The United States of America = the beast “now is not” [Rev 17:8]
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Beast = STATE
False Prophet = CHURCH
Since the legalization and controlling of Chrisitanity by the Roman Empire around 325AD you have had STATE and CHURCH. This strategy of Satan's was disrupted by the Protestant Reformation and the formation of the greatest country this world has ever seen: The United States of America.
USA gave us separation of CHURCH and STATE. Aka the beast “now is not”.
The formation, the extraordinary growth, and dominance of the United States as #1 superpower keeps the beast as not.
Each time the beast has tried to rise again i.e. Germany (Hitler), the USSR (Stalin)... but each time the beast was put down – put down by the USA. During this time (1800s – 2000s) the false Prophet (Roman Church) changed its tactics, it stopped the inquisition, it created the vatican, became very rich, and spread itself across the globe (across many waters). During this time The Roman Church morphed into the Whore of Babylon. At our current time the whore (Roman Church) is riding on the beast that “now is not”.
But the USA is and has been in decline and China continues its rise. We see that China epitomizes STATE and CHURCH (aka government controlled Christianity, which is no Christianity at all). We see the Roman Church supporting the immigrant invasion (attack) of USA. We see the Roman Church (false prophet) beginning to cozy with China (beast)... Will the continual rise of China and the decline of the USA (and by default western democracy) be the beast that "yet will come" [Rev 17:8]?
We live in a time where the beast "now is not” [Rev 17:8]. How blessed we are, but we do not realize!
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Beast = STATE
False Prophet = CHURCH
Since the legalization and controlling of Chrisitanity by the Roman Empire around 325AD you have had STATE and CHURCH. This strategy of Satan's was disrupted by the Protestant Reformation and the formation of the greatest country this world has ever seen: The United States of America.
USA gave us separation of CHURCH and STATE. Aka the beast “now is not”.
The formation, the extraordinary growth, and dominance of the United States as #1 superpower keeps the beast as not.
Each time the beast has tried to rise again i.e. Germany (Hitler), the USSR (Stalin)... but each time the beast was put down – put down by the USA. During this time (1800s – 2000s) the false Prophet (Roman Church) changed its tactics, it stopped the inquisition, it created the vatican, became very rich, and spread itself across the globe (across many waters). During this time The Roman Church morphed into the Whore of Babylon. At our current time the whore (Roman Church) is riding on the beast that “now is not”.
But the USA is and has been in decline and China continues its rise. We see that China epitomizes STATE and CHURCH (aka government controlled Christianity, which is no Christianity at all). We see the Roman Church supporting the immigrant invasion (attack) of USA. We see the Roman Church (false prophet) beginning to cozy with China (beast)... Will the continual rise of China and the decline of the USA (and by default western democracy) be the beast that "yet will come" [Rev 17:8]?
We live in a time where the beast "now is not” [Rev 17:8]. How blessed we are, but we do not realize!
Rev 17:8 says,
"The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction.
Rev 17:8 to me sounds the same as Rev 20:3
Rev 20:3 says,
He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must be set free for a short time.
If Rev 17:8 and 20:3 are the same thing then my analysis of USA could be off. But Roman Church as the Whore of Babylon would still be correct.
If Rev 17:8 and 20:3 are same thing then here is alternative analsys of Rev 17: 10
They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while.
king 1 = 1st beast of Daniel (Babylonian empire)
king 2 = 2nd beast of Daniel (Medo-Persian Empire)
king 3 = 3rd beast of Daniel (Greek Empire)
king 4 = 4th beast of Daniel (Roman Republic)
king 5 = 1st beast of revelation (Roman Empire) --> rise of the man of lawlessness
king 6 = 2nd beast of revelation (Medieval Roman Church) --> continuation of the man of lawlessness
king 7= whore of babylon (Modern-Era Roman Church) --> continuation of the man of lawlessness
Rev 17:11 says,
The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.
King 8 = satan's last deception of the nations and his defeat Rev 20:7-10