Behold the Man of Sin

BEHOLD THE MAN OF SIN (THE VOICE OF THE WATCHMAN)

FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR 1997 A publication of the Bride of Christ Ministry Worldwide © BRIDAL FAITH MINISTRY WORLDWIDE

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles.” (Isaiah 42:1-6, KJV).

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near. Matt. 24:32, KJV.

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INTRODUCTION

(THE ELECT’S DEPARTURE IS NOW AT HAND)

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

2. Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.” (Jer. 16:14 -17, KJV).
3. This Message is mainly directed to all the elect of God that are still trapped in all religious denominations worldwide as a result of the deceptive practices of many Antichrists that are now at work in the world.
4. “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
5. And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
6. They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.” (1 John 4:1-6, KJV).
7. “For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
8. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.” (2 John 7-9, KJV).
9. If you belong to the elect of God in this age, surely you must be feeling very uncomfortable with what you are witnessing daily in your denomination i.e. the level of evil going on among the members and even among the so-called Ministers of God who should live exemplary lives before their members.
10. Covetousness which is idolatry has become a way of life among the so-called men of God of today at the expense of the poor, sincere and ignorant worshippers. Some of them now buy aeroplanes and very expensive cars. They build not only cathedrals but colleges and Universities. Is this the commission God gave the Church?
11. “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”(Matt 28: 19-20, KJV).
12. “And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.” (Matt 10: 7-8, KJV).
13. Fornication, quarrelling, contention, strife, partiality, embezzlement of Church fund has become a common practice among such groups as a sign that God has left that group where you are, your prayer for revival or restoration is useless because God had already provided a remedy: “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” (2 Corinth. 6: 14, KJV).
14. This is the time all the frustrated elect of God should recognize the Voice of their Father and come home and have their rest with their brethren. The Lord Who scattered Israel is now gathering them again in their homeland.
15. “Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.” (Ezek 11:17, KJV).
16. “For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.” (Ezek. 36: 24, KJV).
17. At the same time the Lord who caused Ephraim to become a Gentile has come to the rescue of Ephraim from slavery and servitude because God cannot abandon His own. Israel is incomplete without Ephraim. Ephraim is God’s firstborn.
18. “They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn…. Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.” (Jeremiah 31: 9, 20, KJV).
19. If you are God’s elect, you will notice that two gatherings are going on now. Israel is gathering as a nation while the Gentile-elect is gathering as a Church. This Church is not a denomination but the same continuation of Acts of the Apostles with apostolic doctrines aimed at presenting the Bride of Christ without spot or wrinkle or blemish with all its members as saints.
20. In the Gentile world, two gatherings are going on now; the Gathering of the elect around the Word of God and the gathering of tares around the system. With the emergence of the Man of sin, it has become clear that not all that claim to be Christians are Christians. The whole world joined hands together to receive the man of sin who is the president or head of state of Rome as well as a clergyman, general overseer or pope or ruler of the “Christian world”. Do you think the world will receive Christ the way they have received the Pope? No sir! Very soon the period of Gentile triumph over Israel will be over and the deliverer shall come to His people and turn away the transgression of Israel or Jacob.
21.  “They will fail hr the mouth and the edge of the sword and will led away as captives to and among all nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (completed).” (Luke 21:24. Amplified).
22. By that time, the time and number which God allotted to the Gentiles must have come into the Church.
23. ‘‘Lest you be self opinionated (wise in pour own conceits) I do not want you to miss this hidden truth and mystery. Brethren, a hardening (insensibility ) has temporarily befallen a part of Israel (to last) until the full number of the gathering of the Gentiles has come in.” (Romans 11:25, Amplified).
24. By that time also God will be fulfilling the restoration of all things in its original position.
25. “And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.” (Acts 3:20-21 KJV).
26. Fellow brethren, elect, and precious, awake and shake off the dust from your body, YOUR DEPARTURE IS NOW AT HAND. Everything is set, Israel will he celebrating her Jubilee on 14th May, 1998 having gained Independence from the United Nations on May 14^th, 1948.
27. When the first Pope visited Jerusalem on 20th May, 1947, darkness covered the whole Earth for over an hour. This time around, the Pope is set to go to Jerusalem, the holy city for the second and last time. What do you think will happen this time? He will be going to Israel anytime from now to pardon the Jews “the guilt of crucifying Christ the Messiah,” and to cause them to stop the Sabbath. Will he succeed? Yes, but for a time, times and dividing of time. When God has returned to Israel, what do you think will be the hope of the rest of the Gentiles that heed not the Voice of the last Trumpet of God? They will wait for the wrath of God that will fall on the children of disobedience.
28. Dear elect of God, throw away all your preconceived ideas about God and his people and embrace this Voice of the Holy Spirit. Delay no further in that deceitful group you have been trapped all these years and get baptized into the Church of God which is the Ground and Pillar of Truth. Should you like to know what the Spirit is saying to the Churches, request for our free books; CRY OUT AGAINST THE SYSTEM, HARD TRUTH, and THE LAST TRUMPET.
29. Some people say that the mark of the beast is a physical mark with 666 on either the forehead or hand, others say it is a computer, while some say it is a dragon. However, since it is a scriptural question it must have a scriptural answer. This is why you must ask for the books listed for you to know the truth about the matter. May the grace of God be with all His elect, Amen

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BEHOLD THE MAN OF SIN IS REVEALED AT LAST

THE BIBLE PREDICTED THAT THE MAN OF SIN MUST COME FROM THE 4TH BEAST (THE KINGDOM OF ROME)

But relative to the coming of our Lord Jesus is (the Messiah) and our gathering together (meet) Him, we beg you, brethren not to allow your minds to be quickly unsettled or disturbed or kept excited or alarmed, whether it be some (pretended) revelation of (the) Spirit or Word or by letter (alleged to be) from us, to effect that the day of the Lord has (already) arrived and is here.

2. Let no one deceive or beguile you in anyway, for that day will not come except the apostasy comes first (unless the predicted great falling away of those who have professed to he Christians has come,) and the man of lawlessness (sin) is revealed, who is the son of doom (of perdition) Who opposes kind exalts himself so proudly and insolently against and over all that is called God or that is worshipped, (even to his actually) taking his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming that he himself is GOD.
3. Do you not recollect that when I was still with you, I told you these things. And now you know what is restraining him (from being revealed at this time); it is so that he may be manifested (revealed) in his own appointed) time.
4. For the mystery of lawlessness (that hidden principle of rebellion against constituted authority) is already at work in the world, (but it is,) restrained only until he who restrains’ is taken out of the way And then the lawless one (the anti-Christ) will be revealed and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of His mouth and bring him to an end by His appearing at His coming.
5. Therefore God sends upon them a misleading influence, a working of error and a strong delusion to make them believe what is false in order that all may be judged and condemned who did not believe in (who refused to adhere to, trust in, and rely on the Truth, but instead) took pleasure in unrighteousness.
6. But we, brethren beloved by the Lord, ought and are obligated (as those who are in debt) to give thanks always to God for you, because God chose you from the beginning as His first fruits (first converts) for salvation through the sanctifying work of the (Holy) Spirit and (Your) belief in (adherence to, trust in, and reliance on) the Truth.” (2 Thess. 2:1-13, Amplified version of the Holy Bible).
7. “Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
8. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
9. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
10. 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: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.” (2 Thess. 2:1-13, KJV).
12. Before the Watchman will reveal to the entire world whom this man of sin is, it is necessary for us to know what sin is all about as could be revealed in the holy Bible.
13. Definition: Sin is breaking of or infracture of or wilful disbelief (unbelief) to God’s Word no matter how little.
14. “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.” (James 2: 10, KJV). It was the sin of unbelief that hindered some Israelites from inheriting and entering the Promised Land.
15. “Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
16. But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end; While it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
17. For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness? And to whom swore he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
18. So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. (Hebrews 3: 12-19).
19. “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” (James. 4:17, KJV).
20. It is either blindness on the part of many people or ignorance of the Holy Scriptures that have led many people to bless what God has cursed, and receive what God Himself rejected. No matter the reason, there is only one word to qualify their excuse—unbelief to God’s Word, because God in His Word gave us a clear guide or pointers to identify the beast and the man of sin who will come from her in these last days.
21. The Bible talked about the various beasts in the Scriptures and the beast that will give the “mark” in the end time. Daniel. 7: 17 gives one a clearer understanding that the beast in question does not mean a literal four-footed animal.
22. “These great BEAST which are four, ARE FOUR KINGS which shall arise out of the Earth.” God had spoken in His Word and who can question it, the beast mentioned above represents Kings – human beings that will reign on Earth. The Bible account on the passage of Daniel 7, is widely known as it concerns the four predicted Kingdoms that must control the political affairs of this world until Christ returns to earth to take over the throne as the King during His one thousand years reign on earth.
23. According to the Scripture and fulfilled words of prophecy and confirmed history of the world; Babylon became the first beast or kingdom to control the whole universe, followed by Medes and Persia, then Greece, followed by the Roman Kingdom which is the fourth and last beast – kingdom to rule the world. The Scriptural definition of the beast is spiritual, and as a result every spiritual minded person must receive what the Bible said to escape from the “cruel and merciless” beast of this generation.
24. The four beasts seen by Daniel the Prophet represent four kings and their kingdoms throughout their dispensation. There cannot be a kingdom without a king, therefore each beast represents the entire kingdom and her power under a king (the word kingdom fully means “the king’s domain”). And every king has authoritative powers in his domain. One can now understand that “beast” as prophetically spoken in the Scriptures means kings and the power of the king over his kingdom. It does not mean ordinary four-footed animal in a nearby bush. Another instance is found in Revelation 1:20.
25. “The mystery of THE SEVEN STARS are the ANGELS of the seven Churches: and THE SEVEN CANDLESTICKS which thou saweth ARE THE SEVEN CHURCHES. One can easily use his carnal theological understanding to explain the stars, candlesticks, but contrariwise God’s Word explained the stars to mean Angels or messengers, and the candlesticks to mean Churches.
26. The Bible is a spiritual book for men with spiritual understanding. Let us consider another instance from Revelation 17:15: “And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.” (KJV).
27. Every ordinary man without revelation from God could easily be telling people that there is a woman whore that sits on top of waters, yet when the Word of God explained it, the meaning differed as the waters turned out to be people, multitudes, nations and tongues and even the whore was not a literal woman. So the Bible cannot be understood carnally without the revelation from God and His Spirit that wrote the Word, and by this guide and understanding one can now approach the prophesied “Beast” of Daniel 7: 1-8.
28. “In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
29.  Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. And FOUR great BEASTS came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
30. THE FIRST was like a LION, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet AS A MAN, and a man’s heart was given to it.
31. And behold another beast, A SECOND, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
32. After this I beheld, and lo another, THIRD like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
33. After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a FOURTH beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: AND IT WAS DIVERSE FROM ALL THE BEASTS THAT WERE BEFORE IT; AND IT HAD TEN HORNS.
34. I CONSIDERED THE HORNS, AND, BEHOLD, THERE CAME UP AMONG THEM ANOTHER LITTLE HORN, BEFORE WHOM THERE WERE THREE OF THE FIRST HORNS PLUCKED UP BY THE ROOTS: AND, BEHOLD, IN THIS HORN WERE EYES LIKE THE EYES OF MAN, AND A MOUTH SPEAKING GREAT THINGS.”
35. Let’s read verse 17 “THESE GREAT BEASTS, WHICH ARE FOUR, ARE FOUR KINGS, WHICH SHALL ARISE OUT OF THE EARTH”.
36. Dear reader, the Scriptures are perfect and foretell everything that must happen in this world from the very beginning of the age of this world to the end time. You can now clearly understand that these four beasts represents four kings or four kingdoms that have to control the Gentile age beginning from the time of Babylon which is the first (the beginning) and head of the Gentile kingdoms on the earth. Remember this vision came to Daniel the prophet during the first year of Belshazzar’s reign over the Babylonian kingdom.
37. His reign was a continuation of his father’s (Nebuchadnezzar’s) reign as indeed Belshazzar was Nebuchadnezzar’s son.
38. Daniel 5: 1-2 “Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.”
39. So Belshazzar as Nebuchadnezzar’s son controlled the affairs of the Babylonians after his father. During Nebuchadnezzar’s days, God allowed Nebuchadnezzar to have the vision of these same four kingdoms that were to control the affairs of the entire world until the end time.
40. THESE FOUR KINGDOM ARE THE GENTILES TIMETABLE FOR THEM TO KNOW WHEN THE END IS COME BECAUSE THE FOURTH KINGDOM IS THE LAST KINGDOM OF UNGODLY MEN ON THIS EARTH BEFORE GOD USHERS IN HIS OWN RIGHTEOUS KINGDOM and the Bible rightfully put it in Daniel 7: 13, 14, 18: “I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
41. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
42. But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.” (KJV).
43. Christ must come and take over the rulership and government of this world after this fourth kingdom: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: AND THE GOVERNMENT SHALL BE UPON HIS SHOULDER: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6, KJV).
44. Now let us consider further this four kingdoms (or four beasts) as was revealed to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in form of “a great image”.
45. Daniel 2:31-45 “Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. This image’s head was of fine gold (1^ST PART), his breast and his arms of silver(2^ND PART), his belly and his thighs of brass (3^RD PART), His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay (4^TH PART). Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.”
46. Remember that Christ is the Stone, which the builders rejected according to Luke 20:1 -18. the same Christ that was rejected by both religious and political leaders in all their programmes will take over the kingdom of this world after the tenure of the fourth kingdoms.
47. From verse 35 of Daniel 2 we read, “Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.” (Christ will destroy both the beast of this fourth kingdom and his image, the iron legs mixed with clay, an ecumenical image).
48. Dear friend we are discussing the issue of the beast extensively from the Scriptures in order for you to understand what this “Mark of the Beast” is all about. If we succeed by the help of the Scriptures in letting you know what the beast means in the light of the Bible, then you can easily understand what the mark of the beast means.
49. From verse 36 of Daniel chapter two were again, “This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
50. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. THOU ART THIS HEAD OF GOLD. And after thee shall arise another KINGDOM inferior to thee, and another third KINGDOM OF BRASS, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
51. And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things : and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.”
52. This kingdom will be divided into Eastern and Western bloc, yet maintaining its strength as the iron, disagreeing with one another yet working together as the iron and clay.
53. From verse 43, “And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
54. And in the days of these kings…”
55. We are talking about kings and kingdoms not just literal beast or image and God promised to take over the rulership of this world after the fourth kingdom.
56. “And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
57. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.” Amen.
58. These four world empires are historically known: The Babylonian Empire as shown in this image as the head of gold or the beast like a lion, extended from 606-538 BC, and was controlling the world at that time. The second kingdom that controlled the world was the kingdom of silver and the arms of the image in Nebuchadnezzar’s vision. The same kingdom is the beast like a bear, and it is also termed as “the ram having two horns” in Daniel 8:20.
59. This kingdom of Medes and Persians started exactly at the end of the first kingdom of Babylon after the reign of Belshazzar the son of Nebuchadnezzar when Prophet Daniel interpreted Belshazzar’s vision of the hand writing on the wall: “MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN:- God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. Thou are weighted in the balances, and art found wanting. Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.” (Daniel 5:25-28). This Medes and Persians Kingdom that controlled the world after Babylonian Kingdom is known to have been from 538-330 B.C.
60. The third kingdom that controlled the world at that time was the Greek Empire under Alexander the Great which is shown by the hips and also the lower body of the image in Nebuchadnezzar vision “his belly and his thighs of brass”. Daniel 7:6 described the same kingdom as “ a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it”.
61. History has it that Alexander the great conquered all other kingdoms of the world in his day but he couldn’t conquer death. Which came and snatched his life away at a very prime age. He lived a short life. And after his death, his kingdom was divided into four kingdoms namely Egypt, Syria, Thrace, Macedonia. “four heads that received dominion” and his subordinate generals controlled the affairs of the Empire of Greece which extended from 330-30 B.C.
62. The Greek Empire was succeeded by the last empire, the Roman Empire, from that time unto the end, the Roman Empire has been ruling and will continue to rule until Christ the stone comes and destroy the fourth beast (the kingdom of the Romans).
63. Remember these four beasts, which came out of the masses of people of this world, symbolise both the four empires and also the rulers and the heads of the same. The symbol of the four beasts seen by Prophet Daniel and the image seen by Nebuchadnezzar are describing the same empire that are to control the affairs of this world at each given time allotted them to dominate this world in fulfilment of the prophecies and visions concerning them.
64. We do not need to take time any longer to speak of the first three, as their eras have elapsed and as a result, they do not have any major significance to us in this book. We will speak mainly about the fourth beast which is now in existence, as we have established the fact through the scripture that these beasts represents a form of man’s government, and not a mysterious animal or a big computer in Brussels, Belgium.
65. The beast has to do with a man and his Kingdom or Empire on Earth. It is the dominion of an ungodly man over men, dominion of ungodly man over his fellow men exercising dictatorship and ungodly authorities over his fellow man contrary to the Word of God, displaying brutality, cruelty, and unpleasantness. This system of man in politics, religion and commerce etc., will always deny the superiority of the Word of God over it and as a result the aim of such rulership will be to remove the law of God and allow human ideas to usurp authority over God’s.
66. The first, second, and third beasts displayed such spirit to some extent and as well distributed it to their subjects, the same way the fourth must act towards the same direction in its fullness because the fourth kingdom will be under direct influence of Satan. These are kingdom of unrighteousness, propagated by unrighteous man, with unrighteous decrees.
67. Bear in mind that they are all Gentile kingdoms. There has only been one nation which God of Heaven has ruled as their King until they rejected Him and decided to emulate the pattern of the Gentiles. Israel, had God as their king until they rejected His righteous decrees and government and opted for the unrighteous system of government of Gentiles that can permit all sorts of sin in the society. Thus, the beast is not just a computer but the power of a government of man’s kingdom and empire. Scripturally, beast represents power.

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THE FOURTH BEAST (ROME)

Let us therefore consider this, fourth beast (which is the domination of world religion, politics and commerce by the Roman Empire that took off after Greece empire, which the Bible declared to be different from three beasts or kingdoms before it. “Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.” (Dan. 7:23, KJV).

2. The fourth beast, which is the Roman Empire swallows up according to Bible prophecy, the whole world and treads it under foot. That is THUS SAITH THE LORD IN HIS WORD.
3. This fourth beast is described as follows. “After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.” (Dan. 7:7-8, KJV).
4. Notice the “little horn” mentioned is of great significance. There is going to arise power out of the Roman Empire that must dominate the affairs of the world. This fulfilled when the Popes took over the affairs of the old Roman Empire which was made up often kingdoms (ten horns) and dominated the entire world after the Caesars. This little horn came up strangely out of the ten kingdom powers that made up the old Roman Empire, speaking great and abominable things, and exercising authority all over the earth.
5.  One must remember that “in this horn were eyes of man and a mouth speaking great things”. A man controls it. John also saw the same beast with ten horns coming out of the sea (waters or sea means multitudes of people. Rev. 17:15). It has also seven heads, and on the seven heads, blasphemous names. On the horns were ten crowns (Rev. 13:1). This agree totally and coincide with Daniel 7:24.
6. “And the ten horns out of the kingdom are ten kings that shall arise”. The first three beasts otherwise known as the three empires as Daniel saw them, were also found in Revelation 13:2 and are integrated into the fourth beast. “And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of lion…” IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SATAN GIVES HIS THRONE AND MIGHT TO A MAN AT THE END OF THIS LAST WORLD EMPIRE (ROME). “…and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
7. 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.” (Rev. 13: 2-3, KJV).
8. The Bible described further the dragon which gave his power and throne to the fourth beast of the Roman Empire in this manner. “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 (messengers) were cast out with him.” (Rev. 12: 9).
9. The last world empire will be under the direct influence of Satan. It is a fact that all the past, three beasts—Babylon, Medo-Persian and Greece—were influenced by Satan, however, the difference is that Satan himself will incarnate fully into a man to dictate the affairs of the fourth kingdom under the leadership of the Roman Empire in the end time, and out of it appears the anti-Christ which we shall soon see.
10. The era of the fourth beast started from the time of pagan Roman Empire under the Caesars. These Caesars wielded great universal powers and influence over the nations of the world as recorded in the scripture. “And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.” (Luke. 2:1, KJV).
11. “Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee…” (Luke 3:1, KJV).
12. The influence of the Caesars in far away Rome was greatly felt in every nation including Israel on every matter like taxes, census etc. Politically and economically the presence of the Caesars were felt not only in Israel, but all over the world, to the point that when certain people withstood the Gospel of Christ preached by St. Paul the Apostle, they accused the early missionaries of treason and going contrary to “Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.” (Acts 17:7).
13. One can imagine how the Caesars were regarded; none ever dare speak against him. However, pagan Rome under the Caesars came to an end and paved way for a Papal Rome after the entrance of Constantine a Roman Emperor into the Church at Rome. Yet the Papal Rome was a continuation of the same fourth kingdom, same way Belshazzar continued the rulership of Babylonian kingdom after Nebuchadnezzar. The papacy took over the seat enjoyed by the Caesars, wielding the same universal influence over nations, enjoying the kissing of Pope’s feet.
14. Moreover, the popes claimed infallibility and became idolized as a god, and the authoritative decrees of the Caesars were replaced by papal decrees and papal “bulls” that could easily unseat any icing under heaven.
15. The Popes claimed having the ability to forgive sins and the authority to condemn any man to death that teaches contrary to the Roman Catholic faith, while promising the faithful Catholics “a purgatory”. The old Roman Empire was converted from Paganism into Catholicism under the Popes who organized a universal (catholic) religion and system of politics that forced everyone to bow down to her or face severe judgement and punishment.
16. The popes had been and remains politicians and dictators, although they have always disguised themselves as peaceful religious leaders. Indeed they are merely pious deceitful men in religious uniform and never spiritual or godly with regard to Bible standard in any form. The Popes are religious – Political dictators of Catholicism – a religious – political institution which is propagated at all cost, to the point of shedding the blood of about 68 million innocent Protestants during the dark ages as history proved.
17. The Church history is deeply into the blood of the martyrs. Only at the Second Vatican Council which lasted from 1962 to 1965 it was agreed that the curse which was placed upon the Jews by the Papacy would no longer be valid. They were classified as “Christ-Murderers”. Because of this curse repeated by the successive Popes upon the Jews they were persecuted  and their possessions were taken, they were driven from place to place and killed by the multitudes. The same has happened with all who believed differently.
18. However, who knows something about the massacre in Ireland today? Who knows what was behind the Spanish Inquisition or St. Bartholomew’s Eve in France? Who knows something about the Waldensians in Austria, who were expropriated and driven out from their properties and dwelling places? What is with all the curse which were expressed, especially at the Council of Treat, and placed upon those who believed something else by this fourth kingdom of the papacy? They were never taken back. The goal is the same and so is the nature of this old institution. Only the strategy has changed mask. Are not all who believe differently, especially Bible believing Christians, still considered to be heretics, sectarians and so forth? Why? The reason is not farfetched, Rome is the present world power, and the Roman Catholic Church is the organization through which the power of Rome is expressed.
19. As earlier said, through the decline of the Roman Empire Rome lost its power for sometime. but at the end through uniting of the religious and the political and economic powers this empire rose to a power that it never had before. In the Roman Empire, the Roman Catholic trinity belief was proclaimed in the 4th century to be the only valid faith. Emperors, Popes, Princes and all who had influence felt duty-bound to use all their powers to reach this goal.
20. Whoever turned to the only true God, for instance Jews and those believing differently, were terribly persecuted. There were the many crusades and the so-called holy and righteous wars because the so called holy and righteous Church was standing behind it.
21. Whoever has made a tour through the Vatican, will know what the tourists are told, before they go and look at the sights. The first thing they hear is that the Vatican is a state of its own with everything that an earthly government has including head of state which is the Pope of cause. Ambassador of this state are everywhere, just like any other nation and country has.
22. Benito Mussolini through the Lateran Pacts in the year 1929 assured the Pope Sovereignty over the Vatican state, so that the Bible prophecy should finally be fulfilled. “And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eight, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition”. It came out of Roman Empire, yet she is a sovereign empire exercising her own government as an universal power very rich in wealth and other materials above all others.
23. The strength of the Vatican as a world power can also be seen from their involvement on the holocaust against the Jews which cost the lives of six million Jews during world war II. In a draft document, the Vatican says, “A terrible mixture of religious, social Economical, Political and Racial hostility created the historical basis for the European Jews being driven on their deadly ways toward the Shoal (Holocaust). The Vatican acknowledged further that the Church (Catholic) as a whole offered no effective resistance to the Nazi persecution and extermination”.
24. Also the recent genocide in Rwanda, where over a million Tutsis were massacred by Hutus, is fresh case in point. Confession from survivors of the pogrom (organized killing of minority) linked the Catholic Church to this gruesome atrocity: (From Daily Times Newspaper, Friday 27th May, 1994).
25. The actual role of the Catholic Church in World War II is documented in many volumes. The following citations speak out. On May, the 3rd, 1945, the Vatican asked General Franco to give the declaration in the Spanish press in Madrid after Hitler’s death. “Adolf Hitler, son of the Catholic Church, died while defending Christianity. It is therefore understandable that words cannot be found to lament over his death, when so many were found to exalt his life. Over his mortal remains stands his victorious moral figure. With the palm of the Martyr, God gives Hitler the laurels of Victory” (E. Paris, The Secret History of the Jesuits, pg. 163).
26. All these atrocities were committed in the name of God… and one faith to the whole world. As Hitler’s soldiers wrote on their buckles: “God with us” only because they were backed by the catholic power.
27. What a wickedness and blasphemy. Yet those who actually initiated the evil were spared. Cardinal Fringes of Cologne announced already on the 16th of December, 1945, in a radio speech, he desires an accident only shaped by Christendom, that of course means, by Roman Catholicism. He was the first one who requested publicly on the 23rd of June, 1950 at general meeting of Catholics in Bonn that Germany be armed again, founded on God’s Order, resting in peace…. Bishop Muench asked Pius XII in 1945 in a pastoral letter to show forbearance towards the German war criminals. In 1951, he was honoured by the German President with the Great Federal Service Cross and was promoted to be Cardinal by Pope John XXIII (K. Deschner, Abnermals Krate Der Hahn. pg 647-650).
28. How can a Church of God or her ministers join hands with unbelievers like Hitler to deal treacherously against the Jews and Christians that believed not her false doctrines contrary to the Scriptures that says “After all, it is none of my business to judge outsiders (in the faith). God will judge them. But should you not judge the members of your own fellowship? As the Scripture says, “Remove the evil man from your group.” (1 Cor. 5:12-13 GNB).
29. “It maybe that someone there will not obey the message we send you in this letter. If so, TAKE NOTE OF HIM AND HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM, so that he will be ashamed. BUT DO NOT TREAT HIM AS AN ENEMY; INSTEAD WARN HIM AS A BROTHER” (11 Thess. 3:14-15 GNB).
30. Does not the actions of the Catholics who persecute, kill and destroy people for opposing their teachings contradict the scriptures? They have no other reason but to prove that they are the government in power. She is indeed cruel, brutal and merciless as the scriptures said concerning her-the fourth beast.
31. Roman Catholic Church is a political kingdom whose only ambition is to rule the entire world as the Caesars did. And according to Bible prophecy they must surely achieve this through the Popes by ecumenism. That is why they have the “Holy See” (Roman Catholic Embassies) around the world propagating only Catholic visions, presenting religion while they are neck-deep in politics.
32. Persecution of both Jews and Christian by the Roman Catholics shows that they have not the spirit of Christ, for the word of God says “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?” (11 Cor. 6:14); moreover, it says “Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment.” (Exo. 23:2, KJV).
33. How can a Church of God support the killing of innocent men and women based on “mixture of religion, social economical, political and social hostility?” But Jesus said, “For if ye forgive not men their trespasses, either will your heavenly Father forgive your trespasses.” (Matt. 6:15).
34.  “Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.” (Matthew 18:21, KJV).
35.  Note, BUT UNTIL SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN. 70 X 7 equals to 490 times of offence, and this Master of Christianity said forgive your transgressors and offenders, whether they offended you politically or socially or religiously and economically, there should be no hostility, only forgive. The Christian battle is not a battle of physical combats, sending paramilitary groups to molest our opposers. Neither are we called to raise “defenders of the faith” like the Knights, to defend God’s holy Church through every ungodly manner ranging from assassination, murders, false accusation, rapes, thefts, and kidnapping, to every other criminal acts.
36. The Bible said, “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal (physical), but mighty (powerful) through God (with Gods help) for the tearing down of fortresses (strong holds) inasmuch as we tear down reasoning and every proud barner that is raised up against the knowledge of God and lead every thought into subjection to Christ” (II Cor. 10:3-5).
37. In Ephesians 6:10-15, the Bible told us the same thing, explaining to us that Christian warfare is not physical combats against the unbelievers, rather the Bible revealed what our spiritual weapons should be, in order to prevail in this warfare, and till the end of time, the Christian armour still remains nothing else but these: TRUTH, RIGHTEOUSNESS, THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, FAITH, SALVATION, THE WORD OF GOD (SWORD OF THE SPIRIT).
38. If you must win your battle as an individual or a group, preach the Truth and live righteously. Propagating nothing but the Gospel of Christ, having faith in the Word of God abiding in the Salvation in Christ alone, and being fully equipped with the Word of God, then your victory is sure, Amen. If there arise any opposition, God shall judge such as we all shall appear before the judgement seat of Christ. A Christian does not avenge his cause, the Lord is his avenger.
39. Dear reader, it is an established fact that the fourth beast in this end time is none other thing but the power of Rome and “the nation in a nation”, the Vatican power, which took over the affairs of the world after the Caesars of Rome. The Papal Powers were fully felt during the dark ages and must be felt fully again any moment from now as soon as she has finally regained her authority and power that has been wounded from the time of Martin Luther who started to protest the falsehoods from Rome.
40. The Pope shall regain his power through the World Council of Churches (image of the beast) which we shall soon treat herein as the scripture say “Here is wisdom, let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man, his number is six hundred three score and six (666).
41. The Bible clearly taught that the beast represents a man and his kingdom and it is the number of “a man” and not any other thing. And the man’s number is “666”. Let us trace where on earth we can find such “a man”, that bears such number over him. Note, not a machine but a man. This man bearing the number “666” is also going to be the one to incorporate the others who agreed with him into the mark of the beast system.
42. Remember, a beast represents power of a kingdom or institution, and every kingdom or institution must be headed by a man. The man fully represents such institution because he is their mouthpiece, head, or king.
43. As a result, the end time beast which shall establish an anti-Christ kingdom or power over the entire world is spear-headed by a “man” not a machine or any other inanimate thing. We have seen how the Papacy took over the affairs of the beast or kingdom of Rome after Caesars. But we have to prove it clearly further through the Scriptures in order for every child of God to escape from the beast and her mark because the moment we identify the beast, we can then obey the Scriptures which says, “come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues” (Rev. 18:4).
44. The Roman Catholic institution is the power that took over the affairs of Rome, controlling the world through the Popes after the era of Caesars understanding this will enable one to understand the “man that has the number of the beast upon him.
45. Let us read Revelation 13:1-10: “And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
46. And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority…”
47. Let us stop and consider these two verses again. This beast resembles the first three beast of Daniel chapter 7 from verse 2: “Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
48. The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it. And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
49. After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it….” (KJV).
50. The fourth beast although “diverse” from all the rest resembles the first three beasts described above according to (Rev. 13:1-2). The first three beasts or empires (lion, bear; leopard), are kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persian and Greece, which were political kingdom presided over by full-fledged politicians. However, the last kingdom or beast, which is the Roman domination of the world affairs, resembled the first three as a political kingdom through the Caesars. It started with political dictators, yet it is dive