The Abyss and the Beast from the Abyss

compiled by Dee Finney

 

 Demons feared Jesus Christ not just because He had the power (as did, and do, others e.g. Matthew 10:8 - see also Casting Out Demons), by means of the Holy Spirit, to cast them out of someone they possessed, but also because He had the power and authority to sentence them into the abyss.
    "Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him. And they begged Him not to command them to depart into the abyss." 
    (Luke 8:30-31 RSV)

Before we examine texts on the subject of the Abyss, some linguistics may be helpful. The term Abyss comes from the Greek words Abussos or Abusson and has been translated as Abyss in the NIV or in the KJV as deep or bottomless as in bottomless pit.

To a limited extent, the sense of Abyss may bear some similarity to the Hebrew word Sheol which Strong's Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary defines as follows: (#7585) Sheol (Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates - and has been translated in the KJV as grave, pit, hell.

Demons did not want to go into the Abyss

Luke 8:26 They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee. 27When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. 28When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torture me!" 29For Jesus had commanded the evil spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places. 30Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "Legion," he replied, because many demons had gone into him. 31And they begged him repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss [KJV-deep, Greek-Abusson].

 

II THESSALONIANS 2:3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day [the return of Christ] will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And now you know what is restraining [the Abyss], that he may be revealed in his own time.
REVELATION 9:1 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key of the shaft of the Abyss; 2 he opened the shaft of the Abyss and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 3 Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth; 4 they were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green growth or any tree, but only those of mankind who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads; 5 they were allowed to torture them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when it stings a man. 6 And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death will fly from them. 7 In appearance the locusts were like horses arrayed for battle; on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, 8 their hair like women's hair, and their teeth like lions' teeth; 9 they had scales like iron breastplates, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. 10 They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and their power of hurting men for five months lies in their tails. 11 They have as king over them the angel of the Abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon. [which both mean Destroyer]
Rev. 11:6 These men [the two witnesses] have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want. 7Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them.
The great military "beast" (see Revelation 13) will get much of his great power from demons when they ascend out of the abyss:
    "The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is to ascend from the bottomless pit and go to perdition; and the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will marvel to behold the beast, because it was and is not and is to come." (Revelation 17:8 RSV)

    "And I saw, issuing from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false prophet, three foul spirits like frogs; for they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty." (Revelation 16:13-14 RSV)

 

And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. 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.
            I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony for Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.
            Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
            When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth--Gog and Magog--to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
            And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
            (Revelation 20:1-10)
Significantly, in several passages the Gentile enemies of Israel are compared to locusts. The particular similarity between Israel's enemies and locusts is the vast number of each (Jud. 6:5; 7:12). In Jeremiah 51:14, similarly, the Lord swore that Israel would be filled with locusts that would cry in triumph over them, and in Jeremiah 46:23, we find the prophecy that the Egyptians, though numerous as locusts, would someday be no more.

It is not simply in numerical strength that nations are comparable to locusts. More particularly, locusts are likened to armies. Proverbs 30:27 compares locusts to an army that advances rank upon rank, and this comparison is picked up in Joel 1:4, where different ranks of locusts -- gnawing, swarming, creeping, and stripping -- are distinguished, and compared to an invading army (cf. 1:6). The analogy of locusts and armies is even more explicit in Nahum, who compares the swarming locust to the guardsmen, and the marshals to grasshoppers (3:15-16). Isaiah 33:4 refers to locusts that rush onto spoils.

The symbolism of locust armies is employed in Jeremiah 51:27, where the horses of the nations against Babylon are compared to "bristly locusts." The apostle John seems to be alluding to this passage when, in Revelation 9, he describes locusts coming from the Abyss and receiving power (9:3). John goes on to describe in detail the appearance of the "locusts": They are like horses prepared for battle; they wear crowns on their heads; their faces are like the faces of men, their hair like women's, their teeth like lion's; they wear breastplates; and the sound of wings is like sound of chariots, or of horses running to battle (9:7ff.).

David Chilton notes that the locusts in Revelation 9 come from the Abyss, and thus are demons; their sound is like that of the glory-chariot of God. (Chilton, The Days of Vengeance: An Exposition of the Book of Revelation [Fort Worth, TX: Dominion Press, 1987].) The locust army is a demonic parody of the glory of God, an "anti-glory cloud," if you will. This casts new light on all the references to locust plagues and locust-armies in the Old Testament. It suggests that the real enemies behind Israel's enemies were the demonic armies of Satan, just as the hosts of Israel were accompanied into battle by hosts of angels. The warfare of Israel and her enemies was a type and a visible working-out of the warfare of Michael and Satan

 

And the holy city shall they trample forty-two months, signifies that it would disperse every truth of the Word, even so that nothing would remain. By "the holy city" is meant the holy Jerusalem; and by "the holy Jerusalem" is meant the New Church which is in truths of doctrine, for "holy" is predicated of the Divine truth (n. 173); and "a city" signifies doctrine (n. 194); therefore by "trampling" that metropolis or city is signified to disperse the truths of its doctrine; by "forty-two months" is signified until there is an end, when there is nothing left; by truths of doctrine are meant truths from the Word, because the doctrine of the church, and all that relates to it, is thence derived. That they who are, at this day, in the internals of the church, have so dispersed the truths of the Word, and thence the doctrines of the church, and everything of it, is described in this chapter by "the beast coming up out of the abyss," in that "he killed the two witnesses" (verse 7), and may also be seen from the Relations from the spiritual world, annexed to each chapter.
[2] By "forty-two months" is signified even to the end, and till no truth and good of the church is left, because the same thing is signified by forty-two and by six weeks, for six times seven is forty-two, and by "six weeks" is signified what is complete even to the end; for "six" has this signification, and "a week" signifies state, and "the seventh week" a holy state, which is a new state of the church, when the Lord begins His reign. This number has a similar signification in the following passage:
And there was given unto the beast which came up out of the sea a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and power was given unto him to continue forty-two months (Rev. 13:5). (See n. 583.)
The reason why "six" signifies what is complete to the end, is, because "three" has that signification (n. 505), and "six" is double that number, and a number doubled has the same signification as the simple number; besides, the same is signified by this number as by three and a half, because "forty-two months" make three years and a half. "Months" are mentioned because by "a month" is signified a full state (as in Isaiah 66:23; Revelation 22:1, 2; Genesis 29:14; Numbers 11:18-20; Deuteronomy 21:11, 13).

The Abyss and the Beast from the Abyss

Demons did not want to go into the Abyss

Luke 8:26 They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee. 27When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. 28When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torture me!" 29For Jesus had commanded the evil spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places. 30Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" "Legion," he replied, because many demons had gone into him. 31And they begged him repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss [KJV-deep, Greek-Abusson].

Evil angels are imprisoned in darkness

Jude 3 . 6And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home --these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.

The angel king of the Abyss is called the Destroyer

Rev. 9:1 The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star [symbolic here for angel] was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. 2When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. 3And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth. 4They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads. . . . 11They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon. [which both mean Destroyer]

Rev. 11:6 These men [the two witnesses] have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want. 7Now when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them.

The world will be astonished when they see the angel king of the Abyss

Rev. 17:8 The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and will come up out of the Abyss and go to his destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because he once was, now is not, and yet will come. . . . 11 The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.

Satan to be (re?)imprisoned in the Abyss

Rev. 20:1 And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. 2He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. 3He 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. . . . 7When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison 8and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth --Gog and Magog --to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. 9They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. 10And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur.

COMMENTARY

In the Jewish mindset, the Abyss was the abode of demons. Indeed, the New Testament texts that use the term "Abyss" support this fact. When Jesus was about to cast the demons out of the demoniac in Luke 8:31, they requested that he not send them into the Abyss. Jude characterizes the fallen angels as being held "bound in darkness." When the beast from the Abyss appears, the unsaved inhabitants of the world are astonished. Paul in 2Ths. 2 uses the terms "held back" and then "revealed" in referring to this power.

Putting all this together leads me to conclude that the Abyss is a state of invisibility from which a demonic agency cannot leave unless either: 1) God permits it, or 2) a human agent willingly or unwittingly invites demonic possession 3) a human agent has been dedicated to the evil one through a rite such as a Satanic infant dedication. Then the possessed individual becomes the mouthpiece or host through which the demonic agency can communicate verbally with the human world. These individuals have been called channelers, witches, mediums, spiritists, demon possessed, Satanists, Wicca adherents, etc. Some possessions may be obvious, others may be hidden for years. Unknown to many, yet apparent from his actions was Adolf Hitler as was probably Idi Amin and most dictators. "By their fruits (actions) you shall know them."

Sometimes a sick person may be demon possessed. Illnesses affecting the brain such as schizophrenia, epilepsy and others may, in some cases, be the result of demon possession (see Luke 9:37-42). In today's "atheistic" society, individuals like these are often kept sedated in a psychiatric ward.

Now that we have a good idea what the Abyss is, let's look what or who comes out of the Abyss and what it/he does.

There is an angel that comes out of the Abyss to direct the locusts with scorpion tails in the fifth trumpet. He is called the Destroyer. This power from the Abyss or beast from the Abyss appears to overcome the two witnesses and kills them in Rev. 11. Satan is thrown into the Abyss at the second coming of Christ.

Since consistency demands that this power (beast) from the Abyss, the angel king of the Abyss, and the power imprisoned back in the Abyss be the same, we can only conclude one thing. That the angel from the Abyss, also known as the Destroyer is the same as the one put back into the Abyss at the second coming of Christ. The beast, king and Destroying angel from the Abyss is none other than Satan himself.

Satan himself will appear on this earth prior to the second coming of Christ. The Bible makes that quite clear. John in one of his epistles writes about this coming of an individual whom he call the antichrist. Note in the context that John felt it was close to the end of time, i.e. "the last hour."

1John 2:18 Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. . . .

22Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist --he denies the Father and the Son. 23No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

Note that the generic term antichrist is anyone who is anti Christ, that is who rebels against or who misrepresents Jesus Christ.

Satan, the "light-bearer" as he is known among his supporters will come to impersonate Jesus Christ and to lay claim to the world. He who sought to be like God, will seek to be worshipped by the inhabitants of the earth. Let's look at what Paul says in 2 Thessalonians.

2Ths. 2:1 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, 2not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. 3Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction [remember: The beast from the Abyss . . . will be revealed to the astonishment of those who rebel against God, and the beast is going to his destruction]. 4He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshipped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple, proclaiming himself to be God.

5Don't you remember that when I was with you I used to tell you these things? 6And now you know what is holding him back, so that he may be revealed at the proper time. 7For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. 9The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, 10and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness.

Note the strong comparisons to the Beast from the Abyss. The man of lawlessness will be revealed at the appointed time. He will not be revealed until the one who holds him back (God and His angels who hold the key to the Abyss), allows him to be revealed. At that time, his appearance will be accompanied with the display of all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, to the astonishment of those who have rejected God and His grace and His Law and chosen to join in the rebellion. Their names have not been written in the Lamb's book of life.

They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved." And God permits this "powerful delusion so that they will believe this deception, and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth [and thus been sealed] but have delighted in wickedness.

This man of lawlessness is permitted to be revealed so that he can go to his destruction.

Some may ask, "yes, but the texts above refer to a man. How can you say 'man' refers to a supernatural being?"

The Bible in a number of places refers to both Jesus and Satan as "men." We have the previous reference to the antichrist as a man. Paul in his discourse before the Athenians at the Areopagus made the following statement.

Acts 17:30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead."

Obviously, Paul was referring to Jesus Christ. And in God's taunt of the king of Babylon He also calls Satan a man.

Isa. 14:12 How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! 13You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. 14I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High." 15But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit. 16Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: "Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble, 17the man who made the world a desert, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?"

Yes, Satan will be permitted to become incarnate even as Jesus, the only begotten son of God was. Except that Satan will appear in a fashion that most of the world would have expected a Messiah to appear. He will walk the earth, performing miracles, signs and wonders up to the point of almost deceiving the very elect. Jesus prophesied,

Matt. 24:24 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect --if that were possible.

And if the elect are to be almost deceived by this delusion, what of the rest of the world which has no concept of Truth? Who has delighted in false doctrines?

2Tim. 4:3 For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

An important point to aid in the positive identification of the man of lawlessness is that he will be destroyed by the splendor of Christ's second coming.

8Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.

There are those who hold and with some good evidence, that Rome, the headquarters of paganism's current embodiment, the papacy, and it's leader the pope, is the man of lawlessness.

But a careful look at Rev. 17 indicates that Satan as the eighth king or symbolized by the body of the beast from the Abyss, or simply as the beast from the Abyss, will, in order to accomplish God's purpose, destroy Mystery Babylon's current embodiment or host, the papacy.

15Then the angel said to me, " . . . 16The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. 17For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to give the beast their power to rule, until God's words are fulfilled."

Remember that Babylon is a system of religion that is embodied or empowered by the various pagan powers and empires. And that by totally destroying the final embodiment, one also destroys the religion. The term final is used as Christ soon afterwards sets up His kingdom and imprisons Satan.

Two examples might be helpful here. Imagine that a man named Bill is a carrier for a deadly bacteria. There is no known antibiotic for this bacteria and it is continuing to spread throughout his body and the chance of it infecting other people is very great. Now suppose for some reason Bill dies or is killed. The bacteria would die as well since its host or carrier is dead.

Second example, this one true. After the bishop of Rome took over the reigns of power from the Roman emperor in 476 A.D., the Holy Roman empire began to annihilate three of the Barbaric tribes, the Heruli, the Ostrogoths and the Vandels, since these tribes believed in the doctrine of Arianism. By 538 A.D., it had successfully annihilated the last of these three and thus effectively brought to an end belief in Arianism.

Thus by bringing an end to a host, one brings to an end the practices and beliefs that the host carries as well.

The second point of evidence to indicate that the Beast from the Abyss [and we're talking about the body here, the eighth king, not its heads] is not the papacy is found in Rev. 21.

Rev. 20:7 When the thousand years are over, Satan [the Beast from the Abyss] will be released from his prison 8and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth --Gog and Magog --to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. 9They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of God's people, the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and devoured them. 10And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast [of Rev. 13] and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

Note that after the 1000 years, the devil or Satan is thrown into the lake of fire, where the beast of Rev. 13 has already been thrown.

As we have or will study, the beast and false prophet combination indicate that these are the two beasts of Rev. 13. This beast, (the first beast of Rev. 13) we will discover is the current and final host of Babylon, the papacy.

It makes little sense for the papacy to destroy itself. But it makes good sense for God to have Satan destroy a religious system of Satan's own creation.

Why would Satan want to destroy this false religious system?

First of all, one must recognize that Satan desires to be worshipped as God. Through all the false religions of the world, the objects of worship have been entities that he and his demonic agents have created. Once Satan is allowed to appear or to become visible (be revealed), he no longer will wish people to worship these symbols of him. He would rather have them worship him directly. The papal power, though drawing its authority from him (like the woman riding on the beast's back or by receiving the dragon's power and authority) will no longer be needed. Rome will simply get in the way.

Secondly, Satan's desire for control knows no boundaries. In his mind, the end always justifies the means; whether those means be deceptions, coercions, temptations, subtleties. Those who have fallen under his control fall under the control of a cruel and heartless task master, whose only desire is their debasement and eventual destruction. Peter puts it bluntly,

1Pet. 5:8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

And the success of the devil's labors in the debasement of man and their rejection of God's law is quite evident by their actions.

1Cor. 6:9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

2Tim. 3:1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-- 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.

Thus Satan, impersonating Christ or God and desiring to be worshipped, cruelly destroys those who have served him; who thought they were actually following God, but who actually believed the lie, accepting the counterfeit for the genuine.

Thus God places it in the heart of the dragon to burn the entity that he created. To burn Rome, the host of the Babylonish mystery religion.

Thus one can see that Rome, the center and host of the Babylon mystery religion, along with its leader the pope will be destroyed by fire by Satan prior to the second coming of Christ.

And then the incarnation that Satan has assumed will be destroyed by the splendor of the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the breath of His mouth.

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming. (2Ths. 2:8)

Satan is then bound for one thousand years, after which he meets his final destruction.

2Cor. 11:12 And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about. 13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.

Satan will no longer have need of paganism or sun worship because he himself seeks to be worshipped and will tolerate the worship of no other. Paganism in its many varied forms, with its worship of various gods and goddesses will no longer be needed to sway men from God.

 

Bible Code Words

ABADDON
The name "Abaddon" in Hebrew (aleph-beth-dalet-vav-nun) is encoded in the Torah at an ELS of 2 in Genesis 29:2. Abaddon is the demonic king who rules over the fallen angels currently locked in the Abyss (Rev. 9:11).

THE BEAST
The Hebrew words ha-behema, which are translated "the beast" (hey-beth-hey-mem-hey), are encoded at an ELS of -2, beginning in Genesis 28:22 and ending in Genesis 28:21. "The beast" is the name given to the being who rises out of the Abyss (Rev. 11:7; 17:8).

MAN OF SIN
The Hebrew words 'ish 'avon, which mean "man of sin/iniquity" (aleph-yod-shin-ayin-vav-nun) are found in the matrix at an ELS of 70. It begins in Genesis 28:6 and ends in Genesis 28:13.

KING
The Hebrew word for "king" (mem-lamed-kaph) appears just below "man of sin" in the matrix, at an ELS of 71. It begins in Genesis 28:7 and ends in Genesis 28:10.

ANGEL
The Hebrew word for "angel" (mem-lamed-aleph-kaph) appears diagonally in the middle of the matrix at an ELS of 217. It begins in Genesis 28:12 and ends in Genesis 29:1.

ABYSS
At the bottom of the matrix is the Hebrew word for "Abyss" (teth-hey-vav-mem). The Bible identifies the Abyss as the location where some of the fallen angels are currently restrained (Luke 8:31). This word is found at an ELS of 10, beginning in Genesis 29:8 and ending in Genesis 29:9.

RESTRAIN
The Hebrew word for "restrain" (aleph-pey-koph) appears at an ELS of 8 in Genesis 29:3.

FIFTH TRUMPET
The biblical Hebrew word for "trumpet" (shin-pey-resh) diagonally crosses "man of sin" in the top center of the matrix at an ELS of 81. It is preceded by the Hebrew letter hey, which in the Hebrew numbering system can represent the adjective "fifth." This is found beginning in Genesis 28:6 and ending in Genesis 28:12.

RELEASE
The Hebrew word for "release" (pey-tav-cheth) appears in the upper left corner of the matrix at an ELS of -2. It is found in Genesis 28:6.

SMOKE
The Hebrew word for "smoke" (aleph-shin-nun) appears at an ELS of 74, beginning in Genesis 29:6 and ending Genesis 29:8.

LOCUSTS
The Hebrew word for "locusts" (aleph-resh-beth-hey) is found at an ELS of -70, beginning in Genesis 29:5 and ending in Genesis 29:2.

TEMPLE
The Hebrew word for "temple" (hey-yod-kaph-lamed) appears at an ELS of 299, beginning in Genesis 28:13 and ending in Genesis 29:7. This word shares a kaph with the Hebrew word for "angel."

HEAVEN
The Hebrew word for "heaven" (shin-mem-yod-mem) appears in the center of the matrix at an ELS of 1. It is found in Genesis 28:17.

ABOMINATION
The Hebrew word for "abomination" (shin-koph-tsadi) appears in the center right of the matrix at an ELS of -3. It is found in Genesis 28:16.

DESOLATION
The Hebrew word for "desolation" (shin-mem-mem) is found at an ELS of -222 crossing vertically through the word "abomination." It begins in Genesis 28:18 and ends in Genesis 28:11. Both "abomination" and "desolation" intersect the word "temple."

BLASPHEMY
The Hebrew word for "blasphemy" (nun-aleph-tsadi-hey) appears at an ELS of -1 in Genesis 29:7.

 

YOU GOTTA BE JOKING!!! The Beast of Revelation
YOU GOTTA BE JOKING !!!!! THE BEAST OF REVELATION. The word ( Beast =2+5 +300+400 =708 ). ... http://www.writetoprint.com. THE BIBLICAL BEAST OF REVELATION. ...
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Cinnamon Buns and the BeaST
CINNAMON BUNS AND THE BeaST THE SPIRAL OF CREATION. compiled by Dee Finney. 6 ... ground. Bandages of the Beast. There were many random omens. ...
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RUSSIAN PROPHECY BY DEE
... The beast "was" the British Commonwealth, then it became an unholy union of Britain and America, but America's wings will be plucked (Clinton's exposed perjury ...
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DREAMS AND MYTHOLOGY OF CATS AND OTHER FELINES
... They give over their "ROYAL POWER" to the beast. ... If one lets another seize their crown, it is like giving over their ROYAL POWER to the beast. The Rev. ...
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DREAMS OF THE ANTI-CHRIST
... by anonymous. *****. Subj: Invisible Dragon Beast Returns 12/27/98 dreamlink@earthlink. net (Bryon Smith). Invisible Dragon Beast Returns 12/27/98. ...
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REVELATION OF THE SUN
... 4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle ...
www.greatdreams.com/solar/sun2.htm

1999 SOLAR ECLIPSE - THE FINAL QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL - NOTES
... The Swallower beast's snout cuts across the pole between the third and fourth node, and the judgment seat is also positioned at that level. ...
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17 FISH - THE BIBLE AND THE STARS
... 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 ...
www.greatdreams.com/constellations/17-fish.htm
THREE FOR THE PRICE OF ONE - SATAN'S RETURN
... 13:18 Wisdom is needed to understand this. Let the one who has understanding solve the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666. ...
www.greatdreams.com/lcfrclnng.htm

REVELATION 9:16 - THE WARRIORS COMETH - ARMEGEDDON
... conquering, and to conquer. 6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 6:4 And there ...
www.greatdreams.com/rev916.htm
Revelation 19 - War of Armegeddon
... and the flesh of warriors, the flesh of horses and of their riders, and the flesh of all, free and slave, small and great." 19 Then I saw the beast and the ...
www.greatdreams.com/sacred/rev-19.htm

DREAMS AND VISIONS OF WAR
... This same symbol is like cutting the head off of the beast only to have it grow a new head. ... This beast was not fully revealed to me until recently. ...
www.greatdreams.com/war.htm

THE CRYSTAL BOWLS
... Rev 2 and 3), the seven trumpets (Rev 8,6 and 11,15), the seven thunders (Rev 10,3-4), the seven kings (Rev 17,9), the seven heads of the Beast (Rev 13,1), the ...
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THE THIRD FIRE - REVELATION
... THE BEAST. Notice that the beast (AntiChrist) in the book of Revelation is compared to a leopard, a bear and a lion. ... 13:1. THE FIRST BEAST. 13:11. ...
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TAMASISK - ANGER - FURY
... Kali (the harlot) represents karma or judgment, and it is this "beast" that is thrown down at the end of the cycle, as indicated by Rev. 17:11. ...
www.greatdreams.com/anger.htm

THE NUMBERS OF GOD
... 1260 of Revelation 11:3). 64800 x 666/9990 = 4320 (Alpha total of Rev.13:18 = 9990...# of beast verse). ... MAN CREATED 6th DAY, NUMBER OF BEAST/MAN 666...ETC... ...
www.greatdreams.com/nmbrsgod.htm
THIS MUST BE WHAT HELL IS LIKE - SAVED BY OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE
... desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. ...
www.greatdreams.com/sacred/hell_saved.htm

 

 

 

 

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