Revelation's Beast v 13

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REVELATION'S BEASTS

Rev. 13

THE DRAGON AND HIS

TWO BEASTSby Ulrike

Moving from Revelation 12 to Revelation 13

Who controls the Sea and the Earth (Rev. 10 compared to Rev. 12:18)

The Two Contenders

The Beast from the SeaWar against God's covenant

The Wounded HeadThe Dragons's Healthy Head

The Beast with two Lamb-like Horns

Revelation

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Rev. 12.13And when thedragon saw that hewas cast unto theearth, he persecuted

the woman whichbrought forth theman child.

12.14And to the womanwere given twowings of a greateagle, that she

Seeing Revelation 13 in Context
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might fly into thewilderness, into herplace, where she isnourished for a time,and times, and half a

time, (1260 days(vs.6) from the faceof the serpent.

12.15And the serpent castout of his mouthwater as a floodafter the woman,that he might causeher to be carriedaway of the flood.

12.16And the earthhelped the woman,and the earthopened her mouth,and swallowed upthe flood which thedragon cast out ofhis mouth.

12.17And the dragon wasangry with thewoman, and went tomake war with theremnant of her seed,which keep thecommandments ofGod, and have thetestimony of JesusChrist.

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depends on which version

Then thedragon tookhis stand uponthe sand of the

After reading Revelation 12. A great question arises:How is it that a woman, who symbolically represents thechurch of God; who symbolically represents God'speople, ends up sitting upon the dragon in Rev. 17?

How could she be sitting on the power who is seeking todestroy the Messiah and the purechurch? How is it that, with theexception of the faithful remnant, the

woman ends up sitting on this seven headed red monsterin Revelation 17?How is it that she exchanges the crown of the heavenlyJerusalem upon her head, to having the earthly kingdomof Babylon and it's mysteries upon her forehead? Howcan this happen when we know that the dragon isdefeated by the blood of the Lamb? Why does this

woman take on the name of MESSIAH the PRINCE, thename of Christ, (Christian) and then plays the harlot withthe dragon prince and his kings of the earth?

These are the issues explained in Revelation 13.However, scriptures triumphantly point out that not allplay the harlot. There is STILL A "PURE WOMAN", apeople who are faithful to ChristZion, the heavenly Jerusalem still has her citizens!These are the "remnant" of her seed, the children of thetrue church of Christ.

14.1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and withhim an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's namewritten in their foreheads.

Revelation 12 makes it clear that the true church is notthe popular recognized church. The true church is in theWilderness during the 1260 yearsSome will ask, should we not look to the church which
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for ages has been the favored of kings and nations tofind the true church instead of looking to a people whothrough those centuries were a despised and obscurepeople?

No, the true church is not the prominent church. TheBible teaches the true church is a "remnant". The truechurch is the offspring, not of the church which isprominent with the kings of the earth, but the offspring ofthe church which was hiding in the wildernessthroughout almost thirteen centures: namely, the 1260year period.

Who Controls the earth and the sea?

The connecting link between Revelation 12 and 13 shows

the dragon going forth to war against the faithful remnantand he, that is the dragon, took his stand on the sand ofthe seashore, where he orchestrates his war upon God'speople.

Some bibles omit verse 18, others place it in Rev. 13:1,still others say, it is John, who was standing on theseashore in Rev. 13:1, but the Greek reads "And hestood"--thus refering back to the dragon. The dragontakes his stand on the seashore.

The dragon, the accuser of the brethren has been throwndown, (12:10) he's been "conquered by the blood of theLamb and the word of their testimony, (12:11), but he "yetis" and he is "filled with wrath because he knows his timeis short" (12:12). For 1260 years that old serpent sentGod's true church into the wilderness (12:14) till the earthbeast helps her (12:16) but then the dragon's rageincreases, as he makes war against those who keepGod's commandments and have the testimony of Jesus.(12:17) He takes his stand on the sands of the seashorein his effort to control the land and the sea. (12:18)


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Revelation 10

10.1And I saw a mighty

angel come downfrom heaven,clothed with acloud: and arainbow was uponhis head, and hisface was as it werethe sun, and his feetas pillars of fire:10.2And he had in hishand a little bookopen: and he set his

right foot upon thesea, and his left footon the earth,10.3And cried with aloud voice, as whena lion roareth: andwhen he had cried,seven thundersuttered their voices.10.5And the angel whichI saw stand upon the

sea and upon theearth lifted up hishand to heaven,10.6And sware by himthat liveth for everand ever, whocreated heaven, andthe things thattherein are, and theearth, and the thingsthat therein are, andthe sea, and thethings which are

therein, that thereshould be time nolonger:10.7But in the days ofthe voice of theseventh angel, whenhe shall begin tosound, the mystery

BUT,before wego into thedragon's

activities,as hegathers thepeople ofearth to

worship him, let's look back to seethat there is ANOTHER, standingupon the earth and the sea, ONE clothed with a cloud anda rainbow upon his head, and his face as the sun and hisfeet as pillars of fire. This Being stands upon the sea andupon the earth. (Rev. 10:1,5)

THIS ONE is none other than the ONE declared worthy ofworship in chapter 5!He declares the end of Prophetic time, (Rev. 10:6) (1260years ended in 1798, the 2300 years ended in 1844)This declaration is made as the seventh trumpet angelprepares to sound and announces the investigative

judgment (10:7;11:18,19)YES, He will judge, righteousness will prevail!The finishing of the mystery of God is in progress. (10:7)

The rainbow is (Genesis 9:14-17) the token of God's

"everlasting covenant" which He established with everycreature upon earth. The rainbow is seen around thethrone of God as Christ takes the book of the covenant atHis inauguration as Priest and executor of the covenantin Revelation 5. So in Revelation 10 we see this mightyangel who is no less a personage than Jesus Christ,setting His right foot on the sea, and His left upon the dryland, showing His supreme power and authority over thewhole earth. He will act His part in the closing scenes ofthe great controversy with Satan. He will fulfill thecovenant made with mankind in mercy and justice.

He is standing on the earth and the sea with an open"little scroll" in His hand. Could this be a portion of thecovenant that was not yet understood concerning God'sendtime dealings with man? The prophecies of Danielwhich point to the investigative judgment and endtimeevents, had been sealed until the time of the end?
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of God should befinished, as he hathdeclared to hisservants theprophets.

10.10And I took the littlebook out of theangel's hand, andate it up; and it wasin my mouth sweetas honey: and assoon as I had eatenit, my belly wasbitter.10.11And he said untome, Thou must

prophesy againbefore manypeoples, andnations, andtongues, and kings.

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12:18Then thedragon tookhis stand uponthe sand of thesea.And hesaid unto me,

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13.1And I saw abeast rise upout of the sea,having sevenheads and ten

The announcement of the end of prophetic time (1260years ended in 1798, the 2300 years ended in 1844)brought great sweetness to the believers in God, but thenbitterness follows, for they thought Christ would come

and take them home to heaven, but Christ has not yetcome. The great proclaimation that sounded round theworld at the close of the prophetic timelines that did notend with Christ's 2nd coming, but announced that HE hasentered into judgment and stands upon the sea and earthwith authority. Christ began the pre-advent judgment in1844. When HE comes He will execute the results of that

judgment and deliver His followers.

But the dragon ALSO MAKES HIS LAST STAND.

Can we keep the picture of CHRIST in our minds, and notbe discouraged as we see the dragon with his two beaststake their stand?Will we trust that JESUS is implimenting the everlastingcovenant.

Revelation 10 is situatated between the 6th and 7thtrumpet. Christ is shown IN CONTROL. This is just priorto the seventh trumpet, or "the days of the voice of theseventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mysteryof God should be finished, as he hath declared to his

servants the prophets."What does the seventh trumpet announce?"The time has come for the judgment of the dead, andthat you should reward your servants the prophets andthe saints, and those who fear your name, small andgreat, and should destroy those who destroy the earth.Then the temple of God was opened in heaven and theark of His covenant was seen in His temple." Rev. 11:18-19

The Two Contenders

So once again we see the two contenders for thekingdom. Each has taken his stand over the land and thesea--over the peoples and nations of the earth.

MESSIAH THE PRINCE THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS


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horns, andupon his hornsten crowns,

and upon hisheads thename ofblasphemy. .

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13.2And the beastwhich I sawwas like unto aleopard, andhis feet wereas the feet of abear, and hismouth as themouth of alion: and the

dragon gavehim his power,and his seat,and greatauthority.

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13.3And I saw oneof his heads asit werewounded todeath; and hisdeadly wound

--He stands upon the land and sea

(Rev. 10:1)

--Voice like a lion roars (Rev. 10:3)

--The Lamb (Rev. 14:1)

--Lives, was dead, yet alive evermore

(Rev. 1:18)

--He is on throne of God (Rev. 14:3,

22:1)

--He calls " whosoever will" come!

(Rev.22:17)

--He will judge the people of earth

before the ark of the testament in the

sanctuary in heaven. (The ark of the

covenant contains the ten

commandments)Rev. 11:18-19, 1

Kings 8:9

--He takes his stand on the

seashore (Rev. 12:18)

--His beast has the mouth of a lion(Rev. 13:2)

--His 2nd beast has horns like a

lamb (Rev. 13:11)

--His beast is fatally wounded yet

heals (Rev. 13:3)

--The dragon's throne (Rev. 13:2)

--Forces and deceives people to

worship him (Rev. 13:13-15)

--He makes war against those who

keep God's commandments and

have the testimony of Jesus. (Rev.

12:17)

Another thing we see, is the emergence of a false, orcounterfeit TRINITY! The dragon pretends to be God thefather, and sends one "like unto himself" into the world.Thus we have the "papacy" who claims to be "in theplace of" Jesus, upon earth! Later we have the 2nd beastarriving out of the earth, acting the role of the HolySpirit--bringing people to worship the "anti" (in the placeof) Christ.

The Lord of heaven permits the world to choose which

ruler they would have over them. Every human beingmust take sides, either for the true and living God, theCreator of heaven and earth, the sea and the fountains ofwater, (Rev. 14:7)or choose the dragon who takes his stand on theseashore and appears as an angel of light, whoseministers are also transformed as the ministers ofrighteousness; whose end shall be according to theirworks. (2Cor. 11:14-15)

THE BEAST FROM THE SEA

Now we come to the seven-headed sea beast.

It's heads are:

4. Roman Empire .......................5. Papal Rome

3. Greecian Empire .............................6. Wounded Head


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was healed:and all theworld

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13.4And theyworshipped

the dragonwhich gavepower unto thebeast: and theyworshippedthe beast,saying, Who islike unto thebeast? who isable to make

war with him?

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13.5And there wasgiven unto hima mouth

speaking greatthings andblasphemies;and power wasgiven unto himto continueforty and two

........................................................................(State/Churchseemingly dead

2. Medes and Persian empire ...........................7. RestoredState/Church

.................................................................. with PapalPrimacy

1. BabylonianEmpire .....................................................................................

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The dragon takes his stand upon the seashore and wesee a beast arise out of the sea.

ART by ASHLIN

Remember the Beasts in Daniel 7 which came out of thesea? This beast in Revelation is all four of those beastswrapped into one.A leopard body (Greece);bear feet (Media Persia),a lion's mouth, (Babylon)


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13.6And he openedhis mouth inblasphemyagainst God, toblaspheme hisname, and histabernacle, andthem that dwellin heaven.

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13.7And it wasgiven unto himto make warwith the saints,and toovercomethem: andpower wasgiven him overall kindreds,and tongues,

and nations.

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the terrible beast (Roman)These four constitute four of it's heads. The religiousideas and ideologies of these kingdoms are very much inthe thinking patterns of this beast from the sea.

Yet there are three heads left, and it is upon these threeheads that John's focus is drawn.It is these three heads that identify this beast from thedragon itself. The MAIN HEAD of this beast is the RomanPapal Power!

This is the 1260 year papal head, who blasphemed (tookGod's preogatives) and persecuted God's saints.The next head, is the wounded head, when the papalpolitical power seems dead,

and the last head is the restored head, also described as"Babylon". Thus this is the Papal beast. It is identified assuch. For it is the power that continued for forty-twomonths (read more on the 1260 years)It sits on the sameseat as imperial emperor of Rome

In Daniel 7 the last beast is the dreadful beast--Rome, outof which a horn with a "face" emerges. Now we will seethat all the rest of these heads is but a continuation ofRome.

As we look back in history we see that the Roman empirewas not only Pagan but also Christian.That is-- the Roman empire, under its emperors, itselfstarts forcing Christianity from 313-538.Constantine, according to Church History books, wasvery concerned about the divisions in doctrine found inChristianity and made every effort to secure agreementand make it a proper religion for the empire.Constantine called for church councils and appointed thepresiding Bishop (which was not always the bishop ofRome). It was Constantine who, in 321 A.D., legalized

Sunday. Albeit, he could not have done so, if Christianityhad not already apostasized and thought they couldchange God's law. Constantine legalized Sunday,thinking he could unify Christians and pagans. This lawof 321 was a bait thrown to compromising Christians, andsun worshipping Romans who glorified the day exalted tothe sun, as a rallying point of unity and peace.
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13.8And all thatdwell upon theearth shallworship him,whose namesare not writtenin the book oflife of theLamb slain

from thefoundation ofthe world.

Constantine wanted a religion that would unite hisempire. Constantine built magnificent churches adornedwith images and pictures, where the pope sat on a loftythrone. Hereafter, this call for Sunday rest was ever

confirmed by emperors and other Christian princes, andsanctioned by popes, with ever increased rigor, andabuses.

Socrates, a church historian of the fourth century, wrote: "Foralthough almost all the churches throughtout the world celebrate thesacred mysteries on the Sabbath of every week, yet the Christians ofAlexandria and at Rome, on account of some ancient tradition, haveceased to do this."Sozomen writing in the same century: says "The people ofConstantinople, and almost everywhere, assemble together on theSabbath, as well as on the first day of the week, which custom is

never observed at Rome or at Alexandria."History reveals that the emperors from Constintine toJustinian had heavy input into the forming of the "RomanChurch".

Justinian never distinguished the Roman state traditionfrom Christianity. He considered himself the ChristianEmperor, and defined his mission as maintaining theChristian faith in its purity and protecting the HolyCatholic and Apostolic Church from any disturbance. Hefelt he was the servant of God and executor of his will

and the empire was the instrument of Gods plan in theworld. He was ruthless in stamping out anything heconsidered heresy.

Just like Revelation points out, the power of the papacyactually traces it's roots back to Roman Emperors, it isNOT a separate identity from Rome at all, that is; it issimply ANOTHER HEAD, literally sitting in the seat of theRoman Emperors. The Papal system has it's roots inCHRISTIAN EMPERIAL ROME, whose whole focus was tomerge paganism with Christianity and come up with a"unifying" religion. The papal system is NOT ROOTED inapostolic Christianity. To this day it carries the name ofROME.

The Papacy says it is sitting in the seat of Peter. It claimsthat it has a direct line to Peter. But history shows thatthe Papacy, complete with much of its doctrines, has itsdirect line to the so called Christian Emperors of


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Rome--to the dreadful beast of Daniel 7,;, not to Peter, orthe apostles at all.

The true church flees into the wilderness because of

persecution!

Revelation 13 deals with the last three heads. In 538 theEmperor Justinian, by law, gave the Rome Pope hispower (see 1260 years) And in the west, the power of theemperor waned as the power of the papacy grew.

The War against the Covenant

This beast speaks blasphemes, and blasphemied God'sname and sanctuary.

What is blasphemy? John 10:33 tells us: blasphemy; thatthou, being a man, makest thyself God.

Blasphemy is ascribing the prerogatives of God tohuman beings. The accession of the Roman church topower marked the dark ages. Faith in Christ for salvationwas transferred to faith in the church and the papacy.People were taught that the pope was their earthlymediator, and stood in the place of God to them, that thepriests forgave their sins, and that there was no salvationoutside that system. The ultimate blasphemy is their

claim to have the power of creation-- the power to createCREATOR!

From the book Dignity and Duties of the Priestby St. Alphonsus DeLiguori (Imprimatur 1927)page 27 The priest has the power of the keys, or the power ofdelivering sinners from hell, of making them worthy of paradise andof changing them from the slaves of Satan into the children of God.And God himself is obliged to abide by the judgment of his priest,and either not to pardon or to pardon, according as they refuse orgive absolution.

Page 32-33O wonderful dignity of the priests, cries out St. Augustine; in theirhands, as in the womb of the Blessed virgin, the Son of Godbecomes incarnate.Thus the priest may, in a certain manner, becalled the creator of his Creator, since by saying the words ofconsecration he creates, as it were, Jesus in the sacrament, bygiving him a sacramental existence, and produces him as a victimoffered to the eternal Father.The power of the priest, says St. Bernardine of Sienna, is thepower of the divine person; for the transubstantiation of the breadrequires as much power as the creation of the world.


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