Resisting babylon and the beast

by Dr. Peter Hammond

by Dr. Peter Hammond

"Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Therefore the wrath

of the Lord is upon you." 2 Chronicles 19:2

The first attempt to establish a New World Order was by the people who came to the land of Shinar (present day Iraq) and built

the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:2-4). Others have tried since.

Revelation 13 describes a beast with many heads and horns. The dragon gave the beast power, a throne and great authority.

The beast mouthed blasphemies against God, blaspheming His Name, His Tabernacle, and those who dwell in Heaven.

The beast made war with the saints and

gained authority over "every tribe, tongue and nation."

"All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation

of the world." Revelation 13:8

The beast will capture and kill the people of God.

There will also be another beast, with a religious function who will also have worldwide authority

and "causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first

beast… he deceived those who dwell on the earth…" Revelation 13:11-14.

This Scripture makes clear that this devilish power will work to bring about a One World government,

a One World religion,

and a One World economic system.

Those who refuse to follow this One World religion will be persecuted and killed (Revelation 13:15).

"He causes all, both small and great,

rich and poor, free and slave,

to receive a mark on their right hand,

or on their foreheads, and that

no one may buy or sell, except one who the mark, or the name of the beast, or the

number of his name.

Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: his number is 666.“

Revelation 13:16-18

Throughout the years there have been many interpretations and applications of these verses.

The important thing is for us to see the big picture. The Word of God is warning us of a devilish system that will seek to impose

a One World government, a One World religion, and a One World economic system.

It will be further identified by its blasphemies and hostility towards God and His Name.

As well as by its hostility towards believers of the

past, those who are in Heaven now.

We can certainly see that the world is dominated today by many forces working towards a One World government, a One World interfaith

religious system and a unified economic system.

Hollywood is spewing out a vast amount of blasphemies

in a great variety of films.

There is also an abundance of films which seek to rearrange reality and rewrite history, by slandering great Christians of the past.

The United Nations is the most visible attempt to create a One World government.

Behind it one can discern the manipulations of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Freemasons, the Bilderbergers, the Rothschilds,

and the Illuminati.

Working parallel to the United Nations one can see the World Council of Churches working for a One World religion.

The interfaith movement is being promoted

aggressively by non-governmental

organisations, charity foundations,

prominent politicians worldwide and by the

WCC.

"Do not be deceived: evil company corrupts good

character." 1 Corinthians 15:33

When the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, attempted to achieve world domination and impose an idolatrous religion on all his subjects,

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego stood firm.

On the plain of Dura, a massive statue of gold, 90 feet high,

was set up and it was commanded

that all peoples, nations and

languages fall down and worship the golden image

set up by Nebuchadnezzar.

"And whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning, fiery furnace."

So we read that: "When all the people

heard the sound of the horn, flute, harp and

lyre, in symphony with all kinds of music,

all the people, nations and languages fell down

and worshipped the gold image which King Nebuchadnezzar

had set up." Daniel 3:7

But Shadrach, Meshach and

Abednego stood up straight and would not

prostrate themselves

before this idol.

"Then Nebuchadnezzar, in rage and fury, gave the command to bring Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego… 'is it true… that you do not serve

my gods, or worship the gold image which I have set up?

...If you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace and whom is the God who will deliver you

from my hand?'" Daniel 3:13-15

The answer of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego was simple and straightforward:

"Our God, whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.

But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up!"

Daniel 3:17-18

The three courageous young men were bound hand and foot

and cast into the midst of the fiery furnace.

The men who cast them into the flames were incinerated by

the intensity of the blaze.

Yet, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego walked unharmed in the midst of the flames and Nebuchadnezzar saw a fourth person with them

"like the Son of God!" Daniel 3:21-25

The king ordered them out: "'Servants of the

most High God, come out and come here!' And the satraps, administrators,

governors, and the king's counsellors gathered

together, and they saw these men on whose

bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their

head was not singed, nor were their garments

affected, and the smell of fire was not on them.

Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying: 'Blessed be the

God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who sent His angel and delivered His servants

who trusted in Him and they have frustrated the

king's word, and yielded their bodies

that they should not serve, nor worship,

any god except their own God…

there is no other God who can deliver

like this!'" Daniel 3:26-29

Throughout history there have been others who have attempted to impose their political and religious rule on the world. Caesar Nero of

Rome commanded everyone in the empire to worship him.

They were to place the ashes of the incense they had burned before his image on their forehead before they were allowed to trade

in the market places.

Muhammad, the founder of Islam

attempted to impose his religious and political system

on all.

Men were not permitted to trade in the market place

until they had bowed to Mecca.

Many would leave some dust on their forehead to indicate

that they had performed their Muslim duty.

The Hadith records an incident where Muhammad

challenged an old man whether he had bowed in

prayer that day.

The man bent down picked up some dust and rubbed it on his forehead, by way of

a joke, mimicking the practise of so many

others in Arabia at that time.

Yet the Hadith records that

Muhammad did not appreciate his sense

of humour and ordered this man to

be executed.

During the French Revolution there was an attempt to impose a blasphemous secular humanist religion on all.

The Soviet Union also attempted to eradicate all expressions of Christianity.

Over 48,000 churches were

confiscated, demolished, or destroyed,

under the dictatorship of

Lenin and Stalin.

Tens-of-millions of Christians were slaughtered in the territories controlled by the Soviet Union to consolidate political control

and enforce religious conformity to the will of the state.

All of these are examples of how satan works. From Babel to Babylon, from Rome to the French Revolution and

from the Soviet Union to Red China,

those who seek to impose a One World government and a One World religion, also seek to control the economy and they pour out

blasphemies against God and His people, persecuting those who refuse to bow to their political and religious will.

They make war on the saints and attempt to

stamp their mark on all that they have

power over.

Many people have focussed on how the mark would be placed on the right hand, or on the forehead, perhaps by a tattoo,

or more recently, as the technology has become available, by a microchip.

These methods may be possible, but the emphasis in the Scripture is on our way of thinking and our actions. We are commanded in the Word

of God to bind His Law on our hands and on our foreheads.

This surely is speaking about having our way of thinking governed by the Word of God and having our actions governed by the Word of God

(Deuteronomy 6:5-8).

Many people have the mark of the beast on them, without any tattoo or microchip.

When one allows one's way of thinking to be conformed to the world and one's actions to be in conformity to what satan wants,

then we have the mark.

"You shall not follow

a crowd to do evil."

Exodus 23:2

During a Mission to Albania, I encountered an example of how resilient believers resisted the beast.

When I was working in Durres, each day I would walk down the hill, past the coliseum where Titus was martyred.

A kind Albanian man would greet me each day with an ice-cream.

One day I asked him why he was giving me an ice-cream. He said: "You are from South Africa, you have a very good country!"

The next day I asked him why he thought that South Africans had a

great country, and he said:

"Because our newspapers were filled with articles

attacking you year after year."

I was a little puzzled, so he explained: "The communists controlled the media in Albania. We were a one party dictatorship. So, we knew

whatever the media said were lies. So if the communist hated you,

God must have a great plan for your land!"

I was impressed at his refusal to be brainwashed by

propaganda. Whatever the state

media told him, he took a 180⁰ position from it and found that to be

a very accurate rule of thumb. The truth is the exact opposite of what

the communist controlled media

said it was!

One day I asked this man how he came to make

ice-cream? The man became very

animated. He explained: “My father made

the best ice-cream in Albania! When the

communists took over this country he called my

brothers and I together.

He explained: 'This communist scum is going to destroy this country. We must dismantle our machinery and bury it before they come and

confiscate it. But before we do, I want you to learn again how to assemble this later when the communists are overthrown.'

Then he told us with great intensity:

'Sons, never forget: We are Christians! We are capitalists! We hate communism!

And we make the best ice-cream in Albania!”

Here this man was, over

45 years later, honouring his father

as a Christian capitalist

making the best

ice-cream in Albania!

"Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners,

nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

but his delight is in the Law of the Lord, and in his Law he meditates day and night.

He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in season, whose leaf also shall not

wither and whatever he does shall prosper." Psalm 1:1-3

When the communists took over Romania they bullied and intimidated the church leaders to line up and come onto the platform

to endorse communism.

One after the other, ministers stood up to proclaim that communism was actually Christianity in practise and

all Christians should support the Communist Party of Romania.

A young Lutheran minister, Richard Wurmbrand, walked up to the podium and quoted this passage of Scripture from 2 Cor. 6:14-18:

"Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness?

And what communion has light with darkness?

And what accord has Christ with Belial?

What part has a believer with an unbeliever?

And what agreement has the Temple of God with

idols? For you are the temple of

the Living God.

As God has said, 'I will dwell in

them and walk among them.

I will be their God and they shall be

My people.

Therefore come out from among them and be separate',

says the Lord, 'Do not touch what is

unclean and I will receive you.

I will be a Father to you, and you shall be

My sons and daughters',

says the Lord Almighty."

Richard Wurmbrand reported that he ended up

in jail very quickly after that.

Then he added, all the other ministers who had compromised and lied

and twisted the Scriptures in order to please their

communist masters ended up in the same prison cells,

just a little bit later.

However, Richard Wurmbrand

observed, the difference was

that he was there with a clear conscience. Their consciences

were tortured by their cowardice and compromise.

"Therefore do not be partakers with them." Ephesians 5:7

To resist the New World Order we need to fear God,

refuse to be conformed to the world, and

have our minds renewed daily by the Word of God.

We need to devote our lives to obeying the Cultural Mandate and the Great Commission.

As the Apostle Peter declared:

"We must obey God

rather than men!" (Acts 5:29).

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Psalm 111:10

Daniel had a vision of all the kingdoms of the world: the head of gold, the chest of silver, the stomach of bronze,

the legs of iron, and the feet of iron and clay.

"And in the days of these kings the God of Heaven

will set up a Kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the

Kingdom shall not be left to another people;

it shall break in pieces and consume all these

kingdoms and shall stand forever."

Daniel 2:44

Daniel described a stone that smashed into pieces the iron,

the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold and how that stone would grow

to become a mountain that would fill the whole earth.

The Kingdom of God will destroy and replace all these human attempts to create a New World Order.

Those who promote a One World religion and a One World government are doomed to defeat and disgrace.

Those who faithfully serve the King of kings and the Lord of lords will be vindicated.

"But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear

brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you.

Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labour in the Lord is

not in vain.“ 1 Corinthians15:57-58

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