No — believers today do not need to worry about receiving the mark of the beast, because they will not be on earth when the mark is enforced.
Les Feldick teaches that the mark will not come onto the scene until the Antichrist arrives and the tribulation begins. Since believers are not going to be there, "a Christian does not have to worry about ever being forced to take the mark of the beast." He says believers tonight have nothing to fear, because the mark is only for the tribulation people.
Revelation 13:16 — The verse that describes the mark being placed on hands or foreheads, the exact event believers are asking about.
Revelation 13:17 — The verse that shows the mark is required for buying and selling, which makes the question of fearing it so practical.
The Bible's central passage on the mark is Revelation 13:16-17. The text says that an agent of the beast "causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads." Verse 17 then adds that no one "might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." The biblical text presents the mark as a future sign in the context of the beast's end-time authority. It is directly connected to commerce and to the enforcement of the beast's system upon everyone on earth.
Les Feldick teaches that the mark of the beast will not appear until the Antichrist comes and the tribulation begins. Because believers of this age are not going to be there, "a Christian does not have to worry about ever being forced to take the mark of the beast." He tells believers, "we will not be here," and says the mark is only for the tribulation people. Les also explains that the mark is essentially an 18-digit computer number placed on the hand or forehead, perhaps visible only under ultraviolet light, and used for checkout lines and salary payments. In the tribulation, those who refuse it will not be able to buy, sell, or transact business, while those who take it will never respond to the gospel of the kingdom.
Scripture describes the mark as something placed in the right hand or forehead. Revelation 13:16 says an agent of the beast causes all people, without regard to status, to receive it. Revelation 13:17 says no one may buy or sell without the mark, the beast's name, or the number of his name. Les Feldick adds that he has taught, since computers came on the scene in the early 1970s, that the mark is an 18-digit computer number. He pictures it as being placed on the hand on the forehead, perhaps showing up only under ultraviolet light, so people can be scanned electronically when going through checkout lines or receiving salaries.
Les Feldick is clear that the mark will not come on the scene until the Antichrist comes and the world is in the tribulation. Since believers are not going to be there, he says, "a Christian does not have to worry about ever being forced to take the mark of the beast." He repeats that believers should have no fear, because the mark is only for tribulation people.
During the seven-year period, those who do not have the mark will not be able to buy or sell or transact business. Les says it will be impossible to buy groceries, pay rent, make house payments, buy gasoline, or pay doctor bills. As a result, they will end up hungry, thirsty, and naked. Yet Les also says in a related context that people who do have the mark of the beast will never succumb to the gospel of the kingdom. The 144,000 Jews proclaim the gospel of the kingdom, and those who have resisted the mark remain eligible for that salvation.
Les points out that the world's institutions already want to know everything about a person — where they spend money, where it is invested, their health, and their business. Insurance companies, financial institutions, and magazines gather this information, and even farm magazines offer free subscriptions in exchange for details about a person's operation. Les says this seems innocent, but it isn't. It is going to come back to haunt people, because somebody out there will know everything about you — a development he connects to the eventual computerized mark system.
Modern surveillance as preparation
Les shows how today's banks, insurers, and even farm magazines already collect exhaustive personal data, saying it seems innocent but will come back to haunt people.
The mark is tribulation-only
Les describes the mark as an 18-digit computer number and says believers will not be here when it appears, so a Christian need not worry about being forced to take it.
Daniel's Dream, the Antichrist & the Mark of the Beast
So, I have taught since computers came on the scene in the early seventies that I'm convinced that this mark of the beast is nothing more, nothing less than an 18-digit computer number that will either be put on the hand or on the forehead, maybe in such a way that only an ultraviolet light will make it appear, so that as people come through a checkout line or they receive their salaries or so for…
Believers have nothing to fear
Les tells believers tonight they have nothing to fear because the mark is only for the tribulation; those who have rejected the gospel will accept it readily.
Economic hardship without the mark
Les shows that tribulation believers without the mark cannot buy, sell, or transact business and will end up hungry, thirsty, and naked.
False religious leader and the buying/selling requirement
Les reads Revelation 13 to say a false religious leader makes everyone — regardless of status — take the mark in the right hand or forehead before they can buy or sell.
Mark bearers resist the gospel
Les teaches that people who take the mark in the tribulation will never respond to the gospel of the kingdom, while those who refuse it remain open to salvation.
Daniel's Dream, the Antichrist & the Mark of the Beast
And so, verse 16, so this false religious leader will cause all, small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand or in their forehead so that no man may buy or sell except he has the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name. Now, we know that when it comes to computers, everything is based on numbers.
Revelation 13:16: And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
This is the key verse describing the mark of the beast and its placement on the hand or forehead.
Revelation 13:17: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
This verse explains the economic penalty that gives tribulation believers a reason to fear the mark, and why believers today do not face it.
No. Les Feldick says plainly that "a Christian does not have to worry about ever being forced to take the mark of the beast." He teaches that the mark is only for the tribulation, and believers will not be here when it appears.
He has taught since the 1970s that it is an 18-digit computer number placed on the hand or forehead, possibly visible only under ultraviolet light. It would let people be scanned electronically when buying, selling, or receiving salaries.
According to Les, the mark is for tribulation people. Those who rejected the gospel before the tribulation will be deluded and will accept the mark at the drop of a hat, while believers who are alive now will not be on earth to face it.
They cannot buy or sell or transact any business, so they will suffer hunger, thirst, and nakedness. But Les says those who do not take the mark never become hardened against the gospel of the kingdom, so they are eligible for the salvation the 144,000 proclaim.
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