The Grand Design of the Apocalypse The prophecy is able to :- 1. Give regular visions of future...

The Grand Design of the Apocalypse

The prophecy is able to :-

1. Give regular visions of future glory to strengthen faith.

2. Remind believers that He ‘cometh quickly’. (22:20)

3. Show the believer what will ‘shortly come to pass’. {X2} (1:1)

4. Warn the believer of ‘present dangers’.

5. Link historic detail with long term time periods.

6. Show how the most High rules in the Kingdom of men. (11:15)

7. Interwoven in a way which makes the reader search all scripture (1:1)

8. Only intelligible to those with ‘ears to hear’ (40) & eyes to see (40)

AN OVERVIEW OF THE APOCALYPSE

* Multitudinous Christ 1:12-18) *White robed multitude (7:9-17) * Lamb on Mt. Sion (14:1-7) Marriage of the Lamb (19:7) * *Throne in Heaven (4:1;11) * Angel with cloud & rainbow (10:1-11) New Jerusalem (21:1-8) *

7 Kingdom Visions

SEALS TRUMPETS VIALSJudgment on Pagan Rome AD 96-312 Rev.12 Judgment on Political Rome 312- 1453 Judgment on Papal Rome & preparations for 2 nd advent

INTERNAL EVENTS ( DRAGON PERIOD) INVASIONS ON WEST ON EAST ON HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(6:1)Peace

White horse

AD96

(6:3)Civil war

Red horse

180

(6:5) Famine

Black horse

211

(6:7) Death

Pale Horse

235

(6:9) Perse-cution

Souls under altar 303

(6:12) Pagans deposed

Earth- quake

312

(8:7)Goths invade

Hail/ fire

395

(8:8) Vandalsinvade

Burning mount-ain429

(8:10)Huns invade

Star falls

450

(8:12)PoliticalEclipse

Sun & moon dark476

(9:1)Saracens invade

Locusts (1st woe)

1062

(9:13) Turks invade

Euphratean Angels loosed 1062

( 16:2) FrenchRev’n

On earth

1793

( 16:3) British blockade

On sea

1794

(16:4) Napoleon invades

On rivers

1795

(16:8)Royalty eclipsed

On sun

1805

16:10 Religious / civil eclipseOn beast

1809

16:12 Demise of TurksOn Euphrates + frog

spitits 1827

16:17 Armag-eddon

7 Thunders

?????

7th Trumpet (3rd woe) ch.11:15 Contains the vials

7th Seal (ch.8:1) contains the 7 trumpets & lasts until the kingdom > > >

Earthquake,- ch.6:12 – Pseudo Christianity becomes the state religion

Sea Beast Rev.13:1 (10 horns crowned) Barbarian nations invade Western Emp.

Earth Beast (2 Horns) – Emperor in Vienna & Pope in Rome (Holy Roman empire) Rev.13:11

425 Earth & Woman witness 1260 days – ch.11:3 1685

Diminishing of Protestant witnessing

Scarlet Beast/Whore Rev.17:3 Europe/Papacy (False Prophet)

Political death of witnesses for 105 years Political ascension - ch.11:12312 – ‘Christianity becomes state religion1572 = Massacre of St. Bartholomew425 = ‘Protestant’ witness begins , Nestorius v Arianism1685 = Edict of Nantes revoked – witness crushed

Red Dragon - Pagan Rome – 7 heads 10 h Dragon moves East as Constantine makes his capital Constantinople Dragon moves North to Moscow

312 Saints witness 42 months (11:2) 1572

7 Ecclesias Ch.2&3

Red Dragon – Pagan Rome – 7 Heads 10 hornsDan.7:7 & Rev.12:3 - crowns on

heads – representing different forms of government in the pagan empire

Earthquake ch.11:13 French Rev.’n Resulting in a religion of Humanism

Faithful remnantRevival of the truth

Papal power to persecute removed

2 legs of Image – Dan.2

Earthquake – ch.16:18 resulting in true Christianity

NB In order to accommodate all details, the timeline is not drawn to scale

Visions of future Glory to introduce each section

Historic Detail given in advance

Historic Periods given in advance

Kingdom establishedAD 96

3

4

5

6

7 11

12

14

10 13

1

8

2

9

Ch. 1 Introduction & vision “one like unto the Son of Man” (v.12-17)

* Multitudinous Christ

Ch. 2-3 Letters to the Ecclesias – (note ch.1:16 & 20)*Christ/multitude

7 Ecclesias

Ch. 4-5 Throne in heaven (4:1-2) & Intro. to Seals (5:1-5)*Christ/multitude

7 Ecclesias

*Throne in Heaven

Ch. 6 - First six seals loosed to reveal events in Roman Empire*Christ/multitude

7 Ecclesias

*Throne in Heaven

*Christ/multitude

7 Ecclesias

*Throne in Heaven

6 SEALS J’ on Pagan Rome

Internal Events in Roman Empire

SEALS

Judgment on Pagan Rome AD 96-312 Rev.12

INTERNAL EVENTS ( DRAGON PERIOD) 1 2 3 4 5 6

(6:1)Peace

White horse

AD96

(6:3)Civil war

Red horse

180

(6:5) Famine

Black horse

211

(6:7) Death

Pale Horse

235

(6:9) Perse-cution



Earth- quake

312


7th seal - Ch.8:1-6

*Christ/multitude

7 Ecclesias

*Throne in Heaven

6 SEALS J’ on Pagan Rome Internal Events in Roman Empire

Pagans dethroned

7th seal contained 7 trumpets, Lasts to the Kingdom

*Christ/multitude

7 Ecclesias

*Throne in Heaven


Pagans dethroned

Ch.7 Vision of the White Robed Multitude (V.9)*Multitude/ white robes


*Christ/multitude

7 Ecclesias

*Throne in Heaven


Pagans dethroned

Ch.8 & 9 Trumpets summon armies to invade the Empire (8:6)

*Multitude/ white robes

6 Trumpets Judgments on Rome Invasions on Emp.


7th Trumpet lasts to K’dom,11:15

TRUMPETS Judgment on Political Rome 312- 1453

INVASIONS ON WEST ON EAST

1 2 3 4 5 6

(8:7)Goths invade

Hail/ fire

395

(8:8) Vandalsinvade

Burning mountain

429

(8:10)Huns invade

Star falls

450


Sun & moon dark

476


Locusts (1st woe)

632

(9:13) Turks invade

Euphratean

Angels loosed

1062

7th Trumpet ch. 11:14-15

*Christ/multitude

7 Ecclesias

*Throne in Heaven


Pagans dethroned

Ch.10 Angel with Rainbow stands on the sea & earth (v.1)*Multitude/ white robes*Angel/R’bow

6 Trumpets Judgments on Rome Invasions on Emp. .


7th Trumpet lasts to Kingdom

*Christ/multitude

7 Ecclesias

*Throne in Heaven


Pagans dethroned

Ch.11 Witnessing against the teaching & practice of Papacy (v.1-3)

Saints trodden under foot (11:2)

Earth & Woman witness (12:16)


*Multitude/ white robes*Angel/R’bow



*Christ/multitude

7 Ecclesias

*Throne in Heaven


Pagans dethroned

Ch.11 Second great earthquake - v.13 (at end of 6th trumpet v.14)

Saints trodden under foot (11:2)

Earth & Woman witness (12:16)


*Multitude/ white robes*Angel/R’bow

French Rev’n



*Christ/multitude

7 Ecclesias

*Throne in Heaven


Pagans dethroned

Ch.12&13. Dragon (12:3), two phases of the beast (13:1&11)*Multitude/ white robes

Saints trodden under foot

Earth & Woman witness

Dragon - Imperial Rome ruled by Pagans

In Constantinople

Sea Beast Earth Beast


*Angel/R’bow

French Rev’n



*Christ/multitude

7 Ecclesias

*Throne in Heaven


Pagans dethroned

Ch. 14 Vision - Lamb on Mount Zion with the redeemed (v.1)*Multitude/ white robes



Dragon - Imp. Rome ruled by Pagans

In Constantinople


*Lamb/Zion


*Angel/R’bow

French Rev’n



*Christ/multitude

7 Ecclesias

*Throne in Heaven


Pagans dethroned

Ch. 15 Intro. to, & Ch.16 Details of the Vials (15:1&16:1)*Multitude/ white robes



Dragon - Imp. Rome In Constantinople


7 Vials J’ on Papal Rome

Prep/Armageddon6 Trumpets

Judgments on Rome Invasions on Emp. .

*Angel/R’bow *Lamb/Zion

French Rev’n



VIALS Judgment on Papal Rome & preparations for 2nd advent

ON HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7( 16:2) FrenchRev’n

On earth

1793


On sea

1794

(16:4) Napoleon

invades

On rivers

1795


On sun

1805


1809

16:12 Demise of TurksOn Euphrates

+ frog Spirits 1827

16:17 Armag-eddon

7 Thunders

?????

AN OVERVIEW OF THE APOCALYPSE *Christ/multitude

7 Ecclesias

*Throne in Heaven


Pagans dethroned

*Multitude/ white robes



Dragon - Imp. Rome In Constantinople


French Rev’n (Ch.11)

Russia/Gog

Europe

False prophet

Latter Day judgments


*Angel/R’bow *Lamb/Zion


7 Vials J’ on Papal Rome

Prep/Armageddon


Ch.17&18

The beast & False prophet destroyed

Revelation 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

Ch.19 - Alleluia, The Lord God omnipotent reigneth

Ch.20 The Dragon bound 1000 years, finally destroyed

Ch.21 God himself shall be with them

Ch.22 Surely I come quickly, Even so, come Lord Jesus

Historical Details of the Prophecy

6 Seals 6 Trumpets 7 Vials

7th Seal 395 - ?7th Trumpet 1793 - ?

AD96 312 1793 2???

180

211

235

303

312

395

429

450

476

632

1062

1793

1794

1795

1805

1809

1820

2???

AD96

Main elements in the Prophecy

6 Seals 6 Trumpets 7 Vials

7th Seal7th Trumpet

AD96 312 1793 2???

D r a g o n

Earth Beast

3 great earthquakes > > >

Sea Beast ScarletBeast

Witnessing against the Papacy

Sixth vial

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.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.14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

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Warning

1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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.

Spirit = teaching or doctrine

1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits,

unclean

2 Cor. 6:17 .... touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

Jn.15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

They are in opposition to the word of God

13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of …...

Mark 1:26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.

Acts 8:7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them:

An unclean spirit results in madness.

Ec 9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Jer 51:7 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs …...

Exodus 8:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants…..

8 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Intreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD.

13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs ….

1. Unclean teachings not to be touched by believers

To summarise the phrase

6. They corrupt anything they affectPsalm 78:45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed (corrupted) them.

3. They are in opposition to the Word of God

2. Result in a deranged mind (madness)

4. They will affect everything5. They give a false promise of liberty

13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs ….

1. Unclean teachings not to be touched by believers

To summarise the phrase

6. They corrupt anything they affect

3. They are in opposition to the Word of God

2. Result in a deranged mind (madness)

4. They will affect everything5. They give a false promise of liberty

This is an accurate description of the results of humanism – This is

what we must be watching

In a political sense it is proper to date the age in which we live from the French Revolution. The shock carried by that revolution and the spread of its principles has produced repercussions ever since and they will continue today whenever people claim the rights of national determination and equality before the law. It would little by little spread over the whole world.

(Larouse Encyclopaedia of Modern History 1964)

Unclean spirits like frogs

Declaration of the Rights of Man - 1789

Representatives of the French people, believing that ignorance, neglect or contempt of the rights of man are the sole cause of public calamities….. Have determined to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, unalienable and sacred rights of man.

United Nations Declaration of human rights 1948

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.

EU Charter of fundamental Rights 2000

Conscious of its spiritual and moral heritage, the union is founded on the indivisible, universal values of human dignity, freedom, equality and solidarity; it is based on the principles of democracy and rule of law. It places the individual at the heart of its activities.

The truth, then is obvious. In A.D. 96, when John was an exile in Patmos, the Franks were savages in an unnamed country, living by hunting and fishing like American Indians. But the Holy Spirit revealed to him that this people would play a conspicuous part in the affairs of the nations; and foreseeing by what symbol they would represent themselves, he symbolised their nation by it, and styled them “frogs”. He informed John that under the sixth vial their influence would be remarkably apparent.(Elpis Israel page 381 - 14th edition)

The armies under Pharamond (First king of the franks) - 420 A.D. used shields bearing 3 Frogs

Banner of Clovis – 466-511 First ‘Christian’ king of Franks

Illustrations from Elpis IsraelPages 379 & 380

Shield of Clovis on display at a church in Innspruck. Below the display are the words “Clodovoeus der I Christenlich konig von Frankreich” “Clovis the first Christian king of France

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A tapestry on display at Rheims showing banners used by the early kings of the Franks (Thanks to The Bible Magazine)

A poster issued in 1996 to commemorate the baptism of Clovis in 496

The Republican motto appears on every public building, school & official documentation.

The Palais de Justice, Paris

Liberty

Equality

Fraternity

Liberty of man from the laws of God

End of all authority, all men equal There is no God

All men to be brothers, all barriers of class, race & religion to be obliterated. Anything causing separation is wrong

H U M

A N I

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Frog-like Spirit out of the mouth of the Dragon

Who or what is the Dragon?

The Birth, Life & Death of the Dragon

Serpent in Eden uses deceit & teaches rebellion against The Word of God

Ezek.29:3 The Dragon (Egypt) oppresses Israel

The Dragon (Babylon) takes Israel captive Jer.51:34

Dragon (Rome) scatters Israel Dan.7:7, Rev.12:3

Rome divides (East & West)

Russia becomes the Dragon

The beast (West)

(East)

Birth, life & death of the

Dragon

Dragon restrained Rev.20:2

Final rebellion , Dragon destroyed Rev.20:7-10

See Ex.4:3 & 7:9

Since the Byzantine empire had fallen in 1453, Russian churchmen had developed the idea that Moscow would become the “third Rome,” after Constantinople and the original Rome on the Tiber River. They claimed that Ivan lll was a descendent of a brother of Caesar Augustus. The churchmen also took the role of guardians of the “true faith” of eastern orthodoxy.

(Atlas of World History - National Geographic Society) Page 223

Atlas of World History – National Geographic Society (page 101-103)

DRAGON

Ps 44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

RomeConstantinople (Nova Roma)

BeastDragon

Moscow (Third Rome)

The Dragon speaks with a frog-like voice

Freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, freedom of the mass media, the right to private property - all these basic freedoms of a civilised society will be reliably protected by the State. (Mr. Putin’s new year speech recorded by The Times 1-1-00)

We have proved that Russia is becoming a truly democratic state. The peaceful succession of power is the crucial element of the political stability of which we have dreamed (The Guardian 8-5-00)

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, stands alongside Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, as he pays his respects at the grave of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Friday, April 29, 2005. [AP]

Putin has also reasserted Russia's right to sell the Palestinians armored personnel carriers, while continuing to aid the nuclear development of Iran, particularly the Russian-built, 1,000-megawatt, Bushehr nuclear reactor

Russia backs Iran’s nuclear rights

BBC online News June 15th 2006

Speaking in Shanghai, where he met Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit today, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology.

How is the dragon using the frog like spirits to gather the nations to the battle of the great day of God Almighty?

1. It is using the language of democracy to deceive ‘the west’.

2. It is using its ‘right’ to “prepare war”

What is the Beast?

4th Beast, Dan.7 Dragon/Beasts. Rev.12,17

• 10 Horns - v.9

• a mouth that spake very great things - v.2

• he shall speak great words against the most high - v.25

• made war with the saints and prevailed against them - v.21

• 10 horns,12:3, 13.1, 17:3

• a mouth speaking great things - 13:5

• a mouth speaking blasphemies - 13:5, 17:3

• to make war with the saints and overcome them - 13:7, 17:6

4th Beast, Dan.7 Beasts. Rev.13,17

• Until a time and times and the dividing of time (3.5 years) - v.25

• judgment was given to the saints of the most high... saints possessed the kingdom - v.22

• beast was slain and his body given to the burning flame - v.11

• To continue forty and two months - 13:5 (3.5 yrs or 1260 yrs)

• the Lamb shall overcome them, … they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithfull - 17:4

• beast & false prophet cast alive into a lake of fire - 19:20

One power consistent through the three phases of the beast is the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Empire under Caesars

W Europe (Sea Beast) Falls AD 450 {Trumpets 1-4} Rev.8:7

700 - N. Africa & ME fall {5th trumpet} Rev.9:1

Asia minor & Greece fall 1400 {6th trumpet} Rev.9:18

Napoleon

0 AD

Scarlet Beast Rev.17

2000 AD

Holy Roman Emp. (Earth Beast) 800-1800, Rev.14:3

17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

The Final phase of the Roman Beast1. Sea beast. Rev.13, Western Emp. 300-500AD2. Earth beast. Rev.13, H.R.E. 800-1800 3. Scarlet beast. Rev.17, destroyed by Christ

The Holy Roman Empire [Earth Beast of Rev.13] was an attempt to revive the Western Roman Empire [Sea Beast of Rev.13] … The Roman imperial office (of the Western empire) had been vacant after Romulus Augustulus was deposed in AD 476. But, during the turbulent early Middle Ages, the popes had kept alive the traditional concept of a temporal (secular) realm coextensive with a spiritual realm of the church. (Wickepedia)

The aim of the Papacy has always been to mix church and state, - to

commit fornication with the kings of the earth

A covert group of EU foreign ministers has drawn up plans for merging the jobs currently done by Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council, and Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission.The new bureaucrat, who would not be directly elected by voters, is set to get sweeping control over the entire EU and force member countries into ever-greater political and economic union.Opponents fear the plan could create a modern-day equivalent of the European emperor envisaged by Napoleon Bonaparte or a return to the Holy Roman Empire of Charlemagne that dominated Europe in the Dark Ages.

Friday May 4th 2010

http://www.express.co.uk/

Behind the casket, the College of Cardinals sat clad in crimson robes, which according to Roman Catholic tradition symbolizes the blood of Jesus Christ. Opposite them sat an audience of equal proportion that included kings, queens, presidents and prime ministers from the secular world, most of whom dressed in black.

Millions say last farewell to John Paul (National Catholic Reporter)

With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,

Identifying the System

The “Ecu” coin (1984)

2 Euro coin, Greece (2002)

Europe depicted by Time magazine

Outside E U building in Brussels

The beast speaks with a frog-like voice

The court’s workloadThe court receives around 136

international phone calls and 757 letters every day

Total number of registered applications pending before the court 15,858

The Court makes judgment on the following

Right to life

Right to liberty and security

Right to a fair trial

No punishment without law

Right to respect for private and family life

Freedom of conscience, thought and religion

Freedom of expression

Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Right to life

Appealing to the human mind but false

Not acceptable to the human mind, but true

How is the beast using the frog like spirits to gather the nations to the battle of the great day of God Almighty?

1. The Beast ensures the frog spirits of humanism which oppose scripture remain alive and well.

2. It is preparing the nations to reject Christ since he will not have a ‘mandate of the people’.

Who is the False Prophet?

A true prophet proclaims God’s word in truth

Deut.18:15 ¶ The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

A false prophet proclaims God’s word falsely

Jeremiah 14:13 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.14 Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.


Ezekiel 22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.28 And her prophets have... seen vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken.


Jeremiah 29:8 ¶ For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 23

An example of a false prophet proclaiming liberty

Jer.28:1 ¶ …. Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.3 Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:

10 ¶ Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.11 And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years.

Israel was warned about false prophets

Deut.13:1 ¶ If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Jesus warned about false prophets

Mark 13:6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am [Christ]; and shall deceive many.

Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

The Apostles warned about false prophets

2 Peter 2:1 ¶ But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.

Revelation warned about the false prophet

Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Criteria to identify the False Prophet

Arises from among the true believers

Claims to speak the true message

Uses deceit to persuade others he is ‘of Christ’

Claims to perform miracles as proof of authenticity

Deceives those who have the mark of the Beast

The Roman Catholic Church is the only system to fulfil all these

criteria

1. Claims to follow Christ’s teaching

2. to be custodians of scripture3. to be Christ’s substitute on

earth & therefore to be worshiped - Antichrist = in place of Christ

4. to display signs & wonders5. Builds bridges with other faiths6. Speaks often of peace

1. Follow Mahomet

2. Textbook is Koran3. Worships Allah

.

.4. Rejects signs & wonders5. Those not of Islam are

infidels 6. Rejects peace

Roman Catholicism Moslem Religion

1. Had a Christian beginning (2 Thes.2:7) Identifying the Identifying the PapacyPapacy

2. Longevity [1260 years] (Dan.7:25)3. Says Jesus Did not come in flesh (1 Jn.4:3)4. Claims to be in place of Christ (1 Jn.4:3)5. Restrained in first century (2 Thes.2:7)6. Caused the way of truth to be evil spoken of (2 Pet.2:1-2)7. Destroyed by Christ at second coming 7th vial (2 Thes.2:8)8. Persecutor of the saints until.....(Dan.7:25)9. Came out of Roman Empire (Dan. 7:8)10. An ability to see (Dan.7:8)11. Able to speak great things (Dan.7:8)12. A mystery religion (Rev.17:5)13. Connected with Babylon (Rev.17:5)14. Mother of harlots and abominations (Rev.17:5)15. 7 mountains (Rev.17:9)16. 3 Horns uprooted (Dan.7:8)17. Committed spiritual fornication (Rev.17:2)18. On many waters (peoples) (Rev.17:1)19. Reigns over kings of the earth (Rev.17:18) tiara – ruler of princes of the

earth20. 666 (Rev.13:18)

The Pope speaks with a frog-like voice

……Religious freedom therefore constitutes the very heart of human rights. Its inviolability is such that individuals must be recognised as having the right even to change their religion, if their conscience so demands. People are obliged to follow their conscience in all circumstances and cannot be forced to act against it…… The universal declaration of human rights recognises that the right to religious freedom includes the right to manifest personal beliefs, whether individually or with others, in public or in private.

(L’Osservatore Romano - 10-1998)

The Pope in France speaks to the people of Le bourget, (1980)

“What wonders the sons and daughters of your nation have done to understand man better and to express who man really is by proclaiming his inalienable rights. Everyone knows how important the ideas of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity are in your culture and history. At bottom they are Christian ideas. I am well aware that those who first put them forward did not have in mind man’s covenant with the eternal wisdom, yet they wanted to do something for man.”

How is the false prophet using the frog like spirits to gather the nations to the battle of the great day of God Almighty?

1.It teaches that humanism is based on ‘Chistianity’ (It mixes humanism with false christianity)

2.It deceives the masses by giving a false security that humanism is divinely appointed.

A false prophecy from the predecessor of the false prophet

•Rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. •Abolish the Christian religion. •Be received by the Jews. •Pretend to be God. •Conquer the world.

Jesuit Ribera and the future antiChrist

The Dragon today = RussiaThe Beast today = EuropeThe False Propet = Papacy

They are all using ‘frog like’ teachings to gather the nations to the battle of the great day of God Almighty

- MILITARY- POLITICAL- RELIGIOUS

The Dragon, beast & false prophet are all using the

‘frog like’ voice of Humanism to suit their own individual

aims.Result ?

A Godless world!A Godless world!Ready to be Ready to be destroyeddestroyed

The Dragon, Beast & False Prophet all have a common

enemy!

Israel

Rev. 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.5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

Regarding the False Prophet system which deceives those who worship the beast

Is Humanism Affecting Christadelphians?

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time (Gr. Mepote) your hearts be overcharged … Watch ye therefore and pray always - Luke 21:34

ie. If we are not watching, the subtle effects of humanism may cause us to unwittingly mix human ideas with scripture.

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“…lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.” (Gamaliel, Acts 5)

“I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy” – see 2 Tim.2:24-25

When others fall from grace we must be merciful & forgiving

“Faithful are the wounds of a friend”We must not ‘upset’ one another

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death

We need to allow full discussion and then reach a consensus

“ye should earnestly contend for the faith once delivered...”

There should be no strife between brethren whatever the issue

Mixing Humanist teaching with scripture resulting in ‘imbalance’

We need to make more use of sisters in speaking etc.

Brothers role to teach the ecclesia . Sisters roll to teach children

‘The judgment is an imaginary assize’, we are being judged now

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 2 Cor. 5:10

Liberty

Equality

Fraternity

Liberty

Equality

Fraternity

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

gregoreuo

to watch give strict attention to, be cautious, active to take heed lest through remission and indolence some destructive calamity suddenly overtake one

Visions of future glory in the prophecy

Ch.1 - Christ victorious with the saints

Ch.4 - Around the Throne of Glory

Ch.7 - Multitude in white robes around the Throne

Ch.10 - A mighty angel proclaiming “Time no longer”

Ch.14 - The Lamb on Mount Zion with the redeemed

Ch.19 - The marriage of the lamb and his bride

Ch.21 - New Jerusalem

AN OVERVIEW OF THE APOCALYPSE

* Multitudinous Christ 1:12-18) *White robed multitude (7:9-17) * Lamb on Mt. Sion (14:1-7) Marriage of the Lamb (19:7) * *Throne in Heaven (4:1;11) * Angel with cloud & rainbow (10:1-11) New Jerusalem (21:1-8) *

7 Kingdom Visions

SEALS TRUMPETS VIALSJudgment on Pagan Rome AD 96-312 Rev.12 Judgment on Political Rome 312- 1453 Judgment on Papal Rome & preparations for 2 nd advent

INTERNAL EVENTS ( DRAGON PERIOD) INVASIONS ON WEST ON EAST ON HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

(6:1)Peace

White horse

AD96

(6:3)Civil war

Red horse

180

(6:5) Famine

Black horse

211

(6:7) Death

Pale Horse

235

(6:9) Perse-cution



Earth- quake

312

(8:7)Goths invade

Hail/ fire

395

(8:8) Vandalsinvade

Burning mount-ain429

(8:10)Huns invade

Star falls

450


Sun & moon dark476


Locusts (1st woe)

1062

(9:13) Turks invade

Euphratean Angels loosed 1062

( 16:2) FrenchRev’n

On earth

1793


On sea

1794

(16:4) Napoleon invades

On rivers

1795


On sun

1805


1809

16:12 Demise of TurksOn Euphrates + frog

spitits 1827

16:17 Armag-eddon

7 Thunders

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7th Trumpet (3rd woe) ch.11:15 Contains the vials

7th Seal (ch.8:1) contains the 7 trumpets & lasts until the kingdom > > >


Sea Beast Rev.13:1 (10 horns crowned) Barbarian nations invade Western Emp.

Earth Beast (2 Horns) – Emperor in Vienna & Pope in Rome (Holy Roman empire) Rev.13:11

425 Earth & Woman witness 1260 days – ch.11:3 1685

Diminishing of Protestant witnessing

Scarlet Beast/Whore Rev.17:3 Europe/Papacy (False Prophet)

Political death of witnesses for 105 years Political ascension - ch.11:12312 – ‘Christianity becomes state religion1572 = Massacre of St. Bartholomew425 = ‘Protestant’ witness begins , Nestorius v Arianism1685 = Edict of Nantes revoked – witness crushed

Red Dragon - Pagan Rome – 7 heads 10 h Dragon moves East as Constantine makes his capital Constantinople Dragon moves North to Moscow

312 Saints witness 42 months (11:2) 1572

7 Ecclesias Ch.2&3

Red Dragon – Pagan Rome – 7 Heads 10 hornsDan.7:7 & Rev.12:3 - crowns on

heads – representing different forms of government in the pagan empire

Earthquake ch.11:13 French Rev.’n Resulting in a religion of Humanism

Faithful remnantRevival of the truth

Papal power to persecute removed

2 legs of Image – Dan.2

Earthquake – ch.16:18 resulting in true Christianity

NB In order to accommodate all details, the timeline is not drawn to scale

Visions of future Glory to introduce each section

Historic Detail given in advance

Historic Periods given in advance

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