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Before we jump into speculations and assumptions about futurism (a doctrine widely held by evangelicals today, created by the Roman Cathloic Jesuit Francisco Ribera to fight the Reformation) and the mark of the beast, we must FIRST investigate the ORIGINAL MARK, THE SUPERIOR MARK, THE MARK OF GOD.
Have you received it? Have you been Marked by Christ? If so, rejoice! You are SAVED. And the devil can't touch that mark!
The mark of God is spiritual, and cannot be ousted or erased by the devil. Do you bear the permanent, eternal, saving mark of God?
That is the REAL question.
Read about the nature of the MARK OF GOD:
God is the FIRST to use a protective mark on a man in Scripture (News flash: it wasn't the devil who invented this idea!!) ;)
Genesis 4:15
And the Lord said to him, “Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord set a MARK on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.
What about us? We were sinners deserving of punishment! What MARK does God give to us to protect us snd SAVE US from Judgement??
It is the BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HIS SON. We must apply His shed blood to our hearts in faith, spiritually.
The Mark is in the BLOOD OF THE LAMB.
Exodus 12:23
For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.
1 Cor 6:19 says the Christian is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Thus, the blood of Jesus is the MARK on the doorposts and lintel of our HEART!
1 Peter 1:18-19 New King James Version (NKJV)
Tell me, is there any mark greater than the blood of Jesus? Definitely not!! You cannot exaggerate the great power of Jesus' Blood sacrifice!! Keep boasting of Him alone!!
18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
Tell me, is there any mark greater than the blood of Jesus? Definitely not!! You cannot exaggerate the great power of Jesus' Blood sacrifice!! Keep boasting of Him alone!!
Galatians 6:14-16 New King James Version (NKJV)
God spiritually marks, redeems, and protects those who hate sin and believe and trust in the Lord God. Ezekiel sees a vision of it. The mark is not literal, but spiritual.
THE MARK OF PROTECTION DURING GOD'S JUDGEMENT:
Ezekiel 9:4
and the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”
Ezekiel 9:6
Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do NOT come near anyone on whom is the MARK; and begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
The Mark of God is a real spiritual token of God that He places in our minds and hearts. It is unbeatable, unassailable. The Mark of God is the NAME and BLOOD of Jesus!
Revelation 22:4
They shall see His face, and His NAME shall be on their foreheads.
The Mark of God is the MIND OF CHRIST:
"...we have the mind of Christ."
- 1 Cor. 2:16b
"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,"
-Philp 2:5
God bless. Be fully assured of your security in believing Jesus. He fully marks you and protects you and cleanses you in His Blood.
You can have the eternal and superior MARK OF GOD. His mark is truly superior to all others, including the devil's counterfeit mark of the beast, which is also spiritual in nature. I urge you to study this more in Scripture. Study the genuine superior mark of God and it will help you understand the counterfeit one from Satan which is inferior by comparison.
Ask the Holy Spirit of Christ to open your understanding as you read, in Jesus' Name. Pray for revelation and discernment from Jesus!
God bless!
Pastor Curtis
Sun Feb 28 2021
2:39am EST
14 But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation.
16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.
God spiritually marks, redeems, and protects those who hate sin and believe and trust in the Lord God. Ezekiel sees a vision of it. The mark is not literal, but spiritual.
THE MARK OF PROTECTION DURING GOD'S JUDGEMENT:
Ezekiel 9:4
and the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”
Ezekiel 9:6
Utterly slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do NOT come near anyone on whom is the MARK; and begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
The Mark of God is a real spiritual token of God that He places in our minds and hearts. It is unbeatable, unassailable. The Mark of God is the NAME and BLOOD of Jesus!
Revelation 22:4
They shall see His face, and His NAME shall be on their foreheads.
The Mark of God is the MIND OF CHRIST:
"...we have the mind of Christ."
- 1 Cor. 2:16b
"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,"
-Philp 2:5
The MARK OF GOD is the SEAL of the HOLY SPIRIT:
2 Corinthians 1:22
who also has SEALED us and given us the SPIRIT in our HEARTS as a guarantee.
Ephesians 1:13
In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were SEALED with the HOLY SPIRIT of promise,
Can the devil undo the Mark of God in you?... the SEAL OF CHRIST'S BLOOD AND GOD'S SPIRIT? No. He cannot touch you or God's Mark on you.
The Seal is the Mark of God's Love!
"Set me as a seal upon your heart, for love is as strong as death..."
-Song of Solomon 8:6
The spiritual, eternal MARK of GOD is identified by WHO WE WORSHIP:
And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him. (Mat. 28:9)
What can separate you from God's Love and God's mark? NO devil. NO person. NO technology. NO vaccine. NOTHING can separate you from Him when God marks you as His own!! 😊❤
37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
-Romans 8:37-39
Note that Paul here states that no spiritual force or natural force can separate us from the Love of God. The Blood sacrifice of Jesus marked on the door to our hearts is sufficient. Paul even says that NO CREATED thing can come between God and us, which means that no technology -past, present, or future- can overrule the Mark Of God in you! Let us put our faith in God and in His reassuring, peace-promoting, inerrant and consistent WORD! I hear much talk and fear surrounding the devil and his mark. But I rarely hear anyone promoting and the Mark of God. Once we understand the nature of the mark of God, we realize that Satan, microchips, vaccines do not possess the power to overrule or erase the powerful Mark of God on you.
2 Corinthians 1:22
who also has SEALED us and given us the SPIRIT in our HEARTS as a guarantee.
Ephesians 1:13
In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were SEALED with the HOLY SPIRIT of promise,
Can the devil undo the Mark of God in you?... the SEAL OF CHRIST'S BLOOD AND GOD'S SPIRIT? No. He cannot touch you or God's Mark on you.
The Seal is the Mark of God's Love!
"Set me as a seal upon your heart, for love is as strong as death..."
-Song of Solomon 8:6
The spiritual, eternal MARK of GOD is identified by WHO WE WORSHIP:
And as they went to tell His disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, “Rejoice!” So they came and held Him by the feet and worshiped Him. (Mat. 28:9)
What can separate you from God's Love and God's mark? NO devil. NO person. NO technology. NO vaccine. NOTHING can separate you from Him when God marks you as His own!! 😊❤
37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
-Romans 8:37-39
Note that Paul here states that no spiritual force or natural force can separate us from the Love of God. The Blood sacrifice of Jesus marked on the door to our hearts is sufficient. Paul even says that NO CREATED thing can come between God and us, which means that no technology -past, present, or future- can overrule the Mark Of God in you! Let us put our faith in God and in His reassuring, peace-promoting, inerrant and consistent WORD! I hear much talk and fear surrounding the devil and his mark. But I rarely hear anyone promoting and the Mark of God. Once we understand the nature of the mark of God, we realize that Satan, microchips, vaccines do not possess the power to overrule or erase the powerful Mark of God on you.
Keep in mind, this is in no way a promotion of microchips, vaccines, or any other technology. I am not giving any advice regarding medicine or technology here. Please do your own research on those topics. My only point is that, doctrinally speaking, from Scripture, we can prove that the Mark of God is the Blood of Jesus and it is also the Seal, the guarantee of the Holy Spirit in your heart. Thus those natural, created things cannot affect your salvation. To say otherwise is to contradict the Word of God regarding the POWER of the Blood and Spirit of Christ.
This may require us to be humble, and "un-learn" some of the teachings we were taught in evangelical circles. I was taught in my youth that we must not get a microchip, or else my salvation could be in danger.
Now as I have grown, and studied the Word, The Reformers, history, and books and teachings on Historicism, I can say I had to "unlearn" some things that are unsupported in Scripture, such as many aspects of futurism. No physical marking or chip or vaccine can nullify the blood of Jesus. We must be careful not to undervalue the PRICELESS BLOOD of Christ and His Holy Spirit.
God bless. Be fully assured of your security in believing Jesus. He fully marks you and protects you and cleanses you in His Blood.
You can have the eternal and superior MARK OF GOD. His mark is truly superior to all others, including the devil's counterfeit mark of the beast, which is also spiritual in nature. I urge you to study this more in Scripture. Study the genuine superior mark of God and it will help you understand the counterfeit one from Satan which is inferior by comparison.
Ask the Holy Spirit of Christ to open your understanding as you read, in Jesus' Name. Pray for revelation and discernment from Jesus!
God bless!
Pastor Curtis
Sun Feb 28 2021
2:39am EST
PS Learn more about historicism, futurism, and preterism and their origins here:
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