- September 4, 476 CE: This is the date given by Roman historian Edward Gibbon and is widely accepted. According to this view Rome lasted for a thousand years, until a German General in the Roman army named Odoacer deposed emperor Romulus Augustulus (the last western Roman Emperor). This was the end of Imperial Roman control of Western Europa.
- Others date the Fall of Rome to May 29, 1453 when Ottoman Turks, lead by Caliph of Islam Mehmed II Fath El-Istanbul, took Byzantium (Constantinople) destroying the last remnants of the established Empire.
- One is the plan of the Merovingian Elite. These are they who serve the Bavarian/Bohemian Illuminati (the original sect of the Illumined Ones) and who are bringing forth the Rex Mundi through the San Grael (or holy bloodline). This move is known as the Prophecy of Dark, the Concealed Prophecy.
- The other is the Prophecy of Light. HaShem has been setting the stage for these events for thousands of years. The Light Prophecy began in response to the Dark Challenge of Lucifer. One of these Prophecies will be successful and one of them will fail.
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The Revelation of Y'shua the Anointed:
A Study into the Noahide Nazarene Way
By Ben Ruach ha Kodesh (John of AllFaith) © 10.05.09
Chapter Thirteen
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Having witnessed the birth of the Kingdom of HaShem, Lucifer's unprecedented attack on world Jewry, and the escape of a remnant of Jews to the mountain fortress known as Petra, John now continues his future-history.
Revelation 13:1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names.John is still in the magnificent Heavenly Throne Room described in chapter four. The "sea" he is standing before is the "sea of glass" like crystal. As explained in chapter four:
4:6 Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.This "sea of glass" signifies all of material existence (compare Rev. 15:2 where the martyrs from around the world stand on this sea of glass in celebration of their victory over the Beast). Now John is standing near the edge of this "sea" and looking into it. To help understand this scene, think of it like this: The sea of glass is like a huge crystal monitor and John, still in the celestial court room, is looking into it and watching the events unfolding on earth.
At this point in the Revelation, Lucifer and his celestial followers have just been sent into exile to the Earth. Lucifer's Golden One, the Rex Mundi, has been assassinated and Lucifer possesses and re-animates his corpse as the Beast. One can correctly refer to Rex Mundi as the Beast at any point however the actual reference is to Lucifer incarnate. Prior to his assassination, indeed doubtless from infancy, Rex Mundi has been a tool of Lucifer and was being primed for this purpose. So its really semantics. We will now be given added information about the Beast.
13:2 The beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.In my planned upcoming commentary of the Book of Daniel we will delve much deeper into these topics, however we must invest a bit of time on them here. John's vision incorporates much of the imagery used there. As stated at the outset of this commentary, to understand either book knowledge of both is required. Daniel explains the symbolism of this verse clearly:
Prophet Daniel describes four world governments that would arise. These empires are:
1. Babylonia (under which he lived)
2. Medo-Persia
3. Greece
And 4. The Roman EmpireThese four governments received their power and authority from Lucifer, the god of this world (II Cor. 4:4). Daniel describes them as beasts. These four beasts collectively and individually were prequels to the reign of the Beast: Lucifer Incarnate. Throughout history these precursors have arisen as John tells us in his first pastoral letter: I John 2:18 Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen. There have been countless antichrists but one will be the Antichrist. There have been countless false prophets but one will be the False Prophet. Likewise there have been many moshiachs (including Cyrus the Great as mentioned above) but there will only be one Shiloh. Rex Mundi is a pretender to that office The Kings of the Four Powers (along with many others throughout history) were antichrists but Rex Mundi, possessed and re-animated by Lucifer himself will be The Antichrist, the chief Opposer of God's Anointing and His Anointed.
The Four Superpowers
Babylon
Daniel 7:4 The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings; I watched as its wings were plucked and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet like a man; and a man's heart was given to it.We know from Daniel chapter two (2:37.38) that the first of these "beasts" is Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon. This is verified by Prophet Jeremiah as follows:
Jeremiah 4:7 A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make your land (i.e. the Kingdom of Judah) desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
4:8 For this clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Yahweh hasn't turned back from us.
4:9 "It shall happen at that day," says Yahweh, "that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder."And again:
Jeremiah 25:9 behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says Yahweh, and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations around; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
HaShem used Nebuchadnezzar to punish His disobedient people Israel. HaShem had a greater plan in mind however because the loss of the Kingdom of Judah to the first empire was only the beginning of the desolation that would come. The loss of the Kingdom by Judah marked the beginning of the Time of the Gentiles. Referring to this, Prophet Y'shua warned:
Luke 21:24 They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations [i.e. the Diaspora]. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
"Are fulfilled:" This shows there is a plan afoot, a series of events that must take place. These "Times of the Gentiles" began with the destruction of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar's Babylonian forces. From that point there was no independent kingdom/country of Israel until 1948 CE. In the days of Prophet Y'shua Israel was a Roman province (Judea).
Nebuchadnezzar, the First Beast of Daniel's prophecy, was responsible for the destruction of Jerusalem and for leading People Israel into bondage. As Prophet Y'shua said about the generation that witnessed Israel's rebirth:
Matthew 24:34 Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.
With the rebirth of Israel in 1948 the Last Days began. With the destruction of Rex Mundi and his New World Order the Times of the Gentiles will come to a close and the Times of Moshiach and his Theocratic Kingdom will begin.
For brevity and because this material will be included in detail in my study of the Book of Daniel I will only offer cursory evidence for the remaining beasts. For more detail on the four beasts now, see my study: The Image of the Beast
Medo-Persia
Daniel 7:5 Behold, another beast, a second, like a bear; and it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and they said this to it, 'Arise, devour much flesh!'Cyrus the Great is the second Beast and his is the referenced "kingdom inferior to thee" at Daniel 2:39. Medo-Persia followed Babylon as world superpower and through Cyrus HaShem punished Babylon, a kingdom superior to Persia in every way. The identity of this second Beast is later confirmed by Daniel where he discusses the victory of Greece (the third power) over the Medo-Persians:
8:20 The ram, which you saw, had two horns; they are the kings of Media and Persia.
Greece
Daniel 7:6 After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird; the animal had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.This is the third kingdom noted at Daniel 2:39. Daniel discuses them in more detail at 8:21:
8:21 The rough male goat is the kingship of Greece; and the great horn which is between his eyes is the first king. 8:22 As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms shall rise up out of the nation, but not with his power....
And again at 10:20:
10:20 Then he said, "Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go forth, behold, the prince of Greece shall come.
Even as HaShem used Cyrus the Great so too He empowered Alexander for the furtherance of His Will. Under the reign of Alexander the Great Greece was like a great leopard that moved swiftly and decisively throughout the known world and its end was even as Daniel foretold (i.e. that his kingdom was passed on to his four sons who were not the equals of Alexander and so on. Daniel will give us a lot more information on this as we study his prophecies.)
The Roman Empire
Daniel 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, awesome and powerful and exceedingly strong; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces and stamped the residue with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.The Roman Empire is described this way in chapter two of Daniel:
2:40 The fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, because iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron crushes all these, so shall it break in pieces and crush.
2:41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potters' clay and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it the strength of iron, because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay.
2:42 As the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly broken.
2:43 Whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the offspring of men; but they shall not cling to one another, even as iron does not mingle with clay.One of the unique things about the Roman Empire from all other kingdoms is that the fourth Kingdom never fell. It merely subdivided into the "ten toes." In order to understand the meaning of our current text -- Revelation chapter 13 -- we need to understand in brief what happened to the Roman Empire and its "ten toes." This study is therefore applicable and necessary to understanding the Book of the Revelation, although I will attempt to be as brief as possible since the material will be covered in more detail in my Daniel commentary. There is also more information about this in my study The Image of the Beast.
HaShem is always in control!
In chapter seven of Daniel as well as in chapter Thirteen of the Revelation of Y'shua the Anointed, we read of the ten horns of the Beast. These "horns" or authorities represent the primary leadership of the divided kingdoms that Rome disintegrated into. Each House received a "horn" as a reminder of Rome's former greatness and eventual return. None of these kingdoms/nations however held Rome's near-absolute authority individually, but collectively they always have.
Even as we discussed in chapter 12, Israel was "chopped down" and "banded" least it emerge before the time was ripe, or as Master Y'shua said, before the Times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (Luke 22:25), so too with Rome. Despite the repeated attempts of various despots to revive the Roman Empire, the individual governments would never "cling to one another." In other words, the royal families of Europa, especially the Merovingians, were unable to restore the empire try as they might -- until now. Most of the European Occult lodges and secret societies have worked toward this unification for hundreds of years. That they are now succeeding with the European Union in the generation that has witnessed the rebirth of Israel is not a coincidence!
In the Scriptures horns are often used in this way:
Deuteronomy 33:17 The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his.
His horns are the horns of the wild ox.
With them he shall push all of the peoples, to the ends of the earth:John gives us more information as we saw in the previous chapter (i.e. chapter 12):
Revelation 12:3 Another sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.
There are only seven heads because Rex Mundi will defeat three of Europe's powerful Houses as he rises to power:
Daniel 7:8 I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the rootsAs a reminder, let's look again at the verse we are currently considering:
13:2 The beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.Nebuchadnezzar (like a lion) was the ruler of Babylon. He enslaved the Southern Kingdom of Judah and mocked the God of Israel. Rex Mundi will have a mocking mouth like Nebuchadnezzar (as well as his penchant for the Occult).
II Thessalonians 2:3 ... the son of perdition, 2:4 he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.The devout Zoroastrian Cyrus the Great (like a bear) ruled Medo-Persia. He allowed the Jews to return to Eretz Israel and hence is known in scripture as a Moshiach (Isa 45:1: "anointed" in this verse is the Hebrew word mashiyach). Rex Mundi will claim to be Israel's ally at first and but then will seek to devour them.
Alexander the Great (like a leopard) was ruler of Greece. Swift and powerful. So too will be the reign of Rex Mundi.
Rex Mundi will be the final ruler of the Novus Ordo Seclorum, the Re-unified Roman Empire.
Unlike any other nation in ancient history Rome never fell. It continues to exist today. The Merovingian successors to the Empire have secured their authority over the royal European families. They sit at the heads of the table of the European Union, the U.N. the World Bank, the World Health Organization, the Bavarian Illuminati, the Bilderberg Group, the CFR, the Club of Rome, the World Federalist Association etc. These individuals are of the same lineage as the Nicolaitans we discussed in chapters two and three that co-opted the Way of Y'shua and created the Universal Church at Rome today known as Kingdom of Vatican City.
The Re-unified Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was like none other. And it still rules the world today.
Daniel 7:8 I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth speaking great things.Daniel now speaks directly of the Rex Mundi, the Little Horn.
Again, the Fourth Beast never fell according to Daniel's reckoning. As we discussed in chapters two and three of the Book of the Revelation, religious power equaled political power in the Roman Empire and through the Nicolaitans Rome co-opted the Way of Y'shua the Anointed and created the Universal ("catholic") Church. Through the authority of the Church Universal and Triumphant Europa was indoctrinated and ruled. Only now, in this final church period of Laodicea, is the Church losing its hold. The Church of today is become lukewarm as Y'shua foretold (Rev. 3:14-19) and Islam is emerging as the world largest and most influential religion (other than Secular Humanism). The Mother Church (Catholicism) and her daughters (the Anglicans and Protestants) are, even now, surrendering their authority to the Global State and its religion of Secular Humanism.
The Nicolaitan Church was created as an amalgamation of all the religions of the Empire melded into the basic story of Y'shua. This power was vested in the Vatican and the established lineage of the Popes. Through this system the Elite of Rome continued to control the masses. Now however their hold is slipping. Their alterations to the story of Y'shua are being challenged by ever more people or being declared irrelevant and antiquated, and their flocks are embracing Secular Humanism in droves. The next move of the Nicolaitan Church to maintain their Universal religious power will be the topic of the next chapter.
Through the hierarchy of the Church and the various governments of the divided Roman Empire Elite Luciferians have ruled the world for a very long time. Their desire has always been global governance and yet despite the various historic attempts to re-unite the Empire, Europa never again united (Dan 2:43 above), although under Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime the Elite came very close.
Today for the first time, in the generation that has witnessed the essential prophetic sign -- the rebirth of Israel -- the European Union has almost finalized this reunification of Rome. They are now preparing the way for Rex Mundi and the return of his Roman Empire.
Exactly as the prophets foretold.
The Idol of Rex Mundi: The Image of the Beast
Daniel presents this same information in another intriguing way. King Nebuchadnezzar had a most terrifying dream one night that he felt certain had great meaning and prophetic significance. He was concerned that if he told the dream to his staff soothsayers they would just make up an interpretation to appease him. He therefore called them all into his royal presence and demanded they tell him his dream! Only then would their interpretation of it be accepted.
None of the seers of the empire could do this and so the King summoned Daniel, whom he had heard was able to commune with the gods. We read about this as follows:
Daniel 2:26 The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, "Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?"
2:27 Daniel answered before the king and said, "The secret which the king has demanded neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, can reveal to the king; 2:28 but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in latter days; your dream and the visions of your head on your bed are such as these.
2:29 "As for you, O king, your thoughts came into your mind on your bed, what should happen hereafter; and he who reveals secrets has made known to you what shall happen. 2:30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
2:31 "You, O king, saw, and beheld, a great image. This image, which was mighty and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its aspect was awesome.
2:32 As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass, 2:33 its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.
2:34 You looked on until a stone was cut out without hands; it struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay and broke them in pieces. 2:35 Then the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, was broken in pieces together and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them; and the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
2:36 This is the dream and we will tell its interpretation before the king.
Cool huh?
As we will see in a moment, this image or idol represents the future of human history.
2:37 "You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom [i.e. Babylon], the power, and the strength and the glory; 2:38 and wherever the children of men dwell, he has given the animals of the field and the birds of the sky into your hand and has made you to rule over them all; you are the head of gold.
2:39 After you another kingdom shall arise inferior to you; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
2:40 The fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, because iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron crushes all these, so shall it break in pieces and crush.
2:41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potters' clay and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it the strength of iron, because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay. 2:42 As the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly broken. 2:43 Whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the offspring of men; but they shall not cling to one another, even as iron does not mingle with clay.
And this is, as we saw above, precisely what occurred:
These Kingdoms or Empires are listed as:
1. Babylonia: A Lion with Eagle's wings: King Nebuchadnezzar.
2. Medo-Persia: A Bear: Cyrus the Great
3. Greece: A Leopard with Four Wings: Alexander the Great
And 4. The Roman Empire: Dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly. As series of rulers, the final being Rex MundiAnd here as:
1. Babylonia: Head of Gold: King Nebuchadnezzar.
2. Medo-Persia: Breast and Arms of Silver: Cyrus the Great
3. Greece: Belly and Thighs of Brass: Alexander the Great
And 4. The Roman Empire: Legs of Iron, Feet of Iron and Part of Clay
The Image of the Beast is described here as a human figure. According to the prophet and history when the Roman Empire "fell" it divided into two "legs." Some people hoping to find a biblical, prophetic reference to the United States believe they find it here. What is meant by this reference to the two legs of the Image?
The decline and fall of the Roman Empire took place over a long period of time and through several battles and intrigues. Space (and probably reader interest) forbids a detailed discussion of these fascinating twists and turns and even Roman scholars do not agree on when the Empire actually finished its collapsed. There are two basic views:
Caliph Mehmed II destroyed the Eastern Roman Empire as Islam sought to and almost succeeded at conquering the world last time, but in the West the Empire lives on still through Vatican City, the Merovingian and other Royal European bloodlines and now the EU. Among these lineages is the San Grael -- the "Holy Blood" -- through which the Rex Mundi has doubtless already taken his birth.
Clearly these are the "two legs" of governmental development foretold by Daniel, the Eastern and Western Roman Empire followed by Eastern and Western Europe. The division of Empire contributed to the establishment of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox patriarchates and the eventual splitting of the Nicean/Nicolatian Church established by Constantine east and west. The tearing down of the Berlin Wall was a major if symbolic sign that Rome was re-emerging in our days. There is no reference to the United States in any biblical prophecy
But notice what happens next!
2:44 "In the days of those kings, the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
"In the days of those kings," which is to say in the days of the kings of the "ten toes" (i.e. Europa) God will establish His Kingdom that will never be defeated.
Note that the Roman Empire will still be ruling in the End of Days through the governments of Europe. As the Little Horn rises he will face some opposition from the European Houses and will have to defeat three of these groups. Whether this refers to three countries or three Illuminati Houses is a matter of debate. In today's world countries are like companies that are bought and sold among the corporate fascist bosses. The real powers operates in secret globalist cabals.
Recall that the Roman Empire subdivided into the ten kingdoms of Europe. Ten in prophecy means "all," the complete set. However Europa redefined itself over the years, it remained Rome and still is today. From among the European 'horns' the Little Horn will soon arise. From this we can know that the Antichrist will arise from the EU. Today these 'ten kingdoms' are almost re-united and the Roman Empire is again rising. In the days of these kings, Daniel tells us, HaShem will establish His Kingdom and Y'shua adds that this generation will not pass before it happens (Matt 24:34)!
Rex Mundi will arise from Europa and rule the Global Roman Empire of the Novus Ordo Seclorum.
And note the following carefully:
2:45 Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall happen hereafter; and the dream is certain and its interpretation sure."
From Zion, the Holy Mountain of HaShem, will arise a King who owes his allegiance solely to HaShem. He will not receive his power from the hands of men nor from human governments. He will be appointed and anointed ruler by HaShem. He will sit on the Throne of his forefather David and receive all the promises made to the descendants of Noah and Abraham. This man will be King of the Jews and Overlord of the Earth. This man will be Moshiach, God's Messiah. Through his reign all the nations of the Earth will be blessed, just as HaShem promised (Gen. 12:3).
This then is the meaning of John's description of the Beast.
I have spent a fair amount of time on this because it is vital to understand that what is now unfolding began a very long time ago and is taking place as the culmination of two distinct plans or prophecies:
We now continue with our text:
Revelation 13:3 One of his heads looked like it had been wounded fatally. His fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled at the beast.Because the text says "one of his heads" it is theorized by some that the prophecy is not that Rex Mundi will be assassinated but that one of the governments or houses under him will rebel. Losing a key ally during such a period could have disastrous results for the Novus Ordo Seclorum. Understand however that John is sharing his vision as he saw it, of the Beast, not the man. While this interpretation is understandable, verse 12 below specifically states that the Rex Mundi himself will receive the wound: "whose fatal wound was healed." Shortly after Rex Mundi commits the Abomination of Desolation spoken of by Daniel the Prophet (Dan. 9:24-27 and Matt. 24:15) he will be assassinated (probably with a blow or shot to the head) as we have discussed.
13:4 They worshiped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?"As Rex Mundi rises from the dead he will give glory to Lucifer his god and his followers will do the same. The Elite are Luciferians, literal worshipers of Lucifer. They have always been so. While they have sought to maintain some privacy, their literal worship of Lucifer has occasionally been discovered. For instance once a year Luciferians gather at the Bohemian Grove in Northern California to worship Lucifer in the form of an owl:
Dark Secrets: Inside Bohemian Grove These things seem to be too far out there, who could believe them!
We'd better start believing them!
Bohemian Grove Member David Gergen knows the truth!
Bohemian Grove: In a nutshell
A Conversation with Grove Member David Gergen13:5 A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.This "mouth speaking great things and blasphemy" is referenced by Paul in II Thessalonians 2, Daniel in the conclusion of his ninth chapter and so on as we have discussed.
Again we find the reference to the second half of the tribulation period, the final forty two months (1260 days or three and a half years).
13:6 He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his dwelling, those who dwell in heaven. 13:7 It was given to him to make war with the holy ones, and to overcome them. Authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation was given to him. 13:8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.13:9 If anyone has an ear, let him hear.
Those who have their names written in the Book of Life in this context are those who were sealed by HaShem earlier. Once Lucifer, in the guise of Rex Mundi, defiles the Temple and blasphemes the Name of HaShem he will proceed to wage war on the Jews and on all those who stand with them. Those who believe these events will only directly effect those in Israel proper will do well to note: 13:7 It was given to him to make war with the holy ones, and to overcome them. Authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation was given to him. 13:8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him. This is a global war and we are all drafted.
When we were reading about the seven churches the warning was always, "If anyone has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches." Now the warning is "If anyone has an ear, let him hear." By the Middle of the Week the Church will have embraced the Rex Mundi. What happens within the Seven Year Tribulation Period is not an issue for Christians (and Jews) only. The call at Revelation 3:20 is for whoever will join the fight. There is but One God, however conceived. We will ALL stand with His Moshiach or we will submit to Lucifer and his messiah, the Rex Mundi. That's our choice.
13:10 If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the holy ones.As discussed earlier:
Mark 8:35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.As we enter into Tribulation Period we must be prepared to make any sacrifice. If we are enslaved we are enslaved, if we are killed, we are killed... but under no circumstance will we submit to the Beast! This must be our pledge!
The False Prophet and the Mark of the Beast
13:11 I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon.Lots of folks misunderstand the False Prophet and his role but he is a very important figure!
He is "another beast" so this is not simply another moniker of the Rex Mundi as some suppose. This is another individual who will appear on the world stage.
Like the Beast, the False Prophet will hold authority, but less than the Rex Mundi. Note that he only has two "horns" and he serves the Beast.
While the False Prophet will resemble a "lamb" he will speak with the power and authority of the Dragon, Lucifer. The following statement that he exercises his power "in the presence of the beast" shows the source of his power.
Imam Madhi and Jesus?
It is worth noting here that according to Islam, Imam Madhi: a physical descendant of Muhammad Mustafa, will be on the Earth and working with Jesus to revert the world to Islam during this same period. Muslim prophecies are similar yet fundamentally different from than those of the Bible. Don't be confused by the similarities. Based on this belief however, some have theorized that the Rex Mundi will be (seen as) Imam Madhi and his False Prophet -- who looks like a lamb -- will be presented to the public as the Second Coming of Jesus. While this is an interesting theory we know that al Qu'ran is a plagiarized work of fiction (from the Bible, the Zoroastrian Avesta and the Indian Vedas) rather than being given by God as Islam claims. Al Qu'ran is a work of plagiarized deception. So in this study we are not basing our understandings on the Muslim prophecies.
Having said that, Rex Mundi is going to be accepted by the majority of Muslims as well as by the majority Nicean Christians, Jews, Hindus and others. This could be the hook that will cause Islam to accept him. Muslims may be told that the Great Leader is Imam Madhi and that his assistant is the returned Jesus. This is worth consideration as these events begin to unfold, but I would not put a lot of stock in the possibility. And, if this is the case, the claim certainly should not lead any follower of the One True God to embrace Islam nor accept this imposture.
What we know of the False Prophet
What we know from the Bible is that this False Prophet will direct all worship to Rex Mundi as Moshiach. From what we are told about the False Prophet his identity is all but certain as we will see below.
13:12 He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.Because of the wording at Revelation 13:3 that "One of his heads looked like it had been wounded fatally..." some say this refers to some political loss rather than a physical assassination. This verse, 13:12, confirms what was said above. The Beast will be fatally wounded -- he will die -- and then that wound will be healed as he rises from the dead as Lucifer Incarnate.
There is an important statement here that is easily missed: ... He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast. There are a couple of things worth noting here. First, 'all those who dwell on the Earth' shows again that this is to be a global enslavement. These things will not be limited to the Middle East. A bit more subtle is the statement that the False Prophet will make the inhabitants of Earth worship the beast. One can force religious compliance but worship is a matter of the heart, soul and mind. As we will see below however this clause is going to be literally fulfilled! Bear it in mind as we continue.
13:13 He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the sight of people. 13:14 He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast; saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived.Imagine the Pope standing in Saint Peter's Basilica and declaring that the Second Coming of Jesus has occurred! He raises his arms and lightening and balls of fire fall from the heavens bathing him in glory and confirming his declarations! This is what the False Prophet will do! This is the kind of power he will display! Now imagine seeing the Pope doing such acts while surrounded by the most influential and respected clerics of all the world's religions and by all the regional heads of government! Now see as he points to the man, probably seated on a gloriously decorated dais, who has established world peace, who has ended hunger, cured most diseases, ended global warming, caused the Temple in Jerusalem to be rebuild and who is, according to the Jews, the long awaited Moshiach!
Now imagine saying, "No! This Pope is the False Prophet! Imagine standing up and proclaiming that all those assembled religious and political leaders are either deceived or in cahoots with him! Imagine yourself pointing at the Leader of the united Planet Earth and declaring that the man all the world is glorifying is in reality the Devil incarnate!
Can you imagine this?
That's what we will be called upon to do if we live long enough!
It will seem insane to oppose the Golden One, but oppose him we must! We need to strengthen our faith now!
Based on the Majority Text source materials rather than the Textus Receptus (from which the KJV is translated), the World English Bible (and my NNB) has verse 14 as: "He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth." The King James Version of the Textus Receptus has this as "And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth." If the first reading is the accurate one this is another example of the New Testament's continuing reference to the Jews as the People of HaShem. God has not and will never abandon His Elect (Romans 11:1 etc).
In either case, the False Prophet will deceive the vast majority of people, including "my own people": the Jews, and most everyone will embrace the Rex Mundi. Comparatively few will oppose him.
13:15 It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn't worship the image of the beast to be killed.I've mentioned this idol before in this study. While the text does not directly say this, it seems safe to assume that there will be one main image or idol of the Beast, probably located in Rome originally but then moved to Jerusalem as Rex Mundi commits the Abomination of Desolation. The idol may be a duplicate of Rex Mundi's person (as I expect) or it may be the image Daniel described in his book (Dan. 2:31) -- or Daniel may have seen the image of Rex Mundi and based his interpretation on it. Rex Mundi will be, as we have discussed, the end result of centuries of planning and effort.
-- by Clarence Larkin in Dispensational Truth
This murti or idol will be animated by Lucifer himself as we will discuss below! The image will move, it will make declarations and proclamations, it will impart blessings and decree punishments. We can further assume that small copies of the image will be mass produced and that people will have shrines in their homes and in their places of business. There will surely be ritual requirements, daily prayers and so on as we will see below.
The Mark of the Beast.
-- by Clarence Larkin in Dispensational Truth
13:16 He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads; 13:17 and that no one would be able to buy or to sell, unless he has that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name. 13:18 Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred sixty-six.The King James Version translates these important verses as:
13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.First the number. It is written in various ways: 666, six six six, Six hundred threescore and six, six hundred and sixty six...
The number is chi xi stigma
Chi: "khee," the 22nd letter equals 600
Xi: "xee" the 14th letter equals 60
Stigma: stig-ma is an obsolete letter that equals 6Therefore the number equals: 666 however it is written.
There has been a lot of speculation into what the number means. For brevity I will refrain from going into the various theories in too much detail. It is worth noting in passing however that:
Chi written in Greek as X or x was used in ancient time to denote Y'shua as I discuss in my study IHS Chi-Rho and the Name of Master Y'shua. This usage lives on today as people write Xmas instead of Christmas and so on.
Xi developed as the sound ks and ksi. It is noteworthy to this study that xi (uppercase Ξ, lowercase ξ) is used in Stoichiometry to denote the extent of reaction in chemical engineering.
Likewise stigma (uppercase Ϛ, lowercase ϛ) reflects a mark incised or punched as recognition of ownership or as a "scar or mark of service" as Strong's Concordance tells us (4742). The letter is a combination of the Greek letters sigma and tau.
The meaning of these letters/numbers I think is obvious considering what I will present next.
In this study I endeavor to stick carefully to the text rather than inject personal interpretations (of course that is impossible to do completely). I have however had several dreams, non-physical experiences and seen numerous visions related to the Mark of the Beast and related topics that have developed my interpretations and beliefs. One of these inspired me to present this commentary. In this section I will share a few of these personal realizations. When sharing these, I will always let you know that they are my interpretations. These interpretations will begin with: I believe...
Let's begin our consideration of the Mark of the Beast by carefully considering what John has revealed.
He...:
"He" is the False Prophet in context. Like the Antichrist the False Prophet will be an individual person who will rule over a very large bureaucracy. Like Rex Mundi, that organization and its followers will carry out the will of their master. From the title "prophet" (and from what we will learn in the next chapter) it is clear that the False Prophet will be the head of a global religious organization. The Mark of the Beast will be instituted by and maintained through that body (at first). More on this in the next chapter.
... causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave:
The Mark of the Beast will be legally mandatory for everyone on the planet; there will be no exceptions. I believe the current debates regarding making the World Health Organization's (WHO) Novel H1N1 vaccinations mandatory is largely a trial balloon to see if people will accept or rebel against such globalist mandates. This is a good example. WHO can say taking the vaccine is "mandatory" but I'm not taking it! Likewise the global government can call accepting the Mark mandatory, but I'm not taking it! We must stand against such mandates!
... to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads:
The individual Marks will be "given" [didomi] under the authority of the world government through the auspices of the False Prophet. We know therefore that the Mark will be a thing that can be given or granted to the masses. The word "given" ("received" in the KJV.) is a translation of didomi. This word means voluntary acceptance -- which does not rule out coercion -- and I am convinced that the Mark will have to be willingly accepted (even if under duress). This is a very general word, however according to Strong's Concordance one of its meanings is "to give or commit to someone something to be religiously observed." As we will see below, this is the case here.
I believe that since the idols or images of Rex Mundi are discussed in the same verses there will be a direct connection between them and the Mark. The idols of the Beast will be granted to those who prove themselves worthy or loyal to the regime. Having an image will be proof to the government, to the local police, the religious authorities, to friends, neighbors and so on, that one has been confirmed as a loyal supporter of the New Order of the Ages (Novus Ordo Seclorum). Eventually most people will own and worship an idol of the Beast. Those without the image will be regarded as de facto terrorists and enemies of the state.
I believe families and individuals will have little shrines in their homes where the image will reside. Some people will decorate their shrines with flowers, gold, silver, crystals and so on while others will be more minimalist in their displays. There will doubtless be required and optional worship of the images. This worship will probably include daily prayers and salutations that can be done privately or with others as is currently the case with the Muslim salaats (five daily prayers). There will also probably be a declared holy day which I expect to be Sundays. This assumption is based on the continuing presence of the Nicolaitan heresy that has been active since before the third century CE as we discussed in chapter two and three. The worship of any god besides Rex Mundi and the honoring of any day other than Sunday will doubtless be illegal and interpreted as evidence of terrorist leanings. The Nicolaitans worship Sol Invictus, the Sun God.
I believe in order to be granted a murti (idol) one will have to voluntarily take a loyalty oath to the Rex Mundi personally and to the "people of the earth and the environment" collectively as indicated in the Georgia Guidestones:
The Georgia Guidestones: The following Global Elite declarations are clearly presented in a set of ten "guidelines" or engraved principles as follows. They are written in eight different languages, one language on each face of the four large upright stones. Moving clockwise around the structure from due north, these languages are: English, Spanish, Swahili, Hindi, Hebrew, Arabic, ancient Chinese, and Russian. The message in English reads as follows:
MAINTAIN HUMANITY UNDER 500,000,000
GUIDE REPRODUCTION WISELY —IMPROVING FITNESS AND DIVERSITY
UNITE HUMANITY WITH A LIVINGNEW LANGUAGE
RULE PASSION — FAITH — TRADITIONAND ALL THINGS
PROTECT PEOPLE AND NATIONSWITH TEMPERED REASON
WITH FAIR LAWS AND JUST COURTS
LET ALL NATIONS RULE INTERNALLYRESOLVING EXTERNAL DISPUTES
IN A WORLD COURT
AVOID PETTY LAWS AND USELESS
OFFICIALS
BALANCE PERSONAL RIGHTS WITHSOCIAL DUTIES.
PRIZE TRUTH — BEAUTY — LOVE —SEEKING HARMONY WITH THE
BE NOT A CANCER ON THE EARTH —INFINITE
LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE
LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE
Those who take the oath will be allowed to receive the Mark of the Beast (probably called the Mark of Loyalty or something similar).
The False Prophet distributes both.
Prior to the recent technological preparations for the Mark it was commonly believed that it would be a tattoo or literal 666 stamped on the hand or forehead. As its implementation is now approaching however it is all but certain that the Mark will be an implanted computer chip such as are currently used to mark pets. This technology is already in use in some humans for tracking children in the event of kidnapping and many powerful people, including Andy Rooney are pushing to see such implants be inserted into everyone.
The Marks will obviously be very small (like the v-chip shown above) because they will be implanted in the right hand or in the forehead. These chips will contain all known information about the person and can be electronically updated at will. The Mark will replace credit cards, ATM cards, driver's license, medical cards, security clearances and so on making the society "safe from counterfeiting, identity theft" etc. Imagine waving your hand across a scanner (such as used in grocery stores etc) for all purchases. No more cash to count or forget to bring, no more worries about being mugged. Just wave your hand. Instant, safe, access to everything. The Mark will appear to be the answer to countless of our woes and complaints. The people will love it!
But at what price? Such implants could easily be remotely "deactivated" leaving the bearer in such a cyber society a virtual non-person who could not buy or sell, for whom medical services would be unavailable and who could be tracked by the GPS component of the chip to any location on Earth making hiding places useless for those who are chipped. Imagine living under Hitler or Chairman Mao and knowing they had such capabilities! This is what John is describing... but there will be ever more to the Mark than this...
Read the following line carefully:
... and that no one would be able to buy or to sell, unless he has that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name.
From a strict reading of this verse we understand that those without the Mark will be cut off from the society and its economic base. Understanding the Mark to be an implant makes this verse completely reasonable in ways John and others of the past could never have conceived. This End Time revelation of what the Mark entails was confirmed by Prophet Daniel who was told: "Go your way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end" (12:9). Now that we are in the End Times we can understand things much more clearly.
The Mark as a Delivery System
On August 25, 2009 I had a night time experience that granted me a disturbing insight into what the Mark of the Beast will do. To be clear, the following is not contained in the words of our text however I believe this is accurate and completely harmonious with what John tells us. If so, it will become obvious to those who reject the Mark and too late for those who accept it.
Some of this I've known for years and even posted on from time to time. What I realized, what I saw, on August 25, 2009 however appalled and disgusted me more than I can describe. Much to Andy's dismay, after receiving this, around 2 AM, I rocketed into consciousness and hurried outside for the remainder of the night trying to grasp what I had seen and praying for understanding. I could not talk about it nor shake it from my consciousness. This was a shocking, terrifying realization that even now, two months later, is difficult to put into words, but I will try because this is important. I want this to be clear.
The Bavarian Illuminati have been working on genetic research far longer than most people even knew such research existed. According to the Dark Prophecies they have been engaged in this research for one primary purpose: the creation of the perfect human ruler: Rex Mundi. According to these prophecies the Merovingian Elite discovered DNA a very long time ago and have been working to unravel its mysteries. Now they have succeeded.
I must acknowledge first off that biochemistry and genetic manipulation are not my forte! This information is being shared in harmony with what I beheld. Take it with as many grains of salt as you wish.
Through the knowledge of DNA gained by the Illuminati, coupled with insights developed through cloning, stem cell and HIV research, the Human Genome project and so on, the Elite have managed to insert this modified DNA (developed for Rex Mundi and the San Grael or Holy Bloodline) via high-titer virus' (such as lentivirus) into the implanted chips. When a person receives the chip these modified DNA strands are activated (perhaps via RNA) and spread throughout the system modifying the host (incumbent) DNA as it progresses post-transfection. Over a period of time (which appears to be as short as two or three weeks) these modifications completely overwrite the host system and become the dominant markers.
This is the "natural" course or progression of the DNA modified implant or Mark. John reveals this, even though he does not understand it, when he adds: or "...the name of the beast or the number of his name."
This DNA modification is intended to literally alter the host DNA into that of the Beast and his fellows as designed by the Bavarian Illuminati!
As discussed above, the Mark of the Beast will be "666" or Chi (or X) as it modifies the transfected person into "X", and genetically reproduces the DNA of the Rex Mundi (according to the desired DNA grouping) in their bodies. This is "Xi" (or ksi) which is to say, it is the chemical engineering and marking ("stigma") of the person as owned by Lucifer.
In any case, once implanted ones DNA will gradually be transformed into that of the Rex Mundi source coding in ways we can scarcely conceive. The Illuminati have developed several source codes of DNA. It is not that everyone will be transformed in Rex Mundi but into alignment with one of the illumined source codes. The Georgia Guidestones list eight languages. It is conceivable that these reflect the accepted racial diversity and that transfected people who survive the process will become "perfect" specimens of these groups. Of course we know this attempt will fail, but this is likely the direction John is trying to describe here. The possible physical and mental results of this are horrifying to imagine.
In my night-time experience and subsequent visions I have seen souls entrapped within their own bodies screaming for release. These souls are fully conscious but are unable to regain control of their own bodies. It is as though a foreign entity has locked them up and taken over occupancy of their bodies. While this process will be a form of demon possession it is much more sinister than that. The souls of those who have been marked by the Beast will suffer in anguish as their bodies, like zombies, serve the Beast and act according to his will. For such people the only remaining hope is death.
Those who believe that cutting off the hand or digging out the Mark might be an option to gain their freedom need to rethink this. First, once marked they will have no desire to remove it and secondly, were they to they would only mutilate their bodies because the Mark is only the delivery system. Once the Mark is received all hope is gone.
More could be said on this but this should suffice.
Whether the additional interpretations I have seen and shared here regarding the specific nature of the Mark are accepted or not, please understand that what is certain is that everyone who accepts the Mark of the Beast will be damned and powerless to resist their master. There will be no free will left for these people. Once marked, salvation or liberation will no longer be options nor even conceivable.
All will be Ichabod.
REJECT THE MARK OF THE BEAST NO MATTER WHAT!
Here ends Chapter 13.
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