Both I and scripture said the FP is the second beast not the first beast.
That is simply not so...
The False Prophet was the "
head" of
BOTH the First Beast and Second Beast.
First... Remember, we are talking about the 7-Headed "Beast".
It is very important for you to understand that the Bible often calls the
"head" of the Beast by the NAME "Beast" (since he is the "head") however the
Bible also calls the FOLLOWERS (or kingdom) of the "head" by the NAME "Beast"
because they are the "Kingdom" of that "head". This can be confusing unless
(a) you realize this reality and (b) you are careful to discern the context of
the passages using the term "Beast"... is it talking about the MAN who is
the "head"... or is it talking about the FOLLOWERS of that MAN?
Rev_16:13
And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the
dragon,
[Satan]
and out of the mouth of
the beast,
[followers of the False Prophet] and out of the mouth
of
the false prophet.
[head of the Beast]
You claim that YOU and SCRIPTURE say the FP is (only) the Second Beast...
but the
CONTEXT above shows you are mistaken... since the context is during
the 2nd Woe or Sixth Trumpet or Second Revelation Beast and the passage clearly
identifies
the FP and Beast are different entities. You are simply shown to be wrong
by Scripture.
Rev 16:12 And
the sixth angel poured out his vial
upon the great river Euphrates;
and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
Rev 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,
and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Notice this is the SAME EVENT as the passage below:
Rev 9:12
One woe is past; and, behold,
there come two woes more hereafter.
Rev 9:13
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of
the golden altar which is before God, Rev 9:14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the
trumpet,
Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
Rev 9:15 And the four angels were loosed,
which were prepared for an hour,
and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
BTW... the phrase "
prepared for an hour and a day and a month and a year
to slay the third part of men" represents the "
killing" of the Great Tribulation Saints
or the "
wise virgins" of the Great Tribulation "
Kingdom of Heaven". These saints were
"
killed" because their prophecy was proven false on a specific year/month/day/hour.
And this all relates to the following:
Rev 11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually
is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.Rev 11:9 And they of
the people and kindreds and tongues and nations
shall see their dead bodies three
days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.Rev 11:10
And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall
send gifts one to another;
because these two prophets tormented them that
dwelt on the earth.
The passage above is talking about the Two Witnesses of Rev 11 which are also shown
as the "
Locusts" of Rev 9 who "
tormented" those in the church during the
First Beast.
It is the First Beast that is "
killed" on a specific year/month/day/hour. At the END
of the 1st Woe and beginning of the 2nd Woe:
Rev 9:12
One woe is past; and, behold,
there come two woes more hereafter.
Rev 9:13
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns
of the golden altar which is before God, Rev 9:14 Saying to the sixth angel which
had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
Rev 9:14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet,
Loose the four angels
which are bound in the great river Euphrates. Rev 9:15 And the four angels were
loosed,
which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year,
for to slay the third part of men.
Moreover, we are told IN SCRIPTURE that the Second Beast (
eighth head) was the
SAME PERSON as the First Beat (
seventh head). The First Beast (
seventh head)
was "
killed" at the
END of the 1st Woe/Fifth Trumpet by an apparently fatal "
head"
wound. However he arose at the
START of the 2nd Woe/Sixth Trumpet as the
Second Beast. In other words the PERSON leading the First Beast is the
SAME
PERSON leading the Second Beast.
Rev 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not,
even he is the eighth,
and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
While the 7-Headed Beast of Revelation represented the completion of Daniel's
Four Beasts... one "
head" from the first (Pre-Flood) Beast and one "
head" from
the second (Jewish) Beast and
four "
heads" from the third (Christian) Beast and
one "
head" from the fourth (Great Tribulation) Beast... IN FACT, this 7-Headed
Beast had an EIGHTH HEAD... which was the SAME PERSON as the seventh head.
If you think of it, it's an amazing reality that the 7-Headed Revelation Beast
actually had 8th "
head"... but the eighth head was the same person as the seventh.
Still an amazing insight.
BTW, it was the eighth "
head" that caused the FOLLOWERS to make an "
image"
of the seventh "
head". And it was the eighth "
head" that forced the FOLLOWERS
to "
worship" the "
image" of the seventh "
head". And it was the eighth "
head"
that caused all the FOLLOWERS to take the "
mark of the Beast" and it was
the eighth "
head" that went into perdition.
Some context for you: While the Last Saints followed the seventh "
head"
during the First Revelation Beast... when their prophecy was proven false
on a specific year/month/day/hour they "
slumbered and slept" (were silent)
for a period. And the "
wise virgins" separated from the "
foolish virgins" when
the eighth "
head" began preaching the "
image" of the GOSPEL of the seventh
"
head"
Mat 25:5
While the bridegroom tarried,
they all slumbered and slept.
Mat 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh;
go ye out to meet him. Mat 25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their
lamps. Mat 25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our
lamps are gone out.Mat 25:9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there
be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for
yourselves. Mat 25:10
And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came;
and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
Of course verses 8-9
PROVE this parable/prophecy of the events during the
Great Tribulation "
Kingdom of Heaven" could NOT have happened during the
Great Commission of the Christian "
Kingdom of Heaven" because
AT NO TIME
during the Great Commission did the Saints
REFUSE to preach to people and
send them to some other (unnamed) people to seek their salvation... but
that is exactly what happened during the Great Tribulation Kingdom.
If you want to say the False Prophet is the
FIRST AND SECOND Beast...
then you would be correct. But to say he was (only) the Second Beast
is to deny the HARMONY of Rev 16:12-13 and Rev 9:15 (quoted above)
and all the additional information I have revealed to you about these Beasts.
BOTTOM LINE:
The False Prophet was the "
head" of
BOTH the First Beast and Second Beast
so it is
not accurate for you to say that Scripture shows him as (ONLY) the
Second Beast and NOT the First Beast. Scripture says no such thing.
Jim
.
