Hi John and Doves,
This
is just an
introduction regarding the God-opposing entities named in the
Book of Revelation,
which rise up to prominence during the end time to fight the
Lamb. I will add
more information about them in the coming days.
THE
DRAGON, THE BEAST, AND BABYLON
The Primordial
Dragon: Rev. 12:3, 9, 12b–17; 13:4; (i.e., that
serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan) is the pro-active
celestial enemy
of God. He seeks out earthly accomplices to achieve his goals.
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The Beast entity (is a man-made
God-opposing empire): The beast is used
repeatedly as the
primary earthly agent for the cosmic Dragon who empowers it
(Rev. 13:2–4). The
Beast has been through many
metamorphoses, via the seven man-made earthly empires
(called seven
heads, Rev. 13:1), which the Dragon has repeatedly
produced during the
history of Middle-Eastern and Asian territories.
Pagan mankind and the kings of
the earth have worshipped the Beast’s seven mutations
via the idolatrous religions
(harlot woman) that accompanied each of them (Rev. 17:1–4).
Thus, the Dragon has
given power and authority to all seven beast manifestations
(Rev. 13:4)
since the first empire arose in Babel,
and during the six pagan iterations that followed (i.e., there
are also seven
kings…Rev. 17:9) being the Assyrian,
Babylonian,
Media-Persian,
Macedon-Grecian
and Roman
Empires and the Sunni
Muslim Ottoman
and ISIS
Caliphates. A blasphemous (idolatrous) name is written on each
of the Beast’s
heads (Rev. 17:3b).
The end-time Sunni
Muslim Ottoman-ISIS
Caliphate beast that appears in Revelation 13:1 is
the seventh manifestation;
i.e., the one to come… (Rev. 17:9–10). This latter-day revived Beast’s territory includes
some features from
the three ancient ‘head’ empires symbolically known as lion, bear
and leopard
(Rev.13:2, cf. Dan. 7:4–6)—i.e.,
the former Babylonian,
Media-Persian, and
Macedon-Grecian Empires—that
had their lives prolonged for a season and a time (Dan. 7:12). Thus, the latter-day beast’s
tripartite ‘composition’
is identified from Daniel’s imagery. It being …like a Leopard, his feet were like the feet of a
bear, and his mouth
like the mouth of a lion (Rev. 13:2). Its ten crowned
horns symbolise the
ten independent and sovereign Muslim countries of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan,
Lebanon, Jordan,
Egypt and Libya (that overlaid parts of the three old
empires), which were established
after the Ottoman Empire was defeated in the early 20th
Century.
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. 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.
(Rev. 13:1a–2)
The leopard had
on its back four
Wings of a bird.
(Dan. 7:6a)
Illustration
only! Showing the four wings left on the leopard (Dan 7:6)
The
seventh head (Ottoman
Empire) on the beast (which rose up out of the sea), carried a
mortal wound
from the sword of war in WWI. The seventh head was healed and
continued via the
ISIS Caliphate. Unfortunately,
the devilish revival of the ISIS caliphate in Syria-Iraq
led by a man
called Caliph Ibrahim continued to function during the
42 months of its
limited tenure: from June 29, 2014 until Dec. 9, 2017, when it
reintroduced the
Seal of Muhammad-Mark of the Beast. Because of ISIS’s radical
‘Salafist’ dogma
and Islamist propaganda, many of its victims were beheaded,
burnt, tortured, drowned
and murdered.
Thus,
the beast’s
seventh head iteration (Rev. 13:1–10) is portrayed as an
Islamist type
Caliphate, whose philosophy and militarism is endorsed by a
person, called the
‘False Prophet’ (Rev. 13:11–12), via the Quranic ideology he
established. Both
the beast and the false prophet were empowered by the
Dragon-Satan and demon
spirits (Rev. 13:4; 16:13–14).
However, it seems an eighth iteration of the beast is yet to appear—rising out of all
seven former empires (including
the Ottoman-ISIS Caliphates) in the end time (Rev. 17:11).
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‘Mystery’ Babylon
the Great: is portrayed in Revelation as a New Testament phenomenon
and a female metaphor
for a false religion
that is just as evil as the
original Babel/Babylon in Chaldea! ‘Mystery’
Babylon, as a religious entity, is also described as a great city of wealth and merchandise, but
obviously this
Babylon is NOT based in Chaldea like her ‘name-sake’ Old
Testament predecessor,
because she is seen to be sitting on the seventh beast in
the wilderness!
Apparently,
during
the end time, the existing nations will all have succumbed to
Mystery,
Babylon’s religious dogma: i.e., with
whom the kings of
the earth
committed fornication, and the
inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the
wine of her fornication…
and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the
abundance of her
luxury. (Rev. 17:2; 18:3) Also, Mystery, Babylon has
obviously had previous
manifestations prior to the end time denouement, because in her was found the blood of prophets and saints,
and of all who were
slain on the earth. (Rev. 18:24) Additionally, John sees that she is already drunk with the blood
of the
saints and martyrs of Jesus. (Rev. 17:2 above) See
Revelation 6:9–11 for the
souls under the altar, who had been slain or beheaded in the
first group of
martyrs, and Revelation 20:4, for the souls of those who would
eventually join
them in the end-time from the same process (pelekizo
beheading)! Early
Muslim
conquests - Wikipedia
Thus,
Mystery,
Babylon who is the Mother of Harlots, represents the coupling
of religion with a
militaristic beast empire (i.e., the
end time Islamist beast she is sitting on), while her multiple
daughters’ religious
branches of Quranic ideology can be found in Mosques
throughout the world.
However,
in order
for John to see this pairing of religion with the now scarlet
Islamist beast Caliphate
that is now imitating its tutor, the fiery red Dragon
(Rev. 12:3), John’s
parenthetical vision has to take
place in the wilderness (Rev. 17:3), where the
woman is sitting—not
only on the beast with seven heads
and ten horns—but on seven mountains
(Rev. 17:9), and on many
waters i.e.,
nations,
peoples, multitudes, and tongues (Rev. 17:1, 15), where she has made all nations drink the wine of the
wrath of her
fornication (Rev. 14:8), i.e., the 2.02 billion Muslims
living in all
the nations of the world.
It
is notable
therefore, that John had to be taken—in
the spirit—to the
very place in the
wilderness where the
beast (Islamic
Caliphate), the False
Prophet
(Muhammad), and the Quranic
ideology
and Sharia Law
that is intrinsic to
Islam began! Islam
arose out of the Hejaz
desert (Bayda), between Mecca and
Medina in the 7th Century, and this is where the Great City of Mecca
is located
in the wilderness,
among seven mountains!
It is from Mecca
and its multitude of daughter mosques, that the extreme
ideology of Sunni
Salafism and Wahhabism has been introduced to the world—via
Saudi Arabia and
Qatar. See Hejaz
| Mountains, Map, &
Province | Britannica —Enlarge the photo of Mecca!
All
blessings to
the Doves,
EAR
For
more
information see my book… The Beast and Babylon
– The Revival of
Radical Islam