I know some people keep asking for any verse in the bible that may support a religious exemption. Well this popped up on my app this morning and for some of you it may fit the bill. It's not about a vaccine, but it is about your freedom of will.
"Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." 2 Cor 9:7
Society is telling us that we should give our bodies to this massive science experiment for the "greater good" and is using various forms of force or pressure in the form of some kind of punishment to encourage compliance from those who are reluctant to give their bodies to science. However, God wants us only to give from our hearts, and we are instructed never to give under compulsion, this is a warning sign. If you are reluctant in any way, God says not to give. Remember, God gave us free will, God gave us our freedom to choose. To be pressured by any entity to do something against your will under the threat of punishment is a violation of your religious freedom and can and should be viewed as religious discrimination.
It doesn't make chronological sense either. The antichrist introduces the mark halfway through a 7-year reign. If the antichrist takes power tomorrow, we're still 3.5 years off.
This is the setting up of the beast system. To recognize this now is to see it early, before it becomes obvious. The order of events could look something like this:
1 Vaccine Mandates pushed on entire population of earth
2 "Vaccine Passports" are created to enforce mandates on population
3 Full systematic infrastructure is then created for the Vaccine Passports as a more effective means of control.
4 Vaccine Passports are the path to a more wide reaching social credit system like China has.
5 No longer just Vaccine Passport, now a full Social Credit system that judges you based on your social media accounts, purchases, everything about you. Full thought police structure in place to control the populace. Punishment can include loss of job, kicked out of school, bank blocking your account cutting you off from getting resources.
6 Once it's gotten this far, you can bet most of the population have complied and those who haven't are likely having to live 100% self sufficient and possibly in hiding, because they can no longer buy sell or trade without being part of the system. Now that the beast system is set up, they know who the Christians are, they know who didn't get their vaccines, and they know who spoke out against the government at any time past or present. Let the Christian persecution and the tribulation begin.
7 Antichist can now emerge, announces himself as God, all who don't have the mark (which was the system rolled out in the previous steps) are to have their heads cut off. Whether they give us a physical mark to replace the digital one is up for question, but the symbolic meaning of the forehead and right hand are already fulfilled at this point anyway. And revelations is full of symbolism.
This is how I see it. A man isn't going to rise up one day and start cattle-branding people overnight. It's a process that will take place over time. People need to be deceived, this takes time. I believe the beast system that is responsible for the "mark" begins with the vaccine passport. And I believe to comply with this, is to comply with the beast. Once you are in the system, you can not leave. Therefore once it becomes obvious that you entered the system with this vaccine at step one, you will now be trapped in this system by the time it gets to step 7 and finally becomes obvious. Plus there is the question of what this vaccine is doing to you and why it is the catalyst for the beast system. How is the vaccine supporting the antichrist's plans? Besides laying the foundation for the mark, it is modifying your body, it's playing God with your genes. Did you also know that they were working on a vaccine to make people non-religious? A vaccine that rips away your desire to have a spiritual life? It may as well kill your soul if that's the case. How do we know that's not in this vaccine too? It's not like they tell us what's in it. They are modifying God's creation and by the time people realize this was all part of the "mark of the beast" it will already be too late, they were already deceived into taking it.
This vaccine is an abomination. It gives permission for the antichrist to implement his his beast system that marks everyone on earth to be controlled.
This is a sound plausibility structure, and overall in my opinion the most believable(there are elements I don't agree with). The one issue I have is that the antichrist will be worshipped, and Satan is a master deceiver. The Bible also says God will send a strong delusion on the world, causing everyone to believe the lie.
Another issue is that even nonbelievers can see through the deception now. Perhaps God's strong delusion causes everyone to fall the seduction, but it's almost like it's too late for people to fall for the cabal's tricks now. Plus, the world will be unified under the beast system, where here it seems the world's population is split in two.
Antichrist doesn't mean against Christ, it means in place of Christ. Another idea I've started entertaining is perhaps the truth comes out, the world's populations shed their corrupt governments, and suddenly the world is united without a leader. They're all still unbelievers mind you, and the antichrist can slide right in as the man with all the answers. From a religious standpoint, the mark would be a pledge to the divinity humanity of sorts, basically a repeat of the lie in the garden of Eden, and we'd have a Christ substitute leading a false global peace. When the judgments in Revelation come, it'd make sense that the world would hate God for it too.
I think this is beginning too. Look at how upside down the world it right now. It's widespread madness out there. Give it more time and maybe it could get that far. Covid itself is a strong delusion. Even though it has a more than 99% survival rate, people are acting like it's the black plague. And Christianity is in the process of turning upside down too. We have this progressive Christian movement that distorts the teachings of Christ. Churches and religious leaders are giving into the madness of covid and government overreach. Things are in the process of crumbling, clown world is in full effect now. Either we somehow put an end to it before it's too late, or we are in fact in the end days and more and more people will become deceived. Who knows how bad things may get between sickness (everyone dropping dead from the vax but thinking it's the virus), natural disasters, civil unrest, it could become hell on earth just before the antichrist rises up and "unites the planet". The desperate and deceived people of earth who have been suffering from mass phycosis for years at this point, will celebrate him as a hero for ending their suffering and will worship him as God because they'll feel abandoned anyway. Yes, I can definitely see this happening and I can see us already on our way to this outcome.
Yes, it truly is a uniquely terrible time in the world. I don't think we can put an end to it outside of sharing the gospel and saving souls while we wait for our Savior.
Either way, a nice solace is that everything you mentioned is a sign Jesus is coming back for His bride soon. Watching the news is exciting and hopeful with a Bible in hand, but I feel horrible for the people who don't know what God's Word says. An online preacher/teacher I listen to says sometimes, "Things are looking pretty good because things are looking pretty bad".
Does the bible state that it has to happen in precise chronological order in order to be biblically valid?
Reminds me of the movie Noah where Noah was actually set in the future after the fall of industrialization and machines.
I do find the concept of time being circular fascinating.
The Bible doesn't really spend time explaining or defending itself. God simply speaks and the hearts of the hearers dictate the interpretation.
It's a dangerous book in that regard. It's written in such a way so that a soft heart will become softer and receive the gospel, yet a proud heart will find criticism and grow harder.
We like to think our intellect dictates our thoughts and opinions, but really our brains simply justify our hearts. Kind of explains how a math genius can be a baby-murdering Moloch-worshipping Biden voter. They're wrong, but not because they're stupid.
Have you read all of the scriptures yourself? Because are reciting the interpretations of the beast, which are incorrect.
Every scripture, many times, yes. I disagree with you.
Based on the scriptures, which day of the week did Christ rise from the dead?
This seems like an arbitrary measuring stick of the validity of someone's interpretations of the Bible, but I think it's an interesting topic and I like hearing what people think on these things.
It's been awhile since I went over all the details, so excuse my sloppiness, but I believe Jesus would've been crucified on a Wednesday, so the 3 days and 3 nights happened on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. He would've risen on what we would call Saturday night, but the Jews consider new days to begin in the evening, not midnight like we do, so for them it would've been Sunday.
What's your take?