15  And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

This person will have power to make the image of the first Beast have life and speak (the image set up in the holy place). Who really knows what all that means? Possibly, it will be a hologram of the Beast. A world religion with the Beast as God will be put into effect. Anyone who will not worship the image of the Beast will be killed. There most likely will be a time in the day when all in the world will have to stop what they are doing and at some audio signal they will have to get into a position of worship toward his image in Jerusalem. It will be like it was in the days of Nebuchadnezzar. When the musical instruments played the people in Babylon had to fall and worship the image he made of himself or be killed. That was a foreshadow of what is coming under the Beast Antichrist.

We see a similar situation today in Moslem countries except they bow toward a landmark rather than an image of a man. The verse is talking about a worldwide worship that is enforced by penalty of death. The image will probably tell the world what Satan requires for them to do. Is it any wonder that the Beast moves his headquarters to Babylon Iraq? The killing and beheading of Christians and Jews by fundamental Moslems in the name of God is already foreshadowing how many in this demonic religion will readily accept the Beast as their God. A worldwide foundation for the Beast system is now being put in place and it is called Islam. However,  I certainly am not saying that the world will go Islamic. I think it will go more toward spiritualism and "New Age" concepts.  I am saying that the intolerant religion of Islam is rapidly setting the foundation that is built on hate for this counterfeit God who will kill everyone who does not join his world system and worship him.

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