The mark of the beast is the number of the beast—666—received in the right hand or forehead and enforced during the tribulation to control buying and selling.
Revelation 13:16-18 says the false prophet causes all people to receive this mark or the name/number of the beast, and no one can buy or sell without it. Les Feldick teaches that it will be an 18-digit computer number, three sets of six, used for electronic transactions, and that believers will be gone before it is enforced.
Revelation 13:16-18 — This passage directly describes the mark of the beast, its placement on the hand or forehead, its role in buying and selling, and its number 666.
Revelation 13:16-18 describes the mark of the beast. The false religious leader causes everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and bond—to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads. No one can buy or sell unless he has that mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name. The passage then calls for wisdom to count the number of the beast, saying it is the number of a man: six hundred threescore and six (666). Scripture presents the mark as a compulsory economic mark connected to the beast's name or number, enforced by the beast's system.
Les Feldick teaches that the mark of the beast is tied to the beast's number, 666, and represents more than a single individual—it encompasses the beast's political system, religious system, and 'the whole bit' (Clip 0). He identifies the mark as an 18-digit computer number made up of three sets of six digits, placed on the hand or forehead, perhaps visible only under ultraviolet light, and used for electronic transactions such as checkout lines and salaries (Clips 3-4). Les uses the universal product code bars on supermarket goods as an illustration because each section of the code contains a value of six (Clips 1-2). He also points to a European transaction card that already holds health records and bank balances as evidence that this kind of system is being prepared (Clip 5). He sees global economy, politics, religion, and currency, along with social security numbers, as forerunners to a central power controlling people with a number (Clip 6). Les insists the mark will not come until the Antichrist is on the scene in the tribulation, and because believers will not be here, Christians do not need to worry about being forced to take it (Clips 3-4).
According to Revelation 13:17, the mark controls buying and selling—no one can buy or sell without it. Les teaches it will be an 18-digit computer number placed on the hand or forehead, read electronically so people can move through checkout lines or receive salaries by simply showing the number (Clips 3-4).
Without the mark, people will not be able to buy or sell or transact business (Revelation 13:17; Clip 7). Les says those who refuse the mark are still eligible for salvation, but over the seven years they will end up hungry, thirsty, and naked because they cannot buy groceries, pay rent, make house payments, buy gasoline, or pay doctor bills (Clip 7).
Les is emphatic that believers will not be present when the mark is enforced. He says it will not come on the scene until the Antichrist comes and the tribulation begins, and 'those of us who are believers, we're not going to be there' (Clips 3-4). Therefore a Christian does not have to worry about ever being forced to take it.
Revelation 13:18 says the number of the beast is the number of a man, six hundred threescore and six—666. Les ties the mark to this number, explaining that he believes it will be an 18-digit computer number: three sets of six digits (Clips 0, 3-4).
Mark Required on Hand or Forehead; Number of Man Is 666
Les reads Revelation 13:16-18 and identifies the mark as the number of man—six, expressed as 600, three score, and six—and connects it to the beast's political and religious systems.
Universal Product Code as Three Sets of Numbers
Les points to the universal product code's three sets of bars as an example of computer-based product numbers, setting up his later explanation of the mark as an 18-digit number.
Universal Product Code Teaching Repeated
In another lesson, Les repeats the same illustration of the universal product code's three sets of numbers to explain how the mark is number-based.
Mark Is an 18-Digit Computer Number
Les teaches his conviction that the mark is an 18-digit computer number placed on the hand or forehead, readable by ultraviolet light, and used for electronic transactions; believers will be raptured before it appears.
Mark Is an 18-Digit Computer Number (Repeated)
Les repeats the same teaching in another lesson, emphasizing that believers will not be present to face the mark.
European Transaction Card as an Illustration
Les describes a card already used in Europe that contains health records and bank balances, showing how a number-based transaction system is already being prepared.
Global Systems as Forerunners
Les explains that global economy, politics, religion, currency, and social security numbers are forerunners preparing people to be subjected to a central power controlling them with a number.
Consequences of Refusing the Mark
Les teaches that those who refuse the mark during the tribulation are eligible for salvation but cannot buy or sell, and will end up hungry, thirsty, and naked.
Revelation 13:16-18: 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: 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. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
This is the central passage that directly answers the question by defining the mark, its placement, its economic function, and its number 666.
The mark of the beast is the number of the beast, 666, which is received in the right hand or forehead and is required to buy or sell during the tribulation (Revelation 13:16-18).
Revelation 13:16 says it is placed in the right hand or in the forehead.
Yes, Revelation 13:18 says it is the number of a man, six hundred threescore and six (666). Les Feldick teaches that this will be an 18-digit computer number made up of three sets of six.
Les Feldick says no. He teaches that the mark will not appear until the Antichrist comes in the tribulation, and believers will be gone before that time.
Revelation 13:17 says no one can buy or sell without the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Les says this will be enforced through an electronic computer number.
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