The Beast, whose fatal wound was healed

The Beast from the Earth

Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.

And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.
And he deceives *those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.

He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

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 has *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

We are much further along than most of God's people realize.
They have ignored and or taken the word of God lightly.
They have allowed themselves to be decieved by the one who looks
like a lamb but is in reality a dragon.
We mortals are so easy for Satan to decieve !
I found this below online this morning and cannot see anything I disagree with.
It's all fitting in line and the strong delusion hinders* those who do not love the truth from seeing.

*2 Thessalonians 2;7-12

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"WORD OF THE LORD CONCERNING PRESIDENT BUSH"

Dec. 21, 2005
33Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[a]is near,right at the door.
34I tell you the truth, this generation[b] will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.
35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Matthew 24:33-35
The Lord told me today, and this is not the first time that He has told me this.
This is a serious word, and one that I don't take lightly.
"I want to tell you something about President Bush. There will be some assassination attempts made on his life.
He will be shot.
There will be strife among many of those in government positions.
This will be a year of extreme chaos.
These things have been set aside but they will come to the forefront in the new year.
""Woe to those who follow after the ways of men and not my Spirit.
I tell you that this will be a difficult year as many attempt to sort things out.
Know that the "times" are in my hands.
Everything is progressing as it should.
Many think that the events of the last days are far off.
I tell you that they have not been aware of the signs.
Truly, this generation will not pass away until all of these things will be accomplished. "
Stephen Hanson