Sherbear

The whole subject from 13-18 is dealing with the 8th beast which is of the seven . . . And no, it is not sin. You cannot change your method of interpretation in the middle from the seven heads being empires and all of a sudden the 8th is sin . . . Even he is the eighth and is of the 7. a REVIVED BABYLON. All nations are a revived Babylon full of filth/sins/abominations/unbelievers etc....

So...the beast is "sin"? Actually it's Antichrist: Rev. 13:1 The beast has 10 horns and seven heads. The ten horns and seven heads of the beast are those of the dragon of Rev. 12:3, indicating that the beast is one with the dragon, Satan. The ten horns are the ten coming kings from Rev. 17:12 and Dan. 7:24. The seven heads are the seven Caesars of Rev. 17:10. The ten horns correspond with the ten toes of the great image mentioned in Dan. 2:42-44. The word here indicates that the Roman Empire, Antichrist, and the ten kings are one with Satan. Rev 13:2 The beast is like a leopard, having the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. The interpretation in Daniel 7 gives us an idea of what these aspects of the beast represent: In type the leopard is swift and cruel, which represents the greatest king of the Greek Empire Alexander the Great (who conquered the Persian empire). The bear, with it's massive crushing paws is the symbol of the Medo-Perisan Empire. The lion represents king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. These three aspects represent the totality of all the evil powers in human history. The number of the beast - AntiChrist- in Rev. 13:18 is the number of a man. This is Caesar Nero, who at the time of John's writing "was and is not" (Rev. 17:8). If you take "Caesar Nero" and correspond the letters with both the Greek and Hebrew alphabets (the two primary languages in which the Bible was written) you get 666. That the beast is Caesar Nero also corresponds with the items mentioned in Rev. 17 pertaining to him: He has seven heads, representing the seven hills upon which Rome was built (and also the seven Caesars), and the ten horns representing ten kings indicates that during the Tribulation period ten kings will be raised up in the revived Roman Empire. These also correspond with the ten toes of the great image Nebuchadnezzar saw in Dan. 2:41-42. The word 'anti' means: against; in opposition of. The number of a man is Adam because he was created on the 6th day of creation. So Adams number is "6". Check out the Hebrew Gematria. 666 represents an infinite number of mankind committing sins/abominations here on earth. Caesar Nero was an antichrist, so were the Pharisees, so were the Sadducees, Hitler was too, Saddam Hussein is an anti christ.....so is everyone who blatantly goes out an sins or doesn't believe Jesus is the Messiah who died for our sins and resurrected on the 3rd day. When God said "Thou shalt not murder" and you go out and commit murder, you are in fact an antichrist! Sin spreads rapidly just like a leopard, Sin devours and tramples down just like a bear, Sin goes into destruction and speaks blasphemy just like the lion. PLEASE READ Ephesians 2:1,2 Titus 1:16 and 1 Peter 5:8 Not to mention, you may want to read Revelation 22:11 very carefully. Perhaps you should read Isaiah 14 about Nebuchadnezzar or Ezekiel 28 about the Prince of Tyrus. Better yet, read how Satan entered into Judas Iscariot. You keep wanting to point the finger at Rome, when Rome wasn't even a Christian nation when Revelations was written. Rome didn't become Christian until Constantine in 312AD. Revelations was written in 95AD. The Roman Empire split up and the Muslims took control of most of the land that Rome controlled. Muhammad conquered Jerusalem in 638AD. Constantinople is in modern day Turkey now overrun by Muslims. Check out your history. When you read the book of Revelations, read it with the mindset of 95AD. The 7 heads are Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, MedoPersia, Greece, Rome and the Islamic Empire. Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, MedoPersia, Greece are the 5 that have fallen. The 1 is during that time was Rome. The other not yet come (sorry Nero died in 68ad) is the Islamic Empire. Since this beast (kingdom) is OF ALL of them, they ALL have a common factor......SIN. Pay attention to Rev 13:9,10.

Either you miss read my OP or just skimmed quickly to the end to try and find a summation, but either way you are wrong. I did not say the beast was England. The beast in Revelation 13-18 is actually the 8th representation of the the beast. It has seven heads to expose its beginning as the first head and its progression through history as empires that had direct dealing with Israel, who also was, was not and yet is. My reference to England was only that it was the 7th head/empire of the beast . . . .then comes the 8th - Re 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. 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. My point was simply showing that America came from the 7th empire, or from England . . . and that we are also the great melting pot of all the cultures of the world. I will continue to examine both history and the present in light of the scriptures. They have proven to be a sure word of prophecy upon which I am secure to place my faith. The 7 heads Egypt, Babylon, Assyria, Medo-Persia, Greece (5 fallen) Rome (1 is) the other not yet come (7-Islamic Empire/Mohammad conquered Jerusalem in 7th century) Now what did they all have in common? SIN The beast that was --------SIN And is NOT-----SIN (Jesus freed us from captivity of sin) Even he is the eighth----SIN And IS OF the seven----SIN What causes destruction? SIN Whom does Peter/John/Paul say goes to heaven? All those who are obedient To God through Jesus. Whom do they say doesn't go to heaven? All the fornicators, adulterers, idolaters, liars, false prophets, etc.... Sin is blasphemy, sin causes destruction and it's sin that is destroying America, Canada, Europe, Mexico, South America, Middle east, etc.....

I have had quite a few dreams myself. I had 1 dream where I was told what 666 is (not what people think either), another of archangel Michael, another where God was speaking to me from the sky, Jesus himself (couldn't see face-too bright) came to me and taught me, either Moses or Abraham or some old man with white hair and a shepards staff. All these dreams started happening in Sept 2003.