Ahad, 27 September 2015

THE ESCHATOLOGICAL RHYME "A TIME, TIMES, AND HALF A TIME" DISCLOSED...

By Joannes Simin
(c) Copyright 2014




     Torah, the Prophecies of the prophets and the Psalms were the revelations of Christ in the Old Testament’s days. Torah revealed that the Spirit of Christ is Sevenfold. Menorah was foreshadowing the Sevenfold Spirit of Christ. Christ in the Old Testament was the lamp stand (Menorah) which had seven branches (Sevenfold Spirit). What was tangibly revealed on earth represented the truth that was unseen in heaven. The Menorah was the tangible representation of truth within the tabernacle. The Hebrews called their God, Yahweh, because YHVH was revealed to be the Sovereign divine king for the theocratic kingdom of priests and holy nation in the Promised Land, and the Redeemer and Savior for the house of Jacob. Christ is the Sovereign King of all kings and the Redeemer of mankind.


 The Sevenfold Spirit of the Divine as elucidated by the tangible Menorah in Exodus Chapter 25:


 1The Lord said to Moses,...31“… you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The base and the shaft of the lampstand shall be made of hammered work; its cups, its capitals, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it; 32 and there shall be six branches going out of its sides, three branches of the lampstand out of one side of it and three branches of the lampstand out of the other side of it; 33 three cups made like almonds, each with capital and flower, on one branch, and three cups made like almonds, each with capital and flower, on the other branch --so for the six branches going out of the lampstand;34 and on the lampstand itself four cups made like almonds, with their capitals and flowers,35 and a capital of one piece with it under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand. 36 Their capitals and their branches shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it one piece of hammered work of pure gold. 37 And you shall make the seven lamps for it; and the lamps shall be set up so as to give light upon the space in front of it. 38 Its snuffers and their trays shall be of pure gold. 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these utensils.40 And see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.

      The purpose of the Seven Lamp stands (Menorah) was to give light upon the space of the inner Temple. The spirits of the believers, in essence, were the temples of the Holy Spirits. Therefore, Christ is the “lux lucet in tenebris;” He said “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never in darkness, but will have the light of life.” His sevenfold Spirit is represented by the mission of the Holy Spirit as to light up our spirits, so that we may see the realities of God’s Spirit. Seeing the realities of Divine Spirit is the result of the operations of the Sevenfold Spirit. The Father sends the promised Holy Ghost unto each believer, so that when the Spirit of the Father descends on every wick of their spirit, his Light would light up the whole inner temple i.e. human spirit.





     Later in the infancy period of the Church, Christ revealed unto St. John, through visions, the spiritual meaning of the tangible Menorah written in the Torah of Moses.  Christ revealed in Revelation Chapter 21 verse 23 that the Menorah is, in truth, Christ Jesus himself.  Thus, we know that all of the triune personae of the Spirit of God are Sevenfold Spirit.



22And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine upon it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp (Menorah) is the Lamb. 24 By its light shall the nations walk; and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory into it, 25 and its gates shall never be shut by day—and there shall be no night there; 26 they shall bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. 27 but nothing unclean shall enter it, nor anyone who practices abomination or falsehood, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life. (Revelation 21: 22-27).




In the book of Isaiah Chapter 11, Prophet Isaiah prophesied that the future Messiah will be Seven fold Spirit:




1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.

2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and (spirit of ) understanding,  the spirit of counsel and (spirit of ) might,  the spirit of knowledge and the (spirit of the) fear of the Lord.



3  And his delight (the spirit of Joy) shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear;



The Sevenfold Spirit of Christ revealed by the lyrics of Psalms & Proverbs

 

Christ is the Word that became man.  His name (mission) is the Word of the Lord as revealed in Revelation 19: 13. The Mission of Jesus Christ in the flesh was to fulfill the Word.  The book of Psalm contains Divine Lyrics and human lyrics. The Divine Lyrics in the Book of Psalms are called the Word. Human lyrics either divinely inspired or emotionally inspired in the book of Psalm were merely serving to be the complimentary flows of the wholeness of the songs. Solomon knew the Divine Sevenfold Spirit; his proverbs concerning the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit proved he was, indeed, endowed with the operations of those gifts.

The promises (Word) of the Lord are pure, silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times (Psalm 12: 6).

King David sang that the Word of the Lord was pure and seven-times-purity. It means the Spirit is Sevenfold because Christ’s name is the Word of God.  St. John wrote that, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word is God.  So, the Word in the book of book of Psalm is referring to the Sevenfold Spirit of Christ.

The gospels recorded the Word that Christ is the Sevenfold Spirit of God.


The walk to Emmaus in Luke 24: 13-35, proved that Christ was the One written in the Laws of Moses, prophesied by the prophecies of prophets and sang in the book of the Psalms.
27 And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself (Luke 24: 27). “44 Then he said to them, “These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures,” (Luke 24: 44-45).  

The book of Revelation also reveals that Christ is the Sevenfold Spirit of God:-


2 At once I was in the Spirit, and lo, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne! 3 And he who sat there appeared like jasper and carnelian, and round the throne was a rainbow that looked like an emerald. 4 Round the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty four elders, clad in white garments, with golden crowns upon their heads. 5 From the throne issue flashes of lightning, and voices and peals of thunder, and before the throne burn seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God; 6 and before the throne there is as it were a sea of glass, like crystal. (Revelation 4: 2-6).
6 And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth; (Revelation 5: 6-7).  

Therefore, Christ is the Sevenfold Spirit of God!

The relationship between the Sevenfold-Spirit of God and the Judgment of Christ in His post Second Coming

He created the sevenfold agendas of Creation within the seven-day-prophecies.  He gave the spiritual calendars to the Hebrews with the significance of seven-times counting. His Word purifies us seven times over as presaged by the seven times ritual sprinkling of lamb’s blood on the atonement cover of the ark of Covenant.   He revealed that His punishment unto his own people was seven times over. Since the Spirit of YHVH was the ‘One Spirit’ with Jesus Christ; He is undeniably remains punishing our sins seven times over.”  

" a time, times, and half a times "



Prophet Daniel asked “How long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?”  (Daniel 12: 6). One who is who was above the waters said, “It will be for a time, times, and half a times. When the power of the holy people has been finally broken, all these things will be completed (Daniel 12: 7).  Prophet Daniel stupefied and said, “I heard but I did not understand. The “astonishing things prophesied in Daniel 12: 6 is referring to the Mystery (mysteries) of God in Revelation 10: 7. For those whose names are not written in the book of life, it is the Beast “who once was, now is not, and yet will come” that astonished them.  Whereas, those whose names are written in the Book of Life would not be astonished because they know the things that "soon come to be" concerning the reappearance of the beasts. Surely, they would say that those things were allegorically written in the Holy Bible.

And it was prophesied that there would be “a time, times and half a times” before those astonishing things be fulfilled. The eschatological “a time, times, and half a times” would begin in Matthew 24: 29 till to the appointed time of fulfillment of the Mystery prophesied in Revelation 10: 7.  It was prophesied that the “power of the holy people has to be finally broken” as the prerequisite for the Mystery of God to be fulfilled. The mystery of a time, times and half a time begins in Matthew 24: 29, and will be completed after 59.5 biblical lunar years. The terminus of chastisement of the saints must first be pronounced in the Court of heaven in fulfilling the mystery in Revelation 10: 5-7. One of the mysteries which St. John wrote in Revelation 10: 5-7 would be the mystery spoken by St. Paul in 1 Corinthians 15: 51-58; and this mystery would be fulfilled in the post Second Coming of Christ. Another mystery would include the sealing of the 12,000 -elect from each tribe of the house of Jacob; which is the prophesied true restoration of Israel. 

The “power of the holy people has to be finally broken” refers to the “sun turned to darkness, moon does not give off her light and the falling stars.”  The people of God in the Church’s age were endowed with empowerment of the Holy Spirit.  And this was made possible because of the faithfulness of the Lamb of God in mediating our agony of sufferings due to sins, day and night as He is seated at the right hand of the Father.  When He returns on earth, the power of reconciliation would be taken away from the Churches, thus, leaving them as if they were finally broken.” The Churches would be facing Chastisement as previewed by the exhortations and messages revealed in r Chapter 2 and chapters 3 of the Book of Revelation.   

The followers of Christ would be the only group of people on earth who would be astonished with the Mystery of God. It was revealed, “But in the days when the seventh angel is about to sound his trumpet, the Mystery of God will be accomplished, just as he announced to his servants the prophets" (Revelation 10: 7). The Mystery is the Word.   All secrets of God are tied up with His Word. They are in His Word: Christ.  St. Paul witnessed that all knowledge, wisdom and understanding are residing in Christ: Word.

The rhyming verses:   a time, times, and half a times


In the whole holy bible that unique rhyme were only written in the book of Daniel and in the book of Revelation: Daniel 7: 25; Daniel 12:7 and Revelation 12: 14.   This rhyme is one of the most unknown mysteries of the Scripture.  Many scholars have rigidly endeavored in encrypting the spiritual meanings of such mystery.  We know that “all knowledge, wisdom and understanding are residing in Christ: the Sevenfold Spirit.”  Therefore, understanding and wisdom would only come to us when we are endowed with the gifts of Spirit by the Sevenfold Spirit.  In the account of the parable of the Sower, in Matthew Chapter 13, the disciples came and asked Jesus Christ, “Why do you speak to them in parables? In the same way, we asked the Sevenfold Spirit “Why you speak in rhyming verses? And astonishingly, Jesus Christ would answer us with the same answer as in Matthew Chapter 13: 11 He would answer, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.” Unless the Sevenfold Spirit grants unto us the spirit of wisdom and the spirit of understanding, then the intellectual deductions of men would be in vain.
The phrase “given to know” refers to the gifts of the Sevenfold Spirit namely the gift of the fear of the Lord, the gift of the spirit of Understanding and the gift of the spirit of Wisdom.  The triune God is the Sevenfold Spirit. The rhyming verses “a time, times, and half a time” descends from the Sevenfold Spirit; it is the prophetic handiwork of the Sevenfold Spirit: the Word (rhyming verse) comes from the Sevenfold Spirit of God.  These rhyming verses point to the Chastisement period for the Churches i.e. period of trials for the saints, and Judgment for the inhabitants of the World.  Thus, “a time” means “seven.” And “times” means “seven times seven.” And the “half a time” means “seven time half or three and a half.” 
Only Prophet Daniel and St. John the Apocalypse received such divine words concerning the unique eschatological rhyme; no other authors use this unique rhyme.  God punished his own people in "sevenfold" sequence as revealed in Leviticus 26, therefore, we know that “a time resonates or discloses the Spirit of Judgment as “7 times over. Thus, “a time means “7 years.Jesus said in Luke 24: 44 that His mission is to fulfill his handiworks according to All Laws, Prophecies and the Lyrics, and also His revealed Word in the New Testament’s eras.  So, the Spirit of the Laws in Torah remains to be the same with the Spirit of Judgment for all generations, and including the period in the post Second Coming Christ or the eschatological period called “A time, times, and half a time:”  Chastisement‘s period. Therefore, a time, times and half a time is numerically translated into 7, 7 x 7, 7 x ½.     


5 And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months; 6  it opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his power , that is, those who dwell in heaven. 7 Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them.  And authority was given it over every tribe and people and tongue and nation,8 and all who dwell on earth will worship it, every one whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain (Revelation 13: 5-8).
                                                                   
By applying the secrets of the Sevenfold  Spirit of God  concerning the “seven times over” in regard of Judgment, we could easily translate that rhyming verses into numerical spiritual interpretation which is 7 years, 7 x 7 years, 7 times ½ years, or simply 7 years, 49 years, and 3.5 years. It is in biblical lunar calendar years. The equivalent in modern calendar years is simply 6.89953 years, 48.508546 years, and 3.4497656 years.  The period of 3.5 years is equivalent to 1,260 days or 42 months. It begins in Matthew 24: 29, as soon as it is pronounced in the Court of heaven and spoken by the “mouths” of God on earth; the “mouths” of God on earth refer to whoever the Lord has conferred divine mercy and gifts of the Sevenfold Spirit.
In the Judgment era, such “seven-times-over punishment” would be fulfilled by the Seven horns, Seven eyes and Seven spirits: Christ the Judge who judges in equity. He judges the non covenant people (“tares”) with the same “seven times over” pronouncements (see examples of Judgment on Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4: 25 and Daniel 4: 31-32). Unless He pronounced the specified time period of judgment, the period of judgment would be subjected to the normally known Spirit of Judgment i.e. “seven times over.”

What shall 'the followers of the Way' do during the period of Chastisement which is rhyming a time, times, and half a time?
            His Second Coming is mysteriously related to the spiritual endurance of the mother earth. The message in Isaiah 26: 21 unfolds the sequence of event which takes place on earth when her spiritual endurance breaks down. This limit of endurance does not suggest the immediate destruction of the physical earth, but rather telling us her hostile conditions due to the defilement, and also due to the absence of divine Advocacy for the seemingly unceasing “day and night will never cease. There would be Judgment all over the earth.
21 See, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for sins the earth will disclose the bloodshed upon her;  She will conceal her slain no longer; 

When we interrelate the word earth‘ in Isaiah 26: 21 with the word the earth‘ in Genesis 8: 22, then we know that the spiritual endurance of the earth is mysteriously associated with bloodshed, and sins on earth— which at an appointed time would provoke God in pronouncing the Lyrics in Matthew 24: 29. So, the Second Coming of Jesus Christ is, undeniably, related to the outcries against the inhabitants of the earth. The outcries are disclosed by earth herself unto God (see Genesis 18: 21-22).
The harmonious Lyrics of “day and night will never ceasewhispered by Yahweh‘s heart unto Noah‘s deep in Genesis 8: 22 would surely cease on the unique Day of the Lord (Matthew 24: 30; Zechariah 14: 6-7). The Lyrics of day and night would not cease, as long as the Lamb is sitting at the right hand of the Father, bearing our sins day and night, and bailing out our transgressions day and night. So the Lyrics of peace allegorically called day and night in Genesis 8: 22 would be disclosing divine Judgment, when the Lyrics is voiced out in the opposite wordings by the mouths of God on earth. The prophesied Covenant of day and night in Jeremiah 33: 19-25, or the Covenant of Peace in Isaiah 54: 10 is ruled by the Davidic righteous Branch, Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9: 6 b; Psalm 89: 3-4). Jesus is the Prince of Peace or the King of day and night will never cease throughout the Church‘s age.
He endows us the perfect way to be reconciled to the Divine Spirit. The Lyrics, “as long as the earth endures” in Genesis 8: 22 are, in fact, linking up all the promises, and prophesies concerning the ascended Messiah who bears our sins by day and night. In other words, the absence of the endurance of the earth is mysteriously caused by the absence of Jesus’ omnipotent Melchizedec mediatory, which bears our sins by day and by night. The Lyrics without daytime and nighttime rhymes means the end of mediation by the Prince of Peace. Does the Lyrics day and night in Genesis 8: 22 still resonates in your deep? Or the Lyrics might have changed into “without daytime and without nighttime,” as in Zechariah 14: 6-7 ?
The Father must hand over the power unto his Son, prior to the fulfillment of Judgment mission on earth. This handing over of Judicatory from the Father to the Son would end up the Melchizedec Advocacy. The ceased role of Jesus, as Mediator and Advocator would mean the end of “Peace” i.e. he would no longer bear our sins as in the days of “day and night will never cease.”  The absence of Mediator ship would deprive the earth of her Spiritual endurance. The earth could only endure, as long as the Prince of Peace of the “day and night” is seated at the right hand of the Father. Prophet Isaiah foretold that Jesus would be coming down from heaven to undertake the mission of Judgment on earth (Isaiah 26: 21).
His Second Coming is pronounced by the Lyrics in Matthew 24: 29. Isaiah 26: 20 sheds off the wise spiritual counsel taken by the still alive believers in anticipating the approaching Day of the Lord. And this spiritual exhortation is quite similar to the prophecies revealed by many saints of the Church.  Matthew 24: 30 foretells the Theophanous of Jesus’ Second coming, “He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet,and this unique day was similarly depicted the Lyrics in the poetic reading out of Judgment in the Sixth Seal. The parting of clouds like the rolling up of scrolls was similarly portrayed both by Psalm 1: 9 and Acts 1: 9-11.  Jesus said that the vultures never lie. He said “Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.”  Every true and genuine pronouncement concerning the Day of the Lord resonates the true instinct nature of the vultures.  They won’t pretend to be in that gathering just to mislead the onlookers.  The vultures never do such thing!  Their true message is as genuine as their instinct;  they straightforwardly reveal the truth that there is truly a corpse !  The corpse that once dead as the Lamb Sacrifice, and had ascended into heaven would be returning !

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A time, times, and half a time...2011 to 2070 AD.

"a time, times, and half a time..." (Daniel 12: 5-7 and see its fulfillment in Revelation 10: 5-7)

" 'a time' began ticking off on 8 March 2011 CE"... Gunang

"The times are ticking off now"... Maria Divine Mercy (as on the 03rd of March 2011 AD).
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     In truth, the Lord displays His daily wraths on earth! This means that He executes judgment and punishment on daily basis since the dawn of mankind. For this reason, the Lord delivered the eschatological rhyming verse, "a time, times, half a time," unto Prophet Daniel and St. John, so that we may know how to differentiate daily judgment from the prophesied judgment in the post second advent of Christ. Thus, such rhyming verse, "a time, times, half a time," point s to the period of the returned-Christ's 'name' as the "Judge" on earth, right from the proclamation of the 'sky' in Matthew 24: 29 (see also Daniel 12:5-7) until its completion in Revelation 10: 5-7. The saints will be handed to him (the last Antichrist leader on earth), for "a time, times, and half a time." (7 + 49 + 3.5 = 59.5 lunar biblical years =58.9032 modern solar years). Many theologians had wrongly deduced that the prophesied 42 months in the book of Revelation 13: 5 points to the whole rhyming verses. But, in truth , that 42 month-period simply refers to the last part of the apocalyptic rhyme: "half a time." So, 42 months or 1,260 days refers to the last rhyme, "half a time."

     The earliest period of the Church had been ferociously persecuted by Lucifer for 1,260 days which further contributed to the dispersions of Jews: Diaspora. They were in the "desert" or dispersed into gentile nations.  So, the 1,260 days was pointing to the specific period of Luciferic operations against the Woman and her offspring. 1,260 began just after the birth of the Church on Pentecost. It was purposely written in Rev. 12: 6 as to elucidate the understanding of the readers, so that they would understand how Lucifer had hated the birth and the "evening" of the woman.  

     During the earliest period of the Church, Lucifer had subtly orchestrated the fanaticism and hatred of the Old Testament worshippers in wiping out the Woman clothed with the Sun. And yet, the Woman was favored by the Divine Spirit in succeeding in bringing the good news to the four corners of the World.  In Judgment period, Lucifer who was well aware of his fate, would once again subtly delegate his diabolic power to the beast out of the Sea, flooding the earth with the "wind of teachings" through his false prophets. They try once again to wipe out the Woman and her offspring with endless deceptions; the last spiritual warfare would be during that "half a time" or 42 months in Rev. 13: 6.  The fatally wounded head of the ten horned beast would become his "mouth on earth:" the false prophet.

     After the completion of one seven, then we have 52.5 years to go (51.96344 modern solar years). The period "a time" would be completed on 20 May 2018 CE. Thus, Christ is predicted to return on that day: after the first part of the apocalyptic rhyme "a time" was completed.

     "A time, times, and half a time" is the eschatological rhyme which points to period of Chastisement of the woman and the offspring.  In this period, the new "name" or mission of the returned Christ would be as the Judge who judges in equity.  The judgment period is also called a "desert."

     The beasts (the beast out of the Sea, and the beast out of the earth, under the global beast called Scarlet Beast) would "make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of Lords and King of kings--and with him will be called, chosen and faithful followers." (Revelation 17: 14).

     We cannot see the fullness of evilness of the above beasts, but we are talking about the period of Chastisement for 51 years from now (i.e. after the completion of one seven in 2018 CE) when majority of the governments on earth would neither respecting nor adhering the teachings of Christ, and even the Christ's Pass Over would become the object of mockery. "...against the saints and defeating them, 22 until the Ancient of Days came and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High and time came when they possessed the kingdom." (Daniel 7: 21-22). And, see also the foreseen Kingdom of Christ" in Revelation 11: 15-19.

                                      
...the Lord delivered the eschatological rhyming verse, "a time, times, half a time," unto Prophet Daniel and St. John, so that we may know how to differentiate daily judgment from the prophesied apocalyptic Judgment in the post second advent of Christ.
                       
                                 

666 and the mark on their right hands or on their foreheads. What do these mean?

By Joannes Simin
Copyright 2014

We know that the Divine missions ('handiworks') on earth are revealed through names.  The governmental activities on earth are numbered — right from the time of our births till we go to the graveyards. All human activities on earth: right from birth certificates to death certificates and etc., are numbered by the beasts/governments on earth. So, the beasts missions or modern governmental activities on earth are in numbers. 666 is simply the handiwork of the 'last-hour' world government, which is totally void of divine wills: they were called the "tares."

The mission of man on earth revealed as 666. The '666' has its own prophets who serve to be the "mouths" or the emissaries of the Old Serpent’s wills on earth.  The procreation of men was God’s design until in the days of Noah, the sons of God came to sabotage God’s idea of procreation by cross-breeding the homo sapiens pedigree, giving births to the accursed new offspring called the nephilim, and also later after the flood; they were called the Anakites (see "Nephilim" in Numbers 13: 33). God decided to wipe out all the defaced pedigrees of men and the animals except Noah and seven others together with all those chosen pairs of animals who were guided by angels, embarking into the Ark.  

In the coming Judgment's period, i.e. after the proclamation of the 'skies': “the sun turned darkness, and the moon does not give off her light,” the Adversary would then go all out to battle against Judge’s agendas.  He would confer his diabolic authorities to the super governments on earth, and the rulers of the earth would become his “mouths;” the “mouths’ mean to be the doers and propagators of AntiChrist philosophies: the diabolic emissaries on earth.  The name of Christ is the Word of God. Therefore, antiChrist means against the Word of God. The Word became human called the Son of the Most High and also called the Son of Man.  St. John revealed that antiChrists do not believe in the Word that became human Jesus.  In other words, antiChrists are referring to whosoever against the truth that "Word became human Jesus"; thus, they do not believe in the Lord's Pass Over. Jesus revealed that they were metaphorically prophesied as the "tares."  They become Satan’s servants or "mouths" on earth. The account in Genesis Chapter 3 presaged the future descendants of the Serpent; Jesus prophesied them as the “tares” in Matthew 13.  

From ancient times as in Genesis chapter 3, it was revealed by Isaiah’s prophecy in Isaiah 46: 10, that the end was known right from the beginning; the Woman and her descendants would be in adversarial relationships with the Serpent’s camps. The apocalyptic conflicts between the Woman together with her offspring, and the Serpent and its descendants (the evil rulers) in Revelation 12, was, in truth, already made known right from Genesis Chapter 3.  In prophecy, the Hebrews were predestined to be the symbolic motherhood of God’s peoples on earth, whereas the converted gentiles were represented as the offspring. The woman in Revelation chapter 12 was, in fact, symbolized by the same prophetic symbology as in Joseph’s dream written in Genesis 37: 9.

    In Revelation 13, the whole arrays of activities of the rulers on earth would be centered upon “buying and selling:” the activities are undeniably concerning numbers and profits or else the figures of deficit or losses. Why then his name is in number? (the beast out of the earth-the superpower nation who has powerful political influences upon world politics). This question could be rephrased and it exactly means: Why then his mission is in number? During the days of King Solomon’s reign, “ 14 The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents, 15 not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the territories (1 Kings 10: 14). Through Scriptural and Prophetic lenses, our present World Bank is the platform for manifesting the final monetary system which is figuratively called 666: the ultimate mission of the faithless men or simply the “tares.”

Solomon, the ruler, received annual gold tax like-collections from all whom he ruled in his kingdom which amounted 666 talents of gold. This annual collection of gold is the simple shadow of the enslaving mission of faithless men encrypted as 666. It does not mean that the future beasts would exactly collect the same annual amount of gold, but it simply means that the future economic system would operate based on the resemblance of the “annual collections of gold during Solomon‘s era.

 Divine missions on earth (names) & the Beasts‟ missions (number) on earth

God purposely reveals the beast‘s name in number because it is specific compare to any proper name. He wouldn‘t reveal his proper name, for example, the mock-name Dan ben Tribe, because there would be many men who would be sharing the same name, but when it is revealed in number, it refers to only one specific powerful person whose mission is to control money through enforced monetary system. In fact, there have been many powerful persons in economic history of the world who had had acquired hegemonic money on earth, but this 666 specifically refers to the end-times powerful person who wield control over money on earth during the chastisement period called a time, times and half a time. We all know that the prisoners in any prison are numbered because it is practically specific in identifying each prisoner.

Thus, 666 is not only very accurate and specific, but also it denotes modern highly evolved form of slavery. His monetary system is likened the locusts in Revelation 9 that came upon the whole face of the earth, enslaving all the inhabitants of the world. It is written that those locusts looked like horses ready for battles and having the stings of scorpion.  The world’s conquest through the implementations of agreed covenant had become the new dimensions of battlefields. Military horses are not arrayed against us, but the conquest of the insatiable abyss of fiat money has sucked the wealth of all nations on earth. The accumulating debts of all nations seem never be paid till the apointed time was pronounced against them. 

Interestingly, all paper tender notes are numbered! Who is this future diabolic person who controls all of those numbered paper tender notes? “...17 and made it illegal for anyone to buy or sell anything unless he had been branded with the name of the beast or with the number of its name. (Revelation 13: 17) (name means mission; “branded with” are referring to those signatory members of the Covenant of Money). 18 There is need for shrewdness here: anyone clever may interpret the number of the beast: it is the number (“mission”) of a human being, the number 666.”

 ...A MARK ON THEIR RIGHT HANDS OR ON THEIR FOREHEADS...(REVELATION 13: 16-18).

What does this mean?

The ancient Israelites‘ religious observations of being “...a kingdom of priest & a holy nation...and to be the treasured possession of Yahweh” lies in the observance of Pass Over as commanded by Yahweh in Exodus 13. Without the observation of Pass Over, then there was no worship of Yahweh from the whole 12 tribes of Israel. To worship Yahweh as prescribed by Torah means that Pass Over must be observed. The reason for observing the Ordinance as stated in Exodus 13 verse 14, which say, “…What does this mean?...”, is simply because it would serve … “like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead that reminded them … the Lord who brought them out of Egypt with his mighty hand.

The Old Covenant phrases… “like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead…” seemed to elucidate the secrets of the mission of the beast out of the earth in Revelation 13.  Why did God reveal unto St. John the similar phrases as in Exodus 13: 16 in conveying the future monetary slavery of mankind on earth? The answer is the matter of worship. However, the object of worship is not Yahweh, but the beast or the creator of money ― “gods of this world.” The rulers (political superpowers) of this earth, and money (money-creation- powers) are inseparable, thus projecting the traits of the beasts’ ruler-ship on earth. The prophesied mark on the right hand, or on their forehead rather discloses spiritual truth about Covenant and slavery enforced by the Beast out of the Earth. 11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. 12 It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. 13 And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. 14Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast; it deceived the inhabitants of the earth.

It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. 16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark (a sign) on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name Revelation 13: 11-17. Verse 17 tells us that nobody is able to buy or sell, unless you obey the enforced Laws of money. In Exodus 13: 14-16, we understand that the mark was a symbolic word. In Revelation 13, the mark refers to the business of obeying or observing the monetary laws.

What does the mark really mean?

To observe means to obey. So, obeying is due to our acceptance and believing. Obedience through observance of Covenant is due to our belief (or consent) means like you have the mark. The Old Covenant worshippers were worshipping Yahweh through strict observance of Torah/Laws. So, worship in Revelation 13 was, in truth,  referring to the observance of  diabolic laws made by the Rulers of the earth (“tares”).

14 “In days to come, when your son asks you, What does this mean? (…refers to the observance of the feast of unleavened bread which kicked off on the 14th day, the pass over.). 16 …and it will be like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead that the Lord (gave us deliverance/freedom from the slavery in Egypt)… with his mighty hand.” These figurative words, “...like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead…” were elucidated unto St. John the Apocalypse in Revelation 13 as to represent the prophetic truth of the future slavery (worship i.e. Observing the laws of the Beasts). The presence of the spirit of God liberates us from our sins, but the laws of the beasts enslave us, as long as the beast are enforcing their own money-torah on us.

     The Spirit of God could have revealed unto St. John the word from the book of  Exodus 13: 14-16 regarding the “mark on their right hands or on their foreheads.” It does not necessarily the real physical mark done with the usages of advanced technology like microchip implants or the lasered-identifications on our physical foreheads or hands as popularly believed by many lay theologians in the net, but it merely points to the Covenant of fiat money which coils up the whole inhabitants of the earth. The Laws of the Covenant made by the Beast out of the Earth enslaves mankind and all men have to obey the Laws. The worldwide agreement regarding the laws of money says that we must believe in the system/Covenant of fiat money. The prototype covenant was the present International agreement concerning money which was enforced worldwide established since 1944 at the Bretton Woods agreement, the 1971's Smithsonian Agreement and the 1976's Jamaica Treaty. And we must obey all the rules/international laws concerning the money. The worldwide covenant of money must be accepted, as if you are worshiping Yahweh, and St. John revealed this future slavery in symbolic words by using 'similar phrases'  in Exodus 13: 9 and 16.

     There are no others elements in life which is of utmost important except money. It is considered the “river of life” in our present world systems. You cannot live without money. You must obey the monetary laws otherwise you would be cut off from the worldwide transactions of buying and selling. Though we already see the foreshadowing 666, and yet we have not seen it under total diabolic control. The future Beast out of the Earth will have absolute rule of the world economic system through the Covenant of money. The future Covenant of money would force all governments on earth to comply with the future monetary laws, and the Beast out of the Earth shall be the undisputed hegemony of money on earth. To believe and to comply with the terms of fiat money means “like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead.” It demands total compliance and any resistance would mean deprivation of any advancement of secular modern life. We are to have “the mark on the right hands or foreheads” otherwise we would be cut off from the modern societies except that you are willing to be deprived of everything from nowadays system of fiat money.

     In other words, the inhabitants of the earth are forced to believe in the system and also to obey all the laws. Obeying the laws of money is like “…like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead” demanded by future the beast out of the earth who enslaves all the inhabitants of the earth. “Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?” Nobody can resist the beast-made-Laws - -since the 1971’s Smithsonian Treaty and the latter Jamaican Agreement in 1976. We must obey the Covenant of fiat money. The Beast out of the Earth was the “gods of this world.” Money has become the pulsating heartbeat of life. In our modern times’ days, since Bretton Woods International Agreement in 1944: all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, have had, in fact, received the mark on our hands or on our foreheads, so that we could buy and sell. Revelation 3: 16-18 says:

16 And it will be like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead that the beast has authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. 8 All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast (ruler). 18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. (e) That number is 666.

     The phrase, “…and it will be like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead…” as in Exodus 13: 9 and 16 was originally Yahweh's decree which referred to the observation of Pass Over. When the beast rules the world with his system, he  would counterfeit Yahweh's word “…sign on the hand and forehead.” God said that it is through the Lord‘s Pass Over that mankind was given Life but...in the end times, the beast had successfully counterfeited the mark by forcing us the path of life which demands obedience of all the laws concerning money. The ancient Israelites observance of Pass Over manifested their obedience unto Yahweh as their ultimate King and the ultimate Source of life. In the apocalyptic era, the corrupt gods of the earth (the beast out od the earth) would force everyone to comply with the laws of money. The beast out of the earth would enforce the laws of money upon mankind by counterfeiting the ancient Yahweh’s decree upon the ancient Israelites which stipulated that “…they must observe the Paschal.” The acts of observing the Covenant would be likened as “a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead ….” Simply, it means we must obey the laws of money as if like the religion of ancient Hebrew people who strictly observed the Torah.

      In the same way, the ruler or antichrist (666) would demand obedience unto the covenant of money. It is the number of the beast because it is the mission of the rulers on earth. We are familiar with the images of the rulers on our paper money notes and also on the coins. In the end times, the image of the beast/ruler would be worshipped. He counterfeits Yahweh‘s idea, and thus glorifying the “ gods of this world” aka the creators of money as the giver of life. The beasts are the makers of money on earth. The instrument used by the adversary for the future slavery would be the forced pathway of life i.e. simply through the Covenant of money- - the Worldwide laws of money.

And we have no choice, but to receive the mark (~meaning to obey the enforcement of laws concerning money). Our obedience to the laws of the beast who comes out of the earth would be likened to the ancient Israelites‘ obedience in worshipping YHVH trough strict observation of Torah. Our observance of the Covenant of money would rather manifest our worshipping (compliance to) to the image (enforced Laws) of the Beast out of the Earth--666. 

When the saints refuse to obey the beasts' laws, then surely their acts of disobeying would be seen as against the orders of the world. The coming diabolic rulers are not only denying the Scriptural teachings of Jesus, but also oppressing the saints. The saints’ disapproval of the beasts‘ unscriptural laws would lead her into adversarial relationship with the beasts of the earth. In the end times, the beasts on earth will scoff biblical values, and they try to change set times and laws. Those unwelcomed changes would be manifested during the prophesied chastisement a time, times, and half a time. The saints would be conquered and defeated during the time period of a time, times and half a time...until the Ancient of Days (Adonai Avinu) came and pronounce Judgment in favor of the saints of the Most high, and the time came when they possessed the kingdom (Daniel 7: 22).

            The woman would enter into the desert as soon as the poem of the Lord spoken by the Lord Jesus Christ is pronounced in the court of heaven: “the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.” Matthew 24: 29.   The desert is the place for a time, times and half a time where some shall fall by the sword and their flesh shall perish. Some shall go into captivity. Some shall be burned, and plundered. Some of the wise will stumble, so that they may be refined, purified and made spotless ...Dan. 11: 34. It is the eschatological period of Chastisement for the saints. The desert is the place for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints (Revelation 13: 10 b).

It may sound a dreadful period of time; however it is the very place to see the divine dark cloud that becomes your shelter. And the place where you can see the pillar of fire that guides you by night. If we cannot see the guiding fire then we shall stumble in the desert, and our flesh may perish in the desert…But in the days when the seventh angel sounds his trumpet, the mystery of God will be accomplished just as he announced to his servants the prophets (Revelation 10: 7). In the ancient conquest of the delectable land, the seventh trumpet of victory was sounded on the seventh day after encircling seven times the city of Jericho and Jericho fell on that day. After a time, times and half a time...the Ancient of days came and pronounced Judgment in favor (the seventh trumpet of victory) of the saints of the Most High, and the time came when they possessed the kingdom. ...and there were loud voices in heaven, which said:

The kingdom of the world has become
The kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ,
And he will reign forever and ever.” (Revelation 11: 15)

In our prayer “Our Father” taught by the Lord Jesus Christ, we recite the phrases, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in  heaven” and the fulfillment of those phrases would only become reality as prophesied in Revelation 11: 15. Of course, in some aspects of spiritual life and tangible governance, such phrases were fractionally fulfilled by the mission of the name of the Lamb of God or Prince of Peace through the Church‘s age. Nonetheless, it is waiting for the descended Christ to fully complete the Kingdom of God on earth.

Glossary

Beast —In prophetic language, beasts refer to the heathen kingdoms or heathen nations that become the dominators/Imperialists of the world. The ancient theocratic nation of Israel (chosen nation) was betrothed to YHVH, and her nation was born on the day of the Lord‘s Pass Over in Egypt. Therefore, she was called a woman. The rest of the heathen nations either a kingdom or any modern super power nation, or even the nowadays global-governing-body like the United Nations falls under the prophetic term as “the beasts of the earth.”

See Daniel Chapter 7. The prophetic term "the beast" must be closely related with the birth of the Woman (house of Jacob who was once betrothed to YHVH). Since the birth of the Woman through the Lord‘s Pass Over in Egypt, every world ruler/empire was identified as the ancient beast or the beasts of the earth during the Old Covenant‘s days. Even though those ancient beasts' rulerships had long disappeared on earth, the list below might be helpful in understanding the cryptic phrases in Revelation 17: 10. Thus, the propable list of ancients beasts were namely Egyptian Empire, Assyrian Empire, Babylonian Empire, Mede-Persian Empire, the Greek Empire and the Roman Empire. Dominators of world‘s politics would be another criteria into being the beasts of the earth. Some examples of the modern beasts on earth were the Ottoman Empire, British Empire, the 10 lineages of European royal monarchies, the League of Nation, the five veto-power super power-nations and even the present the United Nations.

Horn —is associated with the authority of a leader, and if the horn has a crown or a coronet ,then it means the leader is a monarch/king/emperor. See Dan 7: 24 If the horn is having one eye, it means an antichrist leader. The "seven eyes, seven horns and seven Spirits" is referring solely to  Christ.

Prostitute—The ancient theocratic nation of Israel was betrothed to YHVH, and it began with the Lord‘s Pass Over in Egypt and the Covenant of marriage (Torah) was given on Mt. Sinai. The Temple in Jerusalem was the Centre of worship. Therefore, Jerusalem was once called the woman because she was once the wife of YHVH (see Ezekiel 16). When Israelites broke the Covenant of marriage, she became a prophesied prostitute. The northern 10-tribes Kingdom abandoned the worship of YHVH, and thus she was called Oholibamah (Older prostitute), and later the Southern Kingdom of Judah abandoned their worship of YHVH after King Josiah‘s death, then God called her name as Oholibah (the younger prostitute - - see Ezekiel 16 and Ezekiel 23). She continued her prostitution when the city of Jerusalem ruled by numerous gentiles kings/rulers. Here, prostitution is not related to literal interpretation, but merely a metaphor where Jerusalem would be called as a woman, if the ruling king was King YHVH, and if the ruling kings were the earthly gentiles' kings, then she was called as a prostitute.

Mother of all the prostitutes (Revelation 17) — Revelation 17: 5 says...on her forehead was written a name, a cryptic name: Babylon the Great, the mother of all the prostitutes, and all the filthy practices on the earth. When Israelites abandoned YHVH worship, she turned into prostitution. The gentile nations were not addressed by God as prostitutes because they were called the beasts of the earth. Later, this Old Covenant prostitute rejected the prophesied "Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world." This prostitute had rejected the Mother of all Pass Over. Formerly, they broke the Covenant of marriage with King YHVH. It had been predicted long ago of their rebellions since the days of Prophet Moses. God said, “and I will certainly hide My face on that day because of all their wickedness in turning to other gods" (Deut. 31: 18). Oholibamah and Oholibah rejected the Lamb of God (the Mother of all pass over), and therefore they turned into Mother of all the prostitutes. A prostitute in its contextual meaning in Revelation 17 is referring to those who had rejected both the marriage of YHVH, and the marriage offer of Jesus. Their disobedience caused the city of Jerusalem (the Woman), as if to be betrothed to the gentile kings. Ruler ship of foreign kings in Jerusalem is prophetically depicted as prostitution. Briefly, the members of the house of Jacob (Old Covenant woman) who rejected the perfect Lord‘s Pass Over would eventually become the Mother of all prostitutes, and their modern secular nation is the former British Mandate in Palestine. The prostitute acquired the city of seven hills by riding the Beasts of the earth (United Kingdom, United Sates of America and the United Nations). And in the apocalypse's era, this woman would ride her last husband the Scarlet Beast (the metamorphosed United Nations?). “...in the Great City, which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified” in Revelation 11: 8 refers to the great city mentioned in Revelation 17: 18. So, the Mystery Babylon the great, Mother of all prostitutes is the City of Jerusalem.

Like a river ( Revelation 12: 15) —The River in Isaiah 8:7 was identified as the symbolic representation of the emperor who was associated with Euphrates-Tigris river (Great River) as the geographical location of the ancient Assyrian Kingdom. “...the mighty floodwaters (divine judgment manifested as conquering power through wars) brought forth by the King of Assyria with all his pomp.” So, the verse “the serpent vomited water from his mouth, “like a river,” after the woman, to sweep her away in the current” (Revelation 12: 5) tells us about a leader; any leader whose ambition is to wipe out the woman.  In Isaiah 8:7, the River was orchestrated by the invisible hand of Yahweh to bring punishment on Judah.

     In contrast, Revelation 12:5 “like a river” was orchestrated by the Devil because it is spewed out from the mouth of the Serpent. Christ was the Word became flesh. This "like a river" was a counterfeit of  Divine's handiwork, but it was coming out from the Old Serpent.  Thus, we know that the leader “like a river” would be manifested during a time, times, and half a time where God would allow the Devil together with his hosts to run their evil manifestations in full measure on earth. Briefly, this “like a river” political leader would only come out during a time, times, and half a time. His ruler ship precedes the appearance of the Beast out of the Sea.  Some biblical scholars believed that "like a river" had appeared since the infancy period of the Church, and (he) kept on reappearing throughout history!

Woman—YHVH‘s chosen nation is distinguishable through allegorical identification as a woman. The chosen nation (ancient theocratic nation of Israel or the house of Jacob) was metaphorically married to YHVH; therefore she was recognized as a woman. Her disobedience led her into prostitution. Ezekiel 16 and Ezekiel 23 revealed the rebellious house of Jacob as a prostitute. Northern 10-tribes kingdom was called Oholibamah and the southern Judah Kingdom was called Oholibah. Revelation 12: 1 refers specifically to the house of Jacob, but later this identification was, in fact, applied to the earliest Church with the same heavenly sign (symbol)—a woman who was clothed with the sun with moon under her feet and twelve stars above her head. The Church (the earliest Hebraic, followers of the Way) was betrothed to Jesus Christ just like the Old Covenant house of Jacob who was betrothed to YHVH, but later ended up as a divorced wife or a prostitute. The Old Covenant worshippers abandoned their observation of Torah, and collectively they ended up as a prostitute.

      Those (ex Old Covenant worshippers) who believed in the Lord Jesus‘ Pass Over became the Woman of the New Covenant marriage: the woman clothed with the Sun.  But, those who rejected the perfect Pass Over of Jesus continued their prostitution, and yet they still be identified as the the degraded woman called the prostitute. The Hebrews who did not believe in Jesus as the fulfillment of the prophesied Davidic Branch was foretold to end up riding the Scarlet Beast in Revelation 17: 5. The Old Covenant nation of Israel was birthed out from the Lord‘s Pass Over in Egypt. Typologically, the house of Jacob (12 Apostles and the Hebraic believers) of the New Covenant was similarly born from Lord Jesus‘ Pass Over as in fulfillment of Luke 24: 44. The earliest Hebraic followers (New Covenant house of Jacob) of Christ then evangelized the gentile nations, and the converted heathens were called as the children of the woman or Offspring.  So, the woman either the Old Covenant worshippers or the new Covenant Worshippers somehow shared the same symbology. Thus, woman either the prostitute or the woman bethrothed to Christ was referring to the house of Jacob. The converted gentiles were the offspring; they never shared the symbol of the house of Jacob as in Joseph's dream in Gen 37:9, and yet they were considered married to Christ Jesus.  And the gentile rulers of the earth are called the beasts.

Worshipping the beast —In the book of Revelation, the word "worship" must not be interpreted as worshipping in the Spirit or spirit, as we are accustomed to the New Covenant teachings, but rather be seen in the context of observing the enforced laws. The Old Covenant worshippers were worshipping Yahweh through strict observance of Torah. Example: The phrases like “…they also worshipped the beast” in Revelation 13: 4 is referring to the observance of antiChrist-laws made by the rulers of the earth (human made laws). The examples of the modern beasts' laws were the Covenant of the League of Nations, and also the present United Nation Charter. The phrase “worshipping the beast” in Revelation 13 does not refer to the worship in spirit, but it's rather referring to the act of obeying the laws made by the endtimes' global governing body/imperialists (Beasts) of the earth.

Seal of God - Seal of God refers to the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. It means a believer's wick of spirit becomes the "holy of holiest" of the descending Holy Spirit. The tangible manifestation of the presence of the Holy Spirit is the "tongue of fire," "halo," or like "a light above the head." (Acts 2: 1-4; Job 29: 3). Thus, angelic sealing means a ministering angel is assigned to a believer.  That angel is surely having the "name" of God.

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