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And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.  Revelation 15:2

Decent Earth revolution to you! The name is ~.#, pronounced squiggle dot flash, and I write to you from not so far away as you might think...

We have seen a great many changes in our time from the days when a series of punctuation marks as a name might have seemed as far out there as that number of the Beast in the book of Revelation. Prophecies such as that one seem distant and remote until the day comes when they are not far at all, even on the doorstep. Today it does not seem futuristic to us that a person might protect their identity by having it placed securely in or on the body by a device or marking. Even the prophetic right hand or forehead (Rev 13:16) seemed oddly specific, until we saw the photos of Covid-masked people by the thousand going across the news media just a couple of years ago. Body art has become commonplace where it once was the sign of having lived a rough or even outlaw life. The world may well be ready to receive that dreadful mark.  

We, on the other hand (Ow!),  have a promise of victory in our verse for today. No doubt it is Jesus our Lord who has won that victory for us.

Bucky