THE BEAST

I'm sure you have heard of "the beast" in Bible prophecy, and that it has to do with that mysterious number, 666. This is in the Book of Revelation, chapter 13.  But did you know there are two beasts? The most prominent beast - the one I would call "THE beast" - is verses one through ten. A 'big' beast. And verses eleven through eighteen are a 'little' beast.

Beast one is a world beast, or that is a world empire or world body, which rises to much power. Beast two is a prominent office of man. Yes, he's the famous 666 one, but it's - an office - which is pinpointed, here, in Revelation chapter 13. And dig this, the verse which pinpoints the office? Verse 13:13.

So picture this, verse 13 says, "he performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men." For the life of me I can't imagine why this doesn't ring more bells! Like man's splitting of the atom isn't in Bible prophecy! (Maybe hints at it in Ezekiel.)

Revelation 13:13 - "he.. makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men" - 1945, fire, upon Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Earth's final antiChrist (it's a person, for we have his number, and yes there's been others) will be associated with that same office which brought down that fire. Likely associated with the office, previously to being in the main seat of the world beast (of verses one through ten).

The world beast here, and also in the book of (in the writings of) the prophet Daniel, is described as having ten horns. (Leading us to believe there are clues and information about it in both Revelation and Daniel.) Daniel is second only to the Book of Revelation when it comes to latter day Bible prophecy. Revelation (about 90 a.d.) says he "has seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns" (from Revelation 13:1-3). And Daniel (about 550 b.c.) says he has "ten horns in his head.. with iron teeth and bronze claws" (from Daniel 7:19 and 20).

In the next lesson, we will discuss how we know the "iron" is Roman (based) and the "bronze" is Greek (based). The last days world beast will be something which sprang up upon Roman and Greek (Roman/Graeco) foundations, what is called "the classical world". And what was built upon it? Western civilization. Think Roman politics, courts, senates, architecture; along with Greek drama, arts, philosophy, universities, etc. A world body rises to power, having iron teeth (columns!) and with bronze claws "breaks apart" or "scatters". [This is not to say nations of the Middle and Far East are not also players in the Book of Revelation vision.]

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APOCALYPSE MADE PLAIN

An Overview Before Proceeding Further
Revelation Chapters 8, 9 and 14

So What's Next? Now that we know we are in the pause of the splitting of the atom used for warfare, what can we expect to occur next?

If you remember, man's splitting of the atom, was the opening of the `sixth seal` on the scroll which is the Book of Revelation vision.

"The Day Which Shook the Earth"
 - Hiroshima witness, Hachiya, Michihiko - "two bright flashes, darkness, ppl wounded, walking but silent" - Hiroshima Diary (1955) - "Surviving the Atomic Attack on Hiroshima, 1945," -- from "EyeWitness to History" - http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/hiroshima.htm (2001)

"When the Seventh Seal is broken, there is a hush in heaven for the space of about half an hour." - Rev 8:1
..And seven angels are given seven trumpets and prepare to sound.. Another angel is given incense to mingle with the prayers of the Lord's people.. Then the angel fills his censor with fire from the altar and casts it to Earth.. There is noises.. thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake.

The Seventh Seal - An Overview

a - hush in heaven (clandestine goings on, on earth? or, last days thermonuclear [#1]?)
b - Lord's people graced with greater spirit of prayer..?
c - thermonuclear - [#1?] (thunders, lightnings, earthquake)
d - seven angel trumpeters sound - Rev 8 and 9
   1 - hail, fire, blood, 1/4 green of earth burned up [#2?]
   2 - burning mountain into sea [#3) a misfire? to John's eyes, fiery mountain rising?
   3 - large star to earth as torch [#4 as missile?) "wormwood" on rivers and streams
   4 - the light of 1/3 of the sun, moon and stars are diminished
        (smoke/drought - Rev 12:16; Lk23:28,31)
   5 - out of the smoke comes marshall law for five months, helicopter
        enforced (9:3-10, locust like, strike fast)
   6 - troops at the Euphrates, tanks, 1/3 (remaining?) mankind killed
        for 3.5 years two witnesses prophecy in Jerusalem
        the gathering to Armageddon, 16:14-16
        666 for 45 days (Daniel 12:11,12)
               [[chapters 10,11,12 & 13 are inserts]]
e - gathering to Hinnom / Armageddon - 16:14-16
   7 - "at the time of the 7th trump" - Rev 10:6,7 - "finished / consummated"
        The Kingdom Is The Lord's - 14:1(spiritual until)14-18,
        which is the two harvests of the earth
        final thermonuclear - 14:19,20; 2 Thess. 1:7,8 -
        lightnings, voices, earthquake, great hail
        - (or debris? when towers / global Babylon falls -17:1,2
        note, the 14:8 fall/crash, is not 17:1!)
        Verse 20 = oil?

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FAT MAN and LITTLE BOY Leap Upon The Stage

We're going to jump ahead for one moment to Revelation chapter thirteen.

Revelation 13, verse 13 - in Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

"..and it" - the second 'beast' of the chapter - "doth great signs, that fire also it may make to come down from the heaven to the earth before men.."

Many believe this will be a supernatural act, a magical trick of some sort. But I believe it occurred in 1945 at the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

I also believe it is the sixth seal, of the seven seals of chapter six. The scroll is unrolled, breaking the seal, revealing the vision, the earth shakes, and mighty men of the earth hide in caves. I remember hearing of the bomb shelters that were built after that day.

The Seals of God are described in a blend of two strands:
 - #1 - what it is when it begins, and,
 - #2 - what it is at the 'end' in its full growth (gallup) and maturity.

This is never more true than with the sixth seal. But with the emphasis on its full blown effect.

Revelation 6:12-17 - Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

"And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and lo, a great earthquake came, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood, and the stars of the heaven fell to the earth -- as a fig-tree doth cast her winter figs, by a great wind being shaken -- and heaven departed as a scroll rolled up, and every mountain and island -- out of their places were moved; and the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chiefs of thousands, and the mighty, and every servant, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens, and in the rocks of the mountains, and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, `Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of Him who is sitting upon the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb,' because come did the great day of His anger, and who is able to stand?"

And after this -

Revelation 7:1 - King James Version (KJV)

"And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.."

The Winds of the Sixth Seal are held back. Its winds are paused, and this is exactly where planet Earth is now in the unfolding of Bible prophecy. How long we remain here, would likely be the question. During the pause "servants of God are sealed on their foreheads, a hundred and forty-four thousand of Israel, and a great crowd from every land, nation and tribe". (The order being vice-versa, as shortly after Israel recognizes Jesus as Messiah, is when Jesus returns, Mt 23:39.)

Then, when the seventh seal on the scroll is broken there is silence in heaven for half an hour. I believe the seventh seal is broken when the pause of thermonuclear warfare is broken. Seven angels who stand before God are given seven trumpets, and they prepare to sound. (Things escalate.)

The seven trumpets are in that last seal. In order to keep this study brief and to the point, I am assuming it's likely any reader of this is acquainted somewhat with the Book of Revelation and knows what the Seals, Trumpets, and Bowls or Vials are. I would be more than happy to reply to the question if not however.

By describing the sixth seal in its maturity of effect, the vision is in a degree, locked. For it describes things which happen very late on the planet, here so early on in the narrative!

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