Does anyone actually get a choice about the mark of the beast?
Everybody says they'd refuse it. Revelation 13:8 says the people capable of refusing were on a list finished before the world started.
End Times
Did Jesus Say He’d Come Back in His Disciples’ Lifetime?
Two sayings, three gospels, six verses. He’s quoted promising the arrival to people standing in front of him — some of whom would still be alive to see it. They all died, and every defense exists to get around that.
Who Is the Antichrist in the Bible?
Nobody. The word appears five times in the whole New Testament, never in Revelation, and the one letter that uses it defines it as a category of people who were already there.
Where Did the Rapture Come From?
Ireland, in the 1830s. And then, decisively, a study Bible published by Oxford University Press in 1909.
Does the Bible Call Itself the Word of God?
No. It calls Jesus that.
What Are the End Times?
A period the New Testament writers believed they were already living in, and expected to see finish inside their own lifetimes.