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The Anti-Christ Revealed
Revelation accomplishes the revealing of earth's future
partly through the use of symbols and figurative language
that relate directly to some of the Bible's other
prophetic writings.
For example, the prophetic book of Daniel uses similar
language and symbols. Many of its visions and figures of
speech are clearly explained. But God revealed to Daniel
that the meanings of others were to remain mysteriously
hidden until the time of the end. Then they too, would
be understood.
(2 Peter 1:20) ...no prophecy of the scripture is of
any private interpretation."
According to the Word, Christians are told not to give
our own opinion of what a prophetic symbol means.
We must allow the Word of God to define it's own symbols.
In other words, THE BIBLE DEFINES ITSELF PERFECTLY!
�As we near the close of this world's history,
the prophecies recorded by Daniel demand our special
attention as they relate to the very time in which we are living.
Satan has led many to believe that the prophetic portions of the
writings of Daniel and of John the Revelator cannot be understood.
But The wise shall understand�(Daniel 12:10), was spoken of
the visions of Daniel that were to be unsealed in these last days;
and of the Revelation that Christ gave to His servant John for the
guidance of God's people all through the centuries.
"Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this
prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein".
(Revelation 1:3)
The meaning was to be unfolded from age to age as the people
of God should need the instruction therein contained.
The time for the unfolding of special truth in relation
to the closing scenes of this earth's history is during
the last generations that shall live upon the earth
(Which is our generation).(Isaiah 2:2,3),(Hebrews 1:1,2)
Understanding where we are in the sequence of "end-time"
events becomes a powerful incentive to prepare us for heaven.
The prophecies of Daniel and of John are to be understood.
They interpret each other. They give to the world truths
which every one should understand. These prophecies are to
be witnesses in the whole world.
Let us begin our study :
(1 John 2:18)
Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that
the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have
arisen; from this we know that it is the last hour.
While there are stories about looking to the future for the
Anti-Christ to rise, we must realize that since in the days
of the apostle John, there were already many Anti-Christ's.
Today we have people who claim they can speak to the dead,
and others who say they can tell your future in the palm of
your hand. There is voodooism, spiritualism, astrology for
telling future from stars. All these are the floods the devil
is spitting out of his mouth for us to turn a blind eye on the
true anti-christ's we have today all around the world.
This is the Anti-Christ we are going
to identify according to the bible.
The anti-Christ is not someone who is against Christ, according
to the bible, but he is someone who puts himself in place of, or
want to substitute himself in the place of Christ.
(II Thessalonians 2:3-4)
We need to follow through certain details about the life Christ
lived here on earth, and then we can draw from these facts.
Jesus says, "have you not read in the law, how that on the sabbath
days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?"
But i say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
(Matthew 12:5-6) Jesus is our TEMPLE (Ephesians 2:19-22)
Jesus says "The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this
generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the
preaching of "the prophet" Jonas; and, behold, a greater than
Jonas is here".(Matthew 12:41) Jesus is our great PROPHET (John 4:19)
Jesus says "The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment
with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the
uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of "King" Solomon;
and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.(Matthew 12:42)
Jesus is our KING (Luke 1:31-32)
The Anti-Christ is someone who thinks he is:
1.One who speaks for God (a prophet)
2.The habitation of God (the temple/church)
3.One who rules for God (as a King)
(Daniel 7:3)Daniel in his vision
And four great beasts came up from the sea, different
from each other. The first was like a lion, and had
eagle's wings..... And behold another beast,a second,
like a bear, and it raised up itself on one side,and
it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the
teeth of it:...
After this i beheld another like a leopard which
had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl;
and the beast had also four heads and dominion
was given to it.
After this i saw in the night visions,
a fourth beast,dreadful and terribble.
and exceeding strong; and it had iron teeth:
it devoured and brake in pieces,and stamped
the residue with the feet of it; and it
was different from all the other beast
before it and it had ten horns.
According to the book the word of God,
"a beast" represents a kingdom (Daniel 7:17,23)
Even in today's world, nations are described as beasts.
The USA is seen as an Eagle, Australia as the Kangaroo etc.
When it speaks about "the sea", then we can recall from
Revelation 17:15 that waters represent multitudes of people,
nations, and tribes. So from among the stress of wars among
these nations and tribes, one nation after another would rise
with great power to conquer the other.
The first beast "like a lion" was Babylon (that's where
Iraq is located), and it was ruled by king Balshazzar
when it was invaded (Daniel 5:1,7,28), and taken over by
the Persians (this happened in 605 B.C). The palaces of
ancient babylon was decked with gold and they had golden
statues of all kinds.
The persians or Medo-Persia, is the beast "like a bear".
The reason why it is leaning on one side (Daniel 8:20)
is because Medo rose to power first and then Persia.
Their money currency and all of the treasures
were made of silver.
The 3 ribs in the mouth are the kingdoms it destroyed
before it rose to power. (this happened in 536 B.C)
These kingdoms were: Egypt, Lydia, and Babylon.
The third beast "like a leopard" was Greece (Daniel 10:20)
under the rule of Alexander the Great.(This happened
in 331 B.C). The reason why the leopard has 4 wings
is because it represents the swift speed by which
Alexander and his army conquered the enemies.
All their armor, sheilds, and weapons were made of
bronze or brass.
Alexander the Great died at a young age (32 years old)
and his empire had to be divided among his 4 generals.
The four heads on the leopard represents these 4 generals
that shared the kingdoms which Alexander had conquered.
The fourth beast "dreadful and terrible with ten horns"
represents the kingdom of Rome.
Rome was the last to conquer and the last to become
an empire (this happened in 168 B.C).
The Roman empire was made up of Europe, North Africa,
Egypt, and Asia-minor.
The iron teeth represents the weapons that
the Romans used which were made of pure iron.
In all history, Rome was known as "the iron mornachy".
They were the ones who pierced the side of Jesus
with an iron spear as he was on the cross.
The Romans invaded Jerusalem in 70 A.D under
the leadership of the Roman general Titus.
They burned the temple flat to the ground, and
dump loads of salt all over the field crops so
that no trees or plants would bear fruit.
(they really stamp the residue with there feet).
Jesus had even warned this would have happened:
(Matthew 24:1-2)
Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his
disciples came up to him to call his attention to
its buildings. "Do you see all these things?" he asked.
"I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be
left on another; every one will be thrown down."
The ten horns represents the ten divided European
kingdoms Rome was made into after the babarian
invasion. When Pagan Rome fell in 476 A.D, it
resulted in the formation of TEN SEPARATE KINGDOMS.
The entire Europe together became an empire state
belonging to Rome.
So the word of God revealed events in the
past before they even took place, and still
reveals events today, and for this future.
What we should remember is, that these visions
and writings took place before the first
kingdom was even conquered.
Let us go more into detail of this last kingdom
because it excist even today !
(Daniel 7:8)
I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up
among them another little horn, before whom there
were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots:
and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man,
and a mouth speaking blasphemy.
So in this same kingdom (Rome), there came another king.
who is this little horn and what does it means
by him speaking blasphemy???
(Daniel 7:24)
The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this
kingdom. After them another king will arise, different
from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings.
So we see here the little horn is a king or is ruling.
Three of the ten kingdoms of Rome rejected the idea
of a "universal / Catholic faith" that was both
religious as well as political so as to better control
the people of the fallen nation of Rome. These 3 were
the Vandals, the Ostrogoths, and the Heruili.
The first Roman Catholic church was establish by
the Emperor Constantine II after he had joined
religion, because he saw that christianity was
growing rapidly in Rome and that was the only
way he can gain recognition and power.
So by the year 538 A.D under a new Emperor named
Justinian; He elected a Pope for the first time
and this pope became the leader of the Roman church,
and this same Pope call upon the Emperor to complete
the persecutions, and kill those who were against the
teachings of the traditions and faith of the church .
And so the 3 opposing nations were persecuted and
wiped out of excistence.
That explains why Revelation speaks of ("three of the
first horns plucked up by the roots")
so there were :
Alamanni(Germans), Franks(France), Burgendian(Switzerland)
Suivi (Portugal), Lombards(Italy), Visigoths(Spain),
Anglo-Saxons(England), Vandals(destroyed),
Heruli(destroyed), Ostrogoths(destroyed).
This is what's so amazing about studying prophecy in
the last days. We have HISTORY to look back on! We can
actually match historic events with prophetic utterances
in the Word of the Bible. And that is why the Angel Gabriel
told Daniel :(Daniel 12:4)...Shut up the words, and seal the
book until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro,
and knowledge shall be increased.
(Revelation 13:4) "And they worshipped the dragon which gave
power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying,
Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?"
According to (Revelation 12:9) it is Satan who is the dragon.
And as we know, Satan never stands before man in his true form.
He is not allowed this option.(1 Corinthians 10:13)
So he must possess men to do his will, and here he is using
Rome to attack the true christian faith.
(Revelation 13: 6)
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,
to blaspheme his name, and his terbanacle, and them
that dwell in heaven.
let us find out what is the meaning of blasphemy
and we could get a clear idea of this "little horn".
(Mark 2:5)
And they brought a sick man of palsy to Jesus.
And Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick man of palsy;
"Son, be of good cheer, your sins be forgiven of you'.
But there were certain of the scribes sitting there
reasoning in their hearts, "why do this man speak
blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God only?"
Now we see what it means by blasphemy, and the
question now is 'what power in Rome believe they
have the right to forgive sins?'
The answer is the Roman religeous power where
the Catholic claims the priest can act on behalf
of Christ and forgive sins.
Let us continue further.
(Daniel 7:25)
And he shall speak great words against the most High,
and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and
think to change times and laws: and they shall be given
into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
in Jewish tradition of those days "a time"=1 year,
"times"=2years, "dividing of time"=½ year.
so the total is 3½ years.
In bible prophecy 1 day= 1 year.(Ezekiel 4: 6)
Therefore 3½ years is the same as 42 months and
is the same as 1260 days (in bible prophecy 1 day=1yr).
The people of God (the saints/christians) had to
suffer in persecution from 538 A.D to 1798 A.D
In 1798 the french general Berthier, who was
sent by Napoleon during the French Revolution,
took the Pope captive and brought him as a
prisoner to France where he later died.
Speaking words against the most high is the same
as blasphemy against God as we had just mentioned.
We also notice that he thinks to change times and laws.
he can only try, but no one can change God's law since
it is both moral and eternal.(Luke 16: 17)
How did he try to change God's law and time?
The Cathacism removed the 2nd commandment that says
we are not to bow down to idols, and they replaced it by
splitting the last commandment into 2 parts to have ten.
They did this because they wanted to allow themselves
and others to bow down to statues such as "virgin mary",
and "St.Peter". They believe in the pagan traditions.
They try changing God's "time" by Substituting the
true Sabbath Day (which is the 7th Day), and changed
it to the first day of the week.(this was first done
by the Emperor Constantine II).
(2 Thessalonians 2:4)
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall
not come, except there come a falling away first, and
that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
Who oppose and exalts himself above all that is called
God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in
the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
According to the bible (1 Corinthians 3:16) we are
the temple of God and the spirit of God dwells in us.
So we being the church means this same beast power
will set himself up among the church.
The Caesar's of Rome (the Emperors) truly believed
they were god's on earth! And today, this is the
case with the popes of Rome. When the Pope is crown
as 'Pope', the words in their books are read out loud
and the Pope is said to be god on earth.
This is where the word Anti-Christ has its meaning,
because it is someone who is substituting himself
as God or Jesus Christ. But the bible warns us that
the enemy is not flesh and blood, but we are against
the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers
of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of
evil in the heavenly realms (Ephesians 6:12).
(Daniel 8:11)
It set itself up to be as great as the Prince
of the host; it took away the daily sacrifice
from him, and the place of his sanctuary was
brought low. Because of rebellion, the host
of the saints and the daily sacrifice were
given over to it. It prospered in everything
it did, and truth was thrown to the ground.
(Revelation 13:8)
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him,
whose names are not written in the book of life of
the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."
Jesus Christ is "the church" according to the bible,
and even in the days of the apostles, they always
addressed the church as "the people" and not any
building made with hands.
We the people alone are to be reffered to and to be called
"the church", because we are in the main spiritual church
building frame which is Jesus Christ (Colossians 1:24);
and thus, we fitly form as building blocks the entire church
(the house of God) as a habitation for God in the spirit (Ephesians 2:18-22).
The apostle Paul had warned that grievous wolves
would draw disciples unto themselves and not
spare the flock (Acts 20:29).
In 325 A.D the Emperor Constantine was the
first to declare that there will be a new
faith, and that a building will be buildt to
be called "a church". Thus, there came a
Catholic faith and a Catholic church.
Suddenly, everybody wants to make an image
of this first beast by naming their own faith
and building there own church/temple.
That is why we now have Methodist, Baptist, Seventhday Adventist,
Mormon, Lutheran, Anglican, protestants, Jehovah's witnesses,
Even: Islam, Buddhist, Hinduism, Rasta-fari,
scientology, Atheist, Agnostic.
My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken
me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out
cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.(Jeremiah 2:13)
All the prophets of the old and new testament was
constantly warning us of this great deception
(Isaiah 44:1-8, Job 4:17-21, Psalm 49:11-20, Acts 17, Isaiah 4:1)
which was cunningly orchestrated by the Devil himself,
who was cast down with great wrath, and now is deceiving
the whole world (Revelations 12:9-12).
Do you understand what the devil is doing?
He is deceiving the whole world with the
words of his ministers to distract everyone
from his dirty works, so that when you enter
any building that claim to be the church, or make
a new name for your faith which is not Jesus Christ,
then you are seperated from the body of Christ, and
that building or new name of faith becomes "the anti-christ";
It is set in place of the body of Christ which should
have been the true church and the only name under heaven
given among men, whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12). This is
where the whole world is deceived and worshipping the beast.
The Vatican in Rome has been shouting for years that
all religions must come together as one. The Word of
God is plain, and states that we cannot join together
with those that do not embrace Truth.
(2 Corinthians 6:14,17) Be not unequally yoked together
with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness
with unrighteousness? and what communion have light with
darkness? Wherefore come out from among them, and be separate,
says the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will
receive you.
(Revelation 13:3)
And i saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;
and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world
wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the
dragon which gave power unto the beast:...
We have learned that the Religious power in Rome
was persecuting and killing the people who worshipped
only according to the bible and not according to
the traditions of the Roman church.
This went on for 1260 years (same as "a time and times and
the dividing of time") (or as 42 months [Revelation 13:5]).
The Vatican still continued as a church however,
but she was completely stripped of her civil and
political power just as the prophecy declared; "one
of his heads as it were wounded to death"; wounded by
the truth of the word of God.
The book of Revelation even fortold the way it would happen:
(Revelation 13:10)
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity;
he that kills with the sword must be killed with the sword.
Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Here we notice that the same way the Religious power of
Rome was holding God's people captive and killing them,
is the same way it was held captive and died.
the word "sword" in the bible means the word of God
(Ephesians 6:17). The word of God is a two-edged sword,
which means you reap what you sow/ what is sowed is what
you reap (Galatians 6:7-8). The one who accepts the false
doctrine of the word, will be lost and still remain in
their sins, but the one who preached this false doctrine
will also be lost and remain in their sins for not embracing
the love of the truth from the word of God; they are
therefore led into captivity(2 Timothy 2:25-26)
and in the end they will both die in the day
of judgment (2 Thessalonians 2:7-10).
But it says his deadly wound was healed; His false
doctrine and teachings are reinstated so that he
deceives the people again. In 'Nahum 3:19' the healing
of a wound could mean, the healing of evil or lawlessness.
This really cause the world to wonder in amaze after
the beast according to the book of Revelation.
The Pope rose to power again. (deadly wound was healed)
(Revelation 13:11)
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;
and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon
Here a beast is rising out of the earth and not the sea.
In other words it is a quiet and lonely nation, and
because it has two horns like a lamb ;
in the bible "the lamb" represents Jesus Christ.
So that means this is a christian nation.
America was the only christian nation that rise-up
sometime after 1798 when the pilgrims escaped from
Europe to come to America and established their
freedom of religious rights; A nation for the people,
by the people, and of the people.
(It is of no coincidence that in (Revelation 12: 14)
the woman ("the church"), was given two wings of
a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness,
into her place, where she is nourished for a time,
and times and half a time, from the face of the serpent).
When the bible speaks of two wings of a great eagle, it
is referring to an intervention by God to save from destruction.
God said to the israelites: You have seen what I did unto the
Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought
you unto myself. (Exodus 19:4)
There are also 2 different kingdoms in this same power
since there are 2 seperate horns ; The United States is a
Kingdom that was established by the people, for the people,
and of the people.
The signing of the Constitution in 1791 has the freedom
of religion whereby no law shall prohibit this freedom.
"the church/religious power" one side, and seperate is
"the state/political power" on the other side.
This is not like the other beast (Rome) power that had
one horn on each head which means the religious and
state power are joined as one. This Christian nation
has horns like a lamb (a christian nation), but speaks
like a dragon (Satan is called the dragon).
But why?
well there are alot of false religious beliefs from the
first beast power (Rome), that remained with the
pilgrims that came to set up their religion in America.
And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,
and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship
the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed (Revelation 13:12).
For example, The Christian faith is calling the buildings
they set up to be "the church" and this hereby seperates
themselves from the body of Christ (This is the most critical
and devestating deception the devil has on the christian faith).
Some of them also do baptism by sprinkling of water on the head
instead of having the person go under water by immersion.
They preach false doctrines about the Anti-Christ comming
sometime in the distant future, whereas the bible says
'even now there are many anti-christ's (false church).(1 John 2: 18)
The people gave themselves names for their faith, and this
seperates them spiritually from the body of Christ, because it
is like building idols unto themselves by creating their own
"religious body" (Psalm 49:11), (Isaiah 4:1).
Those false teachers who left the True Church “professed
to know God” — they pretended to obey God — “but by their
works they denied Him, being abominable and DISOBEDIENT,
and unto every good work disapproved,”
They professed Christ and the Father; but they rejected
the authority of God and His law! They were DISOBEDIENT.(Titus 1:16)
They acknowledged that Jesus was the Christ; they came
IN HIS NAME, professing to be the ministers of Christ
— but they rejected His message.
(Revelation 13:11-)
And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down
from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth
them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles
which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying
to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an
image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
To understand what it means by "he had power to
give life unto the image of the beast", we would have
to understand the meaning of "image" is this prophecy.
(Genesis 1:27)And God created man in his
own image, in the image of God created he him;
male and female created he them
Now we understand that "the image" means
the likeness and character of the other.
So the beast with horns like a lamb (America)
will cause everyone to go by the same religious
rules and regulations according to the first beast (Rome).
But how can a Nation get everyone to do that?
Christ is the one body as "the church" according to
'Ephesians 2:19-22' and 'Ephesians 4:4-6', and no man
can lay another foundation as such (1 Corinthians 3:11).
After the reformation from the Catholic system, all
those that came to establish a new religious way
of worship in America and abroad, gave the church
a name for themselves. What this does is seperates
the believers from the body of Christ, and create
a spiritual idolatrous way of worship since they
make themselves a seperate "temple body".
Therefore, there is an image as the first beast which
is also already seperated from the body of Christ.
Here is a look at biblical history of ancient Bablyon:
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose
top may reach unto heaven; and let us make a name for ourselves,
lest we be scattered over the whole earth. (Genesis 11:1-4)
as it is written:
One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call
himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe
with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by
the name of Israel. (Isaiah 44:5)
History indeed repeated itself with so many religions
with names of their own faith, and they do not know
that this is what the word of God is referring to as
"the image of the beast". Satan was cast down with great
wrath to deceive the whole world (Rev 12:9).
Revelation 13:15-
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast,
that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause
that as many as would not worship the image of the beast
should be killed.
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor,
free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or
in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell,
save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or
the number of his name.
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count
the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man;
and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Concentrate on the great wonder which this beast
causes by making fire to come down from heaven on
the earth in the sight of men (Rev.13:13). That is
the holy spirit which comes down from heaven;
whenever the truth of the gospel is preached
(1 Peter 1:12) the holy spirit is the fire (Acts 2:3);
but it says "in the sight of men". the reason is as follows:
We read in (Leviticus 10:10), (Ezekiel 44:23) that
we must be able to discern between the clean and unclean,
and between that which is holy and unholy.
The days of the week and the name of the months are all
names of the false gods of Roman paganism.
In Joshua 23:7 it is written that we should
not even mention the names of false gods.
Therefore, God's holy day should be plainly "the sabbath" or
"the 7th day" of the week, and without any strings attached.
God said on the mount of transfiguration "this is my
beloved Son in whom i am well pleased, Listen to Him!"
If we did not listen to the words of the dragon, these
strong storms of deceptions would not befall us.
The holy spirit works through faith in the order
of the Church; from God--through Christ--Through pastors/
ministers--unto the unsaved (1 Corinthians 11:3).
But if the truth is preached, followed by words of deception,
then the holy spirit cannot reach the unsaved, because the spirit
of truth does not agree with the words of the flesh. (Galatians 5:17)
Therefore, it can be said the beast did great wonders to
make fire (the spirit) come down from heaven in the sight of men.
Jesus said: into whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be
to this house (as a pastor you must preach the gospel truth).
if the son of peace (christ in spirit) be there, your peace
shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
(Luke 10:5-6)
The dragon is causing all both small and great,
rich and poor, bond and free, to receive the mark
in their right hand and on their foreheads; who
does not worship the beast nor his image. That is
when those who believe that only IN these so called
churches or temples can one come to worship the Lord,
and thus their bibles are sitting on shelves gathering dust,
because their faith is sealed in this belief that it
is no use without going to these buildings; They
therefore, having the opportunity to study the word
of God at home, but refusing to do so would mean they
do not want to know God, and do not obey the gospel of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
"He causes them to be killed" is a spiritual
term to mean, they have not held fast to, nor
received the love of the word of truth that they
might be saved (2 Thessalonians 2:7-10). They were
deceived and thus, could end up being the ones with
"Not everyone who says to me Lord..Lord.." (Matthew 7:21)
Therefore we should also study the Bible
for ourselves to be approved unto God. (2 Timothy 2:15)
The holy spirit will show us all things
concerning the truth (John 16:13), (1 john 2:27).
What does it mean they cannot buy or sell without the Mark?
we have to find out what the term "buy and sell" means here
in bible prophecy.
In Revelation 3:17-18 Jesus offered to buy from him
"gold tried in fire",(which is faith '1 Peter 1:7)
"a white garment to clothe the nakedness",
(which is righteousness 'Revelation 19:8')
and "eyesalve to see"
(which is spiritual discernment to understand the gospel
I Corinthians 2:12-16 'II Corinthians 3:14, 4:4').
In Proverbs 23:23 King Solomon says:
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom,
and instruction, and understanding.
In Ezekiel 28:5,16,18 Satan was involve in
the trade (buying and selling) of lies (dishonesty),
and voilence which desecrated (profane) his
sanctuaries (place of worship).
Therefore, the term "buy and sell" spoken of in
Revelation 13:17, does not relate to any tangible
exchange of service for money or goods, but the
exchange of the truth to those who obey the words
of Jesus Christ (John 8:31-32), as compared to the lies
exchanged by Satan in order to deceive many (Revelation 12:9).
So because they are calling the building
"the church", then everyone has sealed their
faith to go there just to hear the preaching of
the word (buy and sell); while others who are at home,
are simply leaving their bibles on the shelves to gather
dust, because they so believe there is no other place to
study, and learn the word of God besides these buildings.
But being that it is not in the body of Christ,
there is no truth where there is darkness (1 Jn.1:6).
And that is how the enemy is causing all to receive
the mark of the beast (the lawlessness of this kingdom
religion which is Orchestrated by Satan himself) in their
right hand and in their foreheads; and that no man might
buy or sell save he that had the mark, or the name, or
the number of the beast.
What is this mark in their foreheads and on their
right hand that people receives from the beast?
And what is the meaning of this number
Six hundred threescore and six (666) ?
We will notice that God also has a mark for his people.
(Exodus 13:9)
This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand
and a reminder on your forehead that the law of the LORD
is to be on your lips...
We now know God's law is as a sign or mark between
our foreheads and on our hand. Then we must realize
the Devil will use his counterfeit law to be a sign
and mark on the forehead and hand.
God says those with iniquity and lawlessnes,
have "the mark of iniquity".
Psalm 130:3, Genesis 4:15, Job 10:14,
Job 7:20, Jeremiah 2:22
And those who obey his law (the word of God and all
ten commandments) are "marked with his word of truth"
Jeremiah 23:18, Ezekiel 44:5, Jeremiah 23:18
Ezekiel 9:6, Exodus 13:9.
The mark of the beast refers to the obedience
of the words of lawlessness and deceivableness.
Worship the creator of the heavens, the earth
and fountains of water (Revelation 14:7).
We are listening to the creature more than
the creator; God calls our attention back
to the creator.
To have the mark on the forehead means to keep
the things of falsehood in thought and in mind.
Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver
me out of great waters, from the hand of strange
children; Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their
right hand is a right hand of falsehood (Psalm 144:7-8).
To have the mark on the right hand means to
willingly do according to, or to put the laws
of falsehood into action in obedience (Romans 6:16).
Now who's law must we keep in mind and do?
we must do according to the will of God.
(Isaiah 1:19), (Hebrews 13:21)
what about this number 666?
It says Here is Wisdom and let him that has
understanding count the number of the beast.
Notice that the mark is not the same as the number.
they are seperate and different.
The mark of the beast as we had already discuss
is the counterfeit or lawlessness of the word.
So John is telling us that it is nothing secret
('he says here is wisdom')and it is the number
of a man and his number is 666. What does this mean??
The context of Revelation chapter 13 is dealing
with the issue of worship; a controversy between
those who worship the beast of this earthly kingdom,
and those who worship the Lord our God in heaven.
Jesus Christ is both the King and the kingdom
of the new Jerusalem, because he is our inheritance,
our possession, our land (Ezekiel 44:28 45:1),
and he is the King of the new Jerusalem (Rev.19:16)
This controvery is more clearly revealed in
'Ezekiel chapter 28'. God is taking Ezekiel behind
the scenes of the King of Tyrus to reveal the one who
really is stirring up all the evil within. He could not
be talking about the King of Tyrus directly, because
in a few versus below is written: "i will destroy thee
O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire."(Ezk.28:16)
A covering cherub is an Angel. Humans were made a little
lower than the Angels (Hebrews 2:7); Therefore, God is
speaking spiritually. Just like we would have wanted to
know who really stirs up evil within a person to make
them murderers, idolaters, sexually immorals, etc.
So God takes Ezekiel spiritually behind the scenes
of the King of Tyrus and says that satan has
set himself up to be as God, because of the treasures
and riches of gold and silver (which means faith)
that he have gotten through his traffick/merchandising
(the buying and selling of his lies). Then God said that
he will cause strangers to draw their sword (the word of God)
and that will bring satan down to the pit (on the earth) so
that he will die the death of the uncircumcised in the midst
of the seas (waters are multitudes of people and nations).
God said that satan will no longer say "i am God", but he will
be a man and no God in the hand of those that slay him.
(Ezekiel 28:4-10)
This is the same way he was defeated in heaven by
the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony.
(Revelation 12:11)
The reason why Satan is called "a man" here in this
context, is because he took dominion from Adam, and
hereby Adam's birth right was stolen by satan.
Therefore, the enemy represents man "in the flesh"
which was created on the 6th Day.
When God blessed and sanctified the Sabbath day,
he actually made a name for himself for everyone
to remember him as the creator of all things in
the heavenly kingdom and the kingdom of earth,
and as our redeemer, and as the one who sanctified
to make us holy; so we are to come together as his
people to worship him on his day (Sabbath day).
(Exodus 20:8,11),(Exodus 31:13),(Deuteronomy 5:15)
This would keep all generations close to him as
their only God no matter where they are on the
face of the earth (Exodus 34:7). But if they do
not acknowledge and respect him on the Sabbath,
they would then be considered serving their own
ways and understandings so that they are as
lost sheep that has gone astray and scattered,
because God is out of the picture to spend time
with them on his day that serve as a sign that
he is their only God (Ezekiel 20: 20).
We all know that the 7th day is this
holy sabbath day of the Lord God. Jesus says
the Sabbath was made for man and not man for
the Sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord
also of the Sabbath (Mark 2:27).
Being that the number of the beast is the number of a man,
it refers to both a kingdom (the beast) and man as
the head of this kingdom for himself; the man and
the kingdom are one. When man makes a kingdom for
himself, it can only represent him as the created
but not the creator, because God seperates the holy
from the unholy, and divides the light from the darkness.
So the 6 would represent man as worshiping and serving the
creature more than the Creator (Romans 1:25).
In 'Revelation chapter 17:3-5' it gives the
discription again of this same beast, but
with a name called "Mystery Babylon The Great",
"Mother of Harlots and abominations of the Earth".
It is called mother of Harlots, because daughters
have come out of her and they are just like her.
(false religious practices of worship)
It says we must count the number of the beast.
That means there were time periods that this
kingdom excisted before, and it gives a number
of a 3 sets of 666'. To unlock this
mystery, we have to take a look at all the
times Babylon excisted, and the character thereof.
In 'Genesis 11:1-8' the whole world was of one
language in Babylon, in the days of Abraham, and
under the leadership of Nimrod, they said "Go to,
let us make a name for ourselves, and build a tower
whose top may reach unto heaven, lest we be
scattered abroad upon the whole face of the earth.
They then made a high tower out of brick and morter.
But the Lord confused their language and scattered
them upon the whole face of the earth.
that was the first 6 whereby man made a name for himself.
In 'Daniel 4:22-37' The King Nebuchannezzar had a dream
that Daniel was able to interpret whereby Nebuchannezzar
would become strong and his height reached unto heaven,
and dominion to the end of the earth. One day, the King
walked the palace of his kingdom and said; "Is not
this great Babylon, that I have built for the house
of the Kingdom by my might of my power, and for the
honor of my majesty? (Nebuchannezzar made a name for himself).
But God humbled him and removed him from the Kingdom for
seven years, before the king finally had a change of heart.
that was the second 6 whereby man made a name for himself.
When the Christian pilgrims excaped persecution in Rome and
came to America to establish their freedom of worship, they
did not want the same thing to repeat itself in their
country so they said "let us make a name for ourselves",
to avoid other doctrines from infiltrating our beliefs, and
no matther where we are scattered on the face of the earth,
people will be able to identify us by our religious name.
So they build brick and morter, and made themselves names
such as Methodist, Baptist, Anglican, Seventh Day Adventist,
Latter day Saints, Jehova's witness, etc.
(see. Isaiah 44:1-8, Job 4:17-21, Psalm 49:11-20)
this is the third 6 whereby man made a name for himself.
That is why Revelation 14:6-7, calls everyone's attention
back to the creator of the heavens and the earth. We are
seperated from the body of Christ as "the church".
What we are calling the church is simply the image
of the beast. The word "Catholic" means universal.
Further, in Revelation 18:4, God is calling everyone
to come out of her! (out of Babylon) For her sins has
reached unto heaven, and God remembered her iniquities.
This entire kingdom of worshipping in churches, and in
temples is the spiritual Babylon we have today.
The book of Daniel and Revelation goes hand and
hand just like a lock and a key. Daniel gave us
the end-time key of what will take place in this
prophecy concerning the end of this third and
final Babylon we have today.
It says in 'Daniel 12:4' to shut up the words, and
seal the book, even to the time of the end: many
shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
It says in 'Daniel 12:10' that many shall be purified,
and made white and tried. that word "tried" is referring
to the test of faith. in '1 Peter 1:7' and 'Revelation 3:18'
strong faith is as gold "tried" in fire. The angel also
said that the wicked shall do wickedly, and none of the
wicked shall understand, but only the wise shall understand.
Then he gave an amount of days from the time of the daily
sacrifice which was taken away (because of christ' death and
resurrection there is no more sacrifice of lambs and goats.),
till the abomination (lawlessness) that makes desolate set up
(seperation from the body of christ as "the church"), shall be
1290 days and he also gave another set time of 1335 days as
a blessing to those who wait and come to that time.
Remember that a day in bible prophecy = 1 year (Ezekiel 4: 6)
1290 days + 666 = the year 1956
What happened in the year 1956 ??
In that year, America for the first time, started the
N.B.C, A.B.C., C.B.S, P.B.S, and many different news
channels to begin broadcasting for the first time in history.
Also in that year of 1956, was the 1st test firing
of Vanguard satellite program, TV-0.
Then, the first satelite entered orbit in 1957 and it was called
the sputnick 1 which was sent up in space by the Russians.
From then, knowledge started to increase just as
the bible predicted in 'Daniel 12:4'.
1335 days + 666 =the year 2001
What happened in the year 2001 ??
No doubt, it is a year that is remembered in the
minds of all people from every nation and island
world-wide; 'the wicked started doing wickedly'.
The september 11 attacks was broadcasted on every
news channel world-wide, and these groups continued
ever since to terrorize nations across the globe, as
the fear of things yet to come began to hover in the
minds of all people, even christians concerning "the end".
Just as Jesus said concerning the latter days : in 'Luke 21:26'
..Upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;
the sea and waves roaring: Men's hearts failing them for fear,
and for looking after those things which are comming
on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Now let us see how this beast power is playing a role
now in our present time and what will happen in the end.
(Revelation 17:1)
And there came one of the seven angels which had the
seven bowls, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come here;
I will show you the judgment of the great whore
that sits upon many waters:
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,
and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk
with the wine of her fornication.
A woman represents the church (Jeremiah 6:2, Matthew 9:15).
The word whore or harlot in this verse means a counterfeit
church, and because she is great, she represents a great and
well-known system of falsehood.
The Roman Cathacism is a system of deception that stands above all
other counterfeit christian faiths (buildings with names). why?
The word "Catholic" means "Universal". A harlot means a counterfeit
church, and this one is known for its notoriety and greatness.
It prides itself on assuming the authority of Jesus
often in its magnificent display of grandeur.
The wine of fornication represents false teachings of their doctrine.
(Luke 5: 37,38) Jesus said
new wine must be put in new bottles, because no man put new wine
in old bottles. Here Jesus was telling the scribes and pharisees
that the things he is teaching is new and of the truth, and it
must not be replaced by the things they were teaching which
were of old; both are kept preserved.
So being drunk by the wine of this system means the
people are confused by its teachings.
we also notice that eventhough riding on the beast,
the woman is sitting also on many waters.
waters represent multitudes of people and nations (Rev. 17:15).
This suggests that this system of religion strongly controls or
is over many groups of people or nations.
Kings of the earth commiting fornication with her means
this rebellious system of religion has had illicit relationships
with the leaders of the world.
Someway, this religious power has an influence that attracts
the leaders of the world and the christian faith. The world is
so inspired and captivated by the papacy and specifically the pope,
it continually wonders after its power of leadership(Revelation 13:3)
and the people of the world and all christians are also deceived.
This is so great, the whole world submits to their leadership in
one way or the other. In this relationship the leaders of the world
will all do something unlawful together "commit fornication".
The wine means it will be something specific they will share together.
The rest of the world will be intoxicated or totally captivated by
what is going on.
(Revelation 17:3)
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness:
and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast.
The angel transfers John and he is carried in spirit
to the wilderness. The wilderness symbolizes a desolate
and uninhabited place (Leviticus 16:22).
The woman in chapter 12 of our previous topic was in the
wilderness in hiding from persecution from the beast power
(persecutions by the Roman Cathecism).
Because John is in the wilderness, it means he is no longer
looking at any one particular nation or kingdom. For us
to find out what goes on in the wilderness spiritually, we
will have to take a look back in the bible at those who
went through their experiences in the wilderness:
After the great redemption movement by the Lord God in
the time of the exodus, The terbernacle was always with
the nation of Israel in the wilderness (Numbers 14:14).
The tebernacle represented the body of Christ (Hebrews 9:11).
Therefore, when we are not in the body of Christ spiritually,
then our house (our body as God's temple) is left unto us desolate.
(Matthew 23:38)
So what John is seeing in the wilderness is that all
God's people are left desolate and has been taken
as a prey by the beast power.
Isaiah chapter 1:18 talks of our sins being as scarlet and
that they can become as white as snow.
Symbolically, it suggests something is tainted.
The beast is tainted with sin. Notice also that the woman
and the beast are together but separate entities.
In 'Revelation 2:13' Jesus said to the church of pergamos:
I know that you live where Satan has his throne/seat. But you
have kept true to my name. Right there where Satan lives, my
faithful witness Antipas was taken from you and put to death.
Even then you did not give up your faith in me.
Notice that Satan has made this world his kingdom, and is
counterfeiting the way the new world will be when we are
redeemed unto God by Christ, and God and Christ will be on
the throne and will dwell among us. (Revelation 21:2-3)
The political power(the beast), is distinct from the
religious power (the woman). That occurred in 1929.
In that year Pope Pius XI (the first modernist pope)
became leader of the Vatican as an independent neutral
sovereign power. The Vatican thus, for the first time
in history, became the smallest independent state in
the world (108 acres).
The angel is also opening up a prophetic view of
the papacy from 1929 on.
But how does prophecy define those seven heads?
Look just a few verses lower to find out. The Angel that
is showing John this vision actually tells him point blank
what those heads actually mean.
(Revelation 17:9)
"And here is the mind which have wisdom. The seven heads are
seven mountains, on which the woman sits.
The word "have wisdom" as was mentioned in Rev 13:18
is also mention here and it is simply saying :
if you still have uncertainty as to who we are talking
about (the beast), here is the number of his name, or
here is where it is located.
The word "Mountain" in bible prophecy means a
multitude gathering of worshippers
(Jeremiah 50 :6, John 4:20-21)
"the glorious holy mountain" (Isaiah 2:2) is the body
of Christ as the perfect terbanacle (Hebrews 9:11),
and as the Church Body (Colossians 1:24); All of
which is not made with hands.
His (The Lord's) foundation is in the holy mountains.
(Psalm 87:1)
My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused
them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains:
they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten
their restingplace. (Jeremiah 50 :6)
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his
heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. (Malachi 1:3)
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go
up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of
the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways,
and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall
go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. (Isaiah 2:2)
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and you say,
that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour will come,
when you shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem,
worship the Father. (John 4:20-21)
We see clearly that "the mountains" represents
a great gathering of worshippers.
What happened is that the christians in the
days of the apostles were all in the body
of Christ as "the church", and they were
called the seven churches according to
Revelation 1:20.
In the days of ancient israel, it was in
"the temple", and in the days of the apostles
we see Paul for example, who called the
saints by their place of location. They
never used any particular name for any
of the saints, but they would call out
the location of that group of worshippers
to identify them as the church.
For example, the Corinithians, the Galatians,
the Ephesians, the Philippians etc.
In 'Galatians 3:28' and 'Colossians 3:11' everyone
should be included in the one body, because Christ
died for all sinners, and we all fitly join together
as "the House of God" in Christ (Ephesians 2:19-22).
What Satan did was to cause everyone, who established
their freedom of worship, to give their place
of religion "a name" for themselves, and to build
a church body.
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall
continue for ever, and their dwelling places to
all generations; they call their lands after
their own names. (Psalm 49:11)
When the people give these buildings names to say
this is "the church" where everyone can come
and worship the Lord our God, they are actually
seperated from the body of Christ. as we see
their in psalm 49:11 that they call their lands
after their own names. The Lord said in
'Ezekiel 44:28' that He is the possession
and HE is the inheritance of all believers;
and according to Ezekiel 45:1, the inheritance
is the land. But when we give ourselves names
after these buildings, that makes it a seperate
land with a seperate name.
This is satan's work, and that is where
the seven churches spoken of in Revelation
chapter 2 and 3, which should be in the
body of Christ, has now seperated, and
the Harlot sits on these churches or
"seven mountains" as a queen over them.
Now because we are seperated from the body of
Christ as "the church"/the temple" through
our traditions of so called church goings,
and temple worship in these buildings
with their names...behold, the kingdom
thus has been left unto us desolate (Isaiah 44:5-9).
read :
Ezekiel 34:1-16, Jeremiah 5:1, Psalm 53:2,
Psalm 49:11, Jeremiah 10:21, Hosea 4:6
Jeremiah 50:6-7, Jeremiah 12:10-13,
The scriptures say we have eyes to see
but we see not, and ears to hear but we
hear not (Ezekiel 12:2).
the scriptures also say we are worshipping the
works of our hands (Jeremaih 1:16), (Isaiah 2:8).
And the scriptures say the Lord is marry
to us as "the church" and we are not
to marry another so called church.
(Jeremiah 3:14,20)
All the prophets were focusing on this great
deception that we have been serving all these
past centuries, and present times.
The woman that represents the true church in chapter 12
was dressed in fine linen, clean and white. The white
linen represents the righteousness of the saints.
But notice the Harlot woman (above all these churches
with names) is counterfeiting the appearance of the
priests that did the services in the sanctuary of
the Holy temple.
(Exodus 28:4)
These are the garments they are to make: a breastpiece,
an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban and a sash.
They are to make these sacred garments for your brother
Aaron and his sons, so they may serve me as priests.
Have them use gold, and blue, purple and scarlet yarn,
and fine linen.
The "Harlot woman" is decked and arrayed in purple, scarlet,
and gold. But the color blue is missing.
Why is "blue" missing from this false church?
(Exodus 24:10,12)
It is understood that the tablets of the Ten Commandments were cut
from a clear blue sapphire which God had on Mount Sinai.
Sapphire is a blue precious stone, and it symbolized truth, sincerity,
faithfulness, and divine favor. The Ark of the Covenant in the most
holy apartment (Revelation 11:19) of the sanctuary; the throne of God's
presence contains the blue sapphire tablets of the Ten Commandments.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them
fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations,
and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue.
(Numbers 15:38)
And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that you may look upon it,
and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them;
and that you seek not after your own heart and your own eyes,
after which you use to go a whoring (Numbers 15:39)
So regarding the whoring harlot church, though she claims to
be God's representative on earth (The in-born lie of "you shall
be like gods and your eyes will be open"), the missing color
blue in her description indicates that she actively disregards
and transgresses the law of God. One of the characteristics of
the antichrist power is "lawlessness".
The purple, the claim to royalty and authority.
People in the world today love to seek self-esteem,
authority, wealth and happiness; a survival of the fittest.
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously,
... for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow,
and shall see no sorrow.( Revelation 18:7.)
We all know as christians, we are the bride of Christ.
But the wicked don't have a relationship with the Lord and
savior Jesus Christ, because they want to live life their own way,
and worship how they choose and who they want (Jeremiah 44:16-19).
It is written in '1 Timothy 5:5-6' The widow who is really in
need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues
night and day to pray and to ask God for help. But the widow
who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.
The adornment of gold, precious stones and pearls means "faith"
(1 Corinthians 3:12, 1 Peter 1:7) that she has gained through
the multitudes of people that believes in her false doctrines
to make her inwardly attractive in the minds and hearts.
The golden cup in the woman's hand contains something she
wants to use to influence or share with others. The Scripture
says that the cup was full of abominations and the filthiness
of her fornication. This woman, who is all the unrighteous in
the world, debased and brought low the purity of the truth and
the gospel. Her cup is full of unclean and false doctrine.
A cup held up is a form of celebration. The woman honors falsehood.
She flaunts her power to change laws. She becomes an abomination to God.
This is also a practice of the Papal system of Rome (the seat and power
of the dragon), as well as other practices worlwide with false worship
and false gods.
John is being shown this "Harlot Woman" after her 1260 year
of dominion and bloody persecution has come to an end, and
she stands guilty of the blood of countless Christian martyrs
before God. Note that the beast she rides is scarlet
in color; scarlet red with the blood of saints. We can look
back at 'Genesis 4:10' when God told Caine that his brother's
blood is crying out to him, because Cain had killed Abel.
It means Justice has to be done. Then Jesus said in 'Luke 11:50'
that God sent prophets and apostles of which many were slain by
the hands of those who refuse to accept the word of God.
The blood of the prophets from Abel unto the blood of Zacherias
will be required of this generation.
(Revelation 17:5)
And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON
THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
John's attention is drawn to the forehead (the center of
thought and character of this false religious kingdom) of the woman.
The forehead title begins by saying BABYLON THE GREAT.
The Greek form of the name, Babylon, is from the native
Akkadian Bab-ilu, which means "Gate of the god".
"Reaching heaven" is a common description in temple tower
inscriptions. Harlot Babylon, is a spiritual Babylon that
considers herself a gate of God. But evidently, in God sight
she was a place of confusion ("babel"). Her teaching, a
misleading mixture of truth and error. Ancient babylon
worshipped other gods.
The true church will have the name of God and of the lamb
on their forehead. (Revelation 21:2-3), (Revelation 22:1,3,4)
Having the name on the forehead means ownership. So here it
is saying that Satan is using this counterfeit system as his
kingdom, and his throne is the Roman papal power. All the
unrighteous who does not follow truth or who would not obey
the gospel, is under the ownership of Satan.
Jesus said to the pharisees:
"You are of your Father the Devil" (John 8:44)
Jesus said:
"the tares are the children of the wicked one (Satan)" (Matthew 13:38)
We must remember that Satan is using all deception and lies
to lead Christians away from the truth; just as it is written:
(Revelation 12:9)
The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent
called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.
He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
The woman is not the mother of harlots, just as we see the
church with God's name on their forehead doesn't mean they
are gods. This false kingdom worship (satan's kingdom) is the
Mother of Harlots, and it means she has offspring. Something has come
out of her. She has children that are like her. They are women.
These harlots have debased and brought low the truth; They all are
churches with name for themselves, and all those who live for the cares
of this world (Mark 4:19). Abominations of the earth is "the lust
of the flesh, the pride of life, and the lust of the eyes (1 John 2:15-16);
Which makes such person a harlot (adulterer/adulteress), and which
God says makes them his enemy. (James 4:4)
"Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ?
Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them
members of a HARLOT(prostitute)? Certainly not! Or do you
not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her?
For 'the two,' He says, 'shall become one flesh."
(1 Corinthians 6:15-16)
Clearly when we live for the cares of the world (Mark 4:19),
we are then joined to the world, and the world becomes that HARLOT
written upon our foreheads. And when we bow down in these so called
churches to pray, we are committing spiritual idolatry (Isaiah 44:10,15).
Furthermore, in chapter 18 of Revelation, the people of God
are called upon to come out of Babylon. Come out of the love
for this world, and also the false apostasy.
(Revelation 18:4)
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her,
my people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you
receive not of her plagues.
According to this scripture, many of God's people are still
in Babylon, which means many are involve in these false
religious church systems, and many others are still following
in the lust of the world, the pride of this life, and the lust
of the flesh.
Even Jesus himself had said: (John 10:15-16)
The Father knows me and I know the Father;
and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I
have other sheep, that are not of this fold;
I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice.
So there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
Now let us see what happens in the "End-Of-Times" with this beast
(Revelation 17:8)
The beast that you saw was, and is not; and shall ascend
out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they
that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not
written in the book of life from the foundation of the world,
when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
John's attention is now drawn away from the woman back to the beast.
The angel said the beast (kingdom) was, and is not, and yet is.
It was a kingdom in the days of Abraham in ur of
the chaldeans when all people was of one language and
buildt a tower to reach the heavens, but God scattered
them by confusing their speech of language.
It was not as a kingdom in the time when Nebuchannezer
had made a name for himself, God humbled him and made him
dwell among the beasts of the field for seven years. After
Nebuchannezer came to his senses, he repented and God
forgave him and reinstated him as king of Babylon whereby
Nebuchannezer glorified the Lord God of Heaven. Because
God forgave the iniquities of Babylon after its repentance;
before the eyes of God, any sins that are forgiven are hidden
as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:12). Thus it
became as "was not" a name for itself as a kingdom.
It yet is a Kingdom with a name for itself, because the
entire christian faith has a name for themselves.
false church/anti-christs with names such as :Methodist, Anglican,
Seventh day adventist, Baptist, Latter day saints, jehova's witness,
Mermons, Islam, Judaism, Lutheran, presbyterian, etc.
At the time John saw this beast in vision it had already
ascended out of the bottomless pit (his deadly wound was healed)
and so Reinforcing the historic event of 1929.
(Revelation 17 :10)
And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is,
and the other is not yet come; and when he comes,
he must continue a short space.
The angel just addressed the seven heads as being seven mountains.
Immediately after, he also says They are seven kings.
The heads are part of the beast or papacy Kingdom.
A king is a ruler of a sovereign nation or empire.
we are now in the spirit by the visions of John to
reveal all the kings in Rome, and finally the one who
is "the present king", and the king who will come after
him, and who were behind all these kings.
The time the papacy became a sovereign nation was in
February, 1929. The king of the papacy, the head of
the Vatican is the pope.
The woman (the false religion), the beast (the kingdom)
and the kings (the popes, leaders of the Vatican) are all next to
each other. They are associated together in this particular time period.
There can be no other conclusion that draws together the meaning of
the Vatican leadership than to view the kings as seven sequential popes,
beginning in 1929, when this system became a sovereign power.
Five popes are fallen, one is, and the other is yet to come;
and when that pope comes, he will lead only a short time.
Pope Pius XI 1922
the first pope to aggressively take action to achieve
the goals of joining the church with the state.
plan international rules to determine arguments between
countries and spoke out powerfully against fascism and
communism. He was indeed the pope that helped heal the
wound inflicted in 1798.
Pope Pius XII 1939
His mission took him all over the world. He was also in
competition with the ideology to control the world, and
more open than all his predecessors relative to general
ties to other churches.
Pope John XXIII 1958
was known for "Vatican II".
No pontiff in modern times transformed the face of Catholicism
as this man. He laid the foundation for the world to see the
Vatican as having a major role in peace, human rights, and
social welfare reform. He courted Jews and Muslims, Buddhists
and Christians.
Pope Paul VI 1963
He became unpopular, even among Catholics.
He did, however, guide into completion "Vatican II".
Pope John Paul I 1978
He had a background of being an academic scholar and a pastor.
He was deeply interested in investigating the Vatican bank.
He also announced that he would reverse the teaching on
birth control. On September 28, 1978, he was found dead on
his bed. Rumors still abound that he was murdered.
To this point we now have five popes "five are fallen."
And the pope who took Pope John Paul I's place was:
John Paul II
He died in 2005 and was the second longest reigning pope.
He was the most traveled pope. He addressed crowds as large
as one million. With President Ronald Reagan, they were the
most responsible for bringing down European communism.
The world truly wondered after Pope John Paul II.
When he died in April 2005, at his funural: For the last time,
The World came together in a historical gathering.
He truly was refered here in Revelation
as "one is"
... and the other is not yet come; and when he comes,
he must continue a short space.
As we put together the puzzle of Revelation 17, the evidence mounts
that the present pope, Benedict XVI, is now the one who has come.
That reign will be short. Whatever may happen in the immediate future,
the Roman Catholic Church is entering the last years of a pontificate.
The heads seem to come to an end. These leaders, part of the papacy,
appear to be the final popes. Something happens after the seventh !!!
(Revelation 17:11)
And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth,
and is of the seven, and goes into perdition.
The beast is once again addressed and described in such a way
as to make clear that the angel is referring to the beast of
(Rev 17: 8, 9). The beast that was and is not, is himself an
eighth king; he springs from the seven and goes on to destruction.
so the beast is the essence, the concentrated expression of the seven,
the embodiment of their spirit. The beast is an expression of the
seven or perhaps better, the seven is an expression of the beast.
The unexpected reference to the eighth apparently refers to the
man himself, who is the leader of the seventh or final world empire.
Who really is the leader of the seven popes?
Who really is the power behind the beast?
What power could arise after the papal leadership and still be
part of this vast system of falsehood?
What power will go down into perdition or destruction?
Apparently the beast comes out of the bottomless pit (verse 8)
and then goes into perdition. There is an unspecified time between
the emergence of the beast out of the pit and when it goes into
perdition (utter destruction or annihilation).
Just before perdition, there is an eighth power
related to the last seven popes that emerges.
Jesus himself warns us :
(Matthew 24 :23-)
At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!'
or, 'There he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and false
prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive
even the elect if that were possible. See, I have told you
ahead of time.
"So if anyone tells you, 'There he is, out in the desert,' do not
go out; or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it.
For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in
the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Flesh and blood is not our enemy according to the bible.
We have to look at the deceptions from the mind of
the spirit. The false Christ is a false body as "the church".
The false prophet are those pastors and ministers within
that church and preaching bible prophecy; but Jesus always
said "without me you can do nothing" (John 15:5).
That is what we see all around us to today. Jesus is saying
if they say look here is the church, or there is a church,
then DO NOT GO. because the church, which is the body of
Christ, is not visible to the naked eye today.
But when Christ do come in great glory, it will be as the
lighting shines from the east to the west. When we say that
a building with its name is "the church", then spiritually
we are saying look at christ; and yet, that is not our Lord.
'Revelation chapter 18' reveals that people will start to
learn this truth and will destroy Babylon, which is
this entire system of anti-christ's. People will finally
demolish all these so called churches and will be
relieved, while at the same time it prepares for the
comming of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ (Rev.16:12)
(2 Corinthians 11: 13)
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming
themselves into the apostles of Christ.
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel
of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also
be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall
be according to their works.
As we will come to learn that Satan himself will try to
impersonate Christ. The church has long professed to look
to the Saviour's return as the fulfillment of her hopes.
Now the great deceiver will make it appear that Christ has come.
In different parts of the earth, Satan will manifest himself among men
as a majestic being of dazzling brightness, resembling the description
of the Son of God given by John in the Revelation (Rev. 1:13-15).
He cannot sweep in the whole world. He makes one
last desperate effort to overcome the faithful
people by deception (Daniel 11:44-45). He does
this by trying to impersonate Christ..The saints look
on with amazement. One of Satan's final objects
or target is God's faithful people. Men will be
deceived and will exalt him to the place of God,
and deify him.
"The beast" represents the papacy kingdom. It also
represents, at the very end, Satan, who is the power
behind the papacy and these false church/ anti-christ's.
Other imagery used to denote Satan also is "the Dragon".
To honor these so called church systems is to honor Satan.
But the victory will be won by all who are in Jesus Christ.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb,
and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not
their lives unto the Death.(Revelation 12:11)
And the Devil, who deceived them, was cast into the
Lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the
false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night
for ever and ever.(Revelation 20:10)
God is calling you out of Babylon.
Now is the time to make up your mind,
because now is the time for Salvation.
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