Amazing Facts – session 22

• Prophecy symbols:
  • Woman = Church
  • Harlot = Adulterous woman (unfaithful church)
  • In prophecy, King = government
  • Day = literal year
• Pure woman in Rev 12 is God’s chosen church
• Beast ridden by the woman is Rome
• All deception is cloaked in good truth
  • The hook is disguised by bait
•  Babylon = Confusion (languages)

Amazing Facts – Lesson 21

• There are two beasts (world superpowers) spoken of in Revelation.
• Roman papacy
• 7 heads and 10 horns
• 538-1798 (42 months)
• 538 = papacy gained an army
• 1798 = Deadly wound by the sword (Word of God – reformation),
• U.S.A. became recognized by the world as an independent nation in 1798
•  Rises up out of the sea
• Characteristics of a lamb and the Roman dragon
• Two horns like a lamb (freedom of religion and freedom of government – no pope, no king), but no crowns
• Will speak ‘as a dragon’ – will make laws governing how and when people will worship, just like in the Dark Ages.  A government speaks with its legislation
• Doug talked about the upcoming economic crisis
• It will make an image to the beast – not a statue – but laws and legislation

Amazing Facts – session 20

Beast 1 = Roman Catholic church

Beast 2 = United States of America

Biblical numerical connotations / meanings:

• #40 represents a generation
• #12 represents the church
• #7 represents a complete cycle
• #3.5 represents a time of apostasy and rejection

The pope’s official title is Vicarius Filai Dei (probably misspelled) (Vicar of the son of God)

• Roman numerical value of the title is 666

The mark of God:

• You show you love somebody by doing the things that will make them happy.
• When you take away time, you take away relationship
• Did God pick the first day or the last day?
• Do we obey man or God?
• Genesis 2:2-3 seals the seventh day by stating it 3 times
• The Catholic Church admits to changing the Holy Day to Sunday, and claim it is proof of their authority (according to the Catechism)
• … but whosoever shall do and teach them [commandments], the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:19)
• Are you waiting for the majority of religious leaders to recognize the truth?  Don’t follow the multitude, follow God’s word, and follow Christ (DWJD)
•  If you do what Jesus did, you are safe
• In the hand or in the forehead is symbolic for in the works or in the thoughts
• You can tell what’s in the heart based on what a person talks about

A law will be enacted that will force people to choose one way or another.  Persecution will try the church by fire – the true believers will be all that’s left.