Paper Money and Fiat Currency is the Mark of the Beast

[Laurence99]

Well if you've ever taken the mark of the beast... you're doomed. There is no repentance. So if you've ever used used cash... you're doomed to the lake of fire.
This statement is flawed for several reasons.

The disciples used money. Matt 17:27;
The widow Jesus Jesus complimented used coins. Mark 12:42; Luke 21:2;
In Matt 22:19-22; Jesus says it's OK to give currency to the church.
Judas was "the treasurer" or banker for the disciples, apparently they used money. John 12:6;

Currency is not the mark of the beast.

 

[B-A-C]

Rev 13:17; and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Rev 14:9; Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,

During the great tribulation... no one will be able to buy or sell anything, unless they have the mark of the beast. Certainly you can buy without cash, currency.
You can trade things. You can give gold. You can give cash. You can use debit or credit cards. But in the last days you won't able to use any of these things (even cash currency) unless you take the mark.

Also it seems the "mark".. is just that... a mark of some kind. On your hand or on your forehead. Taping a dollar bill to your forehead is not the mark of the beast.

 

[gaviria.christian]

Rev 13:17; and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Rev 14:9; Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,

During the great tribulation... no one will be able to buy or sell anything, unless they have the mark of the beast. Certainly you can buy without cash, currency.
You can trade things. You can give gold. You can give cash. You can use debit or credit cards. But in the last days you won't able to use any of these things (even cash currency) unless you take the mark.

Also it seems the "mark".. is just that... a mark of some kind. On your hand or on your forehead. Taping a dollar bill to your forehead is not the mark of the beast.

You cannot buy without paper money and fiat currency, because it is forbidden by the law of legal tender. It's precisely why an executive order was issued in the 1930's to forbid the possession of gold, and now since everyone has adopted paper money and fiat currency, the laws have eased regarding the possession of gold, but it is still not legal tender.

 

[Enxu]

Yeah. Like I said, it seems plausible, but I don't know that there's not something else that would also fit the parameters. I'm not saying you're wrong. Just looking for something that says it's definitely this

This is the first time I've ever encountered a teaching like this, and to be honest, I have a feeling he is right. Especially when the verse about King Solomon receiving 666 talents of gold was mentioned. That was similar to how the banking system came into being, currencies backed by gold and then intrinsic value determined by legal tender with no backing by anything. Even if the mark of the beast is not the fiat system itself, it is definitely closely linked to it.

Just throwing a conjecture out there, King Solomon (a type of the beast who had control of the mark of the beast) received actual gold as his income from all those under his rule, which is exactly what the current fiat system did. The owner of the fiat system took all the gold from those under his rule.

Being a former student of finance, I was disgusted with the fiat system since years back. It is "creating something out of nothing", giving people the illusion of possessing wealth while those in control of the system slowly gained control of the actual tangible wealth (like gold) and commodities needed for basic human survival. It is a system of deception and utter slavery. You could contribute decades of actual labor to earn income for your daily food only to have all that income completely wiped out by an economic disaster in one day. Just look at Lehman Brothers and its aftermath.