 Revelation 13 beginning at verse 1 reading to verse 10 then I stood on the sand of the sea and I saw a beast rising out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns and on his horns ten crowns and on his heads a blasphemous name now the beast which I saw was like a leopard his feet were like the feet of a bear his mouth like the mouth of a lion and the dragon gave him his power his throne in great authority I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded his deadly wound was healed and all the world marveled and followed the beast so they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast they worshiped the beast saying who is like the beast who is able to make war with him he was given a mouth speaking great things in blasphemies he was given authority to continue for 42 months he opened his mouth and blasphemy against God to blaspheme his name his tabernacle those who dwell in heaven it was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them authority was given him over every tribe tongue tongue and nation and all who dwell on the earth will worship him whose names have not been written in the book of life of the book of life of the lamb slain from the foundation of the world if anyone has an ear let him hear he who leads into captivity shall go into captivity he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword here is the patience and the faith of the saints so we're going to be looking tonight at the kingdom of the antichrist as well as antichrist as we begin let me introduce tonight's study by by making a couple of comments some basic statements to lay a foundation we live in a world that is very familiar with something that we today just refer to as knockoffs a knockoff is an unlicensed copy of something intended to be sold at a lower price than the original and so we know that there are knockoffs of a variety of products jewelry makeup jeans purses shoes CDs DVDs furniture artwork cologne classic cars sunglasses watches they're knockoffs when we go into certain portions of Los Angeles or you can go into various cities and you'll be walking and people will take you as a tourist and they'll approach you and they'll say oh I have a Louis Vuitton purse you know they'll tell Marie and or they'll say oh we have a Rolex watch and they're knockoffs you know you look at the Rolex watch and it's got Timex written on it but you know but they'll say you know we have they're just simply knockoffs and the bottom line is the knockoff may look like the original but obviously can never match the quality of the original that's because there is something that is genuine and again there are those things that are simply fake Satan is in the business of producing knockoffs he presents something that looks genuine but in reality what is being presented does not match the quality of the original when you read your Bible you'll discover that he presents a false Jesus a false spirit a false gospel he has false ministers and he promises a false kingdom when Paul was writing in 2nd Corinthians chapter 11 verses 3 and 4 he said this he said I fear less somehow as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ for if he comes he who comes preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received or a different gospel which you have not accepted you may well put up with it different Jesus different spirit different gospel that's what he does Satan produces things that are similar but are not genuine he even has false Christians there are those who believe that they are Christians and they're planted in every church in one form or another you will find them in churches he even performs false miracles and so when you look at this one who produces knockoffs we know that God has a son his the Messiah Jesus but Satan will raise up a counterfeit Messiah and this one is referred to in Scripture as anti Christ now anti Christ will not be clearly recognizable not from outer appearances he will not have the outer trappings of evil he's not going to have eyes that glow in the dark and smoke that rises from his clothing he's not going to have horns or a tail of any sort he's not going to have that at all there is going to be something about him that is amazingly attractive there is and I I'll hesitate to go any further than simply saying this there is something called the beautiful side of evil and the enemy has a beautiful side he presents to you he does think about it for a minute for those of you who struggled with alcohol didn't he present it to you as being something that was enjoyable even cool didn't he he did of course he did the commercials that you saw growing up that you see even to this day always have very cool very sophisticated very well-built people who are drinking in those bars they always are drinking moderately he never shows you what really takes place he never shows you the alcoholic when he encouraged you to be so cool to do whatever it is that you thought was cool because other people were doing it he never told you the price that you'd ultimately pay when you succumbed to the temptation and got habituated to that drug or whatever it may have been it's always presented as a beautiful so it doesn't have the things that he does does not have outer trappings of of evil and he certainly the antichrist will not have an outer appearance of being evil at all in 2nd Corinthians chapter 11 verses 13 and 14 Paul said such are false apostles deceitful workers transforming themselves into apostles of Christ no wonder for Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light and that's what deception is you see and Satan will present himself as as truth and he has one who will go before that he will give his power to named antichrist who will do the same and a Christ is going to be attractive he's going to be engaging he's going to be intelligent he will be eloquent he will be educated he will be charismatic he will have a persuasive personality he's going to fit in with the world's movers and shakers he's going to have friends who undoubtedly are are involved in in in Hollywood movie productions he's going to be able to speak and involve be involved in politics you're going to see this man more than likely on some talk shows he's going to fit in lecturing in major universities he will be able to give speeches to Congress or to the United Nations he's going to present to the world solutions to terrorism to the climate situation he's going to bring a cessation of tension in the world he's going to deal with terrorism what he's going to do is he's going to draw the admiration of the world notice what it says in verse 4 where it says they worship the dragon who gave authority to the beast and they worship the beast saying who is like the beast who's like him notice what it says again in verse 8 all who dwell on the earth will worship him he is going to be a charismatic magnetic eloquent intellectual personality and people will follow after him now as we speak about him because we find him here in in Revelation chapter 13 there are those who would say is it really important for us to spend much time looking at antichrist well we need to remember that it's been presented that he is the subject of over a hundred passages in scripture he's referred to in various portions of scripture like second Thessalonians in 1st John he's there in the book of Daniel and obviously he's a main figure here in the book of Revelation and so I would say that if the Bible pays that much attention to him we need to study what scripture has to say about him now there are those who whose ask or wonder is he presently on earth we don't know but we do know this every day brings his emergence closer and as we take a view of scripture and as it relates to him naturally going through the counsel of God we also get a view of this antichrist and that's who we're looking at here in Revelation chapter 13 so at verse 1 John says I stood on the sand of the sea I saw a beast rising up out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns and on his horns ten crowns and on his heads a blasphemous name now just looking at it briefly and just touching it I stood on the sand of the sea there are those who would say that this is a literal sea that he's emerging and they see him there on the seashore they would say this could possibly be the Mediterranean but I say that only because there are those who would think so but actually it would appear more clearly that he's speaking of what would be called the Sea of Humanity Revelation 1715 he said to me the waters which you saw where the harlot sits are people's multitudes nations and tongues so he's going to arise out of the Sea of Humanity so out of the Sea of Humanity emerges antichrist now we know him as the antichrist there are various names and titles given to him in in Scripture he's called the man of sin he's called the son of perdition he's referred to as the lawless one he's the little horn he's also referred to as the beast but he is especially known by the name antichrist the word anti can be used the prefix anti can be used to mean in opposition to or it can also speak of being instead of and so the antichrist is actually both he's instead of Christ and in opposition to Jesus Christ during the tribulation he will rise to power he'll rise to power because it will be a time of chaos and confusion there are going to be people looking for even as they are right now and longing for someone who can bring peace to this confused crazy war-torn world they are looking for even now a strong and charismatic leader who's going to be able to pull the world back together and it's during that time that he will emerge and he's going to strengthen his hold on his power and he's going to deceive the world during that time now how is it that he's going to be welcomed in such a way how can antichrist be welcomed let me give you a couple of things about that one we need to know that the world has been prepared to receive such a person throughout the church's history the spirit of antichrist has been in the world for 2,000 years in 1st John chapter 2 verse 18 little children it is the last hour and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming even now many antichrist have come by which we know that it is the last hour in chapter 4 verse 3 of 1st John every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ is coming to flesh is not of God this is the spirit of the antichrist which you have heard was coming and is now already in the world so the world already has the spirit of antichrist it's an atmosphere of rejecting Jesus Christ and so what will happen and what we've seen up to this point will continue until he makes his appearance on earth is false prophets prepare the way for him and as they prepare the way for him they begin to foster an atmosphere of acceptance for the antichrist you see people already because of the rejection of the gospel are disposed to receive what antichrist will present they already are ready to do that listen people don't have a problem with you as a Christian they don't as long as you don't insist that they become one it's fine you want to be religious I'm good with that they'll say it doesn't bother me at all just what don't push your religious faith on me I don't have a problem with you Christians Christians do some good things and I think that's great some will say you know you really caught up with doing charitable things and as long as you continue doing charitable things instead of my business I'm good with you because we need more people like you let's face it we need people who are out there who are taking care of the homeless and taking care of the needy and things like that and then I admire you for that just don't insist that I have to be like that because that may be good for you but it isn't good for me so people don't have a problem in general of course there are those who are very greatly opposed to the gospel of Jesus Christ and everything religious but not everybody's like that there are quite a number of people who have you know kind of like just in different spirits concerning that there's already an attitude of rejection of Jesus Christ and that's called the spirit of antichrist that already exists so the message that antichrist is going to bring is going to find a ready and receptive audience the things that he's going to say will be things that they want to hear in Jeremiah chapter 5 verse 31 it says prophets prophesy falsely the priests rule by their own power and my people love to have it so and so just tell me things don't prophesy hard things just prophesy smooth things tell me something that I want to hear there's an old song Fleetwood Mac saying so this is an ancient one some of you would don't even know who Fleetwood Mac but tell me lies tell me lies sweet little lies don't tell me the truth tell me something that appeals to me tell me something that makes me feel better about myself I don't mind it if it makes me feel good lamentations 214 your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions they have not uncovered your iniquity to bring back your captives but have envisioned for you false prophecies and delusions and so the Lord is simply saying listen instead of speaking truth your prophets have prophesied falsehood and in doing so have kept you captive to your sin when Jesus was teaching his disciples he said that deception would be the premier mark that we are living in the last days it says in Matthew 24 3 through 5 as he sat on the Mount of Olives the disciples came to him privately saying tell us when will these things be and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age and Jesus answered and said to them take heed that no one deceives you for many will come in my name saying I am the Christ and will deceive many what is the primary mark what is the sign Jesus said deception and so the spirit of antichrist exists rejection of the message of God is continued through the history that God has been attempted to reach man and will continue into these last days there's an event that we've already touched on called the rapture and after this event of the rapture occurs there will be a great rejection of Jesus Christ there'll be false prophets who continue to abound they will continue to proclaim antichrist and will do so saying he is the Messiah of the world and at that time the man of sin will be revealed the son of perdition the one we know as antichrist now again in verse one I stood on the sand of the sea and I saw a beast when he says I saw a beast this word beast in the original language speaks of a description of a vicious monster rising out of the sea he has seven heads ten horns and on the horns he said ten crowns the seven heads represent kings we see that in Revelation 17 verse 3 the horns well horns in the Bible very often are used to denote power horns can speak of power Psalm 7510 I will cut off the horns of all the wicked but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up so that speaks of power so you have kings you have power you have crowns crowns are symbolic of governmental authority they could also be representative of nations on each head he says there are blasphemous names the blasphemous names give to us the nature of his kingdom it's blasphemous now in verse 2 the beast which I saw was like a leopard his feet were like the feet of a bear his mouth like the mouth of a lion and the dragon gave him his power his throne and great authority this is the description of what is called the kingdom of antichrist Daniel was a prophet in the Old Testament he prophesied over 600 years before Christ and in the book of Daniel if you take notes it's found in chapter 7 verses 1 through 8 the prophet Daniel had a dream and in his dream what he saw was successive kingdoms that would arise over time that culminated in the antichrist kingdom when you read Daniel 7 1 through 8 he says that in his dream he saw a lion he saw a bear he saw a leopard and then he speaks of a terrible strong beast while the three first descriptions that he saw in Daniel 7 are the same that are given to us here in Revelation chapter 13 and so what is being spoken of here is successive kingdoms with the culminating kingdom being kingdom of antichrist let me give to you Daniel 7 23 through 25 it says this is where the interpretation was given to Daniel it says he said to me this fourth beast is the fourth world power that will rule the earth it will be different from all the others it will devour the whole world trampling and crushing everything in its path its ten horns are ten kings who will rule that empire then another king will arise different from the other ten who will subdue three of them he will defy the most high oppress the holy people of the most high you will try to change their sacred festivals and laws they will be placed under his control for a time times and half a time they will be under his strict control for three and a half years and so there are those who would believe that the antichrist when you begin to look and I didn't prepare this because they didn't want to go into much detail with this but that the successive kingdoms that you see in history you know the Babylonian Mido-Persian and the Greek that are in reference they're being referenced here in Daniel then you have this last empire that comes up that would be the revived Roman Empire there are those who believe that in the end times there will be something that is like a revived Roman Empire because something interestingly enough is that the other three kingdoms that are mentioned Babylon Mido-Persia and and Greece all of them had a time period where they existed and then finally ceased to exist they all were overcome they were all taken by other by other kingdoms and all but the one that did not fall in such a manner is the Roman Empire the Roman Empire was never overwhelmed by other armies they didn't lose that way there are historians that will present real strong cases that the Roman Empire actually didn't fall in that fashion it actually fell from the corruption and rottenness from within it wasn't destroyed by by other armies it was destroyed by its own corruption and so it is this antichrist kingdom is going to be more than likely a revived Roman Empire with a with a world ruler who will be having his way as he oversees this renewed empire that is going to be reestablished in these last days now one of the things we see in verse 2 is this notice it says the dragon gave him his power has thrown in great authority so the dragon is Satan and so Satan is going to give to antichrist these things he is going to develop a government that is satanically empowered and is a dictatorship that's what he's saying the dragon verse 2 gave him his power now in verse 3 I saw one of the heads as if it had been mortally wounded and his deadly wound was healed and all the world marveled and followed the beast now some see this as an assassination attempt and what we have here is a counterfeit death burial and resurrection and so what he's trying to do is give the appearance that he is the messiah and so this is what will more than likely take place and the result is going to be notice verse 3 the world marveled and followed it's going to be something that draws their attention when it says the world marvel he's not a local leader but he is a world leader and what do they do verse 4 they worship the dragon who gave authority to the beast and they worship the beast so he's going to receive worship from the unbelieving world this is the heart of satan's rebellion all the way from the beginning satan said I will be like the most high I will be worshiped his desire to receive worship is well chronicled in scripture and that's what he wants he wants to finally have those in this world who finally will give him his worship he even went so far as to attempt to get Jesus Christ himself to fall down before him and worship him and that is the great heartbeat of satan the desire to receive worship to be the center of all attention in 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2 verses 3 and 4 don't let anyone deceive you in any way that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed the man doomed to destruction he will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or worship so that he sets himself up in God's temple proclaiming himself to be God he'll establish a covenant with the nation of Israel as mentioned in Revelation 11 I pointed out that you will make a treaty a covenant it would seem undoubtedly that this treaty or covenant that he'll have with the nation is going to make it possible for them to rebuild their temple we know that the Jews already have there is a sect there a group of Jews there to this day at this moment who already have the plans for the temple they have everything set up they're just waiting for opportunity to rebuild it every time we go to Israel we'll take you to this place called holy land institute and we'll take you into this place you will see the high priestly robes I've mentioned to you before you will see the implements that they have already there prepared for the for for sacrifice they have pretty much almost everything almost everything set up in and i'm just waiting for the opportunity to once again have temple sacrifice I was speaking to one of my guides a Jewish woman who is now a reformed rabbi and her name is Helen and I was speaking to Helen on one occasion and I said to her something concerning the temple and concerning temple sacrifice and I said to her that it would necessitate that the priests be trained in the proper way to perform temple sacrifice and she she was one of these very outspoken women and I loved her dearly and and she but she was very blunt and to the point and she she said to me and she gave me this disdainful look and she said we have never stopped knowing how to do sacrifice she says the priests they're called kohanim the priests are already trained she says they're already trained they exist right now they know how to do it we're just waiting for the opportunity to do it and this was like 20 years or more ago that she and I were speaking in and and they've been ready before then and continue to be up to this point they are ready they are ready for the use of a temple but but there's there's no way they could put a temple there right I mean because you have the dome of the rock you have the al-Aqsa mosque there it is one of the holiest sites in Islam how are you going to do that we've already looked at how there will be a covenant and and a portion of that property is going to be given over to to allow the continuation of that mosque and for the rebuilding of the Jewish temple and that is going to be orchestrated by antichrists and the people will say as he's doing this who can make war with him who is like him this is an amazing world ruler who is capable of bringing peace to the Middle East and so when that is done the nation of Israel in the middle of the tribulation well it's going to become they're going to become aware of the fact that they've been deceived because he's going to present himself in a place to be worshiped and in doing so all hell literally breaks out on earth and the antichrist and his tactics are revealed for what they are in 2nd Thessalonians 2 9 and 10 it says the coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles signs and wonders and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing they perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved now notice in verse 5 he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies his tactic blasphemy the word blaspheme means to reduce he reduces god almighty daniel 725 says he shall speak pompous words against the most high the word pompous means self-important words daniel 11 36 and 37 the king will do as he pleases he will exalt and magnify himself above every god will say unheard of things against the god of gods he will be successful until the time of wrath is completed for what has been determined must take place he will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the one desired by women nor will he regard any god but will exalt himself above them all antichrist notice how verse 5 says he was given authority to continue for 42 months he was given authority meaning his authority is limited by god and he will not rule as he would like forever now he does exercise authority during the seven-year period of the tribulation but his complete rule doesn't materialize until the last three and a half years which is called the great tribulation and again it begins after he breaks his covenant with israel in 1st Thessalonians 5 3 it says while people are saying peace and safety destruction will come on them suddenly as labor pains on a pregnant woman and they will not escape peace and safety finally when you go to israel you will meet people should you have an opportunity to visit with jews who are living there in israel and you will meet people who will say things to you like i've been here since 1958 and i haven't had a single night single night of peace in all these years i mean there's there's such chaos and there is such not so much case because it's a very orderly society but there's so much oppression there's so much anti-israel sentiment there are those who do not believe that israel has a right to exist and some who would do anything they can to destroy them from the face of the earth and therefore they know that they live under the hammer they know that and then the antichrist comes and then you have these people who've lived in israel for years who finally are saying peace and safety i can put my head on my pillow at night and i'm not concerned anymore and that's when sudden destruction comes that's when he reveals himself for what he is now the antichrist who can make war with him who is like him he's a peacemaker eloquent charismatic powerful but he will be completely defeated at the return of jesus in revelation 1920 the beast was captured with him the false prophet who had performed miraculous signs on his behalf with these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped his image the two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur praise you jesus because that's what's going to happen now verse six and seven he opened his mouth and blasphemy he's satan's mouthpiece and he utters contempt and irreverence towards god and all things holy um as believers i don't think that every time you hear god's name being used in vain i don't believe that you turn around and pop somebody in the head for doing that but have you noticed how that his name being used in vain is totally acceptable and there are other words that you simply better never ever say and i think that that there are certain words that are inappropriate at all at all times i have no disagreement i don't think that you should use slurs and racial comments of course not of course you shouldn't i mean that that's just that's just indecent that's just not proper but it still amazes me that you might be watching a movie and god's name god's name will just be thrown out there in a filthy way and nobody blinks the same people in the same movie would never think of using racial slurs or homophobic slurs as they call them today they would never even think doing that so it's okay to use the name of god in vain and and to use the name of the lord in vain god said i will not hold him guiltless who uses my name in vain so it isn't something light with the lord at all he was angry at israel it's mentioned in romans where he says because of you the name of god is blasphemed amongst the Gentile the name that that jews if you have jewish friends when they write to you and if they were to write in the conclusion if they say god bless you have you ever noticed those of you who may have jewish friends they won't write the name they won't use the word god they just put the the letter g then an underline and then the letter d they don't even write the word god out to you because they say that is the unnameable name it is the name that is not to be used even the word god they will not write out even to this day i get letters sometimes from people who are messianic believers and they'll do the same thing they'll write g underline d bless you that's what they do because in the jewish religious system the name of god was to be reverence and held high it was something that that that is holy and all and he's saying that the antichrist will blaspheme and will bring contempt to god he's satan's mouthpiece he says in verse seven that he persecutes the jews as well as Gentile believers it was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them authority was given to him over every tribe tongue and nation so many believers worldwide will be persecuted and they will perish as martyrs the dream of worldwide conquest is going to be realized by antichrist this is a counterfeit of the millennial reign of jesus but in reality it's the great tribulation it results in worldwide war is consummated by the return of jesus christ it says in verse eight and 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 these who are going to worship him are unsaved jews and the Gentiles who have rejected the true lord and savior jesus christ those who say they worship nothing in reality worship everything and ultimately when the enemy when the antichrist comes on the scene because it's going to be such a worldwide acceptance there are going to be people who suspend their disbelief and join in with the parade if you will of those who accept him i i don't know how to put this and perhaps i i should be careful as i do but i really believe that we have in our society today that we have a general population that is very susceptible to deception and to a mentality of if it appears something it must be true and therefore follow after that because it seems to be true to me to the point that if you disagree with them and say but there must be evidence on the other side we haven't gotten all the evidence in yet you need to be looking at both sides of the equation to see what's really taking place you will be rejected because you aren't thinking groupthink like everybody else christians don't think groupthink they call us lemmings they say oh you guys are marching to the cliff and you're all going to just fall off together but the fact is is the world is under delusion the world has suffers from groupthink okay here we go here's just a simple illustration but we do we just we just kind of if you do it i'll do it that kind of thing you know and i'm not putting it down that's why i'm trying to be careful with this because i think it's just interesting it's observable and i can use it as an illustration so we have a nice bucket challenge and before you know it it goes all over right because of facebook and various things a lot of people knew it already when i mentioned ice bucket challenge you know people knew it why because it's become popular very quickly it originally is established apparently for the al s you know to you know donations to help with al s lugaric's disease and all and we understand our research and the desire for research and that's fine with me and all of that in the end at the same time if something is posted before you know it you've got a thousand hits and then you've got a million hits and then before you know it you get hits from alaska to hawaii to every part of the earth because they get on the bandwagon very easily we all you know we do people do that it just happened we do that with almost everything it becomes popular right now and it's real popular for a while then it dies off and then something new popular happens and we get into that bandwagon and that's kind of how it works isn't it so whatever is latest and what is new we do that in every everything i mean there there are people who have no musical talent who make a lot of money even though they have no musical talent and and that's because people like what they're doing and and i'm not knocking that that's just a fact they just they just get on the bandwagon we do that uh we sometimes will elect political officials based on popularity rather than qualifications we've done that we do that because we don't think through issues we don't look into the future we get on the bandwagon so if we can do that with our own political officials and we do and it can be in any state and it can be in any election if we get on a bandwagon because we like this person because they appeal to us what makes us think that this world is going to have the discernment to no one's the anti-crisis made as appearance what makes me think that people are going to be able to discern that this is evil when he's doing signs and wonders when he's bringing world peace when he's so handsome eloquent educated when he is so incredibly impressive we are ready for a world leader to stand up and say this is what needs to be done let's do it we're ready we're ready right now for it i see that the united states and the world is looking for a great leader undoubtedly and he is in the wings waiting to make his appearance and he will before you know it when it says all who dwell on the earth will worship him all the unsaved jews and gentiles of the world will and then finally we read if anyone has an ear let him hear he who leads into captivity shall go into captivity who kill he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword and here is the patience and the faith of the saints so we've been warned there is today a spirit of ecumenicalism where you will see someone drive down the street and you'll have symbols of various world religions and basically wants us just to all get along and every one of them is true we already have this spirit of ecumenicalism and that spirit is going to continue to grow ultimately the world will wonder after antichrist the fact is christians will resist but the christians will be persecuted to death jesus said it like this whenever you're arrested and brought to trial do not worry beforehand about what to say just say whatever is given to you at that time for it is not you speaking but the holy spirit brother will betray brother to death father his child children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death all men will hate you because of me but he who stands firm to the end will be saved he who leads into captivity shall go into captivity he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword here is the patience and the faith of the saints hold fast he who stands firm to the end will be saved now i'll close with one last thought and that is as believers in christ right now one of the things as i read through this that i always close in my own mind so i'm saying it out loud is thank you jesus i'm not going to be here i'm not going to be here jesus is going to take us so we we used to say in the early days we used to say so those of you who are refusing jesus you will be here don't take the mark don't take the mark you'll see what i mean if you come back and we see the mark of the beast but we used to always close by saying don't take the mark