Good morning and praise the Lord for another day. We are going to continue in this excellent journey and eat this good food; the bible food that the Lord has prepared for us so we can join Him on the great feast on that great day.
Revelation 11
1And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
John then sees a measuring rod and an angel orders him to rise up and measure the temple of God and the altar particulars but do not measure the courtyard that is out side the temple. Don't measure the courtyard because that will be given to the Gentiles because Jerusalem will be in their possession for 42 months, which is equal to three and a half years. During the great tribulation, a Gentile organization will inhabit Jerusalem, they will inhabit the temple and completely rule Jerusalem for 42 months.
If you recollect back to Ezekiel, he was showed a temple; but that temple was for Jesus when He returns. This temple is not. This temple is for the anti-Christ, the man of sin, the son of perdition, the abomination that causes desolation. Muslims have the temple space occupied now with the Dome of the Rock. However, over some years the EU, United Nations, or United States will broker a deal that will allow the Jewish people to have access to the courtyard to build the temple that people will think is for God; but it is not; it is for the man of sin.
13And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Once the two witnesses are killed; no one in Jerusalem will even go pick up and bury their dead bodies, and we know it's in Jerusalem because it says in verse eight, they lie in the street of a great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where the Lord was crucified. The Lord was crucified in Jerusalem.
This will be on CNN and all kinds of news stations because all nations will see their dead bodies and for 3.5 days not one person will attempt to bury them. They will just leave their bodies in the street and celebrate their death, sending gifts to one another because these two prophets tormented them greatly. How? Probably by pointing out all their sins against the Lord by reading them in the bible, also they were given power so perhaps they were moved to use it against people and shut up rain for a few months.
However, after the 3.5 days life reenters them and they stand on their feet and all that see this of course get scared as you can possibly be; and the two men heard a great voice from heaven saying come up here and they went up into heaven in a cloud and all their enemies watched in horror. These two witnesses were not singlely called to heaven; but this is collectively the first resurrection and a large group of people who have ever died righteously in Christ are being called up to meet the Lord in the air as Paul wrote. This is after the great tribulation!
We also had a great earthquake hit at that moment and many people who had been listening to the words of these two witnesses and when they saw all of this in Jerusalem, they gave glory to the God of Heaven. 14The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
19And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
The seventh trumpet sounds and there is a transfer of power and kingdoms, from man back to God. Here comes the Lord; and here is the Lord!
Revelation 12
1And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Something strange appeared in heaven where a women whose clothing was the sun, the moon was under her feet, and she wore a crown of twelve stars was giving birth to a child and she was in great pain of course. Then something else strange appeared in heaven, a great red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, with seven crowns on his seven heads, brought a third of the stars of heaven down to the earth with him. This dragon stood at the hospital room waiting for the woman to having this child so he can kill it as soon as He was born.
These are not in sequential order but they are separate events that have taken place. First the woman, who is she? She is not Eve; if you reread Genesis 37 you'll remember a dream that Joseph had how the sun and moon and eleven stars came to worship him. Joseph's dad, Jacob, replied that should he, the sun, Joseph's mother, the moon, and his eleven brothers, the stars (Joseph being the 12th) indeed come and worship Joseph? This gives us the understanding that the woman was the nation of Israel, she was the church.
Who is the red dragon? We probably can guess who; but let's just go back into our archives and really understand this. He had seven heads; Babylon (1), Medo-Persia (2), Greece (because it was divided into 4 after the death of Alexander the great it had four heads (4)), and Rome (5). One to one equals two, two plus four, equals six, and six plus one equals seven. We have our seven heads. Then horns; I won't list who these are here; but I'll say that they are 10 men and organizations that attempted to unit the Roman Empire down throughout the ages, even to our day. We had three that were plucked up by the roots then six who have attempted to resurrect Rome, the last being Benito Mussolini, and we have one after him who will succeed at it. Those are our 10 horns.
Who was thrown out of heaven? Satan, and he was able to persuade/convince a third of evil angels that are innumerable to come down to earth with him. There is no wonder that evil is on our minds continually; we have evil spirits saying, "check this out, get naked, dance, shake your booty, kill that person, you are the man, don't settle for less, rule, win, it's all about you, who cares he's hungry it's the survival of the fittest, let him die nurse, he's no good to society, lock him up, do anything but read the bible of the word of God."
So while on the earth this dragon, Satan, stood before the woman during the Roman rule disguised as Herod who attempted to kill the baby Jesus, he attempted to kill Him spiritually by tempting Him in the wilderness for 40 days and 40 nights but could not.
9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Jesus was a Jew a man of Judah, so He came out of the woman who was the nation of Israel, and He was to rule all nations with great authority, authority that is called a rod of iron. The woman went to the wilderness for three and half years (1,260 days), where God prepared a place for her to dwell safely while the great tribulation is going on. This is where you want to go and not to sit on your roof waiting for the rapture. James said faith and works is good; faith by itself is dead. So the Lord tells us where to go; it's our works to get there.
There verse flip back and forth speaking of different events, one past and the other future because Michael the great angel in heaven warred against the dragon and his third of angels and threw them out. We have confirmed that the dragon, also known as, the old serpent (that was in the garden of Eden), the Devil, and Satan, was Satan with seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowds, dressed up in the Gentile dynasty.
12Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
The angels in heaven were happy when Satan was thrown out because he caused them so much trouble; but the trouble has come to the earth now. And the devil knows he only has six days to work, a short time to deceive as many as he can to join him in the lake of fire. Satan never liked the idea of worshiping God's image, man, so he disobeyed and was thrown out of heaven. So if he was thrown out because of man, do you think he likes us? No; so he has made it we worship images and not the most High God and he has been at enmity with the woman since she was created.
17And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
When the great tribulation will begin, the church is to flee to the wilderness and the Lord will provide the transportation as He did in the days of the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt, and the church will be in the wilderness for three and half years away from the devil. The devil will chase her all the way there; but once you make it there you are safe. Since the dragon could not catch the woman, he went to war with her seed, these are people who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ, but they did not understand prophecy. They did not believe the wilderness location and fleeing. They could not leave their earthly possessions, they'd seen too many preachers or cult leaders mislead their congregation to dead ends, they either didn't know about it or were not sure about it and did not get there.
They will be harshly pursued by Satan and his Gentile army for the next three and half years because he only has one hour left to deceive, deceive, deceive!
Revelation chapter 13
1And 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.
2And 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.
John comes again with more revelations and he saw a beast rise out of the sea and it had 7 heads and 10 horns with 10 crowns with blasphemy against God written all in his heads. The beast was a combination of the animals that Daniel wrote about, the Gentile nations, leopard (Greece), bear (Medo), lion (Babylon), and the beast (Rome). These are Gentile nations; but they get their great power from dragon. This is where his seat is, where the Nicolatines preside.
9If any man have an ear, let him hear.
People worship Satan by worshiping this Gentile organization. Be unawares, worship Satan because they have not read this book or have not read it with understanding so they usually get all of Satan's doctrine dressed up in the name of Jesus. This organization fights against the saints for 42 months (3.5 years), as they speak against God blasphemies and if your name is not written in the book of life of the Lamb, you are going to worship Satan by way of worshiping the beast. If you can see this, you better understand it.
If you're not in the wilderness, anything goes for you: 10He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. You can be held captive, you can be tortured, you can be killed, but knowing this ahead of time is your patience and faith. You can withstand it because it will be over and you will be with the Lord.
11And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
Now along with the first beast, which is a political ruler, another beast comes out that will be a spiritual ruler. It looked as peaceful as a lamb, but when it talked, it spoke like a dragon. It supports the first beast and to get you to really believe they are from God; they will do miracles and wonders like make fire come down from heaven on the earth right in front of your eyes. Wow right?!
This must be God right; who can do that right? He will have a statue image made of earth and stone and make it speak and give it life. We have life, we can walk and talk because we are animated objects. When you see a pile of earth and stones begin talking and moving about, that will certainly get you believing in this beast as God. But remember, an evil generation seeks a sign from God, but only one sign was given; everything else is to be read and proven.
If you do not worship this beast, you will be killed. As in the days of Nebuchadnezzar, if you didn't bow down to his statue, you'd be killed, the Gentile dynasty ending as it began, idol worship.
18Here 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.
This organization also will cause everyone to receive a mark either in their right hands or their foreheads. Now that you've read this, when a certain time of the year comes around (usually after Mardi Gras and before Easter) and people are prepping you for this mark, you have the knowledge now to back away from the table and as the rapper said, "set your cup down." Ask them to put what they put on you (if you've participated in this before) to put it on your left hand and behind your neck. See what happens.
During the great tribulation however, if you do not accept this mark; you will not be able to buy things, your business licenses will be vain because you cannot sell anything unless you have the mark, the name of the beast, or the number of his name. It's the number of a man; you can look him up on your own.
Revelation 14
1And 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. We will find out who these are as we continue reading.
3And 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.
4These 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.
5And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
The 144,000 sung a new song before the Lord and these 144,000 were redeemed from the earth, they were resurrected. They were not defiled with women as they were virgins. They follow Jesus wherever He goes; they are the first fruits to God and to Christ. Some people say these are actual men of God who were virgins, some say they were the male babies that were killed during the times of Moses and Jesus birth, while some say these are the top group of servants of God that have never mingled with other gods, but have solely worshiped the God of Israel, thus are virgins in the word of God. All of these can be true; I have a small problem with the first one because God said to be fruitful and multiply, so by people like me who are by no means a virgin, I think I've been slighted because it could have been written that if you are a virgin you will be redeemed by the Lord and go with Him wherever He goes. Regardless, I did not create the world, so even it is like that, I accept it.
Results & Consequences for Taking the Mark of the Best:
If you do it ignorantly or willingly; the results are the same.
8And 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.
Not Babylon as in modern day Iraq, or Nebuchadnezzar; but Babylon the great, the entire Gentile dynasty from Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon to the fall of the anti-Christ and his minions.
9And 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,
10The 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:
11And 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.
You will be thrown into the lake of fire forever if you take this mark, especially during the great tribulation; so you may be able to buy and sell and live good; but it will be only for 3.5 years then the Lord will return and punish you. You must ask yourself; is it worth it to die forever?
12Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. We're still keeping the commandments here in Revelations.
13And 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.
It is good to die in the Lord, their rest from their works and their good works will follow them. Dead, especially at this time of the creation, coming and inching closer and closer to great evil is a blessing. It a good thing if you die in Christ, and avoid having to go through the day of evil; it is a blessing.
20And 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.
Lastly in the chapter, John saw a white cloud with what he figured was Jesus sitting on the cloud and an angel came out urging the Lord to thrust His sickle into the earth because it was ripe. This is showing the eagerness of the angels for God to recompense man on the earth for their sins; and at the last war, the Lord and the angels will thrust their sickles and reap the earth, the blood will pour out of men like wine; up to the horses bridles, and for a long as six football stadiums.
Revelation 15
1And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
After the 7th trumpet, the Lord has seven last plagues to give the earth, with central concentration on Jerusalem.
7And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
Now the four beast handed the seven angels seven golden vials full of wrath from the Lord and the temple was filled with smoke because of the Lord and His power and no man was able to enter into the temple, until the seven plagues were done. This has to take place on earth because it said no man was able to enter the temple. No man is in heaven, and no man lives in the clouds. This is taking place after the big war, after the time in the wilderness and as the Lord is back in Jerusalem in the Temple.
Revelation 16
1And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
The angels went there way and began pouring their buckets of wrath. The first resulted in men who had the mark of the beast were given noisome and grievous sore on them, the second poisoned the sea, the third turned the waters of rivers to blood; and the angels said the Lord is justified for doing what He is doing because He warned everyone about this because we're reading it now. Plus, these people killed saints, prophets, and now they are drinking their own blood.
The fourth angel poured and the sun became even more blazing hot, heating up the earth and man so much that men blasphemed the name of God in their frustration and did not repent. The fifth darkened the kingdom and were in much pain of it; the sixth dried up the Euphrates river allowing an army to easily cross by and enter into Jerusalem and John saw Satan influence the beast and the false prophet to gather in Jerusalem for a great battle against Jesus Christ.
They gathered all the armies of man in Armageddon and the seventh vial was poured and a voice came out and said, "It is done!" I feel like ending our readings here; but we can't end on scary stuff like that. There were thunders, lightnings and a great earthquake so bad no Richter scale could measure this. It divided Jerusalem into three parts; like the Lord was saying "here you people that fight over Jerusalem you all can have it, Muslims, Jewish, and Christians, I've divided it for you now."
Now think back to Exodus chapter 19 when the Lord came on the mountain with the children of Israel in presence. There were lightings and thunders, exceedingly. Also think back to when the two witnesses were called up to heaven; there was a great earthquake after the rose. These are events that are happening at the same time and it shows the Lord is back because He is coming in strength, which includes lightings, thunders, and earthquakes.
We are to be ready before He comes like a thief in the night and we are naked because we did not know the signs that the Lord was on His way. Do as Jesus said, we have to watch and pray.
Revelation 17
1And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
Here is the judgment of the great whore, the false religion that presides over many people (the waters). The kings and governments of the earth have committed fornication with. Every time a king or President visits this country they have to go over and pay homage to this great whore and because of this the people of the earth are made drunk with their doctrine and laws. Remember what ruined the children of Israel; bad spiritual leaders, i.e., priest, preachers, pastors, and political leaders, their kings. The same thing is going to run the earth, bad political leaders and a host of bad prophets.
The woman, this organization is rich, decked in gold and precious stones and pearls, drinking out of glasses of gold; but inside the cup there are nothing but abominations. It like viewing the most dazzling beautifullest woman on the earth; what you don't know is that she has ever STD on record, she has HIV, Hepatitis, and on top of all these disasters, she had the breath of a skunk that just sprayed before it died. If the woman just sat there and smiled, you'll be dazzled; but the moment she says hi, you'll flee and ask who she is; and you would find out she has all the deadly diseases that had you committed fornication with her you would have contracted them as well. And I do mean for this example to be as graphic as possible because this is what it is comparable to.
5And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Her name is mystery, in all caps, Babylon the Great (in all caps), the Mother of harlots and the abominations of the earth (all in caps). If she is the 'Mother' she has children. This organization is not hiding, they have publicly made it clear they do not go along with all that is written in the bible, they acknowledge themselves as the Mother Church. On your own look up organizations that call themselves the "Mother Church" when it comes to Christianity.
John was carried away looking at her beauty, her richness, "oh look how beautiful the church is, look at all the pretty statues and images of God, look at the soft nice singing, don't forget the nice dazzling robes of the leaders, it's all so very beautiful and holy." This is why I make a point that whatever the world loves and deems beautiful, I am sure to hate and prove it's beauty. I recommend you do the same. Do not let television tell you this is "America's Next Top Model," or you should go to this much levels of school to be recognized, or what ever it is that everyone is doing. I always tended to stay in the back of massive trends just in case the monster woke up; then as we run away from the monster, all of the sudden I'm in the front of the line. By the time he eats up 97% of the people in the front, the 3% in the back are riding safe because the monster is already full.
9And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
Here we have a lot of information. The seven heads are the seven mountains where the woman, the great whore, sits. Here is a good homework assignment, go look up the nation that geographically sits on seven hills or seven mountains and you would have found the great whore, the Mother of all harlots, and Babylon the great.
10And 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.
I mentioned earlier that we know the 10 kings that attempted to reset the Roman Empire, and how we are down to the last one, Benito Mussolini being the last. There are men who say John is saying five have already fallen as he wrote this and that one is, and one is to come. They give examples of Assyria, Egypt, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, have fallen, Rome is (at the time of John's writing), so two more were to come. You can try to hold some light to this but it is incorrect because good luck in finding the two who are to come.
John is giving prophecy, and just as Daniel named all the kingdoms that to come, yet he himself only wrote that during Babylon's kingdom with Nebuchadnezzar, the Lord is giving the information and knows what lies ahead, thus it is how the prophets get the information. Daniel did not understand many of the things he wrote because the understanding would come to the generation in which it is for. The same principle applies to verse 10 and all of the book of Revelation. By the time people will come to understanding of this scripture, five would have been fallen, one would have been with one more to come. Imagine the generation that reads this while the last one is; will they be thrown off because of the time they are reading this? If they do not have understanding, yes!
When the last ruler comes into the power, he is going to have a co-ruler who is the eighth; but he's of the seven. So there is only seven, with two men being the seventh; but there is not eight.
12And 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.
These are ten Gentile nations with other nations under them that will join in with the beast and go along with the doctrine and have power one hour with the beast. One hour, the hour of temptation, the great tribulation and they will all give their power to the beast; for one hour, they all have the same mindset. And the beast will convince them to go to war against the Jesus, they must describe Jesus as an alien invasion for them to believe that. I can't imagine them saying, "well now the Lord is back, He is God, He can't die, He doesn't get hurt, and He may have some stuff up His Holy sleeve that man has never seen before, but I think we can beat Him."
That is not even the conversation they are having. The conversation will go more like this, "the earth is being invaded by aliens that appear to be from Pluto, we've held this information from the public so that there is no panic, and we've had it for the last 40 years studying these aliens. They are destructible and we must defend our earth." If you are in any military at this time and you see them urging to fight aliens; I suggest you lay down and pretend to be dead or badly injured so you are relieved of your duties because it is certain the Lord will kill everyone that shows up to this battle.
14These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
After that war, the nations will hate the whore, the mother church and will burn her down to the ground and God has put it in their minds to do this. Verse 15 and verse 18 explain what certain symbols and scriptures mean.
Revelation 18
1And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
An angel came and announced that Babylon the great has fallen, the habitation of devils is what it has become. The angel tells the people who want to be with the Lord to come out of this organization, and not only them; but the daughter organizations she has had over the years. Come out and don't be a part of their sins. She is going to get double the punishment for her sins because she lived so well and rich.
7How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Merchants who made a lot of money selling to this organization, selling crosses, and many other things will feel it, not only in their purses and wallets, but in their soul will hurt as well.
17For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. I will rejoice if it a commandment because we aren't to rejoice at the fall of our enemies; but this is a big enemy and the Lord finally avenged His prophets, apostle's, and saints.
24And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
In one hour the Lord took her down and when you go by the rubble of their monuments; you'll see the blood of prophets and saints that they killed in efforts to stomp the truth off of the earth.
This will conclude our reading for the today. We will finish the bible tomorrow. Praise the Lord.
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