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This Calls for Wisdom: End Times Wisdom - 3/9/26

The mark of the beast calls for Wisdom.

Introduction

We have all heard the classic verse Revelation 13:18:

  • 18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.[a] That number is 666.

This is important; in fact,only those who have Wisdom can understand the true mark.

It will not be obvious, and most will be deceived. We have clearly explained why we believe the vaccine is at least part of the mark of the beast (the software, the abomination of desolation) in many writing's.

Wisdom does not come from the world, and Revelation is saying this, "You cannot understand the mark of the beast without Wisdom, and while intelligence can be part of Wisdom, it is not the only aspect of it." Here is an excerpt from one of my writings called "Standing in the Holy Place: Examining Daniel's Abomination of Desolation."

Wisdom vs. Intelligence

What is biblical wisdom? Does one need intelligence to be spiritually wise? Let us go to two places in the Bible, regarding the mark, where the word wisdom is used. In Daniel 12:10, as mentioned earlier, this is the meaning of “wise” according to Strong’s Concordance:

  • Word: LKY
  • Pronounce: saw-kal'
  • Strong: H7919
  • Orig: a primitive root; to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent:--
  • consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach,
  • (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(- ly), guide
  • wittingly.
  • Use: TWOT-2263,2264 Verb
  • Grk
  • Strong: G50 G718 G877 G878 G1343 G1921 G1987 G1990 G2137 G2186 G2657 G3154 G3471 G
  • 3474 G3474 G3539 G4907 G4908 G4920 G5263 G5426
  • 1) to be prudent, be circumspect, wisely understand, prosper
  • 1a) (Qal) to be prudent, be circumspect
  • 1b) (Hiphil)
  • 1b1) to look at or upon, have insight
  • 1b2) to give attention to, consider, ponder, be prudent
  • 1b3) to have insight, have comprehension
  • 1b3a) insight, comprehension (subst)
  • 1b4) to cause to consider, give insight, teach
  • 1b4a) the teachers, the wise
  • 1b5) to act circumspectly, act prudently, act wisely
  • 1b6) to prosper, have success
  • 1b7) to cause to prosper
  • 2) (Piel) to lay crosswise, cross (hands)

Yes, intelligence is mentioned, but notice, what appears to be more important are words like “insight, attention, prudence, and circumspection.” Circumspection and prudence refer to the quality of being wary, cautious, or unwilling to take risks.

So, when we are told that the wise would be the ones who understand, they are the ones who exercise caution, pay attention, and do not take foolish risks. We will go back to the word “intelligent” later, when looking at Revelation and other verses, but in the meantime, let’s consider the Covid-19 vaccine, and whether are not those who took it were wise according to Daniel.

The Covid vaccine was made in “one weekend” as part of what was called “Operation Warp Speed”, and just as hastily, it seems, people were willing to inject it.

Though the media called it safe and effective, they also announced that it was the first mRNA vaccine in history. This article from December 11, 2020 openly states that the vaccine uses genetic material, is an emergency effort, and at the time, was not yet FDA approved.

So, I ask you, the reader, when people ran in line to take the new vaccine, were they being wise, wary, or prudent as Daniel suggested? Were they paying attention and thinking? When church leaders called for their members to get vaccinated as soon as possible, were they being wise?

I am going to say, “No,” to these questions, but we aren’t done with this study on wisdom yet. In Revelation 13, we are then reminded about the wisdom one must have in order tounderstand the mark that everyone is about to take

• 13:18 Here 5602 is 2076 5748 wisdom 4678. Let him that

hath 2192 5723 understanding 3563 count 5585 5657 the number 706 of the

beast 2342: for 1063 it is 2076 5748 the number 706 of a man 444;

and 2532 his 846 number 706 [is] Six hundred threescore [and] six 5516.

When we look at the meaning of wisdom in this context, we will understand that yes, intelligence is involved, but not merely intelligence:

Word: sofia

Pronounce: sof-ee'-ah

  • Strongs Number: G4678
  • Orig: from 4680; wisdom (higher or lower, worldly or spiritual):--wisdom. G4680
  • Use: TDNT-7:465,1056 Noun Feminine
  • Heb Strong: H999 H1847 H2451 H4148 H4284 H7922
  • 1) wisdom, broad and full of intelligence; used of the knowledge of very diverse matters
  • 1a) the wisdom which belongs to men
  • 1a1) spec. the varied knowledge of things human and divine, acquired by acuteness and
  • experience, and summed up in maxims and proverbs
  • 1a2) the science and learning
  • 1a3) the act of interpreting dreams and always giving the sagest advice
  • 1a4) the intelligence evinced in discovering the meaning of some mysterious number or
  • vision
  • 1a5) skill in the management of affairs
  • 1a6) devout and proper prudence in intercourse with men not disciples of Christ, skill and
  • discretion in imparting Christian truth
  • 1a7) the knowledge and practice of the requisites for godly and upright living
  • 1b) supreme intelligence, such as belongs to God
  • 1b1) to Christ
  • 1b2) the wisdom of God as evinced in forming and executing counsels in the formation
  • and government of the world and the scriptures

Then, we add on to wisdom the word understanding:

  • Word: nouj
  • Pronounce: nooce
  • Strongs Number: G3563
  • Orig: probably from the base of 1097; the intellect, i.e. mind (divine or human; in thought,
  • feeling, or will); by implication, meaning:--mind, understanding. Compare 5590. G1097
  • Use: TDNT-4:951,636 Noun Masculine
  • Heb Strong: H241 H1847 H3820 H3824 H7307
  • 1) the mind, comprising alike the faculties of perceiving and understanding and those of
  • feeling, judging, determining
  • 1a) the intellectual faculty, the understanding
  • 1b) reason in the narrower sense, as the capacity for spiritual truth, the higher powers of
  • the soul, the faculty of perceiving divine things, of recognising goodness and of hating
  • evil
  • 1c) the power of considering and judging soberly, calmly and impartially
  • 2) a particular mode of thinking and judging, i.e thoughts, feelings, purposes, desires
  • Wisdom, yes, involves worldly matters, but it also pertains to spiritual matters. Understanding,
  • yes, involves intellect, but it also pertains to spiritual truth.

In Romans, it explains that many will profess to be wise, but they become fools. Further, in 2 Timothy 3:7, Paul states that there are those that are

  • • “always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.”

Does that not sound like the world we live in today? I know of many who spend all of their time reading and learning, yet they lack spiritual wisdom. In these end times, we have more knowledge at our fingertips than ever existed in human history, and Daniel notes this! He says in Daniel 12:4 that knowledge shall increase in these times, but wisdom will be lacking.

I believe that understanding this first is the key to understanding the abomination of desolation. One isn’t just going to stumble upon its meaning. Rather, it will take someone who is searching, attentive, wary (and weary), and wise. It will take someone who may have varying forms of intelligence; however, they are truly seeking spiritual truths.

Do not deny Wisdom in the end times. She is right here, speaking with you. Listen to the voice of Wisdom. The end is here.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth