GREETINGS DOVES. . . JUST SHARING SOME OF MY TAKE ON THE MARK, AND WHO CAUSES THEM TO WORSHIP THE IMAGE, AND, CAUSETH ALL TO RECEIVE THAT MARK. I BELIEVE THIS COULD BE A SIMULTANEOUS EVENT. SATAN TOSSED OUT AND THE RAPTURE OCCURRING. . . LOVE THIS SITE AND ALL OF YOU DOVES. SEE YOU IN THE RAPTURE! ! !JOHN G. TAMPA, FLORIDA
Revelation 12: 7
7 And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they [a]DID NOT PREVAIL, NOR WAS PLACE FOUND FOR THEM IN HEAVEN ANY LONGER. 9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast (fallen) to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, NOW "SALVATION", and strength, and the kingdom of OUR God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of OUR brethren, who accused them before OUR God day and night, has been cast down. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and "YOU" who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to YOU, having great wrath, because he knows that HIS TIME IS SHORT.” HERE THE DEVIL HAS NOW COME DOWN TO THE ONES THAT DIDN'T BELIEVE... THOSE LEFT BEHIND. COMES DOWN TO YOU HAVING GREAT WRATH. THERE IS NO WRATH FOR US. SATAN WILL BE USED TO FULFILL GOD'S WRATH.
So this is why I have always questioned the Holy Spirit being the Restrainer. . . According to revelation 12: 7 above, there is a war that breaks out in heaven. . . pay attention here. (2Thessalonians 2:1-3) “Now "WE" beseech you, brethren, by the coming of OUR Lord Jesus Christ, and by "OUR" GATHERING TOGETHER (RAPTURE) unto Him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall NOT come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be REVEALED, the son of perdition;” (NOTICE ABOVE, PAUL INCLUDES HIMSELF WITH BESEECHING US OF THE COMING - HE WRITES "OUR GATHERING TOGETHER!!"
NOTICE: THAT DAY SHALL NOT COME, EXCEPT THERE COME A FALLING AWAY FIRST. AND THAT MAN OF SIN BE REVEALED; THE SON OF PERDITION. SO ACCORDING TO WHAT I'M READING, A WAR BREAKS OUT IN HEAVEN, WHY? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT SATAN IS THE RESTRAINER HE DOESN'T WANT TO LEAVE HIS PLACE OF DWELLING IN HEAVEN, NOTICE ABOVE WHEN THE WAR BREAKS OUT - NOW "SALVATION", AND STRENGTH, AND THE KINGDOM OF OUR GOD, AND "THE "POWER: OF "HIS CHRIST" HAVE COME," (THE RAPTURE? COMING FOR US.) FOR THE ACCUSER OF OUR BRETHREN, WHO ACCUSED THEM BEFORE OUR GOD DAY AND NIGHT, HAS BEEN CAST "DOWN" (FALLEN). HERE, GOD NOR THE HOLY SPIRIT IS RESTRAINING SATAN, SATAN IS RESTRAINING SATAN BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHEN THAT DAY COMES THAT HE IS CAST DOWN, HIS TIME NOW BECOMES SHORT. HE LOVES HIS SANCTUARY IN HEAVEN, DOESN'T WANT TO LEAVE, AND WE CAN'T BE RAPTURED UNTIL HE IS REVEALED, A WAR BREAKS OUT, THEY HAVE TO FORCE HIM OUT OF HEAVEN!! SO JUST WHO IS FALLING AWAY SO THAT HE IS NOW REVEALED???
SO SATAN IS FORCED OUT OF HEAVEN, THEN WOE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH AND THE SEA!! FOR THE DEVIL HAS COME DOWN TO YOU (NON BELIEVERS) HAVING GREAT WRATH. BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT HIS TIME IS SHORT. (HAVING GREAT WRATH, THERE IS NO WRATH FOR GOD'S PEOPLE.
Revelation 13:16 Context
13And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14And 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. 15And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 16And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six