What God Says About Quid Pro Quo. Part [19] 12/30/2025 (Evening thought)

Revelation 13: 16 And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads.

Thus, the you and me living in the here and now are on the cusp of a cataclysmic shift in the way things are done. If you decide to go with quid pro quo, you will have to be prepared to pay to play. But if, as the Bible clearly states, you decide not to go that route, persons will have to expect situations of no ordinary nature to unfold. In fact, the mark of the beast is the final culmination of all quid pro quo, for it is a favor or privilege that is going to be granted, in return for something.

That is a direct reference to your economic privileges which will be restricted only to persons who pay to play. In other words, quid pro quo in the final conflict will involve false worship in exchange for your economic privileges, very similar to the third temptation which was brought against Christ, where satan offered Him the kingdoms of this world in exchange for worship. It's just the same old pig, with lipstick on.

Matthew 4:8 Again, the devil takes him up into an exceeding high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9 And said unto him, all these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 11 Then the devil left him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

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.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God Bless!

What God Says About Quid Pro Quo. Part [18] 12/29/2025 (Morning thought)

2nd Thessalonians 2: 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there comes a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.

Now, this is pretty serious business, because if the one who purchases pardon on a quid pro quo basis is thereby forgiven for all future sins, without even repenting, that will obviously open the flood gates of iniquity, and persons will feel at liberty to do any and every type of wrong, because it has been paid for up front. As bad as this evil is, there is something even more disturbing written in the scripture that we must now turn our attention to.

The reason for this is that everything that took place with Tetzel, as pertained to pardons, on a quid pro quo basis, is scheduled to be repeated by the lamb like beast of revelation 13. The following passages are therefore stacked line upon line so that persons may be aware of the grave dangers that are predicted to take place. 2nd Thessalonians 2: 4 Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

Revelation 13: 12 And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him, and causes the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. The power of the first beast is a direct reference to work like what Tetzel was doing, and therefore, if the lamb like beast is scheduled to exercise “all” the power of the first beast, that will include pardons on a quid pro quo basis, also, the authority to receive praise and worship because that is what comes with sitting in God’s seat.

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

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!