The Bible teaches that a charismatic world leader, the Antichrist, will introduce a cashless society requiring everyone to take a mark, a visible, literal brand of sorts, as a sign of devotion to Antichrist and as a passport to commerce. This mark will be given during the Great Tribulation period, a seven-year period of time, and will be a choice between taking the mark and worshiping the Antichrist or starving. The Antichrist will be a phony Jesus, a pretender, and will be against Christ and his followers, and will use every kind of wicked deception to fool those who are on their way to destruction.
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