is a physical mark and not a chip, etc. i currently hold the patent on that process of marking humans exactly in the manner described in Revelation, so i believe i understand better than many the spiritual dynamics involved. i appreciate you teachings.

Thomas Heeter)

I could be wrong about this, but as I will explain further, it does not really matter if we can correctly identify it in advance. The obsession some have with making sure they know how to spot the Mark of the Beast so that they can refuse it when it appears is not based on the right strategy.

There is one significant event that mark mongers overlook. Revelation says that before the Mark of the Beast goes out, the third of three angels with messages to deliver to everyone on earth says, "Don't take the Mark of the Beast...or else" (Rev 14:3,6-12). This means no one will be able to misconstrue what the Mark of the Beast is when it really comes nor that they are not to take it. This debunks the fear that it might be possible today to take the mark without knowing it by accident, such as by getting a S.S.N. or Real ID Card or other "number". We must never forget that the warning is not about a number or card, it's a about a mark specifically on your right hand or forehead. Some ministries are blurring these specific details about the mark and have people afraid of numbers, chip implants, cards, and other things that simply are a forced fit to the Biblical Mark of the Beast.

For all those reasons it should be obvious that the Real ID Card has nothing to do with the Mark of the Beast. Plus the Real ID only be required for a few things and all buying and selling is not one of them, as it will be with the real Mark of the Beast.

Can You Be Compelled To Take The Mark?

People will be compelled to take the mark by the False Prophet as Revelation 13 indicates, but apparently not bodily dragged and branded by it without their consent like a horse or steer on a ranch. There appears to be an oath of acceptance to worship the Beast as ones God directly connected with it (Revelation 14:11, 20:4). These verses indicate that the price for rejecting the Beast's mark and religion will be beheading.

So while they can't or won't force you to take it if you do not want to, it turns out that most everyone will want to take it. Most will be deceived by the signs and wonders done by the False Prophet into believing the Antichrist really is god on earth and deserves their worship and adoration as their savior from the scourge of Wormwood and another World War. But if they are not deceived they still will be compelled from their hunger.

See, you have to understand the circumstances during which the Mark of the Beast will be rolled out. Star Wormwood will have just devastated the entire earth leaving it in chaos and famine right before the start of the Great Tribulation. If you survive that you most likely will be starving and this will be the only way to get food again. Those who are in hiding with food stores and even weapons will have yet another problem: there is further indication in the Book of Revelation that people will be supernaturally found and tortured to persuade them to consent to taking the mark. So all the escape loopholes will be closed..except one.

What Can You Do About the Mark of the Beast Then and Now?

If you find yourself in that situation, it appears there will be nothing you can do but take the mark or accept execution. See, to be in that situation you will have ignored God's prophets and the 144,000 warning that goes out when Wormwood hits. They deliver the three angels messages that warn people of the mark and what's coming and instruct them to repent and to be willing to follow them to the one place safe from the Beast during the entire Great Tribulation.

The challenge at that time will be having the discernment and faith necessary to recognize them as God's agents and be willing to follow their instructions. Paul said people will be deceived by the Antichrist because they "received not a love for the Truth." If you really love the truth you will be carefully studying the entire Bible today (instead of wasting so much time on entertainment and other distractions as even Christians do). You will also be seeking God diligently in prayer who is the source of truth and whose help you need to understand this very difficult book. You also need a prayer closet with God to receive the help you need to put into practice what you become convicted the Bible says (because it will not be what you have always been taught by religion). If you do not use the truth you are given you will receive no more truth according to the principle of being faith in little before being given much (Luke 16:10).

This daily habit and focus will give you the discernment and the faith you will need later to avoid the strong delusion that everyone else who does not know their God or their Bible will fall for. But, not only will you be safe from the Mark of the Beast then, you will also have the kind of relationship or walk with God today that you sadly only seem to see examples of in the pages of the Bible. If you are serious about avoiding the Mark and learning better how God wants us to walk today, you will find my books offered on this site encouraging and enlightening about God's End Time Roadmap.

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