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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 545
Revelation 13:1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 12-17
God’s Faithful
Only God’s true and faithful followers will refuse to receive the mark and refuse to
worship the image of the beast; they refuse to obey the laws of the OWR. Because of their
obedience to God, the one-world government shall declare a sentence of death on God’s faithful
followers who refuse to receive the mark and refuse to worship the image of the beast
(Revelation 13:15). As a result of this death decree, many of God's faithful will be put to death
but this death will be only temporary (Rev. 20:4, 6:9; Matt. 24:21-22; and Mark 13:19-20). The
faithful of God shall be resurrected and shall receive eternal life in God's heavenly kingdom
when Jesus Christ returns at the end of the tribulation (1 Thes. 4:16-17).
I believe that many of those who will die for their faith will die because they have not
developed a close enough walk with the Lord; they will not have learned to hear and follow his
voice. God has promised to protect his faithful during the time of trouble (the tribulation).
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But
in order to to able to receive his protection we must be able to hear his voice and obey. God can
ask us to do things that seen strange or even ridiculous at the time because we don't know the
future as he does. It is also because our thoughts and our ways are not his (Isaiah 55:8-9). Before
the flood God asked Noah to build an Ark hundreds of miles from water. He and his family were
instructed to get into the Ark when their was no sign of danger. They obeyed and were saved
(Genesis 7:1-10).
When God brought the plague of death upon the first born in Egypt he asked the Israelis
to put the blood of a lamb on their doorpost in order to be protected. Those that obeyed were
saved (Exodus 12:1-12). In order for the Jews to escape the destruction of Jerusalem at the hands
of the Romans in 70 AD, they were to wait for the city to be totally surrounded and then they
were to flee. Those who obeyed were saved (Luke 21:20-21). In fact history records that no
Christians were killed in the destruction of Jerusalem. In receiving God's protection it is often
necessary to hear, recognize and obey the voice of the Lord God. It was true in Noah's day, in
was true during the plague of death upon the first born in Egypt and it was true during the
destruction of Jerusalem. It was also true in many other accounts in God's holy word. Those who
did not hear and obey the voice of the Lord perished.
God's Protection
Although scripture is clear that many shall die for their faith, it is also clear that God shall
protect his faithful.
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There are so many texts that talk about God’s end-time protection that
only a few can be included here:
Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of
their distresses (Psalm 107:13).
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt
stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand
shall save me (Psalm 138:7).
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