Why so Many Word Studies?

     In order to thoroughly examine the words in relation to the Mark of the Beast the word studies are a very necessary experience.  Each word of the Revelation 13 prophecy contains enlightening information.  Those who persevere in this examination experience each piece of the puzzle.  When the individual pieces are assembled into the finished puzzle, then the assembly process shows value, wisdom, and reward.  The picture should then become vivid and easier to comprehend.  The process is the product.

General Word Studies in Relation to the Word "Mark"

     There are various words that can relate to the word mark.

Sacrifice - Victim, sin offering

Do - Do a number on, kill

Crucible - Earthen pot for melting metals, a vessel, trial, affliction, calvary, cross, tribulation, visitation

Victim - Prey, mark

Trial - Affliction, Calvary, cross, crucible, ordeal, tribulation, visitation, agony, distress, misery, suffering, anguish, grief, heartbreak, sorrow, woe, adversity, trouble, crown of thorns, fiery ordeal

Mark - Target, of character, brand, brand name, logo, trademark

Character - Mark, sign, symbol, writing, birthmark, feature, point, reputation, name

Reputation - Character, fame, name, report

Brand - Firebrand, a mark, trademark, a mark put on criminals with a hot iron, a mark of disgrace, stigma

Sword  - A weapon with a long blade for cutting or thrusting.  That is often used as a symbol of honor or authority

Stigma - Brand, spot, stain

Stain - Soil, corruption

Spot - A mark on character or reputation

Soil - Abyss, pigpen

Abyss - The bottomless gulf, pit, chaos, moral depths, hell

Dirty - Defile, corrupt, abominable

Corrupt - Corruption of blood, bribe

Rot - Moral corruption, degenerate

Bribe - Money or promise in order to sway, judgment, booty among thieves

Treasure - Wealth, riches, jewels, thesaurus

Robber - Take by force or deceit, steal

Prey - Seize, get spoil, booty, victim

Booty - Plunder, gain, prize

Victim - Living being sacrificed

Spoil - Plunders of war, robbery, prey, price

Abominable - Detestable, plague, trial

Plague - Desolation, black death

Beast - Sometimes portrayed as nations, governments

Horn - Source of strength, divisions of governments

Crowned Horn - Ruling governments

Head - Church leaders, mind, the mind of God where the world is actually ruled from

Waste - Trash

Grief - Disaster, trouble, sorrow

Ruin - Fall

Damage - Expense, cost

Cost - Price

Price - Bribe, a reward

More Word Studies - Mark

Mark the Place - Ruth 3:4 Thou shalt mark the place;  Concordance #H3045  to acknowledge, comprehend, declare, instruct, knowledge, make known, tell, understand, prognosticator, to be wise, declare, teach, to be known, to reveal oneself

Shot at a Mark - 1 Sa.20:20  As though I shot at a mark;  Concordance #H4307   target, guard, mark, prison, ward, chastisement,   #H5201; keep, keep guard, reserve, prison

Mark ye Now - 2 Sa 13:28 Mark ye now;  Concordance #H7200  advise, appear, behold, see, watch, observe, consider, perceive, view, vision, look, be shown

Mark and we will speak -  Job 18:2  Mark and afterward we will speak;  Concordance #H995 to separate mentally, or distinguish, understand, discern, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, perceive, know, perceive, wise, to stand apart, be separate, distinct, to declare, 

Mark Me - Job 21:5  Mark me and be astonished;  Concordance #H6437 face, appear, look, behold, cast out, to turn, look back, make clear, forepart or front of thing, judgment, taking the lead, used of time

Set Mark Upon Foreheads - Ezekiel 9:4  Set a mark upon the foreheads of the;  Concordance #H8420  sign as an exemption judgment; from #8427; scratch, imprint, set a mark

Mark well - Ezekiel 44:5  Mark well, and behold with thine eyes;  Concordance #H7760  call a name, give, impute, mark name on, ordain, order, paint; Job 33:31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me;  #H7181  to hear, pay attention, listen

Mark them - Romans 16:17  Mark them which cause divisions and;  Concordance # G4648, #G1322, #G954  shame, an idol, to pale, to be ashamed, confounded

Press Toward Mark - Philippians 3:14  I press toward the mark for the;   #G4649, G#4626, #G4629, #G8206, sceptic, concealment, to dig, a covering, clothing

Anointing -  Exodus 29:1  Of the annointing oil;  Concordance #H4888, #H4886  To rub with oil, smear, paint, consecrate, olive oil.  Oil can be clean or foul.  Foul oil; lard, tar, dirty, grime, muddy, soil

Mark I Pray You -  I Kings 20:7 Mark I pray thee and see;  Concordance #3045  know, known, perceive, teach, confess, be wise, be revealed, to make oneself known, reveal oneself

Mark Me - Job 21:5  Mark me and be astonished;  Concordance #H6347  to turn and look, look back, make clear, prepare, look, regard, respect, look back, turn away, turn back

Canst Thou Mark - Job 39:1  Canst thou mark, Concordance #H8104  observe, to keep, guard, keep watch, save life, celebrate, keep (Sabbath or covenant commands), perform (vow), to keep, preserve, mark time, beware, heed

Let the Power of thy Lord Be Great

 And now I beseech thee, let the power of thy Lord be great. Numbers 14:17

Let the Power of Thy Lord Be Great
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Great & Marvelous are Thy Works

 

Great & Marvelous Are Thy Works  
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Revelation 15:3  

     And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy ways, thou King of saints.

Word Studies Continued - Mark

     The word mark appears in many places of the Bible besides the book of Revelation.  A more in depth study of the word mark opens up deeper understanding.

Set a Mark - Genesis 4:15

Concordance # G226; the Lord set a Mark upon Cain;  sign, signal, distinguishing mark, a remembrance, miracle.  From # G225, evidence, standard, consent, agree

The Lord Set a Mark upon Cain.  Cain had killed his brother. Cain was envious because Abel worshipped God in God's preferred manner and Cain felt that his manner was the only and best way.  So he killed his brother.  God marked Cain to prevent anyone from killing him for his sin.  The sin Adam & Eve had done by eating the poison fruit (false worship) Cain continued on with expanding sin.  God did not kill Adam & Eve but expelled them from the Garden.  When Lucifer rebelled in Heaven and took 1/3 of the wicked Angels with him, God did not kill him.  Time had to elapse to show the true nature of the Great Controversy between Christ and Satan.

Sin  - Miss the Mark

Sin - Transgression of the Law of God  1 John 3:4

Concordance # H2403 from H2398; to miss the mark

Set as a Mark - Job 7:20

Concordance # H4645  I have sinned .....why hast thou set me as a mark?  mark thing, hit, target, object of assault,  #H6293 to make intercession, to strike, interpose, to reach the mark

The Lord's Mark or Satan's Mark?

      The mark has more to do with making an intelligent choice than with a physical mark.  God has a method of identifying those that are His.  God also has a method for identifying those that belong to Satan.  

     If one decides to take the mark, then a physical identifier of some type most likely will be used.  A control system such as a microchip, nanobots, transponders, smart card, tattoo, or other tech devices may be implemented.  The control system identifies those who can buy and sell in the marketplace and the like.  Not all is yet understood regarding this matter.  However, as faithful Christians, the time will be made obvious when the Mark arrives in its fullness.  

What is the Mark of the Beast?

     Briefly, the Mark divides the world into two camps.  Two camps only.  God or bad..  The mark will be taken voluntarily.  It will identify members of a one-world Satanic religion and economy.  It is opposed to God's law and His true worship.  

Those who refuse to take this mark will become outcasts in the world's eyes  But, in God's eyes they are viewed as His heritage.  

Great pressure will be placed upon those who resist the mark.  They will not be able to buy or sell in the marketplace.  Cut off from all worldly help, God will become their only support.  He will tenderly care for them.  They will not lack food and water.  

The Number 600, 60, 6 (666) is a Mystical Number

     The number 666 will lead to the age-old argument for or against the one true supreme God and the one true religion  A counterfeit religion will be presented before the whole world and severe control systems will be placed upon the people to demand adherence.  Mystical manifestations will be the ultimate delusional control to lead the people into the final battle between good and evil. It will be a world-wide civil war of sorts.  

Mystical - cryptic, magical, symbolical, arcane, hermetical, orphic, supernatural, mysterious, not of this world, visionary, hidden, magical, spiritual, divine, holy, divine will, awe inspiring, numinous, religious experience, deity or spirit presiding over a thing or space.

Numinous - The literature of religious experience abounds in reference to the pains and terrors overwhelming those who have come, too suddenly, face to face with some manifestation of the mysterium tremendum.  In theological language this fear is due to the incompatibility between man's egotism and the divine purity between man's self-aggravated separateness and the infinity of God.  -- Aldous Huxley  The Doors of Perception

Argument from Religious Experience = Argument for the Existence of God

God ultimately controls all time and space and everything related there.of.  He floods the dark spaces with light and truth.  

The abyss of 666 is a deep pit of darkness and nothingness.  The 666 at the end of time is like the emptiness at the beginning of time. Man has descended into spiritual darkness and God will have to retrieve man from a one-world satanic religion.   

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.  And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.  And God said, let there be light; and there was light.  Genesis 1:1-3

The man 666 thinks he controls religion and light, but is only without form, void and dark.  

Those who follow Christ and not the man 666 will have an awe-inspiring religious experience, a quantum leap into light.

I am the light of the world.  He who follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life.  John 8:12  

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven; and the earth was lightened with his glory.  Revelation 18:1

The earth is in a sad state of affairs.  There would be no need to enlighten the earth, if it were not in spiritual darkness.  

This beast represents a man...He is further identified by a number--the mystical number, six hundred, threescore and six.  Rev. 13:18  12 Tract, pg. 27:1  V.T. Houteff

The Number Six (6) Itself is Not Good or Evil

 The number six is just that.  A number.  It depends on what the number is applied to that correlates its target as good, evil or neutral.  

If one has 666 pieces of cake, the number 666 does not make the cake evil or good.

If one has 6 children, the number 6 does not make them evil or good.

If one has 66 cattle, the number 66 does not make the cattle evil or good.

If one has 600 dollars, the number 600 does not make the dollars evil or good.

If one has 60 pencils, the number 60 does not make the pencils evil or good.

If 6000 years have passed since creation, the number 6000 does not make those years good or evil.

The number 600, 60, and 6 is a mystical number applied to delineate the man at the head of the two-horned beast in Revelation Chapter 13.

At any point in the world one is always 666 miles from some other point in the world  That does not make the miles or the point evil or good.

Word Studies - Mark

      Examining some word meanings give a better understanding of what God signifies in His Word.  A concordance is somewhat like a dictionary for Biblical words. It gives some of the Greek and Hebrew definitions.  Each word is given a number to make it easier to find in the concordance.  Examining words related to Revelation Chapter 13 is a very important exercise.  Investigation helps to clarify that the Bible is indeed inspired and agrees with itself and lets us know about the proper timing in relation to the Mark of the Beast.  Regular meanings for some words will also be included.  

     Many places in the Bible contain the word mark.  A mark can indicate good or evil, things, places, or other generic references.  

The word mark in Revelation 13 is described in the Concordance as the Greek word Charagma  

G5480 Charagma;  meaning stamp, an imprinted mark, brand, thing carved, sculpture, graven work of idolatrous images

G5482 Charax; to write, pointed stake,  palisade or rampart, mound for besieging, barricade from Charasso;   Sharpen to a point, scratching

G1125 Grapho; to delineate or form letters on a tablet, parchment paper, or other material, to write, to express in written characters, to commit to writing things to not be forgotten, used in those things written in the sacred books, to write to one, written epistle, to give information, directions, compose, it is written, record, die stamp on coin, marks validated by stamps or seals, image formed, idolatrous graven image, a volume written within and behind, 

G1124 Graphe; the holy scriptures, the 66 books of the Bible

Die, stamp on coin, brand, mark, ancient documents were validated by such stamps or seals.

The Bible says that we are not to make any graven images.  There are right ways to worship the Lord and wrong ways to worship.  We must be astute Bible students to know how to not worship false gods.

Read Revelation Chapter 13 - Prophecy About Number of Beast

Revelation Chapter 13

1  And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horn  

2  And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

3  And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. 

4  And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

5  And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months

6  And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

7  And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

8  And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

9  If any man have an ear, let him hear.

10  He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

11  And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed 

13  And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 

14  And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 

15  And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

16  And 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:

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.

18  Here 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

The True Study About the 666 has Been Partially Blocked

      There are many personality traits and types that surface when it comes to learning about the 666.  How can someone escape something that they do not understand.  The following lists describe just a few examples of these types:

1.  Those who are mentally blocked or confused

• Many think they are saved and do not need to study
• Don't think it's important
• They will know when the time comes
• We need to leave it alone
• Let the Bible interpret itself - my way
• Silence is best on things too difficult to understand
• I will be raptured away before this tribulation
• To the making of many books, there is no end.
• When the two prophets come, we will know what to do
• My religion has interpreted this, and that is good enough for me 
• My searching of the internet has led me to the truth  
• We all know it is the Devil's number, the Anti-Christ, what is all this extra information about and why should I need anything else
• Don't believe the Bible is necessary  

2.  Those who are fearful

• Tired or intimidated by numerous falsehoods, afraid of being misled again
• Afraid of opening up such an ominous subject
• Controlled by relatives, peers or their church to not rock the boat
• Illogical fear of the number, afraid that studying about it will bring a curse
• Do not have the self-confidence to think God would bring them truth

3.  Those who are sincere truth seekers but have not had access to the truth

• Honest, interested, asks questions
• May not have heard about the prophecy
• Open to studying the Christian Bible
• Teachable
• Willing to compare scripture with scripture
• Anxious to read recommended reading
• Spirit led
• May not have had access to much truth but praying for more light on the subject

We have to be careful to not block methods that Christ might have to communicate.  God does have ways to relay truth to His people.  We can't just slice up the Bible and only take the pieces that agree with us and toss the rest.  All scripture is good for edification.

Revelation 1:1  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and signified it by his angel unto his servant John.

Revelation 1:3  Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein, for the time is at hand.

A special blessing is bestowed upon those that read and hear the prophecy and keep the things therein.  

Revelation 2:29  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the spirit saith unto the churches.  

Revelation 2:21  Behold I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with me.