1. THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST 2) 2. THE GREAT WHORE OF REVELATION

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1 Mystery, Babylon The Great by Eddie Boston There is much confusion today over the identity of Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth. Many Bible students conclude that Rome is the mother of harlots. While Roman Catholicism is indeed a false religion that contradicts scripture at every turn and preaches a false plan of salvation, scripture does not support the idea of Rome being the great whore mentioned in the book of Revelation. It is never wise to substitute one s opinions in place of scripture; this is where heresy comes from. Scriptural evidence shows that earthly Jerusalem is Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth. We are not only going to take a look at earthly Jerusalem as the great whore, we are also going to see scriptural proof that Israel has not been restored by God yet. What we see in the Middle East today is nothing more than a Satanic counterfeit of the true Israel. Contents 1. THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST (page 2) 2. THE GREAT WHORE OF REVELATION (page 4) 3. IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN 1948 A FULFILLMENT OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY? (page 17) NOTE: All scriptures used come only from the Authorized Version of the Bible, or as you may know it, the King James Bible. The modern versions are Satanic counterfeits of the true Word of God, but that is for another time. 1

2 The Gospel of Jesus Christ The gospel of Jesus Christ is the most important thing in the world. Without the gospel, no one has any hope for eternal life. You must be born again, according to the Lord Jesus Christ. John 3:3, 7, Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. What we must understand is that all mankind are sinners. None of us have any righteousness of our own, and so nothing we do can earn us a spot in the kingdom of God. Romans 3:10-12, 20, 23, As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; So what s a sinner to do if he can t merit heaven by his own works? If he is not born again before he dies, he will die in his sins and be condemned to eternal damnation. But there is good news, which is what gospel means. The gospel, in simple terms, is that Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins, was buried, and rose again the third day. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: There is no gospel which brings eternal life other than the gospel of Christ. So what s a lost sinner to do with the gospel of Christ? The Bible makes it plain: we must believe the gospel in order to be saved. Jesus did all the work for us; all we must do is believe on Him (believe, or put our faith in, the gospel). John 6:28-29, Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. Romans 1:16, For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Friend, do you know you re a sinner, guilty of breaking God s commandments? Do you know that the penalty for sin is eternity in the lake of fire? Do you know that 2

3 you cannot save yourself by your own works? Do you believe the gospel of Jesus Christ? Do you believe that He died for your sins, that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day? Do you believe that your sins have been paid for in full? Is the gospel of Christ your only hope for eternal life? If so, you are saved, irreversibly and permanently. It is that simple. Salvation is a free gift, according to the Word of God. John 3:16, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Acts 16:30-31, And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. Romans 4:1-8, What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. Romans 6:23, For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Galatians 3:22-24, But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Ephesians 2:8-9, For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. 3

4 The Great Whore of Revelation Revelation 17 is the central chapter of study in this section. We will be looking at evidence provided by the scriptures that proves that earthly Jerusalem is indeed the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth. REVELATION 17 Verse 1: And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: The verse mentions the great whore sitting on many waters. Luckily, we are not kept in the dark concerning what this represents. Later in the chapter, we are given the meaning. Revelation 17:15, 18, And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. In other words, the great city will rule over the earth during the Tribulation via one-world government. The great city will be the world s capital, and will be the same city that the Jewish Antichrist will rule from. Verse 2: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. Jerusalem has a history, according to the Bible, of fornicating with the kings of the earth. Here, fornicating is not referring to the physical act of sexual intercourse, but rather spiritual fornication, aka idolatry. Here is an example: Ezekiel 16:25-29, Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan 4

5 unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied herewith. We see here that the Jews worshipped the gods of the Egyptians, the gods of the Assyrians, and the gods of the Canaanites and the Chaldeans. Idolatry was rampant in Israel at that time. You may be asking: How do you know God is talking about Jerusalem? The answer is found in the beginning of the chapter. Ezekiel 16:1-2, Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, This verse also mentions the wine of fornication. Since Jerusalem fornicated spiritually with other nations, the inhabitants were made drunk with the wine of her fornication. In other words, they were corrupted by the idolatries. This is illustrated in Jeremiah 51:7 and Ezekiel 16:15. Jeremiah 51:7, Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. Ezekiel 16:15, But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. Verse 3: So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. This is the same beast mentioned in Revelation 13, who comes up out of the sea. Remember that the sea represents the world ( peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues ). Revelation 13:1-2, 5-6, 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. 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 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. The beast itself represents the Antichrist. This is proven by Daniel 11:36, where we are told that the king exalts himself above all (including God), and speaks blasphemies against the Lord. Daniel 11:36, And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall 5

6 speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. Let us not forget that the Antichrist will commit the ultimate blasphemy when he stands in the rebuilt Jewish temple, claiming to be God. 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4, 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 worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. Now, the woman rides the beast. This does not mean that she controls the beast, because as you will see later in the chapter, the beast will turn on her and destroy her. Verse 4: And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: This is where people errantly begin to assume that Rome is the great whore, because the cardinals and priests wear scarlet and purple robes. However, it is not wise to substitute one s opinions in place of scripture. It is important to note the colors purple and scarlet were used, not only in the garb of the priests of Jerusalem, but also in the hangings and curtains of the Jewish temple. This can be found in select passages of scripture from the book of Exodus. Exodus 25:3-4, 26:1, 27:16, 28:2, 5-6, 38:18, 39:1, And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair... Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them... And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four... And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty... And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work... And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court... And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD 6

7 commanded Moses. Notice that purple and scarlet are continually mentioned, as well as fine linen, which will be mentioned later. Verse 4 also mentions precious stones and pearls. Returning to Ezekiel 16, we learn that Jerusalem has been decked with all sorts of precious stones and was very beautiful in her youth. Ezekiel 16:11-13, I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. We learn also, in Daniel 11, that the Antichrist, who will be a Jew according to verse 37, will honor a false god with precious stones, gold, and silver. Daniel 11:37-38, Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. Verse 5: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. Notice here that the word MYSTERY is included in the name. This is important because this proves that the great whore is not literal Babylon, which was never the main focus of scripture. MYSTERY is used because it is indeed a mystery. Many Bible students errantly conclude that this refers to Rome because of the term mother of harlots. Roman Catholicism is indeed a false religion, and it has birthed several false religions such as the Episcopal Church and Lutheranism. However, Jerusalem was around long before the Catholic Church came into being. By the way, scripture also proves that Jesus did not establish the Catholic Church, but that is for another time. It should be noted that God Himself called Jerusalem the mother of harlots in Ezekiel 16. Lots of Biblical truth to be found in Ezekiel 16, huh? Ezekiel 16:44-48, Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. Thou art thy mother s daughter, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy 7

8 right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways. As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. The last verse says it all. Jerusalem was a whore, and so were her daughters. She was the mother of harlots. Notice that Revelation 17:5 does not say the mother of all harlots. In the book of Isaiah, we find that Jerusalem, once a faithful city, had become a harlot. It was once full of righteousness, but had become full of murderers. Isaiah 1:21, How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. Verse 6: And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. This verse is saying one thing: the woman is guilty of the blood of the saints and the martyrs of Jesus. Many Bible students try to use this verse when implicating Rome as the great whore, because of the Catholic Church s bloody history of killing true Biblebelieving Christians. While the Catholic Church is indeed guilty of this, the Bible tells a different story regarding the great city. There are several scriptures that reveal Jerusalem s guilt in the blood of the prophets and the martyrs. A good place to start is Matthew 23. Jesus tells the Pharisees (a sect of Judaism; they were Jews) that their fathers killed the prophets, and He plainly charges Jerusalem with this crime. Matthew 23:29-37, Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which 8

9 are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! A similar passage is found in Luke 13. In this passage, we learn something interesting: that it cannot be that a prophet be killed outside of Jerusalem. Luke 13:33, Nevertheless I must walk today, and tomorrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. Of course, Revelation 18 repeats the truth of Revelation 17:6 in verses 20 and 24. Revelation 18:20, 24, Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. This truth is also told in Revelation 16. Revelation 16:6, For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. Here are some examples from the Old and New Testaments documenting the death of prophets and martyrs at the hands of the Jews of Jerusalem: 2 Kings 24:3-4, Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon. 2 Chronicles 24:17-21, 36:14-16, Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass. Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. And the spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you. And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy. 9

10 Jeremiah 26:15, But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears. Acts 7:51-60, Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man s feet, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. According to Lamentations 4, the city of Jerusalem made herself guilty and unclean by committing these heinous acts. Lamentations 4:11-14, The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem. For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. Of course, the most damning evidence of Jerusalem being the great whore drunken with the blood of the saints, the prophets, and the martyrs, is found in 1 Thessalonians 2. This passage of scripture plainly tells us that the Jews killed their prophets and their Messiah. 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16, For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: Forbidding us to speak 10

11 to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. Verse 7: And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. This verse has already been explained in previous sections; the beast is the Antichrist, and the woman is the great city that reigns over the kings of the earth, according to verse 18. We will, however, be able to get into the seven heads of ten horns. Verse 8: The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. This is the same beast mentioned in Revelation 13. No new information is given, other than the beast was, and is not, and yet is. Revelation 13 provides an explanation for this phrase. Return to this chapter. Revelation 13:1-8, 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. 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. 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. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. We see that the beast had a deadly wound, and yet it was healed. This could be the meaning behind was, and is not, and yet is. That is to say, the beast will die, and be resurrected, as 11

12 a Satanic counterfeit of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. After his resurrection, the beast will ultimately go into perdition. We are told that the unsaved world, whose names are not in the book of life, will worship the dragon and the beast during the Tribulation. Since the beast represents the Antichrist, it is important to know who the dragon represents. You don t have to go far; the answer is found in Revelation 12. Revelation 12:9, 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 were cast out with him. Verse 9: And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. Again, this is where people get confused and try to connect Rome with the scriptures. While it is true that Rome is called The City of Seven Hills, the scriptures clearly say mountains and not hills. The next verse tells us that the mountains are not literal mountains at all. Verse 10: And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. Many Bible students make the mistake of labelling kingdoms, rather than kings, when trying to explain this verse. Verse 10 specifically says kings and not kingdoms. Yes, there have been world rulers before. At the time Revelation was written, a world ruler was in place, but he was not the Antichrist, as scripture shows. Verse 11: And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. How could the beast be the eighth ruler, and yet be of the seven, unless he was killed and resurrected? Scripture tells us that the beast will have a mortal wound, and yet will live. Revelation 13:3, And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. In other words, the Antichrist will reign twice. See Revelation 17:8 again: The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 12

13 Verse 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. This is fairly simple. When the Antichrist comes into power, he will appoint ten kings under him. This will be accomplished in merely an hour. Verse 13: These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. The ten kings will all think the same, and they will give their power and strength to the Antichrist. This means that the Antichrist will be the supreme world dictator, who will have ten kings working for him, doing his bidding. In the infamous (yet authentic) Protocols Of The Learned Elders Of Zion, the Antichrist is called the king-despot, and also the sovereign lord of all the world. Verse 14: These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. This verse needs no explanation. The Lord Jesus Christ will put down all authority when He returns, and He will overcome the one-world government and the Antichrist. 1 Corinthians 15:24-26, Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. Verse 15: And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. This verse is self-explanatory. The whore, which is the great city, will be the world capital during the Tribulation. This is the city which the Antichrist will rule from. Verse 16: And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. Here we learn that the ten kings will eventually turn on the city of Jerusalem, burning her with fire and stripping her. We see this paralleled in Ezekiel 16 once 13

14 again, where God uses similar language to describe Jerusalem s judgment. Ezekiel 16:35, 38-41, Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more. Verse 17: For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. All this verse is saying is that God will use the ten kings to execute judgment upon the city of Jerusalem because of its idolatry and its persecution and murder of God s servants, apostles, and prophets. Verse 18: And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. So we finally learn that the great whore is the great city that reigns over the kings of the earth. The term great city is also found in Revelation 11:8, which tells us, indirectly, the identity of this great city. Revelation 11:8, And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. The great city is the same city where the Lord Jesus was crucified. How do we know it was Jerusalem, and not Rome? The scriptures tell us, of course. Luke 9:28-31, And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. Notice the last part of the last verse: his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. This also ties in with the parable of the husbandmen and the vineyard, found in Matthew 21. Jesus was addressing the Pharisees (which is a sect of Judaism) that He would die at Jerusalem. This can be concluded by diligent study of the scriptures. Matthew 21:37-39, But last 14

15 of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. Revelation 11:8 tells us that earthly Jerusalem is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt. This can be proven with several scriptures. For example, Isaiah and Jeremiah both liken Jerusalem to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah because of its wickedness. Isaiah 1:9-10, Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. This is referenced in Romans 9:29: And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. Jeremiah 23:14, I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. Earthly Jerusalem is also likened to Egypt in Revelation 11:8. This is a bit trickier to find, but there is indeed a reference to earthly Jerusalem being like Egypt in Galatians 4. Galatians 4:22-26, For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. Hagar, or Agar as she is known here, was an Egyptian woman, a bondwoman, according to scripture. Scripture also tells us that Egypt was the house of bondage. Exodus 20:2, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. In other words, earthly Jerusalem is not only more spiritually wicked than Sodom (according to Ezekiel 16), it is also a city of bondage (Egypt). This is why Revelation 11:8 refers to it as Sodom and Egypt. Lastly, one more piece of evidence that Jerusalem is the great whore that reigns over the kings of the earth is found in Revelation 21. Revelation 21:2, 9-11, And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb s wife. 15

16 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; If the great whore of Revelation was Rome, why then would scriptures tell us of a new Jerusalem? Shouldn t it be a new Rome, if that was the case? The Bible warns us of putting forth ideas that are not found in scripture: Proverbs 30:6, Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. 16

17 Is the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 a fulfillment of Biblical prophecy? On May 14th, 1948, Israel was granted nationhood by the United Nations. The United States of America and the Soviet Union were the first to recognize it as such. But was it the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy as claimed by the Zionists? Scripture tells us that Israel will be restored only when the Lord returns, and not before. The answer to the above question is no. To truly understand why the State of Israel exists today, we must examine what the scriptures say about our adversary, Satan. Satan s real name is Lucifer, which means light-bearer. When Lucifer was created, he was the brightest of all of God s angels. However, his beauty and brightness caused him to become arrogant and prideful, and he even went so far as to desire equality with God. Ezekiel 28:13-19, Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more. Satan wants to be just like God, according to Isaiah 14:14: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most High. This is important to know because, if Satan wants to be like God, then we can conclude that he will imitate everything God does in order to deceive the world into following/worshipping him. An example of this is the Trinity. God has the holy Trinity (called the Godhead in the 17

18 Authorized Version; this word has been completely removed from modern bibles ) which consists of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Satan s unholy trinity consists of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. The dragon is Satan s equivalent to the Father, the beast is Satan s equivalent to the Son, and the false prophet is Satan s equivalent to the Holy Ghost. Just as Christianity is God s religion, Judaism is Satan s religion. This is why Jesus refers to the synagogue of Satan in Revelation 2 and 3. Revelation 2:9, 3:9, I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. Judaism is the religion that Paul was in before he got saved and became a born-again Christian. Galatians 1:13-14, For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: And profited in the Jews religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. The Bible is very helpful in telling us exactly what a true Jew is: a true Jew is one who has believed the gospel of Jesus Christ and has been born-again by receiving Him as one s Saviour. Romans 2:28-29, For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. So far, we have established that Satan has his own trinity, his own religion, his own Jews, his own Jewish messiah (the beast, which is the Satanic counterfeit of the Lord Jesus, the true Messiah), and his own Jerusalem, which is earthly Jerusalem, not heavenly Jerusalem. Naturally, it follows that Satan would have his own Israel as well. This Israel, of course, is a counterfeit of the true Israel, which is spiritual, and not of the flesh. It is true, according to the scriptures, that God will restore the nation of Israel. One example is found in the book of Ezekiel. Ezekiel 36:19-24, And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of 18

19 Israel, but for mine holy name s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own land. Most people stop there and assume that this prophecy was fulfilled in However, the next passage of scripture refutes this belief and proves that this prophecy has not been fulfilled, and will not be until the Lord returns. Ezekiel 36:25-28, Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. If you look at honest research, stories, and history, you will find that this has not happened yet. Israel is a wicked nation today who has not turned to the Lord. This brings us to our next passage of scripture in Hosea, which tells us that when Israel is restored, they will seek the Lord, and fear Him. At the present time, this is not happening. The nation of Israel has not been seeking the Lord Jesus Christ; quite the opposite, in fact. Hosea 3:4-5, For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days. A passage of scripture in Ezekiel tells us that when Israel is restored, it will be inhabited by resurrected believers, and will have a king. The State of Israel today does not have a king, and is certainly not inhabited by resurrected believers, so therefore the prophecy has not been fulfilled yet. Ezekiel 37:13-14, 21-25, And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no 19

20 more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. In the book of Genesis, God tells Abraham that the Promised Land would be from the Euphrates River to the river of Egypt. Genesis 15:18, In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: The State of Israel today does not occupy all this land. Therefore, it is not the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. It is true, however, that Zionists are working to acquire more land for the State. This is the main reason for the fraudulent War on Terror. One must consider the facts of history behind the establishment of the State of Israel in The history behind the creation of this State is filled with bloodshed, thievery, and deceit. According to the Bible, the Lord hates all of these things. Proverbs 6:16-19, These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. The history behind the creation of the State of Israel is filled with all of these things, and yet Zionists (and their Christian Zionist lackeys) claim that God was behind it. Consider this: would God really use unsaved Zionist terrorists to remove unsaved Muslims from the land they were living on, to bring unsaved Jews to occupy the land that they lost due to their idolatry? I think not. The simplest way to sum up the 1948 establishment of the State of Israel is: armed insurrection. Finally, we must look at scriptures that clearly differentiate between true, spiritual Israel, and the Satanic counterfeit Israel of the flesh. One example that we have seen already is Romans 2:28-29: For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. Another example is Galatians 3. I will include select verses from this chapter that clearly differentiate between Israel of the flesh and spiritual Israel. Galatians 3:2, 6-9, 16, 26-29, This only would I learn of 20

21 you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?... Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ s, then are ye Abraham s seed, and heirs according to the promise. These next two passages of scripture tell us that all born-again believers, from every nation, will dwell in heavenly Zion when the time comes. Psalm 87:3-6, Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah. Zechariah 2:10-12, Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. There is much confusion over the following scripture. When you consider the rest of the Bible, the scripture makes perfect sense. Romans 9:6, Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: This is what the scripture means: They are not all spiritual Israel, which are of physical Israel. In other words, not all Jews are born-again, and do not have any right to the spiritual Promised Land. Only those who have been born-again by believing the gospel of Christ will inherit the Promised Land. This is not anti- Jewish teaching; this is Biblical teaching. Romans 9:7-8, Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. 21