Every Knee Will Bow
Kneeling before a person is a sign of humility and respect. It is also a sign of submission, obedience, and loyalty. People have bowed their knees to all sorts of things, like kings and queens and even idols. It was quite popular to take a knee during the National Anthem as a sign of protest, but maybe they were giving the wrong message. Here in America, we do not bow or bend the knee to presidents or even religious leaders. But in other countries they still do. In fact one day one will rise up and he will be called the Man of Lawlessness, the Antichrist who will rule the whole world and he will expect everyone to bend the knee or be put to death. We have seen many such antichrists over the centuries who expected everyone to bend the knee. Yeshua tells us not to be fooled in Matthew 24:23-26, “Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Messiah,’ or ‘He is over here,’ do not believe him. For false christs and false prophets will arise and will provide great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. Behold, I have told you in advance. So if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them.”
The Bible speaks of two beasts that will come, one will promote the other.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 says this, “Let no one deceive you in any way! For it (the coming of the Lord) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.” Revelation 13:14-17 also says, “This second beast fooled the people living on earth by using the miracles that he had been given the power to do for the first beast. He ordered people to make an idol to honor the first beast, the one that was wounded by the sword but did not die. The second beast was given power to give life to the idol of the first beast. Then the idol could speak and order all those who did not worship it to be killed. The second beast also forced all people, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to have a mark put on their right hand or on their forehead.
No one could buy or sell without this mark. (This mark is the name of the beast or the number of its name.)” Yes, many will be deceived, many will bend their knee and worship this false god by taking the mark upon themselves. Those who never bend the knee to the One True God, but only mocked Him and cursed Him, will find themselves bending their knee and worshiping Him as Philippians 2:9-11 says, “For this reason also God highly exalted Him (Yeshua), and bestowed on Him (Yeshua) the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Yeshua every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Messiah Yeshua is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Romans 14: 10-12 also says, “But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you too, why do you look down on your brother? For we all will stand before the judgment seat of God. For it is written, ‘As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.’ So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.”’ Even Isaiah 45:20-23 says, “You people who escaped from other nations, gather together before Me. (These people carry statues of false gods. They pray to useless gods, but they don’t know what they are doing. Tell them to come to Me. Let them present their case and discuss these things.) Who told you about this before it happened? Who told you this so long ago? I, the Lord , am the one who said these things. I am the only God, the one who does what is right. I am the one who saves, and there is no other! So all you people in faraway places, turn to Me and be saved, because I am God, and there is no other. When I make a promise, that promise is true. It will happen. And I swear by My own power that everyone will bow before Me and will take an oath to obey Me.” So why will we bend the knee before Yeshua? Because He will be the King over all the earth. Revelation 15:3-4 says this “And they sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, ‘Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Your ways, King of the nations!’ Who will not fear You, Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy; for all the nations will come and worship You, For Your righteous acts have been revealed.”’ Revelation 17:14 says, “These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are the called and and chosen and faithful.” Yes, people will think the Antichrist is the Savior of the world and they will bend the knee, because they really never knew the real Savior, and yes, even many Christians will fall, because they too, have been deceived by false teachers. But when Yeshua comes back, He will come in all His glory with all of His angels as Revelation 19:11-16 tells us, “And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many crowns; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the winepress of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written: “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” Zachariah 14:9 says, “And the Lord will be King over all the earth; on that day the Lord will be the only one, and His name the only one.”
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