The Bible is a unique book. Not only does it record history with profound accuracy, it uses the events therein to teach us valuable moral lessons. But the most fascinating part of it is that the Bible is the only book that predicts the future accurately!

Events taking place right now have been predicted by the Bible over 2000 years ago! However, Bible prophecy is unique in that it employs symbolism. This it does so as to protect the Books and the prophecies for the future generations. Some monarchs who ruled in the past would have utterly destroyed all traces of the Bible had they an inkling that the book prophesied about them.

One of the prophecies in the Bible excellently indited in symbols is about the Beast, The Dragon, and The Woman. Many a scholar has been fascinated by this prophecy. Some have given different interpretations to it.

However, does the Bible interpret its prophecies? Does the Bible leave us without any clue as to how to correctly identify the the figures it talked about?

The good news is that Bible gives us a key, with which to interpret the prophecies in it. GOD doesn't want any of His children to be deceived or misguided.

So, Who/what is the Beast? What did it do? What is it doing? How did it come about? What will it do? Who/what is the Dragon? Is he the same as the Beast? What has he done and what will he do? Who is the Woman? What's her mission? What's the relationship between these three entities?

And most importantly: am I involved in all this?

Find answers to all these questions here: www.amazingfacts.org/media-library/book/e/53/t/the-beast--the-dragon-and-the-woman

GOD blesss you.

Cc: analice107

I posted the link because the article is a bit detailed.

DoctorAlien:
Cc: analice107
I posted the link because the article is a bit detailed.

Am here, let the show begin. lol

analice107:
Am here, let the show begin. lol

You can tell me what you think after reading.

DoctorAlien:


You can tell me what you think after reading.

I agreed with him until he got to where he said the Antichrist which to him is the Papacy will rule the World's systems for 1,260years, instead of 1260 days, and that that Antichrist is the Papacy. I don't agree.

I don't agree because, when the Antichrist will reign, there shall be no other standing government. He will reign supreme everywhere. Papacy is here now, but other world's government are here also.

When the Person of the Antichrist appears, his followers shall be identified by a Mark, either on their foreheads or back of their right hands. I can't see any Catholic identified by a mark.

During the reign of the Antichrist, our society shall be completely Cashless, to enable Him control the world, and we are told, except with a Mark of identification, you can't buy of sell.
I can't see that happening yet.

The Anti-Christ will step on the United Nation's platform and rule from there, according to King Nebuchadnezzar's Prophecy in Daniel 2.
His Government shall be the last world's government as Christ will cut him off and rule the earth for 1thousand years. Before the White throne Judgement.

We are told that he (The Antichrist) can not appear until he who is restraining him(The Holy Spirit) is taken away from the earth.

And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
2 Thessalonians:2:6

For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
2 Thessalonians:2:7

The Antichrist can't reign supreme in this world with the Holy Spirit still in it. And the saints wont be here while the Antichrist rules.

But the Catholic Church has been here since the 4th Century, and the Holy Spirit has also been here thwarting the Paganistic moves of the Papacy.

The removal of the Holy Spirits happens together with the Rapture of the saints.

The Rapture takes place with the first Resurrection. It hasn't happened yet.

So, i don't agree with him on that.

For one thing am sure of for a fact is that the Papacy is working step by step to unfold the agenda of the Antichrist. It is under the influence and power of the Spirit of the Antichrist. The Office of the Pope shall be the office of the False Prophet to the Antichrist who will galvanize other world's religion under one Umbrella to worship the Antichrist as God.

It wont come to me as a surprise if the next Pope says there's no Yahweh. One of them shall say it. The present Pope has been subtly and stylishly renouncing Christ. Lets wait.

.....Prophesies.......

analice107,

In Bible prophecy, a day stands for a year. Read Numbers 14:33-44; Ezekiel 4:4-6.

To buttress this point: notice that GOD told Daniel that from from the time the decree to rebuild Jerusalem is sent out, to the revealing of the Messiah(Jesus Christ) shall be 69 weeks(Daniel 9:24-27). However we know that Jesus did not come after 69 literal weeks from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem by Artaxerxes.

If we consider the days to be years, and weeks to be weeks of years(periods of 7 years), it then corresponds perfectly with the appearance of Jesus.

Moreover, when the papacy reigned supreme in the Dark Ages, no power could withstand him. No monarch dared challenge the pope. To do so was to be quickly deposed. You now understand.

DoctorAlien:
analice107,

In Bible prophecy, a day stands for a year. Read Numbers 14:33-44; Ezekiel 4:4-6.

To buttress this point: notice that GOD told Daniel that from from the time the decree to rebuild Jerusalem is sent out, to the revealing of the Messiah(Jesus Christ) shall be 69 weeks(Daniel 9:24-27). However we know that Jesus did not come after 69 literal weeks from the decree to rebuild Jerusalem by Artaxerxes.

If we consider the days to be years, and weeks to be weeks of years(periods of 7 years), it then corresponds perfectly with the appearance of Jesus.

Did you see the points i raised as per period and time of the reign of the Person of the antichrist?

analice107:


Did you see the points i raised as per period and time of the reign of the Person of the antichrist?

I saw them. Read that article with patience and an open mind, and you will understand.

Don't worry, it doesn't teach anything that doesn't agree with the Bible.

analice107,

To help you understand that the antichrist was to reign for 1260 before he sustains a wound and is taken into captivity(Rev. 13:3,10): from the year 538 A.D. in which a decree from Emperor Justinian assigned absolute preeminence to the Church of Rome, to the year 1798, when the Pope was deposed and taken into captivity by Napoleon Bonaparte is 1260 years.

DoctorAlien:
analice107,

To help you understand that the antichrist was to reign for 1260 before he sustains a wound and is taken into captivity(Rev. 13:3,10): from the year 538 A.D. in which a decree from Emperor Justinian assigned absolute preeminence to the Church of Rome, to the year 1798, when the Pope was deposed and taken into captivity by Napoleon Bonaparte is 1260 years.

Am sorry sir, that theory doesn't fit with what Thessalonians and Revelations talks about, so i didn't bilivit.

During the reign of the Person of the Antichrist, alot of things will happen.

The New World Order will be in place, fully established. The Masonic order and their affiliates are working rigorously to establish it, Its not yet complete. Very soon all our personal datas shall be in computers. Sim Card, BVN, Facebook, email, everything we do now will warrant us having our datas
taken.

Very soon we shall be buying Akara and moimoi by the road sides and paying with POS.

Our society shall be Cashless soon. All these are working towards setting a platform for the reign of the Antichrist.

The Spirit of the Antichrist is here, and has been here from the time of the Apostles, but the Person of the Antichrist is not yet here, May soon be, but not yet.


One world Government.

One World Religion.

One World Currency

These are the features of the Antichrist.

DoctorAlien:


I saw them. Read that article with patience and an open mind, and you will understand.

Don't worry, it doesn't teach anything that doesn't agree with the Bible.

I read it. Quite informative, i wouldn't mind having a PDF of it, if possible. Its only on the Papacy being the Person of the Antichrist that i disagree.

analice107:

I read it. Quite informative, i wouldn't mind having a PDF of it, if possible. Its only on the Papacy being the Person of the Antichrist that i disagree.

There is a second beast coming out of the earth in Rev. 13. This beast asks the people of the earth to make an image to the first beast. He further demands that this image be worshipped. It means that the first beast will be put in a position of honour again even after his deposition and captivity.(Rev. 13:3,10).

The first beast is the papacy. The second beast is the USA. That image is a one-world religious system(ecumenism) which acknowledges the supremacy of the pope(remember - the image is to the first beast). The papacy will be in this position of honour at the head of the one-world religious system until Christ comes and destroys him.(2 Thess. 2:8 ).

The union of the whole world into a single religious system with the antichrist(pope) at the head will surely bring about a one-world government.

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DoctorAlien:


There is a second beast coming out of the earth in Rev. 13. This beast asks the people of the earth to make an image to the first beast. He further demands that this image be worshipped. It means that the first beast will be put in a position of honour again even after his deposition and captivity.(Rev. 13:3,10).

The first beast is the papacy. The second beast is the USA. That image is a one-world religious system(ecumenism) which acknowledges the supremacy of the pope(remember - the image is to the first beast). The papacy will be in this position of honour at the head of the one-world religious system until Christ comes and destroys him.(2 Thess. 2:8 ).

The union of the whole world into a single religious system with the antichrist(pope) at the head will surely bring about a one-world government.

The Antchrist wont be a Chriatian or Catholic. The Antichrist will be an atheist. the world's atheists right now are his recruits.

analice107:


The Antchrist wont be a Chriatian or Catholic. The Antichrist will be an atheist. the world's atheists right now are his recruits.

Do you have a biblical proof of this?

DoctorAlien:


Do you have a biblical proof of this?

Iszit not obvious? He is Anti everything God.

God created Adam and Eve, the spirit of perversion now entered into people. Today we have Adam and Steve. Ada and Eve.

God created people to worship and serve Him, Satan's Pride got on the way and now there is self worship. Atheism. Atheism is the religion of satan.

shd i go on?

analice107:


Iszit not obvious? He is Anti everything God.

God created Adam and Eve, the spirit of perversion now entered into people. Today we have Adam and Steve. Ada and Eve.

God created people to worship and serve Him, Satan's Pride got on the way and now there is self worship. Atheism. Atheism is the religion of satan.

shd i go on?

You should know that the bone of contention in this Great Controversy between GOD and Satan is worship.

The Antichrist is working in liaison with Satan to direct worship away from GOD to Satan subtly. So, the Antichrist must be a figure that is worshipped/demands worship.

Now, if he is an atheist, and still receives worship, then his claim to atheism is not true, as atheists don't demand to be worshipped.

Moreover, analice107,

Paul says in Thessalonians that the antichrist will sit in the temple of GOD, showing himself to be GOD.(2 Thess.2:4)

If he is an atheist, what will he be doing in GOD's temple? Moreover, to claim that he is GOD means that he will demand worship due GOD.

Think about it.

DoctorAlien:
Moreover, analice107,

Paul says in Thessalonians that the antichrist will sit in the temple of GOD, showing himself to be GOD.(2 Thess.2:4)

If he is an atheist, what will he be doing in GOD's temple? Moreover, to claim that he is GOD means that he will demand worship due GOD.

Think about it.

The Antichrist wont reign in the era of the Church. The Church will be taken out of here before he Appears.

But wait... You are forgetting all the indignation that will come on the people who will receive the Mark of the Beast during his reign.

The veils that were poured out on the inhabitants of the earth you left them out.

Verses like this arw many.


And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
Revelation:8:8
And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
Revelation:8:9


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;
Revelation:8:10

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.
Revelation:8:11


And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
Revelation:8:13

Or you don't believe in the above? From Chapter of 4 Revelation

DoctorAlien:


You should know that the bone of contention in this Great Controversy between GOD and Satan is worship.

The Antichrist is working in liaison with Satan to direct worship away from GOD to Satan subtly. So, the Antichrist must be a figure that is worshipped/demands worship.

Now, if he is an atheist, and still receives worship, then his claim to atheism is not true, as atheists don't demand to be worshipped.

They are giving worship to satan without knowing it.
Self worship is worship. Satan worships himself. Any one who does self worship is the devil.

analice107,

Notice that as the angels sounded the trumpets, these woes came upon the inhabiters of the earth. At this time, the mark of the beast has not been enforced on the inhabiters of the earth. GOD's people were still on earth. They are, however, protected by GOD from these woes.

In Rev. 9:4, after the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, the destruction that came was directed at those who had not the seal of GOD in their foreheads. Both the seal and the forehead are symbolic. This also shows that GOD's people, with His seal on their foreheads, are present when these woes are coming upon the earth.

I'll open a thread on the mark of the beast and how one can receive it in the forehead or on the hand. You'll also see that GOD's people have always borne His seal on their foreheads right from Eden(thus Rev. 9:4). However, in the last days, Satan, in liaison with the Antichrist will enforce a counterfeit seal on the inhabitants of the earth. And as many as receive this seal will perish.

DoctorAlien:
Moreover, analice107,

Paul says in Thessalonians that the antichrist will sit in the temple of GOD, showing himself to be GOD.(2 Thess.2:4)

If he is an atheist, what will he be doing in GOD's temple? Moreover, to claim that he is GOD means that he will demand worship due GOD.

Think about it.

Let me ask you, at what point will he turn to attack the nation of Israel before God rescues them?


It begins like this... When he comes, he will side with the Jews, without knowing his motive, the Jews will trust him.Antichristelp them rebuild their Temple by interceding between the Nation of Israel with the Arab League. The daily sacrifices will resume.

At the end of his 3 and half years reign, he shall sacrifice a Pig in the Holy Temple, (This will be the Abomination that causes desolation) its at this point that he will declare Himself God at the Jewish Temple. The Jews will revolt, he will rise with full force to crush them, but God will rescue them.


The Gentle dispensation closes with the Rapture of the church, and the Dispensation for the Jews opens in the middle of the Antichrists' reign. At this point, the Jews will embrace Christ completely.

analice107:


Let me ask you, at what point will he turn to attack the nation of Israel before God rescues them?


It begins like this... When he comes, he will side with the Jews, without knowing his motive, the Jews will trust him.Antichristelp them rebuild their Temple by interceding between the Nation of Israel with the Arab League. The daily sacrifices will resume.

At the end of his 3 and half years reign, he shall sacrifice a Pig in the Holy Temple, (This will be the Abomination that causes desolation) its at this point that he will declare Himself God at the Jewish Temple. The Jews will revolt, he will rise with full force to crush them, but God will rescue them.


The Gentle dispensation closes with the Rapture of the church, and the Dispensation for the Jews opens in the middle of the Antichrists' reign. At this point, the Jews will embrace Christ completely.

Hahaha. The abomination that causes desolation is not the sacrifice of pigs.

analice107,

I'll equally open a thread on the abomination of desolation, and we'll look into the Bible to see what it is.

The Bible is its own concordance, and it doesn't leave us to be misguided.

It is also pertinent to note that the Jews ceased to be GOD's special people after Jesus Christ. The Jews are no longer a focal point in this cosmic battle, even though some false believe.

[quote author=DoctorAlien post=49854765]analice107,

Notice that as the angels sounded the trumpets, these woes came upon the inhabiters of the earth. At this time, the mark of the beast has not been enforced on the inhabiters of the earth. GOD's people were still on earth. They are, however, protected by GOD from these woes.

In Rev. 9:4, after the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, the destruction that came was directed at those who had not the seal of GOD in their foreheads. Both the seal and the forehead are symbolic. This also shows that GOD's people, with His seal on their foreheads, are present when these woes are coming upon the earth.

I'll open a thread on the mark of the beast and how one can receive it in the forehead or on the hand. You'll also see that GOD's people have always borne His seal on their foreheads right from Eden(thus Rev. 9:4). However, in the last days, Satan, in liaison with the Antichrist will enforce a counterfeit seal on the inhabitants of the earth. And as many as receive this seal will perish.[/qwthoih
ooooooo, why are you saying this nahh. The people of God won't be here when the Antichrist takes over the world's government.

Rapture will take place before all these will happen. The Saints won't go through the Great Tribulation. We shall not suffer what the rebels will suffer abeg ooo. The Bible is clear on this.

Yes, careless Christians who will miss rapture shall constitute a body of believers, but they will do that paying with their blood, as they will be no more grace. The Holy Spirit which enables us access the gift of salvation will be taken away from us and be given to the Israelites.

They will be taken care of specially, while the Tribulation Church will constitute of Gentiles who didn't take the warnings of Rapture seriously. The Nations which rejects Christ now will flow to Christ in droves, the more they kill them.oi

[quote author=DoctorAlien post=49854765]analice107,

Notice that as the angels sounded the trumpets, these woes came upon the inhabiters of the earth. At this time, the mark of the beast has not been enforced on the inhabiters of the earth. GOD's people were still on earth. They are, however, protected by GOD from these woes.

In Rev. 9:4, after the fifth angel sounded his trumpet, the destruction that came was directed at those who had not the seal of GOD in their foreheads. Both the seal and the forehead are symbolic. This also shows that GOD's people, with His seal on their foreheads, are present when these woes are coming upon the earth.

I'll open a thread on the mark of the beast and how one can receive it in the forehead or on the hand. You'll also see that GOD's people have always borne His seal on their foreheads right from Eden(thus Rev. 9:4). However, in the last days, Satan, in liaison with the Antichrist will enforce a counterfeit seal on the inhabitants of the earth. And as many as receive this seal will perish.[/qwthoih
ooooooo, why are you saying this nahh. The people of God won't be here when the Antichrist takes over the world's government.

Rapture will take place before all these will happen. The Saints won't go through the Great Tribulation. We shall not suffer what the rebels will suffer abeg ooo. The Bible is clear on this.

Yes, careless Christians who will miss rapture shall constitute a body of believers, but they will do that paying with their blood, as they will be no more grace. The Holy Spirit which enables us access the gift of salvation will be taken away from us and be given to the Israelites.

They will be taken care of specially, while the Tribulation Church will constitute of Gentiles who didn't take the warnings of Rapture seriously.

The Nations which rejects Christ now will flow to Christ in droves then. the more they kill them, the more they will believe.

analice107,

That is the traditional view of rapture: GOD will take some home, those that remain will begin to be tormented by a beast and then they will get salvation with their own blood.

LOL. Even when the Bible clearly teaches that only the blood of Jesus can save. Don't worry, I'll still explain some things to you(by GOD's grace) in subsequent threads.

DoctorAlien:
analice107,

I'll equally open a thread on the abomination of desolation, and we'll look into the Bible to see what it is.

The Bible is its own concordance, and it doesn't leave us to be misguided.

Ok.