Paul Was Marked On His Hand By The Serpent Who Bit Him
Acts 28 Ashore on Malta
1-6 Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta. The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand. When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justicea has not allowed him to live.” But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
_ _ _ _ _ _
My Bible shows me that the evil Saul of Tarsus received the mark of the beast in his hand (ACTS 28). Then, the people thought he was a god (Saul did not deny it) for not dying and for the miracles he performed in his own power. They brought him many gifts. The mark of the beast is the poisonous snake that both Moses and Jesus (himself) lifted up on a pole for our sins. Saul showed contempt for this “Grace” by shaking the beast off into the fire, in order to send a message to Jesus that it is Jesus, not the Devil, that will end up in the Lake of Fire.
Remember, it is the Benjamites who killed/raped Jesus-type the Concubine to death just like the people of Sodom and Gomorrah wanted to rape Jesus back in Genesis.
The mark of the beast for us is to accept the Word of Saul/Paul in your Bible (Tares sown by the Evil One), and to mimic Paul’s example instead of Jesus’ example. WWPD instead of WWJD is marked on your forehead too. Jesus warned us in Mark 8 verses 15&19-21 to Beware the yeast (false teaching) of the “Benjamite” Pharisees (i.e. Saul of Tarsus aka Paul). The math of Mark 8, verses 19-21 points to the 22,000+18,000 warriors from Judah killed fighting the Pervert Benjamites in Judges Ch 19-21.
I imagine the mark of the beast in the hand will be a snake bite too. Gospel of Mark alluded to believers handling snakes and if drinking poison will not die. But the anti-christ (Saul/Paul) has contempt for this, which alludes to Jesus as a snake-on-a-pole (Gospel of John 3), and it alludes to the flesh and blood of Jesus i.e. Communion, yet Saul/Paul uses it as a sign in the hand (snake bite) that those who follow him will not die.
The original author of this article is unknown.
Please consider reposting or linking to this article. Thank you!! RD 🙂