Can one repent and be saved after taking the Mark?

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AFTER TAKING THE MARK OF THE ANTICHRIST, CAN YOU REPENT AND STILL BE SAVED?

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CAN A PERSON REPENT AND BE FORGIVEN IF THEY TAKE THIS MARK? There is a new theology that says “yes,” but the Bible has already settled the issue.

This extensive article is real revelation of how ready our world has become for the Mark. It was written during the early Clinton years in the White House, as you will see from the many quotes. You are welcome to reprint this to send by email or to put on your twitter or facebook. This information must touch our world before it’s too late.

More Scripture is being fulfilled right now in one generation than ever in human history. On the surface the secular news is horrifying, but coupled with Biblical prophecy it invokes the promise, “Look up, and lift up your heads for your redemption draweth nigh.” (St. Luke 21: 28b)

The shadow of the Wrath of the Lamb is clearly in view. Signs of the end have been visible in previous generations but never have so many signs converged at one time. Many of these signs have never been seen before. While previous individuals or nations have aspired to a One World Government, the means to control the world has not existed. Technology now makes it possible to issue a mark (may be spelled marc) to every living individual within a matter of months and to tabulate and control every monetary action of each individual. Incredible, possible, and already being discussed by both the media and big government.

The Biblical Facts, Revealed In Advance

The Book of Revelation records this kind of future history in advance. No wonder liberal preachers deny the Biblical value of this prophetic book. It leaves no doubt about what is going to happen. There is going to be a great deception ending in an effort to force everyone to worship the false Christ. This false Christ (Antichrist) will be an almost perfect imitation of the Lord Jesus Christ. Remember, Satan is the master imitator.

Please read these words carefully:
“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. 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. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on earth in the sight of men. And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by 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. 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. 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: 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. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” (Revelation 13: 11-18, KJV)

A verse by verse look at this Biblical Revelation reveals many details of the coming deception. This beast has two horns like a lamb (Remember, lambs don’t have horns) and speaks as a dragon. This reveals the false religious quality of his character. It’s a picture of beastly piety or arrogant sacredness; religion with a political agenda and a sword instead of a cross.

The duty of this beast, which is the third member of the unholy trinity, is to lead or deceive the world into the worship and service of this false Christ. He will be the charismatic leader of the One World Religious system. That system is being developed while you read this article.

Recently, leading evangelicals signed an agreement with the Catholic Church to work together as fellow Christians and to refrain from Proselytizing from each other. The leaders that signed this agreement read like a “Who’s Who” of the evangelical world. The Pope has clearly welcomed heathens into fellowship with the Catholic Church. This places heathen witchdoctors and numerous pagan religions in union with Pentecostal, Evangelical, and many other mainline Christian organizations. A One World Religion is at the door.

Pope John Paul II, while addressing Brazilians during his 1991 meeting to that country, warned them about the evangelical sects. In March 1994 the Bishops of Brazil declared his threat against those same evangelicals.

“We will declare a holy war; don’t doubt it…The Catholic Church has a ponderous structure, but when we move, we’ll smash anyone beneath us” (Fifth Draft, February 28, 1994 “Evangelicals and Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium,” page 1).

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A report on this event recorded the following comment:
“According to Bohn (Catholic Bishop of Brazil), an all-out holy war can’t be avoided unless the 13 largest Protestant churches and denominations sign a treaty—similar to treaties signed by nations to end wars. He said it would require Protestants to stop all evangelism efforts in Brazil. In exchange, he said, Catholics would agree to stop all persecution directed toward Protestants. Bohn called his proposal an ‘ultimatum,’ and he said it would leave no room for discussion” (Charisma, May, 1994, page 74, Fifth Draft, February 28, 1994, “Evangelicals and Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium,” page 1).

The Associated Press in a recent news article stated:

“A new Vatican document on how to interpret the Bible condemns the fundamentalist approach as distorting, dangerous and possibly leading to racism…The…harsh language reflects the challenge that fundamentalism poses to the church…fundamentalism actually invites people to a kind of ‘intellectual suicide,’ said the document, written by the Pontifical Biblical Commission…The authors saved their harshest language for Christian fundamentalist denominations…The fundamentalist approach is dangerous, for it is attractive to people who look to the Bible for ready answers to the problems of life.” This came from a 130-page Vatican document, entitled, The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church (Fifth Draft, February 28, 1994, “Evangelicals and Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium,” page 2).

A Lamb With Horns

Does this not sound like a Lamb with Horns that speaks as a dragon? It’s amazing that world religion leaders could be so deceived as to believe such an agreement holds water, much less spiritual credibility. We will continue to see religious leaders who appear to know nothing about Jesus Christ and Biblical prophecy involved in the New World Religion.

The Mark Will Be Enforced by the One World Religions

Many Bible students have not realized that it will be the religious arm of the One World Government that enforces the mark (Read verses 14-16 again). There will be miracles and all manner of supernatural happenings (Holy laughter is a current deception that is sweeping Charismatics). Paul the Apostle described it as the following:

“For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Stan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” (II Thessalonians 2:7-10, KJV)

People, especially religious people, are highly susceptible to emotional events. If you will give the majority of our present day church members a religious high they will accept anything you tell them. Look at the crowds that follow one religious guru after another. Thousands are traveling for many hours and spending thousands of dollars to be excited by their favorite guru. All of this is in preparation for the ultimate deceiver. The church world is being conditioned for deception. Biblical ignorance has never been greater in the church. The Bible calls it a famine for hearing the Word of God.

“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.” (Amos 8:11, KJV)

Constantly, I get calls from individuals who are experiencing visions, dreams, revelations, and prophecies. There are genuine experiences in all of these categories, but always in perfect harmony with the Word of God. Those whom God uses in spiritual revelations are mature Christians that have a firm footing in Holy Scripture and who have established credibility in their church body by a Holy lifestyle. Most of what we are hearing today is juvenile humbug. God does not excite the flesh to make known His words. He reveals Himself through our spirit and by His Word and His revelations are always given in decency and order.

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The Mark Is Almost Ready

I truly believe (No one can set dates) that the mark is as ready as it needs to be before Jesus appears for the chosen betrothed. No sign is ever needed for Jesus to come and we should not look for such. His coming will be unannounced and sudden. The signs we are witnessing are signs of things that will happen after the Rapture of the blood-washed church.

A Cashless Society

The world planners, including our president and many of our national leaders, have already envisioned America under the control of the United Nations and completely eliminating the need for cash in the pocket. Here is a quote from Don McAlvany, editor of The McAlvany Intelligence Advisor.

“The U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, the Clinton INS, and liberal Establishment types such as the California Republican Governor Pete Wilson are pushing hard for a single, tamper-resistant INS card for all Americans (including your Social Security number, photo, fingerprint, and bar code) to verify employment eligibility. This card would be linked to a nationwide government database and would allegedly solve the problems of illegal aliens getting jobs.

“Marc Rotenberg, director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said in USA Today (7/14/94) that ‘It will become a way to monitor people, like an internal passport.’ This Orwellian nightmare will, like the government’s privacy/bank/cash reporting laws, allow the government to monitor 260 million Americans who are not illegal aliens, just as they monitor the cash transactions of 260 million Americans who are not drug dealers.

“Lucus Guttentage, of the ACLU (with whom this writer seldom agrees) said in the same USA Today article, ‘It won’t work, it will cost billions, it won’t solve the problems, and it will cause new forms of discrimination.’
“And Steve Moore of the Cato Institute points out that just as the government has abused on the once private Social Security number and now uses it as a national ID number which ties together dozens of U.S databases on each U.S. citizen, so it will abuse this card. Moor observed: ‘Look at history and see the abuses—they used Social Security numbers to round up and incarcerate the Japanese-Americans during World War II.’

“[Mr. McAlvany, the editor added: And look how government has violated its promise and abused gun owners in New York and California who were stupid enough to register their guns. In New York City they have confiscated many of those guns, and in California the 43,000 who registered 60 different firearms were computerized and are now closely monitored by numerous local, state, and federal agencies.]” (The McAlvany Intelligence Advisor, August 1994, page 8).

Later in the same article, Mr. McAlvany said,
“The Clinton Administration is no longer debating if, but how they can create and introduce this smartcard (which will interact with any and all government agencies) to all Americans” (The McAlvany Intelligence Advisor, August 1994, page 8).
A further comment stated that,

“The Postal Service has acknowledged that it is prepared to put more than 100 million of the cards in citizens’ pockets within months of Administration approval. This means that this project for the computerized control of all Americans is not only on the fast track, but is much further advanced than most people would suppose. And it is not being done with Congressional approval, but rather through a series of presidential executive orders. [Editor’s Note: Do we already have a dictatorship and just do not know it?]

“President Clinton is close to signing two executive orders that would greatly expand the government’s access to personal records, including an order that would allow the IRS to monitor individual bank accounts and automatically collect taxes on the results. Chamberlain said the IRS is aggressively pursuing plans for an identity card for taxpayers.

“There would be one U.S. card for every member of your family. In the not-too-distant future, you are likely to find harmless looking Smart Cards in the mail in an official envelop. Without the U.S. Card (or whatever the Smart Card is ultimately called) you won’t be able to own property, receive government benefits, get medical attention, conduct bank or credit card transactions, etc . Without it, you can’t do anything! Your life will be completely controlled by the device if the Clinton Administration adopts the Post Service proposal. Executive Orders have already been drafted to adopt the cards and force them on the American people without Congressional approval!” (The McAlvany Intelligence Advisor, August 1994, page 9)

Radio program at link, along with some good comments.

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Rev 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Doesn't sound that one can repent from that, from this verse.

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It doesn't sound like it to me either, but Jimmy DeYoung subscribes to this theory and Brannon Howse seems to agree with him.  They played a clip on one of Brannon's shows by John MacArthur in which he also advocated this position, but it turns out it's a very old clip and MacArthur has since changed his mind and advocates the more traditional viewpoint.

IMO it's always better to err on the side of caution!

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John MacArthur’s DOCTRINE SAYS, “YOU CAN BE FORGIVEN FOR TAKING THE MARK OF THE BEAST”!

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NOW ADD THE NAME OF JIMMY DeYOUNG AND WHO WILL BE THE NEXT CARELESS PREACHER TO JOIN THIS DEPARTURE FROM THE PLAIN TRUTH STATED IN HOLY SCRIPTURE. Here is what the Bible says about this coming deception. “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) DOES “WHOSOEVER” MEAN “WHOSOEVER”, OR WHAT THESE MINISTERS DARE SAY IT MEANS? *LISTEN TO THE RECORDING ABOVE TO HEAR THEM SAY THIS FALSE THING.* (4 Minutes)

(THE LAST HALF OF THE ARTICLE SENT LAST WEEK FROM TWENTY YEARS AGO. This shows us that the fulfillment is perfect.) “A RECENT ARTICLE IN THE DIGITAL MEDIA (5/94), WHICH WAS ENTITLED “EVER FEEL YOU’RE BEING WATCHED? YOU WILL”. ‘There won’t be anything you do in business that won’t be collected and analyzed by the government. This National Information infrastructure is a better surveillance mechanism than Orwell or the government could have imagined. This (blank blank) thing is so pervasive and the propensity to connect it is so great that it is unstoppable.’ Murray continued: ‘Most of this shift in privacy policy is apparently being done by executive order at the initiative of the bureaucracy and without any Congressional oversight or concurrence. They are not likely to fail. You know, Orwell said that bureaucrats, simply doing what bureaucrats do, without motive or intent, will use technology to enslave the people.”
The writer was William Murray, an information systems security consultant to Deloitte and Touch (May 1994).

Already the U.S. Military is issuing a card reported to be a National ID prototype. Of all possible names to use, the military chose a Biblical one: Marc (Multi-Technology Automated Reader Card). Mr. McAlvany described this card, “The MARC Card and its IC chip will be used by DOD to manage all medical information on each carrier, all legal information, all family information, and all personal data (i.e., educational background, police record, religious background – everything you would expect to be on a highly detailed job resume.)

Beyond the Card: A Biochip

The card was just the beginning. The new idea is a biochip implant. It is already highly developed and being used in animals and humans. A type of this biochip has been used as an animal identification for a number of years. When an animal is lost, it can be located by the proper homing device and retrieved.

Now the biochip is being used for humans. An article in the Los Angeles Times Business Section (August 17, 1994) recently reported this with the following headline, “Giving Surgical Implants IDs.” It stated that, “At least 6 million medical devices a year worldwide are surgically implanted in people – everything from breast implants to chin implants, vascular grafts and penile implants.”

It further stated that, “The information on the chip would also be recorded on a computer-linked global registry.” Does this mean that a global registry is already in operation and recording the implant’s number and information? It certainly would appear so.

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An article appeared in The Washington Times (October 11, 1993) that was entitled, “High-Tech National Tattoo.” This article discussed the card, he stated:

“You see, there is an identification system made by Hughes Aircraft Company that you can’t lose. It’s the syringe implantable transponder. According to promotional literature it is an ‘ingenious, safe, inexpensive, foolproof and permanent method of identification using radio waves. A tiny microchip, the size of a grain of rice, is simply placed under the skin. It is so designed as to be injected simultaneously with a vaccination or alone’.

“How does it work? Well, the ‘chip contains a 10 character alphanumeric identification code that is never duplicated. When a scanner is passed over the chip, the scanner emits a ‘beep’ and your number flashes on the scanner’s digital display.’

“Sort of like a technological tattoo, and far more efficacious than the numbers the Nazis marked indelibly on the inner forearms of concentration camp prisoners.”
“True, an implanted transponder can’t yet hold anywhere near as much material as a smart card. But if the desire is there, larger size implants and tiny microchips could soon increase its data storage capacity.”

Tim Willard, managing editor of a bi-monthly magazine Futurist and also executive officer of Washington, DC based World Future Society (claiming 27,000 members) gave incredible information. He spoke of a biochip with these words:

“The technology behind such a biochip implant is fairly uncomplicated and with a little refinement, could be used in a variety of human applications.”

“Conceivably,” Willard said, “a number could be assigned at birth and follow that person throughout life. Most likely, it would be implanted on the back of the right or left hand so that it would be easy to scan at stores. Then you would simply scan your hand to automatically debit your banking account.”

Willard added, “The biochip implant could also be used as a universal type of identification card that would replace all credit cards, passports and that sort of thing. It could also become our medical care ID chip. It could even replace house and car keys someday.”

One company, Sematech, claims it has invented a biochip that is 1/200th the size of a strand of hair. This company is the largest employer in the nation and a maker of the components for advanced weapon systems used in the Gulf War. This article (January 25, 1993) stated:

“The consortium announced that it had demonstrated the ability to manufacture integrated circuits with electronic device widths of 0.35 microns. And it did so using only American-made tools. To reach this achievement, Sematech has spent $1 billion since its inception five years ago. Half was invested by a handful of private corporations that represent 75 percent of semiconductor manufacturing in the US. The other half was paid by the federal government through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which has a 1.5 billion budget to sponsor research by universalities and national laboratories.”

Technology: Ready For World Control

This has never been possible before. Only the incredible capacities of computer, integrated circuits, scanners, satellites circling the earth with minute reading abilities, and other advanced technologies could render this operational. It is now practically ready and waiting government bureaucrats to take control.

The present administration is anxious to set us up for the One World Government. Almost all of our leaders are committed one worlders. They envision in their mind a world where a nation making war on other nations is impossible. They have sold the lie that peace is possible and the New World Order will achieve a wonderful world. There is no doubt but that Lucifer is the author of the bold lie.

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The Countdown Is On

As we countdown to the New World Order, a spirit of genocide is gripping the world. A recent world leader demanded in a report entitled, “Global 2000” that by the year 2,000 the world population be reduced to two billion people.” Look at what is being done to accomplish the reduction of population:
• In America alone 37 million babies have been aborted since 1973.
• Communism killed 130 million since 1917.
• Two million were allowed to die in Somalia before intervention.
• 500,000 died in Rwanda.
• There is incredible speculation (maybe facts) that AIDS was started by the medical arm of the U.N. They inoculated Africans almost 20 years ago with a smallpox vaccine.

According to the belief of Dr. William Campbell Douglass (Editor of The Second Opinion), it all started with the inoculation. He says that AIDS broke out whenever that vaccine was administered. Presently, AIDS threatens half of Africa’s population (almost 250,000,000 people). He further states that 10,000 Haitians were working in Belgium Congo and received this inoculation. They then took it back to Haiti where American homosexuals would go to fun and frolic in the sun. The homosexuals picked it up and brought it to America. He believes that is why it started with homosexuals in America and heterosexuals in Africa.

The United Nations is clearly a false religious organization. It has always been an enemy on our shores and a supporter of one world government, one world religion, and one world economics. President Bush said on September 17, 1990, “The Persian Gulf crisis is a rare opportunity to forge new bonds with old enemies… a unique and extraordinary moment… Out of these troubled times a New World Order can emerge under a United Nations that performs as envisioned by its founders.”

World Identification, Not The Final Mark

I believe it is possible that the world identification could begin before the rapture. The final mark of the Antichrist includes more than a smart card or a biochip implant. I don’t want either of these, but the final mark includes the worship of the Antichrist himself. It is a mark that includes world identification technology, but is also tied to the One World Religion. Every person who takes this mark is committing themselves to the worship of a World Messiah. They are selling him their soul for the right to do business in his World Government. The Bible does not say which comes first.

Any person who is dependent on government, welfare, food stamps, subsidies, etc. will probably be the first to be targeted. It’s extremely important that you learn to trust the Lord with all of your heart. He will supply all your needs. If socialized medicine comes to America with the proposed Smart Card supervision, you had better learn that Jesus is the Master Physician. In fact you would be much better off if you learned that under any circumstance.

The Rapture: Any Day Now!

Before the Antichrist can be revealed and the Mark initiated, the Restrainer must be removed. The Restrainer is the Holy Ghost and He cannot be removed until the betrothed of the Lord is raptured. His removal and our rapture will happen simultaneously. The Lord Jesus said that the Holy Ghost would be present in His church until the end of the church dispensation. Paul recounted His words:

“For he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” (Hebrews 13:5b, KJV)

The Antichrist will be unhindered and open-throttled just as soon as the Restrainer and the chosen Bride is removed to heaven. Unless you can survive in a world without God, you had better be ready to leave with the Holy Spirit and meet the Lord Jesus Christ in the mid-air. Any moment now!

To view this beast of a man is a heart-rending experience. Saddam Hussein is nothing but a flash in the pan compared to this evil genius. The Antichrist is called an Assyrian because he will arise from the ancient empire of which Babylon was an intimate part. When an Assyrian was in great power he ruled Babylon and when Babylon was in great power they ruled Assyria. Just as Nineveh, the former capital of the Assyrian empire is presently a province of Iraq so these two areas are biblical ones. To call the Antichrist an Assyrian is but to speak of Babylon in its wider application of the former glory in the Nebuchadnezzar era. The term Assyrian suggests that he will be a descendant from within the ancient boundaries of the Assyrian nation, but not particularly from Iraq. The Bible never misses these minute details. (This article is from approximately twenty years ago to show how perfect it is all coming to pass.)

Radio program at link.

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And from John MacArthur's website:

Unforgivable?
Wednesday, October 30, 2013



by Phil Johnson

Several years ago in a live Q&A session, someone asked John MacArthur if taking the mark of the Beast during the Great Tribulation would be an unpardonable sin. His answer, in short, was no. Though there is a stern warning against taking the mark of the Beast in Revelation 14, the sin is not categorically said to be unpardonable. (That would contradict Matthew 12:31.) The point of the severe language in Revelation 14 is to make clear what an utterly reprehensible sin it will be to swear an oath of willful loyalty to Antichrist.

Someone posted John MacArthur’s reply to that question on YouTube with a melodramatic one-word title in all caps: “OUTRAGE.” Gossip-mongers on the Internet got hold of it, apparently, and within days someone wrote to our ministry saying, “I saw pastor John on a YouTube video saying the way to be saved in the Tribulation is to take the mark of the Beast.”

Well—no.

If someone listens to Pastor MacArthur’s reply and imagines he was saying it’s no great sin to receive the mark of the Beast, listen again; that grossly twists what he actually said. The question is not (as one writer suggests) “How Far Can You Go and Still Be Able to Repent?” The point John MacArthur was making is about the extremes to which God’s grace will reach in order to seek and save a sinner.

Yes, Revelation 14:9–11 says, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.” Clearly, receiving the mark is a sin that will send those who commit it to hell.

But the Bible also says, “Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Corinthians 6:9–10). In short, all sin carries the threat of eternal doom, and some particularly heinous sins have a built-in hardening effect that makes them particularly dangerous. Scripture occasionally singles out common sins that have this peculiarly soul-destroying effect.

On the other hand, only one very specific sin is ever said to be unforgivable. Any sin that is repented of is forgivable. Immediately after declaring all fornicators, drunkards, and swindlers unfit for heaven, the apostle writes, “Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God” (v. 11). After saying, “Whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven,” Jesus famously forgave Peter, who denied Him before men.

Jesus Himself said, “Any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven ” (Matthew 12:31, emphasis added). The one unpardonable sin was the sin of those who had seen His miracles with their own eyes; they knew He was the true Messiah; they were part of the generation to whom He was personally sent. And yet they attributed His powers to Satan. That was unforgivable because it was such a hard-hearted, willful expression of utter rejection from fully enlightened hearts, who punctuated their rejection with an extreme blasphemy. Those Pharisees had stood in the presence of the living embodiment of all truth; they heard His words and saw His works. All the mysteries of Christ had been unveiled before their very eyes. And yet they spurned Him. There was nothing else that could be shown to them to enlighten them further. They were not deceived; they knew full well what they were doing. That’s why their sin was unpardonable (cf. 1 Timothy 1:13).

Revelation 19:20 indicates that multitudes will take the mark of the Beast because they are deceived. Scripture does not say that they are thereby automatically hardened forever against repentance. That is not the point of the strong warnings.

This whole issue suddenly became a matter of intense controversy when it was mentioned on a provocative radio program. It’s certainly not worth all the ink that has been wasted and all the bandwidth that has been consumed by angry people demanding explanations and retractions. This much should certainly be clear from the biblical text (and I think would be affirmed by all sides): Taking the mark of the Beast is high treason against Christ and will be judged by God accordingly. Meanwhile, the Lord is “good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon [Him]” (Psalm 86:5).

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More fallout on MacArthur's POV!

Grace to You and John MacArthur – Take Mark of the Beast – No Recant
DTW Hippo 75 Grace to You and John MacArthur Take Mark of the Beast No Recant

On the 14 Oct 2013 DTW posted an article exposing John MacArthur and Grace to You Ministries – ”The fact that John MacArthur teaches that you can take the Mark of the beast during the tribulation and still be saved as biblical truth is because he is a Calvinist. The doctrine of Calvinism is a false doctrine of epic proportions. “
Grace to You has now Responded with a blog post called ‘Unforgivable?’ on the 30 Oct 2013.

They were questioning whether taking the Mark of the Beast during the Tribulation is an unforgivable sin. How PREPOSTEROUS!

Grace to You and John MacArthur still believe one can repent after receiving the Mark of the Beast. NO RECANT. – see below:

Grace to You John MacArthur Take Mark of the Beast 1 Grace to You and John MacArthur Take Mark of the Beast No Recant
source: www.gty.org/blog/B131030

READ THE PEOPLES COMMENTS AT THE LINK ABOVE TO SEE HOW THEY ARE BEING DECEIVED BY GRACE TO YOU BELIEVING YOU CAN TAKE THE MARK OF THE BEAST, REPENT AND STILL BE SAVED.

Here is the original video, you can listen to it:

Revelation 14:6-11

6 “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment is come: and worship Him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

8 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.
9 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,
10 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:
11 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.”
1 Corinthians 14:33 “For God is not the author of confusion…”
See articles:

www.discerningtheworld.com/2013/10/14/john-macarthur-take-mark-of-the-beast-and-still-be-saved/
ephesians511blog.blogspot.com/2013/10/mark-of-beast-seductive-american-church.html
ephesians511blog.blogspot.com/2013/10/satans-new-post-mark-salvation.html
ephesians511blog.blogspot.com/2013/10/chris-pinto-mark-of-beast-sophistry.html

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