English “of” emboldened in James 1:5 was translated from Greek primary preposition 3844 para which denotes nearness in the genitive case as grammatical objects are near their grammatical subject and visa versa. The “beast” of Revelation is any spiritual grammatical subject other than God, as documented in the Greek words of Acts 17:29 relative to Greek neuter noun 5480 charagma as it appears throughout the book of Revelation. The first impulse of human beings is almost always flesh thoughts and feelings. We must quit thinking and allow God’s spirit to show us that the mark of the beast has nothing to do with some other distant entity, it is us. It is our flesh thoughts and feelings. When I study the bible my objective is to displace my flesh thoughts and feelings with God’s spiritual thoughts and ways. We just have to shut up and quit thinking flesh thoughts and feelings and let God’s spiritual thoughts and ways take over. Quit thinking! Start listening and following.
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