So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
— Romans 10:17 (KJV)
Satan, with his sea-beast and earth-beast, has in all ages worked tirelessly to blasphemed against God and to make worshippers of all who would bow themselves down to him. Who or what are the sea-beast and earth-beast? What are their modi operandi? How are Christians to recognise and withstand their overt or insidious onslaught with saintly patience and faith and wisdom? With the approach of a new year — a year closer to Christ’s return, may the Church be woke to the Devil’s deception.