Never before in history have so many things come together to make possible the manifestation of the Beast, the individual who is the culmination of all the rulers of the empires of this world who are set against our LORD and his Messiah.
All the things mentioned in Revelation 13 have some fulfilment in the first Christian century, but that century does not completely fulfill these prophecies. There are twenty centuries of violence and persecution against the people of God, with the twentieth century being the most violent and bloodiest of all.
Furthermore, as we look at the attempt to control humanity, we can see that never before in the history of humankind have the world's governments had the abilities they now have to cut off people's ability to buy and sell in such an absolute way or to know the details of people's lives so completely.
But Revelation 14 makes it very clear that these anti-Christian efforts will ulitmately fail, because the Lord himself will return and judge the world.
Then will come horrible, unending judgment on all who have refused the Mark of Christ and have chosen the Mark of anti-Christ instead. But then also will come true Sabbath rest for all God's people.
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After serving Grace Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, Bob was honorably retired on Sunday, September 27, 2015, and given the title "Pastor Emeritus." This was forty years to the day after he became their pastor.
He now works for the Presbytery of the Gulf South as...