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Once more I
find the perspective of humanity delivered in this chapter to be absolutely
profound – far more profound than anything that can be learned by hypothesizing
about the two beasts and their identity.
Do you see what human beings do in this chapter? They worship and accept slander.
Let’s look
at the fact that the human race worships.
Take a look at what they worship.
They worship the dragon, who gives authority to the beast. They worship the beast because it received a
mortal wound yet lived. Why is this so
important? It is important because human
beings are willing to worship a false beast for the same reasons that they reject
Jesus! Jesus receives a mortal wound and
actually dies. Through God’s power,
Jesus is brought back to life. Yet,
humanity scorns the story in general.
But yet here in Revelation we see that when the beast that follows the
dragon comes, they will follow and worship for even less! It is sad, but true, that humanity will
follow false truth far more readily than humbly acknowledge genuine truth.
Immediately
after we hear that the beast blasphemes.
The beast exercises authority, and the human beings accept it. They accept it because he has power. That’s the funny thing about human beings. If you act like you are in charge and have
power, most human beings will get in line and follow simply because you present
an image of authority. But if you step
back and give people the ability to choose for themselves, they will choose
what benefits themselves. The beast
comes, acts in his own authority, and human beings follow him. God comes, dies for our sake, gives us free
will, and much of humanity rejects Him.
I think that’s
incredibly profound and worth pondering – especially a few days before
Christmas.
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