[Faith-talk] on the mark of the beast

[debby phillips]

What a wise man your pastor is!  Thank you Andrew for bringing 
this to us.  My former pastor always said to us that we did not 
need to speculate about what the mark would be, because we would 
KNOW what it was and would make a deliberate Choice either to 
take it or not to take it.  For instance now, many people use 
their iphones and ipods and other smartphones to shop.  It's 
quick, and efficient, I guess, but I've chosen not to.  If this 
technology were the mark of the beast, I would not have a 
choice-the choice would either be to do it and worship the 
Antichrist, or not do it.  Not taking the mark will mean not 
legally being able to buy or sell anything.  My personal belief 
is that when that happens, Christians, if we have not been taken 
out in the Rapture, will need to hide, banding together for 
mutual support.  How to hide as a blind person is going to be 
interesting.  You know, you walk down the street with either a 
came or dog and everybody knows you're there.  No anonymity.  But 
God will surely walk before us, showing us through His Spirit 
where we can and can't go, etc.  I do not even want to begin to 
speculate about what it would be like to live in the Tribulation 
at this point, since I'm hoping and believing that we will be 
gone.    Blessings,    Debby