empire

History repeats itself. Its landscape is littered with efforts by tyrants and empires to dominate large populations if not the entire planet. An aggressor may experience success for a time, but so far, every self-appointed global leader has floundered...

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In the wilderness, Satan tempted Jesus by offering him political power over “all the kingdoms of the world,” an offer the Messiah of Israel emphatically refused. Instead of power and grandeur, he submitted to the way of the ‘Suffering Servant’ that leads...

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Upon his arrival in Babylon, Daniel was confronted with a predicament. If he consumed the food and drink of the king, it would impinge on his ritual impurity. While he might have wished to avoid eating “unclean” meats, more likely, his concern was that...

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The inhabitants of the earth willingly venerate the Beast and take its mark, although believers are not immune from its allurements. And discussions about the “Mark of the Beast” invariably focus on questions about what it is - a medical implant, a barcode,...

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The Beast from the Sea is the latest incarnation of the ancient creature that has stalked the seed of the woman since the sin of Adam. History repeats itself. Its landscape is littered with efforts by tyrants and empires to dominate large populations...

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