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Here is a riddle for prophecy scholars to ponder. Let's say there is this man who lives in a distant place and he is also the leader of his country. His government was created by the world for the sole purpose of giving his people a homeland. In the course of his reign another party comes to power. Both have aspirations of a homeland. The latter party, being elected by their people legitimately, not only wants a homeland but all of the land in question. During the reign of this opposing regime the world has said we will no longer deal with this new party. It just so happens that this government was almost totally supported by the outside world. Furthermore, most of the money supplied this government came from nations that were culturally different. Now the world having dealt with the original government decides it can no longer support the present one and cuts off all funding. What is the world to do? It cannot support a government that wants independence for itself and wants to take away the independence of its neighbor. Also, it doesn't want to fund security forces that would be used to further this goal. Nevertheless, many of this government's employees provided health care and necessary humanitarian services to its people. So the world says we will fund this people as long the funding goes through one man. We will set up a temporary mechanism and allow this funding to get to these essential humanitarian needs. This money will allow these organizations to continue functioning and prevent total collapse of the government. More than that, it will provide needed funds to the employees who haven't been paid in months. Who Am I?
Remember the mark of the beast can be three things: his mark, his number or his Name.
Ephraim