 Good afternoon, Pastor David and to you too, John. Thank you so much. Welcome, though, all of you who are joining us for a random moment unfiltered with Pastor David. And Pastor, this is a topic we've talked about before, but it seems to be a rising again regarding the vaccine and regarding the mark of the beast. I'm still hearing, and I see it in social media, that people are still contributing or putting that the vaccine is the mark of the beast and that even the vaccine has traces, metals, and chemicals that will later lead to the mark of the beast. Can you give us some feedback on that, Pastor? Again, speaking about the vaccine and the mark, that's interesting that people seem to associate the mark of the beast with an inoculation. I just think that people have too much time on their hands, most of the time, John. I know that people are busy trying to warn people against the coming anti-Christ and the false religion, and I get it. I mean, we're supposed to be those who are the watchmen on the wall calling out danger to the inhabitants, etc. I know that. But to go out and create a boogeyman, or to to step into a field like medicine, and say that if you take of this inoculation, you're just setting yourself up in the future. Again, I mentioned to the church that the mark of the beast, and this is what Revelation teaches, is a mark that is associated with the anti-Christ and it's a way to have the ability to buy or sell. And the scripture, as we know, says that those who take of that mark will find their final end will be in the lake of fire. How we move from a mark of the beast on the forehead, I'm wondering if people are stabbing their faces with the needle to, because it speaks on their hand in their forehead, or their forehead, you have to stretch a lot to be, you know, forcing the scripture into your presupposed prophetic insights. And so, again, the mark of the beast is a mark that's going to be used for commercial use. You cannot buy, you cannot sell. It is a mark that is really declaring ownership, because later on in the same book of Revelation, God speaks concerning those who belong to him who had the mark of their father. And so, the mark was a symbol of, or is an expression of, ownership. So, you have the mark of the beast on your heart long before you have a mark on your hand or forehead. And so, I think that the inoculation in and of itself, the method of presenting it to us, in terms of, on the one hand, it's suspect we can't trust this because Trump and his team came up with it. And then, now it's not politicized anymore. And now this is the greatest thing where the Mr. Biden was saying that it was through his efforts and his team, it's been politicized to the point where I think it's kind of ridiculous. And so, the inoculation, I don't believe, and I don't know any reputable theologian or Bible teacher, I don't know any who would say that the mark of the beast is going to come because we have taken a shot any more than when we got tetanus shots or any more than when we got inoculated for months or any other disease or virus, measles, you name it. There's always been Christians who don't read their Bibles very closely who present themselves as self-styled prophets and evangelists and teachers and they post it on a platform now that gets them more attention than ever in history. That's why rumors spread faster and that's why the fear spreads worldwide almost immediately now. Whereas before we might have had somebody we'll say in New York who was saying, I think the mark of the beast is this particular inoculation, it may never have made that to the west coast. It may have never left its own area but not today. Today somebody can be sitting there saying, oh did you notice that someone took a shot and then there was a magnet that could put a magnet on its arm. Well that's got to be the devil and it's kind of like voodoo. It's kind of like who-do, I don't know. So, you know, you're to love the Lord thy God with all the heart, soul, strength and with all your mind. You know, our minds are supposed to be dedicated to this research of God and the search of the things of the Lord. You know, Paul said it was through the renewing of the mind that we know the perfect will of God and I think that some people have forgotten their minds are supposed to be renewed and so what they are is they're filled with fantasies and imaginations and so again John I'm not receiving the inoculation because I don't have to. I had COVID. I have the antibodies but when I I've been I've been told that we need to wait on that one because those who have had COVID if they take of the the shot it may have an an effect that we're not looking for with the shot I have to look more into that and I won't give more detail about that but would I receive the shot I wouldn't be afraid to the way I got measles inoculations, mumps inoculations and penicillin and various other things that have been made available so I wouldn't be afraid of getting a shot. I just don't like the way the government intruded on our personal freedoms and our personal rights but that's a different issue. That's a different issue. I don't believe that the government has the right to be the nanny over my life. I believe that I am supposed to be able to make my own decisions for myself and and the women who used to scream and still do it's my body my choice. Well I think that I can say the same thing it's my body it's my choice and if I don't choose to have that then I don't know why anybody should try to shame me into it but because we live in a time when there are a lot of a lot of people politicizing this and are saying that to wear the to have that mask is and have the inoculation and to even be bribed into it so that you might win a lottery or some beer you know does that not show you what a what what a ridiculous thing this is is if you can't convince me medically that I should have something you're going to try and bribe me with beer or or a lottery this is this is crazy and why people don't see it for what it is is a testament to how easy it is to deceive people so I see that more as being an indicator of how people will follow antichrist than a shot the fact that people were willing to don masks when it's been demonstrated that the only ones who really should have been doing that should have been those who were were older you know because it may have helped them and even so it was demonstrated that the kinds of masks that were being made available wasn't working anyway and so we have so any mixed messages I just think that we need to take a breath step back and evaluate because it has become a a shame thing now I was told just the other day and I'm kind of close with this how that you go into a store and people will look at you like why don't you have your mask on like you have the plague you are you you are somehow unloving and selfish and that's what's happened because the science isn't there from everything I'm hearing the science they're not following what they say is the science so this is a manipulative technique to control people and to use fear to do that when those who are most susceptible to injury through this virus were the aged children have proven to be not and up to a certain age you know when you become an elderly person naturally if we love our elderly people we will care for them but it's been twisted to just a control for everybody don't let the kids go to school ruin businesses and make Fauci rich you know a man who knows he was from everything I've been watching on the news it appears that he knows that what he was diagnosing for the nation was inaccurate because he was working with the WHO and and others were profiting from this I think that there's a lot to be learned from this right now that that the the media is hiding from Americans because they don't want Fauci to be proven for what he is and he just signed a book deal you know so he can make millions of dollars as the hero and he's telling us that he's going to tell us the truth when in fact he's been busted because he has he has not been telling us the truth so anyway that's the biggest story to me so in terms of whether or not I'm gonna I get a shot you know I don't need one and there's millions who have already had it and it seems that herd immunity has pretty much taken you know taken effect and what we have here in California as a governor it would seem to me who is really bent on just controlling his population and that's pretty much what this has become so is is the shot the mark of the beast and I'd have to say no no I I don't see that so many people are so scared in the control aspect as you mentioned I would be more concerned about the deception that's going on which is a sign that Jesus speaks about the deception is this is the false prophets Matthew 24 repeat that several times false teachers false prophets this is setting the tone for the antichrist but it's not the shot itself it's the way we're being manipulated to believe certain things thank you pastor david and again thank you for the clarity if you want to learn more about end times we have a revelation study that you're wrapping up next sunday yep and it's going to be revelation chapter 22 you know to uh I think it's verse 12 to 21 so we're wrapping that study up it's been a great study it's an invitation yes it's Jesus's last invitation for people to to heed after seeing what's going to take place he closes with mercy gives an invitation because he's warned us of what's going to take place and he gave in the first few verses of that chapter um and uh verses 6 through 11 he gave the blessings of the believer but we close with the warnings to the unbeliever come on out church family wednesday evening we'll be in Job and uh we look forward to having you out fourth of july baptisms our israel trip we have a lot of things going on and so wednesday evening seven p.m sunday morning eight thirty a.m and this saturday our men's conference oh and this saturday's our men's conference so men come on out we have a limited supply of meal tickets left so come to the front desk call uh conference only we'll be available tickets the day of the conference it'll be great we look forward to seeing you pastor david thank you and we'll see you soon