This particular subject, we have to take the word of God at face value
While Jesus spoke in parables many times
In the instance of the Mark of the Beast,
it seems to me, He laid out very specific details
for the Mark itself but the description of the Beast is a little cloudy
as it seems not all the details have been fully given
There is a dire warning in the Book of Revelation:
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book,
If any man shall add unto these things,
God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy,
God shall take away his part out of the book of life,
and out of the holy city,
and from the things which are written in this book. Revelation 22:18-19
So with that, I want to remind you
that you should always search the scriptures yourself
and seek the Lord Jesus yourself
so that you do not find yourself in error
This is my take on it to the best of my ability
I am a human, therefore imperfect
There will be things we cannot know yet as all has not been revealed to us
Description of the Beast, his purpose and how he receives his power
is described in Revelation 13,
Verses 1-5 speak about the Beast and the power and authority given to him:
Many say this is a sea of people and the seven heads and ten horns are the kingdoms of earth he will rule over:
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea,
and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,
having seven heads and ten horns,
and upon his horns ten crowns,
and upon his heads the name of blasphemy
.2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard,
and his feet were as the feet of a bear,
and his mouth as the mouth of a lion:
and the dragon gave him his power,
and his seat, and great authority.
The Beast will be healed from a deadly wound
This will make many be in awe and wonder of him as his wound will be healed:
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;
and his deadly wound was healed:
and all the world wondered after the beast.
The world’s people will worship the Beast:
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast:
and they worshipped the beast, saying,
Who is like unto the beast?
who is able to make war with him?
Specifically, the Beast receives power 42 months to speak blasphemies and great things:
5 And there was given unto him a mouth
speaking great things and blasphemies;
and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
He will blaspheme the Most High God:
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,
to blaspheme his name,
and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
He will make war with the Saints and will overcome them:
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,
and to overcome them:
and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
All people on earth will worship the Beast,
those who have not been written in the Book of Life
of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world:
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him,
whose names are not written in the book of life
of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
Trust not in your flesh,
or any earthly weapons to protect you from what is to come.
Trust the Holy Spirit for guidance and wisdom and stay close to Him:
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity:
he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.
Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
The same mind of the Beast with different attire,
perhaps in another form:
11 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.
Many will be fooled and persuaded to worship the Beast:
12 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:
13 And he doeth great wonders,
so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
He deceives those on the earth by his miracles
and tells those that dwell on earth to make an image to the Beast:
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth
by the 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.
Here is a description of the Beast,
and what will happen if you don’t worship his image:
15 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.
The Mark of the Beast and what it means to take it
A mark in their right hand or in their foreheads:
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:
Unable to buy or sell
save he that had the mark
or the name of the beast
or the number or his name:
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.
God warns us here,
there is a specific number
that is not yet revealed to us:
18 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.
Interestingly, there has been a new patent for AI and physical monitoring. Its last 6 numbers are 060606. 2020 was the year the patent was filed for. Not sure what the WO stands for, but most likely the short name of the patent office. Here is the link. You can see what you think: (WO2020060606 – CRYPTOCURRENCY SYSTEM USING BODY ACTIVITY DATA)
This writing cannot be all encompassing
If you would like a more in depth study, please consider the book:
(Transition to the Kingdom: featuring Seven Keys and Seven Timelines of Revelation)