Follow no man.
Follow Jesus.
If Jesus gives you the peace to walk with others in difficult circumstances, so be it,
but keep Jesus in the mix. He might change your direction.

Jesus warned us that we would face perilous times.

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh,
that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. John 16:2

Jesus told us to watch and pray, to watch for the signs of The End.
Watch ye therefore, and pray always,
that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass,
and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:36
This means, the Lord is watching over you to help you endure to the end.
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Matthew 24:13

This is not time to ignore the commandments of the Lord.
Stay close to Him and obey whatever it is He may ask of you.

It is time to pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ in the world where they are facing persecution unto death.
This is one among many times that Christians will have to offer their lives for the Lord Jesus Christ.
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul:
but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:28

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; 
and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. Hebrews 13:3

When you see events coming to pass, be aware of the pressure that is moving people one direction,
that is toward the worship of the Beast. It starts with Idolatry and will end with worship of The Beast.
He will provide all things to those who will submit to him.
You won’t have to worry about money or food or safety. He will provide that.
You just have to make your loyalties fall in line with the given purpose and relinquish all other gods,
including the One True God, Jesus the Christ who shed His blood for mankind.

The time is getting very near. The deception is getting stronger.
The Beast System is growing to take over the Earth and its inhabitants.
We are already strangers in the world. This place is not our home.

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves,
ye know that summer is near: So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass,
know that it is nigh, even at the doors. Mark 13:28-29

And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs,
when she is shaken of a mighty wind. Revelation 6:13

We cannot tell God when He gives words. He does so at His discretion.
None of the prophets in the bible ever told people to come and hear a word of the Lord from them.
When God had something to say, He said it and He used people to do it.
They did not tell people to look to them because they were going to speak for God.
That is very concerning and puts her in a false position of being the one that speaks for God.
God doesn’t work like that.

It’s always about who is being exalted.
She mentions God just enough, so she can use His name to generate her talents and claims of Apostleship.
The dead giveaway is that since she exalts herself, she is not from God
as she is the one who is being exalted, not Jesus.
It boils down to idolatry.

If any preacher, teacher self-proclaimed apostle or prophet tells people
that they are the one who can mediate between you and God, stay far away.
No human is the gateway. Jesus is the gateway.
Jesus is the door and the only door. He is the way to the Father.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me. John 14:6

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 1 Timothy 2:5

No person who calls themselves an apostle or prophet or healer can take Jesus’ place.
He is the only One who can open that pathway to the Father. He is the only Way.

Natural Signs and Wonders:
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences;
and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. Luke 21:11

And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars:
see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 
All these are the beginning of sorrows. Matthew 24:6-8

The absence of love:
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.  Matthew 24:12

Lawlessness plus moral and spiritual decline:
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce,
despisers of those that are good, 
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;  2 Timothy 3:1-5

False Christs and Prophets, Deception run amok:
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. Matthew 24:11

The signs are everywhere, especially in the Bible.
What is manifesting in the world has been written in the Bible many centuries ago.
Some of those words are for today. Read more. Let the words of the Bible permeate your heart.

For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,
to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Wherefore comfort one another with these words. 1 Thessalonians 4:18

From Canadian Prepper, Dr. Jon Padfield on the Invasion of the Cameras

And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice,
If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God,
which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation;
and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels,
and in the presence of the Lamb:
And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night,
who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Revelation 14:9-11

This is the truth of God’s word.
People will excuse themselves.
God is trying to teach us all how to trust Him because of this deception is coming upon the world.
We will have choices, like we have every day,
whether or not we will serve Jesus and remain faithful and true to Him even in the face of hardships. Those hardships are coming and even when He provides for us,
we may find ourselves similarly with the attitude of the Israelites when they were in the wilderness.
We may long for our comforts and our special melons and other delicacies we are used to.
Let Jesus prepare you for discomfort and for what is coming upon the world.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for My sake shall find it.
Matthew 16:25

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences;
and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. Luke 21:11

At present, Ebola stems from Congo and Uganda. It is not airborne.
The White House Coronavirus doctor said a new mRNA vaccine can be made in 60 days.
The spread can come to the World Cup, which will have the capacity to infect millions of people
as there will be over 1 million visitors from other countries in 11 US cities.
She said she is not concerned of the spread as long as those people who are on the teams
can be kept separated from the areas in Uganda and Congo that have the active virus.

The other virus they believe is airborne. The rat virus, they call it.
There are concerns of mutations so that it can be spread by air and breathing rat feces is one way it spreads.
This virus seems to be spreading slowly across the world.
On the cruise ship where it recently infected the passengers, every continent was represented.

Just as the digital ID is about to be introduced, it will likely include health information such as vaccine statuses.

So, now what?
We know these things will be happening to our world. We know God’s Judgment is here.
How will we be affected?
Will we get it? Will our loved ones die? Will it affect our economy? Will they do a shut down?

At this point, we do not know. It is more important than ever to be close to Jesus.
He is the only answer.
Close to Jesus in your heart, in what you think about all day, in praying without ceasing,
in listening for His voice, in reading and studying and memorizing His word, in staying close to the brethren.
Jesus does not want us to fear anything or anyone but Him.
Easier said than done, but ask Him to help.

We know bad things are on the way. God has warned us about many difficult times ahead.
Behold, I have told you before. Matthew 24:25

Watch and pray.

When teaching or sharing commentary about The Book of Revelation, one must be very careful.
It is also like any part of the word of God, as it is alive.
God may show you more or different things than He has allowed me to understand.
That does not mean you are wrong or I am wrong.
We are responsible to seek and learn from the Holy Spirit, no matter what we are studying.
Below, I have accentuated what I think of as monumental notable mentions in Revelation Chapter 13.
that has been laid out for us as we watch the Beast System unfold.

Some say: Oh, it is just worshiping the Beast.
We are seeing the foundation being laid right before our eyes.
Let’s look at the scriptures in The Book of Revelation that tell us of the traits of the Mark of the Beast.
There are several boxes that must be checked according to the Word of God.

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,
having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns,
and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. v 1
And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear,
and his mouth as the mouth of a lion:
and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. v 2
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed:
and all the world wondered after the beast. v 3 Box number 1
And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying,
Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? v 4 Box number 2
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies;
and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. v 5 Box number 3
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and His tabernacle,
and them that dwell in heaven. v 6 Box number 4
And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them:
and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. v 7 Box number 5
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him,
whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. v 8 Box number 6
If any man have an ear, let him hear. v 9
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity:
he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.
Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. v 10
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;
and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. v 11
And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,
and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast,
whose deadly wound was healed. v 12 Box number 7
And he doeth great wonders,
so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, v 13 Box number 8
 And 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. v 14 Box number 9
And 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. v 15 Box number 10
And 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: v 16 Box number 11
And 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. v 17 Box number 12
Here 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. v 18

I have no idea what verse 18 means. I have heard some ideas, but none of those ideas resonated with me.

The answer of what the Mark of the Beast actually is has not yet been made clear to mankind.
We do know what to watch for. When we see all these things taking place, we will then know.
We can’t rush it, nor do we want to.
When The Beast has risen to power, he will make war with the Saints.
We have not seen that to its full extent yet. Some countries have experienced much martyrdom.
That is a foreshadow of what is coming.

As Jesus told us, Watch and Pray.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation:
the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Matthew 26:41

Watch ye therefore, and pray always,
that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass,
and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:46