The Beast.

The Biblical witness explains that the Beast is human beings resorting to violence, brutality, force, and intimidation.

And this is what Ronald Reagan and his allies unleashed in his war against the left.

The judgement, blaming, and shaming of the left-leaning Hippies and Baby-Boomers was merely the right hand of the Beast.

Because it invoked violence, brutality, force, and intimidation.

"Also it caused all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead."  Revelation 13:16 (NRSV)

But those who had been beheaded - "who had not worshipped the beast or his image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands."  Revelation 20:4 (NRSV)

That is those who did not resort to violence or force but were non-violent and non-reconstructed - were saved.

God is Ahimsa - non-violent.     

And Jesus is the Prince of Peace.

So do not resort to violence and force to achieve your aims.

But pray to God that the Light will dawn.

And all will be saved.

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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