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Revelation 13:8
All who attended church during the Great Tribulation worshipped the beast!
 By Brother Mike (1-20-23; 45 minutes)

 

8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world .


 INTRODUCTION  

 In this look at Revelation 13:8, we are going to find terrible things about those who attended Christian churches during the Great Tribulation from May 21,1988 to when Judgment Day began on May 21, 2011, and those who still attend Christian churches even to this day. First, we will define what it means that all that dwell upon the earth shall worship the beast, and we learn what it means that the Lamb was slain from the foundation of the world. Then, we will not only look at Revelation 13:8, but also Revelation 17:8 and Daniel 12:1 which, like Revelation 13:8, reveal to us the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world in the context of the Great Tribulation that will help to give us a clearer definition of just what this Book of Life represents, and how it relates to those who attended Christian churches during the Great Tribulation and even to this day, and how it relates to that Great Multitude who were saved out of Great Tribulation during the Latter Rain

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sea, for the earth and the sea are opposites, it is logical to assume that whereas the sea in context can mean the unsaved (spiritually dead) in the world, then the opposite word earth can mean the saved (spiritually alive) in the world because the unsaved and the saved are opposites. And, therefore, the term the whole earth in our verse of study can refer to all the saved (spiritually living) in the world. And, as stated before, all the saved or spiritually alive or living people were normally found in the churches and congregations around the world at the beginning of the Great Tribulation of judgment against all the churches, which began on May 21, 1988. Therefore, once again, we can surmise that our term the whole earth (all those who, at least, claim to be spiritually living through Jesus Christ) refers to all the local churches and congregations worldwide.  

It is interesting to note that the surface of our planet is about two-thirds sea and one-third land or earth, just like the population size of those who were unsaved or spiritually dead (the sea) to the population size of those who claimed to be spiritually living through Jesus Christ (all the Christian churches worldwide, the earth). Indeed, the unsaved or spiritually dead were about two-thirds of the total population of the world, while all the Christian churches were made up of about one-third of the total population at the time of the Great Tribulation that began on May 21, 1988 and which is the context of Revelation 13 that we are now looking at. Thus, we have even more support for the sea symbolizing all the spiritually dead, and the whole earth symbolizing all the peoples

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of the Christian churches and congregations worldwide who identified themselves with the spiritually living, for, spiritually speaking, the whole earth refers to all the spiritually living on this planet, which refers externally to the whole Church, for all who are in all the churches and congregations worldwide are, at least, externally identified as being those of the spiritually living. Externally, they are considered to be all the living ones of the earth, and therefore, they can be symbolized by the term the whole earth. 

We can even go further to show that the term the whole earth in Revelation 13:3 refers to all the churches and congregations worldwide during the Great Tribulation by looking up the word earth in the Bible to see if it can refer to the peoples of the Church (the people externally considered to be the spiritually living people of the earth), and when we do so, we find that it can. For instance, we read, 
 
Ps 66:1 To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands [or all ye earth] ... 

And it is obvious that the word lands that can also be translated as earth does not here refer to the physical lands or earth but to those who are of the spiritually living of the earth (the Church of God), for it is only they who would make a joyful noise unto the true God. The rest can only make a joyful noise to their false Gods and idols because, spiritually, they are dead to the true God. 

Again, we read, 

Ps 66:4 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name . Selah. 

Clearly, when it says, All the earth shall worship God, it refers not to the physical earth worshipping God but to all who spiritually claim to be spiritually living through Christ (the Church) on earth who would worship God. Thus, we see that the Bible does give support to the term the whole earth symbolizing or representing the whole Church since as we have seen, the word earth, which is the opposite of the word sea, can symbolize or represent those of the spiritually living (all the churches worldwide) whereas the sea can represent those of the spiritually dead or all those who were normally found outside of the churches during the Great Tribulation of judgment that first came upon the Church or House of God on May 21, 1988, for Judgment [had to] begin at the House of God (1Peter 4:17). 

Okay, now that we have learned that they that dwell upon the earth who wonder [after the beast] in Revelation 17:8 are the same as all that dwell upon the earth [who] worship the beast in Revelation 13:8, and these are all those in the churches worldwide who did not and will not depart out from their churches, even to this day, and these are also those whose names are not written in the Lamb's book of life from the foundation of the world, if you are one of these who are still attending a Christian church of any kind, you should be terrified out of your skin, and you should depart out of your church without delay, for what we have been learning in

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22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened . 

Sounds very similar to Daniel 12:1 that says, there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time, because both Daniel 12:1 and Matthew 24:21 are speaking about the time of the Great Tribulation, which is God's Judgment against all the Christian churches worldwide that began on May 21, 1988. It is a tribulation unlike any other since the beginning of the world, or a time of trouble such as never was since there was a nation because during the first part of the Great Tribulation from May 21, 1988 to when the Latter Rain began on September 7, 1994, God stopped saving anyone in or thru the church and in the entire world. Never before was there a time when God would not save anyone. And, if God did not shorten those days of no one being eternally saved, there should no flesh be saved any longer: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. And the days of the Great Tribulation from May 21, 1988 to Judgment Day on May 21, 2011 were shortened by God saving once again, but only outside of all the churches during the Latter Rain from September 7, 1994 to when salvation ended forever on Judgment Day of May 21, 2011.
 
Therefore, when Daniel 12:1 says, And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people, Michael is not a celestial angel, but He is Christ who stood up for His people and saved or
Revelation 13 and many other scriptures as well is that if you continue attending a Christian church, you are revealing that you are not a truly saved Christian, but a counterfeit Christian not written in the Lamb's book of life from the foundation of the world. Woe to all you earth dwellers (church attenders), for your names are not written in the Lamb's book of life; you are not one for whom Christ died. And, as we will discover in the 2nd half of Revelation 13 when we get to it, you church-attenders are also those who have already received the Mark of the Beast. But we will speak more about that in a future study of Revelation 13.
 
Well, let's look at another passage which speaks of the Book of Life in the context of the Great Tribulation. We read, 

Da 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book . 

We know that this verse has to do with the Great Tribulation because it states, there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time. This immediately reminds us of Matthew 24 that speaks about the Great Tribulation when it says, 

21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be .

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delivered them in the Latter Rain of the Great Tribulation from September 7, 1994 to when Judgment Day began on May 21, 2011. These were all those who were delivered out of the Great Tribulation in which no one else would have been saved if God did not shorten those days of no one else being saved in the world. God did cut off salvation in and thru all the Christian churches worldwide and the entire world beginning on May 21, 1988, but then He shortened these days from going all the way to the end of the Great Tribulation, which would have been to May 21, 2011, to the beginning of the Latter Rain on September 7, 1994 when He began to save a Great Multitude in the world out of Great Tribulation and outside of any church by May 21, 2011 after which no one else would ever be granted eternal life again, for the Day of Yahweh's wrath had come. But whereas God opened the door to the world one last time during the Latter Rain of the Great Tribulation, that door has remained closed in and thru all the Christian churches ever since Judgment came upon them on May 21, 1988, and even to this day. 

So, now we know that when Daniel 12:1 says, and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book, it is referring to the Latter rain of the Great Tribulation from September 7 to May 21, 2011 when Christ who is Michael stood up and saved or delivered all His remaining people in the world that would ever be saved out of the time of trouble or Great Tribulation until Judgment Day, which consists of many days, began on May 21, 2011 when God then ended any more possibility

of people being granted eternal life on this planet ever again, forever. Therefore, the only salvations apparently now taking place ever since May 21, 2011 are all counterfeit salvations into counterfeit Christs of THE ANTICHRIST, Satan himself, who now rules over all the Christian churches worldwide because God gave them all over to sin and Satan due to their rebellions against Him just like He had given His rebellious Old Testament people of Israel in the Northern Kingdom over to the Assyrians in 709 BC and then the Southern Kingdom over to the Babylonians in 587 BC with the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. Anyone who would not depart out of Israel to go into captivity in Assyria and then also Babylon perished. Likewise, everyone who will not surrender to God's wrath being upon their churches and so do not depart out, they will perish (see Why leave all churches? ). If you are still attending a Christian church of any denomination or kind, you should be trembling in your shoes. 

Now, notice again Daniel 12:1 when it says, at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. We know that this book is, once again, the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world (or simply the Lamb's Book of Life) because everyone written in it are those who were saved or delivered by Christ during the Latter Rain of the Great Tribulation. And, in Revelation 13:8 and Revelation 17:8, we found that all those in the churches who did not depart out from their churches during the Great Tribulation worshipped or wondered after the beast, and all their names were not written

himself who deceived all the churches and congregations worldwide to worship him and receive the Mark of the Beast, and he brought in his counterfeit gospels, counterfeit teachings, and counterfeit signs and wonders to spiritually destroy them. 

Now, before moving on further, we should note that Christ, like Satan, is also referred to as a lion in scripture. Remember, we read,  
 
Re 5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David [Christ] , hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof .  
 
And, in describing Christ by four beasts (better translated as four living creatures), we read,   
 
Re 4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle . 

So, Christ and Satan can both be described as a lion in scripture, but Satan is the counterfeit lion. Satan comes looking just like Christ, which is one of the reasons why he is described as a lion in the same way that Christ is. And there are many Old Testament verses that both typify Christ and Satan as a lion that we will not get into for brevity, but with that being said, let's look at one last verse. We read, 

Hosea 13:5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought . {great ... : Heb. droughts }
6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me . 
7 Therefore I [God] will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I [God] observe them :
8 I [God] will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I [God] devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them . {wild ... : Heb. beast of the field } 
Notice that in this verse, because God is bringing judgment on His own people, God describes Himself as all three of the same beasts - the leopard, bear, and lion - which are used to describe Satan coming against God's Church as judgment against them during the Great Tribulation from May 21, 1988 to when Judgment Day began on May 21, 2011 in our verse of study, Revelation 13:2. In fact, Hosea 13:5-8, the verses we just read, typifies God's judgment that would come upon the New Testament Israel, the Church, which we see being described in verse 2 of our study in Revelation 13. 

Now, our verse 2 of Revelation 13 ends like this: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. That is, the beast (Satan and his kingdom) that rose up out of the sea (was loosed to rise up out of the bottomless pit in which it was first bound at the cross) to bring God's judgment against all the churches and congregations worldwide beginning on May 21, 1988 according to the well-proven , Biblical Timeline of History got its power from the dragon who we learned is the devil, Satan himself .
in the Lamb's book of life from the foundation of the world. And, because those who remained in the churches during the Great Tribulation - and even to this day, for God's Judgment is still upon all the churches - are not in the Lamb's book of life because Christ did not die for their sins. They are completely deceived in thinking that they are eternally saved. It is the greatest deception of all time! Are you beginning to see why the Great Tribulation was said to be such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be? The Great Tribulation ended on May 21,2011, yes, but in a real sense it continues because although Satan's rule over the Church and the world was taken from him by Christ on May 21, 2011, Christ is allowing Satan to continue for a season and time (click on Daniel 7:12 and scroll down to verse 12) as Christ now rules with a Rod of Iron to use Satan and his kingdom to finish bringing Judgment against all the Christian churches worldwide as well as the entire world until when on the Last Day of Judgment Day that we are now in, Satan and his kingdom are cast into the Lake of Fire forevermore. 

CONCLUSION 

Are you still attending a Christian church or thinking of returning to a church? God forbids! For we have learned that all that dwell upon the earth, which in Revelation 13:8 refers to all that were attending a Christian church during the Great Tribulation from May 21, 1988 to May 21, 2011, and even all who are attending a Christian church even to this day since God's Great Tribulation of Judgment against all the

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Christian churches continues to this very day. And, all who were attending a Christian church during the Great Tribulation, we learned, worshipped the beast, and all who are still attending a Christian church are worshipping the beast, for God removed Himself from all the Christian Churches worldwide beginning on May 21, 1988 to bring about the Great Tribulation of Judgment against His whole House or Temple by utilizing the beast (Satan, his demons, and counterfeit Christians) to completely take over and rule in the Christian churches to their complete spiritual destruction as Judgment against them, for Judgment [had to] begin at the House of God (1Peter 4:17). And, since the counterfeit Christ, THE ANTICHRIST that was foretold to come and already came beginning on May 21, 1988, also called the Man of Sin, Son of Perdition, or the Abomination of Desolation, Satan himself, now owns and rules over all the Christian churches worldwide, everyone still in attendance at a Christian church are worshipping the beast without even knowing it. It is the greatest deception or delusion of all time! And it is very sad but quite true that all those who were attending church during the Great Tribulation, and all who are attending church to this day are the ones whose names are not written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. That is, they are not the ones who Christ was predestined at the beginning of the world to die for on the cross in 33 AD. Therefore, they are all counterfeit Christians without even knowing it. 

But you, beloved of the Lord, who have long since departed out from all the Christian

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churches worldwide and are alive in Christ to now bring His Judgment against all the Christian churches worldwide, your names are in the Lamb's Book of Life because Christ was predestined at the beginning of the world to come to earth and pay for your sins, which He did, resulting in your obedience to the faith, which we now speak and share with one another, and with a wicked world to relatively soon be destroyed to the Glory of Yahweh, amen.  


Now, until the next time, may Yahweh bless thee, and keep thee: Yahweh make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: Yahweh lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace (Numbers 6:24-26).
 

end of Page 7, that spiritually speaking, the earth symbolizes the Church (all those in the Christian churches worldwide), we are being taught that all who attended a church during the Great Tribulation from May 21, 1988 to May 21, 2011 did worship the beast who represents Satan, his fallen angels, and all his counterfeit Christians. And why did all the Christian churches worldwide worship the beast? Well, because at the beginning of the Great Tribulation on May 21, 1988, God removed Himself, the Holy Spirit, from all the Christian churches, and the counterfeit Christ, THE ANTICHRIST, also called the Man of Sin, Satan himself, sat down to rule them in God's place so that every person who continued going to church and did not leave when the Holy Spirit had left were now worshipping the counterfeit Christ and holy spirit, Satan himself, without even knowing it because Satan now owned and ruled over all the Christian churches worldwide to make them Babylon the Great. Even the elect who were still in the Church at that time worshipped the beast, committing spiritual fornication with it (see Revelation 17:2 , then Revelation 18:3 paragraph 4 , and 18:9 ). Only when the Elect finally obeyed Christ to depart out from their churches as the Holy Spirit had already done before them were they no longer committing fornication with the beast. And this means that all those who still attend their churches worldwide and have not obeyed Christ to depart out from them, even to this day, are in spiritual fornication with the beast, Babylon the Great, the Great Whore and Abominations of the earth, without even knowing it. They have been deceived by the master deceiver, the counterfeit Christ, THE ANTICHRIST, Satan himself who now rules

of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world .  
 
We already found that all those that dwell on the earth refers to all those in the Christian churches during the Great Tribulation from May 21, 1988 to May 21, 2011 who did not depart out from the Church in obedience to Christ. They are the ones who worshipped and still worship the beast even to this day, for God's wrath continues to rest upon them. But now, we are told that all these in the Christian churches that worshipped and still worship the beast even to this day because they have not departed out from their churches that the beast rules over, these are the ones whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. In other words, these that still attend the Christian churches and have not departed out from them in obedience to Christ are all the counterfeit Christians in all the Christian churches worldwide for whom Christ did not actually die for. These counterfeit Christians have been deceived to believe that Christ paid for their sins, yes, but they are actually following a counterfeit Christ, THE ANTICHRIST, Satan Himself, without realizing it. By Satan's deceptions, all these counterfeit Christians gradually became the majority in virtually all the Christian churches by the end of the Church Age on May 21,1988 so that by that time when God brought Judgment upon His own house beginning on May 21, 1988, the churches were already virtually full of counterfeit Christians. Then, when God removed Himself (the Holy Spirit) from all the churches, and Satan was released from the pit on May 21, 1988 in which he had been bound after having had been cast out of heaven at the cross, it was quite easy

all that dwell upon the earth shall worship it [the beast] and in Revelation 17:8, which states, and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder symbolizes the Church (all those who attend Christian churches worldwide). To do that, let's go back over what we had learned in Revelation 13:3 about the term the whole earth when it states, and the whole earth wondered after the beast. Literally, one could interpret the whole earth in this verse to refer to all the living people on this planet. But we must look at the term the whole earth spiritually in this context, and to view this spiritually, we must interpret the whole earth to refer to all the spiritually living people on the planet. And, since all the spiritually living people on the planet were all those brought to spiritual life in Jesus Christ, and they were normally found in the Christian churches worldwide, we could say that the earth of all the spiritually living was all the local churches and congregations around the world. Therefore, we can surmise that our term the whole earth refers to the whole Corporate Church, namely all the local churches and congregations worldwide where all those who have claimed life through Jesus Christ attend.  

Another way of seeing that our term the whole earth can refer to all those who claimed life through Jesus Christ, namely everyone in the Church worldwide, is to remember what we had learned in verse 1 of Revelation 13 , page 1 and 2: remember, we learned that the word sea from which our beast rose up out from refers to the unsaved (the spiritually dead) in the world (Ps. 98:7; Isaiah 57:20). And, since the word earth carries the opposite meaning to the word

of the Great Tribulation from September 7, 1994 to when Judgment Day began on May 21, 2011, and eternal life and salvation came to an end for everyone else. 

May our Lord, Jesus Christ, who is the Lamb that was predestined at the foundation of the world to be slain for our sins on the cross in 33 AD illuminate our minds by His Holy Spirit to see truth, to obey truth with both our minds and actions, to the glory of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three persons but one God, amen. 


Revelation 13:8: 

8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world . 

In this verse, we first read, And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him. Him, of course, refers to the beast and so would be better translated as it. And like we were told in verse 3 of Revelation 13 that the whole earth [the King James says, all the world, but it can just as well be translated the whole earth] wondered after the beast, and then in verse 4 of Revelation 13, they [referring back to the whole earth of verse 3, which we found to spiritually represent the whole church] are said to have worshipped the beast [see Revelation 13:3-4 to begin reading at the end of Page 7], so also, in a similar way, here in verse 8 of Revelation 13, we are told, And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship it [the beast]. And, since we had learned in Revelation 13:3-4 , beginning at the 

over them. Such great deception is difficult to fathom, but just as Satan, his demons, and unsaved people infiltrated and took over the Christian Church worldwide during the Great Tribulation from May 21, 1988 to May 21, 2011 as God used them to bring His Judgment against His own Church, so also is that same Judgment of God now also coming against the whole world during Judgment Day, which consists of many days, that began on May 21, 2011 by Satan (THE ANTICHRIST), his demons, and unsaved people (like the Marxists and Globalists), having infiltrated and taken over the governments of the world. And remember, this is all ultimately taking place as a part of God's final Judgment plan, first against all the Christian churches worldwide from May 21, 1988 to May 21, 2011, and continued thereafter, and then, last against the entire world including the Church from May 21, 2011 to The End. God's Judgment against the Church was first for 23 years from May 21, 1988 to May 21, 2011, and because the Church had then become known as Babylon the Great who is to be rendered DOUBLE according to her works (see Revelation 18:6 and May 21, 2034 ), could it be that even as Judgment first came against the Church for 23 years, so also must it continue from May 21, 2011 for another 23 years to make her punishment DOUBLE? If so, then God's Judgment now against both the Church and the entire world will come to an end in the year 2034. 

So, all those still attending a so-called Christian church are actually worshipping the devil without knowing it, but let's move on to the latter part of Revelation 13:8, which reads, 
 
...  whose names are not written in the book

for Satan to then completely take over all the Christian churches, spiritually kill the Elect therein ( Revelation 11:7-10 ), and take up his seat of rule in the whole Church as the counterfeit Christ, THE ANTICHRIST, 

Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God [the Church], shewing himself that he is God (2Th 2:4).
 
The true Elect in the Christian churches at that time of the Great Tribulation eventually obeyed Christ to depart out from their churches to escape God's wrath upon them all. Those who have remained in all the Christian churches worldwide, and those who are now still attending a church are those whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world; otherwise, they would obey Christ and depart out from their churches (see Why leave all churches? ). 

So, what is this Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world? The Lamb, of course, is Jesus Christ, for we read, 

Joh 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world . {taketh away: or, beareth } 

Therefore, this book is the book of life of Jesus Christ who was slain from the foundation of the world. This book represents all the Elect for whom Christ was predestined to die for and eternally save from the beginning of the world.

It does not mean that Christ was actually slain for their sins at or before the beginning of the world in saying that Jesus Christ was slain from the foundation of the world, but that Christ was predestined to be slain at or before the beginning of the world for the sins of His Elect on the cross in 33 AD (see The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world , The phrase, from the foundation of the world , What does the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world mean? , and Going after strange flesh ). 

Now, we see this same Book of Life of Jesus Christ during the Great Tribulation in other scriptures of the Bible. For instance, we read, 
 
Re 17:8 The 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 .   
 
Notice that this verse does not say the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world as in Revelation 13:8, but it only says, the book of life from the foundation of the world. Nevertheless, we know it is the same book of life of Jesus Christ slain from the foundation of the world because it is referring to the time of the Great Tribulation just like Revelation 13 when Satan ascended out of the bottomless pit to bring God's Judgment against His own Church. It says, they that dwell on the earth shall wonder ... when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. The beast that was

refers to the rule of Satan's kingdom before the cross when Satan had free access to both heaven and earth; the beast that is not refers to the greatly diminished rule of Satan's kingdom after Satan had been cast out of heaven and bound in the bottomless pit at the cross when he no longer had free access to heaven; and the beast that yet is refers to when Satan was released from the bottomless pit on May 21, 1988 to be used of God to bring His Judgment against His very own Church or House during the Great Tribulation and after. And whereas Revelation 13:8 says, all that dwell upon the earth shall worship it [the beast] whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, which we found to be all those who did not depart out from their churches during the Great Tribulation who worshipped the beast, this verse of Revelation 17:8 says, and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder [and it is implied that they shall wonder after the beast], whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, which also refers to all those who did not depart out from their churches during the Great Tribulation, for when it says, they that dwell on the earth shall wonder [wonder after the beast]; which implies that they would worship the beast, these that dwell on the earth symbolize all that were attending a church during the Great Tribulation because remember, we had already found that spiritually speaking, the earth symbolizes all those in the Christian churches worldwide.

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