“Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”
–Revelation 13:18
CHOOSING 666: FIVE REASONS
Practically everyone on the face of the earth will be worshiping the man of sin and his beast image.
Therefore, there’s a a pretty good chance the reader will be among those who will be following the man of sin, standing in line to get the mark of the beast and damning himself for all eternity.
Don’t believe it?
Here’s what the Bible says.
1- Men desperately want others to think they are “good.”
Men care more about what other men think about them than what God’s Word commands them to do.
IF a person won’t stand up for Jesus or leave a church when times are good, it’s for sure they won’t do it when times turn bad.
“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.”
–Revelation 13:11
Revelation 13:11 is describing a church system in which the churches look like Christianity but sound like the dragon (Satan).
Satan Has Counterfeited the Christian Church
Almost ALL who are involved in worship NOW are already worshiping in churches which have plenty of man-made rituals. Many practices are steeped in witchcraft, paganism and the occult, whether church-goers are aware of it or not.
There is an entire cottage industry of those who justify the ungodliness found in the churches.
- Four Blood Moons: American Church Comfortable with Witchcraft
- Christianity and the Occult: The Occult goes to Church
- PRAYER CIRCLES: Another Pagan Practice in the Church
- The Circle Maker: End Times Deception in a Magic Circle
In short: the churches NOW look like Christianity but sound like the dragon (Satan).
“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?”
–2Corinthians 6:14
OF COURSE, misery loves company and so those in the churches will throw around the words “fellowship” and “assemble yourself together.”
But God’s Word says a believer’s fellowship is WITH JESUS CHRIST, not some building. Believers are to assemble themselves whenever possible, not because there are pagan rituals taking place in a certain building.
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Men will not leave their churches because belonging to a church is how other men judge whether one is “good‘ or not. It doesn’t matter what one does in such a building: for others to think him “good,” he must show up at that building regularly–and THAT is what really counts.
2- Most already put the things of this world ahead of Jesus Christ and God Almighty. Though they protest otherwise, their actions speak louder than their words: who among you will put Jesus ahead of job, family or modern conveniences?
“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.”
–James 4:4
Practically everyone has an excuse about WHY he cannot let go of the things of this world. The excuses WILL NOT stop when a person needs the mark of the beast or face death. The excuses WILL NOT stop when a person cannot buy or sell if they do not have the mark of the beast.
“…and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”
–Revelation 13:15,17
“But my kids will go hungry! God doesn’t want my kids to starve, does he?”
“How will I get my prescription?”
“My mother needs her medicine! Does God expect me to let my mother die?”
The excuse-makers will only step up their game a notch. Nothing will change from NOW.
3- So many now believe science, news, government, education, medicine or other fables of men rather than God’s Word. It will be easy for them to believe the man of sin’s word ahead of the Bible.
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”
–2 Timothy 4:3-4
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The Bible declares that practically everyone on the face of the earth will worship the man of sin.
“And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast…And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”
–Revelation 13:4,8
So many will be trying to get the mark of the beast, there will be long lines and people will fight to get it.
4- Because men do not have a love of the truth (God’s Word), almost all will be laboring under strong delusion.
“…because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”
–2Thessalonians 2:10-12
IF men had a love of the truth, they would believe God’s Word NOW over the words of science, doctors, government, history, other men, smiling wolves in sheep’s clothing, psychiatrists, experts, studies, polls and every other thing that sets itself up as a rival authority to God’s Word.
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5- Most are unprepared for making this most important choice in their lives because many refuse to prepare for what God’s Word declares will soon come upon the earth.
IF a person believes they will never have to make a hard choice, then that person will be unprepared when that choice has to be made.
The deceitful workers in the churches maintain that “Why argue about the gathering together (rapture)? It is not a salvation issue.”
Au contraire.
IF a person does not believe the Word of God and believes only losers will be “left behind,” THEN a person does not have a love for the truth. ALL who do not have a love of the truth will be sent strong delusion. ALL who are sent strong delusion are “damned.”
And THAT is a “salvation issue.”
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It’s important for the reader to keep in mind: ALL who value the truth above ALL ELSE will be saved. Those who follow the words of men will be lost. Those who follow the words of the rulers of the darkness of this world will be lost.
The mark of the beast is coming.
The reader will have to make a choice.
Will the reader lie to himself about this choice?
Which will the reader choose?
Time is Running Out: Today is the Day of Salvation
THE GOSPEL
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8
“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
-—1 Corinthians 1:18-19
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[Portions of this piece originally appeared in End Times Prophecy Headlines: June 3, 2016.]
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