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The two beasts are introduced to us now!

The Beloved Disciple wrote by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 13:

1  Then I saw a wild beast rising from the sea (of humanity) with ten horns and seven heads. On its horns were ten royal crowns (not crowns of victory), and on its heads were blasphemous names.

2 It was like a leopard with feet like a bear’s, and its mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon shared his power, throne, and great authority with the wild beast. 3 One of the heads of the wild beast seemed to have received a deathly wound, but the wound had been healed. After this, the whole world was filled with fascination and followed the wild beast.

4 They worshiped the dragon (satan worshippers) because he had given the beast its ruling authority. They also worshiped the wild beast, saying, “Who is like the wild beast? And who is able to make war against him?”

5 The wild beast was given a mouth to speak boastful and blasphemous words, and he was permitted to exercise authority for forty-two months.

The Lion communicates arrogantly.

The Bear controls extensively.

The Leopard conquers swiftly.

It is written by THE SPIRIT in Zechariah chapter 11:

17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Could this man’s arm and forehead be associated with the “mark of the beast”?  He contrasts with the True Shepherd, Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Revelation 13:

6 Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His Name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in Heaven.

Why did this world leader include those who dwell in Heaven?  Won’t he blame the true church for “abandoning” the rest of the world?  Every selfish person will always blame someone else for their own failures.

7  It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation.

8 All who dwell on the earth (earth dwellersll) will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear.

10 He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

Without The Holy Spirit, the saints on earth are overcome.  Believing Gentiles are not protected and will be killed.  There are three categories of saints: Old Testament saints, New Testament saints, and Tribulation saints.

This first person is a political leader who will be worshipped by the earth dwellers and will make war with the Tribulation saints.

Now for the second person.

11  Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns (two sources of authority) like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.

This second person is alluded to as the false prophet.  He will cause the people to worship the first person mentioned above. 

Jesus spoke to the Jews in John chapter 5:

43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

12 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in (earth dweit to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

13 He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.

satan is imitating was GOD did in the Old Testament.  Occultic power is being unleased since he is still the god of this world at this particular point during the 70^th week.  Pharaoh’s magicians did unnatural works themselves.

14 And he deceives those who dwell on the earth (earth dwellers) by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.

15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,

His followers are willing to take on a brand or a seal to designate their allegiance to this beast.

17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

This second beast has economic control throughout the world.  The advent of digital currency is a plausible means by which this will take place.  Currently, Central Banks want to control all our transactions and track our lives to force us to submit to their policies.  It definitely appears that all the pieces are coming into place for the 70^th week.

18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

A mark in The Law is prohibited.

It is written by THE SPIRIT:

Leviticus 19:28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.

The Greek value of antichrist is 666.  This term means pseudo-Christ.  People are concerned with insertable chips, RFID, bar codes, etc.  I expect to be watching from Above, so I don’t spend much time in dissecting 666 or its implementation.

Is your name written in the Book?

The Beloved Disciple wrote by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 12:

10  Then I heard a loud voice saying in Heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the Kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.

11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not Love their lives to the death.

12 Therefore rejoice, O Heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”

As I have written before, there are many who have predicted the rapture in the past AND they have all been wrong.  Some have gone to extremes by conducting various ceremonies on Feast days thinking that they would trigger certain events related to the rapture.  In every case, they were wrong, yet some continue to pull unsuspecting followers into their misguided conclusions.  How many times have I heard the “Hezekiah time factor” as the reason for a delay!  Are they false prophets?

Paul provides us a hint to when the harpazo will take place:

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 11:

25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.  NKJV

Romans 11:25 TPT

My Beloved brothers and sisters, I want to share with you a mystery concerning Israel’s future. For understanding this mystery will keep you from thinking you already know everything. A partial and temporary hardening to the Gospel has come over Israel, which will last until the full number of non-Jews has come into God’s family.

FATHER is waiting for a specific number of believers to come into The Kingdom to complete the Bride.  Only then will the harpazo occur.  The adversary has no idea what that number is and so he will try to keep us from being productive and achieving that number by any means necessary.  Our goal should be to actively minister life to all we possibly can in whatever means is available to us.  FATHER will not allow His Son to present a Bride who is lacking or incomplete.

Moses recorded by THE SPIRIT in Exodus chapter 32:

30   Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. So now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

31 Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have made for themselves a god of gold!

32 Yet now, if You will forgive their sin-but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your Book which You have written.”

33 And the LORD said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My Book.

34 Now therefore, go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, My Angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit for punishment, I will visit punishment upon them for their sin.”

35 So the LORD plagued the people because of what they did with the calf which Aaron made.

FATHER is serious about the sin of idol worship as well as the sins connected to Sodom and Gomorrah.

It is also recorded by THE SPIRIT in Daniel chapter 12:

1  “At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the Book.

2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt.

3 Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever.

4 “But you, Daniel, shut up the Words, and seal the Book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” 

We must not allow ourselves to be counted among those in the lukewarm church for they will be rejected by Jesus Christ Himself.  If there was ever a time to be fully committed to being led by THE HOLY SPIRIT, it is now!

A true overcomer is known by both Word AND deed!

I have been around many who claimed to be overcomers in the past.  However, “name it and claim it” does not work.  You can quote The Word and claim that It applies to you but if you produce no fruit, then what is your testimony of The Word operating in you and through you?

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 9:

11  But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect Tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.

12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His Own Blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,

14 how much more shall the Blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the Living God?

We are called to serve the LIVING GOD in some capacity.  Each of us has a calling and so we should focus on not only finding out what that calling is, but also walk in it!  It may be on the front lines, prayer support, financial, or simply encouraging with acts of kindness.

15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the New Covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the Eternal inheritance.

When satan approached Jesus in the wilderness, Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter 4:

4  But He (Jesus) answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds from the Mouth of God.'”

7 Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the LORD your God.'”

10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.'”

Knowing The Word and serving according to The Word, being led by The Holy Spirit, is vital to our maturity in Christ.  When we are one with HIM, we are untouchable by the adversary.

What happens when the people defy The Words of FATHER and rebel?

Moses recorded by THE SPIRIT in Exodus chapter 32:

31  Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, these people have committed a great sin, and have made for themselves a god of gold!

32 Yet now, if You will forgive their sin-but if not, I pray, blot me out of Your book which You have written.”

33 And the LORD said to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book.

34 Now therefore, go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you. Behold, My Angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit for punishment, I will visit punishment upon them for their sin.”

35 So the LORD plagued the people because of what they did with the calf which Aaron made.

First of all, the people had to be in the book already in order to be blotted out.  Secondly, without repentance, they will suffer punishment and be removed from “the book”.

We must always retain a repentant heart!

For Israel, they will endure the 70^th week and as it is written by THE SPIRIT in Daniel chapter 12:

1  “At that time Michael shall stand up, The great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, Such as never was since there was a nation, Even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, Every one who is found written in the book.

2  And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to Everlasting Life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt.

3 Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever.

The children of Israel also have a choice of which path they take.  As for me and my house, we will serve THE LORD.

The devil unknowingly will move Israel to repentance!

The Beloved Disciple wrote what he saw and heard by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 12:

10  Then I heard a loud voice saying in Heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the Kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.

11 And they overcame him by the Blood of the Lamb and by the Word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”

Satan and his minions have been persistently accusing you and me in any area of weakness they can find.  However, as we plead The Blood of Christ over ourselves in all areas, his accusations are of none effect.  Further, as we testify of what GOD has done in our lives, we diffuse the enemy’s ability to lay hold on us.

Verse 12 differentiates between the pilgrims (you and me) where Heaven rejoices, and the earth dwellers who are subject to the three woes.

13 Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman (Israel) who gave birth to the male Child.

14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time (1260 days), from the presence of the serpent.

15 So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.

16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.

17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

At this point, the devil knows that he has only a short time before losing all aspects of his kingdom of the world.  He knows that once Israel repents of its rejection of Our Lord Jesus Christ, his kingdom is lost.

There is a prerequisite for the second coming of Christ at the end of the 70^th week, Israel’s repentance which was recorded by THE SPIRIT in Hosea chapter 5:

15 I (THE LORD) will return again to My Place Till they acknowledge their offense. Then they will seek My Face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

Jesus had to “leave” His Place in order to return to it.  He awaits Israel’s acknowledgment of their offense of rejecting Him and coming into full repentance.  This is one of the many reasons we must not redefine who Israel is.

The woman, Man-child, and the dragon are introduced and provides us with one of the most important chapters in The Bible!

This chapter emphasizes the role and purpose of Israel in the past, present, and future.

Chapter 11 reveals that the real Temple is in Heaven as is the real ark.  The ark on earth is but a replica given to Moses by FATHER.  It is important to note that the mercy seat is NOT part of the ark of the covenant.  They are always mentioned separately.

Paul emphasized this Truth as he wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 8:

1  Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the Right Hand of the Throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

2 a Minister of the Sanctuary and of the true Tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.

3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer.

4 For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the Law;

5 who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

This replica was to provide both Israel and the true church an idea of what to expect in Heaven.  There is no way we can imagine the greater without seeing the lesser replicas!  Ezekiel chapters 1 & 10 further describe what is in Heaven.

The Beloved Disciple wrote what he saw and heard by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 12:

1  Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.

The woman is NOT the church, it is Israel.  The true church is in Heaven, protected from the judgments associated with the 70^th week.  This woman is pregnant, not the Virgin Bride of Christ.  It is vital that we understand the difference!

2 Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.

There are four woman in the Book of Revelation:

Jezebel                   Revelation 2:20

The Harlot             Revelation 17, 20

This Woman          Revelation 12, Jeremiah 3:20

The Bride               Revelation 19:7, 21:2, 9

Since The Bible is an integrated message system, we can verify that this woman is Israel by referencing Genesis chapter 37:

5  Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more.

6 So he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:

7 There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.”

8 And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

9 Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me (the twelfth star).”

Joseph’s dream depicted the family, i.e.. Israel.  In the Old Testament, the Israel is described as a woman in travail: Isaiah 54:5, 66:7, etc.  The woman gives birth to the Man-child, the church does not!  As Isaiah 9:6 declares: Unto to us a child is born (humanity), unto us a Son is given (Deity).  FATHER is clearly not finished with Israel as Paul affirms in Romans chapters 9-11.

3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems (implies rulership) on his heads.

4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.

The dragon is further identified as the devil and satan in verse 9.

5 She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up (harpazo) to God and His Throne.

Jesus Christ is referenced in His rulership in Psalm chapter 2:

7  “I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.

8 Ask of Me, and I will give You The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession.

9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel.'”

There is an implied interval between verses 5 and 6; the harpazo and Israel fleeing into the wilderness for 3 ½ years.  There are 24 “gaps” or intervals in Scripture.  The church is associated with these intervals… between the 69^th and 70^th week.

6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.

7  And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,

Michael (the warrior angel) and his angels prevailed, clearly two to one!

8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in Heaven any longer.

9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

The term “devil” means slanderer in Greek.  The word “satan” comes from the Hebrew word for adversary.  The origin of satan is described in Ezekiel 28:2-15 and the rebellion in Heaven is described in Isaiah 14:12-17.

The earth dwellers are in for a surprise!

The Beloved Disciple recorded what he heard, saw, and experienced by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 11:

9  Then those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into graves. 10 And those who dwell on the earth (earth dwellers) will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

11 Now after the three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.

There are two types of people: earth dwellers and pilgrims.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 11:

13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

And Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1^st Peter chapter 2:

11  Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,

12 having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

We are to keep ourselves detached from this world and not allow ourselves to be caught up in the societal trends toward idolatry and immorality.  We must resist any and all temptations.  If you are being challenged, call for The Holy Spirit to HELP you!

12 And they heard a loud Voice from Heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.

13 In the same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid and gave glory to the God of Heaven.

The earth dwellers started out rejoicing but now they are in absolute fear.  They realize that their time is short:

14 The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

15  Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in Heaven, saying, “The kingdom of this world has become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!”

This is clearly a watershed event.  Heaven is now rejoicing and preparing for Jesus Christ to takeover rulership on the earth.

16 And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God,

17 saying: “We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, The One who is and who was and who is to come, Because You have taken Your great power and reigned.

18 The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, And the time of the dead, that they should be judged,

And that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, And those who fear Your Name, small and great, And should destroy those who destroy the earth.”

Why are the nations angry?  They want to have their own way and want to cast off all restraint.  FATHER will permit them to do so, and their anger will lead to Armageddon.  You and I are amazed at their blindness in trying to defend an indefensible position!  Remember, we are pilgrims, and they are earth dwellers.

19 Then the Temple of God was opened in Heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His Temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.

There are seven great openings in the Book of Revelation:

A door is opened in Heaven  4:1

The seals are opened  6:1-8:1

The Abyss is opened  9:2

Temple of GOD is opened  11:19

Tabernacle of testimony opened  15:5

Heaven is opened  19:11

Books of Judgment opened  20:12