REVELATION LESSON 29

    We will begin this study in Revelation chapter 13 verse 10.

    Revelation 13:10 "He that leadeth into captivity shall go into
captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the
sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints."

    This is just another way of saying, whatever you sow, you will
reap. Another way to look at this is, whatever has been planned for
your life-will be. Sometimes we Christians have to endure captivity.
Christians here are not only supposed to be patient and have faith,
but perhaps, have to show these virtues to the point of death.

    Revelation 13:11 "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the
earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon."

    This "...beast..." was pretending to be Jesus, but when he opened
his mouth, you knew he was evil. This is a deceitful character.  While
pretending to be good, he was very evil.  Of course a lamb doesn't
have real horns, a goat does; so this has to do with power.

    There is another back up computer in Europe to take the place of
the one in Brussels. If a problem ever arises with the one, they could
quickly move to the other. They both have the same information stored.
Changeover time would be approximately three days.

    Revelation 13:12 "And he exerciseth all the power of the first
beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein
to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed."

    There are many people who realize that the mark of the beast has
to do with this computer in Brussels.  Someone probably will get
carried away and try to destroy it. That won't work, as I said before,
because there is a backup for the thing. It would take only a very
short time to be back in operation.

    God established gold, silver, and cattle as wealth in Genesis in
the Bible. Man has tried to tamper with everything God has
established. From the time of Adam up until our present time, gold and
silver remained as the real backing for the moneys of the world.  At
one time, the U.S. controlled 80% of the world's gold. this is not
true today. this percent is under 5 now. God's blessings of Abraham
contained a material blessing of gold, silver, and cattle. As you
continue to go through the Old Testament, you will find that those
whom God chose to bless, were blessed with one or more of these. Look
at Job, David, and Solomon just to name a few. Even the children of
Israel were instructed to borrow silver and gold from the Egyptians
and carry it with them into the wilderness, Exodus 12: 35.

    If man would just leave the things that God establishes alone,
everything would be fine. Our government in Roosevelt's time began to
try to change from these Biblical values over to a worthless paper
value. Our gold coins were removed as backing for our currency. and
after 1934, we could not get a 20 gold coin from the bank by turning
in a $20 gold certificate. the prices of gold was nearly doubled in
price. This actually took nearly 1/2 of the Value of the money away
from the American people. This, not being enough to cover our
spendthrift economy, they kept on until in 1971, even the 25% gold
backing was taken off of our currency. Our economy has been very shaky
ever since.

    Silver remained as backing on the coins until the end of 1964.
Silver coins until 1965 contained 90% silver. In two silver halves,
you could get a large portion of silver value for each dollar spent.
In 1965, all of the silver was removed from the 25 cent and the 10
cent, and the 50 cent pieces became 40%. Even this debasement didn't
stop, and in 1971 the 50 cent pieces lost all of its silver as well.
Rome had 90% silver coins, they debased to 40% silver coins, then
removed all the silver from their coins; and Rome fell.

    When will we ever learn: God is not pleased when man tampers with
the things He establishes.

    A few months before the Shah left Iran, when I was researching for
a little book I wrote on God's money, "Silver and Gold", I found a
Scripture that indicated to me that God would turn Iran against the
U.S., because we did not regard silver and gold as money.

    The Medes and Iran are the same. Isaiah chapter 13 verse 17,
"Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not
regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it."

    You see, God does not like us tampering with the things He
establishes. When will we ever learn that we are not smarter than
God? We must leave the things that God establishes alone. If we do
not, we will fall into a trap of our own making.

    Paper money is man's invention, and just like everything else that
God is left out of, IT WILL NOT WORK. That is why we are quickly
getting away from even that, and going to something even worse. If you
will, the evil one's plan. Paper money will not work soon, and the
very next step is electronic transfer of value,  We will all be
numbered so this can take place. We see it more and more each day.

    Revelation 13:13 "And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh
fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,"

    People, we must not get caught up in wonders. I believe there is
too much emphasis made today in our children's minds by all of these
space pictures and pictures that seem to be made from someone's
nightmares. All of this is trying to get our children prepared to
accept the Antichrist. The dangers of pictures like Super Man and
movies like E.T.. is that this is taking the emphasis off of God as
the true super being and giving that status to the created and not to
the Creator.

    We will see in the next few verses of Revelation that the
Antichrist system, which is a counterfeit god, contains three
positions. You see, the Antichrist is trying to take the place of the
Godhead. The Godhead is God the Father, God the Word (Jesus), and God
the Holy Spirit. The Antichrist system will contain Antichrist, the
false prophet, and the beast. The devil is trying to mimic God. In our
age, it would be no problem to have fire come down from heaven.  this
is a lying wonder. I will not belabor that here.

    Revelation 13:14 "And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by
[the means of] those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of
the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should
make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did
live."
    Revelation 13:15 "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."

    Here again, we have already gone into this. If you do not receive
the mark of the beast in your right hand or in your forehead, you will
be killed. If you do receive it, you will spend all eternity in hell.
There seems no way out of this dilemma. Jesus is the only way.

    Just about the time this decision has to be made, the Christians
will be called away into heaven. This system, spoken of here, is not
to be worshiped. It is in opposition to God.

    We said before, the backup computer can take over. It is futile to
try to physically destroy these computers. The best thing you can do,
as we did a few years ago, is cut up your credit cards and return them
to the sender. I say one more time, we are not a number with God.

    Revelation 13:16 "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:"

    You see, the reason for this hideous thing to occur is when the
paper money fails and every one receives a credit card to replace the
money, there will be great danger of loosing your card and thereby
loosing your power to purchase. The next plan will be that they (the
evil one) can just take a laser and (without pain to you) place your
number under the skin on your forehead or on your right hand. The only
bad thing about your hand is, that it could be cut off, and you would
lose your number. This will be done in such a way that no one (but you
and the one who put it on you) will be able to know where it is. It
will not show.

    You see, this is really what they are leading up to with this
little chip with all the information on it. When the money fails, this
comes next. We will see in the next few verses, that it will be almost
impossible to live without the mark.

    It really will not matter how wealthy you are; you will still have
to have the mark before you can purchase. Remember, though, if you
receive this mark in your head or right hand, you will seal your doom
with God. Our security is not in this world or it's system, if we
belong to God. Our security is in Jesus Christ our Lord.

    Revelation 13:17 "And 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."

    You see, this will be a time when all transactions will be handled
by the computer. Earthly wealth will all be electronically
transferred. If you do not have this mark (number), you will not be
able to transfer funds. You will not be able to buy, because you will
not have a number to receive the worth they would pay you.

    Notice here, it does not say you cannot live. It says you cannot
buy or sell. DO NOT TAKE THIS MARK; Jesus will help you. Once you have
resisted, the Lord will call you home to be with Him.

    Revelation 13:18 "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding
count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his
number [is] Six hundred threescore [and] six."

    You remember, we said that the number the computer operates on is
666. The number six is symbolic of man. You can easily see what this
is.

    Additional  Scriptures to read and study: Jeremiah 15:2, Jeremiah
43:11,  Romans 16:18, 1 kings 18, Genesis 15:17, Leviticus 19:28 and
1 John 2:6.

    Memorize 1 John 4:1 and 1 Peter 4:12.
























                        Revelation Questions 29


1.  What does verse 10 mean? In one sentence.
2.  Where did this second beast come from?
3.  What did his horns tell us?
4.  Who was he pretending to be?
5.  What gave the beast away as to his true personality?
6.  Which has horns, a goat, or a lamb?
7.  What does this second beast cause the earth and them that dwell
    therein to do?
8.  What happened to the beast's deadly wound?
9.  What did God establish as wealth? Three things.
10. When did the first change in gold backing paper begin in the U.S.?
11. When was all of the gold backing removed?
12. What other society should we learn from about debasing our money?
13. Name three people of the Bible that God greatly blessed with gold,
    silver, and cattle.
14. In Isaiah, who did the Medes turn against?
15. Who are the Medes today?
16. Does God approve when man tries to change the things God
    establishes?
17. Who invented paper money , man or God?
18. When the paper money fails, what is the next step?
19. What wonder does this evil one do in the sight of men?
20. Why is it dangerous to let children watch movies that elevate
    someone to super powers?
21. What three will the Antichrist system contain?
22. Why?
23. Which three Godly beings are they trying to imitate?
24. How were those on the earth deceived?
25. What will happen to those who do not worship the beast?
26. What are the two choices of places that you may receive the mark
    of the beast?
27. Will being wealthy help you not to receive the mark?
28. What reason will they give you to put this number on your body?
29. Why will it not show?
30. Have you noticed children are required to have a Social Security
    number?
31. If you receive the mark of the beast, where will you spend
    eternity?
32. Where is the Christian's security?
33. What two things will you not be able to do if you do not receive
    the mark?
34. What is the number of the beast?
35. What is the number of the computer?
36. What does this show us?
37. What is the number six symbolic of?
38. Write 1 John 4:1.
39. Write 1 Peter 4:12.
40. Explain your feelings about the mark of the beast and who and what
    you believe the false trinity is.
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