Sue J Love
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Revelation 13:16-18 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
“16And the second beast required all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name. 18Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.”
The Use of Symbols
Now symbols are used much throughout the book of Revelation, kind of how Jesus used to use parables to illustrate biblical truth. And the Scriptures teach that a day is like 1000 years to God (2 Peter 3:8). So, when it mentions 10 days (Revelation 2:10), it is probably not referring to 10 literal days, but to a relatively short and/or limited time period of persecution and suffering. And when I read this passage in Revelation 13 I also see symbols.
Now, a lot of people get so caught up on the idea of the “mark of the beast” being an actual physical mark on a human body, or something implanted underneath the skin, that I believe the real emphasis here gets lost. For they often focus their attention on the physical while they ignore the spiritual aspect of this. For God’s greatest concern is not what we have on our bodies outwardly. His greatest concern is what is happening within us spiritually.
The Mark of The Beast
So, I am going to walk us through the symbols here. The word “mark” isn’t just something physical and visible to the human eye. The word “mark” also means characteristic, attribute, feature, and/or distinguishing trait. So if we take the mark of the beast on ourselves, we are taking on ourselves his distinguishing traits and character. So this would be like someone who professes faith in Jesus with their lips but who is still living in sin, by habit, and who is not living in submission to God and to his commandments.
And the word “hand” is often used as a symbol pertaining to our works, to our deeds, having to do with how we live and the things which we practice. And our foreheads have to do with our thinking, our reasoning, what we take into our minds habitually and deliberately. So if we receive the influence and the character traits of the beast (of Satan) into our minds and into what we entertain and think about in our minds, and onto our deeds and behaviors, then we are accepting sinful thoughts and behaviors into our lives.
A Call For Wisdom
Wisdom is not just head knowledge. Wisdom involves spiritual discernment in knowing right from wrong and good from evil, and which follows after the good and which rejects the evil. So we need spiritual discernment here with regard to the mark of the beast to make certain that we have not taken that mark. So, if you have been convinced of man that God does not require of you that you deny self, die to sin (repent) and obey God’s commands (New Covenant) as a matter of life practice, that is of the beast, not of God.
If you believe that all you have to do is pray the prayer to receive Christ into your heart, or to make a verbal acknowledgement of him and of his death and resurrection, for your salvation from sin, and now you are saved, sanctified, born again, and on your way to heaven, and that nothing can take that away from you, and that you do not have to repent of your sin, and that you do not have to obey God, then you are taking on yourselves the mark of the beast, for that is not of God. It is of the devil!
A Literal 666?
So, this number may or may not be a literal 666, but the point is that it is the number (symbol or label or representation) of man (the flesh) and of the beast (a representative of Satan). So, if we profess faith in Jesus with our lips, but we deliberately and habitually commit sinful acts, and we thus turn our backs on God, and refuse to obey him, we have, essentially, taken upon ourselves the mark (character, influence) of the beast (Satan) and of the flesh. And we do not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God.
And this is what we need to be concerned about. This is what determines where we will spend eternity, in heaven or in hell. But will there still be a physical mark? Most likely! It will probably be something inserted underneath the skin which will be AI controlled and which will manage all our purchases, banking, paying of bills, etc. And this could include mind control. So, I definitely would advise against anything of this nature. But make sure you have died to sin and you are obeying God in practice, in his power.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
What’s the Mark of The Beast?
An Original Work / July 23, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Just Are You
Based off Revelation 15-16
An Original Work / August 26, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Great and marvelous are Your deeds, O God.
Just and true Your ways, King of all the earth.
Who will not fear You; glorify Your name?
You are righteousness. Praise Your Name!
Just are You, O Lord, our Eternal ONE,
For You judge the earth in Your righteousness.
They have shed the blood of Your righteous ones.
You give their reward. They’re to blame!
Kings of all the earth gather, one accord;
Make haste to engage in a mighty war.
They oppose the Lord and His holy saints.
They serve wickedness, to their shame!
Jesus comes again, to some unforeseen.
Blessed are those who wait for Him at the gate.
They’ll not be ashamed. “Glad” be their refrain.
When He comes again, He’ll remain!
“16And the second beast required all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name. 18Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666.”
The Use of Symbols
Now symbols are used much throughout the book of Revelation, kind of how Jesus used to use parables to illustrate biblical truth. And the Scriptures teach that a day is like 1000 years to God (2 Peter 3:8). So, when it mentions 10 days (Revelation 2:10), it is probably not referring to 10 literal days, but to a relatively short and/or limited time period of persecution and suffering. And when I read this passage in Revelation 13 I also see symbols.
Now, a lot of people get so caught up on the idea of the “mark of the beast” being an actual physical mark on a human body, or something implanted underneath the skin, that I believe the real emphasis here gets lost. For they often focus their attention on the physical while they ignore the spiritual aspect of this. For God’s greatest concern is not what we have on our bodies outwardly. His greatest concern is what is happening within us spiritually.
The Mark of The Beast
So, I am going to walk us through the symbols here. The word “mark” isn’t just something physical and visible to the human eye. The word “mark” also means characteristic, attribute, feature, and/or distinguishing trait. So if we take the mark of the beast on ourselves, we are taking on ourselves his distinguishing traits and character. So this would be like someone who professes faith in Jesus with their lips but who is still living in sin, by habit, and who is not living in submission to God and to his commandments.
And the word “hand” is often used as a symbol pertaining to our works, to our deeds, having to do with how we live and the things which we practice. And our foreheads have to do with our thinking, our reasoning, what we take into our minds habitually and deliberately. So if we receive the influence and the character traits of the beast (of Satan) into our minds and into what we entertain and think about in our minds, and onto our deeds and behaviors, then we are accepting sinful thoughts and behaviors into our lives.
A Call For Wisdom
Wisdom is not just head knowledge. Wisdom involves spiritual discernment in knowing right from wrong and good from evil, and which follows after the good and which rejects the evil. So we need spiritual discernment here with regard to the mark of the beast to make certain that we have not taken that mark. So, if you have been convinced of man that God does not require of you that you deny self, die to sin (repent) and obey God’s commands (New Covenant) as a matter of life practice, that is of the beast, not of God.
If you believe that all you have to do is pray the prayer to receive Christ into your heart, or to make a verbal acknowledgement of him and of his death and resurrection, for your salvation from sin, and now you are saved, sanctified, born again, and on your way to heaven, and that nothing can take that away from you, and that you do not have to repent of your sin, and that you do not have to obey God, then you are taking on yourselves the mark of the beast, for that is not of God. It is of the devil!
A Literal 666?
So, this number may or may not be a literal 666, but the point is that it is the number (symbol or label or representation) of man (the flesh) and of the beast (a representative of Satan). So, if we profess faith in Jesus with our lips, but we deliberately and habitually commit sinful acts, and we thus turn our backs on God, and refuse to obey him, we have, essentially, taken upon ourselves the mark (character, influence) of the beast (Satan) and of the flesh. And we do not have salvation from sin nor eternal life with God.
And this is what we need to be concerned about. This is what determines where we will spend eternity, in heaven or in hell. But will there still be a physical mark? Most likely! It will probably be something inserted underneath the skin which will be AI controlled and which will manage all our purchases, banking, paying of bills, etc. And this could include mind control. So, I definitely would advise against anything of this nature. But make sure you have died to sin and you are obeying God in practice, in his power.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]
What’s the Mark of The Beast?
An Original Work / July 23, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Just Are You
Based off Revelation 15-16
An Original Work / August 26, 2013
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Great and marvelous are Your deeds, O God.
Just and true Your ways, King of all the earth.
Who will not fear You; glorify Your name?
You are righteousness. Praise Your Name!
Just are You, O Lord, our Eternal ONE,
For You judge the earth in Your righteousness.
They have shed the blood of Your righteous ones.
You give their reward. They’re to blame!
Kings of all the earth gather, one accord;
Make haste to engage in a mighty war.
They oppose the Lord and His holy saints.
They serve wickedness, to their shame!
Jesus comes again, to some unforeseen.
Blessed are those who wait for Him at the gate.
They’ll not be ashamed. “Glad” be their refrain.
When He comes again, He’ll remain!
