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14K likes, 653 comments - brcremer on March 16, 2025: "A lot of folks are asking about not being able to “buy or sell” without the mark in Revelation 13:17. All you have to do is look around. We are currently witnessing economic exclusion based on whether loyalty to a particular party or figure is displayed (tariffs, funding certain institutions, gutting of funding for others, etc.). Loyalty to the empire is what grantees economic inclusion. The mark of fidelity to the beast means the difference between having a livelihood or not. Without it, you can’t “buy or sell.” We who follow the way of the crucified Lamb can be encouraged that victory has already been achieved through self sacrificial love (the cross). That is why we can be boldly free to continue promoting and advocating self sacrificial love, especially for the most vulnerable among us, no matter how loud the beasts roar. I can foresee questions about Constantine. Like many politicians used Christianity preformatively because of how great a number Christians had become at that point in history. He used it to gain favor with the majority. Just look into how Christianity was then used after Constantine became emperor. As many church historians will tell you, before Constantine it took great courage to be a Christian. After Constantine it took great courage to not be a Christian. Christianity began to be used as a tool of oppression and persecution towards anyone who wasn’t a Christian. This is the time period of the doctrine of discovery that fueled the crusades, inquisitions, genocides, and slave trade that would mark the next 1500 years of the “Christian empire.“ Whenever the church crawls into bed with the empire, it loses all resemblance of the way of Jesus. • • • • #christian #jesus #god #bible #faith #love #jesuschrist #christianity #church #prayer #gospel #holyspirit #pray #scripture #life #bibleverses #lord #salvation #christianquotes #religion #christians #praise #deconstruction #writers.".

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