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Televangelist Kenneth Copeland not too long ago advocated for ministries to get their very own “way of trip” to circumvent any airline-imposed vaccine mandates — one thing he believes is “the mark of the beast” as described within the e-book of Revelation.
“The time has come for ministries, in particular touring ministries, to have any other way of trip rather than the airways,” Copeland, the 84-year-old head of Kenneth Copeland Ministries, stated on Tuesday all the way through a “VICTORYthon” fundraiser.
“You get into this case, ‘We’re now not going to mean you can fly except you’re vaccinated.’ Smartly, to me, that’s the mark of the beast.”
“No longer the vaccination,” Copeland later clarified. “I’m now not taking the vaccination, however you’ll do what you wanna do.”
Kenneth Copeland argues that he wishes a personal jet as a result of airways are enforcing vaccine necessities and “to me, that is the Mark of the Beast.” https://t.co/pWZsRLY5PHpercent.twitter.com/x0HaenznuY
Copeland, who together with his spouse, Gloria, ceaselessly promotes the prosperity gospel, reportedly already owns 3 jets and a personal airport.
In an interview with Within Version in 2019, the Texas-based televangelist stated he wanted a personal jet so he wouldn’t must fly business with what he dubbed “a host of demons.” 
In August, Copeland thanked his supporters for serving to him acquire Tyler Perry’s Gulfstream V jet, petitioning them for much more donations and asking if that they had named their “seed” to hide an extra $2.5 million in upgrades to the plane.
Copeland has additionally in the past made arguable claims concerning the coronavirus. 
In June of remaining yr, the televangelist stated that his religion in God would defend him from the virus and recommended born-again Christians to position their angel to paintings through activating their religion in opposition to the illness.
“I’m speaking now to Holy Spirit born-again, Holy Spirit baptized, Holy Spirit talking in different tongues, therapeutic, believing Christians that don’t watch the rest however COVID-19 at the tv. Your religion is idle and dumb,” Copeland stated on the time. 
He warned audience that looking at information studies concerning the pandemic as an alternative of feeding their minds with faith-building content material is leaving them at risk of assaults from the satan.
“Your angel has not anything to do as a result of all you’re paying attention to is the inside track broadcast, and also you’re exalting this creep that you’ve got authority over,” he stated.
“I’ve my defend up, thanks very a lot. Glory to God! You couldn’t give me that flu although you attempted.”
Copeland isn’t the one public determine to warn that the COVID-19 vaccine may well be the mark of the beast as referenced in Revelation 13:18.
Maximum significantly, rapper Kanye West in the past stated that the ones in the back of the vaccine “need to put chips inside us, they need to do a wide variety of items, to make it the place we will be able to’t move the gates of Heaven.”
Hank Hanegraaff, often referred to as the “Bible Resolution Guy,” known as West’s interpretation of Scripture “as deceptive as it’s bad” and “totally indefensible.”
“I say this as a result of biblically, the mark of the beast is symbolic is moderately clearly a parody of the mark of the lamb,” he stressed out. “Biblical interpretation issues. If we interpret the Bible incorrectly, we’ll suppose the Bible is a host of nonsense.”
“The mark in Revelation 13 symbolizes identification with the beast. And as such, figuring out with Devil’s kingdom is what is going to stay you out of Heaven, now not getting vaccinated,” stated Hanegraaff. “As Kanye West will have to indisputably know, the brow and the fingers of individuals are Outdated Testomony symbols in their ideals and behaviour.”
“The multitudes who observe West must know taking at the mark of the beast is the intentional denial in concept, in phrase, in deed of the Lordship of Jesus Christ.”
Reasonably than fearfully keeping off vaccinations, Christians must with “worry and trembling withstand the temptation to be conformed to the evil programs of this global, programs that play speedy and unfastened with biblical monikers and visitors within the promoting of sensationalism.”
An previous model of this text dated Sept. 24 reported that Kenneth Copeland used to be asking supporters for donations to pay for a personal jet. This newsletter has been up to date to explain that Copeland used to be advising ministries to get their very own “way of trip” to steer clear of airline-imposed vaccine mandates.  

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