we're surrounded by a lot of noise so much going on in the world and if you're anything like me then you frequently look at the world to try to make sense of what's going on and it might be hard to process everything in a clear and organized way i want to help you to do that today by giving you something that i call the prophetic eye when you have the prophetic eye you have the ability to look at what's going on in the world and see past all of the distractions to find the real issues it was 11-ish years ago that we did a series called the prophetic eye where we covered many of the topics i'm going to mention in this short video and it's amazing to see how far things have progressed and how much closer we are to the complete fulfillment of revelation 13. and today if it's okay with you i want to borrow 13 minutes of your time and we're going to do a little exercise to see if we can break down revelation 13 in 13 minutes so that you can have the right focus and the right mindset with everything that's going on if you're not familiar with revelation 13 then you should pause the video right here and come back after you finish reading it but for those of you who are familiar the clock is running so let's get on with it revelation 13 focuses on something called the mark of the beast the mark is not a microchip or a vaccine but rather it's forced worship and more specifically forcing people to honor the first day of the week that we all know as sunday now if you're familiar with bible prophecy then this makes perfect sense and if you're not familiar with bible prophecy then that might sound a little weird but i can assure you that it is happening and it will happen so just hang in there with me and things will get clear this mark is going to be accepted by the majority of people on earth and as this mark is accepted those who receive it will try to force everyone else to accept it as well without going into full detail i want to show you six distinct things that revelation 13 says will need to be in place in our world leading up to this forced worship we've done a presentation on this for a few years now called sos which in this case stands for six obstacles to sunday revelation 13 highlights two beasts that will have a strong influence over the entire world a beast or animal in bible prophecy represents a nation that's not very complicated at all for example when i look at this eagle i know that it represents the united states and when i look at this beer i know that it represents russia as a matter of fact every country is represented by an animal in revelation 13 the lamb-like beast represents the united states in two parts number one the government and number two christians why do we say that because the beast looks like a lamb and in the bible a lamb represents jesus christ the other beast in revelation 13 is a multi-headed beast similar to the ones from those old godzilla movies except that instead of three or four heads it has seven hits this beast represents the papacy which is a country and a church rolled into one we call this a religio political power and by the way i'm not the only one that sees this take a look at this video from 2005 during the funeral of pope john paul ii and see what they had to say about the pope and his influence if the president had asked me and he didn't i would have suggested that he find a different way to honor a great world leader this puts the pope on a par with people like anwar sadat king hussein of jordan the izakarabin of israel and although he's a great man he's primarily a religious leader no he is on a par with those men because he runs a country and the country has a very very profound influence on how the world works what you just saw highlighted the fact that the papacy operates as a church and state in revelation 13 verse 3 it talks about the papacy receiving a deadly wound and that eventually this wound would be healed in other words it's saying that they would lose and then regain their position as a worldwide political and spiritual leader and this is key to understanding how revelation 13 will be fulfilled now that we have that foundation established here are the six obstacles to sunday or the six things that we need to see taking place in order to be sure that the prophecies in the bible are really being fulfilled number one he the first beast causes the earth to worship the first beast which is the papacy now we need to remember that worship also means reverence or honor and we also need to remember that the united states has two parts the political side and the religious side also known as the christians the protestants or the evangelicals so if revelation 13 is true we need to see this the government side must give reverence and honor to the papacy has that happened the halls of congress had never heard anything like this mr speaker the pope of the holy see as pope francis made his way down the aisle there was no glad handing or back slapping speaker of the house john boehner had banned all that so they cheered francis and he stood there for a moment taking it all in no pope had ever stood here and minutes before just after entering the capitol francis was blessed by the house chaplain and then the protestant side must also give reverence and honor to the papacy and give up their identity as protestants if you accept that christ is living in me and the presence of god is in me and the presence of god is in you that's all we need this brought an end to the protest of luther brothers and sisters luther's protest is over it's yours and i get a bit cheeky here because i challenge my protestant pastor friends if there is no more protest how can there be a protestant church maybe now we're all catholics again when what you just saw in that video reaches its final fulfillment the deadly wound will be healed we have to keep in mind that this is supposed to be a protestant country and clearly the protest has come to an end for most people in this country and this is exactly what is outlined in prophecy revelation 13 goes on to say that fire will come down from heaven and that people will be deceived by miracles fire represents two things here number one it represents god's approval in worship which was the case with elijah when he prayed for fire to come down from heaven to validate true worship and it also represents the outpouring of the holy spirit which was seen on the day of pentecost but here's the thing this fire and these miracles deceive people so that means it's not coming from god and this brings us to point number two this fire represents a false religious revival based on this false fire well what might that look like people i feel fire on my body do you understand that there's fire here ladies [Music] what's happening lady what's happening here that's fire down here there's fire here i'm telling you there's fire here people next it says that the second beast which we know to be protestant america will promote an image to the first beast that we've already identified as the papacy in other words just like this image of michael jordan outside of the chicago bull stadium looks like the real michael jordan this country will then take on the image of the papacy step number three will be that the protestants or as some people call them evangelicals in the united states will push for the country to become a religious political power by removing the separation of church and state by declaring that this is god's country listen this is god's nation and nobody is going to take it away from him that's right now i want to get that clear right now in the name of jesus no man no woman no democrat no republican no socialist no communist can take this nation away from god next the bible states that whoever does not worship the image of the beast receive the mark of the beast or the number of his name will not be able to buy or sell in other words number four there will be monetary control and a loss of human rights based on the uniting of so-called christians on common doctrines and a religious zeal so powerful that people will believe that we need to force everyone to acknowledge what they believe to be god's laws so when you see evangelicals getting hot about the state of society and pushing for more power in the government you can be sure that the image is being formed let's take a look we talk about abortion but this gay marriage saying i believe we'll be one nation gone under like president reagan said if we're not one nation under god we'll be one nation gone under and to sanctify deviant behavior from five judges it's time for us to make our stay in church it's time to make our stand and we're not doing it we can rally together and talk about a flag all we want but the devil is taking control of this land and we're not stopping him next it says that he causes all both small and great rich and poor free and slave to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads and the key word there is all this means that number five the nations of the world will need to be at a place where they can come together quickly to put policies in place to deal with worldwide issues these are not a single collection of actions this is collective action people working together at their best i think a new world order is emerging and with it the foundations of a new and progressive era of international cooperation the current global crisis has disrupted every aspect of our lives burtis has also presented us with an extraordinary opportunity a chance to reset and accelerate efforts to improve the state of our world and the time to act is now and by the way in revelation 17 it talks about the beasts or nations of the earth having one mind which means the nations will be united in purpose in other words it means that they will be united nations get it united nations and finally number six when you add all of this up the final obstacle will be removed when within the united states and around the world people rise up and start crying out for a return to god and also for a legislated day of rest and how we get back to a moral rebirth in this country i don't know since we are slowly eroding religion at every opportunity that we have probably we should be debating a bill requiring every american to attend a church of their choice on sunday so there we have it the six obstacles to sunday and most of this is already in place the question we need to ask ourselves is are we paying attention to what's going on the ultimate purpose of prophecy is to give us enough confidence in the bible so that we can feel comfortable enough to place our trust in the god of that bible it's really not enough to know the times but we also need to know the savior for ourselves and if we do we will have calmness and clarity in our lives despite everything that's going on in the world we've just scratched the surface today and i want you to be able to have an ordered and clear understanding of these six obstacles to sunday not just for head knowledge but to help us maintain our focus and to be able to clearly and confidently share this understanding with others when you look at what's going on in the world from coronavirus to the elections natural disasters and everything in between you need to be able to see and understand how it all fits into this framework so that you won't get swayed with wrong ideas we'll be starting the prophetic eye series again that uses these principles to really unpack all that is going on related to revelation 13 and to help you have better clarity in your understanding so if you're interested in being updated on those videos go ahead and subscribe to the channel or check the description below to get more information hope to see you again god bless and remember to keep the prophetic eye see i promised 13 minutes