Dreams
The Dream of Marking the People
Elijah Who Is To Come · March 18, 2026 · 2 min read
The Dream of Marking the People
In this dream, I saw crowds of people being marked with a visible black X on their right hands and foreheads. The ones doing the marking used what looked like an engraving or tattooing machine to etch this prominent black X onto the skin. Next to each engraver stood an ATM machine—also branded with the same black X. On other ATM machines, I noticed the letters “NK,” though I did not understand what “NK” stood for in the dream.
The people receiving the visible mark appeared to do so voluntarily. It seemed they had already received the earlier biotechnological mark inside their bodies (during the first 3.5 years). Now they were submitting to this additional, outward, visible X as a further step—making it impossible for anyone to buy, sell, access services, or participate in society without displaying this obvious mark on their hand or forehead. This act openly defies God, directly contradicting His command not to receive the mark of the beast (Revelation 13:16–17; 14:9–11).
In the dream, I clearly understood that this public, visible marking happens later—after the first 3.5 years of the tribulation have passed, during the second half when the beast’s full authority is unleashed.
I realized within the dream that I was only dreaming, and the fear of even being near the mark overwhelmed me. I forced myself to wake up because I was terrified of somehow taking it. The dream made it plain: no one can receive this visible, external mark unless they have first accepted the internal biotechnological mark during the initial 3.5 years. The visible X serves as the final enforcement mechanism—designed specifically to cut Christians (and any who refuse the beast’s system) off from buying, selling, banking, public services, and everyday life. It is the ultimate tool of exclusion and persecution for those who remain faithful to God.