Doves,

 

Who is the first beast who mankind has nicknamed the antichrist?

 

Let's not speculate who we (mankind) think this entity will be but lets rely only on God's Word and God's descriptions as to the identity of this first beast. God has told us very clearly through His Word who this first beast will be and Barak Obama doesn't even come close to fulfilling God's description. Please read on for the identity of the antichrist.

 

The average person gets confused and frustrated immediately with the description John the apostle wrote concerning the first beast in Rev.13. They want to throw in the towel as to the identity of this beast after reading the bizarre characteristics God through John uses to describe this beast.

God doesn't want us to throw in the towel but to continue to read the verses in Revelation 17 and elsewhere where He makes things much clearer and interprets these bizarre characteristics. God challenges us to figure out who this beast is by saying....."here is the mind that has wisdom" or, is there anyone out there that is willing dedicate enough time reading My Word to discern the identity of this beast?

 

First let's list these descriptions or clues to the identity of the first beast (the antichrist) that show up in Rev.13..........

 

1) This beast rises up out of the sea (literally and figuratively)

2) This beast has seven heads and ten horns and on his horns ten crowns (figuratively)

3) On each of the seven heads is a blasphemous name (figuratively)

4) This beast had the body of a leopard, the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion (figuratively)

5) John saw one of his seven heads as if it had been mortally wounded and his deadly wound was healed (literally)

6) The dragon / Satan gave this beast his power, his throne, and his authority (literally)

7) The whole world marveled at the power of the beast, so they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast and they worshiped the beast (literally)

8) The beast was given great oratory skills speaking great things and also speaking great blasphemies. He was given authority to continue these blasphemies and "smooze" the world with his oratory skills for 42 months or three and one half years. (literally)

9) And / then after 42 months had transpired he opened his mouth and directly blasphemed God, God's Holy name, God's tabernacle, and those who live in heaven (in other words at this point he, the first beast, declared himself to be the one true God)

10) It was then (at the 42 month mark) granted him (from God) to make war with the saints (the two witnesses) and overcome them (he, the first beast) was allowed to kill the two witnesses at this point to prove to the world he was indeed the true God. (For prior to this, in the 42 month ministry of the two witnesses no one was able to injure them)

11) At this time(at the 42 month mark) he was given authority(for the remainder of the 7 year tribulation period) over every tribe, tongue and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

 

 

In Rev.17 God clears up the strange descriptions from Rev.13 and revels to us.........

 

1) that this beast with seven heads and ten horns is directly affiliated or joined with a worldwide organization depicted as drunken harlot woman

2) that the seven heads of this beast represent seven kings but not any seven kings but seven kings affiliated with this worldwide organization of the drunken harlot woman

3) that this woman / worldwide organization is also a great city located on seven mountains or seven hills

4) that all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich attending to the luxury of her lifestyle

5) that this woman / organization adorns (dresses) herself primarily in purple and scarlet, adorns herself with gold, precious stones and pearls and has in her hand a golden cup (chalice) full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication.

6) that this organization was drunkenly responsible for the deaths of Jesus' followers (untold millions of them in the Middle Ages)

7) that this organization can be linked to merchants of the earth selling it.......gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of precious wood, bronze,iron and marble, and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and flour, fine flour and wheat cattle and sheep, horses and chariots and the bodies and souls of men

8) that one of these seven kings that has been affiliated with this worldwide organization will be the first beast or the antichrist. This beast, this entity, who was alive and a king of this organization, died and will ascend from the bottomless pit to accomplish his evil mission and return to perdition

9) that when John the revelator had his vision of these seven kings of this organization five of them were already dead. The one John was focused on in his vision the sixth was alive but died. The seventh king will reign for a relatively short time. The eighth king who was one of the seven (the sixth) will become the first beast, the antichrist.

10) that the ten horns of the beast represent 10 kings who as yet have no kingdom but will be crowned kings under the reign of the antichrist to do his bidding. They will make war with Jesus and he will defeat them.

11) that the drunken harlot woman not only represents a worldwide organization but also a city built on seven mountains/ hills that will be the world headquarters of the antichrist during his reign over the kings of the earth.

 

Let's also clear up some other muddy water. Popular belief (put forth by Satan) is that the antichrist is shot in the head, killed, and then miraculously comes back to life. Millions of people have bought this lie and are waiting for this to happen and it's no where near the truth. The related scripture (Rev.13:3) says......"And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed." From Rev.17 God told us that the heads represent kings. So the right interpretation is .........And I saw one of the kings "as if" (looking like) he had been mortally wounded, and his wound that could have proved deadly, was not, and healed.

 

Has this prophecy of the wounded king already happened and was it the correct king as per God's word?? The answer is yes and yes. John the revelator was focused on the sixth king in Rev.17:10 who would also become the eighth king and the antichrist. Was this king mortally wounded and survived? Yes

 

I guess it's time to formally introduce these seven kings that represent the seven heads of the beast. These seven kings as we learned above are joined to a worldwide organization which God described in great detail above. As you may have logically concluded by now that organization can be none other than the Roman Catholic Church. A person would be hard pressed to describe the RCC it's location and attributes better than John the revelator did in 90AD before there even was a RCC when he wrote Revelation 17.

 

At this point people are going to say this can't be right because the Roman Catholic Church is ruled by popes not kings and there have been many more than seven popes over the centuries. What people don't realize is that the RCC the Vatican did not become its own country until 1929. Prior to that the popes ruled the RCC but were not kings. Now since 1929, they hold the title of pope and king of their own country. And yes you guessed it, there have been seven popes / kings of the Vatican State since 1929. The current pope is the seventh and the next pope will be the eighth....becoming the first beast or as we call him the antichrist. John the revelator indicated that the king / pope he was focused on, the sixth, was alive, he died, and is himself also the eighth, one of the seven and will go to perdition.

 

So who was this sixth pope / king who a likeness of will ascend from the bottomless pit..... be indwelled by Satan.......manifest great lying signs and wonders........exhibit extraordinary oratory skills.........smooze the planet for three and one half years building his alliances with the ten kings to come.........then terrorize the planet for the remainder of the seven year trib period?

 

The most beloved pope of all whose worldwide ecumenical movement laid the groundwork for a one world religion........John Paul II

 

God tells us in Rev.13 and Rev.17 that the whole world will marvel (be dumbfounded and speechless) when they see this person (John Paul II) who was alive, died, and yet is seemingly alive again. Rev.17:8

 

Not to say that this will literally be John Paul II but a clone which is part of the great deception scripture speaks of. I believe the identity of this entity to be the demonic king of the bottomless pit spoken of in Rev.9:11. His name is Abaddon. I believe he (Abaddon) will ascend from the bottomless pit masquerading as the likeness of John Paul II and also become indwelled by Satan as per God's word.

 

Will he literally and figuratively rise out of the sea? It appears that the bottomless pit is below the sea because God says this beast will rise from the sea. So one can only assume that that is where the bottomless pit is. And figuratively he comes from the "see" because the Vatican is officially called "The Holy See". So he will rise from that "see" as well.

 

Does the seven heads, ten horns, ten crowns passage now make sense? Yes

 

Does the wounding of one of the seven heads now make sense? Yes

Pope John Paul II the sixth king of the Vatican State was shot and mortally wounded but survived his wounds just as scripture had foretold.

 

What about the blasphemous name that each of the seven heads carry? We now know that the heads represent kings and we know now that these seven kings represent seven popes. Is there a blasphemous name that all these seven popes carried? Yes In the Roman Catholic Church all popes are called the "Vicar of Christ on Earth" meaning that they assume the power and authority of Christ here on earth and are infallible in their edicts whatever they might be. This is complete and utter blasphemy just as Rev.13:1 states.

 

What about the verse that states that this first beast was like a leopard, had feet like a bear and a mouth like a lion......can I explain that to you? No I can't. If there are any Doves with spiritual knowledge of this please help me out.

 

There is one more falsehood that needs addressing.........the reign of this first beast the antichrist. It is not 42 months or three and one half years. I repeat it is not 42 months. Another deception that has been propagated by Satan. Rev.13:5 states that after this beast comes he is given or assumes great oratory skills speaking great things and great blasphemies. (I can't prove this but I believe he will be able to speak multiple languages like the early apostles did or speak a language that all will somehow understand) And it says that he will continue this for 42 months. I believe that this beast will appear on the world stage immediately after the rapture of the church. The whole world will be in chaos and he will step forward with his answers as to what has just transpired in the rapture. With his Satan filled ability to manifest great signs and wonders (supposed miracles) he along with his great oratory skills will calm the planet. He will propose a 7 year plan to bring the world back to peace and safety and economic stability which equals the new world order of a one world religion, a one world currency and a one world government. He will be working behind the scenes these first 42 months consolidating his power and his grand deception along with the second beast and the ten kings (ten horns) he will give power to. To reiterate again this will take him 42 months.

 

Okay, now lets go on to the very next word of the next verse.....verse 6.....The verse starts in my New King James version with the word "then" or the original King James version with the word "and". Either way it's the same meaning because when you use "and" to start a sentence it means then.

 

So we know 42 months had transpired to the end of verse 5. Then starting in verse 6 after the beast has spent 42 months smoozing the planet and consolidating his power he turns into a monster for the remaining time of the 7 year tribulation period. What does he do then or next?

 

We see in Rev.13:6,7,8....

 

6 Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blasphemy His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. ( the beast then after 42 months declares himself to be the one true God and has come to earth to establish his kingdom)

 

7) It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue and nation.( the reign of the two witness runs concurrently with the first 42 months of the beast. No one was able to harm the two witnesses or they would be toasted like a marshmallow. All this changes at the 42 month time frame, it's the end of the two witnesses ministry and now God has granted the first beast the power to kill / overcome the two witnesses. This is how the beast proves to the world that he is God by killing those who no one else could kill)

 

8) All who dwell on earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

So after declaring himself to be the true God and killing the two witnesses to prove it...... the beast gains authority over the whole planet. And his horrible reign runs in addition to the first 42 months for some duration totaling less than 7 years. Not sure how long that duration is because God had to cut the full seven years short or no life would have survived on the planet. I am assuming that it was at least 3+ more years in addition to the initial 42 months the earth is to suffer under the reign of the beasts and Satan before Christ's second return.

 

There's a lot more but enough for today.......I truly hope that this viewing of God's Word from Rev.13 and 17 has made things clearer for you concerning the identity of the first beast who mankind calls the antichrist who will deceive millions. Millions are already deceived into believing it's Obama as the antichrist and the main deception show hasn't even gotten started yet.

 

Blessings.........John B