Revelation 13 Review part 2

Revelation 13 Review, part 2
A review of some of its major teachings !
By Brother Mike (6-22-24; 36 minutes)

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INTRODUCTION

In our past review of Revelation Chapter 13, part 1 , two major points were brought up:

First, we revealed that the two apparently different beasts described in Revelation 13, the one that came out of the sea in verse 1 and the one that came up from the earth in verse 11 , actually describe the same one Church-beast that is the counterfeit Christ, THE ANTICHRIST , Satan himself and not a man, and who was set free from the pit by God to begin the Great Tribulation on May 21,1988 and to be used by God to bring Judgment against His own corporate Christian Church, which includes all true Christian churches. He brought His Judgment against all the Christian churches due to their, whether recognizing it or not, picking and choosing what Holy Scriptures they would obey and what they would not obey, and for their falling away from truth, here a little, there a little, until God's Judgment finally had to begin with the House or Temple of God (all the Christian churches) on May 21, 1988 according to the very accurate , Biblical Timeline of History . Indeed, we

learned that the two beasts describe the same one Church-beast in that the number 2 symbolizes the one corporate Christian Church (see Bible Number 2 ), meaning that God pictures 2 beasts simply to emphasize that the one Church-beast that the 2 beasts picture has to do with the one corporate Christian Church, which includes all Christian churches worldwide. Therefore, Revelation Chapter 13 is all about the Church with respect to the beast (the devil). Revelation 13 is not about events which are to take place out in the world sometime in the future as many falsely teach, but Revelation 13 is all about events that have already taken place in and with the Christian Church.

Furthermore, we saw that this one Church-beast who is Satan and his fallen angels or demons work through counterfeit Christians to do signs and wonders in an attempt to validate its false gospels, false teachings, false practices, or false spirits and, in so doing, to deceive God's true people if that were possible (Matthew 24:24; Mark 13:2). You see, Satan is far more deceptive than most Christians realize, but God's true people, of course, will not be deceived, for they are protected from the spiritual flood of destruction that began on May 21,2011 in the eternal and invisible and spiritual Ark of Jesus Christ who, many years ago, departed out from all the Christian churches along with the Holy Spirit, and then all His people who are the only true Eternal Church departed out as well, while all the rest had been spiritually destroyed by the time when the many days of Judgment Day had begun on

to believe that the God they worship in their churches is the true Jesus Christ when, instead, He is the counterfeit Christ, the Antichrist that already came, not as a man, but Satan himself, who became seated and revealed according to the word of God and not by sight as ruler over all the Christian churches worldwide in deception beginning on May 21,1988 to bring about the Great Tribulation that all the false prophets carnally say has not even yet come, for many of them falsely believe that they will be raptured out to escape before the Great Tribulation even begins, but that, of course, is all part of the delusion that God has been feeding them so that they actually believe that the Holy Scriptures teach it when they do not. But wouldn't it be nice if we had been raptured out, for then we would have been raptured on May 21,1988 just before the true Great Tribulation began, and we would not have to now be surrounded by all the wickedness and madness of this world like our brother Lot had to endure in Sodom. It is all a vexation of our souls!

Yes, we know that the Great Tribulation has already come and gone, and the rapture will not take place until the Last Day of this world, which is the Last Day of the many days of Judgment Day that began on May 21,2011 (see When is the Rapture? ), and this rapture could take place any day now up until what appears to be about the year 2035 AD, which, in the whole scheme of things, really is quite soon. Indeed, there is some good evidence that it could come in the year 2034 AD,

May 21,2011 without realizing it and with no more possibility for anyone else who was not yet eternally saved by then ever being eternally saved again, forever. Therefore, from an eternal and spiritual perspective, which is the perspective of God Himself, the end already came on May 21,2011, and the Ancient of Days was then seated on the judgment throne, and the books were opened as the world is being exposed and judged according to what is written in them, even until the Last Day of Judgment Day that we are now in comes when they will all be cast into the Lake of Fire for their sins. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 8:12) where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched (Mark 9:44,46, and 48).

Then, we were reminded that Revelation 13 also teaches that during the Great tribulation, which ran from May 21,1988 to May 21,2011, and, in a real way, continues until the very Last Day of Judgment Day that we are now already in (for even though the Great Tribulation ended on May 21,2011, Christ continues to use the devil to bring Judgment against the Christian Church and the world as though the Great Tribulation continues), the corporate Christian Church, therefore, continues worshipping the beast, the counterfeit Christ, who is the Antichrist and not a man (also called the Man of Sin, the Little Horn , and the Abomination of Desolation), the devil himself, and they worship him without even realizing it, being completely deceived. Indeed, the Christian Church is being fed a strong delusion by God (2Thessalonians 2:11-12)

and there is some other evidence for it coming earlier in the year 2026 AD during the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles, which is only a little over 2 years from now. Whatever the case, we know that the day is right at hand; therefore, we must be watching with prayer and supplication to our Lord, Jesus Christ, and praying for one another to be strengthened in this day of darkness or judgment that we live in wherein lies and deceptions are all around us. Almost nothing appears as it really is, and the sins of everyone are being exposed by our God as He judges His Church and the whole world by the help of His true people, His Saints or Elect, as they make it known that Judgment Day has come, and there is no longer any possibility to be eternally saved from God's wrath if not having already been saved before the many days of Judgment Day began on May 21,2011 when the door to the eternal and spiritual Ark of Jesus Christ was forever closed (see the 7-day warning to Noah typified the 7,000-day warning to humankind ) and when the spiritual flood waters first began to drown the Christian churches beginning on May 21,1988 and then the whole world beginning on May 21,2011. All that remains now is for their physical destructions to take place on the Last Day when this world is burned up to give way for the new eternal and incorruptible heaven and earth wherein is only righteousness and, therefore, no need for judgment to take place ever again.

Lord, how much longer must we wait? Is it possible that it will come sooner rather than later? But who, O Lord, will be able to stand?

O Yes, that's right, only the remnant who were saved into the eternal Ark, Jesus Christ, before Judgment Day began on May 21,2011 by Your choice from before the foundation of the world. Those are the only ones who will be able to stand: because their salvations are all by your doing and power. If it depended on us in any way, we would certainly be consumed in an instant. But it does not depend on us. Therefore, we rejoice with joy unspeakable as we just rest in Christ without any fear of condemnation or having to spend time after this life in a place like, for instance, the Catholic purgatory to do penance before we can go into heaven. No, all our sins and weaknesses have been covered by the blood of the lamb so that to be absent from our bodies is to be immediately present with the Lord in heaven forever. Our complete salvation is a free gift even though the Catholic Church during one of their historical councils issued an anathema (a curse, or an abomination worthy of excommunication from their Church) against all the true Christians that believe as the Holy Scriptures so teach. Yes, the official Catholic doctrine falsely teaches that you must keep their Church sacraments to be saved, and that you cannot know whether you are saved until after this life. To think that you can, they say, is a lack of humility. But their view is a sure recipe for going to hell! So, thanks be to God that our Christ accomplished it all for us, and we can know for certain, therefore, where we are going if, indeed, we are in Christ. If we had to wait and see if any of our good deeds were good enough, we would go to hell for sure, for as the Prophet Isaiah states,

Isa 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away .

And again, in Romans 3,

10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one :
11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God .
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one .
13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips :
14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness :
15 Their feet are swift to shed blood :
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways :
17 And the way of peace have they not known .

Now, to get on in today's message, let's remind ourselves of a few more major things that were revealed in our past study of Revelation 13. Besides the 2 beasts symbolizing the one Church beast, and this one beast, Satan and his host of fallen angels, working spiritually through counterfeit Christians to bring signs and wonders, including counterfeit salvations and supposed healings, as well as counterfeit teachings, spirits, miracles, direct revelations from God in dreams, visions, tongues, prophesyings, words of knowledge, writings, and so on, we must not forget that this beast

calls down fire out of heaven into the earth in the sight of humans ( Revelation 13:13 ). This, we learned, was not a literal fire out of heaven, but it was and still is the making of people to fall backward. The word fire simply symbolizes judgment and so the beast called judgment down from heaven just like God did in the garden of Gethsemane when they came to seize Jesus to bring him before the High Priest and then eventually to be crucified. The account in the garden reads in John 18,

1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples .
2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes sorted thither with his disciples .
3 Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons .
4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye ?
5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them .
6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am He, they went backward, and fell to the ground .

Notice that even though Jesus would let those evil men take Him to be judged, each of those wicked men were supernaturally caused to fall backward to the ground

to reveal that they were under the judgment of God for so coming to seize Jesus.

Thus, for people to be made to fall backward is not a sign of blessing upon them but of God's judgment against them. This is what it means that the beast called down fire out of heaven into the earth in the sight of human beings in the context of the Great Tribulation. It means that during the Great Tribulation period, which was from May 21,1988 to May 21,2011, the beast would be calling down judgment out of heaven into Christian churches in the site of human beings by making people to fall backward. And lo and behold, that is exactly what we saw take place, even to this very day. Satan worked through his counterfeit Evangelists, Pastors, Teachers, Prophets, or Christians to touch people on their foreheads, and they would fall backward. They even had to have a couple men stand behind and catch them so that they would not hurt themselves as they fell to the ground. This whole satanic phenomena moved from one church to another and was viewed as a blessing from God by the church-goers, but the truth is that it was a sign of God's judgment against all those specific churches as well as a sign that God's Judgment had come upon the whole corporate House or Temple of God (all Christian churches), which we know began on May 21,1988 according to the very accurate , Biblical Timeline of History . Yes, this whole phenomenon of making people to fall backward, termed being slain in the spirit, was and continues to be the fulfillment of

Revelation 13:13 where the beast is said to make fire (God's Judgment) come down from heaven into the earth in the sight of human beings (into the Christian Church in the sight of human beings because the term the earth spiritually symbolizes the Church - see Revelation 13:8 ).

Now, isn't it amazing that the Biblical Timeline of History revealed that the Great Tribulation would take place from May 21,1988 to May 21,2011, which was exactly when the whole phenomenon of falling backward became so prominent in so many of the Christian churches? Absolutely! For it gives further credence to the accuracy of the Biblical Timeline. Revelation Chapter 13 had always revealed that the making fire come down from heaven, which we now know is the phenomenon of making people to fall backward, would take place during the Great Tribulation, so the fact that the Biblical Timeline of History reveals the Great Tribulation to have taken place during that very time period when the phenomenon of falling backward in the churches became so prominent, helps validate the accuracy of the Biblical Timeline of History. And there is so much more that verifies the accuracy of the Biblical Timeline (see Evidences and proofs for the accuracy of the Biblical Timeline ).

But what other major thing did we learn from our study of Revelation 13? There are so many things that we can be reminded of by going through our complete study once again, but another major thing we learned is that the

beast, which includes Satan and his demons, and their working through the counterfeit Christians in the Church to do wonders or miracles such as healings, counterfeit salvations, the making of people to fall backward (the making of fire to come down from heaven), and the supposed receiving of direct messages from God apart from the Bible in voices, dreams, visions, prophesyings, words of knowledge, or writings, yes, the beast does all these things to deceive those in the Christian churches to make an image to the beast. That is, they worshipped the beast. The image, we found, is an idol of a false or counterfeit Christ. No, it is not a physical idol of any kind such as made from the earth, stone, or metal, or some other material thing, but it is the belief of all those in the Christian churches that the Christ ruling and doing those wonders or miracles is the true Christ when, in fact, it is the counterfeit Christ, the Antichrist (also called the Man of Sin, the abomination of desolation, and the Little Horn), the devil himself (see Revelation 13:14 ). Yes, Satan (the beast) was set free from the pit in which he was bound at the cross and given over by God at the beginning of the Great Tribulation on May 21,1988 to begin ruling over the Christian churches with great power as God's Judgment against them, for Judgment [had to] begin at the House of God (1Peter 4:17). And so, the corporate Christian Church became ruled over by the devil, and he deceived the Churchgoers into believing that he was the true Christ, and they worshipped him without even knowing that they were worshipping the beast, Satan, and they continue to do so even to this very day.

It is one of Satan's greatest deceptions since it deceived Eve in the garden at the very beginning.

And now, to begin to wrap up this particular message, what do Christians mostly think of when it comes to Revelation 13? That's right, they normally think of the Mark of the Beast. They think that everyone in the world will receive the Mark of the Beast except them, of course. And only those who have that Mark will be able to buy and sell goods. Anyone who does not have the Mark will no longer be able to buy goods. This they see as the future Great Tribulation yet to come, and many even think that they will be raptured to heaven just before all this comes into being. But as with most all things when it comes to the final days that we have been in ever since judgment came upon the House of God on May 21,1988, they have been taught wrong, for God has been feeding all those who have remained in a church a strong delusion that they would believe a lie (2Thes. 2:11), and Satan was given to rule over them as the counterfeit Christ, the Antichrist (also known as the Man of Sin, the Little Horn, and the Abomination of Desolation). So, they have been being blinded to End Time truth as well as many other truths from God's word as His judgment against them. But they couldn't think that they are more right.

The truth is that the Great Tribulation already took place, and it began on May 21,1988 and ended on May 21,2011 according to the perfectly accurate , Biblical Timeline , although, ever since then, in a real way the

word, especially those truths for the final days, in the Christian churches. No, rather, we were looked down upon as false prophets or heretics as we are to this day, and we were spiritually killed (silenced) by no longer given voice in the Church but shunned or forced to leave our churches and finally follow Christ and the Holy Spirit to depart out from the Christian Church altogether, for it was not us who they spiritually killed, but it was Christ Himself. Indeed, the Christian churches (the new Israel) spiritually crucified Christ just like they (the old Israel) physically crucified Him. You see, the physical killing of Christ by ancient Israel was a foreshadow of the spiritual killing of Christ by the new Israel, the Christian Church. And just as the old temple service of the old Israel spiritually came to an end when Christ hung on the cross and the veil of the temple was torn from top to bottom, and the Holy Spirit departed out, so also, when Christ had been spiritually crucified by the corporate Christian Church (the new Israel) did the Holy Spirit depart out once again. Thus, the Church Age is spiritually over. O yes, we see the Churches continue physically just as we saw the old physical temple service continue until it was physically destroyed 37 years later in 70 AD by the Romans. So also, will all the Christian churches and their people be destroyed on the Last Day of the many days of Judgment Day that we have been in ever since May 21,2011. Until the very Last Day, the churches will appear to be continuing, but they no longer have the true Holy Spirit. Thus, they no longer have any real substance behind them. They have become wonderful social clubs for the physical, mental, and emotional needs of people, but spiritually, they are whitewashed tombs. They appear to

tribulation continues because Christ who now rules with a Rod of Iron is allowing Satan to continue to the very end as an instrument of His wrath both against the Christian churches and the world. Furthermore, the Mark of the Beast has already been given as well; not to the people in the world, but to all those who are in the Christian churches, to those who have not followed Christ and the Holy Spirit to depart out from their Christian churches. It is not a physical Mark of any kind such a social security number, a computer chip, a branding, a vaccine passport, or any other material thing, but it is a spiritual and invisible Mark given to all the unsaved counterfeit Christians that now fill the Christian churches. This Mark identifies them as being ruled over by the beast (the devil) and so unsaved just as God's true people who had left all the churches years ago to follow Christ had been given a spiritual and invisible seal on their foreheads when they had been saved before May 21,2011 when the many days of Judgment Day began to reveal that Christ rules over them, and that they are saved (see Revelation 13:16 ).

But then, what does it mean that those who do not have the Mark of the Beast, which would be all of us who departed out from the Christian churches to follow Christ, would not be able to buy or sell during the Great Tribulation, especially after Satan had gained complete rule over the whole corporate Christian Church on September 7, 1994? Well, obviously, it does not mean that we could no longer buy or sell physical or material goods, but it means we (the Elect or Saints of God) could no longer bring forth the true teachings of God's

be spiritually alive and well, but they are spiritually dead. Indeed, in these days, almost nothing is as it appears. Virtually everything is a lie, a deception.

Re 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues .

CONCLUSION

In this review of Revelation 13 part 2, we have been reminded what the beast's making fire come down from heaven into the earth actually is. It is the beast making people in the Christian churches to fall backward to reveal that the Christian church is under the judgment of God. Revelation 13 revealed that this would take place during the Great Tribulation. So, when the Biblical Timeline of History was discovered, and it revealed the Great Tribulation period to be from May 21,1988 to May 21,2011, exactly when the phenomenon of people falling backward in the churches became so prominent, the accuracy of the Biblical Timeline was validated.

Also, in this review of Revelation 13 part 2, we were reminded that the beast did wonders or miracles during the Great Tribulation to cause the Churchgoers to make an image to the beast. That image or idol is nothing material, but it was and still is their belief that the true Christ is doing those miracles and ruling over the Church when, instead, it is the counterfeit Christ, the Antichrist, the devil himself. Thus, their image or

idol that they worship is their false Christ, the Antichrist, Satan. They have been greatly deceived! And all this is God's Judgment against them that they be damned because they loved not the word of God above themselves and others.

Finally, we were reminded that those in the Christian churches have been given the Mark of the Beast during the Great Tribulation. On the other hand, those who have followed Christ to depart out from the Christian churches and are saved are the ones who have not been given the Mark. These are the Elect or Saints of God. And what it means that the Elect or Saints are not able to buy or sell because they have not the Mark is that they can no longer bring the truths of God's word into the Christian churches, especially those truths for the Latter Days such as the End of the Church Age, God's Final Judgment on the Church, that God's true people have departed out from the Church, that Satan was given rule over the Church, that the Holy Spirit is no longer in the Church, and many other truths that the Church has rejected in rebellion to God. Yes, the true Elect or Saints of God have been spiritually killed (silenced) in so far as any longer having a voice in the Christian Church, especially in declaring End Time truths that the churches have been blinded to, as well as many other truths that the churches are not obeying so that God set up the Abomination of Desolation where it ought not be, namely in the Christian Church. Therefore, God's true people have fled from the Christian churches to escape all the spiritual plagues that have been brought upon them (see Why leave all churches? and Has the Church Age come to an end? ).