@TheCobbler,
Well, what?
Perhaps you should read scripture instead of just attacking it.
Quote:13 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. 2 And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. 3 One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. 4 And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”
5 And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. 6 It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven. 7 Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, 8 and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. 9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear:
10
If anyone is to be taken captive,
to captivity he goes;
if anyone is to be slain with the sword,
with the sword must he be slain.
Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
11 Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. 13 It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, 14 and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 And it was allowed to give breath 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. 16 Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, 17 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. 18 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.
I bolded parts that I will explain.
1.
Rising out of the sea. COVID is a "virus" that mysteriously appeared when nationalism was starting to move against the globalist one-world agenda. It appeared overseas (China) spreading to US by a barge by all accounts.
2.
"...Who can make war against it?" There are many types of worship, but the one we hear about most in the Bible is fear. It is said of those in worship of God have feared God, that they are God-fearing. Also, whenever angels appear, they tell humans "be not afraid." It is because fear distances us from God, and allows faith to be muddled. Those in fear or awe of COVID forget that God has provided not only knowledge of healing but also miracles of healing itself.
3.
Haughty and blasphemous words. As in, "We don't need God for healing. We need to follow the science."
4.
War against the saints. Churches are literally shut down for not complying with mandates. And churches that do comply are asked to do outrageous things that are at odds with their customs (
Not singing?
Not touching and staying away from each other?
Not taking communion or taking communion without wine?
Wearing masks?) If you've looked at these links, you'll notice that every single one of them is against church teaching. This is not about health, it's about uprooting religious values and spreading secular mass hysteria.
5.
Rising out of the earth. The first beast resembles a thing. A big scary virus that all of us that do not know that God is there to protect us are supposed to be afraid of. But I say it resembles a thing because it is not really a thing. COVID is not real. The second beast is to represent not a specific man but something appearing like a man. What looks like a man but is not really a man? Well, I'd ask you to think of it, but I'm sure you'd fail. Sock puppets. Political figureheads. Corporations. Mobs of people. These organizations are not people, but as our own tax code was quick to inform us, they are treated like people.
6.
The image of the beast might even speak. Statistics. Statistics get something that is not living and not real to speak. To tell us lies and blasphemies of fear. They tell us 70% have already taken the vaccine. They tell us all sorts of stories that are designed either to make us afraid of the disease or of the cure. You see, both COVID horror stories and vaccination horror stories by anti-vaxxers are to make us afraid, to lead us away from trust in God. But I know that statistics are written by humans. I know that God loves us so much that nothing can separate us from Him. Not fear, not disease, not even death.
7.
Cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain. Oh look, exactly what you just mentioned. Predicted years upon years in advance, almost like they know what they're talking about. Can this prophecy be averted? Maybe so. But it involves people having decency and intelligence enough to know that rather than fooling anything with this COVID scam, they're the ones being played.
8.
No on can buy or sell. How does one know they are dealing with the Mark of the Beast? Economic disruption. You might want to ask people how many businesses got fucked over for non-compliance (or for that matter, compliance) with these standards. If you comply, they just move the goalposts, telling us that it is not enough to simply wear masks, but to wear two masks. It is not enough to vaccinate, you need to be fully vaccinated, and update every few months.
9.
666. Starting from Isaiah, the 6th book is Hosea (not in the Jewish Bible, bear with me). Hosea 6:6 (that is, 6:6:6) says "I desire mercy not sacrifice." In other words, a system that creates sacrifice, that forces people to gain commodities by betraying themselves is the Mark. We had a frightening blizzard this week in the eastern US. Suppose we upheld the mandates everywhere. "I'm poor, and need a coat, because I cannot afford my heating bill. Or my power was shut off. How much is one?" "I am sorry, but rules are rules. You are not masked or fully vaccinated, so you will need to freeze to death." 7 is also the number of perfection and is the number associated with God (and oddly, slot machines). 6, by that analogy is human, since no human is worthy to be equal to God, this means that three sixes is a sort of "Trinity" of worldly power composed of world leaders, false reports, and people filled with dreams of power/greed. This sick system has kept things like slavery and sex abuse in power for centuries. Oh yes, and poverty and starvation. Even though it is possible to grow enough for the entire world, we make red tape so that people must work hard their entire lives while others get handouts or get rich easily. Not that any such thing as utopia exists. If it did, most people would decline rather than grow, since suffering builds character and there is a purpose for world leaders.
Not that you'll read any of this. You are not only gullible, you are also nearly illiterate. TL;DR you'll think, and you will say I'm stupid or crazy.
