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Proverbs 18:13 "He who gives an answer before he hears, It is folly and shame to him."
Who or what is the beast of Revelation, and where does it come from. What does the Scripture say?
To understand what the Scriptures mean, we must understand that the Scriptures will define itself. There is no need to assume on any particular issue, especially concerning symbolism. For example, we know a lamb in the Bible is a symbol for Yeshua because we are told so by Scriptures. John 1:29 "The next day he saw Yeshua coming toward him, and said; "Behold the lamb of Elohim that takes away the sins of the world." Another example of the Scripture giving you clues to its symbolism is in Revelation 12:9 "And that great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan. Who deceives the whole world, he was thrown down to the whole earth and his angels were thrown out with him." So by Satan being connected with the phrase dragon; we know anywhere we see the term used, it's referring to the fallen angel Lucifer.
Throughout the years many people have placed their own interpretation on prophecy. The Bible clearly says, we cannot use our own thoughts and ideas to interpret Scripture. Some people use assumptions to justify doctrines they have been told. The Bible says Satan has deceived the whole world. Should we be so naive to think that the Christian religion hasn't been touch by his venom? Wouldn't this very organization Satan hates the most be his favorite target? Christianity has the most denominations out of any religion. Have you ever asked yourself "There is only one Bible, how come there are so many different denominations that read the same Bible?" Could it be possible, there is an enemy sowing seeds of lies?
Revelation 20:2 "And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years."
Revelation 13:8 "All who dwell on the earth will worship Him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain"
WHO IS The beast of Revelation
The keys to Revelation are in the Book of Daniel where it talks about the image in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. Daniel 2:1 “Nebuchadnezzar has a dream which troubled him but his dream left him. So Nebuchadnezzar called for his soothsayers, sorcerers, magicians, enchanters and Chaldeans. Nebuchadnezzar asked the wise men of his kingdom to tell him the dream he had dreamt and also the interpretation of it. The wise men told the king, we cannot perform what the king is asking only the gods know such things and their dwelling is not with flesh.”
After pleading with Nebuchadnezzar, the wise men could not convince the king to tell them his dream. So the king ordered all the wise men of Babylon to be killed. This included Daniel a prophet of Yehovah. After hearing the news about the wise men to be killed; Daniel then went to the king’s Captain Arioch and pleaded to go before the king and ask for more time, that he may tell the king what the dream was and the interpretation of it. So Daniel then went back home and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah to ask mercy from Yehovah; and ask Yehovah for the dream and meaning of it. Later in a dream, Yehovah gave Daniel the dream and the interpretation.
Then Daniel went back to the king’s Captain Arioch and said; I have the dream and interpretation of it. So he was brought before the king Nebuchadnezzar and said; Daniel 2:27 “O, king the secret which the king requests neither the wise men or enchanters or magicians or soothsayers could show the king. Daniel 2: 28 “But there is an Elohim in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall happen in the “Latter Days.” Daniel later told the king the dream which was, “You O King saw an image with the head of fine gold its breasts and arms of silver, its belly of bronze and legs of iron having feet mixed with iron and clay.”
Daniel 2: 34 “You saw a stone cut out without human hands struck the image at the “feet” which were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.” Daniel 2: 35 “Then the iron, the clay, the brass and the silver and the gold broke in pieces together, and became like chaff of the summer threshing floor. The wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them; and the “stone” that struck them became a great mountain that filled the whole earth.”
Daniel Chapter Two
Verse 36 this was the dream, and now we will interpret it to the king.
Verse 37; Your Majesty, you are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory.
Verse 38 in your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, He has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.
Verse 39 after you, another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours” next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth.
Verse 40 finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron for iron breaks and smashes everything and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others.
Verse 41 just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay.
Verse 42 as the toes were partly iron and partly clay so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle
Verse 43 and just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay.
Verse 44 in the time of those kings, the God of heaven; will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.
This is the prophectic order we must follow when interepting Scripture. We cannot add to or take away from the Biblical structure of Prophecy
Scripture clearly states that, the image in Nebuchadnezzar's dream is a prophectic interpretation of time; and the kingdoms that would follow. This is to point out who would be raining in the end times. Prophecy will line up with history.
Also says he (Nebuchadnezzar) is the head of gold. He was the king of Babylon at that time, so we know that kingdom will start the timeline in this prophecy. Now we much look back into history and find out which empires followed Babylon.
Now, all we need to do is look into history and find out who conquered the Babylonian Empire and when. Is the Bible a book of myths; or is it an accurate source of history?
The head of gold is the Babylonian Empire ended in - 539 B.C conquered by the Medo-Persian Empire.
The breasts and arms of Silver is Medo-Persian Empire from 539 B.C - 331 B.C conquered by the Grecian Empire.
Belly of bronze is the Grecian Empire from 331 B.C - 168 B.C conquered by the Roman Empire.
The legs of Iron is Roman Empire from 168 B.C - 476 A.D, after this date the Western Roman Empire fell into ten separate nations.
After the fall of Western Rome, the once united empire broke up into ten separate nations. This would be the ten toes in the statue. Notice, it says the ten toes were mixed with iron and clay. Iron as defined by the Bible can only be the pagan Roman Empire. So what does the Scripture mean; when it says "It's mixed with clay" what is clay in the Bible Represent?
The clue to this is found in...
Isaiah 64:8
But now, O Yehovah, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand.
What are the ten toes in this prophecy? We will explain the meaning of the iron and clay a little bit later.
The feet of iron and clay with ten toes is European Nations from 476 A.D - Present
That sure does seem to make sense. There are 10 toes in the statue; and 10 nations after the fall of the Roman Empire
1.) The Saxons became the English nation.
2.) The Franks became the French nation
3.) The Alamanni became the German nation
4.) The Visigoths became the Spanish nation
5.) The Suevi became the Portuguese nation
6.) The Lombard’s became the Italian nation
7.) The Burgundians became the Swiss nation
8.) The Heruli which were conquered in 493A.D
9.) The Vandals which were conquered in 534A.D
10.) The Ostrogoths which were conquered in 538A.D
Let's stop and take a moment to speak about this stone or rock that will fall on the feet of this statue and break it into pieces. Because it is very important to examine what this is a symbol of!
Matthew 16:18
"I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.” He wasn’t saying Peter was the rock He was going build his church on. Petra means little rock in Greek, which is translated Peter. The Greek word Petro is what Yeshua said in “upon this rock”. Petro means big rock; He was saying He will build His church on that statement Petra (Peter) made “You are the Son of Elohim” Big Rock!
Acts 4:11
This Yeshua is the stone rejected by you builders, which has become the cornerstone.
Matthew 21:44
“Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls on will be crushed." This is said because when you come to the Messiah your old ways must die and pass away (sinning) but those who choose not to change will be destroyed, not because Yehovah wants to. Because sin must end! And if the blood of the Lamb isn’t on you, there’s no protection. Just like what was represented in Egypt in Exodus.
Daniel 2:45 This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands, a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.
So it's Yeshua who will come at this time in history to destory everything that Satan has done. If we go by Scripture and prophecy alone, this kingdom mixed with iron and clay will be the last kingdom involved with Yehovah's people to rise up and persecute them
There are more clues in the book of Daniel that give us clues about these kingdoms and details about the fourth beast. In order to figure out who is the beast in Revelation, we will need to analyze them. This is where the Anti-Messiah is revealed in Scripture.
Daniel 7: 3
“And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another."
In the Scriptures when it says “seas or waters” the clue is found in
Revelation 17: 15
“The waters you saw are many peoples, nations and tongues.”
So when the Scriptures say “seas” it is referring to a highly inhabited area surrounded by nations or political governments, keep that in mind.
Daniel 7:4 “the first was like a lion and had eagle’s wings.”
This was obviously a symbol of Babylon. There are many historical artifacts showing how Babylon used the lion with wings as its symbol. Plus Daniel said he was the head of gold (Nebuchadnezzar).
Inscriptions, documents and letters written during the 43 years of his reign (604-562 BC.) give an idea of the power and wealth of Babylon. Here are some interesting facts according to the historian Herodotus (Bk 1, 178-186) about Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon:
The Euphrates River also flowed through the middle of the city. Ferry boats and a 1/2 mi. long bridge with drawbridges closed at night.
"Hanging Gardens (one of the wonders of the ancient world) and water was raised from the river by hydraulic pumps.
2 golden lions, a solid gold human figure (18 feet high)
The great Tower (Ziggurat) and 53 temples including the "Great Temple of Marduk." 180 altars to Ishtar (Easter)
Daniel 7: 5 “behold another beast, like a bear and it was raised up on one side having 3 ribs in its mouth.”
The Medo-Persians, led by King Cyrus II, invaded Babylonia from the east in June of 539 B.C. and captured its capital, Babylon, in July of the same year.
Medo-Persian kingdom in ancient times, silver was used as money and was the standard of value and medium of exchange. Medo-Persia became noted for basing its power on money, which was collected through an extensive tax system.
Chest of Silver, two arms (Medes & Persians)
The prophecy says there were three ribs in the bears mouth, also it was raised up high on one side
539 B.C to 331 B.C the Medo-Persian Empire conquered three nations Babylon, Lydia and Egypt. These would be the three ribs in the bear’s mouth. So why is it raised up on one side? Well in history it says the Persian’s were much more powerful than the Medes; but they joined together to defeat Babylon.
Daniel 7: 6
“After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard which had on its back four wings of a bird, the beast also had four heads and dominion was given to it.”
The basic components of Greek armor were the front breastplate, backplate, bracers and greaves. Most of the Greek armor was made of bronze or of brass.
Alexander was even known to ride a horse with leopard’s skin on it; and he conquered the four corners of the earth at that time very quickly (four wings). Alexander also had four generals (Four heads) which would be very important after his death at the age of 32.
When Alexander died the Grecian kingdom was given to his four generals, this would be the four heads which had dominion in the prophecy.
Daniel 7:7
after this I saw in a night vision, and behold a fourth beast, awesome and powerful and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet; and it was diverse from all the other beasts that came before it; and it had 10 horns.
Roman Empire had begun to exert on the Germanic tribes of Northern Europe. Therefore, the preceding part of the Iron Age is called the Pre-Roman Iron Age, which had grown out of the Nordic Bronze Age. The age that followed the Roman Iron Age is called the Germanic Iron Age or the Age of Migrations.
Notice this fourth beast has ten horns, like the 10 toes in Nebuchadnezzar's statue. It also has iron teeth.
The similarities of all the beast and the metals are undeniable.
The Scriptures are giving you two different views of the same order of kingdoms in history. Just like the four gospels of Yeshua, each speaking about the same event from a different point of view
Since we have decoded the metals and beasts in the book of Daniel. We can finally locate where and who the beast of Revelation and the Anti-Messiah comes from.
Daniel 7:8
“I considered the horns (meaning the 10 that existed) and behold there came up another horn among them, a little horn; before which three horns were plucked up by the roots.”
Ten nations Western Rome split into after 476 A.D
Ahhh, the 10 toes are also the 10 horns. It's the same thing explained in two different versions. Then a new nation comes up from among the 10 nations!
This little horn that comes up from among the ten horns (ten nations) is known as the Anti-Messiah power and the beast of Revelation. Scripture says this nation that comes up from the midst of the fallen Western pagan Roman Empire will pluck up three of the ten nations.
What nation or policital power rose up?
In 538 A.D Papal rule began by decree of Emperor Justinian giving legal authority to the Papacy as corrector of heresy. and under the military protection of Belisarius the Papacy became its own city and state. Now this would make it eligible to become a beast or kingdom with political power recognized as a nation.
Pope Vigilius (died 7 June 555) was Pope from 29 March 537 to his death in 555. He is considered the first pope of the Byzantine Papacy.
He belonged to an aristocratic Roman family; his father Johannes is identified as a consul in the Liber pontificalis, having received that title from the emperor. According to Procopius, his brother Reparatus was one of the senators taken hostage by Witigis, but managed to escape before the Ostrogothic king ordered their slaughter in 537 A.D
Who would be the three horns (nations) before which were plucked up by this new government?
The Papacy conquered the Heruli, Vandals and the Ostrogoths from 476 A.D to 538 A.D
Daniel 7: 25
“he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and shall think to change times and laws; and they (Saints) shall be given into his (Anti-Messiah) hand until a time, times and a half a time.”
The Papacy began to torture and persecuted the people (Saints) of Yehovah, who were standing by the word of God and faith in Yeshua. Anyone caught with or making Bibles were burned alive with the Scriptures. The Papacy ruthlessly killed believers who would not renounce their claims as Bible believing Christians. The people had to run for their lives in order to survive.
The Roman Catholic Church have taken the 10 Commandments and modified it to their own doctrine. By taking out the 2nd commandment, and splitting the 10th Commandment into 2 separate Commandments. It’s not the laws of man Yehovah (God) would be worried about someone changing but rather His law. We will research more about if the Scriptures say Yehovah would, or ever will change His law.
Another important factor in prophecy many neglect is the "day for a year" aspect. For example in numbers 14:34 "After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise." Also Ezekiel 4:6 "And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year. So in prophecy we must use this feature to identify the prophetic time line given in the Book of Daniel.
It says the saint's would be given into his hands (Anti-Messiah) for a time, times and a half of time. What could this mean according to the Scriptures?
Time is commonly known as one year, times would be two years and half a time would be half of one year. We use 365 days for a year now, but 360 is far more commonly used in the past as a literal year using a lunar calendar Yehovah set up. So the total of three and a half years comes out to 1260 days or 1260 years prophetically (Dark Ages). That being said let’s look at the math and the facts of this prophecy in greater detail. Remember this time period is found several times in the Scriptures. When the women (Church) in Revelation fled into the wilderness one thousand two hundred and threescore days=1260 days.
Time=360
Times=720
Half a time=180
360 + 720 + 180 = 1260 Prophetic years
1260 years later in 1798, the Papacy was abolished by Napoleon. He sent his general (Berthier) to Rome to arrest the Pope of Rome (Pope Pius 6th) ending the rule of the Papacy as a political nation exiling the Pope in prison where he later died. That would deal a mortal head wound to the first beast of Revelation, because the Government of the Papal system would be abolished from that point rendering the Papacy no longer a political nation. It’s very important to take this time to speak about another beast that comes up right after the mortal head wound of the first beast (Papacy).
Revelation 13:11
"Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon."
This second beast of Revelation is different from the little horn beast that came up out of the 10 nations after the fall of the Roman Empire; because it comes up from the earth. Looking at this logically, since the little horn beast came up from the sea; which means a multitude of nations. Then when Scriptures is referring to the earth, it must mean a part of land not inhabited with nations. This land would come after the 10 nations that were created after the fall of Roman Empire and the little horn we now know as the Papacy of Rome. This second beast of Revelation that came up out of the earth also has two horns like a lamb but speaks like a dragon. Many people know this as the false prophet which people assume is a physical man, but Revelation strictly uses symbols to identify what it is speaking about; and a beast is a ruling political power.
Who would this beast from the earth be?
Let’s use more logic on this second beast that comes out of the earth in Revelation. The only nation that arose after the newly reformed European nations and the Vatican City would be The United States of America. I know this is shocking and unbelievable but there is no other option to consider. United States of America when it was founded was a highly uninhabited land. Mainly had indigenous natives but was not a political nation with a government. This is how the rise of the United States of America came to be.
United States of America; rise to becoming a political country
1776 The Declaration of Independence was written
1783 Independence was acknowledge by the rest of the world
1787 The Constitution was framed
1791 The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution
1798 France recognized the United States as a political entity
1798 was the same year the Papacy had a mortal head wound by France.
Since America didn’t have a king over them, what are the two horns like a lamb in this prophecy? In my opinion, the horns are The Constitution and the Bill of Rights these two documents would rule how this beast or political entity would be governed. In the beginning of America’s history, America was a God centered country. Bibles used in schools and prayer.The will of Yehovah (God) was used to start America. That’s why it has two horns like a lamb. America had freedom of religion and choice in the United States of America.
Over time America has declined into speaking like a dragon. If you don’t think so, America has aborted over 55 million babies since 1973. Taken the Bible out of the school systems along with prayer, America now teaches evolution!
Evolution is not compatible with being a true believer in Yehovah (God). Evolution says everything that exists came from nothing, no God created it and life came from random changes over millions of years. Yehovah teaches death came from sin (after the fall of man). Evolution teaches man came from death, through the theory of strongest of the fittest or natural selection. Meaning the weak die and the strong live on to evolve. America also has set legal holidays that have their origin in paganism, we will go more in depth about that in the "deceptions" tab. America does not follow the Scriptures, but in fact portrays as a Godly country. This beast is actually a false prophet by the laws it makes contrary to the Bible.
Revelation 13:14
"And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the wound of the sword and has come to life."
What does it mean to make an image of the first beast (Roman Catholic Church)? It means it will resemble the Papacy. The beast from the earth will tell the world to combine church and state like the Catholic church does. An certain day of worship will be required.
Since a beast in Scripture is a political ruling power, how would a symbolic representation speak?
The laws it makes!
On February 11, 1929 under the authority of Mussolini, the Lateran Treaty was signed. This document would establish The Vatican as a political power again or a beast considered by Scriptural terms. The beast which was once struck with a head wound by being no longer a political power or a kingdom with a leader has now returned to a political entity or a kingdom with a king; the Pope as its leader!
Remember in Scripture it refers to the Anti-Messiah beast power as the “one who was and is not yet is.” Meaning lived, died and lived again. Many are waiting for a man to receive a head wound and come back alive and rule. That’s just what Satan would like you to believe. Because little do you know, it already happened symbolically. This will be the end time beast before Yeshua comes back to destroy it. The prophecies tell us we are very close to the end. There are only a few more prophecies to be completed. So the beast that was once dead by a mortal head wound; would now live again. In Scripture it uses the term “bottomless pit”. This is kind of deceptive because, in the Hebrew it says the word She’ol; which is defined as; the grave. So what it is saying is, this beast that was once dead that persecuted the saints would symbolically ascend from the grave and go into perdition. (Destruction)
THE WOUND IS HEALED
Remember everyone wondered after the beast. Just ask yourself why is the Vatican so rich and powerful? Kings, Queens, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Celebrities and champions of business and finance all flock to this small country that happens to be a worldwide church.
There are countless images of the world coming to this small nation which is also a church. Behind the scenes the Vatican runs the world. What other church does the world wonder after and leaders from all over visit like this? NONE! Notice how everyone submits to the Popes. The world is a stage, at the top level they are all together but to us watching it looks like they are against each other. (Research: Hegelian Dialectic Tactic)
There is also another characteristic in Scriptures we must explain by Scripture that tell us about this end time beast of Revelation. In Scripture, a woman is commonly known as a church for example in
Jeremiah 6:2
“I have likened the daughter of Zion to a delicate woman.”
Zion being the people of Yehovah (God) His church! Biblical Zion; not to be confused with Zionism corrupted Jews. We are the bride of Messiah (Woman)
Knowing that, a woman can also be a church that is not of Yehovah (God). There is also a woman who rides the beast in Revelation. The Vatican is the beast spoken of in Revelation. The woman would have to be The Roman Catholic Church riding the political power.
Revelation 17: 4
“The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication.”
Anti-Messiah means against or “in the place of Messiah” or “substitute”. In Scripture, it also says this beast power would be blasphemous power. Let’s look into scripture and define what it would consider blasphemy.
John 10:33
“We are not stoning you for you good works, “they replied” but for blasphemy, because you being a man make yourself God.”
So one form of blasphemy is putting yourself in the position of Yehovah (God) when you’re just a human being!
This is a quality the Popes assume for themselves. Yeshua fulfilled all prophecies; over 300 prophecies about the Messiah were fulfilled by Him.
"The leader of the Catholic church is defined by the faith as the Vicar of Jesus Christ and is accepted as such by believers. The Pope is considered the man on earth who takes the place of the Second Person of the omnipotent God of the Trinity."
(Statement made by Pope John Paul II, in: Crossing the Threshold of Hope, p. 3, 1994)
Original Word: ἀντίχριστος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: antichristos
Phonetic Spelling: (an-tee'-khris-tos)
Short Definition: antichrist
Definition: antichrist, either one who puts himself in the place of, or the enemy (opponent) of the Messiah.
What else would the Bible consider blasphemous, that this end time beast would do?
Mark 2:7
“Why does he speak such blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone!
Another form would obviously be, saying while you are a man you claim the power to forgive other men of their sins against Yehovah.
CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
SECOND EDITION
976 The Apostle's Creed associates faith in the forgiveness of sins not only with faith in the Holy Spirit, but also with faith in the Church and in the communion of saints. It was when he gave the Holy Spirit to his apostles that the risen Christ conferred on them his own divine power to forgive sins: "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
The Anti-Messiah is also known as the son of perdition. That phrase is used in the Scriptures; for the Anti-Messiah and for Judas who betrayed Yeshua. Looking deeper it appears to point out a connection between the two. Judas was one of the disciples who was close to Yeshua but betrayed Him. He claimed to be one of His people. The Anti-Messiah will also claim to be a part of the church of the Messiah; but this is a deception. 1 Corinthians 3:16 says the body is the temple of Yehovah. So when Scripture says “He (Anti-Messiah) will sit in the temple of God and claim to be God while sitting over a congregation that is Christian fits that description!
There is also the story of Cain and Abel. Cain offered a sacrifice to Yehovah of simply vegetables. Which was rejected by the Most High. Abel offered a lamb to be slain, as a sin offering, as commanded by Yehovah.
Hebrews 9:22
And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
Then the brother who worshipped wrong killed the one who did it correctly. This will also happen at the end of time. Those who claim to worship Elohim, yet falsely. Will kill the true worshippers of Most High.
Many good people think that there will be a third temple built in Jerusalem and the Anti-Messiah will come into the temple and cause the sacrifices to stop. As much as I understand why many people believe this, I also know the Scriptures do not speak of this. This is an assumption of man and misconception of Scripture. I will take a brief moment to explain why I don't believe this deception, also why I believe the deception was created; by whom and for what purpose.
In Scripture is says; the Anti-Messiah will sit in the temple of Elohim, claiming to be Elohim exalting himself above all that is called Elohim. Many believe that the Jews will rebuild the temple and in the middle of the great tribulation he (Anti-Messiah) will cause the sacrifices to stop. This is clearly a problem of not understanding Scripture. After Yeshua’s death the physical temple was no longer consider the temple of Elohim. Now the human body was considered the temple of the Most High Elohim. For example; in the beginning of Yeshua’s ministry, He was walking through the temple of Yehovah. And He said;
Matthew 21:13
And He said to them, “It has been written, My Father’s house shall be called a house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves.
Yeshua considered the temple in Jerusalem “His Father’s house” at the beginning of His ministry. enraged at what the religious leaders have done by allowing money changers and the selling of animals, caused Yeshua to flip upside down the tables of the money changers.
What did He say to them, when they rejected Him as Messiah?
Matthew 23:38
Behold, your house is left desolate.
So the temple was no longer Yehovah’s house, but simply “their house”. The point is that if there will be a third temple in Israel, it won't be the true temple of Yehovah. Nowhere in the Scriptures does it say that the third temple will be rebuilt. The temple is your body and the believers in Yeshua collectively are the body of Messiah, His temple. For example;
John 2:19-21
Yeshua answered and said, destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then the Jews said, “It took forty six years to build this temple. And you say you are going to raise it up in three days. But He spoke about the temple of His body.
1 Corinthians 3:16
Don’t you know that you are the temple of Elohim, and His Spirit lives in you?
Why do I think this deception has become so popular? Because Satan has the world is looking at the land of Israel. Waiting for them to build a temple of stone. While the real temple (Your Body) isn't being prepared as it should be. We are made to focus on stones of rocks and not living stones, our bodies!
1 Peter 2:5
you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to Yehovah through Yeshua Messiah.
So where is the verse that people assume this concept of the third temple will be rebuilt come from
2 Tessalonians 2:4
Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called Elohim, or that is worshipped; so that he as Elohim sits in the temple of Elohim, showing himself that he is Elohim.
So when prophecy says the Anti-Messiah will stand in the temple of Elohim and claim to be Elohim. It’s referring to a man (The Popes) standing over the people of Elohim (Yehovah) claiming to be Elohim in a church that says they are the true church (Catholic Church).
Another error people are making is that the Anti-Messiah will come into the temple and cause the sacrifices to stop. This is a misunderstanding of the verse in Daniel.
What this is truly talking about is not the Anti-Messiah but is in fact referring to Yeshua Himself. Yeshua preached to the Jews only, for three and a half years and was killed by the Roman Authorities. His disciples preached to the Jews another three and a half years only. Then Stephen was killed by the Jews and the gospel went to the gentiles.
Yeshua was cut off in the middle of this process. Three and a half, plus three and a half equals a total of seven years. In Scripture when referring to prophecy, a day equals a year. So one week prophetically means seven years. After three and a half years Yeshua the Messiah dies and is cut off. The veil in the temple was ripped from top to bottom. And Yeshua became our Passover Lamb, no longer do we need to sacrifice lambs, goats, doves and rams. Plus Yeshua confirmed His covenant. Testament means “Covenant”. Anti-Messiah doesn’t make a covenant in Scripture.
We will expose more of this clever deception about the 7 year pre-tribulation rapture theory in our deceptions portion of the webpage for now let's get back to exposing the Anti-Messiah.
Now one of the hottest topics that many have wondered over the years is the mark of the beast and the number of his name! Many think it’s a microchip or a tattoo of some sort. My opinion is Yehovah gives us clues and the Roman Catholic Church gives away what this mark truly is. Many think the mark and the number 666 are the same thing but let’s look at the verses carefully in Scripture.
Revelation 13:18
“Here is wisdom, he who has understanding, let him calculate the number of his name; for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred threescore and six.” 666
Now that’s all it says about the number. It’s not saying this number is a mark. It says it’s a number of a man. That man is the king or leader of the beast. Now here’s where it gets tricky. Many think that the Anti-Messiah is one man in particular but it says in
Matthew 24:5
“For many will come in my name saying, I am the Messiah and deceive many”.
1 John 2:18
“Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Anti-Messiah is coming, even now many Anti-Messiah's have come. This is how we know it’s the last hour.”
So it’s not just one man, it’s anyone who is against the Messiah, or someone who says He is the Messiah. Many think that there will simply be one man in particular, who is Anti-Messiah. When actually it's referring to a position men will hold, saying they are Messiah.That being said; let’s find out what is the title for the position the Popes hold stated in their own words.
Vicarius Filii Dei
Vicarius Filii Dei: Latin: Vicar or Representative of the Son of God) is a phrase first used in the forged medieval Donation of Constantine to refer to Saint Peter, a leader of the Early Christian Church and regarded as the first Pope by the Catholic Church.
Now let's use our wisdom and understanding and calculate (add up) the number of the name for the man who holds the position of the Popes of Rome, in Roman numerals.
Revelation 13:1-2
“Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. 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.”
Let’s focus on this beast in Revelation mixed with a lion, bear and leopard. Notice that this beast has all the combined features of the beasts in Daniel’s dream all in one beast including the 10 horns of Rome. Time to use knowledge here! Many people think the bear is Russia and that’s just not what scripture says. We must use the Scriptures to define the Scriptures.
So this end time beast will have all the parts of the separate Empires in one beast. How can we make sense of all this, simple… This beast would incorporate aspects of the previous beasts (Lion & Bear & Leopard & Fourth Beast)
Lion = Babylon Medo & Persia = BEAR Leopard = Greek
The mouth of a lion would mean this beast speaks pure Babylonian. The Babylonians were sun worshippers. The first sun god was Nimrod; who built the tower of Babel. He also started the kingdom of Babylon. After his death; his wife Semiramis conceived a son named Tammuz; she claimed he was the reincarnated sun god Nimrod. Not to mention the birth of the sun god is the winter solstice December 25th. Yes sadly that’s not Yeshua’s (Jesus) B-day. Semiramis was the Queen of Babylon; she is also known as Ishtar. Which translated is Easter; and is said she turned a bird into an egg laying rabbit. Now what are the chances we can find images of sun worship at the Vatican?
Feet of a bear; what could this be?
The seven levels of Mithraism are. Medo – Persian Religion
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Corax (Raven), Mercury
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Nymphus (bridegroom), Venus
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Miles (soldier), Mars
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Leo (lion), Jupiter
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Perses (Persian, son of Perseus), the Moon
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Heliodromus (Sun Runner), the Sun
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Pater (Father), Saturn
At the 7th level of this Persian Pagan religion you are called Father and you get a church which the males are celibate. Remember Scripture says the Anti-Messiah will not desire women.
(More facts on the Persian Religion)
The lowest degree of initiation, Corax (Raven), symbolized the new member's earthly death, from which he would rise reborn as a new man. This represented the end of his life as an unbeliever, and cancelled any previous allegiances he had to other, unacceptable beliefs. The title of Corax originated in Persia, with the Zoroastrian custom of exposing the dead on funeral towers to be eaten by ravens or other carrion birds, a custom continued today by the Parsis of India, the descendants of the Persian followers of Zarathustra. Further initiation involved the clashing of cymbals, the beating of drums, and the unveiling of a statue of Mithras.
A statue of the god Mithra at the Vatican in Rome
So the body of a leopard would be Greek characteristics. Does the Catholic Church use Greek philosophy? Yes it does! From philosophers like Aristotle, Plato, Socrates and Pythagoras in fact most of the world does including America. The Roman Catholic Pope John Paul 2 and Pope Benedict both endorsed evolution. Evolution was not started by Charles Darwin but came from the minds of such Greeks as Aristotle.
“Greek philosopher, Aristotle developed his Scala Naturae, or Ladder of Life, to explain his concept of the advancement of living things from inanimate matter to plants, then animals and finally man.”
This theory undermines Yehovah (God) as the Creator of man as in Genesis.
What would the iron Roman aspect be?
Well the Romans had many different gods they worshipped, the Catholic Church also mixes the pagan worship of Rome in with Christianity. The Catholic Church started naming their Roman pagan gods after Biblical characters. For example, Jupiter was now changed into Saint Peter. They even took the once statue of Jupiter, which was in the temple of Jupiter; and renamed it Peter. Which many Catholics still worship today. Also they still have statues of so called Saints on top of St Peters Basilica
Rome was the first to establish how we execute government and legal authority today. Do you see any similarities?
Roman government was headed by two consuls, elected annually by the citizens and advised by a senate composed of elected magistrates. As Roman society was very hierarchical by modern standards, the evolution of the Roman government was heavily influenced by the struggle between the patricians, Rome's land-holding aristocracy, who traced their ancestry back to the founding of Rome, and the plebeians, the far more numerous citizen-commoners. Over time, the laws that gave patricians exclusive rights to Rome's highest offices were repealed or weakened, and leading plebeian families became full members of the aristocracy. The leaders of the Republic developed a strong tradition and morality requiring public service and patronage in peace and war, making military and political success inextricably linked. Many of Rome's legal and legislative structures (later codified into the Justinian Code, and then again into the Napoleonic Code) can still be observed throughout Europe and much of the world in modern nation states and international organizations.
So let’s look at some Roman style graven images near courthouses all around the world.
Dublin England Iran America
The Roman style of government and law is by far the most popular form of government today.
Let’s also look back at some images used by Paganism in the past and the Roman Catholic Church today.
The miter hat of the fish god Dagon
Mother and son worship in the past is still alive. When they say Mary, they truly mean Semiramis Queen of Babylon. The son is not baby Yeshua (Jesus), its Tammuz; the so called reincarnated sun god. This is where all false religions come from just under different names.
Deception is the best trick Satan has. The ingenious enemy will always hide among the very thing he wants to destroy! So after Yeshua came Satan couldn’t deceive like before; so he decided to blend himself in to Christianity. What are the two ways serpents kill their prey? They either crush it by suffocation or inject it with venom; killing it from the inside out. Before Yeshua, suffocation; after Yeshua, injected venom! By false doctrine spreading through the body of believers!
The meaning of the feet mixed with iron and clay; involves the Roman Catholic Church mixing paganism (iron) in with the people of Yehovah (Clay). Nebuchadnezzar's dream says, a stone (Yeshua) will come and destroy the feet mixed with iron and clay. The book of Revelation says Yeshua comes back to destroy the whore of Babylon (Roman Catholic Church) who has been unfaithful to the truth of Yehovah and His Commandments!
The Scriptures clearly tell us who the Beast, False Prophet & The Anti-Messiah are; we don't have to guess at all. Of course the truth is within His word (The Scriptures) so why look anywhere else for answers. The prophecies clearly say that the Beast & Anti-Messiah will come from among the ten horns (Nations) after the fall of Western Roman Empire. This means it cannot be from China, Russia or even the Middle East. It must come from the European nations that Rome broke into. The ten toes in Nebuchadnezzar's statue is the same as the beast in Daniel's dream, The Scriptures are simply explaining the same event in another form. The meaning of the feet of iron and clay is the Roman Catholic Church mixing paganism with the true worship of Yehovah. Many people believe Islam is the beast of Revelation and that the Anti-Messiah will come from Islam. Although it does seem to be a good fit the prophecies do not say it is Islam. So what is Islam and where did it truly come from? Could it simply be a deception that has been created to appear to be the suspect; if so from who and when? Who was the prophet Mohammad really and how did he come to be the prophet of the Islamic religion? All these questions will be answered in our DECEPTION tab. The truth of the matter will shock you! Satan is a very intelligent angelic being, to say you can outsmart such a being is foolishness. Knowing that Lucifer the serpent was the most crafty and subtle beast of the field; wouldn't you expect that what seems to be the most obvious and easiest possibility would be a deception. We can only use the Scriptures to tell us his plans and who are the true players in the deception. Satan has his followers in many different levels of governments and religions. Just because it has the name of Christianity doesn't mean that it is the truth. In fact Satan uses the most clever deceptions on the followers of Yehovah because those are his true enemies. The rest of the world is easily deceived by evolution or pagan religions. Satan wanted to infect the truth of Yehovah with his own poison to weaken the body of Messiah.
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceived the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Yehovah had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, has Elohim said, you shall not eat of every tree of the garden?