WARNING
Do Not Take the Mark of the Beast
 his article on the mark of the beast will
be short, sweet and straight to the point. This will be an
extension off of the articles that I just did on all of
the events that will be occurring leading up to the return
of Jesus back to our earth to set up His
Millennium Kingdom.
In the first article I did titled
"Basic
Overview of Main End Time Events," I gave you the verse on
how the False Prophet will set up a system on how he and the
Antichrist will try to get everyone to receive the mark of the
beast on either their foreheads or their right hands. The verse
then goes on to say how no one will be able to buy or sell
anything without this mark. The verse also says that anyone who
will not worship the Beast will be killed.
Due to the extreme importance on just this one issue, I'm
going to go ahead and restate this verse. I will then give you
the verse on God's warning regarding this specific event. This
verse is talking about the False Prophet and what he is going
to do.
"He was granted power to give breath to the image of
the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak
and cause as many as would not worship the image of the
beast to be killed.
And he causes all, both small and great, rich and
poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand
or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell
except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or
the number of his name.
Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding
calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of
a man: His number is 666." (Revelation 13:15-18)
Now here is the real scary part. God Himself says in the
Book of Revelation that none of His people are to receive this
mark of the beast. If they do, they will end up coming under
His wrath that will be released upon the earth during the
latter part of the Tribulation.
God then pronounces what is the most dire warning imaginable
if any of His people receive this mark. He flat out says that
in addition to suffering His wrath that will be poured out
during these last days - that they will also end up in the Lake
of Fire and Brimstone where the Antichrist, the False Prophet
and Satan will eventually end up.
In other words, you will go straight to hell when you
die - no if, ands or buts about it!
Let these words sink into your memory banks and don't ever
forget them in the event that there is no Rapture
and the Tribulation takes place in our lifetime. Here is the
verse giving all of us this very dire warning:
Then a third angel followed them, saying with a
loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image,
and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he
himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God,
which is poured out full strength into the cup of His
indignation.
And he shall be tormented with fire and
brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the
presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment
ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or
night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever
receives the mark of his name."
Here is the patience of the saints; here are
those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of
Jesus." (Revelation 14:9-11)
Notice the very graphic warning that God gives in
reference to ending up in the Lake of Fire and Brimstone. You
will end up in this place and the smoke of your torment will
ascend forever and ever - with no relief ever. This horrible
torment will last day and night forever and ever!
Bottom line - all Christians who get caught up
in this predicament will have to be willing to lay down
their lives for God and Jesus. In other words, you will be
martyred for your faith. This will be the ultimate test of
faith for any Christian to pass.
I really believe that God put this warning in
writing in His Word because He knows many of His people may
get weak and scared if they are approached with this choice
by the Antichrist.
But each Christian will simply have to override
any fears or doubts that they may have, believe what the
Word of God has to say about the matter and be willing to
die for their faith in Jesus. If they do not, their
eventual end will be too horrible for any human words to
describe.
I have already done an article on the possibility of
a Rapture.
Hopefully, there is going to be a Rapture of God's saints
before the Tribulation starts, and we will not have to go
through any of these horrible events. If there is going to be a
Rapture, then the saints who will be persecuted will be the
people that get saved after the Rapture occurs.
It's almost as if God may be saying to the ones that get
saved after the Rapture - "You all had your chance to accept My
salvation before the Rapture and turned it down. Now that the
Rapture has taken place, you now know that My people were
telling you the truth about My message of salvation. Now I will
accept any and all who are willing to come to Me, but you will
have to prove yourself to Me by being willing to die for your
faith in Me by refusing to worship or receive the mark of the
beast."
If all of these events occur in our lifetime, I believe God
will use all of us to get the message out to as many people as
possible in order to save as many people as He possibly can
from all of these horrible events. If there is going to be a
Rapture, then it obviously is going to be the first train out,
and God will try and get as many people warned, saved, and on
that first train as He possibly can.
But the sad reality is that there are many stubborn people
out there who will not accept God's free gift of eternal
salvation the first time around and they are going to have to
suffer the extreme consequences for not doing so.
Hopefully, they will accept God's gift of
eternal salvation through His Son the second time around
after all of the saints have been Raptured - but then it will
cost them their physical lives as they will end up being
martyred for refusing to accept the mark of the Antichrist.
Pray that none of your loved ones miss the first train out
if there is going to be a Rapture.
But if by chance they miss the Rapture, let them know
they are NOT to take the mark of the beast if they are ever
faced with having to make this choice.
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