This is, “The Mark of the Beast: What Are You Going To Do When They Come For You.”

The Question is: What are you going to do when they (the power-brokers with the mark) come for you?

We will apply the question of “What are you going to do when they come for you?” to this present world health crisis. I’m not so much interested in creating dialogue around what appears to be looming ahead in the coming months for every well-meaning Torah Observant Disciple in Yeshua Messiah. Instead, I’m interested in convincing every Torah Observant Disciple in Yeshua Messiah to start thinking. As well, I’m praying that the elect start planning for what appears to be dark days ahead for members of our beloved Faith.

 Not About The Validity of the Current Pandemic

And just to clarify: this is not a commentary on whether or not the present health crisis is real. This is not about whether or not this thing was intentionally created and spread by any government. And this is certainly not about whether or not our governments are properly handling the situation. 

I recognize there is something out there: I’ve had distant members of my family as well as friends affected by this thing. But I also understand that this thing must be looked at by people of Faith with proper biblical, spiritual and commonsense perspective. And I’ll leave it at that.

 A Power Broker’s Proposal to Combat the Current Pandemic:

According to Bill Gates (allegedly), founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation:

“Eventually we will have some digital certificates to show who has recovered or been tested recently or when we have a vaccine who has received it.”

This quote came from Laura Ingraham’s interview with U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr on Fox News Channel. Essentially, Ingraham asked Attorney Barr his opinion on the virtue of  implementing a tracking system in this country. It would be presumed that this sytem would track citizens who are immune to the virus. Thus, the system would  by default single out those who cannot certify they have immunity to the disease. 

The Importance of Such a Proposal to People of the True Faith:

Such a thing becomes quite relevant to Bible believers who are familiar with the well recognized prophecy of the Mark of the Beast. This prophecy is recorded in the Book of Revelation.

The Apostle John records:

“And he (the 2nd Beast)  causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: …that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding calculate the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is 666” (13:16-18; Cepher).

Is a tracking system such as that which Bill Gates, and others like him, what this Book of Revelation prophecy portends?  

Is The Proposal Fulfillment of Biblical Prophecy? 

There’s absolutely no way that we can say for certainty that this present situation will lead to the ominous Mark of the Beast system. 

However, what the Mark of the Beast prophecy does do is it provides a stern warning to those for whom the Revelation of Yahoshua haMashiyach was written (Revelation 1:3).

Taking a Serious Look at the Mark of the Beast Prophecy in Light of the Proposal

In other words, Mr. Gates’ alleged proposal may or may not be valid. Nevertheless, a number of self-professing “thinkers” are indeed proposing the same sort of thing Mr. Gates is alleged to have proposed. This being the case then, it behooves us to take a serious look at the Johnannine prophecy of the Mark of the Beast. I believe we must determine for ourselves what we’re going to do when they (the powers that be) come or us.

Which God Do We Serve

It further behooves the disciple of Messiah to determine right now which God he or she will serve if indeed Bill Gates’ alleged proposal were to come to fruition. Will he or she feel compelled to submit to the requirements of the “god” state? Would he or she freely take the tracker implanted in or on their person so that he or she may buy and or sell? Or will he or she reject the tracking system but remain true to their profession of Faith?

The Proposal Sounds Very Much Like An Iteration of the Mark of the Beast 

Most of us recognize the looming situation every Torah Observant Disciple of Yeshua Messiah is likely to face if such a mandated vaccination and tracking system were to be put in place in the Western Nations of this world.

I have come upon recent teachings on the subject of the Mark of the Beast that seems to have gotten a lot of traction of late. Under this recent teaching, those who received the Mark of the Beast are believed to have received some form of alteration to their biological make-up. That alteration results in the individual  becoming a hybrid: part human and part machine.

But I’m wondering, with this latest proposal, if the hybrid thinkers are rethinking their hypotheses on the subject of the Mark of the Beast?

I’ve always believed that the Mark of the Beast would be some form of artificial marker placed either on or within the individual receiving the mark. Under that paradigm the only reason given by the Beast Government for receiving the “Mark” was political. It would be to distinguish between those who would be loyal to the Beast government from those who would NOT be loyal.

 How Do You Get Compliance From the Populous?

Now, I always had an uneasiness with this particular thinking and scenario. For I could not fathom how you convince a populous to willingly take such a Mark for simply political purposes. Such a scenario would result in certain widespread uprisings and civil unrest. No matter how popular a world leader may be to his or her citizens, there’s always a good chunk of their population that cannot stand them. 

So the question always remained within me: how would the governments of the world convince their citizens to acquiesce and freely receive the mark? Well, prior to this latest pandemic, I could not think of many valid scenarios where this scenario would peacefully occur.

I Get It Now

With this latest proposal, I’m having second thoughts on the hybrid Mark paradigm. I am now leaning towards the Mark of the Beast paradigm that distinguishes one group of citizens from another group of citizens for health reasons. And the fundamental basis by which this particular tracking system, or Mark, would be implemented is an existential fear.

Indeed, this latest situation overrides the vast majority of people’s hesitancy to getting such a tracking system implanted on or in them:

(1) Fear of becoming infected from a highly contagious bug.

(2) The fear of not being able to provide for one’s self and family; and

(3) A fear of not being able to move about society freely as a westerner.

No Mark or Tracker For You?

Indeed, if such a tracking situation were to be deployed, the true believers of this world who would choose to reject the tracking system (aka Mark) would be forced to undergo hell.  That is, unless those brethren have planned and figured out a way to operate effectively “off-the-grid” so to speak.

The Mark of the Beast Described in Scriputre

The Apostle Yochanan (aka John) in the Revelation he received from Master Yeshua haMashiyach, described the Mark of the Beast this way: 

“And he (the 2nd Beast) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: …that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six” (Rev. 13:16-18; KJV).

 The Pre-Tribulation Factor

Now, one of the reasons most fundamentalists have no real concern about such a tracking or Mark system is because they hold to a “Pre-Tribulation-Sudden-Rapture” understanding of the end times. In this understanding, Churchianity has been sold a bill of goods. The false thinking is that “born again believers in Jesus Christ will be out of here” (ie., snatched up to heaven) before such a thing like the Mark of the Beast takes place.

 The Redeemed To Be Tribulated

However, Torah Observant Disciples of Yeshua Messiah clearly recognize that those who are still alive at the time before the Great Tribulation will undergo great persecution and even tribulation. That persecution and tribulation will be brought on by the peoples of this world. Not Yah. 

Our Master Yahoshua endured persecution and tribulation on our behalf. And by virtue of our operating under the Kingdom of YHVH economy, no one is better than another. Yeshua warned His disciples that they, like Him, would endure tribulation and persecution. And indeed they did. Simply read Foxes Book of Martyrs. It should become abundantly clear to you that many of Yeshua’s disciples of the first couple centuries A.D. endured hellish torture and tribulations. 

Yochanan in the Revelation that he received from Yeshua recorded the following:

“So the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed that keeps the commandments of YHVH and has the testimony of Yeshua Messiah” (Revelation 12:17).

In another place in the Cepher (Book) of Revelation we read:

“And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of YHVH, and for the testimony which they held” (6:9). 

 YHVH’s Elect Identified

Therefore friends, if we truly belong to YHVH and Yeshua Messiah and we are still around in the last days, we are most certainly marked for tribulation and even for martyrdom. Our Faith is not a get out of jail ticket for the End Times. Instead, our Faith will be the standard by which YHVH’s true children will be recognized: 

“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of YHVH and the faith of Yeshua” (Revelation 14:12). 

And here’s the deal with those who acquiesce and take the Mark of the Beast: 

“…the first went and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshiped his image” (Rev. 16:2; KJV). 

“The third angel followed them saying with a loud voice, if any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name” (Rev. 14:9-11; KJV). 

 So What’s A Disciple of Yeshua to Do?

So getting any form of tracking, be it the actual Mark of the Beast when the time truly comes, or the tracking system that the powers that be are proposing for the citizens of the world today cannot be an option for Torah Observant Disciples of Yeshua Messiah. The reasons are obvious and biblical.

So what? What do we do about this potentially dire situation?

The Spiritual Preparations

Well, we have to be prayed up; fasted up; and studied up; ready for the dark days ahead. And when I say ready for the dark days ahead, I’m talking about making preparations the best way we know how and can.

Seems the powers that be in our society today, as well as the Apostle John, have given us ample notice to prepare. It’s now up to us to ready ourselves for the consequences that will be inherent if we do not take the mark that the power brokers are proposing for the citizens of the world these days.

Material Preparations

For those of us who have means—such as land to grow food. Dwellings that are free and clear of debt. And the ability to subsist without public utilities and other such resources. Maybe it’s time to prepare to go off the grid. For those of us who are lacking in terms of material means we probably need to start looking at cutting back on the things that are not of necessity. Maybe it’s time to stock up on necessities in anticipation of a prolonged period of lack. This most recent pandemic situation was an excellent rehearsal for this. Many of us found that we can subsist without the extras that we’ve grown accustomed to having in our present lives.

 Learn Survival Skills

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to learn some skills that many of don’t currently possess. Maybe:

(1) Growing our own fruits and vegetables.

(2) Raising Torah sanctioned animals for food.

(3) Currying favor with those around us who may have skills and resources we can tap into in times of need.

(4) Clear-up our debts as much as possible under the present circumstances.

(5) Become a part of a trustworthy network of trustworthy brethren to work with in times of trouble. 

Trust in YHVH

And certainly, our faith must be unshakable. We must learn to rely on Father to guide us through the bad times ahead. To grant us wisdom and knowledge and grace to navigate these coming perilous times. And of course, it goes without saying: we must ask Yah for unshakable courage to stand-up to the power brokers who will attempt to enforce the taking of the Mark.

My Prayer

May you be ever so ready for the sobering days ahead of us. Regardless if this thing turms out to be the real Cepher of (Book of) Revelation Mark of the Beast, a precursor of the real thing, or just a well-crafted threat, designed to test the public’s willingness to comply with such a tracking system. We must be prepared: spiritually; emotionally; psychologically; and physically for the fall-out that’s sure to come from such a proposal. As I always try to get across to everyone who hears the content of this program, none of this is about us. All of this, however, is about Him—YHVH our Elohim.

In all things, let us give our Elohim the praise, glory and honor He so justly deserves.

May you, your families and fellowships stay well and abundantly blessed. Shalom.