THE TIME IS AT HAND
10-16-16
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The height of
our revelations depends upon the correctness of our doctrines (our
building
blocks)
(2 Thes 2:1-4)
Now we beseech you, brethren,
by the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together
unto him, That ye be not soon
shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by
letter
as from us, as that the day of Christ [the day of the Lord’s second coming] is at hand. Let no man deceive
you by any means: for that day shall not
come, except there
come a falling away [Gk:
a
defection from truth (apostasy) /// separation, divorce] first, and that man of sin be
revealed [Gk: to take off
the
cover, disclosed], the son of
perdition [Gk: damnation]; Who opposeth and exalteth himself
above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as
God
sitteth in the temple of God, shewing [Gk: to show off, exhibiting]
himself that he is God.
1.
(2
Pet 3:10-12) But the
day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;
in the which the
heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat, the earth also
and the
works that are therein shall be burned
up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of
persons ought ye to be in all
holy conversation [Gk:
behavior] and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto the
coming of the day
of God, wherein the heavens being on
fire shall be dissolved, and the elements
shall melt with fervent
heat?
(Rev 1:3)
Blessed is he
that readeth, and they
that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep
those things which
are written therein: for the time is
at hand.
THE BEAST, THE
ANTICHRIST
(Rev 13:1,2)
And I stood upon the sand of the
sea
[“the sea” is a biblical symbol of
the people of this world], 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 [Satan: Rev 12:9] gave him his power, and his
seat, and great authority.
1.
beast = Gk: a dangerous
animal: (venomous, wild) beast.
2.
blasphemy = Gk: vilification
(especially against God): evil speaking, railing.
3.
dragon = Gk: a fabulous kind
of serpent (supposed to fascinate).
4.
Commentary: What is the most powerful
seat (throne) of authority in the world today? Answer: the Presidential
seat of
the
(Rev 13:3-8) 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. And they worshipped the dragon
which gave
power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast,
saying, Who is like unto the
beast? who is able
to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth
speaking great
things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to
continue forty and
two months [3 ½ years]. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy
against God, to blaspheme
his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was
given
unto him to make war with the saints, and
to overcome them [Dan
7:21,25; Rev 13:7]: and
power was given him over all
kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon
the earth shall
worship him, whose names are not written in the
book of life of the Lamb
slain from the foundation of the world.
1.
(Dan 7:21,22)
I
beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and
prevailed [Heb: overcame] against them; Until
the Ancient of days came, and judgment
was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the
saints possessed the kingdom.
2.
(Dan 7:25-27)
And he
shall speak great words
against
the most High, and shall wear out [Heb: (but used only in a mental sense); to
afflict] the saints of the most
High, and think to change
times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a
time and
times and the dividing of time [symbolically
3 ½ years]. But the
judgment
shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to
destroy it unto the end. And the kingdom and dominion [Heb:
empire], and the greatness of the
kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the
saints
of the most High, whose kingdom is
an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
(Rev
13:9,10)
If any man have an ear, let him hear.
He that leadeth into
captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must
be
killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the
faith of the
saints.
(Rev
13:11,12)
And I beheld another beast coming up out
of the earth [“the false
prophet”
Rev 16:13; 19:20; 20:10] [i.e., our current news media]; and he had two horns like a lamb, and
he spake as a dragon.
And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,
and
causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the
first beast,
whose deadly wound was healed.
1.
(1
Sam 17:7) And the staff of his [Goliath’s] spear was
like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed
six hundred shekels of iron: and one
bearing a shield went before him.
a.
shield = Heb: a hook (as
pointed); also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness); also
cold (as
piercing) /// to be prickly; a thorn; hence a cactus hedge.
2.
(1 Sam 17:41)
And the Philistine came on and drew near unto
David; and the man that
bare the shield
went before him.
(Rev
13:13-17)
And he doeth great
wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the
earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth
by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to
them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an
image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did
live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that
the image
of the beast should both speak, and
cause that as many as would not worship
the image of the beast should be killed. 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: 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.
(Rev
13:18)
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 [666].
1.
(1
Thess 5:23) And the very God of peace
sanctify you
wholly; and I pray God your
whole spirit [6]
and soul [6]
and body [6]
be preserved
blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2.
Commentary: 666 is the number of a man
without God in his spirit and soul and body. 7 (6+1) is the number of a
saved
man of God in spirit (7) and soul (7) and body (7). The very next verse
describes 777 men:
(Rev 14:1-5)) And I looked, and, lo, a
Lamb stood on
the
Amen