Oh and to what you're saying here (sorry I don't know how to do the quote thing)
It's just the "greater than" (>) indent. i.e. "> QUOTE"
It's all lining up with the Revelation, the Mark of the Beast. Those who get it can participate in society, can buy and sell, and those who do not, cannot and are persecuted. I don't know if you're a Christian or not, but I'd encourage you to read Revelation.
I'm Christian-curious. I believe in God, but haven't done the work to consider myself Christian yet, for what that's worth.
I think the whole Mark of the Beast things seems to be more of a continuous push, than a single element. It seems we've been seeing more and more Marks of the Beast, as society has consolidated and globalized control. Maybe there will be one specific Mark of the Beast, or maybe humanity has been living through it for centuries or longer but, yes, it's worrisome, and yes, the evildoers are absolutely pushing that shit, no matter what your belief system is.
One interesting thing I heard, I forget from who, but maybe someone on Tucker, is a vulnerability on the whole Dispensationalist view that I hadn't considered before. If you believe in the Rapture, you believe you won't be here when the serious shit goes down; you believe you won't be tested. That sets you up for failure, if it actually doesn't go down like that. That belief system thinks they're immune to temptation, since they think they'll already be in Heaven. Meaning they are more likely to sign up for the Mark of the Beast...because they're still here.
One world religion and rule under the anti-Christ - what do we see today? Push for globalism...If you don't comply to have the mark worshiping the anti-Christ, can't buy or sell. What do we see today? cashless society, do something wrong, get debanked.
Getting more and more real, yeah.
It's all lining up for the end times. It's like all the dominoes are in place and it's just a matter of time.
Similar to my above comments, I think the "End Times" are more of a spectrum. To some extent we're already there.
That's why I'd encourage you to at least read Revelation...
It's definitely on my list to get more theologically educated, for sure. I should just do it.
It's just the "greater than" (>) indent. i.e. "> QUOTE"
I'm Christian-curious. I believe in God, but haven't done the work to consider myself Christian yet, for what that's worth.
I think the whole Mark of the Beast things seems to be more of a continuous push, than a single element. It seems we've been seeing more and more Marks of the Beast, as society has consolidated and globalized control. Maybe there will be one specific Mark of the Beast, or maybe humanity has been living through it for centuries or longer but, yes, it's worrisome, and yes, the evildoers are absolutely pushing that shit, no matter what your belief system is.
One interesting thing I heard, I forget from who, but maybe someone on Tucker, is a vulnerability on the whole Dispensationalist view that I hadn't considered before. If you believe in the Rapture, you believe you won't be here when the serious shit goes down; you believe you won't be tested. That sets you up for failure, if it actually doesn't go down like that. That belief system thinks they're immune to temptation, since they think they'll already be in Heaven. Meaning they are more likely to sign up for the Mark of the Beast...because they're still here.
Getting more and more real, yeah.
Similar to my above comments, I think the "End Times" are more of a spectrum. To some extent we're already there.
It's definitely on my list to get more theologically educated, for sure. I should just do it.