In order to interpret it rightly, we need to know its context. Revelation 13:17 (“no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name,” ESV) is one such text. If we completely detach our modern-day applications from a text’s original, historical context, we risk misapplying the text-sometimes in embarrassing ways. Many evangelicals tend to skip over this step and jump straight to application. In order to rightly interpret the letter of Revelation, we need to investigate these churches’ historical situation. To understand a letter between two people (or groups of people), you really need to know a thing or two about what necessitated the sending of the letter in the first place. Letters in antiquity are much like modern letters-situational, personal, and contextual. Letter to the Churchesįirst, we must remember that Revelation is a first-century letter to seven churches in Asia Minor (Rev. But first, we need to start from square one and do some background work. 13:17)? Wouldn’t the mark need to be visible in order to do that? Furthermore, isn’t there enough evidence that the vaccine is the “number” of the beast, including a bill currently before the House of Representatives (6666) and the very letters “C-O-R-O-N-A” themselves? 1 These are good questions, and I think a response would be helpful. The biggest objection I received from readers had to do with this very point: how could the mark be non-physical and invisible if having the mark was what allowed people to “buy or sell” things (Rev. In an article published last week on theLAB, COVID-19 and The Mark of the Beast, I claimed that the mark of the beast (666) is most likely not a physical or visible mark (Rev. Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Email LinkedIn
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