The Pandemic The Vaccine And The Mark Of The Beast

The Pandemic and The Mark of the Beast

By

Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr.

PRAYER:

OPENING: - I felt a burden to teach on this subject especially in light of recent events. I work for the Veterans Administration and earlier this week the mandate for VA Employees, mainly title 38 employees, the Doctors, Nurses, and providers; however, eventually it will eventually included all VA employees because we all have contact with Veterans, mandate for everyone to take the Covid Vaccine. I had my share of questions about this because people felt as though they were being forced to take the Mark of the Beast unwillingly or were at least being prepared for the Mark of the Beast and they felt this mandate was forcing them to sin and go against God.

The mark of the beast is something that many people are curious about but have great reservations in trying to fully understand. Superstitions, sensationalism, uncertainty, and fear have gripped the minds of people and have caused society to live a life of total speculation and in fear of that mysterious mark.

Oftentimes people associate the number of the beast, which according to Revelation 13:18 is 666 as the mark of the beast. “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 numerical value of the beast’s name NOT THE MARK ITSELF.

Sadly, some people many of which are sincere Christians find themselves terrified feeling that they will be forced to take the mark of the beast in the near future. They fear sensationalized theories like could the virus be getting us ready for the Mark of the Beast, is the vaccine injecting us with chips causing us to unwillingly be taking the Mark of the Beast? I refuse to get the vaccine because I am not going to be tricked in taking the mark of the Beast.

Let me first state that the Mark of the Beast is not something you can accidentally take. If in the future some mark is imposed on people by some nefarious person and you take that mark you will know without a shadow of a doubt exactly what you are doing namely, cursing and totally rejecting Christ and pledging devotion to his enemy.

WATCH THIS: - Some public policy ideas are good like mask mandates; some are terrible like no background checks in order to buy a gun. But either way, unless they require you to forsake your faith in Jesus as the exclusive object of your worship, they have no relation to the mark of the beast.

Here is the clincher to this lesson – The Mark of the Beast must be tied to worship if it is to be applied properly and a vaccine is not tied to your worship. Unless if you plan to treat the vaccine as a sort of symbolic expression of your willful and public rejection of Jesus Christ. If that’s you and if that’s your plan, then it’s not the vaccine that’s the problem.

DEFINITION: - The Mark of the Beast is loyalty to and worship of something and someone other than God Himself and is not, therefore, something you could accidentally accept. So, with just that being said the Pandemic, Covid-19, or the Vaccine cannot be the Mark of the Beast.

Now let me establish some very important principles before we go any further. I am going to establish 4 key principles to understanding the Bible. Whenever you read the Bible if you remember these 4 principles you will have a better understanding of the Word of God.

1. Revelation: - Revelation is pure because Revelation is what God reveals of Himself to you through His Word. It is not contaminated with the opinion of man but is revealed by the Spirit of God. Example: Matthew 16:13-17 “Jesus asked whom do men say I am, Peter answered Thou art Christ the Son of the Living God Jesus. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven”. That is revelation – what God revealed.

2. Interpretation: - Interpretation is less pure but it is vitally important because it is how we perceive something to be. Interpretation, however, is influenced by outside stimuli this is what causes it to be impure. Popular interpretation is often based on sensationalism and sensationalism not only reveals ignorance about the biblical text it helps to spread needless and literally ridiculous fear among God’s people. Unfortunately, many sincere and God-fearing Christians are terrified because of the evangelical sensationalism that has been passed down through generations.

3. Application: - Application is how can this be applied to me or this situation. Also what is extremely important we need to understand historical application how was I applied to the situation that I am reading. We must never completely disregard historical application and never just totally accept modern application because in doing so will run the risk of misapplying scripture and at times in totally embarrassing ways.