Chapter Twenty -Eight/Contending With Two Ferocious Beasts - The Image of the Wild Beast

 Since World War II, the image of the wild beast-now manifested as the United Nations organization-has already killed in a literal way. For example, in 1950 a UN force took the field in the war between North Korea and South Korea, killed an estimated 1, 420,000 North Koreans and Chinese. Similarly, from 1960 to 1964, United Nations armies were active in the Congo (now Zaire0. Moreover, world leaders, including popes Paul VI and John Paul II, have continued to affirm that this image is man's last hope for peace. If mankind fails to observe it, they insist the human race will destroy itself.  They thus figuratively cause to be killed all humans who refuse to go along with the image and worship it. - Compare Deuteronomy 5:8, 9. 

Next time: Chapter Twenty-Eight/Contending With Two Ferocious Beasts -The Mark of the Wild Beast 

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