Re: Tier aus dem Meer

Geschrieben von Salomo am 25. Oktober 2004 22:09:47:

Als Antwort auf: Ihr tappt im Dunkeln geschrieben von Mick_2 am 25. Oktober 2004 10:40:58:

Hallo!

Zu dem "Tier aus dem Meer" hätte ich noch eine andere Erklärung zu bieten, leider in Englisch:

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To do this, first you have to put yourself in the position of St. John the Divine, who received the Revelation around 70 AD on the Greek island of Patmos. Imagine someone living at that time receiving visions of the world in the twentieth and twenty first century. Knowing the importance of the message he has been given, John must describe what he has seen. However, to describe events he has no comprehension of at that time, he uses similes and metaphors applicable to his own time to convey the visions of times to come. Those who seek to interpret Revelation must do likewise and place themselves in St. John's shoes in order to understand the full meaning of the "end time" events that lead the
world to its final conflict.

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 heads the name of blasphemy.
Revelation 13. verse 1

In the first part of this verse John sees a beast rising up out of the sea, and from this description it appears John is trying to indicate that the beast is a land mass rising up out of the sea. But what of the seven heads and the ten horns. In Revelation chapter 17 John once again sees the beast in a vision.

So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Revelation 17. verse 3.

John himself marvels at this vision, and is then given the translation of the
vision further on in the same chapter.

And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
Revelation 17. verse 9.

And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no Kingdom as yet; but receive power as Kings one hour with the beast.
Revelation 17. verse 12.

What John has seen is a land mass with at its centre, seven mountains, and within this land mass ten kings or kingdoms that are in league with the beast, or the land mass itself. A further description follows:

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Revelation 13. verse 2.

Here John, in an incredibly succinct and graphic way, is showing us the form and nature of this land mass he sees rising from the sea, and even uses terminology which brings the description into the 20th Century.

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death, and his deadly wound was
healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Revelation 13. verse 3.

Here, John brings his description of the beast firmly into the latter half of the 20th Century. In verse 2 of Revelation 13, John is describing the land of Greater Europe. The leopard has always been the beast associated with greater Germany, and here John tells us that the beast, this great land mass is like a leopard, but has the feet of a bear. The bear has always been Russia, and if one takes a map of greater Europe and turns it sideways, it can be seen that the within the body of Europe, the leopard is greater Germany, the feet Russia, and looking to the head of the beast, John describes its mouth as the mouth of a lion. The lion is of course, the symbol of Great Britain. It is almost
as if John has seen a map of greater Europe, and has then described the parameters of this huge land mass in 20th Century terms.
More clues emerge with the description of the seven heads. John is told these seven heads are seven mountains upon which a woman sits, but who or what is this woman. The answer is given in Revelation Chapter 17.

And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
Revelation 17. verse 18.

So we now know that this great beast, this European land mass, has at its centre a city that sits on seven mountains. There is only one city in the world that this can be, and as every school child is told, Rome the Eternal City, is built on seven hills.
We have now not only identified the beast as being greater Europe, but have also established Rome as its head, its centre, its power base. So what of the ten horns on the beast. We are told in Revelation 17 verse 12 that these ten horns are ten kings, and these ten kings will receive "power as kings one hour with the beast". What John is describing here is a confederacy of ten countries, who will receive power under the authority of Rome. On May 3rd 1948, the Council of Europe was established in London. The conference was attended by the Ten countries of Europe. On January 1st 1958, the European Economic Community or Common Market came into force. This European confederacy was established
under the "Treaty of Rome".
The final clue is given in verse 3 of Revelation 13 when John describes one of the heads or countries of the beast, "wounded to death, and his deadly wound was healed." Here, John brings us to 1989 and what must be one of the most significant events of the last century. After defeat at the end of World War II, Germany already economically, structurally and morally crippled suffered a further mortal wound to its ideology, as Germany was split into East and West. Since the 13th August 1961 the Berlin Wall had been a symbol of the Cold War, Communism versus Capitalism, East versus West, Christianity versus Atheism, the division of Germany's capital city symbolising the division of Europe, with Germany having been "wounded to death."
However, the dramatic and unprecedented events of 1989 were to sensationally heal this "deadly wound" when, on the 9th November East Germany opened all its borders to the West. Within 24 hours the Berlin Wall was being demolished and communism was collapsing. The world stared on in wonder and amazement.
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