CHAPTER NINE

Establishment of a “Covenant with Many” – A Bonding of Government and                            Religion – The International Alliance

International Alliance Identification System (Mark of the Beast)

1. In the last days a union of religions, the false church, will intermingle with the International Alliance of Nations.  The union of religions and the alliance of nations will attempt a global union through the initiation of a covenant that will unify government, commerce and religion.  The covenant will be known as the “covenant with _________”.

2. The International Alliance of Nations and the Religious Union will both promise worldwide peace, security and prosperity.  The False Prophet will encourage the people to submit to the guidelines of the government. The leaders in the International Alliance of Nations will become prosperous and powerful because of church affiliations with the Religious Union. The epicenter of the effects of this “covenant with many” will be in _____________. But there will be devastating ripple effects throughout society and around the world.

 

3. A universal identification system for purposes of ease in acquiring government subsidies will be offered to the people and will be known as the mark of the ______________.

 

4. The people of the earth will fall into Satan’s trap, succumbing to the spirits of the red and black horses, because of the spirit of the ____________ horse that is manifested in the False Prophet and the false church.

 

5. Revelation 17 contains references to a great prostitute.  This is the ___________ church that dominates many people.  This false church, the Religious Union, joins with the kings of the earth, the _______________  ____________  of ____________ (government, commerce and business leaders).

 

6. The prostitute is riding on a ___________ beast. This is the beast of Revelation 13:1-2 which represents this _______________  _____________  of _______________.  The woman who rides the beast also controls the beast.  The false church led by the ____________ _____________ controls the government alliance. This great prostitute (false church) commits adultery with the kings of the earth (the government leaders).

 

7. Revelation 18 shows how the government and religion are bound together.  Babylon the Great is an analogy that refers to the ___________church.

8. How do the passages in Ezekiel 16:15-19 and in Revelation 18:1-24 illustrate the activities of the false church during the last days? 

9. Figuratively what does it mean to have a mark on the forehead and right hand?

10. There are many people who are unbelievers.  If the mark of the beast happens in our lifetime, what will happen to those we know and love who are unbelievers?  What is our responsibility?