BY PASTOR MIKE TAYLOR
3 “So
he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a
woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy,
having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And
the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with
gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand
full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And
upon her forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon The
Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth.”
(Revelation 17:3-5)
As
the hour and days of this age show signs of coming to a close, many
are wondering “who is the Great Whore mentioned in this passage,
identified as the Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth”
I have had many people ask me that question and have explored several
possibilities of who this end time abomination actually is. One asked
me if I think that America is actually Babylon the Great in
Revelation. So is she? It is a great question that needs to be looked
at again.
“And
a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it
into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city
Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.”
(Revelation
18:21)
As
you read the words found in the prophecy written in the Revelation of
Jesus Christ, Christ our Lord shows John the Apostle using elders and
angels what will come upon this earth in the final days of man's rule
on this earth. When you interpret what is written, it sure sounds
like America could indeed be this Mystery Babylon, as it gives a
detailed word picture that could be describing what our culture has
fallen to.
We
all have read or seen individuals that have succumbed to the
multi-billion dollar illicit drug industry, or the one country who is
responsible for 60% of all pornography that floods the rest of the
world. Let us not forget the complete addiction to the need for
black gold, which is oil to run our cars and our factories that gives
us the need to appease evil empires that are completely opposed to
the Constitutional Republic this country was founded upon. Then we
look at lawlessness that is trying to flood our shores, and the
murders of the innocents in schools and places where people gather to
feel safe, and has cries of taking away our God given freedom that I
explored in my last message, that when gun control is completed (and
mark my words, it will come to pass and when it will be completed is
unsure, whether this side of the rapture or the other side), then it
will lead the the complete takeover of this nation by the powers that
desire a New World Order and the rise of the Anti-Christ.
Revelation
chapter 17 describes a great scarlet whore, a word picture of
decadence, debauchery and prostitution of religious Christianity upon
the earth.
This
is where I have to get off when this description speaks of religious
prostitution. America was founded upon Judeo-Christian principles
that formed this nation based on the Ten Commandments. But obviously,
this once great nation has fallen far from where she began. But when
you talk of religious prostitution, my mind reverts to another author
of this abomination that qualifies her only, as the Harlot of
Revelation.
7 And
the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee
the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which
hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The
beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the
bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the
earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life
from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that
was, and is not, and yet is.” (Revelation 17:6-8)
As
the above verses show the two are distinct from one another. There is
only one dominating world power that could be accused of fulfilling
the previous verses 3-6 and part of verse 7 that once ruled with an
iron fist in the Dark Ages after the fall of the Roman Empire. Their
history is over-whelming with the death and the destruction of whole
classes of people who would not bow their knee to their one-religion
rule. This is not to disparage anyone's beliefs of their
interpretation of what the Bible says, but to point out that there is
one religious system that has perverted the bible in about every
aspect based on “traditions and/or rituals” that were derived
from the imagination of mortal men.
WHO
IS THE BEAST?
The
better question, is who is the beast that this false religion
supports and rides the beast in Revelation 17:7? They are in
collusion with one another, for one purpose and that is complete rule
of this earth.
Historically,
we know that there were four world Empires that Daniel the prophet
spoke of and is alluded to in this chapter of Revelation 17. Those
empires were Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome. The Apostle John
speaks of seven, and then speaks of an eighth...
10 “And
there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is
not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11And
the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the
seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And
the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no
kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These
have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the
beast.” (Revelation 17:10-13)
Reading
verse 11 above, the passage is quite confusing....Who is the eighth,
and is of the seven and goes into perdition? I had a brother
hypothesize that it speaks of popery that the sixth pope will
abdicate for the rise of the seventh, and then retake the title of
Pope, but also becomes the new “Caesar” of Europe, as that is why
he left to become president of the European Union. Then he comes back
and reclaims his title as both pope and Caesar of the European
continent. Is he right? We may wonder, but we'll never see it
fulfilled, but we may have a good idea before Jesus comes for His
Church. . I find it interesting, as the Popes will be involved in the
New World Order, and have a place at the table of power when this One
World Government is set up.
A
LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL EVIDENCE
History
records six great empires; two before Daniel (Egypt, Assyria) and
four afterwards (Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome).
Checking
history once more, we know that five have fallen and as John says one
is. The one in existence when John wrote this prophecy was the Roman
Empire with its Caesars and cruel dominating Roman soldiers who did
the Caesar's bidding to conquer all that was in front of them.
John
says the next empire, the seventh, which is not yet come, will
be short-lived. John appears to say that the seventh is also the
sixth, and simultaneously the eighth. It may sound
confusing, but not really as the above hypothesize sounds most
reasonable.
As
we look at what John wrote in this chapter he identifies that the
beast will have 10 horns which will be 10 future kings, not during
John's days, but in the end of days. They have not, as of yet,
received a kingdom, but as the days grow closer to the coming of our
Lord, the ten regions become more clear and who the leaders of those
ten regions will most likely be. These future 10 kings that have
control of a region of this earth will each submit their power to one
central dictator who will demand complete worship and obedience of
his power to rule.
“And
of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came
up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and
a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than
his fellows.” (Daniel 7:20)
John
pictures the beast as an empire. Daniel’s horn had eyes and mouth
speaking great things. Which is right? Actually, both are
right.
The
beast is a system, personified by a man, but actually administered by
two men, separated according to specialty. They are two systems. One
is political and the other is religious that deceives the whole world
by doing miracles (although false miracles by the power of Satan) to
fool those who have the desire to continue in their sinful,
unrighteous behavior.
REVELATION
AND THE BEAST FROM THE SEA
“And
I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the
sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns,
and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 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.
3 And
I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly
wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.”
(Revelation 13:1-3)
This
is but one of the beast that rules the entire world during the end of
days, at least for the LAST 3.5 years. The next part of the passage
introduces the religious aspect of this unholy alliance.
11 “And
I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two
horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And
he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and
causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first
beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And
he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven
on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And
deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles
which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them
that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast,
which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And
he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image
of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not
worship the image of the beast should be killed.” (Revelation
13:11-15)
Note
this religious beast speaks like a dragon, but tries to appear like a
lamb. I can quote many, many departures from the faith of a central
religious leader who has even said “there is no hell”. This is
but one of his outrageous quotes and proclamations that even says
that atheist will make heaven just by doing good. Then one wonders,
did he ever know the Jesus is the Only Way to heaven?
6 “Jesus
saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh
unto the Father, but by me.
7 If
ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from
henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.” (John 14:6-7)
This
second beast, who looks like a lamb, but speaks like a dragon, as
Satan moves him to apostasy within the central faith in God. He
derives his power directly from Satan, which is the dragon and
promotes the first beast that all should worship him.
In
the Apostle John's day, the seat of secular authority was Imperial
Rome, but by the 3rd century AD, Rome had become the seat
of the religious authority when Emperor Constantine declared
“Christianity” the state church of Rome and the Emperor, now
Constantine declared to be Pontifex Maximus of this so called
“christian church”. This title was transferred to the Bishop of
Rome as Imperial Rome was imploding from outside influence and
debauchery from within.
It
is as I have described it, the Caesars took off their royal robes and
armament and took on the robes of the clergy and wore a “Miter's
hat” in the shape of a fish's head (promoting the god Dagon) that
the priest of pagan Philistines wore.
“Pontifex
Maximus” literally means “the greatest bridge builder” and was
the title conferred on the high priest of the College of Pontiffs in
ancient pagan Rome.
The
College was ancient Rome’s most sacred priesthood of advisers to
the Roman Emperor-god.
This
title of Pontifus Maximus has been applied to the Roman popes since
at least the 3rd century. When the rule of pagan Imperial
'Rome collapsed in the 5th century, much of its political
power was transferred from the state to the religious found in the
Pontifus Maximus or the Roman popes.
The
Roman Empire which was in John's day was the present tense (the beast
that is) that became the beast that was and is not, and yet is.
The
Roman Papacy ruled Western European Christendom from the early 4th
century until well after the French Revolution and was the most
powerful political, yet “religious” ruler that had no problem
with destruction of anyone who stood in their way of complete
dictatorship in the name of their “church”. That is until a
general of Napolean's army captured the pope from Rome and imprisoned
him, so the beast received a wound that was not healed until the
early 20th century.
So
the question comes down with just these points that describe the
Roman shift of pagan to religious authority, is the Roman Catholic
pope the False prophet? Nobody can be 100% positive on that claim,
but the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, and the statements and
actions by the modern popes during the 20th century
leading into the 21st century and this present pope, gives
ones to wonder if we are not looking at either the false prophet who
is alive and will live through the coming tribulation, or a precursor
to the man, as this pope is growing very old at this point..Just how
long will he live? You may think this is Catholic bashing, but the
evidence says that we have to look at what is going on and what the
bible says will be evident at the end of days and not let our
prejudice blind us.
I
believe the Rapture takes place before either the political
Anti-christ or the False Prophet shows up.
What
is a Church after all the Christians are gone?
WHAT
DO WE MAKE OF THIS?
Whether
one wants to take issue with me probing the possibility of the Roman
Catholic pope is the false prophet, is not the issue. The issue is
the Catholic church the seat of the coming beast power, the religious
half that rules the whole world?
We
come back to the question to answer the complete question. Is the
Beast power, the secular, political aspect of the coming world power
ruled by one man, be centered in 'America?
Right
now, the center of economic power in this world is the United States
of America. She has come to be the lone super-power on earth with the
fall of the Soviet Empire. Many have tried and are attempting to
knock her off this seat and bring her into submission to a One World
Government. We have in our shores an institution that was formed
during the end of the last World War, and the United Nations has
promoted the political objective to be the central power of this
world. No other political organization has attempted to usurp the
sovereignty of the USA other that that of the United Nations. Only
the United States stands in the way of complete world control by the
seat of lesser powerful nations. But change is coming, and may be on
the road to complete fulfillment. When America falls, (if she falls)
then this whole economic world will be in chaos.
“And
the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters,
shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of
whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the
sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
“And
the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the
voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at
all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for
by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.” (Revelation 18:22)
I
have spoke of in the past, and must speak of again, that they have
put into their political objectives what is called Agenda 2030 that
all nations will proclaim allegiance to which is the complete control
of every man and woman on this earth that will be enduring the coming
Tribulation. (Mark of the Beast?) Why the coming Tribulation? Because
I don't believe it will come into force until the Church is removed
and the spirit of Anti-Christ comes into full power, as Satan will
have full sway over this earth and its inhabitants. In this Agenda
2030 is the nefarious belief of Sustainable Development that
advocates that the earth's population must be adjusted downward to
approximately 500 million people. They will start with making
everyone equal financially, then politically, and throw in
religiously, as it will be the mechanism to make those who are left
follow their demands. Think of this..we have nearly 7 billion people
give or take after the rapture, and to eliminate the population to a
“manageable” 500 million will be the extermination of 6.5 Billion
people in 7 short years. That will be genocide that only war can
ultimately achieve or state extermination of entire races of people.
Jews and Tribulation saints will be prime subjects for extermination.
Remember,
and I want to call your recollection that the mouthpiece of this new
World Order, was the present Roman Pontiff who spoke gloriously of
this coming Sustainable Development and Agenda 2030, for the good of
the planet. Maybe he has a different idea of what is good for the
planet, and what is good for mankind, than what God has got planned
for mankind in the coming Millennium. The difference is night and
day...evil vs. good.
SO
IS AMERICA BABYLON?
Now
to answer the question “is America the Babylon of Revelation?” As
we have noted, Babylon is in two parts, religious and political as
described in Revelation 17 and 18, both concerning economic and
political power. The fall of economic Babylon could easily be
interpreted as America, as the center of economic might in this
modern world we live in, the bread basket to the world and the
greatest merchant of all the earth is America. All wealth flows from
within America , or through America's economic heart, which is New
York City and how it branches out all over this nation and the world.
If she ever declines, the world will decline with her. In her ashes,
will arise a new world power that “never lets a crisis go to
waste”. To see America fall would have to be a crisis so powerful,
that she implodes from within, as no nation will be able to conquer
her from without. But if she continues to rule the economic world,
she could fulfill the secular portion of this coming Beast political
power. Because of the evils that permeate her culture, as one could
line up America with the deception of “ sorceries” (Greek,
pharmakea, or the use of drugs), pornography, murder and evil desires
of every kind. But, it is just as difficult to find a major role for
America during the Tribulation Period as it is to find a role for the
Church. The Bible makes it clear that during the last
days, all eyes are on the battlefield.
God's
attention will be turned to Israel and Satan's attention will be
focused on Europe. America isn't the religious Babylon of
Revelation or the Harlot of Revelation 17. She might qualify for the
main member of the church of Laodecia. But
as far as what the Bible describes as the religious beast, this is
where American does not qualify for the other half of the beast that
rises to rule using religious power, much as it was done in the Dark
Ages.
“And
in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all
that were slain upon the earth.” (Revelation 18:24)
America
has not slain or split the blood of prophets. Only one power has done
such, and she is still alive today. That “honor” belongs to Rome,
and she will return to her ways of the Dark Ages when she rises to
promote the one man who take control of the ten regions and the ten
kings that transfer their power to him.
America
conceivable could rise to be the Beast power, but we won't know for
sure, as I believe the church won't be here to know.
My
belief is in another power that will rise to the table of power, as
she has done in the past and will rise again to be the religious half
of this unholy alliance.
America
could be ready to implode from within, as I see one event that could
decimate her. The sudden removal of million of people from this
planet, that will remove people even from centers of power, or seats
of government, and will leave this country in utter chaos....Even if
a tenth to 20 percent of the people of 350 million people disappear
from this nation, it will effect near every home on this planet, and
the disappearance of whole families from every walk of life, from the
highest positions in the land to the lowest. America, even with her
faults, is the last haven for those who believe in Jesus Christ. How
many of your friend or relatives that you have laughed at for
believing such “religious nonsense” cause you to re-evaluate your
position of eternal destiny? How many of you will fall on your knees
with your face in your hands and know that you had heard the message
of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and never accepted Jesus as Lord
for yourself? What will you do when you realize that you had the
truth right in your grasp and you neglected so great a salvation?
2 “For
if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression
and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
3 How
shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first
began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them
that heard him;” (Hebrews 2:2-3)
But
you don't have to be part of those who will be sorely surprised and
faced with the horror that is coming. If you have read any of my
messages on the coming Tribulation, not to mention the Great
Tribulation that both cover 7 years where 80% of all mankind will be
eliminated from this planet by evil men, and Divine wrath that will
nearly wipe this planet clean of all life, then your salvation is
only a prayer away.....believe these words found in your bible, and
you shall BE SAVED!
16 “For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life.
17 For
God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that
the world through him might be saved.
18 He
that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the
only begotten Son of God.” (John 3:16-18)
Then
confess to others around you what God has done for you, and witness
to your family and friends the change of mind concerning God that
Jesus has wrought in you, and God says, “you shalt be saved”.
8 But
what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy
heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That
if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou
shalt be saved.
10 For
with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.
Jesus
is coming soon. Before you complete reading this message, a trumpet
could sound and millions could be disappearing....maybe even from
your own family. Then you will be convinced that what I say is true.
Then you will see with all the other condemned souls on this earth
that will be slated for death by whatever means comes to pass. Don't
wait for that end. Believe the Gospel, (Good News) that Jesus died
for sinners, of whom I am chief.
“This is
a faithful saying, and worthy of all
acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save
sinners; of whom I am chief.”
(1st
Timothy 1:15)
This
is pastor Mike Taylor, praying for your own salvation, that you may
join the church in glory at the coming of our Lord. If you need
prayer, counseling, or just a listening ear, email me at
realteam1999@sbcglobal.net,
or visit me online at www.pastormiketaylor.blogspot.com,
God bless you all.
TILL
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