Two Beasts in Revelation 13 represent non-religious worship of God's people
Do you witness christians and some of the "so-called" leaders and elite of today's Churches, act with impunity diffused in cognitive dissonance of the Biblical Scripture, by considering it "okay", and at times even promoting (for devious reasons) various sorts of "non-religious" and "non-Christian worship" in Churches and in Church communities, that is deceitful, which leads to taking God's people away from true and sincere worship (which has to be in Spirit and in Truth, John 4:24) - these false leaders are like the false prophets prophesied symbolically in the Holy Bible, in both the OT (Daniel 7) and NT (Revelation 13).
"End is lingering" (Habakkuk 2:3) because God is still being patient with us (2 Peter 3:9), the time of Grace will end either because of rapture or because of our last breath. Grace will come to an end as prophesied and as all prophesies have been true this will be too. God's Word never falters, fails or fades (Luke 1:37, Psalm 37).
Examples of deceitful activities in our modern churches:
Grand receptions for new Bishops or powerful office-bearers or even popular preachers (akin to Leaders of a nation, pompous and well-attended, why? false worship)
Choir fests (akin to American Idol giving more importance to appearance and outfits, choreography, competitions, crowd cheering and awards than praising and worshipping in Spirit and in Truth)
Harvest festivals (race to show money power when bidding), a poor individual can't be part of the bidding process thus excluding and discriminating by economic criteria and creating an exclusive community of economically well-heeled people.
Picnics used to be about fellowships but are less about fellowship because these have become another joy trip of the wealthy, it is not for the weak in Spirit, how can that person have a picnic...or a walk in the park.
Cultural festivals (example Onam) have no place inside a Church sanctuary, it is the kind of non-Christian worship in churches that has creeped way closer to the altar of our Churches. Psalm 1.
JD
