Mark Of The Beast

[Marque100]

Mark of the Beast

With the advances in technology, especially in the world of finance (payment systems) along with the inevitable future changes, caused by the consequences of the current financial crisis, etc, I’m beginning to think that the “Mark of the Beast”, mentioned in the book of Revelation, is a literal, physical Mark, caused by human implantation of an RFID microchip, which would be used for security (ID/Tracking) and financial (Payment) purposes.

Revelation 13:16 – “And IT puts under COMPULSION ALL PERSONS, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, that they should give these a MARK in THEIR RIGHT HAND or upon THEIR FOREHEAD, 17 and that NOBODY might be able to BUY or SELL except a person having the mark, the number of ITS name.” - NWT

Revelation 13:16 –“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 17 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.” – KJV

Microchip Picture 1

http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/images/mar07/images/rfidef1.gif

Microchip Picture 2

http://www.stateline.org/live/digitalAssets/9108_RFID.jpg

“Compulsion“: Using force to cause something to occur. You don’t have a choice (apparently).

“All Persons”: In other words, EVERYONE.

There is no way of knowing the exact number of people who will be involved by the time this happens, there may already have been a considerable reduction of the worlds population (WW3?), but still, it will be a large number of people, regardless.

“Their Right Hand”: Why be so specific – “Right Hand” why not just “Hand”?

“Their Forehead”: If the “Mark” is just symbolic, why do we need a second option for placing the “Mark”? This takes us back to the part of the scripture where it mentions “ALL Persons”. It’s logical to think, that If we are talking about billions of people (or even just hundreds of millions) there is going to be a high number of people who, for whatever reason, do not have the use of their right hand, so the forehead is the second best choice (every living person has a head, not all have hands). Of course the right hand is the ideal, most convenient, location for the “Mark” (implantable RFID chip).

From various scriptures in Revelation, we see the following mentioned: “Give the Mark”, “Receive the Mark”,”Had the Mark”. These words appear literal, forceful; not symbolic, but strong on specificality. There are at least 7 scriptures in the book of Revelation that mention the “Mark”. - Revelation 13:16, 13:17, 14:9, 14:11, 16:2, 19:20, 20:4.

"Buy and Sell": These are, of course, financial transactions. Money is power/control. Without money, it’s almost impossible to exist, or live a “normal” life. “Here is where it means endurance...”.

"Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people; control money and you control the world" -- Henry Kissinger.

It’s all about control - money and power.

So, without the “Mark”, you will find yourself in a dire situation, a non-person. That’s not to recommend you accept the “Mark”, far from it. The Bible gives us a clear warning about those who do.

Revelation 14:9-10 “...If anyone worships the wild beast and its image, and receives a mark on his forehead or upon his hand 10 he will also drink of the wine of the anger of God...”

I would rather be killed by man, for doing the right thing, than to be destroyed by God for doing wrong.

Microchip Implant (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_implant_(human)

Financial System

The world is progressing to a planned one world government, one world religion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbIUCaKuyRA), one common language (English / Genesis 11:1-9) also there will be a world bank, with its (single) world currency. It’s like a modern day story of Nimrod (Europe - http://biblelight.net/Tower-of-Babel.htm).

The current financial crisis is speeding up that process.

For a number of years we have been seeing the consolidation of many paper (fiat) currencies into single currencies like the Euro. The crisis is also having a devaluing effect on existing currencies. The risk of world wide hyper-inflation (Germany 1923/Weimar Republic) is a very real possibility, even the world’s reserve currency, the US Dollar, is in trouble, due to the size of their debt.

The Big Collapse Could Be Very Near

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2009/...-very-near.html (http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2009/05/big-collapse-could-be-very-near.html)

The scripture at Ezekiel 7:19, foretells that money (“silver”) will become worthless & men will throw it out into the streets. Also see James 5:1-3.

Paper (fiat) money is purposely being killed off. It will be replaced solely by a single, electronic currency. We are also seeing the introduction of contactless payment systems. You wave/pass your bank card over an RFID scanner that reads the chip within the card, which then automatically processes your payment.

Single Currency

http://www.vanguardonline.f9.co.uk/0614.htm

Contactless Payment Systems

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2126822/...t-rfid-payments (http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2126822/cash-under-threat-rfid-payments)

Cashless Society

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business...ief-439676.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cashless-society-by-2012-says-visa-chief-439676.html)

Everything, regarding this plan, is done in stages. The RFID payment card is the last step, before the chip is taken out of the card and implanted into a human. You can always lose your card, have it stolen and/or cloned by fraudsters etc, but having this chip under your skin, more or less, eliminates these issues.

FDA approves computer chip for humans

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6237364/

Peace & Security

Ridding the world of cash (physical currency) will reduce crime significantly. The RFID chip is not just used for buying & selling things. It’s also an identification & tracking security system as well. Identity fraud will be virtually wiped out & when a crime is committed, such as a murder, all humans within that location, during the time of the crime can be identified and located. When a one world government is created all countries will give up their weapons to that single government (UN). Citizens will also be disarmed. There will be a formation of a single army & police force. These forces will be able to respond quickly to any trouble spot in the world. If a war breaks out between Iran & the West, with Iran (and other Muslim countries) being defeated, this will remove the main threat and enemy to Israel. Is this the “Freedom from care” mentioned in the book of Daniel?

--

“London Guardian journalist Charlie Skelton, who began his coverage of the 2009 Bilderberg conference ... is now warning that the horrendous treatment dished out to him by both police and undercover spies is just a taste of what we can expect in our daily lives if we allow Bilderberg’s agenda, and specifically ID cards and implantable microchips, to be implemented.”

http://www.prisonplanet.com/skelton-stop-b...-all-costs.html (http://www.prisonplanet.com/skelton-stop-bilderbergs-nightmare-future-at-all-costs.html)

Revelation 16:2 - “And the first one went off and poured out his bowl into the earth. And a hurtful and malignant ulcer came to be upon the men that had the mark of the wild beast and that were worshiping its image.”

Microchip Implants Cause Fast-Growing, MALIGNANT Tumors in Lab Animals

http://www.antichips.com/press-releases/mi...nts-tumors.html (http://www.antichips.com/press-releases/microchip-imlants-tumors.html)

Short clip of the late Aaron Russo taking about Money, World Government and RFID Chips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3cfQq5AXJ0

RFID Chip (Fox News)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypft-vy4ETU

Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spychips-Major-Cor...8858&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spychips-Major-Corporations-Government-Track/dp/1595550208/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242868858&sr=1-1)

Human Tracking Picture

http://www.maebrussell.com/Articles%20and%.../Human%20ID.gif (http://www.maebrussell.com/Articles%20and%20Notes/Human%20ID.gif)

The Watchtower article on the “Mark of the Beast”, briefly mentions the idea of implantable microchips, but then confidently dismisses it as “These fanciful and contrived interpretations”.

http://www.watchtower.org/e/20040401/article_01.htm

I find that dismissal unfortunate, over-confident & potentially misleading for the 7million Jehovah’s Witnesses. There is an increasing amount of evidence to support the RFID microchip implants; the technology is here, the FDA has already cleared them for human use (2005), there are numerous books about them & they have appeared in a number of mainstream media news reports, not to mention a favourite topic for conspiracy theorists (not so much a conspiracy anymore though).

I’m not saying this is definatly going to happen and that we need to start changing literature & warning everyone, but, just to be aware of it & to keep it in mind that this is now a very real possibility as there’s far too much tangible evidence for us to ignore and for the Watchtower to be able to dismiss with such confidence.

Verichip Corporation

http://www.verichipcorp.com/

Digital Angel

http://www.digitalangel.com/

RFID CHIP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe4JVAnA5Xw

[TheMdC]

If they don't hurry up and install these things no government on earth is going to be able to afford them. The financial situation is dire. If the mark is going to be literal, they better start implementing it soon.

[shikinah]

Mark of the Beast

With the advances in technology, especially in the world of finance (payment systems) along with the inevitable future changes, caused by the consequences of the current financial crisis, etc, I'm beginning to think that the "Mark of the Beast", mentioned in the book of Revelation, is a literal, physical Mark, caused by human implantation of an RFID microchip, which would be used for security (ID/Tracking) and financial (Payment) purposes.

Revelation 13:16 – "And IT puts under COMPULSION ALL PERSONS, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, that they should give these a MARK in THEIR RIGHT HAND or upon THEIR FOREHEAD, 17 and that NOBODY might be able to BUY or SELL except a person having the mark, the number of ITS name." - NWT

Revelation 13:16 –"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 17 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." – KJV

Microchip Picture 1

http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/images/mar07/images/rfidef1.gif

Microchip Picture 2

http://www.stateline.org/live/digitalAssets/9108_RFID.jpg

"Compulsion": Using force to cause something to occur. You don't have a choice (apparently).

"All Persons": In other words, EVERYONE.

There is no way of knowing the exact number of people who will be involved by the time this happens, there may already have been a considerable reduction of the worlds population (WW3?), but still, it will be a large number of people, regardless.

"Their Right Hand": Why be so specific – "Right Hand" why not just "Hand"?

"Their Forehead": If the "Mark" is just symbolic, why do we need a second option for placing the "Mark"? This takes us back to the part of the scripture where it mentions "ALL Persons". It's logical to think, that If we are talking about billions of people (or even just hundreds of millions) there is going to be a high number of people who, for whatever reason, do not have the use of their right hand, so the forehead is the second best choice (every living person has a head, not all have hands). Of course the right hand is the ideal, most convenient, location for the "Mark" (implantable RFID chip).

From various scriptures in Revelation, we see the following mentioned: "Give the Mark", "Receive the Mark","Had the Mark". These words appear literal, forceful; not symbolic, but strong on specificality. There are at least 7 scriptures in the book of Revelation that mention the "Mark". - Revelation 13:16, 13:17, 14:9, 14:11, 16:2, 19:20, 20:4.

"Buy and Sell": These are, of course, financial transactions. Money is power/control. Without money, it's almost impossible to exist, or live a "normal" life. "Here is where it means endurance...".

"Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people; control money and you control the world" -- Henry Kissinger.

It's all about control - money and power.

So, without the "Mark", you will find yourself in a dire situation, a non-person. That's not to recommend you accept the "Mark", far from it. The Bible gives us a clear warning about those who do.

Revelation 14:9-10 "...If anyone worships the wild beast and its image, and receives a mark on his forehead or upon his hand 10 he will also drink of the wine of the anger of God..."

I would rather be killed by man, for doing the right thing, than to be destroyed by God for doing wrong.

Microchip Implant (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_implant_(human)

Financial System

The world is progressing to a planned one world government, one world religion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbIUCaKuyRA), one common language (English / Genesis 11:1-9) also there will be a world bank, with its (single) world currency. It's like a modern day story of Nimrod (Europe - http://biblelight.net/Tower-of-Babel.htm).

The current financial crisis is speeding up that process.

For a number of years we have been seeing the consolidation of many paper (fiat) currencies into single currencies like the Euro. The crisis is also having a devaluing effect on existing currencies. The risk of world wide hyper-inflation (Germany 1923/Weimar Republic) is a very real possibility, even the world's reserve currency, the US Dollar, is in trouble, due to the size of their debt.

The Big Collapse Could Be Very Near

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2009/...-very-near.html (http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2009/05/big-collapse-could-be-very-near.html)

The scripture at Ezekiel 7:19, foretells that money ("silver") will become worthless & men will throw it out into the streets. Also see James 5:1-3.

Paper (fiat) money is purposely being killed off. It will be replaced solely by a single, electronic currency. We are also seeing the introduction of contactless payment systems. You wave/pass your bank card over an RFID scanner that reads the chip within the card, which then automatically processes your payment.

Single Currency

http://www.vanguardonline.f9.co.uk/0614.htm

Contactless Payment Systems

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2126822/...t-rfid-payments (http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2126822/cash-under-threat-rfid-payments)

Cashless Society

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business...ief-439676.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cashless-society-by-2012-says-visa-chief-439676.html)

Everything, regarding this plan, is done in stages. The RFID payment card is the last step, before the chip is taken out of the card and implanted into a human. You can always lose your card, have it stolen and/or cloned by fraudsters etc, but having this chip under your skin, more or less, eliminates these issues.

FDA approves computer chip for humans

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6237364/

Peace & Security

Ridding the world of cash (physical currency) will reduce crime significantly. The RFID chip is not just used for buying & selling things. It's also an identification & tracking security system as well. Identity fraud will be virtually wiped out & when a crime is committed, such as a murder, all humans within that location, during the time of the crime can be identified and located. When a one world government is created all countries will give up their weapons to that single government (UN). Citizens will also be disarmed. There will be a formation of a single army & police force. These forces will be able to respond quickly to any trouble spot in the world. If a war breaks out between Iran & the West, with Iran (and other Muslim countries) being defeated, this will remove the main threat and enemy to Israel. Is this the "Freedom from care" mentioned in the book of Daniel?

--

"London Guardian journalist Charlie Skelton, who began his coverage of the 2009 Bilderberg conference ... is now warning that the horrendous treatment dished out to him by both police and undercover spies is just a taste of what we can expect in our daily lives if we allow Bilderberg's agenda, and specifically ID cards and implantable microchips, to be implemented."

http://www.prisonplanet.com/skelton-stop-b...-all-costs.html (http://www.prisonplanet.com/skelton-stop-bilderbergs-nightmare-future-at-all-costs.html)

Revelation 16:2 - "And the first one went off and poured out his bowl into the earth. And a hurtful and malignant ulcer came to be upon the men that had the mark of the wild beast and that were worshiping its image."

Microchip Implants Cause Fast-Growing, MALIGNANT Tumors in Lab Animals

http://www.antichips.com/press-releases/mi...nts-tumors.html (http://www.antichips.com/press-releases/microchip-imlants-tumors.html)

Short clip of the late Aaron Russo taking about Money, World Government and RFID Chips

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3cfQq5AXJ0

RFID Chip (Fox News)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypft-vy4ETU

Spychips: How Major Corporations and Government Plan to Track Your Every Move with RFID

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spychips-Major-Cor...8858&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spychips-Major-Corporations-Government-Track/dp/1595550208/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242868858&sr=1-1)

Human Tracking Picture

http://www.maebrussell.com/Articles%20and%.../Human%20ID.gif (http://www.maebrussell.com/Articles%20and%20Notes/Human%20ID.gif)

The Watchtower article on the "Mark of the Beast", briefly mentions the idea of implantable microchips, but then confidently dismisses it as "These fanciful and contrived interpretations".

http://www.watchtower.org/e/20040401/article_01.htm

I find that dismissal unfortunate, over-confident & potentially misleading for the 7million Jehovah's Witnesses. There is an increasing amount of evidence to support the RFID microchip implants; the technology is here, the FDA has already cleared them for human use (2005), there are numerous books about them & they have appeared in a number of mainstream media news reports, not to mention a favourite topic for conspiracy theorists (not so much a conspiracy anymore though).

I'm not saying this is definatly going to happen and that we need to start changing literature & warning everyone, but, just to be aware of it & to keep it in mind that this is now a very real possibility as there's far too much tangible evidence for us to ignore and for the Watchtower to be able to dismiss with such confidence.

Verichip Corporation

http://www.verichipcorp.com/

Digital Angel

http://www.digitalangel.com/

RFID CHIP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe4JVAnA5Xw[/b]


You may have a point, or it could be just buying or selling anything which belongs to the beast. I have recently in my line of work been effected by buying or selling, because certain companies i purchase homoeopathics from, have been taken over by companies which i know are part of the new age agenda, like changing the website to "third eye pharmacy" etc with a pic of the all seeing eye. Which means i can nolonger buy from them. I have customers who come to me for products and when i find out they are Reiki masters i try and refer them somewhere else. So the mark is already working, at the moment its our conscience which determines wether we recieve the mark or not. And not having accurate knowledge of gods word, you will not even recognise it.

Elizabeth

[Tsaphah]

Some very interesting thoughts here. I wondered about this several years ago when the new technology came about, along with GPS tracking, etc. I went back to the original Greek scripture to gain a better understanding. Here is what I found.

The Greek word used and translated as “causeth all”KJV, “causes all”NASB, “shall make all”Douay-Rheims, “forced everyone”NIV, and “under compulsion all persons”NWT is poieo(G4160) pronounced poy-eh-oh. It is truly amazing how many ways this one word are translated into English. Just two examples of this are the KJV=14 different English words, NASB=93 different English words are used.

What does poieo mean? According to Strong’s transliteration, depending on the context in which it is used, it is listed as;
1. to make
a. with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc.
b. to be the authors of, the cause
c. to make ready, to prepare
d. to produce, bear, shoot forth
e. to make a thing out of something
(I won’t list them all)
i.to make one do something

You may wonder why this one little word can be translated so many different ways. Here are some reasons why. In the English language we use a term, synonym, or synonymous. It comes from the Greek word “synonymon” which is from syn=”together, same” + onyma=”name”. It means having “a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as joyful, elated, glad.” But this alone can cause some misunderstanding. As Mark Twain said, “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”

Let’s take a look at the NWT use of “under compulsion”. What is the real meaning of that as compared to “causes all”? Here is an explanation of compulsion according to the The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language.

Compulsion
1a. The act of compelling.
b. The state of being compelled.
c. An irresistible impulse to act, regardless of the rationality of the motivation: "The compulsion to protect the powerful from the discomfort of public disclosure feeds further abuse and neglect" (Boston Globe).
d. An act or acts performed in response to such an impulse.

This leads us to another word, “compel” which is from Latin compellere "to drive together," from com- "together" + pellere "to drive." Some synonyms are: coerce, constrain, obligate, pressure, enforce.

OK, where are we going with this? What really is Rev 13:16 really saying? The compulsion is not forced in the sense that we have no control over our decisions. We still have the free will that Jehovah gave us. We can choose whether we will obey or not. In the words of a song called, “Freewill”, it says, “You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.” We will always have the freedom of choice. The only thing driving our choice is the consequences of that choice.

What Rev 13:16 is saying is that those who chose “not to in any way worship the image of the wild beast”, “the wild beast should both speak and cause to be killed all those,”. (Rev 13:15) Anyone who is fearful and doesn’t want to be killed, willingly or unwillingly accepts the mark. (Mt 10:28-31) Why would anyone fear death unless they have no hope and do not believe. (Lk 12:4-12)

The dragon, the beast, and the false prophet don’t need to implant an RFID devise in you. All they need to do is continually tell you that it is good for you to be a part of their system. They only have to convince you that they can help you keep the life style you have become accustomed to. Control of the mind and heart are all that is necessary. The heart and mind are represented in the bible as the seat of desires. The right hand has always represented a position of power or the power of the body. Hard work and a shaking of the right hand represents the conclusion of a contract.

Tsaphah

[Marque100]

<div class='quotemain'>Thanks for taking the time in reading & replying to my post.


M.

[shikinah]

Tsaphah,
thats some indepth research :balt06:
I agree with you here, if we were forced it wouldnt be free choice, and Jehovah&#39;s Judging the ones that freely accept the mark. The right hand could mean to pay allegiance, a hand shake, etc, the forehead could be our mind, we were speaking about the pineal gland a couple of weeks ago. The ancients believed it was our intuitive recepter, maybe its just having your mind set or taken over by this coming satanic set up. Remember this reformation will be a replica of ancient Babylon, a mix of all beliefs, faiths, ecoteric, shamen you name it taking control of everything, satans influence will be manifest in everything, mass demonism and possession through healing will be rife..So yes we can easily see how the mark can be obtained. How blessed are we to know the true god Jehovah and his Son Christ Jesus.

Jah Bless
Elizabeth

[Tsaphah]

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Hi Marque100,
Here is some information that I found about the forehead and the mark.

FOREHEAD, (Heb. may&#39;tsakh, to shine).
The practice of veiling the face in public for women of the higher class especially married women-in the East, sufficiently stigmatizes with reproach the unveiled face of women of bad character (Gen. 24:65; Jer. 3:3). Reference is made to this when Israel is called "impudent;" that is, "hard of forehead" (Ezek. 3:7, 8, 9).

Marks upon the forehead, for the purpose of distinguishing the holy from the profane, are mentioned in Ezek. 9:4, and again in Rev. 7:3.

The classical idolaters used to consecrate themselves to particular deities on the same principle. The marks used on these occasions were various. Sometimes they contained the name of the god; sometimes his particular ensign, as the thunderbolt of Jupiter, the trident of Neptune, the ivy of Bacchus, etc.; or else they marked themselves with some mystical number whereby the god was described.

If this analogy be admitted the mark on the forehead may be taken to be derived from the analogous custom among the heathen of bearing on their forehead the mark of the gods whose votaries they were. Some, however, would rather understand the allusion to refer to the custom of marking cattle, and even slaves, with the sign of ownership.

Figurative. (1) The saints having a mark or seal in their foreheads denotes their having full direction and protection amid terrible calamities (Ezek. 9:4; Rev. 7:3). (2) The saints having God&#39;s name in their foreheads denotes their open and bold profession of his truth, obedience to his law and conformity to his image (Rev. 14:1 and 22:4). (3) The forehead of an abandoned woman and a stiff forehead imports their shameless obstinacy in idolatry and other wickedness (Jer. 3:3; Ezek 3:8). (4) God&#39;s setting a jewel on their forehead signifies his giving them public and great honor and wealth, and openly placing his tabernacle, temple and ordinances among them (Ezek. 16:12).

Men&#39;s having the mark of the beast in their forehead denotes their open profession of the heresies and their bold attachment to superstition and idolatry (Rev. 23:16 and 20:4).
The Popular and Critical Bible Encyclopaedia Vol. 1. Pg. 670
__________________________________________________ _______________________

FOREHEAD. As a very prominent and readily seen feature of an individual, the forehead was, in ancient times, a place for marking slaves so that all could see to what master they belonged. Also, the devotees of certain pagan gods were thus marked. Even today some follow the practice of putting religious marks on the forehead, so that all others can be aware of their devotion to their religious beliefs.

MARK IN THE FOREHEAD
Bearing a mark in the "forehead" is similarly used in a figurative way in the Bible to signify that one is a slave to the true God or to another. At Revelation 7:2-4, reference is made to angelic sealing of 144,000 persons in their foreheads. The Bible indicates that such seal is a symbol of God&#39;s holy spirit and that the sealing began at Pentecost, 33 C.E., with the last remaining ones being sealed in the "time of the end." (Eph. 1:13, 14; 4:30) These, by their following Christ Jesus and their activity in preaching and supporting his kingdom, display the seal of the outpoured spirit and thus are clearly identifiable as slaves of Jehovah God. (Rev. 20:4) In another part of the vision of Revelation, the 144,000 are represented as having the name of the Lamb Jesus Christ and the name of his Father written on their foreheads. As the Bride of the Lamb, they would properly take his name. (Rev. 14:1; 22:3, 4) Since the Hebrew language is twice mentioned in the book of Revelation (9:11; 16:16) and since the apostle John was a Hebrew, it may have been the sacred Tetragrammaton that was written on the foreheads of the 144,000, identifying them as Jehovah&#39;s servants and witnesses.

As described at Ezekiel 9:3-6, a class of persons is marked in the forehead for protection from destruction by God&#39;s executional forces, not being marked by angels in this instance, nor with a "seal," but by a man having a "recorder&#39;s inkhorn." Pictured as "sighing and groaning over all the detestable things that are being done," these, when `marked,&#39; show themselves to be slaves and devotees of Jehovah, their actions, practices and personalities evidently giving evidence of this before all, as if written `on their foreheads.&#39;

In branding slaves for the world political "wild beast" (see BEASTS, SYMBOLIC [The seven-headed wild beast out of the sea]) a symbolic mark is put on the foreheads or the right hands of persons, even by compulsion, as depicted at Revelation 13:16, 17. Those receiving such mark identify themselves as against God and are due to receive his anger in undiluted form.-Rev. 14:9-11; see MARK, II.

ISRAEL&#39;S HIGH PRIEST
In Israel the high priest&#39;s turban had on its front, over the priest&#39;s forehead, a gold plate, "the holy sign of dedication," upon which was inscribed "with the engravings of a seal" the words "Holiness belongs to Jehovah." (Ex. 28:36-38; 39:30) As Israel&#39;s chief representative of Jehovah&#39;s worship, it was fitting that the high priest keep his office holy, and this inscription would also serve as a reminder to all Israel of the need of constant holiness in the service of Jehovah. It also served as a suitable picture of the great High Priest, Jesus Christ, and his dedication and holiness to Jehovah.-Heb. 7:26.

BABYLON THE GREAT
Conversely, the symbolical great harlot has the name "Babylon the Great" on her forehead. Ancient Babylon long represented that which was unholy and in opposition to God.-Rev. 17:1-6; see BABYLON THE GREAT.

OTHER USES OF TERM
Other figurative uses of the word "forehead" are found at Isaiah 48:4, where Jehovah stated that Israel&#39;s forehead was copper, evidently because so great was her stubbornness and rebelliousness; also at Ezekiel 3:7-9, God told Ezekiel, who prophesied to hardheaded, hardhearted Israelites, that he had made the prophet&#39;s forehead "like a diamond," in that he had given him the resolution, determination and boldness to deliver God&#39;s message to them.

When King Uzziah presumptuously and illegally usurped a priest&#39;s duties in attempting to offer incense upon the altar of incense in the temple of Jehovah, his sin and Jehovah&#39;s judgment were plainly and immediately made manifest by leprosy flashing up in his forehead.-2 Chron. 26:16, 19, 20.
Aid to Bible Understanding - WTB&TS, Pg. 569

I hope this will help you in understanding the significance of this portion of the scripture.

Agape,
Tsaphah