Covid-19 Vaccines (Part 2) - Are They the Mark of the Beast? (Part A)

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Covid-19 Vaccines (Part 2) – Are They the Mark of the Beast? (Part A)

September 5 2021

Series: Covid-19 Vaccines

Topic: Coronavirus, Covid-19, Mark of the Beast, Vaccines

Pastor Chad Wagner

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Covid-19 Vaccines

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I. Facts to consider about the Covid-19 “vaccine.”

1. The Covid-19 “vaccine” is not a vaccine.

A vaccine is a substance made of the organism (virus or bacteria) which causes a disease.
Vaccine n. – 1. Vaccination. a. Vaccine matter used in vaccination. b. A preparation of the causative organism or substance of a disease (or its products) that has been specially treated for use in vaccination.
The Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 “vaccines” are not vaccines by definition because they do not contain the SARS-CoV-2 virus (if it actually exists, since it has been claimed that scientists have not yet been able to isolate it [1]).
1. They use mRNA (messenger RNA) technology which instructs your cells to produce the spike protein which is caused by the virus.
2. “The two authorized mRNA vaccines instruct your cells to reproduce a protein that is part of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which helps your body recognize and fight the virus, if it comes along. The COVID-19 vaccine does not contain the SARS-CoV-2 virus, so you cannot get COVID-19 from the vaccine.” (Johns Hopkins Medicine, COVID-19 Vaccines: Myth Versus Fact, 8-4-2021) [2]
3. (Warning: the information in the article cited above is full of propaganda ― I only used it because it is a mainstream source which states that the SARS-CoV-2 virus is not used in the “vaccine.”)

The Merriam-Webster dictionary has changed the definition of “vaccine” to fool people into thinking that the Covid-19 injections are vaccines.
1. Here are the definitions of “vaccine” in the 2016 and 2021 editions of the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Notice the not-so-subtle change.
2. Vaccine n. (2016 ed.) – a preparation of material (as of killed or weakened viruses or bacteria) used in vaccinating to produce or increase immunity to a disease
3. Vaccine n. (2021 ed.) – 1: a preparation that is administered (as by injection) to stimulate the body’s immune response against a specific infectious agent or disease: such as a: an antigenic preparation of a typically inactivated or attenuated (see ATTENUATED sense 2) pathogenic agent (such as a bacterium or virus) or one of its components or products (such as a protein or toxin) b: a preparation of genetic material (such as a strand of synthesized messenger RNA) that is used by the cells of the body to produce an antigenic substance (such as a fragment of virus spike protein)
“When words lose their meaning, people lose their freedom.” (Confucius)

2. The Covid-19 “vaccine” has not been adequately tested.

According to Johns Hopkins University, vaccines normally take 5-10 years or longer to be developed and FDA approved. [3]
The Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 “vaccines” took less than a year to receive an FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), and the Pfizer shot was allegedly fully approved only about 15 months after clinical trials began.
There were, of course, no long term studies done on the possible adverse effects of the “vaccines.”
The long-term studies of the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 “vaccines” were sabotaged by the placebo group getting vaccinated. [4] [5]
Pregnant women were not included in the trials [6], but are nevertheless encouraged to get the “vaccine” because the CDC says it doesn’t cause miscarriages [7], but “Thirty-four cases of pregnant women experiencing spontaneous miscarriages or stillbirths after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine have been submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).” [8]
The fact is that we have no idea what the long term health consequences will be of the Covid-19 “vaccines.”
1. Christians should prove all things, and hold fast that which is good (1Th 5:21).
2. How can they do that on a new “vaccine” which has not been around long enough to be adequately tested?

3. The Covid-19 “vaccine” is dangerous and deadly.

According to OpenVAERS.com, as of August 20, 2021, there have been 623,341 adverse event reports for the Covid-19 “vaccines” made to VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) including 13,627 deaths, 55,821 hospitalizations, 74,368 urgent care visits, 100,966 office visits, 5,721 reports of anaphylaxis, 4,785 reports of Bell’s Palsy, 1,671 miscarriages, 6,071 heart attacks, 5,093 reports of myocarditis/pericarditis, 17,794 permanently disabled, 2,831 thrombocytopenia / low platelet, 14,105 life threatening injuries, 25,921 severe allergic reaction, and 7,324 reports of shingles. [9]
An insider whistleblower has sworn under penalty of perjury that she has seen VAERS information which shows that there have been at least 45,000 deaths from the Covid-19 “vaccines”.
1. “Thomas Renz, an attorney based in Ohio has started a lawsuit against the federal government for covering up the true number of deaths from the Covid-19 vaccines. According to Renz, a whistle-blower – referred to as Jane Doe – who is an insider and has seen information on the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) allegedly passed on the numbers and relevant information to him. At an event hosted by Awaken America, Renz said: “We have someone that has sworn under penalty of purgery [sic] that there have been at least 45,000 deaths.”” (Rights and Freedoms, 7-19-2021) [10]
2. It would not be surprising if this is true because vaccine injuries are known to be grossly underreported to the VAERS system.
3. “A report submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services in 2010 concluded that “fewer than one percent of vaccine adverse events are reported” by the VARES [sic] system.” (Tucker Carlson, Tucker Carlson: How many Americans have died after taking the COVID vaccine?, 5-6-2021) [11]
The vaccine program for the 1976 swine flu was halted after it caused a tiny fraction of the deaths (under 100) and injuries that the Covid-19 “vaccines” have caused. [12]
The Covid-19 “vaccines” are more deadly than all other vaccines combined.
1. “In just the first four months of this year, the S. government has recorded more deaths after COVID vaccinations than from all other vaccines administered in the United States between mid-1997 and the end of 2013. That’s a period of fifteen and a half years. Again, more people, according to VAERS, have died after getting the shot in four months during a single vaccination campaign than from all other vaccines combined over more than a decade and a half.” (Tucker Carlson, Tucker Carlson: How many Americans have died after taking the COVID vaccine?, 5-6-2021) [13]
2. Before you take the “vaccine”, I strongly recommend that you “Prove all things; hold fast to that which is good.” (1Th 5:21)

4. The Covid-19 “vaccine” is not effective.

There have been huge outbreaks of Covid-19 in highly vaccinated populations.
1. “Israel was the first country on Earth to fully vaccinate a majority of its citizens against COVID-19. Now it has one of the world’s highest daily infection rates — an average of nearly 7,500 confirmed cases a day, double what it was two weeks ago. Nearly one in every 150 people in Israel today has the virus.” (Highly Vaccinated Israel Is Seeing A Dramatic Surge In New COVID Cases. Here’s Why, NPR, 8-20-2021) [14]
2. “About three-fourths of people infected in a Massachusetts Covid-19 outbreak were fully vaccinated against the coronavirus with four of them ending up in the hospital, according to new data published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.” (CDC study shows 74% of people infected in Massachusetts Covid outbreak were fully vaccinated, CNBC, 7-30-2021) [15]
Why would anyone get a dangerous and deadly vaccine which does not prevent Covid-19 infection?

II. Is the Covid-19 “vaccine” and the associated “vaccine passport” the mark of the beast?

The Covid-19 “vaccine” and associated “vaccine passport” appears at the least to be a big stepping stone on the road to the mark of the beast.
We do not yet know for certain what the mark of the beast is because prophecy is usually not understood fully until after it is fulfilled.
Nevertheless, as the shepherd and overseer of this church who is as a watchman on the wall, I am convicted that I must warn you of danger that I see coming (Heb 13:17 c/w Eze 33:7-9).

4. It’s possible that the mark of the beast is not a physical mark, but rather a figurative mark.

The book of Revelation is given in signs and symbols (Rev 1:1).
1. Signify v. – 1. a. trans. To be a sign or symbol of; to represent, betoken, mean.
2. Since so much of Revelation is written in symbolic and metaphorical language, it’s certainly possible that the mark of the beast is described by such language as well.
The following is what I wrote in 2018 in the outline of the Satan series (part 32) (pp.127-128) in which I gave my best guess at that time as to what the mark of the beast is.
1. Seven is the number of completeness — God rested on the seventh day when He finished His work (Gen 2:1-2).
2. Six is the number of incompleteness and imperfection of man’s works (it is the number of man – Rev 13:18).
  1. It is repeated three times to signify that man has been a total failure.
  2. Thus, the number of the beast represents man’s works.
3. The reprobate trust in their works for salvation (Mat 7:22-23).
  1. Works-based religion could therefore be the mark of the beast.
  2. All those who [are judged according to their] works have the mark and will all go to hell (Rev 14:9-11 c/w Rev 20:11-15).
4. The beast’s religion could likely be humanism.
  1. Those who don’t conform to the religion of humanism with its atheistic, feminist, sodomitical, and egalitarian doctrines, who will not worship the government system (the beast) that promotes and enforces them, and therefore do not have the mark, will be cut off from commerce and killed (Rev 13:15-17).
  2. Those who refuse to go along with the system will stick out like a sore thumb or a big stamp on one’s forehead, and everyone will be able to see that they don’t have the mark.
  3. This is already happening.
  4. People have lost their jobs and had their careers ruined for speaking out against it.
  5. I was cut off from using AirBnb because I would not sign their wicked policy regarding sodomites and transgenders.
  6. There could very well come a time when most corporations, banks, payment companies like PayPal, etc. will enact policies which will make people consent to the humanistic beast system, or be cut off from commerce and not be able to buy or sell.

I don’t know if I was right in 2018, nor do I know for certain if the Covid-19 “vaccine” and its associated “vaccine passport” is the mark of the beast or a precursor to it, but Christians should give serious due consideration to that possibility before they decide to take the “vaccine.”

5. Let’s consider what the Bible says about the mark of the beast, and ponder if the Covid-19 “vaccine” along with the associated “vaccine passport” could be it or could at least be an integral part of it.

A. It is received in the right hand or in the forehead (Rev 13:16).

Receiving a physical mark in the right hand or forehead is not part of receiving the Covid-19 “vaccine”…yet.
MIT has developed technology to inject a vaccine into a person and at the same time inject invisible quantum dot dye under the skin that can be read with a specially equipped smartphone. [16]
RFID chips which store personal information are already on the market and being used by some employers which can be embedded in one’s hand under the skin.
1. “The River Fall, Wisconsin-based company hosted a “chip party” inviting its employees to voluntarily have their hands injected with an RFID chip the size of a grain of rice. The chip uses electromagnetic fields to identify electronically stored information. It is a form of near-field communications (NFC) which is the same as the technology used in contactless credit cards and mobile payments. A chip is implanted underneath the skin between the thumb and forefinger within seconds.” (John McKenna, These Workers Have Got a Microchip Implanted in Their Hand From Their Employer, World Economic Forum, 8-11-2017) [17]
2. ““We foresee the use of RFID technology to drive everything from making purchases in our office break room market, opening doors, use of copy machines, logging into our office computers, unlocking phones, sharing business cards, storing medical/health information, and used as payment at other RFID terminals,” said Westby. “Eventually, this technology will become standardized allowing you to use this as your passport, public transit, all purchasing opportunities, etc.”” (Ibid) [underline mine – CEW
So-called “vaccine passports” or “health passports” have been talked about for the last year and a half and are now being implemented.
1. There have been a number apps developed to store one’s “vaccine passport” in an app on his smartphone [18].
2. They are already being used in different places around the world such as New York City [19] and California [20].
3. This could be the mark IN the right hand.
  1. If you have to use your smartphone to show proof of “vaccination” to buy or sell (and this is already happening), ask yourself, where is your smartphone located when you do so?
  2. IN YOUR HAND.
  3. Your smartphone is not ON your hand, but IN your hand.
  4. I can’t prove that this is the mark of the beast, but it does fit the description of a mark (QR code, etc. on a smartphone) IN the hand which is required to buy and sell (Rev 13:16-17).
  5. Why would a Christian want to take a risk of receiving the mark of the beast by getting the Covid-19 “vaccine” and then carrying around proof of it IN his hand to buy or sell?
4. The “vaccine passports” could easily be put in RFID chips that would be inserted in the hand which would be required in order to work and conduct financial transactions.
  1. This would be a more obvious and clear fulfillment of the mark of the beast.
  2. The smartphone “vaccine passport” app could be a stepping stone towards it.

B. It is necessary to buy or sell (Rev 13:17).

This is already happening with the Covid-19 “vaccine.”
New York City has mandated that only people with proof of Covid-19 “vaccination” be allowed to go to restaurants, bars, gyms, and theaters.
1. “New York City will require proof of vaccination for people who want to dine indoors and take part in other activities like gyms and theaters and for those who work there. It is the city’s most aggressive step yet in tackling the highly contagious delta variant. “This is a miraculous place, literally full of wonders,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said. “If you’re vaccinated, all that’s gonna open up to you. If you have the key, you can open the door. If you’re unvaccinated, unfortunately, you will not be able to participate in many things.”” (New York City launches vaccine passport, Fox 5 New York, 8-4-2021) [21]
2. It’s likely only a matter of time until other cities follow suit.
States and countries are requiring proof of Covid-19 “vaccination” to participate in the economy.
1. California currently has a proposed bill that would require anyone entering a bar, restaurant, gym, hotel, event center or sports arena to show proof of vaccination. [22]
2. France has mandated Covid “health pass” to “enter restaurants, planes, trains, and other public venues.” [23]
3. Italy likewise instituted a “green pass” which is “needed for indoor dining, gyms and theatres, as well as to attend big events such as conferences and sports games.” [24]
4. In France there are reports of armed guards at grocery stores preventing “unvaccinated” people from entering. [25]
5. Employers including many companies [26], hospitals [27], the military [28], and many others already require proof of Covid-19 “vaccination” in order to work for them, which is making it increasingly more difficult for people without “the mark” to buy or sell.
There is open discussion about denying Medicare and health insurance to the “unvaccinated”, and in some cases it is already being denied to institutions.
1. “President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that nursing homes must require all staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to receive funding through Medicare and Medicaid programs.” (Medicare Funds for Nursing Homes Will Be Withheld if Workers Not Vaccinated, Biden Says, Newsweek, 8-18-2021) [29]
2. There are calls being made by the media for private insurance companies [30] and Medicare and Medicaid [31] to penalize the “unvaccinated” by making them pay for Covid-19 medical bills out of pocket.
There is also open discussion about conditioning federal benefits on vaccination including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, VA benefits, etc.
1. “Here’s a good way to move people into getting vaccinated: Condition all federal benefits on proof of vaccination. That includes Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, military pensions, VA benefits, fed subsidized housing… ALL OF IT! I bet THAT will move things along.” (Pam Keith – Florida attorney with 142,200 followers, Twitter, 7-30-2021) [32]
2. In an interview, Bill Gates smiled and nodded when asked if the unvaccinated should lose their social security benefits. [33]

C. The mark of the beast is associated with the name of the beast and the number of his name (Rev 13:17) which is the number of a man, 666 (Rev 13:18).

It remains to be seen how the name of the beast and his number (666) will be connected to the mark of the beast.
Remember, many times prophecy cannot be fully understood until after it has come to pass.

D. The mark of the beast is always associated with worshiping the beast (Rev 14:9, 11; Rev 16:2; Rev 19:20; Rev 20:4).

Some people are confident that the Covid-19 “vaccines” and “vaccine passports” are not the mark of the beast because there is no worship of the beast associated it.
But is that true?

iii. What is the beast?

The beast is a world empire which people worship (Rev 13:4) and has a powerful military (Rev 13:4), power to persecute the saints (Rev 13:7), and power over all nations (Rev 13:7).
All of these things are true of the US empire and the UN which it controls.

iv. Are people worshiping the beast today?

Worship n. – II. 7. Respect or honour shown to a person or thing. c. to do (one) worship: to show honour, pay respect or homage, to. 8. a. Reverence or veneration paid to a being or power regarded as supernatural or divine; the action or practice of displaying this by appropriate acts, rites, or ceremonies.
Worship – 1. a. trans. To honour or revere as a supernatural being or power, or as a holy thing; to regard or approach with veneration; to adore with appropriate acts, rites, or ceremonies. b. transf. To regard with extreme respect or devotion; to ‘adore’.
Do people worship the government which is trying to force the Covid-19 “vaccine” into the bodies of all its subjects and force them to carry proof of vaccination in their hand? Consider the following:
1. US presidents are viewed as celebrities by most of the population.
  1. The liberal media and millions of Americans adore President Biden who is trying to force us to get “vaccinated.”
  2. The “conservative” media and millions of Americans adore and even idolize Donald Trump [34] who ordered the swift creation of the Covid-19 “vaccine” via “Operation Warp Speed” [35] and who encouraged his supporters to get it after he was out of office [36].
  3. The Trump presidency should leave no doubt in anyone’s mind how it could be possible that many professing Christians will wonder after the beast with the rest of the world (Rev 13:3).
2. Many Americans worship the military.
  1. Before you try to tar and feather me, know that I am a veteran who spent eight years in the army, one year of which was in a combat zone.
  2. Most Americans believe and proclaim that there is no country in the world that can stand up to the US military, basically saying: “who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?” (Rev 13:4).
  3. I’m sure you’ve all seen the blasphemous saying on shirts, signs, etc. which says, “Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you: Jesus Christ and the American Soldier. One died for your soul. The other died for your freedom.”
  4. We’ve all seen bumper stickers which say: “If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read this in English thank a veteran.”
  5. Soldiers get to board planes first, get applauded on flights, constantly hear “thank you for your service,” and get all kinds of free things on Veteran’s Day and at other times.
  6. There were “Support the Troops” signs everywhere for years during the evil and worthless “War on Terror.”
3. Most people are scared of being called “unpatriotic” for not supporting their government. After all, it would be sacrilegious to criticize the beast.
4. Before sporting events, school board meetings, Chamber of Commerce meetings, etc., and at the beginning of ever school day Americans participate in the religious rite of pledging allegiance to the flag and the republic (the government).
  1. Pledge v. – 1. trans. To become surety for, make oneself responsible for (a person, thing, or statement).
  2. Do you want to make yourself responsible for what the US government does? Not me!
  3. Allegiance n. – 1. The relation of a liege lord; lordship. (last usage in 1425) 2. The relation or duties of a liege-man to his liege-lord; the tie or obligation of a subject to his sovereign, or government. 3. fig. The recognition of the claims which anything has to our respect and duty.
  4. Liege adj. – 1. The characteristic epithet of persons in the relation of feudal superior and vassal. Of the superior: Entitled to feudal allegiance and service.
  5. By pledging allegiance to the flag and the republic, Americans are promising to be slaves of the government.
  6. “Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shall thou serve” (Mat 4:10).
  7. Serve v. – I. To be a servant (to), render service (to). a. intr. To be a servant; to perform the duties of a servant. b. To be a slave or bondman; to be in bondage; to labour as a bondman.
  8. Think about this the next time you “pledge allegiance” to the government (the beast).
5. Most Americans render reverential and fearful obedience to the CDC and the government when they order them to do tyrannical things like shutting down churches and businesses, wearing a facemask, staying away from other people, and getting a “vaccine.”
6. Many, and in a lot of cases most, Americans rely on the beast to take care of them from cradle to grave including:
  1. feeding them (food stamps)
  2. housing them (government subsidized housing and loans)
  3. raising, babysitting, feeding, and educating their children (public schools)
  4. providing their healthcare (ObamaCare, Medicaid, Medicare)
  5. saving them from pandemics and infectious diseases (Covid-19)
  6. providing for their retirement (Social Security)
  7. taking care of them when disaster strikes (FEMA)
  8. providing them money when they lose their jobs (unemployment benefits)
7. People should be providing for all of these needs themselves.
  1. They should be trusting in God to provide these needs, but instead they look to the beast and trust it to provide them.
  2. Just think about it: what does the average American do when he loses his job, can’t pay his rent or mortgage, can’t afford food, needs medical insurance, needs help caring for or educating his children, gets old and needs taken care of, a natural disaster destroys his property, or a virus is spreading in his nation? He looks to the beast and starts filling out government forms instead of looking to God to take care of him.
  3. Is this an act of worshiping the beast instead of God?
  4. Think about it before you answer too quickly.
8. “What is the biggest, most powerful “god” in America? It is the state. No question about it. The state is immensely powerful. It possesses a fiercely devoted following (millions upon millions), a hymnody (God Bless America, Star Spangled Banner, Battle Hymn of the Republic, etc.), a canonized sainthood (Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln, Roosevelt, etc.), scripture (The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, Bill of Rights, etc.), its own icons /symbols (American Flag, Liberty Bell, Eagle, etc.), temples (Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, the Pentagon, etc.), requires mandatory tithing and indulgences (as much as 1/3 of your income, fines, etc.), oaths (The Pledge of Allegiance, military officer oath, politicians oath, etc.) and more. Who do people often petition rather than God when they have big problems? Who do people run to for protection? Who do people expect to provide for their needs, give them good health, educate their kids, and create jobs for them? The state.” (Patrick Stephens, Top 10 Things Americans Worship (And Shouldn’t), 8-15-2018) [37]