REPENTANCE FROM THE MARK OF THE BEAST? In a special one hour show, Chris brings the discussion on the Mark of the Beast to a conclusion. We learn more about how the "mark" was understood through the Middle Ages, as it was recognized in association with the Papal system of Rome. Yet strangely enough, there were no discussions about whether or not a person could receive the mark, and then repent later on. This was because the ability to repent seems to have been taken for granted. But a shift took place in the 19th century, as the understanding of prophecy changed from the classical Historicist view (taught by the Reformers) to a Futurist view, which is embraced by most Evangelicals today. How did the shift in exegesis change the understanding of the mark, and whether or not a person could repent if they received it?