2nd Beast

• As you read on the page about the seals, it describes early on in the gospel prophecies that “many will come in my name saying I am the christ." Now later on in the gospels we have something similar, yet quite different. False Christs and prophets arise to show great signs to deceive. This is exactly how the other passages describe the activities of the antichrist. The difference in the gospels description is that the wording seems to indicate multiple christs and prophets, where as in the other sections of prophecy, they are described as one false prophet, who acts as a fasle christ, or antichrist.

Mat 24
23. "Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There!' do not believe it.
24. For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
25. See, I have told you beforehand.

Mar 13

21. "Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, He is there!' do not believe it.
22. For false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
23. But take heed; see, I have told you all things beforehand.

Rev 19

20. Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.
21. And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh.

• Here in Revelation, it is a single false prophet who worked signs.

Rev 13

11. Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.
12. And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13. He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.
14. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth—by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.
15. He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
16. He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,
17. and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

IMPORTANT! The False Prophet and the 2nd Beast both work signs in the presence of The Beast, deceivinig the world to worship the beast.

Rev 16
13. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

If the 2nd beast is the false prophet, look at these verses, and decide if it makes any sense that the 2nd beast is America

Rev 19
19. And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army.
20. Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Rev 20 (after the 1,000 years)
9. They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.
10. The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Clearly if the 2nd Beast is the false prophet, he is demonic, and must be the what we understand to be the Antichrist, as it is rediculous to think that america will be cast into the lake of fire for 1,000 years.

Now what about the symbolism

• First point; 2 horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 24 times in revelation, Jesus is referred to as the lamb and 12 times satan is referred to as the dragon. This beast has 2 horns like Jesus, but speaks like satan. Ok so why 2 horns? Dan 11 will explain this.

• 2nd point; the beast comes up out of the earth, rather than the sea. If seas represent people, what does the earth mean. Yes america was fairly unpopulated, considering the few million American Indians, but is a sparsely populated continent what earth represents?

• Here's a different idea. what would be the opposite of people? no people.
- what kind of beast would consist of no people? A demonic one.
yes, it sounds a little strange, but follow along. The demons begged Jesus not to send them to the abussos, which in the New testament refers to the abode of demons. The 5th trumpet sounds and an angel is given a key to abussos. The beast ascends out of abussos in Revelation 11:7 and 17:8. Satan is cast alive into abussos for 1000 years. If the beast arises out of abussos, this clearly indicates the demonic involvement in this new kingdom. This means that the 2nd beast is shedding light on the demonic aspect of the 7 headed 10 horned kingdom.

Dan 11
38 But in their place he shall honor a god of fortresses; and a god which his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and pleasant things.
39. Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.

• Plural gods, very odd isn`t it? The king of the north worships a god which the people of that region have never worshipped. So what gods have the Arabs and Jews never worshipped? And furthermore, ponder how it is possible for this king to concquer kingdoms with gods.

MAN OF SIN

2thes 2
For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.
8. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.
9. The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,
10. and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie,
12. that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

• I used to wonder whether this lawless one, or antichrist would actually be Satan himself appearing as Jesus. However from the verses here, its obvious that it is not, as he will be destroyed when Jesus returns, and Satan will be preserved for 1000 years.

CONCLUSION

• After looking at all these verses, it looks certain that the 2nd beast is the antichrist who is granted to have power. But what is the 2nd horn? Well as you read ahead this is explained. “he was granted to give breath to the image of the beast “ So you have an antichrist and an image that comes to life. So what is the image? The answer is really quite obvious. The 2nd beast causes the earth to worship the first beast, who`s deadly wound was healed. Since it was the Catholic church who received the deadly wound, it is obvious that the antichrist would be counterfeiting or blaspheming Jesus, who the Catholics worship, and the image would be none other than Mary. 2 horns, like Jesus, but speaking like satan, whom those in the middle east have never worshipped before. Oddly enough, the original Babylonian goddess Semiramus was given the title, "Goddess of Fortresses."

If you have a hard time believing this, I recommend watching the vidoes linked below which will expose you to the extent that Marian phnomenon is engulfing the world.

*click the links below for video

* An excellent look at the Marian phenomenon

One video I saw on the Catholic channel and have been unable to link so far was of a Catholic visionary who had an encounter with Mary while in a room filled with images of female goddesses. Mary said to her look around this room. I am all of these.

Just like Diana of Ephesus, claiming to be all the goddesses of the world, mother of all the gods. Just like the Bible says, Mother of all the harlots.