The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.It was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn’t worship the image of the beast to be killed.And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.And it was given unto him to give breath to it, even to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as should not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
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… 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 this false prophet. First of all, he will induce people to follow after the Antichrist. Secondly, he will be able to perform miraculous signs. But perhaps the greatest sign he will be able to perform is this. He will order that an image be made of the beast and placed in the temple in Jerusalem. And the beast will appear to come to life and be able to speak and be able to actually give orders to kill those who do not worship the beast. Whoever refuses to worship the beast during this period of time will be killed. The third activity of the false prophet will be this. …
… 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. Now all of that interfaces into 2 Thessalonians chapter 2. And is explained in Thessalonians as Thessalonians is also explained in Revelation. They are counterparts one to another. we get certain information in second Thessalonians 2 we get nowhere else in scripture so it is a key pivotal chapter on the end times on eschatology so back to second Thessalonians chapter 2 verse 10 with all unrighteous deception among all those who perish they did not receive the love of the truth that they might be saved. And for this reason, I just want you to watch this. …
and in verse, I can't even read, hold on. verse 15, it was allowed to give breath to the beast, to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain. And it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both slave and free, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark. That is the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom. Let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast for it is the number of a man and his number is 666. Then you read on in chapter 14 verse 9. It says, another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, if anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink the wine of God's wrath, poured out full strength into the cup of his anger. …