This is by far my favorite prophesy...
Even though the book of Daniel carries all the details, and chapter 11 of Daniel is completely amazing, its this prophesy in Revelation chapters 13&17 that takes the cake for me. Not only is its accuracy is downright spooky, the information slams the door shut on who it is that is the power behind the scenes of past, and current world events.
Chapters 13&17 in Revelation are completely the same. In 13, John has his vision; and chapter 17 is the interpretation of this vision from an Angel. Which is exactly the same experience Daniel had with the Angel Gabriel. Daniel would see the vision, and then Gabriel was sent to Daniel to interpret it for him. And seeing how both Daniel and John are speaking of the same topic, it is only fitting the same thing happens to John…
Chapters 13&17 in Revelation are completely the same. In 13, John has his vision; and chapter 17 is the interpretation of this vision from an Angel. Which is exactly the same experience Daniel had with the Angel Gabriel. Daniel would see the vision, and then Gabriel was sent to Daniel to interpret it for him. And seeing how both Daniel and John are speaking of the same topic, it is only fitting the same thing happens to John…
Revelation chapter 13...
1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. 2 Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.
Revelation 13
If you’ve read the studies on the book of Daniel, than you’ll have already realized we’ve seen this beast before.
In the first vision Daniel has of his own, he sees four beasts, with each one of them representing a future kingdom of the world. The 1st beast is a lion with eagles wings; which is Babylon. The 2nd is a bear that is raised up on one side, and has 3 ribs in his mouth; which is Medo Persia. The 3rd beast is a four headed leopard with four wings: which is Greece. And the 4th is a dreadful terrible beast with no animal symbolism given to it; which is Rome.
Look at the beast here in the book of Revelation, it carries with it the animal symbolism of all of the beasts in the book of Daniel. The lion, the leopard, and the bear. But the 4th beast in Daniels vision had no animal symbolism attached to it…why?
Because when this 4th beast reached its maturity, it will incorporate all 3 beasts in to one.
The animal symbolism refers to philosophy. The Babylonians believed in a polytheistic religion, a belief in more than one god. When the Medo Persians took over, the religion had changed into a monotheistic religion, Zoroastrianism. Then, the Greeks stepped in with Greek mythology, and finally the Romans adapted the Greek religion with a few changes. The final beast will incorporate all religions into one. The lion of Babylon. The bear of Medo Persia, and the leopard of the Greeks and the Romans. Which is what we are seeing here in the book of Revelation. Because it is not just the Roman empire that is the 4th beast, but something that comes out of the Roman empire.
What John is seeing, is Daniels 4th beast in its maturity.
3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. 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?”
5 And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months. 6 Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 7 It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Revelation 13
Now, this is Johns vision; and what we are going to do now, is switch over to Revelation chapter 17, and listen to its interpretation. There are many details in chapter 17 that will help us easily identify what John has seen right here…
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, 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.” Revelation 17
At the end of all prophesy, there is a wedding. It is between the Lamb, which is the Messiah, and his bride, which is His church. But here the Angel talking about a harlot, which is a false, or fake church. One is the bride, the other is a whore.
The many waters are people, which you will hear the Angel say quite clearly at the end of this chapter.
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.
Oh this is good stuff right here, but we’re going to skip it for right now and come back to it…there is a real good picture I have for you to see while you read this verse again. But for now, lets skip forward and go to where the meat of the interpretation begins. Trust me when I say will be back…
Revelation 13
If you’ve read the studies on the book of Daniel, than you’ll have already realized we’ve seen this beast before.
In the first vision Daniel has of his own, he sees four beasts, with each one of them representing a future kingdom of the world. The 1st beast is a lion with eagles wings; which is Babylon. The 2nd is a bear that is raised up on one side, and has 3 ribs in his mouth; which is Medo Persia. The 3rd beast is a four headed leopard with four wings: which is Greece. And the 4th is a dreadful terrible beast with no animal symbolism given to it; which is Rome.
Look at the beast here in the book of Revelation, it carries with it the animal symbolism of all of the beasts in the book of Daniel. The lion, the leopard, and the bear. But the 4th beast in Daniels vision had no animal symbolism attached to it…why?
Because when this 4th beast reached its maturity, it will incorporate all 3 beasts in to one.
The animal symbolism refers to philosophy. The Babylonians believed in a polytheistic religion, a belief in more than one god. When the Medo Persians took over, the religion had changed into a monotheistic religion, Zoroastrianism. Then, the Greeks stepped in with Greek mythology, and finally the Romans adapted the Greek religion with a few changes. The final beast will incorporate all religions into one. The lion of Babylon. The bear of Medo Persia, and the leopard of the Greeks and the Romans. Which is what we are seeing here in the book of Revelation. Because it is not just the Roman empire that is the 4th beast, but something that comes out of the Roman empire.
What John is seeing, is Daniels 4th beast in its maturity.
3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. 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?”
5 And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months. 6 Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 7 It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Revelation 13
Now, this is Johns vision; and what we are going to do now, is switch over to Revelation chapter 17, and listen to its interpretation. There are many details in chapter 17 that will help us easily identify what John has seen right here…
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, 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.” Revelation 17
At the end of all prophesy, there is a wedding. It is between the Lamb, which is the Messiah, and his bride, which is His church. But here the Angel talking about a harlot, which is a false, or fake church. One is the bride, the other is a whore.
The many waters are people, which you will hear the Angel say quite clearly at the end of this chapter.
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.
Oh this is good stuff right here, but we’re going to skip it for right now and come back to it…there is a real good picture I have for you to see while you read this verse again. But for now, lets skip forward and go to where the meat of the interpretation begins. Trust me when I say will be back…
9 “Here is the mind which has wisdom:
The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. 10 There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. 11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.
Revelation 17
The Angel will now, without any shadow of a doubt…reveal who the false church, or harlot is…
Right off the bat, the Angel is speaking to those of the future that will be searching to understand. He says, “here is the mind that has wisdom”. There are seven mountains on which the woman, or harlot sits.
Is there a church that has its location in the center of seven mountains?
Answer: Yes…Rome is known as the city of seven hills.
The Angel then poses an easy riddle, there are seven kings, five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. Which can mean only one thing…the Angel is talking about the 6th king.
Now watch this…
If Rome is where the harlot sits, than the Roman catholic church has to be she, Yes? So, with that been said, when is it a pope can be considered a king? He would have to be ruler of his own country…yes? Well he is, the Roman catholic church is its own nation, and has been since 1929...
The Lateran treaty
The agreements included a political treaty which created the state of the Vatican City and guaranteed full and independent sovereignty to the Holy See. The Pope was pledged to perpetual neutrality in international relations and to abstention from mediation in a controversy unless specifically requested by all parties. The concordat established Catholicism as the religion of Italy. Wikipedia
In 1929 the Vatican became its own state, will all the rights and privileges of being its own nation. Since that time, we have had 7 popes or, kings. According to the riddle posed by the Angel, John had his vision during the reign of the 6th king. Do you remember what John had seen?
3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. 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?” Revelation 13
Since 1929 we have had 7 popes…
Revelation 17
The Angel will now, without any shadow of a doubt…reveal who the false church, or harlot is…
Right off the bat, the Angel is speaking to those of the future that will be searching to understand. He says, “here is the mind that has wisdom”. There are seven mountains on which the woman, or harlot sits.
Is there a church that has its location in the center of seven mountains?
Answer: Yes…Rome is known as the city of seven hills.
The Angel then poses an easy riddle, there are seven kings, five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. Which can mean only one thing…the Angel is talking about the 6th king.
Now watch this…
If Rome is where the harlot sits, than the Roman catholic church has to be she, Yes? So, with that been said, when is it a pope can be considered a king? He would have to be ruler of his own country…yes? Well he is, the Roman catholic church is its own nation, and has been since 1929...
The Lateran treaty
The agreements included a political treaty which created the state of the Vatican City and guaranteed full and independent sovereignty to the Holy See. The Pope was pledged to perpetual neutrality in international relations and to abstention from mediation in a controversy unless specifically requested by all parties. The concordat established Catholicism as the religion of Italy. Wikipedia
In 1929 the Vatican became its own state, will all the rights and privileges of being its own nation. Since that time, we have had 7 popes or, kings. According to the riddle posed by the Angel, John had his vision during the reign of the 6th king. Do you remember what John had seen?
3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast. 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?” Revelation 13
Since 1929 we have had 7 popes…
So who is the 6th king out of the seven? Remember, 5 have fallen or died, and one is. So, has the 6th king ever been mortally wounded?
Ven. John Paul II
The first attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II took place on Wednesday, May 13, 1981, in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City. The Pope was shot and critically wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca, a trained sniper from Turkey, while he was entering the square. The Pope was struck 4 times, and suffered severe blood loss. The Pope, who lost nearly three-quarters of his blood and thus suffered shock from near-exsanguination, underwent five hours of emergency intestinal surgery — which required transfusions and a temporary colostomy — at the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic. Upon encountering the Pope in Rome's Rebibbia Prison for the first time following the attempt, Ağca asked him how he had survived. Wikipedia
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?” Revelation 13
I has said the same exact thing when I found out pope John Paul was shot…Who is like the pope? Who would want to shoot the pope? Maybe you said the same?
Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. 11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition. Revelation 17
We watched the 6th king get shot, and now the 7th is in office. The prophesy states, “and when he [the 7th] comes, he must continue for a short time.” The current pope is one of the oldest elected popes on record. He was inaugurated in 2005 at the age of 78, he is now 83. According to this prophesy, he wont be around too much longer.
12 “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. 14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.” Revelation 17
The identity of the 10 kings at this point is up for grabs. It could be anyone. Whoever they are, they are 10 of the most wealthy and powerful men on the planet today. Im sure we’ve all heard their names at one point or another. But these 10 men eventually turn on the catholic system and destroy it, and for a good reason. Im under the impression that these men have an extreme change of heart after having witnessed some things they cannot explain coming from simple people who adore their God. [His church]
15 Then he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. 16 And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire. 17 For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. 18 And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.” Revelation 17
As you can see the water refers to the followers of the catholic system, and as I staed, the 10 kings that aligned themselves with the beast at the start have an extreme change of heart to the point of ‘devouring her flesh’ and ‘burning her with fire’ Whatever it is that happens to these men is huge, because at the beginning, it is this system that put them in power to begin with. It takes a lot to get a man to bite the hand that feeds them.
As verse 18 states, the Vatican is the woman, the false church. And at this point, ‘she reigns over the kings of the earth‘, which is very easy to see…
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?” Revelation 13
I has said the same exact thing when I found out pope John Paul was shot…Who is like the pope? Who would want to shoot the pope? Maybe you said the same?
Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. 11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition. Revelation 17
We watched the 6th king get shot, and now the 7th is in office. The prophesy states, “and when he [the 7th] comes, he must continue for a short time.” The current pope is one of the oldest elected popes on record. He was inaugurated in 2005 at the age of 78, he is now 83. According to this prophesy, he wont be around too much longer.
12 “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. 14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.” Revelation 17
The identity of the 10 kings at this point is up for grabs. It could be anyone. Whoever they are, they are 10 of the most wealthy and powerful men on the planet today. Im sure we’ve all heard their names at one point or another. But these 10 men eventually turn on the catholic system and destroy it, and for a good reason. Im under the impression that these men have an extreme change of heart after having witnessed some things they cannot explain coming from simple people who adore their God. [His church]
15 Then he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. 16 And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire. 17 For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. 18 And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.” Revelation 17
As you can see the water refers to the followers of the catholic system, and as I staed, the 10 kings that aligned themselves with the beast at the start have an extreme change of heart to the point of ‘devouring her flesh’ and ‘burning her with fire’ Whatever it is that happens to these men is huge, because at the beginning, it is this system that put them in power to begin with. It takes a lot to get a man to bite the hand that feeds them.
As verse 18 states, the Vatican is the woman, the false church. And at this point, ‘she reigns over the kings of the earth‘, which is very easy to see…
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. Revelation 17
Remember this? I told you Id be back here…watch this.
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. Revelation 17
Remember this? I told you Id be back here…watch this.
Now check this out, look at this picture and read its caption...
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.
Revelation 17
The scarlet and purple, the gold, the precious stones and pearls are everywhere...
And Lets not forget the golden cup...
How much more can I say people? It's right here for you to see if you'll just open up your eyes and look. The entire book of Daniel points its finger at Rome, and all of the book of Revelation points its finger at Rome, but the Christians and they're teachers? They invite Rome into their churches, and they're teachers say nothing to warn the people of what's coming or what they're book actually says. Not one word.
Wake up people, they are almost ready to begin...and you have been sleeping.
Wake up people, they are almost ready to begin...and you have been sleeping.