The False Prophet

“Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.  And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to do homage to the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.  And he performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven onto the earth in the sight of men.   And he leads astray those who dwell on the earth by means of those signs which he was granted to do in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.  And it was given to him to give spirit to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not do homage to the image of the beast to be killed.  And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, so that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.  Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.”  Revelation 13:11-18

 

There has now been three separate people telling me that they think that Elon Musk could possibly be the False Prophet, so I am going to assume that that means they must also think that President-elect Donald Trump is the Antichrist, for I am certain that all three of them are well aware that the False Prophet promotes the Antichrist.

 

There is another similar theme between the logic behind them coming to such a conclusion and that is Musk’s Neuralink company with brain microchips, that are now being approved for use in the USA and Canada as a reason.  Take a look at the technology mentioned in the opening Bible verses and one can readily see how Elon Musk could easily provide that technology to the Antichrist, particularly with the mark of the beast.

 

So this has to be addressed one way or the other.  We are going to use the Word of God to lay out the foundation here about the False Prophet, what we can garner from the Holy Scriptures regarding this peculiar character.  We will toss in a couple good measures of common sense and a measure of understanding and see what lessons can be learned from the Bible for our study, as well as for people who in the future will be reading this.

 

When the book The End was written, there was a section that went over the False Prophet, in fact this very passage, focusing heavily on this ‘image’ and how that might work.  Well it has been just a few years since that was written and if I were to rewrite that now, I believe I would now have more of an understanding and assume that artificial intelligence (AI) would probably have something to do with it.  Let’s address that in a couple of moments.

 

If you notice, in the opening passage from the second half of Revelation chapter 13, you will not see the name False Prophet used, but rather another beast.  First let’s address how the name False Prophet comes into use as correct and then let’s address the second beast and see what we might be able to garner from this passage of the Holy Scriptures.

 

“And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.”  Revelation 16:13

 

So here is the first mention after Revelation 13 and we can see here that there is some sort of unholy trinity.  We have the ‘dragon’ (Satan), the beast (Antichrist) and the False Prophet (second beast).  So let’s not take that any further, just note that all three are dealing with ‘unclean’ spirits coming out of their mouths.  Interesting!

 

So let’s take a look at another verse regarding the False Prophet:

 

“And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he led astray those who received the mark of the beast and those who did homage to his image. These two were cast alive into the Lake of Fire burning with brimstone.”  Revelation 19:20

 

So this verse here we can clearly understand that the second beast spoken about in Revelation chapter 13 is certainly the same as the False Prophet spoken here in chapter 19.  Interesting that the Antichrist is called the ‘beast’ in Revelation 13, but elsewhere is called the Antichrist (1 John 2:18; 4:3).

 

Based off of Revelation chapter 13, we know that the second beast uses signs and wonders, is involved in getting the world to receive the mark of the beast and to do homage to the image of the beast.    We can also see here, that these two ‘real’ people, one who is the Antichrist, the other who is the False Prophet are judged in a very serious scenario of being cast into the Lake of Fire ALIVE.  The only other example of such a Judgment like this from God (Numbers 16:28-33) dealt with the rebellion of Korah, worth a read.  Finally let’s take a look at one more verse were the validity of this Judgment from God is mentioned and then go back to Revelation chapter 13 where the bulk of what we can know about the False Prophet is clearly stated.

 

“And the devil, who led them astray, was cast into the Lake of Fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”  Revelation 20:10

 

So we can see here that after the Millennial Reign of Christ, Satan, who will not have been in Hell or the Lake of Fire, will be let out of his prison (Rev. 20:7) for a brief time period, where there will be another rebellion (not the purpose of this article…), but he (the devil aka Satan) will be cast into the Lake of Fire WHERE ‘the beast and the false prophet are’.  So note here, the beast (Antichrist) and the False Prophet (second beast) are and have been already in the Lake of Fire (as they were cast alive) prior to Satan going there.

 

So now back to the purpose of this article and that is to see what we can learn, some things that we can ponder and put it all together.  Will we be able to pinpoint Elon Musk as being the likely candidate if Donald Trump turns out to be the actual Antichrist?  Well, frankly ‘no’, I do not believe that is possible.

 

Let me interject here for those who are reading this and have not repented towards God and by faith believed into Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior (Acts 20:21), as well as those who do profess to be born-again Christians, the –proof- will not be known until AFTER the Rapture, when those who were truly Saved will be with the Lord (1 Thes. 4:17), the others will have been Left Behind with some of them Judged by God already (1 Tim. 4:1; 2 Thes. 2:9-12).  So let that be a warning to those of you who ‘put off’ (2 Cor. 6:2) Salvation, when you know, but just ‘kick the can down the road’.  Take Heed!

 

Nonetheless, these things are certainly interesting and:

 

“All Scripture is breathed by God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”  2nd Timothy 3:16-17

 

So let’s continue, shall we?  Now we are going to break down these verses one by one from Revelation chapter 13 and then perhaps we will be able to ‘see’ clearly regarding the False Prophet and if/how/who any suspect may or may not be…because perhaps we can only have a ‘raised eyebrow’ moment, but not enough evidence to actual go much further than that, at least that is what I am going to suggest here, that it simply isn’t possible at this time to know enough to do much more than that.

 

“Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.”  Verse 11

 

So here we can see ‘another’ beast coming up out of the earth.  Now who is the first beast, well the Antichrist, who is now exercising full authority (what people always thought as outright dictator) for 42 months or 3 ½ years (verse 5).

 

We can see here that the ‘horns like a lamb’ make this second beast, the False Prophet appear to clearly be a wolf in sheep’s clothing, a religious man, but yet one who speaks like a ‘dragon’, is this a liar, who is part of the worldwide deception that is taking place at that time?  (John 8:44)

 

The term prophet needs to be looked at more here, as this same person is called in different passages that we already looked at:

 

Using the Webster Universities Dictionary Unabridged, 1943 we can see the following definition for prophet:

 

Prophet

 

1.) One who foretells events; a predicter; a foreteller.

Every builder builds somewhat for unknown purposes, and is in a measure a prophet. – Mary E. Wilkins

 

2.) In Scripture, a relious teacher inspired or instructed by God to announce future events, utter the divine will, etc.

 

3.) An interpreter; one who explains or communicates sentiments. [Rare]

 

4.) A mantis.

 

Looking at how in the following verses we will get into what the False Prophet does, I believe it is clearly safe to say that this is indeed a ‘religious’ leader, but one that pretends to be good, but in reality is evil.  Thus this prophet is a false prophet, not a prophet of God, in fact this second beast is right up there with the Antichrist, hand and hand.  Ahh…now at the moment I think we can clearly see where people get a suspicion of Elon Musk, for that characteristic that we are going to look at in more detail is preciously what we are seeing at the moment, though I wouldn’t be surprised if a change of opinion regarding their walking hand and hand fell apart as quickly as it came together.

 

Perhaps I might add something that I found a bit odd about Musk myself…so Musk had said something to the order of the only person who would be banned from his social media platform, X, was Alex Jones, due to what he had stated about the Sandy Hook school shooting ordeal.  I remember thinking, there must be two people who Musk bans, I must be the other, because I am (at last time I checked) still PERMANENTLY banned and I didn’t even have to break the ‘rules’.  (Someone really doesn’t like me.)

 

Now, not fully understanding how it took place, but according to a friend, Musk, his lawyers, Alex Jones and Infowars were able to continue ‘business as usual’ due to a ‘bailout’ from Musk.  While I don’t know all of the details, I suppose I could also suspect Alex Jones as also promoting Trump the same way, but there are a lot who do so, yet Alex doesn’t have any creepy tech side businesses that I am aware of…moving on…

 

“And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to do homage to the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.”  Verse 12

 

So we can see here that the False Prophet has authority, but note the words ‘in his presence’… now not going to even try to answer exactly what this denotes, but unless the Lord gives biblical understanding of this, it is a mystery, probably one that will not be fully understood or comprehended until that particular time period in the Tribulation by those who will become Saved during that time period.  But we can see that that authority ‘causes the earth and those who dwell in it to do homage to the first beast’.

 

We can also see the logical reason given ‘whose deadly wound was healed’.  Now both the Repent! and The End book deal with this section regarding the ‘deadly wound’ and the Antichrist, so we will move on from creating another subtopic in this instance.

 

“And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to do homage to the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.”  Verse 13

 

For this I am going to add an excerpt from The End book:

 

Begin………….

 

Not only those this False Prophet, as this beast is termed, cause those who dwell on the earth to do homage to the Antichrist, but he (verse 13) performs great signs, so that he “even makes fire come down from heaven.”  I wonder, I ponder, at this point the Two Witnesses are gone, both of whom many have claimed to either be Moses and Elijah or Enoch and Elijah, see the common person there, Elijah.

 

What if it is not Elijah that is one of the Two Witnesses, yet what one thing that Elijah is famous for?  Calling fire down from Heaven.

 

“Then the king sent to him a commander of fifty with his fifty. So he went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him: Man of God, the king has said, Come down!  And Elijah answered and said to the commander of fifty, If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from the heavens and consume you and your fifty. And fire came down from the heavens and consumed him and his fifty.  Then he sent to him another commander of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said to him: Man of God, thus has the king said, Come down quickly!  And Elijah answered and said to them, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the heavens and consume you and your fifty. And the fire of God came down from the heavens and consumed him and his fifty.  Again, he sent a third commander of fifty with his fifty. And the third commander of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and implored him, and said to him: Man of God, please let my life and the life of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your eyes.  Behold, fire has come down from the heavens and burned up the first two commanders of fifties with their fifties. But let my life now be precious in your eyes.  And the Angel of Jehovah said to Elijah, Go down with him; do not be afraid of him. So he arose and went down with him to the king.”  2 Kings 1:9-15

 

As well as:

 

“So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together on Mount Carmel.  And Elijah came to all the people, and said, How long will you be limping between two divided opinions? If Jehovah is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow after him. But the people answered him not a word.  Then Elijah said to the people, I alone am left a prophet of Jehovah; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.  Therefore let them give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it.  Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call upon the name of Jehovah; and the god who answers by fire, He is God. So all the people answered and said, The word is good.  And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose one bull for yourselves and prepare it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.  So they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon, saying, O Baal, hear us! But there was no voice; no one answered. Then they leaped about the altar which they had made.  And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened.  So they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was their custom, with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.  And when midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice. But there was no voice; no one answered, no one paid attention.  Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me. So all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of Jehovah that was broken down.  And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Word of Jehovah had come, saying, Israel shall be your name.  And with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah; and he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.  And he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, Fill four waterpots with water, and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.  Then he said, Do it a second time, and they did it a second time; and he said, Do it a third time, and they did it a third time.  And the water ran all around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.  And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, Jehovah the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your Word.  Testify, O Jehovah, testify, that this people may know that You are Jehovah God, and that You have turned their hearts around back to You.  Then the fire of Jehovah fell and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.  And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, Jehovah, He is God! Jehovah, He is God!  And Elijah said to them, Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let one of them escape! So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.”  2 Kings 18:20-40

 

These signs that are performed by the False Prophet are to lead people astray, they are not signs from God, but rather satanic signs that are allowed to happen.  One of the discussions that we are going to get into dealing with the battle of Armageddon is how such things can be allowed to happen, as well as how a deception is allowed to happen to the kings of the earth to gather their armies for the battle of Armageddon, of which case we will examine the False Prophet a bit further in the relevance of such events

 

End……….

 

Now really going to make some interesting observations from this passage of the Bible regarding the False Prophet.  First, it appears that the second beast comes right after the Antichrist (first beast) has been given full authority for 42 months (Rev. 13:5), this after the Two Witnesses are killed (Rev. 11:7).  If that is correct and unless I am not understanding something here, it appears to be, this means that the False Prophet is not on the scene as the False Prophet until midway through the 7 year Tribulation time period (Jer. 30:7).  Therefore, this is not someone who is going to be unveiled (the Bible says nothing about the False Prophet being unveiled) but rather someone who will appear on the scene after the Antichrist has risen to full power spoken of in Rev. 13:5, that will not have been granted to the Antichrist until that last half of the Tribulation, afterwards, THEN the False Prophet is mentioned.

 

So while that person –might- be alive and well on the earth right now, it would be absolutely impossible to do much more than raise an eyebrow at this point, for the False Prophet comes during the middle of the Tribulation, not right as the start.  Now let’s take another look at Elijah, as he certainly is the Old Testament prophet who was known for calling fire down from heaven.

 

Some people thought that Jesus was Elijah (Mark 8:28), why?  Well they knew that Elijah must come first, as it was prophesized.

 

“Behold, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of Jehovah.  And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the sons, and the heart of the sons to their fathers, that I not come and strike the earth with utter destruction.”  Malachi 4:5-6

 

Let’s consider this for a moment that there are many different beliefs amongst Jews and the practice of Judaism, just as there are many different churches that proclaim to have the truth.  Yet the tradition still exists of setting a Passover family seder table and leaving a cup of wine and opening the door to greet Elijah, should he come.

 

You see there are also some that believe, rightfully so, as they did in Jesus’s days on earth, that Elijah will return at the end of days to usher in the Messianic age.  So for some, Elijah has not yet come, they are looking and these are God’s chosen people (Jewish) (Duet. 14:2) who maintain these beliefs.

 

Well Jesus stated:

 

“And His disciples asked Him, saying, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?  And Jesus answered and said to them, Indeed, Elijah is coming first and will restore all things.  But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. Likewise the Son of Man is also about to suffer under them.   Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them of John the Immerser.”  Matthew 17:10-13

 

So might the False Prophet mimic Elijah by calling down fire and pointing towards the Antichrist as the Messiah (Mark 13:22)???  Time will tell, but for those Left Behind, what difference would it make to know these things?

 

“And he leads astray those who dwell on the earth by means of those signs which he was granted to do in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.”  Verse 14

 

Someone recently asked whether or not the ‘fire’ coming down from heaven ‘in the sight of men’ might be Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship successful testing of reentry and landing to a very well deserved applause.  Certainly a good observation, but because the False Prophet is not mentioned until the mid-point of the Tribulation, the logical assumption would be this is probably more of a spot-on real fire coming down from heaven that people see during that time period.  After all, did not Elijah have actual fire coming down from heaven?  Certainly so.

 

But the False Prophet ‘leads astray’ ‘by means of those signs’ that he was granted to do in the present of the beast (Antichrist).  Just how many ‘signs’ might there be, it is plural here, we don’t know and what all of them might be, the Bible is silent, so I will be also.  Yet he also tells the world to make an ‘image of the beast’, why?  Well because the first beast (the Antichrist) ‘was wounded by the sword and lived’.

 

Without getting into much detail here, please see The End book, but consider the following verse discussing this ordeal:

 

“And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled at the beast.”  Revelation 13:3

 

For the purpose of this article, let us just focus on the following portion of this verse: “And all the world marveled at the beast.”  So whatever happened, people know this is a true miracle and something that shouldn’t have happened, the Antichrist was as good as dead, but he was healed.  For this reason, how ever it may have happened (and –NO- this is not talking about the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, this will be MUCH greater than that) this has such an effect that the False Prophet can point to this ordeal as the reason for the world to make an image of the beast.

 

“And it was given to him to give spirit to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not do homage to the image of the beast to be killed.”  Verse 15

 

Now we are going to finish up with this verse and not continue on with the final three (verses 16-18) talking about the mark of the beast.  For that you can see The End book, but for the purpose of adding some needed additional information about the False Prophet, for those who might be interested, as well as clearing up any misconceptions out there, this final verse should suffice.

 

However, we can somewhat consider a similarity between the two, as they both seems to take modern day advanced technology in order to function.  While I still do not purport to have a full understanding or to even begin to understanding how this image of the beast thing will work, please do not the following: “And it was given to him to give spirit to the image of the beast”… this is something that is supernatural, assumingly NOT based upon man’s technology, though it might go hand and hand with it, but there is certainly more than meets the eye here, something we can not possibly understand at this time, nor is this really meant for us who are seemingly about ready to go Home anyway.

 

When the book The End was written, I mention this, though I couldn’t really consider much except for smartphones having something to do with it.  Now I have pondered this from time to time and am happy that this article gives me a chance to interject some additional thoughts about this particular ordeal that I have had since I originally wrote that material.

 

With the release of AI technology, of which we as a society are playing around with the ‘toys’ of the technology, nonetheless, just some random thoughts here, thinking out loud, but could a smartphone be used to worship this image of the beast with AI technology ‘watching’ the person to ensure they are indeed doing homage to the image of the beast and if not, send the authorities to collect and kill that person???  Well, I don’t know, but a thought on the topic.

 

What about new smartphone technology with holographic images???  Could that play a portion?  Once again, I don’t know, just a thought.  While we are on the topic of technology, let’s touch on the other subject of Elon Musk and all of his technological advances and some creepy business ventures.

 

For one, let me add this.  Certainly Elon Musk is at the moment aligned with Donald Trump, but hasn’t it been this way longer than the public might think?

 

I recall that President Trump was –very- big on getting 5G rolling out quickly in this country, just prior to Covid-19.  Well there are some good things with 5G, but like other technology, there are some bad things as well.

 

With that technology, the governments of the world are able to build a virtual prison around the inhabitants of the earth, without us even knowing.  Now President Trump was a huge proponent of this technology, for what purpose in the end?  Yet Elon Musk has used Starlink satellites to beam 5G back to the earth, in areas where there is none and is still launching satellite after satellite, which will help to ensure that even in rural areas, such as the middle of nowhere in South Dakota, you will still be in that virtual prison, this around the globe.

 

This technology (5G) certainly has implications for end time usage during the Tribulation.  We could talk about Musk’s brain chips, AI (though he strongly warns about AI, he himself is a leader in the technology), etc., this seemingly a basis for people’s suspicion about him possibly being the False Prophet, added to his clear current alignment with President-elect Trump.  So let me close up this with addressing those very thoughts and concerns, not with a thumbs up or thumbs down regarding Elon Musk or anyone else as a suspect for the False Prophet.

 

Personal I don’t have a list of suspects for the False Prophet, perhaps both Elon Musk and Alex Jones have raised my eyebrows, but it will not go beyond that, for I don’t believe there are enough characteristics listed in the Bible to be able to make a clear connection between a person and what the Bible deems about such a person, as well as I don’t believe that such a person will come unto the scene as the False Prophet, however that might work, until midway through the Tribulation.

 

With that said, I also never once, back in the day when these things were talked about all over online, late 90’s early 00’s, actual had a suspect for the Antichrist, nor kept my own ‘lists’.  What I did do is read about such and such a person and why people thought they might be the Antichrist.

 

Oh, I think there was a list of Prince Philip, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton and I believe I quit looking at such things altogether around the time that there was a following about people assuming Barack Obama might be the Antichrist.  Each one of the individuals were listed for there reasons.  While brief, let me write this up quickly:

 

Prince Philips – Evil, said he was going to come back as a virus…other reasons, mostly his power position.

 

Bill Gates – Technology, linked to 666 in multiple things (a bit more on him in a moment).

 

Former President Bill Clinton – The ‘peace’ deal that he struck, made him an instant suspect.

 

Former President Barack Obama – Bible code type stuff was popular at the moment and listed him in some sense.

 

So here is the final thoughts on the False Prophet and the suspect that some hold to, Elon Musk.  Well Bill Gates was a suspect and I am sure for some still is, for being the Antichrist.  In fact with some of the books I recently read, he certainly is a globalist, controls WHO (World Health Organization) almost single-handedly behind the scenes through funding, has patent (vaccine with quantum dots fluorescent microparticles) (sp? Luciferase…interesting note: after a five minute search on Google and then DuckDuckGo, this did not pull right up, it is erased which is why I rarely use the internet anymore for news or even searches…but I did run across an article about ‘fluorescent microparticles’ (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29261040/) are apparently in Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola beverages!!!, are we not yet –close- to the end!!!…continuing…) ID 2020666 that he (Bill Gates for the microneedle vaccine) holds.

 

When I saw the video of Musk’s Starship returning and perfectly landing, I thought of these same people, the Bill Gates crowd, who are supposedly getting ready to ‘run’ from God (Amos 9:2; Jer. 49:16; Oba. 1:4…bet you didn’t know these things were in the Bible J ) to outer space and here they are potentially making sure their ‘toys’ work that they have financed with their wealth.  After all, though Elon Musk has approved chips for the brain to connect to computers, do not forget in an earlier article I mentioned that there are dead serious rich and powerful people (doesn’t matter if you agree with them or not, they are serious) who want to ‘upload’ their brain, use a robot to then ‘live for eternity’ and they believe this stuff and are working fervently towards their version of eternal life…not a joke.

 

The point is this…even the barcode that has been readily available since the 1960’s can have 666 linked to it.  I think that that number somehow becomes intertwined with the technology that will eventually be used to bring about the mark of the beast, but that does not necessarily mean the inventor or owner of such businesses will be the actual person involved, though the technology –might- be wrapped ultimately into both the image of the beast and the mark of the beast, becoming more and more advanced as time goes on.

 

For instance the barcode is now, without being noticed too much, is being replaced with QR codes.  Let me give one more example of these sort of things somehow being connected (Rev. 2:24) not knowing the fullness of how such things work:

 

Social Security Numbers are connected to 42 U.S. Code 666 as just another example.

 

So these things are certainly interesting, but let it be a clear reminder that we are to be watching and ready!

 

“Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning; and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.  Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Truly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them.  And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.  But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be dug through.  Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.  Then Peter said to Him, Lord, do You speak this parable only to us, or to everyone?  And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his servants, to give them their portion of food at the right time?  Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.  Truly, I say to you that he will set him over all that he has.  But if that servant says in his heart, My master is delaying his coming, and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk, the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him apart and appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.  And that servant who knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.  But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.”  Luke 12:35-48

 

Amen!

 

P.S. I spoke with someone recently who was talking about this type of demon and that type, I mentioned the ruler of the kingdom of Persia, as there being biblical evidence for rankings amongst demons (Dan. 10:13), but I also strongly warned them not to look into such things to much (Rev. 2:24).  The internet might very well have some interesting things, perhaps some are true, perhaps not, but we are NOT to search out the depths of Satan.  So if you are finding yourself unable to stop ‘learning’ about this type of demon or that type of demon, etc. and you consider yourself to be an actual Believer, you need to stop it or pull the plug on the internet and the dataplan on your phone, it is not worth it.  Repent and turn your eyes back towards Christ, thinking on ‘these things’ (Phil. 4:8).  This is not to be mean, rude or crude, but rather a loving, stern warning, correctly taught from God’s Word.