False Prophet – Page 5 – Insights into Bible Prophecy

MARK OF THE BEAST

December 1, 2021 David R Maas

All men and women that refuse to follow the “Lamb” will render homage to the “beast” and take its “mark” – Revelation 13:16-18.

The “false prophet” uses the economic power of the first “beast” against anyone who refuses to give full allegiance to it. The “mark of the beast” is an economic tool. Commerce is the lifeblood of the World-Power and leveling economic sanctions against peoples is its primary enforcement mechanism. And economic restrictions mean deprivation and suffering.

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Beast from the Earth, False Prophet

BEAST FROM THE EARTH

November 30, 2021June 24, 2022 David R Maas

The beast from the earth mimics the Lamb. It is the mouthpiece of the Dragon and the propagandist for the first beast.

The “great voice in heaven” pronounced “woe” on the “inhabitants of the earth and of the sea, because the Devil descended to you, having great wrath.” He then launched his war against the “seed of the woman” by summoning his own “seed” – the “beast from the sea,” and now, the “beast from the earth.”

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Deceivers, Olivet Discourse

WARS AND RUMORS

August 7, 2021March 7, 2022 David R Maas

The Discourse opens with warnings about coming deceivers who propagate false expectations about the end – Mark 13:5-13.

Jesus began his Olivet Discourse with an ominous warning about coming deceivers, men who will claim his authority and spread rumors about calamities, thereby “deceiving many.” This warning is repeated at pivotal points in the discourse. For example, prior to the coming of the Son of Man, “many false prophets will arise and deceive many,” including the employment of signs and wonders.

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666, False Prophet, World-Power

BEASTLY ECONOMICS

July 26, 2021December 4, 2021 David R Maas

The False Prophet employs economic pressure to coerce men and women to render homage to the “beast from the sea” – Revelation 13:16-18.

The “false prophet” uses all the economic power of the first “beast” against anyone who refuses to give allegiance to the beastly system. The “mark of the beast” is an economic tool, a blunt instrument used to impose conformity on populations, for this figure’s ability to level economic sanctions against nations and peoples is the key to its power.

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Deceivers, Last Days

The Last Hour

February 3, 2021March 23, 2023 David R Maas

In his first epistle, John declares it is the last hour, a period elsewhere called the “last days.” As evidence of this, he points to the false teachers that are disrupting his churches. They are products of the “spirit of antichrist” that is active already in the world. And these deceivers are forerunners of the final “Antichrist”.

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