Dark times are looming ahead ... but ... the wheels of this evil machine have been turning for centuries both behind the scenes and in plain sight. Definitely, for the elect, the most recent actions from the UN brings this fact, ever so glaringly, to the forefront.
These truths are found in the scriptures. Various books of the bible, especially The book of Daniel and The book of Revelation touch on these things of which some have occurred and on those that are yet to come as well. Behold:
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.*
Revelation 12 vs 3 - 4
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Revelation 12 vs 9
And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Revelation 12 vs 2
*Herod, a ruler in Judea installed by Rome, tried to kill Ha'MASHIACH as an infant in the 2nd chapter of Matthew ... and also ... The Roman empire tried to completely exterminate ha'Natsariym in the early centuries as well. The Roman Catholic Church also carried out their own evil and extensively wicked and brutal persecutions of Christians.
A similar reference was in the Book of Daniel 7 but the beast references there were mentioned in reverse:
... Lion (Babylon), Bear (Medo-Persia), Leopard (Greece) then a 4th dreadful & terrible beast with10 horns ... like a Dragon (Rome).
Now the UN has unveiled an image that looks so much like the Composite Beast of Revelation that it is truly hard to say that this is a mere coincidence. Especially with the sequence of events that have been unfolding over the last decade or so from the papacy and the ecumenical movement. And most especially due to the fact that the name of this unveiled image is called 'The guardian for international peace and security' which should cause anyone who truly is in tune in their Ruach with RUACH HaQodesh and is continually in YAHAWAH's Word ... the Revelation of YAHAWAHSHAH Ha'MASHIACH ... all these things should point to a specific reference in 1 Thessalonians 5 vs 3:
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
The scriptures say:
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth
2 Timothy 2 vs 15
And you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.
John 8 vs 32
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me
John 14 vs 6
To address this critical issue of the beast, in the end times, according to prophecy, one must focus on Revelation 13 vs 1 - 9 in earnest.
These descriptions of the composite beast in the scriptures tend to point in one undeniably specific direction ... Leopard body + bear feet + lion mouth with Dragon power to make up the Composite Beast = A Combination of Systems and adopted pagan powers ... Also known as The Papacy or the Roman Catholic Church.
Papal/Vatican Descriptions:
7 heads + 10 horns or City on 7 hills = Rome's situation or location
The Roman Catholic Church is The Composite Beast
Papal power:
Pope was both political and religious leaders ... They crowned kings or emperors and also deposed/ex-communicated kings/emperors.
The papacy received its power, throne and authority from pagan Roman empire after the fall of the Western Roman empire in 476 AD ... which is when the papacy stepped in as an institution and took the place of the former Roman emperors.
Long ages ago, when Rome through the neglect of the western emperors was left to the mercy of the barbarous hordes, the Romans turned to one figure for aid and protection, and asked him to rule over them; and thus commenced the temporal sovereignty of the popes. And meekly stepping to the throne of Caesar, the vicar of Christ took up the scepter to which the emperors and kings of Europe were to bow in reverence through so many ages. American catholic quarterly review, April, 1911
Rome was the seat of government for the western Roman empire until the late 3rd century and the papacy which took over, is situated in the Vatican. The Vatican is located at the center of Rome which is where the pope still sits today. Pagan Rome gave papal Rome its seat.
Eg: King Henry IV was ex-communicated by pope Gregory VII in 1076 AD. Later in 1077 AD he was restored
The beast's mortal wound:
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13 vs 3
In 1798, General Berthier, from the French army, under Napoleon Bonaparte, entered Rome and declared an end to the papal political rule. He then took pope Pius VI captive. The eventually died 8 months later (1799) while still in captivity in the French fortress of Valence. This was a wound to death for the papacy.
Healing of this wound started in 1929, with the Lateran Treaty. This treaty, the which is also called Lateran Pact of 1929 (effective June 7, 1929, to June 3, 1985) was made between Italy and the Vatican. It was signed by Benito Mussolini for the Italian government and by cardinal secretary of state Pietro Gasparri for the papacy and was confirmed by the Italian constitution of 1948. The treaty was an agreement between the Vatican and the Italian government in which temporal power and rule of Vatican city was given back to the pope. Hence political power was restored to the papal institution.
The New York Times actually ran a story about this on June 7th, 1929 and the headline was titled 'Mortal Wound Healed'
The healing has continued since then. The papacy has been growing more and more popular and accepted over the years ... especially in most recent times ... hence the world has been increasingly wondering at the beast or, a according to another translation, marveling and following the beast.
The best example of this healing is the continued and ever increasing acceptance of the ecumenical movement being pushed by the current pope and the alarming rate at which so many are embracing this movement.
And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
Revelation 13 vs 4
Alignment with the beast is to be aligned with the dragon hence alignment with the papacy ultimately means to be aligned with the devil.
Papal Blasphemies:
Blasphemy - According to biblical evidence, Blasphemy is pointed out to be ...
When one declares oneself to be God
When one claims to have the power to forgive sins.
This is evident in the responses, by the Jewish rabbis, in these 2 scriptures:
John 10 vs 30 - 33
Mark 2 vs 6 - 7
The beast blasphemes ...
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against YAHUAH, to blaspheme his name, and his Tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
Revelation 13 vs 5 - 6
Papal Quotes and Blasphemous Examples:
Popes have claimed and are very very often likened to God (addressed in John 10).
The pope is of so great dignity and so exalted that he is not a mere man, but as it were God, he was and the vicar of God ... Hence the pope is crowned with a triple crown, as king of heaven and of earth and of the lower regions. F. Lucii Ferraris, Prompta Bibliotheca Canonica Juridica Moralis Theologica, Rome, 1890 (Vol. VI, p. 48)
Papacy claims to have the power to forgive sins (addressed in Mark 2).
Popes and the papacy over the centuries have claimed that they have the power to forgive sins. The papacy commissioned Roman catholic priests to conduct confessions, which is obviously evident in the catholic church system.
But a more recent display of this claim to such power is the CNN online article of November 21, 2016 by Tim Hume that was titled 'Pope Francis extends catholic priests' power to forgive abortion' which seems to point out the boldness of this claim.
Papacy claims to have the power to change God's Laws:
The pope is of so great authority and power that he can modify, and explain, or interpret even divine law, since his power is not of man, but of God, and he acts as vicegerent of God upon earth. Prompta Bibliotheca, die "Papa, " Art. 2,translated
This claim contradicts
Deuteronomy 4 vs 2
Daniel 7 vs 25
The pope claims and is popularly called holy father
This claim contradicts
Matthew 23 vs 9
John 17 vs 11
'... and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months ...'
Referencing the following scriptures:
Numbers 14 vs 34 which speaks of the wilderness journey of the Israelites and the duration of their wanderings
&
Ezekiel 4 vs 5 - 6 which speaks of the prophet lying on his left side for 390 days to match the number of years of Israel's iniquity then on his right side for 40 years to match the number of days of Judah's iniquity.
42 months in prophecy timing = 1260 years
Hence the papal supremacy rule commenced in 538 AD (when the Justinian code went into effect) and ended 1260 years later in 1798 AD. The Justinian code, which was completed in 534 AD, put forth the pope as the formal head of christendom, order all Christian groups to submit to the pope's authority and gave the pope civil power of life and death over heretics (those who opposed/challenged papal authority or those who the pope decided were not complying with papal authority).
The Justinian code (from the east Roman or Byzantine Emperor Justinian I) could not be implemented in 534 AD because the Ostrogoths (Aryan Christians) were ruling in Rome at the time and they had completely different religious beliefs from the papacy.
It was finally in 538 AD, after the Ostrogoths were driven out of Rome by the Byzantine commander, Belisarius, that the papacy was able to exercise its authority.
'And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against YAHUAH, to blaspheme his name, and his Tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.'
The papacy and Catholic church have priests in place to act as mediators for the people onto salvation. This contradicts everything about the Brit Chadashah.
But this specifically contradicts the following scriptures:
John 14 vs 6
Hebrews 7 vs 25
Hebrews 8 vs 1 - 2
And it was given unto him to make war with the qodeshiym, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
Revelation 13 vs 7
Some atrocities committed in History by papal Rome:
The estimated total of people murdered by the Roman Catholic church for over 1000 years through the dark ages falls between 50 to 100 million people (greater than number lost in WW1 & WW2 combined).
Waldensians were almost wiped out to the point of extinction in the 15th century. Back in 2015, on June 22, the the pope apologized for the treatment and past persecution of the Waldensians by the Roman Catholic church. (everythingnews.com)
Cathars were accused by the catholic church to be heretics. The Albigensian or Cathars crusade was a 20 year military campaign from 1209 - 1229 to wipe out the Cathars of Languedoc. The Cathars movement was located in and around the city of Albi and the estimated death toll was 1 million people (not only Cathars but a significant part of the southern France population.
Conversos, who were Jews that converted to catholicism, also suffered the same fate of persecution from the catholic church. The catholic church persecuted many who they saw as to being genuine in their conversion to catholicism because they continued to keep Yom HaShabbat along with other Jewish traditions. The catholic church decided to conduct investigations of these Jewish converts. This investigation then joined an already on-going persecutorial anti heresy effort by the catholic church and eventually became known as the Spanish Inquisition. Neighbors became spies and were instructed to report certain Jewish signs like:
Changing linen on Fridays
Buying vegetables before Yom HaPesach
Blessing children without making the sign of the cross
Fasting on Yom Kippur
Observing the true Yom HaShabbat
See the online article by Yosef Eisen, on chabad.org, titled 'The Spanish Inquisition'
Muslim converts called Moriscos were also persecuted as well as Lutheran protestants during the 16th century.
Protestants were highly persecuted by the catholic church too. A glaringly outstanding and possibly most infamous event was the Saint Bartholomew day massacre of the Huguenot protestants on August 24, 1572 during a wedding. This was an atrocity in which about 3000 French protestants were killed in Paris and as many as 70,000 in France as a whole over several weeks or murderous mayhem.
See the history.com website for the online article titled 'Saint Bartholomew's day massacre'
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James 4 vs 17
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth not, to him it is sin.
Hosea 4 vs 6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy ELOHIYM, I will also forget thy children.
Revelation 13 vs 9
If any man have an ear, let him hear.
Acts 17 vs 29 - 31
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by man whom he hath ordained; he hath given assurance unto all, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Shalom!
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