| THE MAN THERE ARE FOUR UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HUMAN (BESTIAL) NATURE OF MAN. THE PERSONALITY STRUCTURE OF THE NATURAL MAN IS PORTRAYED IN REV. 4:6-7, "AS FOUR BEASTS ROUND ABOUT THE THRONE." 1. THE HUMAN DESIRE IS SEEN AS THE LION (3022 STRONGS, SEE GLOSSARY). 2. THE EMOTIONALS ARE DESCRIBED AS A CALF (3448 STRONGS, SEE GLOSSARY). 3. THE WILL OF MAN APPEARS AS HIS OWN FACE. 4. THE MIND OF MAN IS SEEN AS A FLYING EAGLE. THE DESIRES AND EMOTIONS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE CENTERED IN THE SPIRIT OF MAN, WHILE THE WILL AND MIND ARE CONDITIONS OF THE SOUL. AS THE SEALS ARE REMOVED FROM THE FIRST FOUR LETTERS TO THE CHURCHES (REV. 6:1-8), THE PERFECTION OF THESE QUALITIES IS ACHIEVED, AS THE DESIRES ARE CONQUERED, THE EMOTIONS BURIED IN THE SEA, THE WILL IS YOKED WITH CHRIST AND THE MIND IS TRANSFORMED. THE MIND IS RENEWED TO THAT WHICH WAS IN CHRIST JESUS, AND ACCEPTS NO THOUGHTS OF DEATH, HELL OR POWER OF THE BEAST, BUT ONLY THOUGHTS OF LIFE AND IT MORE ABUNDANTLY. WE WILL TOUCH ON THESE LATER IN THE STUDY OF THE LETTER TO THE CHURCHES. IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION, ONLY THE INDIVIDUAL MAN IS PORTRAYED AS THE "FOUR BEASTS" (2226 STRONGS, SEE GLOSSARY, A LIVING THING). DAVID SAID, "SO FOOLISH WAS I AND IGNORANT; I WAS AS A BEAST BEFORE THEE (PS. 73:22). THE SYSTEM OF MEN WHICH THE DEVIL USES TO RULE OVER NATIONS AND GROUPS OF PEOPLE AS THE LEOPARD, IS CALLED "THE BEAST" (2342 STRONGS, SEE GLOSSARY) AS VENOMOUS. THE DRAGON THE DESTROYING KING OVER THE BOTTOMLESS PIT (THE DEEPS) IS LEVIATHAN, THE FIRST OF THE SYSTEMS OF OPPOSITION TO GOD'S PEOPLE IN THE EARTH. THIS GREAT RED DRAGON (REV. 12:9 & 20:2), IS THAT OLD (IN THE GARDEN FROM THE BEGINNING) SERPENT (3789 STRONGS, SEE GLOSSARY), CALLED THE DEVIL, AND SATAN (4567 STRONGS, SEE GLOSSARY). HE IS A PICTURE OF WHAT THE DEVIL'S KINGDOM HAS DONE SINCE THE GARDEN. HIS SEVEN HEADS REPRESENT THE SEVEN WORLD POWERS OF COMMERCIAL BABYLON. THEY ARE: EGYPT, ASSYRIA, BABYLON, PERSIA, GREECE, ROME AND PAPAL ROME. THE FIRST SIX OF HIS HEADS WERE WOUNDED BY JESUS AT CALVARY. THE SEVENTH HEAD (PAPAL ROME), BEARING THE MARK (5480 STRONGS, SEE GLOSSARY) OF THE CROSS, MARCHED ACROSS THE LAND PUTTING PEOPLE INTO A RELIGIOUS PRISON (THE HOLY ROMAN CHURCH). IT WAS CRUSHED BY THE "VOICE" OF MARTIN LUTHER IN THE YEAR 1200AD WITH THE WONDERFUL MESSAGE "THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH" (NOT VAIN RITUALS, CEREMONIES AND EMPTY PRAYERS). EACH OF THE SEVEN HEADS WERE CROWNED TO RULE FOR A PARTICULAR PERIOD OF TIME. BUT PRAISE GOD IN (REV. 12:8), THE GREAT RED DRAGON "PREVAILED NOT; NEITHER WAS THEIR PLACE FOUND ANY MORE IN HEAVEN," (THE HIGHER PLACES OF SPIRITUAL ELEVATION) AS HE WAS CAST TO THE EARTH (THE HABITATION OF EARTHLY MINDED). HE WAS THEN SEALED IN THE BOTTOMLESS PIT (REV. 20:1-3), FOR 1000 YEARS (AN UNCERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME). HE IS LOOSED FOR A SHORT TIME, TO BE REVEALED AS "SON OF PERDITION" (648 STRONGS, SEE GLOSSARY), THE POWER BEHIND THE BEAST AND THE FALSE PROPHET (READ II THES. 2:3-4). HE WILL ULTIMATELY BE JUDGED (REV. 20:7-10), AND CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. AMEN! (14) |
| THE PERSONALITY STRUCTURE OF THE "BEAST" CALLED THE MAN, THE DRAGON, BEAST, FALSE PROPHET AND THE GREAT WHORE |
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