The Mark & The Image
By The Scriptures
Revelation chapter 13 "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. 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?
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 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. And he doeth great wonders, 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 a sword, and did live.
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. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”
My Piece...
That head that was wounded was wounded by Jesus Christ and the sword is the word of truth that comes from the mouth of Jesus and the name of that head that was wounded is false religion, professional religion, church of Babylon. That head has been healed for some time, and is now very big. Following Christ today has become a ritual and big business, do not be deceived! Wherever the ritual is up, the substance of following Jesus Christ is not evident.
Today Babylon has a church for whatever kind of religion suit’s the individual. The Image of the beast: Many think that many will worship the image of a false God. Satan is very clever in his deceit. For the image that has been created is a false image of God, not the image of a false God and the many worship it. How is this done? The Word of God is the sword of truth and by the Word of God we get a spiritual image of The Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit.
If one takes the edge of the sword and picks out a pin prick of the edge it becomes a dart. Again the example of Christ in the wilderness blocking one of these darts thrown at Him by Satan: Matthew 4:5-7, Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, “It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”
The beast creates a false image of God by twisting the Word of God: Looks enough to be the real to deceive many. Mixing good with corruption. The tree we should not eat from. It is no great thing then that Satan’s ministers do the same thing. They throw the same kind of darts, thus creating a false image of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! We have seen people roll around on the floor, howl like beasts, speak prophecy that is as shoddy as an horoscope and act as if God is a silly drunk! Show us the Holy Spirit of God Almighty acting like that in His testimony; The Holy Bible! They worship a false image of God!
How does the Image speak? When a person speaks by the false image they have received; that is the image of the beast speaking: Remember where the temple in the new covenant is… The temples not made with hands. The image of the beast speaks in many temples!
The Mark on the forehead: As you see; these things are all spiritual; so is the mark in the forehead and the right hand. Here is one scripture that will show you this: Jeremiah 3:3, “Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou has a whore's forehead, thou refuses to be ashamed.”
A whore’s forehead! I hope this comes to your mind from the book of Revelation 17:3-5, “So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” You see; a figure of speech: These things are spiritual!
In the right hand: The right hand of God in spoken of throughout His Word. Satan has a counterfeit for everything… Psalm 109:6, “Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.” And… Psalm 144:7-8, “Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.” And… Isaiah 44:20, “He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
The mark is deceit by twisting the Word of God into a false image of God. It is received by getting pricked (pierced) with those darts by not knowing the Word of God. The Word of God is food for the soul. If another eats it for you; how do you live? Let’s see these words in the ancient Greek that they were written…
Mark…
G5480
χάραγμα
charagma
khar'-ag-mah
From the same as G5482; a scratch or etching, that is, stamp (as a badge of servitude), or sculptured figure (statue): - graven, mark.
From…
G5482
χάραξ
charax
khar'-ax
From “charasso” (to sharpen to a point; akin to G1125 through the idea of scratching); a stake, that is, (by implication) a palisade or rampart (millitary mound for circumvallation in a siege): - trench.
From…
G1125
γράφω
graphō
graf'-o
A primary verb; to “grave”, especially to write; figuratively to describe: - describe, write (-ing, -ten).
6oo, 60 and 6: 666...
G5516
χξς
chi xi stigma
khee xee stig'-ma
The 22nd, 14th and an obsolete letter (G4742 as a cross) of the Greek alphabet (intermediate between the 5th and 6th), used as numbers; denoting respectively 600, 60 and 6; 666 as a numeral: - six hundred threescore and six.
From…
G4742
στίγμα
stigma
stig'-mah
From a primary word στίζω stizō (to “stick”, that is, prick); a mark incised or punched (for recognition of ownership), that is, (figuratively) scar of service: - mark.
The buying and selling: Second Peter chapter 2, “But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.”
G59 ἀγοράζω agorazō ag-or-ad'-zo From G58; properly to go to market, that is, (by implication) to purchase; specifically to redeem: - buy, redeem.
From…
G58 ἀγορά agora ag-or-ah' From ἀγείρω “ageiro” (to gather; probably akin to G1453); properly the town square (as a place of public resort); by implication a market or thoroughfare: - market (-place), street.
Remember Jesus said, “Make not my fathers house an house of merchandise.“ Jesus dealt the system at the temple a deadly wound with the sword of truth. He also said this to the Pharisees (them that made the fathers house a store): John 8:44-45 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
That system is alive and strong again. The church has become a store. Many churches today are into merchandising everything from special foods, Cds, movies, diamonds, gold, spiritual gifts, real-estate, and the souls of men, women and children. Babylon has the form of Godliness, but denies the authority of Gods Word and yet makes it appear as if they are following it by twisting the truth.
They deny the Lord by ignoring His Word! I hope someone out there can see these things: The Figure of speech by God and the spiritual meaning of these things, for many are in Danger right now! If you can see; then help someone else: You might save someone from the trap!
Peace In Christ;
Michael Cook
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