Identifying The False Prophet The false prophet is mentioned as such, 3 times in the book of Revelation. Rev 16:13 (KJV) 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. Rev 19:20 (KJV) And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. Rev 20:10 (KJV) And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. The beast is the Papacy or Roman Catholic Church. Revelation 19:20 is the key to identifying who the false prophet is. Here it associates the false prophet with miracles performed for the beast. This is a link to Rev 13:11-14 where the same miracles are performed by a second beast with two horns like a lamb, that speaks like a dragon. So this second lamb-like beast is also the false prophet. Now to identify just who the false prophet is, we need to look at Rev 13:10, which will give us a time hack- Rev 13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. This is a reference to Pope Pius VI being held captive in jail by Napoleon in 1798 where he died as a prisoner. The Roman Catholic Church was broken as a political power at that time. This is the head wound to the first beast or Papacy spoken of in Rev 13:3- Rev 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. This head wound to the political power of the Papacy was healed in 1929 when Italys Benito Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty with the Pope, establishing the Vatican as a City State with full diplomatic rights. Newspapers at the time proclaimed the wound to the Vatican and the papacy to be healed.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:20:31 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015