Talkin 'bout THIS generation

“The Book of Proverbs looks into the future--into the tribulation going into the millennium--but the Book of Revelation looks at the tribulation from right smack-dab in the middle of it, and I want you to notice what it says about these people who will be there,” explained Connecticut preacher Rodney Beaulieu in his sermon on YouTube from last Sunday.

“Proverbs just explained what they’re like. Revelation is going to tell you what they’ll DO! There’s progression in the Word of God. I want you to see these people in action.

“In Revelation 13 we’re introduced to two beasts. The first one receives his power from Satan, from the dragon. The first beast is the head of the political empire.

“The dragon is that old serpent called the devil. In case you missed that, John also calls him Satan. You’re not going to miss this! What does he do? It says ‘Satan, which deceiveth the WHOLE world.’

“This one is cast out of heaven into the earth and that’s why the last half of the tribulation is worse than the first half, because Satan himself is cast out. That’s why the last half is ‘hell on wheels.’

“You remember that TV commercial a long time ago where the kid pulls out of his driveway on the sidewalk and he’s got his Hot Wheels? Well, this is Hell on Wheels here. This is Satan.

“And because he’s been cast out of the heavens, where the Body of Christ now occupies, he’s been evicted, and notice it says in Rev. 12:12, ‘Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them.’

“ ‘Therefore rejoice, ye heavens.’ That would be us! We’re going to rejoice because we’ve been raptured and kicked Satan out. That’s the only place the Body of Christ is found in the Book of the Revelation.

“Satan’s been the prince and power of the air for thousands of years but now the Body of Christ is happy. Now what about those down here?

“The last part of Rev. 12:12 says, ‘Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.’

“Revelation 13:2 says, ‘And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.’

“That power and that seat and that great authority are political authority. He holds political sway over the entire world. And notice how the people respond. Rev. 13:3 says, ‘And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.’

“ ‘All the world wondered after the beast.’ Verse 4 says, ‘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?’

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“Their attitude about the coming Antichrist and his political reign will be greatly received by the generation that has been deceived and brainwashed into believing the lies that are perpetrated by the government and by false religion.

“Verse 5 says, ‘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.’

“Oh, they’ll LOVE that. That’s what Paul says in II Timothy about the last days: ‘Perilous times shall come.’ What will they be like? They’ll be speaking blasphemies. This man is in perfect keeping with their character and with their attitude and with their mouth.

“The second beast is the religious authority and he holds religious power over the world. Look at Revelation 13: 11-14.

“You have the dragon and the two beasts and these are often referred to as the ‘unholy trinity.’ The first beast is the Antichrist. He’s not called that in Revelation; he is called that in I John. The second beast, the one that did the miracles, has a name. He’s called the false prophet.

“Now I want to show you these three working together. Rev. 16:13 says, ‘And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.’

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“I show you all that just for one reason. The emphasis I want to make is not on the unholy trinity but on the GENERATION that is there and their RESPONSE to the unholy trinity. John writes that ‘all the world wondered after the beast.
[4] 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?

“They’re going to be WORSHIPPING! If he was here right now, this whole generation would be worshipping him! Not the Baby Boomers! See, THIS generation!

“Verse 8 says, ‘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.’

“Verses 12-14 says, ‘And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
[13] And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
[14] And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.’

“Who are these people? Where did they come from? They’re the generation that will be on earth after the catching away of the Body of Christ. They’re the generation that’s going into the tribulation period to worship the Antichrist and you see the formation of it TODAY! I mean, you actually SEE it with your eyes!

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“Jesus Christ spoke of two generations in the gospels. The generation that would put the crown of thorns on His head and nail Him to cross and the generation that would put a crown on the head of the Antichrist and receive him with open arms.

“Jesus Christ speaks of a ‘wicked generation’ and He speaks of a ‘perverse generation.’ When referring to the Pharisees and the Sadducees and the religionists of His day, Jesus Christ refers to them as a wicked generation. Matthew 16:4 says, ‘A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.’

“You see, when referring to the generation that would crown the Antichrist, He called them a ‘perverse generation.’ He says in Luke 9:41: ‘And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.’

“When Jesus Christ was in the earth, what He was speaking of pointed forward into the tribulation period, into Daniel’s 70^th week into the time of Jacob’s trouble. Two generations exist there.”

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