"UPON HER FOREHEAD WAS A NAME, REV. 17:5"...PART2

"UPON HER FOREHEAD WAS A NAME...REV. 17:5"..."MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH!" PART 2...

LET US READ REVELATIONS 17 TOGETHER...

WHAT DOES ALL OF THIS MEAN?...STUDY...STUDY...STUDY...:)

Revelation 17

King James Version (KJV)

 ¹And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

 ²With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

 ³So 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.

 ⁴And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

 ⁵And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

 ⁶And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

 ⁷And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel?...(MINE...PAY ATTENTION!) I will tell thee the mystery of the woman,...(MINE...NEW YORK CITY-LOOK UP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten_Island,_New_York!) and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns...(MINE..."MIDDLE EAST BEAST IS A STUDY FOR ANOTHER TIME!")

 ⁸The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

 ⁹And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth...(MINE... New York consists of five boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island, Seven Hills - Fort Hill, Ward Hill, Fox Hill, Grymes Hill, Emerson Hill, Todt Hill, and Richmond Hill. Remember she also sits on the Beast!

 ¹⁰And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

 ¹¹And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

 ¹²And 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.

 ¹³These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

 ¹⁴These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

 ¹⁵And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

 ¹⁶And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

 ¹⁷For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

 ¹⁸And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth...(MINE...THE UNITED NATIONS BUILDING IS LOCATED IN NEW YORK CITY- The headquarters of the United Nations is a distinctive complex in New York City, Its borders are First Avenue on the west, East 42nd Street to the south, East 48th Street on the north and the East River to the east.^[2] Turtle Bay is used as a synonym for the U.N. headquarters or for the U.N. as a whole.!)

SUMMARY: Let us take it one step at a time verse by verse...

I will state that Mystery Babylon The Great is a city...¹⁸And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth...

UNTIL NEXT TIME...

GRACE ABOUND!!!

"WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT BABYLON?" PART 1

"WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT BABYLON?" PART 1

Please read along with me in the book of Revelations Starting in Chapter 14:8...

Revelation 14:8

King James Version (KJV)

 ⁸And there followed another angel,...(MINE...Followed Who/What Angel?...Another Angel...What Angel?...Which One, Who?) saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen,...

(MINE...WHAT and WHO is BABYLON?

...FALLEN...WHAT does that mean?) that great city fallen,...(MINE...WHAT CITY...WHERE IS THIS CITY?)

... because she...(MINE...SHE, WHO, WHAT?... A WOMAN, A CITY?

made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication...(MINE....ALL NATIONS, THE WHOLE WORLD?...DRINK WINE? WHAT WINE?...WINE OF THE WRATH OF HER FORNICATION?

...WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO ALL NATIONS WHO DRINK WINE OF THE WRATH OF HER FORNICATION?

WHAT IS THE WINE?...WHAT IS THE WRATH OF HER FORNICATION? 

READ ALONG AND LET US FIND OUT TOGETHER! FIRST THINGS FIRST...WHAT IS THE MEANING OF BABYLON?

STRONGS CONCORDANCE...REV. 14:8

(MINE...BABYLON IN STRONGS CONCORDANCE IS #897...

Rev 14:8 And ²⁵³² there followed ¹⁹⁰ another ²⁴³ angel ³², saying ³⁰⁰⁴, Babylon ⁸⁹⁷ is fallen ⁴⁰⁹⁸, is fallen ⁴⁰⁹⁸, that great ³¹⁷³ city ⁴¹⁷², because ³⁷⁵⁴ she made ^{4222 0} all ³⁹⁵⁶ nations ¹⁴⁸⁴ drink ⁴²²² of ¹⁵³⁷ the wine ³⁶³¹ of the wrath ²³⁷² of her ⁸⁴⁶ fornication ⁴²⁰².

KJV STRONGS GREEK DICTIONARY...REV. 14:8

KJV Strong's G897 matches the Greek Βαβυλών (Babylōn).

"BABYLON" AND "897"
occurs in 11 verses in the KJV
Page 1 / 1 (Mat 1:11 - Rev 18:21)

BABYLON DEFINED IN THE GREEK DICTIONARY... Babylon: "What does the bible say..."

All the references to Babylon in Revelations are "Literal", as in REV., 14:8,"THAT GREAT CITY, BABYLON IS A CITY...Towers are important!"

Figurative as in,"BABYLON/ SHE MADE ALL NATIONS DRINK...Party and Drink are important!,"

  and symbolic as in her title, "BABYLON!"

Literal and figurative language is a distinction in traditional systems for analyzing language. Literal language refers to words that do not deviate from their defined meaning. Figurative language refers to words, and groups of words, that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of the component words. Figurative language may involve analogy to similar concepts or other contexts, and may involve exaggerations.These alterations result in figures of speech...(MINE...I HOPE THIS HELPS!)

Summary:

1.) Babylon is a city...Towers are important!

2.) Babylon makes ALL Nations Drink...drinking is important!

3.) Babylon is symbolic of Ancient Babylon...RICH IN MILITARY POWER AND WORLD FINANCE!

HOMEWORK...Study...Study...Study...:)

Look up Ancient Babylon at:..READ...:)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon...

TO BE CONTINUED...

GRACE ABOUND IN JESUS CHRIST!!! 

BABYLON PART 2

Revelation 16:19

King James Version (KJV)

 ¹⁹And the (great city) was (divided into three parts), and the (cities of the nations fell): and great Babylon came in (remembrance before God), (to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.)

Revelation 17:5

King James Version (KJV)

⁵And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

Revelation 18:2

King James Version (KJV)

²And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

Revelation 18:10

King James Version (KJV)

¹⁰Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas (that great city Babylon), that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

Revelation 18:21

King James Version (KJV)

 ²¹And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

CITY OF BABYLON CHARACTERISTICS...

In Rev 17:5 Babylon is designated as MYSTERY...(MINE...WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?This undoubtedly in dicates that the name is to be under stood "figuratively. ...(MINE...LIKE ANCIENT BABYLON!)

(1) The characteristics ascribed to this Babylon apply to NEW YORK CITY rather than ROME or JERUSALEM or to any other city of this age:

(a) as ruling over the kings of the earth (Re 17:18);...(MINE...THE UNITED NATIONS BUILDING HEADQUARTERS IS IN NEW YORK CITY!

(b) as sitting on seven mountains (Re 17:9);...(MINE...NEW YORK CITY SITS ON SEVEN MOUNTAINS!

(c) as the center of the world’s merchandise (Re 18:3,11-13);...(MINE...WALL STREET...NEW YORK CITY!)

(d) as the corrupter of the nations (Re 17:2; 18:3; 19:2);...(UNITED NATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY!) JOHN DALBERG..."I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men with a favourable presumption that they did no wrong. If there is any presumption, it is the other way, against the holders of power, increasing as the power increases. Historic responsibility has to make up for the want of legal responsibility. All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or certainty of corruption by full authority. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it."[7

(e) as the persecutor of the saints (Re 17:6)...(MINE...PAST...PRESENT...YET FUTURE BELIEVERS?)


There is alot to STUDY...STUDY...STUDY...:)

 

"DO NOT BE DECEIVED!!!"

"DO NOT BE DECEIVED!!!...WHAT DOES OUR BIBLE SAY?"


Christians, repent! ...for preaching a different gospel, ignoring the written Word of God, neglecting the poor, favoring the rich, failing to watch for Christ's return, claiming Jesus as Savior while failing to obey Him as Lord, practicing racial prejudice, polluting the churches with the leaven of Herod through political alliances, oppressing women, neglecting children, winking at greed, sexual immorality, war, torture, homosexual practice, the leaven of the Pharisees, corruption Christians, repent!

"On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.'" - Matt 7:22-23

Recent statistics:  25-percent of evangelicals are divorced  25-percent of born-again folk have cohabited  17-percent of Baptists and evangelicals objected to black neighbors  Conservative Christians commit domestic abuse as often as the general public  *The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience: Why Are Christians Living Like the Rest of the World? by Ronald J. Sider "In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!" - Heb. 5:12

"Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 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. " - 2 Tim. 4:2-3 "If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels." - Mark 8:38 "Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly." - James 3:1

"But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch therefore, and pray..." - Luke 21:34-35

"My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don't show favoritism. Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, 'Here's a good seat for you,' but say to the poor man, 'You stand there' or 'Sit on the floor by my feet,' have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? But you have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? Are they not the ones who are slandering the noble name of him to whom you belong?" - James 2:1-7

"What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely?But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: 'God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.' Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up." - James 4:1-10

"I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!" - Gal. 1:6-9

Revelation, chapter 2:

Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.

And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.
Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
And I will give him the morning star.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Revelation, chapter 3:

And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

"He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches

THE BOOK OF DANIEL...HOW ACCURATE IS THE WORD OF PROPHECY?

 THE BOOK OF DANIEL...HOW ACCURATE IS THE WORD OF GODS PROPHECY?

The Book of Daniel (Hebrew: דניאל) is a book in the Hebrew Bible. In the Jewish canon, the book of Daniel is included with the Writings not in the Prophets. The book tells of how Daniel, a Judean exile at the court of Nebuchadnezzar II (605 to 562 BC), the ruler of Babylon, becomes a high government official^[1] and delivers various visions. Due to the prophecy content of the book, skeptics argue that the book was probably composed about 165 BC,^[2] shortly before the death of Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 164.^[3] Opinions continue to differ, however, in light of apparently early forms of Aramaic language used in the Aramaic portions.^[4]
The earliest manuscripts discovered were written partly in Hebrew and partly in Aramaic,^[5] and consists of a series of six third-person narratives (chapters one to six) followed by four apocalyptic visions in the first person (chapters seven to twelve). The narratives take the form of court tales which focus on tests of religious fidelity involving Daniel and his friends (chapters one, three and six), and Daniel's interpretation of royal dreams and visions (chapters two, four and five). In the second part of the book, Daniel recounts his own reception of dreams, visions and angelic interpretations.

Jewish and Christian Historicists, Futurists, Dispensationalists, Partial Preterists, and other futuristic Jewish and Christian hybrids, as well as certain Messianic Jews typically believe that the kingdoms in Daniel (with variations) are:
WHAT IS NOW HAPENNING IN THIS PART OF OUR WORLD? WHAT DO YOU SEE AND HEAR?

WHAT IS HAPPENNING IN OUR WORLD TODAY?

1. the Neo-Babylonian Empire
2. the Medo-Persian Empire
3. the Macedonian Empire of Alexander and his successors to the Ptolomaic and Seleucid Empires together, and
4. the Roman Empire, with other implications to come later.
5. (MINE...THE GROWING KINGDOM OF THE ANTICHRIST!)

This was the scheme described by Jerome in his "Commentary on Daniel."^[69]
Full Preterists, Idealists, certain Reconstructionists and other non-futurists likewise typically believe in the same general sequence, but they teach that Daniel's prophecies ended with the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, and have little to no implications beyond that.
All of these schools of prophetic thought typically start from the same basic premise (with variations), but differ in their conclusions (as described afterward):

Matthew 24:6..."WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING IN THIS PART OF OUR WORLD?"

King James Version (KJV)

 ⁶And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

GRACE ABOUND!!!

READING DANIEL 2...WHAT DO YOU SEE AND HEAR?

 READING DANIEL 2...WHAT DO YOU SEE AND HEAR? WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS PART OF OUR WORLD? First posted 2011...It is now 2013...

 

Daniel 2

King James Version (KJV)

Daniel 2

 ¹And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

 ²Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

 ³And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

 ⁴Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

 ⁵The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

 ⁶But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

 ⁷They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.

 ⁸The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.

 ⁹But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.

 ¹⁰The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.

 ¹¹And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

 ¹²For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

 ¹³And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

 ¹⁴Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

 ¹⁵He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

 ¹⁶Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

 ¹⁷Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:

 ¹⁸That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

 ¹⁹Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

 ²⁰Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:

 ²¹And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

 ²²He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

 ²³I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.

 ²⁴Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.

 ²⁵Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.

 ²⁶The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?

 ²⁷Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; (MINE...WE ARE IN THE LATTER/LAST DAYS!)

 ²⁸But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;

 ²⁹As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.

 ³⁰But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

 ³¹Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.

 ³²This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,

 ³³His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

 ³⁴Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

 ³⁵Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

 ³⁶This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.

 ³⁷Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

 ³⁸And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. (MINE...BABYLON!)

 ³⁹And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

 ⁴⁰And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.

 ⁴¹And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

 ⁴²And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

 ⁴³And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

 ⁴⁴And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever...(MINE...THESE KINGS!)

 ⁴⁵Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

 ⁴⁶Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.

 ⁴⁷The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.(MINE...FAITH IS NOT BLIND...THE BIBLE IS TRUE!!!)

 ⁴⁸Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon/ IRAQ, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

 ⁴⁹Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

WHO IS MODERN BABYLON? 

  ⁴⁷The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. AMEN!

READING 1 JOHN 5

 READING 1 JOHN 5

 

1 John 5

King James Version (KJV)

1 John 5

 ¹Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

 ²By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.

 ³For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

 ⁴For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

 ⁵Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

 ⁶This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

 ⁷For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

 ⁸And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

 ⁹If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

 ¹⁰He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

 ¹¹And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

 ¹²He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

 ¹³These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

 ¹⁴And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

 ¹⁵And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

 ¹⁶If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.

 ¹⁷All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

 ¹⁸We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

 ¹⁹And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

 ²⁰And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

 ²¹Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.