The Cockatrice and the Fiery Flying Serpent

The riddles of scripture help identify offenses that priests are making against God. They are inflammatory and insulting names, which are used to awaken naïve offenders. The riddles put council in the face of these offenders, and encourage them to depart from iniquity, and to stop doing what they are doing (Psalm 37:40). But before entertaining the riddles, let's consider a couple of verses which divulge secrets that pertain to the initiation of end times: “He that departs from evil makes himself a prey (Isaiah 59:15).” This verse implies that when a person departs from traditional religious beliefs, the people of his own religious affiliation will turn against him. So every leader who sacrificially stands up and confesses the newly revealed truths of prophecy before the congregation, will, in essence, be making himself a prey (Amos 5:10). “Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation… for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy (Zephaniah 3:8).” In other words, God will wait until unbelievers are gathering together to come against the prey; and when they are gathered, he will rise up and deliver those people that have confessed the truth, and made themselves a prey. Evidence that this is how, and the reason why God initiates end times, is eluded to several times in scripture: therefore these things will happen, because they have been established by God: “For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him (Psalm 12:5).”

Now on to subject of this lesson. The riddles of scripture prompt questions, such as, Who is the viper? Or who is the cockatrice? Answers concerning the riddles are resolved by gathering clues from prophecies wherein those harsh insulting names were used, and then allowing the gathered  information to form a profile of the offense. Then, in order to gain further benefit from the riddles, they must to be applied to the parables.

One such riddle is about: the asp. The riddle of the asp pertains to those priests which have deemed the covenant message, absolutely absurd, and utterly ridiculous, but they have not studied it. “They are gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable…the poison of asps is under their lips… The way of peace have they not known (Romans 3:12-17).” Asps are unprofitable to God because their vision is out of step with his: they are watching for iniquity. In other words, these priests are relying upon mistaken beliefs and the erred teachings of their forefathers for all of their end time understanding. “All that watch for iniquity are cut off (Isaiah 29:20).” “The drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord (Joel 1:9).” Before continuing on with the interpretation of the asp, it is beneficial to know the meaning of the parable word, wine. In prophecy, the word "wine" represents end time teachings, and end time interpretations of prophecy. According to God's word, the end time teachings of the asp, are corrupt. “Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps (Deuteronomy 32:33).” Their teachings are of no value to the congregation, because they are disregarding God's messengers, and they have not consulted the scriptures. The consequence of such negligence is that their own congregations will get mad, and they will turn against them. “Their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter (Deuteronomy 32:32).” “His meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him (Job 20:14).”

After perceiving the cause and effect of the asp's offense, believers can then apply that information, along with the insulting name, unto the corresponding parable name which was used in prophecy. In this case, see how the doings of the asp, align themselves with the doings of the Assyrian. The name "Assyrian" was used in prophecy to represent every priest or prophet which has heard the covenant message. Despite whether they believe the message, or not, prophecy refers to these priests as Assyrians, until the day that they stand up and openly confess their mistakes, and share the newly revealed truths of prophecy with their congregation. It is not unreasonable to conclude that there are many, so called, Assyrians. The riddles of scripture serve to break the group apart, and allow God to deliver a rebuke against the offense that some of them are making, so that those who are guilty of making the offense can correct themselves. Despite seeming to the contrary, Asps are included among those leaders whom God has sent unto his people for their good: Assyrians play a vital role in God’s end time plan. These leaders were sent before the day of the Lord to tread down the strongholds which divided the religious denominations. So, asps are believing priests, but they are making a very grievous mistake. “Behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria… and he shall pass through Judah… he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. Associate yourselves… and give ear… gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces… for God is with us (Isaiah 8:7-10).”

The emptier is another riddle which pertains to leaders that are so called, Assyrians. The offense that these priests are making, is that regardless of whether they believed the covenant message, or not, they are continuing to withhold the controversial aspects of God's end time plan from the congregation. When emptiers became privy to the covenant message, and they did good, for they turned away from some of their past mistaken religious beliefs, and they stopped discrediting other religious denominations in order to promote their own religious agendas. “Fortify thy power mightily. For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellecy of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out (Nahum 2:2).” By teaching some of newly revealed truths of prophecy, they have emptied out some of their own vain religious philosophies, and they have fulfilled prophecy, for they have weakened the strongholds of every religious denomination. “The brooks of defense shall be emptied (Isaiah 19:6).” So once again, emptiers are believing priests which are doing some good, however they too are making a grievous mistake.

“Behold, the noise of the bruit is come (Jeremiah 10:22).” The bruit is another riddle which pertains to the so called, Assyrians. The offense that these priests are making is that they are refusing to turn from their past religious beliefs, and they are continuing to stand forth and condemn people of other religions. “Pastors are become brutish (Jeremiah 10:21).” “Presumptuous are they, self willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities… But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption… cursed children: which have forsaken the right way (2Peter 2:10-15).” “They are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities (Jeremiah 10:8).”

Each and every Assyrian, has, in effect, earned himself a number of insulting titles, including that of: treacherous dealer, transgressor, and oppressor. Collectively they are guilty of telling lies, because they are withholding God's truths: they have betrayed the Lord, and have dealt deceitfully with their own congregations. “The house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me… They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us (Jeremiah 5:11-12).” Withholding the truth, equates to oppressing God's people: for without knowledge, God's people are being kept out of the everlasting kingdom (Zechariah 9:11). “The Assyrian oppressed them without cause (Isaiah 52:4).” “The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go (Jeremiah 50:33).” Therefore Assyrians deserve the insulting titles of robbers, and murderers, because they are robbing God of his children. They are taking food which belongs to God’s children, and they are giving them a fouled version of their own understandings. “As for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet (Ezekiel 34:19).” Some rebellious Assyrians believe that the Christian priesthood aught to wait and continue to teach the things which are safe, until God pours out his prophesied end time sign. "A evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign (Matthew 12:39)." “As troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of consent (Hosea 6:9).” “The leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed (Isaiah 9:16).”

“O Assyrian, the rod of my anger… he saith… My hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols… and by the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent… I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man… and as one gathers eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth (Isaiah 10:5-14).” Another riddle which is poised against the Assyrians, involves those eggs which they are so happily gloating over. Eggs represent new life, but, “the wicked… go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies (Psalms 58:3).” Assyrians are responsible for raising up believers which are relying upon, and trusting in, presumptions, and lies; and those who disagree with the Assyrian's policies are being crushed into silence. “None… plead for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. They hatch cockatrice’s eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper (Isaiah 59:4-5).”

Cockatrices are the deadly offspring that hatch out of the Assyrian’s teachings. “Behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you (Jeremiah 8:17).” Saying that a cockatrice will not be charmed, allows that his heart is hard. Cockatrices will not listen to the voice of reason, neither will they be persuaded by the words of truth (Psalms 58:5). Cockatrices are believers that have made a decision to stand against the covenant message, and they have wickedly banded themselves together in agreement. “There is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace (Isaiah 59:8).” Cockatrices will hedge up the way for the wicked Assyrians that hope to change their teachings after God pours out the affliction, making it impossible for them to retract their words. “I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths (Hosea 2:6).” Cockatrices are a punishment for some Assyrians, because their rebellious ways are transgression. “Whosoever diggeth a pit shall fall therein (Proverbs 26:27).”

The den is the sanctuary, or place wherein the Assyrian has schooled, and raised up the cockatrice: “The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrices’ den (Isaiah 11:8).” Placing a hand upon them is exactly what believers are instructed to do. In other words, just tell them the truth. “Canst thou draw out leviathan… Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more (Job 41:8).” The deaf cockatrices will not be inclined to receive warning, because their goings are resolute. “Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips (Psalms 140:1-3).” The Hebrew word that was translated "cockatrice" was also translated into the word "adder" and it was used in a verse which refers to the effects of the cockatrice's false end time teachings: "At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like a adder (Proverbs 23:32)."

Those crushed eggs which were deemed inconsequential by the Assyrian, are the very slayers that will slay him. “The triumphing of the wicked is short… the viper’s tongue shall slay him (Job 20:16).” “I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant (Isaiah 14:30).” The riddle of the viper correlates with a host of other riddles in scripture, including that of the breaker, the destroyer, the spoiler, and the waster. All of these riddles are conjoined in the parable of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and his followers, the people of the north. “I will make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land (Ezekiel 30:10-11).”

“This sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer (Ezekiel 21:11).” In prophecy, the name, Nebuchadnezzar, applies to an Islamic leader who fearlessly proclaims the covenant message. This leader, and his followers have not perfected their understandings of God's instructions, but they are bringing news of covenant message against the walls of Christianity, as well as against the people of the Islamic faith (Isaiah 11:14). “Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord's (Jeremiah 5:10).” “I have created the waster to destroy (Isaiah 54:16).” “He shall destroy wonderfully (Daniel 8:24).” “The destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without inhabitant (Jeremiah 4:7).”

“The spoiler shall suddenly come upon us (Jeremiah 6:26).” Nebuchadnezzar and his followers are called spoilers, because they are wasting and spoiling every sanctuary and every house of worship wherein religion is still being practiced. "He shall come up as clouds, his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than was eagles. Woe unto us! For we are spoiled (Jeremiah 4:13)." "Thy walls shall shake at the noise of his horsemen... when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach (Ezekiel 26:10)." “The Lord is his name: That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled come against the fortress (Amos 5:9).” “Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as destruction from the Almighty (Isaiah 13:6).”

Although Nebuchadnezzar and his followers are working to forward the covenant message, their ways are not always good, for some of them are using violence to achieve their goals. “They shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses (Ezekiel 26:12).” “Look away from me: I will weep bitterly… because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity… of breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains (Isaiah 22:4-5).” God hates violence (Psalm 11:5). So whether it comes from his messengers, or whether it comes from the believers that are being provoked and confronted, violence is not of God, and it is transgression. “Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled… when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled (Isaiah 33:1).” “Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place (Proverbs 24:15).” God will punish every wicked transgressor that violently comes against any of his people. “Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out my hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain (Jeremiah 51:25).” 

Another riddle of prophecy, is that of the fiery flying serpent: which is the fruit of the cockatrice. These are people which believe some of the newly revealed truths of prophecy. “Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent (Isaiah 14:29).” These fiery flying serpents have wings like birds, which allows that they have heard at least some of the covenant message, and have changed some of their teachings. The Hebrew word which was translated “fiery” was also translated into the word “seraphim.” This clue helps speculate that these are the believers that God will bring forth to defend Jerusalem. “As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem (Isaiah 31:5).” Note that the name “Jerusalem” is used as a parable in prophecy, and it stands for the church, because Jerusalem is the mother of us all: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, as well as the priesthood (Galatians 4:26). The fiery flying serpents are believers which will stand up and defend the people of their own religion, against the hypocrisy of an oppressor. “I will encamp about mine house because of the army… and no oppressor shall pass through them any more (Zechariah 9:8).” Nevertheless, although they have turned from some of their past religious beliefs, these believers are still working against God, because they are not convinced that God has given his people a new covenant. “O generations of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come (Luke 3:7).” “Outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity (Matthew 23:28).” “Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell (Matthew 23:33)?”

The acceptance of our new covenant is not optional. Jesus Christ served the Lord our God in humble obedience, and he willingly gave his body unto the religious authorities, knowing full well that they would allow him to be beaten, and crucified. What resulted was evidence that religion is guilty of making mistakes, and proof that hypocrisy exists within leaders which have religious authority. But Jesus Christ did not come to condemn anyone. Jesus Christ gave up the pleasures of this life and served God as a man without reputation. He modeled the kind of life that pleases God, and lived the essence of the doctrine that he was sent to proclaim. “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow… and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the Father (Philippians 2:9-11).” It is highly beneficial for believers to learn of Jesus, not only because it is the new covenant, but also because nonbelievers are greatly benefited when God's people are perfected through Jesus Christ, and his teachings. Wherefore God has lifted his hand and testified: if you believe that Jesus Christ is of God, then God lives inside of you (1John 5:9-10).

God promised that he will not leave any of his children bound in the clutches of religion. “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contends with thee, and I will save thy children (Isaiah 49:25).” “I will make thine officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness (Isaiah 60:17).” We are all in this together, and therefore all of God's people will have to work together in agreement with God's word, keeping in mind that every soul is important to God. If you mistreat others, then you will be corrected. God is not a respecter of past accomplishments, and he will not spare from disciplining his children. He will punish every deceived and wicked offender, until they submit themselves to the authority of his word. “It shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks (Isaiah 10:12).”

“He opens their ears to discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity (Job 36:10).” End times are about God disciplining the uncooperativeness of his own people. “Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way (Proverbs 15:10).” Religion's mistakes will be corrected through the voices of many believers, as well as through the voices of the ancient prophets, but God will also be using discipline, because the proud will not heed God's warnings and stand corrected (Jeremiah 7:28). “Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain (Jeremiah 8:8).” End times present believers with a super-sized challenge. Everyone will need to know the new way in which God's people will be serving God forever, wherefore everyone that receives the truth of the covenant message must speak up and help promote it. All of God's people will be delivered: but not before they accept the truth. Uncooperative and rebellious people, will be disciplined. “When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth (Psalms 39:11).” The affliction that God pours out will benefit all believers, for it will get everyone's attention: it will work to insure that the newly revealed truths of end times are published, and that religion is completely destroyed. “My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord… for whom the Lord loveth he correcteth (Proverbs 3:11-12).” “Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (Proverbs 22:15).”

The truths of the covenant message are being circulated before Salvation Day. These messages will increase the people's knowledge and preparation: believers are to help broadcast their existence, for these messages confirm how God's people can avoid God's discipline. Although the pestilence of Salvation Day is a form of punishment, God's primary objective for pouring out the pestilence of this day, is to cause his people to stand upon covenant understanding before the destruction of Judgment Day. “He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes (Proverbs 13:24).”

The Eighth Chapter of Daniel

Then Came the Morning

What will happen after God pours the prophesied affliction upon Christian priests? The eighth chapter of Daniel holds answers to this question. The understanding of this chapter was reserved for end times, which is why Daniel received the vision in sealed parables. Along with the vision, a dialogue was recorded which took place between Daniel and an angel. Their conversation works to insure our end time understanding, for the angel entrusted Daniel with clues that connect his vision with other prophesies of scripture. “For at the time of the end shall be the vision (Daniel 8:17).” This vision benefits believers by producing evidence that God will be bringing forth a powerful leader from the nation of Islam, and it also confirms that indignation will be coming against every prideful religious leader, and it will bring them down. “For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies… And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved… and all their host shall fall down (Isaiah 34:2-4).” These words were not written against our military armies, but they affirm that God's indignation is against all the divisions of his own people, as well as their leaders. The words, "all the host of heaven", and "all their armies", signify that God will not be respecting any religious group, or their leader, regardless of whether they're Jewish, Muslim, or Christian.

Before proceeding on with Daniel’s vision, it is beneficial to understand a couple of relevant parable words. The first one is that of the wall. “The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion (Lamentations 2:8).” The words, wall, and walls, were used in prophecy to refer to the laws of religion: they are barriers which create a hardness of the heart. They are also referred to as the "doctrines of men," because they are appointed scripture verses which teach believers what they must believe in order to get into heaven. Putting confidence in these laws is the differentiating line which separates like minded people that are within the faith, from those that are without. Believers promote these verses, as if they were, and are, imperative laws of salvation. This is problematic, because religion's laws don't always result in salvation. Nevertheless, watchmen stand upon these laws, and they use them to recruit new members, as well as to defend the people of their faith. “Day and night they go about upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets (Psalm 55:10-11).” Our walls grieve the Lord because they empower the people within the church, to stand up and slander believers of other faiths (Psalm 50:20).

Even if religion’s walls surround what appears to be a garden of Eden in the day of God's wrath, yet God has declared his wrath to be against every wall (Ezekiel 13:15; 36:35). “The day of the Lord… is upon every fenced wall (Isaiah 2:12-15),” “Every wall shall fall to the ground (Ezekiel 38:20).” “Though Babylon should mount up to heaven … The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken (Jeremiah 51:53; 51:58).” On Judgment day, religion's laws shall be utterly destroyed, and the one new way of serving God forever, will be implemented: everyone must repent and turn from mistaken religious doctrines, unto faith that is in agreement with God's word, or else they will be corrected by the prophesied punishments of God's word. “Be ye not stiff necked, as you fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the Lord… that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you (2Chronicles 30:8).”

A second beneficial parable to understand, is that of, Jacob. Jacob's name was used in prophecy to represent every believer unto whom God has revealed the truth of his word. “He showeth his word unto Jacob (Psalms 147:19).” Despite his enlightenment, Jacob still has doubts concerning God’s abilities: “Can he provide flesh for his people? Therefore the Lord heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation (Psalms 78:20-22).”

“Cry aloud… and show… the house of Jacob their sins (Isaiah 58:1).” Jacob’s sin is not simply that he has doubts, but Jacob also has fears, and therefore he is not working in agreement with God's word. When Jacob received news of the covenant message, his answer was to work at strengthening his own nation's teachings (Isaiah 43:22). This is rebellion against God. The covenant message is God's desire, as well as the desire of his people, for it is God’s plan to unite the religions (Malachi 3:1; Haggai 2:7). The day of God’s wrath is not optional. So, for the purpose of proceeding with end times, God will separate those of Jacob who don't believe that he will act, from those who believe and turn from the mistaken philosophies of their religion. “I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob (Isaiah 65:9).” “The redeemer shall come… unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob (Isaiah 59:20).”

Make no mistake about it, this is a trial (Ezekiel 21:13). Jacob’s immediate future hinges upon whether or not he’ll do God’s will. “Alas! For that day is great… it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it (Jeremiah 30:7).” “Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord: for I am with thee… I will not make a full end of thee, but I will correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished (Jeremiah 46:28).” Indignation is appointed to come against the uncooperativeness of Jacob: it will be for a punishment, however it will also serve as a way of correcting him, so that he turns from his transgression (Isaiah 27:8-9). “The Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him (Lamentations 1:17).”

“The Load hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied… he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire (Lamentations 2:2-3).” To avoid experiencing a time of great indignation, Jacob must pay attention to the covenant message. “I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain (Isaiah 45:19).” The longer Jacob resists the truth of God’s word, the more intense his troubles will become, for his enemies will come, and they will be gathered against him (Leviticus 26:41). “When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me (Psalm 119:84)?” “Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver (Psalm 7:1-2).”

“Thus saith the Lord… which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant (Isaiah 44:2).” God will once again choose Jacob, but not until after Jacob's deceived heart has been changed, and not until after he accepts the punishment of his err (Psalms 47:4). “I will bring again the captivity of Jacob… after that they have borne their shame (Ezekiel 39:25-26).” After Jacob's deceived heart has been changed, then each and every indignant person who came against Jacob, will be punished. “Pour out thy fury upon the heathen… for they have eaten up Jacob… and have made his habitation desolate (Jeremiah 10:25).”

The interpretation of end time prophecy, and covenant understanding, was hidden: it was not known from the beginning (Isaiah 48:6-7). What is being exposed, is that God planned to use prophecy to confirm the truth of his covenants. Through God's use of parable words and patterns, God's people are receiving covenant understanding, as well as an understanding of the hidden meanings of prophecy. Finding solutions to the parable words of prophecy, is the first step. Because God perfectly placed and used words in scripture, each and every parable word has one single solution to its meaning. As seekers work to investigate the parable meanings of words like “Jacob” and “wall,” they discover God's use of patterns, because everything that is going to happen in prophecy, has already happened (Isaiah 41:22; Ecclesiastes 3:15). 

“The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than the dwellings of Jacob (Psalms 87:2).” God has sworn to cast off pity towards all those who have been shown the truth of end times, but aren’t buying it. “The Lord hath sworn by himself… I abhor the excellency of Jacob… therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein (Amos 6:8).” “Thy teachers have transgressed against me, therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse (Isaiah 43:27-28).” “I will punish Jacob according to his ways (Hosea 12:2).” Jacob needs to be in prayer about his fears and doubts; and everyone who has learned the newly revealed truths of prophecy needs to be asking God to open the hearts of the deceived, that they might receive the truths of end times.

Now on to Daniel’s vision: The first parable of Daniel’s vision is that of a ram. The ram represents, Islamic priests. Evidence of this is found in the verse: “The rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar (Isaiah 60:7).” Nebaioth is Ishmael’s firstborn son (1Chronicles 1:29). Additional evidence of their Islamic identity is obtained from the angel: “The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia (Daniel 8:20).” Scripture associates the names of Media and Persia with the forerunners of the Islamic faith (Genesis 37:28). Both the ram, which is by definition a male, and the angel’s reference to kings, indicate that this parable is depicting priests, i.e., the rulers of Islam.

Knowing that the ram pertains to the Islamic nation allows believers to use every possible prophecy and verse of scripture which pertains to the Islamic nation, to help interpret the prophecy concerning the ram. For a patten, consider the prophecies of Heshbon. After Israel came out of Egypt, and they had had sufficient time to prepare their hearts, Heshbon was the city which stood between them and their promised land. Israel sent messages unto the king of Heshbon with words of peace, desiring only to pass through his land to get to their promised land. However the king’s heart was hardened, and he gathered an army together for the sole purpose of disallowing Israel's success (Numbers 21:23). What proceeded was not only a demonstration of God’s ability to consume these men of war, but it was also an event which put godly fear into the hearts and minds of all the on-lookers (Deuteronomy 2:25). This is our pattern: it teaches us why the ram is depicted as standing before the river in Daniel’s vision. The hearts of many Islamic priests have been hardened, and they are testing God’s authority, wherefore they are about to become a portrait of truth for the nations. “In Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation (Jeremiah 48:2).”

The two horns upon the ram identify that God has divided the Islamic priesthood into two different groups: The first horn represents the Islamic priests which haven’t heard the covenant message. In prophecy these believers are given the parable name of Edom (Jeremiah 49:12). The second horn represents the Islamic priests which have heard the message, however they do not believe it, and therefore they are preparing their followers to fight against it: Their parable name is Moab.

The priests of Edom are unaware that God has prophesied that he will punish them, if, and when they go forth against his people. Moab has persuaded these priests to go forth with him, and come against the Christian priests which escape God's affliction. When this happens, God will cause their reproach to cease by pouring affliction upon all the priests that participate in the attack. “He shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her.” Before moving on to the next piece of evidence, it is necessary to understand the parable meaning of the word, cup. In prophecy, the word, cup, pertains to drinking in the truth of end time understanding.  “Concerning Edom… they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken, and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? Thou shalt not go unpunished.” “Edom shall be a desolation: everyone that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.” (Quotes from Jeremiah chapter forty nine). In other words, pleading ignorance is no excuse.

Although Moab was privy to the covenant message, his heart remained hard. Moab devised a plan: he encouraged the Islamic priesthood to work together and prepare themselves to come against the Christian priests that escape God's affliction, with the intention of destroying them. God will pour affliction upon Moab, and it will cause Moab's offense to cease. “The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteneth fast.” “I know his wrath… but it shall not be so; his lies shall not effect it.” “I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the Lord, him that offered in the high places.” “They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! How hath Moab turned the back with shame!” “Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he magnified himself against the Lord.” (Quotes from Jeremiah chapter forty eight).

The secrets of Moab’s involvement in this attack are eluded to the book of Obadiah. Obadiah's vision also discusses Edom's naïve participation in the offense. “Concerning Edom," "The men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee.” “Even thou wast one of them.” “But thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea thou shouldest not have looked upon their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape… As thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee.” (Quotes from the book of Obadiah).

Islamic priests that hope to avoid God’s wrath, should not to participate in this offense. “My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the Lord (Jeremiah 51:45).” Take fast hold of instruction, or else your rejoicings will be cut off. “All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous will be exalted (Psalm 75:10).” In the eighth chapter of Daniel, the rams horns are broken off (Daniel 8:7). This signifies that the rejoicings of each and every person who participates in the attack, will be cut off. “I will howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab… Joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab (Jeremiah 48:31-33).”

The next parable in Daniel’s vision, is that of the he goat. “As I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth… and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes (Daniel 8:5).” That notable horn between his eyes is an offense to God (Isaiah 2:12). The Hebrew word which was translated, notable, was placed in ways which prophesy messages about offense, and arrogance. It was translated, agreement, in the verse, “Your agreement with hell shall not stand (Isaiah 28:18),” and it was translated, vision, in the verse, “The vision of all is become unto you as words of a book that is sealed (Isaiah 29:11).” Therefore, the he goat's prideful horn is a feature which insinuates that pious priests will be bringing pious indignation against the afflicted priests of Islam.

“The goat came to the ram… and ran unto him in the fury of his power. I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand (Daniel 8:6-7).” The immense indignation of these believers, is God’s correction against Moab's pious leadership. “I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth (Isaiah 63:6).” “There is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who will not let it (Isaiah 43:13)?”

The Hebrew word which was translated, choler, in the afore mentioned verse, was also translated into the words, bitter, grieved, and vexed, and it was used in the verse: “They made their lives bitter with hard bondage (Exodus 1:14).” The pious he goats are indignant against the grievous mistakes of Islamic leaders, however they haven’t discovered their own grievous mistakes. They are not paying attention to God’s instructions, therefore they are without the Holy Spirit. Their inner thoughts are covetous thoughts, for personal gain. “His soul which is lifted up is not upright in him… he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied but gathers unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people …Shall they not rise up suddenly and bite thee (Habakkuk chapter 2:4-7)?”

Secrets pertaining to the he goats are prophesied through prophesies about the Assyrian: “O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge… to take the prey, and to tread them down like mire of the streets. Howbeit he meaneth not so… but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations (Isaiah 10:5-7).”

From an old testament parable about the Assyrian, comes evidence that the he goats do not have the Holy Spirit, and that because of their offense, they too will be delivered into the hands of the indignant. “I have delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness (Ezekiel 31:11).” These priests were privy to the covenant message, however they planned to withhold certain truths from God's people, therefore they were lying, and deceiving the people (Jeremiah 13:1-15). “Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him for what he hath done (Job 21:31)?” Before viewing another piece of evidence which insinuates, as well as proves that Assyrians are without the Holy Spirit, it is necessary to understand the parable meaning of the word, hell. In prophecy, the word "hell" represents a mental state, or set of beliefs which separate believers from God, and his Holy Spirit. The mistaken thoughts and teachings of the Assyrian have caused him to fall, along with and his followers, into the pit of hell, wherein they do not have the Holy Spirit (Psalm 88:4-5). “They also went down into hell with him… they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen (Ezekiel 31:17).”

Within the record of Daniel's account concerning the he goat, are two separate Hebrew words which were both translated into the word, goat. This symbolically suggests that the goat’s have been given a new name. The Hebrew word which represents their new name is exclusive to this parable, with just one exception: Ezra used it when referring to some goats that were used in sacrifice, for a sin offering (Ezra 8:35). These clues help to speculate that these he goats are God’s sacrifice: their punishment will cause the world to know that God is a righteous judge, and that he rules and reigns from on high. “Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord God… for the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests (Zephaniah 1:7).” Despite their mistakes, and regardless of their looming punishments, these priests have served the Lord, and proof of their eternal home is written in the book of life.

“Through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down (Isaiah 30:31).” The Assyrians will need to repent of their iniquities, and they will need to teach the truth of God’s word, despite their fears. God will break the he goat's pride, and he will cause his transgression to come to an end (Isaiah 13:11). “I will dash them one against another… I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them (Jeremiah 13:14).” “Wickedness shall be broken as a tree (Job 24:20).”

“The he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven (Daniel 8:8).” The four horns which appear after God breaks the he goat's horn, are Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and the priesthood. They are the people that will arise from spiritual death after they hear the truth of God's word. “Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel (Ezekiel 37:12).” “Thou… shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth (Psalms 71:20).” “Let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; for I the Lord have created it (Isaiah 45:8).”

These new converts are what God has aptly termed, the people of the north: and they are the swords that God will draw out to come after those that are still transgressing. “I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them (Ezekiel 5:12).” These new converts are going to be anxious to destroy religion's mistakes, for they will be experiencing and witnessing the evidence, and they will know that the covenant message is the truth. “Upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds… and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them (Jeremiah 49:36-37).”

The last parable of the eighth chapter, is that of the little horn. “Out of one of the four horns came forth a little horn, which waxed exceedingly great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land (Daniel 8:9).” The word “toward” discloses the direction of this leader’s affections: He will be towards the priesthood, towards Islam, and towards Zion. “Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah (Isaiah 63:1)?” God will be bringing forth an impressive leader from the nation of Islam. “Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it (Isaiah 46:11).”

According to the counsel that Daniel was given, this leader will understand “dark sentences,” which is another way of saying that he will understand the hidden mysteries of prophecy (Psalms 78:2). He is also credited with coming from the north, which means that the little horn is one of the believers that will rise up and believe God when they hear the covenant message. “I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name (Isaiah 41:25).” “I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts (Isaiah 45:13).”

“Who raised up a righteous man from the east… and made him rule over kings (Isaiah 41:2)?” This little horn will lead priests, and he will gain the support of a following. “An host was given to him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression (Daniel 8:12).” He, and his followers are being brought forth to destroy religion's mistakes. “I have created the waster to destroy (Isaiah 54:16).” “His power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and holy people (Daniel 8:24).” “I, even I, have spoke; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous (Isaiah 48:15).”

The little horn’s movements are tracked through the parables of Nebuchadrezzar, the king of Babylon. One verity of this is that Nebuchadnezzar and the little horn are both prophesied to appear sometime after the Assyrian has appeared (Daniel 8:9). “Israel is a scattered sheep… first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones (Jeremiah 50:17).” Another proof which verifies that the little horn is Nebuchadnezzar, comes from the pattern: The little horn's troubles mimic those of Nebuchadnezzar's. As in king Nebuchadrezzar's life, when a multitude is subdued under this leader, his heart is lifted up, and he forgets God. According to the scriptures, the little horn is said to magnify himself in his heart: his policy will cause craft to prosper, and through peace he will destroy many people (Daniel 8:25).

The significance of the little horn's policy, and of the decision that he is facing, is magnified in the verse: “The king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver (Ezekiel 21:21).” Will the little horn work faithfully and bring Islam into a full understanding of the covenant message, or will he scheme and work craftily to outwit those who are still transgressing? “Flee, get you far off… for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you (Jeremiah 49:30).”

The little horn sidesteps an important aspect of the covenant message. The covenant message is not just about making peace between the religions: it’s also an announcement of a new covenant, and it is a confirmation that God has made Jesus Christ our great high priest, from henceforth, and forevermore. The curse that will be poured upon God's people will not only verify that God has been saving believers by covenants, but it will also confirm that from henceforth every believer must submit themselves, and "learn of Jesus" in order to inherit everlasting life (Jeremiah 32:39-40). By keeping Jesus out of the little horn's policy, Islam may reform its practices, however its crafty new policy will never be bringing those who are trusting in it, into everlasting life. “I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the Lord (Ezekiel 20:38).”

Wise counsel which can benefit the little horn is found in the book of Ezekiel. In the midst of this book, God spoke words which reveal the true path of salvation and blessings. He said: If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he shall die in his sin. In effect, if a believer perceives and understands the newly revealed truths of prophecy, but returns to the crooked paths of his forefather's teachings, then he shall not receive the promised blessings of eternal reward (Ezekiel 18:24). Conversely, if a wicked man does that which is right, he shall save his soul alive (Ezekiel 18:27). Salvation is God’s prerogative. God looks upon the heart, and he has the power to change a man’s heritage, in an instant. He commands everyone that hears and understands the newly revealed truths of prophecy, to give the word of his message unto the wicked, as well as to the righteous, for in so doing they shall save their own souls. “If thou warn… thou hast delivered thy soul (Ezekiel 3:18-19).” After a believer does that which is right, there is no turning back from God’s commandments. “All his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die (Ezekiel 33:13).” It is the responsibility of each and every believer to share God’s end time truths with others, for sharing God’s word is not only a matter of personal salvation, but it’s God’s way of making himself known to the world.

Religion's mistakes are going to be eliminated. Be thankful and praise God for the work of his hands! It is important that you let these covenant messages to sink down into your ears, because end times are as a breach, and they are ready to fall. “Whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant (Isaiah 30:13).” “Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? Saith the Lord: Shall I bring forth, and shut the womb (Isaiah 66:9)?” “For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it (Jeremiah 4:28).” “I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely (Hosea 2:18).”

Sound the Trumpet: The Revelation is Open

Until now believers were unable to properly interpret the prophecy of, The Revelation of Jesus Christ, because the covenant message was necessary for its interpretation. Also hindering our ability to correctly interpret this book, was the extraordinary twist that God gave the book: the angels are trying to cause people to die with death. This death is that of laying down one's life and falling on one's face before God, succumbing to his sovereign authority, and ready to do his will. Everyone who dies with this kind of death is ready and willing to overcome the snares of religion. When believers overcome religion, and die with this kind of death, then they are given power to assist the Lord in overthrowing the religions of the world, or, in other words, the nations. “He that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him I will give power over the nations (Revelation 2:26).”

To build acceptance for this interpretation, it is necessary to show believers how it can be verified. The Revelation is sealed prophecy, therefore a concordance is necessary. Jesus sayings are the only verses of the book which are not sealed, and they are written in the first chapter of the book, as well as at the end of the book (Revelation 10:4; 22:10). Look up the Greek words in the sealed portions of the Revelation. Use the concordance dictionary and cross reference all the words into which that same Greek word was translated. Then find all of the verses within the book of Revelation that contain that same Greek word: No other books of the bible are necessary, because this amazing book, interprets itself. After you have collected the verses which share a common Greek word, then read through the verses, and pay attention to the wording and the testimony of each individual verse, for those paired together verses serve to interpret one another.

The book of Revelation is our assurance that God will open the doors of the everlasting kingdom, and that once they are opened, no man will shut them. The purpose of this book is to guide the elect through the hour of God's judgment, when God will begin to cause all believers to stand upon covenant understanding (Revelation 14:7). Secured within the parables of The Revelation, is evidence of how God planned to prepare his elect, causing them to be ready to stand against the forces which will try to stop his end time message from going out. Before being able to properly maneuver through that hour, the beast will need to be interpreted, and some of the evidences which God prophesied concerning the preparations which have been taking place upon the earth for the past seven years, will need to be verified, so that believers can weigh all the evidences, and know whether or not they can trust this message.

The twelfth chapter of the Revelation depicts a woman travailing in the birth of the covenant message. The vision recorded in this chapter reveals that God graciously prepared two wings of an eagle to nourish the travailing woman, until the times were fulfilled (Revelation 12:14). Those two wings of an eagle were that of a priest and a prophet which took the time to discretely pay attention to her message. The priest and prophet nourished the woman by using her teachings in a conformable way. She heard as her words came forth from the mouths of priests, and she knew that it was good. This encouraged the woman's heart and it nourished her, for it kept her from aborting the message.

The quarrel against the woman is that God has shown her, scripturally, and with evidence, that he has been accepting faithful Muslims, as well as Jews and Christians, into his everlasting habitations. Those that are appalled by this truth need to stop and study the parable which is found in the twelfth chapter of, The Revelation. In this parable, Michael, who is the archangel of Islam, battles against the dragon, and the dragon is cast out of heaven. This scenario is verifiable evidence and proof that Michael and Islam, are alive and well, and in heaven (Daniel 10:13; Revelation 12:7-9). Yet, for all the evidences which God has revealed unto Christianity through the woman's message, Christianity has continued to remain obstinate. It is utterly inconceivable that decades of renown religious greats could have overlooked the truths that God has reserved for the end times. Consequently, Christian priests have arrogantly spewed religious disdain at the woman. Yet, it is written that the woman, and all those that believe like her, “Keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ (Revelation 12:17).” But don't take my word for it, look up the vision for yourselves, and witness the powerful evidence (Revelation chapter 12).

The thirteenth chapter of The Revelation publishes news about the priest and prophet which picked up on the woman's message. The priest came up out of earth, which allows that the covenant message had cast him out of heaven. He was inspired to start an organization for Christian priests. He recruited a prophet for leading the group, and discretely shared the covenant mystery with him. They both feared the covenant message, and they started a ministry for Christian priests: a ministry which was, and is, purposed to refresh the Christian priesthood, and to inspire them to work together for the cause of Christ. Their ministry became the image of what Christianity ought to be. Priests received power in the Holy Spirit after spending just one hour listening to their messages. Their teachings have strengthened the face of Christianity, however their teachings are prejudiced and biased, and therefore their followers are being deceived by the image of the beast. In other words, the words "image of the beast" pertain to an inspired form of Christianity, which regardless of its apparent worldly success, is simply another form of religion. The followers of this inspiring new doctrine are utterly convinced that salvation is based upon trusting in the law of one specific scripture verse, whereas God's word testifies that salvation is based upon doing the words of the covenant that God has made, and given unto his people (Psalm 25:10; 25:14).

Also in the vision of the thirteenth chapter, a prophet rose up out of the sea when he read the covenant message, which allows that he was an unsaved soul until the day that he read the message. He was wounded by the sword, or in other words, by the truth of the message, nearly to death, but he lived which isn’t good when the objective of the book is death. This prophet has been deceiving his followers: for he tapped into the counsel of the covenant message, but he changed and omitted the things which were offensive, and which conflicted with the core beliefs of Christianity. “There was given unto him a mouth speaking great things, and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty two months (Revelation 13:5).” He is the false prophet of The Revelation, and he has impressed the world with his teachings. Satan gave him his power, his seat, and his great authority, and he has had the power to overcome saints, but his power was only for a limited time, and that time is up.

“He causeth all… to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads (Revelation 13:16).” If you are expecting to see some sort of a literal mark being forcibly put upon men, be aware that sealed prophecy is cleverly worded. Bear in mind that God always has spiritual implications for his word, as well as literal implications. It is important to consider that this mark is a spiritual mark which can only be seen by God. People who sell and promote religion's laws already have the name of blasphemy spiritually written in their foreheads, or in their hands (Revelation 13:1; 17:5). Likewise, believers who buy the truth of God’s word, already have God's name spiritually written in their foreheads: according to the fourteenth chapter of the Revelation, God's name is already appearing in the foreheads of believers that are standing upon mount Sion (Revelation 14:1). Go ahead and count the number of beasts, but don’t be deceived by that number. The Greek letters which were famously translated into the numerals “six hundred three score and six,” were also translated into the word, “hundred,” and the one and only verse which is paired together with the infamous "six hundred three score and six" prophecy, is a verse which surmises the amount of space that it will take for God to correct the mindset of a multitude (Revelation 14:20). This clue insinuates that the number 666 stands for the many multitudes of believers which are currently being deceived by religion.

Now, about that beast with its seven heads and its ten horns: That beast is religion, and the conglomeration of the elect which are continuing to practice it (Revelation 17:3). There are seven spirits within the beast, which allows for its seven heads. In other words, each head represents one of seven different groups of like minded believers. Four of the beast's heads are the four cherubim which are in heaven: Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and the priesthood. Most believers within these four groups are utterly unaware of the covenant message, and of how scripture testifies that God will convert the heart of every believer, and give them one way to serve him forevermore. Worshipping the beast means that people are worshipping religion, and this happens because believers are accepting the teachings of either man or tradition, and they are bowing themselves down, and considering those teachings to be infallible, and unchangeable. “They have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast (Revelation 14:11).” “The four beasts… rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come (Revelation 4:8).”

Two of the heads upon the beast pertain to the priesthood. The group is divided based upon whether or not priests have heard the covenant message. Priests which have heard the covenant message, and have believed and confessed it, are no longer taking part in the conglomeration, but every priest that has heard, and has continued to teach and uphold religion's laws, has his part in the group which is called, Satan. Satan is the fifth head upon the beast. After believers can discern the parable meanings for these five heads, then God provided a riddle which offers clues regarding the final two heads: the four cherubim and Satan are the five kings which have fallen: “There are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come (Revelation 17:10).” The two remaining heads upon the beast, are: the elders and the dictates of religion, which are now, and the Lion of the tribe of Judah, which is to come.

The ten horns upon the beast challenge believers to discover a couple of reasons why kings have remained upon the beast. The easiest way to discern an answer to this question, is to break the conglomeration apart, and study just one of its heads. In the thirteenth chapter of the book John saw a beast coming up out of the earth having two horns like a lamb, and speaking like a dragon (Revelation 13:11). A reference to the lamb indicates that this is a group of people which know the teachings of Jesus Christ. A reference to the dragon insinuates that this is a group of priests which have heard the covenant message. In other words, this is Satan, because Satan's name in prophecy represents priests which have heard the covenant message, but have not confessed it. The two horns upon Satan's head imply that there are two reasons why priests which have heard the covenant message, have continued to remain upon the beast: Some of them believed the truth of the message but they haven’t performed any kingdom works, and the rest of them despised the message.

Satan has two horns, but remember there are a total of ten horns upon the beast's seven heads, so while three of its heads have two horns apiece, the four remaining heads only have one horn each. The people that are partaking in the four groups which have one horn apiece, are unfamiliar Jesus' teachings, with one exception: One of its heads consists of likeminded believers which already know and believe the covenant message, and these people are familiar with Jesus' teachings, but they are not following God's instructions, and they are not doing the things which are necessary for the advancement of his end time message. The people that are partaking in the three groups which have two horns apiece, are familiar with Jesus' teachings: their second horn represents members which despise the newly revealed truth of prophecy. An accounting of the ten horns would include: One horn apiece upon the head's of: Islam, Judaism, the uninformed priesthood, and the Lion of the tribe of Judah; and two horns apiece for Christianity, Satan, and the elders. Scripture concludes that God has put it in the hearts of all seven of these kings to pursue their own religious ways until the times of the end are fulfilled (Revelation 17:17).

Our rewards are according to what our works for the everlasting kingdom, shall be: wherefore each of these kings is credited with receiving a crown (Revelation 13:1; 22:12). “Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life (Revelation 2:10).” “Hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown (Revelation 3:11).”

In the seventeenth chapter of the book, it is written that John saw this beast with its seven heads and the ten horns, and it was carrying a great whore. The great whore represents the many likeminded prophets which serve religion, and which rule over the priests of earth: collectively they are Babylon. “The woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth (Revelation 17:18).” She wears the mark of blasphemy upon her forehead, and she holds evidence of God’s wrath in her hands. Since these prophets have been silencing incriminating evidence, they are, unwittingly,  allowing their followers to suffer the plagues of God. “She made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication (Revelation 14:8).” This whore has had the privilege of preparing the scripts for the priesthood, and the priesthood gave her this power. “How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously… for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow (Revelation 18:7).” "The ten horns... are ten kings... These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast (Revelation 17:12-13)." Currently, priests who are accepting and using the teachings of these prophets, have had great respect for them, but when God brings about the curse, then all people will hear that these prophets have been withholding the truth, and they will be mad. “The ten horns shall hate the whore… and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire (Revelation 17:16).”

The fate of the false prophet, as well as the beast, is to be cast alive into the Lake of fire. The Lake of fire is the second death, and it is the travail of everyone that goes against the ways of the Lord (Revelation 21:8). "The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet... both these were cast alive into the lake of fire (Revelation 19:20)." God will use the Lake of fire for his glory: it is the way in which God will correct the deceived. The effects of the Lake of fire will begin to be felt after the time of the first resurrection. "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power (Revelation 20:6)." In other words, the people who take part in the first resurrection by preforming a work, or works, which help to spread God's end time message, are blessed: God will not curse them, neither will he withdraw his Holy Spirit from them, and the noisome pestilence will not torment them. Their works are awakening the backslidden, as well as some people which have always been spiritually dead. These servants are blessed: They have nothing to fear in the travail of the second death. “He that overcometh shall not be hurt in the second death (Revelation 2:11).”

“The Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful (Revelation 17:14).” The figurative Lamb not only represents believers that know Jesus' teachings, but it also represents the many likeminded people that are actively working to bring others into covenant understanding. They sit upon the throne with Jesus. “To him who overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne (Revelation 3:21).” “The Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters (Revelation 7:17).”

The elect have had three and a half years to prepare one hundred and forty four thousand believers, including believers of every nation, and in every religious denomination, to heed the voice of the Lord (Revelation chapter seven). This counsel was to be revealed, and released when those days were accomplished. The Revelation is our guide for that hour when God brings about the curse, and causes his people to stand upon covenant understanding.

The eighth chapter of The Revelation depicts the solemn moments which precede that hour. “When he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour (Revelation 8:1).” After decades of anticipation, and seven years of travail, The Revelation is finally opened, and the covenant message has prevailed! The one hundred and forty four thousand elect are standing within the temple, along with the seven spirits of God, and everyone of them is given a white robe (Revelation 6:11; 15:6). Their sayings and doings are recorded in the nineteenth chapter of the book: “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready (Revelation 19:7).” In other words, this is the portion of the prophecy which identifies that converted believers of every religious denomination, and every nation, will stand up together in agreement on that day, having received an accurate understanding of God's prophetic, end time plan!

“I saw the seven angels which stood before God… and another angel came and stood at the altar (Revelation 8:2-3).” Priests which believed the message and overcame religion, have power over fire, and they stand at the altar ready to do works for the Lord (Revelation 13:13; 16:8). They pray for the saints, and then they take a censer, and they fill it with fire. They are ready to teach the truth of God's end time message unto their congregations: their work is purposed for the advancement of the kingdom, however they do realize that when the truth of God's message is taught, the passions of many believers will be set on fire. “There were voices, and thunderings, and lightenings, and an earthquake (Revelation 8:5).”

There are seven angels, and each of them has a trumpet in his hand for sounding the warnings of the plagues. Upon exiting the temple they are each given a vial of God’s wrath to be poured upon earth. These things are in their hands at the same time, signifying that the vials and the plagues agree, and that they will work together to interpret that hour (Revelation 15:6-7). A record which verifies the angels’ sayings and doings is recorded in the fourteenth chapter of the book. The details in this chapter form an outline of the hour of God's curse. The events of the hour will happen in accordance this outline, for it is the predetermined order which has been established by God. Additional details concerning the events of that hour are randomly scattered throughout the book in the various depictions which John saw. When the angels exit the temple, scripture affirms that the temple's doors will be closed: this insinuates that once the plagues begin, every unsaved person will stay in their saved state, until after all seven of the plagues has been fulfilled. "No man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled (Revelation 15:8)."

Angel Number One:
“I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth… saying… Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come (Revelation 14:6-7).” The first angels are messengers who believe the truth of the covenant message: they are warning others, and telling them to study the interpretation of The Revelation. The Lord considers their speaking out, as doing a work for him, and their work for him, as the pouring out of their own blood, the blood of sacrifice, upon the earth. When God's messengers do these works for his kingdom, then every Christian priest who has ignored the newly revealed truths of prophecy, will be afflicted. “The first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image (Revelation 16:2).”

“The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast into earth: and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up (Revelation 8:7).” By reason of their grievous sores, negligent priests were cast out of their heavenly perceived perfection. Hail means that they will be pounded with the truth of God’s word. Fire is the spoken word, purifying them, and burning up their former works. Specifying that all of the grass and some of the trees are being “burnt up,” means that people who were guilty of living unto themselves, are dying with death; and that presence of blood is evidence of their renewed resolve to do God’s will.

A scene celebrating the feat of the first angels is found in the nineteenth chapter. “I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True (Revelation 19:11).” Jesus’ new name is written upon them: “King of kings, and Lord of lords”, and they are called “The Word of God” (Revelation 3:12; 19:13; 19:16). Out of their mouth comes the message which is destined to smite the nations. “Out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron (Revelation 19:15).” The power to rule with a rod of iron is prophesied unto priests which were birthed from the covenant message, as well as to other believers which have overcome religion (Revelation 2:26-27; 12:5). Having the ability to “slay with the sword” means that these believers have the ability, and the power to cause people to die with death, because they are teaching them the true interpretations of God's word.

Angel Number Two:
“There followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city (Revelation 14:8).” The second angels are the priests whose testimonies came about because of their affliction. Their voices signify the end of religion, as well as the end of the reign of the false prophets. “Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird (Revelation 18:2).”

When their voices are heard, then the Christian priests which escaped the first pestilence, but didn’t change or correct their religious beliefs, will loose the Holy Spirit. In prophecy, the word "sea" is a parable word which represents the dwelling place of every person who is without the Holy Spirit. “The second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood (Revelation 8:8).” Christianity, as we know it, will be cast out of the Lord’s presence. Nevertheless, that horrific amount of blood verifies that many righteous works will result from this plague. “The second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea (Revelation 16:3).” The living soul’s which are dying in the sea, are believers which are dying to their own vanities: for they have lost the Holy Spirit, they are giving themselves over unto the purposes of the Lord.

Angel Number Three:
A scene depicting the third angel is recorded in the eleventh chapter. The message of this chapter concerns two olive trees, and their churches. The two olive trees represent two groups of likeminded believers, and they are called witnesses, because they have witnessed the birth of the covenant message. They are believers of the Islamic and Jewish nations, which have prophesied, and which have worked diligently to strengthen their people over the past forty two months. When the third angels see all of the evidence, and they hear some of the testimonies, then they will rise up in agreement with the Lord, and they will receive his Holy Spirit. “They of the people… shall see their dead bodies three days and a half… After three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet… and they ascended up to heaven in a cloud (Revelation 11:9-12).”

These witnesses are exposing their nations to the truth about Jesus Christ, as well as religion, and they are warning them of the plagues. “The third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God… and be tormented with fire and brimestone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb.” (Revelation 14:9-10).

“Waters” represent teachings; and these witnesses “have power over the waters to turn them to blood (Revelation 11:6).” “The third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood (Revelation 16:4).” Verses which pertain to the third angels suggest that God will give these messengers a supernatural ability to teach their nations the truth of his word. “The third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter (Revelation 8:10-11).” God prophesied that he would feed the people with wormwood (Jeremiah 9:15; 23:15). Wormwood is the name that God has given unto teachings that will cause mighty men to cry most bitterly. The past cannot be changed: but the good news is that believers who are drinking the wormwood are dying with death, for they are crying out unto God, and they are cleaving to him (Revelation 10:9).

When the third angel's pour out their blood, then God will pour out another abhorring affliction for the purpose of correcting the mindset of Jewish and Islamic religious leaders that are refusing to yield to his instructions. “I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus (Revelation 16:5).”

Angel Number four:
According to the outline of the hour, the fourth angels are depicted as, hesitating: “I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. Another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap (Revelation 14:14-15).” The fourth angels are the prophets which have been working with the covenant message. They have been waiting for God's signs and wonders: they wanted to see evidence of God's intervention, because they feared the ramifications of speaking the truth without it.

A scene depicting the forth angels is recorded in the tenth chapter. They are “The Lion of the tribe of Judah,” their roars laud their new name.  “I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven… his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: He had in his hand a little book open: he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices (Revelation 10:1-3).” Holding the open book of The Revelation in their hand is evidence of their new name. "The Lion of the tribe of Juda, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof (Revelation 5:5)." These prophets are clothed with the word of God, their faces are shining with the light of Christ, and their feet are as pillars in the temple of God (Revelation 1:16; 3:12). They cry mightily unto the priesthood, as well as to the deceived prophets, that it's time to perform the will of the Lord.

“The fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise (Revelation 8:12).” The words sun, moon, and stars are all parable words which depict priests, prophets, and other believers that have the light of God’s truth in them. Smiting is gain for the kingdom, and the words “darkened” and “the day shone not” attest to their prevailing success at humbling one third of the priesthood, and its followers: New Jerusalem has no need of sun. Yet despite all of God's marvelous signs, two thirds of his people remain unconvinced, wherefore their lights are continuing to shine. “The fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun, and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory (Revelation 16:8-9)." This verse identifies that unconvinced leaders who haven't died with death, will be uttering lies and speaking blasphemies against the Lord. Although the sun's scorching ability might burn up some dead works, it is never going to encourage believers to lay down their lives and die with death, which needs to be done in order to inherit the promises of the everlasting kingdom.

Angel Number Five:
The fifth angels are the priests which believed the prophets and proceeded to teach their churches the covenant message. They are doing their part to release the prisoners of religion. “The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit, and he opened the bottomless pit… There came out of the smoke locusts upon earth: and to them was given power as scorpions of the earth have power (Revelation 9:1-3).” The pit housed the deceived, and smoke eludes to their confusion. The locusts that come up out of the pit have crowns upon their heads, teeth reminiscent of the lions, and wings like the cherubim: they are prepared to fight in this battle. The king which is over them is their priest, and they are commanded not to kill, but their power is to torment men for five months. Tormenting describes their continual work of correcting the deceived (Revelation 9:3-6).

When priests rise up and deliver the covenant message to their staff and elders, as well as their congregation, then every person that rises up to fight against them will be taken by the plagues. The very words “seat of the beast,” implicate the elders: “The fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds (Revelation 16:10-11).” The all-telling words, "his kingdom," specify that the effects of this devastating plague are coming upon the kingdom of religion. The words "repented not of their deeds," indicate that these believers have not died with death, and so the logical conclusion is that the pain of this unbearable darkness pertains to the loss of the Holy Spirit. In effect, this verse is implying that when people learn the truth, many of them will be slow to turn from their religious beliefs.

Prophecies which confirm that Satan’s angels will be cast out of heaven, are fulfilled when the offended have left the building. A scene depicting their eviction is written in the fourteenth chapter: “The angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. The winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horses bridles (Revelation 14:19-20).” The winepress is a place of public correction, and it is somewhere outside, and apart from the faithful church. “For without are dogs… and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie (Revelation 22:15).” Here again, that blood which is coming out of the winepress, is an insinuation that righteous works have resulted from the plagues.

Angle Number Six:
“The sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice… saying to the sixth angel… Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared… for to slay the third part of men. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them (Revelation 9:13-16).” The sixth angels are the believers which are going forth, and taking God's word out of the sanctuary, and bringing it into all the world. They are God's imperfect priests, paired together with God’s imperfect armies, and they are taking the message of God's new covenant into all the earth.

When the sixth angel sounds his message, then the truth about God's end time plan will be flowing freely out of the sanctuary, and religion's mistakes will be revealed. “The sixth angle poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet (Revelation 16:12-13).”

Angel Number Seven:
The seventh angels are the voices of the elders and dictates, as they bow themselves in agreement with God, and with his word. “The seventh angle sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying. The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. The four and twenty elders, which sat before God upon their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned (Revelation 11:15-17).”

“The seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done (Revelation 16:17).” The hour of God's judgment will forever open of the doors of the everlasting kingdom, and religion's power will be destroyed, and every end time prophecy of scripture will be fulfilled. “There were voices, and thunders, and lightenings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell (Revelation 16:18-19).”

On the backside:
One final “woe” is prophesied in the book of the Revelation, and it is prophesied "on the backside (Revelation 5:1)." This scene is depicted in the twentieth chapter of the book. Consider this: for some time now prophets have had the keys to the bottomless pit, however in accordance with God’s word, the elect were given time to prepare, and Satan was shut up. The Christian priesthood, was, in effect, instructed to silence the religious accusations which they were touting against one another, and they were informed that they should work together for the cause of Christ. According to the twentieth chapter of the Revelation, the priests that abided by these instructions were awarded one thousand years to live and reign with Christ. But in God's eyes one thousand years is as a day, and it is prophesied that the one thousand years will expire (Revelation 20:7). God's purpose for the covenant message was to prepare the priesthood for end times, but some priests are failing to prepare their hearts for the overturning of religion's laws. Even unwittingly, deception is gathering these priests together, and it is causing them to make preparations to come against God’s messengers. “I saw the beast, and the kings of earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him which sat on the horse, and against his army (Revelation 19:19).”

Wise leaders who have studied to know the truth concerning end times, will try to divert this catastrophe, but religion's deception is a hard thing to overcome. “When the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations… to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea (Revelation 20:7-8).” Everyone that comes against God’s people will be afflicted with sores, and they will be cast into the lake of fire. “They went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. The devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimestone, where the beast and false prophet are (Revelation 20:9-10).” This catastrophic event will take place at the conclusion of the hour of God's judgment, when the temple's doors have been reopened (Revelation 16:16-17).

This significant event is referred to as the "white throne judgment," as well as "the time of the dead." When the temple's doors are reopened, and believers who that have “died with death” are celebrating God's victory, then the devout people that refused to heed God's instructions will be filled with envy, and malice. "The nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead (Revelation 11:18)." "I saw the great white throne... and I saw the dead... stand before God (Revelation 20:11)." "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city (Revelation 22:14)." So, while the righteous are being blessed with gifts of eternal life, the envious and unbelieving will be setting themselves up for affliction, and to be cast into the Lake of fire (Revelation 20:14; 21:8). "There shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie (Revelation 21:27)."

“The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth (Psalms 58:10-11).”

In conclusion, The Revelation is a magnificent orchestration of the Lord, and it is an irreplaceable guide for the elect: the message of this book serves to confirm and establish all of the other interpretations of prophecy. “The spirit and the bride say, Come. Let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely (Revelation 22:17).” This irreplaceable guide contains truths which are necessary for end times, therefore Jesus prophesied a warning against arbitrarily changing the book’s interpretation: “I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book (Revelation 22:18-19).”
　

Take Fast Hold of Instruction

God gave believers instructions for the day of his wrath, and then he made a way to show them why it is important to follow his instructions: Judah's captivity is a pattern for our edification. Judah was approaching the time of her captivity, and it was a time of great confusion. She received instructions, and those who obeyed them, benefited. God's people were warned that captivity would come upon them when they had corrupted themselves, and when they had forsaken God's word (Deuteronomy 28:41; Isaiah 22:17). Bringing the captivity upon Judah was not only a way for God to cleanse the temple, but it was God's way of generating end time understanding. Like Judah, believers today have perverted their ways and they have forsaken God's word. According to prophecy, during end times God will cause the world to experience his mighty hand of correction. God required Judah's captivity, because God required believers to have pattens to study. Judah's captivity will cause believers to understand end times, and it will especially help them to understand the importance of following God's instructions (Ecclesiastes 3:15).

Jeremiah was hand picked by God to prepare Judah for the captivity, but his message fell on deaf ears. “Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? Saith the Lord (Jeremiah 35:13).” God could have delivered his instructions through many prophets, however he chose to use Jeremiah and raise up a single voice of instruction in Jerusalem. This was confusing for the people. Judah didn’t know whether or not God was operating through Jeremiah. Jeremiah was insulting the temple and the people of God, when he prophesied unto them saying that they should turn from their evil ways, or else God would bring curses upon them, and punish them. Yet they were the people of God, and they were more godly than the people around them (Jeremiah 26:2-8).

“Ah, Lord God! Behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them (Jeremiah 14:13-14).” Human nature had assessed Jeremiah to be the one that was mistaken, and out of step with the Lord. All of Judah's priests and prophets sided together against Jeremiah. “Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that thou die not by our hand (Jeremiah 11:21).” “The kings of earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem (Lamentations 4:12).”

Jeremiah sat alone. “Behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee (Jeremiah 1:18).”

Jeremiah’s principal instruction for priests and prophets was to study the words of the ancient prophets. “Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people… because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor my law, but rejected it (Jeremiah 6:19).” Obviously there were priests that did study the scriptures, however no man as able master Jeremiah’s instructions. God was calling on priests to prayerfully and faithfully study the scriptures and review his word, however they were refusing to obey God's voice of instruction, because it was coming unto them through the voice of a single messenger. They ignored Jeremiah, and continued to remain deceived by their own teachings. “I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear (Jeremiah 22:21).”

In order for the Lord to cause righteous priests to investigate the problem, Jeremiah was told to call the Rechabites into the house of the Lord, and set pots of wine before them. The Rechabites refused to drink the wine, for they explained that their father, Jonadab, had commanded them that they should never drink wine, and they kept his command. The Lord heard their speeches, then responded: “The words of Jonadab… are preformed… notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me. I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets… but you have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened… Therefore, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered (Jeremiah 35:14-17).” The upright attitudes of these priests, had exposed a problem: they were righteous in their own eyes, and they had quit listening to God. When God rises up to do a new thing, the priesthood will need to listen unto God's voice through his messengers, and through his prophets, and in addition they will need to spend time reviewing and studying the scriptures. The laws of religion will not deliver them in the day of the curse.

Everything about Judah’s experience is relevant to our times: We are situate in Judah’s shoes. No one is exempt from listening to, and following God's end time instructions. “Hear ye the word of the Lord… I am against thee… which say, Who shall come down against us? Or who shall enter into our habitations? But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings (Jeremiah 21:13-14).” The priests of Judah were not interested in Jeremiah's words. “This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the Lord their God, nor receiveth correction (Jeremiah 7:28).” Their rejection of Jeremiah's message traces back to their own lack of spending time in the scriptures (Jeremiah 5:31). God was instructing priests to review the scriptures for two reasons: the first was because priests needed to increase their understanding of the captivity, for they had no understanding of it, except that which they had learned from the mistaken teachings of their forefathers. And the second reason why priests were instructed to review the scriptures was because doing so would have allowed them to recognize the voice of the Lord through Jeremiah; for if they had reviewed the scriptures, then they would have known that Jeremiah's words were in perfect agreement with the ancient prophets.

“They hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear… therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee (Jeremiah 7:26-27).” It pleases God to use ordinary men as his voice, but if our ways are perverted, then instructions that come unto us from ordinary men, are offensive (Jeremiah 6:10). Don’t stumble over that stumbling block. “Obey my voice, and I will be your God… that it may be well unto you (Jeremiah 7:23).” God patiently waited for Judah to obey his voice: Jeremiah sounded his warnings throughout the city of Jerusalem for twenty three years before God made it official and declared that the captivity would come upon that generation (Jeremiah 25:3). If Judah's priests had listened unto God's voice through Jeremiah, and if they had studied the scriptures, then their captivity might have been delayed, and it might not have come upon their generation. Nevertheless Judah's captivity was a requirement, because not only did it fulfill scripture, but it was purposed to be a pattern for end time edification (Jeremiah 18:8).

“Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know… if ye can find a man, if there be any that… seeketh truth; and I will pardon it (Jeremiah 5:1).” Because no priest heeded Jeremiah's warning to search the scriptures, and because no priest had discovered the truth concerning the captivity, therefore Jeremiah's instructions took on a warning (Jeremiah 6:19). Jeremiah warned God's people that Babylon would rule over all nations, and that they would be required to serve the king of Babylon, or be punished (Jeremiah 27:8). He also informed Judah that if she obeyed the word of the Lord and served Babylon for seventy years, then she could stay in her own land while she was serving him. Jeremiah pled with the priests, and with the people, warning them that they should not be deceived by the lies which were being prophesied in the name of the Lord. Jeremiah boldly professed these instructions before all the people, wielding the righteous words, “Saith the Lord” (Jeremiah chapters 25-27). Judah served Babylon for three years, and then she turned and disobeyed God (2Kings 24:1).

Judah’s rebellion against Babylon caused believing priests to reexamine the words of the ancient prophets, where it is written: “It shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God… The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known (Deuteronomy 28:15, 28:36).” The priests which had reexamined the scriptures, humbled themselves, and they conformed their prayers to agree with the will of the Lord. “O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many, we have sinned against thee (Jeremiah 14:7).” But until the captivity actually materialized, these confused priests remained uncertain of what to believe, and they kept their thoughts quiet as they stood before the congregation (Isaiah 30:28).

This period of silence was a time of preparation. “He that believeth shall not make haste (Isaiah 28:16).” Priests were given a chance to draw near, and they had time to reason with the Lord. They were given time to study the scriptures, and time prepare their congregations for the captivity (Isaiah 41:1). “Ye shall not go out with haste, nor by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward (Isaiah 52:12).” This is the pattern for our edification: today's priests are incrementally being fed the truths of newly revealed prophesy, which is how God is giving them time to study the scriptures. Keeping the major controversy silent is allowing time for priests to perfect their understandings of end times, and time for them to prepare their congregations to do God's will.

Seven years after Judah stopped serving Babylon, Babylon besieged Judah and carried her king away captive, and bound in fretters. This was the prophesied event which caused believing priests that had been preparing themselves and their congregations, to confess their newly acquired understandings of God's word to the congregation (Deuteronomy 28:36). These priests instructed their congregations to obey the voice of the Lord through Jeremiah. “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live (Jeremiah 27:12).” Three months later, ten thousand Jewish believers went along with their newly appointed young king, out of the city and allowed themselves to be carried into captivity by the king of Babylon (2Kings 24:11-16). Their compliance to Jeremiah’s instructions had separated the obedient from the transgressors, in other words, the sheep from the goats.

Those that obeyed the instructions, were justified (James 2:24). “I have sent them out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. I will set mine eyes upon them for good… and I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people (Jeremiah 24:5-7).” “Of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence (Jeremiah 29:16-17).” The faith and obedience of the people that went forth, are patterns which suggest the righteousness of leaving the safe confines of religious understanding, in order to do God's will.

Instructions are for the purpose of causing believers to go in the direction of the Lord’s will. Everyone that ignores instruction is at risk of suffering the punishments of correction (Jeremiah 21:14). In Jeremiah's day, God turned his back upon every rebellious believer that did not follow his instructions, and he shut out their prayers (Jeremiah 7:14-15; Lamentations 3:8; 3:44). Their woes are recorded in the book of Lamentations. “He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. Surely against me is he turned… He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces (from Lamentations 3:2-11).” “The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied (Lamentations 2:17).”

If priests will rise early and seek to verify the truths of the covenant message, then God will allow their places of worship to remain forever (Jeremiah 7:7). Study is a requirement: How else will they recognize the voice of the Lord? “Trust ye not in lying words (Jeremiah 7:4).” “Gird thee with sackcloth… make thee… most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us (Jeremiah 6:26).” The Lord will turn his back upon every priest that disregards this instructions (Jeremiah 7:15; 7:20). “A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the Lord hath spoiled their pasture, and the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the Lord (Jeremiah 25:36-37).”

When Judah's captivity did materialize, Jeremiah stayed in Jerusalem to do whatever he could. There were others there that tried to help Jeremiah spread God's truths, but they were disrespected, and their words were disregarded. “Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them (Jeremiah 6:30).” Their troubles were according to their err. “I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way (Jeremiah 6:27).” It was a hostile environment. “I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon… Thou saidst, Fear not… Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me… Render unto them a recompense, O Lord, according to the work of their hands. Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them (Lamentations 3:55-66).” God will not forsake the righteous forever; when they return unto him, and repent, then he will be found of them. “I will punish all that oppress them (Jeremiah 30:20).” (for evidence of this read Jeremiah 30:15-17)

“The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders (Lamentations 4:16).” “They mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy (2Chronicles 36:16).”

During end times, destruction is appointed against everyone that despises God's instructions. “If you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that this house shall become a desolation (Jeremiah 22:5).” “Destruction unto them! Because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me (Hosea 7:13).” “Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her. As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness… before me continually is grief and wounds. Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee (Jeremiah 6:6-8).”

“Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction (Jeremiah 4:6).” The riveting prophesies of the north are prophesies about the backslidden. “Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause my anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful (Jeremiah 3:12).” The backslidden are the God's weapons of indignation which he will bring forth to destroy whatever remains of religion. When the backslidden hear the message of the covenants, they will come against the places of worship that haven’t adopted God's truths. “As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the Lord (Jeremiah 4:17).” “Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war; for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms (Jeremiah 51:20).”

The backslidden will be very receptive to the message of the covenants (Jeremiah 31:8). “In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north (Jeremiah 3:18).” The parable name of, Judah, represents God's lawgivers, or, in other words, God's priests. Therefore this verse is signifying that there will be backslidden priests which will be learning the ways of the Lord, right along side of their backslidden congregations. “They shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, the Lord liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of Israel out of the north (Jeremiah 23:7-8).”

“Evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction. I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about (Jeremiah 6:1-3).” Backslidden believers are going to make mistakes, and one of these mistakes is that they will be hostile towards religion's lies, therefore God has likened them unto a destroying mountain. “Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the Lord, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee (Jeremiah 51:25).” Instructions for the backslidden are very explicit: Acknowledge your iniquities, and that you too have transgressed against the Lord, and that you have not obeyed his word (Jeremiah 3:13). Every infuriated backslidden believers that doesn’t, or won’t do this, will suffer correction. “Lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts (Jeremiah 25:29).”

“Shall iron break the northern iron and steel (Jeremiah 15:12)?” Religion is God’s rod of iron, therefore, this verse is asking, Do you think that religion, with all of its strength and with all its might, can stop the northern prophesies from occurring? If Billy Graham himself were to stand up and appeal to the highest against the resurrection of the dead, God will not alter his plan: God’s word must be fulfilled. No one, and nothing, can stop end time prophesy from being fulfilled. There were priests in Jeremiah’s days who wanted to kill Jeremiah, because they wanted to silence his instructions. In essence, they were trying to silence God's voice, therefore God pronounced swift judgments against them (Jeremiah 11:22; 14:15; 20:6; 29:21; 28:16).

“Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow (Jeremiah 14:17).” This instruction is informing believers that they should pray for the things which are going to come upon God’s people. “Make thee bald… for they are gone into captivity from thee (Micah 1:16).” God’s people have adopted religion's rules, and they are trusting in laws of salvation which are not working: Religion's laws are responsible for causing believers to be offended at one another simply because of religious technicalities. It’s time for all of God's people to ask forgiveness for their own spiritual blindness, and it is time for them to forgive those persons that trespassed against them because of their religion. As messengers take the newly revealed truths of prophesy unto the people, some of the people will refuse to believe, and they will fight against God's word: Rebuke them in love, and forgive them. “We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee (Jeremiah 14:20).”

“A wise son heareth his father’s instruction (Proverbs 13:1).” Christians need to pay diligent attention to the voice of the ancient prophets: “They have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice (Jeremiah 9:13).” Christianity had forsaken the old testament, and therefore God is calling her priests back to review the old testament scriptures, for in them Christianity will perfect its understanding of the Father. “How shall I put thee among the children… Thou shalt call me, My Father; and shalt not turn away from me (Jeremiah 3:19).” Be diligent: we are preparing for the Lord’s kingdom upon earth, which is the everlasting kingdom that cannot be removed (Hebrews 12:28). “The work of righteousness shall be peace (Isaiah 32:17).”

Why did God allow religion to stand in our pulpits, knowing that his people were being exposed to lies. Man created religion when he didn’t believe God, but religion benefited God by spreading the knowledge of him. Having a variety of faiths prompted certain situations which caused his people to study the scriptures. But religion corrupted herself when her priests and prophets started learning truths from one another, and they stopped spending time in God's word. “Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord (Jeremiah 17:5).”

The prophet Jeremiah understood that God was prophesying evil against temple, and it grieved him: “Ah, Lord God! Surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul (Jeremiah 4:10).” A paraphrased version of God’s response, might read like this: In the day of the Lord, there will be dry wind coming across pulpits towards the people of my congregation. I am watching the priests and prophets which have received my instructions, and I am considering their ways. Many of them aren’t cleansing my congregation, nor are they scattering the wicked. Now I will give my sentence against them (Jeremiah 4:9-12). “I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways (Jeremiah 15:7).”

God has two fundamental objectives for end times. The first one is to correct religion, and bring peace unto his people, and the second, is to awaken the world with a loud understanding that he exists. God will achieve his objectives by humbling priests which have spoiled his flocks, and he won’t forget about those priests which have lightly esteemed his messengers. “The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget their works (Amos 8:7).” “The day of vengeance is in my heart (Isaiah 63:4).” “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord (Romans 12:19).”

“I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is the Lord (Jeremiah 16:21).” God prophesied a conclusion to religion which will expose every misunderstanding of every religion. His amazing end time plan will cause all the believers that love his ways, to flow together and sing in the height of Zion, for they will witness God’s unstoppable ability to fulfill his word. “Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. The sinners of Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites (Isaiah 33:13-14).”