WARNINGS CONCERNING THE BEAST

Newsletter 226 December 31, 2010

Revelation 13:15-17 (King James Version)

THE BEAST, CARRIES HIS REBELLION TO EARTH:

I would feel at fault if I allowed last week’s study on the subject of God’s great gift to us, and I failed to also note that Satan is at war with God for power, and that he wants to snatch away every Christian he can before he finally loses the battle. He succeeded in getting Adam and Eve barred from Eden; he nearly won only for God to save eight people at the time of the Great Flood; he managed to get Moses barred from entering the Promised Land, and he attempted to stop Jesus from his appointed purpose of coming to earth at his birth, then again at his baptism, and finally at the tomb. God does not tempt any person, but he does permit the testing of faith. Remember Job’s struggle through the loss of everything he had; family, health, wealth, even friends. Well, Satan is back, and it does not take a very discerning eye to know that he is again using every weapon he has for one last struggle. We can expect him to make his own image speak. Impossible? What about talking greeting cards, and all the talking dolls the toy shops are flooded with? Remember Daniel’s suffering when he refused to worship such nation’s idol ! It even spoke !

15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. (Daniel 3:3+. Revelation 13:12, Revelation 14:9, Revelation 14:11, Revelation 16:2, Revelation 19:20, Revelation 20:4)

At this very moment, we face this likelihood of, in theory at least. Our test will come when our common currency goes electronic and we can’t buy or sell without a built in, credit card. Already, crime TV shows gruesomely show a thumb being cut off in order to use it to open keyless locks. Most of our medical histories are already electronically stored. They need only to be transferred to the type of pellets we already use for registering our pets, purebred cattle, and other valuables. With only one new law, passports, identity cards, driver’s licenses, and medical and personal records, and even crime information could, and probably will be replaced with a tiny imbedded pellet in the hand or forehead for convenient access. A thumb can be cut off, but not a forehead. Naturally, it will ignorantly, bear the name or number of the beast. The Bible tells us that.

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: (Revelation 11:18, Revelation 19:5, Revelation 19:18, Galatians 6:17, Revelation 17:3, Revelation 14:9, Revelation 20:4)

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. (Galatians 6:17, Revelation 7:3, Revelation 14:9, Revelation 29:4, Revelation 14:11, Revelation 15:2)

Revelation 14:9-11

GOD REPLIES:

God will probably permit the test, then defeat it just as quickly. Satan’s plan is to starve the Christians and play on their fear, but God will make it the very mark that accepted will destroy those who have it. They have failed His test of faith and will be left behind when he comes for his own. Watch the media and see if it is not shaping up to this.

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, (Revelation 13:12, Revelation 14:11, Revelation 13:14+, Revelation 14:11, Revelation 13:16)

10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: (Isaiah 51:17, Jeremiah 25:15+, Jeremiah 15:37, Revelation 16:19, Revelation 19:15, Psalm 75:8Revelation 18:6, Genesis 19:24, Ezekiel 38:22, 2 Thessalonians 1:7, Revelation 19:20, Revelation 20:10, Revelation 20:14+, Revelation 21:8, Mark 8:18)

Accept Satan’s mark, and you have judged yourself to be lacking in faith in God and his love for His own. Hell was created for Satan and his demons, but it will also be shared by those who fail in this His test.

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. (Isaiah 34:8-10, Revelation 18:9, Revelation 18:18, Revelation 4:8, Revelation 13:12, Revelation 14:9, Revelation 13:17)

I hope you have been reading Revelation, but if, not at lest read the breaking news. They tell the same story in the end.

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RESOLVE TO READ THE BIBLE THROUGH AGAIN IN 2011
(I’m reading a free Kendal version this year)
JANUARY

2nd. Sunday – Genesis 3, 4, Matthew 2, Psalm 2
3rd. Monday – Genesis 5, 6, Matthew 3, Psalm 3
4th. Tuesday – Genesis 7, 8, Matthew 4, Proverbs 1:1-7
5th. Wednesday-- Genesis 9, 10, Matthew 5:1-26, Psalm 4
6th. Thursday - Genesis 11, 12, Matthew 5:27-48 Psalm 5
7th. Friday – Genesis 13, 14, 15, Matthew 6, Psalm 6
8th. Saturday-- Genesis 16, 17, 18, Matthew 7, Proverbs 1:8-19

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