The EC also consists of a European Commission, a Council of Ministers, a European Parliament, and a European Court of Justice. So with every passing day, the nations of the ancient Roman Empire grow a step closer to forming their own federated kingdom. The Bible says there will be TEN kings which make up this federation, and that they will give their power to the Antichrist who also rises up among them (Rev. 13:1-8; 17:12-13). No one knows for sure which ten European nations will make up this federation in its final form, but one thing is very certain: The "ten horns" of Revelation 13:1 and 17:12-13 are now a reality. Europe has come a long way in her attempts to revise the Roman Empire, and it is only a matter of time before the "United States in Europe" is formed with the Antichrist in control. Dr. Henry Spaak, former Secretary General of NATO said it this way: "What we want is a man of sufficient stature to hold the alliances of all people and to lift us out of the economic morass into which we are sinking. Send us such a man, and be he god or devil, we will receive him."
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The European leaders have every intention of establishing a modern-day Roman Empire, and they'll stop at nothing in their efforts to get it. This is truly a sign that our Lord's return is very near.
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Mark of the Beast Technology
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And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred three score and six." (Rev. 13:16-18)
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Many Bible readers over the centuries have been puzzled wondering just how such a system could ever be established, but it's no longer a puzzle. Advanced technology has brought the world closer to the Mark of the Beast than anything else in history.
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We know that the coming Mark of the Beast will somehow be connected with the economy, for the Bible says that no one may buy or sell without it. It may very well be that cash, checks, and credit cards are soon to become a thing of the past, because electronic money is becoming more popular all the time.
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One form of electronic money is the use of smart cards. A smart card looks like a credit or debit card, except it contains a small computer chip with all sorts of information about the card holder, including bank account numbers and balances. When a smart card is used, the card holder's bank account is immediately debited at the point of sale by computer transaction. This means more profits to retailers and banks alike, for bad checks and credit card abuse would be eliminated.
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Smart Cards are most popular in Europe, but Japan and the United States are expected to be leaders in this new technology as well. In fact, the Clinton Administration has suggested the use of Smart Cards in their proposed heath care package.
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Many banks and credit card companies believe that electronic money will eventually usher in a cashless society where everyone will buy and sell electronically. Terry Galanoy, former director of communications for what is now Visa International has made this bold remark: "Protesting too loudly about it isn't going to help either, because the disturbance you kick up is going to end up in one of your files. And on that come-and-get-it day when we're all totally and completely dependent upon our card--or whatever security device might replace it--you might be left all alone without one!"
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In promotional literature from the Danyl Corporation of Moorestown, New Jersey, Robert J. Merkert, Sr., senior vice president, says: "One day in the near future, we'll be able to pay for almost everything with just one 'prepaid stored value' or 'smart card.'" This system has actually been tested at the University of Rochester with great success.
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Though many industry leaders are very much in favor of a cashless society where buying and selling is done electronically, there is a problem. How can it be guaranteed that the individual using a Smart Card is the authorized card holder? Some believe that this problem can be solved by combining Smart Card technology with Biometric Technology. After all, a Smart "Card" is only a piece of plastic. It's the computer chip inside the card that stores the needed information. As unbelievable as it may sound, biometric technology has now made it possible to implant small computer chips under the skin of animals and people. The European Community's Executive Commission has already passed legislation which REQUIRES farmers in the EC to have their livestock implanted with microchips! In many cities across the U.S., the Humane Society is selling such implants for pets, as a replacement for dog tags.

You say, "Well, that's just for animals. No one would ever try this technology on people." I wouldn't be too sure about that. According to the book, The Mark of the Beast, by Peter and Paul Lalond, a plastic surgeon in Florida has hit upon the idea of implanting microchips in people. This would be helpful in locating missing people, such as run away children, kidnapped children, wondering victims of Alzheimer's disease, and parolees. The surgeon has even been awarded a patent on this device!
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Just for a moment, use your imagination and think about the convenience of implanted microchips. You wouldn't need any cash or checks for making purchases, for your bank account would be automatically debited every time you went through a check-out stand. You wouldn't need to keep up with a social security card, a driver's license, a Medicare card, a credit card, or even a smart card, because all of this information could be stored in the implanted chip. You wouldn't have to worry about getting mugged on the street, because there would be no demand for cash in a cashless society.
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So what are we saying? Are we saying that the government is going to make you receive a microchip implant? No, we are simply pointing out the fact that THE TECHNOLOGY IS HERE. We do not profess to know exactly what the Mark of the Beast will be in it's final form. It may be UPC bar codes, implanted microchips, or something yet to be thought of, but it is obvious that the possibilities are greater today than ever before, and this is a definite sign that the events of Revelation 13 are not far away.
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The Forming of the New World Order
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The Bible says that "all the world" will conform to the system of the Antichrist (Rev. 13:3-8; 19:19), but this will not be possible unless Satan is successful in bringing about a "New World Order" where the people of the world are brought under the control of ONE central government. As eerie as this may sound, we must be honest enough to face the fact that this is precisely what the Bible says will happen. Notice the prophetic words of Zephaniah 3:8: "Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy." God said that He would "assemble the kingdoms." Have you ever heard of the United Nations General ASSEMBLY? Our world leaders are fulfilling Bible prophecy by bringing about their own destruction!
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God created man and gave him the responsibility of governing society on a NATIONAL basis (Gen. 10:5; Deu. 32:8), but God despises the idea of man trying to govern society on an INTERNATIONAL basis. Remember the tower of Babel in Genesis chapter eleven? It has never been God's will for men to form a single world government. The right of governing the world is reserved for none other than God's beloved Son, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself (Psa. 8; Rev. 20:1-7; Isa. 2:1-4); therefore, any attempt by man to establish a one-world government is purely Satanic, and it will end with the intervening judgment of God.
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Nevertheless, man has ignored God and went about establishing all sorts of world government organizations. Such establish- ments as the United Nations, the World Bank, the World Health Organization, the International Monetary Fund, the World Court, the International Finance Corporation, the World Trade Organization, and the Council of Foreign Relations are all wicked, because they are all a part of man's open rebellion against God.
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Politicians today are pushing harder than ever for a "New World Order," and the Bible says that they are going to push themselves right into the hands of the Antichrist (Rev. 13:1-18).
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God's Sabbath Rest
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II Peter 3:8 tells us that "...one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." This means that the coming one thousand-year kingdom of Christ will only be ONE DAY in God's eyes. This is interesting, for we read in Hebrews chapter four that there is going to be a SABBATH REST for God's people. This means that the one thousand-year reign of Revelation 20:1-7 will be a SABBATH REST. As everyone knows, God RESTED on the SEVENTH day of creation (Gen. 2:1-3). He worked for six days, and then He rested on the seventh day.
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Well, that was SIX thousand years ago. Man has been on earth for about six thousand years; so the SEVENTH millennium will be a SABBATH millennium, a time of rest for God's creation. The Millennial Reign of Revelation 20:1-7 will be the SEVENTH DAY of world history in God's eyes, because II Peter 3:8 tells us that one day is like a thousand years.
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This becomes more interesting when we consider a few other portions of scripture. For example, Hosea 6:1-2 says that God will revive Israel after TWO DAYS. This is exactly what is happening! Israel rejected Christ nearly 2000 years ago (two DAYS), but God is restoring the nation in this present century. Hosea 6:2 says, "After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight." The verse says that the Jews will live IN HIS SIGHT in the THIRD DAY, so the church age is around 2000 years in length, or two days, and then the Lord returns and establishes the promised Kingdom, which is the THIRD DAY after Israel rejected Him. It's the SEVENTH day in history, and it's the THIRD day after the First Coming.

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Notice in John chapter eleven that Jesus waits TWO DAYS before going to raise Lazarus from the dead (John 11:6, 43-44). This pictures the fact that He has waited 2000 years to revive Israel as a nation, and to call the church out to be with Him. Similar references concerning the "two days" can be found in Luke 13:31-33 and John 4:43-45.
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God has a 7000-year plan, and we are right on the threshold of God's Sabbath Rest, the Kingdom of Christ and His saints. If you have never repented (turned from) your sins and received the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior, then right now is the time. God has given you many signs to warn you, because He loves you and He wants to save you. We urge you to pay very close attention to the following section, because only by receiving Christ as your Savior can you be taken up to Heaven before God's judgment strikes this earth (I Ths. 4:13-18; 1:10; 5:9). If you've never been saved, or if you aren't sure about your salvation, then please read the following page where we've reprinted our tract, The Five Facts of Life, in hopes that you will see your need for Jesus Christ and trust Him. May God find you fully prepared to meet Him at His coming (Amos 4:12).

In my Fathers house are many mansions

GOOD NIGHT EVERY ONE NOT FEELING TO GOOD SEE YOU TOMORROW HUGS KAREN

Comparing Ourselves to Others
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Isaiah 2:6-12
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The same principle appears everywhere in the Bible: Pride has its roots in a feeling of wealth or accomplishment. "Wealth" does not necessarily mean money, although that is included. Remember Lucifer and his intelligence, beauty, and power. But there are other things like position, skill, natural ability, social status, knowledge, strength - even hair, clothing, a house, or an automobile. The list of things that can motivate this elevated feeling is virtually endless.
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In the New Testament, pride is in the Greek, huperephanos, which means "to show oneself above." It does not imply one that others look up to, but one who stands on his own self-created pedestal. Psychologists tell us that pride is actually a mark of inner inferiority and uncertainty, and such people compensate by over-emphasizing and flaunting the qualities they think they posses that will cause others to think well of them.
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This feeling of wealth or strength in a given area is highly relative because each person can set his own standard of comparison, regardless of his real accomplishments. Like the sluggard who in his conceit is wiser than seven men to render a reason (Proverbs 26:16), we are able to promote ourselves in areas that we think we are good in.
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Isaiah 2:7-11
Everywhere, the Bible shows the same principle: Pride has its roots in a feeling of wealth or accomplishment, which is then used to compare. We can tie this to Lucifer and what is written about him in Ezekiel 28, how pride arose within him because of his beauty. He had something to brag about that made him feel good. But his vanity, developing into outright pride, began to get to him. He began to feel better than the other angels, and eventually, in his own eyes, he equated himself with God. In time, he thought of himself as greater than God—a very perverted comparison.
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It does not have to be intelligence or beauty or power as it was with Lucifer. It could be things like money, position, social position, natural ability, social status, knowledge, strength, hair, clothing, a house, furniture, automobile—the list is virtually endless. In the New Testament, the Greek is huperephania, which means "to show oneself above." It does not imply one who others look up to, but one who stands on his own self-created pedestal.
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Psychologists tell us that pride is actually a mark of inner inferiority and uncertainty, and such people compensate by over-emphasizing and flaunting the qualities that they think they possess that will make others think well of them. This feeling of wealth is highly relative because each person is capable of setting his own standards of comparison, regardless of his real accomplishments.
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Proverbs 26:16 speaks of the sluggard who is wiser in his own eyes than all others, who can render more answers than seven wise men can. Although he is virtually devoid of anything that anybody would consider worth bragging about, the sluggard has created his own set of standards. He thinks he already knows the answers. He has a feeling of wealth, of prosperity, of power, or of security in whatever standard he in his own conceptions has set. He is so sure that he knows the answers that he is undeterred by facts and continues then in his ignorance. He is self-sufficient.

This is who we need to thinks about each day lifting
Jesus up for every one to know amen

Luke 18:9
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The Pharisee's prayer manifests his mindset (II Peter 2:3). People like him trust in their own works to gain salvation and eternal life, not trusting in Jesus Christ for them. They do not really think they need His sacrifice or help because they think they are good enough in themselves. So, they toot their own horns, making sure God knows how righteous they are. While kneeling before Him, they tell Him all the good things they are always doing, and believe that He is impressed. They act as if God owes them salvation because of their good works.
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This attitude shows how little they understand of the true holiness of God and the lowliness of our spiritual state. While on earth, Jesus worked more easily with tax collectors and sinners than with the Pharisees, though the latter were more dedicated to adhering strictly to the letter of the law. The Pharisees, knowing they were more righteous, made sure others knew it. In their self-delusion and self-righteousness, they could learn little from Christ.
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The Pharisee, considering others as nothing, treats them accordingly. It is typical of human nature to elevate itself while putting down others, and some believe that this is the only way to elevate themselves above their peers. Isaiah writes about such people: ". . . who say, 'Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am holier than you!' These are smoke in [God's] nostrils, a fire that burns all the day" (Isaiah 65:5).
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The Pharisee compares his own flaws, not with God's infinite perfections, but with the imagined greater flaws of others. His pride has made him bankrupt of genuine compassion and concern (James 2:13). He presumptuously errs in his prayer in that it is neither his duty nor his right as a sinner to point out another's sins. In trusting in Christ for righteousness, our inadequacies and guilt are revealed, and we become willing to admit that others may be much better than we are.