When people take the mark, they will know exactly what they're doing. They will have to make that choice, to get the mark AND worship the beast. They won't be fooled into taking it, thinking it's harmless. I don't know what it really is or when it is. But I believe people will understand exactly what they're doing when the time comes to make that choice.
It's not just getting "the mark." It's getting "the mark," whatever it ends up being, and worshipping the beast. That seems to be the point-of-no-return. The shot may be a precursor or shadowing of that event, but I don't think it's the actual event spoken of in Revelations. Not yet. Although it's easy enough to see the set-up for it through what we're witnessing right now. I don't think they're going to succeed...yet.
When people take the mark, they will know exactly what they're doing. They will have to make that choice, to get the mark AND worship the beast. They won't be fooled into taking it, thinking it's harmless. I don't know what it really is or when it is. But I believe people will understand exactly what they're doing when the time comes to make that choice.
Are you sure they (Satan's minions) will make it that obvious? Father of Lies would give people a choice? That's why I don't subscribe to that.
It's not just getting "the mark." It's getting "the mark," whatever it ends up being, and worshipping the beast. That seems to be the point-of-no-return. The shot may be a precursor or shadowing of that event, but I don't think it's the actual event spoken of in Revelations. Not yet. Although it's easy enough to see the set-up for it through what we're witnessing right now. I don't think they're going to succeed...yet.
We might have another 10 years maybe.
I can only guess at this point. It could be tomorrow; it could be a hundred years from now. But I don't think it'll take that long, either.