We continue the topic of the Beast, specifically chapter 13 of the Book of Revelation. Previously, we stopped at verses 9 and 10, where persecution and waging war against the saints are discussed. In conversation with the brothers, we considered whether the saints and the two witnesses are actually the same entity. We became convinced that they are—perhaps I will prepare a separate material on that topic, as it is related to the symbolism of the olive trees and lampstands. There were compelling arguments that further strengthened this understanding. This means that the two witnesses from chapter 11 symbolize the same saints from chapter 13, whom the beast wages war against and defeats. We discussed this a week ago in the fourth part dedicated to the beast, and today we move on to verse 11 of chapter 13.

Verse 11 describes the appearance of the second beast, or more accurately, the second animal—as that is the more exact translation. “𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍 [𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕], 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉; 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒃 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒏.” This animal is identified with the false prophet, which is confirmed by a verse from another chapter. What is characteristic is that this second beast comes up from the earth, unlike the first one, which emerged from the sea.

We have already discussed verses indicating that the sea symbolizes people, but as an unorganized crowd, mob, or element. In the Bible, waters often mean people and nations. For example, rivers can symbolize an army that floods a country, just as in our history we talk of the Swedish Deluge, when foreign troops flooded and took over the land. The sea is unstable, mobile, lacks support, and often represents a chaotic, unorganized crowd. From such a sea the first beast arose, because it was composed of individuals from various nations who were moved or moved themselves to Palestine, forming the body of that organization.

This time, however, we have an animal coming up from the earth, which points to a certain difference. What does the earth symbolize? Besides its literal meaning, symbolically it usually refers to people, but unlike the sea—to organized people, such as states or stable groups. For example, “the land of Egypt” is understood as all inhabitants of Egypt; we don’t say “Egyptian state,” but precisely “the land of Egypt.” “All the earth” means all nations and states, but organized, with government and structure, not chaotic ones. It turns out then that this beast comes from an orderly, organized environment.

To illustrate this, let’s look at examples from the Bible. Psalm 96, verse 1 says: “𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉.” Obviously, it is not about bushes, stones, or sand singing, but all the people living on the earth, who should rejoice and praise the Lord. This is one of many examples showing that “earth” symbolizes organized humanity.

Isaiah gives examples that show the concept of “earth” in the Bible often symbolizes people. In Isaiah 14:7 we read: “𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕; 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈.” Obviously, it is the people who breathed a sigh of relief when one of the rulers stopped oppressing them and died.

Similarly in Habakkuk 2:20: “𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆; 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒎.” Here “earth” again means people, because the earth itself does not speak and cannot keep silent, but people can.

In chapter 13 of the Book of Revelation we find another example: “𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕.” It is not that the earth has eyes and looks, but the people who live on it. Therefore, there is no doubt that the inhabitants of the earth are symbolized by the formula “earth” or “all the earth.” “All the earth” means people from all over the earth, while “the land of Egypt” means the people living in Egypt, and “the land of Canaan”—the Canaanites. In reference to Poland, it would be “the land of Poland” or “the land of the Poles,”which would symbolize us as a nation.

In this context, the beast comes out of the earth, that is, from nations, but not from chaos, rather from organized structures. The question is: who is this animal, later called the false prophet? In the First Letter to the Thessalonians 5:3, we read: “𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈, ‘𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚,’ 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒔𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚, 𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆.” This verse fits the context of the false prophet and the beast who will overcome the saints. At that time, there will be an apparent joy and unity on earth. Today, we see a lack of this unity, which leads to wars—even though, in the case of the conflict in Ukraine, the religious factor is not dominant, religion is often blamed for wars. The proclamation of „peace and safety” points to the end times, when the prophet will deceive the whole world, and everyone will submit to them.

The beast that came out of the earth had two horns like those of a lamb and spoke like a dragon. The dragon is Satan, the devil, as the Bible explains, calling him dragon or serpent. In biblical times, dragons were imagined as flying serpents, similar to Chinese depictions, and not like dinosaurs of today’s culture. This beast will have horns similar to those of a lamb, which means it will appear as a lamb, but in reality will speak what Satan wants. This detail is especially interesting because it perfectly fits the figure of the false prophet—someone who pretends to be a true servant of God, but in fact serves Satan and does his will. The appearance does not match the reality here.

What does a horn symbolize? This is a very interesting question. It’s worth looking at two verses to understand it better. In the Gospel of Luke, chapter 1, verses 68 to 71, we read: “𝑩𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒔𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒍, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅: 𝒂𝒔 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒍𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒖𝒔.” Who is this horn of salvation? Of course, our Lord Yeshu. What role does the horn of salvation play? It symbolizes steadfastness and strength. Today, horns are also associated with power—a bull has strength in itself, but the horns are the most dangerous and serve for attack. Similarly, goats and rams attack with their horns, and here it is about lamb’s horns. Christ, as the horn of salvation, is the driving force that leads to salvation. The horn itself is not the salvation, but acts as a weapon in the hand of a warrior—a sword or a rifle—an instrument that enables victory.

This symbolism is also vividly described in the Book of Daniel, chapter 8, verses 2 to 4: “𝑰𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒖𝒔𝒂, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒍𝒂𝒎. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝒍𝒂𝒊 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓. 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓; 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒔, 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝒖𝒑 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓. 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 [𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒔] 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉. 𝑵𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓. 𝑰𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕.” We see here that the ram’s horns enabled it to defeat all—that was the weapon which gave victory. This symbolizes a power that dominated others, impossible to overcome.

The next verses, 5 to 8: “𝑨𝒔 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔, 𝒔𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅. 𝑯𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐-𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆. 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒚, 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓, 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇𝒇, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏.”

It is clear,that horns symbolize strength and the ability to overcome opponents. Incidentally, this great goat horn refers to Alexander the Great, and after his death the empire was divided into four parts among four generals—which was a foreshadowing of historical events. When the horn breaks, there is a loss of strength, just like the ram, who after its horns were broken, was defeated. A horn is a tool for achieving goals, giving the strength to succeed—no matter if those goals are good or bad.

Here, we have a situation where an animal has horns similar to those of a lamb, which brings to mind Christ, our Lamb. This combination suggests that the false prophet will pretend to be the Messiah or someone who appeals to the teachings of Christ, but in reality will serve Satan, speaking what Satan desires.

We see clearly that the horn is a symbol of authority. In itself, it is not evil, which is why Yeshu is also called the horn of salvation—the driving force that will lead to our salvation. His sacrificial death and the establishment of a covenant with humanity defeated Satan, redeeming us from the captivity of sin and, in a sense, from Satan’s dominion.

Returning to the analysis, in verse 12 of chapter 13 of the Book of Revelation, we read that this new beast exercises all the authority of the first beast before it. As we have established, the first beast is present-day Israel—not ancient, but modern. This means that when the state of Israel grows in strength and receives power from Satan, becoming a true superpower (which has not yet happened), it will use this prophet, the new beast, granting it authority to act more effectively.

Why? Because this new beast causes the earth and its inhabitants to worship the first beast. Israel will grant authority to this beast so that it convinces people to serve Israel. It is a mutual benefit, similar to how Satan gives power to those who worship him. Here, the beast—that is, Israel—”employs” the false prophet to deceive people into recognizing and worshiping Israel. In this way, the beast causes the inhabitants to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound has been healed. This confirms that it is indeed about Israel. If someone has just joined and hasn’t followed previous episodes, they should go back to understand why we identify the first beast with Israel.

Revelation 13:13. „𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒔, 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆.”

The false prophet, as described in verse 13, will perform great signs, so that it even makes fire come down from heaven to earth in the sight of people. These miracles are meant to legitimize Israel and persuade people to worship it. It is worth considering who today claims to perform miracles and at the same time sympathizes with Israel. A certain group is growing in strength extremely rapidly—it has existed for just over 100 years, and in 2000 had 100 million members, while today their number is estimated at 700 million and rising. Soon, they may outnumber Orthodox and Catholics combined. They claim to perform miracles, which attracts simple, naive people. They sympathize with Israel, even Judaizing, commanding that it be blessed no matter what.

Pentecostals in particular are known for claiming to perform miracles, and these fuel their growth. However, the world is not getting better because of this, nor are the countries where they dominate improving. Their success is mainly based on these „performances” of miracles, which draw in new members. They are not a homogeneous movement—like any larger group, they split into factions. The admiration for Israel among them is getting stronger, although in Poland it is not yet dominant, but on platforms like Facebook they repeat that whoever blesses Israel will be blessed. They refer to the Book of Numbers 24:9: „He lay down, he crouched like a lion, or like a lioness; who will rouse him up? Blessed are those who bless you, and cursed are those who curse you.”

This causes confusion,especially in the context of an artificially created state that claims to be the heir of biblical Israel. Many people believe that cursing Israel will bring a curse from God, and blessing it will bring prosperity. Incidentally, prosperity theology is the domain of some Pentecostals – it’s based on the belief that poverty means a lack of true service to God, because God blesses his own, like Abraham, Jacob, or Isaac. In reality, this is not the case; Christ himself was not rich, nor was his family. Nevertheless, some believe in such ideas, which leads to valuing wealth and the pursuit of money, instead of focusing on spiritual values.

One of the false teachings spread among Pentecostals, although not all of them share it, is Judaization – that is, the glorification of Israel, the acceptance of all the evil it commits, and advocating in its defense. At the same time, it is a group that is dynamically growing in strength and is famous for performing miracles. Maybe in the Christian world they fit best, but in other circles, such as the Muslim or others, there are similar branches about which we know less, but which also claim to perform miracles. I’ve heard of such groups in Islam. It’s not out of the question that one day they will unite, and the spirits directing them may command them to do so.

Although miracles, for example in Catholicism, are not so common – they happen occasionally in specific places and are not always officially recognized by the Catholic Church, which is strange. People, however, believe regardless, seeing miracles everywhere: in smudges on windows, on trees, most often recognizing Mary in them. It must be admitted that the Catholic Church is losing its significance.

Pentecostals, on the other hand, are developing in the opposite direction and are famous for miracles that happen practically in every congregation, for example: healings, even regrowing legs. From my point of view, this is obvious demonism – I talked about it in the past, giving dates, places, and names, though now I don’t remember the details. At some point, Catholics went to Pentecostals for the „Holy Spirit” – of course, in quotation marks, for a demon – they received it, went back to their churches and created Catholic charismatic movements. Look: if it were the true Holy Spirit, it wouldn’t move from one religion to another, and yet it jumped over and now they too pass on their demon. There’s, for example, a bishop who was in Poland, he’s credited with over a dozen resurrections. This has reached Catholicism too, but it seems to me that either they’ll join forces, because demons will prompt them to, or Catholicism will drop away and Pentecostals will take its place. We’ll see.

All those who will perform miracles are suspect, because Christ warned against them. Returning to the Bible verse which says that not blessing Israel will bring a curse, and blessing will bring prosperity – there are many arguments refuting this thesis. For example, Germany, which committed crimes against Jews, is one of the richest countries in Europe and has always been successful. If this rule worked, and today’s Jews were faithful Israel, Germany would not be doing so well. On the other hand, Poles, who helped Jews the most during the war, suffering great losses and losing many people, for a long time were among the poorer nations in Europe – although the situation has improved somewhat. Instead of a reward, they ended up under another communist occupation. This does not work in practice.

I have, however, biblical proof that today’s Israel should not be blessed. Israel had obligations, to which it agreed itself, and if it does not observe them, it is to be cursed. The passage from Deuteronomy 27:1-3 says: „𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒔𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒍, 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅: 𝑶𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑱𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒆. 𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒘 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖,”𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑮𝒐𝒅 – 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 – 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖.” Further, in verse 15: „𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒅𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 – 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 – 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕.’ 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓, '𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒏’.” There are more such commandments, but let’s read the last one, verse 26: „𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒖𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑳𝒂𝒘 𝒃𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒖𝒕.’ 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒚, '𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒏’.” – that is, so be it.

Seeing today that Israel sins and does not follow the law, we can confidently state that it is cursed. So we have biblical arguments. Blessing Israel, which does not observe the laws, is acting against God, because God curses it. That is why the state of Israel was created artificially, by force, since God did not bless it. Even Orthodox Jews, who consider themselves the true followers of Judaism, admit that this creation is from Satan.

Why do Pentecostals grow so rapidly? The main factor is performing miracles, which is spoken of in the Book of Revelation, chapter 13: the false prophet will perform great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth before people, and deceiving the inhabitants of the earth by the signs it is given power to perform on behalf of the beast, telling the inhabitants of the earth to make an image of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. Miracles are therefore meant for deception, and remember, the prophet will pretend to be a lamb. This is associated with Christ’s warnings, for example in the Gospel of Matthew 7:15: „𝑩𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒑’𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔.” – those ram’s horns of the beast point to it pretending to be a lamb, but inside they are ravenous wolves, that is, the dragon, Satan. It fits perfectly. Further, in verses 22-23: „𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝑴𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚: '𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔?’ 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎, '𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑴𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒚!'”
These charismatics, who work miracles today, are afraid of these words and have their excuses, claiming they do what is right—but if they bless Israel and encourage respect for it, which is already happening though they do not have full power yet, then in reality they are acting unrighteously, because this goes against the will of God. According to the covenant, Israel, which does not follow God’s laws, is cursed, not blessed. The first apostles and Christ Himself validated their mission through miracles, but about the end times our Lord Yeshu said the opposite: in the end times, all those performing miracles are suspect as false prophets. Gospel of Matthew 24:23-24. „𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖: '𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑶𝒏𝒆,’ 𝒐𝒓: '𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆,’ 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕! 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒚, 𝒊𝒇 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕.” So we are talking about the same group that will deceive the whole earth, as in chapter 13 of Revelation—the miracles will be so powerful that nowadays you already see videos where a leg grows back or people are resurrected, and they prove it was thanks to their prayers. Many believe it. Interestingly, similar miracles also occur among some Catholics, especially those in Africa, suggesting that the Holy Spirit apparently does not recognize its true sheep and visits now here, now there.

A distinctive sign of deceivers in the end times will be working miracles, in addition to preaching false teachings. Christ foretold this clearly. So if someone says: „He is in the desert”—do not go there; „he is inside the house”—do not believe it. It is interesting how this is described, because many refer to the words of angels, that Christ will return as He departed, meaning He will descend to the earth and walk among people. But the angels did not say this. All biblical verses indicate that Christ’s return will be visible to everyone on earth, but from the position of heaven—He will not descend to earth. That is why in verse 27 it says: „𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆.” That’s how it will happen. A sign will appear in the sky, the sign of the Son of Man, and then all nations will mourn.

People, to meet Christ, will not wait for Him on earth, but will be caught up to meet Him. The Bible says this clearly. So if someone says that the Messiah has come to earth and some circus is put on—maybe in Israel—then knowing the Holy Scriptures, you will know that this is not the true Messiah, no matter what miracles are performed or what authority is possessed. We will meet the true Messiah when we are caught up to meet Him, and not on earth.

Apostle Paul also warns in the Second Letter to the Corinthians, chapter 11, verses 13-15: „𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒔𝒆𝒖𝒅𝒐-𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔 [𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔], 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 [𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔] 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑶𝒏𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓; 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝑺𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 [𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍] 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔.” Let us not be surprised by the apparent great zeal of these miracle workers, their declarations of love. It is all a show. Many of them deceive themselves, believe what they want to be true, but at some point they rejected the truth—even the truth about the name of our Lord Yeshu.

Returning to the Book of Revelation, chapter 13, there is a mention of making an image: „𝑺𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅.” I wondered, what is the purpose of this image. Obviously, persuading people that Israel is wonderful will be a big problem, especially if it becomes even more murderous than now. In that case, the image will serve as a substitute.

That was the case in antiquity—the emperor could not be everywhere, so his image was sent to cities so that people could worship him without going in person. For this reason, in the Jerusalem temple, pagans forcibly placed a statue there, which caused a revolt. Similarly today, statues or images of Mary travel among villages. The statue represents someone out of reach, not a direct person, but something that symbolizes them—like a photograph or an envoy. Christ sent apostles who represented Him; God sent our Lord Yeshu. Here, there will be something representing Israel, which suggests problems and friction, but perhaps people will accept this milder form.

What could this statue of the beast be? Many people have wondered about this. For me, anyone who performs miracles and grows in power is suspicious—some point to Catholicism, where miracles also occur, but it fits the Pentecostal church better, with charismatics boasting of miracles.

However, since Israel is a state organization, its statue—a representation—will probably also be some sort of organization. We can guess that it will be a world government, something like today’s UN, but under the beast’s rule, with power from Israel, which draws its strength from Satan. Such a structure would represent the interests of Israel and might be easier to accept. For example, there could be delegations from various countries, maybe those 10 that are to rule, giving the impression that everyone has a share in power, although in reality, it would serve only Israel. Perhaps it will be a new NWO, combining not only states and their military forces, but also religions—we know there are plans to reconcile religions in order to eliminate differences and gain power over everyone.

A question also appears in the comments: are miracles of healing performed in the name Yeshu? Yes, they are, but it’s just ordinary prayers—we ask for a miracle and sometimes it happens, though not spectacularly. We haven’t raised anyone from the dead; these are ordinary cases, like a severely ill sister who was given little time to live, discharged from the hospital with morphine for death, but is still alive today, several years later. We’ve had several such cases where prayer helped. But it’s normal, if God or the Messiah wishes, they can hear and grant our request. It’s not something that’s publicized—we don’t film it, we don’t shout “come, for we perform miracles.” It happens incidentally, because our Lord Yeshu said that if we unite in prayer, He will hear us, as long as it aligns with God’s will.

Revelation 13:14-15. “𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕, 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 (𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕) 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕, 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅.” This is interesting because it recalls the analogy with the emperor, who could not be everywhere, but sent his statue so people would bow to it, and the disobedient were punished—in this way, the resistant were identified. Thinking about how they will find those who do not accept Israel, perhaps it will be through not recognizing the statue, which could have representations in various territories, for example as an organization. The statue will be given power to speak and the ability to catch those who do not bow to the beast.

This statue will receive breath, that is, spirit, to act and kill—in the past, making a statue or an image speak was considered a miracle, because today we have talking images on television, but back then it was extraordinary. Now we have an organization like the UN, which is a shell without real power, but here it appears that this organization will have the power to act, really killing. I suppose that’s where its strength and spirit lie: it will not be an empty shell, but a tool for catching and murdering those who do not accept the beast—including faithful servants of the Lord Yeshu.

Revelation 13:16. “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 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅.” Gender, status or wealth doesn’t matter—sometimes we pity a child, a woman, or a poor person, but that is not a measure of a person’s worth. The measure will be whether you accept the mark of the beast or not. As it turns out, almost everyone will accept it, though from other verses we learn that not everyone—there will be those, those who do not accept it and somehow hide.

There are many theories about what the mark of the beast is. The most popular one assumes it will be an implanted chip, but the chip itself does not constitute the worship of the beast. From the context, it appears that it must be a complete turning away from God, something that will cause all who accept the mark to die by God’s hand, regardless of who they are. The very act of accepting it will be a betrayal of God, so it cannot be just a technological novelty—it must make us adversaries of God. By worshipping the beast, in reality we are worshipping Satan, as indicated by the verses discussed earlier. In a sense, the beast is the image of Satan, and the beast creates its own image as well.

This mark must be related to accepting the beast and submitting to it. At the present stage, the beast does not have such power yet, although chips already exist—of course, I don’t recommend them because they fit biblical prophecies for a different reason, for example, the suffering of those who accept them. Today, it doesn’t even need to be a chip; a tattoo is enough, because the mark is on the right hand or on the forehead, on the outside. This is interesting because in the case of the Jews, something similar is associated with the left hand: they put on straps and a small box on the hand and on the forehead containing fragments of the Torah, called tefilin. This automatically brings to mind the mark of the beast. In Exodus 13:9-11, we read: “𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔, 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒈𝒚𝒑𝒕. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆, 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖.”

The Lord YHWH purchased this nation for himself, and the mark on the hand or forehead was supposed to remind them to whom they belonged, who had redeemed and chosen them. Referring this to the beast, the mark will serve as a reminder of whom they belong to and whose law they are to follow if we apply this biblical pattern. Thus, the mark of the beast will remind people that they belong either to Israel or to Satan—we do not know to what extent Satan will reveal himself; rather, he will remain hidden until the end, and the false prophet serves precisely this concealment.

Everything points to the fact that it fits better not to literal possession of something, although we cannot rule out an electronic tattoo, scanner, or barcode. What is key, however, is that it involves action (the hand symbolizes work and action) and the mind—these people will be devoted to the cause of the beast. To what extent this will be something physically confirmed or attached, I don’t know, but it is rather about engaging in the service of the beast. Their lord will not be Yeshu, but the beast; therefore, they will support it with their deeds and mind. That is my opinion as of today.

Based on live video of Krzysztof Król
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8UaWk28OHE&t=2s
Translation: Michał Karpiej