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Is Covid the mark of the beast?

Some preachers are saying that Covid is the mark of the beast.  It is not. The mark is on the forehead or right hand. These marks are symbolism and relate to Deuteronomy 6:6 and Exodus 13:8 & 16. This sign or mark was about the law. Israel had a system of sacrifices; daily, weekly, monthly and annually. These days were called sabbaths and sacrifices were commanded by God to be offered on all these days. This sacrificial program was a shadow acted out by symbolism to be fulfilled by Jesus. Jesus fulfilled the law and all these sacrifices. To continue to keep these days is to deny what Jesus did.  Now, the antichrist is to revive the sacrifices and offer them again in a future third temple. 

 It is an evil plan of Satan to use the scripture of the old covenant to deceive people to deny Jesus by going back to the law. The old covenant was the law. The ark of the covenant contained the tables of stone, the Ten Commandments. The new covenant makes it very clear that the law will not save anyone. Satan does not want people to be saved so he deceives them by scripture into keeping the law. To the uninformed person this biblically based lie will seem great and they will follow Satan.  The mark of the beast is on the forehead symbolizing the mind or how a person thinks. The mark on the hand symbolizes work of your hands which is to stop on the sabbaths of the law. Anyone violating this renewed law of Satan will be killed along with those who refuse to take these marks. So then, the preachers telling you Covid is the mark are full of dung.  

The covenant the antichrist makes with 10 nations is 7 years long.  The tribulation starts at the middle of this 7 years when the antichrist ends the sacrifices and proclaims himself God. This means that the tribulation is 3 & 1/2 years. The tribulation is not 7 years long it is 3 & 1/2 years long and according to Jesus this is cut short by some days.  

At this time we are in a period called the beginning of sorrows that will be a series of events in which Satan makes it look like events leading to the return of Jesus are happening when they are not.  Satan will cause counterfeit events to occur to add to his deception.  These will not be the true events but will seem very real to people. Those people who are called Gods elect can not be deceived by these things even though they are extremely convincing because of Satan using scriptures to deceive. Remember this, the first one showing up is the fake. No matter how good he looks or how many miracles he performs he is a fake. If he says to keep the law or take a mark, he is a fake.

Current events in the world are indeed very bad but they will not get better, they will get worse. All this leading to a false tribulation that will end by the ten nation treaty of antichrist. Afterward antichrist will bring in peace and safety producing a false millennium. When the plans of antichrist begin to fall apart then the real tribulation will begin.

There are other articles on this blog that address this topic more fully and it is my hope that you read them. 

                  

 LAWKEEPERS

People who think keeping the law is required by Gods people usually transform into self righteous finger pointing monsters who set themselves up as judges of others and lack mercy, compassion, forgiveness and love.  

The law was the old covenant. It, the tables of stone, was kept in the ark of the covenant.  This law rightly condemns all who sin to death. This law defines what good and evil is, for when it says,”thou shalt not” then you know that if you do you are evil but if you obey you are good.  The law, the Ten Commandments, was given by God in response to Eves thinking it was desirous to gain the knowledge of good and evil and be like God. The other tree in the garden was the tree of everlasting life; the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was the tree of death. Sin, by breaking the law, is punished by death. Scripture informs us that all people sin and deserve to die forever.  There is none righteous, no not one.  Under the law there was no repentance, mercy or forgiveness only death. This law, not one jot or tittle, was changed or done away with by Jesus. Jesus provided a new covenant that had nothing to do with the law hence no need to alter or abolish the law. The law is to this day in full force and yet condemns the sinner to death. The law , if enforced, can be a deterrent to sin because of fear of death but it cannot eradicate  sin. These two covenants cannot be mixed together as Paul showed, “if it is of law then it is no longer of grace or if it is of grace then it is no longer law”

Salvation is not by the law.  The law only produces death.  People who think they need to keep the law reject the new covenant, Jesus and God.  They do not understand how there can be sin with no law to define what sin is.  All sin is lust in the human spirit and as Jesus showed it is our thoughts and intents that are the sin and any words or deeds that follow is only the manifesting of our defiled human spirit. It is the spirits of just men made perfect, not the fleshly body. Jesu

 magnified the law into two commandments that are greater than the Ten Commandments, Godly love by the Holy Spirit will fulfill any law because it works in your human spirit to change the way you think from evil to good. Therefore sin is no longer the transgression of the law but whatever is not of the love of God. Without the Holy Spirit the people who still think the law is the way to go become self righteous finger pointing monsters. People of this carnal mindset are dead and usually have very few if any friends . They are arrogant and ignorant of the gospel of Christ. They are children of the devil and will do the devils works.  

The law could never address the true problem of humanity; their defiled human spirit. The law deals with the flesh but not the spirit of man. While I feel sorrow and have compassion for these people they are impossible to live with as they make themselves your enemy by their own deceived minds. As Jesus said,”a man’s enemies will be those of his own family.” Love these types from a distance, pray for them and be willing to have mercy to forgive them.

STUDY NOTES 

Poor in Spirit

Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor is spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven”  What did Jesus mean by poor in spirit?  Strongs concordance gives us a better understanding.  “Ptochos” is the Greek word translated in most bibles as the word poor.  It means; lowly, afflicted, helpless, powerless and broken.  Psalm 51:17 “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart, these oh God, you will not despise”.  People with this attitude of Godly sorrow and deep sincere repentance have a future in Gods kingdom.

Hate all, even your own life.      

What I have below is a better translation than the use of the word “hate” used in the Bible.           

Luke 14:26-27 “If anyone comes to me but loves his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.  Whoever does not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.”

Matthew 10:37-39 says the same.  Since Christ gave is life so that we can have life our love for him should be greater than any physical connection we have. 

We must forsake all physical things to put Christ first. This does not mean we literally hate our loved ones or give away all our possessions, just don’t let them cause us to lose sight of Christ.

Taking up our cross and following after Jesus is to live as he lived, obeying God in all things. When Jesus gave us the two great commandments of love God and neighbor, he lived them and we need to follow him. This can cause problems and persecution for us in this world as it did for Jesus.  It is not easy to be a saint because you are at odds with the world and under Constant attack by Satan while having a spiritual warfare taking place in your spirit.  Jesus did not have it easy and you won’t either.  Would you, if required by God, give up your life?  Would you turn your back on all the carnal people you love?  Would you walk away from all your possessions?  

Born Again

What is being born again?

1 John mentions born again saying that those who are cannot sin. Jesus tells us what being born again is. John 3.  It is being like the wind, a spirit being and is also called born from above or born of God.