ZION, THE WHORE AND THE BEAST
(24/14)
OLUBI JOHNSON
God uses symbolic panorama’s to speak to us prophetically in the scriptures. For example, Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of a great image (Dan. 2.31-45) was a prophetic symbolic picture showing the history of all nations from the time of Nebuchadnezzar to the millennial reign of Christ as interpreted by Daniel.
In the same manner, God in the book of revelation through the Apostle John shows how Satan through the religious (symbolized by the whore) and political (symbolized by the beast) systems of this world is fighting against the Zion church.
Revelation 17:1-3 KJV: And 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: (2) With 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. (3) 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 17:9-12 KJV: And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. (10) And 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. (11) And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. (12) 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.
Down through the ages, the whore: a religious spirit has controlled, by passive and active witchcraft, the beast: the political system and so the nations of the earth, causing them to kill the Church of Jesus Christ: the saints.
Revelation 17: 5-6 KJV: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (6) And 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
Revelation 17:15 KJV: And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
Revelation 18:23-24 AMP: And never again shall the light of a lamp shine in you, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall never be heard in you again; for your businessmen were the great and prominent men of the earth, and by your magic spells and poisonous charm all nations were led astray (seduced and deluded). (24) And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all those who have been slain (slaughtered) on earth. [Jer. 51:49.]
Revelation 18:23 KJV: And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Now in this 3rd day, God is giving the Church the wisdom and power to prevail over the whore and the beast so that the gospel of the Kingdom can be preached and demonstrated to all nations: tribes, tongues and kindred and so close this age.
Matthew 24:14 KJV: And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
So, the TIME HAS NOW COME FOR THE CHURCH: THE SAINTS TO PREVAIL OVER THE WHORE AND THE BEAST, HENCE THIS MESSAGE:
Daniel 7:17-18 KJV: These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. (18) But THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH SHALL TAKE THE KINGDOM, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
Daniel 7:21-22 NKJV: “I was watching; and the same horn was making war against the saints, and prevailing against them, (22) UNTIL THE ANCIENT OF DAYS CAME, and a judgment was made in favor of the saints of the Most High, and THE TIME CAME FOR THE SAINTS TO POSSESS THE KINGDOM.
Psalms 102:13-16 NKJV: You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For THE TIME TO FAVOR HER, Yes, THE SET TIME, HAS COME. (14) For Your servants take pleasure in her stones, and show favor to her dust. (15) So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth Your glory. (16) WHEN THE LORD SHALL BUILD UP ZION, HE SHALL APPEAR IN HIS GLORY.
How do we know that the time has come?
We know because as I write, the church is growing spiritually to the perfection and measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ and so is becoming greater (1 Jn.2.14; 4.4) in spiritual power than Satan and all his principalities and powers: THE CHURCH IS CURRENTLY SHAKING (Lk. 21.25-28) OR BOMBARDING THE SECOND HEAVENS DISLODGING SATAN AND HIS COHORTS FROM THEIR DOMINION OVER THE AIR (EPH. 2.2). The sign of this, is the four blood moon tetrad that started in April 2014 and will last until September 2015.
Ephesians 4:15-16 NKJV: but, speaking the truth in love, may GROW UP IN ALL THINGS INTO HIM WHO IS THE HEAD-CHRIST- (16) from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
Mark 4:30-32 NKJV: Then He said, “To what shall we liken THE KINGDOM OF GOD? Or with what parable shall we picture it? (31) It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth; (32) but WHEN IT IS SOWN, IT GROWS UP AND BECOMES GREATER THAN ALL herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.”
The Church is growing into the perfection and fulness of Christ NOW by the blood (Heb. 13.20-21), the Word (1 Jn. 2.5) and the power of the Holy Spirit (1 Jn. 4.12-13).
In our article next week, we will see in more detail that this is being done NOW FIRSTLY IN NIGERIA AS THE ZION CHURCH IN NIGERIA OVERTHROWS BABYLON!
