The Great Tribulation
THE BOOK OF REVELATION
How It Will All Be Fulfilled!
GOD has called "the Church" to
continually receive Revelation of 'coming Major-Events.'
She was called to preach and prophesy
"the Coming Kingdom Age!"
Now You Will Understand the Sequence of
Prophetic Events in the Bible!
How It Will All Be Fulfilled!
'The Church Age,' The Seven Seals, The
Seven Trumpets, The Seven Vials, ‘Rise of Babylon and the Beast,’ The Great Tribulation,
The First Resurrection, The Great Day of God’s Wrath, ‘The Fall of Babylon,’
The Marriage Supper of The Lamb, The
Second Coming of Christ, ‘Armageddon,’ ‘the Imprisonment of Satan in the Abyss,’
The Millennial Reign of Christ, ‘the Release of Satan from the Abyss,’ ‘The War
of Gog and Magog,’ ‘the Casting of Satan into the lake of fire,’ The Great
White Throne Judgment, New Heaven and New Earth, The New Jerusalem, and ‘The
Eternal Perfect State.’
Are You Ready to Discover What GOD's
Word says about 'Mysteries of the Ages,' future trouble and conflicts, wars,
plagues, woes, future blessings, destinies of nations, rise and fall of
Empires, Triumph of the True Church, Triumphant Christ, the Antichrist’s
Defeat, and Satan’s Defeat?
Revelation 12 prophesies and reveals “the Woman” (‘a great
wonder’- Church of The Firstborn), the Child (The Son of God), and the dragon (Satan
the devil).
It gives us a narrative of 'the War in Heaven'
in which 'the great dragon' and his angels were cast out.
It also prophesies of 'the War on Earth' in which 'the dragon'
that was cast to the earth, persecutes "the Woman" who gave birth to
"the Man-Child."
Revelation 13 speaks of 'the first' and 'the second beast' [the
antichrist and his false prophet].
These two passages do not present the sequence of "The
Great Tribulation,"
but their fulfillment is already happening right now!
"The Great Tribulation" will be a time of great horror
than anything the world has ever seen
or will ever see again.
A time when the world goes from 'the beginning of sorrows' to a
time of persecution,
tribulation, and martyrdom.
NEXT MAJOR-EVENT
The Great Tribulation
“And they overcame him by the blood of The Lamb, and by the word
of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death”
Revelation 12:11 KJV
“The Great Tribulation” will be the continuation of
‘the War that started in Heaven’—it will be ‘a War on Earth.’
The Fourth Seal
And when He had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth
beast say, Come and see.
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on
him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over
the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with
death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Revelation 6:7-8 KJV
“The Fourth Seal” is the time of “The Great
Tribulation.”
This
was ‘the War in Heaven’:
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought
against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in
heaven.
And 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.
Rev.12:7-9 KJV
Even as the great dragon was cast out, Heaven foreknew
and proclaimed that, the saints “overcame
him by the Blood of The Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they loved
not their lives unto death.”
And I heard a loud voice saying in Heaven, Now is come salvation,
and strength, and the Kingdom of our God, and the Power of His Christ: for the
accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and
night.
And they overcame him by the Blood of The Lamb, and by the word
of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Rev.12:10-11 KJV
For
now is come Salvation and Strength, and The Kingdom of our God, and The Power
of His Christ!
Therefore, we overcome ‘the great dragon!’
We overcome ‘that old serpent!’
We overcome Satan the devil who deceives the whole
world!
We overcome ‘the accuser of brethren!’
We overcame him long-time ago in Heaven, even before
‘the War on Earth’ will actually begin!
“…the dragon fought and his angels” (v.7).
“…he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out
with him” (v.9)
“The great dragon” was cast out of Heaven ‘with his
angels’—he was cast out with the company of angels under his command.
Arch-Angel Michael has his angels under his
command—‘war angels.’
Likewise, Arch-Angel Gabriel has his company of
angels—‘messenger angels.’
Verse 12 states:
“Therefore 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” (KJV).
The word “heavens”
in this passage refer to ‘the three heavens’—‘the third, the second, and the
first heavens.’ But, in verse 7, where is stated: “And there was war in heaven…” only referred to ‘the third Heaven’
(‘the Heaven of heavens’).
This
is ‘the War on Earth’ which will soon occur in these last-days:
And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he
persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she
might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a
time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the
woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth,
and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
And 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.
Rev.12:13-17 KJV
The saints on earth must be prepared to lay down their
lives for Christ, at any time!
“…they loved not their lives unto the death” (Rev. 12:11 KJV)
In ‘the War on Earth’ will be persecution,
tribulation, and martyrdom.
Satan the dragon is enraged with the Church of Jesus
Christ, and so he goes to make war against the saints (“offspring of the woman”) who keep The Word of God and witness of
Jesus.
Then the dragon became angry at the woman, and he declared war
against the rest of her children — all who keep God's Commandments and confess
that they belong to Jesus.
Rev. 12:17 NLT
Satan will make war against the saints, and against
Israel through “the antichrist.”
“The antichrist” is given authority to act for 42 months;
which is 3 ½ years (Rev. 13:5b)—he will be given the power to make war with the
saints, and to overcome them—and he will be given power over all kindreds, and
tongues, and nations (see Rev. 13:7).
Revelation chapter 13 reveals the secret of the
formation of his government on earth, and the source of his power.
GOD’s Word of Prophecy states the finality of this
war:
“…the
saints overcome the dragon by The Blood of The Lamb and by the Word of their
testimony, and they loved not their lives unto death.”
Only those who keep the Commandments of God and the
Faith of Jesus can come out of “The Great Tribulation” with their robes washed
in “The Blood of The Lamb.”
This is “the
patience of the saints.”
“The antichrist” is “Death” who will ride on the ‘pale
horse’ of “The Fourth Seal.”
All the forces of hell; principalities, powers, rulers
of the darkness of this world, spiritual wickedness in high places, and all demons
under Satan’s command will be united under his government on earth—against
GOD’s Kingdom purposes on earth, and against GOD’s people.
And when He had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth
beast say, Come and see.
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on
him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over
the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with
death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Rev 6:7-8 KJV
In “The Fourth Seal,” “the antichrist” will kill with
“sword”—worse than he killed with his ‘great sword’ in “The Second Seal” (see
Rev. 6:4).
In this ‘Fourth Seal,’ he will kill with
“hunger”—worse than he hurting the populace by his systematic economic depression
and global economic reset in “The Third Seal.”
And, in this ‘Fourth Seal,’ he is “Death”—‘the enemy and killer of
mankind’—he will kill ‘a fourth of the earth’ with “death” and by “the beasts
of the earth.”
He is “the man
of sin”—“the son of perdition”—“Wicked”
(lawless one) who ‘opposes and exalts
himself above all that is called GOD, or that is worshipped.’
Through ‘his image’—“the image of the beast,” he will enact a law that as many as would
not worship ‘the image of the beast’ should be killed.
Revelation 12:11 speaks of “the martyr saints of
Jesus” who will be killed in ‘The Great Tribulation,’ while, Revelation 12:6
prophesies of “the Israel of God’s Election” who will be protected and
preserved during the time of ‘The Great Tribulation.’
One group is ‘a great multitude’ which came out of
‘The Great Tribulation,’ and washed their robes and made them white in The
Blood of The Lamb.
‘The other group’ “fled into the wilderness—a place of
safety, prepared by GOD—where they will be fed and nourished for 1260
days—which is the 42 months reign of ‘the beast’— 3 ½ years of ‘The Great Tribulation.’
“The false
prophet”—‘the second beast’ of Revelation 13 will execute the authority of “the
antichrist”—“the beast.” He will speak and act on behalf of “the beast”—he will
cause the earth and those who live in it to worship “the antichrist” for the
diabolical healing of his wound, he will perform great lying wonders in the
sight of men, he will set up “the image of the beast” and give life to it.
He will cause ‘all, both small and great, rich and
poor, free and bond,’ to receive “the mark of the beast” in their right hand,
or in their foreheads, and setup a global economic mechanism that will prevent
people from buying or selling without the mark, or the name of the beast, or
the number of his name (read Rev.13:11-18).
Through “the image of the beast,” he will issue a
decree that as many as would not worship ‘the image of the beast’ should be
killed.
By the pronouncement of this judgement by the diabolical ‘image of the beast,’ many who hold-unto The Word of God and The Testimony of Jesus will be slain. John the Apostle saw a revelation of the souls of these martyrs of Jesus, under the altar, in the next ‘Seal.’
The Fifth Seal
And when He had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the
souls of them that were slain for the Word of God, and for the Testimony which
they held:
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, Holy
and True, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the
earth?
And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was
said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their
fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were,
should be fulfilled.
Revelation 6:9-11 KJV
“The souls seen under the altar” by Apostle John, were
‘souls of the martyr saints of Jesus.’
This is the golden altar that is before God’s Throne.
Upon this altar, the prayers, the intercessions, and
supplications of all saints are offered (see Rev. 8:3).
GOD Almighty will have to hear the cry of His martyrs—He
is The Sovereign Lord over all creation, The Righteous Judge to whom vengeance
belong. He is Holy and True. But, His faithful martyrs will have to ‘rest for a
little season’ until "their fellowservants" and "their
brethren" have fulfilled 'their course'. Their persecutors, and
executioners can only kill the body, and after that there is no more that they
can do; their souls live—and are forever alive with The Lord.
The word “fellowservants”
(v.11) in this context refer to
prophets, and “brethren” are saints.
It is not their own death, but the sacrifice of
Christ, that gives them a reception into Heaven and great reward there; their
robes are not washed in their own blood, but in The Blood of The Lamb.
They believed The Word of God, and confessed it as the
Truth—through their lifetime on earth. They testified of Jesus to the world;
this profession of their faith they held fast without wavering, and they died
for it. A noble cause, the best that a man can lay down his life for-faith in
God's Word and a confession of that faith.
The number of “the martyrs” are not given, but when
their predestined number is fulfilled, God will take a just revenge upon their
cruel enemies; He will recompense tribulation to those who trouble them. They
were faithful in their witness to God, and so they shall enter into Eternal
Rest. They shall walk with Jesus in white.
There is a predestined number of God’s servants the
prophets — who will finish their ministry on earth as “martyrs of Jesus.”
Likewise, there is a number of the saints who would be slain as martyrs.
Their ‘total number’ will be completed before the end
of “The Great Tribulation.” At completion, they are ‘a Great Multitude’—‘a
company of martyrs’ as revealed in Revelation 7.
No one could number these multitudes of every nation,
tribe, people, and tongue.
There is a divine glory that await “the martyrs of
Jesus.” For they were slain (beheaded) for their testimony of Jesus, and for The
Word of God —“…they loved not their lives unto the death” (Rev. 12:11 KJV).
They had not worshipped “the beast”, neither his
image, neither had they received his mark upon their foreheads, nor in their
hands.
They have become “overcomers” of Christ.
The glories of “the martyrs of Jesus” far outweighs
all the honors, and privileges of this world.
As “remnant of The Seed of the woman" (Rev.
12:17), they kept “the Commandments of God” and held to “the Testimony of Jesus
Christ” in the time of “The Great Tribulation.”
They overcame by “The
Blood of The Lamb,” and by “the Word
of their Testimony.”
In Revelation chapter 6 verse 10 “the souls” seen
under the altar cried with a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, Holy and True, dost Thou not judge and
avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?”
But, when they become “spirits of just men made perfect,” they shall stand before the
Throne of God, and before The Lamb, clothed in white robes, they will shout
with loud voices saying, "Salvation belongs to our God Who sits on the throne, and to
The Lamb!" (Rev 7:10 NKJV)
And, because they ‘obtained a good report through
faith,’ they shall be welcomed into “the general assembly” and “Church of The Firstborn”
by Jesus Christ Himself — The Mediator of The New Covenant.
John saw the souls of those that were slain, he saw
them under the altar; at 'the foot of the altar,' before God's Throne, in The
Most Holy Place; he saw them in Heaven, at 'the foot of Christ.'
"The Fifth Seal" reveals the outcome of
event of "The Fourth Seal."
The decorum of this vision was simply for John to observe the outcome of event of "The Fourth Seal."
The Sixth Seal
And I beheld when He had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there
was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the
moon became as blood;
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree
casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together;
and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men,
and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free
man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from
the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the Wrath of The Lamb:
For the Great Day of His Wrath is come; and who shall be able to
stand?
Revelation 6:12-17 KJV
In “The Sixth Seal” is a great earthquake, darkened
sun, blood-moon, falling of stars, sky receding as scroll, mountains and
islands moving out of place – as kings, great men, rich men, mighty-men, slaves
and free men hide in the rocks and caves.
The opening of this ‘Seal’ will be ‘Heaven’s
announcement’ of “The Great Day of God’s Wrath.” It will be a prophetic
declaration of divine judgement that is already passed against ‘Babylon,’ and against an ungodly earth,
and against “the rulers of darkness of
this world.”
This is why verse 17 asks the question:
“For the Great Day of His Wrath is come; and who shall be able to
stand?”
The actual execution of ‘The Great Day of His
Wrath’—which is ‘the Wrath of The Lamb’ mentioned in verse 16, will be in “The
Seventh Seal.”
Our Lord Jesus said in Matthew 24
“Immediately after
the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not
give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the
heavens shall be shaken…” (v. 29 KJV)
This prophecy directly refers to “The Sixth Seal” of
Revelation chapter 6.
The two separate passages of the Scriptures reveal the
same thing:
“… the sun be darkened…” (Mt. 24:29 KJV)
“… the sun became black
as sackcloth of hair…” (Rev. 6:12 KJV)
“… the moon shall not give
her light…” (Mt. 24:29 KJV)
“… and the moon became as
blood…” (Rev. 6:12 KJV)
“… the stars shall fall
from heaven…” (Mt. 24:29 KJV)
“… the stars of heaven
fell unto the earth…” (Rev. 6:13 KJV)
In Revelation 6:14 ‘the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together.’
Why”
Because ‘the powers of the heavens are shaken’ (ref. Mt.
24:29)
“…every mountain and island were moved out of their places” (Rev. 6:14)
144,000 Elect Sealed
After an ‘Announcement of Divine Judgment’ by the
opening of “The Sixth Seal,” the 144,000 God’s Elect are sealed.
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four
corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should
not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal
of The Living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom
it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till
we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were
sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children
of Israel.
Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve
thousand.
Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
Nepthali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed
twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe
of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed
twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe
of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed
twelve thousand.
Revelation 7:1-8 KJV
These “servants of God” will be sealed on their
foreheads at this time, just as “the Great Multitude” in white robes – who came
out of “The Great Tribulation” were sealed—having The Father’s Name written on
their foreheads (see Rev. 14:1).
These two ‘companies’ or ‘groups’ are so dear and
important to THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY. That’s why they are both recorded in the
same chapter:
144,000 Elect
Sealed – Revelation 7:1-8
Great
Multitude in white robes – Revelation 7:9-17
They are both recorded in Revelation chapter 7.
“Seven” is the number of Perfection (Completion)—and
so, this chapter bears testimony to the Perfect Will of God which they will
both accomplish before ‘the Day of Resurrection.’
We know that the opening of "The Sixth Seal"
will trigger a great earthquake, solar eclipse, blood moon, and will knock
stars off their positions in space, as the sky rolls like a scroll, at the
shaking of "the powers of the heavens.” And, mountains and islands will be
out of place…
But, when ‘the
sign of The Son of Man appears in heaven’ (Mt. 24:30), this time abruptly
comes to an end.
And, a new-brief season breaks-in on GOD’s
prophetic-timeline, and into human history – ushering-in ‘the Next Major Event’
– “The First Resurrection.”
Rise of Babylon and the Beast
THE BOOK OF REVELATION
How It Will All Be Fulfilled!
GOD has called "the Church" to continually receive Revelation of 'coming Major-Events.'
She was called to preach and prophesy
"the Coming Kingdom Age!"
Now You Will Understand the Sequence of
Prophetic Events in the Bible!
How It Will All Be Fulfilled!
'The Church Age,' The Seven Seals, The
Seven Trumpets, The Seven Vials, ‘Rise of Babylon and the Beast,’ The
Great Tribulation, The First
Resurrection, The Great Day of God’s Wrath, ‘The Fall of Babylon,’ The Marriage
Supper of The Lamb, The Second Coming
of Christ, ‘Armageddon,’ ‘the Imprisonment of Satan in the Abyss,’ The
Millennial Reign of Christ, ‘the Release of Satan from the Abyss,’ ‘The War of
Gog and Magog,’ ‘the Casting of Satan into the lake of fire,’ The Great White
Throne Judgment, New Heaven and New Earth, The New Jerusalem, and ‘The Eternal
Perfect State.’
Are You Ready to Discover What GOD's
Word says about 'Mysteries of the Ages,' future trouble and conflicts, wars, plagues,
woes, future blessings, destinies of nations, rise and fall of Empires, Triumph
of the True Church, Triumphant Christ, the Antichrist’s Defeat, and Satan’s
Defeat?
'The Rise of Babylon and the Beast' is seen in the opening of
"the Seals" of
The Book of Revelation.
Prophecy of Scripture reveal that this will be fulfilled in this
“Church Age.”
‘Rise of Babylon and the
Beast’
“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”
Revelation 13:1 KJV
This
is ‘the Rise of Babylon.’
“Babylon” in The Book of Revelation is ‘a resurgent
kingdom’— it is now rising out of a ‘Revived Roman Empire.’ The ‘Revived Roman
Empire’ [Fortress Europe] evolved from within the many ‘rise and fall’ of “The
Roman Empire.” By accurate historic reckoning, “The Roman Empire” rose and fell
about 9 times. “Rome” was its ancient capital city through which it ruled the
world. “The Roman Empire” emerged as a dreadful and terrible empire. It emerged
in “the Church Age.”
Rome today, is still the city that rules the world
through politics (read Rev. 17:18)—it does so through the formation of a modern
empire called: “European Union” (‘Fortress Europe’) which obviously is ‘the
tenth resurrection of “The Roman Empire.”
Rome’s seat of religion today is “Vatican,” which is
setting up the nations of the world for a ‘one-world religion.’
“Rome” was built on seven hills (mountains)—written
all over with blasphemies against GOD. That’s the description of the picture we
see in Revelation 17:3 “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” (KJV)
This is revealed by God’s Infinite Wisdom.
And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven
mountains, on which the woman sitteth (Rev 17:9 KJV).
“The seven hills of Rome” are:
Aventine Hill
(Latin: Collis Aventinus; Italian: Aventino)
Caelian Hill
(Collis Caelius, originally the Mons Querquetulanus; Celio)
Capitoline
Hill (Mons Capitolinus; Campidoglio)
Esquiline Hill
(Collis Esquilinus; Esquilino)
Palatine Hill
(Collis or Mons Palatinus; Palatino)
Quirinal Hill
(Collis Quirinalis; Quirinale)
Viminal Hill
(Collis Viminalis; Viminale)
Several archaeological facts show that Rome began as a
confederation of villages on these ‘seven hills.’
In modern Rome, five of the seven hills—the Aventine,
Caelian, Esquiline, Quirinal, and Viminal Hills—are now sites of monuments,
buildings, and parks. The Capitoline Hill is the location of Rome's city hall,
and the Palatine Hill is part of the main archaeological area.
Separate also are ‘seven hills’ associated with the
Septimontium, a proto-urban festival celebrated by the residents of the seven
communities associated with “the hills or peaks of Rome.” These were: the Oppius,
Palatium, Velia, Fagutal, Cermalus, Caelius, and Cispius. These are sometimes
confused with the traditional ‘seven hills.’
The city of “Vatican” in Rome also has its own hills:
The Vatican Hill (Latin Collis Vaticanus) lying
northwest of the Tiber River, the location of St. Peter's Basilica. The Pincian
Hill (Mons Pincius), lying to the north, the Janiculan Hill (Latin Janiculum),
lying to the west, and the Sacred Mount (Latin Mons Sacer), lying to the
northeast.
The name of the city "Vatican" is connected
with her hill—‘The Vatican Hill’ (Collis Vaticanus), and the principality that
preside over her—which the Romans call "Vaticanus."
The Vatican Hill was included within the city limits
of Rome during the reign of Pope Leo IV, who, between A.D. 848 and 852,
expanded the city walls to protect St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican. Thus,
Vatican Hill has been within the walls and city limits of Rome for over 1100
years.
In modern-times, there are other cities of the world
however, that are also said to have 7 hills, following the example of Rome:
Edinburgh, Sheffield, Seattle, Richmond, Prague, Moscow, Asunción, Dunedin, Constantinople,
Lisbon, Providence and the Massachusetts cities of Worcester, Somerville,
Newton and Istanbul.
“The ten kings” who ‘received power as kings one hour with the beast’—are leaders of 10
nations from within the “European Union”—otherwise, known as: “Fortress Europe.”
They attained political power with the ascendancy of ‘the antichrist.’ They
will, in turn, cede their power to him, and they will with one mind work to
accomplish all his goals—this means; they will form a political alliance with
“the beast” (see Rev. 17:12-13).
“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”
Revelation 13:2 KJV
This
is ‘the Rise of the Beast.’
“The antichrist” ascended to power; not as a warrior
or a general, but as an overcomer—just as was prophesied (read Rev. 6:1-2). He attained
power through intrigue, politics, and diplomacy. Revelation 17 reveals that he
is “the beast that was, and is not, and
shall ascend out of the bottomless pit…” (verse 8).
In Daniel 7 verse 20, he is 'the little horn' with human eyes and a mouth that boasts
arrogantly.
“Mystery Babylon” is the name of his empire which he
is now building—he is setting up his kingdom and government to lead a one-world
government (Rev. 17:5).
The religious seat of his “false prophet” is now in
“Vatican,” but, his program and plot is to make “Jerusalem” his global-religious
capital, and “New York” his headquarter of a one-world economy.
Just as is revealed in the Holy Scriptures; out of a ‘resurgent
kingdom’ (Revived Roman Empire), he will setup his empire—“Mystery Babylon,” and a ‘one-world government.’
"The antichrist" is "the man of
sin" (II Thess. 2:3), and "the
mystery of iniquity" is already at work.
The LORD JESUS CHRIST is The One holding him back, and
He has already revealed him.
"Lawlessness" has been at work secretly, but
The LORD is now exposing it!
The LORD GOD Who now restrains [him] will continue to
do so until He is 'taken out of the way'
(see II Thess. 2:6-7).
The emergence of “the beast” will really be a time of
great trouble and distress for the whole world.
The First Seal
And I saw when The Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as
it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a
bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to
conquer.
Revelation 6:1-2 KJV
Apostle John saw The Lamb open one of “the Seals,” and
heard the voice of one of the four-living creatures sound like thunder, saying,
“Come and see”
And he saw: ‘a
white horse, and he who sat on it,
having a bow, and a crown was given to him…’
This is ‘the antichrist’s ascendancy’—“the rise of the
beast.”
‘The first horse rider’ is “the antichrist.”
Our LORD JESUS CHRIST at the Mount of Olives foretold
His disciples, the emergence of this ‘first horse rider’ in “The First Seal.”
He revealed to them as we read in the Gospels, that “the spirit of the
antichrist” will rise in the world; as it is now.
Why is “the antichrist” referred to as a “conqueror” in this prophecy?
First, he conquered ‘the world of politics’—by his
intrigues and diplomacy.
His “white horse” represents ‘the peace which he
preaches to the world’—he preaches ‘strange-peace’ through the United Nations
conventions and European Union summits. He preaches “peace and security” to the
world.
His “white horse” also speaks of ‘political conquest’
(an imitation of Christ’s future political conquest in which He will come on a
white horse, revealed in Revelation 19).
“A crown was given to him” through democracy—by the
people.
His ‘bow without arrow,’ speaks of his intrigues and
cunningness by which he gained political power and ruled.
In “The First Seal” he is revealed as “a conqueror bent on conquest.”
His ‘first conquest’ was—a ‘political conquest.’
His ‘second conquest’ will be a ‘religious-conquest.’
He is setting up a ‘one-world religion’ through his
false prophet—through his ‘interfaith movement’ and ecumenical-system.
When his one-world religion is fully formed, he will
setup “the abomination of desolation” which was prophesied by Prophet Daniel
(Daniel 9:24-27).
Satan gave his power, and his seat, and his authority
to “the antichrist” (see Rev 13:2 KJV).
According to The Book of Daniel, he attains power
through flatteries and intrigue.
“And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they
shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and
obtain the kingdom by flatteries (Dan. 11:21 KJV).”
ASV puts it like this:
“And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom
they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of
security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries.”
And NLT says:
"The next to come to power will be a despicable man who is
not directly in line for royal succession. But he will slip in when least
expected and take over the kingdom by flattery and intrigue.”
“The First Seal” marked ‘the dominion of the
antichrist.’
The Second Seal
And when He had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast
say, Come and see.
And there went out another horse that was red: and power was
given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they
should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
Revelation 6:3-4 KJV
"And
there went out another horse..."
This one was “fiery red.”
“The antichrist” who preaches peace to the world
(‘strange-peace’) in “The First Seal,” is the one who sat on the “fiery red
horse” in “The Second Seal.”
His “red horse” in “The Second Seal” represents “war”
which contradicts the ‘peace’ he preached in “The First Seal”—and in this
“Second Seal,” he is given “a great sword.”
“Power
was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth.”
In “The Second Seal” ‘the antichrist’ continues to
exercise his dominion in the earth—he took peace from the earth—and triggered wars
and conflicts in nations and kingdoms across the globe. At such time, terrorism
and gun-crimes escalated to a wide-range across the world—‘people killed one
another.’
Since after ‘the Second Horseman of the apocalypse’
rode his ‘second horse,’ conflicts are still brewing or boiling all over the
world.
Outbreak of war and global violence marked “The Second
Seal,” as ‘the Second Horseman’ rode on his ‘red horse.’
The Third Seal
And when He had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast
say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him
had a pair of balances in his hand.
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A
measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see
thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Revelation 6:5-6 KJV
The ‘black horse rider’ has ‘a pair of balances’ (a pair of scales) in his hand—this is an ‘economic
instrument,’ therefore, the event that is revealed in “The Third Seal” has to
do with the global economy. With the ‘pair of scales’ in his hand, he rides ‘a
black horse’—this symbolizes ‘dark-times’ of economic instability,
financial-insecurity, and economic gloom.
“A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for
a penny…”
This reveals an economic-time of severe ‘depression’
and ‘desperation.’
"Wheat" is a grass widely cultivated for its
seed, a cereal grain which is a worldwide staple food—and is used figuratively
in this prophecy.
Also, "barley," a member of the grass
family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. This too
is mentioned in this “Seal.”
"... and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine."
GOD’s anointed saints who are His “True Church” as
revealed in Bible prophecy, is built upon “The Rock”—that is JESUS CHRIST. They
are apparently spared from the economic depression of “the third Horseman.”
The fulfillment of this “Seal” causes famines, pestilences,
economic instability, and several earthquakes in many parts of the world.
“… and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in
divers places” (Matthew 24:7b).
The antichrist’s program in “The Third Seal” is global
economic recession, economic depression, and a systematic global
economic-reset.
The First, Second, and Third Seals were all opened in
these ‘later days,’ as the formation of “Babylon the Great” emerges in a
‘pseudo-politics-dominated world’.
“All these are the beginning of sorrows” (Matthew.24:8).
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