I'll tell you what God is after, and I think I have heard from the Lord on this. God wants assemblings that are seeking righteousness, holiness, and the Presence of God. God wants holy places where He can come and enjoy the worship of people. And where the Bible, not the current traditions, is being preached.

Every Christian church should be a sea of glass mixed with fire. Every member should be standing there with his harp, the music that God has put in him and is God, and singing the song of Moses and the Lamb. That song of praise and victory never changes from one covenant to another. It is the pure worship of Him whose ways are always righteous and true and whose righteous acts have been revealed.

But you cannot stand on the sea of glass mixed with fire until you gain the victory over Antichrist.

To have the mark of Antichrist in our right hand or forehead is to act and think according to the will of man and not the will of Christ. The true servants of God have God's name in their forehead because they have been transformed by the renewing of their mind and now are performing the will of the Father.

The number of the name of Antichrist is 666. Man was created on the sixth day. Three is the number of God. Three sixes symbolizes man making himself God. This is how I interpret it.

I can't tell you what the image of Antichrist will be. I do know from the Scriptures that it is the False Prophet who will tell the people of the earth to make an image to Antichrist. The False Prophet also will give life to the image of Antichrist so that the image speaks and is able to kill those who do not worship the image of Antichrist.

You usually can see the essence of these Biblical symbols worked out in everyday life as you look around you.

Not having any great revelation from the Lord I would say the scenario is something like this, because you can see it working today. There is a tremendous emphasis in the United States and other nations on the rights of people accompanied by a somewhat scornful attitude toward the Lord Jesus and His people. These attitudes are not fully developed as yet but the Scripture warns that we Christians will be hated by all nations before the end of the present age.

But what is taking place in the churches, including the Evangelicals? In some instances the churches are joining in the attitude of the Western democracies. The accent is on the rights of people.

I think that when the spirit of Antichrist is personified in one individual he (or she) will seek the help of the churches in promoting a worldwide social program. The emphasis will be on "saving" people and meeting their material needs. There may be much social good accomplished by the governments and the churches working hand in hand. That is, until the spirit of Satan completely takes over the personality of Antichrist.

To be continued.