F.M. Riley (16 Jan 2022)
"The Mark of the Beast"


Foreshadowing…

The Mark of the Beast

                                                                         January 10, 2022

    “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads.

    And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

    Here is wisdom.  Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred three score and six.” Rev. 13:16-18..

INTRODUJCTION

    Carefully STUDY Revelation, chapter 13.  The title, and the Scriptures used as a text for this study, set forth the subject matter of this study. 

    It has been said that coming events  always cast their shadows before them.  There is no better proof of this statement than what is happening today in the state of New York.  Read on……. 

THE NEW YORK TIMES

    I have been told that this report which follows was taken directly from the pages of the New York Times.  Read it and decide for yourself the importance of the report…….

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THE REPORT

    On January 5th, the legislative session begins (state of New York).  Here is a snapshot.  Just a few of the bills that are looking to be passed in New York State.

 

    Bill 8378.  Forced Covid shot mandates to attend school.

     Bill A279a/S75a.  Force all adult vaccine records into a state database.

    Bill A7829/S6495.  Forced Covid shots for college.

    Bill A2240/S45.   Forced flu shots to attend school and pre-school daycare. 

    Bill A8398.  Eliminate religious exemptions for work and college. 

    Bill A3091/S3041.  Eliminate parent’s consent to shots when a child reaches 14 years of age. 

    Bill A822/S931.  Eliminatge parent’s right to consent to STD shots for children of any age. 

    Bill A416.  Allows the Governor to imprison without trial  anyone she considers a threat to public health. 

In Addition

    Assembly member Patrick Burke’s upcoming bill to eliminate unvaccinated people’s access to health insurance. 

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THE COMPARISON

    In our text for this study, it is plainly stated that the beast, who will rule the entire world during the last half of the seven year tribulation,  will FORCE every person on earth to receive a mark on their right hand, or in their forehead.   This mark will be visible proof of their allegiance to the beast, and that they are praying to and worshipping his image.  Those living on the earth at that time, who REFUSE to worship his image will be brutally killed, Rev 13:15.  In order to clearly identify those who obey the beast, from those who refuse to obey  him, he will make it a law for  a mark to be placed on the right hand or on the forehead of every person on the earth.

    This will be another one of Satan’s counterfeits.  When the Lord saves the 144000 believing Jews in Rev.  7, He will seal them as His people by placing His Father’s name visibly in their foreheads.  Satan always attempts to copy or counterfeit everything God does.  So the beast will force every person on earth at that time, to receive a mark in their right hand or upon their forehead, clearly identifying them as his obedient followers.    

    The Greek word translated as “mark” in Rev. 13:16-17,  literally means an engraving or cutting into the flesh, in order to place a permanent, unmistakable emblem in the person’s hand or forehead.  We today might compare it with the branding of

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cattle to indicate to whom they belong. 

    Today, due to the coronavirus (Covid 19), vaccines have been developed, supposedly to prevent or cure the disease.  The government, the WHO, the AMA, the CDC, and the leftist, liberal news media are all campaigning to FORCE every person in America (and the whole world), to be vaccinated, supposedly to stop the spread of this disease.  But how could those in authority tell who had been vaccinated, and who had refused to be vaccinated?  So the promoters of the vaccine solved this problem by issuing cards to everyone receiving the vaccination. 

    However, those promoting the vaccines, still had a problem.  These cards can be counterfeited, just like some counterfeit money.  Then when one asked a person if they have been vaccinated, all they have to do is pull out their card as proof of a vaccination, and go on their way.

    Oh my!  How can that problem be  solved?  How?  Well, some have already suggested that a tattoo be placed on a person’s hand when they are vaccinated.  That too could be counterfeited, but not easily.  Most people refusing the vaccine would not bother to get a tattoo.        

     But these bills before the New York legislature, if voted into law, will FORCE everyone living in the state of New York, to be vaccinated.  Otherwise, they will not be allowed to go to  school, will not be allowed to attend collage, and will not be allowed to  

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engage in commerce (buying and selling).  This means they will

not even be allowed to go to the store to buy food for their families.  Those  who refuse to be vaccinated will be  subject to being  arrested and imprisoned without a trial. 

   Now do our readers see any similarity between forcing these vaccinations on people today, and between the future mark of the beast being forced on people during the tribulation?  Today the authorities are issuing a card, and perhaps a tattoo will be next.  But during the tribulation the beast will force his mark, his name, or his number upon the hand or forehead of every person living upon the earth at that time.  Those who choose to refuse his mark, name, or number will be killed. 

   At the time the beast imposes his mark, name, or number upon the people ALL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM will have ceased from off the face of the earth.      The beast and his image will be the objects of worship for all of mankind on the earth at that time.  Anyone refusing the mark, or attempting to worship any other god than the beast. will be killed.  The   entirety of humanity on the earth at that time will obey the edicts of the beast, or their disobedience will cost them their lives.  Read Rev 6:9-11 and Rev 20:4.  Presently lost, unbelieving readers had better make their choice right now, for the tribulation period is staring mankind in the face as I write.  At any minute now, the resurrectrion and rapture will occur, and the tribulation will begin.  If the reader is

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an unbeliever LEFT BEHIND on the earth when the rapture

occurs, whom will you serve during the tribulation?  Will you call upon and receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior, or will you follow the edicts of the anti-christ and the beast?  Receiving the Lord Jesus as your Savior will give you ETERNAL LIFE, but living in obedience to the beast will bring you into ETERNAL DAMNATION in Hell, Rev 20:15. 

THE END OF AMERICA

    Today as I write, America is already hopelessly divided as a nation and people.  The Lord Jesus explicitly stated that every house, nation, or people divided against themselves “shall not stand,” Matthew 12:25; Mark 3:24-25; Luke 11:17.  The Lord spoke the truth!  Why do some readers try to make  the Lord out to be a liar?  The Lord stated twice in the Old Testament that He would make a full end of every nation into which His covenanted Jewish people have been scattered, Jeremiah 30:11; 46:28.  Hello, New York! 

      Our readers should consider that New York is the city that sets the standards for the whole world.  Why?  Possibly because there are more Jews living in New York right now, than there are Jews in the nation of Israel. 

    The standards set in New York always spread throughout the entire nation, and also to other nations all over the earth.  Most certainly, what happens in New York will shortly spread all over

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America.  If these bills before the New York legislature become

law, state after state in America will also approve them for the state legislators love to copy whatever is popular with the people at any given time.  FORCING everyone in America to be vaccinated is a hot, popular, topic right now.  Even as this is happening, FREEDOM in America is dying, and will carry the entire nation down with it.  The END of America is NEAR!  

    Every honest reader knows this ro be the truth.   I am an old man and have observed the actions of local, state, and national leaders over and over again.  I have no reason to believe their past actions will suddenly change.    

    Therefore, when (not if) these bills beco  me law in New York, they will shortly become law all over this nation.  Americans can then kiss their FREEDOM goodbye.  Our freedom in America was bought for us by the sweat, tears, and blood of our American forefathers. They fought and died to create a nation of free people.  These freedoms were even written into our Constitution and Bill of Rights.  But when these bills before the New York legislature become Law, the Constitution and Bill of Rights will become worthless pieces of paper.  Readers, are you listening? 

    Then what has started here in America will spread all over the world.  It will become “easy pickins” for the anti-christ and the beast to set up their one-world government, and the masses of

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people will blindly obey their governments every dictate.    

CONCLUSION

      What we seehappening today in New York,  and also in some cities in America clearly foreshadows what is coming.  It is only going to become worse and worse as time passes. 

    Readers, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.  What you do with this warning is now between you and the Lord.  I close with this admonition from the Lord Himself…….

    “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man,” Luke 21:36. 

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Dear readers,

    This will likely be my last study, for two reasons…..

1.  I have struggled for days trying to write this study, as I can hardly see my computer screen.  My eyesight is about gone, and it is getting worse rather than better.

2.    The Lord is coming to resurrect and rapture His Church Bride and believing people, just as He promised.  The only reason I can see for Him not coming at the end of the year, is that we don’t have the right calendar to go by.  But He is coming REAL SOON, and I am more than ready (eager) to go. 

My hope is that we will all meet together at the Lord’s table in glory, Matthew 26:26-29. 

“Even so, come, Lord Jesus,” Rev 22:20