Jehoshua is on the throne of David in New Jerusalem and He is the King of a New Israel
Back to the book of Revelation 13, verse 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" Many believe this verse was fulfilled when General Berthier of the French army captured the Pope and put him in prison. This severely hurt the civil power of the papacy. Also, another event that gave the Papacy a deadly wound was the Protestant reformation. In these two events the Papacy received both a deadly religious and deadly civil wound. However, the wound of the beast heals causing the world to wonder after him. In 1929, the Lateran concordat was signed between the Papacy and the Vatican giving the Vatican sovereignty. Also, over the last 50 years the Papacy has made tremendous inroads into the Protestant churches signing many covenant agreements with them most notably on the 500 year anniversary of the Protestant reformation on October 31st, 2017. This agreement between the Catholic Church and the Protestant denominations effectively ended the 500 protest against the Catholic Church by many of the major Protestant denominations. This is not too mention the increasing civil power that the Papacy has gained over the years including Pope John Paul II working with Ronald Reagan to bring down the Soviet Union. Both appeared on the cover of Time magazine with the title "Holy Alliance". Pope Francis visit to the U.S. in 2015 was historic on many fronts as he visited the White house, spoke at the U.N. and conducted interfaith services. The Vatican flag was featured prominently at both the White house and the United Nations. Not only has the Papacy united with many of the Protestant churches but he also has gone on a whirlwind tour worldwide to make covenants with the various religions of the world including the eastern Orthodox Churches. At this point in history the world is wondering after the beast as Pope Francis has become the religious leader of the world. Verse 4 of Revelation 13: "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?" Ultimately loyalty to the beast (Papacy) is akin to worshipping Satan. The Papal led Catholic Church ran the holy Roman empire for over a thousand years and killed over 50 million Christians during that time frame. Verse 5 of Revelation chapter 13: "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" The 42 months covers the interadvental Church age. Verse 25 of Daniel 7 fits verses 4 and 5 of Revelation 13 as this beast of Revelation 13 does the same thing as the little horn of Daniel 7 in that they both wear out the saints through persecution and both speak blasphemous words against the most high God. This beast is given power to continue his reign during the whole of the new covenant Church age. Just a superficial research on the various quotes by the various popes throughout church history reveal several damning blasphemies. Verse 6 of Revelation 13: " And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven" Here I want to focus on the little horn antichrist as blaspheming God's tabernacle and those that dwell in heaven.In Daniel 8 we see similar language said about the antitypical little horn Antiochus IV Epiphanes: 10And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.11Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.12And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. Antiochus Epiphanes IV is in view here and it describes his defilement of the worship system of Israel. At that time, Israel was in the old covenant and its system of worship was centered on the temple, Levitical priesthood, feast days and the law of Moses in general. Antiochus descreated this system for about 1260 days until the Macabees rose up and retook the temple and cleansed it. Lets go through these verses and identify the parallels between what the old testament little horn (antiochus) and the new testament little horn (papacy) did and continues to do. In vese 10 it says that Antiochus cast down some of the hosts and stars to the ground. This is a symbolic reference to God's people. Hosts can mean army as well. Certainly Antiochus had to defeat Israel's army to gain control of the temple. Antiochus also had to cast God's people (stars) to the ground (persecution). While many modern American Christians are looking to some future fulfillment of this in Geo-political Israel the truth is that this already took place nearly 1700 years ago and even beyond that. If we understand the Papacy to be the new testament little horn, then we easily see the above description about what Antiochus did to Israel of the old covenant fit into what the Papacy did to the new covenant Israel i.e. the Church. The hosts of Jehovah God in the new testament is His church which is the Israel of God (Galatians 6:12-16). Paul describes believers in Jehoshua Messiah as His soldiers: 2 Timothy 2:3-4 3Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.4No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. In Ephesians 6 we are exhorted to put on the whole armor of God so that we can battle in spiritual warfare. So how did the Papacy cast the hosts (believers in the Son of God) down to the ground? By brutally persecuting the saints that refused to take the Papal mark of authority and by refusing to take part in the Catholic Church's counterfeit system of worship. Over 50 million Christians were killed by the Papal led Catholic Church during the age where the Catholic Church ruled over europe. Stars in the book of Revelation are said to be angels i.e. messengers. Many believe this refers to actual Bishops of the seven churches and not spirit angels. During the Catholic Church's rise to power in Christendom the true Bishops who kept the purity of the Christian faith were maligned, ex-communionicated and even martyrd at the hands of the Roman Catholic Church. As early as the 2nd century this was happening as pope Victor of Rome thundered excommunications after the asian churches refused to keep easter Sunday instead choosing to honor the apostolic tradition of observing passover on the 14th of Nisan and resurrection day subsequently on first fruits which fallse on the 16th of Nisan. This was the early days of what would evolve into the Roman Catholic Church setting up a false worship system thinking to change God's times and laws. The Roman Catholic Church stamped God's true remnant church to the ground continually from the 4th century all the way up to the 18th century and even to a lesser extent today. In verse 11 it says that the old testament little horn magnified Himself to the prince of the host. This alludes to Antiochus considering himself to be eqaul to God hence his nickname Epiphanes which means "God manifest". The new testament little horn the Papacy has done the same thing exalting himself to be eqaul with God and His Son. Many titles have been given to the popes such as "holy Father" and "vicar of the Son of God" for example. The Papacy has also claimed to be the sole head of the Christian church (primacy of the bishop of Rome). For one, Jehoshua said to call no man father except our Father in heaven. Second, while all Christians are representatives (vicars-plural) of the Son of God, the title "vicar" indicates a theocratic superiority of the Papacy over the rest of Christianity. Vicar means vice regent so in other words the Papacy claims ultimate headship and authority over the Church. There are a number of problems with Papacy claiming this title for themselves. For one, there is nowhere in the new testament that anyone is given this supremacy. Infact, Jehoshua said the opposite in that those who desired to be the greatest in the Kingdom must be the servants of all: Matthew 20:25-28 25But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.26But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;27And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. This description of how we are to be as Christians in that even the supposed greatest in the Kingdom has to serve the brethren and basically be a servant rather than chief. The Papacy has done the exact opposite of this. Also, if any church was the central Headqaurters of Christianity it was the Jersusalem church not the Roman church. James the brother of Jehoshua was the Bishop of the Jerusalem Church and yet we see in Acts 15 that he humbly heeded Peter's testimony in helping him (James) give the decree that the Gentiles did not have to keep the law of Moses. Acts 15 shows that the Jerusalem Church was the centerpoint of early Christianity yet they did not excercise an authoritarian control over the various churches that were being established by the apostles. Once the Jerusalem Church ceased to exist in its original form, the Church did not have one singular central place of authority. There is no vice regent (vicar) of the Son of God on earth today except the Holy Spirit which represents the Messiah and leads and teaches the Church in His bodily abscence. This is why Jehoshua said: John 16:13 13Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. We dont need the Papacy as the voice of the Son of God on earth (another claim) when we have the Son of God's Spirit to lead us into all truth. Verse 11 of Daniel 8: "Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down" Lets now talk about the daily sacrifice being taken away, this refers to Antiochus stopping the continual burnt offering as part of the sanctuary worship system that Jehovah established. How do we correlate this with the new testament and the little horn of our day. We know that in the new covenant we do not offer animal sacrifices anymore as Jehoshua was our once and for all perfect sacrifice. However, we still do offer spiritual sacrifices as stated by the apostle Peter in his 1st epistle: 5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jehoshua Messiah. And this verse above is the key to understanding exactly what the little horn of the new testament accomplished for centuries. He put an end to the daily spiritual sacrifices offered by God's people directly to the holy of holies in the heavenly sanctuary through the High Priest Jehoshua and instead cast his own sanctuary down and commanded that all worship had to be done through the Catholic Church via its ritualistic Mass. The Catholic Church system became the temple and sanctuary by which worshippers were required to offer their sacrifices. No longer was direct access to the most holy place in the heavenly places allowed but rather the Catholic Church set itself up as the conduit in which all worshippers were required to go to offer their sacrifices and recieve forgiveness of sins. Not only that but the Catholic Church denied the priesthood of all believers as stated by Peter above and later John the beloved apostle (Rev 1:5-6; 5:9-10). Only men ordained by the Church were allowed to forgive sins and carry out priesthood functions directly contrary to what Peter the apostle stated. The Roman Catholic Church set up a counterfeit worship system with counterfeit sacrifices and a counterfeit temple as they brought down everything from New Jerusalem to Rome. Revelation 13:7 7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. The sea beast will be given power to make war with the saints and overcome them. The Roman Papal Church did this very thing from the 4th century until the 1700's persecuting Christian groups throughout Europe that fell outside their domain. The tentacles of the Roman Catholic Church spreads throughout the world. More than ever, the Roman Pope wields incredibile influence in the world both in the religious spector as well as the secular. Revelation 13:8 8And 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. Only those who hear the voice of the Son of God will refuse to bow down to the Papal antichrist. As ecumenism grows, more and more Christians are being asked to honor the Pope and give him respect as a true religious leader. True Christians however will not give their allegiance to the man of sin. Those who call the Pope holy father show that there names are not written in the lambs book of life. Revelation 13:9-10 9If any man have an ear, let him hear.10He 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. Many prophecy students believe that this passage refers to the capture of Pope in 1798 by General Berthier of Napoleons army as he was led into captivity as the Papacy received a significant wound to their civil power. See the entry from Wikipedia below: "General Berthier marched to Rome, entered it unopposed on 10 February 1798, and, proclaiming a Roman Republic, demanded of the pope the renunciation of his temporal authority. Upon his refusal, Pius was taken prisoner, and on 20 February was escorted from the Vatican to Siena, and thence to the Certosanear Florence. The French declaration of war against Tuscany led to his removal (he was escorted by the Spaniard Pedro Gómez Labrador, Marquis of Labrador) by way of Parma, Piacenza, Turin and Grenoble to the citadel of Valence, the chief town of Drômewhere he died six weeks after his arrival, on 29 August 1799, having then reigned longer than any pope." Revelation 13:11 11And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. Now lets talk about the false prophet. Most Christians focus on the first beast when talking about prophecy. I believe there is actually a reason for this as most Churches and their Pastors almost ignore the false prophet and his/its possible identity. If the "sea" represents a multitude of people then the "earth" reasonably represents a sparsley populated area. In the bible "sea" oftens represents multitudes of people. Its likely the reference to "earth" is meant to connotate the exact opposite of the "sea" which is that the earth beast rises out of a sparsley populated area. So why would Churches and their Pastors not give too much attention to the identity of the false prophet? Because it is obvious from the description of the earth beast that it is a professed Christian system. How do we know? Because it has two horns like a lamb. This is a clear reference to the Son of God Jehoshua. So this false prophet can in no way be Muslim or any other religious system as they do not believe Jehoshua is the Lamb of God. The question is, what Christian system qaulifies as the false prophet? This is what the Churches and their Pastors are scared too death of. If the earth is a reference to a sparsley populated area and the description of the false prophet is a Christian institution then it is obvious that the American Christian Church is sqaurely in view. They can deny it all they want but the proof is not only in the scriptures but also in how majority of American Church is full of false antinomian doctrine and compromise with the world. This false prophet is Christian in veneer only as it speaks as a dragon. The lamb like horns give it a Christian appearance but the mouth speaking as a Dragon shows its true character. This does not refer to all American Christians nor all American Churches but rather the institutional 501 C 3 Church system and many Independent ones as well. So how has the American church spoken as a dragon? From day one American Christians rejected the teachings of Jehoshua to love their neighbors as well as their enemies and they slaughtered the native Americans without mercy. Christians even killed each other, Puritans persecuting Baptists. The civil war saw Christians killing Christians. Pastors from their pulpits have endorsed American wars even speaking against anyone who called for peace. The American church continues to endorse ungodly men as Presidents denying the teachings of the Son of God who said that His Kingdom is not of this world otherwise His servants would fight for it. Slavery is another black eye for the American Church who mostly endorsed the practice. Christians in America continually yoke themselves to political parties and are big promoters of the American military who have bombed many countries and their civillians. They have called this a Christian country thereby thinking that God endoreses the Killing of their enemies. This is not too mention the false doctrines taught by the Church in America. The Church in America has become largely lawless (antinomian). They continually speak ill about Jehovah's law and deride anyone who has a desire to keep it. They even now say we dont have to keep the Son of God's commandments on the sermon on the mount as that is supposed to be for Jews only. They have gone so far as to say that no matter how you live you cannot lose your salvation. The list goes on an on for the false doctrines taught by the Church in America. There are too many to mention. I believe the speaking as a dragon is a direct reference to the false prophet speaking against Jehovah's law. This is precisely what the American church does, they malign God's law and those who have a desire to keep it. The trinity is the number one false demonic doctrine of the American Church as it goes against the most important commandment according to Jehoshua (Mark 12:28-34) andthe first commandment of the decalogue. Revelation 13:12 12And 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. The false prophet wields the same power that the first beast (Papacy) does. The Protestant Church in America is powerful and has heavy influence in Washington D.C. and also in the world through missions and church plants and membership in the World Council of Churches. The ultimate goal for the false prophet is to lead men to worship the Papal antichrist. This is exactly what is taking place right now in the Protestant/Evangelical/Orthodox Christian world. The American church is front and center in leading the Church to Rome and the Papacy. The number of ecumenical events in recent years between Evangelicals and The Roman Catholic Church is becoming to much to count. The Evangelical Catholics together document of 1994 was signifigant in that it brought both factions together agreeing not to evangelize each other. In 2011, famous Pastor Greg Laurie had a joint worship festival with the Catholic church diocese of Green Bay Wisconsin. In 2016, there was the Azusa Street revival featuring Lou Engel of the National Apostolic Reformation movement and a Bishop from the Roman Catholic Church. Both Lou Engel and the Bishop bowed down to each other and apologized for the Protestant reformation. In October 2017, the 500 year anniversary of the Protestant reformation was Commemorated after a year long celebration that saw Protestants uniting with Catholic ending with a signed agreement based on the eucharist, evangelism and the nicene creed. October 2017 was the official end of the Protestant reformation and it signified the healing of the deadly wound of the Papacy. Revelation 13:13 (KJV) "And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men" The fire that comes down from heaven likely could be a counterfeit of the day of Pentecost when the apostles spoke in tongues which clearly were foreign languages. The context of Acts chapter 2 shows that the tongues spoken by the apostles were the languages of the Jews and proselytes that came to Jerusalem for the feast. The counterfeit promoted by The false prophet Evangelical/Protestant churches is the babbling tongues. These babbling tongues are especially promoted by the charismatic churches and Pentecostals. This is actually another point of agreement with Evangelicals and Catholics as the Roman Catholic Church has their own charaismatic renewal movement. The 1960's through 80's saw Catholics and Evangelical charaismatics unite and come together over these false tongues. Nowhere in scripture is there such a thing as babbling tongues where the Holy Spirit causes people to utter babel. All communication in the bible whether from God, Jehoshua, angels or God's people has spoken in words that could be understood by the hearers. Revelation 13:14 "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" The signs and wonders movement of the charaismatic churches along with their Catholic counterparts has decieved much of Christendom. At some point even those in the world will be decieved by the signs and wonders movement of the Evangelical church. The reference to all that dwell on the earth doesn't neccessarily have to mean every person but could specifically mean those who are part of the earth beast i.e. Protestant America. "The image of the beast", many have speculated on what this means with some thinking it could be a statue or literal physical image of some sort. First we have to understand what is the beast who had the deadly wound and did live. As we hsve discussed already, the Papacy is the first beast. Its not just the Papacy itself as an office but also the civil government that the Papacy ruled over. During the dark ages the Papacy ruled over the Roman empire at first and later on what became known as the holy Roman empire (basically Europe). It was a Church-State government. The image of the beast is a replica or copy of the union of Church and State that the first beast was. Ever since it was founded America has been promoted as a Christian nation by the Protestant/Evangelical Church. Since the founding of America religious laws have been put in place by the Puritans and other Christians. Penalties would be instituted for those who blasphemed the trinity or broke the sunday Sabbath. The penalties would be a fine and whipping and then jail and even more severe than that. Many of these laws are still on the books but lie dormant. Some states and/or cities still enforce Sunday observance such as Utah. The myth of America being a Christian nation is what drives the Protestant/Evangelical Church to immerse itself in politics as they are desperate to return America to Christian morals. This has caused Christians to endorse incredibly immoral men such as Donald Trump and men with non Christian policies and character such as George Bush Jr. and Ronald Reagan. Protestant and Evangelicals have proven they will sell out their morals and principles in order to gain political power. Although it is popular to say their is seperation of church and state in reality there is not as the American Church is heavily involed in the Republican party. Basically the image of the beast is a union of Church and State. 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" The False prophet (Protestant America) gives life to the image of the beast (Church-State union) by its undying support of the Republican party and its presidential candidates. This also refers to Protestant America's strong support of Geo-political Israel and their union with that country. The image of the beast speaking refers to the Church-State union decreeing civil and religious laws. There is coming a day when those who don't adhere to the religious laws implemented by the image of the beast (Church-State union) will be put to death. As unrealistic as this seems to some there are already laws in place in the event of martial law for Pastors to act as Judas goats in turning in their own congregants for not obeying the government. This is called the "FEMA Clergy Response Team". Reports of ready to be activated FEMA camps along with black coffins and possibly guillotines housed there have been published. There also was a "Pastoral Care Crisis Packet" published by the Seventh Day Adventist church in the event of people being put into FEMA camps. Also, FEMA is working with the American Church denominations to prevent active shooter incidents. FEMA has instructed the Churches to put together "Tactical Assestment Teams" in order to root out possible trouble makers in the Church. These alleged "trouble makers" are ones who question things and don't go along with the program. Basically the beast system is using the harlot churches of America to act as Judas goats and betray the true body of Messiah. Revelation 13 "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" It is the false prophet that causes all to receive the mark of the beast (Papacy). The mark will be given to all classes of society. This mark goes in the right hand and/or forehead. The identity of what the mark of the beast actually is has been the subject of tons of speculation. Most of the American church believes the mark of the beast to be a literal mark having to do with technology. We are on safer ground when we let scripture interpret scripture. We see in the very next chapter of Revelation (14:1) that the seal of God placed on the saints foreheads in Revelation 7 turned out to be the Father's name. This seal of God's name in the forehead of the saints is obviously spiritual and not a physical seal. If the seal of God is spiritual and not physical then we can safely conclude the same regarding the mark of the beast. However, we actually have more evidence that reveals the truth about the nature of what the mark of the beast is. Again, scripture not news headlines need to interpret scripture. Let's go to Deuteronomy 6: 4Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:5and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;7and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.8And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes. In context of this passage is the commandments of Jehovah God with the shema being the most important one (Mark 12:28-34). The shema teaches that Jehovah God is one singular person and Jehoshua teaches that this is His and our Father (John 17:3). The false prophet American Church is in violation of the most important commandment in the bible. All of Jehovah's commandments are in view as in Deuteronomy 5 the 10 commandments were given. The other instructions known as "the law of Moses" are also in view here. In the new covenant the "law of Messiah" sermon on the mount supercedes Moses instruction in terms of how we guard and keep the 10 commandments. In verse 8 of Deuteronomy 6, Moses says that we are to have Jehovah's law bound upon our hand and the frontlets between our eyes in other words our forehead. This is exactly where we are to have the mark of the beast, on the hand and forehead. So if the seal of God on our hand and forehead is His law then the mark of the beast must be the opposite, which is the breaking of God's commandments. The mainstream Church's focus on technology being the mark of the beast is simply a distraction to the real issue at heart, which is that mostof the church willfully teaches the breaking of God's commandments. If you proclaim that you keep God's commandments notably the Sabbath then you will be accused of being a legalist.
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