THE MARK OF THE BEAST

The Holy Trinity:• God the Father • God the Son • God the Holy Spirit

The Unholy Trinity:

The Unholy Trinity:

• The Dragon – Satan

1 The dragon stood on the shore of the sea…

R E V E L A T I O N 1 3 : 1 A

The Unholy Trinity:

• The Dragon – Satan

• The Beast from the Sea – Anti-Christ

2 ...The dragon gave the beast his power and

his throne and great authority.

R E V E L A T I O N 1 3 : 2 B

3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to

have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound

had been healed. The whole world was filled

with wonder and followed the beast.

R E V E L A T I O N 1 3 : 3

The Unholy Trinity:

• The Dragon – Satan

• The Beast from the Sea – Anti-Christ

• The Beast from the Earth – False Prophet

12 It exercised all the authority of the first

beast on its behalf, and made the earth and

its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose

fatal wound had been healed.

R E V E L A T I O N 1 3 : 1 2

13 And it performed great signs, even causing

fire to come down from heaven to the earth in

full view of the people. 14 Because of the signs it

was given power to perform on behalf of the first

beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth.

R E V E L A T I O N 1 3 : 1 3 – 1 4

The Mark of the Beast

16 It [the second beast] also forced all people,

great and small, rich and poor, free and slave,

to receive a mark on their right hands or on

their foreheads,

R E V E L A T I O N 1 3 : 1 6 – 1 7

17 so that they could not buy or sell unless

they had the mark, which is the name of the

beast or the number of its name.

R E V E L A T I O N 1 3 : 1 6 – 1 7

18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has

insight calculate the number of the beast, for

it is the number of a man. That number is 666.

R E V E L A T I O N 1 3 : 1 8

“Beast” = 666

• 3 = Number of completion

• 7 = Number of completion & perfection

• 6 = Number of imperfection

—DAVID JEREMIAH

“We could sum it up to say that the number 666 represents the ultimate in human ingenuity and competence. The Antichrist is the epitome of man’s last attempt at ruling the world before Jesus overrules all those who oppose him.”

A few pastoral perspectives…

A few pastoral perspectives…1)We don’t need to worry that we will get

tricked into taking the mark of the beast.

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,…

R E V E L A T I O N 1 4 : 9 – 1 0 A

—DR. MATT HALSTED

“Whatever the current issue may be (vaccines, SSN, chip implants, SIM cards, etc.), we need to be careful about confusing our personal and/or political convictions with the meaning of a biblical text…

—DR. MATT HALSTED

…the “mark of the beast” must be tied back into worship if it is to be applied properly.”

A few pastoral perspectives…1) We don’t need to worry that we will get

tricked into taking the mark of the beast.

2)We should avoid the kind of sensationalism that could discredit the gospel.

A few pastoral perspectives…1) We don’t need to worry that we will get

tricked into taking the mark of the beast.

2) We should avoid the kind of sensationalism that could discredit the gospel.

3)We especially should be alarmed over spiritual drift in our lives.

12 This calls for patient endurance on the part

of the people of God who keep his commands

and remain faithful to Jesus.

R E V E L A T I O N 1 4 : 1 2