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Isaiah 14: 24 - 27. 24. The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying,” Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand. 25. That I will break the Assyrian in My land, and upon My mountains tread him underfoot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. 26. This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon al the nations. 27. For the LORD of hosts hath purposed and who shall disanul it? And His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? Since the deceived haven't understood this Message of how and why Satan fell, they easily believe... II Thess.2: 2. That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter, as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition. 4.Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the Temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. ADMONITION. Exhortation: negative. The Apostasy: open. The man of sin. The character of his acts.
Exhortation: positive. The mystery: secret. The lawless one. The character of his acts.
... Is talking about something else: The next example of... Rev.13:1: And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns and, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. ... represents the false 'beast' 'one world government' system Satan's trying to setup on earth again in our near future, and it will have 'ten crowns', not 'seven' as before.
Rev.17: Read All. 5. And upon her forehead was a name written. MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
MYSTERY The verse should be read, “And upon her forehead (she had) a name written, a secret symbol ( mustērion ), BABYLON THE GREAT, the mother of the harlots and of the abominations of the earth’’. The name of the woman is therefore a secret sign or symbol of “that great city;; which she personifies.
OF THE EARTH. Babylon is the fountain - head of all idolatry and systems of false worship. This is the “mystery of iniquity’’ (2 Thess 2:7) seen in all the great religions of the world. All alike substitute another god for the God of the Bible; a god made either with the hands or with the imagination, but equally made; a religion consisting of human merit and endeavour. The “ Reunion of the Churches’’ of Christendom and the “League of Nations’’ are two of the the most arresting signs of the times. |