Pale
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Chapter
15
The Second
Beast of Revelation 13
Rev.
13: 11-13
And
I saw another beast coming up out of the earth and he had two horns
like
a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon. :12; And he exercises all the
authority
of the first beast in his presence. And he makes the earth and those
who
dwell in it to worship the first beast whose fatal wound was healed.
:13:
And he performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down to
earth
in the presence of men.
.
The beast with the two
small horns performs
the signs and as you can see, God identifies it as the False Prophet.
Rev.
16:
13, 14: And I saw
coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of
the
beast
and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean
spirits
like frogs.
Rev.
19: 20: And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet
who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived
those
who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his
image;
these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with
brimstone..
One of
the biggest
mistakes we can make is to apply the word "He" to these beasts.
The
three beasts symbolically represent powers on earth being influenced by
of fallen angels.
These
beasts are powerful empires which are under the rule of Satan
and
his fallen angels. They are
his
empires. I prefer the word "it" instead of "he" even when
speaking
of angels.
.
This second
beast came
up after the first, so it comes up later in history.
At this
time I personally
believe this beast is the United Nations. The UN speaks for the world.
The League of nations ( first lamb horn), which was the forerunner of the UN (second lamb horn) was used to
create the new boarders for the Middle
Eastern countries after WWI, and the fall of the Ottoman empire, and appointed them kings over their own kingdoms. The Kingdom of Iraq was granted full independence in 1932.
This is the beginning of causing the world
to create the Image of the first beast. What will happen when breathe
is breathed into this image? A Caliphate will emerge in Iraq!
.
Like any empire the beast with the horns of a lamb but speaks as satan is made up
of
many separate kingdoms combined to form one power with one leader.
The UN looks like it is working for good but in the end it is speaking
as satan against Israel and it was also used to create the image of the
first beast by creating Iraq and appointing a king, where the Islamic Caliphate will once
again be established. The 7th head coming back to life as the Image of
itself. Iraq is the Kingdom of the Beast in the last days! (The
5th vial/bowl of God's wrath will be poured out on the throne of the
beast. His kingdom became darkened and they gnawed their tongues
because of the pain.)
.
Some people
believe
that the False Prophet is the Antichrist or his side kick, but a beast
is
an empire and this is a separate empire from the first beast.
.
In verse 13 it says, "And
he performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down to earth
in the presence of men".
.
John saw this vision around 90 AD
and he wrote about what he saw. But it would have been beyond his
understanding
and imagination to try to explain a modern day war, such as the Gulf
War in
1990. Making fire come down out of heaven in the sight of men can be a
way of describing a modern war.
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How does this
beast
speak as satan concerning Israel and Islam?
1.
The UN Record on Israel and the Arabs: Of the 175 Security Council
resolutions
passed before 1990, there were 97
directed
against Israel.
2. Of the
690 General Assembly resolutions voted on before 1990, 429
were directed against Israel.
Are they pro Islam?
3. The UN
was silent while 58 Jerusalem
Synagogues
were destroyed by the Jordanians.
4. The UN
was silent while the Jordanians systematically desecrated
the ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives.
5. The UN
was silent while the Jordanians enforced
an apartheid like policy of preventing Jews from visiting the Temple
Mount
and the Western Wall.
Since
1990, the UN has continued to be pro-Palestinian and pro
Islam,
behind the scenes because of the oil involved.
I don't believe any human beings
are thrown in the lake of fire before the time of the White Throne
judgment
at the end of the 1000 years. So when the false prophet is thrown
in the lake of fire it is because all empire of the earth have a fallen
angel over them and it is that angel in charge over this empire that is
thrown in. The same with the beast, who is the angel Abaddon, who comes out of the bottomless pit to
go to destruction,
it is that angel that is thrown in the lake of fire, not the humans
that
this angel used.
Continue to the next chapter to read abut the Image of the first beast
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