jeremiah1five
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First, the love of God:
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:34–39.
Now, the mark of 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.
Revelation 13:4–8.
Revelation thirteen has other passages about the Beast and the image of the Beast and also taking the mark by deception.
So, here's my question(s.)
Is God's love all-encompassing that a true born-again Christian might take the number/mark - even by deceit that it doesn't matter?
Is it a sin to take the mark? If so, is that sin covered by the blood and when God applied salvation to your life in the past that it doesn't matter, because that sin is also covered?
Would a Christian be so ignorant to not know about the mark and if he/she takes it to buy and sell that that act is covered by the blood? I had thought about this situation of God's love verses taking the mark, and it is not typical of me to post something I can't defend through Scripture, but I was curious what others thought about this situation. I haven't looked thoroughly at this question right now, so I don't yet have a response or position. I'm sure going to think this through, search pertinent Scripture and take a position in time.
What do you think?
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:34–39.
Now, the mark of 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.
Revelation 13:4–8.
Revelation thirteen has other passages about the Beast and the image of the Beast and also taking the mark by deception.
So, here's my question(s.)
Is God's love all-encompassing that a true born-again Christian might take the number/mark - even by deceit that it doesn't matter?
Is it a sin to take the mark? If so, is that sin covered by the blood and when God applied salvation to your life in the past that it doesn't matter, because that sin is also covered?
Would a Christian be so ignorant to not know about the mark and if he/she takes it to buy and sell that that act is covered by the blood? I had thought about this situation of God's love verses taking the mark, and it is not typical of me to post something I can't defend through Scripture, but I was curious what others thought about this situation. I haven't looked thoroughly at this question right now, so I don't yet have a response or position. I'm sure going to think this through, search pertinent Scripture and take a position in time.
What do you think?