The
American
Wisdom Series
Presents
Pamphlet
#1088
"The
tribulation of the false christ is a battle for your soul, not your
flesh."
In
the begining of the 13th Chapter of Revelations we learned
concerning
the dragon, Satan,
that
"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 (Rev. 13:8)."
Then
we were told in the very next verse that
"If
any man have an ear, let him hear (Rev. 13:9)".
So
the obvious question must be asked?
Do
you have ears to hear?
This
is an important question because
the
very
nature of the question itself lets us know by implication
that
there are those who don't have them, right?
Therefore,
there are two types of people
who
will read the rest of the 13th chapter of Revelation.
Those
who have "ears to hear" and those who do not.
Those
who do not cannot "see" or "hear" past the flesh level
and
cannot understand that the tribulation of the spurious messiah
is
a battle for their soul,
not
their flesh.
When
they read "kill with the sword"
they
think about their flesh,
despite
the fact that we are told in Rev. 1:16
that
the
"sword" is the Word of God.
When
they read of "famine"
they
think about their bellies,
despite
the fact that Amos 8:11 tells us
that
the
famine of the end times is for the hearing of the Word of God.
In
fact they love to hear preachers tell them
how
they are going to "fly away" in the clouds to save what?
Their
souls?
NO!
They
say you must be saved to be "raptured".
What
then?
To
save their flesh!
Does
the Rapture Theory have anything to do
with
other than saving their little old flesh hides?
Think
about it.
Did
Paul tell us in Eph. 6 to put on the gospel armour
to
fly
away or to take a stand?
Even
our Christian soldiers when they go off to war
ask
God to protect them on the front lines.
They
don't ask Him to fly them away
so
they can watch the battle from a remote place of safety. Arrrggg!
Is
the Bible a book about saving your flesh or your soul?
Should
we be worried beyond
that
which is the instinct of natural preservation about our bodies,
which
are going to wither and die ANYWAY!
Here's
what Jesus Christ has to say concerning the matter:
Matthew
10:28 And fear not them which kill the body,
but
are not able to kill the soul:
but
rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
I
rest my case.
This
next verse in Revelation continues with the "destiny"
which
we just read in verse 8,
just
prior to the
"If
you can understand".
Rev.
13:10 He 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.
This
verse contains a Hebraism,
again
showing destiny (read Jer. 15:2),
which
the KJV doesn't bring forth all that well.
Here's
how Dr. Moffat translates it:
Rev.
13:10 Whoever is destined for captivity,
to
captivity he goes:
whoever
kills with the sword,
by
the sword must he be killed.
This
is what shows the patience and the faith of the saints. ( Moffat)
Remember
again verse 8.
You
are going to be "captive" to either the dragon
or the real Jesus Christ.
IF
you understand the destiny then you are "marked" for one or the other,
aren't
you?
In
other words,
you
either have the Seal of God in your forehead
whereby
your name is written in the book,
or
you
have the Seal of Satan in your forehead,
whereby
you'll worship the dragon.
So
who holds your soul captive?
If
your name is written in the Lamb's book
then
you have the patience and the faith to endure unto the end.
Now,
remember when we began chapter 13
we
said there are two "beasts" described in this chapter?
Well
here is the second beast
(different
from the "first" as shown in verse 12),
who
is the religious beast.
This
PICTURE is nothing more than another profile
of
the dragon coming out of the pit, i.e. Satan.
Rev.
13:11 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.
What
are the two horns (powers) of the Lamb?
Jesus
Christ, the Lamb of God, is the
(1.)
King of kings and
(2.)
Lord of lords.
He
wields both the Rod and the Scepter.
He's
both World Ruler and High Priest.
Satan's
imitations of Jesus are described to use as blasphemous,
venous
beasts.
So
this verse is another PICTURE showing us
that
Satan comes disguised as the Lamb of God,
speaking
blasphemes as the dragon,
because
he is the 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.
He
utilizes to the fullest extent the "first
beast",
which
is the one world political system,
which
he healed, put back together,
and
made into the "new and improved" New World
Order, which he heads.
And
he will have the world like obedient dogs "licking out of his hand".
Check
out the word "worship" in Strong's.
proskuneo,
pros-koo-neh'-o, Greek 4352; from Greek 4314 (pros) and a probably derivative
of Greek 2965 (kuon) (meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master's
hand); to fawn or crouch to, i.e. (literal or figurative) prostrate oneself
in homage (do reverence to, adore) :- worship.
Rev.
13:13 And he doeth great wonders,
so
that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of
men,
The
Greek word "fire" is pur Greek 4442; a primary word; "fire" (literal
or figurative, specially lightning).
This
guy is really good!
That's
why Jesus shortened these days.
Satan
can snap his "pinkies" and lightning falls from the sky.
Get
ready!
He
will be spectacular!
[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.
How
does he deceive the people,
them
that dwell on the earth?
By
means of those miracles, one of which we just read of in verse 13.
Snap,
snap. And the people will "snap to it".
And
he gives new life to the NWO.
[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.
Satan's
one world political system will be Bigger than Life itself
and
what it says goes!
And
if you don't participate you're dead meat,
marked
for the kill brother!
The
dragon is coming after you snorting "fiery darts".
Are
you going to "fly away" or stand and chop his head off?
[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:
They
will ALL be his "right hand men and women",
yes,
obedient little sheep!
They
are his "captives" remember?
They
will just love him!
They
will do his bidding which is what "to receive a mark in their right hand"
means.
It
is a figure of speech just like I used "right hand man".
It
has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RIGHT HAND, it's ALL ABOUT SERVICE.
What
did we read in verse 8?
All
those whose names are not written in the book will "worship the dragon,
the
religious beast".
They
will SERVE him as Lord!
Note:
There is so much ignorance regarding God's Word for the lack of understanding
figures of speech.
I
said before that if in the Book of Acts we found a verse that read
"The
apostle Paul got into hot water",
there
would be churches that would require members in good standing to get into
a pool or tub of hot water.
The
scholars would discuss how much water they should get into
and
just exactly what degree of temperature crests the threshold from "warm"
to "hot".
They
would cite Strong's concordance which would say that "water"
means
the wet stuff H2O as coming from a lake, river or the sea.
But
the figure of speech "he got into hot water"
means
he "got into trouble"
and
it has NOTHING TO DO WITH WATER!
Do
you have wisdom or not?
There
are only two choices:
(1.)
You either have the Seal of God in your forehead,
in
which case Satan can't touch you.
(2.)
Or, you have the Seal of Satan in your forehead,
in
which case you'll do his bidding and worship him.
Oh,
did I mention you are destined for one or the other?
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