An in depth study of

The Mark of the Beast

His Holy Church

Dedicated to the service of the Lord.

“And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of

the shepherds, and also drew [water] enough for us, and
watered the flock.” (Exodus 2:19)

“But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him

shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be
in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.”
(John 4:14)

“For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of
Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws
into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be
to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every
man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know
me, from the least to the greatest.” (Hebrews 8: 10,11)

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A MARK
Rome was not an anarchy. The once-free society which had risen to a
state of prominence in the Mediterranean with a voluntary welfare
system and locally supported militias, became an authoritarian
benefactor which led to tyranny and despotism.
Wealth steadily seduced an industrious people into an apathetic
welfare state With a growing system of social benefits came tax burdens
upon the rich, which shifted to the craftsmen and laborer. Centralization
of power brought a burgeoning bureaucracy. Together they all brought
debasement of social morals. The love of wealth, comfort and security
replaced the love of simplicity, service and sacrifice.
Many societies became dependent upon elaborate systems of
taxation. In Judea, the Gabbai [tax collector], collected ... ground-,
income-, and poll-taxes while the Mokhes collected duty upon imports
and exports; on all that was bought and sold.... They had invented taxes
that reached into the life of almost everyone. There were taxes based on
the number of axles, wheels, pack-animals, pedestrians, the use of
roads, highways; on admission to markets; on carriers, bridges, ships,
and quays; on crossing rivers, on dams, on licenses, in short, on such a
variety of objects, that even the research of modern scholars has not
been able to identify all the names.1
They not only had to collect these taxes, but they had to keep track of
who had paid and who had not, as well as who was a taxpayer and who
was exempt or excluded. Among the slaves, citizens, and residents there
was more than one status. They had many ways to keep track of slave
and freeman, as well as who had paid (and who was still owing on) the
myriad of taxes, fees, and tariffs, including interest, and penalties.
Both Greeks and Romans used small framed boards filled with wax
or clay. A thin coating of dark wax was used for brief or short term
notations, scratching letters in the soft wax with a stylus so that the light-
colored backing would show through. The tablets were sometimes linked
together with rings, which was called a codex.
Longer documents were written on a paper called papyrus and could
be glued together into rolls 15 to 40 feet long called volumen. Contracts
might be etched or engraved in wet clay with a quill using the marks or
seals of the parties pressed in as a signature. After drying they were
stored in a temple. This method of record keeping was widely accepted.

1 “Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah” Bible CD: Chapter III.

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 Loans of indebtedness and usury sometimes took advantage of this
more permanent form. Record keeping solemnized by seals and marks in
clay that were fired to make them “unbreakable”.
Slaves in the market place were given dried clay tablets to identify
them and their occupation. If these tablets were baked with the seal of
the owner they took on a permanency that protected the slave from
unwarranted detention as he traveled through the public streets on
errands for his master. That etched document was referred to as a
charagma2 [χαραγµα]. The word might refer to several other forms of
identification that appeared during Rome's long history.
Some employed servants or slaves were very wealthy because of their
skills or position. They might be physicians or engineers or lawyers.
Their charagma would identify a status, occupation or use, and might be
made of clay, stone, lead, iron, copper, silver, or even gold. It originally
was of private issue but became a form of official identification.
A “Charagma is well attested to have been an imperial seal of the Roman
Empire used on official documents during the first and second
centuries.”3
The word mark in Revelations is from charagma. It is a stamp or a
badge or an imprinted mark. It is from the word charax from charasso
(to sharpen to a point). A charax is a pole or stake, a palisade. The only
connection between a charax and a charagma is that the early
charagmas were made in clay with a charax, a sharp stick.
Knowing your status quo during the census usually required a token
to mark those who had been counted subjects of the Empire. The census
called for by Augustus “was regarded as the badge of servitude, and
incompatible with the Theocratic character of Israel.”4
What is the essential characteristic of a charagma? Is it important to
note that it is etched with a sharp object or on the forehead or in the
hand? Or is it because a charagma is a badge of servitude? Does it mark
who is bound and loosed, who is free and who must serve?
“Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them...” Ex 23:24

2 charagma {khar’-ag-mah} from the same as 5482; a scratch or etching, i.e.

stamp (as a badge of servitude), or sculptured figure (statue); graven mark.
3 Walter A. Elwell (Ed.). Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical
Theology. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books. 1996. 22nd, July, 2003.
4 This was the sole grounds of resistance to the census. Josephus. Ant. xviii. 1.
1, 6.

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 Is the essential characteristic of a mark its location, shape, or form---
or is it what the mark stands for? A charagma had a specific purpose. It
was a mark that expressed ownership, right of possession, the right---or
employer's right--- to the use of an item, creature or human as a resource.
“Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties
for debts.” (Pr 22:26)
The word mark in Revelation is specifically a “badge of servitude”.
Charagma appears 9 times in the Bible and is translated graven in Acts
17:29. This is the only place outside of Revelations that charagma
appears, and it is also the only place it is not translated mark.
“For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your
own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. Forasmuch then as
we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is
like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven [a charagma] by art and man’s
device. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now
commandeth all men every where to repent:” Acts 17:28-30
The word offspring is from genos which is translated, kind, kindred,
or nation, expressing that God is the original authority in our lives.
The word ought is from the Greek opheilo rather than the more
common dei or tis. It is also translated owe, be bound, be (one’s) duty,
be a debtor, be guilty, be indebted. Opheilo is defined “to owe, to owe
money, be in debt for, that which is due, the debt.” It also appears in
John 13:14 expressing this concept of indebtedness: “If I ... have washed
your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.”
The words “graven [charagma] by art and man’s device”, are
talking about systems of authority created by men, which include social
programs or schemes, making the word of God to none effect.5
The word device here is from enthumesis, which means a thinking,
consideration; thoughts. There are no more powerful false gods than
those created in our minds and bound by pride. Men begin to worship,6
and give allegiance to their created institution, more than God.
We are commanded not to let the creations of our own thinking
become our godhead, our patronus, or our father because we owe that
title to our Father in Heaven. No man on earth should stand as our
substitute father, with the authority to mark us with his charagma.7

5 Mark 7:13 Christ was speaking of their system of social welfare, Corban.
6 See Worship http://www.hisholychurch.net/sermon/worship.html
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 “And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that
great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of
her fornication. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud
voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his]
mark in his forehead, or in his hand,” Revelation 14:8-9
IF ANY MAN is translated from two words; e,i meaning if or
whether, and tis, meaning a certain. Together they mean “whoever,
whatever” and are followed by conditions which need to be examined.
WORSHIP is from proskuneo meaning an expression of profound
reverence… used of homage shown to men of superior rank: such as a
profound reverence for an office or a flag or the acceptance of an
exercising authority.
Worshiping God has nothing to do with singing in Church.
Worshiping has to do with accepting a superior authority. In the Hebrew
worship is often translated from “hxv shachah” meaning “to bow
down”. If God is the ultimate authority, then to bow down or worship
Him is to bow to His authority. Singing may be an outward sign but true
worship requires more substantive behavior. Are we taking His name in
vain if we are bowing to other authorities to obtain their benefit? Are we
to rule over our fellow man or be ruled by them?
The BEAST is from the word therion from the diminutive thera
which means “trap” or “hunting to destroy.” Therion is translated beast,
wild beast, venomous beast. In the Bible the beasts always represented
governments, such as Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.
There are two fundamental classifications of governments. The first
type is based upon faith, hope, love, and charity and obeying their Father
or Creator in heaven. It is a voluntary union of people based on an equal
love of neighbor and self, with forgiveness and thanksgiving. This
government is created by families coming together in a fellowship,
which shares a common acceptance of the Character of God’s Name or
Nature, (e.g. justice and mercy) written on their hearts and minds.
The second type is the one that hunts or devours men. It operates on
the basis of enforced control, imposed restrictions, exercising authority,
and ultimately, bondage and oppression. It seduces the masses by
promising security at the expense of their neighbor. It solicits their
applications, which, upon acceptance, become binding social contracts,
covenants, and leagues of allegiance.
“The real destroyers of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among
them bounties, donations and Benefits.” Plutarch, 2000 years ago.

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 In such systems, men endlessly write and codify laws and become the
ruling elite. Born or elected, they share a desire to control and rule over
their neighbors. They are corrupted by power and a willingness to covet.
“And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties;
and [will set them] to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make
his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.” 1 Samuel 8:12
The righteous system is spiritually based, and dependent on faith,
patience, charity, and thanksgiving. It is populated by those who are
willing to give---and forgive---under the perfect law of liberty. They
maintain free choice by granting the same to others, accepting
responsibility for themselves, and showing mercy and justice to all.
In a government of liberty people must seek to rule themselves, not
their neighbor. They hope to master only charity and mercy, forgiveness
and service. They serve God by serving one another.
Both systems depend on faith or allegiance and are composed of
dedicated believers. One is based on the authority of men over men, and
has a man sitting as a central father (or patronus) or ruling authority. The
other has God the Father of all men living in their hearts and minds.
Both types of governments are in essence a family. In one, the family
is truly free, in the other men are Parens Patriae, "father of the people".
God the Father’s family is based on the natural family instituted by
God with the solemn joining of Husband and Wife. These families freely
associate as a nation through a voluntary network. The natural Family
holds the dominion of God, bound only by the love of their neighbor.
Can a government be based on love and charity? Can people unite on
a national scale and still remain a free people? Voluntary governments
have been the rule in man’s history, “our modern reliance on
government to make law and establish order is not the historical norm.”8
“That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who [were]
the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered,
offered:” Numbers 7:2
Note here the word OVER. It is from amad [dme], which is translated
stood or stand or endure hundreds of times and is translated over only
one time in the Bible. These fathers were not to rule over each other but
came together as equals. In their homes they were to rule as Christ ruled
the Church with love and patient service, self sacrifice, and obedience to
8 The Enterprise of Law: Justice without the State. Bruce L. Benson
Publisher: Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy (San Francisco), 1991

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the Father, enduring the burdens of their Godly Office.
In authoritarian governments, men substitute faith in God for
allegiance to men who would be gods over them, the word god simply
means ruling judges, and was used to address magistrates in court.
“If we will not be governed by God, then we will be ruled by tyrants.”9
Israel was the kingdom of God, not the religion of Heaven on earth.
Herod the Great had been baptizing his citizenry into his version of the
kingdom of Heaven. This Hellenization of Judea was rejected by John
the Baptist, who had quite another vision for that kingdom of God.
"Herod's scheme of initiation into a new form of Judaism was immensely
successful. Jews everywhere were willing to join the worldwide society
... Entry was for members only; they had to show at the door an
admission token in the form of a white stone from the river Jordan which
the missionaries gave them at baptism." "The missionaries... with their
leather wallets full of white stones, would come back with the same
wallets full of money, in foreign currency. Once put into Jewish currency
by the money-changers, it would be stored in vaults, ready to be used by
Herod for his vast building projects, or any subsequent causes."10
Eventually many of the citizens of Judea accepted John's cousin,
Yeshua, a.k.a Jesus, as king. Proclaimed by the people as Hosanna son
of David, the anointed, He was officially recognized King of the citizens
of Judea by the Roman god,11 Pontious Pilate.
Eventually thousands of Judeans followed the Way of John and Jesus
and were a part of His kingdom at hand; they were excluded from the the
social schemes of Herod which we know as the Corban of the Pharisees.
THE IMAGE of the Beast in Revelation 14:9 is translated from the
Greek word eikon which means an image or likeness.
Who was the first beast? Was it Babylon or Rome, or does it matter?
Are they not all the same, as was Egypt, Ur and even Haran? Who or
what is the beast like? What is that image, or similitude, of the beast?
At the time of Jesus, Rome, as a faltering republic, was well into a
process of decay. “Each class contributed its share to the common
decay… The free citizens were idle, dissipated, sunken; their chief

9 William Penn
10 Jesus and the Riddle of the Dead Sea Scrolls by Barbara Thiering.
11 Theos, commonly translated into the word gods or God, was a common term
used to address judges in courts of Rome and Judea. This is why Paul says
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thoughts of the theater and the arena… more than two hundred
thousand persons were thus maintained by the State, what of the old
Roman stock remained was rapidly decaying, partly from corruption,
but chiefly from the increasing cessation of marriage, and the nameless
abominations of what remained of family-life.... The sanctity of marriage
had ceased. Female dissipation and the general dissoluteness led at last
to an almost entire cessation of marriage. Abortion, and the exposure
and murder of newly-born children, were common and tolerated;
unnatural vices, which even the greatest philosophers practiced, if not
advocated, attained proportions which defy description.”12
Family values were a chief topic of political rhetoric before every
election and during the writing of the new constitution by Augustus. The
rise of that Empire out of the ashes of a free republic was unrelenting.
After their civil war, the first of the three offices sought by Augustus
was Emperator,13 commander in chief of the army and naval forces. The
second office was Principas Civitas, the First Citizen, the chief
executive officer or President of Rome,14 a municipality. The third office
was ApoTheos, literally translated the appointer of gods.
The duties of this office were to appoint all the judges or magistrates
for the empirical courts. Each office required an oath based on
constitutional restrictions. Successors were determined by an electoral
college of the Senate, known as the “Conscripted Fathers.”15
The word ‘and’ in “Worship AND Receive” can make a great difference
in the interpretation of this text. If you merely received the mark without
worshiping the beast, then you do not qualify. If you received the mark,
through ignorance or deception or a combination of both, but have not
made a conscious decision to pay homage, or allegiance to the beast,
then you have not really worshipped16 it.
The word RECEIVE [his] mark comes from the Greek word
lambano, and means “to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or
thing in order to use it; to take up a thing to be carried; take possession
of, i.e. to appropriate to one’s self … to receive what is offered; not to
refuse or reject… give him access to one’s self.”
12 “Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah” Chapter XI.
13 Emperator, emperatoris m.commander in chief Collins L.E. Dict. '62.
14 "Thus the republic was restored under the presidency of its 'first citizen'
(princeps civitatis)." (Encyclopedia Brittanica Vol 2, p. 687, '53
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 In the word lambano, there is nothing about a tattoo or the injection
of a chip into the hand. Taking the mark is about receiving what is
offered, it is simply a matter of not refusing or rejecting an offer. It is
about an acceptance or to receive what is offered.
We do see the word HAND at the end of the text which is translated
from the word khire. Its definition is expressed as “1) by the help or
agency of any one, by means of any one.” It is clear by this definition
that the word is not limited to the concept of the physical appendage.
The preposition IN could lead us believe the mark must go inside the
hand. The word ‘in’ in this verse is translated from the word epi. It is a
generic preposition that is translated many different ways. For example,
it is also translated as on, in, upon, come to, by, at, before, over, etc.
There can be no assumption that the mark actually enters the flesh of
the hand. One may obtain the use of mark or badge of servitude without
ever even touching it with the physical hand. Khire expresses that you
may receive the use of the mark through the help or agency of any one.
FOREHEAD is translated from metopon and is defined the space
between the eyes, the forehead. Some people have suggested that the
mark is a lithium powered microchip injected along the hairline near the
ear. Again, there is no reason to make that assumption.
The word metopon is often associated with memory or thought. If you
only need to remember the name or the number associated with the
mark, it could be assumed that the physical possession of a mark is not
even necessary, and that the reference to the forehead or the space
between the eyes is cognizant of the mind, thought or memory.
“The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out
without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented
with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the
presence of the Lamb” Revelation 14:10
What is the WRATH OF GOD? The Hebrew word for wrath [Pa
Aleph Phie] is translated face, nostrils, nose, before, countenance,
forbearing, forehead, even worthy The same Hebrew letters are also
translated also, even, yet, moreover, yea, with, low, therefore, and much.
In the Greek WRATH is from thumos and may include the idea of
passion or ardour, and is from the word translated “gods” or “God.”17
The word DRINK is from pino which does mean to drink but it

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means figuratively, to receive. To drink of the wine of the wrath of God
seems to be a metaphor meaning that they will receive something
poured out at full strength and not very diluted.
The words AND HE SHALL BE TORMENTED can give us the idea
of torture or punishment. Tormented here is from basanizo which
actually means “to test (metals) by the touchstone, which is a black
siliceous stone used to test the purity of gold or silver by the colour of
the streak produced on it by rubbing it with either metal” It might imply
torture but the word was also used by sailors or fishermen whose ship
was struggling with a head wind. The word has the sense of a test.
The word PRESENCE is from enopion which is more commonly
translated before or in the sight of. To emphasize the nature of these
events as a test rather than a cruel punishment with torment and tortures
I must ask, “Why would the holy angels and the Lamb want to watch
people being tortured and suffering”?
Does the good shepherd take delight in punishing his sheep?
Is this a test of our love, faith, hope, and humility?
What is written in your heart and mind?
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they
have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and
whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Revelation 14:11
Many will tell you that smoke of their TORMENT ascendeth up
means if you take the mark, you will be cast into hell. This is a
conclusion based again on the word torment, (which we have seen has to
do with a test) and the words fire and brimstone, which are not, nor have
they ever been, synonymous with hell.
FIRE AND BRIMSTONE appears during the time of the liberation
and redemption of the Israelites from Egypt. I suspect that since most of
the world is now back in a bondage worse than that of Egypt,18 it would
seem reasonable that we will see some “fire and brimstone” before the
people are all free souls under God on earth again.
The words SMOKE ASCENDING has also been interpreted as
coming from hell. Throughout the Bible the idea of smoke going up has
to do with the accepting of a sacrifice as worthy and in the times of the
great test men will be called on to sacrifice many things, including their
very lives in order to pass the test---hence the smoke goes up.

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 REST is not from the word anesis, meaning a loosening (which is
translated rest 3 times and liberty and be eased once each). Nor is it from
koimesis, meaning a reposing, taking rest. It is from anapausis, which
actually means intermission, cessation of any motion, business or labor.
As more is revealed about the nature of the “test,” our understanding of
this passage may increase. One may see in this sentence two different
points of view. One is that the smoke from the test goes up forever, and
the others who do not repent, who refuse to change their ways, get no
cessation or intermission from their labors, their bondage. It may help to
examine more of the context to this one line:
“Here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the
commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Revelation 14:12
The word PATIENCE is from hupomone, which means
steadfastness, constancy, endurance. This may be disappointing to those
who are expecting to be raptured away during this test, since it is clear
you are going to need steadfastness, constancy, and endurance to pass.
There are also some requirements to keep the commandments.
Salvation is by grace, but God does not owe us salvation simply because
we say we believe. Many people proclaim that they believe just as the
Pharisees claimed to believe. The test will be a witness to the truth.
“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two
horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.” Revelation 13:11
The beast comes OUT OF THE EARTH, rather than the sea. If
these beasts are governments, it could be presumed that the difference
between rising from the land, versus rising from the sea, could have to
do with the “Law of the Land” rather than the “Law of the Sea.”
Most people are not schooled in these classic forms of jurisprudence.
For simplicity's sake, we will just say that the Law of the Land is based
in the Mosaic Law, Common Law, and the Law of Nature and Nature’s
God, while the Law of the Sea could include Admiralty, Commercial
Law, and Equity, a.k.a. the law men establish for themselves. One form
of law encourages the virtues that set men free, and the other lends itself
to delivering men into debt and bondage.19
Lamb’s horns could denote that the original authority was small.
“And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth
the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose
deadly wound was healed.” Revelation 13:12

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 Numerous people interpret the beast as the Roman Church, which
was wounded at a particular point in time and recovered. Amazingly,
they also interpret the Roman Church as the Harlot. It seems that it
cannot be both. The Beast, at the time of the writing of St. John's
Revelations, was clearly the empire of Rome. The image of the beast is
not a matter of location, but of the nature, characteristics and precepts of
the beast.
“And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from
heaven on the earth in the sight of men,” Revelation 13:13
One distinction between the beast and the image of the beast is that
the latter can make fire come down from heaven in the sight of the men.
The emperor, or “commander-in-chief” of Rome, had an army and navy
while a modern commander-in-chief often has an air force which gives
them the power to MAKE FIRE COME FROM THE SKIES.20
“And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles
which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that
dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which
had the wound by a sword, and did live.” Revelation 13:14
Just about everyone on earth is DECEIVED. What helps bring about
this deception are miracles. Are those miracles yet to come or have they
already come? We have television, computers, modern medicine and the
power of flight, even into space. Some say that these are miracles.
Semeion is defined a sign, mark, token. It is translated sign 50 times
and MIRACLE only 23. In this age of modern miracles, could we have
been deceived? Where is the image of the beast? Do we give it power?
“And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image
of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not
worship the image of the beast should be killed.” Revelation 13:15
The words POWER TO GIVE is from didomi and simply means to
give. The word LIFE is from pneuma which is the word translated into
spirit. It is the beast out of the land with little horns of authority that
really gives life and force to the image of the beast. Those who will not
pay homage to the image of the beast are to be killed.
There are many words for KILLED in the Greek: Thuo can be
translated killed but is usually used in the context of sacrifice. Phoneuo
is translated “killed, murder,” and is from the word phonos, to murder.
Thanatoo is also translated killed, and does mean put to death. Anaire

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also is translated killed, slay, or put to death. Each word can have a
different meaning or use. But none of these are the word used here.
The word in 13:15 is apokteino which means to kill in any way
whatever, to destroy, to allow to perish. The words should be are from
hina which means in order that. Because the word apo means of
separation the Greek apokteino means more that they would be allowed
to die or perish because of separation or exclusion during the test in
order that they might perish.
“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” Rev. 13:16
AND HE CAUSETH what? He causeth to receive. Causeth is from
poieo meaning to make as in to be the author of, make ready or to
prepare. It is most often translated do. RECEIVE is from didomi which
means simply to give, to give something to someone, of one’s own
accord to give one something, to his advantage, to bestow a gift, to
grant, give to one asking, let have, to supply, furnish, necessary things…
something to be administered. Although the English words causeth to
receive may give the idea of force, the Greek text does not support such
interpretation. In this verse the original text gives the idea of an offer,
gift or grant as a result of asking or applying, not compelling.
Does RIGHT HAND mean that it is okay to receive the mark in our
left hand? Right hand is from dexios which is an adjective that is
translated right hand 39 times, right 12 times, right side twice. It can
mean “the right” or “the right hand side” but it also is commonly used as
“a place of honour or authority”. Note that this word is from dechomai,
which also means receive, take, or accept.
“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.” Revelation 13:17
The words And that NO MAN are not translated from oudeis, which
is translated 94 times “no man” and “none” 27 times, or “any” or “any
man” 6 times. Nor is it from medeis which is translated no man 32 times
and means nobody or no one. Nor did the author use ou anthropos
meaning no man or no human.
The words THAT NO is translated from “hina me”, which is
translated “that not” 45 times, or “lest” 43 times and “that … no” only 6
times or even “albeit not” and “so that not”, once each.
MAN is translated from “tis” which is an enclitic [leaning] indefinite
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34, man 34, anything 24, a 9, certain man 7 times, something 6,
somewhat 6, ought 5, some man 4 times.
It is defined “a certain, a certain one ; some, some time, a while”.
It should be becoming clear that many misconceptions, unsupported
by the earlier text, are being propagated in the world today. There are
many specific statements and words used by the author of the Bible that
have been blurred, twisted, and distorted by modern versions of the text.
Many are being misled by words like cause and no man. Will no one
be allowed to BUY OR SELL if they do not take the mark? The word
man is not even in the original text. We may now see that the words of
the author, who used an indefinite pronoun to express, at best, that only
certain or some would be excluded---and because of this exclusion or
separation, they might die because they do not take the mark.
The phrase HAD THE MARK is from“echo.” It means “to have,
i.e. to hold. to have (hold) in the hand, in the sense of wearing, to have
(hold) possession of the mind… 2) to have i.e. own, possess 2a)
external things .... 2b) used of those joined to any one by the bonds of
natural blood or marriage or friendship or duty or law etc. …” Those
who think they have nothing to worry about as long as they do not take
the chip implant appear to be deceived.
To have the mark has nothing to do with the injection of a chip but
does clearly include the idea membership, joined by bonds of family, or
duty or law. If you have to prove you are a member of the family of the
beast with a special identification card or number, or else you will be
excluded from the some of the benefits of its commercialized market
place, then that would meet the language of the authors of Revelations.
If government policy requires a numerical identifier to get a job, a
bank account, credit, business license, marriage license, and even a
drivers license (or the individual is excluded from that market place),
then such exclusion by the political benefactors and commercial world
might make survival difficult or even impossible in a time of
deficiencies, deficits and deprivation. Such exclusions are already law
according to Section 666, of the United States Codes, Title 42.21
The word MIGHT is from dunamai meaning, “to be able, have
power whether by virtue of one’s own ability and resources, or of a state
of mind, or through favorable circumstances, or by permission of law or
custom.” The word custom includes the synonym “practice” and

21 http://www.hisholychurch.net/news/article/Section666.html

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therefore policy. It is again clear in the Greek text that the author, in the
original language, is denoting the idea of favorable circumstance or
permission of the legal system---or even just a matter of policy.
All these exclusions presently apply to people without a Social
Security Number. They have been excluded for years and those
exclusions are growing. Obtaining a Social Security Number is also a
key point of consent, since it is absolutely voluntary. The number is
linked to similar systems in over a hundred and seventy different
countries. Are the social security numbers of the world systems the
modern mark of the beast? Shouldn't we look at the biblical and spiritual
implications of these systems or schemes?
The word NAME in the text is from onoma, which does mean name
but is also “... used for everything which the name covers.” It is used to
express “one’s rank, authority, interests… the cause or reason named:
on this account,…” The word “name” denotes the authority by which
the number is used---not a particular name, but rather an authorization.
The word BUY is from agorazo which means “to be in the market-
place, to attend it, hence to do business there, buy or sell”. The
marketplace, since we are dealing with the world merchants, traffickers,
or Canaanites, allow men into their system first by adoption---the birth
certificate, the acceptance of benefits---and finally the application to
labor or to serve as a registered member, making your offering.22
The modern social insurance systems with compelled contributions
are identical to the system of Corban, or unrighteous mammon, 23
instituted by the Pharisees before Christ's arrival. The sacred temple of
Rome, called the Capitol, had a similar system called Qurban. The
Pagan and Moslem Qurban or Korban systems were similar.
These words all have to do with the sacrifices of the people, but have not
always been collected in the same way. In these systems, the widows
and orphans, elderly and needy of society were taken care of by either
freewill or compelled offerings. The compelled offering was contrary to
the the precept of freewill offerings and was forbidden by Christ, who
stated that these traditions, also translated as “ordinances,” made the
word of God “of none effect.”24 The Pharisees' religion was not pure.
22 Employ vs. Enslave http://www.hisholychurch.net/study/gods/eve.htm
The Charagma http://www.hisholychurch.net/study/gods/chvca.htm
23 The Unrighteous Mammon http://www.hisholychurch.net/news/SSSfail.asp
24 ... Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own
tradition. ... But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, [It is]

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 As things got worse in Rome there was a rationing of benefits and
also essential goods. Those without the “mark” were excluded.
“And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go
your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell
a noisome and grievous sore25 upon the men which had the mark of the
beast, and [upon] them which worshipped his image.” Revelation 16:1 2
Many believe this NOISOME AND GRIEVOUS SORE has to do
with a lithium battery operated-computer chip that will leak, causing a
terrible sore as a result. If this hypothesis is incorrect, millions of people
are being lulled into a false sense of security. The idea that the mark is a
chip is really without any true support except in the imaginations of the
producers of Christian fables. Let us look with clear eyes.
There are at least nine different words that are used to produce the
English word SORE in the King James New Testament text. Eight of
them [sphodra, aganakteo, lian, en, polus, ekthambeo, megas, hikanos] have
nothing to do with a sore as a sore or wound, or even being sick or ill.
The word NOISOME, describing this sore, is from kakos, meaning
“of a bad nature, not such as it ought to be or of a mode of thinking,
feeling, acting, base, wrong, wicked or even troublesome, injurious,
pernicious, destructive, baneful.”
According to Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) the
word Noisome does mean Noxious to health; hurtful; mischievous;
unwholesome; insalubrious; or destructive. The problem is that kakos is
only translated noisome once and is translated evil forty times. Kakos is
not normally found modifying the word sore or wound.
The second word to modify sore is GRIEVOUS, which is from
poneros from a derivative of ponos, meaning great trouble, intense
desire. It is also translated evil some fifty-one times and wicked or
wicked one some sixteen times. To translate both poneros and kakos into
the word evil does not do the Greek text justice. Poneros is defined, “full
of labours, annoyances, hardships 1a) pressed and harassed by labours
1b) bringing toils, annoyances, perils;…”
Poneros is commonly used to describe something such as pressed

Corban,... Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition,
which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. Mr 7:9…
25 helkos probably from 1670; n AV - sore (3) 1) a wound, especially a wound
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labor or bringing toil and again has an evil or wicked nature. Again,
with the words poneros and kakos, we have something that is full of
pressed labors and not what it ought to be, with a bad or wicked nature,
possibly as a result of wrong thinking. These words have a great deal to
do with forced labor for an evil cause or condition. In the bondage of
Egypt the people were forced to labor and God delivered them from that
state and told them never to return.26
The word helkoo means to make SORE or cause to ulcerate and that
word is from helkos which can mean a wound or even a sore or ulcer. It
is helkos that appears in the text. Helkoo is from helkos not the other way
around. The word helkos with a Strong’s number 1668, is from helkuo or
helko which means to draw, drag off. It is akin to the word haireomai
which means to take for oneself, to prefer, choose or to choose by vote,
elect to office. Helko appears in Acts 21:30 “they dragged him from the
temple” and James 2:6 “Are they not the ones who are dragging you
into court?” Also the Greek holkos, connected with helko meaning I
draw.
In “Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament,” Moulton and Milligan
say the Greek term helko or helkuo has almost the sense of dragging by
force. It is used of hauling bricks, of towing, of dragging along, and even
in connection with impressing people as laborers.
This meaning would fit well with poneros and kakos, NOISOME
AND GRIEVOUS, which can both easily be used with the idea of
impressing people as laborers as they were in the bondage of Egypt,
which at first was a government where the gold and silver were in a
central treasury, the people paid 20% income tax, 27 and they only had a
legal title to their land.28
The fact is that a Charagma means a badge of servitude, the Ten
Commandments29 tells us not to “serve” the other “gods,” and we are not
to covet our neighbors' goods through the agency of governments,
including the authoritarian benefactors which Christ told us not to be like
in Matthew 20:25, Mark 10:42 and Luke 22:25.
“And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make
26 Deuteronomy 17:16 But he shall not ... cause the people to return to Egypt,
... forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no
more that way.
27 Employ vs. Enslave http://www.hisholychurch.net/study/gods/eve.htm
28 Law vs. Legal http://www.hisholychurch.net/study/gods/lvl.htm
29 Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them:...

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 merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not,
and their damnation slumbereth not.” 2Pe 2:3
In the Old Testament there is a mark of God related to the forehead.
“And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through
the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men
that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst
thereof.” Ezekiel 9:4
This is the Mark of the LORD. This mark was not a computer chip
either. The Mark of the Beast is the antithesis of the Mark of God. The
Mark of God is the Tav, [t]. The Tav is the final letter of the Hebrew
Alef-beit. It corresponds to malchut, meaning kingdom. The Tav is said
to be the seal of Faith.
Through faith the malchut (or kingdom) passes in inheritance from
generation to generation. The precept of this faith is the secret of the
power that makes the kingdom of God a reality at hand.
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice; By faith,
Enoch was translated; By faith, Abraham obeyed and he went out; By
faith, Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau. Joseph, Moses, Rahab, Gideon,
Samson, David, Samuel, and the prophets “through faith subdued
kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the
mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, and escaped the edge of
the sword; out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight,
turned to flight the armies of the aliens.” “Wherefore we receiving a
kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may
serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:”30
Christ said the kingdom of God is at hand and we were to seek it and
His righteousness, as well as to preach it. We were to have faith, and
believe that the perfect law of liberty, with Christ in our hearts and
minds, would work and be our salvation. When people were baptized
under Moses, they were supposed to drink of the same spiritual rock
which is Christ.31 But God was displeased with them. Many did not pass
the test of faith, and they gave us examples of lust and idolatry,
fornication and the rejection of God. Could God be displeased with us
30 Hebrews Chapters 11 and 12.
31 1Co 10:2, 5 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual
drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that
Rock was Christ. But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they
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now? Do we understand the precepts of that faith that was in the
prophets? Do we have that working faith, or do we fall short?
We know that “Not every one that saith unto me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall
enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven.”(Matthew 7:21). There are no magic words or
incantations of faith that open the living kingdom of God to men.
“Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not ... done
many wonderful works?” (Matthew 7:22). But the answer will be “And
then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that
work iniquity.”(Matthew 7:23). Jesus even asks the question, “And why
call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” (Luke 6:46).
Where do we stand in relationship to this warning? What is the
evidence and precepts of faith and what is its antithesis?
The Mark of the Beast is the evidence of a lack of faith in God and
His ways. If the Mark of God is a life of faith, hope, and charity, under
the perfect law of liberty where we love our neighbor as ourselves, then
the Mark of the Beast would be a life where people force their neighbor
to provide for their benefit through benefactors, who exercise authority
one over the other. Those who will not live by hope often desire
entitlements guaranteed by the right arm of governments. They do not
live by charity, but by enforced contributions taken from the sweat and
blood of their neighbor. Are they coveting their neighbor's goods and
rejecting the righteousness of God?32
The Christian lived in the world of Rome in a much different way
than modern Christians live in modern governments today. The
Pharisees had ordered that all who saw Jesus as the Christ were to be
cast out of the system of Corban managed at the temple. Like Exodus,
Pentecost was the liberation of the people from social contracts that had
bound them to the systems established by the Hasmonians and Herod.
This idea of centralizing the control of society and its charitable
functions is as old as the city of Cain. Lemech did it. Nimrod and
Pharaoh, Saul and Solomon all forced the contributions of the people.
Samuel told Saul that because he had done this foolish33 thing and forced

32 The Voice of the People http://www.hisholychurch.net/news/voteking.asp

33 1Sa 13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not
kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee:
for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for
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the contributions of the people his kingdom would not remain.
The Christian understood that the social programs offered by
governments were voluntary in the beginning, but soon became
oppressive. Having been cast out of one system, they did not desire to
enter another. Christ had set them free. The religion of the Pharisees had
conformed to Rome. It was not a pure religion taught by John and Jesus.
They took care of the widows and orphans and needy of their society,
but they did so with those compelled Corban, like the Romans.
“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the
fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted
from the world.” Jas 1:27
The early Christians lived in the world but not of it. They still took
their day of rest on the Sabbath, but we also see them meeting on the
first work day of the week. For what purpose?
In Justin's First Apology we see an explanation of the government of
the Christians with the words, “And on the day called Sunday, all who
live in cities or in the country gather together to one place... And they
who are well to do, and willing, give what each thinks fit; and what is
collected is deposited with the president, who succors the orphans and
widows and those who, through sickness or any other cause, are in want,
and those who are in bonds, and the strangers sojourning among us, and,
in a word, takes care of all who are in need.”
Justin had written the Emperor Antonius Pius, “And we afterwards
continually remind each other of these things. And the wealthy among us
help the needy; and we always keep together; and for all things
wherewith we are supplied, we bless the Maker of all through His Son
Jesus Christ, and through the Holy Ghost.”34
The Romans and many other countries had systems of social welfare
but to the Christians those were the Nicolaitan35 altars which God hated.
“But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I
also hate.” Re 2:6
The Romans persecuted many of the early Christians because they
would not take oaths of allegiance, nor serve, by contributing to the
“gods” of Rome. These gods required donations, or tribute, in the form

34 The Eucharist http://www.hisholychurch.net/sermon/eucharist3.PDF

35 The Nico-laity were the conquered people. They were the people who no
longer had a choice in what was to be contributed to the needy. Nicolaitians
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of an excise tax. A small book, or “libellus, made of papyrus” 36 was used
as a passport throughout their world. It identified you as a contributing
member and contained your signature --- and was believed to be the
mark of the beast in its time. These temples administered systems of
social security, education, justice, and national defense.37 They even
operated as a world bank.38
Very few people understand the similarities between the system of
the Roman beast and the image of the beast in the world today. Nor do
they understand how those early systems came into conflict with the
kingdom preached by Christ and the early Church.
In Gibbon’s “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” he praised “the
union and discipline of the Christian republic.” He pointed out that “it
gradually formed an independent and increasing state in the heart of the
Roman Empire.”39 How did it work before the apostasy of Constantine?40
Constantine did not require that the people repent. Those who
received his baptism continued in the systems offered by Rome. They
were instant Christians claiming a new religion but keeping the old ways
under a new name. Most modern Christians sometimes follow the ways
of Constantine more than those of the Christ. They may cry Lord, Lord
in their Church buildings but do they do the will of the Father?
We need to learn that the Christians would not participate in the
social security and welfare systems of that authoritarian world of Rome
because they demanded an allegiance rather than faith, force rather than
charity. They offered entitlements rather than hope. This is an area of
moral and spiritual conflict not addressed by the modern Church. It is in
that conflict that we find the defining characteristics of the Mark.
“Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we will also bear the
image of the heavenly.” (1 Corinthians 15:49).
In 168 AD, Marcus Aurelius wanted no child to be left behind. He
required, by law, that everyone must register the birth of their children
36 According to the expert testimony of Dr. Elliott, concerning the Mark of the
Beast, the priests of the temples, like the Capital, “were functioning, not as
we would think religious priests would, but rather as police...” David
Stevens v. Stephen Berger, United States District Court, New York, 428
F.Supp. 896 (1977)
37 Rome vs. US http://www.hisholychurch.net/sermon/romeus.HTM
38 Temples and Churches http://www.hisholychurch.net/temples.asp
39 Rousseau and Revolution, Will et Ariel Durant p.801. fn 83 Heiseler, 85.
40 The Wolves http://www.hisholychurch.net/thykingdom/tkczzg12.html

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with the Secretary of Treasury or Provincial Registrars within 30 days.
The Christians would not. They would called no man on earth Father.
Such registration would be an application to the Father of the State,
and would be turning from Christ’s command. 41 The State would be “In
Loco Parentis” which in the Latin, means “in the place of a parent,”
which is a turning away from the Natural Family instituted by God.
“And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father,
which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master,
even Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.”
(Matthew 23:9-11)
This is a reiteration of the precepts and the prime directive of the
Church.42 Christ was a king. Shepherds knew it, angels knew it, Kings
from the east knew it, the Sanhedrin knew it, Pontius Pilate knew it, and
thousands on Pentecost knew it. It is modern Christians who seems to
not know it, for they have learned a gospel devoid of the kingdom.
Christ said he would take the kingdom from the Pharisees.
“Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you,
and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.” (Matthew 21:43 )
He said that he would appoint it to others:
“Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the
kingdom.” Luke 12:32
And then Christ appointed, with instructions, a new kind of prince.
“And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;”
(Luke 22:29)
Christ gave specific instructions to those he would appoint to minister
to His kingdom. Before appointing this kingdom at hand to his new
ambassadors he clarified some of those instructions.
“And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over
them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the
younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.” (Luke 22:25, 26)
In modern Churches it is acceptable to pray (apply) to benefactors
who exercise authority one over the other. It is acceptable to covet your
neighbors' goods through the agency of men who exercise that authority.

41 Call no man on earth Father

http://www.hisholychurch.net/sermon/fatherabba.html
42 ARTICLE X Http://www.hisholychurch.net/study/polity/articlex.html

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 There are always those who make the word of God to no effect. They
make covenants,43 swear oaths,44 and will not let every man remain
subject to the higher liberty.45 They were there in the days of Cora, and
Saul, Rehoboam and the Pharisees. They gave God lip service, said
prayers, sang songs, and built churches, but forgot justice and mercy.
“Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in
thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done
many wonderful works?” (Matthew 7:22 )
The Mark of the Beast is evidence of who owns our service, our
labor, and our estate as free souls under God. Have we become the
package, the merchandise, the human resource of a foreign power? Is it
faith or allegiance? It is the vain coveting of your neighbors' goods
through the agency of government which has made you merchandise
under an alien dominion.
“Redemption is deliverance from the power of an alien dominion and the
enjoyment of the resulting freedom. It involves the idea of restoration to
one who possesses a more fundamental right or interest. The best
example of redemption in the Old Testament was the deliverance of the
children of Israel from bondage, from the dominion of the alien power in
Egypt.”46
The Kingdom of Heaven
The Kingdom of Heaven47 is the same as the Kingdom of God. The
phrase kingdom of Heaven only appears in Matthew because he wrote
originally in Aramaic. In Aramaic, the word malkuthach is translated
into kingdom of heaven. It actually means a dominative realm on earth.
According to John Burnet, ouranos, is best translated “world”.48
“He owns the land from the heavens and to the center of the earth.”49

43 The Covenants of the gods

http://www.hisholychurch.net/study/gods/writings.htm
44 "Oaths http://www.hisholychurch.net/news/a4constitution6aoath.html
45 ROMANS 13 http://www.hisholychurch.net/sermon/Romans13.html
46 Zondervan’s Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible
47 Thy Kingdom Comes http://www.hisholychurch.net/thykingdom/tkca.html
48 “…indeed we have no suitable word to express what the Greeks at first
called an ouranos. It will be convenient to use the term 'world' for it; but
then we must remember that it does not refer solely, or even chiefly, to the
earth, though it includes that along with the heavenly bodies.” John Burnet,.
Plato’s Dialogues, Early Greek Philosophy, Introduction.
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 The word Ouranos actually means not so much what is beyond the
sky but it is “the vaulted expanse of the sky with all things with in it.”
Ouranos, comes from a root that means “to cover, encompass.” Jesus was a king.
His kingdom was not a part of Rome but it was and is at hand upon earth.
Jesus told Pontius Pilate that His kingdom was “not of this world.” He
did not use the Greek word meaning “planet.” He used the Greek word
meaning “an apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order,
government.”50 There are five different Greek words in the New
Testament which are occasionally translated into the word world.
The words “kingdom of God” are translated from the words basileia
theos. Theos means ruling judge and is often translated God or gods. We
know there were “gods many,” because Paul tells us---and because there
were many judges throughout the Roman Empire and Judea. The word
basileia is translated “kingdom,” but it really means the right to be ruled
by. What Jesus was saying is “the right to be ruled by God is at hand.”
“Are men the property of the state? Or are they free souls under God?
This same battle continues throughout the world.”51
God led Abraham out of Ur and Haran. He lead the Israelites out of
Egypt. And Jesus led the people out of the the power of Rome, and into
the kingdom of heaven. The Pharisees did not want to let go of their
acquired power over the people and condemned themselves by saying
“we have no king but Caesar.” The Christians found salvation by saying
there is another king named Jesus, but they did not just say it, they lived
it. They gathered their families together in congregational groups of ten,
uniting tens, hundreds, and thousands in a system of charity and hope.
What does the kingdom look like? What was the early Church doing,
and what were the early Christians really seeking? Is the kingdom of
God appointed by Christ the only way to liberty under God?52
Have we exchanged ritual and form for the spiritual substance of
justice and mercy? The kingdom of God is not of the dead, but of the
living.53 It does not come by observation.54 It is at hand. We should be
50 My kingdom is not of this world
http://www.hisholychurch.net/sermon/world.HTM
51 Cecil B. DeMille in “The Ten Commandments.”
52 Thy Kingdom Comes http://www.hisholychurch.net/thykingdom/tkca.html
53 Lu 20:38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto
him.
54 Lu 17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom
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seeking it, rather than benefits from those who exercise authority.55
How should the Church be organized today?56 Should it be
incorporated by the state?57 Should Christians be getting marriage
licenses from the State?58 What about Birth Certificates?59 What was
baptism all about?60
The Mark of the Beast is a badge of servitude which you can receive
and carry with you, or you may just remember its' number. Without it,
you will not have much access to the commercial or political benefits of
society. You may be excluded from the market place by policy and law.
The modern mark identifies you, and is used to prove who is a
“member entitled”. Those with a numerical identifier ensure that their
faith, hope, and charity shall be tested in hard times to come.
The mark of God is faith, hope, and charity under that perfect law of
liberty. It is mercy and justice. It is forgiving and forgiveness. It is
thanksgiving amongst free people. It is about loving God and loving
your neighbor as your self. Those who do not cultivate the love of God
will feed the beast in their own hearts and minds---and in the world.
The “world” means the benefactors and governments that exercise
authority one over the other. They are filled with the people who covet
their neighbor's goods. The kingdom of God is filled with those who
love God and their neighbor as themselves. They would rather go
without than to be a part of a system that takes from their neighbor
without his daily consent.
“And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. …
And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it:
but if it be not worthy, let your peace61 return to you.” Mt. 10:7-13.

cometh not with observation:

55 Mt 20:25 But Jesus called them [unto him], and said, Ye know that the
princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great
exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: ...
56 http://www.hisholychurch.net/church/index.html
57 The Body of Christ Vs. The Body of the State
Http://www.hisholychurch.net/study/gods/bvb.htm
58 Holy Matrimony vs. Marriage
http://www.hisholychurch.net/study/gods/mvm.html
59 Birth certification http://www.hisholychurch.net/pdfiles/births/
60 Baptism, Washing up http://www.hisholychurch.net/net/baptism/index.html
61 Peace from eirene meaning 1) a state of national tranquility

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The Covenant of the gods
A blend of Law, the Bible and History. Offering an explanation of
how the contractual nature of governments. The method by which
gods are created obtaining our consent, through application,
construction and acquiescence. How we choose bondage through
apathy and avarice, covetousness and greed, and of course lack of
knowledge and ignorance. The rise of despots and rulers with a
reciprocal decline in liberty.

Thy Kingdom Comes

The history of the Kingdom of God, it's peculiar nature and
character and how it can change our lives today and tomorrow. A
look at the sophistry and trickery that has hidden the truth that the
kingdom of God is at hand for those who will seek it and its
righteousness.

The Free Church Report

The nature, structure and method of the Free Church; how it
worked and can work in the past and present. Guidelines, polities
and accords for forming a free Church in accordance with the
precepts of God and His Son, the Anointed King of His Kingdom.
Other audios and DVDs are available at:
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Email: [email protected]
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