Thursday, October 18, 2012
Beast From The Earth
Bible Questions Answered:
“......who or what is this beast from
the earth?”
Brian/ Sacramento, California U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
Revelation 13:11-18 NLT
11 Then I saw another beast come up
out of the earth*. He had two horns like those of a lamb*,
but he spoke with the voice of a dragon.
12 He exercised all the authority*
of the first beast. And he required all the earth and its people to
worship* the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.
13 He did astounding miracles*, even
making fire flash down to earth* from the sky while everyone
was watching.
14 And with all the miracles he was
allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the
people who belong to this world. He ordered the people to make a
great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then
came back to life*.
15 He was then permitted to give
life* to this statue so that it could speak. Then the statue of
the beast commanded that anyone refusing to worship it must
die.
16 He required everyone—small and
great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the
right hand or on the forehead*.
17 And no one could buy or sell
anything without that mark, which was either the
name of the beast or the number representing his name.
18 Wisdom is needed here. Let the one
with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for
it is the number of a man. His number is 666.
Satan, at best is an imitator, the only
original idea he has ever had was that of sin.
There is an evil trinity (Now where did
that come from?).
Father, Satan the Devil, Lucifer.
Son, the coming Anti-Christ, possessed
by the spirit of his father.
False Prophet, spiritual, false leader.
(See, Revelation 16:13/ 19:20/20:10)
Revelation 17, describes a false
religious system, which sits on seven hills (Verse 9), many interpret
as being Rome, and its Papacy.
In these verses of Revelation
13:11-18 is describing the devils false imitation of God the Holy
Spirit, the coming False Prophet, Satanic religious leader (Who may
already be in the world.)
The False Prophet, demands that all
worship the first beast from the sea, the Anti-Christ.
Look at these verses to see the evil
(False Prophet) imitation of God's Son the Lord Jesus Christ.
Verse 11: Come up out of the
earth
Matthew 2:3-5 KJV
3 When Herod the king had heard
these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
4 And when he had gathered all the
chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them
where Christ should be born.
5 And they said unto him, In
Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
Verse 11: a Lamb.
John 1:29 KJV
The next day John seeth Jesus coming
unto him, and saith, Behold The Lamb of God, which taketh away
the sin of the world.
Verse 11: Voice of a dragon.
Exodus 19:16 KJV
And it came to pass on the third day
in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick
cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so
that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Exodus 19:19 KJV
And when the voice of the trumpet
sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God
answered him by a voice.
Ezekiel 9:1 NLT
Then the Lord thundered..."
Verse 12: Authority.
Matthew 7:29
KJV
For He taught them as one having authority, and not as the
scribes.
John 5:27 NLT
And He has given Him authority to judge everyone because He is the
Son of Man.
Verse 12: Worship.
John 4:23,24
NLT
23 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true
worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth. The Father
is looking for those who will worship Him that way.
24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship Him must worship in
Spirit and in Truth.”
Verse 13: Astounding Miracles.
Matthew
14:25-27 KJV
25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them,
walking on the sea.
26 And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were
troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good
cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
Verse 13: Fire flash down to
earth.
Acts 2:1-3
KJV
1 On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together
in one place.
2 Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a
mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting.
3 Then, what looked like flames or tongues of fire appeared and
settled on each of them.
Verse 14: Fatally wounded and
then came back to life.
Matthew 16:21
KJV
From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto His disciples, how
that He must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders
and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the
third day.
Verse 15: To give life
John
11:25,38,41-45 KJV
25 Jesus said unto her, I am The Resurrection, and The Life: he
that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
38 Jesus therefore again groaning in Himself cometh to the grave.
It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was
laid. And Jesus lifted up His eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee
that thou hast heard Me.
42 And I knew that thou hearest Me always: but because of the
people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast
sent Me.
43 And when He thus had spoken, He cried with a loud voice,
Lazarus, come forth.
44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave
clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto
them, Loose him, and let him go.
45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the
things which Jesus did, believed on Him.
Verse 16: A mark on the right
hand or on the forehead.
Ezekiel 9:3-7 NLT (God's people saved, the guilty sentenced-
read the whole chapter.)
3 Then the glory of the God of Israel rose up from between the
cherubim, where it had rested, and moved to the entrance of the
Temple. And the Lord called to the man dressed in linen who was
carrying the writer’s case.
4 He said to him, “Walk through the streets of Jerusalem and put
a mark on the foreheads of all who weep and sigh because of the
detestable sins being committed in their city.”
5 Then I heard the Lord say to the other men, “Follow him
through the city and kill everyone whose forehead is not marked. Show
no mercy; have no pity!
6 Kill them all—old and young, girls and women and little
children. But do not touch anyone with the mark. Begin right here at
the Temple.” So they began by killing the seventy leaders.
7 “Defile the Temple!” the Lord commanded. “Fill its
courtyards with corpses. Go!” So they went and began killing
throughout the city.
Revelation
7:2-4 KJV
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal
of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels,
to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till
we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were
sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of
the children of Israel.
Revelation
14:1 KJV
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with
Him an hundred forty and four thousand, having His Father's name
written in their foreheads.
This false worship leader, will cause all men to worship the beast
which has come up from the sea, the Anti-Christ.
And of their end....
Revelation 19:20 NLT
And the beast (Anti-Christ) was captured, and with him the false
prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the beast—miracles
that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the beast and who
worshiped his statue. Both the beast and his false prophet were
thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Be sure to read the blog posting ..... False Prophet-The