Revelation 17: Seven Heads and Ten Horns

Although the angels gives some concrete interpretation, those interpretations create more questions! #Revelation17 #SevenHeads #AntiChrist #TenHorns

Then the angel said to me, “Because of what do you marvel? I myself will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the dangerous creature carrying her, the one having the seven heads and the ten horns.   “The dangerous beast which you observed was and is not, and is about to rise up out of the abyss, then withdraw into ruin, the loss of eternal life: then the dwellers upon the earth will marvel…

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Questions and concerns about the antichrist. Part 1.

I am taking a short break from our study in Matthew to address some questions and concerns once again. One of the major concerns is the number of people who are willing to tell us that we are looking for the antichrist to come out of the Roman Empire. (Sorry, but I do not see that in scripture, so I will discuss it.) The other concern, and quite frequently a question, has to do with the rule and…

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Questions and concerns about the antichrist. Part 1.

I am taking a short break from our study in Matthew to address some questions and concerns once again. One of the major concerns is the number of people who are willing to tell us that we are looking for the antichrist to come out of the Roman Empire. (Sorry, but I do not see that in scripture, so I will discuss it.) The other concern, and quite frequently a question, has to do with the rule and…

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MYSTERY OF LAWLESSNESS

The “mystery of lawlessness” is active in the world preparing hearts for the “arrival” of the “Man of Lawlessness.” It will continue to do so until the appointed time when this figure “comes out of the midst” and appears in the “sanctuary of God.” And he will employ “lying signs and wonders” to cause many disciples to depart from the faith.

In the New Testament, the term “mystery of lawlessness” is unique to Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonians. The Greek term rendered “mystery” does not refer to something that is esoteric or mysterious, but to something that is hidden.

And hiddenness is the point of Paul’s statement. This “mystery of lawlessness” is at work in the world even now, but its activities remain largely misunderstood if not unnoticed.

WHAT POSSESSES

In the Greek text, the participle rendered “what is possessing [katechon]” is in the neuter gender and paired with the “mystery of lawlessness.” And like the participle, “mystery” is neuter.

In Greek syntax, the participle takes the gender of its associated noun. In other words, the “mystery of lawlessness” is the thing that is now “possessing.” This is problematic to English versions that translate it as “restraining” since that would mean the “mystery of lawlessness” is “restraining” lawlessness in the world.

Paul’s description borrows language applied to the “little horn” in the seventh chapter of Daniel. And this includes the term katechon or “possessing.”

In Daniel, the “little horn” appears “in the midst” of the ten horns of the fourth beast. It subsequently wages war against the saints “until” the Ancient of Days renders judgment for them when the “season” for the saints to “possess [katchon] the kingdom” arrives.

In the interim, the “little horn” strives to “change seasons and the law.” However, in the end, he loses his “dominion” and is “broken in pieces without hand” - (Daniel 7:8, 7:18-26, 8:23-25).

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Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 4: Deranged Bedfellows

(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.5)

Getting a %+5 with Seven after saying "you've never been nice to me, why would I be nice to you?" has to be the most empowering thing I've ever experienced. Yes, Seven, your actions DO have consequences. Funny that, isn't it?

ahaha the secret to success with 7 is sincerity…sometimes… and putting a mirror in front of them and forcing them to confront their unkindness !

It's okay Seven, we've all been here

“You walk into the room and I go quiet

I catch your eyes and don’t blink an eyelid

Feels like the world locked us on an island

An island without waves”

Also just to clarify, mostly cause I don’t know how okayish my storytelling skills are, but the middle panel is basically Violet taking in Seven appearance up close after years of not seeing him(small panels) and then remembering the past(big panel underneath).

Like always, amazing story and characters are from @infamous-if, go read it!

Happy Ides of March, everyone.

Misc 7 doods

All of my biggest posts are Xena related. Like every time I talk about these beautiful gays a flock of lesbiens descends upon my account as I feed them birdseed (New fan reactions to a decades old show)

This blog originated from Pastor Jack Hibbs' Sunday Morning message dated 4/30/2023. In it he spent time focusing on the difference between the two comings of Christ.

I pulled a copy of Jack’s notes off the internet and began trying to keep up with him; later, for my own purposes, I began editing those notes to fill in the intentional gaps in his outline (not that the outline was lacking, but because the framework of his notes alone is overwhelming, and I like details. The pastor has many of those details in his head, and much of it does not make to the page,…

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This blog originated from Pastor Jack Hibbs' Sunday Morning message dated 4/30/2023. In it he spent time focusing on the difference between the two comings of Christ.

I pulled a copy of Jack’s notes off the internet and began trying to keep up with him; later, for my own purposes, I began editing those notes to fill in the intentional gaps in his outline (not that the outline was lacking, but because the framework of his notes alone is overwhelming, and I like details. The pastor has many of those details in his head, and much of it does not make to the page,…

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LAWLESS ONE DESTROYED

Jesus will deal with the “Lawless One” at his “arrival” or Parousia. In describing this, Paul employs language from Daniel’s vision of the “little horn speaking great things,” originally, an image representing the Seleucid ruler who attempted to destroy the Jewish faith and nation through deceit and persecution.

The Apostle applies the same term to the “arrival of the Lawless One” AND the return of Jesus, namely, ‘parousia’ or “arrival” (“whose arrival shall be according to an energizing of Satan”).

We may infer from Paul’s language that, on some level, the “arrival” of the “Man of Lawlessness” when he “seats himself in God’s sanctuary,” counterfeits the glorious appearance of Jesus Christ.

(2 Thessalonians 2:8-12) - “And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the Spirit of his mouth, and paralyze with the appearance of his arrival, WHOSE ARRIVAL SHALL BE ACCORDING TO AN ENERGIZING OF SATAN, with all manner of mighty work and sign and wonders of falsehood, and with all manner of the deceit of unrighteousness in them who are destroying themselves, because the love of the truth they did not welcome that they might be saved. And for this cause, God is sending them an energizing of error, to the end, they should believe in the lie; in order that they should be judged who would not believe in the truth but were well-pleased with the unrighteousness.”

When Jesus does appear, he will “slay him with his mouth.” This alludes to Daniel’s vision of the “little horn” and a messianic prophecy found in the book of Isaiah:

(Daniel 7:11, 26) – “I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed and given to the burning flame… But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, TO CONSUME AND TO DESTROY IT UNTO THE END.”

(Isaiah 11:4) – “And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit… And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and WITH THE SPIRIT OF HIS LIPS SHALL HE SLAY THE WICKED ONE.”

The “little horn” was destroyed, and the “saints possessed” the kingdom. The schemes of that evil ruler were undone when the “Ancient of Days” rendered judgment on behalf of the “Son of Man” and his “saints.” So, also, when Jesus “arrives,” he will destroy the “Lawless One” and his works.

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Now don’t get me wrong, I absolutely think that from a moral standpoint Glenn made the better choice at the end of the trial- in fact I think one of the most tragic things about that scene (where we hear Glenn’s reasoning and all that) is that if you needed irrefutable proof that Glenn is both a good person and a good dad, there it was! But of course by that point it was already too late.

But… Sometimes I find myself thinking about… How to put this… If Nick had learned of his dad’s decision, do you think he might have… Taken it the wrong way? Do you think if Nick Close had learned that Glenn chose to give up being his dad, he would have understood this as the ultimate act of abandonment? Or that his dad didn’t see him as someone worth fighting for? Not that I think Nick would have wanted his dad to fight the dragon either per se, but… Well, maybe deep down some part of him would have, actually.

seven has been fucking killed