Israel has turned away from the days of her youth and God’s retribution comes. 

Ezekiel 16:43

Click for a description of the mark of the beast.
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“Because you did not remember the days of your youth, but agitated Me with all these things, surely I will also recompense your deeds on your own head,” says the Lord God. “And you shall not commit lewdness in addition to all your abominations.” Ezekiel 16:43

The Israelites did not remember how God brought them apart from this world in the very beginning, long before they were even known as Israelites, Click here for a post on Israel’s humble heritage. Instead, when God sent Jesus Christ to them, they were so filled with pride because of their Jewish culture and heritage that they plotted to crucify Him. Today, they act abominably towards God in their many wars since the State of Israel was established in 1948. The Israelis have adopted the ways of the global culture as they have the most liberal abortion rights in the world, promote the rights of the LGBQT community, etc. God will recompence their deeds on their own head, meaning the fury of His judgment is against them.

Today, the churches are in that same situation as Israel in that they have forgotten the days of their youth. They have turned away from belief in God, tossed aside the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and are oppressive to the presence of the Holy Spirit. To say the word “God” is not enough because God is a Trinity. Wherever God is there is Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. It’s not possible to worship God while abandoning the name of Jesus Christ and the presence of the Holy Spirit. If they claim to be worshipping God without Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit then they are living for a false God, Click here for a post in the “Great Falling Away.”

Jesus Christ speaks these words to the fallen churches, “You have forsaken the love you had at first. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.” Revelations 2:3-5 Click for a post on the Church of Ephesus. After the falling away of the churches began God’s wrath on this world, Click for a post on God’s fury after the falling away of the Church.

There is a major force responsible for the falling away from the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the entity that gives people what to say, do, think, and feel. This entity replaces the human spirit and conscience to enable the image of the beast to speak and live through people. The spirit and conscience of today’s culture is hardened against Jesus Christ as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do. “All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” Revelation 13:8 The “him” in this verse is the beast of the image and mark of the beast.

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:11