Tag: Covid-19

Why the COVID-19 Vaccine Cannot Be ‘The Mark of the Beast’

With millions of people gone from the world due to COVID-19 and the pandemic turning into an endemic, I wanted to write this post because even though it might not convince people to get vaccinated, it might drown out fears that they are taking The Mark of the Beast through the vaccine.

As the pandemic raged on in the spring of 2020, scientists were talking about vaccines being developed by different pharmaceutical giants like Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, and more, so I began researching (through YouTube) how the vaccines worked and how mRNA works. It was remarkably simple to understand. Here is a four-minute video explaining the process.

Sadly, I believe much of the church has been deceived into thinking the vaccine is The Mark or a precursor to it, and subsequently, convinced countless people into thinking they will be taking The Mark (go to the 20-second mark) or that a microchip is being injected into them.

But Scripture can also back up science and reason. The origin of The Mark comes from Revelation 13:16-17, where people are told if we want to live in society, they must take The Mark. But there’s another mention of this Mark, one that I think many Christians are missing and one that disproves the vaccine being The Mark.

In Revelation 14:9-10, we read, “9 A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: ‘If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand, 10 they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.”

God’s word explicitly says an angel will follow two other angels and gives a loud, clear warning not to take The Mark, as that is the point of no return. And no angels have appeared to humanity with their proclamations and warnings, much less this third Angel. No one who takes The Mark will be without excuse.

Finally, Revelation clearly states The Mark will be on the right hand or forehead, not the shoulder where the vaccines are administered (see Revelation 13 and 14 again). So please, get vaccinated and protect yourself, your loved ones, your friends, and your community.

Trump’s Responsibility for COVID-19

I realize this post is coming as Joe Biden has been elected President so it will have a smaller effect than if Trump were re-elected. Nevertheless, I wanted to post this as my opinion of what Trump has been responsible for. Also, I began writing this a few months ago just before the November election as I got tired of President Trump blaming, downplaying, and overall not leading during this global pandemic.

Despite his assertions in his recorded sessions with acclaimed journalist Bob Woodward saying he didn’t take preventative measures sooner because he didn’t want to panic the public, I believe Trump was actually exercising the practices of Norman Vincent Peele’s “The Power of Positive Thinking.”

Trump’s history and exposure to the philosophy can be found here (Business Insider) and here (CBN News). Seeing as Trump still touts that message to this day, it is extremely likely he used that thinking not only in receiving early reports and confirmed cases of COVID, but also in regurgitating that mindset to the American public.

Consequently, precious time when receiving early reports in January and February to take the virus seriously was lost, the soon-to-be global pandemic already had more traction than was realized, and denial resulted in exponentially more deaths.

While it is next to impossible to directly quantify the lives lost and confirmed cases as a result of Trump’s blatantly foolish and ignorant claims about the Coronavirus, one thing’s for sure, the COVID-19 pandemic response will be seen as one of the greatest failures of both leadership and character in recent memory.