The Beast and the Woman

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The Beast and the Woman

• Revelation 17

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Two Kingdoms in Contrast

• Bride vs. the Harlot Woman

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After 6 Days . . .

• And after six days Jesus takes Peter, James, and
  John his brother, and brings them up into an high
  mountain apart,

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After 6 Days . . .

• And was transfigured before them and his face
  did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white
  as the light.

5
After 6 Days . . .

• And there was a cloud that overshadowed them and
  a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my
  beloved Son hear him. Mark 97

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After 6 Days . . .

• And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and
  Elias talking with him. Matt.173

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After 6 Days . . .

• Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord,
  it is good for us to be here if thou wilt, let
  us make here three tabernacles one for thee, and
  one for Moses, and one for Elias. Matt.174

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After 6 Days . . .

• For he Peter wist not what to say for they
  were sore afraid. Mark 96

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After 6 Days . . .

• When they had looked round about, they saw no man
  any more, save Jesus only Mark 99

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Woman on the Beast

• Come here I will show unto you the judgment of
  the great whore that sits upon many waters

• Who is she?

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What Makes Her a Harlot?

• With whom the kings of the earth have committed
  fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth
  have been made drunk with the wine of her
  fornication.

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Fornication An Illicit Relationship

• An Illicit relationship between church and civil
  governments

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In the wilderness and I saw a woman sit upon a
scarlet colored beast, full of names of
blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
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What Constitutes Blasphemy?

• John 1033 The Jews answered him, saying, For a
  good work we stone thee not but for blasphemy
  and because that thou, being a man, makes thyself
  God.

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Matthew records the story

• At the last came two false witnesses,
• And said, This fellow said, I am able to
  destroy the temple of God, and to build it in
  three days.

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What Constitutes Blasphemy?

• 62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him,
  Answer thou nothing? what is it which these
  witness against thee?

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What Constitutes Blasphemy?

• 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest
  answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the
  living God, that thou tell us.her thou be the
  Christ, the Son of God.

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What Constitutes Blasphemy?

• Jesus said unto him, Thou hast said
  nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye
  see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of
  power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

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Names of Blasphemy

• Claims to be God

• Claim to forgive sins

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Blasphemy

• Is something religious organizations or people
  commit

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How does this Woman Dress?

• The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet
  color, and decked with gold and precious stones
  and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full
  of abominations and filthiness of her
  fornication

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What Was Her Name?

• MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
  AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

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Wine of Babylon Four Doctrinal Errors

• Natural Immortality
• Eternal Torment of Wicked
• Denial of the pre-existence of Christ prior to
  His birth in Bethlehem,
• Advocating and exalting the first day of the week
  above God's holy, sanctified day. . . Ev 365.1

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What Makes a Person a Mother?

• She Has Children

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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.
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She Is a Persecuting Power
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And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst
thou marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the
woman, and of the beast that carries her, which
hath the seven heads and ten horns.
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The beast 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 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.
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The Beast that You Saw

• Was,
• Is Not
• Shall Ascend Out of the Bottomless Pit,
• and Go Into Perdition

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Here is the mind which hath wisdom.

• The seven heads seven mountains,
• on which the woman sits.

• There are seven kings

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The Mind that Hath Wisdom

• None of the wicked shall understand

• But the wise shall understand
• Daniel 1210

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Deadly Wound

• Pope taken captive
• Feb. 10,1798

• Temporal Power restored Feb.12,1929

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200,000 Vibrant Voices Cried

• Long Live the Pope-King

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The Papal Subjects . . .Recognizedtheir
prisoner pope had suddenly become a King
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Pope-Kings Since 1929

• Pius XI
• Pius XII
• John XXIII
• Paul VI
• John Paul I
• John Paul II

• Feb.19,1929-1939
• 1939-1958
• 1958-1963
• 1963-1978
• 1978 (33 days)
• 1978- April 2, 2005

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Five are Fallen

• Pius XI
• Pius XII
• John XXIII
• Paul VI
• John Paul I
• One is- was John Paul II

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The Other Is Not Yet Come

• And When He Comes, He Must Continue a Short
  Space.

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The Other Is Now Come
Pope Benedict XVI

• And When He Comes, He Must Continue a Short
  Space.

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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.
hey that dwell on the earth shall w
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A Look Alike

• Was,
• Is not
• Shall ascend out of the bottomless pit,
• Go into perdition

• Which is,
• Which was,
• Which is to come,
• the Almighty. Rev.18

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Will I Be Deceived?

• Is My Name in the Book of Life?

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There is an 8th King

• Peter the Roman

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St. Malachy Prophecy

• Following the Pope John Paul II is to Be Only 1
  More. He began his reign
• April 19,2005
• Gloria Olivae (Latin motto name)
• Petrus Romanus (Peter the Roman)
• After that, say Malachy, Rome
  will be destroyed and the Day
  of Judgment will arrive

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Benedict XVI

• Pope Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger on
  April 16, 1927 in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria,
  Germany officially styled in Latin as Benedictus
  PP. XVI), was elected Pope of the Roman Catholic
  Church on April 19, 2005.

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Benedict XVI

• By virtue of holding the office of Pope, he is
  also Sovereign (head of state) of the Vatican
  City State and of the Holy See.

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Benedict XVI

• He will be formally installed as the pontiff
  during the Mass of Papal Installation which will
  be attended by a number of world leaders on April
  24, 2005, although he officially became Pope and
  Bishop of Rome the moment he accepted his
  election in the conclave.

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Benedict XVI

• Gloria Olivae
• (Latin motto name)

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Benedict XVI

• Second Son
• Father a Police Officer
• Drafted into the Hitler Youth, at 14 (legally
  required in 38)

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Benedict XVI
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As the crowning act in the great drama of
deception, Satan himself will personate Christ.
GC 624
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8th One of the 7

• Petrus Romanus.
• (Peter the Roman).
• 2 Thessalonians 24 Who opposes and exalts
  himself above all that is called God, or that is
  worshipped so that he as God sits in the temple
  of God, showing himself that he is God.

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8th One of the 7

• Petrus Romanus.
• 2 Thessalonians 24 Who opposes and exalts
  himself above all that is called God, or that is
  worshipped so that he as God sits in the temple
  of God, showing himself that he is God.

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These have one mind, and shall give their power
and strength unto the beast. Rev.1713
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This Beast Symbolizes 2 things

• Atheistic Communism
• Which rose in the 1790s

• And Satan Himself

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The spirits of devils will go forth to the kings
of the earth and to the whole world, to fasten
them in deception, and urge them on to unite with
Satan in his last struggle against the government
of Heaven.
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Fearful sights of a supernatural character will
soon be revealed in the heavens, in token of the
power of miracle-working demons. GC624
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Rev.12THREE CRISIS

• Dragon tried to devour the man-child
• Woman flees to wilderness 1260 years
• Crisis with the remnant

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Crisis with the Remnant Expanded in Rev. 13

• And there was given unto him a mouth speaking
  (legislative power)
  great things and blasphemies and power was
  given to him to continue 42 months.

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Final Fulfillment

• In the last days Satan will appear as an angel of
  light, with great power and heavenly glory, and
  claim to be the Lord of the whole earth. He will
  declare that the Sabbath has been changed from
  the seventh to the first day of the week

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Final Fulfillment

• and as lord of the first day of the week he will
  present this spurious sabbath as a test of
  loyalty to him. Then will take place the final
  fulfillment of the Revelator's prophecy. Rev.
  134-18, quoted. 19MR 282.1

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Final Fulfillment

• 4 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?
• 5 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.

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Are You a Heaven Dweller?

• And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against
  God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle,
  and them that dwell in heaven.

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Power Over All?

• And it was given unto him to make war with the
  saints, and to overcome them and power was given
  him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

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Deception

• Matthew 2424 For there shall arise false
  Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great
  signs and wonders insomuch that, if it were
  possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

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Deception

• 2 Corinthians 1114 And no marvel for Satan
  himself is transformed into an angel of light.

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Deception

• 14 And deceives them that dwell on the earth by
  the means of those miracles which he had power to
  do in the sight of the beast

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Deception

• 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.

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Is your Name In the Book of Life?

• 8 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.

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Satan will manifest himself among men as a
majestic being of dazzling brightness, resembling
the description of the Son of God given by John
in the Revelation. REV.113-15
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The glory that surrounds him is unsurpassed by
anything that mortal eyes have yet beheld.
71
The shout of triumph rings out upon the air.,
"Christ has come! Christ has come!"
72
The people prostrate themselves in adoration
before him, while he lifts up his hands, and
pronounces a blessing upon them, as Christ
blessed his disciples when he was upon the earth.
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His voice is soft and subdued, yet full of melody.
74
In gentle, compassionate tones he presents some
of the same gracious, heavenly truths which the
Saviour uttered
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He heals the diseases of the people,
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Then, in his assumed character of Christ, he
claims to have changed the Sabbath to Sunday,
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and commands all to hallow the day which he has
blessed.
78
He declares that those who persist in keeping
holy the seventh day are blaspheming his name by
refusing to listen to his angels sent to them
with light and truth.
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This is the strong, almost overmastering delusion.
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If any man have an ear, let him hear.