I think its the mark more and more the longer its here. Heres my reasons.
Mark can be translated to prick (like a needle)
Its forced but they dont do it to you without you accepting it (like the mark, you seem to be able to refuse it and be killed even in the antichrist reign but they cant give you the mark if you refuse it. Which is probably God drawing the line)
It contains luciferase.
It is being pushed globally and moving to a you cant buy or sell without it.
And something I always found odd was the antichrist will be killing people for not taking it. How do you convince a population thats justified? Well in this scenario it makes sense as they can claim the no marked or V are killing people and threaten everyones life or the species.
The hebrew word for hand is the same as arm down to fingertips like a shot.
Then theres the sores that happen on those who took the mark later on. I always thought radiation poisoning or something from some implanted thingy. But a dna changing poison that goes to the entire body? Yea that could be a possible thing.
The word for sorcery is pharmakea, root for pharmacy
REVELATION 18:23 KJ21
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.
Its free globally, all are pressured and pushed to get it great or small rich or poor free or slave.
Another reason I recently discovered is our dna has a message from any language when it was decoded by an atheist scientist. “God eternal within the body” or something like that is what the code said. The atheist then goes on asking what does that mean which wow but anyways. We are marked by God in our dna so anything that tampers with it may change that message kinda like a product marked by its creator I have family from a biblical upbringing who took the V willingly unfortunate but God knew who was his and who wasnt from the start.
Another thing is satan was able to deceive 1/3 of all angels in heaven to follow him in heaven, and the presence of God. Think about that for a moment thats a deceit that is powerful enough to fool them. Without Gods spirit in us we dont stand a chance. satan has had many years of practice, many societies to trial and error how they work and plan for this moment the one and only moment he is allowed to rule over the world. That sounds very important to someone like him, especially when hes cast into the like of fire forever after alls done. This is his one and only moment he will likely give it everything he has.
He could make a fake rapture with technology and holograms, then people left behind will say in their hearts “why have you abandoned me or betrayed me, I followed your commands” or something along those lines which will cause them to not be worthy for the rapture and then right after the real rapture happens.
He could make Gods people think the mark is so close, its gotta be this thing and this is the precursor not the actual mark then discreetly sneak his mark into it as they think this isnt the mark and I have kids who need fed so ill take it selflessly so they can have a good life type of mindset only to see it fully get pushed out as the real mark. Why would he come right out from the start and make it check every requirement for the mark. Wouldnt more people not notice if he gradually adds more and more as it gains popularity. And who says he cant have multiple forms of the mark that all work together for a new money system. I originally thought it was the microsoft patent on patentscope for a crypto currency using body activated data with 666 in it. But maybe that is added to or activated only with the luciferase in the V. Or maybe that was just a way to make people thing the V isnt the mark it must be this instead and many flock to get the mark to get their lives back. Personally I avoid anything with even a 1% chance of being the mark because I know the devils not to be underestimated and I know that I dont know anything.