Matthew 27:When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
Tremendous pressure was brought to bear against the judge, in this case, Pilate, hence the reason why when we read in Daniel chapter 3, that the judges also buckled under pressure we must be concerned. In fact, it is because history is often repeated, why the Bible says that all roads will inevitably lead to Revelation 13. Persons must therefore observe if and when the same characteristics, or actions taken by the king of Babylon, may resurface at any time.
[G.C pp 442] The lamb-like horns and dragon voice of the symbol, point to a striking contradiction between the professions and the practice of the nation thus represented. The “speaking” of the nation is the action of its legislative and judicial authorities. The prediction that it will speak as a dragon and exercise all the power of the first beast plainly foretells a development of the spirit of intolerance and persecution that was manifested by the nations represented by the dragon and the leopard-like beast.
Revelation 13 is therefore a precursor to the close of human probation, for whenever man worship takes center stage across the world, whenever the Judges, the Sheriffs, the Treasurers, and the captains of the Military are in lockstep with man worship, it will be time for decision making, as to who you will or will not bow down to.
Revelation 14:15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
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