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Revelation 13:5-8

The time period between the manifestation of the Antichrist (pseudo-Christ, prince of peace) as the counter-Christ, as the opponent of God and Christ and His people, and the final display of his brutal force is limited to 42 months. A short period of time, but each of those 1,260 days (3 1/2 years) will be very difficult to endure. However, this is a comforting knowledge. It will only last for a limited time. Then we will be free! Finally free!

Verse 6 - It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven. When the spirit of the Antichrist is on the rise, those who reject the Bible and the Christian faith will turn their hatred and fury against the left behind Christians and Jews. Black becomes white and white becomes black. Followers of the spirit of the Antichrist are becoming increasingly convinced that such 'old-fashioned believers' are the true enemies of the State and that they are blocking the path to the bright future of the New World Order of peace and prosperity! Therefore, the prevailing idea will be that such people must adapt to the 'new way of thinking' or they will simply have to be removed. These people block the path to real progress, they say. Conservatives!

Verse 7 - Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and tongue and nation. What then is the value of such a 'victory'? It does not happen without the Lord's decree. It is a simulated victory. Because the Two Witnesses will rise from the dead and the saints will rise to reign with Christ, even if they die the death of martyrs! Everyone on Earth is thinking, 'Who can prevail against this superpower with its superman?' No one thinks of God. And yet, in divine irony, the Beast can do nothing except cooperate with God's purposes and proceed toward the fulfillment of His will.

Verse 8 - and all who dwell on earth will worship it, every one whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain. One has to choose one or the other. There will be no neutrality.