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The 1st Beast from Sea of peoples are the government systems that have held authority and power over the land of Israel. Apostate Israel has fellowship with these systems and denies God’s power and authority to rule over them. They give their allegiance to the beast systems as a widow of God, a harlot who rides the beast. We will see that this harlotry gives way to a 2nd beast system from the land (of Israel), established after a 42 month period.
The 1st beast culminates in the 7th head with a deadly head wound (UK/US), who is also the 8th (UN). For 42 months, beginning October 1945, this United Beast System (UK/US/UN) blasphemes God, as it is written:
“And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling, that is, those who dwell in heaven. Also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them. And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. If anyone has an ear, let him hear: If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.”
Revelation 13:5-10 ESV
After 42 months are complete, the United 8th Beast gives authority to the 2nd Beast from the (promised) Land, the nation state Israel, on the 43rd month, May 1948, as it is written:
“Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed.”
Revelation 13:11-12 ESV
“After World War I, the allied powers assigned the Mandate for Palestine to Britain, which during the war made a declaration of support for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine. Following World War II and the Holocaust, the newly formed United Nations adopted the Partition Plan for Palestine, recommending the creation of independent Arab and Jewish states, and placing Jerusalem under international control. In the final months of the British Mandate, a civil war broke out between the Palestinian Arabs and the Yishuv, beginning the first stage of the 1948 Palestine war. The British terminated the Mandate on 14 May 1948, and Israel declared independence that day.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel?wprov=sfti1
This 2nd Beast from the land has two protector horns or powers who are the crown and head of the 8th Beast (again, this crown/head is also the 7th – see 1st beast from the sea). These two protecting horns are the United States and United Kingdom. Both the 2nd Beast and its horns look like lambs on the surface, serving the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but speak as dragons. They are power hungry systems, exporters of war, pharmakeia/drugs, and purveyors sexual immorality/pornography.
So we see the 1st Beast (7th/8th components, UK/US/UN) rule Israel for a short time. They blaspheme God in their control of Israel for exactly 42 months from October 1945 to April 1948 prior to the establishment of the nationstate Israel. This kabbalistic nationstate Israel serves as false prophet. Let’s read some more about the false prophet 2nd Beast arises from the land after 42 months of the 1st beast (UK/US/UN) exercising authority over it:
“Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed. It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain. Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.”
Revelation 13:11-18 ESV
We see that this beast (nation-state Israel), has two protector powers or horns. These protector powers represent the US and UK, or the 7th head whose head wound is healed, and they appear to worship the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but speak as a dragon, being some of the largest exporters of wars, drugs (pharmakeia), and sexual immorality (pornography). These countries could hardly call themselves Godly today. These 3 countries that comprise the 2nd Beast also make the world worship the 8th component of the 1st Beast (the UN) and push a one world agenda with which they will seek to defy God with a singular voice, similar to the Tower of Babel.
They reign down fire from Heaven, as chief military powers of the world. They make an image to the 1st Beast with composed of Daniel’s 3 beastly aspects contained within its Body (Lion, Bear, Leopard), which is the UN. The image also has 7 heads (one of which has a deadly head wound), as well as 10 horns. They make this image in the image of their true religion, Kabbalism, which they believe is the one true faith. This is heavily taught in the Talmud, and highly revered within Judaism.
The image they make of Kabbalism is the counterfeit Tree of Life:
The 3 aspects of the body (Lion, Bear, Leopard) are the 3 vertical pillars, the 7 Heads are the 7 horizontal levels of the Tree of Life, the 10 Horns are the 10 Sepiroth that comprise the points along the Tree of Life, and the image ‘speaks’ through the interconnections between the 10 Sepiroth as the 22 letters of the Hebrew language. These interconnections also represent the 22 cards of the tarot deck. This mysticism takes form within many world religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Gnosticism, Alchemy, Freemasonry, etc).
“The Tree of Life (Hebrew: עֵץ חַיִּים ʿĒṣ Ḥayyīm) is a diagram used in Kabbalah and various other mystical traditions. It usually consists of 10 or 11 nodes symbolizing different archetypes and 22 lines connecting the nodes. The nodes are often arranged into three columns to represent that they belong to a common category.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_life_(Kabbalah)?wprov=sfti1
“The Tree of Life is composed of seven layers. Each layer represents a different aspect of ourselves. Each layer contains a different color and shape that is associated with one of the seven chakras. Chakras are centers of spiritual energy located along the spine. Each chakra corresponds to a different aspect of our being.”
https://www.intsouls.com/blog/the-tree-of-life-with-chakras
Interestingly, the Israeli flag, when turned 90 degrees, represents a tree of life through the Hexagram. This symbol is absolutely NOT a Star of David, but rather a Star of Saturn, for which the north was scattered for their many transgressions as read in Amos 5:25-27 below. The Saturn Star represents the alchemical 4 elements of earth, wind, fire, and water. It is likely these mimic or counterfeit the 4 winds / 4 corners of God’s throne. We read of the Saturn Star in Amos 5:26, and you can see the various associations of this symbol with the occult mystery religions below. This is a pagan symbol, and is yet another Tree of Life imitation when rotated.
““Did you bring Me sacrifices and grain offerings during those forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? [Certainly not!] You carried along your king Sikkuth and Kayyun [your man-made gods of Saturn], your images of your star-god which you made for yourselves [but you brought Me none of the appointed sacrifices]. Therefore, I will send you to go into exile far beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.”
Amos 5:25-27 AMP
The 2nd beast from the land is the nationstate Israel with two protecting horns (UK/US). It fulfills perfectly almost every aspect of Rev 13, as does the 1st beast form the sea (UK/US/UN). The 2nd beast from the land also creates a mark for the world to use, which we have already discussed here:
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