We
know from the ten commandments in Exodus
20:3-5 & Deut. 5:7-9 that both Jews and
Christians are told not to make and worship
idols.
Exodus
20:3-5, "Thou shalt have no other gods before
me. Thou shalt not
make unto thee
any graven image, or any likeness of any
thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the
earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them,
nor serve them: for I the
LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;"
Exodus 20:23, "Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye
make unto you gods of gold."
The
Islamic Muslims according to the article
at
"In the
Qur’an and the hadiths of the Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him) it is forbidden to worship idols,
and it is enjoined to worship Allah
only."
The
Jewish Noahide Laws listed below also
indicate that they are forbidden to
worship idols:
The Seven Laws of Noah
are:
- Shefichat
damim - Do not murder.
- Gezel -
Do not steal or kidnap.
- Avodah
zarah - Do not
worship false gods/idols.
- Gilui
arayot - Do not be
sexually immoral (engage in
incest, sodomy, bestiality,
castration and adultery)
- Birkat
Hashem - Do not utter
G-d's name in vain, curse G-d or
pursue the occult.
- Dinim -
Set up righteous and honest courts
and apply fair justice in judging
offenders and uphold the
principles of the last five.
- Ever
Min HaChai - Do not eat
a part of a live animal.
Why then
would Jews, Christians & Muslims
worship the image of the beast
then? Is it out of fear that
their heads will be cut off if they
don't? Or is it fear that they
will starve to death if they don't
worship the image of the beast and
take the Antichrist's mark in the
right hand or in the forehead?
The Antichrist will show
great signs and lying wonders to try
to prove that he is God so that they
have no other gods before him.
Daniel 7:25 says, "And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear
out the saints of the most
High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall
be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time."
Will the Antichrist change the law
regarding Exodus 20:4, "Thou shalt not make unto thee any
graven image, or any
likeness of any
thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the
earth:"? Will he leave the first
part of the verse "Thou shalt
not make unto thee any graven
image," but change and leave out
the part "or any likeness of any
thing that is in heaven above,
or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the water under
the earth" since it was graven
images (statues) that were
worshipped in the past?
Therefore, if it turns out that
the image of the beast is a
lookalike talking android in the
exact likeness of the Antichrist
beast and imitates how he talks,
it would not be the same thing
as a non-talking graven image
that shouldn't be
worshipped. And how would
anyone worshipping the
Antichrist beast as their
supposedly true God know the
difference between the
Antichrist and the android made
in his likeness that talks
exactly like him? Whichever one
that they worshipped would look
like the Antichrist himself that
they were worshipping as their
one supposedly true God.