The Beast

Summary: The Dragon

Most Christian’s believe they, or their church will be ‘raptured,’ before the great tribulation as foretold by JESUS. This could not be further from the truth. As the LORD’S Covenant with Abraham, is as much about tribulation, as it is about promise. Things inherent in the very nature of those ¹multitudes and ²kings, who descend with Abraham’s faith. In the Book of Revelation: we see the ¹multitudes, gathered from every nation have come out of great tribulation and beside them, ²Twelve Tribes sealed. Evidence the Angel of the Covenant has kept His Oath, to the seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. (Revelation 7:9-14)

God’s purpose sealed in the tribulation and affliction that Abraham’s seed would suffer, is captured in these few words spoken to Abraham; I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

The LORD’s Covenant of Circumcision promised Abraham: (Genesis 15 & 17)

A promised son, and from him two parts; (from Isaac)
One part would become a multitude of nations; (from Ephraim)
From the other a line of kings; (from Jacobs Twelve sons)
His seed would go into captivity and be afflicted four hundred years; (4 Parts)
In the 4th generation the LORD would judge the nation that oppressed them, and call them out of bondage
Their seed would inherit Canaan, the promised land (Canaan = humbled, bowed)
A land from the river Egypt to the river Euphrates (two rivers that represent God’s Spirit in the Law and the Gospel)

The token of this Oath, (the circumcision of the foreskin) is not the Covenant as many suppose, but its sign. The Covenant is: a promised son, two seeds, four times of affliction, judgement of their oppressors, deliverance from bondage, and a promised land, which would dwell between the rivers of Egypt and the Euphrates. Rivers that symbolise God’s Spirit in the Covenants of the Law, and Gospel.

Upon the multitudes Jacob saw would come out of Ephraim, is the name Israel; ‘God Prevails.’ Before Jacob died he also blessed the sons born of his flesh, who in the four generations of their affliction in Egypt became Twelve Tribes. In his blessing upon Judah, the fourth born, Jacob saw coming the seed of kings and priests.

Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. (Genesis 49:8-12)

The Twelve Tribes sealed in JESUS name in the Book of Revelation, (JESUS is the Father) are not the tribes of Jacob’s flesh, but the virgin born Tribes of Shiloh; the Christ.

In Part-I: I shared the Bride in Revelation 12, is the three parts of the LORD’S Covenant of Circumcision: the ¹Law; the ²Gospel and the ³Promises. In each dispensation the glory of one is surpassed by the next, and in them, are the times of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. These are the three dispensations of Christ; named JESUS on the eighth day. (Luke 2:21) And again: In that day there shall be one LORD and his Name one. (Zechariah 14:9) And again: JESUS is both LORD and Christ (Acts 2:36)

From this Bride comes the seed of promise, who keep the Commandments of God and the Testimony of JESUS. By Revelation 21, she has become; New Jerusalem, the City of Truth.

There is another city, a City of Confusion: Babylon the [H]arlot. In the Seven Plagues of Revelation, she is shaken and divided into three parts: the ¹Dragon, the ²Beast of the Sea, and the ³Beast of the Earth. These are the LORD’S Covenants corrupted; each part more desolate than the next. In them are the blessings of the earth, miracles, healing, signs, prophesy, dreams, and visions. Bound in these Covenants are the spirits of devils working miracles. (Revelation 16:13-14)

In these spirits is the strong delusion, ordained by God to bring those who depart from the love of JESUS Truth into captivity; and in time, the LORD willing, to repentance and JESUS purified Faith in them. (2Thess 2:7-12) In the midst of these Covenants and their delusion, dwells Satan, the deceiver and antichrist. In Babylon is the blood of the slain Prophets and Saints, and in her also the idolatry, which has given birth to the multitudes foretold in Ephraim. In her is the root of the tribulation and affliction, which marks Abraham’s seed; the mark of the beast.

The sum of things above is that the LORD’S Covenant of Circumcision is the tribulation and promise bound in two seeds. One, a line of kings born of the Bride adorned with the LORD’S Covenants. The other, those multitudes born of Babylon’s [f]ornication of the same Covenants.

The Beast of the Sea

In the Law a sign: the removal of the flesh. In Jesus Gospel: in the waters of baptism which separate, is the sign that in the dividing of time our old man will be put to death, and from the waters will rise the new man in Christ. In its sign, a circumcision more perfect than that commanded to Abraham. Yet in time, it is surpassed in the obedient, by the glory of a Circumcision performed without hands.

For in him (JESUS) dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. (Colossians 2:9-12)

In Revelation 13: from the waters, (the multitudes of all nations) a Beast rises with a body comprising four parts; seven heads, and ten horns. This Beast is born out of the Covenant of the Law. However, this is not the Covenant of Christ that was, and is, and is to come rising from the waters, but another Covenant; that was, and is not and yet is. It is not the Covenant of JESUS Gospel rising from the waters, but JESUS Testimony perverted. It is an image of the true. In this Beast is the sin of Ephraim whose descendants made and worshipped the golden bulls, which sin in time, devoured Israel. And in this defiled gospel is the image of the beast, its name, and its mark.

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 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. 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 13:1-3)

On examination, its head and horns appear the same as the Dragon it worships, and derives its power from. However, the tail of the Dragon that cast down the stars, which spoke of Christ, is now seen as a body with four parts. The tail of the Dragon’s Covenant is symbolic of the serpent’s tail; the curses bound in ‘Moses Law’ when cast to the ground. The four parts of God’s sevenfold vengeance comes from this sin. So, when our churches change JESUS Testimony, or cast down his Commandments, we set in motion the four stages of the LORD’S vengeance seen in Leviticus 26. Tribulation foretold by Joel, in the four stages of the locust armies, which he saw devour Eden.

The Beast’s Body – four parts

The Prophet Daniel saw the parts of this Beast rise in the nations as: (Daniel 7)

A LION with eagle’s wings placed upon the earth. Changed into a beast and given the heart of a man: – [The Lion, JESUS Covenant with Israel. Its wings of an eagle, the testimony of the Law and faith. God’s Word creates a beast: man.] (1st Trumpet)

[The Number of the Beast] Let him that has understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is 666. (Revelation 13:18)

A BEAR that devours flesh with three ribs in its teeth: – [The bear, symbolic of a power stronger than man, the cursing bound in the law, which overcomes us and devours our flesh. As with Eve, the ribs are God’s testimony fallen and carried away.] (2nd Trumpet)

[Moses Song] Moreover all these curses shall come upon you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you be destroyed; because you hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his Commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: (Deuteronomy 28:45)

A LEOPARD with the four wings of a fowl and four heads given dominion: – [Not a Lion but a Leopard; not the wings of God’s Spirit, but the wings of an unclean spirit. Not the Covenant of the Law subject under the Brides feet, but the four parts of its vengeance and tribulation set loose on those who cast it down.] (3rd Trumpet)

[God’s Word is like this] And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself… Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. (Ezekiel 1:4-6)

THE 4TH BEAST is not like the first three; dreadful and exceedingly strong with great iron teeth and brass claws. It devoured and brakes in pieces, and stamps the residue with its feet. It had ten horns:

[Its iron teeth and brass claws symbolise a gospel, ‘manufactured’ by men. Its teeth and feet describe a gospel without mercy. Its ten horns reveal the law that reigns in its heart. This 4^th beast is different from the others because the first three parts belong to God. This 4^th part is the forgery of God’s law and gospel] (4th Trumpet)

In the body of the Beast, which rises from the sea are all the parts seen by the Prophet Daniel, and the Apostle John. However, it is in the Beasts wounded head that we understand the sickness in its body. And in the wound, the abomination that makes our churches and our congregations desolate: the mark of the beast and his name.

Seven Heads and Ten Horns

In Revelation 12, the Dragons seven heads are crowned. This signifies the observance of those Sabbaths and feasts earlier practiced under the Old Testament Covenant by Israel’s tribes, and by our churches today. Carnal days of rest that spoke of more perfect things to come. However, in Revelation 13, the Beast’s ten horns, the Ten Commandments are crowned. Confirmation that ‘Moses Law’ reigns in this Covenant and not Christ.

If this Beast, (this Gospel) was JESUS Gospel undefiled, its seven heads crowned, would signify Christ’s dominion and reign in the generations of the seven Churches ages. They would evidence JESUS Sabbath in those who believe. However in the body of this Covenant, JESUS is not King, and does not reign in those churches who partake of it. In this Beast, there is no rest for those who bow down and partake of its gospel. Furthermore, on its seven heads are the names of blasphemy. Why?

The Apostle John saw the 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 13:1-3)

But the Prophet Daniel saw how the wound was made. I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. (Daniel 7:8)… (Dan 7:21) I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;

In the Ten Commandments given to Moses, the first three declare the Christ:

The LORD alone is God;
Not to make an image of anything in the heaven, the earth or the waters below;
Not to make the LORD’s name void or worthless.

Daniel saw these ‘three horns’ ripped out and replaced by a little horn with the eyes of a man. That is, these three Commandments are now replaced by a ‘declaration of ~~faith,~~’ as mistakenly interpreted by men. ~~Like the trinity.~~ These Three Commandments, sealed in Moses Law, testify of Christ. Like the three ribs in the bear’s mouth, that show JESUS Testimony overcome in those who crown Moses and not Christ. The wounded head is the Testimony of Christ replaced by a ~~lie~~. The names of blasphemy are the names of teachings and creeds, which overlay JESUS Testament and name. As an example, the Trinitarian gospel declares:

The LORD alone is God; God is three separate persons (The mark of the Beast)
Not to make an image: Their creed is an image (The image of the Beast)
Not to render the LORD’S name void: The Father, the Son and Holy Ghost are known in most Churches as; the trinity. (The name of the beast, is the name of our creeds)

In Deuteronomy, Moses declared the LORD’S Great Commandment, would be a sign, a mark upon the hand and forehead of those who treasured God’s Testimony.

[The Obedient Marked] Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD… And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart… And thou shalt bind them for a ¹sign upon thy hand, [¹BDB 226: A Mark] and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. (Deuteronomy 6:4-8)

Moses warned our rejection of the Commandments would also mark the disobedient; just as creeds like the doctrine of the trinity mark the tribes of men.

[The Disobedient Marked] Moreover all these curses shall come upon you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you be destroyed; because you hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his Commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: And they shall be upon you for a ¹sign [¹BDB 226: A Mark or Warning] and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. (Deuteronomy 28:45-46)

[The Law] 4 Parts – 7 Heads

JESUS pure Gospel proceeds out of the four gospels; from the Apostles sowing of the Gospel, (especially Paul’s) came Seven Churches; from the multitudes in the nations come Twelve Tribes.

In the four parts of the body of the Beast, (JESUS Gospel desecrated) we find the tribulation sealed in the LORD’S Covenant with Abraham. Out of the body of this Beast comes its seven heads. These seven heads are seven times; seen in Jacob’s seven years’ service for Leah the first born, and seven years for Rachel his beloved; seen again in Joseph’s seven years of plenty and seven years of famine. Heard in Moses blessings and curses sealed in the law with its sevenfold vengeance.

When Abraham was shown his descendants would be enslaved four hundred years, it spoke of the four times of tribulation and affliction sealed in God’s Oath. First we will look at the tribulation ordained in the Covenant of Circumcision in the Law, and then to the Gospel of JESUS. Bound in the Book of Leviticus are the four stages; the four parts of the LORD’S sevenfold vengeance. In it we can see the LORD’S fury against those who have bowed to other gods and belief’s.

[Here’s a portion of the 4^th Stage] And if you will not for all this hearken to me, but walk contrary unto me; Then I will also walk contrary to you, in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall you eat. And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcass of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries into desolation… (Leviticus 26:27-31)

Now Abraham was promised that the LORD would deliver his seed from affliction in the “fourth generation.” So, at the end of the 4^th stage of the LORD’S fury as outlined above we read this;

[The Covenant of the LORD’S Circumcision] If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. (Leviticus 26:40-42)

[The Gospel] 4 Parts – 7 Heads

Paul said; that even if we or an Angel from heaven preached another gospel, then we would be accursed. JESUS said if we add one word to His Testimony, he would place upon us all the curses and plagues written in the Book. And if we took away from His Word; He would remove our names from the Lamb’s Book of Life. (Rev 22: 16-19)

The four stages of JESUS sevenfold vengeance bound in the Gospel are seen in Revelation as:

The Seven Church Angel messages
The Seven Seals
The Seven Trumpets
The Seven Plagues

Each of these consist of seven parts. So that you may truly understand the LORD’S quarrel with our Churches, let us now read the fourth part of each stage. Remember, in these things JESUS is not only talking to our Churches but to you, and me. He is pleading we repent of our desecration of His Covenants: a voice crying in the wilderness.

Seven Church Angel Messages – [The 4^th Message] Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou suffer that woman Jezebel, which calls herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which search the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. (Rev 2:20-23)

Seven Seals – [The 4^th Seal] And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. (Rev 6:8)

Seven Trumpets – [The 4^th Trumpet] And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. (Rev 8:12)

Note: The third parts of the moon, the sun and the stars, are the three parts that adorn the Bride; the Covenant of Circumcision. (The Law, the Gospel and the Promises) The thirds darkened speak of Christ, the three ribs, and the three horns ripped out.

Seven Plagues [The 4^th Plague] And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. (Rev 16:8-9)

We can see clearly in these ‘4th parts,’ the root cause of the tribulation contained in the four stages of JESUS Wrath in the: (1) Church Messages, (2) Seals, (3) Trumpets and (4) Plagues. Affliction poured upon the multitudes bound in the idolatry of Ephraim; the same sin that plagues our Churches. The sin of creeds that cut, smite and throw down the Testimony of JESUS Christ our LORD every time we preach and teach them.

The 4th Generation

In the four times: in the four generations of this tribulation is a sign of the LORD’s Covenant of Circumcision; when He had Abraham divide three beasts in their midst. A sign to his seed forever. Between the divided parts of those beasts passed a burning lamp: JESUS Truth: and a smoking furnace, JESUS Wrath. The idolatry at the root of the affliction, marks the seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

The Mark of the Beast: is the mark of a false gospel;
The Image of the Beast: is the creeds that sit at the heart of our errant beliefs;
The Name of the Beast: is the name our beliefs are known by: like the Trinity, the Book of Mormon, The Name of God Movement, and Jehovah Witness as examples.

But Praise the LORD: JESUS swore an Oath to Abraham’s seed, that in the fourth generation of their affliction, He would judge the nation which oppressed them; and call them out of bondage. In Moses time, the LORD called Israel out of Egypt. In the fourth generation of their slavery, the LORD plagued Egypt and commanded Pharaoh; to let my people go.

So, in the fourth stage of JESUS Wrath, at the end of the Seven Plagues, upon those of us in bondage to Church creeds, the LORD JESUS shakes Babylon. That is, he shakes and destroys our errant beliefs, just as the sounding of the trumpets seven times brought down Jericho’s walls in Joshua’s day. As Babylon, His Covenant with Abraham’s ‘seed of tribulation’ divides into three parts, the LORD remembers His Oath to judge the nations which have oppressed His people. In His plagues and fury, a jealous love for our souls.

And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying; It is done. And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. (Revelation 16:17-19)

As Jericho’s walls fell, the seed of the [h]arlot were saved by the promise of Joshua. As Babylon falls, JESUS remembers His Oath to Abraham and calls His people out…

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird… 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. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. (Revelation 18:1-5)

Come out of her my people!

Israel! The LORD thy God is One LORD: JESUS Christ the same yesterday, today and forever; He who was, and who is, and who is to come; the LORD God Almighty.

Israel let God Prevail: The LORD thy God is one LORD; (Deut 6:4-8 + Mark 12:29)
JESUS is the Everlasting Father, the Promised Son, the Counsellor; (Isaiah 9:6)
Peter’s Pentecost declaration: JESUS is both LORD and Christ; (Acts 2:36)
Repent and be baptised in the name of JESUS Christ; (Acts 2:38)
Keep the Commandments of God in Spirit and in Truth, and the Faith of JESUS;