Rev 12:7\u00a0 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
\n8\u00a0 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
\n9\u00a0 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.<\/strong>
\n10\u00a0 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
\n11\u00a0 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
\n12\u00a0 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
\n13\u00a0 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.<\/strong>
\n14\u00a0 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
\n15\u00a0 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
\n16\u00a0 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
\n17\u00a0 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe woman that brought forth <\/strong>the man child is Israel.<\/strong> After Satan is cast out of heaven he knows his time is short to defeat God’s plan. God’s plan is for Jesus to take control of the earth from Satan and for Jesus to rule the earth from Jerusalem. Therefore, through empowering the Beast, Satan tries to eliminate Israel so that God’s plan cannot be fulfilled. However, Michael the archangel is sent to protect a remnant of Israel (Dan 12:1) in the mountains of Jordan until Israel finally acknowledges that Yeshua is their Messiah (Ho 5:15). Then Jesus will return as King of Israel, defeat all the forces of the Beast and set up His Kingdom on earth.<\/p>\nSome might say that Satan ruled the earth before he was cast out of Heaven so what is the difference? The difference is that Satan was given that authority by God and Satan had to submit and report to God. Satan and his angels could not do anything they pleased without answering to God. Now, God rules against Satan ruling the earth in favor of the saints and Jesus, and Satan and his angels no longer have access to God or heaven. They are stuck on earth like men. So Satan and his angels becomee in open rebellion against the God of heaven and they will use all their supernatural powers to deceive those on earth and try to defeat God’s plan for Jesus to take over their rule.<\/p>\n
We know from Revelation 13: 4-5 that Satan will give the Beast his power and that the Beast will continue for 42 months. This is what we refer to as the great tribulation, the day of the Lord, or the time of Jacob’s trouble .<\/p>\n
Rev 13:4\u00a0 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
\n5\u00a0 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
\n6\u00a0 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.<\/strong>
\n7\u00a0 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
\n8\u00a0 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nNow does that passage imply that the Beast will be a Muslim to you?<\/strong> If so, you are missing the point. Satan is going to be cast out unto the earth with all his angels. He is then going to open his big mouth and blaspheme the God of heaven and those that dwell in heaven. He will have power to release demonic forces out of another dimension called the bottomless pit. He will claim to be above anything called God and all that reject Jesus will worship him.<\/p>\nThe Beast and his false prophet comes from the bottomless pit, not from man-made religion. God does not even consider these two to be humans. That is why He calls them wild animals. The Beast and the False Prophet will deceive the kings of the earth by spirits of devils working miracles and he will gather them to war at Armageddon (the high plains near the city of Megiddo). This will be the staging ground from which the armies of the world will battle against Jerusalem and the Lord.<\/p>\n
Rev 16:13\u00a0 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
\n14\u00a0 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nWhat it comes down to is that it may be more like aliens coming from the stars or from another dimension with a message that is contrary to those dwelling in heaven then some clash between world religions. How do humans war against supernatural forces? The fact of the matter is that they can’t in the flesh. All who take up arms against the Beast will wake up dead.<\/p>\n
I do not think the gathering of the armies of the world to the high plains of Megiddo will be any natural airlift either. I think it will all be done by angels. So, it is not going to take years for the armies of the world to be gathered there.<\/p>\n
How will this happen? Who really knows for sure? But, the tares will be gathered to Armageddon because that is where the birds of prey will be gathered for the great supper prepared for them by God (Rev 19: 17-21). Jesus said the wheat and tares will grow in the world together until the great harvest and then the angels will first gather the tares to be burned<\/strong> as the wheat is gathered into His barn (Mt 13:30). As scripture says, “the meek shalll inherit the earth” (the God fearing gentle people that survived the tribulation)<\/p>\nTimothy gives us quite a bit of information about this coming Beast in one short passage.<\/strong><\/p>\n2 Tim 2:8\u00a0 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
\n9\u00a0 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,<\/strong>
\n10\u00a0 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
\n11\u00a0 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
\n12\u00a0 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe strong delusion is not Islam. After the two prophets torment the unbelieving world for 1260 days with truth and judgment, nobody is still going to be deluded by the teachings of Islam. The lie that the world will believe will be something much more profound than man-made religion. It will be a whole paradigm shift in man’s thinking.<\/p>\n
All of man’s prior thinking about religion will be abandoned. Perhaps people will think that by taking the mark of the Beast that they are part of an evolutionary leap forward into a new age Christ consciousness. The promise from these satanic beings and the big lie might even be that man can obtain immortality like they did without salvation from the God of Israel. Yes, man was made to be immortal, but without God’s salvation he will spend his immortality in the Lake of Fire. That is where the Beast and the False prophet will be cast when Jesus comes.<\/p>\n
The satanic Beast and the False Prophet will be truly supernatural. With the exception of where Michael is supernaturally protecting Israel, these satanic beings will have supernatural control over the earth for 42 months and they not be defeated until the Lord comes back. The Beast is not just a deceptive man with a few magic tricks up his sleeve. Those that reject the God of Israel will probably think that Zeus and the gods have returned to the earth (they will be fallen angels). Those that think that that they are going to go through the great tribulation and\u00a0 fight for God against the Beast are not taking the events of Bible prophecy literally. Jesus alone has the power to save the world from the supernatural Beast and his False Prophet.
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