The next Scriptures show the world's religions departing from all of Yahweh's Laws and The House of Yahweh exposing the man of sin—perdition, utter destruction, or ruin.
II
Thessalonians 2:3—
Let
no man deceive you by any means; for that day will
not come, unless
there comes a falling away first, and that servant of sin
is revealed: the son of perdition.
Daniyl 9:27—
...instead,
he will cause the prevalence of the Lord of
Heaven even until the destruction that is determined will be poured
upon the
desolator.
The Lord of the heavenly habitation or abomination of desolation is none other than the adversary.
Revelation
12:9—
And
the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called
the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. She was cast out
into the
earth, and her angels were cast out with her.
Amosyah 3:7-12—
7 Most
assuredly Father Yahweh will have no work, other than
the Work that He has prophesied in advance by His
Servants the Prophets.
8
The lion has roared, who will not fear? Father Yahweh has
spoken, but who can prophesy?
9
Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in
the land of Egypt, and say; Assemble yourselves on the mountains of
Samaria,
and behold the great tumults; turmoil and
destruction, within her,
and
the oppressions in her midst.
10
For they do not know to do Righteousness, says Yahweh: they
who
store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
11
Therefore, this is what Father Yahweh says: An adversary
is surrounding the land; she will bring down your strength from you,
and your
palaces will be plundered.
12
This is what Yahweh says: As a shepherd snatches two legs
from the jaws of the lion, or a piece of an ear, so will the children
of Israyl
who live in Samaria be rescued—those who sit in Samaria on
the edge of their
beds, and in Damascus on their couches.
Notice the last part of Daniyl 9:27—until the destruction that is determined (prophesied or judged) will come upon the desolator or the one who makes desolate.
Remember this, all of the destruction, sickness, disease, defilement of the soil, water, air (heaven), confusion, hatred and wars are caused by the departing from Yahweh's Laws.
Isayah 24:1-6—
1 Before
Yahweh's very eyes, the earth is made empty and it
is made waste, the face of it is perverted and its inhabitants
scattered
abroad;
2
And it will be: as with the people, so with the priests;
as with the servant, so with his owner; as with the maid, so with her
mistress;
as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the
borrower; as with him who takes usury, so with him who gives usury to
him:
3
The land will be utterly emptied and utterly plundered,
for it has come to pass that this judgment has been pronounced.
4
The earth mourns and fades away, the world mourns and
fades away, and the haughty people of the earth languish.
5
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants of it,
because they have transgressed
the Laws, changed the
Ordinance,
and broken
the Everlasting Covenant.
6
Because of this, the curse has devoured the earth, and
they who dwell therein are desolate; therefore, the inhabitants of the
earth
are burned, and few men left.
This burning is the nuclear burning spoken of by many of the Prophets, that will not end until the sun is darkened.
All religions, including the Jews, have departed from Yahweh's Laws. Scriptures show the departure started with the great city that sits on seven hills.
Revelation
17:18—
And the woman whom you saw, is that great city which
reigns
over the kings of the earth.
Revelation
17:1-5—
1 And there
came one of the seven Malakim who had the seven
bowls, and talked with me, saying to me: Come, I will show you the
sentence of
the great
whore that
sits upon many waters,
2 With whom the kings of
the earth have committed fornication;
practiced
idolatry: god worship (the worship of elohim), and the
inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her
fornication.
3 So he carried me away
in the Spirit into the midst
of
god worshipers (worshipers of elohim); and I saw a woman sitting on a
scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads
and ten horns.
4 And the woman was
arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and
decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls, having a golden cup
in her
hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication.
5 And upon her head was a name written: Mystery
Babylon the great, the mother
of the harlots and of the abominations of the
earth.
This great city that leads the leaders of the earth into sin, the breaking of Yahweh's Laws, sits on seven hills.
Revelation 17:9—
And here is
the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads
are seven mountains on which
the woman sits.
She is given authority to make war forty-two moons and to rebuild the Temple without the outer court.
Revelation
11:1-2—
1
And there was given me a reed like a measuring rod. And
the Malak stood, saying: Rise, and measure the Temple of Yahweh, and
the altar,
and its confines; where they worship within.
2 But the court which is outside the Temple leave out, and
measure it not; for it is given to the Gentiles. And the holy city they
will
tread under foot three and one-half years.
Revelation
13:1-5—
1
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 names of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I
saw was similar to 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 throne, and great
authority.
3 And I saw one of his
heads, as it were, wounded to death.
And his deadly wound was healed; and all the world wondered; followed,
after the beast.
4 And they worshiped
the dragon which gave power to the beast;
and they worshiped the beast, saying: Who is like the beast? Who is able
to make war with him?
5 And there was given
unto him a mouth speaking great
things, and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to make war for
forty-two
moons; months.
The sea in verse 1 is peoples, multitudes, nations and languages. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits.
(Map From Unger's
Bible Dictionary, page 934)
The
Basic Everyday
Encyclopedia page 451 gives us the following information
concerning these seven mountains (hills).
Rome
(the "Eternal City"), ... Traditionally founded 753 BC by
Romulus and
Remus, built on 7 hills...
Compton's Pictured
Encyclopedia, 1948, Volume
12, page 144, also tells us about the city of seven hills.
...the
"City
of Seven Hills."
...the Capitoline, Palatine, Aventine,
Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, and Caelian hills. ...the seat
of the papacy,
the head of the great Roman Catholic Church.
The
woman or great whore of Revelation 17:1,
that sits on seven hills (Revelation
17:7, 9, 18), is that great city that leads the
kings of the earth (Revelation
17:18) into sin and war. The same facts are shown
in II Thessalonians 2.
Here we see the one who leads the kings of the earth will sit in the
soon
coming rebuilt Temple.
II Thessalonians
2:1-4—
1 Now we
plead with you, brothers, concerning the coming of
our King, Yahshua Messiah, and our gathering together to Him,
2
That you not be soon shaken in mind, nor be troubled,
neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as if from us,
as that the
Day of Yahweh is at hand.
3
Let no man deceive you by any means; for that day
will
not come, unless
there comes a falling
away first, and that
servant
of sin is revealed: the son of perdition,
4
Who opposes and exalts
himself above all
that is
called gods (elohim), or that is worshiped; so that he, as the
Almighty, sits
in the Temple of Yahweh, showing
himself that he is the Mighty One (El,
God).
Notice what the Judgment given by the Savior Yahshua Messiah, the High Priest over The House of Yahweh, will be for this mystery religion (Revelation 17:5 and II Thessalonians 2:7).
II Thessalonians 2:7-8—
7 For the
mystery of iniquity is already working, but the
One restraining him will continue to restrain him, until he is made to
appear
in the midst.
8
And then that lawless one will be revealed, whom Yahshua
will remove with the
breath of His mouth, and make powerless with the
appearance of His coming.
This same High Priest over The House of Yahweh has the Power to open the seals of Prophecy.
Daniyl
12:9—
But
he said: Go your way, Daniyl, for the words are
closed up and
sealed until the time of The End.
Revelation 4:11—
You are
worthy, O Yahweh, to receive Glory, and Honor, and
Power; for You created all things, and by Your Will they exist and were
created!
Revelation 5:1-9—
1 And I saw
in the right hand of Him Who sat on the Throne,
a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with
seven seals.
2
And I saw a mighty Malak proclaiming with a loud voice: Who
is worthy to open the scroll, and to release its seals?
3
And no one in heaven, nor on earth, neither under the
earth was able to open the scroll, neither to look at it.
4
And I wept bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open
and to read the scroll, neither to look upon it.
5
But one of the Priests said to me: Do not weep! Behold,
the Lion of the Tribe of Yahdah, the Root of David, has
overcome to open the
scroll and to release
its seven seals.
6
And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the Throne and
the four living creatures, and in the midst of the Priests, stood a Lamb as
though it had been slain, having
complete Power and complete Knowledge and
Understanding, which signify and represent the complete Plan of Yahweh
sent
forth into all the earth.
7
And He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of
Him Who sat upon the Throne.
8
And when He had taken the scroll, the four living
creatures and twenty-four Priests fell down before the Lamb, each one
of
them having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the
prayers of
the Saints.
9
And they sang a new song, saying: You are
worthy to
take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You
were slain, and have
redeemed us to Yahweh by Your blood out of every tribe, and language,
and
people, and nation.
Yahshua has the authority to give power to His Two Witnesses.
Revelation 11:1-3—
1 And there
was given me a reed like a measuring rod. And
the Malak stood, saying: Rise, and measure the Temple of Yahweh, and
the altar,
and its confines; where they
worship within.
2
But the court which is outside the Temple leave out, and
measure it not; for it is given to the Gentiles. And the holy city they
will
tread under foot three and one-half years.
3
And I will give to My Two Witnesses to perform their
Prophetic Offices, and they will foretell events about the three and
one-half
years, those cast about with darkness.
For details about the Two Witnesses, get our books, The End, The Lost Faith of the Apostles and Prophets and request the 12/2002 issue of The Prophetic Word magazine.
The Temple will be rebuilt in troublous times. Prophecy shows that a nine-month nuclear baby is growing in the womb of the nations. This nuclear baby was conceived September 12, 2006; it will be born around June 12, 2007.
I Thessalonians 5:1-2—
1 But
concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you
have no need that I should write to you.
2
For you yourselves know perfectly that the Day of Yahweh
so comes as a thief in the night.
As
a result of this nuclear baby, you will see in and around the great
River
Euphrates…
Revelation 9:14—
Saying to
the Last Malak which had the trumpet: Loose the
four messengers who are bound for the great River Euphrates!
…a
third part of man killed.
Revelation 9:18—
By these
three were the third part
of man killed: by
the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of
their
mouths.
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