Our Creator wants to mark us as his property and told us about it
to his chosen people Israel in several different contexts as an example
of what he will do during the coming New Covenant to all who he has
chosen for salvation from all the nations and languages of the earth.
The treacherous Devil also wants to mark people as his property.
What signs are referred to in the Bible?
We find there such signs that are referred to in the attached picture. The sun, moon and stars were also created to be signs in the firmament to indicate days, times and years. Since humanity lost in the Fall the direct connection to communicate with its Creator, our Creator decided to lead and guide us with the help of several different signs. The Bible consists of letters, which are also signs, and the Holy Spirit of our Creator works through them.
At the time of the prophet Ezekiel, the inhabitants of Jerusalem had sunk deep into sin: Ezek. 9:4-6
>>4 Yehowah said to him, "Go through the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it." 5 While I listened, he said to the others, "Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare anyone!
6 Old men, young men, young women, little children, and women - wipe them out! But do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary!" So they began with the elders who were at the front of the temple.<< All those sinners who were not marked on the forehead were killed without mercy!
Our Creator especially emphasizes the decrees He enacted for Israel as a sign of the Covenant between Him and Israel. The law consists of the law given through Moses at Sinai, i.e. ten words of instruction, which include the first four points about the relationship with him and six points about the relationship with the neighbors. Emphasis is on keeping Shabat and circumcising baby boys, i.e. cutting off the foreskin. They were exemplary like the law of Moses, which was engraved on two stone tablets. The Law established at Sinai enslaved Israel to serve Yehowah!From the teachings of the New Covenant, we know that the observance of the Sabbath belongs to all believers in Adonai Yeshua, and it is the weekly Sabbath prescribed for the Jews, starting at sunset on Friday evening and ending at sunset on Saturday evening. As for the circumcision made in the flesh, in the New Covenant it corresponds to 'circumcision of the foreskin of the heart', i.e. the removal of the stony heart, so that the new muscular heart can gain control. In the New Covenant, the Law is written on human hearts. The Law established at Calvary freed us from dead works to love the Creator and people!!
The prophet Jeremiah prophesied several times about the coming New Covenant: Jer. 31:33
>>"But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land," says Yehowah. "I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their Elohim and they will be my people."<<
Yeshua HaMashiach established the New Covenant the day before he was crucified: Luke 22:18-20
>>18 For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of Elohim comes." 19 Then he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me." 20 And in the same way he took the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.<<
A warning against being in awe by the signs of heaven
In the Tanakh, Israel is warned not to be in awe like the pagans at the signs of heaven: Jer. 10:2
>>Yehowah says, "Do not start following pagan religious practices. Do not be in awe of signs that occur in the sky even though the nations hold them in awe.<<
We are told to be encouraged when we see signs of the end times: Luke 21:26-28
>>26 People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 Then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 But when these things begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."<<
The sign of Jonah was the only sign that Adonai Yeshua gave to his contemporaries:
Matt. 12:39-40
>>39 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.<<
What will be the sign of the Son of Man's return?
Abraham was born in 1948 after the creation of Adam and Israel became independent in 1948. So exactly 4000 years are left in between, if we assume that exactly 4000 years passed from the creation of Adam to the birth of our Savior. The star of Bethlehem was then the sign of the Son of Man in the eastern sky and it may be a sign again just before his return(?) That's why astronomy is interesting!
Could Betelgeuse be that star as sign for us?
Could Betelgeuse be that star as sign for us?
Finnish Science magazine article, 6 January 2020
The night before yesterday, in many astronomical observatories, pre-made observation plans were thrown aside and telescopes and antennas were directed in the direction of the Orion constellation. The red giant star Betelgeuse is dragging its last …
The first part of the name of the second brightest star in the Orion constellation 'Betel-' (as in form 'Bethel') would be a Hebrew in meaning 'House of El', which may refer to the sign of the coming of the Son of Man, because if the giant star's explosion will be seen in this generation, it will be the brightest supernova in the history of mankind, which can be seen brighter than the full moon even during the day even for about 3 years!
I repeat: If that giant star's explosion will be seen in this generation, the result is likely to be the brightest celestial phenomenon mankind has ever seen!
The Orion constellation is also special because it has seven stars brighter than its other stars, it resembles an hourglass - i.e. the clock of time - and in its center there are three bright stars in a straight line, which may refer prophetically to the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit(?) Read more about that bright star:
The chosen of El'Elyon are marked on the forehead
As in the above-mentioned passage (Ezek. 9:4-6), also during the New Covenant the elect will be marked on the forehead so that they will be known to be spared from the evil that will befall mankind: Rev. 7:2-4
>>2 Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, who had the seal of the living Elohim. He shouted out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given permission to damage the earth and the sea: 3 "Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our Elohim." 4 Now I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from all the tribes of the people of Israel:<<
We are living in the era of the New Covenant, when the servants of Elohim are sealed, that is, they are marked on the forehead, so that they are known to be protected from the plagues and punishments that befall people. It is the seal of the Holy Spirit: Eph. 1:13-14
>>13 And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) - when you believed in HaMashiach - you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of Elohim's own possession, to the praise of his glory.<<
The Devil also marks his own
We notice in the Book of Revelation how terrible time will come on earth just before our Savior's return to earth! Then the Devil will take over all the nations and the inhabitants of the earth, but even then the chosen ones of the Most High will be protected: Rev. 13:8...18
>>8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the (first) beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed... 13 He (the second beast) performed momentous signs, even making fire come down from heaven in front of people
14 and, by the signs he (the second beast) was permitted to perform on behalf of the (first) beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived. 15 The second beast was empowered to give life to the image of the first beast so that it could speak, and could cause all those who did not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
16 He also caused everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slave ) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead. 17 Thus no one was allowed to buy or sell things unless he bore the mark of the beast - that is, his name or his number. 18 This calls for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the beast's number, for it is man's number, and his number is 666.<<
My opinion is that the image of the first beast is TV (television). Please, read the following:
https://tv-is-the-image-of-the-beast.blogspot.com/
I believe that the chosen saints of the Most High, who are the so-called "wise virgins" have already been taken to safety before that, to Adonai Yeshua in the upper air, as it is written in 1 Thess. 4:16-18
>>16 For Adonai himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of Elohim, and the dead in HaMashiach will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet Adonai in the air. And so we will always be with the Adonai. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.<<
Songs suitable for the topic
Please, note: Our Savior's original name in Hebrew is Yeshua HaMashiach HaNotzri
Star of Bethlehem
Here is love, vast as the ocean
Soar
Heaven is My Home
End-Times Song
