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REVELATION 13 Pg 2

Universal worship of the Antichrist

 

13:8  And all that dwell upon the earth [within the boundaries of the the revived Grecian Empire; (c/p. Luke 2:1)]

[1] shall worship him,

[a.] whose names are not written

[11.] in the book of life [born again]

[aa.] of the Lamb slain

[111.] from the foundation of the world (c/p. Rev. 17:8).

 

The Antichrist cannot be resisted by human force

 

 13:9  If any man have an ear,

[1] let him hear.

 13:10             [a.] He that leadeth into captivity

[11.] shall go into captivity:

[b.] he that killeth with the sword

[11.] must be killed with the sword.

Here is

                                                [aa.] the patience (Rev. 14:12) and

[ab.] the faith of the saints [the Antichrist can be resisted only in the realm of the spirit, by applying the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus (Rom: 8:2)].

 

The beast out of the earth: religious Babylon

[the false prophet*]

 

 13:11  And I beheld another beast

[1] coming up out of the earth; and

                        [a.] he had two horns like a lamb, and

                        [b.] he spake as a dragon.

 13:12  And

                        [c.] he exerciseth all the power

[11.] of the first beast [the false prophet’s power is limited to the jurisdiction of the Antichrist: the internal boundaries of the revived Grecian Empire] before him, and

                        [d.] [he] causeth

                                    [11.] the earth and

                                    [12.] them which dwell therein

[aa.] to worship the first beast [the Antichrist],

[111.] whose deadly wound

[aaa.] was healed [the revived Grecian Empire; and the Antichrist, himself].

 

 [*For my opinion on the identity of the false prophet, see Endnote #12, The Chronological Revelation]

 

 13:13  And

                        [e.] he doeth great wonders, so that

                        [f.] he maketh fire come down from heaven

[11.] on the earth [he counterfeits Elijah’s miracle (1 Kings 18:38; 2 Kings 1:10,12; Elijah, is one of God’s two witnesses (Rev. 11:3), which will have power to smite the earth with all plagues as often as they will (Rev. 11:5-6]

[12.] in the sight of men,

 13:14  And

                        [g.] [he] deceiveth

[11.] them that dwell on the earth

[12.] by [the means of] those [lying] miracles

[aa.] which he had power to do

[111.] in the sight of the beast [his power is limited];

[13.] [by] saying [his deception comes through words] to them that dwell on the earth,

[aa.] that they should make an image to the beast [the Antichrist], which

                                                            [111.] had the wound by a sword, and

                                                            [112.] did live.

  

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