And this beast exercised all the authority of the first beast and caused the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed.He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.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.And he exerciseth all the authority of the first beast in his sight. And he maketh the earth and them that dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose death-stroke was healed.
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… earth's history. What are the activities of the false prophet? What will he do? Look at verses 12 to 18. He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and he makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast whose fatal wound was healed. He performs great signs so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given to him to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the wound of the sword and has come to life. And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, the antichrist, so that the image of the beast would even speak and causes many who does not worship the image of the beast to be killed. And he causes all the small and the great and the rich and the poor and the free men and the slaves to be given a mark on the right hand or on their forehead. And he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell except the one who has the mark, either 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 the number is that of a man and his number is 666. I want you to notice the activities of …
… getting people to move toward the first beast, as you will see. Verse 12, he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship, to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed he performs great signs so that even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men and verse 14 is key and he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived fake resurrection. 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. 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 so 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. …
… this is the false prophet and he exercises all the authority of the first beast that's the Antichrist in his presence and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed spent a lot of time on that but you now know this that the Antichrist not that we're going to see him but you can use this to witness to people that God's so in control that all these things are playing out according to God's revealed word. You see, Jack, I don't understand that. Yes, you do. It hasn't happened yet, but God's word is right before you in the book of the Bible right here, in the book of Revelation, and God tells you about it in advance before it happens so that you know that God is the one that's in control. I love that. And so, Jesus spoke, as we might have mentioned before, that Jesus spoke regarding the disciples as they went out and preached the gospel, that as they preached the gospel, he saw Satan fall from heaven. …
… In the 13th chapter of Revelation, it tells us more about Him. Verse 12, He exercises all the authority of the first beast. He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast whose fatal wound was healed. The whole world is made to worship Him by His accompanying false prophet. He performs great signs so that He even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. And here's the key, verse 14, He deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given Him to perform in the presence of the beast. This is a powerful figure. This is Nimrod exponentially defined by modern technology. Everybody's saying, I wish we had peace in the world. It'll come. It'll come, but it'll be a satanic counterfeit of the true peace, which will subjugate the whole world to concentrated evil like the world has never seen. The concentrated evil in the power of the satanic, energized Antichrist will be far beyond anything Nimrod ever knew. …