Correlation OF Revelation 13 + 17 Figures, Symbols, Types & Parallels!
What will be the Final Prophetic Event Result of Mid-East Arab Spring?
End time rise of the last King of the 8 lines of Revelation 17:11 Kings
Part 8 was Put Up On Our Archive BLOG Issued On January 8, 2013.
Part 9
2 Revelation Beasts – 7 Heads, 1 of them wounded to death then Healed – 1 Resurrected Caliphate, 10 Horns plus 1 Ruling over Them – 10 Crowns – 1 Dragon, 1 Scarlet Woman, 1 Dragon, and the 8th King as the last line of Kings that have afflicted Israel, beginning with the first line of Egyptian Kings from which God delivered Israel from bondage.
January 11, 2013
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We concluded the exposition of Revelation 13 down through verse 15 in Part 8.
Part 9
Please read Part 8 before reading this update! We concluded Part 8 with an exposition of Revelation 13:15. We will begin now with the exposition of Revelation 13:16.
Revelation 13:16 – And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
THE WORD FOR ‘SEAL’ IN THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURES MEANS THE SAME THING
Revelation 6:1 – And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
MARK OF THE BEAST IS SEALING OF THE MIND THAT USES THE HAND TO LABOR!
Revelation 7:2-4 – And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, [3] Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. [4] And I heard the number of them which were sealed and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Revelation 9:3-6 – And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. [4] And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. [5] And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. [6] And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
The N.T. expressions, the heart, the mind, the soul, the inner man, etc, are at times used to mean the same thing, that part of a believer which is sealed by the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption. I believe the “mark of the beast” cannot be put on those whose minds were sealed at the instant of their salvation, when they believed the word of truth.
Ephesians 1:12-14 – That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. [13] In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, [14] Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
Romans 7:22 to 8:4 – For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: [23] But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. [24] O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? [25] I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. [1] There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. [2] For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
I Corinthians 2:16 – For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. Philippians 2:5 – Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Job 37:7 – He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. (For we are his workmanship in Christ Jesus unto good works)
MARK OF THE BEAST IS SEALING OF THE MIND THAT USES THE HAND TO LABOR!
In my worldwide assignments by AWS and NSA, as a believer that the Bible is God’s inspired word, I was naturally interested in how much the Muslims and Catholics of Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia knew about what it teaches. I was also interested in what they did believe, and how they came to believe it. Quite frankly, as I talked to the man-in-the-street personages in these areas, I was stunned to discover they know almost nothing about what it teaches. The Muslims can tell you a great deal about what the Koran teaches, and the Catholics can tell you many of the things they have been taught by their parish priest, but they have, in the vast majority of cases, never peered inside either the Old or the New Testaments. Most of them have never heard of the famous mark of the beast, let alone knowing what it is, or where it is to be placed.
The opposite is the case in the post-Columbus New World. In the United States most lost people know about the mark of the beast, and they know it is found in the Bible. Among these most know it is to be placed on the right hand or the forehead. Even atheists and agnostics know about the mark, even though they do not believe it will occur. On several occasions I have seen large banners draping down from the lower railings of U.S. athletic stadiums with 666 on them. The Catholic priests know about the mark, but they do not teach their members. Some of the Islamic clerics know about it, but they do not tell the sons of Allah. It would be child’s play to get the “religious” non-readers of the Bible, and all those in the Islamic world, to accept the mark of the man they believed had been resurrected from the dead. But it would be extremely difficult to get those in most of the post-Columbus New World to take such a mark on their forehead or right hand.
When John wrote the book of Revelation, the “known” world extended across all of the Roman Empire and, to a certain extent, around its large periphery. It included all of Europe, Eurasia, North Africa, the Middle East as far east as western China, and parts of modern Russia. It is in these areas that I believe the mark of the beast would be received with a minimum of difficulty, and the killing of those who refused to accept it would pose no difficulty with the general population. Another reason I believe it would be quickly accepted is this: This area is where I believe the bloodshed, famine, and pestilence associated with the antichrist will occur during the tribulation period. This area makes up approximately one-fourth of the known world today, and survival will be the factor that causes its occupants to take the mark.
Revelation 6:2-8 – And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. [3] And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. [4] And there went out another horse that was RED: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a GREAT SWORD. [5] And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a BLACK horse; and he that sat on him had A PAIR OF BALANCES in his hand. [6] And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. [7] And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. [8] And I looked, and behold a PALE horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over THE FOURTH PART OF THE EARTH, to kill with SWORD, and with HUNGER, and with DEATH, and with the beasts of the earth.
The “RED” of the second rider is the blood shed by the antichrist’s war of conquest by the SWORD. The “BLACK” is the color that appears around the eyes of those who are starving from hunger because they have no money to obtain food because of the high price in the PAIR OF THE BALANCES, and PALE is the color of those whose DEATH was caused by PESTILENCE. The area covering THE FOURTH PART OF THE EARTH will be that outlined previously in this update.
Some expositors have boldly stated that THE FOURTH PART OF THE EARTH means “a fourth part of the world’s population,” but that is not the case. Why not? The word “GES” is used for “EARTH.” Nowhere in the Bible has this word ever been used to refer to population, nor do any of the old lexicons state it could have that meaning.
Lord willing, in Part 10, I will deal with the “beasts of the earth” that close Revelation 6:8, and then proceed on to verse 17 in Revelation 13.