Identifying the Beast with the Mark

Most theologians if not all, in one form or another point to the Papacy as the Beast with the mark. Most Christian denominations if not all will defend to the death that the Papacy is the Beast with the mark and the number. Other than supposition, theory and persuasive argument there is no scriptural foundation to point to the Papacy as a Beast.

The two horn beast is the United States of America. The mark of the beast as found in Revelation 13:11-18 points to the acts of the United States of America and no one else. To point to any other entity is a work perpetuated by Satan.

Daniel point to the Papacy as a horn, a political entity.

Daniel said he considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. Daniel 7: 8

He continued saying, he saw the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Daniel 7:21

The prophet Daniel said, the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. Daniel 7:24

1.         First the Roman Empire will be divided into ten Kingdoms with kings.

2.         Second, another king will rise among the ten Kings, and will uproot three of the first ten     kings.

3.         Then that king will speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. Daniel 7:25

4.         The saints (the children of God) will be persecuted by that king who uproot the three kings for a time and times and the dividing of time and not one day more. A time in prophecy is one year, times is two years and half a time is six months. Therefore that king was given three and a half years or forty-two month or twelve hundred and sixty days to have power over the saints.

5.         In prophecy a day is one year. Therefore that king who speak great words against the most High had 1,260 years of dominion over the saints and not one day more.

6.         Indeed the Papacy had 1,260 years of dominion over the people of God. That time ended when the political dominion of the church was taken away in 1798. The prophet Daniel said the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end Daniel 7:26. Never again will the Papacy be able to have dominion over the people of God as it did for 1,260 years.

  

John point to the Papacy as a Head, a religious entity.

In reference to the same event Daniel spoke about but did not associate a beast with the event, John is now connecting a beast with the ten kings spoken of by Daniel. He said he 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. Revelation 13:1

John is saying he saw a Nation coming out from a lot of people and it had seven religions and ten kingdoms. All seven religions in that kingdom blasphemed. To blaspheme is to talk about God or religion in a way that does not show respect.

John said there was given unto him (the beast) a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him (the mouth) to continue forty and two months. Revelation 13:5

How long was the mouth to continue?

Forty two months or 1,260 years, are the same as the king spoken of by Daniel.

Observed the act of the mouth that speak great things and blasphemies and compare it with what Daniel said.

And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. Revelation 13:6-8

Here we see both Daniel and John gave this power that make war with the saints only 1,260 years to have dominion over the saints and not one day more. This dominion ended in 1798 when the political dominion of the church was taken away.

There is not one verse in scripture that points to the Papacy regaining its power to have dominion over the saints and to make war with them after its dominion is taken away at the end of the 1,260 years. Note, neither Daniel nor John referred to the Papacy as a beast. Only theologians made that connection.

Therefore, the Papacy is not the agent with the number and the mark.

There are a few things the Bible says the agency with the MARK and the NUMBER will do.

1.     

He will have two political parties governing at the same time and will speak with authority over other nations. And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. Revelation 13:11

2.      He will take the power the ten kingdom nation once held, and will cause all to be patriotic to the ten kingdom nation. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. Revelation 13:12

3.      He will make fire come down from heaven and fall on the earth without one condemnation from any nation. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, Revelation 13:13

He destroyed sixty-seven cities in Japan with fire from heaven.

Sixty-Seven Japanese Cities Firebombed in World War II by US War Planes He maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth. (Rev. 13:13)
Name of Japanese city firebombed	Percentage   of city destroyed		Name of Japanese city firebombed		Percentage    of city destroyed		Name of Japanese city firebombed		Percentage   of city destroyed
Yokohama		58		Siumonoseki		37.6		Okayama		68.9
Tokyo		51		Kure		41.9		Yawata		21.2
Toyama		99		Kobe		55.7		Kagoshima		63.4
Nagoya		40		Omuta		35.8		Amagasaki		18.9
Osaka		35.1		Wakayama		50		Sasebo		41.4
Nishinomiya		11.9		Kawasaki		36.2		Moh		23.3
Miyakonoio		26.5		Nobeoka		25.2		Miyazaki		26.1
Hbe		20.7		Saga		44.2		Imabari		63.9
Matsuyama		64		Fukui		86		Tokushima		85.2
Sakai		48.2		Hachioji		65		Kumamoto		31.2
Isezaki		56.7		Takamatsu		67.5		Akashi		50.2
Fukuyama		80.9		Aomori		30		Okazaki		32.2

  

4.      After destroying the earth with fire without one condemnation, he will say to the world to make an image of the ten nation kingdom to maintain peace in the world. And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. Revelation 13:14

5.      He has the power to give life to the image and any one that disrespect the image will be killed. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. Revelation 13:15

6.      He causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
This is not a war against the saints of God, but rather against all that dwell on the earth.

7.      If you do not accept the mark of the beast/nation they will impose economic sanction on you. How many individuals and nation do you know have economic sanction imposed on them? And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Revelation 13:17

The words economic sanctions are modern-day English. Such a phrase was not yet invented and was not part of the vocabulary in John’s day. Therefore he used the most-descriptive words possible to describe what he was shown being done by the two-horned beast. He said, “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name” (Revelation 13:17 KJV). Note, this action of the two-horned beast is not taken against the saints but rather against man. 

8.      Every nation has a number. If you are smart count the number of the nation. All of the power of the number is vested in one man. When that man speak the nation has spoken. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. Revelation 13:18

Count the number of the two horned beast
Executive:
President’s cabinet	15
Subtotal executive	15
Legislative:
US senators	100
US representatives	435
Subtotal legislative	535
Judicial:
Judicial courts	13
Supreme court justices	9
US district courts	94
Subtotal judicial	116
Total number of the two-horned beast	666

All the power of these 666 people is vested in one person, the president of the United States. When the president speaks, the nation has spoken. The number 666 spoken of by John in Revelation 13 is the number of the nation of the United States of America. However theologians are pointing in every direction other than the United States of America. Most Christians will not accept that the number 666 spoken of by John in Revelation 13 is the number of the United States of America. 

These thing the beast/nation will do. This is not a conflict against the saints of God, but rather against all both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond.  

For a better understanding of the MARK of the BEAST get a copy of the book “The Mark of theBeast” by Ezra Celestin.

Ezra Celestin is an authority on the subject the mark of the beast.