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peace, Saddam’s madness, the King’s visitors, and about
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on the Book Revelation.
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REVELATION
III – Part 1
REVELATION PART III
THE HEADS
AND THE HORNS
As
I have said many times in this and past teachings, I can't see
how anyone can say they believe in the Bible, and not believe
in demons. There is one Devil, Satan, Lucifer, but there are
many demons.
The
Bible tells us that there is a princely hierarchy in the
fallen spirit world that ranges from the Prince of the Power
of the Air, to Locust Demons that come out of the Pit. And
scripture distinguishes between them.
The
Bible is full of reports of encounters with demons. And, as an
illustration of their abilities and understandings, I like
citing the example that is recorded in Mark, and Luke
concerning the time that Jesus came upon a demon possessed man
in the country of the Gaterines.
Those
demons in that man recognized Jesus for who He was. Jesus
asked, "what is thy name?" and the answer was,
"Legion", because many demons were entered into him.
And they besought Jesus not to send them into the Abyss, but
rather into the herd of pigs in the field next to them. And
you all know the story; the pigs wouldn't have them, and ran
off and drowned themselves.
The
point is that demons in the spirit world exist, have the
ability to invade and occupy people by as many as legions at a
time, they're smart, and their "jail" is the Abyss.
Now,
in Daniel, we find an Angel, Gabriel by name, coming to bring
Daniel a message concerning a 490 year history of the Jews and
Jerusalem, and telling Daniel that he had heard his prayer
twenty one days prior, and had been delayed twenty one days in
getting there, because of being detained by the Prince of
Persia. He was a
supernatural demonic Prince that was the spiritual leader of
the Medo-Persian territory.
Gabriel
told him that it would have taken longer to get there, but he
enlisted the Prince designated to the Jews, Michael, to help
him out, and get the necessary "clearances" to enter
Prince Persia's domain.
But
then he told Daniel that when he returned, he and Michael were
going to subdue the Prince of Persia, and he would be no more,
but lo, the Prince of Grecia would come.
A
new spiritual ruler would be taking over that territory.
And, in history, Alexander the Great comes on the
scene, and sweeps up the Medo-Persian Empire with little
resistance. Alexander’s power came from the spiritual force
that ruled that territory, The Prince of Grecia.
But
when Alexander died, those who inherited his kingdom did not
rule in his power. There was a time, when there was a vacuum
in the territory, waiting to suck in another powerful
spiritual Prince. During that time, the tracks are laid that
point directly into the future.
The
head, where the mouth is, is established in Babylon, and the
territory where the final drama plays out, is established
where the feet of the bear are planted, the Medo-Persian
Empire.
Under
Babylon, the Jews are captured and put into bondage. Under
Medo-Persia, the Jews are allowed to return to rebuild
Jerusalem & the Temple and resume their life within their
own little Theocracy within the Medo-Persian Empire. It is at
this time that the decree is given to rebuild Jerusalem, that
is the key, to the time to start the clock on the seventy
weeks.
The
Grecians didn't oppress the Jews much. Before he died,
Alexander moved his capital from Alexandria to Baghdad,
keeping the mouth in Babylon. As Alexander has no children to
succeed him, His generals inherit his kingdom, so it breaks it
into four parts.
Two
of those parts become prominent; The Ptolemy's; Egypt, and The
Seleucid's, who took the northern part of the kingdom. Their
territory includes western Iran, Kuwait, Iraq, Syria, and a
portion of southern Turkey, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan.
It
is into this area that the new super power rises. The Romans,
with their evil Prince, comes on the scene, and dominates the
world during their rule with harshness and grinding of Law.
But
later, Rome adopts a new posture in the world, it embraces
Christianity and becomes the Holy Roman Empire and is ruled by
Constantine out of the east, in Constantinople, ruling over
the territory once ruled by the Grecian generals who divided
up Alexander’s Kingdom. All of a sudden, history arrives at
a time, when a Holy Roman Emperor from Constantinople is
ruling the Old Grecian Empire of Alexander the Great.
During
Rome's conquest of that territory, one of her generals won the
territory claimed by Alexander's general Seleucus, and placed
a tax on the people to pay for the war.
God
recorded that event in Daniel, and used it to name the place
from which a future vial person, who gets identified as
Antichrist, will come from.
That
same territory comes into prominence again when God uses it to
show where the Antichrist will rule.
Nebuchadnezzar's
image depicts four more kingdoms that arise out of Babylon.
The last of those kingdoms does not appear on the stage of
history until after six of the kingdoms, that had oppressed
Israel, would have come and passed from the scene.
Revelation
17 numbers them for you, and history names them. The angel
showing John this scene in Revelation 17 says; " . . .
The beast that thou sawest was, is not and shall ascend out of
the bottomless pit . . . ".
That
meant, that the beast, identified as a kingdom, was, at one
time, is not, at that time, but its jailed former leader shall
ascend, in the future, and become the 8th kingdom
to oppress Israel, and he will become the 8th, by
possessing the 7th kingdoms King.
That
7th Kingdom is identified as the one coming after
five that had fallen, after the one that is, Rome at the time,
which is the sixth, and the one that was yet to come, which
would be the 7th.
The
five fallen kingdoms that had oppressed Israel were; 1. Egypt;
2. Assyria; 3. Babylon; 4.
Medo-Persia and 5. Grecia. The one that was,
number six, was Rome, and the one yet to come was not known at
that time.
Well,
now it is said that we are in the end times. That means that
we should be able to look back in time, and follow all these
empires and their rulers and their events, and determine if a
7th kingdom has in fact risen on that land that was
once Babylon, Medo-Persia, Grecia and Rome.
What
history reflects is that the 7th kingdom to grow
over that same territory was the Moslem Empire, ruled by the
founder from his kingdom whose borders lie within the borders
of the Seleucid Kingdom, which was later controlled by Rome.
That
Kingdom, the Kingdom of Muhammad, the Hashemite Kingdom, ruled
the Moslem Empire but for a short space, as Muhammad dies, and
within a year, the empire split and has never again been the
same.
But
the Hashemite Kingdom survived, and were the keepers of Mecca
and Medina and all the Holy places of the Moslems for over
1,100 years as the generations of Muhammad, the Prophet of
Allah, their one true God, continues into the modern times.
Today
the Hashemite Kingdom is misplaced in Jordan. A land once
called Palestine and claimed as part of Syria. Huh! How did
that happen?
In
1921, after the "Arabs" (many different Bedouin
tribes), helped the British win the Ottoman war against the
Turks, they (the British) wound up indiscriminately dividing
up the territory without regard for the established
territorial boundaries of the Arab bands. In other words, the
Arabs were double-crossed.
The
British gave Iraq to the reigning Hashemite, but took the
700-year control of Mecca and the holy shrines of the Moslems,
and gave it to the Saudi's and gave Palestine (by then called
Trasjordan) to Abdullah, the Hashemite Kings brother.
The
French formed a Christian territory out of part of Syria and
named it Lebanon, and reserved a portion of the land of
Palestine to be the future state of Israel.
When
Israel becomes formal in 1948, it's no wonder the game was
afoot. The British, along with the Americans, who by now had
gained control of the Saudi Oil, backed the formation of the
Independent State of Israel.
Here
was the British stirring up the kettle again. The rest is
modern history.
The
Hashemite=s are wiped out of existence by the UAR (Syria &
Egypt) in 1958. They assassinate Abdullah, the next in the
Hashemite line, and the throne goes to Hussein, then 18.
They try to kill him for his entire life, but he
becomes the longest reigning monarch on earth.
His
vow is to put Hashemite rule back into power in Iraq and
regain the control of the Holy Shrines as the living
descendants of Muhammad.
King
Hussein builds on his fragile position in history by becoming
friends with Israel and Israel's friends. His conquest for
peace in the region is relentless, as he is in constant
jeopardy of losing his throne in Jordan. He is hailed by the
Israeli people as the Prince of Peace, setting the stage for
him to appear on the stage as the Peacemaker of Revelation 6,
but alas, he does not live long enough to fulfill the role.
He
names his eldest son, Abdullah, as successor before his death,
and now the son, the new Hashemite King, the forty third
descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, has taken his place on the
modern day stage.
History
and Scripture have identified the Moslem Empire as the 7th
Kingdom, out of which the beast from the bottomless pit arises
and possess the heretofore benevolent King, that gets his
reconstituted Hashemite throne, from the 10 kings out of the
Roman portion of the Moslem Empire, and begins his reign on
that land in the heart of the Medo-Persian Empire,
speaking great things from the dragon, out of the mouth of
Babylon. And, he will move swiftly as the Leopard as he
strikes out against God's people, Israel, and conquers Egypt,
setting up his throne in Jerusalem.
The
rise of the Little Horn of Daniel to full power takes three
and a half years from the time of the opening of the first
seal in revelation 6. During that rise, 3 dissenting kings
from the 10 that opted for peace will be uprooted, and the
remainder will give him their backing. A false church led by a
false prophet will sing his praises.
Then
the possession will take place, the 8th ruler will
be in place, abominate the temple, turn on the Jews and double
cross what everyone had perceived to be the plan, and the
second half of the tribulation, known as the Great tribulation
the Great is underway.
But,
these beasts that are symbolized in Revelation, and in Daniel,
are not always representing the same entity. The Antichrist is
made up of three parts. Satan, the great imitator at work once
again. Antichrist is the physical earthly man. Antichrist is also a government, and finally Antichrist is
the spirit from out of the Abyss that rules with words out of
Satan's mouth. How
do we know who is who in the prophecy?
Lets
start with the beast that was, and is not, and shall ascend
out of the bottomless pit. This beast is not the earthly
Antichrist, and is not the earthly kingdom. The vehicle for
this beast will be Antichrist, and will be his kingdom. But
the 7th kingdom does not come out of the bottomless
pit. Antichrist the person doesn't come out of the bottomless
pit.
Don't
look for somebody to be shot in the head, judged by a doctor
to be dead, then come alive, and then say, Oh, here's the
Antichrist! This beast is out of the bottomless pit. The
bottomless pit is where the demons Jesus cast out for the
Gaterines didn't want to go! This is a demon in the pit. Who
is he? He's the Prince of Grecia.
He
is the beast that was. He gave power to Alexander to defeat
the Medo-Persian's, after the angel that came to Daniel
defeated the Prince of Persia. He was, and is not. Why not?
Because John is writing on the isle of Patmos, and the
Prince of Rome is ruling, and the Prince of Grecia had been
conquered, and is no more. Where is he? He's where he's going
to come from.
He's
in the Abyss, locked up. Sent there to the Abyss. The
Gaterines demons didn't want to be sent there. He was sent
there.
He
was, as he ruled Grecia, he is not in John's time, but he
shall ascend out of the bottomless pit. He will come forth
again, in the last days, to empower Antichrist and to empower
the final kingdom. That is why I say that the Antichrist will
come out of the Seleucid portion of the Old Grecian
Empire/conquered by Rome, uproot three from out of that Roman
area, the others will give him their newly acquired power and
Antichrist's Kingdom will be reborn.
And
he will be empowered by the demon Prince or Grecia, as Cyrus
of Medo-Persia, was empowered by the Prince of Persia.
He was, and is not and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit
and go into perdition, and they that dwell on the earth shall
wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life, from
the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that
was - when he ruled Greece - and is not -
because Rome was ruling while John was writing this, and yet
is . . . because he's going to be turned loose again.
Now
here is the mind, which hath wisdom -, now we get to my
first question - what are the seven heads and the ten
horns?
The
seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits, and
there are seven kings, five are fallen. We discussed that
earlier.
Now,
this seventh kingdom - The Hashemite Kingdom -
gets its power at the time from the seven kings left after the
uprooting. Hence, the Antichrist's Kingdom's actual land area
will be supported by their combined strength, accounting for
the rebirth of the true Hashemite Kingdom.
He
wins it by cunning and flattery, and is given a crown in
honor. I wonder if that honor crown is reestablishment of
their rightful position as overseers of Mecca and all the holy
shrines of the Moslems. Fully restored to the throne, and now
spiritually ruled and ready to take revenge on God's people.
It
requires peace to accomplish this plan in this day and age.
Peace, including temple mount rights are on center stage in
the area of the Medo-Persian Empire today.
The
hatred between the King of the north - the Hashemite
- and the King of the south - Egypt -
Mubarak - is still going on. The hatred includes Syria,
as it was Egypt and Syria that formed the UAR and murdered the
Hashemites and grabbed what little rule they had left after
Briton's careless split up of the Mideast following the
Ottoman war.
Syria
hates the Hashemite=s because they now own Palestine which was
Syrian territory. The Palestinians are displaced by Jordan and
Israel and are the center of the controversy. The Saudi's take
good care of Mecca, but the Hashemite=s want it back as is
proper, The Jews want security and a temple, the west want
stability and control of the oil.
Iran
will be friendly and not play a large role until the final
days. So, that leaves only two territories that need to be
straightened out to make this deal for peace.
Palestine
and Iraq, and Jordan is sitting in the middle of that
controversy. Jordan is also sitting in the middle of the
Israeli, Palestinian controversy, and right in the middle of
the Syrian Palestinian/Israeli controversy.
Syria
claims Lebanon because they say the French had no right to
establish a Christian territory in Syria. The French did so to
establish a Christian presence in the Mideast.
The
false deliverer is the guy who can straighten out that mess to
everyone's satisfaction. And, you can't do that without
knocking a couple of guys off. Syria & Iraq for sure,
Libya because he is against the peace and winds up at the feet
of the Antichrist.
The
key seems to be Jordan. If the support were to go to Jordan to
reestablish the Hashemite Kingdom in Iraq, and Jordan would
relinquish in some manner to Palestine, Syria would give up
Lebanon for the Golan, and Israel will feel secure with that
deal as long as the temple is included. Everyone is already
agreeing to Jerusalem being a shared capital. All that smells
like peace to me. Ah, but a false peace, as it only lasts
three and a half years.
What
am I saying by all of this? Simply that the modern stage of
history got here out of the prophesied past. It is not just
jumping up and appearing, as some people seem to think that it
will happen.
The
spirit of Antichrist was at work in Paul's day. We happen to
live in a time when this is where we are in prophesied time.
The peace is in final status talks. Delayed for sure, but up
to final status.
We
can actually envision a time when this peace might be
accomplished in the not too distant future. But there seems to
be a restraining force, keeping it from happening. How much
longer can it take? That's why we watch. We know when He
comes; He's coming in Spring for the Church.
We
saw in Part I that the church is caught away before the 6th
seal opens. We teach that the Rapture occurs in fulfillment of
the Ascension of Jesus. Each year the anniversary of the
Ascension occurs 40 days after the Feast of First fruits, and
10 days prior to Pentecost.
I
believe that scripture clearly shows that many of the dead in
Christ that rise first will rise on First fruits and be seen
by many for 40 days. If that were so, then the warning sign of
the Rapture would be that for sure. So, watch! God knew what
He was talking about when He commanded us to Watch, and put a
reward up for those who do, so, heed His word, and Watch!
There
are still a lot of unanswered questions, but we are getting
the answers together. I'm learning it at the same speed as
you. We are learning it together, as we watch together,
because we are all in the same time.
This
is as close as we have ever been. Watch and enjoy the play.
I
started out to show you how to tell which one of the three
parts of the Antichrist you are seeing when you are reading
about the beasts, but the spirit took us in another direction,
as often happens.
Thank you for listening and
God bless all of you.
God bless.
Humbly,
Your Brother in Christ
Sal from CHN
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