This Revelation Timeline Decoded Bible page focuses on verses which mention the ‘mark of the beast,’ to show how they’re pointing to different periods, and not just the end times.
Let me preface my explanation with ‘seek truth, not to defend a belief,’ as we’ve been led to believe certain narratives.
The title of this study uses the word ‘fulfillments‘ because there are different periods when the ‘mark of the beast’ is fulfilled. I declare this because most people assign it to one period and proclaim that it’s the CV agenda and getting the jab, or that it’s an RFID chip or tattoo, or that it’s the monetary system and bar codes, etc.
NOTE: I use abbreviations like VX and CV so that this page doesn’t get flagged. Given the current agenda in the world, it should be obvious what they stand for.
The majority of people who are proclaiming what the mark of the beast is, teach that most of Revelation is fulfilled during a futuristic 70th week of Daniel 9 which features a one-man antichrist.
That is a false script that was created in the 16th century by the Jesuits, to deflect blame away from the Popes, as the Protestant Reformers rightly proclaimed that the office of the papacy, the Popes of Rome, fulfill Bible prophecy as the little horn of Daniel 7, the son of perdition of 2 Thessalonians 2, and the antichrist beast of Revelation 13, who leads the harlot church of Rome.
This means that most people don’t have the proper context to know what is the mark of the beast, as they’ve been misled by videos, movies, books, etc.
Seventh Day Adventists proclaim the historicist narrative of prophecy fulfillment, but they say that the mark is a Sunday law from the Pope. Going to church on Sunday is not a conscious decision to revere the antichrist beast Pope. And do we think that our Heavenly Father will condemn people for gathering together to praise Him, pray to Him and learn about Him because it’s supposedly on the wrong day? No!
Here’s my new video about the mark of the beast.
To have a proper understanding of the mark of the beast, we need to understand how Scripture declares who is marked for the Heavenly Father, so that we understand what it means to be marked by the antichrist.
Exodus 13:16 points to set-apart people who are marked on their forehead as they learn to obey the Heavenly Father’s commands.
And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 6:6-8 points to set-apart people who diligently seek to obey the Heavenly Father’s commands, who are marked on their forehead and hand, pointing to their beliefs and actions.
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
Deuteronomy 11:16-19 points to set-apart people binding the words of the Heavenly Father on their foreheads and hands, as they turn away from false gods and obey the Heavenly Father.
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; And then the LORD’S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you. Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Ezekiel 9:4-10 points to a time when those who followed the Heavenly Father’s commands were marked and those without the mark were slain.
And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city. And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem? Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not. And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
In those verses we see that people are marked according to their beliefs and actions. To revere and obey the Heavenly Father is to be marked for His kingdom. To revere and obey the enemy is to be marked for judgment.
To have a proper understanding of the mark of the beast, we need to understand who is the antichrist beast of Revelation, so that we know not to revere and obey him.
Most Christians today are looking for a futuristic one-man antichrist, which skews their understand of what it means to have the mark of the beast. On this website, in my YouTube videos and in my Revelation Timeline Decoded book, I prove that the office of the papacy, the Popes of Rome, fulfill prophecy as the antichrist beast; who leads the harlot church of Rome.
The mark of the beast is about whether you revere and obey the antichrist beast Pope, who is the Satan-empowered enemy of Messiah. Today, 1.3 billion Catholics already have the mark of the beast because they revere and obey the Pope as their leader.
Just as Messiah is the image of His Heavenly Father, whose Gospel provides light to the world; the antichrist beast Pope is the image of Satan who darkens the world with his false religion. Revering the Pope causes Catholics to have the mark of the beast.
Let’s look at the different verses about worshiping the antichrist beast Pope, and receiving his mark, as they’ve been fulfilled on the chronological timeline.
Expositors apply all of the references about the mark to one time, when people can’t buy and sell, but that’s not what Messiah is describing. Six passages in Revelation (13:16-17, 14:9-11, 15:2, 16:2, 19:20, 20:4) mention the mark of the beast, but only one links it to whether people can buy and sell.
Revelation 13:4 points to people revering the antichrist beast Popes during their 1,260-year reign of power from 538-1798 AD.
And they worshiped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
The context is the antichrist beast Popes of Rome rising to power our of a sea of people, over the ten kingdoms of the fallen Roman Empire, during the sea beast phase of the Roman beast kingdom.
The word ‘worship’ doesn’t describe worshiping the antichrist as a god, but to fawn or crouch to, to prostrate oneself in homage, to venerate.
This passage is pointing to the period when the antichrist beast Popes were in power, and they demanded that everyone bow to their authority. Those who revered the Pope had the mark of the beast on them.
If kings didn’t prostrate themselves to the authority of the Pope, they were removed from power. If people didn’t convert to Catholicism and profess the Pope as their leader, they were tortured and killed during the Dark Ages and the Inquisition. Tens of millions of saints were killed when they would not submit to the Pope.
There were no RFID chips or tattoos, no VX and no Sunday law in those days, so this proves that having the mark of the beast is not about those things. And it had nothing to do with buying and selling.
People seem to want the mark of the beast to be mysterious, to be something out of a sci-fi movie, but it’s as simple as choosing to revere and obey the antichrist beast Popes of Rome.
The mention of the mark in Revelation 14:9-11 is about the people in France who revered and obeyed the antichrist beast Popes command to kill the Protestant saints.
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Revelation 14 is describing the Protestant Reformation, which arose after the antichrist beast Popes had banned and burned the Scriptures, and persecuted the saints, during the Dark Ages.
There was a great harvest of souls, as the Protestant Reformers taught Scriptural truth. Many Catholics were saved and came out of the harlot church of Rome.
The other harvest in Revelation 14, is that of bloody judgment of the Catholics who revered and obeyed the antichrist beast Popes, in killing the saints. Their judgment came during the bloody French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, when many Catholics were killed.
By that, we can see that in this context, those Catholics revered (mark on forehead) the Popes, and obeyed his commands (mark on right hand, actions), and they were judged. There were no RFID chips or tattoos, no VX and no Sunday law in those days, so this proves that having the mark of the beast is not about those things. And it had nothing to do with buying and selling.
The mention of the mark in Revelation 15:2 is about the saints in France and other countries who would not convert to Catholicism nor bow to the authority of the antichrist beast Pope, during the Inquisition.
And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
Refusing to revere and obey the antichrist beast Pope is victory in the kingdom, just as the saints gained victory over the pagan Roman Empire when they wouldn’t bow to the Emperor’s authority or worship their pagan gods.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Revelation 12:11
Revelation 15:1 points to the judgment of people who revered and obeyed the antichrist beast pope in killing the saints, during the vial judgments.
And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
The fulfillment of the vial judgments tells us exactly what the mark of the beast is; as the Catholics in France revered (mark on forehead) and obeyed (mark on the right hand, actions) the antichrist beast Popes of Rome in killing the Protestants. Their judgment came during the first four vial judgments.
There were no RFID chips or tattoos, no VX and no Sunday law in those days, so this proves that having the mark of the beast is not about those things. And it had nothing to do with buying and selling.
The mention of the mark in Revelation 16:2 points to the judgment of Catholics who revered and obeyed the antichrist beast Popes in killing the saints.
And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshiped his image.
The first vial points to the sore of atheism being poured out on the people of France, which perverted their minds and stirred them up for revolution.
This led to the second and third bowl judgments, as the French rebelled against their king and queen, and Catholic priests; and lopped their heads off on the scaffold. And the blood of the French was spilled in the major cities and in the areas of the major rivers; in the same places that they had killed the saints.
The fourth vial judgment points to the bloody Napoleonic Wars, which scorched the European countries which had shed the blood of the saints. That was their punishment for revering and obeying the antichrist beast Popes.
The fifth vial represents Napoleon’s army taking the antichrist beast Pope captive in 1798 AD, removing him from civil authority, ending the Pope’s 1,260-year reign of power.
There were no RFID chips or tattoos, no VX and no Sunday law in those days, so this proves that having the mark of the beast is not about those things. And it had nothing to do with buying and selling.
It’s pointing to Catholic countries who had revered and obeyed the Popes in killing the saints, and they received their judgment for having the mark of the beast.
Revelation 13:12 points to the false prophet Jesuit Superior General, the Black Pope, controlling the Roman beast kingdom in the end-times, and his mission is to cause people to revere the antichrist beast Pope.
And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
This passage is pointing to the last phase of the Roman beast kingdom, when the Popes (the White Pope) are still around, but they are no longer in power over the Roman beast kingdom; as the Jesuit Superior General, the Black Pope, has taken control. It’s saying that the false prophet Jesuit Superior General exercises his control of the Roman beast kingdom, in front of the antichrist beast Pope.
The Jesuit Superior General rose to power out of the land (earth) of the Vatican. The Black Pope and the White Pope are the two leaders of the Roman beast kingdom, the two horns; who pretend to be priests of Messiah (lamb-like), but really serve Satan (the dragon) to make war with Messiah and His saints.
The General is using the Vatican and the White Pope, to gather the world under his power. He causes Jesuit priests to spread around the world teaching Catholicism, with a false salvation message of works through the sacraments and that the Virgin Mary is the intercessor to the Father; which causes Catholics to revere and obey the antichrist beast Popes.
In 1910 AD, there were 290 million Catholics, and now in 2021 there are 1.3 billion, so the General has been very effective in caused people to revere the antichrist beast Pope.
Revelation 13:12 is pointing to the Catholics who revere and obey the antichrist beast Pope as their leader.
Revelation 13:15-17 points to a future event, probably after a worldwide economic collapse, when nobody can buy and sell unless they revere and obey the antichrist beast Pope who will act as a savior of sorts.
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 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.
The evil ones have propped up the stock market and financial world through massive spending via their Federal Reserve Bank. They will cause the worldwide economy to collapse, so that nobody can buy and sell.
This is the proper context of the one passage about the mark of the beast impacting who can buy and sell.
Imagine that your country’s commerce is shut down and delivery trucks are not moving. When restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations and banks are closed, people will be desperate to be able to get food and water, gasoline, etc.
This scenario will set the stage for the One World Government of the antichrist beast Pope and the false prophet Jesuit Superior General, which has been the goal all along, which is declared on the Great Seal of the United States that we see on the one dollar bill.
Then the Pope may proclaim that they’ve been preparing for this inevitable event, and offer a One-World financial system which is backed by gold, which will allow people to be able to buy and sell again.
When people can’t buy and sell and have no food and water, they will fawn over, venerate, revere the antichrist beast Pope when he offers them a solution. The threat of not joining means that you will be cut off from the financial system or be killed.
Most people in the world will deem the Pope as a ‘savior’ of sorts and will join with him in the One World Order, and thus they will have the mark of the beast on them. The Popes have already set the stage by drawing the leaders of all religions to them, who will undoubtedly be used to draw their people into unity in the One World Government.
Believers who don’t understand that the office of the papacy is the antichrist beast may deem him as a ‘Christian’ leader who offers to help them in their time of need. Most people will be so desperate that they will join with the Pope. The world will be tired of religious wars, so the Pope will draw all of the major religions together, and even atheists, in the name of peace and safety.
Imagine what your life would be like if you were shut out of the financial system; if you couldn’t get paid because you have no access to a checking account, if you couldn’t make any withdraws from your savings, if you couldn’t use a credit card, and if you couldn’t pay your mortgage/rent or utility bills. Would you be able to survive?
The evil ones are putting tens of thousands of satellites in space, and they may offer free access to the internet worldwide. Of course, that would be part of their surveillance tracking system.
The antichrist beast Pope may offer debt forgiveness as part of a Jubilee celebration, as the Society of Satan in Rome has enslaved countries and people with massive debt. The Pope may offer a global stipend so that nobody is poor, to create a technocratic Socialist control system. I think people will be incredibly desperate and the offer that the Pope makes will be too hard to pass up.
Notice the sequence of events of Revelation 13:15-17.
Verse 15 points to people worshiping (revering) the antichrist beast Pope. That action (right hand) marks people in the eyes of the Heavenly Father, as choosing to align with the antichrist beast Pope, the enemy of Messiah. That is what condemns them.
Verse 16 says that that people who revere the antichrist beast Pope, will then receive a physical mark. But receiving the physical mark is the result of already having the spiritual mark, which is established when people revere and obey the antichrist beast Pope.
Then verse 17 says that if you don’t revere the antichrist beast Pope, or get the physical mark to prove that you’re a part of the One World Government; then you won’t be able to buy and sell, or will be killed.
This is the only prophecy that associates buying and selling with the mark of the beast.
It’s like a final test. It will reveal who has studied prophecy and the historical witness of the saints who have gone before us, to know that the office of the papacy is the man of sin, the son of perdition, the antichrist beast.
It will test our resolve, as we face being cut off from being able to buy and sell, and when we face death. Will people remain faithful to Messiah and refuse to revere the antichrist beast Pope?
Proclaiming that one didn’t know that the Pope is the antichrist will not be a valid excuse, as the evidence has been laid bare by many witnesses.
The CV agenda of getting people to wear masks, get a VX, etc., is conditioning people to compromise for the ‘greater good.’ It’s also serving to make Christians believe that the VX is the mark of the beast, so they they don’t understand that it’s revering and obeying the antichrist beast Popes. That said, the CV VX is sorcery!
Revelation 19:20 points to people who worship the image of the antichrist beast Pope, thus they have the mark of the beast.
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
The context is pointing to the time of the rule of the Jesuit Superior General over the Roman beast kingdom, from 1798 AD until Messiah’s return. The Jesuit Superior General is the false prophet, the fake priest, who serves Satan and seeks to steal glory away from the Heavenly Father and Messiah.
He is using his many front organizations to push the world into their One World Government, where the antichrist beast Pope will act as the savior of humanity, in offering a One World financial system, which will allow people to be able to buy and sell again.
These two leaders, the two horns of the end-times Roman beast in Revelation 13 will be effectively captured.
Revelation 20:4 makes the association of worshiping the antichrist beast Pope and having the mark on their foreheads or in their hands.
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshiped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
It’s talking about revering (mark on forehead) and obeying (mark on right hand, actions) the antichrist beast Pope.
It may be pointing to the time of the One World Government, when people may be beheaded for refusing to revere the antichrist beast Pope. Or may be looking back to all of the saints who were martyred because they would not revere the Pope.
Here is what the mark of the beast is not.
As you’ve seen in the explanation above, the mark of the beast is about revering and obeying the antichrist beast Pope; so any other explanation which does not have that direct association is out of context.
People point to a RFID chip being the mark of the beast, especially lately with the CV agenda; but our Heavenly Father won’t condemn people if they’re forced to get a VX or a chip.
Don’t mistake what I’m saying, for I am not telling people that it’s okay to get the VX as Messiah says that it’s sorcery. I am not telling people that it’s okay to get an RFID chip or tattoo, as those are part of an evil control system.
The society of Satan in Rome has set up the narrative of not being able to buy if you don’t have the VX, but that deflects blame away from the real mark of the beast. They’re using the CV agenda, to target people who oppose tyranny, to target truthers, by causing them to lose their jobs, to not be able to go places, etc.
Seventh-Day Adventists say that the mark is a Sunday law from the Pope, but do we think that our Heavenly Father will condemn people for gathering together to praise Him, pray to Him and learn about Him because it’s supposedly on the wrong day? No! Going to church on Sunday is not a conscious decision to revere the antichrist beast Pope. Besides that, Saturday is not the Scriptural Sabbath, so their view is based on a false premise.
It seems that the SDA church has been infiltrated and that this Sunday law narrative serves to deflect blame away from the true mark. That said, the evil ones could make a Sunday law to promote this false mark of the beast narrative and their climate change agenda, but it’s just another deception so that people don’t understand the real mark of the beast.
Our Heavenly Father will condemn us if we revere (worship) the antichrist beast Pope of Rome; as he is the enemy of Messiah. The Popes proclaim to lead Messiah’s church, but they teach a false salvation message of works through the sacraments, and that Mary is the intercessor to the Father. All of those things are anti-Christ.
Mark of the beast summary
Yah’s mark is on those who have a covenant relationship with Him through Messiah, who seek to obey His will. The mark of the beast is on those who revere and obey the antichrist beast Pope, whose teachings are contrary to Scripture.
The bottom line is that the mark of the beast is about revering and obeying the antichrist beast Pope. If you get a VX, an RFID tattoo or chip, but you didn’t revere the antichrist beast Pope, those aren’t the mark of the beast. That said, I would avoid getting a RFID tattoo or chip, and the sorcery of a VX.
I hope that this study helps you see that the mark of the beast is not about technology, the VX, or a tattoo of chip. It is about revering the antichrist beast Pope, who is the enemy of Messiah.
RFID technology will be used in the One World Government, to mark those who have joined with the Pope; but it is the result of revering the antichrist beast Pope.
The evil ones may mandate medical VX and a tracking chip or tattoo, but the Father isn’t going to condemn people for ignorance about these things, though they will pay the price for it. The importance of them playing out this CV narrative and getting this VX in the worldwide population should be a huge signal to its evil nature.
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Hi David,
Hope you’re having a blessed Sabbath.
In thinking about how this will play out, it seems the vx or rfid chip are things that have already been used or are wll known, and too many will already reject them, especially after the rising truth after the fact concerning the vx, among those who were duped into getting it.
And I doubt they’ll parade the pope out in front on the tip of the spear on this. It’ll likely be more deceptive, which begs the question, will the heavenly father reject those who didn’t know, and definitely don’t revere the pope, if the entire system is changed?
And then there is the timing of this all, after the ww3? Or before as part of the preparation?
Any further thoughts on this topic?
Thanks, God Bless,
Tom
Hi Tom, All we can do is look at what’s taking place and think about how the General will use it to cause to world to revere the pope? I think would happen after WWIII and a worldwide economic collapse, when people will beg for a leader to draw the world together in the name of peace and safety, to offer a system to be able to buy and sell again. David
I feel like there is more to that verse, symbolic, following the pattern of the entire book of revelation. Everything uses symbols for literal fulfillment, but not that verse, or about Armaggedon?… which I’ve stated before doesn’t seem to be about a valley in Israel, but a worldwide spiritual battle. We could already be in the battle of Armageddon now and its debatable when that may have actually started, “the final battle” which likely takes place over decades, not a small timeframe, which recent modern history truths illustrates. In that light. the 6th bowl is likely over, long ago, possibly. If the three frogs are symbolic of the three ideologies, established long ago and now being revealed for their evil, it seems plausible it’s the final battle that is revealing them, a spiritual battle.
Buying and selling can be symbolic of gaining or acquiring or spreading the truth and spirit of God, or the lies of the beasts.
We already have a world reserve currency in the dollar, that is being taken down before our eyes and literally over the last several decades, and digital currencies are here. as are govt cbdcs in the making, with interoperability. So who is really winning? Truth and God seem to be.
Not to deflect from the fact that the evildoers will try anything at this point, including ww3, but I believe they are losing ground each day and lies are being revealed everywhere on an unprecedented scale, never before seen in history. It is a battle, the ultimate spiritual battle taking place right before our eyes, regardless of these physical battles that take place.
God bless
Tom
Thank you for sharing your insight. Yeah, I don’t believe that the battle of Armageddon is a literal war in Israel, but a spiritual war against the true Israelites, Messiah’s saints. I pray that you’re right about the evil ones losing ground each day. Blessings, David
I’m also wonder about 13:15-17. How do we know this is future? Nothing concrete points to that. And based on John Gills comments, it was already enforced, from your sharing of his comments on this page concerning that time frame, https://revelationtimelinedecoded.com/the-earth-beast-of-revelation-13-jesuit-generals-of-rome/
I think it’s possible that rev 12 and 13 are in fact a pause in the seals, trumpets, bowls playing out to both look back and then forward to what is to come in punishment up until the 1260 years is over. It flows better and with every other fulfillment of the mark of the beast after the reformation timeframe.
Have you consideted that in light of Gills words?
And one other note on the growth of catholics in the world: the numbers have grown along with the population, but in the last few decades, the % has dropped substantially. I believe a big turning point based on the data and % drop was the 9/11 timeframe, when coincidentally or not, the first major case of pedophilia in the rcc in boston went public. The release of that story was delayed due to 9/11. And after that the word was out about systemic related issues across the globe in every city you can think of. Just my two cents on that. A few years later, numbers start coming out about % declines in the rcc, and then few years after that, a book was written. Of course, every msm publication tries to spin the numbers as “growth”, riding the population curve.
I think that the image of the beast points to the creation of the city-state corporation of Vatican City at the Lateran Treaty of 1929, which gives the image that the white pope has civil authority again. But it’s all an image as the black pope controls the Roman beast kingdom.
Revelation 13:16-17 could point to the General taking control of countries via the DC war machine and controlling them via a Rothschild central bank.
If they don’t bow to Rome, like Iran and Syria right now, they get cut off.
Revelation 12-13 form one chronological layer from the first century until Messiah’s return, so I’m not seeing that those chapters are a pause in the seal, trumpets and bowls.
Interesting, I guess I’m hung up on the fact that the Jesuits were given authority back on the heals of the reformation, and gave an image of support and buoyed the rcc and beast for the next 300 years, effectively healing the deadly wound of the sword of truth from the word of God finally being revealed.
The pause in that context keeps 12 and 13 sequential still through the entire book of revelation…with a summary of sorts in 12 dating from beginning till then, and 13 is a whats to come. Its a key time in that context, because of the two witnesses finally being set free. It also seems to fit better with Gills comments.
But i can definitely see where you’re coming from. Though if the central bank is it, its already done, and we’re all part of it, kind of what I was alluding to about the dollar reserve currency.
I think we’ll know all of this for sure soon.
It’s also apparent that “the image” was already well established before the end of the great trib, as evidenced in its mention in 14, 15 and 16. So the 1900s seems way too late based on that evidence alone.
And rev 19 and 20 mentions don’t seem to be future either, as they clearly are speaking back to this time of great trib and before, including the beheadings.
I dont think there will be any beheadings in the future. Not here, where we have the largest collection of guns in the hands of civilians worldwide. And i think the backlash against any attempt of that would be so overwhelming worldwide that they would strategize something more deceptive and discreet. But how so in this age of information, which is a battle they are gradually losing.
The other big hanging point is that this is a futurist stance that everyone has been led to believe, so it breaks from the historicist narrative simply because of where we are on the timeline. I mean everyone interprets this the same way regarding rev 13:15-17.
Sorry to keep beating this, but it just doesn’t fit as nicely as everything else.
God bless, appreciate your work.
Tom
Thanks for sharing. We view things a bit differently, which is fine. Keep learning and growing in The Way of Messiah!
I don’t have a belief I’m married to David, just very legitimate questions about the puzzle, which you don’t seem to want to address at all.
You keep learning and growing in the way as well!
Tom, What I believe about the fulfillment of Revelation is explained on the videos, audios and books. I’ve tried to address your questions, but you have a different way of viewing things, so it’s hard to address your questions in this little box.
I actually agree with 99% of everything on all of your websites. I’ve read them extensively for several years now. The other 1% I have questions about, very specific questions based on the information on this website, that is all.
Namely,
1) What “image” are rev 14, 15 and 16 mentions of the mark of the beast that happened in the few hundred years after the reformation referring to? if its not the same image as mentioned in rev 13?
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2) What buying and selling was Gill referring to, that was part of the papacy’s and newly born jesuit inquisition referring to during that time frame? those were his words you included on this website, regarding the infamous “buy or sell” scripture.
I am just looking for simple explanation or clarification, not everything I’ve already read at your sites for years.
The other stuff was just brainstorming, thinking out loud.
God bless
Tom
Tom, thank you for being succinct in your questions. Regarding the image in Revelation 14, 15 and 16. It seems to point to the image that the antichrist beast promotes, the graven image of Mary who is Semiramis of the Babylonian Mystery Religion or the wicked crucifix which mocks Messiah by keeping Him on the cross.
Those images break the second commandment, which the antichrist beast popes removed from their list of ten commandments.
The crucifix seems to align with 666 in Revelation 13:18, as Chi-Xi-Stigma points to Messiah nailed on a cross. It’s the wicked image of the antichrist beast popes.
With the crucifix in hand, Catholic priests tortured and killed millions of Messiahs saints.
The wicked crucifix is in every Catholic church and home, in their cars and around their necks. We see the distorted image of Christ on the pope’s bent cross, which makes Messiah look pathetic.
The image of the Babylonian moon goddess Semiramis is also in Catholic Churches and homes. Catholics bow to the graven images of Mary and pray to her, as they’ve been misled to believe that she intercedes for them.
Who reveres the image of Mary and the crucifix? Catholics, which is the topic of Revelation and the RCC is the harlot church of Rome which carries out the Babylonian Mystery Religion in the name of Jesus Christ.
Here’s some commentaries about the verses:
Adam Clarke’s Commentary on the Bible Revelation 19:20 That worshipped his image – The beast has been represented as the Latin empire; the image of the beast, the popes of Rome; and the false prophet, the papal clergy.
Matthew Poole’s Commentary on the Holy Bible Revelation 19:20, The issue of this great battle will be the total ruin of all enemies of the church, their bodies being made meat for the fowls of the heaven, their souls cast into the bottomless pit of hell. The secular part of antichrist is here meant by the beast; the ecclesiastical antichrist, by the false prophet, that had cheated credulous princes and credulous people, with his pretended miracles, into an idolatry, that was but the image of the old idolatry of the heathens, in worshipping demons, and the images of such as were in great estimation amongst them while they were alive.
John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible Revelation 20:4, And which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands, see Re 13:1. This describes such who shall have made no profession of the Popish religion, nor have supported it in any way; who shall not have joined in the idolatry of the Romish antichrist, but shall have protested against it, and departed from it, and shall have adhered to Christ, and to the true worship of God;
Regarding Gill’s references, he’s giving examples of how the antichrist beast popes had previously prevented Messiah’s saints from buying and selling because they would not revere and obey him. This helps us understand how it will be in the future, perhaps after a worldwide economic collapse. If people don’t revere and obey the pope, they will not be able to buy and sell in the one world financial system.
I hope that adds clarity. What do you think?
Yes!!! Thank you very much for this clarification. It helps tremendously.
God bless
Tom
This new page on the image nuances is great David!!! I couldn’t comment on the page.
https://revelationtimelinedecoded.com/the-image-of-the-antichrist-beast-popes-in-revelation/
God bless,
Tom
Hey Tom, thanks for letting me know that the comment section wasn’t working. I fixed it. I’m glad that the explanation makes sense! God bless, David