Revelation 13:2b – 4 – “And the dragon gave the beast his own power and throne and great authority. I saw that one of the heads of the beast seemed wounded beyond recovery—but the fatal wound was healed! The whole world marveled at this miracle and gave allegiance to the beast. They worshiped the dragon for giving the beast such power, and they also worshiped the beast. “Who is as great as the beast?” they exclaimed. “Who is able to fight against him?”  NLT

1^st John 2:18 states that in the last days the “antichrist” will come.  Many theologians believe the beast, in the above verse, is the antichrist who is the false messiah.  The dragon is believed to be Satan.  People will accept the antichrist because of his many miracles and his unlimited power.  He will fake a false resurrection having been pronounced dead (fatal wound) and then comes back to life.  The world will be united under his rule.  He will control the world’s economy.  God will allow the antichrist to have authority over the world for only a brief period.  Everyone will be required to worship him.

Revelation 13:7 & 8 – “And the beast was allowed to wage war against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And he was given authority to rule over every tribe and people and language and nation.  And all the people who belong to this world worshiped the beast. They are the ones whose names were not written in the Book of Life before the world was made—the Book that belongs to the Lamb who was slaughtered.”  NLT

If you believe Scripture, the above verses tell us there will be a one-world government.  It could not be any clearer.  He will dominate over the world and there will be a one-world religion because all of the non-Christian people* will worship him.  Presently there are four main religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. Which do you think the one-world religion might be?  Who is teaching world domination besides the Radical Muslim Brotherhood?  Besides verse 7 tells us the antichrist will wage war against God’s holy people and conquer them.  From which religion are Radicals promoting the killing of Christians?  Christ tells us we will know when we are in the end times.  We will be able to see the signs.  There will still be Christians on earth because they will be conquered.  It is still possible to believe in the “rapture” taking place prior to pre-tribulation. (*There will be 144,000 Jews preaching that Christ is the Messiah.)

Revelation 13:11 – 17 – “Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth. He had two horns like those of a lamb, but he spoke with the voice of a dragon.  He exercised all the authority of the first beast. And he required all the earth and its people to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.  He did astounding miracles, even making fire flash down to earth from the sky while everyone was watching.  And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life.  He was then permitted to give life to this statue so that it could speak. Then the statue of the beast commanded that anyone refusing to worship it must die.   He required everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead.  And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.”   NLT

II Thessalonians 2:4 – 5 – Don’t be fooled by what they say. For that day will not come until there is a great rebellion against God and the man of lawlessness is revealed—the one who brings destruction. He will exalt himself and defy everything that people call god and every object of worship. He will even sit in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is God.”  NLT

Scripture tells us we will have the antichrist and we have the false prophet.  The false prophet is the organizer and the religion is centered on the antichrist.  The antichrist gives him total authority.  The real purpose is to worship Satan through the antichrist.  The religion will be acceptable to everyone whose name is not in the Lamb’s Book of Life.  Lucifer was thrown out of heaven with 1/3 of the angels because they wanted to be gods.  He will think he has succeeded when he sits in the Temple claiming to be god.

Let’s assume that some of this happens prior to Christians being caught up in the air to be with Christ and we are those Christians who are on the earth as the above Scripture describes.  We who will not worship the beast or take the mark are told we will die.

The antichrist will be extremely charismatic.  His miracles will be so astonishing that he will make fire come down from heaven just as Elijah did in I Kings 18.  The false prophets with his miraculous powers will be able to deceive people and shape world opinion into accepting the antichrist and himself.  How many Christians will be deceived and worship the beast instead of accepting death?

Romans 8:35 – “Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?”

I believe any Christian totally committed to Christ and has the power of the Holy Spirit within themselves will receive a courage they have never witnessed before.  Our love for God and Christ will remove all fear.  No matter how bad the circumstance might be, we will have the same confidence and courage that the apostle Peter and the other apostles had after receiving the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. God promises that no one can ever separate us from Him.  I accept and believe that promise and we will face whatever happens, totally dependent upon God and accept any challenge the antichrist or his demons can throw at us.    The signs of a one-world government and religion are coming.  We must be prepared!  Many of us are old enough that we will be long gone prior to this prophecy being fulfilled. This blog is for younger people who need to be aware of what’s coming.