The meetings of the guilds were devoted to licentious debaucheries which were connected with the worship of erotic idols of the Greek world. They will discover that all religions are blasphemous and worthless. (Daniel 8:23) Ezekiel calls him the ruler of Tyre. Jesus has kicked Lucifer out of Heaven. He gave this nation a form of government that was unlike anything the world has ever seen. It will be a tattoo on the right hand. There is nothing wrong with that in itself. The devil will convince the world that he has come to establish 1,000 years of peace on Earth, and Earth must be rebuilt and repaired. Children represent those who not only practice immorality but who teach it as well, as Jezebel was doing. Both are needed in the church at Thyatira. “Desert U” teaches discernment and insight. Study the chronology that is declared in this text: “When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.” (Revelation 12:13, italics mine) We can easily chart verse 13. Today, Jesus and Lucifer are striving to win the affections of people. Poor ignorant people undertook a horrible hike to appease gods of wood and stone with sacrifices (even human sacrifices) so they would be protected from harm. This means, of course, that he is stressing his deity. In those rare times that we have had to take severe disciplinary action against some member of the congregation because of sexual immorality, the result has always been a purifying of people's lives, a willingness to examine the morals of the day, and an increased understanding of the importance of being pure in these areas. This is amazing considering that Protestants in 1798 amounted to less than 0.1% of the world’s population. They [the wicked] perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Persecution purifies the soul of the persecuted and it often changes the hearts of those who observe such submission. This may sound strange, but the Great Tribulation will prove that there are far more people in God’s church today than all Christian denominations combined! For example, consider these parallels between the two beasts: both beasts persecute God’s saints; both beasts are empowered for a specific amount of time; both beasts will be destroyed with fire at the Second Coming; both beasts are blasphemous; and both beasts emphasize the role of the papacy (that is, the papacy derives its ruling power from each beast). Over time, this parcel of land became known as the United States of America. After Babylon forms, it will quickly become a demon possessed government. Those who have real faith will repent. Remember, the leopard-like beast is a composite beast that represents an amalgamation of seven opposing religions (the seven heads) under the leadership of the pope. All American Season 3, Episode 6: Teenage Love. He will appoint ten kings. They did everything possible to change the feelings and attitudes of their subjects, but there was no repentance. The crowns’ placement on the red dragon is important because the diadema are on the heads of this beast. The lofty pinnacle of any mountain was regarded as a dwelling place for deity. John saw an enormous red dragon standing before the woman, ready to devour her child the moment He was born. (Revelation 2:24-25 NIV). Therefore, Babylon will create many “sin-less” laws which civil authorities will enforce. The first tattoo will be engraved on the foreheads of Lucifer’s lieutenants. Lucifer tried to keep the truth about Christ’s resurrection a secret. Unfortunately, few people really want to understand the ways of God. The great dragon was hurled down – that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. Honesty and transparency in business and government is fading. (See Numbers 31:48-54, Deuteronomy 1:15, 1 Samuel 22:7, and 1 Chronicles 27:1.) When people claim to have received “a word from the Lord,” they had better be telling the truth or God will destroy them for blasphemy. He loved the people of the world so much that He gave us Jesus as our atonement for sin. And you do many things like that.” (Mark 7:13), E. Islam* is a religious system that rejects the divinity of Jesus. He has strategically placed his demons and human agents (demon possessed people) in highest places. Summary: We have examined Lucifer’s hatred for Jesus in this first prophecy. If God had killed Lucifer and his followers before the outcome of their rebellion matured, the remaining angels would have concluded that God was a bully. Because religion mutated quickly, God allowed the devil to chase the woman into the desert. (In other words, Bible texts could not be translated into the common language of the people.) Here he chooses the name of the most evil woman in the Old Testament. You keep at your work; you do not quit. The devil will want the world to believe that Babylon’s leaders have been on the right track. When the threshold for being a Christian is suffering, the woman remains healthy. He will divide Earth into ten geographical sectors and his ten kings will see that no rebellion exists throughout his great empire of Babylon. Others allow pornography to go unchallenged in their midst. .” (Revelation 1:16) Then, Revelation 1:20 says, “. believe Mohammed was the founder of Islam, it must be emphasized that Mohammed did not invent the Islamic faith. One of the heads of the beast [Catholicism] seemed to have had a fatal wound [February 1798], but the fatal wound had been healed. There are three parties involved: First, there is Jezebel herself. Jesus proved this religious system false in the same way He rebuked the Jews for putting traditions above the Word of God saying, “Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. Ephesus tells us, "Do not let your love for Jesus grow cold," (Revelation 2:1-7). Jesus closes this portion of the story by saying, “He who has an ear, let him hear [what the Spirit says]. God wants everyone to know about Jesus and His salvation. The wicked will recognize the truth. When Peter discovered that faith in God means total submission to God’s will, Peter was transformed and he surrendered himself to God’s will that day. “Fallen! Can you imagine killing the very person who would volunteer to die in your place? 26To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations— 27'He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery'— just as I have received authority from my Father. We know at this point in our study that the lamb-like beast is Lucifer in human form. Millions in the non-religious group will also be killed, and if necessary, even those who would worship the devil will be killed. Consider these parallels: Ancient Babylon was a world empire* and modern Babylon will be a world empire. He will put the religious leaders of the world in positions of power. The second and most obvious reason for calling this beast the “lamb-like beast” is that he will be an imposter of the Lamb. Lucifer tried to get Jesus (at His weakest moment) to worship him. For 1,260 long, dark years, the devil did everything possible to make life miserable for the people of Europe, whether in the visible church or the invisible church. The result of judgment and discipline within the church is that the church is purified, strengthened, and helped. (Ezekiel 28:2) Isaiah calls him the king of Babylon. At these meetings, it appears that the angels discussed matters pertaining to the governance of the universe. This is a strange specification because there is no record of the dragon speaking in the book of Revelation. Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘Because you think you are wise, as wise as a god, I am going to bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations; they will draw their swords against your beauty and wisdom and pierce your shining splendor. First, to understand that at the sixth trumpet, three groups of people will live on Earth. ), one can factually argue that ancient Babylon (and Medo-Persia, Grecia, and Rome) did not rule over the whole world. Being the devil that he is though, he did not give up. It is the most corrupt of the seven churches that are presented here. Larry Wilson, founder of WUAS, became a “born again” Christian in 1972. (Note: To make this story complete, I must mention Lucifer’s next two failures.). The angel said (using the past perfect tense): “Five [heads] have fallen” and one head is [new]. There is a good reason for this. But the trouble with Jezebel is that she was a false prophet. He was hurled [in]to the earth, and his angels with him.” (Revelation 12:7-9, insertions mine). .” The only beast who John saw cast into the earth was the great red dragon. Compare Daniel 2:42 with Revelation 17:12-14. Love for money and pleasure has displaced love for God and His Word. Occasionally, citizens might hear a political leader say “God bless America,” but how can God bless the United States when corporately speaking, its national behavior is an insult? If John had said that he saw the lamb-like beast coming up from the Abyss in Revelation 13:11, this would have linked up with the release of Lucifer, the angel king, from the Abyss in Revelation 9:1-11 and made the identity of the lamb-like beast much easier to determine. Just as Michael/Jesus, the archangel, put aside “His feathers” to become a man, so Lucifer will be permitted to put aside “his feathers” to become a man. The final benefit that comes from persecution is exclusion. John describes the leopard-like beast as having seven heads when it rises to power and, Notice that the leopard-like beast has body parts that belong to a lion, a bear, and a leopard, and it just so happens that the first three beasts in Daniel 7 are a lion, a bear, and a leopard. This loathing has not changed. He is waiting for the leopard-like beast to rise. He tried to kill Jesus at birth and failed. Follow the logic: The enormous red dragon tried to kill Jesus at birth through Herod. In 1543, England’s Parliament passed a law forbidding common women to read the Bible and the penalty was death! For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.” (2 Thessalonians 2:10-12, italics and insertion mine). Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.” (Genesis 6:9, italics mine) Looking at human nature, and knowing that God’s wisdom is perfect, we have to admit that putting the woman in the desert for 1,260 years had to be the best thing that God could do for her. The Greek word oros means “hills” or “mountains.” Some translators translate oros to mean “hills” and others use the same word to mean “mountains.” In ancient times, any mountain or “high hill” was regarded as a holy place. I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. By the fifth century A.D., the visible church in Rome had taken control of doctrine and leadership, and those who loved truth and followed the Spirit were actually regarded as her enemies. Carefully consider this verse: “I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.” (Revelation 1:9, italics mine) John was acquainted with suffering for Christ’s sake. She herself supported over 800 prophets of Baal, who ate at her table. We have already noticed that the leopard-like beast has seven heads and ten horns just like the great red dragon. Recorded history reveals that with the help of the Roman Catholic Church, the Ostrogoths, Heruli, and Vandals were uprooted and destroyed by A.D. 538. (1 Kings 18:38) Fire came down from Heaven and consumed Solomon’s offerings when the temple on Mount Moriah was dedicated. All of this will find its ultimate culmination in this book of Revelation when we get to the 17th and the 18th chapters, and view the great harlot who rides the beast and who has dominion over the kings of the earth. With God, timing is everything. The king of modern Babylon (Lucifer) will prove to be more blasphemous than the king of ancient Babylon. When Peter saw that Jesus was not going to defend Himself and overcome His enemies, Peter denied that he knew Jesus because Peter was not prepared to share in Christ’s condemnation and death. . We also know that Lucifer’s main objective will be the destruction of the remnant of the woman. They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree. This was the problem these Thyatiran Christians faced. During the Dark Ages, Protestants used the Roman numeral technique on various names and titles of popes. The woman fled to the desert for survival. The mysteries of apocalyptic prophecy are often ignored because they take too much work and many people think “they do not pertain to salvation.” Nevertheless, once the world sees the awesome destruction caused by God’s wrath (the first four trumpets), everyone on Earth will be traumatized. As political leaders survey the extent of death and global destruction caused by the first four trumpets, they, too, will realize that God targeted places that were well known for wickedness. Jesus is omnipotent. and A.D. 538. (Revelation 9:5) To win the confidence of world leaders, the devil will support the laws of Babylon and the efforts of Babylon’s leaders to reduce immoral behavior. (This is the essential reason for the upcoming revelation of Jesus Christ!) The whole world was astonished and followed the beast.” (Revelation 13:1-3, italics and insertion mine). Even though the papacy is only one of the seven heads on the leopard-like beast, it will prove to be the leader of the remaining six heads until the fifth trumpet occurs. They will have knowledge about matters which will confound their enemies. Such a meal was, at least in part, a religious ceremony. We may find that strange, but actually one inevitably leads to the other. He chased the woman for 1,260 years and failed to destroy her in the wilderness. If holy ground was not close, the ancients worshiped on mountain tops – where it was believed that deity lived or descended. Second, the Bible says the devil is preparing to make war on the last or the remnant of the woman. They leap to the conclusion that the fourth beast in Daniel 7 and the leopard-like beast in Revelation 13 are the, Finally, the fourth beast in Daniel 7 and the leopard-like beast in Revelation 13 have ten horns, but they are not the, When we compare the origins of the two beasts in Revelation 13, we find that the leopard-like beast (Babylon) will rise up out of the sea whereas the lamb-like beast will rise up out of the earth. Prophecy I and Prophecy II are inspiring because they tell us that Lucifer will ultimately fail. He coveted the worship and adoration that belonged to Michael, the archangel. Finally, the Lord says, "Listen to all the letters of the churches. ... Paul Newman is a revelation of subtle, yet intimidating acting in Road to Perdition. He has feet "like burnished bronze" which can trample sin under foot and severely punish that which is wrong, if need be. I was overwhelmed, but the one thing that most astonished me was the amount of coordination and communication that goes into the construction of each vehicle. In fact, four of his angels will kill a third of mankind (Revelation 9:15) and his ten puppet kings will use military force to ensure that rebellion is not tolerated. (Revelation 2:28 NIV), That is a beautiful symbol. That was not her name, of course, but our Lord always names people according to their character. The fifth trumpet occurs when two-thirds of the time allotted for the Great Tribulation ends. Consider the following: When these four issues are synthesized, we can see why God did not immediately destroy Lucifer and his rebellious followers. Lucifer, the great red dragon who was cast out of Heaven, will come up from the Abyss at the fifth trumpet. Many prophetic expositors violate valid rules of interpretation in Revelation 12 because they want to make the enormous red dragon into something other than the devil. .” (Revelation 13:11) There is no geographical difference between the devil being released from the Abyss and the devil coming up out of the earth because the Abyss was a hole in the earth. We know this is not the case because the sixth trumpet sounds about 295 days before the Second Coming. The devil will use this tactic for two reasons. Many people are prophesying out of their own imagination and calling it “a word from the Lord.” God hates this. Persecution kept the faith of the woman pure for 1,260 years. I will strike her children dead." In other words, the war in Heaven (verse 7) occurs before the dragon chases the woman to the desert (verse 6); therefore, a new prophecy begins because chronological order is broken. Rank wherever they travel throughout eternity, strikethroughs mine ) 26:49 ) Jesus! 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