MotherMac_reply to Gregflo:So glad to know you believe in the bible. May God keep your faith strong and your spirit forever seeking wisdom and knowledge to the saving of our souls. Amen.
I would suggest a good place to start is Jesus's Sermon in Matthews 5th chapter.
The "Beatitudes" introduces a reader to many aspects of the results of trusting God as we follow JESUS his son.
These scriptures will lead you into other teachings of Jesus.
II Timothy 5:15___Study to show thyself approved unto God. A workman that needeth not be ashamed but rightly dividing the word of truth.
Asking for extra strong protection and breakthrough as well as for much more love, joy, peace, strength, wisdom, guidance, discernment and to live lives pleasing to the Lord and to walk in His authority and power and to do exploits for Him. Asking for us and all in need. Lord Jesus please also intervene concerning the spiritist meeting my sister wants to attend Saturday and please help with a new school for K. and bless the time here as well and heal B. and F. and also heal M. Thank you Lord.
Dear Lord, please bless my family members that have gone before me and her in your care. Please help us and our family with the medical conditions and Al we faced today. Let us resolve these to hurt everyone functions Of their ability. Love, amen
Prayer for protection from witchcraft and prayer for the protection of the United States from any foreign attacks that may try to hit our land in Lord Jesus Christ Name, amen.
Generations after generations would have passed before these mountain ranges become noticed. What directed the weathering process? The Law of the Spirit built upon 'the beams and pillars' which we may compare as a net, a word-wide web.The entire kingdom of God runs true, upholding the worlds by the word of his power. On the other hand accumulated transgressions of the sons of perdition have created the world under law of sin. Rational man not knowing the Scripture and the power of God confuse one for the other.
"What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?"
David's doubts are not God's doubts. Being overwhelmed by circumstances man cries out in panic as this psalm conveys. "Shall dust praise thee?" But faithfulness of God is from everlasting to to everlasting. Moses, the servant of God instructs us,"Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God." (Ps.90:2). He who formed Moses and David are far above what they may observe according to their time and place, He has set truth in their hearts and it is blessedness of the Law. And the key to is this is to believe in the Son whom he sent. "He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end."(Ec.3:11) This world is outside the circumstances and what is seen. The Law of the Spirit and it states:"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them."(Re.14:13)
This blessedness is guaranteed for man in his Son. Faithfulness of God shall being to pass. It is thus the Law has the heirs of light perfected the work of God,"This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."( John 6:29).How man makes sense of his world is not what he may observe from his senses. The ground that he stands on is neither stolid but on continental plates constantly interacting with one another.'Mountains formwhere two continental plates collide. Since both plates have a similar thickness and weight, neither one will sink under the other. Instead, they crumple and fold until the rocks are forced up to form a mountain range. As the plates continue to collide, mountains will get taller and taller.'
"The mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns."
Seven is a command number which allows the Spirit to express the Law working anywhere within the Kingdom of God to indicate those who are subject to the Word or the Law so we are talking in terms of God a Spirit. The beast that goes to perdition, regardless of humber that may arise, have those who have given their hearts, as the ten kings, "These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.:(17:12-13) The Law clearly states where he goes to. "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," Similarly "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."(17:8;13:8) The number seven explains the Law works not on the basis of heaven or the earth, up down or across but according to written word, which is the Word made flesh. This book of life is associated with the tree of life and also is Person specific: Prince of life.
After our likeness the Word presents the mountain which is the Mountain of God; so also the rock of offence. Nevertheless the fullness of God is in Jesus Christ who is shown as the Ancient of days- the Ancient of Seven days .
The everlasting covenant is in seven days as seven heads full of blasphemies are assigned to the beast. His power, seat and authority comes from Satan. By the same token any man blessed under the covenant whether in body or dead in faith are associated with the prince of life and the book of life."Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:/(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)"(2 Co.5:6-7). How do consider ourselves? "And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life
" So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness:"
The woman is being borne on the waters. Nevertheless it is wilderness." And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues." This wilderness is what we see even in our present times. In the preceding chapter we are seeing the effect of seven vials taking its toll, which is insidious decrement in the quality of life, physicallt as well as spiritually. Our weird climate is but one example. The Law of sin working through wicked and adulterous generations of men must show through the troubled sea and their culture wars. One may peddle outright lies and yet are swallowed by many with no questions asked. Blame it on the way we degraded the soil with forever chemicals. "Decades of research have linked things like air, water and soil quality to various measures of physical well-being. But much less is known about how the environment changes our brain. Now, a research team at the Keck School of Medicine of USC is pooling thousands of brain scans to better understand how aspects of our physical space - including air pollution, noise and green space - alter brain structure, influence our behaviour and impact our risk for various developmental, neurodegenerative and psychiatric problems." The Word is clear: "And be sure your sin will find you out." The war in heaven and one third of stars being cast, ("And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth",-Re.12:3) shall affect the waters. This chain reaction goes laterally as well as sequentially so man with his sins unconfessed stand in judgment. On the other hand those who are called justified and glorified are in heavenly places. According to the Law of gradation sons of perdition along with the beast are part of the outer darkness. "Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High."(Dan.7:22)
"When they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is"
In continuation with the Mystery, Nation of Israel is the mystery, sins of Babylon are the sins of Israel, vice versa. So the seven mountains that characterise the beast impact on her as well. The beast has a pelt which is of scarlet colour, "and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns." It references the quote,"though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."(Is.1:18)."And the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool."(Dan.7:9). The Spirit supplies the contrast, with the Ancient of days who has the books opened and judgment was set. Conclusion is she is heading to her destruction. " And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition."(v.11)
Please pray God's mercy goodness and favor for my wife, Lisa. pray God will remember and acknowledge her in His grace and favor to heal her of cancer. Thank you
"and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns."
The beast referred here is the same as the one mentioned in Re.11:7 "The beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them." He is associated with the martyrdom of the two witnesses, representing saints whose blood has been shed since Abel till the very end. They are also called prophets,(11:10) Prophecy was until John."The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it."( Luke 16:16). So we may these saints were mentioned specifically as an umbrella for all those who died for righteousness. Jesus says, "Behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:/That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar./Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation." (Matt.23:34-36). He lays charge for their death on the doorstep of the nation. "And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus." (v.6) These witnesses are connected with the Word which went out of the mouth of God. By Law of Gradation they are graded, notwithstanding the successive generations from Adam onwards against the generation of Jesus Christ. On the other hand the beast arising out of the bottomless pit of from the sea(13:1) whether scarlet coloured or as the one mentioned in 13:1 are all sons of perdition whose power is derived from Satan.
Nation of Israel is the mystery, sins of Babylon are the sins of Israel, vice versa.
Heavenly Father, I agree with Artie and 2nd John, of Your healing power. When two or more are gathered in prayer, we believe in miracles. Thank You for healing Artie. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
Thank You Heavenly Father. Thank You Jesus Christ. Thank You Holy Spirit.
Heavenly Father, we thank You for all the blessings You have given to us. You sent Your beloved Son Jesus Christ to answer our prayers, heal our wounds, mend broken hearts, set us freebecause You love us beyond our comprehension.
Heavenly Father, through Your Son Jesus Christ You are glorified.
Thank You Heavenly Father. Thank You Jesus Christ. Thank You Holy Spirit.
Here the angel who guides Apostle John is a fellow-servant, "into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns." (17:3) What is the mystery? The four beasts that figured in the vision of Daniel were all judged. "they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time."(Dan.7:12) What we see now is Israel rejected by God. Mystery places Israel 'as one of us'. " Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations./All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?" (Is.14:9-10) "(Jerusalem) the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified." Spiritually Jerusalem on the earth is on the same footing as Babylon. "And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast./These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast./These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them." (Re.17:12-14)
"And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise." This number is determined in heaven which is established by the red dragon, "and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads."(Re.13:2) . This horn is an usurper that replaces three other kings before him so his overreach covers the whole world. "And shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.. Out of the fourth beast issues world wide web but it is only a tool for Satan to wield his stranglehold. 'King' is a label for leader of men, who runs his authority on the earth, and is of flesh and blood.
"I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me." Daniel reports what one of the bystanders in the court of the Ancient of days divulged. Those who attend the Law seated on the fiery throne is well appraised of the matter and sworn to secrecy. So Daniel shall be told only what he need to know. This we shall understand from the short colloquy, "And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?/And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end."(12:8-9)
Coming back to the ten horns, the real power comes, "and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority." The Number Ten connects with the Law so the Decalogue is a digest of the Law, which Jesus further reduced to two. "On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." (Matt.22:40 Without the first the second was useless. In short the command number has put the nation of Israel under judgment. Their works without the first placed them as servants to sin. In Re.ch.17 we read "And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns."
The first beast set out to be a theocratic nation and as Patriarch Jacob inspired by God refers to Israel as lion, Judah was foreknown as a lion's whelp, Jesus being qualified as the Lion of Judah. He was the Son of man with a man's heart given to him. In rejecting him the nation showed as Jesus rightly castigates the nation as children of the devil, the father of lies. In driving out does the unclean disappear ? Oh no. It is thus with other two beasts. The third beast signifies mercantile spirit and nations seeking wealth from faraway places."he beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it." Colonialism/ imperialism casts its net far and wide so north south west east alike come under its sway. Is world empire meant to raise the quality of life of natives? So have the nations in imposing as master became servants to sin. The beast "which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl" are the four ideologies created by socio-economic forces stirring up cultural and national divides.
The fourth beast is soul-less high tech. "dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it;" This shall give nations 'horns' which refer to the wherewithal to tread over the subjects with impunity. The little horn is a world leader who shall dazzle his subjects, "And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed./And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,/And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles"(Re.11:13-14)
"And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh."
The Word in order to indicate the bear as distinct from the land 'like to a bear' instructs us to keep in mind that it is not the animal itself but certain characteristics of the animal is applied to man and a nation, having similar propensities. It can live on anything, carrion, nuts, berries fish and what not. So nations that can turn a dollar from any thing, by exploiting natural resources or man fit the label. The three ribs in the mouth of it, are the real driver so glory of wealth, of power and of religion carry an insatiable hunger for more. This addiction is imposed from elsewhere and so the war in heaven is crucial to understand where it comes from.
There was war in heaven and Satan loses his place. Michael is one name. So driven out the unclean spirit become prince of the air. He presents before God. "And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it."( Job 1:7) All the four beasts mentioned are under the same spiritual uncleanness. "When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none./Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished./Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. "(Matt.12:43-45)
These four beasts mentioned in this chapter gives degradation of nations through the passage of time which stand in comparison with the king's dream in Dan.2. They arise out of the earth which has a generic name , Outer darkness to distinguish the troubled sea is distinct from the seas sanctified by God. "And the gathering together of the waters called he Seas."
"And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another./The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it."(vv.3-4)
"Lion"-Ge.49:9 "Judah is a lion's whelp." "Eagle"-Ex.19:4 "and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself." Plucking of wings refer to the abolition of twin kingdoms, Israel and Judah. Made to stand as a man and a heart which was not right before God reveals their corruption."As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time."(7:12) In their degradation they are just like other nations and it refers to the present Israel. " Instead of outer darkness they are more or less same as other two beasts arising out of the earth.
Come Lord Jesus
I would suggest a good place to start is Jesus's Sermon in Matthews 5th chapter.
The "Beatitudes" introduces a reader to many aspects of the results of trusting God as we follow JESUS his son.
These scriptures will lead you into other teachings of Jesus.
II Timothy 5:15___Study to show thyself approved unto God. A workman that needeth not be ashamed but rightly dividing the word of truth.
Keep praying
Thank You Heavenly Father.
Thank You Jesus Christ.
Thank You Holy Spirit.
Jesus we believe in Your love in that You sacrificed Your life for healing Lisa.
Holy Spirit, thank You for protecting us, for dwelling in us, for You revealing Jesus to us.
We claim healing for Lisa, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
Generations after generations would have passed before these mountain ranges become noticed. What directed the weathering process? The Law of the Spirit built upon 'the beams and pillars' which we may compare as a net, a word-wide web.The entire kingdom of God runs true, upholding the worlds by the word of his power. On the other hand accumulated transgressions of the sons of perdition have created the world under law of sin. Rational man not knowing the Scripture and the power of God confuse one for the other.
"What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?"
David's doubts are not God's doubts. Being overwhelmed by circumstances man cries out in panic as this psalm conveys. "Shall dust praise thee?" But faithfulness of God is from everlasting to to everlasting. Moses, the servant of God instructs us,"Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God." (Ps.90:2). He who formed Moses and David are far above what they may observe according to their time and place, He has set truth in their hearts and it is blessedness of the Law. And the key to is this is to believe in the Son whom he sent. "He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end."(Ec.3:11) This world is outside the circumstances and what is seen. The Law of the Spirit and it states:"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them."(Re.14:13)
This blessedness is guaranteed for man in his Son. Faithfulness of God shall being to pass. It is thus the Law has the heirs of light perfected the work of God,"This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."( John 6:29).How man makes sense of his world is not what he may observe from his senses. The ground that he stands on is neither stolid but on continental plates constantly interacting with one another.'Mountains formwhere two continental plates collide. Since both plates have a similar thickness and weight, neither one will sink under the other. Instead, they crumple and fold until the rocks are forced up to form a mountain range. As the plates continue to collide, mountains will get taller and taller.'
"The mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns."
Seven is a command number which allows the Spirit to express the Law working anywhere within the Kingdom of God to indicate those who are subject to the Word or the Law so we are talking in terms of God a Spirit. The beast that goes to perdition, regardless of humber that may arise, have those who have given their hearts, as the ten kings, "These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.:(17:12-13) The Law clearly states where he goes to. "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," Similarly "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."(17:8;13:8) The number seven explains the Law works not on the basis of heaven or the earth, up down or across but according to written word, which is the Word made flesh. This book of life is associated with the tree of life and also is Person specific: Prince of life.
After our likeness the Word presents the mountain which is the Mountain of God; so also the rock of offence. Nevertheless the fullness of God is in Jesus Christ who is shown as the Ancient of days- the Ancient of Seven days .
The everlasting covenant is in seven days as seven heads full of blasphemies are assigned to the beast. His power, seat and authority comes from Satan. By the same token any man blessed under the covenant whether in body or dead in faith are associated with the prince of life and the book of life."Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:/(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)"(2 Co.5:6-7). How do consider ourselves? "And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life
" So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness:"
The woman is being borne on the waters. Nevertheless it is wilderness." And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues." This wilderness is what we see even in our present times. In the preceding chapter we are seeing the effect of seven vials taking its toll, which is insidious decrement in the quality of life, physicallt as well as spiritually. Our weird climate is but one example. The Law of sin working through wicked and adulterous generations of men must show through the troubled sea and their culture wars. One may peddle outright lies and yet are swallowed by many with no questions asked. Blame it on the way we degraded the soil with forever chemicals. "Decades of research have linked things like air, water and soil quality to various measures of physical well-being. But much less is known about how the environment changes our brain. Now, a research team at the Keck School of Medicine of USC is pooling thousands of brain scans to better understand how aspects of our physical space - including air pollution, noise and green space - alter brain structure, influence our behaviour and impact our risk for various developmental, neurodegenerative and psychiatric problems." The Word is clear: "And be sure your sin will find you out." The war in heaven and one third of stars being cast, ("And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth",-Re.12:3) shall affect the waters. This chain reaction goes laterally as well as sequentially so man with his sins unconfessed stand in judgment. On the other hand those who are called justified and glorified are in heavenly places. According to the Law of gradation sons of perdition along with the beast are part of the outer darkness. "Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High."(Dan.7:22)
"When they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is"
In continuation with the Mystery, Nation of Israel is the mystery, sins of Babylon are the sins of Israel, vice versa. So the seven mountains that characterise the beast impact on her as well. The beast has a pelt which is of scarlet colour, "and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns." It references the quote,"though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."(Is.1:18)."And the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool."(Dan.7:9). The Spirit supplies the contrast, with the Ancient of days who has the books opened and judgment was set. Conclusion is she is heading to her destruction. " And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition."(v.11)
Thanks for sharing.
God bless.
Just want to again thank those who have prayed for baby Rose. She is over RSV now and thriving. Only needed Tylenol when she was feeling really sick.
Her Dad, my son, now has it and is pretty reactive to it, coughing like croup, congested, and feeling ill. But hopefully on the mend.
"and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns."
The beast referred here is the same as the one mentioned in Re.11:7 "The beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them." He is associated with the martyrdom of the two witnesses, representing saints whose blood has been shed since Abel till the very end. They are also called prophets,(11:10) Prophecy was until John."The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it."( Luke 16:16). So we may these saints were mentioned specifically as an umbrella for all those who died for righteousness. Jesus says, "Behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:/That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar./Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation." (Matt.23:34-36). He lays charge for their death on the doorstep of the nation. "And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus." (v.6) These witnesses are connected with the Word which went out of the mouth of God. By Law of Gradation they are graded, notwithstanding the successive generations from Adam onwards against the generation of Jesus Christ. On the other hand the beast arising out of the bottomless pit of from the sea(13:1) whether scarlet coloured or as the one mentioned in 13:1 are all sons of perdition whose power is derived from Satan.
Nation of Israel is the mystery, sins of Babylon are the sins of Israel, vice versa.
Thank You Heavenly Father. Thank You Jesus Christ. Thank You Holy Spirit.
Amen
Heavenly Father, through Your Son Jesus Christ You are glorified.
Thank You Heavenly Father. Thank You Jesus Christ. Thank You Holy Spirit.
Amen
Here the angel who guides Apostle John is a fellow-servant, "into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns." (17:3) What is the mystery? The four beasts that figured in the vision of Daniel were all judged. "they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time."(Dan.7:12) What we see now is Israel rejected by God. Mystery places Israel 'as one of us'. " Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations./All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?" (Is.14:9-10) "(Jerusalem) the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified." Spiritually Jerusalem on the earth is on the same footing as Babylon. "And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast./These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast./These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them." (Re.17:12-14)
"And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise." This number is determined in heaven which is established by the red dragon, "and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads."(Re.13:2) . This horn is an usurper that replaces three other kings before him so his overreach covers the whole world. "And shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.. Out of the fourth beast issues world wide web but it is only a tool for Satan to wield his stranglehold. 'King' is a label for leader of men, who runs his authority on the earth, and is of flesh and blood.
"I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me." Daniel reports what one of the bystanders in the court of the Ancient of days divulged. Those who attend the Law seated on the fiery throne is well appraised of the matter and sworn to secrecy. So Daniel shall be told only what he need to know. This we shall understand from the short colloquy, "And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?/And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end."(12:8-9)
Coming back to the ten horns, the real power comes, "and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority." The Number Ten connects with the Law so the Decalogue is a digest of the Law, which Jesus further reduced to two. "On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." (Matt.22:40 Without the first the second was useless. In short the command number has put the nation of Israel under judgment. Their works without the first placed them as servants to sin. In Re.ch.17 we read "And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns."
"The first was like a lion,"-v.4
The first beast set out to be a theocratic nation and as Patriarch Jacob inspired by God refers to Israel as lion, Judah was foreknown as a lion's whelp, Jesus being qualified as the Lion of Judah. He was the Son of man with a man's heart given to him. In rejecting him the nation showed as Jesus rightly castigates the nation as children of the devil, the father of lies. In driving out does the unclean disappear ? Oh no. It is thus with other two beasts. The third beast signifies mercantile spirit and nations seeking wealth from faraway places."he beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it." Colonialism/ imperialism casts its net far and wide so north south west east alike come under its sway. Is world empire meant to raise the quality of life of natives? So have the nations in imposing as master became servants to sin. The beast "which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl" are the four ideologies created by socio-economic forces stirring up cultural and national divides.
The fourth beast is soul-less high tech. "dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it;" This shall give nations 'horns' which refer to the wherewithal to tread over the subjects with impunity. The little horn is a world leader who shall dazzle his subjects, "And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed./And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,/And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles"(Re.11:13-14)
"And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh."
The Word in order to indicate the bear as distinct from the land 'like to a bear' instructs us to keep in mind that it is not the animal itself but certain characteristics of the animal is applied to man and a nation, having similar propensities. It can live on anything, carrion, nuts, berries fish and what not. So nations that can turn a dollar from any thing, by exploiting natural resources or man fit the label. The three ribs in the mouth of it, are the real driver so glory of wealth, of power and of religion carry an insatiable hunger for more. This addiction is imposed from elsewhere and so the war in heaven is crucial to understand where it comes from.
There was war in heaven and Satan loses his place. Michael is one name. So driven out the unclean spirit become prince of the air. He presents before God. "And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it."( Job 1:7) All the four beasts mentioned are under the same spiritual uncleanness. "When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none./Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished./Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. "(Matt.12:43-45)
These four beasts mentioned in this chapter gives degradation of nations through the passage of time which stand in comparison with the king's dream in Dan.2. They arise out of the earth which has a generic name , Outer darkness to distinguish the troubled sea is distinct from the seas sanctified by God. "And the gathering together of the waters called he Seas."
"And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another./The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it."(vv.3-4)
"Lion"-Ge.49:9 "Judah is a lion's whelp." "Eagle"-Ex.19:4 "and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself." Plucking of wings refer to the abolition of twin kingdoms, Israel and Judah. Made to stand as a man and a heart which was not right before God reveals their corruption."As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time."(7:12) In their degradation they are just like other nations and it refers to the present Israel. " Instead of outer darkness they are more or less same as other two beasts arising out of the earth.