Rev 13:15
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Rev 13:2
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.
The dragon gave him his power.... I thought the "power" of the dragon was death not life?
Where did the dragon get this power?
looking at "power"
Gen 32:28
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel:
for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
prince of power....
Lev 26:19
And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
Lev 26:20
And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
Lev 26:21
And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
1Ch 29:11
Thine, O LORD,
is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all
that is in the heaven and in the earth
is thine; thine
is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Rev 17:12
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but
receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
Rev 17:13
These have one mind, and shall
give their power and strength unto the beast.
One hour:
Luk 22:53
When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me:
but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
power of darkness comes from?
Gen 1:2
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness
was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Gen 1:3
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Gen 1:4
And God saw the light, that
it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
darkness: ignorance, hostility, void of understanding
who are the ten who are given power as kings? And what power does a king wield?
To make laws and decrees, to execute punishments...
And there are ten of these that give their power to the one.
They are confederate. In agreement against God.
Dan 7:23
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 7:24
And the ten horns out of this kingdom
are ten kings
that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
Dan 7:25
And he shall speak
great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Dan 7:26
But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy
it unto the end.
Mar 13:14
But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
Dan 7:26
But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy
it unto the end.
Luk 4:5
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
Luk 4:6
And the devil said unto him,
All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
Luk 4:7
If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
I wonder if the book of Revelation shouldn't be placed before the gospels. As if it is "standing" in a place where it aught not.
This is not to say that it doesn't relate to us today, but perhaps was also prophesied for Jesus' Day.
We still live under Rome spiritually speaking. This world system we have is getting more aggressive every day.
And most of the "Leaders" of the world are confederate with this New World Order.
The power given to Israel to lead people to the Holy Land was taken away and given to another.
The parable of the two sons.
Mat 21:28
But what think ye? A
certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
Mat 21:29
He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
Mat 21:30
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I
go, sir: and went not.
Mat 21:31
Whether of them twain did the will of
his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
Mat 21:32
For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen
it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
So the first son represented by publicans and harlots, sinners, repented and returned to God.
The second son represented by the self righteous, the Pharisees, the "System" which said would go, did not.
I think the book of Revelation tells about the System Jesus was being born into at the time.
Israel/Old Jerusalem was given power to lead the people to spiritual liberty and the forgiveness of sins. Salvation.
But they became too bold and too prideful and they last the way.
And if you did not adhere to the "laws" if you did not receive this "mark" you would be killed.
At the same time there is Rome rising. The 2HB also with laws that could mark you for slaughter.
And these two at times were confederate. Rome chose who sat in the seats of the religious authorities.
But which one was giving the other the "power" to live?
Rome could of snuffed them out like a candle, but they kept them on because?????
We need to burn brighter. We are losing the light.
God always seems to show up at desperate times. I just hope things don't become too desperate.
Thank you for listening.
:)
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