2023/07/31

102. "The Beast" and the "False Prophet" Part 1

In the previous issues, we have discussed the angel's words beginning with "Come, gather for the great supper of God" (Revelation 19:17) in the light of the "scene of the Crucifixion" and the "parable of the sower" and Jesus' own commentary on the parable (cf. blog № 99). In the "scene of the Crucifixion," Jesus' statement, "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him" (John 6:44), was substantiated (cf. blog № 101). 

The Father draws us so that Jesus "will raise him up at the last day" (John 6:44). Therefore, if the believer responds to the Father's drawing power and tries to go near the cross of Jesus, he will have the opportunity to undergo the "great supper of God" and to have the "flesh" of his greed devoured by the birds as the angel commanded them. If the believer takes advantage of this opportunity, he will witness in himself what was realised in Revelation in the manner of the "Spirit of prophecy" (cf. blog № 98). 

Now, on the other hand, Jesus said, "I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself" (John 12:32), implying the "scene of the Crucifixion." From this issue on, focusing on these words, we will examine the final description of the "great supper of God," which the author of Revelation saw and wrote after the above angel's words, in the light of the "parable of the weeds," which Jesus told after the "parable of the sower," and his own commentary on it, in the same way as previous issues (cf. Revelation 19:19-21). 

"And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against him who sits upon the horse and against his army" (Revelation 19:19). 

As stated in Revelation 1:5, the ruler of the "kings of earth" was Jesus Christ. Nevertheless, they and their armies "gathered to make war against him who sits upon the horse and against his army" because they were "those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image" (Revelation 19:20), i.e., those who were captives of money and entrapped by the monetised economy system, during their lifetime (cf. blog № 46). There will be those who will die a miserable death misled by the beast and the false prophet, like the disciple who handed Jesus over for 30 pieces of silver. The social structure brought by money and its economic system surpasses even human greed and turns human life into a commodity (cf. Revelation 18:12-13).

To be continued.

Maria K. M.