That’s not quite what I believe…
Perhaps I can be a bit clearer in my position.
Who taught me? I’m from the land of gold teeth, drill music, drugs and murder. There is little to no teaching where I’m from.
John 6
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day
Moving on….
You asked
Simple answer… No one.
The mark of the beast is not demanded upon men until the antichrist (Satan)‘is here.
Let’s not worry about fulfillment of prophecy, lets look at types…
“Nimrod was the founder of Babylon, which partook of his character as being the great antagonist of God's Truth and God's People. We cannot fail to see, in Nimrod, Satan's first attempt to raise up a human universal ruler of men. There have been many subsequent attempts, such as Nebuchadnezzar, Alexander, Napoleon, and others. He will finally succeed in the person of the Antichrist.”
Noah’s flood..
And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. 5 months
There is another flood coming…
Revelation 12:15
15And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
How long is this flood of lies and torment?
5And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment
was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. 5 months
And again
10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power
was to hurt men five months.
Why was Jonah in the belly for 3 days? Where was Christ for three day?
Fulfillment of prophecy and examples of types of what is to come are quite different,,
As far as compliments and parallels,’ one only needs to look to Genesis as a compliment to
Revelation for such edification of the matter, with much more to be offered.
1. Genesis, the book of the beginning.
1. Apocalypse, the book of the end.
2. The Earth created (1:1).
2. The Earth passed away (21:1).
3. Satan's first rebellion.
3. Satan's final rebellion (20:3, 7-10).
4. Sun, moon, and stars for Earth's government (1:14-16).
4. Sun, moon, and stars, connected with Earth's judgment (6:13; 8:12; 16:8).
5. Sun to govern the day (1:16).
5. No need of the sun (21:23).
6. Darkness called night (1:5).
6. "No night there" (22:5).
7. Waters called seas (1:10).
7. "No more sea" (21:1).
8. A river for Earth's blessing (2:10-14).
8. A river for the New Earth (22:1, 2).
9. Man in God's image (1:26).
9. Man headed by one in Satan's image (13).
10. Entrance of sin (3).
10. Development and end of sin (21, 22).
11. Curse pronounced (3:14, 17).
11. "No more curse" (22:3).
12. Death entered (3:19).
12. "No more death" (21:4).
13. Cherubim, first mentioned in connection with man (3:24).
13. Cherubim, finally mentioned in connection with man (4:6).
14. Man driven out from Eden (3:24).
14. Man restored (22).
15. Tree of life guarded (3:24).
15. "Right to the Tree of Life" (22:14).
16. Sorrow and suffering enter (3:17).
16. No more sorrow (21:4).
17. Man's religion, art, and science, resorted to for enjoyment, apart from God (4).
17. Man's religion, luxury, art, and science, in their full glory, judged and destroyed by God (18).
18. Nimrod, a great rebel and king, and hidden anti-God, the founder of Babylon (10:8, 9).
18. The Beast, the great rebel, a king and manifested anti-God, the reviver of Babylon (13-18).
19. A flood from God to destroy an evil generation (6-9).
19. A flood from Satan to destroy an elect generation (12).
20. The Bow, the token of God's covenant with the Earth (9:13).
20. The Bow, betokening God's remembrance of His covenant with the Earth (4:3; 10:1).
21. Sodom and Egypt, the place of corruption and temptation (13, 19).
21. Sodom and Egypt again: (spiritually representing Jerusalem) (11:8).
22. A confederacy against Abraham's people overthrown (14).
22. A confederacy against Abraham's seed overthrown (12).
23. Marriage of first Adam (2:18-23).
23. Marriage of last Adam (19).
24. A bride sought for Abraham's son (Isaac) and found (24).
24. A Bride made ready and brought to Abraham's Son (19:9). See Matt. 1:1.
25. Two angels acting for God on behalf of His people (19).
25. Two witnesses acting for God on behalf of His People (11).
26. A promised seed to possess the gate of his enemies (22:17).
26. The promised seed coming into possession (11:18).
27. Man's dominion ceased and Satan's begun (3:24).
27. Satan's dominion ended, and man's restored (22).
28. The old serpent causing sin, suffering, and death (3:1).
28. The old serpent bound for 1,000 years (20:1-3).
29. The doom of the old serpent pronounced (3:15).
29. The doom on the old serpent executed (20:10).
30. Sun, moon, and stars, associated with Israel (37:9).
30. Sun, moon, and stars, associated again with Israel (12).