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of binding Yahweh’s commandments to their hand and forehead. What we can be certain of, is that
Satan has determined to usurp, subvert, or corrupt all the things of God. Just before John describes
the mark of the beast in Revelation 14, he described the overcomers in Christ being marked in their
foreheads.

Revelation 14:1
And I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and
forty-four thousand, having His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads.

We should not think that Yahweh is going to tattoo the heads of all of His overcoming sons. There
is a spiritual meaning intended here. Yahweh wants His people to have their minds sealed. These are
ones who are “Holy Unto Yahweh,” reminiscent of the band of blue with letters of gold that the
Hebrew High Priest wore upon his turban that bore this same expression. The New Testament speaks
much about the Christian having “the mind of Christ.” Satan wants to subvert this purpose and to
place his wicked mind in all of humanity. He has been very successful in doing so, yet Yahweh has
always preserved a remnant unto Himself who have not bowed the knee to Satan/Baal.

I would invite my brothers and sisters in Christ to consider the possibility that Satan has subverted
these words relating to phylacteries and frontlets from the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy. He
has induced apostate Judaism to take these words literally, creating a tradition which places a sign
of rebellion upon their hands and their foreheads. By doing so, Satan is marking these men outwardly
with a visible testimony of the rebellion that exists in their minds and is revealed in their actions.

The rabbis who brought forth a literal interpretation of these passages, and who have devised the
traditions surrounding the wearing of tefillin, are among those who rejected their Messiah, handing
Him over to the Romans to be crucified. Their thoughts and actions are spiritually branded with the
marks of Satan’s rebellion. Consequently, no disciple of Christ should be surprised to find that they
are physically wearing a visible symbol of their rebellion.

Before setting forth the evidence of Satanic rebellion in these symbols, let me share a few other
Scriptures that reveal how Yahweh has often used symbolic language in the Scriptures, language
which was not intended to be obeyed in a literal sense.

Proverbs 1:8-9
Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching; Indeed, they are
a graceful wreath to your head, and ornaments about your neck.

This is a very appropriate passage to consider in relation to tefillin. Solomon is writing about a
father’s instruction and a mother’s teaching. This forms a nice parallel to Yahweh, the heavenly
Father, giving instruction to His people. Did Solomon intend for his hearers to apply his words
literally? Were they to take their parents’ instructions and turn them into a wreath to be worn about
the head, or neck ornaments to adorn their neck? Of course not. Two chapters later, Solomon uses
another figure of speech.

Proverbs 3:3
Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of