* Description of worship the "Beast" & his "Image"

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Aug 16, 2005, 10:27:05 AM8/16/05

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"Beast" & it's "Image" are all about "rebellion" against GOD (And his
commandments).
Satan (dragon) is the first rebel to GOD and deceives others to be as
the same as himself in two ways :

1. "Worship" Satan as competitor of GOD - "false worship" (Origin of
first Beast in Rev.13) and receive "mark" of the beast.

(Rev. 13:2,4) " ... the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and
great authority. ... And they worshipped the dragon which gave power
unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast ... "

"Worship" = "obedient"
He attempt to do so , but if he can not be successful then :

2. "Not worship" anything , including God (not obey God's commandments)
- ("Image" of the beast)
This is called "worship" of the image.

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These are not new events.

1. Daniel chapter 3 , king of Babylon made and image and forced people
to worship it. If they refused then they would be killed by fire.
(Similar to Beast of Rev.13)

2. Daniel chapter 6 , king of Mede-Persia : "establish a royal statute,
and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any
God or man for thirty days" then they would be killed by hungry lions.
("Image" of the beast)

What did cause the above decrees to have no effect ?
Help of God and faith of "saints".

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There were always "beast" (kingdom of Dragon) and his "image" (kingdom
of human - usually based on science and technology - his own power)
from the beginning , but "image" in Rev.13 , specifically refers to
"Comonism". Similarity of these two kingdoms is "rebellion" against
kingdom of GOD.