you may be right about the city (Babylon) being Jerusalem but I am still very certain in my mind that the beast with ten horns & seven hills started from the Roman Empire and remains as the divided Empire that has risen from its former provinces in Europe and their colonised lands.
If that were true, then the whole world would not be included in the coming tribulation that Jesus mentioned, and it would also make God a liar because He specifically proclaimed His intent to 'gather the nations', to 'assemble the kingdoms' in the end to pour out His indignation upon them (Zeph.3). It would also detract from the fact that Bible prophecy of Christ's second coming for the battle of Armageddon against His enemies is to occur near Jerusalem, and not Rome. Thus the false ones use Rome as a decoy for Jerusalem.
I also believe the second beast with 2 horns is Islam as prophesied to Abraham through Ishmael.
Then you're not listening to Christ per His Revelation, because the "another beast", a 2nd beast of Revelation 13, a religious beast, is about a specific person, an entity who is to deceive the whole world by the working of great signs and miracles done on earth in the sight of men. It's about a religious false messiah setting himself up as God, requiring ALL on the earth to bow in worship. Could that false one come from Islam? Possibly, yes, since Antiochus Epiphanes of history served as a Biblical pattern for the final Antichrist still yet to come. And Antiochus was from Syria.
I just read back what I wrote and I think I said it wrong. What I mean is that we all crucified our Lord. Everyone everywhere. It was not just the Jews in Jerusalem or the Roman soldiers who nailed Him to the cross. It was the whole of mankind. Not that this is really relevant to the beast with ten horns. Reading the verse through, then I feel you could be right about the city being Jerusalem.
That's a false doctrine. Those who believe on Jesus of Nazareth as The Christ certainly were NOT... responsible for His crucifixion! Nor was anyone else of Israel that weren't even there, but were already scattered among the Gentiles at His first coming. Nor is any believer today on The Saviour Jesus Christ guilty of His crucifixion. Those responsible were the religious leadership of the day, the scribes and Pharisees who rejected Him, the ones Jesus and John the Baptist called a "generation of vipers" (Matt.3; Matt.23). And most likely, it's that "generation of vipers" that have come up with that false idea that all peoples are guilty of crucifying Christ Jesus. The shedding of innocent blood is specifically upon the hands of that "generation of vipers" like Jesus showed in the Matthew 23 chapter.
I believe the anti-Christ will come as someone through the beast with ten horns and not the whore, The whore will aline itself with the man from the beast. The one posing to be Christ and will try and place himself at the head of God's Church but will deny the true actions of Christ Jesus and the power of the cross. I believe that the signs all say that all other world religions will come under this imposter.
The 1st beast of Rev.13:1-2 is a kingdom beast. It ain't Rome because the Rev.12:3-4 beast kingdom also had ten horns, yet it existed of old, when Satan drew a third of the angels (stars) into rebellion with him. Rome did not yet exist in the time of that Rev.12:3-4 ten horned beast. Per Rev.17, the ten horns specifically apply to ten specific kings, and they don't even come to power until... the beast king (i.e., 2nd beast of Rev.13) arrives on the scene to take power over all the earth.
You may be very correct about all the world's religions coming under the power of the 2nd beast king - false messiah. That globalist joining of all religions under one banner has been going on for quite some time now, and includes leaders among Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
All major religions are predicting this man. It can't be coincidence. They all think he will bring peace. The Bible is the only book that says that this man will be an imposter and as a result we will be hated for our believes. Jesus told us that when He returns, its will be in the sky and not as a man. The Bible warns of a false Christ and a false prophet.
Christianity only is looking for the SECOND coming of Christ Jesus as The Messiah. No other faith is. Judaism and Islam are not, for they are looking for Messiah's FIRST appearance. They don't believe Christ already came a first time yet. A pseudo-Christ is to come first in the last days, which is what you're speaking of, and then Christ Jesus' Second Coming will occur afterwards to destroy that fake one, in that order. So who do you think the deceived of orthodox Judaism and Islam will accept? Simple; they will accept the pseudo-Christ as their Messiah, in ignorance and in deception. The truly sad part is, that many deceived Christian and Messianic brethren who believe on Jesus will fall away to accept that pseudo-Christ, instead of waiting on The True Christ Jesus Who comes later. Like The LORD said, "Therefore wait ye upon Me..." - Zeph.3:8. (Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 30:18; Isaiah 40:31; Isaiah 49:23; Lam.3:26; Luke 12:36; 1 Thess.1:10; etc.).
Islam waits for an end time Jesus who will unite with an end time prophet of Islam called mahdi. Between them they unite half of Christian with Islam and will bring about peace for the last seven years.
I've heard of that, but not been able to confirm it as one of Islam's beliefs.
|n the book of Daniel it speak of seven years of the Jews which have not yet been fulfilled yet the others have been. This is because we are in a time of the gentiles. In the Bible this last seven years it says there will be a peace for 3 1/2 years when the temple will be allowed to be rebuilt. Then the last 3 1/2 years will be war.
Originally two periods of 1260 days, with Christ's coming at the end of the second 1260 day period. Yet, per Matt.24, Christ said He 'shortened' the time for the sake of His elect. Thus there's a new time to be reckoned for that, given in Revelation. Christ's coming is what ends that whole period.
The Buddhist wait for an end time man who will bring peace. Even i our life time we can see all religion major religions coming together in prayer and uniting. We can see the divided beast as prophesied by Daniel. God-chosen & proven Christian evangelists such as David Wilkerson are confirming this through visions.
It's called Ecunemicalism between different faiths. The end time events have already been written for us in God's Word. It's up to each believer to do their own Bible study in it, asking The LORD to open it up to us.
The Jews have Israel back and are building up to a point where they can build the third temple. Even the Jews think that the building of the third temple will bring about peace for all humanity. All the signs are saying the same things. We as Christian are the only ones who see it from the other side as Jesus has forewarned us this will happen.
Actually, they don't... have all of Israel back; they've even be led to give up portions of it to bring peace with Islam. Apostle Paul forewarned that when the deceived begin to say, "Peace and safety", then shall "sudden destruction" come upon them. That sudden destruction is about the events of the "day of the Lord" with Christ's second coming. That "Peace and safety" reveals there is... going to be a false world peace to occur just prior to the end of this world, just before Christ's coming. World peace is specifically what the League of Nations claimed it's establishing was for, to end all wars and bring world peace. It's what the Globalists among all... nations are working towards, whether they are aware of God's Hand in it or not (recall Zeph.3:8 again).
