John sees through to the end.

There's no stopping the Gospel.

Meanwhile, the saints endure.

False religion joins abusive government.

John sees sin institutionalized.

There's more going on than we can see.

The Third Commandment

Exodus 20.7 

“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.”

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Deuteronomy 18.9-14

⁹ “When you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. ¹⁰ There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, ¹¹ or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. ¹² For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you. ¹³ You shall be blameless before the LORD your God. ¹⁴ For these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has not appointed such for you.”

Leviticus 19.26-28

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Leviticus 18.21

“And you shall not let any of your descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.”

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Leviticus 26.1

“‘You shall not make idols for yourselves; neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves; nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am the Lord your God.’”

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Exodus 34.17

“You shall make no molded gods for yourselves.”

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Exodus 20.23

“You shall not make anything to be with Me—gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.”