Jehoshua is on the throne of David in New Jerusalem and He is the King of a New Israel
Battle of the church age part 2
Who is like unto the beast? The Pope is a unique figure who is both a world religous leader & world poltical leader. Revelation 13:5-6 5And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. The 42 months are prophetic and span the age of the new covenant church. Since the rise of the Papacy that office has blasphemed God by claiming titles that only belong to the Father and His Son. The Papacy has also claimed their authority. The Papacy has also blasphemed Jehovah's holy tabernacle in heaven by trying to cast Jesus heavenly intercession to the ground by setting up a false priesthood here on earth. The Papacy has made their Church and it's priests the mediators between Jehovah God and man. Also, Mary and the saints have been inserted as co-mediators with Christ. 1 Timothy 2:5 "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus" Scripture could not be more clear in that Jesus Christ is the sole mediator between Jehovah God and man. The Papacy's attempt to hide and obscure Jesus Melchizedek priesthood from the people and set up their own system of sanctuary service has been one of the most vile blasphemies against God ever committed. Hebrews 5:5-6 5So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.6As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. The Roman Catholic has glorified herself by attempting to usurp Jesus priesthood and installing their own. Revelation 13:7 "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" Throughout much the new covenant Church age the Roman Papacy has had authority over the nations. While they don't have the iron grip over Europe the way they used to the Papacy has more International influence than ever before. The Papacy has historically made war with the churches that kept God's holy Sabbath day. Revelation 13:8 "And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world" Those who worship the Papacy by honoring him as a man of God or by acknowledging him as holy Father and leader of the church are not saved but rather are fit for the lake of fire. This also includes those who obey Papal laws. Revelation 13:9-10 9 If 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. The Pope was taken in captivity in 1798 and received His poltical deadly head wound. After the healing of the Papacy's deadly wound, patience of the Saints will also be needed as he (the Pope) will once again be taken into captivity and killed with the sword. This time the Son of God will do the killing of the Pope. The patience will come into play as the saints will not fight this war physically but spiritually so they must patiently endure. The phrase "Here is the patience and the faith of the saints" is also used in Revelation 14:12: "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." The saints in Revelation 13 are patient because they are faithfully keeping the commandments of God in the midst of persecution. They also have the faith of the Son of God meaning they have His same self denying loyalty to the Father by keeping the Father's commandments. Revelation 13:11 "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon." We see the arrival of another beast on the scene. The description of this beast shows clearly that it is a Christian organization as it is described as having two horns like a lamb obviously a reference to Christ. However, this beast speaks as a Dragon i.e. Satan. How does the earth beast speak as a Dragon? What is the one doctrine that most Christian denominations teach? They teach that the law of Jehovah God is done away with. Satan hates Jehovah's law and He has decieved the churches of Christendom into hating it as well. While many Christians proclaim they believe in 9 of the 10 commandments they have a problem with the 4th commandment of the Sabbath. Much of the doctrines of the Protestant/Evangelical churches are derived from the first beast i.e. Papal Rome. Therefore they are the harlot daughters of the great whore (the Roman Catholic Church) Revelation 17:5. Revelation 13:12 "And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed." Protestant America eventually became as powerful as the holy Roman empire was in the height of it's power in the dark ages. Many will argue they are even more powerful than Papal Rome was. However, one of the main purposes of the rise of the earth beast will to cause all those who dwell in the earth to worship the Pope. The last several decades have actually proved this to be true as Presidents and Protestant religious leaders have glorified the Pope of Rome as the holy Father or holy man of God. This has led many Protestant and Evangelical churches and Christians to soften their stance against the Papacy and the Catholic church. The Papacy will actually rise to even a greater position of power in the very end of this age than it did during the height of the holy Roman empire. Revelation 13:13-14 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,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 false prophet makes fire come down out of heaven in the sight of man. What is this fire? Remember, we have to let scripture interpret scripture. This fire comes from a false religous system and thereby imitates the real fire of the remnant church. The authentic fire was the gift of tongues in the book of Acts chapter 2 as the tongues appeared as cloven tongues of fire. The gift of tongues in the book of Acts was not gibberish but rather it was the gift in speaking a known language so that the hearer would understand. The language would be unknown by the speaker i.e. a foreign language. In the book of Acts, the apostles spoke in the languages of those who were gathered for the feast of Pentecost as Jews and proselytes from all nations were there. The counterfeit tongues of the false prophet are what we hear from the Pentecostal and charismatic churches. The tongues they speak comes out as gibberish and nonsense. God is not the author of confusion. The word confusion comes from the word Babel which is a shortened form of Babylon. The tongues of today's charismatic churches are babbling whereas the tongues in Acts chapter 2 were actual language. The purpose of the tongues in Acts was to preach the gospel of the Kingdom to those of other tribes, tongues and nations. It wasn't just to show off that they had the holy Spirit but rather so that those who didnt speak the Hebrew language could hear a coherent presentation of the gospel of the Son of God. Ironically the modern speaking in tongues movement has united the charismatic churches of Protestantism with the charismatic wing of the Roman Catholic Church. The false prophet Protestant/Evangelical churches will petition an image of the beast to be formed. The beast is the Papacy. Will this image be a statue or some physical likeness of the Papacy? Remember, we must remember that the book of Revelation was sent to John in codes and symbols. The Papal Church was both Political and Religious in nature i.e. a union of Church and State. The Protestant/Evangelical churches of America have been desperate for a "Christian" President. They continually endorse Republican candidates with the hopes that they will have someone in office who enacts laws that are in accordance with the bible. While on the surface this may seem noble it is a trap that ends up diverting attention away from the Kingdom of God. It also yokes the church up with politics and political parties. Actually it was a union of Church and State that derailed a once thriving church into centuries long apostasy. Truthfully the mainstream Church has never recovered from their yoking up with the Roman empire in the 4th century. Even since the time of the reformation, the Christian Church has sought to rule the land they dwelled in through politics. The Protestant and Evangelical churches do this because they have learned this from their mother from whom they came out of, the Roman Catholic Church. The uneqaully yoking with the State is a Roman Catholic practice that the Protestants and Evangelicals have tried to emulate as they have tried to establish their own Protestant/Evangelical holy empire through America. In certain periods in America's history the church has had tremendous influence in laws and political issues. The seperation of church and state has kept the Protestants and Evangelicals at bay from truly creating a Church-state. However, more than ever there has been a push by the Evangelical churches to assert influence in Washington D.C. and Donald Trump is their new hero. The Evangelicals boldly state that Trump is a modern day King Cyrus. This proclamation by the Evangelicals is borderline idolatry as it basically says that Trump is a messiah figure. One prominent Evangelical even called Trump the second coming of God and the King of Israel. Trump approved of those comments. He himself has referred to himself as the chosen one. Remember, the title "King of Israel" belongs to Jesus Christ alone. The image of the beast is a union of Church and State. It is a replica of what the holy Roman empire was, which was both a political and Religious Kingdom. Even now the Roman Catholic Church is both a political and Religious Kingdom as the Vatican is a sovereign state and it's influence and power is worldwide. 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." If the image of the beast is a union of Church and State then how does it speak? Through legislative power. The Protestant American beast will be given legislative life to make laws that are in accordance with their doctrinal views. Those who dont worship the image of the beast will be killed. The NAR wing of Evangelicals actually has a doctrine where they will have God given authority to kill Christians that dont go along with this false revival. The rise in power of the image of the beast will look like revival to many American Christians, however it will be a false one because it will not be rooted in truth i.e. God's commandments. The image of the beast will think they are doing God's service by killing Christians as scripture prophesies. Why will they think they are doing God's service? Because they will enforce a mark that they believe is God's will: Revelation 13:16 "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" Contrary to popular belief the mark of the beast is not a physical one but rather a spiritual one. We must let scripture interpret scripture and if the seal of God is spiritual, which clearly it is, then the mark of the beast is spiritual as it is an opposite to the seal of God. The attempt to identify what the mark of the beast is has been an unneccessarily difficult task for prophecy students throughout the last several decades. Remember the phrase "Here is the patience of the saints"? This patience is needed because of the opposition they face from the sea beast (Papal Rome) & now the arrival of the earth beast (Protestant America) Deuteronomy 6:4-8 4 Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:5 and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;7 and 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.8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes. If we let scripture interpret scripture then we can easily determine what the mark of the beast is rather than entertain speculations whether reasonable or otherwise. Verse 8 actually gives us the answer to what the mark of the beast is. Verse 8 says that we are to have Jehovah's law bound between the frontlet of our eyes (forehead) and our hand. This is exactly where it is said the mark of the beast will be placed on all who worship the beast and his image. This means that if we are to have Jehovah's law written upon our forehead (mind) and hands (actions) that the mark of the beast would be the exact opposite i.e. the breaking of His law. Deuteronomy 6 shows that the seal of Jehovah is His law as it represents His character. Since the seal of God is a spiritual one then the mark of the beast must also be spiritual. Remember, scripture interprets scripture so we must determine truth from there not news headlines. The seal of God in Revelation 7:1-3 turns out to be the Father's name in Revelation 14:1. The 10 commandments are a transcript of Jehovah's character and someone's name represents their character. The name of the beast represents the character of the beast. The character of the beast is lawlessness i.e iniquity. The mark of the beast is the opposite of God's seal. Again, if the law of God is to be upon our forehead and hand and the mark of the beast is as well then the logical conclusion is that the mark of the beast is the breaking of God's commandments or a specific commandment that is the opposite of one of God's commandments. While one must keep all of the commandments in order to enter into New Jerusalem (Revelation 22:14), it appears that one specific commandment may be at the center of the end times crisis. Daniel 7:25 "And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time." This verse in Daniel is speaking about the little horn which is the biblical antichrist. One of the job qaulifications of the antichrist is that he thinks to change God's times and the law. Obviously this is speaking about Jehovah's law since civil laws change all the time and Jehovah wouldn't have a controversy with that since worldly kingdoms are given authority to rule and make laws. Which laws of God has to do with time? The holy days of Jehovah God are related to time and these precisely were what was changed by the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Church systematically got rid of the feast days of Jehovah and replaced them with Christmas, New Years day, Valentines day, Good Friday, Easter, Pentecost Sunday as opposed to the biblical Pentecost and All souls day. However, the most notable of the changes was the attempted removal of the seventh day Sabbath and replacing it with Sunday sacredness basically a Sunday Sabbath. While many sincere believers question whether we can keep the feasts in the new covenant due to there being no temple or tabernacle, there is no question regarding the Sabbath and it's applicability to the Christian today. Amazingly, this all goes over the head of your everyday Christian. Why is this? Because they are taught that the law of Jehovah God is done away with. Because they believe the law is done away with they cannot believe that the mark of the beast has to do with the breaking of the law. In fact, if you keep Jehovah's law you are condemned by mainstream Christianity as a heretic. Deuteronomy 11:18-19 18Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. Again, this is speaking about the law of Jehovah God and having it on your hand (actions) and between the frontlet of your eyes (forehead-mind). Let's look at Deuteronomy 11:1 "Therefore thou shalt love Jehovah thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, alway." Loving Jehovah God is eqauted to keeping His commandments just as the apostle John says in his 1st epistle 1 John 5:2-3 2 Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. The eqauting of loving God with keeping His commandments is not just an old testament doctrine but it clearly is a new testament one as well. Because of the mainstream Churches doing away of Jehovah's law they have to come up with other scenarios regarding the mark of the beast. This is where the idea of an RFID chip or something similar comes in. Their lawless gospel prevents them from seeing what the seal of God is which then prevents them from identifying the mark of the beast. The law of Jehovah God is to be on our forehead & hand. The mark of the beast is also said to be in the hand & forehead. This clearly tells us that the mark of the beast is the opposite of keeping God's commandments.
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