The beast of revelation 13 is symbol for the antichrist and his world government. Throughout time, governments have too often promised its people things that only God can provide. In essence, as evidenced through history, GOVERNMENTS are what I believe God considers to be one of His biggest enemies. If this is the case for individual governments, imagine what a SINGULAR WORLD GOVERNMENT would look like in the sight of God! Truly a beast! An abomination!
"And a form of government was formed...like something never seen before. It had ten branches and seven leaders, or seven branches and ten leaders, all of which were blasphemous, for they claimed to manage things which they had no control over. Its leader, looked one way, walked another way, and yet, spoke even more differently. The devil gave his antichrist power to rule and the throne of the world, the same throne Christ rejected while being tempted in the wilderness. One of the leaders or one of the branches of this government suffered something that would allow a "miracle" to take place. Once this took place, the inhabitants of the earth perceived this as a token of genuine "divinity" and followed the antichrist. Men worshiped the devil because it was he who had given authority to his antichrist. They also worshiped his antichrist and asked blasphemous questions in regards to him.
The antichrist talked with arrogance for 3.5 years. He talked in such an arrogant way, that he lied about God and heaven and everybody who lives there. He went to war against people who believed in God and defeated them by the power of his tyranny. He ruled over everyone! Every race, every person, every tongue and every country! All of earth's inhabitants worshiped him, except those who belong to God, whose names are written in the Book.
If you are one of these, LISTEN!
If you have to be incarcerated for His name's sake, you will go!
If you have to be beheaded, your head will be cut off!
You will have to be very patient until God's timing and decrees are fulfilled on this world soon to be over with!
Another man came onto the scene. His demeanor was meek, very docile, very friendly. But on the inside, he talked like a devil. He agreed with the antichrist and acted on his behalf. Everything he did, and everyone he gained, he would turn them over to the antichrist and his government which had suffered what appeared to be a deadly blow. This docile individual did things that had never been seen before, things like supernaturally or technologically assisted events so that everyone could see he was special. Things like magical fire. Because of the things he did, he fooled people on the earth. Once people believed his show, he ordered that the antichrist and his government be idolized, the same one that appeared to have suffered that deadly blow but managed to continue existing. This meek man had the power to cause the idolatry of the antichrist and his government to materialize in such a way that anyone who refused to do so would be killed. He made everyone big and small, rich and poor, CEO or blue collar to receive a technological device on his hand or on his forehead, so that no one could function in that society unless they had the device, which represented the antichrist and an allegiance to him.
This calls for wisdom. If you have it, you can figure out what it all means because it is a number/device created by human hands. His number is 666 which in the hebrew alphabet is equivalent to W.W.W.
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