by
Pastor Mike Taylor
“ 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)
As we
continue with our study of the chapters of Revelation, we have seen
and read many things that have been revealed to us, through the Words
of Jesus and what He had John write down what he saw. In our last
part of “woman and the dragon” we were introduced to the two main
players in this spiritual drama that is played on this physical
earth. Those who have been revealed are the nation of Israel and the
dragon which the nations are possessed by the king of demons, Satan
the deceiver, that causes all men to sin. They are the Gentile
nations that have had more pleasure in their unrighteousness than to
follow after God and believe on His only begotten Son. Now beginning
in Chapter 13 we see the start of the Great Tribulation, as Satan
through the Anti-Christ, seeks to destroy those who bear the mark of
God on their foreheads, and the Jewish people Satan has hated even
more than the Christians down through the ages.
In
the opening verses of this chapter we see a beast rise out of the
sea, with a crown upon seven heads that is interpreting as a secular
government that will overtake this entire world.
Many
people today love the
sea,
but as a whole the Jewish people in Biblical times regarded the sea
as a wild, untamed, frightening place. While even in ancient Israel
under Solomon had a navy, Hiram the King of Tyre supplied the sailors
(1 Kings 9:26-27). Hence the symbolism is a wild, chaotic world
ruled by the coming Anti-Christ. The sea is interpreting as the world
with its sin and those who are wicked that dwell on the earth.
Several verses can be brought to bear what the sea in this first few
verses mean.
“For
God is my King from of old, working salvation in the midst of the
earth. You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of
the sea serpents in the waters.” (Psalm
74:12-13)
“O
Lord God of hosts, who is mighty like You, O Lord? Your faithfulness
also surrounds You. You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves
rise, You still them.” (Psalm
89:8-9)
'But
the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose
waters cast up mire and dirt.” (Isaiah
57:20)
In
verse 3 above opening this message, we see that this beast receives a
head wound that it recovers from. There have been two interpretations
of what this verse means. One is that the Roman Empire received a
deadly wound and imploded upon itself and was taken over effectively
by the so called “holy Roman Empire” with it's popes and bishops.
The rise of the Roman Empire is prophesied to happen again. Another
interpretation is that this is speaking of this “holy Roman Empire”
that received a wound from Napolean and was basically stripped of all
its power. Historically speaking, our history books tell this story:
In
1796, French Republican troops under the command of Napoleon
Bonaparte invaded Italy, defeated the papal troops and occupied
Ancona and Loreto.
Pope
Pius VI, sued for peace, which was granted at Tolentino on
February 19, 1797; but on December 28 of that year, in a riot blamed
by papal forces on some Italian and French revolutionists, the
popular brigadier-general Mathurin-Leonard Duphot, who had gone
to Rome with Joseph Bonaparte as
part of the French embassy, was killed and a new pretext was
furnished for invasion. General Berthier marched to Rome,
entered it unopposed on February 10, 1798, and, proclaiming a Roman
Republic, demanded of the Pope the renunciation of his temporal
power.
Upon
his refusal he was taken prisoner, and on February 20 was escorted
from the Vatican to Siena, and thence to the Certosa near Florence.
The French declaration of war against Tuscany led to his removal (he
was escorted by the Spaniard Pedro Gómez Labrador, Marquis of
Labrador) by way of Parma, Piacenza, Turin and Grenoble to the
citadel of Valence, the chief town of Drôme where he died six weeks
after his arrival, on August 29, 1799, having then reigned longer
than any Pope.
This
imprisonment of the Pope Pius VI who was left out in the cold for a
day and a night at the gates of his prison, was finally allowed
inside, but his temporal reign was demolished. In 1870, the Pope lost
Lazio and Rome and had no physical territory at all, not even the
Vatican. Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini ended
the crisis between unified Italy and the Holy "See"by
signing the Lateran Treaty in 1929, thus granting the state
of Vatican
City sovereignty. .
Thus
the deadly wound that was inflicted upon the Catholic Church by
Napolean Bonaparte and his generals was effectively healed. But she
has since attempted to change her ways, and instead of a ferocious
beast, she has taken on the exercise of trying to change her leopard
spots and becoming like a lamb when dealing with the political world.
How long will the facade last?
But
now we see John proclaiming that this beast, whoever it ends up
being, either a secular Roman Empire rising from the ashes, or Papal
Rome returning to her ferocious past, so John sees a beast
rising out of the chaos that is symbolized by the sea, and this beast
arises that is parallel to the past ancient ruling civilizations that
followed one another, even as Daniel saw them in Daniel chapter 7:
3 “And
four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
4 The
first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings
thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made
stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
5 And
behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up
itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between
the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much
flesh.
6 After
this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the
back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and
dominion was given to it.
7 After
this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful
and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it
devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet
of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it;
and it had ten horns.” (Daniel 7:3-7)
As
we know from history, this was the successive empires after King
Nebuchadnezzer and his Babylonian rule followed by the Medo-Persian
Empire, then the Greeks, and finally Rome. Here this shows us the
evil empires that ruled in ancient times, have now become the final
empire that will be ruled by one man, the Anti-Christ.
John
notes him as a beast, which in ancient Greece the word
translated beast here has the idea of a wild, dangerous animal.
Because John calls him a beast and not a dragon, this creature
represents someone distinct from Satan who was represented by the
dragon as was depicted in the last chapter of Revelation chapter
12.
Although
the beast is not the dragon known as Satan, but is closely identified
with him, as the dragon has 7 heads and 7 crowns upon his head. As
any beast with 7 heads would be hard to kill. Destroy one head, and
you have 6 more to contend with. It denotes power, just a Mexican
fighting bull with two horns and is extremely dangerous and powerful,
a beast with 10 horns is even more powerful, as denoted by his horns,
just as the dragon also had these numerous horns.
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INDENTIFICATION OF THE ANTI-CHRIST
Many
people have the belief that the Anti-Christ will be the “opposite”
of Jesus, that he will exhibit bad and evil works, even as Jesus did
good all the days of His life. That his persona (AC) will be ugly and
his image repulsive, which is the exact opposite of what Jesus
displayed while here on earth. The Antichrist will instead be more of
an “instead of Jesus.” He will look wonderful, be charming and
successful. He will be the ultimate winner, and appear as an angel of
light. In this sense the Antichrist will be a satanic
messiah, “instead
of” the
true Messiah Jesus Christ. This man when he appears will deceive many
even as was spoken of in his appearance in the beginning of Chapter
6. The man rides on a white horse, so he must be good. He has a
stephanos crown, so he is a winner. He has a bow with no arrows, but
he conquers with lies and deceit of his mouth and people will follow
this man who looks to be the “savior” of the world. Even the
Jewish people will think that they have finally found their
“political messiah” who will restore to them “peace and safety”
but it will be built upon lies of the devil.
4 “And
they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they
worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able
to make war with him?
5 And
there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and
blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two
months.
6 And
he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name,
and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.” (Revelation
13:4-6)
Those
who accept the rule of the Anti-Christ will give him worship, maybe
much like it was in the days of Imperial Rome when once a year, men
and women had to appear before a statue of the Emperor Caesar to burn
incense and proclaim allegiance to him and proclaim him a god on
earth in worship. But here, why do they worship him?
We
just saw that the Anti-Christ came against two powerful men standing
at the temple and no one was able to kill them, that is, until the
Anti-Christ was given the power from God to overtake them and kill
them. So all the ungodly world rejoiced and gave glory to the
“Anti-Christ” as he was the only one able to rid them of the
torment that these two men caused them that dwell upon the earth.
Most likely at the same time, the AC is the supreme commander of the
world's armies who engages in multiple wars that break out all over
the earth and destroys anyone who dares come against his rule.
Thus
begins the forty and two months of the supreme rule of the
Anti-Christ, as the Bible says this would be mid-point of the 7 years
Tribulation and the next 3.5 years would be even more of “hell on
earth” even greater than what it has been.
7
“And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to
overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and
tongues, and nations.
8 And
all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not
written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of
the world.
9 If
any man have an ear, let him hear.” (Revelation 13:7-9)
Some
will point to this set of verses, and say “see, the anti-Christ
overcomes the saints, so the church must still be here”. What they
fail to realize that saints are all saints both sides of the rapture
of the church, as these are called Tribulation saints or those who
have come to a belief in Jesus Christ during this time of Jacob's
trouble. But if this was the church, then as I have spoken of in past
messages, then Jesus lied to us. Jesus told us while He was still on
earth :
“These
things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the
world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have
overcome the world.” (John 16:33)
"But
when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the
Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.'
(John 15:26)
”And
I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that
he may abide with you for ever
Even
the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth
him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with
you, and shall be in you.” (John 14:16-17)
But
wait, Paul the Apostle told us that when the Anti-Christ is revealed,
God's Holy Spirit will be pulled back to allow untold, and unhindered
evil to reign upon this earth. Then and only then will the
Anti-Christ be revealed.
7 “For
the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth
will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And
then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with
the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his
coming:
9 Even
him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and
signs and lying wonders,
10 And
with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be
saved.” (2nd Thessalonians 2:7-10)
Since
we know that our Lord cannot lie, He sent us the Comforter to be with
us forever, so if the Holy Spirit is drawn back to allow the AC to
come upon the scene of the final 7 years of man's rule upon earth,
then the true Church of the Living God is not here on earth. And if
we are, then Jesus has left us defenseless and without the Comforter
to be with us forever, when we need Him the most. To re-emphasize,
Jesus did not lie, but men misinterpret that the church is still
here, as Satan indwelling the Anti-Christ cannot overcome the saints
who have God's Holy Spirit dwelling within. Those of the tribulation
who come to a saving knowledge will not be sealed as the Church was
with an earnest deposit of future glory. So these verse noted above
in Revelation 13 of the AC overcoming the saints of God, are those
who are NOT the Church, but still saved through faith in Jesus, and
are overcome. The overcoming is not in the spiritual sense, but in
the physical sense, as everyone who has the mark of the Living God on
their forehead, will also be marked for death because Satan desires
their destruction and the Anti-Christ is his point man to attempt to
make that happen.
But
notice the curious verse that leaves one wondering what Paul means in
verse 1o of this chapter noted above.
This
appears to be a simple statement setting forth the trust which the
saints must maintain in God’s sovereign appointment of their role
in history. If it is a saint’s God-appointed role to serve as a
martyr, so be it! A similar theme is found in a passage concerning
God’s judgment of Israel:
And
it shall be, if they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you
shall tell them, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Such as are for death, to
death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are
for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to
the captivity.” ’ (Jeremiah 15:2)
Depending
upon which text we follow, this passage may describe retribution by
God’s sure justice (Revelation 14:9-12) or the need to cling to His
sovereignty in the midst of affliction (Romans
8:28).
Both are taught by Scripture.
RISE
OF THE FALSE PROPHET
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)
Now we
see another beast, a wild, dangerous, and untamed creature that rises
out of the earth, not the sea where chaos dwells and the government
of a one World rule comes about, but this beast comes from the earth.
He also is a beast, as is the beast from the sea, but is subordinate
to the first beast and “causeth the earth and them which dwell
therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.”.
We will see in future studies, that this beast that speaks as a
dragon but tries to pull off that they are docile as a lamb and will
fool the whole world, if it were possible, to worship this beast that
rises out of the sea.
She is
described in future verses as a Harlot Woman who will ride the beast
and control its movements to a point and directing all to worship the
beast. The sign of a woman is always in scripture a religious system,
or denomination, or a church. Here the woman is an idolater and
preaches another gospel, to the point that she commands all to
worship the leader of a One World Government, and herself a One World
Religion that all who do not worship the image of the beast would be
killed. What is this image? In John's day, there was no way that an
idol made with men's hands was able to speak, but with technology
that we have today, the ability to make the image speak is within
science's grasp. The introduction of Artificial Intelligence or (AI)
an idol can be programmed to speak and move. I have a brother who
believes that this will be a televised broadcast that on your TV that
the worship of the Anti-Christ will be monitored on every home on the
planet and will see who does actually pay worship to the image of
this beast. Whichever way it turns out to be, technology will be the
proof in the pudding, so to speak and its ability to speak and move
the idol is easily accomplished in our time.
16 “And
he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,
to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And
that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name
of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here
is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the
beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred
threescore and six.” (Revelation 13:16-18)
There
have been all kinds of theories of what this mark will be. Will it be
the technology of the RFID chip? Will it be a literal mark on the
forehead and the right hand much like a tattoo, or some other
identifier that says that this person is a participant in the
religious system, the economic system, and the governmental system
that now rules the world. Now we see the making of vaccine that
requires a tatoo on your right hand. Is this the precursor to the
“mark of the beast”....or is is designed as a de-population tool
to rid the planet of millions of people, in the name of save the
planet??? What will the mark of the beast involve? We are fast moving
to that type of mark, as new introductions of technology keeps
springing up to end what they worry about “Bank Fraud”.
Those
who do not have this mark will not be able to buy, sell, or trade
within the Beast Power's economy. Some ask, will it be something that
I can take unawares, or something that I can take then denounce when
I get past a threat. The answer is NO. The Mark will be taken in full
knowledge of the ramifications of taking this satanic mark. It is a
satanic impersonation of the Mark of God on those who believe on the
Name of Jesus. It will be a pledge of allegiance to follow, worship,
and obey the One World Authorities that now govern this planet in its
final death throes of man's ability to rule himself. As it was in
ancient Rome when you worship Caesar, those in this Great Tribulation
will be keenly aware of what they are doing. They are worshiping a
god on earth in their unrighteousness and their desire to continue in
their sinful ways.
In
verse 18, what are we to make of the number of his name, 666? Just as
seven is the sign of completion and attributed to God, then the
number 6 is the sign of mankind, being created on the sixth day and
does not quite make the sign of God which is seven or completion.
Here is is tripled into a unholy trinity of the Dragon or Satan, the
Anti-Christ, and the False Prophet...a counterfeit God the Father,
God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Satan cannot create anything,
but he can mimic God and have counterfeit images of the Holy, that
accomplishes the unholy. But instead of obsessing with fear and
interest about the imitation – the Antichrist – how much more
appropriate is it for Christians to be interested in the genuine:
Jesus Christ.
CHAPTER
14, A VISION ON THE MOUNT OF GOD
“And
I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an
hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in
their foreheads.
2 And
I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the
voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping
with their harps:
3 And
they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the
four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the
hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the
earth.
4 These
are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins.
These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These
were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to
the Lamb.
5 And
in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before
the throne of God.” (Revelation 14:1-5)
This
is the same number we read in earlier chapters of the 12,000 Jewish
Evangelist that came each from the 12 tribes of Israel to make up the
144,000 mentioned here. They have received victory and sing a new
song, which only they can sing. Were they martyred during their
preaching the Gospel on earth? Some would say yes, but the point is
they have received rewards for their service and God is pleased with
them, to the point where Jesus speaks of them “Well done thou good
and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of they Lord” as He spoke
of in Matthew...They have overcome and they have not loved their life
even to the death. These men will preach to the entire world and will
win millions to the cause of Jesus Christ, but they will be hunted
down for extermination by the beast power that has the ability to
overcome those saints on earth. I think C.H. Spurgeon had a good take
on this number standing on Mt. Sion:
“And
who were these people, ‘having his Father’s name written in their
foreheads?’ Not Bs for
‘Baptists,’ not Ws for
‘Wesleyens’ not Es for
‘Established Church.’ They had their Father’s name and nobody
else’s. What a deal of fuss is made on earth about our
distinctions! We think such a deal about belonging to this
denomination, and the other. Why, if you were to go to heaven’s
gates, and ask if they had any Baptists there, the angel would only
look at you, and not answer you, if you were to ask if they had any
Wesleyans, or members of the Established Church, he would say,
‘Nothing of the sort;’ but if you were to ask him whether they
had any Christians there, ‘Ay,’ he would say, ‘an abundance of
them: they are all one now – all called by one name; the old brand
has been obliterated, and now they have not the name of this man or
the other, they have the name of God, even their Father, stamped on
their brow.’ ” (Spurgeon)
AN
ANGELIC WARNING
6 “And
I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the
everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and
to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7 Saying
with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of
his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth,
and the sea, and the fountains of waters.” (Revelation 14:6-7)
Even
in the middle of this heinous time for the destruction of mankind,
God is still giving men a chance to turn around from their sinful way
and repent, follow Jesus Christ. But my question is, “why is an
angel preaching the Gospel?” Is that not the Church of the Living
God's mission and the call of Jesus to spread the Gospel to all
nations? Then why an angel doing our job? Simple answer to that
question. The church is not here to preach anything. Our job is been
completed. We are now with the Lord, and He has left the job to the
Jewish evangelist, the two witnesses, and even a Holy Angel flying in
the heavens proclaiming the Good News to “Fear God, and give glory
to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that
made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of
waters.”...but sadly, God in His all knowing mind knows that they
will not, but God is fair and just and gives mankind every chance to
repent.
8” And
there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen,
that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of
the wrath of her fornication.
9 And
the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man
worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his
forehead, or in his hand,
10 The
same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out
without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be
tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels,
and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 And
the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they
have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and
whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.” (Revelation 14:9-11)
Babylon
is fallen:
More on Babylon will
come in Revelation 17. For now, it is enough to see it representing
mankind in organized rebellion against God.
Prophetically,
‘Babylon’ sometimes refers to a literal city, sometimes to a
religious system, sometimes to a political system, all stemming from
the evil character of historic Babylon.
But
note the next few verses. This gives a support of a literal hell
fire, that will be absorbed by the Lake of Fire, where those who take
the mark of the Beast, or worship his image will be cast into a lake
burning with fire, brimstone and sulfur and will tormented forever
and the smoke will rise up eternally. Those who don't believe in a
literal place of damnation to be tormented for all eternity, this
verse crushes the idea that the fire will annihilate or destroy those
who are sent to this place. They as immortal spirit beings that we
will discover are changed at the Great White Throne, but instead of
glory, they receive damnation and being immortal, they cannot be
destroyed, but are tormented without end. It is beyond my finite mind
to grasp the implications and the ability of the spirit being to be
tormented forever. But being cast away from God for all eternity
where there is no light, no joy, no peace, no rest, no love and
definitely no hope of escape in itself is torment beyond what our
minds can comprehend. For my mind, God said it, it is done.
12
“Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep
the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13 And
I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the
dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit,
that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow
them.
14 And
I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like
unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his
hand a sharp sickle.
15 And
another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him
that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time
is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
16 And
he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the
earth was reaped.
17 And
another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also
having a sharp sickle.
18 And
another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and
cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying,
Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of
the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And
the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine
of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of
God.
20 And
the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the
winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand
and six hundred furlongs.” (Revelation 14:12_20)
The
imagery is very graphic, as those who are found in Christ will
continue to be martyred. Here
is the patience of the saints . . . Blessed are the dead who die in
the Lord from now on . . . that they may rest from their labors:
We see the strong contrast between the rest of
the saints and the continual torment of the wicked (Revelation
14:11).
The rest comes
through patient endurance and faithfulness to God and His Word (here
are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus).
God is
likened unto a reaper Who gathers clusters of grapes, which is a
symbol of rebellious mankind, and throws them into the winepress of
His fury. The passage can only be speaking of our Savior, Jesus
Christ who gathers grapes into the winepress. This is what could be
speaking of the coming battle of Armegeddon....The valley of Megiddo
or Jezreel is approximately 30 miles long and the blood spilt here
will rise to the horse bridles, or approximately 6 feet deep or 380
square kilometers or 150 square miles, so the valley is approximately
5 mile wide.
This
ancient Greek word for ripe has
a negative sense, “to become dry or withered.” The idea is of
something that is over-ripe.
This means that God will judge the earth only when it is over-ripe
for judgment. He doesn’t rush into judgment.
It
must be remembered that evil has its harvest as well as good. There
is a harvest of misery and woe, – a harvest for the gathering,
binding, and burning of the tares, – as well as for the gathering
of the wheat into the garner of heaven.”
I pray
that those who read this message, can comprehend the complete
desolation that is coming for those who take the mark of the beast,
or pledge allegiance to the Beast Power. Conversely, the misery that
will be experienced by those who put their faith in Jesus, is beyond
my comprehension, as I have nothing to compare it to, save what I
read about the terror group ISIS and what they have done to
Christians in our modern world. Only thing, this will be world wide.
How do you miss such a horrific time? Believe on Jesus Christ and
thou shalt 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)
and
again...confess the Lord Jesus.........
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.
11 For
the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be
ashamed.” (Romans 10:9-11)
Next
time, we will go further into the judgment that falls on this earth,
and as Jesus said, unless the time be shortened, no flesh would be
saved...but for the elects sake, it will be shortened....can you see
that God will wipe this planet clean of all rebellion by those who
reject His payment in His own blood on Calvary's cross?...Look to
Jesus and be those who are saved now, and to those who accept Jesus
in the tribulation, but with much suffering and pain...
This
is Pastor Mike Taylor praying God will bring you to faith in Jesus
Christ and avoid the coming Tribulation that is right around the
corner of our time. If you need prayer, counseling, or just a
listening ear, drop me an email at realteam1999@sbcglobal.net,
or visit me online at www.pastormiketaylor.blogspot.com ...God
bless you all.
TILL
WE MEET AT JESUS FEET.............SOON.
