"Babylon hath been a golden cup... that made all the earth drunken..."
                                          Jeremiah 51:7
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      What is the "Seven-Headed Beast" of Revelation?


A lot of controversy has arisen about the "end times", and what is the
"seven-headed beast" of Revelation. What happened to the world after
Nimrod and Esau? What had the Mystery system of Babylon passed itself
off as?

First, as we recall from Birds and Beasts, when the Bible talks about a
"beast" it doesn't necessarily mean something derogatory, or a lowly
animal, much like it has been used, today. In Revelation, the word "beast"
was even used to describe good, angelic beings of God (in Revelation
4:6-8)! The words Beast of the Field could quite possibly refer to a
particular group of people. There is one other famous "beast" in the Bible:
the Antichrist of Revelation! What could this "beast" who would be the
Antichrist mean to our future? Lets see.

The book of Revelation clearly refers to this beast as a person. As far as
Revelation is concerned, it may be the name of a person, as well as a
system of political and religious influence closely associated with this
person. It is a lot like associating Nimrod with the political and religious
influences he had on the ancient world.

If we look closely at Revelation, chapters 13 and 17, we see a
seven-headed beast, one which comes out of the water, and another out of
the earth. We know, in Genesis, that the serpent (Nachash) was, "more
subtle than all the beasts of the field" (Genesis 3:1). This implies he may
have been of this same group of people, or a leader of them. He could
have been some type of angelic beast, as well. Could there be a parallel of
this 'beast' to the 'beast' in the book of Revelation?

I personally "the days of Noah" are in a parallel to today, in a variety of
ways. When our society begins to change into the one that parallels the
past, it begins to adopt the same ways practiced during the era of Noah,
and Babylon:


"And lasciviousness and fornication increased among the children of
Cain, and they had nothing to occupy them except fornication - now they
had no obligation (to pay) tribute (taxes), and they had no prince or
governor - and eating, and drinking, and lasciviousness, and
drunkenness, and dancing and singing to instruments of music... and the
laughter which affordeth pleasure to the devils, and the sounds of the
furious lust of men neighing after women."

The Book of the Cave of Treasures: The First 1000 Years


Doesn't this sound familiar - like today? These cultural reflections will be
discussed more in Way of Cain. As we'll see, the style of politics, religion,
and culture of Noah's day was borrowed, and passed on and on, up to
now; the only thing that changed was the individuals in power. Same
practices, different people at the top. The time has now become ripe for
the modern beast to come to the forefront, again.

We know that the original serpent (or beast) in the garden was probably
Nachash (also, Amalek and Azazel). We also know that Satan "rode" a top
of the serpent: he was behind everything the serpent was saying and doing.

The fallen angels, just before the flood, were chained in the depths of hell
for their disobedience (II Peter 2:4). Possibly, Azazel was one destined to
be among them. Interesting enough, in the Bible, there was a demon
named Abaddon in Revelation, who would be released from his chains in
the end times, and allowed to wreak havoc on the earth as the beast. Could
this beast of the end times be of the same spirit as the actual beast in the
garden? Could Azazel be Abaddon? It even says, in Revelation 20:2, the
modern beast was known as that Old Serpent (or "Serpent of Old"),
dragon, or the devil (which, incidentally, comes from the same Hebrew
root as Nachash does). If this serpent-beast is indeed the same angelic
being as the serpent of old, then we may have another parallel - the same
beast of the garden was now allowed to make one last attempt to seduce
mankind in the end times.

As we recall, in Genesis, we have two beasts - Satan and Nachash (the
serpent). In Revelation, we have two beasts as well. I believe the two
beasts are the two systems of influence of Babylon - political and religious.
One beast, or system of influence, comes from the "sea" (the political sea),
the other comes from "earth" (the world of religion). According to
Revelation, the religious beast will "ride" the political beast (Revelation
13:12), and tell him what to do or say. This could parallel Satan, and how
he "rode" Nachash in the garden, and told him what to do or say.

As we move on, both of the future beasts have seven heads. What would
be the seven heads of this modern beast? Apparently, it all comes back to
Babylon, and the days of Noah. Lets see more.

Apparently, the chosen people of God - those destined to carry on the seed
of the first Adam to the last "Adam" - were obviously the Israelites.
Abraham, the father of many nations including the Israelites, was given a
covenant, or promise, by God, that through him would come the
prophesied seed of Jesus. According to ancient sources, Abraham, himself,
was imprisoned by the leader of Babylon: this was none other than
Nimrod! This seven-headed beast quite possibly could be the number of
succeeding "heads" in power since Nimrod's Babylon. These could be the
number of Gentile "heads of state" or "empires" that imprisoned, ruled, or
had the upper hand over the Israelites.

Jacob, Abraham's grandson, had his named changed to "Israel" by God.
He was the father of this promised nation. Jacob and his 12 sons (the
"twelve tribes of Israel"), over time, became imprisoned by the Egyptians.
We can conclude that Egypt was succeeding "head" number 1. Since
then, the children of Israel have been taken captive by 5 other "heads of
state", or empires: the Assyrians, the Babylonians (another, later
Babylonian empire, under the king Nebuchanezzer), Media/Persia, Greece
and Rome. The total now is 6 "heads".

Interesting, another "proof" for the above theory lies in the book of Daniel.
In Chapter 8, Daniel stated there would be four empires, since his time,
which would lead up to the end times: Nebuchanezzer's Babylon,
Media/Persia, Greece and Rome. Again, the same last four as above. The
other two were the Egyptians and Assyrians, who were before Daniel's
time.

Eventually, the Bible states, there are seven "heads". By the time the book
of Revelation was written (approx. 70 A.D.), six were already in place. A
verse of Revelation states the following:


"And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is..."

Revelation 17:10 KJV


This verse also proves the theory of the six empires. Rome was the sixth
head; Rome was also the ruling empire in the days that Revelation was
written - It was the one that is!

Before we discover what would be the seventh head, we also need to
understand that there are two distinct groups of "heads" - one group of
seven for the political "beast", the other for the religious "beast". As far as
the political "beast", we have the seven "heads of state", as in the empires
above. The seven are mentioned in this verse:


"And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, the other is not
yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space."

Revelation 17:10 KJV


"And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly
wound was healed..."   

Revelation 13:3 KJV


What do these mean? Simply, this other "head" that is not yet come was
wounded as if it were dead, and healed again. This seventh political "head"
comes from the sixth, and was revived again. As we recall, the last, sixth
"head" of our above prediction was Rome. The "head" that ruled over
Israel at the time of Revelation was Rome. Could the Roman Empire be
the "head" that was wounded, and again revived?

Interestingly, the last time Israel was a nation it was under the rule of the
Roman Empire. It was before the rule of Rome was finally over that the
people of Israel were disbursed, not to become a nation again for almost
two thousand years. In 1948, however, the nation of Israel again was
re-established. Interestingly enough, so was the influences of this city of
Rome.

The European Union was established around the same time as Israel was.
This all went down with the "Treaty of Rome". The nation which now
encompasses Rome (Italy) was one of the founding countries of the E.U.
The treaty of Rome formed a conglomerate of nations - nations that
seemed to be a "revived" conglomeration of the lands that Rome once
ruled! Here, the seventh "head" of the political "beast" was of the sixth head
, and was "wounded to death" - the empire of Rome was "wounded to
death", but was "healed" or "revived" again. In our age, we now have a
"revived Empire", which began at the Treaty of Rome.


" ...and when he cometh, he must continue a short space."

Revelation 17:10 KJV


The 7th "head", at the time when the Revelation was written, was not yet
come, but when he comes, he must continue a short space. The European
Union has only been in existence some 50 years, a far cry from the
hundreds of years the empires of the past were in control.

This last conglomerate of nations will, according to the Bible, be held
together by "clay" (Daniel 2:43); this means it will be a group of
independent nations held together in much the same way objects would be
held together by clay - together, but not in a solid way. The whole
European Union is held together in exactly the same way - a fragile
agreement between these countries, at best.

As far as the seven religious "heads", things are a little different:


"And here the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads
are seven mountains, on which the woman (or whore) sitteth."

Revelation 17:9 KJV


Rome is one of the only cities of the world that sits on seven hills. On top
of this, there is a verse that gives the meaning of these "heads", clear as
day:


"And the woman (or whore) which thou saweth is THAT GREAT CITY,
WHICH REIGNETH OVER THE KINGS of the earth."

Revelation 17:18 KJV


There was indeed an empire named after this great city of Rome. There is
indeed an established treaty, which led to a conglomeration of former
Roman lands, which occurred in that city. There is also a religion named
for that city. It states in Revelation that the church of this city will "ride"
the political system established at this city, which happens today. The
church has, since it's inception, been a huge influence all over the political
powers of Europe, throughout the ages. What other system do we have
today with that kind of a set-up? What other empire appears to have been,
in this way, "revived"?

We begin to follow the "seven-headed beast", the modern parallel of the
past, when we begin to follow the socioeconomic, political, and religious
beliefs of those in charge of Western European influence. This was the
"torch" of Roman influence that was passed on, from one Babylon, to an
eventual, mystery form of Babylon - the Roman Empire in it's present
composition.

We recall from Legacy of Nimrod, Esau's descendants would go on to
form the Edomites, which would eventually form into a major empire - the
empire of Rome! It all makes sense, when you think of this rivalry on a
grand scale. Jacob (or Israel) was Esau's brother. Israel's descendants were
at odds with Esau's descendants. Esau killed the ruler of Babylon,
new-Nimrod, and stole his clothes.

This sibling rivalry continued this way all throughout history: from the
conquering of the Holy Land by the Romans at the time of Christ to the
Crusades of the Roman Church, and now today. That's why God really
hated Esau. Israel and Rome will always be at odds for this very reason:
their origins, and their effort for some kind of divine entitlement or
authority. Israel and Rome both want "divine" authority. As stated, Esau,
probably had control over the clothes of Adam, and passed it on through
his generations. Do you ever wonder why Rome has such a dominating
hold, or majesty, over the world? Why are so many people attracted to
this city, and yield under its power? This could be the reason. Beyond the
political, religious, and cultural influences that originated in Babylon, and
passed on to Rome, we now have an actual "torch" of Babylon's political
dominance (the clothes), first used by Nimrod, which may have been
passed on to the Roman Empire.

We know about the brother of Israel, what about the rest of the influences
of ancient Babylon? What about more of the ancient parallels of the "days
of Noah"? The Kenites, as we recall from Other Flood Survivors, were
the serpent's post-flood descendants (through Cain). The Kenites had a
very special role in the development of Israel, as well. In the book of
Deuteronomy, the Kenites were once the scribes of the ancient Jewish
priests. Later, as time went on, they slowly assimilated into priestly duties;
much like a ball-boy who would pass himself off as a real baseball player.

It was the legacy of these Kenite priests, who dominated Jewish religion up
to the time of Jesus, which were responsible for stirring up the people again
Jesus, and caused him to be crucified on the cross. This is what truly
fulfilled the prophecy of Genesis 3:15: the seed of the serpent (the
Cainite/Kenite priest line) would bruise the heel of the promised seed of
Eve (Jesus). They would have Jesus crucified, but he would rise again on
the third day, and bruise the head of the power the serpent brought into
the world - death. Jesus defeated death when he rose again, from the dead,
and became the substitute sacrifice for the world. The seeds of the serpent,
through these Kenites priests, fulfilled prophecy by having Jesus murdered.

The influences on culture, politics, and religion by these descendants of
Cain would also go on, to further influence thought in our world. The other
groups of antediluvian people were involved in immoral and sacrilegious
practices, as we know. These ways are truly coming back to us, into our
society, in much the same ways as before, just as Jesus predicted. They
come via many cultural, political and religious agendas.

There is so much more on this in my upcoming book, which takes a good,
hard look at the "parallels" between these two ages, and who or what is
bringing it all back.

For now, however, we are told where this system of influence has its
origins:


"And upon her forehead a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE
EARTH."

Revelation 17:5 KJV


Now, we know the post-flood origins of these problems and tribulations
that face our world, and what will be the "parallel" system of influence to
come. We also know how the leaders of ancient Babylon stole the
prophecy of Genesis 3:15 ("it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise
his heel") and used it to their own benefit. The prediction of Christ was
replaced by Nimrod's supposed "martyr", which made him the world
"savior" - 2000 years early. This clearly is why this "beast" will be called
Antichrist - the prefix "anti" means "close, but the opposite". This
Antichrist will appear to be like the Christ, but is not.

There is only one who fulfilled this prophecy:


"But he (Jesus) was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for
our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his
stripes we are healed."

Isaiah 53:5 KJV


Only one.

The answer does not lie in pointing fingers towards any one group, or
blaming any people, place, or things, but understanding what are the
politics, religion, and culture of "the days of Noah", and understand how
they are being brought back. Ultimately, this helps us increase our own
power of discernment, and to not allow any of these influences to
manipulate our daily lives, today.

This false duplication of God's prophecy - these false views on politics,
religion, and culture - looks Christ-like on the surface, but, in reality,
leaves God and Christ out of it! You may notice, today, how much talk
there is about seemingly good morals, such as "peace" or "safety". These,
however, leave any sort of reference to "God" out. So many of us press
for "peace" and "safety" that would obviously come from faith in God, but
now, does not include any reference to God!

The scariest verse in the Bible, in my opinion, follows along these lines -
hollow, secular desires:


"For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as
a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then
sudden destruction cometh upon them..."

I Thessalonians 5:3 KJV


The ways of thinking such as this that had it's origins in a Babylon who
would deny God. These hallow, godless ways should not be taken lightly,
however, but should ultimately be exposed for what they really, truly are -
this Antichrist, Babylonian version of Biblical thought and morality.

The Way of Cain will go even deeper.


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