The Amish Voice 9
Starting this month we will study the
subject of the “Mark of the Beast”. It will be
written in 4 parts: an introduction, which is
this issue; part two in which we will study
the 7 biblical verses that mention the “Mark”
and see what ideas they can provide for us to
help us understand this issue; part three in
which we will biblically figure out who the
“
beast” is; and part four in which we will see
what the “Mark of the Beast” is representing.
Each step we will take will be important in
building our understanding about this
subject, so don’t miss one.
However, first I think we need to look at
Revelation as a whole, and notice some
things about how it was written. The
primary theme of Revelation is the war
between God and Satan, not between Israel
and the Arab world or between the U.S.A
and Russia as some have tried to make it to
be. In Revelation, John has pictured some
contrasts that help us understand that Satan is
trying to deceive the world by mimicking
God and what belongs to God. Here is a
partial list, to show you what John is trying
to get across to us.
Mark of the Beast, Article 1
GOD
1)
Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)
2)
All power to the Son (Rev. 6:2)
3)
Has keys of death and grave (1:18)
4)
Christ’s throne (3:21)
5)
Worthy is the Lamb (5:12)
6)
Wrath of the Lamb (6:16)
7)
A lamb as it had been slain (2:8,5:6)
8)
He which is, was, and is to come (1:4)
9)
Tribes of Israel (7:4)
10)
God’s seal in forehead (7:2-3)
11)
Armies of heaven (19:14)
12)
Supper of the Lamb (19:9)
13)
Lamb’s bride--God's church (21:9-10)
14)
Apostles of the Lamb (21:14)
15)
New Jerusalem (21:2)
16)
Christ is Lamb with 7 horns (5:6)
17)
Jesus=Saviour (22:16)
18)
Leads the kings from the east (16:12)
19)
Nations saved (21:24-26)
SATAN
1)
False trinity (dragon, false prophet, and beast ( Rev. 16:13)
2)
Power to the beast (Rev. 13:2)
3)
Keys to the bottomless pit (9:1)
4)
Throne of Satan (2:3, 6:10)
5)
Who is like the beast? (13:4)
6)
Wrath of Satan (12:12)
7)
One head as it were wounded to death (13:3, 14)
8)
Beast was, is not, and is to come (17:8)
9)
Tribes of the earth (1:7)
10)
Beast's mark in forehead, hand (13:16-17
11)
Armies of earth (the beast's) (19:19)
12)
Supper of the birds to eat the wicked (19:17-20)
13)
Harlot of Babylon--fallen church (17:1, 5)
14)
False apostle (2:2, 19:20)
15)
City of Babylon (14:8, 16:19)
16)
False prophet has 2 lamb-like horns (13:11)
17)
Apollyon = destroyer (9:11) (SATAN)
18)
Leads kings of the earth (16:14)
19)
Nations destroyed (16:19, 20:8)
GENESIS
1)
lost tree of life (3:22)
2)
death (2:17, 3:13)
3)
earn our own bread (3:19)
4)
lost dominion (3:24)
5)
naked (3:7)
6)
driven from God (3:23)
REVELATION
1)
gain tree of life (2:7)
2)
victory over death (2:11)
3)
eat hidden manna from God (2:17)
4)
dominion restored (2:26)
5)
clothed in white glory (3:5)
6)
no longer separated (3:12)
—
Dr. Connor
In Matthew 24, the disciples asked Christ
what would be the signs of His coming and
the end of the world. Before giving ANY
specific answers, He said, “Take heed that no
man deceive you. For many shall come IN
MY NAME . . . and shall deceive many.” In
other words, deception will come from with-
in Christianity! Revelation 13:13-14 says
the same thing; “And he doeth great won-
ders, so that he maketh fire come down from
heaven on the earth in the sight of men; and
deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the
means of those miracles which he had power
to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them
that dwell on the earth that they should make
an image to the beast, which had the wound
by the sword, and did live.”
The apostle Paul agreed in II Thess. 2:2-3,
where he said that the Second Coming will
not occur until there is an ‘apostacy’(falling
away) in the church, and the Man of Sin will
be revealed, who goes against God by trying
to be, and act, like God in His church
(
temple,v.4) In verse 10, there is that word
again; “deceivableness”! People (almost the
whole world-Rev. 13:2) will be deceived into
thinking they are following God, when in
essence they are following Satan!
With these thoughts in mind, we will start
next issue with a study of the 7 texts in Reve-
lation that mention the ‘Mark of the Beast”.
Please follow closely the coming issues. It is
of utmost importance, to keep us from being
deceived. —End
Another short list shows us further themes in Revelation:
