Chapter 10.7
Tattoos
Heathen
Tattoos - Forced Tattoos – God’s Tattoo – Body Art
End
of Times Tattoo - Tattoo of the Beast – Mark of ownership
Tattoos
Today – Self-expression - Should a Christian get a tattoo?
First
Word
Tattoo: A mark made by pricking and inserting pigment
under the skin. An artificially
inflicted sign on the body in the form of incision, tattoo, stamp, special sign
or brand.
Wikipedia: Many tattoos serve
as rites of passage, marks of status and rank, tribal identification, symbols of religious and spiritual
devotion, decorations for
bravery, sexual lures and marks of fertility, pledges of love, magical
amulets and talismans for protection.
Forced tattoo were marks or tattoos placed as punishment on outcasts, slaves and convicts. The Nazis introduced the practice of
tattooing identification numbers on
the Jews at Auschwitz in 1941 in order to register them and finally identify the remains of those that had died in the concentration
camp.
Bad Boys
The first time I saw a tattoo was when I was in high school; the “BAD BOYS” took their knife and cut a symbol of a cross with quotation marks
around it on the web of their hand between their thumb and index finger, then
took a ballpoint pen and put blue ink in it “t” this First Class TATOO was the symbol of the Gang of five that could CHEW
and SPIT.
Now grant you this was in the mid 50’s and the badness
was sitting on a wall smoking a cigarette and passing around a single hot beer
and making hooting sounds at the girls. They were super bad when they put a potato in
the exhaust pipe of a teacher’s car, or hoisted a commode up on the flag pole,
or when all five of them drug a teachers VW Beatle around sideways in its
parking space. They were tough and had
the TATTOO to prove it.
Background
Very early in the Bible we find
references to the “heathen”; those
that did not recognize the one God of Israel. They would make cuts in their flesh and rub
colored clay in it to make it stand out. This Tattoo was a “sign
of a covenant” with others to protect them against their enemy, much
like the gangs today. When you mess with
me you mess with all of us in the covenant gang.
Tattoos were associated with pagan cults who tattooed themselves when they mourned for their dead. Archeologist have found tattoos on preserved
skin dating back to 6000 BC.
In order to SET APART the chosen people of
Israel, the moral and ceremonial laws instructed them to do everything possible
to NOT look
the same as the heathen.[1]
Cutting or
tattooing themselves was therefore forbidden.[2] A Christian should not look the same as the
Worldly Heathen.
I’ll say it another way; Tattoos represent the ways of the heathen world;
those NOT chosen by God
to be a people Holy to Him.
The Second Council
of Nicaea in 787 AD, banned all body markings as a pagan practice.[3]
Tattoo of the Beast
We find in the end times that men will
not be able to buy or sell without the TATTOO mark of the beast.[4] This mark is used to control the person and
clearly identifies that this person is a worshiper of the
“image”
of the Antichrist. It is a mark of allegiance and loyalty to the
world leader.
This is a perversion of the Mark of God that is placed on the 144,000
Jews who will testify of Christ.
Please
NOTE;
if you
receive the mark of the beast, you cannot reverse your decision. I don’t know what this sounds like to you,
but to my BS,
it says that if you were tattooed with the MARK OF THE BEAST, you have refused the Holy
Spirit. You have entered into the zone
of the “Unpardonable
Sin”. Repentance is too late;
there is no choice on “smoking”
or “non-smoking”.
Revelation 14:9-11 -Tattoo of the beast an
Unpardonable Sin
9 If ANYONE worships the beast and his image and
RECEIVES HIS MARK on the forehead or on the hand,
10 he, too, WILL DRINK OF THE WINE OF GOD'S FURY,
which has been
poured FULL STRENGTH into the cup of
his wrath.
HE WILL BE TORMENTED WITH BURNING SULFUR
in the presence
of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the
11 SMOKE OF THEIR TORMENT RISES FOR EVER AND EVER. There is NO REST day or night for
those who worship the beast and his image, or FOR
ANYONE WHO RECEIVES THE MARK OF HIS NAME."
(NKJV)
Exception
Good News; when we become believers, we are forever
marked with the SEAL OF GOD.[5] Seals
are placed by the owner as his mark of ownership.[6] It’s the mark of God’s approval, a deposit of
what is to come.[7]
There is another mark that is the exception to the rule that occurs in the
Tribulation period when God places His mark
on 144,000
EVANGELIST[8] so that the Heathen
world will take notice. There will be no
doubt as to whether they are a servant of the most high God or a servant of the
worldly Beast.[9]
In the last days God will Tattoo the redeemed
Christian with His mark on their foreheads.[10]
This is not just any mark; it’s the NEW name
of God tattooed
on their foreheads.[11] Note: The
Tattoo of protection;[12]
the mark of God’s ownership[13]
IS PLACED BY GOD, not by man.[14]
The Take Away
The
tattoo today has undergone a dramatic redefinition and has shifted
from a form of defiance to an acceptable form of expression; it’s now called Body Art.
Health risks including infection and allergic reactions have been associated with Tattooing. Infections can be
transmitted through the use of unsterilized equipment or contaminated ink. These infections include surface infections of
the skin, fungal infections, some forms of hepatitis, herpes, simplex
virus, HIV, staph, tetanus, and tuberculosis.
Interestingly 72
percent of those polled with face, neck,
hands, or fingers tattoos have
spent more than three days in JAIL, compared to just 6
percent of the non-tattooed population.
A Tattoo shows “Ownership” of your body, scripture
teaches that Tattoos on God’s chosen people BRING
SHAME TO THE NAME OF GOD.[15] It’s in the Book
Image of God: Christians should make every effort to NOT look like the rest of the world;
like those that have rejected Christ. We
are SET APART and should
strive to conform ourselves to the image of God’s only begotten Son; Jesus the
Christ.[16]
We are known by our fruit:[17] Does your SPEECH and SONGS glorify God or glorify the world?[18] Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth SINGS.[19] Are you a Believer or just a Make-Believer going through the motions with just a form of Godliness? [20]
Is a
person damned if they have a tattoo? Absolutely not; our salvation is NOT based on whether or not we have a tattoo; it’s
based on our acceptance of Jesus Christ as our personal Savior plus nothing
else. The New Covenant of Jesus Christ
has set us FREE
from the 613 Laws of Moses.[21]
Thinking
about getting a tattoo; forget it. Got a
Tattoo; don’t get anymore. Should
you try to have a tattoo removed? It
only matters to you; God looks on the heart[22]
not the color of your skin. Tattoos
under the NT are NOT A SIN, but we would do well to honor God by not
getting any.
Life is certainly choice driven
I saw a young lady
at the beach with a tattoo of a yellow butterfly outlined in brown in the small of her back. It was striking and kept my attention; I really, really liked it. After this study, I
realized that that’s how life is; I
am drawn to what is just opposite of God’s will, the Apostle Paul said it best;
“For what I am
doing,
I do not understand; for I am NOT
practicing what I would like to do,
but I am doing the very thing I shouldn’t.”[23]
The Real Question is; are you as Believer[24]
or a Make-Believer?[25]
Where is your HEART?[26]
[1] Deuteronomy 14:1-2 – DO NOT CUT YOURSELVES FOR YOU ARE A PEOPLE HOLY TO THE LORD: THE LORD HAS CHOSEN YOU
[2] Leviticus 19:28 –DO NOT cut your
bodies for the dead, and DO NOT MARK YOUR
SKIN WITH TATTOOS -- Jeremiah
16:6 – Cut NOT yourselves for the
dead
Deuteronomy 14:1-2 – DO NOT CUT
YOURSELVES FOR YOU ARE A PEOPLE HOLY TO THE LORD: THE LORD HAS CHOSEN YOU
[3] Leviticus 21:5-6 – Christians MUST NOT CUT THEIR BODIES
they are SET APART AS HOLY to their God and MUST NEVER BRING SHAME ON THE
NAME OF GOD
[4] Revelation 13:16 – The Mark; the Tattoo of the Beast on their RIGHT HAND or on their FOREHEADS
[5] Ephesians 1:13 –
Christians HAVING BELIEVED, WERE MARKED WITH A SEAL, THE PROMISED
HOLY SPIRIT
[6] 2 Corinthians 1:21-22 God
has set His tattoo, His SEAL OF
OWNERSHIP ON US
[7] 2 Corinthian 5:5 –
Christians have a GUARANTEE of
what is to come; HE HAS GIVEN
US THE SPIRIT AS A DEPOSIT, -- John
6:27 - Christians have the seal of God’s APPROVAL
[8] Revelation 7:3-4 – God seals with a tattoo 144,000 EVANGELIST
[9] Ephesians 4:30
–Christians are sealed for the day of REDEMPTION
[10] Ezekiel 9:4 – In the end times, GO THROUGH THE MIDST OF THE
CITY and PUT A MARK ON THE FOREHEADS of the Believers
[11] Revelation 14:1 – GOD’S NAME is
tattooed on their foreheads.
[12] Genesis 4:15 – God’s Mark, His Tattoo is of PROTECTION
[13] 1 Kings 20:41 – The Prophet was marked on his forehead
[14] Revelation 3:11-12 – GOD WILL TATTOO ON THE BELIEVER HIS NEW NAME-- Revelation 22:4 – Believers
shall see his face, and HIS NAME SHALL BE ON
THEIR FOREHEADS
[16] Romans 8:29 – We are to be CONFORMED to the image of God’s Son
[17] Matthew 7:20 – You will be known by your FRUIT
[18] Luke 6:45 - FOR THE MOUTH SINGS and SPEAKS WHAT THE HEART IS
FULL OF
[19] Matthew 12:34 – FOR OUT OF THE
ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SINGS AND SPEAKS
[20] 2 Timothy 3:1-5 - They will act religious, but they will reject
the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!
[21] Acts 13:39 – The NEW COVENANT sets us free from the Law
[22] Acts 15:8 – God knows the HEART
[23] Romans 7:15-25 –PAUL CONFESSES; I DON’T REALLY
UNDERSTAND MYSELF,
FOR I WANT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, but I don’t do it. INSTEAD, I DO
WHAT I HATE. But if I KNOW THAT WHAT I AM DOING IS WRONG, this shows that I agree
that the law is good. So I am not the one doing wrong; IT IS SIN LIVING
IN ME that does it. And I know that
nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I WANT TO DO
WHAT IS RIGHT, BUT I CAN’T. I WANT TO DO
WHAT IS GOOD, BUT I DON’T. I DON’T WANT TO DO
WHAT IS WRONG, BUT I DO IT ANYWAY. WHO WILL FREE ME FROM THIS LIFE; THE ANSWER IS IN JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD
[24] Romans 10:10 –WITH THE HEART ONE BELIEVES unto righteousness, and WITH THE MOUTH CONFESSION is made unto salvation
[25] Matthew 7:23 – God will say to the Make Believer; I NEVER KNEW YOU
[26] Jeremiah 17:10 – God searches the HEART
and examines the mind
to REWARD
EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO THEIR CONDUCT
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