Nov. 03, 2024

Revelation chapter 13 reveals Satan's strategy for the last days as he calls forth a beast from the sea and a beast from the earth.  We believe that this is the antichrist and the false prophet.  Together the three, including Satan, form an unholy trinity, a parody of the Holy Trinity of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.  The antichrist will be a person who will arise out of the sea of humanity.  He will be given authority over every tribe, people. language and nation, which is the same as the responsibility given to the church by Jesus for evangelization.  Thus we are engaged in a battle with Satan for the souls of men.  The followers of Jesus are sealed with the Holy Spirit; the followers of Satan are marked with the mark of the beast.  In chapter 14 we see the 144,000 who represent the whole redeemed of God.  John sees them first in chapter seven sealed for protection through the tribulation period.  Now he sees them  safe in heaven, Not one has been lost.