I disagree... If you do a study on the language used, the mark is an etching or a stamp...
charagma khar'-ag-mah From the same as G5482; a scratch or etching, that is, stamp (as a badge of servitude), or sculptured figure (statue): - graven, mark.
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all argument, and which cannot fail to keep man in everlasting ignorance. That principle is condemnation before investigation. ~ Edmund Spenser
Rev 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:
I agree with you Guys look how KJV has the word "in" instead of "on" too. The word "on" could just be a badge, but "in" I think means to break the skin.
Muslim AC, nope I dont think so, the jewish community will never go for that.
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all argument, and which cannot fail to keep man in everlasting ignorance. That principle is condemnation before investigation. ~ Edmund Spenser
I find it interesting that he refers to the Scriptures of binding the word of God to your forehead to prove his point that it is figurative - evidently - he isn't aware of the tefillin
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Isa 8:20 NKJV To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.