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Nov 14, 2022 · The main passage in the Bible that mentions the “mark of the beast” is Revelation 13:15-18. Other references can be found in Revelation 14:9, 11, 15:2, 16:2, 19:20, and 20:4. This mark acts as a seal for the followers of the Antichrist and the false prophet (the spokesperson for the Antichrist).
Revelation 16:2 and 19:20 cite the "mark of the beast" as a sign that identifies those who worship the beast out of the sea - this beast is usually identified as the antichrist.
Oct 21, 2023 · The mark of the beast is described in Revelation 13:16–18 and is to be received by Antichrist’s followers on their foreheads (referring to their mind) and on their right hands (meaning their actions).
Aug 5, 2024 · The mark of the beast acts as a seal for the followers of the Antichrist and the false prophet, who is the spokesperson for the Antichrist. The false prophet, described as the second beast in Revelation, compels people to accept this mark.
Oct 8, 2018 · The beast described here is probably the fourth beast seen by Daniel (Dan. 7:7, 19, 23). The beast in Revelation has extraordinary power, for it has ten horns, with ten diadems (Rev. 17:12; cf. Dan. 7:20, 24)—symbols of ruling authority—on its horns. It has seven heads, also signifying its authority and power.
The true mark of the beast is a heart that refuses to submit to the commandments and the actions that follow those choices. Those who choose to obey God, though they lose their lives, will be rewarded with eternal life.
Revelation 13:17–18 tells us that the mark “is the name of the beast or the number of its name. . . . Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666.” In other words, the mark of the beast is the number 666—and this number means something. But what?
God sealed, with a mark on the forehead, the 144,000 to preserve them from His wrath against the unbelieving world (7:2–3); the false prophet marks the unsaved to preserve them from Antichrist’s wrath against God’s people. The mark will signify that the person bearing it is a worshiper and loyal follower of the Antichrist.
15 The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed. 16 And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17 so that no one could buy ...
A commonly received interpretation makes the name of the beast to be Nero Caesar, written in the Hebrew characters נרון קסר; and as the name may be written Neron or Nero, the difference of the final n ( = 50) is thought to account for the discrepancy in the manuscript authorities.
