Lesson 40 Amplified – CHARAGMA

 

CHARAGMA 

American: scratch, etching, tattoo, scar, mark; [microchip?]

Hebrew Aramaic: tav 

Some Christians refer to this as the “mark of the beast”. 

Almost Greek: (Words in italics are translator’s additions.) 

Revelation 13.11: And I saw another beast going up emergent from the earth. It was like a lamb and had two horns and spoke like a dragon. And it does all the authority of the first beast in the face of [before] the same. And it makes the earth and those residing in it in order that they should proskunesosi [worship, as a dog licks his master's hand]the first beast (of which was healed its wound of death) and it does megala semeia [signs, indications] in order that it even makes fire [aurora borealis?] come down emergent from the ouranou upon the earth in the face of [before] men. And it causes those residing upon the earth to stray via the semeia which were given it to do (in the face of the first beast) saying to those residing upon the earth to make an eikona [image, likeness, statue, icon] to the beast which has the wound of the knife and lived. And it was given power to give a pneuma [wind, breath, spirit] to the eikoni of the first beast in order that even the eikon of the beast might speak and might make it happen, that as many as might NOT proskunesosi the eikona of the beast in order that they be killed. And it makes all (the mikrous [small, little, tiny, micro] and the megalous [big, large, huge, great] and the wealthy and the paupers and the freemen and the slaves) in order that it may give to them a charagma upon their right hand or upon their forehead and this in order that NO one could buy or sell unless having the charagma or the name of the beast or the number of the name of the same [bar code?]. Here is wisdom. The one having understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast for it is the number of a man and that number is 666. 

Revelation 14.9: And a third aggelos [messenger, angel] followed them, saying in megale phone [sound, tone, noise, voice], “If anyone proskunei the beast and the eikona of the same and receives a charagma upon his forehead or upon his hand, he also shall drink emergent from the wine of the thumou [passion, anger, indignation] of Theos (having been prepared undiluted in the cup of His orges [violent passion, fury, rage, wrath]) and will be tortured in the fire and sulfur in the face of [before] the hagion aggelon and the face of the Lamb and the smoke of their torture goes up to ages of ages and hasn't pause day and night; those proskunountes the beast and the eikona of the same, even anyone who might receive the charagma of the name of the same. Here is a call for the cheerful endurance of the hagion; here are those keeping the commands of Theos and the pistin [faith] of Jesus. 

Revelation 15.2: And I saw like a glassy [transparent] sea having been mixed with fire. And those subduing (emergent from the beast and from the eikonos of the same and emergent from the charagma of the same and emergent from the number of the name of the same) were standing upon the glassy sea having lyres of Theos. And they sing the song [Hebrew cantillation] of Moses (the slave of Theos) and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Megala and wonderful are Your works, Kurie, pantokrator [all-ruling, almighty, omnipotent] Theos. Dikaiai [equitable, just, right] and truthful are Your ways, Sovereign of the Hagion. Who won't fear You? Kurie and glorify Your name because only You are inherently right that all the ethne will arrive and proskunesousin in Your face because Your dikaiomata [equity, justification, rightness] was rendered apparent.”

Revelation 16.2: And the first aggelos went off and poured out his bowl upon the earth and it was caused to be a kakon [worthless] ulcer and poneron [hurtful] to the men having the charagma of the beast and those proskunountas the eikoni of the same.

 

Revelation 19.19: And I saw the beast and the sovereigns of the earth, and their armies being led together to make war amidst the One sitting down upon the white horse and amidst His army. And the beast was seized and amidst [with] this one the pseudoprophetes [false prophets], doing the semeia in the face of [before] the same in [with] which he caused those receiving the charagma of the beast to stray and those proskunountas the eikoni of the same. The two [Both] were thrown (living [alive]) into the Lake of Fire, burning in sulfur. And those remaining were killed in [with] the saber having gone forth emergent from the mouth of the One sitting down upon the white horse. And all the birds were gorged emergent from the flesh of the same. 

Revelation 20.4: And I saw thrones and they that sat down upon them, and judgment was given to them. And the psuchas [souls, lives, psyches, egos] of those having been beheaded via their testimony of Jesus and via the Logon of Theos and which same hadn’t prosekunesan the beast NOR its eikona and hadn’t received the charagma upon their forehead and [nor] upon their hand and they lived and reigned amidst the Christou for a thousand years. But the rest of the dead [those in Hell?] didn't recover life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first anastasis [standing up again, resurrection]. Supremely blest and hagios is the one having a share in the first anastasis. Over these, the second death hasn't authority but, conversely, they will be priests of Theos and of the Christou and will reign amidst Him for a thousand years. 

End of Fortieth Lesson