Mark Glenn
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Sat Aug 30 20:24:31 2003
67.30.96.2


Interestingly, nearly all of these modern day false prophets assert that in the last days a large number of Jewish people will convert to the Christian faith. This would truly be a miracle, given the flavor of viciousness that these men of blood attempt to pawn off as religion, a religion that they use in justifying their surrender of all sense of humanity, decency and justice. In the end, if this conversion does occur, it is safe to assume that it will be not be to the brand of Christianity espoused by these vampires masquerading as preachers, but rather to the faith that teaches and believes in the principles of charity and justice for all people, regardless of their color or race.

One of the indicators that Christ gave to his followers who asked him about the time frame for the Beast's arrival was what he referred to as the "abomination of desolation" that would occupy the holy place. Most fundamentalist Christians interpret this as the Beast calling himself God and replacing the Jewish religion for a religion that focuses on the Beast himself. Certainly this could be applied to the present day situation in Israel, since Zionism, or the worship of the Israeli state, has become a replacement for traditional Judaism, as evidenced by the ongoing rift that exists between reform and orthodox Jews, but there may be something literal to this description as well.

"Abomination of desolation" is a phrase whose few short words speak prophetic volumes about what is the situation in the Middle East. The abomination that exists in the daily violence dispensed by Israel has brought nothing but desolation upon the peoples living around her. The history of murder and calculated genocide that has been waged against the Semitic peoples of Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt by a Beast that has no more regard for human life than a beast in the wild would have for its victims is impossible to deny or defend. But still they try, these false prophets and their followers, who make a mockery of God's justice and of his good name in their shameful worship of the Beast, and in such a way, have revealed their derision and contempt for the laws of charity which they have been commanded to recognize, and in doing so, have literally become the Devil's Advocates.

"Don't worry about American pressure on Israel, for we Israelis control America, and the Americans know it," was what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said to his cabinet ministers' right after George Bush's election. These are pretty big words for a man who rules a nation of little more than 6 million people, words which reveal in him and in his coterie a confidence in their ability to execute whatever plans they have in store for their enemies, for in their control of America, the most potent military and economic force in the history of mankind, they have the ability to decide the fate of every nation and every inhabitant on the surface of the planet.

And when it is all over, it will be remembered that in the end, the mysterious and cryptic Mark of the Beast turned out to be plain old brutality, Cain and Abel style. Despite the best predictions of these false prophets, many of which sounded quite convincing, there were no soldiers rounding people up and taking them to some staging area where they were forced to receive their mark. There were no subcutaneous computer chips, bar codes or ID cards. The Beast did not reign only 3.5 years, as they had predicted, but rather for centuries. Receiving his Mark was not the dramatic event that they had assured all their followers it would be, but rather the simple act of choosing to accept the viciousness that was inflicted upon the innocent, and the refusal to speak out against it.

....And He answered them with, "Not everyone who says 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven." "But Lord," they responded, "did we not prophesy in your name, drive out demons and perform many miracles?" And before he closed the gates upon them in recompense for their mercilessness and injustice, said to them plainly, "Away from me, evildoers, for I never knew you." (IPC)

The Beast and His Mark is an excerpt of the recently completed work by the author entitled "Not My Words, But Theirs: A Christian American's Defense of Middle Eastern Culture and its People." The book can be accessed at www.notmywords.com . The author may be contacted at mglenn@mediamonitors.org