{"id":19426,"date":"2021-08-14T18:31:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T01:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=19426"},"modified":"2021-08-14T18:32:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T01:32:08","slug":"could-a-covid-passport-be-preparing-us-for-the-mark-of-the-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2021\/08\/14\/could-a-covid-passport-be-preparing-us-for-the-mark-of-the-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"Could a COVID Passport Be Preparing Us for the Mark of the Beast?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Could the COVID passport <\/strong>that some politicians are saying will not come, yet that is slowly and steadily being forced onto the lives of more citizens in more countries actually be a blessing in disguise for the saints? I believe that it could be. What do I mean by this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following is not a discussion about the merits or demerits of vaccines COVID or otherwise. That is another discussion for another time. Rather, this is about the implications of a COVID passport that may well determine who can do what, when and where or not. Such a passport would be about separating people into classes\u00ad\u2014the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. Why does this matter and how does it affect you should the requirements of a COVID passport come knocking on your door?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Likely all those reading this believe in the veracity of the Bible, and the fact that Scripture predicts that certain events will happen before the second coming of Yeshua the Messiah. One of these prophesied events is the famous mark of the beast of Revelation 13 in the Bible. According to Scripture, only those who have the mark of the beast will be permitted by the State or the powers that be to buy and sell. In other words, to survive in a modern world in a somewhat normal fashion, it will be mandated that everyone takes the mark. Probably a few who live off the land in a self-sufficient manner and are off grid somewhere far away from others will not be too negatively affected by the mark of the beast, but this will be a small minority of people. For the rest of us whose lives are urban and depend on others for survival, not being able to buy or sell could be a real problem\u2014even a life threatening one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So at some point in the end times, as per Revelation 13:16\u201317, the world will be divided into two classes of people: those who take the mark and are able to buy and sell (i.e. survive in a contemporary culture), and those who refuse to take it. By now, it should not hard to see where I am going with this line of thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the record, I do not for one second believe that either the COVID shot, or jab as it is being called, or the COVID passport are the mark of the beast. Neither one fits the biblical criteria for the mark. However, are these things conditioning people to eventually accept the infamous mark?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s get real. Do you really think that all those folks who are promoting either the jab or the passport are knowing agents of the devil intent on helping to fulfill biblical prophecy so that Yeshua can return? Of course not. They are simply doing what they think is best for themselves and for humanity. Yes, of course, there are sinister elements, even demonic evil doers at the top who have their new world order, globalistic and Luciferian agendas. But there have always been and there always will be these type of people seeking world dominion at the expense of the rest of us. It all goes back to the snake in the tree in the garden, who from the beginning was intent on thwarting the will of the Creator. Nothing has changed since then. Satan is the god of this world, and he is opposed to all that is good, and he has his human agents that are helping to fulfill his nefarious purposes whether they know it or not. These people are his useful idiots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Now to the question at hand: Could the COVID passport actually end up being a blessing for the true saints of Elohim? In answering this question, let\u2019s analyze this a bit. In a society where such a passport would be required, there will be two classes or categories of people: those who have it and those who do not. The first group will be a privileged class able to movies, bars, restaurants, fun events, museums, travel, participate in sporting events, go to school and so on. Of course those who work for the State will be required to get vaccinated because government can make such demands of its worker bees. Healthcare workers will also be required to get the jab or lose their jobs because this, of course, they are health care workers, and they have to set the example for rest of us to follow in order to give validity to the State\u2019s politically correct narrative (whether it is based on the truth or not, it does not matter). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

COVID passports or similar such State backed mandates are already being forced on the citizens of some countries like France, Chili, Israel and, of this writing, some 50 other countries. Moreover, more and more large corporations are requiring their workers to get the jab or lose their job. This is all, of course, for the health and safety of everyone, don\u2019t you know. Can\u2019t you see a similar scenario being played out when it comes to being required to take the eventual biblical mark of the beast? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I am saying is not fear mongering, hyperbole or fantastical conspiracy theorizing. These things are happening in real time and in living color before our very eyes. People are being convinced that they need to take an experimental gene-editing drug all purportedly for their own good, even though thousands of medical doctors worldwide are warning us against. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, in the US, a large percentage of health care workers are refusing to get the jab. What do they know that we don\u2019t? The mainstream media refuses to cover these issues, social media is censoring this information and most of our government officials refuse to even discuss it. Can\u2019t you see that a similar method of operation or game plan will be how the mark of the beast will be sold to (or be foisted upon) the majority of the earth\u2019s population some time in the future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you see where this is going? It starts with government officials saying that they have no intentions of implementing a COVID passports, then suddenly a new strain of the Corona or COVID virus emerges, and now the passport is a necessity. What is next? More new strains, more stringent measures enforced by social ostracizing, loss of jobs, penalties, fines, prison sentences and on and on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who have their eyes on Bible prophecy will be less likely to acquiesce to these measures. Such people will be more likely to resist these restrictive government mandates. Those who resist and refuse will not fare well in a society that requires vaccines or eventually marks in the hand or forehead in order to function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what is the potential blessing to not having a COVID passport? Consider this. In Revelation 18, YHVH urges his people to come out of Babylon the Great (Rev 18:4). How do you do that? Not easily. Mystery Babylon the Great is comprised of three components: economic, political and religious (see Rev 13). Many Christian folks have been exiting religious Babylon by returning to the biblical, Torah-roots of their faith, and leaving behind the traditions of men by which the Word of Elohim has been made of none-effect. This is a good thing, and a step in the right direction. But how does one come out of economic and political Babylon? Not so easily. COVID or something similar may provide the impetus for YHVH\u2019s people to take some more serious steps in exiting the world system. What do I mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If one refuses to take the jab and is thus denied a COVID passport and, as a result, is subsequently denied certain privileges that have been granted to all of the obedient citizens out there, what would be the result? Take the current state of affairs in France, for example\u2014a country whose national motto since the French Revolution of 1789 has been \u201cliberty, equality and fraternity.\u201d No more going to the bars, restaurants, sporting events and stadiums, casinos, museums, music festivals, social gatherings and social events, spas, gyms, as well as prohibition from travelling to other countries. No working for government or many large corporations. No riding public transport. (Don\u2019t laugh, most of these restrictions have gone into effect or are about to in France as of this writing!) You can now cross off the word liberty<\/em> from France\u2019s national motto! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So are all of this curtailment of civil liberties a bad thing? Maybe not. Let\u2019s parse this out and briefly discuss how these government-enforced restrictions might actually force YHVH\u2019s people to more seriously disengage from Babylon the Great as per heaven\u2019s instructions in Revelation 18:4 to \u201ccome out of her my people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n