Daily Devotional, Year 4 – November 14 (Mark Now Given, Part 14: “The Golden Image of Daniel-2 the Antichrist Beast?”)

By admin On January 19th, 2024

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Daily Devotional, Year 4 – November 14

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Mark Now Given?

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Part 14:

“The Golden Image of Daniel-2 the Antichrist Beast?”

To read Part 1, click here…April 3rd (Mark Now Given? Part 1)

“And he (the False Prophet Beast) had power to give life unto the image of the beast,

that the image of the beast should both speak,

and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast

should be killed.”

Revelation 13:15

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This above verse is a prophecy which strikes a nerve in those who realize that many governments are now capable of preventing any one person or even all persons from buying or selling.

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Today’s devotional would like to spend a few moments on this subject as revealed in the little Book of Daniel.

Marines stand in a crowd control formation – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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GOLDEN IMAGE OF A MAN

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Listen to this prophecy from Daniel, regarding the worship of an image…

“Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold,

whose height was threescore cubits,

and the breadth thereof six cubits:

he set it up in the plain of Dura,

in the province of Babylon…

Then an herald cried aloud,

To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages…

whoso falleth not down and worshippeth,

shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

Daniel 3:1, 4, 6

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Here is a prophecy which lays out a basic concept for what the world will be forced to go through in the near future. (Notice this image’s dimensions are “60” cubits and “6” cubits)

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That is, the entire world will be compelled to bow down to Satan’s antichrist world-system.

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So, our goal today will be to hopefully unravel this prophecy.

Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image and The fiery furnace – Daniel 3-12 – www.thebiblerevival.com

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^“That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon…How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!”

Isaiah 14:4, 12 (Condensed for brevity)

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**First, as this above passage reveals, the King of Babylon is referred to as, “O Lucifer, son of the morning”.**

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**And because this golden image was in the image of the King of Babylon, the world will actually be bowing down to “the god of this world”, Lucifer.**

Gustave Dore – Paradise Lost illustration – Lucifer becomes Satan – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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“And they (the world) worshipped the dragon (Satan) which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast…”

Revelation 13:4

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And isn’t it true that unsaved humanity doesn’t really believe they worship Satan?

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But the fact is, Lucifer has designed this fallen antichrist world-system in his own image, with all its satanic qualities: lust, greed, violence, hate, lies, hypocrisy, indifference, etc….

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And so, by merely loving this self-serving world, we are actually bowing down to Satan’s fallen, sinful character.

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Oh yes, we can say, “Oh I love Jesus, so, so much!!!”

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But if our lives are filled with unholy words and selfish actions and world-loving desires and proud aspirations, then we are followers, NOT of Christ, but actually of Lucifer, “the god of this world”!

Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

Antifa @ Protest Trump in Phoenix – 8-22-17 – Wikipedia – GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2

Anti-Christian rally in Chicago – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license

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“And I (God) will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver…and…gold…they shall call on My Name, and I will hear them…”

Zechariah 13:9 (Condensed for brevity)

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Now just what does it mean to be “cast into the fiery furnace?”

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Simple! A furnace is merely a Bible metaphor (an analogy) about being persecuted and afflicted.

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Listen…“Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Isaiah 48:10

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So, God will purify for Himself, a holy people, who can now walk by faith alone, tried and tested in the fires of affliction.

Fiery Furnace by Gustave Dore’ courtesy of adelaide.edu.au

Burned at the stake – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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“Lo, I see four men loose…and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.”

Daniel 3:25

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And so, even though these three youths were cast into that fiery furnace, heated up 7-times hotter, they didn’t die…

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Listen…“He (The King of Babylon)…said,

Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire,

and they have no hurt;

and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.”

Daniel 3:25

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No, they were not hurt. As a matter of fact, in that furnace of affliction, there appeared…“the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” Daniel 3:25

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Yes, there is no greater closeness to Christ, as when a Believer suffers in the fires of afflictions which happen to us, either small or great!

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Not only during the soon-coming great last trial, but Christ is walking about with us even in our present-hour trials, be they little or great!

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Fiery Furnace by Gustave Dore’ courtesy of adelaide.edu.au

ISIL – Execution of man – September 2014 – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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TO READ PART 12, CLICK HERE…

Year 4, March 14: (Mark Now Given? Part 12: “The Internet Mob’s ‘Cancel-Culture’”)

Government Censorship – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to become fully armored up for the coming battle…

Marine Praying – Wikimedia – USMC Public Domain

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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GOD’S PEOPLE TAKEN CAPTIVE

“And I heard another voice from heaven,

saying, Come out of her (Babylon), My people,

that ye be not partakers of her sins,

and that ye receive not of her plagues.”

Revelation 18:4

God has a people in Babylon. Yes, Mystery Babylon is the Mother of Harlots. The sketch to the left shows her riding this beast with 7 heads and 10 horns.

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But in that spiritual city, there are those who still love God to a certain degree. And before the final plagues are poured out upon her, God has been and will continue to call His people out of her…

“And I heard another voice from heaven,

saying, Come out of her (Babylon), my people,