SPELLING EDITED
Let us allow the Bible to speak for itself rather than reading into the scriptures what we want or may need the scriptures to say in order to support our denominational church doctrine. The Seventh Day Adventist church and other Sabbath-keeping churches CLAIM that the Roman Catholic Church is Mystery Babylon. And the Roman Catholic Church in rebuttal to their being called Mystery Babylon makes an argument that the city of Jerusalem and Israel is the great whore and Mystery Babylon.
But what does the Bible ITSELF teach us as to WHO Mystery Babylon must be?
Let us take one verse at a time from Revelation chapter 17, which is the primary chapter covering Mystery Babylon.
Please read Revelation 17:5.
“And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
What is a harlot? One definition of a harlot is a woman who cheats on her husband. Spiritually speaking, a harlot is God's people who have gone after another god or other gods. We also know from many verses that Israel has gone after other gods and that God is Israel's husband. And we also know that Muslims sincerely believe that they are worshiping the one true God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but in truth, their god Allah is NOT the one true God of the Holy Bible. So the religion of Islam is a harlot in the eyes of Yahweh, the one true God of the Bible. So one characteristic of Babylon the great is that she is a HARLOT. Let us first look at Israel being a HARLOT Please read Isaiah 54:5.
“For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.”
Also, read Isaiah 1:21.
“How has the faithful city become a harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers.”
Under the New Covenant, HATRED is likened to murder. Now read Jeremiah 3:6-14.
“The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the harlot. 7. And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. 8. And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. 9. And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. 10. And yet for all this, her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD. 11. And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel has justified herself more than treacherous Judah. 12. Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel says the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger forever. 13. Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the LORD your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, says the LORD. 14. Turn, O backsliding children, says the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:”
So then, we know that the children of Israel are playing the harlot. We know that the children of Israel have NOT obeyed the voice of Yahweh to believe in his Son, Jesus, as their Messiah. But is Israel the MOTHER of harlots? What other harlots do we know about? One could also say that the Roman Catholic church is a harlot as well because she has mixed pagan practices with Christianity. But at least the Roman Catholics believe and teach that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. But Israel and Islam do NOT believe that God has a Son. Also, we are not looking for just a harlot! Rather, we are looking for the MOTHER OF harlots. We are looking for someone who gave birth to ALL the harlots. And by giving birth, I mean the harlot that DECEIVED others to become a harlot. In other words, the MOTHER OF harlots is the one who DECEIVED Israel to go after other gods to become a HARLOT. Israel was not always a harlot, but rather she became a harlot by going after the gods of the pagan nations around her that worshiped Baal. So then, to me, NEITHER the Roman Catholic church NOR Israel is the MOTHER OF harlots. Therefore, NEITHER the Roman Catholic church NOR Israel is MYSTERY BABYLON. Well, since neither the Roman Catholic church nor Israel is NOT Mystery Babylon, then who IS Mystery Babylon. The short answer is that ISLAM is the GREAT WHORE or more precisely Baal worship, the worship of the sun, moon, and stars is the MOTHER of Harlots. So then, the ancient Babylonian religion is the MOTHER OF harlots. If you want sound Biblical evidence that all points to the religious antichrist system of ISLAM being the GREAT WHORE, then please keep reading.
ISLAM IS THE WOMAN WHO RIDES THE BEAST
Let us now read Revelation 17:3.
“So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.”
Before we get into showing that ISLAM is the WOMAN who rides the scarlet-colored beast having SEVEN heads and TEN horns let us see who the Bible itself teaches us is the scarlet-colored beast.
Please read Revelation 12:3.
“And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great RED dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.”
The color scarlet is RED and the RED dragon is a BEAST. Also, both verses say that this RED or SCARLET colored DRAGON or BEAST has seven heads and ten horns. So then, WHO is the great red or scarlet colored DRAGON?
Please read Revelation 12:9.
“And the great DRAGON was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”
So then, the Bible itself clearly and plainly teaches us that the scarlet-colored beast upon which the WOMAN sits is SATAN, the god of this present world system. This means that it is SATAN who gives the WOMAN her power and that the woman does NOT worship the one true God of Abraham because her works are of or after SATAN even though she does NOT know it. This woman SITS on the SEAT of Satan. Let me explain what I mean by this after you read the following verse.
Revelation 2:9.
“I know your works and tribulation, and poverty, (but you are rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.”
Now, WHO are the ones saying or CLAIMING that they are the chosen people, the JEWS, and YET they are NOT Jews of the seed of PROMISE? Who are they that are boasting that THEY are worshiping the TRUE God? We all know the account of Abraham being CHOSEN by God to leave his family and follow the ONE true and ONLY Almighty God. And we know that ISHMAEL was Abraham's firstborn son and how Abraham and his son Ishmael was CIRCUMCISED, which is the SIGN of being a people of Almighty God. But what Muslims have failed to understand is that while Ishmael was, indeed, of the seed of Abraham and was circumcised as a people of God he was NOT the son PROMISED to Abraham that God HIMSELF would provide. Abraham and Sarah took matters into their OWN hands and did not wait upon God's promised son. Later, Abraham had a second son named ISAAC through his own wife Sarah, according to the PROMISE God that gave to Abraham. Thus ISAAC became the HEIR and the seed of PROMISE. And the Jews, who are of the lineage of ISAAC, are the CHOSEN people of God. In other words, the descendants of Ishmael are NOT the seed of PROMISE. Here is what God prophesied what the seed of Ishmael would be like.
Please read Genesis 16:11,12.
“And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, you are with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael; because the LORD has heard thy affliction. 12. And he will be a WILDMAN; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.”
The Arab people are the descendants of ISHMAEL. And the Edomites are the descendants of Esau. And many if not most Arabs and Edomites are Muslims who CLAIM that Allah is the one true God of Abraham. In other words, by Muslims SAYING that Allah is the one true God of Abraham, then they are in effect saying that they are JEWS or the only true people Almighty God when they are NOT the Jews of the seed of PROMISE. They sit in the temple of their god Allah and EXALT him as THE GOD. To say this another way, Muslims are BLASPHEMING the one true God of Abraham by their calling Allah the great God. Muslims are exalting their god Allah to be greater than the one true God of Abraham. Further on, Isaac has twins named Esau the firstborn and Jacob the second born. Again, we all know how Jacob tricked Esau into selling his inheritance to him and how this made Esau angry at both Jacob and his father Isaac. Esau went to ISHMAEL to take a WIFE of his seed thus producing the seed of ISHMAEL.
Please read Genesis 28:9.
“Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.”
Here is the blessing Isaac spoke over Esau.
Genesis 27:37-41.
“And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made HIM (Referring to the seed of Jacob, which is Israel) your lord, and all his brethren (Speaking of all Muslims) have I given to HIM (Referring to Israel) for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto YOU, my son? 38. And Esau said unto his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice and wept. 39. And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, your dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; 40. And by your SWORD shall you live, and shall SERVE YOUR brother (In other words, Muslims shall live by the SWORD and die by the sword just as Jesus says. And those Muslims left alive after the WRATH of God shall SERVE the JEWS during the 1000 year reign of Jesus. BUT during THEIR DOMINION they shall break the yoke of Israel); and it shall come to pass when you shall have the dominion, that you shall break his yoke from off your neck. (This is referring to the end of days when Muslims will destroy Jerusalem and have dominion for a very short time right before Jesus returns to slay them with his armies from heaven.) 41. And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.”
And this is WHY the conflict between the Muslims and the Jews will NOT be quenched UNTIL Jesus returns to make war against those nations who are making war against Israel. Remember that Paul said that NOT ALL Israel IS Israel. When you understand that this means the TWO seed lines or lineages of Abraham, then you will see the true meaning of many verses that Christians have only just SPECULATED as to what they might mean. Let us examine a few of those verses before we get back to the verses in the Bible, which teach us that ISLAM is of SATAN. Please read John 5:43.
“I have come in my Father's name, and you receive me not: if ANOTHER shall come in his own name, HIM YOU will receive.”
Jesus is talking to JEWS, but remember that NOT ALL Jews are the Jews of the seed of PROMISE. Jesus perceived that he was talking to the seed of ISHMAEL. And Jesus prophesies over these Jews who are of the seed of the FLESH, the seed of Ishmael and Esau saying that they would REJECT him as the Christ and the SON OF the living God and that they would receive another and follow him. I personally believe that this is a prophecy of the coming of Muhammad and the religion of Islam that REJECTS Jesus as the SON OF Almighty God the Father. And those of the seed of Ishmael and Esau which are of the seed of Abraham will receive and follow the teachings of Muhammad. Even though Muhammad teaches in the Quran to ask the people of the book many Muslims do not seek answers from the Bible. BUT the Muslims that DO, indeed, seek the truth FROM the word of truth, the Holy Bible, can believe in Jesus as the Christ, the SON OF the living God to become Christians. But sadly, many Muslims boast that their god Allah is the true God and that the Christians are the infidels because we believe that Almighty God has a SON. Now let us read Revelation 2:9 again along with some other verses that clearly teach us that Islam is OF SATAN.
Revelation 2:9.
“I know your works and tribulation, and poverty, (but you are rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.”
The literal meaning of the Greek word translated as “synagogue” simply means to be led or to be taught. And in this case, the Muslims are taught OF SATAN or by Satan’s deceiving of Muhammad and their other teachers after Muhammad.
Now let us read Revelation 2:12-16.
“And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things says he which has the sharp sword with two edges; (Speaking of the word of TRUTH, the word of Almighty God, the Holy Bible that will JUDGE all of mankind) 13. I know your works, and where you DWELL, even where Satan's SEAT IS: (The city of PERGAMOS is located in Modern day Turkey. Jesus is teaching us that SATAN'S SEAT is located in Turkey) and you hold fast my name, and have not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells. 14. But I have a few things against you because you have there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. (This is not saying specifically that they are sacrificing to idols, but rather that they are allowing the DOCTRINES of the religion of Balaam into their church. To ME, this speaks of CHRISLAM which is a movement to MIX Christianity with ISLAM by first having both faiths worship under the same roof. It also speaks of the Roman Catholic church that has mixed many pagan practices within Catholicism. But to me, the next verse better fits the Roman Catholic church.) 15. So have you also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. (To ME, this speaks of the Roman Catholic Church which has the division of CLERGY ruling over the LAITY. Pope Francis is pushing really hard to unite ALL religions of the world. But Jesus says) 16. REPENT; or else I will come unto you quickly, and will fight against them (Who compromise their faith in the name of Jesus and him being the ONLY way to the Father and to obtain eternal life in the world to come. But even more specifically Jesus will fight against the ARMIES that will be fighting against Israel) with the sword of my mouth.”
From this passage of scripture, we learn that Satan's SEAT is in Modern day Turkey. And we have already learned that the scarlet-colored beast UPON which the WOMAN SITS is Satan. SO then, the WOMAN SITS on Satan's SEAT in Turkey and is LED or taught by Satan through the religion of Islam. Or more precisely RADICAL Islam. The beast CARRIES the woman as opposed to the woman controlling the beast with reigns. Now let us read Revelation 17:1 where the woman sits on many waters and then we will read what the Bible itself teaches us the meaning of many waters.
Revelation 17:1.
“And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto you the JUDGMENT of the great whore (Or JUDGMENT of the WOMAN) that sits upon MANY WATERS:”
So what we know so far is that the woman is called the great whore that sits upon the seat of Satan to lead and teach the doctrines of Satan in Turkey because that is where the city Pergamos is located. So the woman is a religious system that went whoring after other gods that are NOT the ONE TRUE God, the creator. Keep in mind that the woman represents ALL of the world religions throughout ALL of history that do NOT worship Yahweh, the one true God, including Islam. But the rise of Islam fits all the prophecies of the antichrist, the false prophet and the image of the first beast, The Islamic Ottoman Empire that forced conversion to Islam with the SWORD. And radical Islam is CAUSING peaceful Islam to become the IMAGE of the Islamic Ottoman Empire to covert to Isalm or else be killed with the SWORD. Let us now read what many waters mean.
Please read Revelation 17:15.
“And he said unto me, The WATERS which you saw, WHERE the whore sits, ARE peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.”
In this verse, we see two things. We see that the WHORE sits in a PLACE which we have already learned is TURKEY and the seat of Satan. And we see that the WATERS are PEOPLES and not merely “A” people of one nation. This tells us two things as well. MANY waters or MANY peoples may be speaking of a MIXED people of many different nations like America or the ARABS, which are a mixed people. Or MANY waters may mean different TIMES of different KINGDOMS throughout history in that region of the world. And many waters or many peoples may mean BOTH things. But America did not come from Turkey in the Middles East. America came from Great Britain. And then immigrants from all over the world began coming to America. So, to ME, America is NOT Babylon the great. One thing is for sure. Almighty God will JUDGE those people who are being led by Satan. And in the world to come, Jesus will make THEM bow down and worship at OUR feet, speaking of the Christians that hold FAST to their faith in Jesus being the Christ and the SON OF the living God to show them that Jesus loves us.
Please read Revelation 3:9.
“Behold, I will make THEM of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make THEM to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.”
Now, that we know the WOMAN or great whore sits over many people in the region of the world known today as Turkey. And we know that this religious system sincerely believes that they are worshiping the one true God of the Bible but Jesus himself says that they are NOT and that they LIE. Let us see what else the Bible says about the SEVEN HEADS and the TEN HORNS.
Please read Revelation 17:7-11.
“And the angel said unto me, Wherefore did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the WOMAN, and of the BEAST that CARRIES her, which has the SEVEN HEADS and TEN HORNS. 8. The beast (Which we have already learned is Satan) that you saw was, and is not; and SHALL ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: (The only time that Satan is NOT or he will not be allowed to deceive people will be when he will be bound for a 1000 years during the 1000 year reign of Jesus in the world to come. And then at the END of the Millennium, Satan will be loosed from the bottomless pit and he will ascend out of the bottomless pit to go into perdition one final time to DECEIVE the NATIONS) and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 9. And here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads ARE seven mountains, on which the woman SITS. (The word mountains represent KINGDOMS. So the woman sits or has sat on all SEVEN kingdoms that ruled throughout history in the same region of the world where Turkey is located. And this SAME mother of harlots religious system was the SAME religious system that worshiped Satan unknowingly in all seven World Empires) 10. And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is,(Speaking of the kingdom that was in power in John's day, which was the Roman Empire being the SIXTH kingdom) and the other is not yet come; (Meaning that in John's day the SEVENTH kingdom did not come) and when he comes, he must continue a short space. 11. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into perdition.”
The SEVENTH kingdom that once ruled in that region of the world where Turkey is located was the Islamic Muslim Ottoman Empire. And the EIGHTH kingdom in that part of the world will be a SATANIC kingdom of WILD MEN going into perdition. This eighth and final world kingdom that goes into perdition in THAT part of the world will come OUT OF the SEVEN previous kingdoms or at least out of the SEVENTH Islamic Muslim Ottoman Empire. In other words, this can mean two things. It can be either being one or the other. Or it can mean BOTH things. Here is what I mean by this. The eighth Antichrist kingdom MAY rule the combined land area that all seven previous kingdoms ruled over. Or the eighth kingdom will come out of just ONE of the previous seven kingdoms and rule ONLY over the SAME land area that FIRST BEAST or the kingdom from which the eighth kingdom will revive from or come alive again. Remember that the second beast will exercise the SAME power as the FIRST beast. So for me, I believe that the eighth kingdom will be the IMAGE of the SEVENTH kingdom which was the Islamic Muslim Ottoman empire. And the final antichrist leader of the eighth kingdom will cause the IMAGE of the seventh kingdom to SPEAK like the FIRST beast to make war with the infidels. Revelation 13:11,12.
“And I beheld ANOTHER beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon. 12. And he exercises all the power of the FIRST beast before him, and causes the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the FIRST beast, whose deadly wound was healed.”
This leads ME to believe that the FIRST beast was a RELIGIOUS system or a kingdom that had a BELIEF system that did NOT have a belief or FAITH that Jesus is the Christ, the SON OF the living God, which also means that the EIGHTH Antichrist kingdom will try to cause Christians to convert to THEIR faith or religious system and DENY Jesus. In the words, the phrase, “and even he is the EIGHTH and is OF the seven”, may mean BOTH things, as in, the eighth kingdom will come out of ONE of the seven kingdoms AND rule over the combined land area in which all seven kingdoms ruled over. OR, the eighth kingdom will come out of the SEVENTH kingdom to EVENTUALLY be the IMAGE OF the seventh kingdom. I say eventually because at FIRST the religion of Islam revived PEACABLY and only in the last decade or so has Islam began to radicalize to make war with infidels. I can see that both meanings could apply. And as far as which of the seven kingdoms the eighth kingdom comes out of it makes the most sense to ME that it will come out of the SEVENTH Islamic Muslim Ottoman Empire kingdom. One reason is that the eighth kingdom comes right after the seventh kingdom. Another reason is that the FIRST beast antichrist kingdom received a wound that would be healed. The Islamic Muslim Ottoman kingdom was wounded with the sword of a battle putting a temporary end to convert people to Islam by the SWORD. And now we can see that Islam is once again rising to dominate that region of the world around Turkey. The first approach of Muslims is to present Islam as a religion of peace. But now it is made clear to the wise who have eyes to see and ears to hear that Radical Muslims that started out with a small number have grown. And the prophecy in the Bible will come to pass so we, as Christians, know that it will continue to grow and be given power over a FOURTH PART of the land.
Revelation 6:8.
“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, (Power to do what? Power) to kill with SWORD (The crossed swords of Islam making Jihad and behead Christians and Jews in THAT part of the world), and with HUNGER (Or they will also have power over a FOURTH part of the earth to cause as many who do not convert to Islam to NOT be able to buy or sell in THAT part of the world, which obviously will cause hunger and perhaps even starvation resulting in death), and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”
Now the BEASTS of the earth may refer to literal ANIMALS, but it could be speaking of WILD MEN, as in, radical Muslims who are like WILD BEASTS. In fact, the LITERAL translation reads that authority was given to THEM on a fourth of the land to kill with the WILD BEASTS of the land. You can use the link above and do your own search of the word translated as “beast” in Revelation chapter 13 to see that the Antichrist kingdom is literally a WILD beast, which agrees with the Old Testament prophecy of the seed of Ishmael being WILD men. In fact, take some time and go to BibleStudyTools.com or some other Bible website where you can compare the many different translations of the Bible and look up Genesis 16:12 and COMPARE the different translations. One translation says “wild ass men”, which compares radical Muslims to a wild ass or a wild bucking donkey that cannot or will not be tamed. Who can make war with the beast? When one radical Muslim group is killed then another radical Muslim group rises in its place. Radical Muslims use women and children as human shields. They even use women and children as human bombs. In typical wars you know who your enemy is but in the war on terrorism a young child could be the enemy. Please keep in mind that the final eighth Antichrist kingdom will be DIVIDED. Daniel chapter 2 teaches us that the final kingdom will be the FEET and the TOES made up of IRON and CLAY that do NOT MIX. And just like the breast and arms of silver where two different kingdoms that united, so also do the FEET and the TOES represent the seventh and the eight kingdoms. I am seeing that in the EIGHT and final kingdom that the part like IRON will be in the Middle East where power is given to them to kill with the sword and the part like CLAY that will not mix with the iron will be in Europe where they will not have much power. Thus the majority of killing will be in the Middle East and that is why Jesus warns us to flee that area of the world when we see these things coming to pass. In other words, to ME this NOT MIXING of the CLAY with the IRON speaks of the PEACEFUL Muslims that will have no part to MIX with the RADICAL Muslim terrorists that are like WILD BEASTS killing all who do not convert to Islam in THAT part of the world. I believe that SOME Muslims will always be PEACEFUL CLAY Muslims. But the number of Radical Muslims is growing and some peaceful Muslims are being forced like molded clay to make a choice to either fight for Allah or die like the infidels. Muslims have NO AUTHORITY without their Sharia law. And this is why radical Muslims seek to CHANGE the law of the land when THEY begin to dominate an area of land. Also, I want to point out that the King James version says and HELL followed WITH him, but the LITERAL translation reads that the UNSEEN is following with him, which to me agrees with Satan giving power to the Antichrist who will unite TEN Islamic Muslim countries to make all-out war against Israel during the time of great tribulation. Hatred is a powerful force. Now that we have learned that the Antichrist is BOTH a man AND a RELIGIOUS SYSTEM that do NOT believe that Jesus is the CHRIST, the SON OF the living God, then it should be easy for all Christians to see clearly that the Roman Catholic church is NOT Mystery Babylon. Again, this is not to say that the POPE and the CLERGY will not play a PART to deceive the world that Islam is a religion of PEACE and that we all worship the SAME God. Do NOT be deceived my dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ, ISLAM IS the MARK of the BEAST. But I also teach my readers to not be deceived by the false teachings of the Roman Catholic church. I know that after being taught by your church denomination a certain way for so long that it is sometimes hard to see a different interpretation of the scriptures. I teach my readers and seekers of the truth to be like the men of Berea and search the word of God for themselves to see if what they are being taught is the truth of the whole word of God. I want my readers to THINK for THEMSELVES and to be open to hearing from the Holy Spirit. I mean if so be what you believe is the truth then the Holy Spirit will confirm it. But if what you have been taught is in error the Holy Spirit will also bear witness to you that it is in error. While we are on the subject of radical Muslims being like WILD beasts I want you to consider another verse in Revelation that I myself was TAUGHT something entirely different as to what I am now seeing this passage of scripture to mean. Please read Revelation 8:10,11.
“And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great STAR from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; 11. And the name of the STAR is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood, and many men died of the waters because they were made BITTER.”
Now. I myself was taught by my church denomination that the STAR could not be a literal star like our sun, because it is impossible for the earth to even survive if it collided with a literal star. Some have said that the star is symbolic of a missile or possibly a satellite that may contain nuclear material that would POLLUTE the drinking water or make the water BITTER and not drinkable. But now, I am seeing the WATER as PEOPLE that are made BITTER with HATRED by Satan who is one of the fallen angels that are symbolized as STARS where Satan is the GREAT STAR or the great angel over the fallen angels. And the PEOPLE are Muslims where a THIRD of the Muslims are made BITTER and filled with HATRED when Satan is cast down to the earth out of the MIDST of heaven where he presently rules over the principalities and powers of the AIR, the atmosphere of earth, the heaven. In other words, one-third of the Muslims will be made BITTER or RADICALIZED to hate the Jews and the Christians. Read these verses again and see if the Holy Spirit bears witness with you that the waters could very well be PEOPLE seeing that the woman SITS on many WATERS which are people and not literal waters.
Please read Revelation 8:10,11.
“And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great STAR from heaven, (Speaking of Satan being cast down to the ground or the surface of the earth as the UNSEEN following WITH the Antichrist and his antichrist religious system of ISLAM) burning AS it was a lamp (Or burning as it were the true LIGHT, but we, as Christians, know that Satan is a liar and there is no truth in him. Lucifer is a DECEIVER who has deceived Muslims to THINK that Islam is the true light), and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of WATERS; (Rivers and fountains of waters speak of PEOPLE PREACHING the light. In this case it is speaking of Muslims preaching a FALSE light.) 11. And the name of the STAR is called Wormwood: (Which means BITTER) and the third part of the waters became wormwood (Or a THIRD part of the Muslims were made BITTER by Satan); and many men died of the waters, because they were made BITTER.”
Or many men died by the hands of the BITTER radical Muslims that were made BITTER and filled with hatred towards all NON-Muslims and even the peaceful Muslims who are NOT FIGHTING JIHAD for the cause of Allah. Yes, Muslims are killing other Muslims because they will not join them to fight jihad. Revelation chapter 17 teaches us that the TEN horns that are TEN kings will make war with the WHORE. Now, this made no sense at all, to me, when I was trying to understand this verse while still yet believing what I was taught by my church denomination that there would be a pre-tribulation rapture to escape all of what is written in the book of revelation about the mark of the beast. I kept thinking to myself WHY would the great whore make war with HERSELF? But now that I am seeing the TEN kings as being TEN Islamic Muslim countries united with ONE mind I can see TWO things.
#1. Radical Islam makes war with their OWN people. They kill peaceful Muslims who will not join them to make war with the infidels. And they make war with Muslims who have befriended the WORLD and have thus prostituted their own religion of Islam. Some Christians believe that Saudi Arabia is the whore that the ten kings make war against because Saudi Arabia is filthy rich from selling oil to the kings of the world.
#2. Radical Islam makes war with ISRAEL who is also a WHORE, but NOT the GREAT WHORE having a name on her FOREHEAD called MYSTERY BABYLON, the MOTHER OF harlots. Israel is the daughter of the MOTHER of harlots.
Please read Revelation 17:5,6.
“And upon her FOREHEAD was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.”
Again, Radical Muslims wear a BADGE of servitude to Allah on the FOREHEADS and on their RIGHT ARM having words, written in Arabic speaking BLASPHEMY of the one true and only Almighty God and FATHER of our Lord Jesus the CHRIST and the SON OF the living God by calling Allah greater. Muslims are DECEIVED by Satan into thinking that Allah is the God of Abraham, but Allah is NOT the God of Abraham. Remember that Muslims are the descendants of Ishmael which makes them JEWS but NOT the Jews of the seed of promise. Remember that NOT ALL of Israel is Israel. Put it all together and you can see that the Muslims who follow the antichrist religious system of Islam do NOT regard the God of the FATHERS, or the God ancestral father Abraham. Ishmael may have once worshiped the one true God, Yahweh, but he later turned to the false god Baal and worshiped the MOON and the STARS. Thus the symbol of Islam today is the crescent MOON with a STAR on a field of SCARLET the color of the DRAGON called the Devil and SATAN, which means the enemy or adversary of God. It is made blatantly clear to us that radical Muslims are the ENEMIES of God's people the Jews and the Christians. Psalm 83 teaches us that TEN Islamic Muslim tribes of countries will make all-out war against God's people ISRAEL to wipe Israel off the face of the earth so that their name is no longer remembered.
Psalm 83:1-18.
“A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not you silence, O God: hold not your peace, and be not still, O God. 2. For, lo, YOUR enemies make a tumult: and they that hate YOU have lifted up the head. (How do radical Muslims hate the one True God of Abraham? By hating God's PEOPLE the JEWS and the Christians. 1 John chapter 3 and chapter 4 teach us that if we SAY that we LOVE God but we hate God’s people then the TRUTH is NOT in us. Those who HATE are murders in the eyes of God) 3. They have taken crafty counsel against YOUR PEOPLE,(Speaking of the JEWS) AND consulted against YOUR HIDDEN ONES. (Speaking of the Christians hidden in Jesus the Son of the one true living God of Abraham.) 4. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 5. For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against YOU: (When one is against God's people they are against Almighty God himself. The following verses identify the ENEMIES of Almighty God. These TEN Islamic Muslim tribes or countries are the TEN kings of Mystery Babylon) 6. The tabernacles of (#1.) Edom, and (#2.) the Ishmaelites; of (#3.) Moab, and (#4.) the Hagarenes; 7. (#5.) Gebal, and (#6.) Ammon, and (#7.) Amalek; the (#8.) Philistines with the inhabitants of (#9.) Tyre; 8. (#10.) Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. 9. Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: 10. Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. 11. Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: 12. Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. 13. O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. 14. As the fire burns a wood, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire; 15. So persecute them with your tempest, and make them afraid with your storm. 16. Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek Your name, O LORD. 17. Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: 18. So that men may know that YOU, whose name ALONE is JEHOVAH (YAHWEH Please read the study “IS JEHOVAH GOD'S TRUE NAME?” ), are the most high over all the earth.”
Please notice that at the TOP of the list are EDOM and the ISHMAELITES, which are the descendants of Esau and Ishmael. The Muslims that dwell in Edom the area of Jordan are the descendants of Esau.
Please read Genesis 36:1-3.
“Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. 2. Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; (The Canaanites were the ENEMY of God's people) Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; 3. And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.”
So Edom also mixed with the Ishmaelites. And the Ishmaelites are the descendants of Ishmael. The Ishmaelites are the Arab race which is a MIXED people. Even the etymology of the word “ARAB” means MIXED or mixed people. My MAIN point is that no matter WHO you are if you fight AGAINST God's people ISRAEL then you are God's ENEMY. And the prophecies of Almighty God written in HIS WORD, the Holy Bible teaches all who have ears to hear and eyes to read, see, and understand that TEN Islamic MUSLIM countries will form a Caliphate or confederacy to make all-out war against ISRAEL, which is to make WAR with Almighty God HIMSELF. Yahweh said that he will fight against those nations who are fighting against Israel.
Zechariah 14:1-4.
“Behold, the day of the LORD comes, and your spoil shall be divided in the midst of you. 2. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished, and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. (This will take place during the 3 ½ year war against Israel DURING the 3 ½ years of the great tribulation. The radical Islamic Muslims will seek to make Jerusalem DESOLATE. They want to wipe the Jews off of the face of the earth. And during the 3 ½ years of the great tribulation, they will finally become united with one mind, And toward the END of the 3 ½ years of the great tribulation only a REMNANT of Israel will be left alive) 3. Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. 4. And his feet (Speaking of the FEET of Yahweh which is his Son Jesus who will execute the WRATH and FIERCE ANGER of Yahweh upon the ungodly and the disobedient to the GOSPEL of Jesus Christ. The ONLY people on the face of the earth who will escape the WRATH of Almighty God are the OBEDIENT Christians to the TRUE Gospel of Jesus Christ. We as Christians are NOT appointed to the WRATH of Almighty God. But the Muslims, the Jews, and all the rest of mankind that are NOT true born-again faithful believers in God's SON Jesus shall suffer the WRATH of God when Jesus returns. For you see, the SON OF Almighty God) shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north and half of it toward the south.”
Now let us go back to Revelation 17:16,17.
“And the ten horns (Which are ten kings who are clearly identified as ten Islamic Muslim nations in Psalm 83) which you saw upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, (Speaking of Israel but also speaking of all the infidels in that part of the world who will not worship their god Allah) and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. 17. For God has put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.”
So then, the GREAT WHORE in Revelation 17:1 is ISLAM that sits on the BEAST. The BEAST is SATAN that gives power to TEN Islamic Muslim nations identified in Psalm 83. And these TEN Islamic Muslim nations HATE the WHORE, which is the City of Jerusalem or God's people ISRAEL. In other words, there are TWO WHORES. The GREAT WHORE is the religious system of ISLAM which HATES ISRAEL, which is a daughter of the great whore, the MOTHER of all whores. So Mystery Babylon is actually God's enemy that old red or scarlet DRAGON called the Devil and SATAN who has DECEIVED every kingdom throughout history to worship him. Mystery Babylon is the worship of Baal. And part of the worship of Baal is to worship the MOON and the STARS. And most every Muslim knows that from ancient times the Ishmaelites worshiped IDOLS and had as their symbol the CRESCENT MOON and the STAR. These are the IMAGES of Satan. The Allah of Islam is the SAME Allah of the ancient Arab's who worshiped the idols of the MOON and the STAR. They kiss the stone on the corner of the Kaaba and believe that by doing so the stone takes away their sins. When Muhammad came along and destroyed the idols in the Kaaba at Mecca he did NOT INTRODUCE Allah to the Arabs. The Arabs were ALREADY worshiping Allah the moon god long before Muhammad was ever born. The crescent moon and star have always been the image of Allah from ancient times long before Islam was founded by Muhammad. In fact, the symbol of the crescent moon with the star or sun dates back to 2300 BC appearing on a seal of Akkadian. The ancient city of Akkad was in Mesopotamia which is modern-day Iraq and Syria or ancient Assur and Babylon. So the crescent moon and star is Satan's signature symbol that has been used by nearly all Pagan religions as their symbol. Some Muslims argue that they do not worship the symbol of the crescent moon and the star on top of their Mosques any more than we as Christians worship the cross on top of our churches. The point is that Jesus was crucified on a PAGAN cross which is the signature of Jesus being the Christ, the Son of the living God. Jesus is the SIGN of the NEW covenant and our FAITH in Jesus being the Christ and the SON OF Almighty God. And our faith in the crucifixion and the resurrection of Jesus is our signature that we serve the one true and only Almighty God, the God of Abraham. The JEWS, as a nation, REJECTED Jesus, and thus the Jews today do NOT believe that Jesus is the Christ and the Son of the living God. The Jews have taken to themselves a STAR as their symbol and thus they have become a WHORE in God's eyes. The main issue is NOT whether a person bows down and worships the IMAGE or symbol of the religion or faith, but rather the core issue is what their symbol represents. And the fact is that the crescent moon and star represent SATAN which is the exact same symbol used on almost all Islamic Muslims flags and it is found on many of the Mosques and other things that pertain to the religion of Islam. Please understand that I am not saying that Islam created the symbol of the crescent moon and star, but rather they adopted it from Satan's PAGAN religion that has been around since the time that Adam was cast out of the garden of Eden by choosing to disobey God. You can do your own research on the Babylonian religion. Here is one of the many sources I used to find the origin of the crescent moon and star symbol. It is a study written by Amos 3:7. Now to all my Muslim readers, you can argue and defend your religion until the day of JUDGMENT that your religion of Islam is the one true faith, but ON that day of JUDGMENT you will melt with fear suffering the WRATH and fierce anger of Almighty God and his SON Jesus. The Bible says that the armies that are fighting against ISRAEL will turn to fight against the armies of heaven. And the armies of Jesus will slay those nations that are fighting against God's people the Jews and God's hidden ones the Christians. It does not matter to us, as Christians, whether we live or die because we know that we shall be resurrected and that we will be given eternal life to rule and reign WITH Jesus over the Jews who REPENT at the coming of Jesus. And for you PEACEFUL Muslims who do NOT take up the SWORD, then you who REPENT and call upon Jesus to save you at the coming of Jesus with his armies from heaven, you will be spared alive to go into the world to come in your mortal bodies like the Jews who repent at his coming. BUT you will SERVE the Jews, who will also be in their mortal bodies during that time. You will rebuild the cities and bury all the dead bodies and bones of the dead. So why be a slave in the world to come IF you even make it that far by staying alive unto the coming of Jesus when you can become a Christians right NOW. And by becoming a Christian now in this present world before you die then you will rule and reign WITH Jesus OVER the Jews and the Muslims who do NOT become a Christian NOW in this present world. But IF you die BEFORE you become a Christian then you will be cast alive into the lake of fire to be destroyed on the final Day of Judgment. So the ONLY way for any Muslim or Jew to rule and reign WITH Jesus and be given ETERNAL LIFE in the world to come is to LEAVE your faith and come to Jesus NOW in this present world BEFORE his coming. I know that for some Muslims that cannot leave their country and Muslim family that by their leaving Islam and becoming a Christian means death to you. But Jesus said fear NOT those who destroy the body but rather fear God who is able to destroy BOTH the body and the soul on the Day of Judgment. It is YOUR CHOICE whom YOU choose to serve. Will it be Allah or will it be the ONE TRUE and ONLY Almighty God and Father of Jesus the Christ, the SON OF the living God, the God of Abraham? Jesus is NOT Almighty God, but rather Jesus is the SON OF Almighty God who God highly exalted to become a God to rule FOR Yahweh during the 1000 years in the world to come. Thanks for reading and may God bless you richly as you continue to seek the TRUTH of the WHOLE word of Almighty God. Your brother in our Lord Jesus Christ, Brother Mark.
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