The Mark of the Beast - Revelation 13:11-18

What is the mark?

            A tattoo?

            Credit Card?

            Covid vaccine?

            RFID Chip?

Review

Satanic Trinity

            Dragon (Satan)

            Beast (Antichrist)

            False Prophet/Press Secretary (exalts the beast)

Beast of Revelation 13 – comes out of the sea – likely Gentile nations

Type of Antichrists

            Nimrod, the initial builder of Babylon

            Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon

            Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Seleucid Empire

            Caligula (emperor 37 AD PUT statue of self in temple)

7 Heads – 7 kingdoms (5 fallen, 1 is-ROME, 1 to come – Islamic Caliphate)

            8th revived empire -

Message

Revelation 13:11–18 (NKJV)

11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth—by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. 15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or 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 it is the number of a man: His number is666.

Revelation 13:11 (NKJV)

11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.

2nd beast – from the earth/land – JEWISH?

2 Horns – authority

            Like a lamb

            Spoke like a dragon - deceptive

Revelation 13:12

12 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

Has authority

Causes worship of the first beast (deadly wound healed)

            WORSHIP – proskuneo – bow down, (literally “kuneo” = kiss; pros = toward)

                        Jesus betrayed with a kiss

LIKE THE HOLY SPIRIT – doesn’t testify of Himself but Points to Jesus.

Like a modern day press secretary – one who promotes the Antichrist and His agenda

            OFTEN REFERRED TO AS FALSE PROPHET 

Revelation 13:13 (NKJV)

13 He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.

BEAST – fake resurrection/resuscitation

False Prophet/Press Secretary – fire come from heaven

            GREAT SIGNS

            Fire from heaven a judgment, or acceptable sacrifice

            FIRE FROM HEAVEN

            Elijah   – the acceptable sacrifice (vs. the prophets of Baal) – also David (prior to Solomon)

-       Judgment on sinners (the 2 groups of 50 coming to arrest); James and John, End of Revelation – Satan’s judgment

2 Witnesses – fire from their mouths

Trumpet judgments –

1. Fire on grass/trees

2. great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea (salt water),

3. great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers.

MIMIC judgments of God, just like Jannes and Jambres mimicked the judgments Moses brought.

COULD BE: pronounce judgment on people/ruler who don’t follow Antichrist – judgment on Florida/DeSantis – hit by meteor (natural disaster or nuclear)

Revelation 13:14

14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth—by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.

Great deception

Make an image to the beast

REMINDS OF DANIEL 3

Daniel 3:1–7 (NKJV)

1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits.He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. 2 And King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to gather together the satraps, the administrators, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 3 So the satraps, the administrators, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered together for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 4 Then a herald cried aloud: “To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, 5 that at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the gold image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up; 6 and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.” 7So at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, harp, and lyre, in symphony with all kinds of music, all the people, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the gold image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Revelation 13:14b-15

14b telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. 15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

AI –

OPEN AI - CHAT GTP – More than Siri, Google, or Alexa

but Microsoft and Google have their own versions

Revelation 13:16-18

16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or 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 it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

FALSE PROPHET _ CONTROLS WORLD TRADE –

DIGITAL CURRENCY  -

CREDIT CARD

SELF – CHECKOUT (supermarkets, home depot) – 38% grocery stores now self-checkout

Cashierless checkout

Amazon Go - Whole food stores in Europe

            China control

BANK FAILURES – 

Revelation 13:17

17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

GOD HAS A MARK – SATAN IS COPYING (

China basically has this – plus hyper surveillance.

            Control of internet – facial recognition to get online

Social credit score – Some creditors looking at

            ESG – a score of environmentally friendliness – or PC – affect credit

BIG TECH SHUT DOWN THE PRESIDENT, PARLOR

Revelation 13:18

18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

Gematria – letters = numbers

Roman numerals: LVII (Superbowl 57)

            MMXXIII

            LIV 

Caesar Nero

Judas Iscariot

Ronald Wilson Reagan

Satan’s man at any moment

            King George

            Napoleon

            Hitler

            Etc.

SOLOMON SALARY

2 Chronicles 9:13 (NKJV)

13 The weight of gold that came to Solomon yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,

$1.5B annually!

            Forced labor (of Israelites)

            700 wives of royal birth

            Pagan sacrifice

            Built the temple but turns away from God (own house 2x as big and long to build)

Revelation 13:18

18 Here is wisdom.

Mark of the Beast

            COVID VAX? No, but the set up/conditioning for future

Revelation 13:16-17

16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Mark is on the right hand, or forehead

Revelation 14:9–11 (NKJV)

9 Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”

Revelation 20:4 (NKJV)

4 And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

2 Thessalonians 2:1–15 (NKJV)

1 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14 to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle.