The False Prophet, part 3
Revelation 16:13, 14 speaks about the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet.
1. Who is the false prophet?
Answer: Protestant America. Let us confirm this fact.
2. What does this false prophet do before the beast? Revelation 19:20
3. Who is it that works miracles in the sight of the leopard-like beast (the Papacy) of Revelation 13:1-10? Revelation 13:11,14
Read the following paragraphs to confirm that the lamb-like beast is Protestant America.
The Great Controversy, 440: But the beast with lamblike horns was seen ‘coming up out of the earth.’ Instead of overthrowing other powers to establish itself, the nation thus represented must arise in territory previously unoccupied and grow up gradually and peacefully. It could not, then, arise among the crowded and struggling nationalities of the Old World–that turbulent sea of ‘peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.’ It must be sought in the Western Continent. {GC, 440.1}
The Great Controversy, 441: What nation of the New World was in 1798 rising into power, giving promise of strength and greatness, and attracting the attention of the world? The application of the symbol admits of no question. One nation, and only one, meets the specifications of this prophecy; it points unmistakably to the United States of America.
“And he had two horns like a lamb.” The lamblike horns indicate youth, innocence, and gentleness, fitly representing the character of the United States when presented to the prophet as “coming up” in 1798. Among the Christian exiles who first fled to America and sought an asylum from royal oppression and priestly intolerance were many who determined to establish a government upon the broad foundation of civil and religious liberty. Their views found place in the Declaration of Independence, which sets forth the great truth that “all men are created equal” and endowed with the inalienable right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” And the Constitution guarantees to the people the right of self-government, providing that representatives elected by the popular vote shall enact and administer the laws. Freedom of religious faith was also granted, every man being permitted to worship God according to the dictates of his conscience. Republicanism and Protestantism became the fundamental principles of the nation. These principles are the secret of its power and prosperity. The oppressed and downtrodden throughout Christendom have turned to this land with interest and hope. Millions have sought its shores, and the United States has risen to a place among the most powerful nations of the earth. {GC, 441.1}
4. Why does the Bible call the lamb-like beast with two horns, a symbol of the United States of America, a false prophet? Revelation 13:11-14
The Great Controversy, 441: But the beast with lamblike horns “spake as a dragon. 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; . . . 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 13:11-14. {GC 441.2}
The Great Controversy, 442: The lamblike horns and dragon voice of the symbol point to a striking contradiction between the professions and the practice of the nation thus represented. The “speaking” of the nation is the action of its legislative and judicial authorities. By such action it will give the lie to those liberal and peaceful principles which it has put forth as the foundation of its policy. The prediction that it will speak ‘as a dragon’ and exercise ‘all the power of the first beast’ plainly foretells a development of the spirit of intolerance and persecution that was manifested by the nations represented by the dragon and the leopardlike beast. And the statement that the beast with two horns ‘causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast’ indicates that the authority of this nation is to be exercised in enforcing some observance which shall be an act of homage to the papacy. {GC, 442.1}
The Great Controversy, 442: Such action would be directly contrary to the principles of this government, to the genius of its free institutions, to the direct and solemn avowals of the Declaration of Independence, and to the Constitution. The founders of the nation wisely sought to guard against the employment of secular power on the part of the church, with its inevitable result — intolerance and persecution. The Constitution provides that ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,’ and that ‘no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.’ Only in flagrant violation of these safeguards to the nation’s liberty, can any religious observance be enforced by civil authority. But the inconsistency of such action is no greater than is represented in the symbol. It is the beast with lamblike horns–in profession pure, gentle, and harmless–that speaks as a dragon. ‘Saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast.’ Here is clearly presented a form of government in which the legislative power rests with the people, a most striking evidence that the United States is the nation denoted in the prophecy. {GC, 442.3}
5. How will the false prophets parade themselves, so that we may identify the False Prophet of these last days? Matthew 7:15
Note: The Christian Denominations in America parade themselves as a lamb, but they will speak as a dragon. Read Revelation 13:11
6. Who in the Bible is likened unto a lamb? John 1:29
7. What warning does Christ give to His people in these last days? Matthew 24:3, 24, 25
8. In what scripture did Jesus warn us previously, and how may we identify a False Prophet in the last days? Deuteronomy 13:1-3
Note: With this in mind, read again Revelation 13:11, 14, 15. (You see the same False Prophet working miracles and leading people into false worship).
9. What will cause many to be deceived by the False Prophet, the apostate Christian churches around the world, specifically in America? 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
Note: One of the primary aims of the False Prophet, the apostate Christian churches, is to counteract and withstand God’s true preachers and to persuade the people to resist and reject present truth. Read Acts 13:4-12
10. As Saul and Barnabas went to minister, who did they meet on the isle of Paphos? Acts 13:6
11. How does the Bible describe Barjesus? Acts 13:6
12. What was the title of the man that Barjesus was found with, whom he also influenced? Acts 13:6, 7
13. What was the aim or goal of Barjesus, the false prophet? Acts 13:8
Note: Compare Acts 13:10 with Revelation 16:13, 14. Write your thoughts.
Note: One of the primary aims of the false prophet, the apostate Christian churches, is to counteract and withstand God’s true preachers and to persuade the people to resist and reject present truth. Read 2 Timothy 3:1,6,7,8
14. What did Jannes and Jambres do to Moses which will been seen in these last days against God’s true preachers? 2 Timothy 3:8
Note: As it was in the days of Elijah, so it will be in the last days. Read Malachi 4:5, 6; Revelation 16:13,14
15. In the days of Elijah, the false prophets were associated with Ahab (dragon) and Jezebel (the beast). Read 1 Kings 18:17-19
16. The Dragon represents a civil power in the Bible. Read Revelation 12:4,5 and Matthew 2:3,7,13; Ezekiel 29:2,3.
Jezebel represents the beast, the Papacy. Read 2 Kings 9:22 (whore, mother, witchcraft/sorcery) Revelation 17:1,5; Revelation 18:23; 1 Kings 18:4,13; Revelation 17:6; Revelation 2:20-22; Revelation 14:8; Revelation 18:2,3
Note: In the days of Elijah, the controversy was over worship. The false prophets attempted to bring fire down from heaven to confirm Baal worship. Read 1 Kings 18:21-29
17. What is Baal worship? 2 Kings 23:5; 2 Kings 17:16
Note: With that in mind, read Revelation 13:13-15 and discover that the fire coming down in the last days is to confirm Baal worship & Sunday worship.
18. The false prophets who were promoting Baal worship or Sunday worship were also connected to what? 1 Kings 18:19
Answer: The groves
19. What was grove worship connected to? 2 Kings 23:5,7; 1 Kings 14:23,24
20. What happened to the false prophets in the days of Elijah, after the showdown over worship? 1 Kings 18:40
21. What will happen to the False Prophet, the apostate Christians who refuse to repent? Revelation 20:10
We have discovered the false prophet, apostate Christians in America. Now we shall discover that the spirit of the false prophet has entered Seventh-day Adventism.
22. Who does the Bible say would arise among God’s people in the last days? 2 Peter 2:1-3; Matthew 24:6-11
23. How may we identify clearly the false prophets within Seventh-day Adventism? Ezekiel 22:25-27; Isaiah 30:8-11 & Jeremiah 5:31; Luke 6:26; 1 John 4:1,2
24. What type of nature/flesh did Jesus have while he was on earth? What does that mean for us? Romans 8:3,4
25. What is the work of preparation as we see the false prophets without and within the church deceiving souls? Revelation 16:15