No one could buy or sell without this mark. (This mark is the name of the beast or the number of its name.) – Revelation 13:17
The symbol or the mark - @ - is something almost every human being has. In fact, if you engage in any online activity you must use an email address, which is tethered together with the symbol/mark - @. In some instances, the symbol/mark - @ - is automatically assigned to you. The convenient options made available by cloud technology that “man might buy or sell…” can only happen if you have an email address; and every email address requires the symbol/mark - @. You cannot access the e-market “…except you that have the mark! (see again Revelation 13:17) Revelation 13:16 reads:
The second beast also forced all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to have a mark put on their right hand or on their forehead.
No matter who you are, cloud technology forces all people to take the mark - @. You might say here that “I don’t have a symbol in my hand or in my forehead: but, we all do! Yes! We do! Most quite willingly, carry the symbol around in their hands via smart devices on every APP! Most have seared into their memories every email address used to access the apps that hold all the information we use to conveniently buy and sell 24 hours a day, seven days a week! Many of us tithe and give offerings this way! So, is this the mark of the beast? Revelation 13:18 reads:
Anyone who has understanding can find the meaning of the beast’s number. This requires wisdom. This number is the number of a man. It is 666
God gives us wisdom through the revelation of his word. Revelation 1:1 tells us to be mindful of what the words of John signify. To signify means to verbally “misdirect” or as in the case of John describe something that has yet come to pass; which is made available to those who ask God to give wisdom to know what is signified by His Word, His revelation. So, is the number “6” signified by the symbol -@? Is the @ a misdirection meant to keep us blind to the knowledge of the deception of the “great wonders” of today’s technology associated with the mark of the beast? (see Revelation 13:13-14) This is not an indictment: no, not at all. I pose these questions so that we should be ever mindful of what modern cloud technology portends! Be watchful.