Also it (the second beast or false prophet) causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, 17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark… Revelation 13:16-17
Let me start by saying that I think there’s no connection between the vaccine and the mark of the beast from Revelation. However, there has been more noise about it, especially from Emerald Robinson of Newsmax who said that a substance called “Luciferase” is an ingredient in at least one of the vaccines. She warns everyone to read Revelation to see how this works out.
Luciferase is a real thing, which leaves me wondering if anybody could have come up with a better name. Not unlike the Vatican’s Lucifer device, which is a binocular infrared telescope at their observatory in Arizona. It supposedly takes much better UFO pictures than in the normal light band. Again, could no one come up with a better name?
So – luciferase. It’s a real thing with bioluminescent properties. The current conspiracy theory is that it can work as a tracker on anyone who was vaccinated. Vaccine manufacturers say that it is not used in the COVID vaccines. I’m not especially trusting of big pharma, but I’m not buying this theory at this point.
Robinson refers us to Revelation, seemingly hinting that it has to do with the mark of the beast as others have suggested. They all look to verse 17 above. It sounds a lot like today’s increasing pressure to force companies to force their employees to get the shots or lose their jobs. While I am fearful of that happening, I’m giving this theory about the mark of the beast a solid “NO!”
First, context is critical. Revelation 13 describes the first beast and then the second beast, sometimes called the first beast’s prophet. It’s all about his ability to deceive people by way of miracles, like bringing down fire from heaven. He convinces people to abandon God and follow the beast.
He’s looking for a conscious choice from people between God and the beast. This is not what the COVID vaccine is about. While I think the vaccine is mostly about money – when is anything not?? – it is not calling for an overt choice against God. Like I told one of my doctors, anyone who pushes this hard for people to do something has a hidden agenda. What it is I can’t tell, but I’m sure it’s there.
For example, there was a vaccine program in the Philippines headed by the WHO in the 1990’s. When a health specialist noticed it was being given almost entirely to women of child-bearing age, he started testing the vaccines. It turned out that a percentage of those doses contained a sterilizing agent which was first discovered at Ohio State University. So…who knows if or what is in the COVID shot?
I’ve also learned that the speed of the vaccine development beat the old record by more than a lot. Previously, the fastest vaccine development was for mumps. That took four years. The COVID shot took roughly one year. I want to know what short cuts were taken and what else might simply have been missed! We’re gradually finding out with ongoing reports of this or that complication. Coming out.
I think there are plenty of reasons not to take the shot. For me. Given that odd complications are so far in the minority, I won’t rain on anyone’s parade if they feel safer taking it. If it gives you some sense of security, don’t let my opinions stop you. I have friends who have taken it for just that reason, and I’ve skirted the topic with them. It isn’t for me to tell them what to do.
But whatever else it is, I am certain that the shot is not the mark of the beast!