strength to not deny the Lord. But it does not work like
that. The weight of their full stomachs, full of
Babylonian delicacies, will pull them down, and the
Lord would do nothing about it.
Christians are often enamoured with the need to
know what the mark of the beast is or will be, but they
miss one important point, which is that it is not those
who know the mark of the beast that will not take it,
just as it was not those who could identify the image
of Nebuchadnezzar that did not bow to it. It was those
who loved the Lord their God with all their heart, all
their soul and all their might; they were the ones who
the Lord kept in the day of trial.
Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will
keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on
all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth
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Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah were not saved by the
strength of their determination. They were saved by
the restraining power of Christ in the day of trouble.
The fourth man that was seen in the fire did not come
just because of the fire; he was there all the while
pumping into them the strength of God; the fire only
made him visible. The Spirit of God set them firmly on
their feet and they could not bow to that image. That
is why all the glory must be to the Lord.
So it is with the mark of the beast. It is therefore not
necessary to spend so much time trying to identify the
mark as it changes nothing for anyone.Click here to download the full book and continue read
