The False Messiah

The Beast from the Sea

Revelation 13:2....

The beast I saw was like a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. One of the heads of the beast appeared to be mortally wounded but the wound was healed and the whole world marveled and followed the beast. They worshiped the dragon who had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can wage war against it?"

The statue recently installed at the United Nations location in NY looks eerily like a leopard, lion and bear mixed together. Did the powers that be show us who is in charge and what is to come? The wings have yet to be ripped off and that is when the 'beast' stands on two legs like a man.

Daniel 7

In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.

Daniel declared: “In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea. Then four great beasts came up out of the sea, each one different from the others:

•The first beast was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man, and given the mind of a man.

•another beast appeared, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. So it was told, ‘Get up and gorge yourself on flesh!’

•another beast appeared. It was like a leopard, and on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.

•After this, as I watched in my vision in the night, suddenly a fourth beast appeared, and it was terrifying—dreadful and extremely strong—with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed; then it trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had ten horns. 8While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.

Yahweh instructs Gabriel to explain this vision to Daniel, and tells him it refers to the time of the end:

Chapter 8 verse 20: 

The two horned ram signifies the kings of Media and Persia and the he-goat the king of Greece with the large horn being the first king. The four that came mean four kingdoms arise out of a nation but without its power. When their kingdoms are at an end, when the measure of transgression has been filled, then a king will arise, impudent and versed in intrigue. He will have great strength but not through his own strength. He will be extraordinarily destructive; he will prosper in what he does and destroy the mighty and the people of holy ones. By his cunning he will use deceit successfully. He will make great plans, will destroy many taking them unawares, and will rise up against the chief of chiefs, but will be broken, not by human hands.

Satan is called the Dragon. The Dragon is in the world now and is behind the final world system taking shape: both government and religion. Similar events that befell Job will befall us in the end times and the final world system will be a big test for all of us. If we go along with it, believing Science instead of God; yearning for immortality and the promises of men; worship the Image, take its mark etc... we essentially turn our backs on our Creator and fail.  If we moan and groan and cry and wish we'd never been born yet keep our faith in the one true living God, He will sustain us and restore all things. Then we receive the gift - the life of our soul. No matter when and how this all comes about, we must stand strong in our Faith and Endure until the End.

We read about an image to be made of the 'beast' which ties in with folks choosing to receive its mark or name:

Revelation 13:13 (The end times False Prophet (religious leader) has been bringing about great signs, even to make it appear that fire comes down from heaven) - And he seduced them that dwell on the earth to erect an image to the beast who had the wound from a sword and recovered from it. And it was given to him to put life into the image of the beast and to cause that all who would not worship the image of the beast should be slain; and to (instruct that) all people should receive a mark on their right hands or upon their foreheads so that no one might be able to buy or to sell, except those who had the mark of the name of the beast or the number of his name.

To paraphrase: We read of the second beast that comes out of the earth. This beast will appear to us as as a spiritual leader but ends up speaking for Satan, the Dragon. He has all the authority as the first beast (he is government sponsored) and will perform great signs, even to bring fire down from heaven to earth (he has a demonic spirit working in him). This false prophet/religious leader will convince people to make an image, a statue, of the first beast. After they do, this religious leader will appear to have given life to the Image and command all to worship it. Those who refuse will be killed. It is during this time that the Law to be Marked (in order to buy or sell, conduct commerce) will be enforced. Everyone will be required to have this mark on their right hand or upon their forehead in order to shop or sell goods (groceries, gas, clothing, pay bills etc...)

So here we have an image being built that looks like the person who had received a deadly head wound but was able to recover from it... brought back to life, perhaps as in having its conscious uploaded to its cloned image by this false religious leader/scientist. Or maybe E.Musk's brain/machine interface will be perfected for this purpose. No wonder our Creator warned us long ago about making images that we would be tempted to bow down to and worship.  This one comes with a death sentence for anyone who refuses to bow down to it.

I have yet to find a detailed physical description of The Antichrist but we do read about all his attributes - there should be no mistaking him for anyone else when that time comes. He will become the world leader, a powerful dictator who is charismatic yet speaks out arrogantly against Yahweh.  In Daniel 7:20 we read his appearance is 'imposing' = grand and impressive.  In 2 Thessalonians 2 we read he is referred to as 'the man of lawlessness' and the 'son of destruction':

He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

It is very important for us to understand this:

The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder, and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.