The Beast That Was, and Is Not, and Yet Is. Rev 17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. Rev 17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. The angel explains to John that there are three phases to the beast: The Beast that Was Is Not And Yet Is Papal sovereignty and persecution 1260 years (538-1798) Papal sovereignty lost (1798-1929) Papal sovereignty restored (1929 - ?) For 1260 years the papacy ruled over Europe, from 538 to 1798. During these dark ages the papacy exercised both political and ecclesiastical power, the woman rode the beast, the beast that was. The papacy lost its political power February 15th, 1798, with the capture of Pius VI by the armies of Napoleon, and it lost the last of the Papal States, on September 20th, 1870 when Italian troops seized the city of Rome, leaving the Pope a virtual prisoner in the Vatican. The Catholic Church had lost her political power and sovereignty, consequently the beast was not. Now, John in chapter 17, sees the harlot in her final phase after she has regained her lost political power (sit on the beast), and the world wonders at her revival. Papal sovereignty was restored February 11th, 1929 with the signing of the Lateran Treaty with Benito Mussolini. And yet the beast is. It has ascended back out of extinction, or the bottomless pit, and proceeds from there to its destruction.
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 23:25:35 +0000
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