Yet many don't believe that it's the biblical mark of the beast.
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It is a soft introduction for sure.
But the true Mark of the Beast involves all religions being outlawed and compelled worship of the Antichrist and his image.
Before we get to this point, 1/3 of the earth will perish as per prophecy. We are watching it happen.
There's nowhere in scripture that mentions a soft introduction or precursor.
Or religion being outlawed or even antichrist. All doctrines of men.
Biblical prophesy has a way of echoing throughout the ages.
Very true, the abomination that causes desolation occurred in the second temple.
Here we are and the abomination that causes desolation is in the third temple.
Nothing new under the sun, what has happened before will happen again.
You are correct about no mention of a soft introduction in Scripture - that is obviously my own conjecture (but logically plausible imho).
However, Revelation 13 and 2 Thessalonians 2, are CRYSTAL clear that the Antichrist is given authority to exalt himself over everything that is worshiped and over every god. He will be given false miraculous power to compel all to worship him/his image (and take his mark) on pain of death.
You need to reread these passages - just the plain meaning of the text - without your own man-made dogmas getting in the way.
The word temple that Paul mentions in scripture is naos in the Greek.
In all of Paul's doctrine he mentions temple (naos) 5 times.
In context all those times except for 2 thessalonians, he is referring to our bodies being the temple of the Holy Spirit.
So it stands to reason that the temple he is referring to in 2 thessalonians is not a temple built with hands but the temple of the Holy Spirit.
Satan has no need for a physical temple to defile. Father has no respect for a temple that is a slap in the face of what Christ did on that tree on Calvary.
Satan's ultimate goal is to defile God's creation, his own image which is us.
Man has listened to the doctrines of men. He is following after his flesh. Just like in Jesus day. They expected him to look a certain way and to bring his kingdom in a different way. Be ause they listened to the pharisees and scribes.
I assure you that is what's taking place currently. God does not dwell in buildings made with hands.
Satan has set himself in the temple and declared himself God and all that is called God. By altering God's creation. Plowing God's field, which is grounds for divorce. This is the truth my friend. The holy spirit has shown me.
I pray you humble yourself truly and ask Father to remove the scales off your eyes.
No Scripture is of private interpretation, so “The Holy Spirit showed me” is not good enough.
It seems you’re relying on supercessionist dogma which allegorizes all the Prophets to fit a post-Constantine political Christianity and erases all the literal plain meaning of the text. Beware. Those who erase any part of Scriptural prophecy get their names erased from the Lamb’s Book of Life.
In addition the Greek word “naos” is used in the Gospels, by Messiah, to refer to the literal Temple.
You are correct that Paul mentions that the corporate Body of Messiah is a SPIRITUAL Temple made of living stones and he also mentions that each disciple’s physical body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. He discusses these mystical concepts in juxtaposition to Gentile disciples continuing to participate in actual idolatrous temple sacrifices. But in no way did Paul’s mystical teachings negate the fact that he subsequently literally went to Jerusalem to worship in the Temple made with stones. Paul also says we are the Body of Messiah - this doesn’t mean we are literally Yeshua’s body and He is not literally physically returning.
In 2 Thessalonians, Paul is speaking about the literal Return of Messiah ergo he is also referring to a literal Man of Sin/Antichrist and a literal physical Temple. All the Psalms and Prophets back this up. Yeshua’s own End Times prophecies confirm this. The oldest writings of the Church Fathers back this up. And any small child reading the simple meaning of the text would come to the same conclusions.
To come to any other interpretation, one would have to be coerced or persuade themselves that they have some deeper, secret gnosis which God hid from everyone else and only the initiated and educated could truly grasp.
Thank you for your prayers though… sincerely. I too ask that the scales be removed from the eyes of my heart and I behold the full radiance of His Son more and more each day.