Chag sameach Rosh Chodesh kol beit Yisra'el and Mishpachah. We are gathered for the beginning of the 11th month to hear the devarim (words) or the nevi'im (prophets) to answer a vitally important question that many have been asking me now for many months. Today I am going to answer it.

As totalitarianism continues to raise its ugly head in the nations and believers continue to be panicked into believing the Great Tribulation is starting or is about to start, so the latest hysteria doing the rounds on the Internet is that the 'vaccine' (or 'vax') is the end-time Mark of the Beast spoken of in the Book of Revelation. This belief has now mutated into the claim that the so-called 'Vaccine Passport' is the Mark of the Beast. Because this is scaring Christians half to death I want to first of all spend a few minutes with you looking at what the biblical 'Mark of the Beast' texts actually say so that you can arrive at a balanced interpretation taking into account everything that's said about the subject. And there are only a few verses we need to examine.

Most of the wild claims you are hearing are the fruit of a combination of ignorance and fear-mongering. Add to that some false prophesying by the shallow 'pop prophets' who do not fulfil the criteria of biblical 'Elijah nev'im (prophets)'. Instead of doing some deep prayerful thinking and using sound biblical hermeneutics, once again believers are being led by the nose and are appealing to poor information and raw feelings. They're not reading the Scriptures carefully or are otherwise ignoring them. And as a result, foolish wannabe 'prophets' are frightening people into believing they have got the 'Mark' when they haven't. They're doing so using trigger words or phrases. What's the main trigger this time? The fact that 'Vaccine Passports' are being used to limit our movements (as is true) and, in some states and countries, preventing the 'unvaccinated' from 'buying and selling' (as is also true to a limited extent) by barring them from shops, does not mean that Scripture is being fulfilled in its historic-prophetic setting because the same kinds of restrictions have been imposed by tyranical régimes in the past in communist countries.

With all that in mind, let's now take a close look at what the Scriptures actually say and while I do, ask yourselves some searching questions such as these (you can be even more rigorous and ask more):

• 1. Where is the Mark of the Beast located?
• 2. Why is it located there?
• 3. How is the Mark identified? and
• 4. What is literal and what is symbolic?

There are five short passages and we'll read them in the order they're written. Let's start with the best known one that so many are appealing to, to justify their claim that what's happening in the 'vaccination' world is being prophetically fulfilled:

• 1. "[The second beast] also forced (compelled) everyone, small and great (unimportant and important), rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast ('monster' - KNT) or the number (numerical value) of his name. This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number (6). His (the beast's) number is 666 [1]" (Rev.13:16-18, NIV).
  Answers to Questions

  So let's answer the first questions, and we can decide whether this is literal or symbolic afterwards:

  • a. Who gets the Mark? 'Everyone' of every age, social status, etc.;
  • b. Is it voluntary or compulsory? Compulsory;
  • c. Where do they receive the Mark? 'Right hand' or 'forehead' (not the arm);
  • d. What does the Mark allow you to do? Buy and sell; and
  • e. What is the Mark? The 'name of the Beast (a person)' or the 'number (numerical equivalent) of his name' which is '666'.

  The Criteria that Covid-19 Does and Doesn't Meet

  Which of these criteria might the Covid-19 vaccine itself and/or its passport meet? Well, it's true, they're trying to either persuade or compel everyone to take it. It's true that in some countries the 'unvaccinated' are either being put into forced lockdown and not allowed to leave their homes, and in one or two (like Australia and China) they're putting those who are resisting the mandates into concentration camps. For now, at any rate, most people can buy food and other commodities, and also sell them. So I would agree that the 'vaccine' and its 'passport' appear to be fulfilling, at least in part, three of the criteria named in Revelation 13:16-17. But two of the criteria most certainly are not fulfilled by Covid-19. Let's look at them:

  • i. Neither the 'vaccine' nor the 'passport' are administered viâ, or stored in, either the right hand or forehead. Injections are in the upper arm and the 'passport' is either a printed document/certificate or digitally stored on your mobile 'phone. If the 'vaccine' comes to be administered viâ, or the 'vaccine passport' information stored in, an implanted RIFD chip - which is possible - then we would have to reconsider this criterion. So far, though, those chips which have been inserted into people have all been in the hand or wrist and none, as far as I know, have been inserted in the forehead, where it would be hard to embed without it sticking out like a sore thumb, an ugly lump or bulge, however small. So that's the first of the unfulfilled criteria;

  • ii. The Mark is the NAME of the Beast and the NUMERICAL EQUIVALENT of that name which is 666 (six hundred and sixty-six) and not three identical digits, 6-6-6. Are we to believe, then, that the name of the Beast is 'Covid-19' or 'SARS Coronavirus 2019'? If you believe the Second Beast or Monster is a person, whether human or a supernatural entitity like a fallen malak (angel), are you saying his name is 'Covid-19' or 'SARS Coronavirus 2019'? And, pray, tell me what the number of 'Covid-19' is? 19? Would you translate 'Covid' into Hebrew and then add the word's numbers too? The patent number of this laboratory-manufactured virus is 7279327 (seven million, two hundred and seventy-nine thousand, three hundred and twenty-seven). Yet ask anyone what the number of the Beast or Monster is and they will all say it's either '666' or (if they are aware of a few textual variants) '616'. Do either of those sound like '7279327' to you? Maybe we could add the individual digits up, as some occultists do, and see if they correspond. We can try that, if you like. The patent number's digits added up is 37 (7+2+7+9+3+2+7). 666 adds up to 18 (6+6+6). 616 adds up to 13 (6+1+6). And even if you add those digits up, using the methods of the gematricist, they come to 10 or 1 (1+0) (3+7), 9, and 4, respectively. So that idea is nonsense.

  The Greek numerical representation of Nero in a MS variant
  Figuring Out Who 666 Was

  So we have big problems making Corona or Covid 'fit' this passage...and remember, it has to be a 100 per cent fit to be true. Over the centuries various 'schemes' have been employed for decoding '666' that have resulted in such names as Euanthas, Latinus, and Nero Caesar, the latter easily being the favourite of Bible students to this day. To do this, though, you have to cheat somewhat (and this is one of the obvious weaknesses of this system).

  Nero Caesar, Latinus, 666 and 616

  Just to remind you, in both Greek and Hebrew, letters of the alphabet double up as numbers too. Thus if 'Nero Caesar' (AD 54-68) is written in Hebrew letters, the sum of the letters is 666. But to arrive at '666', 'Caesar' has to be written defectively as 'Neron Kesar', the nearest vocal equivalent in Hebrew to the Latin 'Cæsar'. If spelt 'Nero Caesar', the sum of the letters is 616 and not 666, which is the reading of some manuscripts, as you know. There are those who believe '616' was the original reading and that it represents 'Gaios Caesar' or Caligula (AD 37-41), an utterly evil, despotic and murderous madman. Irenaeus took the number as standing for 'Lateinos', in other words, 'the Latin'. And so the guesswork multiplies. Personally I believe everyone knew the Beast was Nero and that some manuscripts represented the Greek/Latin summation of 616 and others the Hebrew of 666.

  The Hebrew equivalent of the Latin Nero Cæsar that adds up to 666
  Looking Through the Eyes of John

  Now I grant you - and I think this is a plausible explanation - that Nero Caesar could well a type of the end-time Beast or Monster. As you know, I now always go for contemporary, historical interpetation as my default exegesis, meaning, that I ask what these symbols and word usages would have meant to the first century believers. And I do believe, as I've said before, the Book of Revelation was designed to be comprehensible to your run-of-the-mill believer of the first century. So I'm going to interpret this for you looking through the eyes of someone (John) who, based in Ephesus in the Roman Province of Asia Minor, was in charge of the seven congregations (churches) described in Revelation 2 & 3, most of which he founded, and who had earlier lived through the persecutions of Nero. His was therefore first-hand experience. Here, then, the rôle of the historian becomes critical, informing us 21st century folks, 2,000 years later, about the thinking patterns of our spiritual forefathers. So here goes.

  Understanding the Roman Province of Asia

  The 'Beast' or 'Monster' described in this passage is, it must be remembered, is he second beast mentioned in the Book of Revelation. The first one had previously been fatally wounded but then miraculously came back to life. Recall, then, that there are two Beasts spoken of, not just one. The second one comes out of the earth (cp. Rev.13:11) because it belongs to the 'local' Roman Province of Asia (modern day western Turkey), in its double aspect of civil and religious administration, consisting of the Proconsul and the Commune. The Beast had two horns, corresponding to this double aspect, and was like a lamb, because Asia was a peaceful 'lamb-like' province in which Rome needed to station no army. Yet it spoke like a dragon, in other words, it made the same blasphemous assertions and demands as those which the first Beast or Monster had learned from the Dragon who represents Satan (cp. Rev.5 & esp. v.11). The authority of the Imperial Roman Government had been delegated to the Provincial Government, which used its authority in enforcing the worship of the emperor. The relationship between the two will become critical in our understanding who the Beasts are in our day too.

  The first Beast arises from the sea
  Emperor Worship

  So this is my provisional conclusion: as the persecuting spirit of the Empire was incarnate in Nero, the Imperial Government is thus identified as Nero himself, restored to life, as it were, having been presumed dead - in other words (and this is the key point), the succeeding emperors will act in the same spirit of Nero (v.12). The worship of the emperor's image is recommended to the credulous populace by the aid of trickery and conjuring (v.13ff.), and by ventriloquism (remembering that even the image speaks) - hence the Beast is also called the 'false prophet' (Rev.16:13; 19:20; 20:10). The punishment for refusing to worship the image is death (v.15). No one in the Porvince is allowed to buy or sell, who cannot produce a certificate, under Imperial seal ('the mark, even the name of the Beast') showing that he has joined in the worship of the emperor. Or the meaning may be that all must offer incense with the hand, or bow the head, to the image, before they are allowed to trade (v.16ff.)

  The Beast and the Spirit of the Beast

  However, as I pointed out in a recent sermon, the Book of Revelation concerns the future, whether immediate or distant, and by the time John wrote Revelation (in the mid to late 90's), Nero Caesar, the popular candidate, was already dead (having died in 68) and therefore irrelevant as a literal future first 'Beast' except as a representation of the devilish spirit that persecutes true believers in every age, including our own. So there is a sense that the imposition of mandatory 'vaccination', in which a Global Power is 'Caesar' issuing 'certificates' or 'passports', fulfils this prophecy in the general, repeating - but not the particular - sense. The second Beast would be the leaders of the 'global provinces', today's national governments, vying to outdo one another in implimenting Caesar's directves (it's why all govenments have the same basic political, economic and social programs, a 'coincidence' those who deny any sort of supra conspiring power are at a loss to explain). This I accept is quite a likely interpretation. Thus the whole Covid business may legitimately be viewed as a manifestation of the age-long spirit of the Beast (as opposed to the literal and final end-time Beast) in much the same way as the 'spirit of antichrist' (1 Jn.4:3) has manifested again and again over the last two millennia without being the final Antichrist (1 Jn.2:18) and just as there are, therefore, many antichrists because they all possess the spirit of antichrist (2 Jn.7). Then the question arises as to whether there will actually be an endtime person called the 'Beast' or whether it's just a 'spirit'...or both. We'll have to take this theme up and address that question again when we eventually come around to studying this portion of the Book of Revelation in greater depth. I raise this subject now only because of the controversy concerning Covid-19.

  The second Beast arises out of the earth
  666 as Evil Imperfection

  Finally, there are people who take the number '666' to be a symbol for the trinity of evil imperfection because each 6 digit, which is the number of man, falls short of the perfect number 7. There is no reason why, in my view, both these views could not theoretically be true simultaneously on different prophetic levels, and why all the Genghis Khans, Napoleons, Hitlers, Stalins, Mao Tse-tungs, Pol Pots, and now the ruling élites in our time, cannot be seen to be extensions of this 'spirit of Nero' and his immediate successors like Domitian (AD 81-96) who was the main persecuting Roman Emperor when the Book of Revelation was written. This is, in any case, a principle we have always taught. The weakness of this position is '666' is not three '6' digits (6-6-6) but the number six hundred and sixty-six.

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  Passage #2 - Revelation 14:9-12

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  So lets continue reading the other passages and see what else we can glean from them.

• 2. "'If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink of the wine of Elohim's (God's) fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulphur in the presence of the qadosh (holy, set-apart) malakim (angels) and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name.' This calls for patient endurance on the part of the qodeshim (saints, set-apart ones) who obey Elohim's (God's) mitzvot (commandments) and remain faithful to Yah'shua (Jesus)" (Rev.14:9-12, NIV).
  With the Tanakh as Reference Point

  It's at this point that the idea of the Covid/Corona hypothesis really starts breaking down. Here we have to remember who this revelation is being directed at and when. These are first century AD believers. Revelation uses language that would be familiar to them even if we struggle with it at times. I want you to cast your minds back 2,000 years. You are a believer steeped in the Tanakh (Old Testament) which is your point of reference as it's primary Scripture to the first century believers (remember the New Testament isn't canonised for another two centuries). You hear, or read, John's Apocalypse and you read this passage. With only the Tanakh (Old Testament) to guide you as your authoritative reference, what immediately comes to your mind when you hear or read about:

  • A. Worshipping an image? and
  • B. A Mark on forehead or hand?

  The Golden Image of Nebuchadnezzar

  I know what comes straight to my mind! Of course, worshipping images (humans, animals, heavenly bodies, etc.) is forbidden throughout the Tanakh (Old Testament) and is called idolatry, being an oft repeated Torah mitzvah (commandment), but what story - or stories - in particular stand out where a Despot forces people - including and especially Yahweh's people - to worship an image? Does anyone remember? Yes, of course, Daniel 3, the story of the golden image set up by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, a plain old-fashioned idol. And you all know how the Daniel story goes so I don't have to repeat it here - read it up afterwards if you're a little rusty. John's audience would have immediately been reminded of the image - the golden idol - erected by the King of Babylon and his instruction that his satraps bow down and pay respects to it. It was erected, and worship of it demanded, to ensure the loyalty of the empire's provinces at a time when there were uprisings against the king's rule. It was Nebuchadnezzar's way of finding out who was loyal and who wasn't. (It's the same thing today - the élites set up idols today...man-made global warming, mass immigration, political correctness, etc...to see which of its national/'local' governments is loyal to its diktats). And those of us saturated with the knowledge of Old Testament stories would have thought of that account first of all because of the way Caesar's subjects were forced to bow and offer incense to statues of him in every Roman Province like Asia. That was the first association I made! And that's why it's described the way it is in the Book of Revelation precisely to make sure you do make that connection. A seasoned Bible student will see it immediately. The imagery in the Apocalypse of John is the same as the imagery in the Book of Daniel.

  The golden statue erected by Nebuchadnezzar

  The Image Has to be of a Literal Person

  If we're going to be literal - and you know that has to be our default position until it's clear a passage can't possibly be because it has to be symbolic - then Nebuchadnezar's Image is to be directly equated with the Beast's Image. This could either be one massive structure and/or duplicates scattered around the world in the various nations, just as Nero's statue was duplicated and erected in its provincial capitals like Ephesus and elsewhere. If it's one huge statue, it might, given our construction technology today, be even larger than the legendary Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, a titanic statue of Helios (the sun god) built astride the harbour entrance of the island harbour of Rhodes in modern day Greece. Ships allegedly sailed between its two gigantic legs [2]. In other words, both images are depictions of a human form claiming to be divine and to be recognised as a god by Caesar. It's not something utterly unique from the 21st century that John couldn't possibly understand, forcing him in one place to use weird symbolism like locusts that looked like horses prepared for battle (Rev.9:7) to convery modern technology as best he could.

  Holograms and the Emerging Metaverse

  This is a plain old idol, a representation of a person. John is not struggling to describe a supercomputer in Brussels, a microchip, a barcode, a virus, a vaccine, or a vaccine passport, or anything remotely like those things. Besides, who would worship those? And when the word 'worship' is used, it means to physically bow down and prostrate oneself before that which one is worshipping, although on another level it could also represent a mental-heart attitude too. Now that's not to say that the end-time image of the Beast couldn't be a hologram projected into physical space or an illusion in Zuckerberg's projected Metaverse that can only be viewed through a headset. That way everyone around the world could see it simultaneously provided they are properly hooked up. Above all else, Satan wants to be worshipped, whether in person or viâ an image, statue or idol of himself, which only one with an idolatrous heart would do having given the consent of his mind.

  Ezekiel's Mark on the Forehead

  The other thing a devoted Tanakh (Old Testament) student of the first century would immediately think of in hearing John speak of 'marks' and 'foreheads' would be what? As in the story of Nebuchadnezzar's giant idol, so there is only one passage in the entire Tanakh (Old Testament) that speaks of 'marks' and 'foreheads'. Does anyone recall what it was and where? Let's read it:

  "Now the glory of the Elohim (God) of Israel went up from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. Then Yahweh called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side (a malak or angel) and said to him, 'Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.' As I listened, he said to the others, 'Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity or compassion. Slaughter old men, young men and maidens, women and children, but do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.' So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple" (Ezek.9:3-6, NIV).

  Ezekiel's protective mark administered by angels to the righteous
  Ezekiel's Mark is Invisible and Saving

  In other words, those who don't, in this case, have the protecting mark of Yahweh on their foreheads, will be brought to judgment for their gross apostacy and be executed for approving of all the idolatous and detestable things going on in Jerusalem including child-sacrifice to Moloch and the erection of pagan statues in the Temple. This passage is important to our understandking of what John is writing about in the Book of Revelation for two reasons:

  • 1. We understand that this mark is not visible to the naked human eye but only to the spiritual eye; and
  • 2. It is a marking given to Yahweh's heavenly executive agents to be applied invisibly to us mortals who are to be saved from judgment.

  The Mark of the Elect is Spiritual and Not Visible

  Indeed, the same kind of language is used earlier in the Book of Revelation to describe the Elect of Yahweh, the 144,000, the 'Remnant' from every age, and it's clearly symbolic!

  "Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had His Yah'shua's/Jesus') Name and his Father's Name written on their foreheads" (Rev.14:1, NIV).

  Satan imitates Yahweh and then twists, the way he always does. The Beast has a Name, with a numerical equivalent, just as the Father and the Son have a Name, Yahweh. The mark, quite clearly, is not something physical like a chemical vaccine concoction or a vaccine passport/certificate but spiritual, telling Yahweh's malakim (angels), who belongs to Yahweh and who belongs to Satan and to effect judgment accordingly. So we have three witnesses here.

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  Passage #3 - Revelation 16:2

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  Let's just read the remaining three short passages on this subject of the Mark to extract the last important pieces of information to identify what the Mark is and isn't:

  "The first malak (angel) went and poured out his bowl on the land, and ugly and painful sores broke out on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshiped his image" (Rev.16:2, NIV).

  Covid Symptoms and 'Horrible Malignant Sores'

  If the Mark of the Beast is symbolic or spiritual then the image doesn't seem to be. We see an intermixing of the symbolic and literal here. Those who receive this Mark and who consciously worship the 21st century equivalent of Nebuchadnezzar's image, thereby demonstrating their loyalty and submission for all to see with their physical eyes, are punished with disease described as having the symptoms of 'ugly and painful boils'. Well, people are dying from all sorts of horrible conditions because of the 'vaccine' but as far as I know this particular symptom isn't one of them! Mostly the issues seem to revolve around blood clots, sterility, and a whole host of other symptoms, but not "ulcerous and malignant sores" (Barclay), "foul and painful sores" (KNT, NRSV), "disgusting and painful sores" (JNT/CJB), "horrible malignant sores" (NLT) or "an evil and painful boil" (HRV). You get the picture. Sorry, but one of the symptoms of the various Covid-19 'vaccines' or 'gene therapies' isn't that. If, in the future, after multiple boosters, this symptom appears, I will revise what I have just said, buit for now I have to say this is not a symptom of Covid-19, which it ought to be, if it is indeed the Mark of the Beast as many are claiming.

  Job covered in malignant sores, not a symptom of Covid-19

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  Passages #4 & #5 - Revelation 19:20 & 20:4

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  But it's important to also point out that other things are also happening simultaneously with the Mark of the Beast and the Image which we cannot ignore:

  "But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the miraculous signs on his behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image" (Rev 19:20, NIV).

  "They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years" (Rev.20:4, NIV).

  Ancient Imagery

  The Beast is visible, he is worshipped, his image or idol is worshipped too, as is his sidekick the false prophet who performs miraculous signs at the behest of the Beast. These are people. Where are they today? Can anyone identify them? Where is the Beast's idol or image? The answer, clearly, is this: THEY'RE NOT HERE YET. Remember, think first century AD and dopn't leap to premature conclusions! Think biblical imagery from the past. We're last-in-line to receiving this 2,000 year-old material about the Beast and his Mark. The primary audience consisted of Christians/Messianics who were alive when John shared this apocalyptic material. And as we have mentioned in the sermons you have already heard me give about the Book of Revelation, of primary concern to John were his people - the seven congregations in Asia Minor described in Revelation 2 & 3 - and those believers of the immediate future, i.e. the 2nd and maybe 3rd centuries AD. And whilst this doesn't mean the Book of Revelation doesn't contain lots of important prophecy about the very end times - which clearly it does - we're not going to be able to interpret it accurately if we view its types and symbols exclusive through the cultural and linguistic lenses of our own 21st century day and age. This Book of Revelation was written for all generations, not just ours, but using language peculiar to the ancient Roman world of Israel, the Levant, Asia Minor, and Italy. We can't use modern European or American lenses! The Western mindset must stand aside and let the ancient East speak.

You're not going to go to hell and receive all the curses and punishments described in the Book of Revelation if you have been 'vaccinated' and possess a 'vaccine passport'. But - and this is a very, very BIG 'but' - that doesn't mean doing so isn't without serious, life-threatening repercussions for your health or spirituality. Even though the 'vaccine' or it's 'passport' can't possibly be the 'Mark of the Beast, it is most certainly a genocidal 'devil's brew' of the worst possible kind and there are potentially deadly consequences to your health and for the life potentially billions of people for taking it. That it is an agent of the Beast-to-come is clearly so. It's creation and distribution is manifestly of the same spirit of the Beast It is the work of great evil. It may not send you to hell in and of itself but it could send the wicked there prematurely, or the saved to heaven prematurely, if they take it when they could have had more time to work out their salvation and complete their missions on earth.

Let's be clear: I am not apologising, let alone advocating, you take this deadly witches mixture posing as something that will make you safe from infection because we know that's not true. I am merely saying that those tricked or forced into taking it against their will aren't going to hell for taking it. If you take it, you statistically have a very, very high probability of being sterilised, contracting a debilitating illness, dying immediately or over the course of 2-10 years. We are now fairly certain that some, many, most, or all of the 'vaccines' contain enough variants to keep the current crisis going indefinitely; and though it may contain other disease-causing agents (like HIV/AIDS) and possibly dangerous internally-replicating nano-technologies for diabolical purposes as yet unknown; and though its boosters will progressively weaken your immune system until, like AIDS, you can no longer resist even the mildest of infections; and though there's a very high probability it will kill you in the end, I have to again say that it is not the Mark of the Beast which if received will doom souls to hell. The 'best' it can do is prevent you from having children, cut your life short and prevent you from completing your mission on earth.

So let's be clear. The actual Mark of the Beast is the deliberate, conscious choice to worship the devil in order to save ones own skin by doing whatever it is the Beast requires through his local government representatives, foremost of which will be to DENY CHRIST. It is the ultimate expression of idolatry. That isn't to say that taking the jab can't involve making such a destructive spiritual choice too (only Yahweh knows each heart) but the physical 'vaccine' cannot be the literal Mark which is rather a spiritual badge of ownership made through a willful choice to worship Caesar as 'Lord' (the State, Élites, or whatever) and so reject Messiah. It's the choice you make in your mind and heart that amounts to receiving the Mark. The jab, amongst all its other evil purposes, will genetically modify you and deface the image of Elohim (God) - you - too which is also blasphemy but a soul can only be accountable if he or she consciously knows what he or she is doing.

Think about it logically. Let's say you're restrained physically and are forced to take the jab against your will directly or indirectly, do you think you would merit a place in hell for being subjected to that? Of course not. That smacks of Calvinism. And the reason why not? Because you didn't make the choice - it was forced on you against your will by physical violence, incarceration or threats (losing your job, income, access to shops, social gatherings, etc.). If you were force-fed unkosher food, would you be guilty of breaching a kashrut mitzvah (commandment)? Of course not, because it was not your choice. You cannot sin unless you choose to, and to choose to do so you must either consciously disobey a mitzvah (commandment) and/or disobey your conscience telling you not to. And it doesn't matter whether your conscience is weak or strong, trained or untrained, mature or immature, corrupted or pure, it was placed there by Yahweh for a purpose - as an extra or supplemental discernment tool in addion to the Written Davar (Word, Bible) or, in the absence of the Davar (Word), as your only means of discerning right and wrong. We are judged on how we use it. Agency - your free-will choice - is of the utmost importance in this equation. Thus:

"When you sin against your brothers ... and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ" (1 Cor.8:12, NIV).

To be sure, this is a time of great testing, as we knew the Penultimate Judgment would be. As far as the taking of this 'vaccine' is concerned, or refusing to do so, that has to be a matter of conscience, because there is no specific mitzvah (commandment) that covers it other than to take care of your body which is the temple of the Ruach (Spirit) (1 Cor.3:16; 6:19) and to remember you are supposed to be an imager of Christ. We as believers are not, therefore, going to divide our brothers and sisters into several categories and say one lot is going to hell for taking it (or refusing to take it) and the other is not. We must respect conscience. However, we do have the sacred duty to inform people accurately so that they can make wise, informed and carefully considered choices. If people ask me what my opinion is, I will tell them frankly. Once you know what's in this brew, of whatever type (and there are at least half-a-dozen types now, some of which are placebos since you can be sure none of the élites are taking what's being given to the masses), then I will advise them as both a scientist who has worked in the vaccine industry and as a pastor to flee from it as you would from death itself. But it's your responsibility to do careful research and make your own decision. You may be very lucky the first time if you get a placebo or if you manage to successfully detoxify. But what about all the boosters which progressively weaken the immune system? Your luck will eventually run out, and for what? Your life is more important than some short term relief of symptoms. And you only live once - you don't get a second chance [3].

Last Rosh Chodesh I hope I was able to encourage you somewhat and that is what I want to continue doing this month too. If you've taken this devil's concoction, provided you haven't taken it too many times, there are things you can do to to detoxify, as I mentioned, though there's no 100 per cent guarantee it will work. These include ways of mopping up some of the dangerous materials circulating in your blood stream like spike proteins (more on our website including links) and doing common sense things like strengthening your immune system and living a more healthy lifestyle. But if there's nanotechnology in your system, that might be impossible to remove. However, once your biology has been hijacked by an mRNA injection, you are permantly compromised - your immune system will be permanently affected, dedicated to producing only one kind of spike protein antigen for the very first virus type. That is why your decision is a matter of life and death - quite literally.

Years ago, and many times since, terrified believers have come to me because they were afraid they had denied the Ruach haQodesh (Holy Spirit), not properly understanding the scriptures (Lk.12:10). They were the victims of pop teachers and their own ignorance and fears. Those who have been taught or been persuaded to believe that the 'vaccine' is the Mark of the Beast live in a similar terror.

"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love" (1 John 4:18, NIV).

My purpose as a minister is not to terrify but to speak the truth and then show people how to walk in love. I would not be loving if I tried to minimise the serious consequences of this 'gene therapy' masquerading as curative or preventative medicine when it isn't. I'm a scientist, I've worked in the vaccine industry, so I know a thing or to about what's really going on. I try to keep an open mind but as a scientist I was taught to be sceptical and to rigorously test people's claims. I do the same thing in theology and I have taught my children to find out things for themselves. I want people to carefully research the official narratives but I also want them to challenge them as good scientists because the science that's being presented to justify this satanic concoction is bad. The statistics have been manipulated for political purposes. The goal, openly stated in the past, is genocide. Even the late Duke of Edinburgh quipped that he would like to reincarnate as a deadly virus to solve the world population 'problem'...which isn't actually a problem. That dark humour isn't funny at all, not when you see biological warfare in action before your very eyes. The trouble is, the truth takes time to percolate into the general population, and in the meantime - as we have painfully learned from the genocides of the 20th century - millions suffer and die unnecessarily.

In this high tech day and age good theology and good science are critically important. As I speak to you today, I am watching my mother-in-law painfully die of brain cancer. It's horrible. I would not wish it on anyone, not even my worst enemy. And that goes for hell too. Nevertheless we must deal with reality. Life is so precious, death and disease so ugly, so terrible. We must fight to do what is right. We must expose all the devilish pied pipers leading millions into the next genocidal holocaust. Evil must be opposed. My life is in its late autumn years now and as you get older you get more philosophical about death. But it's not so easy for the young who cannot yet to do that because they don't have the experience of life yet, and their vitality propells them inwards to do what it was they were born for in this world. But cynical men and women with malignant death-wishes toward others, who don't care about other peoples' lives, they won't hesitate to murder to stay on top of the pile. They are already doomed and this Penultimate Judgment will begin culling them. It is the deceived masses I care about, those who are unsaved and those who may never be given the opportunity to discover what the purpose of life is and why they're down here, because some psychopath decided they were 'useless eaters' unable to serve their manaical interests. The current crisis doesn't concern just Christians and Messianics but all people of good will. I am appealing to all of them - to you - not to run headlong ibnto this death trap.

Is the 'vaccine' or its certificate the Mark of the Beast? No, I think the biblical evidence is clear about that, but it does have all the hallmarks of the devil stamped all over and it is unquestionably a part of the rising Beast System. Theology aside, a little scientific knowledge and common sense should tell you that we're not being told the truth. A great deal of political coersion and manipulation is going on, open debate is being suppressed, people rounded up, threatened, harassed, imprisoned and 'suicided'. And people are suffering from debilitating illnesses and even dying. The dangers of Covid-19 are real but grossly exaggerated, data is being massaged. More is going on than meets the eye but people are either too lazy or too scared to discover the truth for themselves. Life is sacred and good medical science a blessing, but this would not been the first time wicked, dictatorial and tyranical governments have hijacked science and used it for political control, and recently too. So, no, it is my belief, based on a solid bedrock of scientific evidence and theological knowledge, that this 'brew' is not for us, or for anyone who loves life, health, freedom and truth. We may have to suffer persecution for that stance but we would not be the first. I know where I stand. Do you? May Yahweh bless you as you make your decision. Amen

Endnotes

[1] "An intelligent man can calculate for himself the number of the beast, for the number represents a man's name, and, if you count the letters of his name, this value as numbers is six hundred and sixty-six" (Rev.13:17b-18, Barclay).
[2] That it existed is certain but that it stood across the entrance of the harbour is now seriously disputed for structural reasons - see the Colossus of Rhodes in National Geographic (November/December 2018), pp.24-33
[3] See the website on Reincarnation