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of God?”

Jesus said that the Overcomer would let others know about the contents of Revelations in detail, saying, “I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it” (Rev. 2:17).

War is the opposite of peace. You have to win a war to survive it. Peace comes after one has been defeated and has surrendered to the other. Whether the winner is our God or Satan, one side must defeat the other to obtain peace. We cannot avoid that.

As I read, the head of the evil will give his power and authority to the beast (Rev. 13:4). John saw a devil who took the authority; he described it as a beast. The beast will make war against the Lamb.

Then, there are those who are with the Lamb. They are called, chosen and faithful followers and will be able to win the war with the Lamb against the beast (Rev. 17:14). “All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast - all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world” (Rev. 13:8). Those who are ‘called, chosen and faithful

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followers’ will not worship the beast. Their names are written in the Lamb’s book of life. They are the army of heaven following the Lamb, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean (Rev. 19:14).

As Revelations prophesied, the war must come in the spiritual world. The war is between gods. Jesus was a man when he was in this world, but the Lamb is not a human anymore. He is god and the beast will challenge him.

The Lamb will bring his army who are “called, chosen, and faithful followers.” They are the army in heaven dressed in fine linen, white and clean. If they are vulnerable to worship the beast and lose to it, the Lamb cannot bring them to the war. Only those who have been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb will not worship the beast.

Now, do you understand why God needs those people and why he is still collecting them? He is creating the army that cannot lose against the beast. When God told me about his providence, he asked me to help even a single person become eligible to be dressed in fine linen.

All people except the army in heaven will worship the beast. If the numbers of army in heaven get filled, Satan will become

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