The Two Beasts and the harlot of Revelation Explained

[Abram's Awakening]

And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling, and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God...

Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away; but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory; the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; For if they had understood it they would have not crucified the Lord of glory;

But just as it's written, "Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all the God has prepared for those who love Him."

For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.

Now we have recieved, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

(Are you paying attention? Have you caught on yet?)

But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.

But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one.

For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ...
(1Cor chapter 2)

For those who have ears to hear...

And if you didn't catch it the first time. Read it until you do...

"For the anxious longing of creation awaits eagerly for the revealing of the Sons of God."

 

[cgaviria]

And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling, and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God...

Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away; but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory; the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; For if they had understood it they would have not crucified the Lord of glory;

But just as it's written, "Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all the God has prepared for those who love Him."

For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.

Now we have recieved, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

(Are you paying attention? Have you caught on yet?)

But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.

But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one.

For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ...
(1Cor chapter 2)

For those who have ears to hear...

And if you didn't catch it the first time. Read it until you do...

"For the anxious longing of creation awaits eagerly for the revealing of the Sons of God."

Love this. Reminds of this verse,

At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. (Matthew 11:15)

 

[Abram's Awakening]

As do I...

 

[Abram's Awakening]

Now in regards to the two beasts and the mother of all harlots...

Everything has a beginning- look to the source. Nimrod- the mighty hunter. His wife Semiramis. The very first mammon king and queen of worldly civilization. Both highly taught and influenced by the fallen one's. And as you look to perceive their accomplishments(influenced by demons)-follow the prphetic pattern displayed with time as civilization evolves and progresses after them. Then, eventually, you will discern and understand the two beasts and "Babylon The Great"-the mother of all harlots...

Take some time...

 

[Abram's Awakening]

Now in regards to the two beasts and the mother of all harlots...

Everything has a beginning- look to the source. Nimrod- the mighty hunter. His wife Semiramis. The very first mammon king and queen of worldly civilization. Both highly taught and influenced by the fallen one's. And as you look to perceive their accomplishments(influenced by demons)-follow the prophetic pattern displayed with time as civilization evolves and progresses after them. Then, eventually, you will discern and understand the two beasts and "Babylon The Great"-the mother of all harlots...

Take some time...

 

[Berean777]

The first beast comes up from the existing sea, meaning people's, meaning cradle of civilisation that is Babylon the Great, located in the Middle Eastern region.

John knows this entity and explains it vividly in regards to its 5 dead Kings that ruled her and the one who is still alive in his time. We know that John is alluding to the first beast, who works with the false prophet, which symbolises a false religious system of his days, that persecuted the 1st century apostolic church, as the symbol of the red dragon.

We see that the first beast and the false prophet go down and never to rise up in the first battle, the battle of Armageddon. This points to a political religious system with its appointed head Herod the Great who tried to kill Jesus when he was a child. King Herod then was succeeded by five other kings in his dynasty -


1. Herod Archelaus, son of Herod (DEAD)
2. Herod Philip I, son of Herod. (DEAD)
3. Herod Antipas, another son of Herod. (DEAD)
4. Agrippa I was the grandson of. (DEAD)
5. Agrippa I's son Agrippa II. (Still alive during John exile on the Island of Patmos)

Agrippa II was also exiled after the fall of Jerusalem in 70AD because he was a friend of Rome and he later died between 92-100, which falls at the same time that the book of Revelation was written, where by it documented the fall of Babylon the Great, which was a cryptic name for Jerusalem and the Herodean dynasty.

The point I am trying to make is that the first beast that was and was not in 70AD is speaking in past tense, as far as John was cryptically historically documenting it.

Then we come to the second beast that sometime in the future emerges from the land. This points to a land outside of the regional cradle of civilisation, the sea that the first beast came up from. So this second beast is outside of the regional middle eastern region.

This second lamb like beast tries to resurrect the image of the first beast that was destroyed in 70AD, by rekindling his legacy of persecution, by using his political horn. Notice he has two horns, one is religious and the other geopolitical. What is interesting about this second beasts is that John is completely unfamiliar with him and to the whereabouts of his location. So an angel is assigned to reveal to John the mystery of the second beast and the religious harlot that rides him.

It is obvious now that the second beast that rises from a new regional part of the world is new territory to John and he is mystified at who this religious geopolitical system is. This is the clue .......

The second beast is lamb like, meaning he is Christ like and portrays himself as a Christian religious entity and so he wields the political horn to do his bidding. This entity tries to follow in the footsteps of the first beast by ascribing to the Pharisaical system in terms of religious structure and imposes his will on the people through legislative means and harsh punitive punishment if the adherent to his system do not comply with his mark, meaning authority and his authority originates form man and not God and that is why thrice the author gives him the number 6.

The parallelism between the first beast and his false prophet (Pharisaical religious system) ends with Satan being imprisoned at the end of the battle of Armageddon. The second Christ like beast with the mother harlot who has many daughters, is defeated in the final battle of Gog and Magog, ending with the death of Satan after his release.

Notice the false prophet (Pharisaical) of the first beast has no daughters (denominations), however the harlot of the second lamb (Christ) like beast has many daughters (denominations). It is obvious that we are dealing with an end day false Christian religious system, that is headed by the harlot who adopts daughters into her whoredom.

At this final battle the battle of Gog and Magog, we are no longer looking at only the middle eastern region as John had been familiar with the first beast and prophet entity, rather this battle covers the four corners of the world and it climaxes with Satan himself emerging in person as the incarnated (eighth) seventh King of this religious global enterprise. This appointed time is for Satan to be brought into the world as a man, so to be killed and as a result is also thrown into the lake of fire.

Our Lord came and was crucified for our sins when Jerusalem was built up accordign to prophet Daniel, however this time Jerusalem has been built up for the other guy who comes poising as the earthly messiah.

Isaiah 14:9-15
9The realm of the dead below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you— all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones— all those who were kings over the nations. 10They will all respond, they will say to you, “You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us.” 11All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you. 12How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! 13You said in your heart, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon. 14I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” 15But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit.

 

[Abram's Awakening]

You are definitely on point...

What separates man from beast? Or better yet, the Son of Man from beast?

In Daniel the beasts, are described as kingdoms throughout western civilization. Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome. But what's most important is what came out of these kingdoms during this prophetic periods of time.

Four great beasts...

Judaism, Islam, Christianity, and Secular Humanism...

Keep pondering...

 

[Berean777]

Satan has to use humanity against humanity and appealing to humans through a religion of humanism is a unitarian approach to prepare the world for his coming in person.

His servant on earth is already hard at work preparing his way by removing the cross salvation message and by putting in place a universal salvation message that appeals to the humanist new age religion.

We are at the peak of what is going to be disastrous times for Christians who continue to hold up their crosses in defiance.

 

[Berean777]

This climax to the battle of Gog and Magog will turn brother against brother.
Only a selfless follower of Jesus will not succumb to the worldly pressures.

Here is the riddle to who the servant of Satan is

The Black Dragon of Apostasy sprung up from the one who sat.

 

[cgaviria]

The first beast comes up from the existing sea, meaning people's, meaning cradle of civilisation that is Babylon the Great, located in the Middle Eastern region.

John knows this entity and explains it vividly in regards to its 5 dead Kings that ruled her and the one who is still alive in his time. We know that John is alluding to the first beast, who works with the false prophet, which symbolises a false religious system of his days, that persecuted the 1st century apostolic church, as the symbol of the red dragon.

We see that the first beast and the false prophet go down and never to rise up in the first battle, the battle of Armageddon. This points to a political religious system with its appointed head Herod the Great who tried to kill Jesus when he was a child. King Herod then was succeeded by five other kings in his dynasty -


1. Herod Archelaus, son of Herod (DEAD)
2. Herod Philip I, son of Herod. (DEAD)
3. Herod Antipas, another son of Herod. (DEAD)
4. Agrippa I was the grandson of. (DEAD)
5. Agrippa I's son Agrippa II. (Still alive during John exile on the Island of Patmos)

Agrippa II was also exiled after the fall of Jerusalem in 70AD because he was a friend of Rome and he later died between 92-100, which falls at the same time that the book of Revelation was written, where by it documented the fall of Babylon the Great, which was a cryptic name for Jerusalem and the Herodean dynasty.

The point I am trying to make is that the first beast that was and was not in 70AD is speaking in past tense, as far as John was cryptically historically documenting it.

Then we come to the second beast that sometime in the future emerges from the land. This points to a land outside of the regional cradle of civilisation, the sea that the first beast came up from. So this second beast is outside of the regional middle eastern region.

This second lamb like beast tries to resurrect the image of the first beast that was destroyed in 70AD, by rekindling his legacy of persecution, by using his political horn. Notice he has two horns, one is religious and the other geopolitical. What is interesting about this second beasts is that John is completely unfamiliar with him and to the whereabouts of his location. So an angel is assigned to reveal to John the mystery of the second beast and the religious harlot that rides him.

It is obvious now that the second beast that rises from a new regional part of the world is new territory to John and he is mystified at who this religious geopolitical system is. This is the clue .......

The second beast is lamb like, meaning he is Christ like and portrays himself as a Christian religious entity and so he wields the political horn to do his bidding. This entity tries to follow in the footsteps of the first beast by ascribing to the Pharisaical system in terms of religious structure and imposes his will on the people through legislative means and harsh punitive punishment if the adherent to his system do not comply with his mark, meaning authority and his authority originates form man and not God and that is why thrice the author gives him the number 6.

The parallelism between the first beast and his false prophet (Pharisaical religious system) ends with Satan being imprisoned at the end of the battle of Armageddon. The second Christ like beast with the mother harlot who has many daughters, is defeated in the final battle of Gog and Magog, ending with the death of Satan after his release.

Notice the false prophet (Pharisaical) of the first beast has no daughters (denominations), however the harlot of the second lamb (Christ) like beast has many daughters (denominations). It is obvious that we are dealing with an end day false Christian religious system, that is headed by the harlot who adopts daughters into her whoredom.

At this final battle the battle of Gog and Magog, we are no longer looking at only the middle eastern region as John had been familiar with the first beast and prophet entity, rather this battle covers the four corners of the world and it climaxes with Satan himself emerging in person as the incarnated (eighth) seventh King of this religious global enterprise. This appointed time is for Satan to be brought into the world as a man, so to be killed and as a result is also thrown into the lake of fire.

Our Lord came and was crucified for our sins when Jerusalem was built up accordign to prophet Daniel, however this time Jerusalem has been built up for the other guy who comes poising as the earthly messiah.

There are a couple problems with your prophetic model. The 4th beast of Daniel is commonly known as the Roman Empire. The first beast of the sea corresponds with this 4th beast of Daniel, that ends with ten toes and a little horn comes up from amidst those, persecuting holy ones for "a time, plus 2 times, plus a half a time" which is equivalent to 3 1/2 years, which is equivalent to 42 months, which is equivalent to 1,260 prophetic days, which is thus equivalent to 1,260 literal years. Lets look at the first beast of the sea. Does it have these same ten entities? Yes, it has ten horns with diadems. Does it have the same prophecy concerning the time of persecuting the saints? Absolutely. It says 42 months, meaning 1,260 literal years. So these two beasts, the one of Daniel, and the one of Revelation (beast of the sea), are in fact the same beast. And if the 4th beast of Daniel was the Roman Empire, is stands to conclude the beast of the sea in Revelation is also the Roman Empire, not a middle east empire, although the Roman Empire may have appointed varying kinds of people to rule over Judea. And did it? Yes... Of the 5 references you mentioned, here are 3, stretching from the first 2 to the last one.... all these were appointed by the Roman Empire to rule over the region....

Herod Archelaus, son of Herod
"Herod Archelaus (23 BC – c. 18 AD) was ethnarch (not king) of Samaria,Judea, and Idumea (biblical Edom) from 4 BC to 6 AD, and appointed by Caesar Augustus..."

Herod Antipas, another son of Herod.
"Herod Antipater (Greek: Ἡρῴδης Ἀντίπατρος, Hērǭdēs Antipatros; born before 20 BC – died after 39 AD), known by the nickname Antipas...After being named to the throne by Caesar Augustus upon the death of his father, Herod the Great..."

Agrippa I's son Agrippa II
"In 53, he was made king over the territories previously governed by Philip and Lysanias by Claudius..."

So the beast of the sea is in fact something higher than what you are suggesting. The heads are not referring to these little pawns appointed by the Roman Empire. The heads are referring to powerful nations or empires that have existed in reference to the children of Israel. Who were they?

The Egyptians (1st head)
The Assyrians (2nd head)
The Balylonians (3rd head, 1st beast of Daniel)
The Medo-Persians (4th head, 2nd beast of Daniel)
The Ancient Greeks (5th head, 3rd beast of Daniel)
.... these are the five that have fallen

The Roman Empire (6th head, 4th beast of Daniel, breaks up into ten horns with diadems)
.... one that currently is at the time of John

The Ottomans (7th head)
.... one to come for a short while

The new EURO (8th head, rises from the ten horns without diadems)
---- the final head, which is the beast, the forming euro

 

[Abram's Awakening]

And this, ladies and gentleman, is what happens with true fellowship. We are all given peices of the puzzle...

In order to depict a clear picture of what is really going on-those with insight(or puzzle peices) must come together to clear the way...

Zion, is in fact, the spiritual gathering of His children who have endured tribulation and distress to reunite after a long and exhausting exile-like the reestablishment of His church...

These will overcome the beast...

 

[Abram's Awakening]

We cannot describe prophetic days and years as a literal manifestation of time according to human comprehension. For God, one day can be a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day...

All we can do is "observe the signs of the times"-like that of a watchman who posts up upon the wall...

 

[Berean777]

There are a couple problems with your prophetic model. The 4th beast of Daniel is commonly known as the Roman Empire. The first beast of the sea corresponds with this 4th beast of Daniel, that ends with ten toes and a little horn comes up from amidst those, persecuting holy ones for "a time, plus 2 times, plus a half a time" which is equivalent to 3 1/2 years, which is equivalent to 42 months, which is equivalent to 1,260 prophetic days, which is thus equivalent to 1,260 literal years. Lets look at the first beast of the sea. Does it have these same ten entities? Yes, it has ten horns with diadems. Does it have the same prophecy concerning the time of persecuting the saints? Absolutely. It says 42 months, meaning 1,260 literal years. So these two beasts, the one of Daniel, and the one of Revelation (beast of the sea), are in fact the same beast. And if the 4th beast of Daniel was the Roman Empire, is stands to conclude the beast of the sea in Revelation is also the Roman Empire, not a middle east empire, although the Roman Empire may have appointed varying kinds of people to rule over Judea. And did it? Yes... Of the 5 references you mentioned, here are 3, stretching from the first 2 to the last one.... all these were appointed by the Roman Empire to rule over the region....

Herod Archelaus, son of Herod
"Herod Archelaus (23 BC – c. 18 AD) was ethnarch (not king) of Samaria,Judea, and Idumea (biblical Edom) from 4 BC to 6 AD, and appointed by Caesar Augustus..."

Herod Antipas, another son of Herod.
"Herod Antipater (Greek: Ἡρῴδης Ἀντίπατρος, Hērǭdēs Antipatros; born before 20 BC – died after 39 AD), known by the nickname Antipas...After being named to the throne by Caesar Augustus upon the death of his father, Herod the Great..."

Agrippa I's son Agrippa II
"In 53, he was made king over the territories previously governed by Philip and Lysanias by Claudius..."

So the beast of the sea is in fact something higher than what you are suggesting. The heads are not referring to these little pawns appointed by the Roman Empire. The heads are referring to powerful nations or empires that have existed in reference to the children of Israel. Who were they?

The Egyptians (1st head)
The Assyrians (2nd head)
The Balylonians (3rd head, 1st beast of Daniel)
The Medo-Persians (4th head, 2nd beast of Daniel)
The Ancient Greeks (5th head, 3rd beast of Daniel)
.... these are the five that have fallen

The Roman Empire (6th head, 4th beast of Daniel, breaks up into ten horns with diadems)
.... one that currently is at the time of John

The Ottomans (7th head)
.... one to come for a short while

The new EURO (8th head, rises from the ten horns without diadems)
---- the final head, which is the beast, the forming euro

The assertion that I am making in saying that the 1st beast of John is not the same as that of Daniel, is that John is revealing him as a present entity in his time, that has come about by the beasts that came out of the cradle of civilisation in the Middle East as you have suggested.

This 1st beast has a religious entity tied with it and it is related to Babylon the Great. Now obviously John is not classifying the Roman Empire as Babylon the Great, nor was Rome a religious entity that persecuted the 1st century apostles. The act that the false prophet was fully integrated within the structure of the 1st beast informs us that it can not be Rome at that time.

John being a Jewish apostle identified with the Jewish regional powers that be, who were influenced by in large by the Pharisaical system (false prophet) that came out of the Babylonian captivity (Talmudist). The 1st beast and the false prophet are a closely integrated team that originated that way, since the captivity in Babylon. So John is talking about Jewish nationalism alongside the Jewish religious component of Tulmeidism.

 

[Berean777]

However that being said, the second lamb/Christ like beast that was fully integrated with the harlot with many daughters is pointing to Rome. Since the harlot is fully integrated with the regional powers of the second beast, the two horns suggests a political and a religious component at play.

Notice also the Pharisaical system had no daughters or denominations and it it was just one branch with Pharisees and Sadducees together, who were temple focused on Jerusalem. On the contrary the harlot of the second Christ like beast had many daughters that represent branches of her religious on clave, not centred in a temple in Rome, rather form the denominations that call themselves Christian, but according to John he calls them daughters of the harlot.

You see a harlot didn't start off being a harlot and she was at one time legitimately married from a religious perspective to the lamb of God and later when it turned on the body of Christ, she became titled by John as the harlot of mystery Babylon. Also very important to highlight the word mystery. Mystery means something to John that is unfamiliar. In fact John marvels at this beast and harlot entity, because when he was taken to a far place located away from the sea (cradle of civilisation - Middle East), he was shown the harlot alongside the beast, that carried her and what John didn't know about this beast and the harlot, was made known to him by the Angel.

Obviously if John knew the second beast and the harlot entity-union in his time, then it would not be a mystery to him, nor would he call it mystery Babylon. The fact that he marvels and calls it a mystery Union is significant in determining that this Union did not exist in his time. Therefore it actually rules out Rome as being the 1st beast and the false prophet Union. Because John is familiar with the 1st beast and the Jewish false prophet, but the second Christ like beast is completely unbeknown to him.

 

[Berean777]

That being said the daughters/denominations that came out of the originating harlot of Rome do not necessarily mean that they are harlots as well. Rather they could be legitimate branches of Christianity today.

 

[Berean777]

As far as John is concerned, Rome in its time as the persecuting power who persecuted the saints across a millennium, was titled harlot by John and since the schisms resulted in many daughters, she was made a spectacle by the title given to her by John.

In fact to the harlot, it must of thought that it is THE Church, but to John he would title her THE harlot who betrayed the trust of her once husband Jesus Christ by shedding the blood of his witnesses.

It is the same image portrayed by the false prophet who started off before the Babylonian captivity as a loyal subject of God, then when persecuting the Son's church in the 1st century became known as a false religious system. The Christ like women of the 2nd beast starts off a legitimate wife, then after it starts to persecute the Son's witnesses, it too becomes labelled a harlot who has betrayed her husbands trust by doing the unthinkable, like a mother who kills her sons.

 

[Berean777]

We have history in front of us and today we can become history students who can say without a doubt that the only thing that awaits the world is Satan manifesting in person to be the head (seven and eighth incarnated) King of the universal one world religion of the harlot, who will welcome him as the earthly messiah.

It will be a humanist religious system that encorporates unification of all nations like how the borders of Europe were brought down as a starting measure, then a unified monetary system will be disclosed as the no currency XXX (999) denotation in the foreign exchange table. Find the link below....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217

so the seventh incarnated King of the unified one world religion will be Satan. According to Daniel Jerusalem was built up for the true messiah. The Jerusalem of today is built up for the other guy aka Lucifer, who is honoured in prayers by the harlot.

 

[Abram's Awakening]

You are correct in the beasts of Revelation not corresponding to Daniel. However, they originated from these four.

Like I said, everything has a beginning. Nimrod and Semiramis. The first mammon rulers to rule the realm of mankind...

Babylon as a kingdom in the eyes of our history books had supposedly been uprooted and overthrown. Or had it? Think for a moment...

Satan is bound with his angels and the world was handed over to him. What did he do with it? Was Babylon an empire ruled by man, or was it ruled by other beings sitting behind a curtain of theatricality and deception? What if Babylon was an idea, or a tool-mind you, that gets transfered from one civilization to another? And given the fact that a man's years is limited, how else could an immortal serpent and his brood finish the play?

Keep these thoughts in mind...

 

[cgaviria]

We cannot describe prophetic days and years as a literal manifestation of time according to human comprehension. For God, one day can be a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day...

All we can do is "observe the signs of the times"-like that of a watchman who posts up upon the wall...

The days are equal to prophetic years. How do we know this? Because of the 70 weeks prophecy of Daniel from the of the decree to rebuild Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity to the coming of the Messiah and death of the Messiah. It was exactly 490 years. So therefore, we can conclude that based on that prophetic day to year that it also applies to other prophecies.

 

[Abram's Awakening]

Consider the temptations of the Lord. What and how did Satan tempt the Lord? How did He overcome? These are essential messages.

For the spirit of prophecy are the testimonies of Jesus...