Biblical symbols don't mean just anything. They have their root in Scripture. And Scripture always interprets Scripture.
Exodus 28:36-38 - You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet: HOLINESS TO THE LORD. And you shall put it on a blue cord, that it may be on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban, So it shall be on Aaron's forehead...
Deuteronomy 6:6-8 - And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
Here we see clearly see the commands of the Lord to be "in your heart" and "as a sign on your hand" and "frontlets between your eyes." The hand and the forehead illustrating doing and acknowledging God's commands.
So, when we see the mark of the beast, we should understand that Scripture has already established what a mark on the hand and forehead actually is. Those who took the mark of the beast were the ones who gave themselves over in thought and deed to the will of the Antichrist.
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