Rev. #44~13:1-6 THE UNHOLY TRINITY 2-27-19
Today we’re in chapter 13: and in this chapter we have the unholy satanic trinity, the devil, the antichrist and the false prophet.
Satan tries to imitate the thing of God, the antichrist tries to imitate the Christ, the false prophet tries to imitate the things of the HOLY SPIRIT.
The devil has all kinds of perversions of the True Word of God, the K.J. Bible for the English-speaking people.
Let me say that the only way we can detect something that is not real is to know what is, let us learn all we can about the things of the True and Living God, then we can expose what’s not true.
The events taking place in the 2nd half of the tribulation are a result of what takes place in the atmospheric heaven just above us at or about the Midpoint of the 7-year period.
Satan and his angel’s war and lose with Michael and his angels and are cast down to the ground, they can no longer enter the heavens,
Satan’s final method of assault on the woman,** {Israel} and her offspring (the saved) are revealed to us in the 13th chapter.
Satan on Earth will incarnate the leader of a “Revived Roman Empire”; this leader will have died, and brought back to life, we pointed out a while back why we believe he will be Judas Iscariot, as Judas went to his own place when he hang himself, in Acts 1:
His resurrected body indwelt by Satan, will assume control of the kingdom of the Beast. We read about Satan portrayed as a 7-headed dragon in chapter 12, cast out of Heaven, is now the source of power and authority of the 7-headed beast arising from the sea.
This future kingdom will focus on the glorification and exaltation of this “Satan-Man” and the persecution and destruction of those who refuse to accept his deity.
This period will last for 42 months or 3.5 years, and will end with the return of Jesus Christ when surviving Israel, finally recognizes Him as Messiah and calls out in prayer and supplication for his return. Zechariah 12:9-10
9And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, ---
Going before the beast, the antichrist, will be a false prophet who will perform great signs and wonders in the name of this world leader. This false prophet will instruct the world to worship the beast.
This false prophet will direct the earth dwellers to erect an image of the beast, he will demand that the earth dwellers worship the antichrist and also his image, all that refuse to worship the Beast or his image will be killed.
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Verses 1-10 tell us about the Beast “out of the sea.” This Beast represents “the kingdom as well as civil and military power; we believe the beast in verse 1 is telling about the revived Roman Empire and then verses 2-10 about the Antichrist who will head up this Empire.
Verses 1 and 2 look more at the kingdom, the empire;
Verse 3 includes both the king and kingdom, and verses 4 and the following verses refer more to the individual
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Verses 11-18 tell us about the 2nd beast, as he comes up from “out of the earth.” We believe this 2nd beast is the False Prophet. He will head up the one world religion once the True Church has left; he will direct all people to worship the 1st beast, the Antichrist.
Both Beasts are instruments of the Dragon, which is the Devil. They’re called “beast” because their so evil and cruel.
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vs.1-And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Ø Listen to what is included in verse 1-----
--- the sand of the sea-- Sand of the sea” is a phrase associated with the growth and population of the Earth.
--a beast—this “beast” here in verse 1 is telling about the Empire its self.
The “seven heads” are seven historic Gentile kingdoms, the “heads” pointing to 7 kings or rulers.
And 6 of the historic world empires were;
Ø 1-Egypt: 2-Assyria: 3-Babylon (4) Medo-Persia: (5) Greece: (6) Rome: and the 7th will be “the revived Roman Empire”
The “ten horns” figuratively speaking are ten future kings who will rule over ten nations, which will make up the Revived Roman Empire.
17:12 - And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings,--
-out of the sea- the sea represents multitudes of nations
Revelation 17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore* {the harlot churdh} sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
-upon his horns ten crowns-
We notice that upon his horns ten crowns-“
Lets be sure and notice that the “crowns” were upon his “horns”, not on his “heads”, remember that the “heads” are telling about past Empires, and the “ten horns” are telling about 10 future rulers, “horns” speak of authority.—past Empires have no authority at any future time.
The “name of blasphemy” reflects the Beast’s opposition to God; all 7 of the heads opposed and will oppose the True and Living God.
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2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
In Daniel and Revelation the Beast seen by both Daniel and John are pictures of the last Human government before the return of the Messiah. When Christ returns the Beast of Daniel and Revelation will be the dominant force on the Earth.
Daniels prophecy was over 500 years before John and yet they’re telling about the same thing, Daniel don’t mention the 1st two empires, Egypt and Assyria, he only speaks of the last 5.
BAB---M-P.—GREC.—RM.—R.R.
Dan. 7:23-27
23Thus he said, The fourth beast** shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. 24And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
This don’t mean that there’s only to be 7, there will evidently be 3 that takes their place, because there is to be 10 we’re told.
The ten horns correspond with the ten toes on Nebuchadnezzar’s image (cf. 2:41), which will be ten kings.
This eleventh horn stands for the Antichrist of Revelation 13: who is to its personal leader.
25And he shall speak great words against the most High, {John says the same thing in Rev.13:} 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. {3 1/2 YEARS}
26But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
27And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions {RULERS} shall serve and obey him.
And then we read in Daniel 2: 40-44 -here Daniel is telling king Nebacanazzar what his dream means.
40And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Daniel revealed that during the time of these kings (10 toes) the God of Heaven would set up a kingdom, which shall never end.
There is a gap of time between the Iron legs and the Iron and clay feet and toes, this gap is described in Daniel 9:26 as a period of “Desolation”, the time after Messiah is cut off.
Daniel chapter seven has one beast, with “Iron” teeth and 10 horns. This Beast is described as a “Fourth Kingdom”, different then all other kingdoms, with 10 future kings who will arise. They will subdue the whole earth. –The Revived R. E.
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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.
It is not impossible that the Antichrist should return to life because of the unique happenings of the tribulation, and the increased capacity of satanic power during that time, let’s remember that God permits things as His plan is being carried out. –All power comes from God, God is the Director.
Let remember that God gave power to His disciples to heal the sick and even raise the dead.
Ø Listen as I read you that.
Matthew 10:5-7 These twelve** Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: 6But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 8Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
And so I read us this Bible fact to ensure us that God can give this power to who ever He so chooses, and we believe the antichrist will be raised from the dead by Satan, and that God will allow it to be because of the obvious time we’re talking about, the tribulation, the time of satanic deception, Gods will and plan will be carried out just exactly as He has foreordained it to be.
And let me say to the fake healers that might be listening, if you are going to do one of the miracles here in verse 8 of MATT.10: ---Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils you ought to be able to do all four of them.
Raising the dead is included; obviously, this was applicable to the time and circumstances AT THAT TIME. –Notice the 1st two words in verse 1 pretty well explain it.-- These twelve**,not also in 2010 .
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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?
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: { tribulations Martyrs 6:--Moses & Elijah 11:} and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
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.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
