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The Counterfeit Phylacterie
There's only one other place in all the Bible where the hand and the forehead are mentioned together in terms of some kind of sign or symbol. And that's Deuteronomy 6, 8, which is talking about the text of the law and write this down and keep it in your hand and on your forehead. The idea for the author of the book of Revelation is this is like a counterfeit phylacter. This is they're trying to appear to be like genuine Judaism, early Judaism, but it's going to be counterfeit. It's a trick.