Someone sent me a message that Ceasar was not a Roman Emperor which is true but we have to take in the Spiritual significance of Julius Ceasar he was the first Roman Leader to be defied as a God Julius Caesar is considered the first Roman to be officially deified by the Roman state, setting the precedent for later emperors to be worshipped as gods after their deaths, which became known as the "Imperial Cult.". Key points about Caesar's deification: Posthumous declaration: After his assassination, the Roman Senate officially recognized Caesar as a god, referring to him as "Divus Julius" (Divine Julius). Impact on Roman religion: This act marked the beginning of the practice of worshipping Roman emperors as deities. Symbolic significance: Caesar's deification was seen as a way to elevate his status and solidify his legacy. So therefore it is fitting that Julius Ceasar would be the first to be included in the scripture in Rev.17 Revelation 17:10 10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. Julius Caesar would be the first because of his spiritual diety as being the first Roman to be defied as a God Julius Ceasar (44bc ) Augustus (27 BCE-14 CE) Tiberius (14-37 CE) Caligula (37-41 CE) Claudius (41-54 CE)5 have fallen Nero (54-68 CE)1 is Galba (68-69 CE) And the other has not yet come : Reigned a few months Otho (January-April 69 CE) Reigned a few months Vitellius (July-December 69 CE) Reigned a few months The scripture says, and the other has not yet come, and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. This is referring to Emperor Galba he was the first to reign as Emperor after the suicide of Nero So this is all in the correct order to when the book of Revelation was written it was written during the reign of Nero and Galba was the first Roman Emperor to reign for a short time this was the year of the Four Emperor's Galba, Otho ,Vitellius, and the Roman Emperor Vespasian became the permanent emperor in 69ad to 79ad Amen 🙏
The celebration is to commemorate our Lords birth the date is immaterial it just so happen that it falls on dec 25 every year.I agree with you its not on Dec but no exact date although some circumstances are described in the Bible but its clearly defined the Birth of our Lord.
Revelation 17:10-11 10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. This is referring to the Year of the Four Emperors The Roman Emperor Nero was the 6th Emperor he was The Emperor when John wrote the book of Revelation between 65-66ad according to the Apocryphal of the Apostles John was living in Ephesus working at a Bathing house or Center that Nero had built in 65ad . The Roman Emperor's in Chronological order ! Julius Ceasar (44bc ) Augustus (27 BCE-14 CE) Tiberius (14-37 CE) Caligula (37-41 CE) Claudius (41-54 CE)5 have fallen Nero (54-68 CE)1 is Galba (68-69 CE) And the other has not yet come : Reigned a few months Otho (January-April 69 CE) Reigned a few months Vitellius (July-December 69 CE) Reigned a few months After Nero committed suicide in 68ad Galba became the Emperor and it lasted a few months and then Otho became the next Emperor and only Lasted a few months and then Vitellius became the next Emperor and it lasted a few months and the reason these three men reigned as Emperor a short period of time is because God allowed Nero's evil spirit to go into perdition and Nero caused all three of these men to be killed because Nero knew before his death that some of the members of the Senate was attempting to have him removed as the Emperor of Rome because the Senate was trying to track him down for the crime of the burning of the city of Rome and Nero caused the Civil War to break out in the Roman Empire . The scripture says that he was of the Eighth and of the Seventh Emperor's and goes into Perdition in other words Nero became the Seventh and the Eighth Emperor because he caused all of these last three Emperor's to be assassinated by their own Soldiers. Amen 🙏
The 7th bowl...briefly describes the destruction of Rome...." Some people may believe this, but what exactly did John write? 16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and *the cities of the nations fell:* and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. 20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. This great earthquake destroys all the cities of the world. Especially to be destroyed will be the city of Jerusalem, the Great Harlot city, "Mystery Babylon the Great," from which the entire world will be deceived. Will the REAL Messiah go to Rome? NO! He will touch down in Jerusalem! Therefore, the FALSE Messiah, the one who will come in the place of the real Messiah, will also come to Jerusalem. The theory that "Rome" in somehow in the pages of Revelation are simply mistaken.
And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. {Revelation 17:15} The seven headed beast of Revelation 17: The seven heads are symbolic of seven kingdoms, starting with the beast of Daniel chapter 7 1st < Babylon 2nd < Medo-Persia 3rd < Greece 4th < Pagan Rome 5th < Papal Rome; the little horn ("that was" & "is not" & "yet is") 6th < "one is" ^ The woman that rides the beast is in captivity at the time of John's vision, AFTER receiving the deadly wound from the (atheist) beast from the bottomless pit [Rev 11:7]. This is the beast of THE TIME of John's vision IN THE WILDERNESS. (Meaning that John is in the wilderness in his vision and not physical on Patmos, and he sees a beast that would come up from out of this wilderness. Read Job 38:26.) The 7th < "is not yet come" At the time of John's vision *in the wilderness* this head of the beast was yet to come; this is *the beast from out of the earth* [Rev 13:11]; (And he shall exercise all of the power of the first beast...) when this beast will speak like a dragon. This beast must continue a short time, as per the others before him. I believe by the testimony of Jesus, that we are now living in that "short time". The beast that thou sawest 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. {Revelation 17:8} :11...even he is the eighth, AND IS OF THE SEVEN, and ascends out of the bottomless pit and goes into perdition. --There are seven heads at the time of John's vision, five kings/heads/beast are fallen, so this eighth is of the seven kingdoms...."that was"...."and is not"...."yet is" AND received a deadly wound; AND his deadly wound was healed. This wound is the loss of her (the woman/church that rides the beast.) temporal sword (also her captivity), which is the earthly secular world kingdom. This is the image of the beast (that great city), who like Babylon of antiquity, who thinks to usurp church and state craft. The number eight is a metaphor for the resurrection. The eighth is resurrected from a former head of the seven; the 5th head that received a deadly wound. (When he shall go into perdition: this will be the final dispensation of this beast with seven heads, that is a metaphor for satan.) Jesus; (The resurrection; Jn 11:25) Ἰησοῦς/Iēsous = 888 by counting the letter values of the Greek transliteration; I(10), E(8), S(200), O(70), U(400), S(200). In antiquity the mountain was not only a metaphor for a kingdom, but it was also symbolic of the head of a (river) dragon that was symbolic of a river that flows out from a mountain, after the spring thaw and overflowing its banks, spreading out in the form of the dragon's tail. The color is scarlet because it is symbolic of the blood of the saints of the Lord. A woman in prophecy is always a metaphor for a church, in this case (Jezebel) it is the fallen temple of God. The false prophet, a lamb (Christ like) with two horns, and/but will speak like a dragon (a wolf in sheep's clothing), will be the beast (from out of the earth ... the USA) that will make an image unto the first beast from out of the sea, who received a deadly wound and his deadly wound was healed. The two horns are a metaphor for two (equal) kingdoms in one, church and state craft. Medo-Persia also is expressed as having two horns [Dan 8:3], but one was higher, (Persia) and eventually usurps the other. This is the image of the first beast from out of the sea (Papal Rome). Once the wall of separation of church and state is lost, then will the second beast from out of the earth become the image of the first beast, who claims the authority of both church and state. Even so, come Lord Jesus. Amen.
REVELATION 17 EXPLAINED : 1. THE GREAT WHORE SITTETH ON MANY WATERS ( PEOPLE ) . 2. THE WOMAN SIT UPON THE SCARLET COLOURED BEAST WITH 7 HEADS AND 10 HORNS . 3. THE WOMAN IS CALLED THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS . 4. A WOMAN IS CALLED A CHURCH IN THE BIBLE . 5. THE SCARLET COLOURED BEAST IS THE BEAST COMING UP OUT OF THE EARTH WITH 2 HORNS LIKE A LAMB , BUT SPAKE AS A DRAGON ; WHICH WILL GIVE POWER BACK TO THE FALSE CHURCH , OR LITTLE HORN IN DANIEL 7 ; WHICH WAS WOUNDED AFTER RULING FROM 538 A.D. , TO 1798 A.D. ; OR A TIME , AND TIMES , AND A DIVIDING OF TIME . 6. THE GREAT WHORE IS ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS , OR THE 7th KING TO AFFLICT THE NATION OF ISRAEL FROM IT'S BEGINNING ( THE FIRST BEING EGYPT , ASSRYIA , BABYLON , MEDO-PERSIA , GRECIA , ROMAN EMPIRE , WHICH BECAME THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE UNTIL 1798 A.D. ) . 7. THE GREAT WHORE CAME UP ABOUT THE TIME THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE WAS WOUNDED ; WHICH WILL CONTINUE A SHORT SPACE IN REVELATION 17:10 . 8. THE 7 HEADS THAT THE WOMAN SITTETH ON ARE 7 MOUNTAINS . 9. REMEMBER , THE WOMAN SIT UPON THE SCARLET COLOURED BEAST WHICH CAME UP OUT OF THE EARTH ; WHICH MEANS THAT IT REPRESENTS ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH ; WHICH THE 7th MOUNTAINS ARE THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH . 10. PROVERBS 9:1 , 1.Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: 11. 1 SAMUEL 2:8 , 8.He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them. 12. THE 10 KINGS IN REVELATION 17 ARE THE TOES OF THE STATUE IN DANIEL 2 ; WITH THE BEAST COMING UP OUT OF THE EARTH BEING THE FEET OF THE STATUE IN DANIEL 2 . 13. THE TEN KINGS OR TOES ARE 10 REGIONS OF KINGDOMS , THAT MAKE UP THE ENTIRE EARTH . 14. THE WOMAN OR MYSTERY BABYLON THAT WAS WOUNDED AND HEALED BY THE BEAST COMING UP OUT OF THE EARTH , WILL GIVE DIRECTIONS TO THE BEAST ; HE WILL GIVE DIRECTIONS TO THE 10 KINGS OR TOES . 15. THE 10 KINGS , OR HORNS , OR TOES WILL DESTROY THE GREAT WHORE AT THE APPOINTED TIME OF THE SCARLET COLOURED BEAST ; WHICH IS THE 8th KING , OR BEAST IN REVELATION 17:11 . 16. THE 10 KINGS , OR HORNS , OR TOES WILL MAKE WAR WITH THE LAMB , OR THE STONE NOT CUTOUT BY HANDS IN REVELATION 17:13-14 ; WHICH IS CHRIST RETURNING TO THE EARTH TO GATHER HIS BRIDE , IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE GREAT WHORE IS DESTROYED IN REVELATION 18 ; REVELATION 19:1-2 ; JEREMIAH 50 & 51 . 17. JEREMIAH 51:63-64 , 63.And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: 64.And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. 18. REVELATION 18:21 , 21.And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. 19. THE BRIDE OF THE LAMB ( CHRIST ) ARE THE ONES THAT THE ANGELS SEAL TO THE FATHER IN REVELATION 7:1-4 . 20. REVELATION 14:1-5 , 1.And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. 2And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: 3And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. 4These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. 5And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. 21.REVELATION 21:9-12 , 9.And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. 22.And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 23.Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; 24.And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: 25.THE CHURCH IS THE COVENANT BETWEEN THE FATHER AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ; WITH CHRIST BEING THE MEDIATOR OF THE COVENANT , THE HEAD OF THE CHRUCH , AND THE KING OF ISRAEL : WITH BELIEVING GENTILES NOT UNDER THE COVENANT OF THE FATHER , BUT GRAFTED IN THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST . 26. THE FATHER WILL BRING DOWN NEW JERUSALEM TO THE NEW EARTH TO DWELL WITH ISRAEL IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL FOREVER ; WITH OTHER NATIONS THAT ARE SAVED , HAVING RIGHTS TO ENTER THE CITY AT ANYTIME . 27.DEUTERONOMY 32:7-9 , 7.Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. 8When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. 9For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. 28. ALL THE OTHER NATIONS RECEIVED THEIR INHERITANCES IN GENESIS 10 . SHALOM !
"Mystery Babylon...it's talking about Rome here.... Brother, John tells us plainly that the great harlot is "That Great city," and in Chapter 11 he tells us that "the great city" is where Jesus was crucified. Revelation is not about Rome, it is about the Jews and THEIR city, Jerusalem.
Please Jesus was not born on the 25 of December. This is NOT Biblical? If we are to follow Gods word, we should NOT follow man made celebration days, like easter and sunday and christmas.
"Drunk with the persecution of God's people...Rome..." Brother, you are thinking history, but the Holy Spirit and John are looking into the future, to the days of great tribulation Jesus spoke of, and the final seven years that will END the Jewish age. This verse (17:2) is speaking of those days of great tribulation that is ahead for the Jews (and all others who will be left behind at the rapture, who turn to Jesus during the Week. All people left behind who follow Jesus will face a great test: they will be given a choice of receiving the mark (and being doomed to hell) or refusing the mark and losing their heads. These days of testing will be worldwide. Imagine you are a Jew, miraculously still alive in Berlin in 1943. Your chances to make in through the war alive are just about zero. This is what is coming for those who are left behind at the rapture (because they were not born again). The days of great tribulation are going to be felt around the world. "The seven mountains on which the woman sits...Rome is know for this..." So also is Jerusalem. "The great city" that will rule the world, is none other that Jerusalem. Jerusalem sits on seven hills. 1. Mount Scopus, 2. Mount Olivet 3. The Mount of Corruption, 4. Mount Ophel, 5. The original Mount Zion, 6. The New Mount Zion 7. The hill on which the Antonia Fortress was built. WHERE will the REAL Messiah touch down? The Vatican? NO! Hw will touch down in Jerusalem. Therefore, the false messiah will come to Jerusalem. He will come in the place of the real messiah. It will be from the city of Jerusalem that the Antichrist Beast and False Prophet will deceive the entire world. Their false religion will probably be Islam with the Antichrist Beast declaring he is the God of the Jews and the god of Abraham. This will be the great deception, the great lie: that the Antichrist beast is the one, true God, the very God of creation, and the one true religion will be what he says it is. I believe it will be Islam.
The False Messiah Simon Bar Kokhba proclaimed himself as the Messiah has already been fulfilled and there is no particular time line for False Prophets because Jerusalem had a reputation for having False Prophets among them Flavius Josephus wrote of a False Prophet in Jerusalem during the Jewish Revolt against the Romans in 66ad-70ad and Masada 73ad. The Bar Kokhba revolt 132ad to 136ad Led by the False Messiah Simon Bar Kokhba he was known for killing and torturing other Jews that would not support his mission he even killed his own Uncle who was the Second Witness from Rev.11 he was always found praying in Sackcloth and Ashes praying for the Nation of Israel but when his own Nephew kicked him to death peace was taken from Jerusalem and the Bar Kokhba revolt 132ad to 136ad broke out The Witness name is Rabbi Elazar HaModai There is no Antichrist to come in the future these are not the days of vengeance those Antichrist that Apostle John was referring to they have been judged by the Lord at the Great White Throne Judgment located outside the city gates of Jerusalem when Jesus came in judgment between 66ad-68ad to resurrect the Unrighteous and they were all judged according to their works and thrown into the Lake of Fire and they suffered the second death. You cannot charge the blood that was shed in the first century into the 21st century like I said these are not the days of vengeance. And there will be no 7 year tribulation period 70Ad was the beginning of Sorrows because the Wars commenced in Jerusalem from 115ad through 1967ad the six day war these wars were the great tribulation that Jesus spoke of in Matt.24 these Wars were the Gog from the land of Magog Wars God allowed Ten Gentile Nations to come against his own land until God's will had been fulfilled God agreed to give his Kingdom unto the beast until God's will had been fulfilled (,Rev.17:16-17 ) We are now living in the New Heaven and the New Earth because the first Heaven and the first Earth has passed away Let me explain the Second Temple in Jerusalem was considered Heaven because God instructed Moses to build the Tabernacle according to the Patterns of Heaven. And Earth in the Greek is The Word Ge or Ghay which means the inhabited region or country which is Jerusalem the Kingdom of God was taken away from Jerusalem in 66ad-70ad Jesus told the Scribes and Pharisees that there House is left unto you desolate God bless 🙌 🙏
In the news: Tesla has now become a trillion dollar company just as Apple and Amazon did last year. In the Bible: "...for thy merchants were the great men of the earth." (Revelation 18:23). In the news: A record number of container ships are backlogged at American ports. (They are still backlogged as of November 9, 2022). In the Bible: "...and every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors and as many as trade by sea stood afar off and cried when they saw the smoke of her burning..." (Rev.18:17, 18). "The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing." (Rev.18:15). Rev. 18:4 "...Come out of her my people..." ... ... ...
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Someone sent me a message that Ceasar was not a Roman Emperor which is true but we have to take in the Spiritual significance of Julius Ceasar he was the first Roman Leader to be defied as a God
Julius Caesar is considered the first Roman to be officially deified by the Roman state, setting the precedent for later emperors to be worshipped as gods after their deaths, which became known as the "Imperial Cult.".
Key points about Caesar's deification:
Posthumous declaration:
After his assassination, the Roman Senate officially recognized Caesar as a god, referring to him as "Divus Julius" (Divine Julius).
Impact on Roman religion:
This act marked the beginning of the practice of worshipping Roman emperors as deities.
Symbolic significance:
Caesar's deification was seen as a way to elevate his status and solidify his legacy.
So therefore it is fitting that Julius Ceasar would be the first to be included in the scripture in Rev.17
Revelation 17:10
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
Julius Caesar would be the first because of his spiritual diety as being the first Roman to be defied as a God
Julius Ceasar (44bc )
Augustus (27 BCE-14 CE)
Tiberius (14-37 CE)
Caligula (37-41 CE)
Claudius (41-54 CE)5 have fallen
Nero (54-68 CE)1 is
Galba (68-69 CE) And the other has not yet come : Reigned a few months
Otho (January-April 69 CE) Reigned a few months
Vitellius (July-December 69 CE) Reigned a few months
The scripture says, and the other has not yet come, and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. This is referring to Emperor Galba he was the first to reign as Emperor after the suicide of Nero
So this is all in the correct order to when the book of Revelation was written it was written during the reign of Nero and Galba was the first Roman Emperor to reign for a short time this was the year of the Four Emperor's
Galba, Otho ,Vitellius, and the Roman Emperor Vespasian became the permanent emperor in 69ad to 79ad
Amen 🙏
The celebration is to commemorate our Lords birth the date is immaterial it just so happen that it falls on dec 25 every year.I agree with you its not on Dec but no exact date although some circumstances are
described in the Bible but its clearly defined the Birth of our Lord.
Revelation 17:10-11
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
This is referring to the Year of the Four Emperors The Roman Emperor Nero was the 6th Emperor he was The Emperor when John wrote the book of Revelation between 65-66ad according to the Apocryphal of the Apostles John was living in Ephesus working at a Bathing house or Center that Nero had built in 65ad .
The Roman Emperor's in Chronological order !
Julius Ceasar (44bc )
Augustus (27 BCE-14 CE)
Tiberius (14-37 CE)
Caligula (37-41 CE)
Claudius (41-54 CE)5 have fallen
Nero (54-68 CE)1 is
Galba (68-69 CE) And the other has not yet come : Reigned a few months
Otho (January-April 69 CE) Reigned a few months
Vitellius (July-December 69 CE) Reigned a few months
After Nero committed suicide in 68ad Galba became the Emperor and it lasted a few months and then Otho became the next Emperor and only Lasted a few months and then Vitellius became the next Emperor and it lasted a few months and the reason these three men reigned as Emperor a short period of time is because God allowed Nero's evil spirit to go into perdition and Nero caused all three of these men to be killed because Nero knew before his death that some of the members of the Senate was attempting to have him removed as the Emperor of Rome because the Senate was trying to track him down for the crime of the burning of the city of Rome and Nero caused the Civil War to break out in the Roman Empire .
The scripture says that he was of the Eighth and of the Seventh Emperor's and goes into Perdition in other words Nero became the Seventh and the Eighth Emperor because he caused all of these last three Emperor's to be assassinated by their own Soldiers.
Amen 🙏
The 7th bowl...briefly describes the destruction of Rome...."
Some people may believe this, but what exactly did John write?
16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and *the cities of the nations fell:* and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
This great earthquake destroys all the cities of the world. Especially to be destroyed will be the city of Jerusalem, the Great Harlot city, "Mystery Babylon the Great," from which the entire world will be deceived.
Will the REAL Messiah go to Rome? NO! He will touch down in Jerusalem! Therefore, the FALSE Messiah, the one who will come in the place of the real Messiah, will also come to Jerusalem. The theory that "Rome" in somehow in the pages of Revelation are simply mistaken.
And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
{Revelation 17:15}
The seven headed beast of Revelation 17:
The seven heads are symbolic of seven kingdoms, starting with the beast of Daniel chapter 7
1st < Babylon
2nd < Medo-Persia
3rd < Greece
4th < Pagan Rome
5th < Papal Rome; the little horn
("that was" & "is not" & "yet is")
6th < "one is"
^
The woman that rides the beast is in captivity at the time of John's vision, AFTER receiving the deadly wound from the (atheist) beast from the bottomless pit [Rev 11:7]. This is the beast of THE TIME of John's vision IN THE WILDERNESS.
(Meaning that John is in the wilderness in his vision and not physical on Patmos, and he sees a beast that would come up from out of this wilderness. Read Job 38:26.)
The 7th < "is not yet come"
At the time of John's vision *in the wilderness* this head of the beast was yet to come; this is *the beast from out of the earth* [Rev 13:11];
(And he shall exercise all of the power of the first beast...) when this beast will speak like a dragon.
This beast must continue a short time, as per the others before him.
I believe by the testimony of Jesus, that we are now living in that "short time".
The beast that thou sawest 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.
{Revelation 17:8}
:11...even he is the eighth, AND IS OF THE SEVEN, and ascends out of the bottomless pit and goes into perdition.
--There are seven heads at the time of John's vision, five kings/heads/beast are fallen, so this eighth is of the seven kingdoms...."that was"...."and is not"...."yet is" AND received a deadly wound; AND his deadly wound was healed.
This wound is the loss of her (the woman/church that rides the beast.) temporal sword (also her captivity), which is the earthly secular world kingdom.
This is the image of the beast (that great city), who like Babylon of antiquity, who thinks to usurp church and state craft.
The number eight is a metaphor for the resurrection. The eighth is resurrected from a former head of the seven; the 5th head that received a deadly wound.
(When he shall go into perdition: this will be the final dispensation of this beast with seven heads, that is a metaphor for satan.)
Jesus;
(The resurrection; Jn 11:25) Ἰησοῦς/Iēsous = 888
by counting the letter values of the Greek transliteration;
I(10), E(8), S(200), O(70), U(400), S(200).
In antiquity the mountain was not only a metaphor for a kingdom, but it was also symbolic of the head of a (river) dragon that was symbolic of a river that flows out from a mountain, after the spring thaw and overflowing its banks, spreading out in the form of the dragon's tail.
The color is scarlet because it is symbolic of the blood of the saints of the Lord.
A woman in prophecy is always a metaphor for a church, in this case (Jezebel) it is the fallen temple of God.
The false prophet, a lamb (Christ like) with two horns, and/but will speak like a dragon (a wolf in sheep's clothing), will be the beast (from out of the earth ... the USA) that will make an image unto the first beast from out of the sea, who received a deadly wound and his deadly wound was healed.
The two horns are a metaphor for two (equal) kingdoms in one, church and state craft.
Medo-Persia also is expressed as having two horns [Dan 8:3], but one was higher, (Persia) and eventually usurps the other.
This is the image of the first beast from out of the sea (Papal Rome). Once the wall of separation of church and state is lost, then will the second beast from out of the earth become the image of the first beast, who claims the authority of both church and state.
Even so, come Lord Jesus. Amen.
REVELATION 17 EXPLAINED :
1. THE GREAT WHORE SITTETH ON MANY WATERS ( PEOPLE ) .
2. THE WOMAN SIT UPON THE SCARLET COLOURED BEAST WITH 7 HEADS AND 10 HORNS .
3. THE WOMAN IS CALLED THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS .
4. A WOMAN IS CALLED A CHURCH IN THE BIBLE .
5. THE SCARLET COLOURED BEAST IS THE BEAST COMING UP OUT OF THE EARTH WITH 2 HORNS LIKE A LAMB , BUT SPAKE AS A DRAGON ; WHICH WILL GIVE POWER BACK TO THE FALSE CHURCH , OR LITTLE HORN IN DANIEL 7 ; WHICH WAS WOUNDED AFTER RULING FROM 538 A.D. , TO 1798 A.D. ; OR A TIME , AND TIMES , AND A DIVIDING OF TIME .
6. THE GREAT WHORE IS ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS , OR THE 7th KING TO AFFLICT THE NATION OF ISRAEL FROM IT'S BEGINNING ( THE FIRST BEING EGYPT , ASSRYIA , BABYLON , MEDO-PERSIA , GRECIA , ROMAN EMPIRE , WHICH BECAME THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE UNTIL 1798 A.D. ) .
7. THE GREAT WHORE CAME UP ABOUT THE TIME THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE WAS WOUNDED ; WHICH WILL CONTINUE A SHORT SPACE IN REVELATION 17:10 .
8. THE 7 HEADS THAT THE WOMAN SITTETH ON ARE 7 MOUNTAINS .
9. REMEMBER , THE WOMAN SIT UPON THE SCARLET COLOURED BEAST WHICH CAME UP OUT OF THE EARTH ; WHICH MEANS THAT IT REPRESENTS ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH ; WHICH THE 7th MOUNTAINS ARE THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH .
10. PROVERBS 9:1 , 1.Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
11. 1 SAMUEL 2:8 , 8.He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
12. THE 10 KINGS IN REVELATION 17 ARE THE TOES OF THE STATUE IN DANIEL 2 ; WITH THE BEAST COMING UP OUT OF THE EARTH BEING THE FEET OF THE STATUE IN DANIEL 2 .
13. THE TEN KINGS OR TOES ARE 10 REGIONS OF KINGDOMS , THAT MAKE UP THE ENTIRE EARTH .
14. THE WOMAN OR MYSTERY BABYLON THAT WAS WOUNDED AND HEALED BY THE BEAST COMING UP OUT OF THE EARTH , WILL GIVE DIRECTIONS TO THE BEAST ; HE WILL GIVE DIRECTIONS TO THE 10 KINGS OR TOES .
15. THE 10 KINGS , OR HORNS , OR TOES WILL DESTROY THE GREAT WHORE AT THE APPOINTED TIME OF THE SCARLET COLOURED BEAST ; WHICH IS THE 8th KING , OR BEAST IN REVELATION 17:11 .
16. THE 10 KINGS , OR HORNS , OR TOES WILL MAKE WAR WITH THE LAMB , OR THE STONE NOT CUTOUT BY HANDS IN REVELATION 17:13-14 ; WHICH IS CHRIST RETURNING TO THE EARTH TO GATHER HIS BRIDE , IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE GREAT WHORE IS DESTROYED IN REVELATION 18 ; REVELATION 19:1-2 ; JEREMIAH 50 & 51 .
17. JEREMIAH 51:63-64 , 63.And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
64.And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
18. REVELATION 18:21 , 21.And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
19. THE BRIDE OF THE LAMB ( CHRIST ) ARE THE ONES THAT THE ANGELS SEAL TO THE FATHER IN REVELATION 7:1-4 .
20. REVELATION 14:1-5 , 1.And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
2And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
3And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
4These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
5And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
21.REVELATION 21:9-12 , 9.And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
22.And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
23.Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
24.And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
25.THE CHURCH IS THE COVENANT BETWEEN THE FATHER AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ; WITH CHRIST BEING THE MEDIATOR OF THE COVENANT , THE HEAD OF THE CHRUCH , AND THE KING OF ISRAEL : WITH BELIEVING GENTILES NOT UNDER THE COVENANT OF THE FATHER , BUT GRAFTED IN THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST .
26. THE FATHER WILL BRING DOWN NEW JERUSALEM TO THE NEW EARTH TO DWELL WITH ISRAEL IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL FOREVER ; WITH OTHER NATIONS THAT ARE SAVED , HAVING RIGHTS TO ENTER THE CITY AT ANYTIME .
27.DEUTERONOMY 32:7-9 , 7.Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
8When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
9For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
28. ALL THE OTHER NATIONS RECEIVED THEIR INHERITANCES IN GENESIS 10 .
SHALOM !
"Mystery Babylon...it's talking about Rome here....
Brother, John tells us plainly that the great harlot is "That Great city," and in Chapter 11 he tells us that "the great city" is where Jesus was crucified. Revelation is not about Rome, it is about the Jews and THEIR city, Jerusalem.
Please Jesus was not born on the 25 of December. This is NOT Biblical? If we are to follow Gods word, we should NOT follow man made celebration days, like easter and sunday and christmas.
He never said Jesus was born on Christmas and as for celebrating holidays.... Romans 14
The shepards are in the field at night for one time of year...Lambing season. Springtime, Not December. Let us rightly divide 😅
When Jesus was born is irrelevant. It only matters THAT He was born.
"Drunk with the persecution of God's people...Rome..."
Brother, you are thinking history, but the Holy Spirit and John are looking into the future, to the days of great tribulation Jesus spoke of, and the final seven years that will END the Jewish age. This verse (17:2) is speaking of those days of great tribulation that is ahead for the Jews (and all others who will be left behind at the rapture, who turn to Jesus during the Week. All people left behind who follow Jesus will face a great test: they will be given a choice of receiving the mark (and being doomed to hell) or refusing the mark and losing their heads. These days of testing will be worldwide.
Imagine you are a Jew, miraculously still alive in Berlin in 1943. Your chances to make in through the war alive are just about zero. This is what is coming for those who are left behind at the rapture (because they were not born again). The days of great tribulation are going to be felt around the world.
"The seven mountains on which the woman sits...Rome is know for this..."
So also is Jerusalem. "The great city" that will rule the world, is none other that Jerusalem. Jerusalem sits on seven hills.
1. Mount Scopus,
2. Mount Olivet
3. The Mount of Corruption,
4. Mount Ophel,
5. The original Mount Zion,
6. The New Mount Zion
7. The hill on which the Antonia Fortress was built.
WHERE will the REAL Messiah touch down? The Vatican? NO! Hw will touch down in Jerusalem. Therefore, the false messiah will come to Jerusalem. He will come in the place of the real messiah. It will be from the city of Jerusalem that the Antichrist Beast and False Prophet will deceive the entire world. Their false religion will probably be Islam with the Antichrist Beast declaring he is the God of the Jews and the god of Abraham. This will be the great deception, the great lie: that the Antichrist beast is the one, true God, the very God of creation, and the one true religion will be what he says it is. I believe it will be Islam.
The False Messiah Simon Bar Kokhba proclaimed himself as the Messiah has already been fulfilled and there is no particular time line for False Prophets because Jerusalem had a reputation for having False Prophets among them Flavius Josephus wrote of a False Prophet in Jerusalem during the Jewish Revolt against the Romans in 66ad-70ad and Masada 73ad.
The Bar Kokhba revolt 132ad to 136ad Led by the False Messiah Simon Bar Kokhba he was known for killing and torturing other Jews that would not support his mission he even killed his own Uncle who was the Second Witness from Rev.11 he was always found praying in Sackcloth and Ashes praying for the Nation of Israel but when his own Nephew kicked him to death peace was taken from Jerusalem and the Bar Kokhba revolt 132ad to 136ad broke out
The Witness name is Rabbi Elazar HaModai
There is no Antichrist to come in the future these are not the days of vengeance those Antichrist that Apostle John was referring to they have been judged by the Lord at the Great White Throne Judgment located outside the city gates of Jerusalem when Jesus came in judgment between 66ad-68ad to resurrect the Unrighteous and they were all judged according to their works and thrown into the Lake of Fire and they suffered the second death.
You cannot charge the blood that was shed in the first century into the 21st century like I said these are not the days of vengeance.
And there will be no 7 year tribulation period 70Ad was the beginning of Sorrows because the Wars commenced in Jerusalem from 115ad through 1967ad the six day war these wars were the great tribulation that Jesus spoke of in Matt.24 these Wars were the Gog from the land of Magog Wars God allowed Ten Gentile Nations to come against his own land until God's will had been fulfilled God agreed to give his Kingdom unto the beast until God's will had been fulfilled (,Rev.17:16-17 )
We are now living in the New Heaven and the New Earth because the first Heaven and the first Earth has passed away
Let me explain the Second Temple in Jerusalem was considered Heaven because God instructed Moses to build the Tabernacle according to the Patterns of Heaven.
And Earth in the Greek is The Word Ge or Ghay which means the inhabited region or country which is Jerusalem the Kingdom of God was taken away from Jerusalem in 66ad-70ad Jesus told the Scribes and Pharisees that there House is left unto you desolate
God bless 🙌 🙏
In the news:
Tesla has now become a trillion dollar company just as Apple and Amazon did last year.
In the Bible:
"...for thy merchants were the great men of the earth." (Revelation 18:23).
In the news:
A record number of container ships are backlogged at American ports.
(They are still backlogged as of November 9, 2022).
In the Bible:
"...and every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors and as many as trade by sea stood afar off and cried when they saw the smoke of her burning..." (Rev.18:17, 18). "The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing." (Rev.18:15).
Rev. 18:4 "...Come out of her my people..."
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