Here is everything I could find on the subject. I don't know if this is what you were looking for or not, but either way I hope this will help. Kristen and I are both tattooed ourselves, Kristen more than I, but fortunately our church is very accepting of such things. I love our church because it's all about reaching to the lost.

Like I said, this is all I could find. And I'm really not sure how relevant a lot of the information is. I'll let you make up your own mind. My personal opinion is that they can be okay, if there isn't a ritualistic purpose behind them. Ritualistic being like you may see on TV about tribal peoples who mark themselves in worship to their gods and stuff like that. A tattoo is only skin deep, and with the sterilization practices in use today, poisoning(or the risk thereof) of the body isn't a good argument. Now, the question you have to ask yourself is, "Would this detract from my testimony?" This would help more in the selection of a tattoo more than in the decision whether to get one or not. I'd like to get more ink done, but it's a question of money rather that a question of morality to me.

Like I said earlier, I'm giving you all the information I could find on the subject and I'll let you make up your own mind. When you're reading through the Revelations verses, keep in mind that this all came about from a vision, so a mark isn't necessarily a tattoo--especially when you consider the technology we have today. A mark could be any of a number of things from implanted micro chips (yes, we do have the technology) to a mere identification card. We just don't exactly know because those things aren't happening yet. I've heard some people say that they will be literal marks, but I really can't agree with that. I seriously can't see billions of people lining up to get tattooed, when it is so offensive to so many people.

I've done enough spouting. I really hope this helps. I'd encourage you to share this with your pastors because he/she should really know what's going on with you. I think it's kind of petty stuff that's grounded in legalism and 2 Corinthians 3:6 says that the law kills, but the Holy Spirit that we received when we accepted Christ gives life. So nothing we can do will make us or keep us from going to heaven, but that's not a license to sin, either.

TATTOO        Pagan custom; forbidden (Lev. 19:28) see Mark.
MARK       A word with various meanings: a special sign of ownership (Eze 9:4,6; Rev 7:2-8), signature (Job 31:35), a target (1 Sa 20:20), a form of tattooing banned by the Lord (Lev 19:28), a goal to be attained (Php 3:14), a particular brand denoting the nature or rank of men (Rev 13:16). NIV Compact Nave's Topical Bible

Le 19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. Ps 37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. Eze 9:4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. {set a mark: Heb. mark a mark} Eze 9:6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. {utterly: Heb. to destruction} Ro 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. Ga 6:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Php 3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. Re 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: {to receive: Gr. to give them} Re 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Re 14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, Re 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Re 15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. Re 16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. Re 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. Re 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (KJV)

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