The mark is not a physical mark. Some pastors are saying a mandatory vaccine passport is not the mark because it isn’t a physical mark. Anyone who says this is engaging in logical positivism which is anti-christian. Think about it; the Bible - an ancient spiritualism book full of parable, metaphor and symbolism in the most metaphysical book in the Bible, one passage is all the sudden is to be taken literally?
No the ‘Mark’ is a sigil representative of demonic possession, on your soul, where the mind and the will of the subject is taken over by the demonic spirit.
The hand represents will; your utility. In modern context; ie your job in the economy. You take the ‘ mark’ (the vax/port) because you don’t want to lose your job, or it is your job to make a part of the beast infrastructure. You are not doing the these things because it is your own will but as an agent of the demonic spirit (the Satanic anti-christian global NWO) In that way your are demonic possessed.
Likewise the mark in the forehead represents your mind; the third eye; your perception. In the modern context the culture, media, entertainment, news. Some people are demonic possessed by the propaganda, and in this way they have the mark on their forehead (mind) Think about it, would we even know there was a virus if it wasn’t in the media 24/7 This is the mark of the beast in the forehead.
I’ll say it again, logical positivism is a tool of the devil in this context. Learn what logical positivism is and who formulated it. Pastors who preach that interpretation are literally doing satans work by deceiving their congregations, and their congregation are allowing themselves to be deceived.
The mark is not a physical mark (a tatoo, barcode, chip) but rather it is a spiritual metaphor; a mark on your soul, a sigil representative of demonic possession
Could be.
I'm Jewish, so the book of revelation -- a New Testament source... is not one I'm well-studied in. (Though I find the possibility of a chip that allows you to participate in society to be very chilling and become close to physically possible).
But here's another topic that may help.
Jacob and Esau.
Jacob is generally accepted as the father of Judaism. Ishmael, the father of Islam. Not many people know this, but scholars trace Esau to Christianity. (Edom, Edomites, Etruscans, Rome, Christianity. That's the best I can do at the moment, others have done it better than me).
What does Isaac say when Jacob comes, disguised with the ram skins?
He says: "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hand is the hand of Esau."
Voice -- the ability to communicate.
Hand -- the ability to use tools.
Both are uniquely human characteristics.
Jacob was great with the voice.
Esau (remember, the hunter) was great with tools. The hand.
Isaac was satisfied with a Jacob that had Esau's hands, or an Esau that had Jacob's voice.
Maybe this metaphor has relevance to the Revelation metaphor?