## Scriptural Reference “And he (the second Beast) deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived. He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.” [Revelation 13:14-15](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2013%3A14-15&version=NKJV) (Parentheses are mine) ## What We Can Surmise - The second beast tells those “who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast”.  This is very interesting.  As I believe the second beast represents a deception of an alliance of alien beings (being really a deep deception by Satan and his angels), making this image by Satan and his cohorts wouldn’t have the same consequences as “those that dwell on the earth”, or humans making it.  This is Satan coercing mankind to create the image and forcing them to violate another commandment of God. - “He (the second beast) was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.”  I believe the image, or avatar, that mankind makes is then infused with an AI by the second beast, giving it the power to communicate, and be the controller of the database and mechanism to control mankind via the Mark of the Beast.  You have to have a system in place to compute, store and control before you can enforce the Mark of the Beast.  The image is that system.  The fact it is either initially or eventually placed in the most holy place is what constitutes the abomination of desolation in the most holy place spoken of by Christ in [Matthew 24:15](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2024%3A15&version=NKJV). - This image being placed gives the second beast the means to order the deaths of those opposing it. ## My Current View I believe this is the abomination that causes desolation.  I am not sure when it will be created, but before the Mark is given it seems pretty sure.  But I believe it will be placed in a rebuilt earthly sanctuary, in the holy place, on day 1290 and bring on the desolations of Revelation tied to the end events.  I have no doubt that the reference related to it “He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed” in [Revelation 13:15](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%2013%3A15&version=NKJV) is the act of attaching AI to this image.  This AI may very well be the entity that controls the Beast system and tracks the Mark of the Beast for making purchases, etc. Placing a technology center and AI entity ( as an avatar of the image of the first Beast humans create?) in the holy place would definitely represent an abomination of a large proportion to God after which the desolations are released. Note that this entity being an image now also ties it to the story of the image of Nebuchadnezzar in [Daniel 3](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel%203&version=NKJV), if you don’t bow down to the image, you get killed.  That story is for exactly this image of the Beast moment. <span class="center-menu">[[Home Page]]</span>