Picture: The second beast in John´s Revelation 13 looked like a lamb with two horns, but it talked like a dragon, and had the number 666.
Introduction.
This is about replacement theology by the two beasts in John´s Revelation 13. We really have to think twice about what replaces what. According Paul, the apostel, a young man shall know to find his own wife in sanctification. This is opposed by the two beasts, so they try to replace him, because of their interest in worldly power.
Creation and salvation.
God has created all things and he has a different kind of existence than the physical nature He has created, it is perishable, but He Himself is spirit and is eternal and omnipotent, He is in His eternal heaven and His kingdoms are eternal. We are dust and cannot come to Him unless He comes to us. Yet he said to his people that if they sought him with all their hearts, they would find him. His arm was not too short to save them, but their sins they separated from Him.
But Jesus was the Lamb of God, who bore the world´s sin, he offered himself as a sin sacrifice who was slaughtered to atone for the world’s sin, so that the one sacrifice took away the world’s sin once for all. On that basis, we are allowed to enter into fellowship with God again. Christ is the Son of God, the Messiah of God, who has sat down by God´s right arm in heaven and his arm is still not too short to save.
We have no way of saving ourselves, salvation is a gift and we can bear receive it as a gift God gives us from heaven. He loved the world so much that he sent his only Son, so that whoever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life. To all who received him, he gave the right to become children of God, born of the water of life and the Spirit of God, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Jesus is the bread of life who came down from heaven to give life to the world, the word he has spoken to us is spirit and life.
Replacement theology?
Replacement theology is that the Christian church replaces Judaism, but it is a question of definition, because what is really Judaism and what is really the Christian Church? It is both Abraham’s faith, he believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness. He promised him that in his seed all nations would be blessed, those who blessed him would be blessed, but those who cursed him would be cursed. This promise is fulfilled in Christ.
Abraham demonstrated his faith by showing that he was willing to sacrifice his son, Isaac, to God, thus showing that he believed that God could raise him from the dead. But he got to sacrifice a lamb instead. This is a role model of God loving the world so much that He sent His only Son, so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life. To all who received him, he gave the right to become God’s children. God reconciled the world to himself, by letting his Son die on the cross, to atone for all the world’s sin. By believing that He rose from the dead, we become righteous before God and by acknowledging that He is Lord, we become saved. This good news will be preached to all nations.
I have written about this here:
From David to Solomon.
David was a man after God’s heart, so God sent the prophet Samuel to anoint him as king over the people of Israel and it became a success, he became a great and powerful king. Nevertheless, he fell into sin when he committed adultery with Bathsheba and betrayed her husband, so that he fell in the war. The prophet Nathan rebuked him, so that he confessed his sin to God, humbled himself, and begged for mercy and forgiveness, so that he did not have to die for his sin. Nevertheless, he was punished, because there came strife in his house, the eldest son, Absalom, rebelled and wanted to take over the power, so he had to flee. David won the battle that followed, but Absalom was killed. Bathsheba became David’s wife and then he had a son, Solomon, with her, and it was he who should take over the kingship when that time came. In his old age, David was no longer with the army in battle, he got a beautiful young girl, Abisjag, as a maid, she was supposed to keep him warm with the night as well, but not as a whore, that is.
The second eldest son, Adonijah, tried to proclaim himself as king, but then David had the prophet Nathan to anoint Salomon as king and Adonijah had to humble himself before Solomon. Later, Adonijah asked for Abisjag to be his wife, but Solomon understood it as an attempted coup the kingdom and sent the commander to kill him (1 Kings 2).
Solomon was young when he took over a great kingdom, but he found peace on all sides, he was going to build the temple. God wanted to be his father and gave him great wisdom and made him rich, so that it was rumored about him all the way to Ethiopia. With this, especially with the temple, he was able to secure the kingdom for the heir and descendants. But despite his great wisdom, he left behind a poor foundation for peace, the kingdom was divided, so his son got power over less than half of the kingdom.
I have written about this here:
All who received Christ he gave the right to become God’s children, born of the living water and the Spirit of God, and what is born by the Spirit is spirit. Then we have fellowship with each other in the Holy Spirit.
Abraham believed God and it was counted righteousness for him, God promised that in him all nations would be blessed, those who blessed him would be blessed, but those who cursed him would be cursed. This promise is fulfilled in Christ. Abraham agreed to sacrifice his son, Isaac, to God, but was allowed to sacrifice a lamb instead. He thus showed that he believed that God could raise him from the dead. Abraham passed the test, to make God decide to sacrifice His Son as a descendent of Abraham and as the Lamb of God who bore the sin of the world, to be sacrificed as a sin offering to atone for all the world’s sin, by him dying on the cross instead of us.
God loved the world so much that He sent His only Son, so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life. To all those who received him, he gave the right to become children of God. We must become as children, yes, be born again of the water of life and the Spirit of God, in order to see the kingdom of God and enter into it, what is born by the Spirit is spirit.
John.3,3 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Matt.19, 13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.
The point is to yourself small, like such a little child as Jesus takes in his fathom and blesses. Whoever receives such a child in Jesus’ name, receives Jesus. Then it is important for him also to make himself small like such a child as Jesus takes in his fathom and blesses. We are born of the Spirit and what is born of the Spirit is spirit and then we get to experience that we have fellowship with each other in the Holy Spirit.
1.Joh.1,1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Jesus is the bread of life, who came down as manna from heaven to give life to the world, the word he has spoken to us is spirit and life (John 6:63). By believing that He rose from the dead, we become righteous before God, by proving that He is Lord, we become saved. He was taken up into heaven and sat at the right hand of the Father and sent us the Holy Spirit. He gives us spirit and life from heaven and it is still just for us to receive it in faith, He gives us Himself as the bread of life, as it is symbolized in the Eucharist and it is just for us to receive in faith and live by it.
In this way we should await the return of Jesus, it is first and foremost by receiving him as the bread of life, who came down from heaven to give life to the world, so that we live by it. So we can say as Paul did, that His grace is sufficient for me, for the power of God is made perfect in weakness.
1.Chorint 1, 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
2.Chorint 12,9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
So we become like the five wise virgins who brought oil in cans in addition to the oil on the lamps. When they heard the cry for the bridegroom to come, they filled up the lamps and went to meet him with lights on the lamps. They still believed that God’s grace was enough for them, so they had enough oil with them, they still believed that they received Him by grace alone, so they went to meet Him and received Him when He came and went with Him to the wedding (Matthew 25:1-13).
The man is supposed to know how to win his own wife in sanctification.
The man should know how to win his own wife in sanctification, then it seems that he is given greater responsibility than the woman in that matter.
1.Tess.4,1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
The more important it is for him to go to Christ with that matter, and it is important to her too. As God’s children, they will continue to receive one another, as we saw in Matthew 18:1-5.
Ef.5,21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
2.Chorint 11, 2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
1.Pet 3, 14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Sanctification comes into conflict with worldly interests of power.
Receive the kingdom of God as small children.
Sanctification may come into conflict with worldly power interests, especially when a young man wants to try to win his own wife in sanctuary and honor. Let’s imagine that a young man is part of the community of saints, as we saw in Matthew 18:1-5 and 1 John 1. Then he becomes fond of a Christian girl and will continue to receive her in accordance with Matthew 18:1-5, Christ is between them and he experiences that Jesus blesses her in accordance with Matthew 18:2-4 and he wants to continue to receive her in accordance with verse 5, also with a view to having her as a girlfriend and wife. He talks to Jesus about it and becomes convinced that she is the right one for him. How is he going to tell her? By continuing to look at Jesus and talk to Him about it and then recognize Him for her, recognize Him for the others as well and for those who are outside as well. But this is a personal matter between the two, as well as having to do with their personal relationship with Christ.
The Levitical priesthood and the priestly ministry in the new covenant.
The result was that they demanded that no one should have the right to become God’s children, so that no man should get a whife through sanctification, as shown by the fact that they crucified God’s only Son. But to all who received him, he gave the right to become God’s children, when he died on the cross, it was for our sake, so that we would have the right to become God’s children. So a man can know how to win his own wife through sanctification and she can also know and make use of that. Thus, Christ is the head of the man, the man is the head of the woman, and so Christ is the head of the church, which is his bride.
The Levitical priesthood did not function properly anymore (Mal.1-2), but Jesus’ priestly ministry worked, it was to be compared to Abel, who offered a better sacrifice than Cain. God showed that he liked Abel’s sacrifice, so Cain became jealous and killed him.
Heb.12, 22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
We have gained a personal relationship with Christ, the Son of God, so we have gained a personal relationship with the Father, so that we can say Abba Father, we have become heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, so that each individual can say that this is mine. But then it can quickly turn out that there is someone who becomes envious of “this individual man.”
1.Joh.3, 11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
How then is this individual man supposed to make it clear that it applies to him and not just to “a gray mass” of people, so that it flows into foggy talk? Christ prepared the way for him into the heavenly sanctuary, that he might follow into the holy place and ascend to the throne of grace.
Heb.4: 14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Then he shall offer the body as a living, holy sacrifice to God.
Rom.8, 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Rom.12,1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
This is possible precisely because Christ is the Son of God and he come in the flesh and thus he became our High Priest, by the Father forever.
1.Joh.1,1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1.Joh.4,1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
That is why it is also so important for us to show up physically in the church, precisely to meet other people physically there. And then we will go out and meet other people physically out there and see that Christ is with us all the days, out there too, that is, so that we see and use the opportunities we get to testify of Him to other people. Hopefully we will experience that he meets them and saves them and that he adds new people to the church and that he further out there builds up new churches.
What has often happened and is still happening, is that worldly power interests come into the church and oppose this sanctification, in contradiction that the Individual Man should be allowed to find a wife for himself in sanctification, in contradiction with Paul’s teaching that Christ is the head of the man and the man is the head of the woman and thus Christ is the head of the church that is his bride. Because they try to gain power over her in other ways.
The animal with the mark.
But when secular and/or religious power interests come into play, this young man can become like Adonijah in relation to Solomon, where Solomon stands for the worldly power interests, so that he even killed his brother, Adonijah, in order to secure the power to get Abishan as his wife, instead of Adonijah having her as his wife. Later, Solomon clearly aimed to gain a lot of power by getting many foreign wives. But what power did it become? Worldly religious power, as opposed to the Lord, so these foreign women managed to turn his heart away from the Lord, in his old days.
So it was with a similar method that Balak and Balaam used to entice Israelite men to commit adultery so that they could curse the people of Israel before they went to war against them. I imagine that this is the strategy of the Beast and the false prophet as well (John 13&19). In this way, “the Great Harlot” is also deceived, so that she commits adultery with the kings around the earth, she worships them as gods, instead of serving the living and true God and having Christ as Savior and Lord.
Solomon received 666 talents of gold a year (1 Kings 10:14) and 666 is the number of the Beast in John´s Revelation 13. This is likely not a coincidence, Solomon was seduced by the strange women in his old days, they worshipped idols so that he built high places for them and it became a devastating abomination for the people of Israel. This clearly became a model for the deception of the Beast and the False Prophet (John 13&19).
In the book of Daniel, we saw that there was someone who took away the daily sacrifice and skipped a service of God in violation of the daily sacrifice. It was likely because he wanted to use religion to gain political power.
Dan.8, 9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
10 And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
In the New Covenant, the daily sacrifice is that we offer the body as a living holy sacrifice, pleasing to God (Rom. 12:1-3) and that we offer sacrifices of praise.
Heb.13,13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
The second Beast in Revelation 13 makes fire to fall from heaven, it reminds us of the wonders that the prophet Elijah was empowered to do, and then it comes as a type of the fire of the Spirit, which is usually physically invisible.
John´s Rev. 13, 11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he 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.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
It reminds us of Elijah who caused the fire to fall from heaven, on the sacrifice that he offered on Carmel. Later, when the king’s men came to him and wanted him to come before the king, he caused the fire to fall from heaven to kill them (1 Kings 18 & 2 Kings 1). But there are no sacrifices here, and why? Most probably because the daily sacrifice has been taken away, in that the man who offered it has been cleared away, as we saw in 2.Thess.2 that is.
Acts.2,1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Matt.3,11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Luk.12, 49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
The mark on the hand and forehead (John 13:16) is reminiscent of the old covenant with the Passover celebration.
Deutoronomy 11,4 And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;
5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;
6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
7 But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.
8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;
9 And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Thus, it became a model for infant baptism. I claim that if the parents, godparents and priest believe in Christ, then it works as a child blessing. But the follow-up in church and society is more like when Solomon was seduced by the strange women in his old age. It will be like Balak and Balaam, Balaam was first a prophet of God, but became an errant and false prophet. Thus it also becomes evident that the other Beast in Revelation 13 is called the false prophet in Revelation 19. The beast and the False prophet contradict God’s Word. Then it is better for us to try it on God’s Word, then we should know it, people will be enlightened by God’s Word and so it will gain victory where it goes forward.
Faith and Entropy 