"Is not the most popular calculation of the Great Tribulation a period of seven years?" NO!!! There is no such a thing as seven years of tribulation written anywhere in the Word of God and I would challenge you to find where in the Bible it actually tells use that "there will be seven years of tribulation" and you will find that a period seven years of tribulation or the wrath of God is nothing more then an assumption with no scripture to back that idea up.
According to the Strongs and the Thayer's Greek English Lexicon #G5482, the word "mark' in Rev 13:17 And 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. The word "mark" is talking about a scratch, or an etching, something that is stamped or graven for the purpose of representing servitude and in this case it would be servitude as in completely subject to the beast.
So anyone who suggests or teaches that the "mark" of the beast is not a literal mark is talking non scriptural garbage and they haven't done the research needed to be properly informed as to what the Word of God is telling and warning us about.
I just saw an advertisement today about how it would be so much better to turn our complete financial system over to cryptocurrency and just the other day the US government seized some accounts with millions worth of cryptocurrency from terrorist groups like Islamic State and al-Qaeda.
Wake up and smell the coffee folks. The mark of the beast will be a tattoo and the currency of the future will be electronic money. No more cash and that is how the beast can control whether or not we can buy or sell. A cashless Society.
According to the Strongs and the Thayer's Greek English Lexicon #G5482, the word "mark' in Rev 13:17 And 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. The word "mark" is talking about a scratch, or an etching, something that is stamped or graven for the purpose of representing servitude and in this case it would be servitude as in completely subject to the beast.
So anyone who suggests or teaches that the "mark" of the beast is not a literal mark is talking non scriptural garbage and they haven't done the research needed to be properly informed as to what the Word of God is telling and warning us about.
I just saw an advertisement today about how it would be so much better to turn our complete financial system over to cryptocurrency and just the other day the US government seized some accounts with millions worth of cryptocurrency from terrorist groups like Islamic State and al-Qaeda.
Wake up and smell the coffee folks. The mark of the beast will be a tattoo and the currency of the future will be electronic money. No more cash and that is how the beast can control whether or not we can buy or sell. A cashless Society.