Have you noticed how neither the Catholic nor Protestant churches ascribe to themselves any of the Bible prophecies forecasting infidelity to Jesus Christ? They always point away from themselves concerning the Bible’s list of crimes against humanity, claiming innocent hands while the brutal history of the church has shed the blood of tens of millions through their version of religious law.

     This study will expose the destiny of those who think they are at liberty to overrule the method GOD ordained for the salvation of man. This controversy between obedience and rebellion goes all the way back to the offering of Abel vs. the offering of Cain: the offering of faith in Christ’s righteousness vs. the offering of works of self-righteousness—the offering in which GOD had respect vs. the offering in which GOD had no respect. GOD even personally warned Cain that through his method of salvation, “sin lieth at the door” (Gen.4:4-7). And so it is today.

     Understanding the Bible’s timeline of prophetic history is the means to ascertain the present danger for the human race. All through history false prophets have led people to their destruction, literally destroying nations. And the Bible teaches that the United States of America will soon be among them, for this country has been assigned the villainous title: “the false prophet” (Rev.19:20). This is verified by Christians being deceived by their leaders who claim the Bible’s many prophecies of religious apostasy during the Christian era does not apply to them. This deception has one purpose: to lead the church to “believe a lie: that they all might damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness” (II Thess.2:11,12). “Sin lieth at the door.”

     Every scholar of the Reformation ascribed “the beast” of Revelation 13:1-10 to the Holy Roman Empire. Every trademark of the Roman church is met in those verses: the 1,260 year rule (prophesied seven times: Dan. 7:25, 11:33, 12:7; Rev. 11:2, 12:6, 12:14, 13:5), the persecution of the saints, and the pope’s blasphemy of claiming attributes of deity. Now, the second half of Revelation 13 describes who follows papal Rome, in both history and doctrine. A verse-by-verse commentary of Revelation 13:11-14 verifies this:

v.11) "And I beheld another beast [predator kingdom] coming up out of the earth [this timeline chronologically follows the first beast (vss.1-10) by rising in a land largely unpopulated (“the earth”), in contrast to the first beast rising out of “the sea” which represents "peoples, nations multitudes and tongues” (Rev. 17:5). The one great nation that has risen in a largely unpopulated area since the removal of papal Rome from her civil authority in 1798 is the United States of America]; and he had two horns like a lamb [Republicanism and Liberty of conscience are uplifted as the ruling concepts for government, forbidding any religious authoritarianism through the First Amendment to the Constitution], and he spake as a dragon [the end result from the leaders’ hypocrisy of claiming to honor GOD and justice while working through legislation of oppression to weaken our liberties established through the Constitution, ultimately leading society to full-blown religious intolerance].

v.12) And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him [via the religious leaders restoring the spirit of Roman Catholic tyranny and working to gain the civil authority that Christ condemned and commanded should never exist (Mk.10:42-45)], and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed [The reestablishment of a church/state system of government under the auspices of the Vatican (who received a wound by "a sword" of General Berthier in 1798), legislating laws enforcing the worship of GOD, thereby removing the religious freedoms from the Constitution as established by our nation’s founders].

v.13) And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men [through Satan’s power that GOD allows because of the sins from both America’s religious and secular leaders. Thus, the cruelty from men living in sin causes fire to fall from the sky, destroying life and property, thereby securing the church’s control over the people who turn to the church to stay the threat of increased destruction (Job 1:16; Matt. 24:23,24; II Cor. 11:13-15)],

v.14) 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 [via the misuse of Scripture in the popular doctrines of “tongues” “slain in the spirit” and “the word of knowledge,” leading earth's population into a unanimous rebellion against GOD'S Law and the Gospel of Christ (Is. 8:20; 34:16; I Jn. 2:3-6; 5:3)]; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast [by a national law, and from there into international law, the violation of the Ten Commandments of GOD (Rev. 12:17; 22:14) as have already been dismissed by papal Rome by the removal of the 2nd and 4th Commandments], which had the wound by a sword, and did live [inflicted on the papacy by "a sword" of General Berthier in 1798.]

     In summation, Revelation 13 is simply the encapsulated history of the apostate church professing Christ’s service.

     As our nation ushers itself to the precipice of ruin the Bible identifies precisely who it is that will be awarded the throne of human government during this time (as the prophets Daniel, Paul and John gave indication). Fact: Nearly all of the prophecies of the modern era refer to none other than the Vatican of Rome, for Rome has been specified as the final kingdom ruling over the affairs of men until the 2nd Advent of Christ (Dan.2:28-45).

     With this knowledge of the prophetic timeline, “The Saviour,” Jesus Christ presents to us the true course of man’s prophetic destiny: “But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered the ark. And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” “And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He shall send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet [not a secret whisper as the "secret rapture" insists, and no “second chance” doctrine for unbelievers], and they shall gather together His elect from the four winds [the compass headings of north, south, east, and west], from one end of heaven to the other.” “Our GOD shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.” “His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD,” “and every eye shall see Him.” Matt.24:37-39,30,31; Ps.50:3, 97:4,5; Rev.1:7.

     Right on the brink of human extinction at the close of the seven last plagues (Revelation 16) the greatest rescue of human history will be seen: the coming of the LORD Jesus Christ! His 2nd Advent brings to a close the battle of “Armageddon” (Rev.16:16). “The Saviour,” with His retinue of holy angels will stand stationary in the sky while the Earth continues its rotation of a thousand miles an hour beneath His feet; and for twenty-four hours the landscape beneath Him will be melting as wax before the fire (Mic.1:4; Zech.14:12). But the guardian angels of His faithful children will be ahead of Him (Matt.18:10) gathering the sacred harvest from the living and the dead (Matt.24:31): those who followed the leading of the Holy Spirit and/or believed His Word (Rom.2:13-15). This is “The day of the Lord!” (I Thess.5:2).

     Despite the many fictitious descriptions of Armageddon, the coming of Jesus Christ is simply the conclusion of the final battle between the lawless church pretending obedience to Christ (I Tim.1:5-11) and the Biblically faithful Church, bearing both Christ’s obedience to His Ten Commandment Law and His virtuous character (Jn.12:48; Rev.17:14).

     Today's prophecy gurus never include sin as the cause of the battle of “Armageddon.” Why? “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not” “and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction.” II Cor.4:3,4; II Thess.1:8,9. Nevertheless, the church’s determination to consolidate sin as the universal law throughout the Earth is the cause for Earth’s final battle of Armageddon. It has nothing to do with Russia and China invading the Middle East and attacking the State of Israel. But Satan will fulfill the Unbiblical predictions of his apostate church as far as he is allowed, through “the beast” (papal Rome) and “the false prophet” (Protestant America). And the vast majority of professing Christians will be deceived by these “false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.” II Cor.11:13.

     “Armageddon” is simply the culmination of the age-old death-match between the two branches of the human family represented by Cain and Abel (Gen.4:8)—and before them, the first war in heaven prompted by Satan himself (Rev.12:7; Eze.28:15,16). As Cain demanded salvation according to his method (Gen.4:3-5) whose indulgence to sin led him to murder his little brother Abel, so today’s Christianity demands salvation according to their method, whose bold, unapologetic sins against the Holy Law of GOD is leading them to follow in the footsteps of Cain (Jn.8:43-47). In the end of time, the “offering” of the apostate church will be seen as the offering of Cain, where “the LORD…had not respect.” (Gen.4:5; Rev.16:10,11).