This isn't a 2000 yr old message about Big Pharma. Revelation was given to John, who knew scripture, and should be viewed in that context. Here's a scripture John would have been familiar with-
>Deuteronomy 6:5-9 New American Standard Bible 1995
>5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
“And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.”
Sorceries G5331: φαρμακεία pharmakeía, far-mak-i'-ah; from G5332; medication ("pharmacy"), i.e. (by extension) magic (literally or figuratively):—sorcery, witchcraft.
Now I agree that the vxxx is not the actual mark, but it certainly seems to be a part of the lead up. A Mark in your right hand seems to mean your actions, and the forehead is your thoughts. Some people fully buy in to the deceptions and happily act upon the lies (forehead). Others do not believe but go along with it for fear of repercussions (hand).
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