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Revelation
, chapter 12
The
Bible calls the "sky":
-
atmosphere (Gen 1.6, 8.20 ; Jer 4.25)
-
sidereal space (Gen 1.14-17, Rev 6.13)
-
Heaven, where God lives, or the third Heaven (2 Cor 12.2-4 ; Rev 2.7, 22.1-3)
Explanation
of the vision :
1.
The wife is a symbol of the Church of God (2 Cor 11.2)
2.
The Sun - symbol of the Gospel of Christ (Mal 4.2, John 8.12, 2 Tim 1.10)
3.
The Moon - profigurative (Old Testament) era before Christ (Col 2.14-17 ; Heb 8.1-5,10.1)
4.12
stars - 12 Apostles (Matt 10.1)
5.
Dragon - the devil and the earthly kingdoms, through which it works (Dan
7.17,23)
Note:
So, this applies to pagan Rome, where King Herod wanted to kill Christ and
Pilate gave Him to be crucified. So the Dragon well is a symbol of pagan Rome
and its power.
The
war, which satan fought in heaven against Michael (Christ), precisely illustrates
war which he leads through their wicked slaves against the children of God in
this world.
Wife
fled from persecution "in the wilderness" on 1260 years, where God
cared for her (Rev 12.6,14).
Satan
repeats his prosecution through papacy of Christians, who sought refuge in the
Alps - the Waldensians (v.13-15).
His
wife (the Church) was facilitated by the reformation and the discovery of the New
World - America (v.16).
Satan makes desperate
efforts to pursue “the rest” - those who obeyed the commandments and gives has
a testimony of Jesus Christ is the spirit of prophecy Rev 12.17, 19.10).
The
BEAST is the earthly Government. He (the beast) as well as Daniel, symbolizes
Rome, because :
1.
Both had 7 goals (horns)
2.
Both had 10 horns (that's 10 kingdoms)
3.
Both were God's people to "time, times and half-time"
4.
Both were one and the same throne as the Dragon gave the beast great power
Deadly
wound and capture the beast (Rev 13.3,10) indicated that at the end of the 1260
years of the papacy will lose support of the secular power.
Note
that the Dragon is a pagan Rome, and the beast (from the Dragon power) - PAPAL
ROME.
The
beast that ruled over the whole of Europe and was ruled by religion, because
all had to worship him.
The
beast has a name with a numeric value of 666.
The
name VICARIVS FILII DEI (Vicar of the Son
of God) :
V
= 5 F = 0 D = 500
I
= 1 I = 1 E = 0
C
= 100 L = 50 I
= 1
A
= 0 I = 1 ---------
R
= 0 I = 1 501
I
= 1 -------
V
= 5 53
112
S
= 0 +
53 = 666
-----------
+
501
112
It
is written on the tiara of High Priest of the Pope.
Later
on the field activities will be also different beast.
The
first beast (his power and kingdom) will be destroyed at the second coming (Rev
19.19-21).
Another,
or two-horned, beast symbolizes a separate authority, independent of the first
beast, because :
1.
The beast in itself, it is a Government.
2.
He sees and observes the movement of the first beast.
3.
Two-horned beast of a FALSE PROPHET (image of the beast), which will be
destroyed together with the first beast upon the second coming of Christ.
This
two-horned beast - United States of America because :
1.
Their escalation occurred when the first beast was injured and was in captivity.
2.
He “came out of the Earth”, i.e. gained power, buying land, not usurp their.
3.
He rules in the New World, but not in Europe, because Europe is the first beast.
4.
It does not have the wreaths (crowns) on the horns, as the first beast,
therefore it is not monarchy it is Republic.
5.
TWO HORNS is guiding principle of freedom, religious and political.
Another
beast will force everyone to take the mark of the beast - observe Sunday
instead of Saturday.
For
this he took the image of the beast and will legislate religious character (about Sunday).
It
will do wonders, for example, to call the spirits (spiritualism) and so is
False Prophet.
God in his mercy sent
angels to warn against worshiping the image of the beast and admission his mark
(Rev 13.12, 15-17; 14.9-14).
In
318, the Emperors Constantine and Licinius issued the edict (edict) of freedom
for Christians and return them to the selected property.
But
the Catholic Church challenged the rights of the Church of God. Therefore, this
decree referred only to Catholics and their church is "legitimate"
and "Holy". So Constantine decided. His Decree ended religious
freedom for Christians. Members of the Church of God were declared heretics.
Constantine
introduced the compliance with the so-called "day of the Lord" - the first
day of the week as the day of Sun in the year 321.
Later,
in the year 365 Laodicea the Catholic Church banned the observance to give
Saturday.
The
Catholic Church was exempt from public services, and it also supported at the
expense of the Treasury. In addition, they have the right “to correct the
misguided" (Church History of Evzebius).
Therefore,
the following led to the first beast :
1.
Recognition of the Catholic Church
2.
Change of the Sabbath
3.
Prosecution of Saturday observing
4. Carrying out other
dogmas (heresies) the same methods
The
Constitution of the United States says : "Congress shall make no laws
relating to the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof" (Amendment 1, part 1).
But
in the last 40 years appeared many movements, requiring the adoption of such
laws.
Example
: February 29, 1892 in the upper house of Congress announced the decision, in
which the words "this is religious people" and "this is the
Christian nation". It follows that Christianity is the true religion of
the United States.
Recently,
the clergy come to the Congress with the enactment of the day Sunday.
In
the 1892 in Chicago was held world exhibition, and Congress granted the request
of the Catholic clergy to close it on Sundays, not reckoning both with the law
of God and the Constitution of the United States.
Today
almost every State has "Sunday laws", although they all have an
exception on the Sabbath day.
From here, you can see
that in the United States the image of the beast is in the process of
formation.
Observance
of the Sabbath is a sign of allegiance to God.
Jerovoam
dedicated to the celebration of the golden calf, was a sign of allegiance to
him and a sign of worship the idols (1 Kings 12.28-33).
From
these and other examples show that adherence to a certain day is a sign of
fidelity to the object of worship.
Therefore,
there Sunday is a sign of worship to church authority (the beast) and MAY NOT
be familiar to the worship of God, as it is FALLING AWAY.
The
Catholic Church respects and forced all to observe Sunday as a symbol of HIS
POWER, though for it accepts and ACKNOWLEDGES that THERE IS NOT A COMMAND OF
CHRIST.
Thus,
the Sunday is THE MARK OF BEAST or SIGN of him.
According to the prophecy, the image of the beast (United States) will force all to respect and ensure respect Sunday and don’t respect Saturday. Then those who consciously observe Sunday, WILL WORSHIP THE BEAST and receive his script (Rev 3.14-17).
