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If Abaddon is not released until Satan is cast down from the war in heaven in Revelation 12 - how can Abaddon kill the two witness to end the 1260 days in Revelation 12:6 - which is before Satan is cast down in Revelation 12:12-13?Just plug them in .... the first beast and his relationship with the second
The first beast [Revelation 9:11; 11:7; 13:1-4; 13:13; 16:1-16; 17:8-18; 19:19-21]
You do this and then ask me further questions on the fit
Revelation 13:The First "Beast" is the Anti-Christ.
The Second Beast is the False Prophet.
Both are men, the first beast gets possessed by Satan, so I would imagine the second beast does also by some powerful demon.
The Last Beast System is the Little Horn and the Ten Kings combined. This guy is so powerful he is called a Beast by John, whereas Daniel calls him a Little Horn in chapters 7 and 8. I think the Reason John calls him a Beast is that Satan eventually possesses the man who is known as the Anti-Christ/Little Horn, and all of the "Beast Systems" were called Beasts because they were orchestrated by Satan himself, that is why it says in Revelation 17 that he is "of the Seven". Rev 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. (He gets possessed by Satan Himself, so he continues only 3 1/2 years)why would you think the beast is a person?
in daniel it is clear that the beasts are empires
The Heads are Seven Kings that "have fallen" not just seven kings. Which means they stood for the final King of each Beast System, Jesus doesn't want to confuse us by listing each King from each Beast System, which could have been hundreds of Kings. He just says each Head represents a King (Kingdom) that has fallen, or been conquered. There was a King at the helm when each Kingdom fell, no doubt, Belshazzar was the King at the helm of Babylon when it Fell, so he is one of the Five Kings that had Fallen, the one King that was still living at Johns time, Jesus dared not put the church in harms way by naming the King in power at Johns time, so he did it this way. The Last Kings of course are the Anti-Christ followed by Satan who possesses him. 7th and 8th
This just proves that the Kings are considered both Kingdoms and Kings.keep going to daniel 7:23
I agree, but to each his own, all we can do is cite scriptures to back up our understandings.This is just... wrong. Where you get Constantine, Mohammed, and Marx is beyond me and makes absolutely no sense. It looks like you're just plugging stuff in wherever it seems to fit and ending up with a big mess that doesn't adhere to each other in the whole model.
What does the text say? 10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.The Heads are Seven Kings that "have fallen" not just seven kings.
There is no such mention of a "system" in Revelation. The 7 kings are kings of fourth empire, the Roman Empire. At the time of John, 1st century, five had fallen , one is (number 6), and the other (number 7) not yet come (future of John's time).Which means they stood for the final King of each Beast System, Jesus doesn't want to confuse us by listing each King from each Beast System, which could have been hundreds of Kings. He just says each Head represents a King (Kingdom) that has fallen, or been conquered.
It is not kingdoms, but kings of one empire, the fourth empire. The other three empires are presented in the Daniel 2 statue image. A total of four. The ten toes within the fourth empire, in the end times form, are the ten kings.There was a King at the helm when each Kingdom fell, no doubt, Belshazzar was the King at the helm of Babylon when it Fell, so he is one of the Five Kings that had Fallen, the one King that was still living at Johns time, Jesus dared not put the church in harms way by naming the King in power at Johns time, so he did it this way. The Last Kings of course are the Anti-Christ followed by Satan who possesses him. 7th and 8th
I agree Rev. 13 is about the last 42 Months, it is when Satan gets cast down and possesses the Anti-Christ. He is given power to overcome the Saints for 42 Months. I disagree on Rev. 12:6 being the First Half of the Seven Years, why would it be ? Satan, as you say in Rev. 13 only comes down at the Midway point. And as we see in Daniel 12:1 and Rev. 12:7 Micheal stands up, or casts Satan out of Heaven, then he comes after Israel, and that all happens at the Mid-way point. I agree the Sixth King was at Johns time, no doubt about that. The problem many people has is they do not understand that Revelation is not in chronological order, it is a series of visions that overlap, I did a thread on this on disqus, that basically proves that Revelation is not in anywise in order. I will post it below............There is a progression defined by the crowns/no crowns, to know that Chapter 13 is the second half of the seven years.
Chapter 13 - the only timeframe given in Chapter 13 is 42 months.
Chapter 12 - the first half of the 7 years is the 1260 days of Revelation 12:6; then the war in the second heaven; then the time, times, and half times Satan is cast down in Revelation 12:14, the second half.
12:6 + 12:14 is the 7 years.
Chapter 17 - the sixth king "is" at the time of John. John lived 1st century. Those things that are in the future, are said to be in the future.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
that is all interesting -
can you name the two beasts?
When Satan is cast down to earth, it means that he will be restricted to earth. No longer having access to heaven making accusations against us every time we sin.I agree Rev. 13 is about the last 42 Months, it is when Satan gets cast down and possesses the Anti-Christ. He is given power to overcome the Saints for 42 Months. I disagree on Rev. 12:6 being the First Half of the Seven Years, why would it be ? Satan, as you say in Rev. 13 only comes down at the Midway point.
The Ten Horns and the Anti-Christ make up one of the Seven Heads. That is why you see Seven heads with Ten Horns. Jesus wanted us to understand that the "coming Beast System" was made up of a ten nation confederation with the Anti-Christ. Just like Persia had 2 horns, one higher than the other, and when Alexander the Great was broken off (killed) Four Horns rose up in his place, the Horns are represents Kings. Thus there are 10 Horns on the Seven Headed Beast.do you agree that the ten horns are the second beast?
do you agree that the seven heads are the first beast?
The unfulfilled portion of prophecy is still out in front of us .... nothing is recorded in the scope of the prophetic scriptures between the ending of the 69 weeks of years decreed upon Israel and the beginning of the 70th week of the 70 weeks of years decreed .... if you do not understand this truth you will be confused by all of the various attempts to insert events of history in to the breaching which are not there
On the subject of Satan's first beast of Revelation, this entity must be discovered and defined before any other related scriptures can be rendered correctly
Again, excellent analysis on the woman being Israel, no doubt about this. But after the "Historical" history lesson, basically told only to tell us the Secret of the Woman as being Israel and not the Church. That was the only reason we needed to hear the first five verses, it was a "secret" of God, that Jesus told us in sort of a parable. But the woman (Israel) only flees into the wilderness at the Mid-way point after the Anti-Christ reneges on his Treaty and only after the Anti-Christ is possessed by Satan the 8th King. Why would Israel flee into the Wilderness at the Start of the 7 Year Period ? Jesus told Israel to FLEE into the Wilderness when they saw the Abomination of Desolation, which happens at the 3 1/2 year point, after the Anti-Christ reneges on his Peace Deals.Revelation 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
There are no crowns on the ten horns.
There are seven crowns upon the heads
What is the seven crowns upon the heads telling you?
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And when you read chapter 12, make a mental note, as the heading of that chapter
THIS CHAPTER IS ABOUT THE FULL SEVEN YEARS
the first five verses are a historic preamble to identify the woman as Israel.
This represents all of the Beast Systems combined, all of man kinds hopes of ruling without God at its head. It is just like the Statue Nebuchadnezzar dreamed of, it was ONE STATUE, he saw these Kingdoms as great kingdoms of precious metals, God showed them to Daniel as Beasts, but in the end, they are ALL THE SAME, they represent Satan trying to bring about a Kingdom without God as its Governor or God. In the end the Statue is broken by the Rock (Jesus) and destroyed (Dan. 2)What does the text say? Both the seven heads and the ten horns are on the first beast.
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
I haven't really studied this in depth, so can't say, until I do, I thin for sure Satan possesses the First Beast, so maybe this Demon possesses the False Prophet, I can't say until I study it.Abaddon/Apollyon and Satan's false prophet [Revelation 9:11; 13:11] .... both are fallen angels like Satan
Revelation chapter 20:10 proves this theory wrong....10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. {So the Beast and False Prophet are in Hell, they are MEN. Not Religions or Empires.}I have already named the two beasts -
the roman empire and islam - now it is your turn
13:1 and 17:3 are the same. Do you think the False Prophet with TWO HORNS like a Lamb that spake as a Dragon signifies this False Prophet is of the Church but gets left behind and after the Rapture turns to the Dark arts or unto Satan/Dragon ?The beast described in Revelation 17:3 coincides with the first beast of Revelation 13:1.
There are two beasts in Revelation 13.
The text has the 7 heads and ten horns on the first beast.
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
The second beast had two small horns like a lamb.
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
The Jews do not think we got the translations correct, and in many cases they are right, but they also refuse to believe truths, because of course they refuse to believe, (most of them) that Jesus was their Messiah, they have been blinded by God Paul says, for their transgressions. They will receive Jesus as their Messiah before Jesus returns, this is what Daniels 70 Week Decree is all about. So they argue we are ignorant of their Holy Book, in many cases because they refuse to believe the truths therein.Just a few days ago I was messing around online looking up some things and came across a video put together by different scholars that said that they have studied the scrolls and pieces of them that came out of the caves for years and years and they said they can prove that by the scriptures that were found that predated the time of Constantine that he nor his people changed the scripture like people are trying to say. Now I am not here to argue anything but just saying what I just saw on that video because one of my friends husband is a Messianic Jew and thats what he is always saying that none of our Bibles are correct. I dont know how he believes or what he studies because he is taking an online Biblical schooling of some kind but since he thinks all Bibles are corrupt I dont know what he is studying.
As far as what victorinus originally posted, I must say in all my years of being a believer I have never read such a bunch of crap but hey, if thats what he wants to believe, then thats up to him.
Remember I am just saying what I heard.
Pretty close, except on the Two Witnesses, they are praying down plagues, now lets think logically, why would Israel agree to 3 1/2 years under the Anti-Christ if the Two Witnesses were already there preaching and praying ? The World rejoiced when they died, because all the world saw them praying, and God answering their prayers, by bringing forth plagues upon this evil world, they Turn Israel unto the Messiah Jesus. This can only happen at the Mid-way point, for as soon as they start preaching and praying down plagues, Satan will come after Israel and they must FLEE into the Wilderness. Why would any nations allow the Anti-Christ to become a Dictator, if these Two Great Men of God were telling them who he is before time ? He comes to power via PEACE, then reneges and destroys many and conquers more, once he gains this great power.sorry, no. The seven heads are seven kings. That there are crowns upon the seven heads in Chapter 12 indicates that with 7 years left before Jesus's return, king #7 has come to power, completing the prophecy of the 7 kings in Revelation 17.
The little horn has come to power, and the 7 years are about to begin, beginning with the start of the testimony of the two witnesses, the 1260 days of their testimony in Revelation 12:6.
The Seven "Mountains" are 7 Kings, not Mountains, you have to use logic here. In Rev. 17:3 the Woman sat on the Beast, now here in Rev. 17: 9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. {{ We see the woman is sitting on "Seven Mountains" BUT... Is she really sitting on Mountains ? The very next verse describes "SEVEN KINGS" and 17:3 describes Beasts (Kingdoms) so it seems this translation is wrong, the Greek word used for Mountains here is oros or oro, meaning to rise or rear up above the plains. Using logic, and placing this in context, there seems to be no doubt, this is speaking of Seven Kings/Kingdoms, she sits on them, she sat on the Beast with 7 Heads,(Kingdoms) and in verse 10 below, right after verse 9, we see the Kings are spoken of again, there are SEVEN KINGS !!! I think the Mountains represent Seven Kingdoms that arose, not Seven Hills.The eighth Emperor of the whole Roman Empire was Vespasian. Between Nero and Vespasian was Galba and Othelo, they ruled a split Roman Empire. These combined, add up to the ten horns. The seven heads are the mountains that Rome was built upon.
TRUTH....I use Hebrew and Greek sites to get to the truth. There are no excuses, but Israel have been blinded, so said Paul.and no, the errors of translation DO NOT prevent someone from seeking Yhwh nor from following JESUS.
It's just if someone DOESN'T READ THE BIBLE THEM-SELF, but trusts someone else that contradicts the Bible every day, then they have a problem.
None of these named above are contained in any prophetic vision of the Bible prophets
Neither are the 7 kingdoms, the hills of Rome ... for example: of the 7, 5 have fallen, 1 is, and the t is yet to come .... this does not describe 7 hills In fact, the ancient Roman Empire is not seen at all in prophetic scripture
This idea was all speculated into the breach between the ending of the 69th week decreed for Israel and beginning of the 70th .... all contrived by the reformers and the later reconstruction movements
These kind of scriptures make no point, because the other person who believes different can use them in like manner.My comment
Many have and do ....making merchandise of people by telling them what they want to hear and not what they need to hear [2 Peter 2]
Agreed, and this man comes out of Greece according to scriptures. Then comes to power in Europe.It will not be long until the EU goes to that 10 leader form of Government, as well as having the one leader over everyone in the EU.... a little bit before the 7 years begin..... when the person is the little horn.... not the beast in the beginning.
It is not a "War Revolt" it is a Revolt against God that brought forth the 70 week decree from God, it can not be over until Israel comes to accept the Messiah, then the REVOLT/REBELLION against God will be over, and the 70th Week over. To prove that Daniels 70th week can not have happened I will post part of a thread of mine from disqus.It does fit when you take into consideration that the Jewish war/revolt began in 66 A.D. and ended in 73 A.D. which is seven years(the correct amount of time for the Apocalypse). Nero killed his self by sword in 69 A.D. or 3 1/2 years or 42 months into the Jewish war/revolt. The temple was also destroyed in the year 70 A.D., or 40 years after Jesus spoke of it in Matthew 24:2.
Agreed, no qualms here at all.When Satan is cast down to earth, it means that he will be restricted to earth. No longer having access to heaven making accusations against us every time we sin.
Satan has always had freedom to roam the earth seeking who he can destroy.
So, what makes you think Rev. 11:2 is the Last 42 Months and Rev. 11:3 is the first 1260 days ? You see how contradictory that is ? I mean I understand there was no chapters and verses, these were added, but this comes right after the other. Now my take using scriptures, I think maybe you will catch this, you seem very intelligent.In Revelation 12, the 1260 days in 12:6 is before the war in heaven in 12:7, which is what puts the 1260 days as the first half of the 7 years.
First half
Revelation 11:3 the 1260 days
Revelation 12:6 the 1260 days
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3 1/2 days the two witness's bodies lay dead in the streets of Jerusalem.
They come back to life , ascend to heaven. Followed by the war in heaven and Satan cast down, restricted to earth, a time, times, half times.
Second half
Revelation 11:2 the 42 months
Revelation 13:5 the 42 months
Daniel 7:25, the time, times, half times
Daniel 12:7, the time, times, half times
Revelation 12:14, the time, times, half times
And exactly how many Jews read the new testament, or have heard to flee into the wilderness when they see the Abomination of Desolation setup?Again, excellent analysis on the woman being Israel, no doubt about this. But after the "Historical" history lesson, basically told only to tell us the Secret of the Woman as being Israel and not the Church. That was the only reason we needed to hear the first five verses, it was a "secret" of God, that Jesus told us in sort of a parable. But the woman (Israel) only flees into the wilderness at the Mid-way point after the Anti-Christ reneges on his Treaty and only after the Anti-Christ is possessed by Satan the 8th King. Why would Israel flee into the Wilderness at the Start of the 7 Year Period ? Jesus told Israel to FLEE into the Wilderness when they saw the Abomination of Desolation, which happens at the 3 1/2 year point, after the Anti-Christ reneges on his Peace Deals.
You are interested obviously in the end times, so I don't knock you for that.Did I make a good enough case to persuade you ? The Witnesses are the last 1260 Days, or CLOSE TO IT, their witness might be out if sync by 15 to 30 days, some have said this is where the 1290 day figure comes from in a few places, These 1260 Day periods can no overlap in full, that is what confuses some, but in essence the do overlap.
where does it say Christ will reign?Thousand Years is Christ Reign on Earth.
I agree - it was victorinus who introduced the theory of recapitulation which I will deal with later -Revelation is not in chronological order
that would make you a futurist just like the jews -The first beast hasn't appeared so we don't know what it's name will be. The second beast is the antichrist.
I disagree that this Beast is the King of Israel, I think scriptures shows that he has a "Peace Deal" or Covenant with Israel that he Breaks, and all Israel is Aghast/Stunned that he places an Image in the Temple. I agree with most here, but not the King of Israel part.The first beast in this chapter, is the person who "was" the Antichrist, the King of Israel, instead of Jesus the rightful king, for a short time (forthcoming). When he goes into the temple, claims God-hood, the Jews will reject him as continuing as their king. Thus, with the 42 months left in the 7 years, the person is no longer the Antichrist, but has become the beast.
Satan possesses neither the beast, nor the false prophet. But incarnates the image of the beast, making the image appear alive, and demanding everyone to worhip.
When Jesus returns in Revelation 19, the beast and the false prophet are cast alive into the lake of fire.
Satan will be exposed and will be chained and cast into the bottomless pit, Revelation 20.
These are Five that have Fallen...Catch that part ? Kings always represent Kingdoms, how can you be a King without a Kingdom, but EVERY KING COULDN'T FALL, only the Last King could fall, if you had 5 Kingdoms that fell, then you can only have 5 Kings that fell, all the rest NEVER FELL. So you might ask, why was Kingdoms not used instead of Kings here ? Two things, I think the Mountains are Kingdoms that Arose, just like the Heads are Kingdoms, but also, there was a Wicked Ruler/King coming forth the known as the coming Anti-Christ, so Jesus did not want to, imho, confuse us about the Last King being just a Kingdom and not a man. Thus 5 Kings have Fallen, One Is, and one is yet to come, they all had KINGDOMS (that's a given), and Jesus wasn't speaking about many Kings from One Kingdom.What does the text say? 10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
There is no such mention of a "system" in Revelation. The 7 kings are kings of fourth empire, the Roman Empire. At the time of John, 1st century, five had fallen , one is (number 6), and the other (number 7) not yet come (future of John's time).
Wow, that is kind of crazy, I just so happened to have written an article/thread on who The Great Harlot of Rev. 17 is and who Babylon of Rev. 18 is, (Yesterday) but I didn't want to get off topic. If you are interested I could give you a link, if that's allowed, or I could post it here, but I didn't want to take your thread into an area you had not intended.I am sorry I can't address all of the posts here -
I will continue to read them and answer what I can -
these posts are a good sample of all the different interpretations of the apocalypse-
there are so many and I have looked at many of them in my extensive reading -
my main reason for starting this research was because some were referring to the church as babylon the great -
I wanted to show there was another answer
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