Endnote 157 (back): Numbers 35:19. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death; when the avenger comes upon the murderer, the avenger shall put the murderer to death. [See also Numbers 35:20-27; Deuteronomy 19:6, 12; Joshua 20:3-9; 2 Samuel 14:11.]
Endnote 158 (back): Revelation 13:3. One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast.
Revelation 13:12. It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.
Endnote 159 (back): Genesis 3:4-5. “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Endnote 160 (back): Revelation 9:11. They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon and in Greek is Apollyon (that is, Destroyer).
Revelation 11:7. Now when they [the two witnesses, i.e., John and Saul Cohen] have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will attack them, and overpower and kill them.
Revelation 17:8a. The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction.
The “angel of the Abyss” and the “beast that comes up out of the Abyss” appear to be the same demonic person, hence, the Antichrist and Abaddon are one. I am proposing that Abaddon is the spirit resident in the otherwise soulless body of Christopher.
Endnote 161 (back): See Daniel 10:4-11:1 for examples of angelic princes associated with the kingdoms of Persia and Greece. In Daniel 12:1, the archangel Michael is called “the great prince.” Also note that, as seen in Daniel 10:13, the terms “prince” and “king” are sometimes used interchangeably.
Revelation 17:9-11. This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman [identified in 17:3-5 as Babylon] sits. They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while. The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.
I am proposing that the seven kings are seven demon princes who have ruled various kingdoms through the ages. They may have been, but are not necessarily sequential, that is, more than one may have been in power at a given point in history. In any case, when the book of Revelation was written, five of the demon kings had ruled and fallen. The statement that “one is” probably refers to the Roman empire. If so, then the identity of the “other” that “has not yet come” can be narrowed down only slightly by the information that this king “must remain for only a little while,” because the Roman empire in all its forms lasted nearly 2000 years (509 B.C. – 1453 A.D.). How long is “only a little while” when speaking of the lives of empires? Whatever the identity of the seventh king, the eighth king is the beast – the Antichrist – who will rule from Babylon. “He belongs to (is of) the seven” indicates that he too is a demonic king/prince. But prior to his reign as the Antichrist, he could not rule because he was held captive in the Abyss (Revelation 17:8a, see next endnote). From Revelation 9:11 (see previous endnote) we know that in the spiritual realm the name of this demonic prince is Abaddon.
The fact that “the woman sits” on the seven hills/kings probably indicates that the Antichrist’s rule from Babylon is built on the spiritual foundation of the seven kings, but may also indicate that the seven demon princes serve the Antichrist during his reign.
Endnote 162 (back): Revelation 17:8. The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come. [Christopher/Abaddon (the beast) has come up from the Abyss but will go to his destruction.]
Endnote 163 (back): Compare to Lucifer’s five “I wills.”
Isaiah 14:13-14. You said in your heart, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
Endnote 164 (back): John Milton, Paradise Lost: A Poem Written in Ten Books (1667), Book 1: Line 263.
Endnote 165 (back): See for example:
Genesis 25:34. Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.
Endnote 166 (back): There are two harvests described in Revelation 14. The first harvest is apparently of those identified in Revelation 20:4, that is the followers of Jesus. The second harvest is depicted in Chapter 24 of this volume.
Revelation 14:14-16. I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.
Revelation 20:4. I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Endnote 167 (back): Historically and in countries where decapitation is currently practiced, e.g., Saudi Arabia, it has been reported that the eyes and mouths of victims sometimes continue to move after beheading. The most notable case is that of Anne Boleyn, who after she was beheaded at the order of Henry VIII, and her head held up by the executioner, continued to move her eyes and lips, silently uttering her dying prayer for several seconds. It is calculated that the human brain has sufficient oxygen for metabolism to persist for about seven seconds after beheading. See, for example, “Tower of London Factsheet,” Press Office, Waterloo Block, HM Tower of London, London EC3N 4AB.
Endnote 168 (back): Revelation 16:12. The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East.
Endnote 169 (back): Revelation 16:13-14. Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.
Endnote 170 (back): Revelation 13:9-10. Whoever has ears, let them hear. “If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed.”
Endnote 171 (back): Mark 13:12. Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.
Endnote 172 (back): Revelation 15:2-5. And I saw what looked like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and its image and over the number of its name. They held harps given them by God and sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: [Remainder is quoted in the text. Here the Tribulation followers of Jesus have adopted the song found in Revelation.]
Endnote 173 (back): Revelation 16:13-14. Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of Go
d Almighty.
Endnote 174 (back): Revelation 3:9. I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.
Endnote 175 (back): Daniel 9:27. … And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.
Endnote 176 (back): Revelation 13:15. The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed.
Endnote 177 (back): Revelation 14:9-11. [Paraphrased in text and quoted previously.]
Endnote 178 (back): Genesis 25:29-34. Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.) Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.” “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?” But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.
Endnote 179 (back): Nor does the author claim to know the truth of the matter, but some explanation must be given for the events that follow in Jerusalem as described in Micah 4:11-5:1 and Zechariah 12, and portrayed in Chapters 23 and 24 of this volume.
Endnote 180 (back): Ephesians 2:8-9. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.
Endnote 181 (back): Zechariah 12:10a. And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication.
Endnote 182 (back): Romans 5:8. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Endnote 183 (back): Matthew 5:30, KJV. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Endnote 184 (back): “The national razor,” one of many names for the guillotine, coined during the French Revolution.
Endnote 185 (back): Known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson died June 12, 1994. Many of followers continue to believe he will rise from the dead and establish his messianic kingdom.
Endnote 186 (back): Micah 5:2. But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Endnote 187 (back): For similar, see John 3:2. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
Endnote 188 (back): Daniel 9:25-26. Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed One, the ruler, comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble. After the sixty-two ‘sevens,’ the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. [For a detailed explanation of this passage, see In His Image, Chapter 22, endnote 63.]
Endnote 189 (back): Jeremiah 23:5. “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land.
Endnote 190 (back): Micah 5:2. But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.
Endnote 191 (back): Isaiah 9:6. For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Endnote 192 (back): Isaiah 9:1-2. Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan— The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.
Endnote 193 (back): Isaiah 35:5-6. Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
Endnote 194 (back): Isaiah 53:7. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
Endnote 195 (back): Isaiah 53:4-6. Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Endnote 196 (back): Isaiah 53:10-11. Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand. After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities.
Endnote 197 (back): Isaiah 49:5-6. And now the LORD says— he who formed me in the womb to be his servant to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to himself, for I am honored in the eyes of the LORD and my God has been my strength— he says: “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”
Endnote 198 (back): Zechariah 9:9. Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Endnote 199 (back): Zechariah 11:12-13. I told them, “If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.” So they paid me thirty pieces of silver. And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the LORD.
Endnote 200 (back): Psalm 22:7-8. All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads. “He trusts in the LORD,” they say, “let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.”
Psalm 16:18. Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet. All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me. They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.
Endnote 201 (back): Psalm 16:9-10. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
Psalm 30:3. You, LORD, brought me up from the realm of the dead; you spared me from going down to the pit.
Endnote 202 (back): Genesis 37.
Endnote 203 (back): Genesis 43—47.
Endnote 204 (back): Exodus 2:11-14. One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in t
he wrong, “Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?” The man said, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “What I did must have become known.”
Endnote 205 (back): Exodus 6:6-9. Therefore, say to the Israelites: “I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment. I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. And I will bring you to the land I swore with uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.” Moses reported this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and harsh labor.
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