Amazing Facts – session 16

Mark of the Beast

•  I don’t see in Rev it saying anything about the right hand, it just says hand
• Deut 6: 4-8 talks about the ten commandments – "and thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes
• Deut 11: 18 also speaks similarly
• Also Ex 13:9 and Ex 13:16 speaks similarly
• In the hand means activity
• In the forehead means thoughts
• We are choosing our sign of the hand and head right now 
• We either have the law of the Lord or the law of the beast
• We are to have the faith of Jesus, not in Jesus
• Biblical truth may never be popular
• Real Christianity centers around relationships – real relationships require time
• The average father spends 37 seconds a day with his child and hours in front of the TV

Stock plunge

Our stock investments have depreciated by about 35% in the last year or so.  I have not felt much anxiety at all about this.  I have peace and trust in the Lord to provide – which is a fruit of the Spirit.  Rejoice!

Admiring God’s Creation

I and my family need to focus more on God’s creation rather than man’s creation.  Man makes some wonderful and beautiful things, but the work of God is untouched by man.  We need to think of ways to spend quality time together in God’s creation

• Beach
• Sky gazing
• Sunsets
• Sunrises
• Mountain camping