"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to."
When you reject others, you reject yourself. Jesus told you if you love only those who love you what credit is it to you? You're hear trying to make Him out as a hypocrite.
He rejects nobody, they only reject themselves when they reject Truth.
>"It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name."
Money comes in denominations, just like "churches" that divide themselves from the True church, We the People, and claim Christs authority over all. Can you buy or sell without denomination or authorization?
The forehead symbolizes allegiance/ownership and the right hand deeds/actions. It's supposed to be His name on our forehead and hand, not the denominations.
The catholic church claims they are the True church, but they're not. We the People are the church. The Catholics started denominations by falsely claiming authority and disqualifying others. The pope, a solo man sits on a throne, dressed in a long flowing robe, called "Holy Father", the vicar (substitute) of Christ, claims infallibility, and claims Christs authority over all. Trying to get every nation to "consecrate" themselves to Mary. They're the ones Jesus warned about. The popes, those who claim apostolic succession, are the false apostles of Revelation 2:2.
>"This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666."
The man in the bible with the number 666 associated with him was Solomon, He received 666 talents of gold yearly, not counting revenue (what was it for?). He was world famous for his wisdom. That's two points in a single verse pointing to Solomon.
Solomon was the Son of David, and lore says he controlled demons with the Seal of Solomon (Star of David). He was the last king of unified Israel. He's the one who had the idea to divide the baby the two women were fighting over.
Some thought Jesus was the re-incarnation of Solomon.
>“All the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?”
>“Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!””
>“While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he asked, “Why do the teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of David? David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared: “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.”’ David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?” (Side note - Does Mary call Him Lord?)
>"The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here."
Do you remember what else Solomon did? He set a throne at his right hand for his mother.
Sound familiar? Does the Catholic church teach that Mary is Queen of Heaven, and the Mother of God? Do they teach people to pray to her? Do they worship angels and disqualify others? They claim they don't, but they absolutely do.
Did Jesus say among those born to women, there's none greater than John? When Mary was standing outside and someone said His mother was there to talk to Him, did He ask who His mother was, and say those who do the will of His Father are His mother and brother and sister?
So who are they really worshiping as Gods mother/Queen of heaven? Themselves?
>"She says in her heart, I sit enthroned as Queen, I am not a widow, I will never mourn."
Remember, Jonah was swallowed by a great fish (not a whale). The money to pay the temple tax was found in the mouth of a fish.
The mark is forced on ALL, that means ALL. You buy and sell with denomination and someone elses authorization. There's a difference between it being forced on you and those who knowingly take and worship the mark.
“A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah."
That word always reminds me of "country". Always wondered where it came from.
"daughter Israel"
Ever wonder why the Catholics are so obsessed with the supposed mother of Jesus?