Abbie, I realize that you may have seen that type of numerology, but that was just one of the clues of finding out the beast.
Please turn to Revelation 13.
Rev 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
John see a beast. a beast always means it is a kingdom. Daniel 7:17.
Dan 7:17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
Secondly the beast rises out of the sea..waters represent peoples and nations... REvelations 17:15.
Rev 17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the ***** sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
It has seven heads and ten horns. Heads represent kings and mountains. the horns represent kings or kingdoms.
Rev 17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
Rev 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
Rev 17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
Rev 17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast
A little clarity here. Sometimes horns represent actual kings themselves and sometimes they represent nations.
Dan 8:21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
the names of blasphemy.
There are 3 bible definitions for blasphemy.
Here they are:
Joh 10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
Mar 2:7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
Luk 5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
Rom 2:23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
Rom 2:24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
Moving along....
Rev 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Dan 7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
Dan 7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
Dan 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
Dan 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Here what we have so far. A nation rises out of many nations. It has seven heads which are the mountains in which it sits. thirdly, it blasphemes. in other words, it thinks it can forgive sin. It thinks he is god on earth and claims to keep the commandments of God. This beast power must be a Christian or think its christian religion because its claims to be commandment keeping.
The beast is partly made up of Babylon, Media Persia and Greece and Rome.
The lion represents babylon, the bear represents media/Persia, the leopard represents greece and the dragon represents Rome.
This kingdom would be made of the various nations.
Only one kingdom fits this model. The Papacy gets its religion from Old Babylon. For instance, Christmas was already being kept before the Christ ever lived. It was actually the winter feast they kept for the sun God. Easter or Ishtar was the god of fertility. In the spring at the same time we now celebrate Easter. Its gets it cruelty from the Media/Persians. In the antiquities of history, there is inscription about how a certain king buried over 100 of people alive in a wall!! They were known throughout as one of the most cruelest people on the planet. The bible even mentions how cruel they were.
Isa 13:17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Isa 13:18 Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children.
The papacy uses the system of Greece when it comes to schooling. For instance, degree and doctorates were a big thing with the Greeks. This was the problem with schools in Jesus' day. They had been educated by the Greek philosophy so long that they were no longer able to teach about God properly. They made mention about how could christ teach....when he didn't have a degree or letters.
Joh 7:14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
Joh 7:15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
The papacy is only the extended version of the Roman government. All that Rome was, he still continues. Rome controlled the kings of nations; the were a world police. Whenever a problem arised they were sticking there nose in it. they taxed the people to death.
As for roman culture: They were known for cruel and unusual entertainment. WIld orgies and gay bathhouses. Gladiator sports.
As i said before. Abbie...here is some more clues. I still have several more of which i will show you. GBU
