Humanity's Identity Redeemed
This is our third look into the mystery woman of Revelation 17 and her evil, vial ways as spoken of in the OT and NT is language that is not clearly understood by those of the earthy or worldly ways. To open this study I will again draw from Hebrews 13 verses 20 and 21 which reveal this:
Hebrews 13:20-21, "Now the GOD of Peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do Their Will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in Their sight, through Jesus Christ; To Whom be glory for ever and ever. The great Amen."
Now this is where we find that the GOD of Peace, Who makes us obedient through the Blood of Christ Jesus, in the New Covenant and then as if that was not enough, They then equip us to do Their Will. We will soon learn that this is not what the mystery woman or the church of this world proclaim nor do those associated with her achieve by any means, in fact, it is the direct opposite. While I am here I want to look at the term: GOD in the NT Greek, Strong's shows this as G2316, theos, of uncertain affinity; A deity, especially (with G3588, ho hē to, The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; The definite article; The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom): - the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.) the supreme Divinity (in the Hebrew H430, 'ĕlôhı̂ym, from H433, 'ĕlôahh, to show a strong reverence for Them, I capitalize all references to Them, for it is Their image and likeness that we all bear within us, as we have already studied, to me theos is not good enough as it lacks depth of meaning, like the word Grace which means far more then some kind of favor); figuratively a magistrate; by Hebraism very: - X exceeding, GOD, God, god [-ly, -ward].
Now for our targeted area of interest: Revelation 17:8-15, "The beast (The Roman empire was the beast, or idolatrous persecuting power, when under the Pagan emperors; It ceased to be so when it became Christian; And became so again under the Roman pontiffs, and shall "go into perdition." Rev. 14:8-20; Dan. 7:11, 26, 11:45; 2Thes. 2:3-8) that you saw was, and is not; And shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names (Acts 15:18, Rev. 13:8, 20:12, 15) were not written in the Book of Life (Mat. 25:34, John 17:24, Acts 15:18, Eph. 1:4, Tit. 1:2, 1Pet. 1:20) from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. And here is the mind which has wisdom (Rev.13:18, Dan. 12:4, 8-10, Hos. 14:9, Mat. 13:11, 24:15). The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits. There are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; And when he comes, he (this could be the installed Joe Biden as he fit the scenario quite well) must continue a short space. And the beast (this could fit the bill for George Soros, Bill Gates, and many others in governments, society and business as they themselves have spoken) that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into perdition. And the ten horns (Rev. 12:3, 13:1; Dan. 2:40-43, 7:7-8, 20, 24, Zec. 1:18-21) which you saw are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; But receive power as kings for one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength to the beast. These shall make war (Rev. 11:7, 8:6-7, 16:14, Dan. 7:21, 25, 11:9-12, 24-25,) with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome (Rev. 19:15-21, Mat. 25:40, Acts 9:4-5, Ps. 2:8-9, 21:8-12, 110:5) them: for he is LORD of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with Them are called (Ps. 149:5-9, Jer. 1:19, Mic. 5:7-9; John 15:16, Rom. 8:30, 37, Heb. 3:1-2, 2Tim. 2:4, 1Pet. 2:9), and chosen, and faithful. And he saith to me, "The waters (Ps. 18:4, 65:7, 93:3-4, Isa. 8:7-8, Jer. 51:13, 55) which you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues (this also fits today's scenario quite well, as both the D.C. Swap and the Demonic State Mafia and neoNazi's Syndicates are at work around the World to bring down America and destroy it's Constitution with it's amendments with the Electoral College.)." So the names used above is not a slanderous move on my part as these figures themselves have revealed both who and what they are, the earthy and worldly of scripture, as we will soon see.
Now for the Mirror Study Bible's rendition of this passage, of Revelation 17 and verses 8 through 15 and it's references: "The brutal Beast you saw is a 1"has been" from the beginning - it indeed has no real existence - yet it seems to make "a come back" as if emerging out of the Abyss only to dissolve again into perdition. Meanwhile the minds of those blinded by their 2 earthbound perceptions continue to be mesmerized by its apparent relevance. They are the ones whose identities are not 3 based upon the Lamb's Book of Life. They do not yet see that their original identity was redeemed in the Lamb." (The words, [1, this being a series of words G2258, ēn, translates as was, G2532, kai, translated as and, G3756, ou, translated as not, and G2076, esti, translated as is] meaning, to be and not to be; With the verb en being the Imperfect Indicative of eimi, I am - another meaning of the imperfect indicative is to refer to unreal (counterfactual) situations in present or past time.
This is in total contrast to the One Who is 'I AM;' Who always was and will continually be the accompanying One. An antithesis to "ho en kai ho on" of Rev. 1:1, 4 "The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which GOD gave to John, to show to Their followers and servants things which must shortly come to pass......John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be to you, and peace, from Them which Ish, and which was, and which is to come; And from the seven Spirits which are before Their throne; From Jesus Christ, Who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto Them that love us, and washed us from our sins in Their own blood, and having made us kings and priests to GOD and Our Father; To Them be glory and dominion for ever and ever. The great Amen."
The earthbound ones. The word [2, G2730] katoikeo is from G2596 kata, meaning down, to dwell and G3611, oikeō, to house permanently, to set up home - thus, to reside, be earthbound. Remember how Paul invites us to engage our thoughts with the resurrection realities (Rom. 12:1-2) and to see ourselves seated together with Christ in heavenly places! (Eph. 2:5-6, Col. 3:1-3) Since we are raised together in Christ, engage your thoughts with "Throne-room realities" [the things that are above - relevant to our co-seatedness] and not with things below - "soul-room realities"] As in Rev. 16:16, where Armageddon pictures the battle between the lower earthbound thought patterns and the thoughts of GOD. Revelation 13:8, The "earthbound" perception is in essence an identity crisis - knowing oneself and one another merely "according to the flesh" as Paul says in 2Cor. 5:16.
Note, the preposition, [3, G1909] epi, upon, as in continual influence upon! An "earthbound-identity" is based upon the Fallen mindset, produced by the fruit of the wrong Tree - "the I-am-not Tree!" And not [3] upon the Lamb's Book of Life!
The word often translated foundation, (G2598, kataballo), is from G2596, kata and G906, ballo, combined mean; to throw down, or "to fall away, to put in a lower place," instead of (G2310) themelios, meaning "foundation" [Eph. 2:20, also Rev. 21:14, 19]; Thus, it translates as "the fall of the world," instead of "the foundation of the world." The entire "Fall" was a falling away from our true identity as the image and likeness barriers of Elohiym. Just like Eve, we were all deceived to believe a lie about ourselves, which is the fruit of the "I-am-not-tree." We all, like sheep have gone astray. [Isa. 53:6]
Here is understanding for the inquiring mind: the seven heads, or mindsets, upon which the woman was seated represent seven mountains, or typical social structures, found within the city context. (Many cities besides Rome can boast of their seven hills: also Constantinople, Brussels, and especially Jerusalem. These social structure could typically include the essential building blocks of society, ...i.e. Family, Education, Religion, Business, Economics, Governments, Art / Entertainment and the many other Media's, all being employed, in-powered to provide fallen, strong delusional (2Thes. 2:11, G1753, G4106), mindsets.) These seven social rulers represent five fallen structures, another current (at the time of writing, [today we are witnessing the rise of Pharmaceuticus from the Greek pharmakeutikos, to administer drugs in Rev. 18:23, G5331, translated as sorceries]) and another, which is still to come for a very brief spell. (The influence of all these typical social spheres under the control of this Harlot, are equally defeated in the Lamb's Victory.
The mindset that the Trinity of Beast operate in is like a virus hosted by political leaders and their followers - infiltrating all areas of society with its predictable symptoms of slander, censorship, suppression of truth and facts, lies and double talk, saying one thing while meaning another (the same senior of the serpent used in the garden with woman, Gen. 3). There are interesting historical parallels - Of the first seven kings, five having come at the time of the writing - Julis Ceasar, Augustus, Tiberius, Gaius, and Claudius - one was currently in power [Nero, the number values of his name calculated is 666, the fifth Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio - Claudian dynasty, died 68 AD] and one had not yet come [Galba], but would only remain a little time [six months]. And the "has been" - Beast is the eighth (the rider on the horse - which is the woman in this symbolic scene); She is part and parcel of the seven and dissolves into perdition. The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received rule until they come to power with the Scarlet Beast for a brief hour to fight against the Lamb. (The "ten horns" on the seven - headed monster suggests that the horns are closely related and connected to the same head or mindset of the same animal. [Rev. 12:9, 18:23, The great Dragon, the ancient ophis [serpent] also known as the Devil or Satan, together with all his Herding - Heralds. Also in Rev. 13:11, Then I saw another wild animal; This one emerged out of the earth (those who renounce their union in the LORD, they remain the earthy, worldly ones those left behind) - it had two horns and resembled a young lamb; Yet it had a Dragon's voice. (The counterfeit "trinity" emerges - the one mirroring the other - the Dragon Accuser, the seven - headed sea - monster of religion with its leading role players, the head that was slain but became alive again and now the Dragon clothed in a lamb's - disguise) Rev. 13:12, Even though it had the appearance of the lamb, it operated under the same authority as the previous Beast - under the watchful eye of the Dragon! [Counterfeit - Christianity as a religion is a wolf in sheep's clothing!] It's the same old Dragon in a lamb's disguise! It's mission was to engage the 1 earthbound dwellers to worship the counterfeit - the slaughtered animal that was restored to life out of its death, it only having the bruised head.) These rulers were in full agreement to hand over their authority to the Beast. (At the trial and crucifixion of Jesus, former enemies became allies as they banded together against the Lamb, see Luke 23:12, That day Herod and Pilate became friends---before this they had been enemies. Ps. 83:5, With one mind they plot together; They form an alliance against You.) These joined forces in that hour to wage war against the Lamb but the Lamb defeated them since HE is the LORD of lords and the King of kings. And sharing with Him in His victory are His 1 kindred, the ones who recognize their 2 origin in this conversation; They are now of the same 3 persuasion. The Lamb led them into freedom from their lost identity, and their doubts. (The word [1, G2822, translated as called, G1588, translated as chosen] kletoi, is from kaleo, to surname; kai [2] eklektoi from ek source and legomai from lego, to speak - the Lamb is the logos, the conversation of GOD, humanity is Their audience; kai [3] pistoi, the persuaded ones. Humanity is the joint sharer in the Lamb's triumph and glory! They are the kindred of the Lamb, having their origin in the word that was from the beginning face to face with Elohiym [John 1:1, 14] and the recipients of GOD'S faith. There are numeral references to the same "once and for all war" in the heavens! It is however the same hour: The same event! Rev, 12:7, 16:13-14, 19:19 and 20:8.)
We shall pick this back up with verse 15 in our next visit the LORD willing. So should some one emerge with a name like Nero's that person would carry to same meaning as being of the 666, earthy and worldly????
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