Terminology of Biblical Prophetic System
Terminology of Biblical Prophetic Symbolism (24 in total)
1. Beast:
The Hebrew word for beast is. cheyva , [ Strong # 2423.]m
The Greek word for beast is therion , [Strong # 2342.]p
Beast is the symbolic representation of a Nation, Kingdom and Kings.
Dan. 7:17;23,
17 'Those great beasts, which are four, are four kings which arise out of the earth.
23 Thus he said: 'The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be different from all other kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, trample it and break it in pieces.
Dan. 8,20,21
20 The ram which you saw, having the two horns-- they are the kings of Media and Persia.
21 And the male goat is the kingdom of Greece. The large horn that is between its eyes is the first king.
These are the visible representatives of the invisible spirit and ruler of this world who is Satan. Governments of this world with their religions or ideologies control and rule the population with Satan’s spirit, which is expressed in words that deceive.
Eph 2:2
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2 At that time you followed the world's evil way; you obeyed the ruler of the
spiritual powers in space, the spirit who now controls the people who
disobey God. TEV.
Rev. 12,9.
So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
These passages reveal the intimate relationship between Satan and the empires in their joint strategies against Christ the Truth, and His representatives. Like a hand that is covered by a glove is not seen even though it does all the actions, so the evil inspiratory remains hidden within the nations of this world doing his work through his deceived human instruments, the rulers, kings, presidents, popes, priests, rabies, pastors, politicians, mind shapers, philosophers and ideologist.
2 Co 4:4
4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
Gods word removes all covers and lays bare the real forces behind of that what is seen.
Satan is the god of this world. By his spirit, his anti- God, anti- Christ ideologies, and false theologies, he deceives and controls the nations of this world.
2. Heads:
A head represents the control and communication center of the body. It is the source of thought, ideology and word formation that unites and directs all members of the body.
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Rev. 12,9.
So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
These passages reveal the intimate relationship between Satan and the empires in their joint strategies against Christ the Truth, and His representatives. Like a hand that is covered by a glove is not seen even though it does all the actions, so the evil inspiratory remains hidden within the nations of this world doing his work through his deceived human instruments, the rulers, kings, presidents, popes, priests, rabies, pastors, politicians, mind shapers, philosophers and ideologist.
2 Co 4:4
4 whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.
Gods word removes all covers and lays bare the real forces behind of that what is seen.
Satan is the god of this world. By his spirit, his anti- God, anti- Christ ideologies, and false theologies, he deceives and controls the nations of this world.
2. Heads:
A head represents the control and communication center of the body. It is the source of thought, ideology and word formation that unites and directs all members of the body.
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Christ who is The Word of God, is the only head, the only authority of His body,
that is His uncompromised assembly or community, which He guides through His
spirit communicated through His word.
Eph. 1.22; 23
22 and He [God] put all things under his [Christ’s]feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the assembly,
23 Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all. YLT
By His word, the good news, enlightened by His spirit, Christ, the head, guides and controls every member of His body individually. So, also the beast’s body is controlled and guided by Satan’s spirit in the representation of 7 heads or consecutive ideologies of the empires of our world.
Rev. 17.9,
Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. [Please refer to the meaning of mountain, woman and harlot.]
At the time when the harlot [apostate Christian authority] was seated [controlling] on the beast, [the political or secular power], 5 heads [ideologies of the great empires] were already past history: “Egypt, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Pagan Rome.”
One was active: “Europe under ecclesiastic Rome,” ”the harlot seated on the beast”.
The 7th : “Europe in transition after the reformation and enlightenment”.
The 8th “Europe after the French revolution under secular humanism, materialism, socialism. This will be the last international “Zeit Geist,” universal Godless ideology, that will give Europe and the world its “New World Order” disorder identity, which the Lord will destroy at His coming when He establishes His Eternal Kingdom. V.14
Rev.17:10,11
10 There are also seven kings. [or kingdoms] Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time.
And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven,
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Eph. 1.22; 23
22 and He [God] put all things under his [Christ’s]feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the assembly,
23 Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all. YLT
By His word, the good news, enlightened by His spirit, Christ, the head, guides and controls every member of His body individually. So, also the beast’s body is controlled and guided by Satan’s spirit in the representation of 7 heads or consecutive ideologies of the empires of our world.
Rev. 17.9,
Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. [Please refer to the meaning of mountain, woman and harlot.]
At the time when the harlot [apostate Christian authority] was seated [controlling] on the beast, [the political or secular power], 5 heads [ideologies of the great empires] were already past history: “Egypt, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Pagan Rome.”
One was active: “Europe under ecclesiastic Rome,” ”the harlot seated on the beast”.
The 7th : “Europe in transition after the reformation and enlightenment”.
The 8th “Europe after the French revolution under secular humanism, materialism, socialism. This will be the last international “Zeit Geist,” universal Godless ideology, that will give Europe and the world its “New World Order” disorder identity, which the Lord will destroy at His coming when He establishes His Eternal Kingdom. V.14
Rev.17:10,11
10 There are also seven kings. [or kingdoms] Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time.
And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven,
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and is going to perdition.
The eighth is identified as the beast since it has all characteristics of a secular power
It will unite the 10 horns in its fight against Christ as well as the harlot. V.13,14,16,17.
Isa 7:8-9
8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken, so that it will not be a people.
9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established
Isa 9:15
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Dan 2:38
38 and wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all-- you are this head of gold.
1 Cor 11:3.
3 But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man
the head of Christ is God
.
Col 1:18
18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
Col 2:10
10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.
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The eighth is identified as the beast since it has all characteristics of a secular power
It will unite the 10 horns in its fight against Christ as well as the harlot. V.13,14,16,17.
Isa 7:8-9
8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken, so that it will not be a people.
9 The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established
Isa 9:15
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Dan 2:38
38 and wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all-- you are this head of gold.
1 Cor 11:3.
3 But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man
the head of Christ is God
.
Col 1:18
18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
Col 2:10
10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.
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3. Horns:
Horns represent kings and or kingdoms, governments with their ideologies or spirits they communicate. They are also the weapons for defense and offense in the clashes of the spirits, which are often carried out in the physical realm.
Dan 8:21,22
21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
Rev 5:6-7
6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
4.Crowns:
Crowns represent royal power and authority.
Isa 62:3
3 You shall also be a crown of glory In the hand of the LORD, And a royal diadem In the hand of your God.
Jer 13:18
18 Say to the king and to the queen mother, "Humble yourselves; Sit down, For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory."
Rv 6:2
2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
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Horns represent kings and or kingdoms, governments with their ideologies or spirits they communicate. They are also the weapons for defense and offense in the clashes of the spirits, which are often carried out in the physical realm.
Dan 8:21,22
21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
22 Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
Rev 5:6-7
6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
4.Crowns:
Crowns represent royal power and authority.
Isa 62:3
3 You shall also be a crown of glory In the hand of the LORD, And a royal diadem In the hand of your God.
Jer 13:18
18 Say to the king and to the queen mother, "Humble yourselves; Sit down, For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory."
Rv 6:2
2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
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5. Woman, Virgin:
Woman represents in her pure state the bride of Christ, His universal community, the virgin, the holy city, new Jerusalem, the temple of God, in which He permanently resides. She is undefiled by error, uncompromised by the world, faithful, and in love with her only one husband. This is pure genuine Christianity.
In contrast to the “great city Babylon”, “the Harlot”, Satan’s favored lady. This is his counterfeit religious community.
Jer 6:2
2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a lovely and delicate woman.
2 Cor 11:2-3
2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him.
Woman represents in her pure state the bride of Christ, His universal community, the virgin, the holy city, new Jerusalem, the temple of God, in which He permanently resides. She is undefiled by error, uncompromised by the world, faithful, and in love with her only one husband. This is pure genuine Christianity.
In contrast to the “great city Babylon”, “the Harlot”, Satan’s favored lady. This is his counterfeit religious community.
Jer 6:2
2 I have likened the daughter of Zion to a lovely and delicate woman.
2 Cor 11:2-3
2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him.
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Rev 12:1,2,5,6,13-17.
1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun,
[the bright shining light of the Gospel] and the moon [old covenant] under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: [the new covenant of Christ, commissioned to His 12 disciples] 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14 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.
15 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.
16 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.
17 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.
Hosea 2:19-20,23
19 I will betroth you to Me forever; yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and justice, in lovingkindness and mercy;
20 I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, and you shall know the LORD.
23 Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; then I will say to those who were not My people, 'You are My people' And they shall say, 'You are my God'
Compromising in the intercourse with this world and its representatives, its ideologies and life styles is considered by God as spiritual adultery.
Jas 4:4
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1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun,
[the bright shining light of the Gospel] and the moon [old covenant] under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: [the new covenant of Christ, commissioned to His 12 disciples] 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
14 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.
15 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.
16 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.
17 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.
Hosea 2:19-20,23
19 I will betroth you to Me forever; yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and justice, in lovingkindness and mercy;
20 I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, and you shall know the LORD.
23 Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; then I will say to those who were not My people, 'You are My people' And they shall say, 'You are my God'
Compromising in the intercourse with this world and its representatives, its ideologies and life styles is considered by God as spiritual adultery.
Jas 4:4
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4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is
enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes
himself an enemy of God.
6. Harlot:
Harlot represents the fallen adulterated religious systems that compromised with secular powers and customs. State churches that conformed to worldly standards. Nominal Christianity with its hierarchies and organizations etc.
This description was also used by God to indicate the fallen, adulterated state of His professed people in old testament time.
Isa 1:4,21
4 Alas, sinful nation, A people laden with iniquity, A brood of evildoers, Children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the LORD, They have provoked to anger The Holy One of Israel, They have turned away backward.
21How the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of justice; Righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers.
Rv 17:1-2
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,
2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication."
Rv 17:4-6
4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.
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6. Harlot:
Harlot represents the fallen adulterated religious systems that compromised with secular powers and customs. State churches that conformed to worldly standards. Nominal Christianity with its hierarchies and organizations etc.
This description was also used by God to indicate the fallen, adulterated state of His professed people in old testament time.
Isa 1:4,21
4 Alas, sinful nation, A people laden with iniquity, A brood of evildoers, Children who are corrupters! They have forsaken the LORD, They have provoked to anger The Holy One of Israel, They have turned away backward.
21How the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of justice; Righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers.
Rv 17:1-2
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,
2 with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication."
Rv 17:4-6
4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.
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This harlot or religious power sits on the beast, in control of the secular powers
for a certain time. She persecutes God’s people and uses the civil powers to
eradicate all opposition.
Rv 17:9
9 "Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
7. Mountain:
Mountain or hill represents the elevated, prominent real or perceived source of influence, power, help, comfort, security, guidance, which affects one’s life. Look up the following texts.
Amos 6:1
1 Woe to you who are at ease in Zion, and trust in Mount Samaria, notable persons in the chief nation, to whom the house of Israel comes
Isa 2:2
2 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.
Rv 17:9
9 "Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
7. Mountain:
Mountain or hill represents the elevated, prominent real or perceived source of influence, power, help, comfort, security, guidance, which affects one’s life. Look up the following texts.
Amos 6:1
1 Woe to you who are at ease in Zion, and trust in Mount Samaria, notable persons in the chief nation, to whom the house of Israel comes
Isa 2:2
2 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.
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Isa 2:12-17
12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall come upon everything proud and lofty, upon everything lifted up-- and it shall be brought low--
13 Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan;
14 Upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;
15 Upon every high tower, and upon every fortified wall;
16 Upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all the beautiful sloops.
17 The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; the LORD alone will be in that day exalted,
Jer 3:23
23 Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains; truly, in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
Jer 51:25
25 Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, who destroys all the earth, says the LORD. And I will stretch out My hand against you, roll you down from the rocks, and make you a burnt mountain.
This is in reference to the influence and power of Babylon. V.24.
Ps 121:1-2
1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills-- from whence comes my help? 2 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Ps 30:7
7 O Lord, when you favored me,
you made my mountain stand firm; but when you hid your face,
I was dismayed.
David’s high position and authority in Israel. Dan. 2: 34,35
The mountains represent centers of authority and influence that form and express society. Example: Philosophy, religion, education, art, politics, economy, science, technology, civil law, military etc.
The harlot sits on all seven, she controls them all.
12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall come upon everything proud and lofty, upon everything lifted up-- and it shall be brought low--
13 Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan;
14 Upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up;
15 Upon every high tower, and upon every fortified wall;
16 Upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all the beautiful sloops.
17 The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; the LORD alone will be in that day exalted,
Jer 3:23
23 Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains; truly, in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
Jer 51:25
25 Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, who destroys all the earth, says the LORD. And I will stretch out My hand against you, roll you down from the rocks, and make you a burnt mountain.
This is in reference to the influence and power of Babylon. V.24.
Ps 121:1-2
1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills-- from whence comes my help? 2 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Ps 30:7
7 O Lord, when you favored me,
you made my mountain stand firm; but when you hid your face,
I was dismayed.
David’s high position and authority in Israel. Dan. 2: 34,35
The mountains represent centers of authority and influence that form and express society. Example: Philosophy, religion, education, art, politics, economy, science, technology, civil law, military etc.
The harlot sits on all seven, she controls them all.
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7 is the number of completion or fullness. It means all.
SEVEN
hepta, , signifying "to be full, abundant"), sometimes used as an expression of fullness, e. g., Ruth 4:15: it generally expresses completeness, and is used most frequently in the Apocalypse
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright © 1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers.)
8. Babylon:
The empire of Babylon [625 to 539 BC] kept God’s people for 70 years in captivity. Its ideology brought confusion and deception to the world.
Jer 51:7
7 Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; Therefore the nations are deranged.
Babylon is the name written on the forehead of the harlot, the spiritual Babylon who takes Christianity captive, persecutes God’s people and makes the world drunk with her ideology, theo-no-logy and syncretism.
Rv 17:3-6
3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.
Rv 17:18
SEVEN
hepta, , signifying "to be full, abundant"), sometimes used as an expression of fullness, e. g., Ruth 4:15: it generally expresses completeness, and is used most frequently in the Apocalypse
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright © 1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers.)
8. Babylon:
The empire of Babylon [625 to 539 BC] kept God’s people for 70 years in captivity. Its ideology brought confusion and deception to the world.
Jer 51:7
7 Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; Therefore the nations are deranged.
Babylon is the name written on the forehead of the harlot, the spiritual Babylon who takes Christianity captive, persecutes God’s people and makes the world drunk with her ideology, theo-no-logy and syncretism.
Rv 17:3-6
3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.
Rv 17:18
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18 And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings
of the earth."
Rv 14:8
8 And another angel followed, saying, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication."
Rv 18:3
3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury."
Babylon in Revelation prophecy is not a place but a condition, habitation and mind set of all who are deceived by this adulterated, religion.
2 Ti 3:5
5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
1 Ti 6:5
5 useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.
9. Jerusalem:
Jerusalem means City of Peace. New Jerusalem, the Holy City, is symbolic for the habitation of the people of peace, who live at peace with God, with self in Christ and with their fellow-men, even their enemies. Their motives and drives are love, because God, who is love dwells in them. Though they are in this world, they are not of the world. Their lives and mind sets in Christ have been transferred into the heavenly realms.
Eph 2:6-7
6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.
Rv 14:8
8 And another angel followed, saying, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication."
Rv 18:3
3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury."
Babylon in Revelation prophecy is not a place but a condition, habitation and mind set of all who are deceived by this adulterated, religion.
2 Ti 3:5
5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
1 Ti 6:5
5 useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.
9. Jerusalem:
Jerusalem means City of Peace. New Jerusalem, the Holy City, is symbolic for the habitation of the people of peace, who live at peace with God, with self in Christ and with their fellow-men, even their enemies. Their motives and drives are love, because God, who is love dwells in them. Though they are in this world, they are not of the world. Their lives and mind sets in Christ have been transferred into the heavenly realms.
Eph 2:6-7
6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.
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Heb 12:22-24
22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the gathering of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
Rev 21:2,9,10
2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.
10. Sea, Water:
Sea represents the masses of people with their ideologies or religions from which nations arise. Named bodies of water identify the nations in that area.
The “great sea” or ‘sea’ in prophecy from which the empires arose refers to the Mediterranean territory and its population.
Da 7:2-3
2 Daniel spoke, saying, "I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea.
3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.
Rv 17:1
17:1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,
Rv 17:15
15 Then he said to me,"The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.
22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the gathering of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
Rev 21:2,9,10
2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.
10. Sea, Water:
Sea represents the masses of people with their ideologies or religions from which nations arise. Named bodies of water identify the nations in that area.
The “great sea” or ‘sea’ in prophecy from which the empires arose refers to the Mediterranean territory and its population.
Da 7:2-3
2 Daniel spoke, saying, "I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea.
3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.
Rv 17:1
17:1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,
Rv 17:15
15 Then he said to me,"The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.
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“Many waters” indicate the more extensive reach and influence of the “harlot in
all nations.
Rv 17:4-5
4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Rv 18:3
3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury."
All evil is abomination, but the worst abomination is in bringing it in the name of God, pretending it to be conversion, freedom, civilization, democracy etc.
The term water also symbolizes “tongues” or the expressed ideology or religion of the nation which gives it its foundation and identity
Also genuine Christianity is based on the Word of God, which is symbolized by the term “water of life or living water. Christ is “The Word of God”, the identity of every Christian.
Rv 22:17
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
Jn 4:10
10 Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water”.
Eph 5:26
26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word.
Rv 17:4-5
4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Rv 18:3
3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury."
All evil is abomination, but the worst abomination is in bringing it in the name of God, pretending it to be conversion, freedom, civilization, democracy etc.
The term water also symbolizes “tongues” or the expressed ideology or religion of the nation which gives it its foundation and identity
Also genuine Christianity is based on the Word of God, which is symbolized by the term “water of life or living water. Christ is “The Word of God”, the identity of every Christian.
Rv 22:17
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
Jn 4:10
10 Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water”.
Eph 5:26
26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word.
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11. Earth:
In contrast to the sea or waters, the masses of people of the European continent, earth suggests that this empire has a different geographic origin with less population and ideology at its beginning..
It is the origin of other late comer Beast that plays a major role in the end time.
12. Cup:
This is the manufactured perceived container through which its content is served by the harlot, which is the ideology or religion that intoxicates its partakers.
Jer 51:7
7 Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD's hand, That made all the earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; Therefore the nations are deranged.
Rv 17:4
4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
The appearance of gold is precious and pure, but the intoxicating content is deceptive, poisonous and deadly. All religions come in the name of God. All ideologies come in the name of civilization, culture, liberty, democracy etc. All claim to benefit mankind, but they are toxic and deadly, because they come from the prince of darkness through his chosen human instruments.
13. Mark:
The Greek term is “charagma”
NT:5480 † xa/ragma 1. xa/ragma is an engraved, etched, branded, or inscribed
"mark" or "sign.". Elsewhere the term means an "inscription," e.g., Anth. Graec., 7, 220, 2, or anything written dia\ xaragma/twn eu&xo[mai], P. Lond., V, 1658, 8 ( 4th cent. A.D.), also the individual character ta\ xara/gmata xeiro/ [Kittel]
Rev 13:16-17
In contrast to the sea or waters, the masses of people of the European continent, earth suggests that this empire has a different geographic origin with less population and ideology at its beginning..
It is the origin of other late comer Beast that plays a major role in the end time.
12. Cup:
This is the manufactured perceived container through which its content is served by the harlot, which is the ideology or religion that intoxicates its partakers.
Jer 51:7
7 Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD's hand, That made all the earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; Therefore the nations are deranged.
Rv 17:4
4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.
The appearance of gold is precious and pure, but the intoxicating content is deceptive, poisonous and deadly. All religions come in the name of God. All ideologies come in the name of civilization, culture, liberty, democracy etc. All claim to benefit mankind, but they are toxic and deadly, because they come from the prince of darkness through his chosen human instruments.
13. Mark:
The Greek term is “charagma”
NT:5480 † xa/ragma 1. xa/ragma is an engraved, etched, branded, or inscribed
"mark" or "sign.". Elsewhere the term means an "inscription," e.g., Anth. Graec., 7, 220, 2, or anything written dia\ xaragma/twn eu&xo[mai], P. Lond., V, 1658, 8 ( 4th cent. A.D.), also the individual character ta\ xara/gmata xeiro/ [Kittel]
Rev 13:16-17
16
16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a
mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,
17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or* the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Mark or character is identical with the name. Name is the summary of ones being the character.
People receive the beast characteristics through indoctrination, brainwashing, education, propaganda and the state sponsored media. Persuasion, coercion, fear mongering and force lead to acceptance and submission. Receiving the mark on the forehead indicates agreement by conviction, while receiving it on the right hand is submission without conviction and agreement, just flowing with the crowds, disinterested and unaware of the severity of their condition and action. Children of God have the name of the Father written on their foreheads. They agree with Him and submit to His will. Being transformed into His image they bear His character.
Rev 14:1-2
14 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
They have the mind and character of Christ. They live in the will of God.
1 Cor 2:16
But we have the mind of Christ.
14. Forehead:
Ezek 3:8
8 Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead
strong against their foreheads. Rev 17:5
5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or* the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Mark or character is identical with the name. Name is the summary of ones being the character.
People receive the beast characteristics through indoctrination, brainwashing, education, propaganda and the state sponsored media. Persuasion, coercion, fear mongering and force lead to acceptance and submission. Receiving the mark on the forehead indicates agreement by conviction, while receiving it on the right hand is submission without conviction and agreement, just flowing with the crowds, disinterested and unaware of the severity of their condition and action. Children of God have the name of the Father written on their foreheads. They agree with Him and submit to His will. Being transformed into His image they bear His character.
Rev 14:1-2
14 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.
They have the mind and character of Christ. They live in the will of God.
1 Cor 2:16
But we have the mind of Christ.
14. Forehead:
Ezek 3:8
8 Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead
strong against their foreheads. Rev 17:5
5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
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Rev 14:9
9 Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, Forehead signifies the mind, mind-set, conviction.
15. Right hand:
Right hand means the doing, acting, execution, without conviction. Ex 15:6
6 "Your right hand, O LORD, has become glorious in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
Ps 20:6
6 Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy
heaven With the saving strength of His right hand. Ps 78:54
54 And He brought them to His holy border, This mountain which His right hand had acquired.
Ps 80:15
15 And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted, And the branch that You made strong for Yourself.
Ps 118:16
16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
Ps 137:5
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget its skill!
Rev 13:16
16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a
mark on their right hand or on their foreheads. 18
9 Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, Forehead signifies the mind, mind-set, conviction.
15. Right hand:
Right hand means the doing, acting, execution, without conviction. Ex 15:6
6 "Your right hand, O LORD, has become glorious in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
Ps 20:6
6 Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy
heaven With the saving strength of His right hand. Ps 78:54
54 And He brought them to His holy border, This mountain which His right hand had acquired.
Ps 80:15
15 And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted, And the branch that You made strong for Yourself.
Ps 118:16
16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly.
Ps 137:5
5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget its skill!
Rev 13:16
16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a
mark on their right hand or on their foreheads. 18
16. Name:
Name includes the whole being of the named. The mind, character, and reputation.
Gen 3:20
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all
living.
Gen 12:2
2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.
Ex 9:16
16 But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in
you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.
Ex 23:20-21
20 "Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
21 Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name is in Him.
Ex 33:19
19 Then He said, "I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."
Ex 34:5-7
Now the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
6 And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth,
Name includes the whole being of the named. The mind, character, and reputation.
Gen 3:20
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all
living.
Gen 12:2
2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.
Ex 9:16
16 But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in
you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.
Ex 23:20-21
20 "Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.
21 Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name is in Him.
Ex 33:19
19 Then He said, "I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."
Ex 34:5-7
Now the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
6 And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth,
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7 keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no
means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and
the children's children to the third and the fourth generation."
1 Kings 5:5
5 And behold, I propose to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to my father David, saying, "Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for My name."
1 Chron 16:29
29 Give to the LORD the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come before Him. Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness!
Ps 8:1
8 O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
Isa 47:4
4 As for our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel.
Rev 19:13
13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word
of God.
Rev 17:5
5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Rev 14:11
11 And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name."
Rev 22:4
4 They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. Rev 14:1
1 Kings 5:5
5 And behold, I propose to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to my father David, saying, "Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for My name."
1 Chron 16:29
29 Give to the LORD the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come before Him. Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness!
Ps 8:1
8 O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
Isa 47:4
4 As for our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel.
Rev 19:13
13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word
of God.
Rev 17:5
5 And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Rev 14:11
11 And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name."
Rev 22:4
4 They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. Rev 14:1
20
Then I looked, and behold, a* Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one
hundred and forty-four thousand, having* His Father's name written on their
foreheads.
Rev 13:17
17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or* the name of
the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 13:17
17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or* the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Isa 9:6
6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
17. Worship.
The Greek word for worship is “proskuneo”.
NT:4352 proskune/w proskuneo (pros-koo-neh'-o); from NT:4314 and a probable derivative of NT:2965 (meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master's hand); to fawn or crouch to, i.e. (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore):
This word is used in secular as well as in religious applications. It also means submission, obedience, admiration, expressions of agreement.
Revelation 13:4 defines the meaning of worship in the context of this prophecy: Rev 13:4
4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?
foreheads.
Rev 13:17
17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or* the name of
the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 13:17
17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or* the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Isa 9:6
6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
17. Worship.
The Greek word for worship is “proskuneo”.
NT:4352 proskune/w proskuneo (pros-koo-neh'-o); from NT:4314 and a probable derivative of NT:2965 (meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master's hand); to fawn or crouch to, i.e. (literally or figuratively) prostrate oneself in homage (do reverence to, adore):
This word is used in secular as well as in religious applications. It also means submission, obedience, admiration, expressions of agreement.
Revelation 13:4 defines the meaning of worship in the context of this prophecy: Rev 13:4
4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?
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Empires shape and control the minds of their subjects so that they express with
conviction, their admiration and submission: ”We are the worlds superpower. No
one will dare to attack us.”
This is a mind set of worship in the context of prophetic terminology.
18. Blaspheme:
In Greek: blasphemia, Strong # 987.
1. Blasphemy is violation of God's power and majesty. It may be directly against God (Rev 13:6), his name (Rom 2:24), the word (Titus 2:5), Moses (Acts 6:11), or angelic beings (Jude 8-10; 2 Peter 2:10-12). The concept is a Jewish one; hence Jesus seems to be blaspheming when he forgives sins (Mark 2:7), or claims to be the Messiah (Mark 14:64), thus making himself equal to God (John 10:33 ff.).
2. For Christians blasphemy includes doubting the claim of Jesus or deriding him (cf. Luke 22:64-65; Mark 15:29; Luke 23:39). Persecuting Christians is also blasphemy (1 Tim 1:13). The community has to suffer blasphemy (Rev 2:9; 1 Cor 4:13; 1 Peter 4:4). Opposition to Paul's message is necessarily blasphemy (Acts 13:45) because it attacks its basic content.
3. Christians may give cause for blasphemy if they deny Christ, if the weak eat idol meats (1 Cor 10:30), or if they do not love (Rom 14:15-16). A bad action is blasphemy either because it resists God's will or brings Christianity into disrepute (1 Tim 6:1; James 2:7; Rom 2:24; Titus 2:5). Yet only blasphemy against the Holy Spirit cannot be forgiven, i.e., the willful and wicked rejection of God's saving power and grace (Matt 12:32). For this the only remedy is to hand the blasphemer over to Satan (1 Tim 1:20). The opposition of the beast (Rev 13:1) and the harlot (17:3) in the last days is blasphemy. The lists of offenses in Mark 7:22; Matt 15:19; Eph 4:31; Col 3:8; 1 Tim 6:4; 2 Tim 3:2 contain the blaspheme group.
(from Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, abridged edition, Copyright © 1985 by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. All rights reserved.)
All the heads of the beast, the ideologies of the kingdoms of the world, including the religious, are identified by a Satan inspired blasphemous name or character.
This is a mind set of worship in the context of prophetic terminology.
18. Blaspheme:
In Greek: blasphemia, Strong # 987.
1. Blasphemy is violation of God's power and majesty. It may be directly against God (Rev 13:6), his name (Rom 2:24), the word (Titus 2:5), Moses (Acts 6:11), or angelic beings (Jude 8-10; 2 Peter 2:10-12). The concept is a Jewish one; hence Jesus seems to be blaspheming when he forgives sins (Mark 2:7), or claims to be the Messiah (Mark 14:64), thus making himself equal to God (John 10:33 ff.).
2. For Christians blasphemy includes doubting the claim of Jesus or deriding him (cf. Luke 22:64-65; Mark 15:29; Luke 23:39). Persecuting Christians is also blasphemy (1 Tim 1:13). The community has to suffer blasphemy (Rev 2:9; 1 Cor 4:13; 1 Peter 4:4). Opposition to Paul's message is necessarily blasphemy (Acts 13:45) because it attacks its basic content.
3. Christians may give cause for blasphemy if they deny Christ, if the weak eat idol meats (1 Cor 10:30), or if they do not love (Rom 14:15-16). A bad action is blasphemy either because it resists God's will or brings Christianity into disrepute (1 Tim 6:1; James 2:7; Rom 2:24; Titus 2:5). Yet only blasphemy against the Holy Spirit cannot be forgiven, i.e., the willful and wicked rejection of God's saving power and grace (Matt 12:32). For this the only remedy is to hand the blasphemer over to Satan (1 Tim 1:20). The opposition of the beast (Rev 13:1) and the harlot (17:3) in the last days is blasphemy. The lists of offenses in Mark 7:22; Matt 15:19; Eph 4:31; Col 3:8; 1 Tim 6:4; 2 Tim 3:2 contain the blaspheme group.
(from Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, abridged edition, Copyright © 1985 by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. All rights reserved.)
All the heads of the beast, the ideologies of the kingdoms of the world, including the religious, are identified by a Satan inspired blasphemous name or character.
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Rev 13:1-2
13 And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.
All the European nations are inspired by Satan.
19. Hour:
NT:5610
The Greek word is hora (ho'-rah); apparently, a primary word; an "hour" (literally or figuratively):
KJV - day, hour, instant, season, short, [even-] tide, (high) time.
The divinely appointed time.
Matt 24:36, 44
36 "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
So, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
Matt 26:45
Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Mark 13:32
32 "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Luke 22:53
53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour — when darkness reigns."
John 12:23, 27
23 Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
27 "Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.
13 And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.
And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.
All the European nations are inspired by Satan.
19. Hour:
NT:5610
The Greek word is hora (ho'-rah); apparently, a primary word; an "hour" (literally or figuratively):
KJV - day, hour, instant, season, short, [even-] tide, (high) time.
The divinely appointed time.
Matt 24:36, 44
36 "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
So, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
Matt 26:45
Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Mark 13:32
32 "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Luke 22:53
53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour — when darkness reigns."
John 12:23, 27
23 Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
27 "Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.
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Rom 13:11
11 And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
1 John 2:18
18 Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.
Rev 3:10
10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth.
Rev 14:7
7 He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water."
Rev 17:12
12 'And the ten horns that thou sawest, are ten kings, who a kingdom did not yet receive, but authority as kings the same hour do receive with the beast,
YLT
Rev 18:10
10 Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry: "'Woe! Woe, O great city,
O Babylon, city of power!
In one hour your doom has come!'
John 16:2
2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, a time [hora] is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
John 16:4
11 And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
1 John 2:18
18 Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.
Rev 3:10
10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth.
Rev 14:7
7 He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water."
Rev 17:12
12 'And the ten horns that thou sawest, are ten kings, who a kingdom did not yet receive, but authority as kings the same hour do receive with the beast,
YLT
Rev 18:10
10 Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry: "'Woe! Woe, O great city,
O Babylon, city of power!
In one hour your doom has come!'
John 16:2
2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, a time [hora] is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
John 16:4
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4 I have told you this, so that when the [hora] time comes you will remember
that I warned you. I did not tell you this at first because I was with you.
Rom 13:11
11 And do this, understanding the present time [hora]. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
Philem 15
15 Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while [hora] was that you might have him back for good.
The Hebrew word is `eth (ayth); time, especially (adverb with preposition)
now, when, etc. Strong # 6256
KJV - after, [al-] ways, certain, continually, evening, long, (due) season, so [long] as, [even-, evening-, noon-] tide, ([meal-]), what) time, when.
Eccl 9:12
12 For man also does not know his time [eth]: Like fish taken in a cruel net,
Like birds caught in a snare,
So the sons of men are snared in an evil time, When it falls suddenly upon them.
19. Two Witnesses:
Rev 11:3-6
3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth."
4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5 If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. 6 These men have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.
Rom 13:11
11 And do this, understanding the present time [hora]. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
Philem 15
15 Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while [hora] was that you might have him back for good.
The Hebrew word is `eth (ayth); time, especially (adverb with preposition)
now, when, etc. Strong # 6256
KJV - after, [al-] ways, certain, continually, evening, long, (due) season, so [long] as, [even-, evening-, noon-] tide, ([meal-]), what) time, when.
Eccl 9:12
12 For man also does not know his time [eth]: Like fish taken in a cruel net,
Like birds caught in a snare,
So the sons of men are snared in an evil time, When it falls suddenly upon them.
19. Two Witnesses:
Rev 11:3-6
3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth."
4 These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. 5 If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. 6 These men have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want.
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The Spirits of God and Christ have always communicated with man. The way Spirit
Beings communicate with man through their inspired words.
Rev 3:14
14 "To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation.
Rev 1:5
5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
Christ promised to be always with us before His return to the spiritual universe, named heaven.
Matt 28:20
And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
Spirit Beings, we cannot perceive with our five senses. But God’s Spirit and Word, by faith opens our spiritual eyes and ears, that we can hear and experience Him. As a Spirit, He communicates with us through His Words.
Rom 8:16-17
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
The symbolism used here in the book of Revelation has its roots in the old testament temple service. The two lampstands symbolize the light of the world, which is God in Christ and the two olive trees which represent the sources of the oil namely the holy spirit, expressed in the word of God.
Zech 4: 1-4,6,11,12,14.
4 Then the angel who talked with me returned and wakened me, as a man is wakened from his sleep. 2 He asked me, "What do you see?"
I answered, "I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lights on it, with seven channels to the lights. 3 Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."
Rev 3:14
14 "To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation.
Rev 1:5
5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
Christ promised to be always with us before His return to the spiritual universe, named heaven.
Matt 28:20
And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
Spirit Beings, we cannot perceive with our five senses. But God’s Spirit and Word, by faith opens our spiritual eyes and ears, that we can hear and experience Him. As a Spirit, He communicates with us through His Words.
Rom 8:16-17
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
The symbolism used here in the book of Revelation has its roots in the old testament temple service. The two lampstands symbolize the light of the world, which is God in Christ and the two olive trees which represent the sources of the oil namely the holy spirit, expressed in the word of God.
Zech 4: 1-4,6,11,12,14.
4 Then the angel who talked with me returned and wakened me, as a man is wakened from his sleep. 2 He asked me, "What do you see?"
I answered, "I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lights on it, with seven channels to the lights. 3 Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."
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4 I asked the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"
6 So he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the Lord Almighty.
11 Then I asked the angel, "What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?"
12 Again I asked him, "What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?"
14 So he said, "These are the two who are anointed to serve the Lord of all the earth."
Ex 7:17-18
17 Thus says the Lord: "By this you shall know that I am the Lord. Behold, I will strike the waters which are in the river with the rod that is in my hand, and they shall be turned to blood.
18 The fish in the Nile will die, and the river will stink; the Egyptians will not be able to drink its water.'"
1 Kings 17:1
17 Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word."
As it was with the two man Moses and Elijah, who delivered the judgement messages of the Lord to the kings, and water of the Nile turned into blood, and no rain fell in Israel during three and a half years of prophesied judgement. This applied to the spiritual and physical realms.
The spirit of God and the spirit of Christ have always witnessed to mankind in various ways.
During the three and a half years of terror during the French revolution, God and Christ were officially declared dead. Their words in the old and new Testaments were burned.
The consequences were experienced in the spiritual and physical realms. At that time, French got a glimpse from the spirit of the eights head that was soon to come, but Europe was not yet ready for it. God and religion was tolerated, besides progressive secularism. Under the seventh head, Europe was in transition toward the 8th head, SECULAR HUMANISM.
6 So he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the Lord Almighty.
11 Then I asked the angel, "What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?"
12 Again I asked him, "What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?"
14 So he said, "These are the two who are anointed to serve the Lord of all the earth."
Ex 7:17-18
17 Thus says the Lord: "By this you shall know that I am the Lord. Behold, I will strike the waters which are in the river with the rod that is in my hand, and they shall be turned to blood.
18 The fish in the Nile will die, and the river will stink; the Egyptians will not be able to drink its water.'"
1 Kings 17:1
17 Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word."
As it was with the two man Moses and Elijah, who delivered the judgement messages of the Lord to the kings, and water of the Nile turned into blood, and no rain fell in Israel during three and a half years of prophesied judgement. This applied to the spiritual and physical realms.
The spirit of God and the spirit of Christ have always witnessed to mankind in various ways.
During the three and a half years of terror during the French revolution, God and Christ were officially declared dead. Their words in the old and new Testaments were burned.
The consequences were experienced in the spiritual and physical realms. At that time, French got a glimpse from the spirit of the eights head that was soon to come, but Europe was not yet ready for it. God and religion was tolerated, besides progressive secularism. Under the seventh head, Europe was in transition toward the 8th head, SECULAR HUMANISM.
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20. Bottomless Pit or Abyss:
The Greek term is “abussos” [Strong # 12]
It is an image of the immeasurable depth of evil. The containment and confinement of satanic and demonic power, that is only opened by God as a response to humanities preference and choices for spiritual darkness, the thoughts and practices of Satan, who is the spiritual ruler of the world. One of his names is Abaddon in Hebrew, Apollyon in Greek, meaning Destroyer.
Rev 9:1-11
1 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. 2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. 3 And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man. 6 During those days men will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
7 The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. 8 Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. 10 They had tails and stings like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.
Rev 20:1-3
20 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. 3 He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.
The Greek term is “abussos” [Strong # 12]
It is an image of the immeasurable depth of evil. The containment and confinement of satanic and demonic power, that is only opened by God as a response to humanities preference and choices for spiritual darkness, the thoughts and practices of Satan, who is the spiritual ruler of the world. One of his names is Abaddon in Hebrew, Apollyon in Greek, meaning Destroyer.
Rev 9:1-11
1 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. 2 When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. 3 And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man. 6 During those days men will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
7 The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. 8 Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. 10 They had tails and stings like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. 11 They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.
Rev 20:1-3
20 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. 2 He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. 3 He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.
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21. Seal:
God’s seal is HIS Spirit that lives in us and controls our minds and lives.
The gift of HIS Spirit in us identifies us as HIS own children. It is the mark of His ownership.
Rev 7:2-3
Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: 3 "Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God."
Rev 9:4-5
4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
Eph 1:13-14
13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession — to the praise of his glory.
2 Cor 1:21-22
21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
Rom 8:9-10,14-16
9 You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
14 because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.
God’s seal is HIS Spirit that lives in us and controls our minds and lives.
The gift of HIS Spirit in us identifies us as HIS own children. It is the mark of His ownership.
Rev 7:2-3
Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: 3 "Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God."
Rev 9:4-5
4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
Eph 1:13-14
13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession — to the praise of his glory.
2 Cor 1:21-22
21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
Rom 8:9-10,14-16
9 You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
14 because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.
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22. 666:
SIX. The Greek term is hex.
It sometimes suggests incompleteness, in comparison with the perfect number seven.
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright © 1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers.)
On the sixth day, God created men in His image. It was men’s day. Soon after they chose to disobey God, that image faded away. Their relationship with the source of life was broken and mankind became the spiritual living dead. They had made God into their own self -image, which bore the mark of Satan, their new spiritual father. This was their Independence Day from God. Men still liked their self- made religions and worshipped the works of their minds and hands, accomplishments, achievements, success, greatness, power and wealth by any means. Mankind was under spiritual control of the Satan inspired symbolic beasts or empires. But with the arrival of the 8th head on the last beast before the Lord’s return and the establishment of the eternal Kingdom of God, we find that the ten horns and the beast are at war against all traces of religion, symbolized by the harlot, even against Christ the Lamb and His representatives.
Atheism and Secular Humanism is the Zeitgeist that has gripped our world. “Men is the measure of all things”, “Men know that you are God”, are the precepts of humanistic philosophy.
Rev 13:18
18 This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666.
NIV
The Greek text: “arithmos gar antropou” has no article, therefore it should not be translated: ”it is a man’s number”. The NIV is correct.
Example: Acts 7:56 “huion tou antropou” Son of man. There is no article.
In scripture, we find that emphasis is expressed by repetition of a statement; John 6:47
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. KJV Isa 6:3
3 And they were calling to one another:
SIX. The Greek term is hex.
It sometimes suggests incompleteness, in comparison with the perfect number seven.
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright © 1985, Thomas Nelson Publishers.)
On the sixth day, God created men in His image. It was men’s day. Soon after they chose to disobey God, that image faded away. Their relationship with the source of life was broken and mankind became the spiritual living dead. They had made God into their own self -image, which bore the mark of Satan, their new spiritual father. This was their Independence Day from God. Men still liked their self- made religions and worshipped the works of their minds and hands, accomplishments, achievements, success, greatness, power and wealth by any means. Mankind was under spiritual control of the Satan inspired symbolic beasts or empires. But with the arrival of the 8th head on the last beast before the Lord’s return and the establishment of the eternal Kingdom of God, we find that the ten horns and the beast are at war against all traces of religion, symbolized by the harlot, even against Christ the Lamb and His representatives.
Atheism and Secular Humanism is the Zeitgeist that has gripped our world. “Men is the measure of all things”, “Men know that you are God”, are the precepts of humanistic philosophy.
Rev 13:18
18 This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666.
NIV
The Greek text: “arithmos gar antropou” has no article, therefore it should not be translated: ”it is a man’s number”. The NIV is correct.
Example: Acts 7:56 “huion tou antropou” Son of man. There is no article.
In scripture, we find that emphasis is expressed by repetition of a statement; John 6:47
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. KJV Isa 6:3
3 And they were calling to one another:
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"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;
the whole earth is full of his glory."
NIV
Triple repetition represents the ultimate, the absolute.
The triple 6, or 666 is the symbol of the ultimate secular humanistic mindset and character or mark “charagma” of the beast that bears the image of Satan. This is the prophesied condition of the majority end-time population of the world from God’s perspective. There will be only two classes; the Godly and the ungodly, the good and the evil. The terms: Mark, Name, Number, are identical. The ungodly have the name of the beast on their foreheads or right hand. The godly have the name of the Father and the Lamb on their foreheads.
Please see the section on mark and name.
25. Armageddon: In Hebrew: Har Megiddo is Mount Megiddo.
The Hebrew word for mountain is “Har”.
The Plain of Megiddo was known as a battle ground for slaughter and destruction. But Har Megiddo is a symbolic name for the global “Kingdom of Satan” that is facing here Har Jahweh, the universal “Kingdom of God” that will permanently end the rule of Satan.
Isa 2:2-4
2 In the last days
the mountain of the Lord's [Har Jahweh’s] temple will be established as chief among the mountains; [highest authority]
it will be raised above the hills, [all authority]
and all nations will stream to it.
3 Many peoples will come and say,
"Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, [Har Jahweh] to the house of the God of Jacob. [God’s spiritual temple, His presence] He will teach us his ways,
so that we may walk in his paths."
The law will go out from Zion, [Mount Zion is the temple mount]
Triple repetition represents the ultimate, the absolute.
The triple 6, or 666 is the symbol of the ultimate secular humanistic mindset and character or mark “charagma” of the beast that bears the image of Satan. This is the prophesied condition of the majority end-time population of the world from God’s perspective. There will be only two classes; the Godly and the ungodly, the good and the evil. The terms: Mark, Name, Number, are identical. The ungodly have the name of the beast on their foreheads or right hand. The godly have the name of the Father and the Lamb on their foreheads.
Please see the section on mark and name.
25. Armageddon: In Hebrew: Har Megiddo is Mount Megiddo.
The Hebrew word for mountain is “Har”.
The Plain of Megiddo was known as a battle ground for slaughter and destruction. But Har Megiddo is a symbolic name for the global “Kingdom of Satan” that is facing here Har Jahweh, the universal “Kingdom of God” that will permanently end the rule of Satan.
Isa 2:2-4
2 In the last days
the mountain of the Lord's [Har Jahweh’s] temple will be established as chief among the mountains; [highest authority]
it will be raised above the hills, [all authority]
and all nations will stream to it.
3 Many peoples will come and say,
"Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, [Har Jahweh] to the house of the God of Jacob. [God’s spiritual temple, His presence] He will teach us his ways,
so that we may walk in his paths."
The law will go out from Zion, [Mount Zion is the temple mount]
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the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 He will judge between the nations
and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.
Heb 12:22-24
22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the gathering of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
Dan 2:44-45,34,35.
44 "In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. 45 This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands — a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.
34 While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were broken to pieces at the same time and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth.
Zech 8:3
3 This is what the Lord says: "I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain."
Please see #7 Mountain.
4 He will judge between the nations
and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.
Heb 12:22-24
22 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to the gathering of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all men, to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, 24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
Dan 2:44-45,34,35.
44 "In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. 45 This is the meaning of the vision of the rock cut out of a mountain, but not by human hands — a rock that broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold to pieces.
34 While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were broken to pieces at the same time and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth.
Zech 8:3
3 This is what the Lord says: "I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain."
Please see #7 Mountain.
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24. Prophetic time scale: 1 day=1year.
The prophetic Time of 3 1⁄2 times, 42 month, 1260 days.
These are the 7 passages in Bible Prophecy that deal with this time period:
Dan 7:25
25 He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, Shall persecute the saints of the Most High,
And shall intend to change times and law.
Then the saints shall be given into his hand
For a time and times and half a time.
Dan 12:7
7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever, that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; and when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished.
Rev 12:14
14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. Ezek 4:6
"After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the house of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year.
Rev 12:6
6 The woman fled into the desert to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.
Rev 11:2
2 But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months.
Rev 11:3
3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth."
The prophetic Time of 3 1⁄2 times, 42 month, 1260 days.
These are the 7 passages in Bible Prophecy that deal with this time period:
Dan 7:25
25 He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, Shall persecute the saints of the Most High,
And shall intend to change times and law.
Then the saints shall be given into his hand
For a time and times and half a time.
Dan 12:7
7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever, that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; and when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished.
Rev 12:14
14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. Ezek 4:6
"After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the house of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year.
Rev 12:6
6 The woman fled into the desert to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.
Rev 11:2
2 But exclude the outer court; do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles. They will trample on the holy city for 42 months.
Rev 11:3
3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth."
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Rev 13:5
5 The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to
exercise his authority for forty-two months.
42 lunar month equal 1260 days or 3 1⁄2 years
.
All seven verses deal with the same prophetic subject and also use the expressions of time interchangeable.
Compare Rev. 12: 6 with Rev. 12: 14. The persecuted woman flees into the wilderness, where she is nourished by God. Rev. 12:6 uses the expression “ 1260 “days, while verse 14 uses “a time, times and a halve a time” for the same event. This is the time in history granted to this persecuting power to outlaw and physically overcome the saints. Rev. 13: 7.
He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.
Does the 1260 day time period deal with literal or prophetic time?
The books of Daniel and Revelation are prophetic books, full of symbolic language. Only the bible can give us the true explanation of its symbolism.
Is one day of prophetic time equal to one year?
We find biblical support for such interpretation in
Ezekiel 4: 5,6.
5 I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390
days you will bear the sin of the house of Israel.
6 "After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the house of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year.
Also Christ used such symbolic language in his communication with King Herod: Luke 13:32-33
32 And He said to them, "Go, tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform
cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.' 33 Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.
5 The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to
exercise his authority for forty-two months.
42 lunar month equal 1260 days or 3 1⁄2 years
.
All seven verses deal with the same prophetic subject and also use the expressions of time interchangeable.
Compare Rev. 12: 6 with Rev. 12: 14. The persecuted woman flees into the wilderness, where she is nourished by God. Rev. 12:6 uses the expression “ 1260 “days, while verse 14 uses “a time, times and a halve a time” for the same event. This is the time in history granted to this persecuting power to outlaw and physically overcome the saints. Rev. 13: 7.
He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.
Does the 1260 day time period deal with literal or prophetic time?
The books of Daniel and Revelation are prophetic books, full of symbolic language. Only the bible can give us the true explanation of its symbolism.
Is one day of prophetic time equal to one year?
We find biblical support for such interpretation in
Ezekiel 4: 5,6.
5 I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390
days you will bear the sin of the house of Israel.
6 "After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the house of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year.
Also Christ used such symbolic language in his communication with King Herod: Luke 13:32-33
32 And He said to them, "Go, tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform
cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.' 33 Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.
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Jesus had completed His first year of His Messianic ministry when He sent this
communication to Herod.” Today, tomorrow, and the third day,” refer to the
remaining 2 1⁄2 years of His ministry.
Herod, being familiar with the prophecies of Daniel 9:24-27 understood that the messiah would finish
His work in the middle of the symbolic week or 3 1⁄2 years.
We also find in Numbers 14. 34 the use of the day for year principle;
For forty years--one year for each of the forty days you explored the land--you
will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.' Many bible commentators agree with this interpretation:
“A thousand two hundred and threescore days] That is, regarding these as prophetic days, in which a day denotes a year, twelve hundred and sixty years. The same period evidently is referred to in Rev 12:14, in the words "for a time, and times, and half a time." And the same period is undoubtedly referred to in Dan.7:23-27”
“The same remark may made as to the symbolic application of the language-taking it for a much longer period than literally three years and a half; that is, regarding each day as standing for a year, and thus considering it as denoting twelve hundred and sixty years. This could not be shown to be a violation of prophetic usage, or to be forbidden by the nature of prophetic language, because nothing is more common than symbols, and because there are actual instances in which such an interpretation must be understood. Thus in Ezek 4:6, where the prophet was commanded to lie upon his right side forty days, it is expressly said that it was symbolic or emblematic: "I have appointed thee each day for a year." No one can doubt that it would be strictly consistent with prophetic usage to suppose that the time here might be symbolic, and that a longer time might be referred to than the literal interpretation would require.”
Dan 7:23-27
Designations of time like this, or of this same period, occur several times in the prophecies (Daniel and Revelation), and on their meaning much depends in regard to the interpretation of the prophecies pertaining to the future. This period of three years and a half equals forty-two months, or twelve hundred and sixty days-the periods mentioned in Rev 11:2; 12:6, and on which so much depends in the interpretation of that book. The only question of importance in regard to the period of time here designated is, whether this is to be taken literally to denote
Herod, being familiar with the prophecies of Daniel 9:24-27 understood that the messiah would finish
His work in the middle of the symbolic week or 3 1⁄2 years.
We also find in Numbers 14. 34 the use of the day for year principle;
For forty years--one year for each of the forty days you explored the land--you
will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.' Many bible commentators agree with this interpretation:
“A thousand two hundred and threescore days] That is, regarding these as prophetic days, in which a day denotes a year, twelve hundred and sixty years. The same period evidently is referred to in Rev 12:14, in the words "for a time, and times, and half a time." And the same period is undoubtedly referred to in Dan.7:23-27”
“The same remark may made as to the symbolic application of the language-taking it for a much longer period than literally three years and a half; that is, regarding each day as standing for a year, and thus considering it as denoting twelve hundred and sixty years. This could not be shown to be a violation of prophetic usage, or to be forbidden by the nature of prophetic language, because nothing is more common than symbols, and because there are actual instances in which such an interpretation must be understood. Thus in Ezek 4:6, where the prophet was commanded to lie upon his right side forty days, it is expressly said that it was symbolic or emblematic: "I have appointed thee each day for a year." No one can doubt that it would be strictly consistent with prophetic usage to suppose that the time here might be symbolic, and that a longer time might be referred to than the literal interpretation would require.”
Dan 7:23-27
Designations of time like this, or of this same period, occur several times in the prophecies (Daniel and Revelation), and on their meaning much depends in regard to the interpretation of the prophecies pertaining to the future. This period of three years and a half equals forty-two months, or twelve hundred and sixty days-the periods mentioned in Rev 11:2; 12:6, and on which so much depends in the interpretation of that book. The only question of importance in regard to the period of time here designated is, whether this is to be taken literally to denote
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three years and a half, or whether a symbolic method is to be adopted, by
making each one of the days represent a year, thus making the time referred
to, in fact, twelve hundred and sixty years.”
(from Barnes' Notes, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 1997 by Biblesoft)
Rv 12:14
[For a time, and times, and half a time] A year, two years, and half a year; that is, forty-two months (see the notes on Rv 11:2); or, reckoning the month at thirty days, twelve hundred and sixty days; and regarding these as prophetic days, in which a day stands for a year, twelve hundred and sixty years.
For the evidence, also, that the time thus specified refers to the papacy, and to the period of its continuance
(from Barnes' Notes, Electronic Database Copyright © 1997, 2003 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
Rv 11:2
(6) The time during which this was to continue - "forty-two months"; that is, according to the explanation above given, twelve hundred and sixty years. This would embrace the whole period of the ascendency and prevalence of the papacy, or the whole time of the continuance of that corrupt domination in which Christendom was to be trodden down and corrupted by it. The prophet of Patmos saw it in vision thus extending its dreary and corrupting reign, and during that time the proper influence of Christianity was trampled down, and the domination of practical paganism was set up where the church should have reigned in its purity. Thus regarded, this would properly express the time of the ascendency of the papal power, and the end of the "forty-two months," or twelve hundred and sixty years, would denote the time when the influence of that power would cease. If, therefore, the time of the rise of the papacy can be determined, it will not be difficult to determine the time when it will come to an end.
(from Barnes' Notes, Electronic Database Copyright © 1997, 2003 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
Rv 12:14
The Apocalypse being highly symbolical, it is reasonable to expect that its periods of time will also be represented symbolically, that the prophecy may be homogeneous in all its parts. The Holy Spirit, when speaking of years symbolically, has invariably represented them by days, commanding, e. gr., the Prophet Ezekiel to lie upon his left side three hundred and ninety days, that it might be a sign or symbol of the house of Israel bearing their iniquity as many years; and forty days upon his right side, to represent to the house of Judah in a
(from Barnes' Notes, Electronic Database. Copyright (c) 1997 by Biblesoft)
Rv 12:14
[For a time, and times, and half a time] A year, two years, and half a year; that is, forty-two months (see the notes on Rv 11:2); or, reckoning the month at thirty days, twelve hundred and sixty days; and regarding these as prophetic days, in which a day stands for a year, twelve hundred and sixty years.
For the evidence, also, that the time thus specified refers to the papacy, and to the period of its continuance
(from Barnes' Notes, Electronic Database Copyright © 1997, 2003 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
Rv 11:2
(6) The time during which this was to continue - "forty-two months"; that is, according to the explanation above given, twelve hundred and sixty years. This would embrace the whole period of the ascendency and prevalence of the papacy, or the whole time of the continuance of that corrupt domination in which Christendom was to be trodden down and corrupted by it. The prophet of Patmos saw it in vision thus extending its dreary and corrupting reign, and during that time the proper influence of Christianity was trampled down, and the domination of practical paganism was set up where the church should have reigned in its purity. Thus regarded, this would properly express the time of the ascendency of the papal power, and the end of the "forty-two months," or twelve hundred and sixty years, would denote the time when the influence of that power would cease. If, therefore, the time of the rise of the papacy can be determined, it will not be difficult to determine the time when it will come to an end.
(from Barnes' Notes, Electronic Database Copyright © 1997, 2003 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
Rv 12:14
The Apocalypse being highly symbolical, it is reasonable to expect that its periods of time will also be represented symbolically, that the prophecy may be homogeneous in all its parts. The Holy Spirit, when speaking of years symbolically, has invariably represented them by days, commanding, e. gr., the Prophet Ezekiel to lie upon his left side three hundred and ninety days, that it might be a sign or symbol of the house of Israel bearing their iniquity as many years; and forty days upon his right side, to represent to the house of Judah in a
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symbolical manner, that they should bear their iniquity forty years. The one
thousand two hundred and threescore days, therefore, that the woman is fed
in the wilderness, must be understood symbolically, and consequently denote
as many natural years. The wilderness into which the woman flies is the Greek
and Latin worlds, for site is conveyed into her place by means of the two wings of
the great eagle.
(from Adam Clarke's Commentary, Electronic Database. Copyright © 1996, 2003 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
The beginning and the end of the prophetic time:
Da 7:7-8
7 "After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
8 I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words.
Da 7:19-21
19 "Then I wished to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its nails of bronze, which devoured, broke in pieces, and trampled the residue with its feet; 20 and the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, before which three fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth which spoke pompous words, whose appearance was greater than his fellows.
21 "I was watching; and the same horn was making war against the saints, and prevailing against them,
Dan 7:23-25
23 "Thus he said: 'The fourth beast shall be A fourth kingdom on earth, Which shall be different from all other kingdoms, And shall devour the whole earth, Trample it and break it in pieces.
24 The ten horns are ten kings Who shall arise from this kingdom. And another shall rise after them; He shall be different from the first ones, And shall subdue three kings.
(from Adam Clarke's Commentary, Electronic Database. Copyright © 1996, 2003 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
The beginning and the end of the prophetic time:
Da 7:7-8
7 "After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
8 I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, a little one, coming up among them, before whom three of the first horns were plucked out by the roots. And there, in this horn, were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking pompous words.
Da 7:19-21
19 "Then I wished to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its nails of bronze, which devoured, broke in pieces, and trampled the residue with its feet; 20 and the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, before which three fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth which spoke pompous words, whose appearance was greater than his fellows.
21 "I was watching; and the same horn was making war against the saints, and prevailing against them,
Dan 7:23-25
23 "Thus he said: 'The fourth beast shall be A fourth kingdom on earth, Which shall be different from all other kingdoms, And shall devour the whole earth, Trample it and break it in pieces.
24 The ten horns are ten kings Who shall arise from this kingdom. And another shall rise after them; He shall be different from the first ones, And shall subdue three kings.
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25 He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, Shall persecute the
saints of the Most High, And shall intend to change times and law. Then the
saints shall be given into his hand For a time and times and half a time.
This is the period of papal supremacy in Europe in which the law of God was changed, and according to various historians, Christians, who did not submit to the Roman Catholic authority, were outlawed persecuted and exterminated.
The date of Christ’s arrival foretold.
In 539 BC, the prophet Daniel received in a vision specific information about the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, and the time allotted for Israel as God’s chosen people.
This is another prophecy, were this Time Scale is applied.
The time scale of this prophecy is symbolic: “one day equals one year”. Dan 9:24-27
24 "Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.
25 "Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; the street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times.
26 "And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, and till the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week. But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on the desolate."
NKJV
70 weeks x 7 = 490 days, symbolic scale 490 years.
69 weeks x 7 = 483 days “ 483 years – arrival of the Messiah
62 weeks x 7 = 434 days “ 434 years.
This is the period of papal supremacy in Europe in which the law of God was changed, and according to various historians, Christians, who did not submit to the Roman Catholic authority, were outlawed persecuted and exterminated.
The date of Christ’s arrival foretold.
In 539 BC, the prophet Daniel received in a vision specific information about the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, and the time allotted for Israel as God’s chosen people.
This is another prophecy, were this Time Scale is applied.
The time scale of this prophecy is symbolic: “one day equals one year”. Dan 9:24-27
24 "Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.
25 "Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; the street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times.
26 "And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, and till the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week. But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on the desolate."
NKJV
70 weeks x 7 = 490 days, symbolic scale 490 years.
69 weeks x 7 = 483 days “ 483 years – arrival of the Messiah
62 weeks x 7 = 434 days “ 434 years.
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7 weeks x 7 =
49 days
7 days
3 1⁄2 days
3 1⁄2 days
“ 49 years.
_________7_year_______
490 years
“middle of the week” 3 1⁄2 years
490 years
“middle of the week” 3 1⁄2 years
1 week
Total:
1⁄2 week
1⁄2 week
x 7 =
What is the beginning date for this prophecy?
The command to restore and build Jerusalem was given by emperor Artaxerxes Longimanus in 457 BC.
Ezra 7:11-26
11 This is a copy of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and teacher, a man learned in matters concerning the commands and decrees of the Lord for Israel:
12 “Artaxerxes, king of kings,
To Ezra the priest, a teacher of the Law of the God of heaven:
Greetings.
13 Now I decree that any of the Israelites in my kingdom, including priests and Levites, who wish to go to Jerusalem with you, may go. 14 You are sent by the king and his seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem with regard to the Law of your God, which is in your hand. 15 Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his advisers have freely given to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem, 16 together with all the silver and gold you may obtain from the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests for the temple of their God in Jerusalem. 17 With this money be sure to buy bulls, rams and male lambs, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and sacrifice them on the altar of the temple of your God in Jerusalem. 18 You and your brother Jews may then do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, in accordance with the will of your God. 19 Deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles entrusted to you for worship in the temple of your God. 20 And anything else needed for the temple of your God that you may have occasion to supply, you may provide from the royal treasury. 21 Now I, King Artaxerxes, order all the treasurers of Trans-Euphrates to provide with diligence whatever Ezra the priest, a teacher of the Law of the God of heaven, may ask of you— 22 up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt without limit. 23 Whatever the God of heaven has prescribed, let it be done with diligence for the temple of the God of heaven. Why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and of his sons? 24 You are also to know that you have no authority to impose
The command to restore and build Jerusalem was given by emperor Artaxerxes Longimanus in 457 BC.
Ezra 7:11-26
11 This is a copy of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and teacher, a man learned in matters concerning the commands and decrees of the Lord for Israel:
12 “Artaxerxes, king of kings,
To Ezra the priest, a teacher of the Law of the God of heaven:
Greetings.
13 Now I decree that any of the Israelites in my kingdom, including priests and Levites, who wish to go to Jerusalem with you, may go. 14 You are sent by the king and his seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem with regard to the Law of your God, which is in your hand. 15 Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his advisers have freely given to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem, 16 together with all the silver and gold you may obtain from the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests for the temple of their God in Jerusalem. 17 With this money be sure to buy bulls, rams and male lambs, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and sacrifice them on the altar of the temple of your God in Jerusalem. 18 You and your brother Jews may then do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, in accordance with the will of your God. 19 Deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles entrusted to you for worship in the temple of your God. 20 And anything else needed for the temple of your God that you may have occasion to supply, you may provide from the royal treasury. 21 Now I, King Artaxerxes, order all the treasurers of Trans-Euphrates to provide with diligence whatever Ezra the priest, a teacher of the Law of the God of heaven, may ask of you— 22 up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt without limit. 23 Whatever the God of heaven has prescribed, let it be done with diligence for the temple of the God of heaven. Why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and of his sons? 24 You are also to know that you have no authority to impose
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taxes, tribute or duty on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple
servants or other workers at this house of God. 25 And you, Ezra, in accordance
with the wisdom of your God, which you possess, appoint magistrates and judges
to administer justice to all the people of Trans-Euphrates — all who know the laws
of your God. And you are to teach any who do not know them. 26 Whoever does
not obey the law of your God and the law of the king must surely be punished by
death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment”.
The time for the rebuilding Jerusalem, the Sanctuary and the restauration of the Nation Israel was 7 weeks = 49 days of years that ended in 408 BC.
“The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times.
Time for the Messiah, Jesus Christ to arrive:
“until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;”
After the 7 plus 62 weeks = 69 weeks = 483 days of years, The Messiah arrived to begin His Ministry. Decree of Artaxerxes: 457 BC minus 483 years = 26 AD.
Luke 3:21-22
21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened 22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased."
Jesus was anointed as Savior, High Priest and King.
Mark 1:14-15
14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."
The prophesied time of His coming was fulfilled. The Messiah established His Spiritual Kingdom in all who believed in Him.
Luke 3:23
23 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry.
Yes, in 26 AD, Christ was 30 years old. He was born in the year 4 BC prior to the death of Herod the Great.
The time for the rebuilding Jerusalem, the Sanctuary and the restauration of the Nation Israel was 7 weeks = 49 days of years that ended in 408 BC.
“The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times.
Time for the Messiah, Jesus Christ to arrive:
“until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;”
After the 7 plus 62 weeks = 69 weeks = 483 days of years, The Messiah arrived to begin His Ministry. Decree of Artaxerxes: 457 BC minus 483 years = 26 AD.
Luke 3:21-22
21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened 22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased."
Jesus was anointed as Savior, High Priest and King.
Mark 1:14-15
14 Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15 and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."
The prophesied time of His coming was fulfilled. The Messiah established His Spiritual Kingdom in all who believed in Him.
Luke 3:23
23 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry.
Yes, in 26 AD, Christ was 30 years old. He was born in the year 4 BC prior to the death of Herod the Great.
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Kepler noted that Christ was born during the reign of King Herod the
Great (2:1–18), whose death he placed in 4 BC. According to Josephus,
Herod died in the year 4 or 3 BC.[19][20]
Most scholarship concerning the date of Herod's death follows Emil
Schürer's calculations, which revised a traditional death date of 1 BCE to 4
BCE.[65][1][3][66][67] Wikipedia
The middle of the week:
“there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;” = 69 weeks “after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah shall be cut off,”
7 x 7 = 49 day- years
62 x 7 = 434 day- years
62 + 7 = 69 x 7 = 483 day-years; 457 BC minus 483 years = 26 AD
1 week = 7 day-years
1⁄2 week = 31⁄2 day-years
“Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week. But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering”.
“To finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy [One].” [See God’s Word translation]
During the 31⁄2 years of His Ministry, Christ had established the New Covenant and the Kingdom of God in all who received and believed in Him. In His crucifixion death, He was the “Lamb of God”, the atoning sacrifice, that brought salvation and gave eternal life to every believing repenting sinner, with citizenship in God’s Kingdom. He ended the old covenant with the entire sacrificial system, and the Levitical Priesthood and all the laws pertaining to it.
What took place at the end of the 70 weeks:
70 weeks x 7 = 490 day-years; 457 BC minus 490 years = 33 AD. "Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city,” In 33 AD, the Gospel was brought to the Gentiles and the whole World.
“The people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, and till the end of the war desolations are determined.”
Israel’s time of being God’s chosen people had come to its end. Its leaders had rejected His final offer through His Son. They killed in Christ their Way, their Truth and their Life, asking pagan Rome to be their executioner and testifying: “We have no king but Caesar”.
“there shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks;” = 69 weeks “after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah shall be cut off,”
7 x 7 = 49 day- years
62 x 7 = 434 day- years
62 + 7 = 69 x 7 = 483 day-years; 457 BC minus 483 years = 26 AD
1 week = 7 day-years
1⁄2 week = 31⁄2 day-years
“Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week. But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering”.
“To finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy [One].” [See God’s Word translation]
During the 31⁄2 years of His Ministry, Christ had established the New Covenant and the Kingdom of God in all who received and believed in Him. In His crucifixion death, He was the “Lamb of God”, the atoning sacrifice, that brought salvation and gave eternal life to every believing repenting sinner, with citizenship in God’s Kingdom. He ended the old covenant with the entire sacrificial system, and the Levitical Priesthood and all the laws pertaining to it.
What took place at the end of the 70 weeks:
70 weeks x 7 = 490 day-years; 457 BC minus 490 years = 33 AD. "Seventy weeks are determined for your people and for your holy city,” In 33 AD, the Gospel was brought to the Gentiles and the whole World.
“The people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, and till the end of the war desolations are determined.”
Israel’s time of being God’s chosen people had come to its end. Its leaders had rejected His final offer through His Son. They killed in Christ their Way, their Truth and their Life, asking pagan Rome to be their executioner and testifying: “We have no king but Caesar”.
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Matt 23:37-39
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,
how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.
In 70 AD, The Roman army destroyed Jerusalem and the temple.
With great precision, God revealed His plans to His children, even giving them the sign when to leave Jerusalem before its destruction.
Matt 24:15-17,20
15 "So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel — let the reader understand— 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
20 Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,
how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing. 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.
In 70 AD, The Roman army destroyed Jerusalem and the temple.
With great precision, God revealed His plans to His children, even giving them the sign when to leave Jerusalem before its destruction.
Matt 24:15-17,20
15 "So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel — let the reader understand— 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
20 Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath.
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