Based on my understanding of scripture, the mark of the beast is a very specific thing that's meant to symbolize DIRECT LOYALTY to the antichrist in the same manner of the fatal injury that the antichrist endures and survives.
In other words, the antichrist essentially being revealed is a REQUIREMENT for something to be a mark of the beast. It is also not something that is done unknowingly but a knowing gesture that you are accepting servitude under the antichrist.
Based on my understanding of scripture, the mark of the beast is a very specific thing that's meant to symbolize DIRECT LOYALTY to the antichrist in the same manner of the fatal injury that the antichrist endures and survives.
In other words, the antichrist essentially being revealed is a REQUIREMENT for something to be a mark of the beast. It is also not something that is done unknowingly but a knowing gesture that you are accepting servitude under the antichrist.
I'm not defending Oz, just clarifying scripture.