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Mark of the Beast Monday

The terms, mark and sign, are synonymous in signification, both being defined, by Webster, by the word token. The scriptural use of the term seal is the same. In proof of this we refer to Romans 4:11, where Paul affirms of Abraham, that “he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had, yet being uncircumcised.” Again, the word rendered seal in Revelation 7:2, common version, is rendered sign by other translators: “having the sign of the living God.” Verse 3. “Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have signed the servants of our God in their foreheads.” But in Ezekiel 9:4, we read, “Set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.” Thus these terms are used interchangeably in the Scriptures. Hence, the mark of the beast is his sign, seal, or token; and the seal of God is his mark or sign. These are not literal marks in the flesh, of course, but religious institutions or observances which will serve as marks of distinction between the worshipers of the beast and the worshipers of the true and living God; and, as we shall see in the sequel, they are institutions that stand, as rivals, directly opposed to each other.

Mark of the Beast, And Seal of The Living God pg 1
By R. F. Cottrell