In my opinion the world is the kingdom of the beast. False doctrine is e everywhere because no one can buy or sell the truth in the beast kingdom. This doesn't necesarily mean that anyone has taken the mark of the beast however because Satan defeated them and they're dead. Colossians chapter 3 says that we died.
But I'm no Bible scholar and i can be wrong. What's your opinion?
2 Cor 4:4 -- Satan is called "The god of this world"
Luke 4 "the world is mine - I give it to whomever I wish"
Luke 4:
. 6 And the devil said to Him, “I will give You all this domain and its glory, for
it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I want. 7 Therefore if You worship before me, it shall all be Yours.”
Matt 4:
8 Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, “
All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”
Our battle today is against the devil - a very real and active enemy.
Eph 6:
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. 11
Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual
forces of wickedness in the heavenly
places. 13 Therefore
, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist on the evil day,
and having done everything, to stand firm.
1 Pet 5:
8 Be of sober
spirit, be on the alert.
Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9
So resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brothers and sisters who are in the world. 10 After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen,
and establish
you.
(Note the woman in Rev 12 is the church of God in all ages just as you see in Rom 11)
Rev 12:
9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and
Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was
thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,
“Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come,
for the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down, the one who accuses them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life
even when faced with death. 12 For this reason, rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them.
Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you with great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time.”
13 And when
the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male
Child.
