Part 2

Rev 13:3
"And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast."

Notice that the entire world "wondered after the beast". The beast again is
a one world political system, and the second beast, Satan, will heal this deadly wound that has destroyed the world wide earth, he will look and do the miracles that the people expect that Jesus ought to do, however, this beast is not Christ, but Satan.  This is that apostasy that is spoken of throughout Revelation.

II Thessalonians 2:3
"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;"

We are now in that hour of this first political beast, so we must be more specific in our understanding of this deadly wound to that political system. How does it take place?  The fall of the second beast will not be in a political sense, but in a religious sense. Many today think that it is talking about blood running down the streets, but this is deception and confusion that will be upon the people.  So how do you wound a lie, and a false system?  By correcting  it with the truth.

The credit of the correction that shall take place must go to the Father, as
is recorded in the Song of Moses of Deuteronomy 32.  Revelation 15:3 states that this is the song that all those that overcome Satan in these last days will be singing in the Millennium age.  The Song of Moses tells us who it is that shall be doing the wounding.

Deut 32:39
"See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand."

This is the Father speaking and He is saying, "I and I alone..." The point that we get from this is that it is not the dragon that heals the wound, but God who allowed the first beast of the one world system to be healed.  The healing is an important part of the plan of God, and God would not entrust that to Satan.  God is in control all the time, and we can count on that.

Deut 32:40
"For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever."

All God has to do is lift His hand to heaven and say the words, and he has
eternity forever. Father is God.

Deut 32:41
"If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will
render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. "Judgment comes on the last day of this earth age, at the sounding of the seventh trumpet. Are you going to give this judgment on God's enemies? God is telling us that He will do all the judgment and reward all for their evil acts.

Deut 32:42
"I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy."

So we see that there will be many times other Armageddon and Hamon-gog that God will take revenge upon his enemies.  There will be a beginning to this, and it should not be a mystery to any of us.  This is your part.  Jesus told us that "He came not to bring peace to the world, but to bring fire, and how happy I will be when I come to find it already kindled." God's fire is the truth, for God is a consuming fire.

By the time that the Antichrist arrives on Earth, you are supposed to have
that truth already established in your mind.  However, there is no way that
you can do this, unless you know what it is that you are to do.  So the question becomes, How do you create the deadly wound? And that is what this study is all about.

King David gave a good example of this, and it was through his lineage that the Lion of Judah would come, namely Jesus the Christ.  It is Jesus Christ that is the one that opens those seven seals to the truth.  David set forth the examples of the slaying of the beast, when he took those stones to kill Goliath.

King Saul had his army standing against the army of the Philistines. These great warriors of Israel are standing there and shaking in their boots because across the valley this giant called Goliath appeared.  The reports of this giant were that he was from ten to fourteen feet tall.  Goliath's armor alone weighed approximately two hundred and seventy three pounds. The arrows that were for his bow were twenty three feet long and weighed thirty pounds.  This Giant standing in full armor, with is full quiver of arrows made the Israelites army shake.  Daily, Goliath would come before the Israelites and taunt the soldiers, and make them even more scared.

Then God's weapon appeared, David the sheep herder, who's duties were to look out for his Father's sheep. Are you starting to relate this to the true Shepherd who is Jesus Christ?   Christ tends to the sheep, and if you claim the name of Christ, you are the sheep He cares for.  The children of Israel are the sheep.  David's father told David to take food to his brothers that are in the army of Saul. As David is coming to where the soldiers are, he sees the fear of the soldiers, and the giants across the way. David heard the best troops of Israel being scorned and taunted.

1 Sam 17:22-23
"And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them."

"Gath" in the Hebrew tongue means "winepress". Keep this in mind for later. Goliath was challenging all the army to come forth and do battle with him.

1 Sam 17:24-25
"And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel."

This is quite a promise to anyone that would step forward and slay the giant.  Don't believe for a moment that this is the prize that David wanted for standing against the giant.  David wanted the will of God, whereas Saul
was going to make the warrior that fought Goliath a son to him, marrying his daughter, and give his family freedom from all taxes to the king.

1 Sam 17:26
"And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?"

David is telling his brothers and the rest of the army, what does it matter what Saul offers anyone, this man is defying the armies of the living God.

1 Sam 17:27
"And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him."

David is hearing the talk that is going on around him, and goes up to his
oldest brother.

1 Sam 17:28
"And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle."

Eliab loved his younger brother very much, but he was ashamed that David would see the Israelite army standing there in fear before one man.   The thing that disturbed David the most was the blasphemy of the one True God. You will see this same blasphemy again in our generation when the giants of this world are going to stand there and blasphemy every thing that is holy in the eyes of our Father.  Satan is going to be blaspheming Christ that died  on the cross, and you will hear it with your own ears.  It will be so full of blasphemy that Satan will even claim to be the Christ, and God himself.

When he stands on that mountain, or nation, of the one world order, the army of the Lord that calls themselves Christians will stand there and shake in their boots.  They are going to believe him and go over into Satan's camp in ignorance.  They will receive that deadly wound themselves.  David hears what Eliab said, and he remembers the sheep.

1 Sam 17:29
"And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?"

What David is saying is in the Hebrews text is; "There is a cause here and
you should have done something, if you don't, I will..."

1 Sam 17:30-31
"And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him."

It didn't take long that all the men in this army were getting a little ashamed, and the word got back to Saul.  This little lad is getting the job done when all the promises of Saul still had not found a taker.

1 Sam 17:32
"And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine."

David stood boldly and told Saul, don't be afraid of that Philistine, I'll go and fight that Philistine myself.

1 Sam 17:33
"And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth."

This giant is experienced and tough, and you are just a lad.  You are no match for this great man of war.

1 Sam 17:34
"And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there
came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:"

This bear and lion, didn't we read something of another bear and lion concerning the beast of the end times also receiving a deadly wound?  That beast of the end times moved with the power of the feet of the bear, and spoke with the mouth of the lion. David had already conquered the bear and the lion. Remember that these beasts had already taken a lamb, a little one that had been deceived and taken from out of the flock.

1 Sam 17:35
"And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him."

I don't think that very few of the others standing in the army of Saul had faced a bear and lion and killed them before.  The point to the entire subject is that David was protecting the lambs.

1 Sam 17:36
"Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God."

David did not say the "armies of Israel", but the "armies of the living God".  David is going into battle in God's name, because there is no power of this magnitude amongst all the armies of Israel.

1 Sam 17:37
"David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee."

I want to assure  you that this bear, or one world system called the bear nation, and the lion which is the followers of Christ, have truly lost their direction.  It is their mouths that shall deceive and cause the deception to take place because of their ignorance.  They do this because of their ignorance of the dragon, the false christ. They simply do not expect any false christ for their traditions have convinced them that they will not be here, and when Satan the Dragon arrives they will believe him to be the true Christ.

Just like God delivered David out of the hand of Goliath, He shall also deliver you out of the hand of these beasts of the end times.  God protected David from the lion and the bear in his day, and we just don't have to worry about the lion's mouth, and the bear of our generation.  Included in the bear are Russia and all the nations that go to make up the beast of the one world system, and that goes also for the Christians that give up their support to that beast.   There is only one nation, and that is true Israel, and God's elect are the ones that make up that nation.

When the millennium age starts, every nation will join themselves to that nation, or the simply will not exist.  This is not a game, for God has promised us the victory and we shall have it.  If you want to get into the only politics that is lasting, than get into our Father's political camp. We are going to win because God has already given us the victory. However, you have to declare it for yourself.  That is exactly what David did for himself.

Again, David said; "The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion,
and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of the Philistine.

As David approached that giant, he probably appeared to be twice that size as David looked up from the brook after selecting his five stones. Don't be afraid of the things of this world, for our Heavenly Father controls everything that happens in our world. Remember however, you as one of God's elect are the one that starts the beginning.

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