We're in Revelation chapter number 13 this evening.
Now Revelation chapter 13 is an essential chapter that basically narrates the culmination
of world empires and the role that it plays in end times Bible prophecy.
And in fact we know that each of these empires that have existed throughout time
basically apex at the end of the world and they become what's known as the new
world order.
This is the order, this is the empire that the antichrist will be ruling over and this
is what chapter 13 deals with in the first initial three verses of the chapter.
Now we also see that the rider on the white horse that we saw in Revelation chapter
6 is no longer an anomaly because if you remember in Revelation chapter number 6 when
the first seal is opened the antichrist comes on a white horse he goes forth conquering
and to conquer he has a crown but he's given a bow which is an instrument that's used
it's a it's a weapon of war that's used from a distance and the implication there
is that no one really knows who he is you know he is an enigma no one the general
public does not recognize him they don't know who he is and in fact that fits him
perfectly with what the Bible teaches us because the Bible says in second Thessalonians
chapter number two that the man of sin the son of perdition is not revealed until he
opposeth and exalted himself above all that is called God all that is worshiped
so that he has God sitteth in the temple of God proclaiming himself to be
God and we know that on the prophetic timetable that does not take
place until the initial beginning of those 75 days when the abomination of
desolation is set up 75 days thereafter is the rapture and so
Revelation 6 no one knows who he is but guess what in Revelation 13 he is
now revealed as the son of perdition the man of sin and why is that well
because of the fact that he receives a deadly wound to the head his wound is
healed and the Bible says that all the world wonders after the beast and
in fact he did not only wonder and regard about him but they actually
admire they love and even worship him okay so in Revelation 6 he is not
known to the general public but in Revelation 13 he's known globally and
has even worship globally as well this is also the famous passage where
we will see the Antichrist making war with the Saints and the Bible tells
them tells us that he overcomes them and Danny chapter number seven it says
he prevails against them this is referring to the persecution of
Christians how they will be delivered before councils and magistrates they
shall be put to death and in fact the previous chapters hits a lot of that
persecution that tribulation that they're going to go through and this is goes
into detail in regards to that now let me just say this is the chapter
13 is a major transition on the prophetic timetable because of the fact
that we see persecution of Christians and it's being implemented but let me
say this is that it's commenced under the cloak of a solution to the
beginning of sorrows now what do I mean by that well Revelation 6 you have the
first four seals which is the conquest of the Antichrist you have
wars and rumors of wars you have famine pestilences and earthquakes and
this is what's known as the beginning of sorrows but let me say this is that
it affects not just Christians it affects the whole world right so
everyone is suffering from famine everyone is suffering from the the
the pestilences and the earthquakes I mean a lot of people are dying
there in this time not just Christians but also unsafe people as well and what
happens is that after the fourth seal you have a jerking of the steering
wheel in the fifth seal where you all of a sudden you have martyrdom of
Christians so somehow it switches from tribulation for all people to you know
great tribulation where only Christians are being targeted they're being
persecuted they're being martyred and killed and that's what we see that
we see under the altar the souls of them who were slain for the Word of
God and for the testimony which they held and so what we know is that these
four horsemen these ringleaders of the New World Order they're basically using
this beginning of sorrows as a springboard to inaugurate the New World
Order which is used to basically persecute Christians and make war with
them okay so you think of the one world government the one world
financial system the one world of religion yes this is said in order to
put the Antichrist as the ruler of the world but his main agenda is not to
make money his main agenda is not to become just the greatest political
leader so he can create all kinds of solutions his main agenda is what to
make war with the Saints and in fact the Bible tells us in in the
previous chapter chapter number 12 that he is robbed with the woman and
seeks to basically destroy the remnant of her seed so he's coming after
Christians I mean he's coming after Christians today right the Bible says
that he as a roaring lion you know walk is about seeking whom he made about so
he's constantly seeking to devour Christians and destroy them and cause
them to stumble the Bible tells us that he comes before God day and night
to accuse us before God and basically what we see here is that when he's
evicted from heaven by Michael the Archangel and his angels
all that he has a short time on this earth 75 days to be exact that's
when he possesses the man of perdition the son of perdition the man of sin and
he embodies this person and that's when he rules for 75 days and the
campaign there is to destroy Christians okay so this chapter chapter 13
describes that mo of the Antichrist and how he's going to commence this
global campaign against believers that's what it is okay you know everything
open to this point we've read the foretelling of the persecution of
Christians we know that we're going to be persecuted we know that we're going
to go through tribulation we know the Christians are going to be martyred I
mean this is constantly reiterated throughout the Gospels throughout the
New Testament and even in the book of Revelation the first half we see we
hear a lot about that I mean Revelation 2 & 3 spends a lot of time
about the Christians at the seven churches which are in Asia being
persecuted right being thrown into jail being martyred you think of
Antipus and all these examples that the Bible gives but we don't
necessarily know the manner which this crusade will be initiated up until this
point it's in Revelation chapter 13 do we see how is it that he uses the
beginning of sorrows as a means to kill Christians and to put them to
death and to make war with them and to overcome them and so this is what
this chapter is dealing with and of course you have the famous topic there
at the very end about the mark of the beast which is exactly what I was
referring to what he's going to use now let's go ahead and get into it
look at verse number one let's look at the beast that comes out of the sea it
says that I stood upon the sand of the sea and I saw a beast rise up out of
the sea having seven heads and ten horns and upon his horns ten crowns and
upon his heads the name of blasphemy and the beast which I saw was like
into a leopard and his feet were as the feet of a bear and his mouth as
the mouth of a lion and the dragon gave him his power and his seat and
great authority so picture this now go to Daniel chapter number two if you
would Daniel chapter number two so think about this you know John the
Apostle John has just finished seeing this great wonder in heaven in
Revelation chapter number 12 of the woman he sees her going to the
wilderness for a thousand two hundred sixty days he sees the war in heaven
he sees that Satan is wrought with the woman and seeks to make war with the
remnant of her seed and then all of a sudden the scene changes and he is
on sand looking towards the ocean and he sees this this terrible sight of this
image of this beast rising up out of the ocean and obviously I'm sure that
John is very much familiar with the Old Testament scriptures and I'm sure
what came to mind was Daniel chapter number seven right because when you hear
the description of this beast is coming up out of the ocean they're
coming up out of the sea it is likened unto the beasts that we see in
Daniel chapter number seven when he sees these these beasts coming up out
of the ocean as well and in Revelation chapter 13 these beasts collectively are
just kind of together they culminate together and they create this this
image of this beast that represents the New World Order but it also
represents the Antichrist whereas in Daniel chapter number seven they're
actually separate entities right now before we get into Daniel chapter number
two let me just say this is that the same beast that we see here in
Revelation chapter 13 is later reiterated in Revelation chapter 17 and
it's described as the scarlet colored beast right we know it's the same one
because it talks about it gives that same description of those seven heads
ten horns ten crowns etc the only difference is is that in Revelation
chapter 17 the the great whore mystery Babylon is sitting upon the
scarlet colored beast that's what the Bible tells us in Revelation chapter 17
and it says in verse 3 of chapter 17 so he carried me away in the spirit
into the wilderness and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast full
of names of blasphemy having seven heads and ten horns now I don't want
to get too much into the harlot as of yet because we got to save that for
chapter 17 but let me just say that what's being depicted here is that the
spirit of Babylon the spirit of conquest has ridden the expedition of
conquest throughout all these great empires you know that's what we see
later on in chapter 17 when referring to those seven heads it's referring to
seven kingdoms seven kings you know from Egypt Assyria Babylon the Medo
Persian Empire Greece Rome and then ultimately that seventh one known as
the New World Order and then the Antichrist is the eighth and he is
of the seven the Bible says so what's being depicted here is that the
spirit of conquest that expedition to just rule the world has ridden
throughout all these ages okay all these world empires seeking to carry
out this agenda all right and then ultimately in apex the apex is in the
end times of Revelation chapter 13 where he's able to carry out his
agenda and make war with the Saints etc now in Daniel chapter 7 as I
mentioned there's four separate entities right you have the lion that comes out
of the ocean it has wings as an eagle and this is representing Babylon and
more specifically it's representing King Nebuchadnezzar because it talks
about how he gives him a heart of a man and you know the story there and
then the the second animal that comes out is a bear that's lifted up on one
side this is the Medo Persian Empire then there's the leopard with four
wings and four heads this is the Grecian Empire and the reason it's
depicted with wings is because of the fact that it's it's conquest was so fast
and so rapid the four heads represents the fact that it was split into four
different kingdoms and then the fourth beast is not necessarily described as
you know a particular animal with with with certain features but we know
this specific beast to be grown right because that's the one that actually
came after the Grecian Empire now this same concept is reiterated in
Daniel chapter number two in the form of the image that Nebuchadnezzar sees
in a dream. I looked down at your Bibles in Daniel chapter number two
in verse 37 it says here thou O king are king of kings for the God of heaven
hath given thee a kingdom power strength and glory and wheresoever the
children of men dwell the beast of the field and the fowls of the heaven
hath he given into thine hand and hath made thee ruler over them all thou
art this head of gold so the image he's explaining and interpreting the
image that he sees he has the head of gold the chest and arms of silver he has
the belly and thighs of brass and then the legs of iron the feet made of
iron mingled with miry clay he begins to expound unto him what each of
these signify verse 39 says and after thee shall arise another kingdom
inferior to thee and another third kingdom of brass which shall bear
rule over all the earth and the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron
for as much as iron breaketh in pieces to subdue with all things and as
iron that breaketh all these shall it break in pieces and bruise and
whereas thou saw'st the feet and toes part of potters clay and part of
iron the kingdom shall be divided but there shall be in it of the strength
of the iron for as much as thou saw'st the iron mixed with miry clay and as
the toes of the feet were part of iron part of clay so the kingdom
shall be partly strong and partly broken now this is referring to this
final empire okay Babylon okay and the reason it depicts the the bottom the
foundation as Babylon is because of the or as iron and feet of iron and
clay it's because of the fact that this final empire that's gonna come up
in the end times is gonna have the power of the Roman Empire so to speak
its ability to subjugate people and conquer make conquests and just rule
the entire world because you think of the Roman Empire you know the fact
that it describes it as being as iron is a good depiction you know
because they were able to just conquer so much of the known world at
that time subjugate so many people implement their laws and their way of
living to everyone this is exactly what the final empire is going to do but
notice that the feet are of iron and clay so what is that signifying there
well the iron as I mentioned represents the civil power that's ruling the world
the clay in my opinion is referring to apostate churches okay now you said
why do you say that well because of the fact that you know you think of
Christianity okay well first of all you think of clay in the Bible if
you research clay in the Bible it's often in reference to God's people right
and you think of the potter and the clay the clay is always represented
as God's people however the clay that we're looking at here in end times
with the feet it's described as miry clay so this is corrupted it's
apostate it's a false representation of God's people right and look folks we
have that today do we not you know you have churches today that have the
name Christian you have your church you have Christians today that will call
themselves Christians but they're not even safe because they have a false
gospel they use false versions of the Bible they believe a wrong way of
salvation to believe you can lose your salvation they have all these
false doctrines that they're that they're you know propagating and
fomenting and they call themselves Christians they say they believe in
Jesus they say they believe in God they believe in the Bible but when
you really delve into what they believe they're not Christian at all they're
not even safe okay you said well it has Church the name has Church on there
or how about this the name has Baptist on there but you know what
even though it has Baptist even if it has Church if they don't have the
doctrines that fall in line that work in tandem with the Bible it's not
actual church it's not they're not actual Christians okay you say well I
mean are you trying to say that everyone that calls themselves a Christian that
they're just apostate no but there's a vast majority the majority of
people let me just say this the majority of people who claim to be
Christians or not they're not you know and the reason for that is
because there's always been a remnant right of safe people and we're not
going to be able to evangelize the entire world we're here to seek and
to save that which is lost and you know what we don't believe in this
ushering in the kingdom or we think we're going to permeate politics and
permeate businesses and restaurants and all these political forums and
we're just gonna be able to usher in the kingdom for Jesus Christ to come
that's an agenda of the Antichrist that's what he's gonna do he's gonna
be able to permeate right politics permeate you know school systems
everything everyone's gonna worship the Bible tells me he's gonna have
power over all kindreds and tongues and nations and so what's gonna foment
down what's gonna assist that agenda apostate churches you know the Joe
Olsteins the Rick Warrens of this world okay those who claim to be
Christians this is the minor replay that this is referring to and let me
say this a nation is only as strong as as the people who abide within it
who believe on the Lord right who are actual true Christians you know
blessed is that nation whose God is the Lord right who has the God of the Bible
as their God who adhered to the Bible were saved you know this is the
nation that God's gonna bless but you know what the more than a nation
departs from that the more than a nation begins to reject Jesus Christ
and reject the Bible reject God the more brittle it becomes okay so it's
apostate Christians that compromise the structural integrity of an empire you
know what is going to be the downfall of the United States of America
is it is it Donald Trump is it politics is the White House no it's
churches right everything rises and falls upon the church the boxes of my
people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray right
but you have people today who claim that name they claim to be Christians or
they have Church on their you know Baptist or whatever it may be and
they're teaching false doctrine they're going to compromise the structural
integrity of this empire you know because this Empire needs to fall and
they're going to fulfill biblical prophecy but that's not to say we're
not to preach against them obviously now so this this final Empire that's
gonna rise up in the end times they're gonna have the strength of the Roman
Empire so to speak you know because look the Roman Empire was able to
subjugate the known world the Antichrist is gonna be able to do
that too right to a greater extent than even the Roman Empire right I mean
the entire world shall worship him that means the entire world except for
honesty believers are gonna you know they're gonna join together in unity
and agree upon one another that this is the man okay I mean you even have
those ten kings who the Bible says they give their power unto the beast you
agree in such a way that they believe this is the guy who should lead who
should dictate the entire world and this is why he's capable of
subjugating the entire world and in fact let me just say this is that he's
not gonna have to subjugate them with you know force most of these
people they're gonna want to worship him that's right some people think
well you know they're gonna be enforcing that mark of the beast not
really not really you know they're gonna be asking for the mark of the beast
folks this is why the first four horsemen these these ringleaders of the New
World Order that's why they're creating all this chaos and the first
four seals to create such a drastic problem such a chaotic world that the
members of society would be begging for a solution from the government and
don't you have people today that depend only on the government for all
their problems you know they depend on the government the government's their
Savior well you know one day they're gonna get a pseudo Savior so to speak
who's gonna come he's gonna bring a solution and that solution is the New
World Order and that solution is the mark of the beast okay right so but
what's gonna what's gonna help with that what's gonna assist with that
apostate churches right they're gonna compromise the structural integrity of
the Empire this is the miry clay this is why the iron is mixed with the
miry clay and look you think of Plato for example Plato is able to bring
things together pretty good right I mean you smash it together it sticks
together pretty good but you know what you can break it apart very easily and
you think of miry clay in the old in the New Testament or excuse me in
the end times you know they're gonna seek to bring together all religions
right they're gonna seek to bring together all ideologies and all
philosophies and all people and tongues and nations but you know what at the
end of those 42 months of his rule what's gonna happen Jesus Christ comes in
in Revelation 19 and that stone shall break that thing in pieces okay it shall be able to just
it'll just decimate it he will decimate them and look you think about
for example the contributing factors to the fall of Rome obviously there's
many contributing factors to its fall you know you had barbarians that were
coming in and destroying Rome but at 1313 AD Constantine basically introduced
the religion of Christianity now this we obviously know is apostate
Christianity this is not the Christianity of the Bible right but it
is said that after the introduction of Christianity so to speak that's when
the demise of Rome began to go down why because when you introduce
apostate churches apostate Christianity to any empire it's gonna fall okay and
look America fits this description perfectly why there's a lot of talk
of unity but it's unity that's centered around tolerance of other
religions and beliefs you know it's not as a unity that is centered around
truth it's not a unity that's centered around Jesus and the Bible
it's not unity that's centered around his precepts his laws his word around
the right salvation around the King James Bible no it's a unity that is
centered around the toleration the coexistence of all religions okay you
know people who seek to basically they honor the God of forces you know you
just you worship who you want to worship let me worship who I want to
worship and we can just coexist and get along no the Bible tells us have
no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather we're
proven by this you know the Bible teaches us that we should not be
unequally up together with unbelievers for what fellowship hath righteousness
with unrighteousness what Concord hath Christ and Belial there is no
agreement between you know the temple of God and idols folks there needs to
be a clear separation in the Bible even tells us Jesus said I came out to
bring peace for the sword that divides right and look there's a rude
awakening for those who make it all the way to the millennial ring you
know they're not gonna get a Jesus coming on you know an ass coming to
them and just kind of saying hey you know we can still coexist and you know
I know we had our differences I know I sent fire and brimstone and destroyed
your world and I keep you know I destroyed a third part of the oceans and
the third part of this you know I know there's a lot of dead people but
you know maybe we can coexist no he rules with a rod of iron I was
saying and look the Bible says he that leadeth into captivity shall go
into captivity he that killed with the sword must be also killed with a
sword what's that referring to it's referred to the law of Moses and I for an
eye and a tooth for a tooth life for life he's keeping track I mean
folks have we forgotten that when he says vengeance is mine say it the Lord I
will repay he's referring to the fact that those hand join in hand the
wicked shall not be unpunished so those who are leading Christians into
captivity they're arresting Christians you know when the father delivers up
his son the mother delivers up her daughter the mother-in-law her
daughter-in-law when others seek to turn on you God remembers those things
and he says this he that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity
were you a partaker of killing Christians then you yourself shall be
killed by the sword as well and that's why he says here's the patience
and faith of the saints and we'll get into that just a bit I don't want to
get ahead of myself so we're referring to the fact that this clay the
my reclaim is a representation of apostate Christianity someone say it's
Catholicism someone say that it's you know just you know ecumenical churches
ecumenicism but what I say is just yes yes it's churches then named the name
of Christ that permeate Babylon and cause it to basically compromise the
structural integrity of that Empire which ultimately leads to its fault
okay and God allows it now think about this you know you're looking at
this image Nebuchadnezzar was looking at this image and the most valuable
aspect of that image was the head right it was the head of gold but you
think to yourself why would you allow the foundation the feet to be made of
iron and clay you know you put all these gold silver precious stones but
your foundation is faulty right and the Bible tells us in Matthew chapter
7 verse 26 everyone that hearing these sayings of mine and do it them not
shall be likened into a foolish man which built his house upon the sand
and the rain descended and the floods came in the winds blew and beat upon that
house and it fell and great was the fall of it you see the Bible tells us
that no there's no other foundation that man can lay them Jesus Christ right
first Corinthians chapter number three referring to salvation and when you
build gold silver precious stones upon that you know you're gonna have a
reward but it has to be on the right type of foundation so you have all
these people that are going to be prospering during this time they're
getting along they're coexisting they're succeeding you know they even
give gifts one to another once the fault of the two witnesses are killed
and they're able to get along but you know there's a faulty foundation
that foundation being the Antichrist and great shall be the fall of that
house it's gonna be the greatest fall in the history of mankind go to
Ezekiel chapter 13 if you would so I believe this is referring to a
apostate churches apostate Christians you know that's why it's important to
preach against these CCM liberal type churches and I understand there may be
some liberal church out there some pterodactyl out there that preaches
the right gospel you know they believe right about salvation they maybe even
use the King James Bible but they're very far few and in between folks the
vast majority of churches like this you know that are the liberal type
churches the ecumenical type churches these are gonna be the ones who are
fomenting and promoting the Antichrist they're gonna love the false prophet
okay look what it says in Ezekiel chapter 13 in verse number 9 it says
and mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity and that
divine lies they shall not be in the assembly of my people neither shall
they be written written in the writing of the house of Israel neither shall
they enter into the land of Israel and ye shall know that I am the Lord
God because even because they have seduced my people saying peace and there
was no peace I mean don't you think there's gonna be some false prophets
in the end times we're gonna be saying once the Antichrist comes hey
peace he's here this is it peace peace and there was no peace and one
built up a wall and look what it says and lo others daubed it with untempered
mortar saying to them which daubed it with untempered mortar that it shall
fall there shall be an overflowing shower and ye oh great hailstones
shall fall and a stormy wind shall rend it the Bible says so what is it
telling us it's telling us that the reason that this house is gonna fall
the reason it's gonna be decimated is because of the false prophets that
are coming in and daubing that house with untempered mortar false false
prophecies okay seducing people they're divining lies they're preaching false
doctrine they're promoting the Antichrist they're promoting the false
prophet they are promoting the New World Order and the Bible tells us
that all they're doing is daubing that house with untempered mortar and
eventually the end result of that is that it shall fall okay we rent into
pieces now who do we see at the helm of worship in Revelation chapter 13
false prophet right because the Bible tells us later on that he sees he
beholds another beast coming up out of the earth he had two horns like a
lamb and he spake as a dragon and you think of a lamb obviously you
think of the Lord Jesus Christ the Lamb of God who should take away the
sins of the world and I don't think it's any coincidence that God is
telling us that it has two horns though you know it's basically is to
believe that this is and like an angel of light you know he's like a
false prophet a false apostle who's coming in as an angel of light but once
he opens his mouth and you try what's coming out of his mouth when you
prove all things holds fast enough which is good you see that what he's
saying is false okay this is how you can know so he's gonna look like a
Christian in my opinion and in fact I believe they're gonna try to pass
they're gonna try to come on the scene under the label of Christianity
you said why is that because that's that's the main religion he hates
that's the main group of people that he's trying to destroy that's the main
group that he's trying to deceive as much as he possibly can now go back to
Revelation chapter 13 so at the helm of worship is the false prophet
described as the lamb with two horns who speaks as a dragon and what does
he do he causeth the earth and them that dwell therein to worship the beast
whose deadly wound is healed okay he operates you know somewhat of a
forerunner of the Antichrist look at verse number three let's talk about the
deadly wound here it says and I saw one of his heads as it were wounded
to death and his deadly wound was healed and all the world wondered after
the Beast now this is interesting you know because we see that in
Revelation chapter 6 verse 2 when the Antichrist comes on the scene he's on
a white horse and he's going forth conquering and to conquer and the
implication there is that he is involved in war I mean if he's out
there doing conquests he's conquering he has a bow he's fighting you know
this is a man who is not you know he's not operating from behind the
scenes so to speak you know sending soldiers to go fight for him it almost
seems as though he's actually in the battle himself and the reason I would
even think that is because of the fact that he receives a deadly wound to
the head you know I mentioned in previous sermons that I believe that the
Antichrist is gonna seek to embody all of the Old Testament Kings right the
prophets in the Old Testament Kings the primary one being King David now what
does the Bible say about King David before he went into sin at a time
when kings go forth to battle David tarried behind at Jerusalem so what I
believe is the Antichrist is gonna do he's gonna try to bring that back to
say well you know kings of Israel used to go forth and fight for it for
their people so he's gonna gain this honorable position and they're gonna
admire him because he's out there fighting the wars of Israel so to speak
okay and potentially this is why he receives a deadly wound to the head and
then his deadly wound is healed now the fact that it says that he
receives a deadly wound to the head is referring to the fact that he dies okay
he actually dies and in fact this is when he in my opinion according to
what we see in the book of Revelation he actually goes to hell but then the
Bible tells us that his he comes out of the bottomless pit and possesses
himself again he comes back to life and that's when Satan comes down from
heaven when he's evicted and possesses him as well that's when he
actually becomes a son of perdition the man of sin and you know the
embodiment of the Antichrist okay look at verse number four it says then
they worshiped the dragon which gave power to the beast and they
worshiped the beast saying who is like unto the beast who is able to make
you know Saul has slain his thousands but David is ten thousands this is what
they're gonna say they're gonna be like man who's able to even like make
war with him this guy can't even be killed this has to be God right verse
five and there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and
blasphemies and power was given him unto him to continue forty and two
months so this falls in line perfectly with the prophetic timetable you know
referring to this is actually happening in the midst of the week of
Daniel 70th week because that is when the abomination of desolation is set up
that's when he goes into the temple proclaims himself to be God we
know that to be true because it tells us in verse five that he's able
to continue 40 in two months and that is from the time that the
abomination of desolation is set up until the very end that's how long
his office is okay Bible says that he opened his mouth and blasphemy
against God to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in
heaven this is what's being reiterated in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2
when he proclaims himself to be God these are the blasphemies that he's
referring to now we're gonna look at the war with the Saints look at verse
7 it was given unto him to make war with the Saints and to overcome them
and power was given him over all kindreds and tongues and nations look at
Revelation chapter 12 and verse number look at verse number 14 we'll start
reading verse 14 says in the woman and to the woman were given two wings of a
great eagle that she might fly into the wilderness into her place where she
is nourished for a time and times and a half a time from the face of the
serpent skip down to verse number 17 and the dragon was wroth with the
woman and went to make war with the remnant of her seed which keep the
commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ now just think
about this look at the lengths that Satan is willing to go to in order to
kill the remnant of the sea he said what lengths are you referring to how
about just conquering the entire world how about just subjugating the entire
world the government the financial system the religion all for the purpose
of destroying the remnant of the sea his main agenda is to make war with the
remnant of the sea but the only way he's able to even accomplish that is if
he rules the world this new world order the government the financial
system and the religion as well okay now you say well why are you saying
that you know how does that fit in with the financial system well you
remember that the wars produce the famine which what is what is the new
world order to do they create the solution which is the mark of the
beast we'll see that later on in the book of Revelation or verse 16 through
17 now the mark of the beast is the solution quote unquote to the rest of
the world to fix the so-called problem of famines right and
potentially even pestilence this is the only way you're going to be able to
operate and function in this world is through the mark of the beast that is
the solution to the world but you know the main purpose of the mark of
the beast is not to create a solution to the beginning of sorrows the
main agenda of the mark of the beast is to find Christians that's what it's
for it's not to create to help everyone else you think Satan gives a rip
about any unsafe person you think he really gives a rip about putting food
on the table for these people you know providing shelter rent food and just
you know being there for them and you think he even loves this world no
he's damning him to help he's seeking to deceive them in order that
they may be damned forever he can care less about human beings the reason
he's even implementing the mark of the beast is not necessarily to be a
blessing to the world he's doing it so we can sift out believers so we can
find them because the only way that the mark of the beast can be implemented
into a person the only way a person can even take the mark of the beast the
number one requirement is that they have to worship the image of the beast
right and the Bible tells us in Revelation chapter 6 that he sees
under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the Word of God
and what and for the testimony which they held and that could be
referring to the fact that they come to them and they say here's the mark
of the beast taken they say no I'm a believer I don't worship the dragon you
know I don't worship the devil kill me chop off my head I'm not doing it and
they're like gladly we find another one or it could be that even weak Christians
they're like oh yeah let me get it but they have some sort of technology
where they're able to see if you truly worship the beast or not could be
referring to the fact that the Bible tells us you know the spear bears
witness with our spirit that we are the children of God okay you know it
could be the fact that you know the Bible tells us that the Spirit gives us
that utterance during those times to speak certain things to be bold and that
causes certain people to be put to death as well what we know is
this is that they're not trying to give the mark of the beast to
Christians it's not for Christians the mark of the beast is not to help
Christians it's not even to try to damn Christians because he knows he can
Satan knows you know you can't take away the salvation of a Christian it's
impossible the the mark of the beast is used in order to sift them out to find
them why because the vast majority of the population is taking it and if
you find someone who doesn't want to take it they're gonna say why not what
do you have to hide it look folks don't we see something like that today
right something something called vaccinations where they just
demonize people who don't want to be vaccinated you know people are like
well I'm anti-vaccine I don't want to put heavy metals into my body I don't
support vaccinations because they have aborted fetal tissue and the ingredients
I'm not for that that goes against what my convictions and my beliefs and
then the other population is like well how dare you just put my child in danger
right I'm not vaccinating your child and they just think we're just like the
worst scum of the earth for not vaccinating our children right yeah
people yeah you got this group of anti-vaxxers and man these people are
dangerous these this is the reason why people are gonna get sick this is the
reason why people there more disease is gonna spread because they're not
willing to comply with this they're not willing to be vaccinated you know
that's the same mentality that's gonna be prevalent in the end times you
see no one's gonna be forced to take to the mark of the beast they're just
gonna be like you know go to the doctor oh would you like your flu shot
would you like your mark of the beast
yes I mean this right yeah it's painless you could either put in your
right hand or your forehead you know what's the difference well it's just the
difference between 4g and 5g you know if you want to work faster you get
into your forehead I'm like yeah sign me up let me get that yeah you can
even download movies you got a free subscription for three months or
whatever no you got a free subscription for 42 months people are not going to
be fighting the mark of the beast they want it who are the people gonna
be fighting those who don't want to take it right they're gonna be that oh
you are the one of those people you guys are anti market beast anti
bachelor they're like your anti market beast you're the reason why you know
my kids are gonna get sick because now they've upgraded that you get the
upgrade on the mark of the beast now you know the chip that's in your
forehead or your hand is able to detect certain sicknesses in your body
and cleanse you of that and if you're not taking it man you're just like a
leopard and they're gonna look down on people like that that's why the
Bible even says that father shall deliver up son for what reason you know if
if your family if they're not saved you know and they don't have a religious
background you really think that they're just gonna deliver you up because they
just hate you no it's because maybe you have you're doing something that
there are skipping you're not doing something that they're doing and you
they think you're a threat to them I mean that's happening today folks
where families literally have these conflicts because of vaccinations
I mean they think we're crazy for not being vaccinated right well that entire
agenda with vaccines is simply to condition the minds of people to
prepare them for the mark of the beast that's what I believe and I don't think
that's a far-fetched idea oh you're such a conspiracy theorist and I can't
believe you're saying that I mean think about think about it for a second
okay you know they're in there they're instilling these vaccinations they're
there they're conditioning the population to allow some doctor to
stick a needle into your arm and fill you with poison thinking that
you're gonna become better you know and if the vast majority of the
population is doing it and they're causing people to look down on those
who don't that's the mentality that they want to condition the masses to
have in order to prepare them when the mark of the beast is implemented okay I
got ahead of myself there but just wanted to mention that so he begins to
make war with the Saints now let me skip some things here we also see
that in Daniel chapter number 7 look at verse number 9 says if any man have
an ear let him hear he that leads into captivity shall go into captivity
he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword here is the
patience and faith of the Saints we hear that a lot in the book of
Revelation to me now when it comes to persecution it's like in your
patience possess your souls well that's in Luke 21 but it's a reference to what
we're seeing here Revelation 3 tells us because that was kept a word of my
patience I will also keep thee from the hour of temptation which shall
come upon all the world to try them that dwell on the earth so why
does he say here's the patience and faith in the Saints because it takes
patience you know to not kill someone when they're trying to come after you
and your family it takes patience to give place unto wrath right when you
have people coming after your life they want to destroy you they hate
you and God is just like be patient you know be patient because he that
leads into captivity shall go into captivity if they kill with the sword
must be killed with the sword you know yeah this is the kind of this
what we have to think about if this comes in our lifetime okay and we're
going through tribulation the great tribulation the last 75 days we should
have to think about it like this man and just three and just three and a
half years or in 75 days in just 75 days and in fact in just three and a
half years we're gonna be in the millennial reign you know we're gonna
be in the millennial reign and he that leads into captivity shall go into
captivity that person who arrested my family member of my brother in Christ
you know this person who killed my church member or whatever I'm gonna
remember that person I'm taking names okay you know and it's just we
really do have to think about that I mean think about that it's like man
in just three and a half years when you're in the great tribulation I'm
not saying that now you know and three and a half years like we're
gonna be in that millennial reign Jesus will be here in 75 days we will be
with him reigning here on this earth you know if my life gets taken the
person who's gonna take my life on the town like I'm gonna see I'll see you in
three and a half years I'll see you in three and a half years proceed take my
life but in our patience we possess our souls you know and the Bible often
relates tribulation to patience then we see the changing of laws look at
verse number 11 it says that I beheld another beast come up out of the
earth and he had two horns like a lamb his faith is a dragon and he
exercises of all the power of the first beast before him and causeth the earth
and them which dwell therein to worship the beast whose deadly wound is
healed this is talked about in Matthew 24 when there shall be false
Christ and false prophets now think about this because this is this beast
that comes up out of the earth referring to the false prophet he's
given you know this power to manifest these great wonders right and in fact
it even says in verse 13 he doeth great wonders so that he maketh fire
come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men now who's another
prophet a real prophet who did that in the Bible Elijah who's here during
this time Elijah so you have Elijah and Moses and by the way they're given
the ability to do the same so what does this sound like you know you have
Elijah and Moses doing all these great wonders calling fire down from
heaven they're they're turning the water into blood you know they're
causing it not to rain or you know they're they're spewing fire out of
their mouth and consuming those who seek to take their life and then you
have the false prophet doing the exact same thing what does that sound
to you jennison jambres versus moses jennison jambres which are the
musicians the magicians you know they were under the leadership of Pharaoh
you know Moses and Aaron came and they were doing all these great wonders they
throw down the snake the rod and becomes a snake and they would do the
same exact thing only the snake that they threw down a the ones of
jennison jambres but they were they were able to duplicate those signs
and wonders now what did that you said what's the purpose of that well the
purpose of that was to harden the hearts of those who were in Egypt
along with Pharaoh because if the Egyptians were seeing Moses and Aaron
there's like wow he's of God but then they see jennison jammers it was
like well you know what they're fake them and it would cause them to harden
their hearts well this is the same exact thing that's going to be taking
place in the end times so when Moses Elijah who are the two witnesses who
come at the initial the initial you know begin beginning of those 75 days
they're going to be doing all these great wonders everyone's going to be
observing them throughout the whole world but you want the false prophets
also going to be doing those wonders as well and this is going to cause them
the hearts of the masses to harden their hearts it's going to cause them
to harden their hearts and not believe the fault they need the two witnesses
and to really accept you know the antichrist that much the more
all right so this will be a duplication of jennison jambres
versus moses look at verse 15 it says 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 now a lot of
speculation about this what this image looks like right
if you were to ask me what do i think it is i would say that i would
conjecture that it is artificial intelligence i don't think
that's far-fetched in the name in the age in which we live
okay and i've spoken spoken about that many times in previous sermons
but if you were to have an image that basically
works as a home base and they release all of these ai artificial intelligent
type robots into the into the into the world you know what i mean
this is basically how they can get the job done if you think about it
because remember whoever doesn't worship the image of the beast
should be killed that is the that is you know the commandment that
this false prophet gives but here's the thing it's not a bunch of people
lining up to see the image of the beast to see if they're going to worship
it it'll almost believe it'll almost be as
you know the it's like martial law being implemented you have all these
types of robots coming in and by the way this is speculation
i'm not saying this is true but this if you were to ask me my opinion
this is what i would say it was you have all these robots being
permeated into society and maybe not necessarily
literal walking and talking robots this could be on your phone
this could be you know through different technology
and they're able to determine and ascertain if you really worship the
beast or not and at that point they can take your
life this is how this can be taken care of globally
you understand because you think of the image that was built that never
could measure built yeah everyone in that immediate that's
in immediate proximity to that image was killed right
if they were not going to worship that beast or that image but in the
end time we're talking about the entire world
how are you going to fulfill such a task globally well with the technology
that's possible okay so he is able to give life into the
image of the beast and it says that the image should both speak
you know it's able to talk and cause as many as would not worship the image
of the beast should be killed it says in verse 16
now here here is the modus operandi of the antichrist 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 why
well 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 so what is the means by which he's going to
persecute christians how is he going to be able to find them
using the implementation of the mark of the beast
that's how he's going to do it you see
when a person takes the mark of the beast
you know it doesn't mean that they previously did not worship the
antichrist i believe these people were already worshiping it just kind of
seals the deal for them you understand so it i mentioned this
in my revelation six uh sermon where what could potentially
happen is they were already on their way to being damned but if
they put a for example a chip on the forehead in the forehead
or into the brain you know and they put it into the frontal lobe cortex
they give them a lobotomy so to speak they rid them of their ability
to reason when the life comes when deception comes to them
that basically seals the deal to make them reprobate
so when all these deceptions and all these wonders and signs come about they
just believe it and it seals the deal for them they
are eternally damned after that they become reprobated
okay and so he's using this not to try to give it to christians he's
using it to give to the world and to weed out who
is a believer on christ okay and then ultimately verse 18
says here's wisdom led him to have understanding count the number of the
beast for it is the number of a man and
his number is 603 score and six so what do we see in
revelation chapter 13 we see that what john is seeing here
is this image of this beast coming up out of the ocean
and he's basically helping us to understand that the manner in which
the antichrist is going to find christians is by establishing this
one world government one world financial system and one
world religion this is all being implemented
and imposed in order to find christians that's what he's trying to do
you know so we'll get into chapter number 14
next week and let's go ahead and bow our heads and have a word of prayer
follow me thank you so much for your word
and lord thank you for the tribulations and trials that we go through today
and lord if we just think about our tribulations today
as um as an exercise so to speak to prepare us for great tribulation
you know we would definitely be more far more patient today
because many of these tribulations that we're going through today are just
preparing us for the future if so be that the beginning of sorrows
and great tribulation happens in our lifetime we can be ready for that it
takes someone who you know has patience and
and is is abiding in the word of god and is doing the work of the lord to
be able to survive such a such a chaotic time and i pray god that
you help us help us to be watchful and not necessarily by watching what's
taking place in current events but rather
watching with a new man reading our bibles and praying and becoming strong
in the lord and in the power of his might
to be familiar with the word