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The Mystery of the Beast Part 6 -- The Tricky Beast
Excerpted from JJ Dewey's forthcoming book, "The Unveiling"
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"And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the Beast: and they worshipped the Beast, saying, Who is like unto the Beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints." (Revelation 13:4-10)
The word "worship" here comes from the Greek PROSKUNEO. Literally translated in today's language it means "to kiss ass." In more sensitive language it would mean to "fawn over someone" that you see as your boss or master. So do you know anyone who "worships," in today's world, that is, worships someone other than God? I think all will agree that we live in a world where almost everyone is sucking up to someone else. This worshipping the Beast today is probably even more prevalent than it was in ancient Rome.
The statement "Who is able to make war with him" is like the statement "you can't fight City Hall." There is a similarity, but there are many City Halls.
Two of the "City Halls" in the United States are the Democratic and Republican Parties themselves. Often times we elect someone who seems to be very sincere about doing a good job and voting his conscience. Then after the guy spends a little time in Washington he seems to change and his vote becomes very predictable along party lines. Why? Because fighting his party leadership is like fighting City Hall. The party leader says, "this is an important issue for the party so if you're a team player you'll vote with us." The Congressman soon learns that if he doesn't play ball then many problems will develop and leadership opportunities just dry up. In addition, he will be shunned by other faithful party members and not invited to parties or special meetings. Then there are other City Halls like pressure groups, polls, and the press. A person just about has to be a saint to be free from the Beast in politics today.
How about medicine? Where is City Hall or the Beast there? We once had a family doctor who seemed like an intelligent sincere fellow and dabbled a little in natural medicine. He was no fanatic by any means, but overall he was pretty much establishment in his consciousness. Then one day he criticized another doctor's diagnosis. This other doctor happened to have a lot of authority in the hospital and trumped up a charge against our doctor and had him barred from the hospital. Since this was the only hospital in town this was a great inconvenience for our doctor and he was barely able to eke out a living. Nevertheless, my family continued to go to him because he was the best doctor in town.
Then I met a guy several years ago when I was in real estate. He had a gold mine he wanted me to sell. He looked like an old prospector and had quite a story to tell. He said he had a cure for cancer. I won't relate it all here, but the guy spent quite a bit of time in jail because the Beast, or City Hall of medicine would not let him cure people of cancer, even though his cure, right or wrong, never hurt anyone.
Perhaps you work for a large company and you have an idea of how to streamline things to make work easier for the average employee. Maybe after talking to several people about it you find subtle messages delivered to you that you need to "cool it" or you won't get that promotion. Maybe you fear you may even get fired.
For example in the nineties Tom Hanks was reported as saying that he regretted donating to the Clinton Defense fund during his legal troubles and would not do it again. Then several days later he said he was misquoted and may even buy the president a house when he gets out of office. Did somebody get to Hanks? Did someone make it clear to him that everybody who is anybody in Hollywood supported Clinton and he'd better play ball or his work will dry up? Did Hanks discover a "City Hall" he did not want to fight?
In politics there are two politicians I can mentioned who did not conform to the Beast within their own parties. The first is George Hansen a Republican of Idaho. He sought to reform the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), had a plan to make representatives accountable for their votes and did all in his power to preserve the Constitution which gave the wound to the Beast.
The Beast retaliated and trumped up a charge of bank fraud and put him in jail. He was released after four years because the charge was vacated. The powers that be attempted to destroy him physically through torture and poisoning. When he got out he was close to death, missing all his toenails and suffering from sores on his body and missing most of his teeth through malnutrition and lack of dental attention.
He would like to take the Beast one more time but it now takes most of his energy to just stay alive.
Then on the Democratic side we have James Traficant from Ohio. When he was in Congress we loved to hear him make fun of the stupidity of some Beastly schemes by stating "Beam me up Scotty." Every time he said this most people saw the craziness of the government he was criticizing.
He stepped on many toes even going so far to charge treason within the justice department. The Beast went after him and placed him in prison for eight years for doing no more wrong than many representatives who are free. As of this writing he is still incarcerated and little is known of his condition. Hopefully he is treated better than was George Hansen.
To go up against established unjust authority takes great courage for the Beast will use this authority to strike back with as much force as possible.
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