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FEAST OF TABERNACLES - 2000
DAY 6
Fred Coulter - October 19, 2000
This is day 6 of the Feast of Tabernacles and we’re getting close to the
end. Tomorrow will be the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles with
the Last Great Day being the eighth day. And each of those days have a
separate meaning but they all tie together. And all of God’s feasts
then are based upon a principle of one plus seven, or seven plus one, total
of eight. We start out the holy day season in the spring with Passover
and then seven days of Unleavened Bread with two holy days during the Feast
of Unleavened Bread. The Passover itself is not a holy day, as we
understand, but one plus seven equals eight. And eight is the sign of
a new beginning. Eight is also the number of a new creation.
Eight is also the number of when you tie it into music, it is the beginning
of a new scale. Because you go do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do. You have
to have the eighth one to really compete it. Though seven is the
number of completion, eight is the one which begins it again.
And we find in the book of Revelation tremendous things that take place.
And all of these things, as we have seen, coming down through the holy day
season, relate to the whole world. And all of the events that we
discuss here concerning the millennium, and the one we did yesterday
concerning Satan’s false millennium, which we will continue today, these
things are going to have an effect upon the whole world.
Now what I want you to do is to just take a survey with me. Let’s go
through the book of Revelation and let’s see how it emphasizes the whole
world. Not just a part of the world, but the whole world.
Everyone who dwells on the earth. All of these events are going to
affect every single one of us.
Now let’s begin right here in Revelation 1, and let’s see something that’s
very important concerning how the book of Revelation is tied together and
what Christ says of Himself. And then we will survey and see all the
earth, all the world, all the inhabitants, and so forth.
Now let’s begin right here in verse 4. “John to the seven churches
that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him Who is and Who was
and Who is to come; and from the seven spirits which are before His
throne; and from Jesus Christ the faithful Witness, the firstborn from the
dead…” (Rev. 1:4, AT).
Now I’m reading from my translation of the book of Revelation. It’s
going to be the last one to be edited. We’re getting close to getting
it done. And we hope…I’m going to be working on it right after the
Feast of Tabernacles so we can have the New Testament all ready. And
it’s really going to be very helpful for all of us in understanding not only
the word of God, but also with the ease of reading, but more importantly
from the proper text, from the Byzantine text and from the point of view
that it is going to be doctrinally sound because it’s going to relate to all
the Bible. And so that’s what really is going to be very important in
it. And it’s going to conform to the original text as much as possible
yet be an understandable English so that everyone will be able to read it.
Now, “…firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.”
Now that’s important for us to understand as we covered last time, that God
sets up the rulers on the earth and sets over the nations the basest of men.
And every nation gets the leader it deserves. And I think God does it
based upon the general morality of the nation as evaluated by the Ten
Commandments.
Now why don’t you do this sometime. When you see any documentary
concerning any nation, or you may read it in say National Geographic, or you
may read it in a history book. Evaluate it from the point of view of
the Ten Commandments of God. And when you do, you will see that those
who are closest to the Ten Commandments of God have more blessings, have
better economies, have better health, have less war. The further away
that you go from the Ten Commandments into pure Satanism, the worse that it
becomes. However, here at the end-time, we’re going to see a little
bit later, when it comes down to the end-time the whole world is going to be
wrapped up in the occult. And for a while it will look dynamic and
fantastic, because there’s pleasure in sin. And for a while it will
prosper because there is a short prosperity in sin. But God is going
to call the judgment in on this world, and the book of Revelation shows us
how He’s going to do it.
Now let’s continue on here in verse 5, “…To HIM WHO loved us and washed us
from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to
God and His Father…” And that’s describing our ultimate destiny in
ruling during the millennium. This ties right in with Revelation 20.
“…To Him [that is to God the Father] be the glory and the sovereignty
into the ages of eternity. AMEN. Behold, He is coming with the clouds,
and every eye shall see Him…” (vs. 5-7, AT) Now when it talks
about every eye, that means every human being on earth is going to see Him.
I think we just need to expand our thinking concerning the book of
Revelation and how it describes some of these events to realize that it’s
going to cover the whole earth.
Now continuing on, “…even those that pierced Him…” Now the question is how
are those that pierced Him going to see Him when they are dead and in the
grave? Well there are two ways that this can be answered. One
spiritually, which is this: all human beings who have sinned have their part
in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and that includes all human beings
because they’ve all sinned. So every human being who sees Christ
coming have in effect spiritually killed Him because He died for the sins of
the whole world, all time down through all history. Now the other way
to answer that is this: that those who pierced Him will be resurrected in
the second resurrection during the 100 year period after the millennium, and
they will see Him. So either way you have the answer on that.
Now notice, “…and all the tribes of the earth…” All. Now it says
tribes because it’s not just countries, it’s not just nations, it’s not just
small regions. It gets down to tribes. So everyone is going to
see this. This is going to be amazing. “…And shall wail because
of Him. Even so, AMEN” (vs. 7, AT).
Now verse 8, “I the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the
Ending, says the Lord…”, and He is the One you see. This book of
Revelation, when you go through it, it relates back to the beginning and
takes us clear to the end. And without the book of Revelation you
cannot understand the Bible. And without the book of Revelation you
cannot understand Daniel very well. You can understand it up to a
certain point, but the book of Daniel and the book of Revelation go hand in
hand. And just like Jesus taught His disciples, the New Testament
teachings of Jesus Christ interpret the Old. So likewise the book of
Revelation interprets all of the events that are prophesied in the Old
Testament and puts them into the timeframe of the end for all those
prophecies that fit at the end. That’s why He says I am “..the
Beginning and the Ending, says the Lord, Who is and Who was and Who is
coming, the Almighty.”
Now let’s come here to Revelation 3:10, because what we want to do, we want
to take a view of these things from the view of the whole world. Now
here’s a promise. And as I read this you ask yourself this question:
if you want this promise applied to you, are you doing what it says so that
God can apply it to you, so that you are able then to be included on this
promise? Now if you’re not then you’re not going to be included.
It’s that simple.
“Because you have kept the word of My patience, I will also keep you from
the time of the temptation, which is about to come upon the whole world to
test them that dwell upon the earth.” (vs. 8, AT) So you see
the book of Revelation talked about a global world thousands of years before
it ever took place. So everything that we’re going to read about One
World Government and globalization, and all of that, the book of Revelation
prophesied it thousands of years before it ever occurred. So this is
something we need to understand. This is something we really need to
grasp.
Now let’s go on to Revelation 5:6, and let’s see again that God is
interested in the whole world, and that these events that are coming on the
world God is well aware of, God is making sure that everything happens right
on time. And as we saw yesterday God has put it in the hearts of these
men to fulfill His will. And He’s going to let them have what they
want. He’s going to let Satan the devil have what He wants and then
God is going to teach the lesson to the whole world that all of this results
in sin. Because what they’re trying to do, as you will see with all of
this, they are trying to save the world in its sins. You think
on that, and I’ll point that out a little bit later. Christ is
coming to save the world from
its sins. But you can never be saved in your sins. You cannot be
saved while you are sinning. It’s very simple. The world cannot
reap the blessings of God while worshipping Satan. Just understand
that. And that’s the way it’s going to be.
Now Revelation 5:6, “And I saw, and behold, before the throne and the four
living creature, and between the elders, was standing a Lamb as it
had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven
Spirits of God, those which have been sent into all the earth.” Now
you might liken these unto satellites. You know we have satellites
that circle the earth and take pictures of it and let us know what the
weather is, and you know, you have all the spy technology and everything
that they can come right down, and from miles up in the air they can zoom in
and they can read a license plate on a car.
So you see, those people who think that they’re going to get away and go
hide in the caves and go fight - forget it. It’ll never happen.
They will not save themselves. They are able to locate people with 100
square feet without any monitoring devise on them whatsoever. And you
won’t be able to hide in a cave because if you do an earthquake is going to
take care of you. So if you think you’re going to get away from the
enemy and go hide in a cave you’re going to be squashed in an earthquake.
So the ultimate thing we need to understand and that the people of the
world need to understand is this: you are not going to avoid God, you are
not going to get away from God, you are not going to get away from Jesus
Christ. He is coming, His is going to set up His government, and He is
going to be King over the earth. And I tell you brethren the time is
coming when it will get right back down to what it was during the first
century with the apostles and the brethren then in declaring that Christ is
our King, and no man on earth. Because the very fact of what we
believe will make us politically incorrect, as we will see. And then
all of those prophecies where you’ll be brought before king, brought before
councils, you’ll be brought before governors, and you’re going to give a
witness. That’s going to happen, no question about it.
Now, let’s continue on. Revelation 6:10, “And they were crying out
with a loud voice, saying, “How long O Lord, holy and true, do You not judge
and avenge our blood on those who are dwelling on the earth?” And of
course their blood will be shed all over the earth. And then it said
here that they rest yet for a little season and that the rest of the
brethren and servants would be killed.
Now let’s come to Revelation 7:1. “And after these things I saw four
angels standing upon the four corners of the earth…” So here again it’s the
whole earth. “…Holding back the four winds of the earth, so that the
wind might not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor upon any tree.”
So this is something. These are worldwide events.
Let’s come to chapter 11. And we see the same thing here concerning
the two witnesses. Boy I tell you, it’s amazing what they have here.
Let’s begin here in verse 6. “These have authority to shut heaven, so
that no rain may fall in the
days of their prophecy; and they have authority over the waters, to turn them
into blood; and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they will.
And when they shall have completed their testimony, the beast who ascends up
out of the abyss will make war against them, and shall overcome them, and
shall kill them. And their bodies shall lie upon the street of
the great city, which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where also our
Lord was crucified” (Rev. 11:6-8, AT). That’s what God thinks
of Jerusalem today - Sodom and Egypt. Not the holy city.
You know I think we need to pay attention of the words of Christ.
People ask me every once in a while, “Well, wouldn’t you like to go to
Jerusalem? Wouldn’t you like to go to the holy land?” I say,
“No.” Jesus said at the end time those who are not there, don’t enter
in. So I’m not going to go. I’m not going to enter in.
(Laughter) You never know when things are going to take place there.
“Then they of the peoples and tribes and languages and nations shall see
their bodies three and a half days, and they will not allow their bodies to
be put into tombs. And those who are dwelling on the earth will
rejoice over them, and will make merry, and will send gifts to one another,
because these, the two witnesses tormented them who dwell upon the earth”
(vs. 9-10, AT) So again, world wide events.
And what I’m trying to do here is to show you that the book of Revelation
really is the book of the globalization of the world. And also, if we
can put it that way, the globalization of the preaching of the gospel.
And it’s going to go out in power. And God is going to send His Spirit
and give strength and power and it’s going to go out. No doubt about
it. But I tell you what brethren, unless we make ourselves ready,
unless we are willing to do our parts God isn’t going to use any of us to do
anything. We need to understand that. We need to apply
ourselves. We need to work, we need to study, we need to pray, we need
to get close to God. As I’ve said all during the feast, we need to
prepare, we need to get ready. And we can’t be lollygagging around and
dilly-dallying around. We have to be at it, just like Jesus said, “I
have to be about My Father’s business.” And in the end-time this is
the Father’s business.
Now let’s continue on. We’ll show this. Revelation 12:9, we’ve
already seen Satan deceives the whole world. When it says the whole
world, it is the whole world.
Revelation 13:3, “And I saw one of his heads as if it were slain to
death, but its wound of death was healed; and the whole earth, in
complete amazement, followed after
the beast.” Now another one here in verse 8, “Now all who dwell on the
earth shall worship him [that is the beast], whose names have not been
written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the
world. If anyone has an ear, let him hear” (Rev. 13:3, 8-9, AT).
And I tell you brethren, if there’s any one thing we need to do during this
feast, we need to hear. We need to hear the word of God. We need
to let God’s Spirit move us. We need to let God’s Spirit inspire us.
We need to understand the events that are taking place. And we need to
be dedicated to serving God in a greater and more yielded way than ever
before. These are great and awesome events.
Now, verse 14, and this is the coming false prophet. “And he deceives
those who dwell on the earth, by reason of the wonders which was given to
him to perform in the sight of the beast…” It’s the whole world, the
whole world.
Now when we come to chapter 21, let’s turn there. We can go through
some others but let’s come to chapter 21 and let’s see how this ties in with
the first chapter. Verse 5, “And He who sits on the throne said,
“Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these
words are true and faithful.” And He said to me, “It is done!
[completion of God’s plan] I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the
End. To the one who thirsts, I will give of the water of the fountain
of lie freely. The one who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I
will be his God, and he shall be My son” (Rev. 21:5-7, AT).
Then what do we have? Notice, we have three sevens, chapter 21.
Then we have what? Chapter 22, a new beginning. So we’ll get to
that on the Last Great Day. But I just wanted to cover this to show
you how that the whole book of Revelation is a prophetic document of the
globalization of the world, and what that is going to lead to, and how these
events are going to take place.
Now since we’re here in the book of Revelation, let’s come to chapter 17
and we’ll talk about the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. And
we will see that that ties directly into the United Nations. There can
be no doubt about it when you fully understand it. Let’s read it here,
verse 8. “The
beast which you saw [which the woman rode] was, and is not, and is about to
come up out of the abyss, even to go into perdition.” So this beast
does not have people, does not have land, does not have a currency, does not
have the geographical territory, does not have commerce, does not have it’s
own leaders. So this is a beast, which according to Bible definition
as we saw last time, does not have sovereignty, as we will review again in
the book by Dr. Coleman. So that’s why it is the beast that was, and
is not, and is about to come. And we’re right at this point now.
When is the abyss going to open and it really comes out in it’s full form?
We’re living in the days when that’s going to happen. “And those who
are dwelling on the earth, whose names are not written in the book of life
from the foundation of the world, shall be astonished when
they see the beast which was and is not and yet is.”
Now let’s review some of the things so we can understand it. They are
going to be amazed. The things that are going to take place on this
earth. Now, the beast is the whole organization of the United Nations.
We’ll see that that’s what it’s going to be. In the end-time there is
going to come a man who will be the head of it. And he will be
personified and be the beast. So you will have the beast as the leader
and then the whole organization of it will be the body of the beast.
And then you will have the false prophet who will work with him hand in
glove. And we are coming closer and closer to that time.
Now let’s review a little bit here concerning sovereignty. Now let me
remind you again. The book
Diplomacy By Deception, and that’s how Satan operates, doesn’t he?
He deceives the whole world. Here, before we get into it let’s come to
John 8 and let’s understand something about Satan that we didn’t cover
yesterday, which is this. He’s a liar and the father of it. And
every time he comes, as we have seen, he comes with a lie, which sounds
good. And he comes as an angel of light so people are deceived into
thinking that this is good. And that’s exactly what’s going to happen
with the coming United Nations. People are going to think, “My, this
is wonderful. This is tremendous. Everyone getting along.
Everyone loving each other. Peace, security, prosperity. And
isn’t that what all people want? And now we finally have it. And
who are you to upset the apple cart by saying Christ is returning. He
is the King of the world. Not that man over there.” Then you’ll
be hauled up to court and you’re going to loose your head. That’s just
the way it’s going to be.
Now here in John 8:42 Jesus said to the Pharisees who were accusing Him of
being an illegitimate son, and so forth. “Jesus said unto them, If God
were your Father…” Let’s understand something clearly brethren, concerning
all religions of this world. They are all part of the mystery of
lawlessness and they are not of God, and they cannot tell you how to find
God, and they don’t know God even though they may use the scriptures and
that includes all the Protestants as well, when you really come to
understand it. And you know it’s really something, I am amazed how
many people fall for the lawless doctrines of the Protestants. Now as
you have seen on the tapes that I have done on “The Mystery of Lawlessness”,
or the mystery of iniquity, all religions of this world are that way.
And the truth of God’s way is that it is a way, it’s not a religion.
So all of those who buy into these religions have bought into lies.
And Satan has deceived the whole world. Religiously, politically, and
economically.
Now then here’s why. “Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father,
ye would love Me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of
Myself, but He sent Me. Why do ye not understand My speech?
Even because ye cannot hear My word” (John 8:42-43). Because sin
blocks the understanding, and people don’t want to hear it. People
don’t want to hear the word of God.
Now I mentioned this one time before, once when I was doing my water
therapy during the time when they had the Columbine shoot-out. We were
in there doing our water therapy and everyone was talking about what
happened over in Columbine, and control guns, and all of this sort of thing.
And I mentioned, well, what really was the cause was that this nation has
forgotten God. And in five minutes I was the only one in the pool.
People don’t want to know about God. Now in the world they may appear
to be good upstanding people, sincere, devoted, loving, but they’re
deceived. You need to understand that. And Satan has deceived
them.
Verse 44, “Ye are of your
father the devil…” And this whole movement of the United Nations and the
coming One World Religion is all fathered by Satan the devil and God has
nothing to do with it. “…And the lusts of your father ye will do.
He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because
there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his
own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” And so it’s no wonder
that he has to have diplomacy by deception.
With the League of Nations, it was too early for this to develop. And
at that time the men in the Senate had enough understanding concerning the
Constitution of the United States that they said, “Hey, we cannot make a
treaty with the League of Nations because it is not a sovereign nation.
And we will give up our Constitution and we will give up our sovereignty if
we sign it.” So they defeated it. The League of Nations went
debunk. And as I pointed out, in 1945 they transferred all the assets
in Geneva, Switzerland, which belonged to the United Nations, mainly gold
and money reparations that they got from Germany after WWII, and they turned
it over to the United Nations.
Now let’s pick up here, “The warmed over League of Nations was thrust upon
the U.S. Senate in 1945, dressed under a new label: the United Nations
Treaty. The senators were given only three days to discuss the
implications of the treaty…” Now mind you, it was 1800 pages long.
“…Which could not have been fully examined in under [at] least a full 18
months of discussion. Had the senators properly understood what they
were discussing, which, apart from a few exceptions, they did not, there
would have been a demand for a proper period for discussion. The fact
is that the Senate did not understand the document and therefore should not
have voted on it.”
“Had the senators who debated the United Nations treaty properly understood
the document, it surely would have been rejected. Apart from any other
considerations, the document was so poorly written and, in many instances,
so vague, deceptive and contradictory, that it could have been rejected on
these grounds alone.”
“A law, which is what a treaty is, must be clearly written and unambiguous.
The U.N. Treaty was far from that. In any case, the United States,
bound by its Constitution, could not ratify the U.N. treaty for the
following reasons…” Then he lists all of them.
(1) Our Constitution rests upon the bedrock of
sovereignty…” And you cannot make a treaty with a non-sovereign
nation.
(2) “…we cannot make a treaty with any nation or body
that lacks sovereignty” (pg. 7-8, Diplomacy By Deception). And
sovereignty is equivalent to what I described as what an authentic beast is
in the Bible.
“The U.S. can make an agreement with a country or body having no
sovereignty, but can never enter into a treaty with a body lacking in
sovereignty” (pg. 8, Diplomacy By Deception).
Because, as they have said, a treaty becomes the sovereign law of the whole
land. So what happens, whenever they have these treaties, it
supersedes the Constitution. That’s why the Constitution has been made
negligible.
Now then there are other things that it talks about in why we should never
have ratified the United Nations Treaty.
Now I want to call your attention to remember the Desert Storm, the Gulf
War war. Remember the United States was preparing for war with that
based upon the United Nations resolutions. And only after the fact,
did the Senate and the House of Representatives go ahead and give their ok
for that to happen. But it was a United Nations resolution.
“Not a single U.N. Security council resolution, affecting either directly
or indirectly the United States, has any validity, as such resolutions are
made by a body which itself has no sovereignty. The U.S. Constitution
is above any so-called world body, and that, particularly, includes the
United Nations, the U.S. Constitution is above and superior to any agreement
or treaty made with any nation or group of nations, whether connected with
the United Nations or not” (pg. 11, Diplomacy By Deception).
And so the Gulf War should have never happened that way. And besides
when you understand what happened, it was all set up. It was all
contrived.
Now, let’s continue on here. He asks the question: “What
constitutes sovereignty? It is based upon adequate territory, a
constitutional form of money, a substantial population, in clearly
demarcated borders which are definitely measurable. The United Nations
is totally lacking in these requirements, and no matter what our politicians
might say, the U.N. can never qualify as a sovereign body in terms of the
U.S. Constitution’s definition of sovereignty. Therefore, it follows
that we can never have a treaty with the U.N. Not now, not ever.” But
what happened is, it was thrust upon us. And by who? And what
was their purpose? He gives the answer. “The answer could be
that, either out of sheer ignorance of the Constitution, or else, as
servants of the Committee of 300, the senators, in 1945, went along with the
U.N. charter in breach of their oath of office to defend and uphold the U.S.
Constitution” (pg. 13, Diplomacy By Deception). And it’s
happened everywhere in the world the same way.
Now we need to realize that this is really something, what has been foisted
upon us. Now you stop and think about all the control that the United
Nations has over the United States national parks. Those have actually
been put up for mortgage to secure the $5.5 trillion debt that the United
States government owes the International Bankers via the Federal Reserve
System. And pretty soon in Yellowstone National Park there will be
only the blue helmeted representatives of the United Nations, who will not
allow people go to in there and to hike and to camp and to do all of those
things. It’s already happening right here in Yosemite Park, right in
California. They have no right, they have no authority, and yet we’re
giving it to them, spooning it out to them, letting them take over.
That’s something. I tell ya, it’s really an amazing thing what has
happened here.
And again, I recommend you get the book. Here I’ll give the 800
number for Dr. Coleman’s office so you can get the book, Diplomacy by
Deception. He has another one there on the Committee of 300.
You might want to get that too, because they are the ones who are the
synagogue of Satan.
1-800-942-0821
You can call and order the book there, and he has other publications here.
Now when this was being introduced, here is a remark made by Senator Harold
A. Burton. “We again have the chance to retrieve and establish, not a
League of Nations [now this was in 1945], but the present United Nations
Charter, although 80 percent of it’s provisions (in the U.N. Charter) are,
in substance, the same as those of the League of Nations in 1919…”
“Former Congressman Jack Rarick put it very well, calling the United Nations
“A creature of the Invisible Government.” That is the committee of 300
or the synagogue of Satan.
Now the timing of bring this about, “…4 days after Pearl Harbor…what with
the horror Pearl Harbor, public opinion would be favorable. So, on
December 22, 1041, at the behest of the Committee of 300’s international
bankers, Cordell Hull was instructed to brief president Roosevelt on his
role in bringing up the “new and improved” version of the League of Nations”
(pg. 19, Diplomacy By Deception). That’s why world war was
started so it could be implemented.
Now there are many other things that you could read in here. He gets
into some political things. And unfortunately Dr. Coleman does not
realize that Christ is the only one who can solve the problem. Writing
our congressman, doing things politically will never work. You are not
going to change them.
Now, let’s continue on here. Now let’s go to Revelation 13.
Let’s see how the final beast is described. Revelation 17 and 13 tie
in together, but Revelation 13 tells us how this is going to come about, and
tells us how that this is going to really be quite an amazing thing that all
the world is going to go after it.
Now let’s pick it up here Revelation 13:1, “And I stood upon the sand of
the sea [John writes]; and I saw a beast rising up out of the sea…” Now we
saw earlier that the waters upon which the woman sat were nations, and
languages, and tongues, and people. And how that the whole world is
involved in this. This is a global thing. Now rising up out of
the sea it is giving the impression that the peoples of the world are the
ones who are behind it. And that is a complete deception. That
is an absolute lie. Satan the devil and the synagogue of Satan, those
who rule and control this world in a defacto invisible government, are the
ones who are behind it. Now God wants us to understand that. Now
notice, “…having seven heads and ten horns [and those are always the signs
of Satan the devil], and upon its horns ten crowns, and upon its head the
names of blasphemy” (Rev. 13:1, AT).
Now it’s very interesting, verse 2 tells us that this is a conglomerate.
And it also is telling us that this conglomerate has no sovereignty.
Just as Dr. Coleman pointed out in his book, the United Nations has no
sovereignty whatsoever. It is an amalgamation and a hodge-podge of
past civilizations all brought together in a superstructure which we today
the United Nations.
Now notice, “And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard [so that
comes from Greece], and its feet as the feet of a bear [Persia and
Media], and its mouth as the
mouth of a lion [Babylon]: and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne
and his great authority” (vs. 2, AT) So it’s not coming out of a
country, but it’s coming out of this conglomerate organization that has no
sovereignty. This is describing the beast that was, and is not, and
yet is. He is of the seventh and yet he is the eighth and shall go
into perdition. That’s exactly what’s going to happen.
Now verse 3, “And I saw one of his heads as if it were slain to
death, but its wound of death was healed; and the whole earth, in
complete amazement, followed after
the beast.” Now what’s going to happen? What is going to happen to
bring about this wound? And how is that going to be accomplished?
Well, let’s look and see the characteristics of this man in Daniel 8.
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