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12:17
TWO CHARACTERISTICS:
FIRST:
THEY KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD
SECOND: THEY HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF
JESUS CHRIST
PART ONE
REVELATION 12:17
AND THE DRAGON WAS WROTH WITH THE
WOMAN, AND WENT TO MAKE WAR WITH
THE REMNANT OF HER SEED, WHICH KEEP
THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, AND
HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST.
ISAIAH 8:20
TO THE LAW AND TO THE TESTIMONY: IF
THEY SPEAK NOT ACCORDING TO THIS
WORD, IT IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO LIGHT
IN THEM.
DOES THIS REMNANT HAVE A TRUE
PROPHET IN HER MIDST?
MATTHEW 24:24
FOR THERE SHALL ARISE FALSE CHRISTS,
AND FALSE PROPHETS, AND SHALL SHEW
GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS; INSOMUCH
THAT, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, THEY SHALL
DECEIVE THE VERY ELECT.
HISTORY: 3 METHODS
1. PRETERISM: PROPHECIES OF DANIEL &
REVELATION WERE FULFILLED IN THE SIX
CENTURY OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA…
LUIS DE ALCAZAR [JESUIT: SEVILLE, SPAIN]
2. FUTURISM
THE IDEA THAT AN EVIL PERSON WOULD
ARISE OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST AS SOON
AS THE ROMAN EMPIRE FELL. HENCE,
THIS IDEA SHIFTS GOD’S PROPHETIC TIME
CLOCK BEARING ROME’S INSIGNIA INTO
THE FUTURE.
FRANCISCO RIBERA [JESUIT: SALAMANCA,
SPAIN]
TWO CHARACTERISTICS:
REVELATION 12:17
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went
to make war with the remnant of her seed, which
keep the commandments of God, and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
WHO HAS THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST?
REVELATION 19:10
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said
unto me, See thou do it not: I am that fellowservant,
and of thy brethren that have the testimony of
Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the
spirit of prophecy.
REVELATION 22:8, 9
…And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to
worship before the feet of the angel which shewed
me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do
it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy
brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the
sayings of this book: worship God.
COMPARISON: DANIEL’S AND
REVELATION’S BEASTS
DANIEL 7:3, 7, 8 REVELATION 13:1, 2
•Lion Dragon
•Bear Leopard
•Leopard
Bear
•Dragon
Lion
REVELATION 13:2, 5, 9, 10, 11
And the beast which I saw was like 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. …He that leadeth
into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth
with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here
is the patience and faith of the saints. And I beheld
another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had
two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
FIRST BEAST [SEA] SECOND BEAST [LAND]
AFTER 42 MONTHS
DANIEL 7:25
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and
shall wear out the saints of the most High, and shall think to
change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hands
until a time and times and the dividing of time.
ACTS 1:7
And he [Jesus] said unto hem, It is not for you to know the
times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his power.
ACTS 17:26