Welcome to Thus Say the Prophets!
The Revelation of Y'shua the Anointed:
A Study into the Noahide Nazarene Way
By Ben Ruach HaKodesh (John of AllFaith) © 10.26.09
Chapter Seventeen Part 4
17:6 I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the holy ones, and with the blood of the martyrs of Y'shua. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.
Remember that John was living and witnessing these things in the first and very early second centuries CE. He was shown what was going to happen to the Way, but at the time he was writing the Way was still a small persecuted sect of Judaism that even the rabbis rejected. What he saw, the global ascendancy and utter betrayal of the Way he had committed his life to since meeting Y'shua, had to have been hard and dreadfully painful for him to grasp. John must have remembered the early years so fondly...
Matthew 4:21 Going on from there, he [i.e. Y'shua] saw two other brothers, Jacob [James] the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them. 4:22 They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
Now John -- an elderly man exiled to the barren island of Patmos -- was amazed, astonished and doubtless heartbroken by what he was seeing, by what he now knew to be true. No longer was he the zealous young fisherman who had eagerly left his father's boat upon hearing the Master's summons. Now he had become a sober prophet of deep and troubling vision. John now understood how Rome would subvert the teachings of Y'shua through "that woman Jezebel" (the Nicolaitane Heresy). That process was already underway as he warns in chapter two of the Revelation. The very people who had imprisoned him for refusing to reject Y'shua would, within a few short years, co-opt the Way and murder millions for not accepting him -- something that would have been utterly abhorrent to Y'shua! Or more accurately, for not accepting them as his representative body! Now John understood that eventually, in the name of "Jesus" -- rather than in the name of Y'shua -- the Roman Jezebel would become the Great Harlot! Through her the Nicolaitanes would slay the holy ones (the followers of the Way) as well as the countless future martyrs who would stand against the Beast and his False Prophet. John saw now how Babylon the Great would slay so many Believers as to be drunken from their blood... and John was amazed and disgusted by the evils that he saw being done then and later in the name of the Prince of Peace. We saw how repulsed John was by this realization earlier. While the establishment of the Kingdom was "sweet" what must come first was vile:
Revelation 10:10 I took the little book [i.e. the knowledge gained through his vision] out of the angel's hand, and ate it up. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth. When I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. 10:11 They told me, "You must prophesy again over many peoples, nations, languages, and kings."
This prophesying is now taking place.
17:7 The angel said to me, "Why do you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
One of the things that makes the biblical prophecies superior to those of Nostradamus and others is that they often disclose their own interpretations. If we can resist the urge to apply our own interpretations the correct meanings are usually right in the texts of the prophets. This is an example.
17:8 The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into utter destruction. Those who dwell on the earth, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will be astonished when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall yet be present.
If one takes this verse out of context it could mean anything, but in context there is only one logical interpretation: The Beast is the soon-coming Rex Mundi, the Antichrist.
Contrary to those who teach that the Antichrist will be a "System" rather than a single man (who will head that System), note that he: "...was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into utter destruction." This can only be referring to, as we saw previously, the rise, assassination, resurrection (by Lucifer 'out of the abyss') and eventual defeat of Rex Mundi by Moshiach. Rex Mundi will be "the Golden One" and heir to the Throne of Sol Invictus: The Roman Sun God worshiped by Constantine until the day the he died. Babylon the Great and her False Prophet leader will be working to spread the faith of Rex Mundi.
17:9 Here is the mind that has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.
Here is the mind that has wisdom: Recall that this was said about understanding the number of the name of the Beast at Revelation 13:18.
The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits: Rome has always been celebrated as the City of Seven Hills:
According to legend in 753 B.C.E. the city of Rome was founded on one of Seven Sacred Hills: Palatine Hill. Here's the story of Rome in brief:
King Numitor, ruler of the Italian city/state of Alba Longa was deposed by his brother Amulius. Rhea Silvia was Numitor's daughter and after deposing her father Amulius consecrated Rhea as a Vestal Virgin. As a priestess of Goddess Vesta Rhea was forbidden to marry (this is the origin of the Nicolaitane celibate Orders by the way).
However Mars, the god of War, came to Rhea Silvia in her temple and impregnated her. Virgin birth stories are common in many Pagan traditions. In due course of time, Rhea conceived and delivered two sons: Romulus and Remus. It is obvious how the story of Romulus and Remus was blended into the Nicean recasting of Y'shua (and John the Baptist) but that's a topic for another time and place.
As soon as the two sons were born, Mars took them and abandoned them on the banks of the River Tiber to die. This was a common form of abortion/infanticide in those days -- and still is, except that now the babies are left to die in the back rooms of hospitals and abortion centers instead of river banks and forests:
An Example: Abandoned Abortion Survivor Gianna Jessen:
But the destiny of these boys far exceeded those of similar abandoned children and like Gianna Jessen in the video above. Other gods (probably Sol Invictus) took compassion and sent a she-wolf and a woodpecker (two sacred creatures to god Mars) to care for Romulus and Remus.
She-Wolf, c. 500 BC with Figures of Romulus and Remus by Antonio Pollaiuolo (1433-98) c. 1484-96
The she-wolf ("Lupus") took the boys into her cave and nursed them. In time a shepherd named Faustulus found the boys and brought them home where he and his wife, Acca Larentia, raised them as their own.
When Romulus and Remus grew up they killed Amulius and reinstated their grandfather Numitor as King of Alba Longa. They then decided to build their own city at the site where Lupus the wolf had rescued them.
As Romulus was building the walls of the new city on the Palatine Hill, his brother Remus mocked him, saying the walls were too low. To demonstrate this he leaped over them sarcastically. This angered Romulus and he killed Remus. Romulus continued building the new city, naming it Roma (Rome) after himself.
This city, built on the botched abortion of miraculously conceived twins by a pagan god and the murder of the founder's brother in anger eventually became the fourth of four kingdoms that would rule the earth.
As the prophets foretold today Roma is reuniting as the European Union and forming a Global Union over which Rex Mundi will rule. The Nicolaitane Whore of Babylon will be the official religion of the restored Roman Empire and the False Prophet will serve him.
We now continue with our text:
17:10 There are seven kings. Five have fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must continue a little while.
17:11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself the eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to destruction.
17:12 The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority as kings, with the beast, for one hour. 17:13 These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast. 17:14 These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings. They also will overcome who are with him, they are called, and chosen and faithful."
Rome and Vatican City will be the headquarters of Babylon the Great.
The Pope at that time will be the False Prophet.
The ten horns are ten kings: These are the rulers of the European Union as they enter into the Seven Year Tribulation period. They are the inheritors of the "ten toes" described by Daniel as we will see in my verse by verse commentary of that book. These New World Order leaders will rule the globe with Rex Mundi for a time. They will rule in complete agreement with him because, having received his Mark, their consciousness will be absorbed with his will. I discussed this aspect of the Mark here. They will be of "one mind" with the beast as will all who accept the Mark of the Beast.
These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them: As discussed before, "the Lamb" are People Israel, the suffering servants of HaShem. Moshiach will be the epitome of all such servants and so can correct be called "the Lamb." By the martyred blood of these lambs of God and by the Will of HaShem, Moshiach will prevail against Rex Mundi and establish the Global Theocracy with Jerusalem as the capital.
They also will overcome who are with him, they are called, and chosen and faithful: The traditional view of the final seven years is that evil will run amok until Moshiach comes and single-handedly sets things right. Prophet John is clear however that throughout the Seven Years Moshiach will be leading his forces as a general and that together, Moshiach and his faithful servants, will overcome and establish the New Earth. This is by no means intended to belittle the work of Moshiach, however understand that as we go into these terrible experiences all who "overcome" will unlock our true potentials as sons and daughters of God!
Psalm 82 A Psalm by Asaph. 82:1 God presides in the great assembly.
He judges among the gods.
82:2 "How long will you judge unjustly,
and show partiality to the wicked?"
Selah.
82:3 "Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless.
Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
82:4 Rescue the weak and needy.
Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked."
82:5 They don't know, neither do they understand.
They walk back and forth in darkness.
All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
82:6 I said, "You are gods,
all of you are sons of the Most High.
82:7 Nevertheless you shall die like men,
and fall like one of the rulers."
82:8 Arise, God, judge the earth,
for you inherit all of the nations.
Secular Humanism, Babylon the Great and Luciferianism promise to make us gods as Lucifer offered Adam and Even in the Garden, but we are already so much more than that!
We are the sons and daughters of the Most High! It is God's Will that we awaken to our true potentials!
HaShem gives the real thing while Lucifer can only offer counterfeits!
"Arise, God, judge the earth,
for you inherit all of the nations
17:15 He said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
Babylon the Great's influence and control will be global. Do not make the mistake of thinking these events wont effect your corner of the world, they will!
The Fall of Babylon
17:16 The ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the whore, and will make her desolate, and will make her naked, and will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly with fire.
17:17 For God has put in their hearts to do what he has in mind, and to agree, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished.
17:18 The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth."
No one is loyal and faithful to a whore!
Rex Mundi will use Babylon the Great to rally the world around him, but once this is accomplished he will have no more need of her services!
In the next chapter (18) we will see the destruction of the Great Whore, always keeping in mind that HaShem rules all things. It will be HaShem who will lead Rex Mundi into turning against the Whore and it will be HaShem who will have revenge for the blood she has spilled even as promised:
Revelation 6:9 When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had. 6:10 They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" 6:11 A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.
Here ends Chapter 17.
