The mark of the beast is not what we thought it was...
Eugene Snead
#deceived #warned The Mark of the Beast
16And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17And 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. 18Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
And(poieo - I make, manufacture, construct, formed a conspiracy, make a path) all the small and the great and the rich and the free -( eleútheros (an adjective) – properly, free (liberated), unbound (unshackled); (figuratively) free to realize one's destiny in Christ.) and the servants (doúlos (a masculine noun of uncertain derivation) – properly, someone who belongs to another; a bond-slave, without any ownership rights of their own. Ironically, 1401 /doúlos ("bond-slave") is used with the highest dignity in the NT – namely, of believers who willingly live under Christ's authority as His devoted followers.) that it should give -(dodimi, dosin c. to give to one's care, intrust, commit; aa. something to be administered; to give one to some one as his own: as the object of his saving care,
dosin arly 15c., "the giving of medicine (in a specified amount or at a stated time)," from Old French dose (15c.) or directly from Medieval Latin dosis, from Greek dosis "a portion prescribed," literally "a giving," used by Galen and other Greek physicians to mean an amount of medicine, from stem of didonai "to give" (from PIE root *do- "to give").
Charagma (Charax) - charax: a pointed stake, a rampart a. a stamp, an imprinted mark: of the mark stamped on the forehead or the right hand as the badge of the followers of Antichrist, Revelation 13:16; Revelation 14:9, 11; Revelation 15:2 Rec.; (πυρός, the mark branded upon horses, Anacreon () 26 (55), 2). properly, an engraving (etching); (figuratively) a mark providing undeniable identification , like a symbol giving irrefutable connection between parties.
epi(epipen) - against, at, on
cheir - 5495 xeír – properly, hand; (figuratively) the instrument a person uses to accomplish their purpose (intention, plan). finger, arm, hand paw
dexios - 1188 - right hand or side
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