All Roads Lead to Revelation 13. Part [13] 07/05/2025 (Morning thought)

Joel 2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord comes, for it is nigh at hand.

The issue in revelation 13 and 14 is without doubt an issue of worship, and because worship is much more about obedience than praise, who we worship will make all the difference between life and death. God is now sounding an alarm in His holy mountain, calling on all the inhabitants of earth to awake, as it were out of slumber, for there’s a particular urgency to the moment, and the decisions we make and the actions we take will shape our eternal destiny.

It is now of critical importance that Christians the world over, and persons of different persuasions to know that the Sabbath, the sign of God’s creative power, is still valid, and all who are in the valley of decision are encouraged and strongly advised to do as Jesus did. Jesus manifested perfect faith in God The Father by obeying all of His commandments, and since the term Christian means “Little Christ” all who name the name of Jesus Christ are invited to follow in His footsteps, by believing and obeying God’s laws.

Revelation 13 could be just around the corner, and persons should not wait until it is too late to make your move. The issues at stake are not so much the economic and the political as they are spiritual, for whomsoever persons decide to worship will affect their economic status downstream. The only fortification against the last day events that are predicted in Revelation 13 and 14 is obedience to God in everything, especially the keeping of the Sabbath, which is the memorial of His creative work, and the exercise of an intelligent faith in Him.

Revelation 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascends up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receives the mark of his name. 12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

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

All Roads Lead to Revelation 13. Part [12] 07/05/2025 (Evening thought)

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.

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