Mark of the Beast part 1

Rev 13:16 And the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the freemen and the slaves, it causes that they give to them all a mark on their right hand, or on their foreheads,
Rev 13:17 even that not any could buy or sell, except the one having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of its name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom: Let the one having reason count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man and its number is six hundred and sixty six.

Etheridge Aramaic translation
Rev 13:16 And he caused all, small and great, and rich and poor, and sons of freedom and slaves, to have given to them a signature upon their right hands, or upon their foreheads;
Rev 13:17 as that no man might be able to buy or sell, unless he had the signature of the name of the beast of prey, or the number of his name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him who hath mind, calculate the number of the beast of prey; for the number is of man; and his number is Six hundred and sixty and six.

Lamsa Aramaic translation

Lamsa
Rev 13:16 And he compelled all, both small and great, rich and poor, freemen and slaves to receive a mark on their right hands or on their brows:
Rev 13:17 So that no man might buy or sell, except he who had the mark of the name of the beast, or the code number of his name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding decipher the code number of the beast: for it is the code number of the name of a man; and his number is six hundred sixty-six (Nero Caesar).

In short the mark of the beast is a counterfeit of the mark of YHWH (Isaiah 14:14). The Mark of YHWH is His Word, His Image. The mark of the beast is his ‘word’, his image. The Tree of Life vs. the tree of knowledge of good and evil. It is the mark of a beast and a number of a man. Man/beast (Genesis 3:1). A mixture.

The adversary desires to be like the Most High. In Hebrew, the phrase ‘like Elohim’ is equivalent to 666.

Gen 3:5 for God knows that in the day you eat of it, even your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as God, knowing good and evil.

As God = כאלהים

The Truthclick here or the Counterfeitclick here

The word mark comes from the Hebrew word Tav

Eze 9:4 And YHWH said to him, Pass through in the midst of the city, in the midst of Jerusalem, and mark (tavah) a mark (tav) on the foreheads of the men who are groaning and are mourning over all the abominations that are done in her midst.

The above verse is speaking of the mark of YHWH which is put on the righteous. The mark of the beast is a direct counterfeit of this markclick here.

The root word for mark is a picture of an ox plowing toward a mark. In ancient Hebrew thought, God was seen as the strong ox that we are yoked with in covenant relationship. The word for mark is a picture of walking with your God toward your mark/goal (Philippians 3:14). Walking with Messiah (Mat 11:29) towards the Kingdom of Heaven or walking with the adversary towards sheol. This is what Paul was alluding to in his letter to the Corinthians.

2Co 6:14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership does righteousness have with lawlessness? And what fellowship does light have with darkness?
2Co 6:15 And what agreement does Christ have with Belial? Or what part does a believer have with an unbeliever?
2Co 6:16 And what agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God, even as God said, “I will” dwell in them and “walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” Lev. 26:12; Ezek. 37:27
2Co 6:17 Because of this, “come out from among them” “and be separated,” says the Lord, “and do not touch the unclean thing,” and I will receive you. Isa. 52:11
2Co 6:18 “And I will be a Father to you, and you will be sons” and daughters to Me, says the Lord Almighty. 2 Sam. 7:8, 14; Isa. 43:6

The letter ת ‘tav’ in pictograph form is two crossed sticks which has the meaning of a covenant. We can choose the covenant of Life in Messiah Jesus (Isaiah 42:6; 49:8; Zechariah 9:11; Jeremiah 31:31; Matthew 26:28) or we can choose the covenant of death (Isaiah 28:15) which promises deliverance from death (ie the tree of life) but in reality leads to hell.

This root is related to את & תא

This is the root for the word sign. This is significant because the Torah is a sign on the hand and the forehead (Deuteronomy 6:8). The mark of YHWH is His Torah. The mark of the beast is lawlessness for the beast is the man of sin (2 Thessalonians 2:3; Psalm 130:3; Jeremiah 2:22; Job 10:14) . Again, the mark of the beast is a direct counterfeit of YHWH’s mark/signs.

Tav aleph is related to the word tav תו and aleph tav את and means a mark/boundary.

תא tav aleph relates to the word tar תר which means the ‘mark of man’ or the border/outline.

From this root we get ta’ar and to’ar. These words mean form, outline or border. This is an important connection to see in that the mark of the beast versus the mark of YHWH ultimately reflects whose image/form you are in.

This connection between the mark and the image/form/outline/shadow picture of YHWH Jesus versus the antichrist is further seen in that the word Torah comes from this same root.

We can have the mark of YHWH and be in His image by walking in His law and letting Messiah live through us (Galatians 2:20), or we can have the mark of the beast and be in the image of satan by walking in his torah which is lawlessness (Ephesians 2:2-3Isaiah 30:8-11; 1 Peter 2:8) .

We can choose the tree of life or the tree of knowledge. The Light of the Word or the false light which is in reality darkness (Matthew 6:23).

Connection to the resurrection

Rom 1:1 Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, separated to the gospel of God,
Rom 1:2 which He promised before through His prophets in the holy Scriptures,
Rom 1:3 concerning His Son who came of the seed of David according to flesh,
Rom 1:4 who was marked out the Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection of the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord;

G3724
ὁρίζω
horizō
Thayer Definition:
1) to define
1a) to mark out the boundaries or limits (of any place or thing)
1b1) that which has been determined, acc. to appointment, decree
1b2) to ordain, determine, appoint
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G3725

The meaning of this word corresponds to the Hebrew word Tor. It is only through the resurrection that we will be formed into His image.

So what is the counterfeit? It is a false ‘resurrection’ or born again experience. It is partaking of the tree of knowledge. Those who put their faith in Messiah must die to the flesh to be reborn again in the Spirit through His power. Those who partake of the tree of knowledge must go through degrees and graduations to reach ‘godhood’. This is one of the meanings of the ‘Holy Grail’. More on this in a future study, Yah willing. This false born again/resurrection concept is seen throughout the world and the various belief systems of mankind. The Buddhists and Hindus have the reincarnation concept. The Jews have the concept of ‘climbing the sephirotic ladder’ and reaching the status of Adam Kadmon (image of God). The esoteric teachings have initiation experiences. Catholicism has sacraments. They are all the filthy garments of man’s attempts at righteousness. It is only YHWH’s righteousness, the garments of salvation that will save us. We must be in the image of Messiah not the image of the beast. We must partake of the tree of life, not the tree of knowledge. Otherwise we will be among those who weep and gnash the teeth in outer darkness (Matthew 22:11).

We are called to overcome the mark as well as the image of the beast

Rev 15:2 And I saw, as a glassy sea having been mixed with fire. And the ones overcoming the beast, and its image, and its mark, of the number of its name, were standing on the glassy sea, having harps of God.

The word translated as mark in Revelation is used only one other time in Scripture referring to man engraving an image to represent the Almighty
Act 17:29 Then being offspring of God, we ought not to suppose that the Godhead is like gold or silver or stone, engraved by art and the imagination of man.
This is the essence of the mark of the beast…it is a counterfeit worship of YHWH. This is what the golden calf was. Making a golden calf and calling it YHWH. This is who the antichrist will be. A counterfeit Jesus .

The greek word that is translated as mark

G5480
χάραγμα
charagma
Thayer Definition:
1) a stamp, an imprinted mark
1a) of the mark stamped on the forehead or the right hand as the badge of the followers of the Antichrist
1b) the mark branded upon horses
2) thing carved, sculpture, graven work
2a) of idolatrous images
Part of Speech: noun neuter
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from the same as G5482

Another Greek word that comes from the same root is:

G5481
χαρακτήρ
charaktēr
Thayer Definition:
1) the instrument used for engraving or carving
2) the mark stamped upon that instrument or wrought out on it
2a) a mark or figure burned in (Lev_13:28) or stamped on, an impression
2b) the exact expression (the image) of any person or thing, marked likeness, precise reproduction in every respect, i.e facsimile
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from the same as G5482

This word charakter is only used once in the Scriptures. It is translated as express image. Again we see a connection to the mark and the image.
Heb 1:3 who being the shining splendor of His glory, and the express image of His essence, and upholding all things by the Word of His power, having made purification of our sins through Himself, He sat down on the right of the Majesty on high, Psa. 110:1

This word was used to translate only one Hebrew word in the Septuagint

G5481
charakter H6867 tsarevet
H6867
צרבת
tsa^rebeth
tsaw-reh’-beth
From H6686; conflagration (of fire or disease): – burning, inflammation.

This word is used 2x in the Scriptures
Pro 16:27 A worthless (belial) man plots evil, and on his lips it is like a burning fire.

Here we see a connection to Beliyaal and the tongue/words. The word belial means without the yoke. Men of belial are men of lawlessness.

Belial: Belial is derived by some from beli, not, and âl, over, i.e., one so proud and envious as not to bear a superior; by others, from beli, not, and ol, a yoke, i.e., a lawless, ungovernable person, ανδρες παρανομοι, “lawless men,” as the LXX render.

The Yoke is Torah/Word (Matthew 11:28-30). It is associated with walking with Messiah as His disciple click here. The lawless are yoked to sin and are enslaved (John 8:34; Deuteronomy 28:47-48; Leviticus 26:13; Jeremiah 30:8) Another word for yoke in Hebrew is ‘tsamad’ {Numbers 25:3; Psalm 106:28} which also means a bracelet as is used in marriage. We can yoke up with Messiah and enter the wedding supper of the Lamb (Revelation 19:9) or we can yoke up with the lawless one and be a feast for the fowls. (Revelation 19:17-19).

Belial are the thorns (2 Samuel 23:6; 2 Corinthians 12:7-9), the tares among the wheat (Deuteronomy 13:13; 2 Corinthians 6:15-16)

The other use of this word is in reference to the metzora/leper
Lev 13:23 And if in its place the bright spot is stayed, it has not spread; it is an inflamed (burning kjv) boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
Lev 13:28 And if the bright spot stays in its place, and does not spread in the skin, but is somewhat faded, it is a swelling of the burning; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. for it is a scar (kjv inflammation tsarebeth) of the burning (micvah..burn or brand).

The leper is a picture of one with the mark of the beast. His flesh is defiled, and is a picture of the walking dead. He is alive and yet dead. The tree of knowledge of good and evil caused Adam and Eve to experience the same thing. They were alive, yet dead. They were cast out of the garden just as the leper is cast out of the camp. The sin of leprosy is linked with accusing others (Numbers 12:1, 10-15) and pride (2 Chronicles 26:16-20) both of which point to the adversary (Revelation 12:10; Isaiah 14; Ezekiel 28). The flesh of the leper was defiled because his soul was defiled. Leprosy could also be found in clothing and one’s house. Both clothing and the house are pictures of the body. As seen above, the clothing one wears is a picture of their righteousness. The house is a picture of the body/temple (Ephesians 2:19; Hebrews 3:5-6; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17).

The root of charagma and charakter is charax

G5482
χάραξ
charax
Thayer Definition:
2) a palisade or rampart***
2) a palisade or rampart
2a) pales between which earth, stones, trees, and timbers are heaped and packed together
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from charasso (to sharpen to a point, akin to G1125* through the idea of scratching)

***Mat 23:5 And they do all their works to be seen by men. And they make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their robes.
G5440
φυλακτήριον
phulaktērion
Thayer Definition:
1) a fortified place provided with a garrison, a station for a guard or garrison
2) a preservative or safeguard , an amulet. The Jews used this word to describe small strips of parchment on which were written the following passages of the law of Moses, Exo_13:1-10, Exo_13:11-16; Deu_6:4-9; and Deu_11:13-21
Part of Speech: noun neuter
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: neuter of a derivative of G5442

As seen in the verses referenced above, the phylacteries that Jews wear come from the commandment that YHWH’s Word is to be a mark on our hands and head. However, it is seen in the same definition that phylacteries are amulets. This is personification of Judaism and religion as a whole. Taking the truth of Scripture and perverting it by our interpretations and then turning the Truth into a lie (John 8:44; Romans 1:25).

*Charax is akin to grapho which means to write with reference to letters. This theme of the mark being associated with the Word is seen over and over again.

G1125
γράφω
graphō
Thayer Definition:
1) to write, with reference to the form of the letters
1a) to delineate (or form) letters on a tablet, parchment, paper, or other material
2) to write, with reference to the contents of the writing
2a) to express in written characters
2b) to commit to writing (things not to be forgotten), write down, record
2c) used of those things which stand written in the sacred books (of the OT)
2d) to write to one, i.e. by writing (in a written epistle) to give information, directions
3) to fill with writing
4) to draw up in writing, compose

This word is used in the following verse

Luk 19:43 For the days will come on you, and ones hostile to you will raise up a rampart (kjv trench) to you and will surround you and will keep you in on all sides,

Charax was used to translate the following Hebrew words:

G5482
charax H3733 kar

Notice the connection to the mark. The word itself is made up of the Hebrew pictographs for hand & head…the exact places where the mark is located.

charax H4674 mutstsav
Again we see a connection to the mark. As explained above the mark is associated with an image & a garrison. The connection to pillars and His image will be seen in more details in future studies. In short the pillars link to the Temple, the body & DNA. It was at Bethel (House of God) that Jacob anointed the pillar where the ladder to heaven was seen. Jacob’s pillar is connected with the ladder to Heaven. Messiah applies this to Himself. The ladder also points to DNA within our bodies which is the ‘word’ that creates our bodies. Messiah is the Word made flesh who is the olive tree/tree of life which we can be grafted into through faith. He is the body, we are members of that body through faith. He is the Temple, we are the stones of the building by faith. Satan seeks to be like the Most High {Isaiah 14} and is the great counterfeiter. Hence, he wants a false Olive tree/tree of knowledge of good and evil. He wants a false temple. A ‘false’ body. A corrupted body. A false Israel. A corruption of DNA/the word.

Interestingly, the Greek word for star (aster) is used in the Septuagint to translate this same Hebrew word. This will come be discussed in more detail, Yah willing, in future studies as the hexagram is seen again and again in connection with the mark.

Commentaries on ‘the mark’

From Payne Smith’s Compendious Syriac Dictionary pg 536 “MARK”
A sign, mark, toke, indication, index; ascription, inscription; title of a book*, copy of a book*, annotation; setting down, committing to writing*; description, design, plan of a house**; signing with the sign of the cross***; leavened bread marked with a cross=Eucharistic bread****; the sign of salvation I.e. Baptism; index of chapters

*Again, notice the association with the Word, the book etc.

**The Hebrew word which describes the planning of a house is ben בן which means son. This is important to note because it is deeply connected to the mark. The Son of YHWH is the Word (John 1). The ‘son’ of satan is his ‘word.’ DNA is passed from the father to the son to continue the ‘house’. DNA is composed of letters and sentences…it is a book. Just as there are two marks, the Mark of YHWH and the mark of the beast…so too, there are two ‘sons’. The sons of God and the sons of the serpent.

*** The meaning of this symbol, as well as others which point to the mark is heaven joining with the earthclick here.

****Bread is associated with the mark as well. The mark/sign of YHWH is Passover and the Feast of Unleavened bread. The mark of the beast is a counterfeit which would be…Easterclick here and the mass.

John Gill
to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads; or “that they might give themselves marks”, as the Complutensian edition reads; which is an allusion either to the custom among the Romans of imprinting marks upon their servants and soldiers, by which they might be known to whom they belonged*; servants had them in their foreheads (i), and soldiers in their hands (k); or to the usages of the Jews in binding their phylacteries upon their arms and foreheads, to put them in mind of the law of God, and their obedience to it; or to the practices of the Heathens, in putting the mark of the god they worshipped upon their bodies; Maimonides (l) says, it was a custom with the Gentiles to mark themselves with their idols, showing that they were their bought servants, and were marked for their service: the sense is, that some received the mark in one place, and some in another: those who were obliged to receive the mark in the right hand seem to be the clergy, such who entered into holy orders; who lifted up their right hand, and swore and vowed allegiance to the pope, and testified they were ready to defend and support his religion and interest; and who in their ordination are said to have an indelible character impressed on them: and those who received the mark in their foreheads are the common people in general, who one and all have the same impress upon them; which may intend either the sign of the cross in baptism, or rather their open confession of the Popish religion, which they as publicly avow and declare as if it had been written on their foreheads.

(i) Apulei Metamorph. l. 9. Ausonii Epigram. l. 15. Seneca de Ira, l. 3. c. 3. (k) Aetius apud Turnebi Advers. l. 23. c. 12. (l) Hilchot Obede Cochab. c. 12. sect. 11.

*This idea can be seen in the Scriptures:

Isa 44:5 This one shall say, I am YHWH’s; and this one will call himself by the name of Jacob; and this one shall write with his hand, For YHWH, and be surnamed by the name of Israel.

3 Maccabees Chapter 2 verses 27-30
27: He (Philopater/Ptolemy IV) proposed to inflict public disgrace upon the Jewish community, and he set up a stone on the tower in the courtyard with this inscription:
28: “None of those who do not sacrifice shall enter their sanctuaries, and all Jews shall be subjected to a registration involving poll tax and to the status of slaves. Those who object to this are to be taken by force and put to death;
29: those who are registered are also to be branded on their bodies by fire with the ivy-leaf symbol of Dionysus, and they shall also be reduced to their former limited status.”
30: In order that he might not appear to be an enemy to all, he inscribed below: “But if any of them prefer to join those who have been initiated into the mysteries, they shall have equal citizenship with the Alexandrians.”

James, Fausset, Brown
Rev 13:16
to receive a mark — literally, “that they should give them a mark”; such a brand as masters stamp on their slaves, and monarchs on their subjects. Soldiers voluntarily punctured their arms with marks of the general under whom they served. Votaries of idols branded themselves with the idol’s cipher or symbol*. Thus Antiochus Epiphanes branded the Jews with the ivy leaf {click here}, the symbol of Bacchus (2 Maccabees 6:7; 3 Maccabees 2:29). Contrast God’s seal and name in the foreheads of His servants, Rev_7:3; Rev_14:1; Rev_22:4; and Gal_6:17, “I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus,” that is, I am His soldier and servant. The mark in the right hand and forehead implies the prostration of bodily and intellectual powers to the beast’s domination. “In the forehead by way of profession; in the hand with respect to work and service” [Augustine].

Vincent Word Studies
Rev 13:16
A mark (χάραγμα)
The word occurs frequently in Revelation, and only once elsewhere (Act_17:29) on which see note. Commentators find illustrations in the brand set upon slaves by their masters, or upon soldiers by their monarchs, and in the branding of slaves attached to certain temples. Herodotus describes a temple to Hercules at the Canopic mouth of the Nile, and says: “If a slave runs away from his master, and taking sanctuary at this shrine gives himself up to the God, and receives certain sacred marks upon his person, whosoever his master may be, he cannot lay hand on him” (ii., 113). In the treatise “concerning the Syrian goddess” falsely attributed to Lucian, it is said of the slaves of the temple, “all are branded, some upon the wrist and some upon the neck.” Paul, in Gal_6:17, applies the word for these brands, στίγματα (stigmata), to the marks of Christ’s service which he bears in his body. In 3 Macc. 2:29, we read that Ptolemy Philopator required all the Jews of Alexandria to be registered among the common people; and that those who were thus registered were to be marked (χαράσεσθαι) on their persons by the ivy-leaf symbol of Dionysus (Bacchus). In Lev_19:28, the Israelites are forbidden to make cuttings in their flesh for the dead and to print marks (γράμματα στικτὰ) upon themselves.

The Counterfeit

vs.

SATAN COUNTERFEITS
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most Highclick here

Dan 7:25 And he shall speak words against the Most High, and he shall wear out the saints of the Most High. And he intends to change times and law. And they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and one half time.

The numbering/mark of YHWH in the wilderness

Num 1:2 Lift the heads (KJV take the sum) of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, by their heads;
Num 1:3 from a son of twenty years and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

Num 1:17 And Moses and Aaron took these men who were marked (naqab) out by name.
H5344
נקב
na^qab
BDB Definition:
1) to pierce, perforate, bore, appoint

Num 1:18 And they assembled all the congregation on the first of the second month. And they declared their births according to their families, by their fathers’ house, according to the number of names, from a son of twenty years and upward, by their heads.
Num 1:19 As YHWH commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
Psa 87:5 And it shall be said to Zion, This man and that man was born in her; and the Highest Himself shall establish her.
Psa 87:6 In recording (saphar= counting) the peoples YHWH shall mark down, This man was born there. Selah.

The prophecies speaking of the dividing of the land in the end times is a counterfeit of the allotting of land spoken of by the prophets (Eze 48 & Rev 20). As the above verses indicate, being numbered/marked by YHWH in the wilderness was associated with the dividing of the land at that time. 1948 is a counterfeit of the regathering but is just a foreshadowing of things to come. The adversary seeks to appear as the savior of the world and will bring about a false kingdom appearing as the Kingdom of Heaven along with the mark of the beast which will he will attempt to make look like the mark of YHWH. Along with this kingdom will come a dividing of the land with a numbering of the peoples…a counterfeit Zion. See Counterfeit studyclick here

The mark of the beast being the antithesis to the mark of YHWH (the Torah) is further emphasized by delving into the meaning and usage of the Aramaic word for mark (ruoshma)

2Co 3:7 Now if the ministration of death was engraved(aetrashmat)* upon stones in writing, and was so glorious that the children of Israel could not look on the face of Moses, on account of the glory upon his face which vanished away;

*Here we see this word being linked to the Torah which was engraved on stone. In the human body the ‘word’ is engraved on stone (DNA)…

Rom 8:29 He knew them in advance and he marked (Gk predestined) them with the likeness of the image of his Son that he might be the first-born among many brethren.

Again the connection to the mark and the image. The image of the Son vs. the image of the beast.
Eph 1:4 according as he had previously chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we might be holy and without blame before him; and, in love, predestinated (Gk chosen) us for himself;

The chosen peopleclick here are marked with the mark of YHWH…those who keep the Torah and the testimony (belief in Messiah Jesus Revelation 12:17). Those with the mark of the beast are those who reject Messiah Jesus and according to the Scriptures are already antichrists (1Joh 2:18).

Eph 1:11 By whom we have been chosen, as he had marked (Gk. predestinated) us from the beginning so he wanted to carry out everything according to the good judgment of his will:

This connection of predestination and being marked is connected by the heavenly books.
Psa 56:8 You have counted my wandering; O put my tear in Your bottle; are they not in Your Book?

Psa 139:16 Your eyes saw my embryo; and in Your book all my members were written the days they were formed, and not one was yet among them. *
Mal 3:16 Then those fearing YHWH spoke together, each man to his neighbor. And YHWH gave attention and heard. And a Book of Remembrance was written before Him for those who feared YHWH, and for those esteeming His name.

The word ‘Ruoshma’ in the Aramaic Peshitta = the Greek word ‘proorizo.’

G4309
προορίζω
proorizō
Thayer Definition:
1) to predetermine, decide beforehand
2) in the NT of God decreeing from eternity
3) to foreordain, appoint beforehand
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G4253 (pro – before) and G3724 (horizo mark out)

G3724
ὁρίζω
horizō
Thayer Definition:
1) to define
1a) to mark out the boundaries or limits (of any place or thing)
1b1) that which has been determined, acc. to appointment, decree
1b2) to ordain, determine, appoint
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G3725

The meaning of horizo is linked with the above definition of ‘mark.’ It means to mark out a boundary. The English word horizon comes from this Greek word.

This word obviously links to the sun as it is the horizon where the sun rises and sets. It further linked to ‘predestination’ as we are chosen before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4). In Hebrew this is the concept of ‘olam’ which is usually translated as forever or eternity but in concrete thought means ‘beyond the horizon.’ In part 2 of this series more detail will be given on the sun as it is strongly linked with the mark of the beast. The word for time in Hebrew, עת, means to ‘see the mark.’

What is this ‘mark’? It is the sun setting (death) and rising (resurrection) above the horizon.

This connection between the mark of the beast, the sun & the calendar/holidays will be discussed in more detail in the study on the mark and holidays, Yah willing.

The true mark/sign of YHWH

The blood

*This is connected to the book of Ezekiel and the mark of the righteous

Eze 9:4 And YHWH said to him, Pass through in the midst of the city, in the midst of Jerusalem, and

Rev 1:6 and made us kings and priests to God, even His Father. To Him is the glory and the might forever and ever. Amen.

The blood is associated with Passover and unleavened bread

UNLEAVENED BREAD is also a sign/mark of YHWH

Leavened bread = hypocrisy = being clothed in the filthy garments of man…ie the man of sin. Leaven also comes from the word:

This is what Paul refers to in his letter to the Corinthians were he says to get rid of the leaven of wickedness. Paul used the word:

G4189
πονηρία
ponēria
Thayer Definition:
1) depravity, iniquity, wickedness
2) malice
3) evil purposes and desires
Webster’s dictionary

Wicked
WICKED, a. [The primary sense is to wind and turn, or to depart, to fall away.]

Here wickedness is connected with leavened bread that is twisted and turned in a kneading bowl.

A related word in Hebrew is:

Twisting of the Scriptures

2Pe 3:15 And think of the long-suffering of our Lord as salvation, as also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him;
2Pe 3:16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them concerning these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the unlearned and unsettled pervert*, as also they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

*G4761
στρεβλόω
strebloō
Thayer Definition:
1) to twist, turn awry

This word is used in the LXX to translate the following Hebrew word:

This word comes from the root:

1Co 5:8 So let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of malice* and of evil, but with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

G2549
κακία
kakia
Thayer Definition:
1) malignity, malice, ill-will, desire to injure
2) wickedness, depravity
2a) wickedness that is not ashamed to break laws
3) evil, trouble

This concept of wickedness being equated with lawlessness is seen in how the following verse in translated into the english.

2Th 2:8 And then shall that Wicked (anomos) be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

Jay P. Green Literal Version
2Th 2:8 And then “the Lawless One” will be revealed, “whom” “the Lord” “will consume” “by the spirit of His mouth,” and will bring to nought by the brightness of His presence. Isa. 11:4

Notice that the lawless one, the man of sin is pictured by a twisted cord. This is yet another link to the changing of DNA being the mark of the beast.

SABBATHS

*Creation versus Evolution is associated with the mark as well. Evolution is a big part of the strong delusion to bring forth the mark of the beast….Homo noeticus, supermen. All of creation points to Messiah Jesus . Everywhere we look there are shadow pictures that point to Him. The adversary seeks to take these shadows and pervert their meanings and apply them to himself.

The other aspect of the sabbath is redemption (Deuteronomy 5:15). What is the counterfeit? A false redemption of mankind through the mark of the beast. In Hebrew the word for redemption is

פד means to bring back to an original state. When the letter tav is added it means that redemption comes through the cross/covenant of Messiah Jesus.

This is what redemption is, to bring back man to the state of Adam before he fell. This can only be done through Messiah Jesus who is the tree of life. In the end, the man of sin is going to offer redemption through the tree of knowledge…’ye shall not surely die’, yet this is going to lead to eternal damnation. The sons of God are those who are adopted and redeemed through Messiah Jesus (Romans 8:11-39) The adversary is going to offer mankind to become one with the fallen sons of Elohim who come down from heaven offering to mix with mankind just as they did in the days of Noah (Matthew 24:37).

COMMANDMENTS
Deu 6:6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Deu 6:7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Deu 6:8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
Deu 6:9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Deu 11:18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

Redemption of the 1st born…pointing back to Passover and especially referring to Messiah Jesus . At the time of the end when the mark of the beast is instituted, at the same time the mark of YHWH will be in the foreheads of the 144,000 who are the firstfruits/firstborn.
Exo 13:15 And it happened when Pharaoh hardened himself against sending us away, YHWH killed every first-born one in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of men even to the first-born of animals. On account of this I sacrifice to YHWH every one of the males opening the womb, and I redeem every first-born of my sons.
Exo 13:16 And it shall be for a sign on your hand, and frontlets between your eyes. For YHWH brought us out from Egypt by the might of His hand.

Rev 14:1 And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion! And with Him were a hundred and forty four thousands, with the name of His Father having been written on their foreheads.
Rev 22:4 And they will see His face; and His name will be on their foreheads.

His Name is the Word
Rev 19:13 and having been clothed in a garment which had been dipped in blood. And His name is called The Word of God.

We are marked by the Name/Word/Jesus
Rev 7:3 Do not harm the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, until we seal the slaves of our God on their foreheads.
Rev 7:4 And I heard the number of those having been sealed: one hundred forty four thousands, having been sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel:
Rev 14:1 And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion! And with Him were a hundred and forty four thousands, with the name of His Father having been written on their foreheads.
Rev 14:2 And I heard a sound out of Heaven, as a sound of many waters, and as a sound of great thunder. Also I heard a sound of harpers harping on their harps.
Rev 14:3 And they sing as a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. And no one was able to learn the song except the hundred and forty four thousands, those having been redeemed from the earth.
Rev 14:4 These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones following the Lamb wherever He may go. These were redeemed from among men as a firstfruit to God and to the Lamb.
Rev 14:5 And no guile was found in their mouth, for they are without blemish before the throne of God.

Exodus 8:23 Distinction=redemption=sign=ephod=mark of YHWH?
Exo 8:23 And I will put redemption (KJV distinction) between My people and your people. This miracle shall be for tomorrow.

Brought back to an original state. A sinless state. Like the 2nd Adam.

1Jn 3:1 See what manner of love the Father has given us, that we may be called children of God. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
1Jn 3:2 Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it was not yet revealed what we shall be. But we know that if He is revealed, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.
We shall be in His image. The seed of the serpent will be in his image. This is what the mark of the beast is. The Sons of God (Romans 8) will be clothed in the garments of righteousness and salvation (Yeshua). The seed of the serpent will be clothed in the garments of the serpent.

The 144,00 are the firstborn, the priests…redeemed from the earth.
The “distinction” is seen in the end
Mal 3:16 Then those fearing YHWH spoke together, each man to his neighbor. And YHWH gave attention and heard. And a Book of Remembrance was written before Him for those who feared YHWH, and for those esteeming His name.
Mal 3:17 And they shall be Mine, says YHWH of Hosts, for the day that I will make up My treasure. And I will pity them as a man has pity on his son who serves him.
Mal 3:18 Then you shall again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who does not serve Him.

Zion

Psa 132:13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
2Co 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Psa 87:5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.

Isa 51:16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

H6726 ציּון tsîyôn tsee-yone’
The same (regular) as H6725; Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem: – Zion.
H6725 ציוּן tsîyûn tsee-yoon’
From the same as H6723 in the sense of conspicuousness (compare H5329); a monumental or guiding pillar: – sign, title, waymark.
Zion comes from the following root

Which means a sign or waymark

As seen above in the definition of the word aleph tav, the word mark pictures a traveler that is following a mark to arrive at a destination. This what Zion is. There is true Zion and there is false Zionclick here. True Zion points the way to Messiah Jesus . False Zion points the way to the antichrist.

Isa 8:16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
Isa 8:17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Isa 8:18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs(H226 Ot flag, beacon, monument) and for wonders(H4159 mopheth conspicuousness,miracle, sign, wonder) in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

Rev 12:1 And a great sign* was seen in the heavens, a woman having been clothed with the sun, and the moon was underneath her feet; and on her head a crown of twelve stars;

*Sign = Zion…the birth of Zion, the manchild in the image of Messiah Yahshua…what is the counterfeitclick here?

Believers in Messiah are the CHOSEN PEOPLE who are MARKED with the MARK OF YHWH, they will receive the INHERITANCE. The counterfeit is the false chosen people, the mark of the beast, the false inheritance. This will be discussed in more detail, Yah willing, in the studies on Solomon & Freemasonry, the Rothschilds & Shin Shemesh.

Lamsa Aramaic translation
Eph 1:4 Just as from the beginning he has chosen us through him, before the foundation of the world, that we may become holy and without blemish before him.
Eph 1:5 And he marked us with his love {His love is His Torahclick here…this is what the Mark of YHWH is} to be his from the beginning, and adopted us to be sons through Jesus Christ, as it pleased his will.
Eph 1:11 in whom we also have been chosen to an inheritance, being predestinated (Aramaic mark) according to the purpose of the One working all things according to the counsel of His own will,

In Greek the word chosen is from:
G2820
κληρόω
klēroō
Thayer Definition:
1) to cast lots, determine by lot
2) to choose by lot
3) to allot, assign by lot
3a) on to another as a possession
4) in NT: to make a lot, i.e. a heritage, private possession
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G2819

LBP
Eph 1:11 By whom we have been chosen, as he had marked us from the beginning so he wanted to carry out everything according to the good judgment of his will:
LITV
Eph 1:12 That we should become the first to trust in Christ, to his honor and his glory:
Eph 1:13 In whom, you also have heard the word of truth, which is the gospel for your salvation: in him you have believed, so you are sealed with the Holy Spirit that was promised,

Marked and Chosen
Rom 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, that is, the redemption of our bodies.
Rom 8:24 For we live in hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for if we see it, why should we yet hope?
Rom 8:25 But if we hope for that which we do not see, then do we wait for it in patience.
Rom 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helps our weaknesses: for we do not know what is right and proper for us to pray for: but the Spirit prays for us with that earnestness which cannot be described.
Rom 8:27 And he who searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, for the Spirit prays for the saints according to the will of God.
Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Rom 8:29 He knew them in advance and he marked them with the likeness of the image of his Son that he might be the first-born among many brethren.
Rom 8:30 Moreover, those he did mark in advance, he has called, and those he has called, he has declared righteous, and those he has declared righteous, he has glorified.