Jesus said the scriptures MUST be fulfilled and cannot be broken! So every prophetic word that is written in the bible WILL come to pass, and every word that comes out of the mouth of God WILL come to pass as well.
God is in control of everything, the best thing any person can do in this life, is die to self! This is exactly why Jesus said, he who wants to save his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for my sake and the gospels will find it!
The judgments of God come upon the righteous and the wicked, the big difference is that the righteous can be blessed, protected, and provided for in the midst of God's judgments!
The beast being unleashed is a form of God's judgments on this earth. Because when this happens, and it will! It will cause the great falling away that 2nd Thessalonians 2 talks about. When millions of professing Christians realise they have been lied to and taught doctrines of devils and haven't been truly converted to Christ, they will leave every church building and congregation around the world! They will seek to save themselves, their money, their jobs, material possessions, etc...... Only those whose hearts belong to Jesus and really serve Him will remain.
And God will pour out His Spirit upon this earth one more time and millions, maybe billions, will be ushered into the Kingdom of God! And on the other side millions, and possibly billions, will worship the beast and his image, taking his mark. The scripture says that authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation, that's the whole world!
So I do believe in the near future there will be no more, you go your way and I go mine, no more so called, 'separation of the races', no more I go to my church and you go to yours. The only separation of humans on this earth will be those who have the mark, and follow the beast, and those who don't have it and follow Jesus. And those who refuse to worship the beast and his image will be killed, and of course no real Christian full of God's Spirit will take the mark and worship the beast, and this is why millions of true Christians will be martyred during this time.
The scripture also tells us that it was granted to him to make war with the saints, (true Spirit-filled Believers) and overcome them, (imprison, kill or martyr). The beast would have no power over true blood bought, Spirit filled Christians unless it was given to him by God Himself!
Jesus said the same thing to Pontius Pilate!
It's going to be a very hard time, but also a time of great unity, love, joy, and peace in the hearts of true believers. A time of supernatural works of God through His people, and a time of great hope, as Spirit-filled Christians look up to Heaven, because we know our redemption draws near!
In Christ,
Tyrone
