What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
In Psalm 89:48 the word hand means power. The hand of the grave is therefore the power of the grave. No living man can deliver his soul from that power by himself. This meaning shows that to receive the mark of the beast in the hand is to yield to the power of the beast in compulsory worship, in contrast to receiving the seal of God in the forehead, which is in the intellect or mind.
In Psalm 89:48 the word hand means power. The hand of the grave is therefore the power of the grave. No living man can deliver his soul from that power by himself. This meaning shows that to receive the mark of the beast in the hand is to yield to the power of the beast in compulsory worship, in contrast to receiving the seal of God in the forehead, which is in the intellect or mind.