"And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark"...

All the current events remind me of Revelation 13, in which the Second Beast compels the whole world to worship "the beast" and his image (Sunday worship).

There are movements on several venues for the adoption of Sunday Rest Laws in Europe and also in America; Yet, on this side of the ocean the measures are done so covertly since in America many people study their Bibles and know what Revelation 13 indicates will eventually happen.

Friends, the stage is set for the BUYing and SELLing restrictions prophesied by our Bibles.

All of the signs are showing us that this is so. The turmoil - the civil unrest in Britain and in Chile; the so-called Arab Spring, of which Syria and Libya continue to languish in perilous chaos; the financial uncertainty in Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy, and in France; the still unresolved nuclear disaster in Japan; the perplexing economic and political issues in the United States; the oppressive drought and famine in East Africa; and a host of other confounding problems around the globe ^{bring to memory one thing:}

¹¹And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

¹²And 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.

¹³And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

¹⁴And 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.

¹⁵And 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.

¹⁶And 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:

¹⁷And 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.

¹⁸Here 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.

Revelation 13:11-18

King James Version (KJV)