Revelation
13:11-18
11 Then I saw another
Beast,
Coming out of the
Earth.
He had Two Horns like a
lamb,
BUT
HE SPOKE LIKE A DRAGON.
12 He exercised all the
Authority
Of the First Beast on
his behalf,
AND
MADE THE EARTH AN ITS INHABITIANTS
WORSHIP
THE FIRST BEAST,
Whose Fatal Wound had
been healed.
13
AND HE PERFORMED GREAT AND MIRACULOUS SIGNS
Even causing Fire to
come down from heaven
To Earth in full view
of men.
14 Because of the Signs
he was given power to do
On behalf of the First
Beast,
HE
DECEIVED THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH.
HE
ORDERED THEM TO SET UP AN IMAGE
IN
HONOR OF THE BEAST
Who was wounded by the
sword and yet lived.
15 He was given power
to give breath
To the image of the
First Beast,
So that it could speak
AND
CAUSE ALL WHO REFUSED
TO
WORSHIP THE IMAGE TO BE KILLED.
16 HE ALSO FORCED
EVERYONE,
Small and great, rich
and poor, free and slave,
TO
RECEIVE A MARK ON HIKS RIGHT HAND
OR
ON HIS FOREHEAD,
17
SO THAT NO ONE COULD BUY OR SELL
UNLESS
HE HAD THE MARK,
WHICH
IS THE NAME OF THE BEAST
OR
THE NUMBER OF HIS NAME.
18 THIS CALLS FOR
WISDOM.
If anyone has insight,
Let him calculate the
number of the Beast,
For it is man's number.
His number is 666.
(Revelation 13:11-18)
The
False Prophet Enters the Scene
The Apostle John sees
another Beast
Coming out of the
Earth.
He had Two Horns like a
lamb,
But speaks like a
Dragon.
He is the False Prophet
of the Beast
And has all his
Authority.
The False Prophet
forces the people of the earth
To worship the Beast,
Whose fatal wound had
been healed.
The False Prophet gives
breath to the “image” of the Beast,
So that the “image”
can speak.
He also requires
That all who refuse to
worship the “image” of the Beast,
BE
KILLED.
The False Prophet
forces everyone,
Regardless of social
status, rich or poor, free and slave,
To receive the “mark”
of the Beast
On their right hand or
forehead.
This “mark”
signifies the complete ownership of the person,
Body, soul, mind and
spirit, by Satan.
Now, no one can Buy or
Sell anything
Unless he has the
“mark,”
Which is the name of
the Beast
Or the number of his
name.
This makes the “mark”
the only Currency at that time;
Nothing else will allow
one to Buy or Sell.
This
Calls For Wisdom
The apostle John pauses
and says this calls for wisdom.
He says that if anyone
has insight,
Let him calculate the
number of the Beast.
This number has only to
do with man
Deceived by Satan.
The number itself is an
affront to God, as Satan intended.
It is man glorifying
himself
And bringing Damnation
upon himself as Satan intended.
Just as Christ Jesus
identified Himself
With mankind for their
Salvation,
So Satan identifies
himself with mankind
For their Damnation.
Today, the person who
pretends to be a lamb
But speaks like a
Dragon is the Pope,
And this may be an
indication
As to how close the End
is, at this time.
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