The Second Beast:

Revelation 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

[
Note:
When satan is cast out of Heaven to the earth, he will sit in the temple of GOD claiming to be GOD. As you can see from verse Revelation 13:11 above, he claims to be GOD, but in the form of JESUS (The LAMB).

2 Thessalonians 2:1  Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 Thessalonians 2:2  That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2 Thessalonians 2:3  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2 Thessalonians 2:4  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, shewing himself that he is God.

2 Corinthians 11:13  For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves G3345 into the apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:14  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed G3345 into an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:15  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed G3345 as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

G3345
μετασχηματίζω
metaschēmatizō
met askh ay mat id' zo
From G3326 and a derivative of G4976; to transfigure or disguise; figuratively to apply (by accommodation):  transfer, transform (self).

The devil will disguise himself as JESUS.
]

Revelation 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

[
Note:
The first beast forms before satan arrives, but receives a deadly wound. It’s likely a political wound because this first beast is a governmental system. When satan arrives, disguising himself as JESUS, he will make peace on the earth, therefore healing the deadly wound. As it states in the book of Daniel, he destroys wonderfully with peace. The reason destruction happens with peace is because making peace and deceiving those that dwell on the earth into believing he is JESUS will make people worship him. When they worship him, it is their souls that are being destroyed. Exercising all the power of the first beast before him means that he is not using his own power to make the people worship him. The devil is deceiving them into giving him power willingly. They want him to lead them. The beast (One World System) has rules and structures and laws like any government system. When a decree is made within the system, it passes through the infrastructure of the system to be enforced as in any government entity. Since the people want satan to be their leader (deceived into believing satan is JESUS), then he exercises the system power by his decrees. So he is not enforcing by his own power, but by the power of the one world system.

Daniel 8:15  And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
Daniel 8:16  And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
Daniel 8:17  So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
Daniel 8:18  Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
Daniel 8:19  And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation H2195: for at the time appointed the end shall be.

H2195
זַעַם
za‛am
zah' am
From H2194; strictly froth at the mouth, that is, (figuratively) fury (especially of God’s displeasure with sin):  angry, indignation, rage.

Daniel 8:20  The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
Daniel 8:21  And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Daniel 8:22  Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.

When the first king of Greece’s power was broken, four kingdoms were formed. The four kingdoms formed were not in the power of the first king. These four kingdoms formed the four hidden dynasties. They are Political, Education, Religion, and Finance (Economics).

Daniel 8:23  And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

This king is the king of the bottomless pit. It is satan disguising himself as JESUS. This king will come forth of one of the four kingdoms, which are the four horns of the four hidden dynasties. In another part of the book of Daniel, you can deduce that this horn or king comes from the religious dynasty, which absorbs the other three dynasties.

Daniel 8:24  And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

The whore that rides this beast system is what gives him his power. They willingly worship him. As his power prospers or increases, his efforts decay or separate the election, reducing their power. In the end, he will kill the two witnesses and the great tribulation will be shortened for the elect’s sake.

[[
Mark 13:20  And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

Revelation 9:4  And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
Revelation 9:5  And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented *five months*: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

Revelation 9:10  And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

Revelation 11:3  And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Revelation 11:4  These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Revelation 11:5  And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
Revelation 11:6  These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

Revelation 11:7  And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

Revelation 11:8  And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Revelation 11:9  And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
Revelation 11:10  And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
Revelation 11:11  And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
Revelation 11:12  And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
Revelation 11:13  And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Revelation 11:14  The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

Revelation 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
]]

Daniel 8:25  And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

[[And through his intelligence also he shall cause deceit to prosper in his power: and he shall magnify (twist) himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

Daniel 2:34  Thou 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.

Daniel 2:35  Then 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.

Zechariah 4:10  For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

I believe that the stone cut out without hands is GOD’S 7000, the election. It’s the plummet stone in the hands of Zerubbabel to build The End Time Temple Of The LORD. This is what will bring down the image in king Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (which is the one world system of the beast).

For more information, see “Five Are Fallen” Parts 1 & 2, and “The End Time Temple Of The LORD”.

Daniel 8:26  And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
Daniel 8:27  And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
]

Revelation 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
Revelation 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Revelation 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

[
Note:
So he deceives everyone on the earth to worship him by doing miracles and gets them to do everything he wants by using his one world system whore (what a wonderful day in the neighborhood). Only those whose names were written in the book of Life from the foundation of the world won’t worship him, and you can see by previous verses that he can’t harm a hair on our heads. To be killed means delivered up to death. That means delivered up to satan for tempting. Don’t give in to his temptations or it is your soul that will be killed.
]

Revelation 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Revelation 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

[
Note:
The Seal Of GOD is TRUTH in your forehead, the mark of the beast is the opposite of that. What is in your forehead is what you believe, and your right hand is symbolic of your work. If you work to build satan’s system, that is what your right hand is doing. How the system keeps track of its members is another issue all together.
]

Revelation 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count G5585 the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Remember that this beast comes up out of the earth. This is the religious beast that controls the beast with seven heads and ten horns, but this beast is actually coming out of the pit. It looks like the Lamb, but it speaks as a dragon. That’s because it is the dragon. The dragon is the devil and satan. The devil is going to disguise himself as the LAMB. Most will think he is JESUS, but in reality he is antiCHRIST ('anti' in the Greek isn't the same as 'anti' as we are used to it. It doesn't mean against, it means 'instead of'). This beast gives that first beast it's power. The reason it's 'instead of' CHRIST is that most people are looking for JESUS to return, but instead they get satan who is pretending to be JESUS and he deceives them into thinking he is JESUS by his miracles. They will wish for the rocks to fall on them when the True CHRIST returns and they realize they have been worshiping satan. They will wish that they would have filled their lamps with OIL (which means TRUTH).

JESUS will tell them:

Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. G458

G458
ἀνομία
anomia
an om ee' ah
From G459; illegality, that is, violation of law or (generally) wickedness:  iniquity, X transgress (ion of) the law, unrighteousness.

2 Thessalonians 2:8  And then shall that Wicked G459 be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

G459
ἄνομος
anomos
an' om os
From G1 (as a negative particle) and G3551; lawless, that is, (negatively) not subject to (the Jewish) law; (by implication a Gentile), or (positively) wicked:  without law, lawless, transgressor, unlawful, wicked.

2 Thessalonians 2:9  Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2 Thessalonians 2:10  And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2 Thessalonians 2:11  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2 Thessalonians 2:12  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Here is the wisdom of Revelation 13:18:

Revelation 13:18  Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count G5585 the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

The word 'count' is the Greek word:

G5585
ψηφίζω
psēphizō
psay fid' zo
From G5586 ; to use pebbles in enumeration, that is, (genitive case) to compute: - count.

and it's root word is:

G5586
ψῆφος
psēphos
psay' fos
From the same as G5584 ; a pebble (as worn smooth by handling), that is, (by implication of use as a counter or ballot) a verdict (of acquittal) or ticket (of admission); a vote:  stone, voice.

It's meaning comes from its use. Back in those days, people would use stones to keep track of or count things. After using those stones for a very long time, the stones would begin to be smooth or worn down. The usage of the word here means knowledge gained by wisdom of study over a long period of time. So, if you have studied GOD'S WORD for a long time, you may obtain this wisdom.

And what is this wisdom?

It's that the man of sin, the son of perdition, the lawless one, which is the devil and satan that sits in the temple of GOD claiming to be GOD is anti CHRIST (two horns like a lamb, but speaks as a dragon), arrives at the sixth trump, the sixth seal, and the sixth vial (666). The TRUE CHRIST does not return until the Seventh Trump. In 1st Corinthians chapter fifteen, it states that at the last trump (which is the farthest trump out, also called The Trump Of GOD, which is the Seventh Trump), we are all changed. Our flesh bodies melt away and we put on our spirit bodies. So if there is a supernatural being on the earth doing miracles in the sight of man and claiming to be GOD in the form of JESUS and you are not in your spirit body, then that supernatural being is satan. Don’t worship him or join his one world beast system.

The Second Beast:

Revelation 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

[
Note:
When satan is cast out of Heaven to the earth, he will sit in the temple of GOD claiming to be GOD. As you can see from verse Revelation 13:11 above, he claims to be GOD, but in the form of JESUS (The LAMB).

2 Thessalonians 2:1  Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 Thessalonians 2:2  That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2 Thessalonians 2:3  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2 Thessalonians 2:4  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, shewing himself that he is God.

2 Corinthians 11:13  For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves G3345 into the apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:14  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed G3345 into an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:15  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed G3345 as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

G3345
μετασχηματίζω
metaschēmatizō
met askh ay mat id' zo
From G3326 and a derivative of G4976; to transfigure or disguise; figuratively to apply (by accommodation):  transfer, transform (self).

The devil will disguise himself as JESUS.
]

Revelation 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

[
Note:
The first beast forms before satan arrives, but receives a deadly wound. It’s likely a political wound because this first beast is a governmental system. When satan arrives, disguising himself as JESUS, he will make peace on the earth, therefore healing the deadly wound. As it states in the book of Daniel, he destroys wonderfully with peace. The reason destruction happens with peace is because making peace and deceiving those that dwell on the earth into believing he is JESUS will make people worship him. When they worship him, it is their souls that are being destroyed. Exercising all the power of the first beast before him means that he is not using his own power to make the people worship him. The devil is deceiving them into giving him power willingly. They want him to lead them. The beast (One World System) has rules and structures and laws like any government system. When a decree is made within the system, it passes through the infrastructure of the system to be enforced as in any government entity. Since the people want satan to be their leader (deceived into believing satan is JESUS), then he exercises the system power by his decrees. So he is not enforcing by his own power, but by the power of the one world system.

Daniel 8:15  And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
Daniel 8:16  And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
Daniel 8:17  So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
Daniel 8:18  Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
Daniel 8:19  And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation H2195: for at the time appointed the end shall be.

H2195
זַעַם
za‛am
zah' am
From H2194; strictly froth at the mouth, that is, (figuratively) fury (especially of God’s displeasure with sin):  angry, indignation, rage.

Daniel 8:20  The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
Daniel 8:21  And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Daniel 8:22  Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.

When the first king of Greece’s power was broken, four kingdoms were formed. The four kingdoms formed were not in the power of the first king. These four kingdoms formed the four hidden dynasties. They are Political, Education, Religion, and Finance (Economics).

Daniel 8:23  And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

This king is the king of the bottomless pit. It is satan disguising himself as JESUS. This king will come forth of one of the four kingdoms, which are the four horns of the four hidden dynasties. In another part of the book of Daniel, you can deduce that this horn or king comes from the religious dynasty, which absorbs the other three dynasties.

Daniel 8:24  And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

The whore that rides this beast system is what gives him his power. They willingly worship him. As his power prospers or increases, his efforts decay or separate the election, reducing their power. In the end, he will kill the two witnesses and the great tribulation will be shortened for the elect’s sake.

[[
Mark 13:20  And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

Revelation 9:4  And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
Revelation 9:5  And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented *five months*: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

Revelation 9:10  And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

Revelation 11:3  And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Revelation 11:4  These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Revelation 11:5  And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
Revelation 11:6  These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

Revelation 11:7  And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

Revelation 11:8  And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Revelation 11:9  And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
Revelation 11:10  And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
Revelation 11:11  And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
Revelation 11:12  And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
Revelation 11:13  And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Revelation 11:14  The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

Revelation 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
]]

Daniel 8:25  And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

[[And through his intelligence also he shall cause deceit to prosper in his power: and he shall magnify (twist) himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

Daniel 2:34  Thou 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.

Daniel 2:35  Then 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.

Zechariah 4:10  For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

I believe that the stone cut out without hands is GOD’S 7000, the election. It’s the plummet stone in the hands of Zerubbabel to build The End Time Temple Of The LORD. This is what will bring down the image in king Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (which is the one world system of the beast).

For more information, see “Five Are Fallen” Parts 1 & 2, and “The End Time Temple Of The LORD”.

Daniel 8:26  And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
Daniel 8:27  And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
]

Revelation 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
Revelation 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Revelation 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

[
Note:
So he deceives everyone on the earth to worship him by doing miracles and gets them to do everything he wants by using his one world system whore (what a wonderful day in the neighborhood). Only those whose names were written in the book of Life from the foundation of the world won’t worship him, and you can see by previous verses that he can’t harm a hair on our heads. To be killed means delivered up to death. That means delivered up to satan for tempting. Don’t give in to his temptations or it is your soul that will be killed.
]

Revelation 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Revelation 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

[
Note:
The Seal Of GOD is TRUTH in your forehead, the mark of the beast is the opposite of that. What is in your forehead is what you believe, and your right hand is symbolic of your work. If you work to build satan’s system, that is what your right hand is doing. How the system keeps track of its members is another issue all together.
]

Revelation 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count G5585 the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Remember that this beast comes up out of the earth. This is the religious beast that controls the beast with seven heads and ten horns, but this beast is actually coming out of the pit. It looks like the Lamb, but it speaks as a dragon. That’s because it is the dragon. The dragon is the devil and satan. The devil is going to disguise himself as the LAMB. Most will think he is JESUS, but in reality he is antiCHRIST ('anti' in the Greek isn't the same as 'anti' as we are used to it. It doesn't mean against, it means 'instead of'). This beast gives that first beast it's power. The reason it's 'instead of' CHRIST is that most people are looking for JESUS to return, but instead they get satan who is pretending to be JESUS and he deceives them into thinking he is JESUS by his miracles. They will wish for the rocks to fall on them when the True CHRIST returns and they realize they have been worshiping satan. They will wish that they would have filled their lamps with OIL (which means TRUTH).

JESUS will tell them:

Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. G458

G458
ἀνομία
anomia
an om ee' ah
From G459; illegality, that is, violation of law or (generally) wickedness:  iniquity, X transgress (ion of) the law, unrighteousness.

2 Thessalonians 2:8  And then shall that Wicked G459 be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

G459
ἄνομος
anomos
an' om os
From G1 (as a negative particle) and G3551; lawless, that is, (negatively) not subject to (the Jewish) law; (by implication a Gentile), or (positively) wicked:  without law, lawless, transgressor, unlawful, wicked.

2 Thessalonians 2:9  Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2 Thessalonians 2:10  And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2 Thessalonians 2:11  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2 Thessalonians 2:12  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Here is the wisdom of Revelation 13:18:

Revelation 13:18  Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count G5585 the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

The word 'count' is the Greek word:

G5585
ψηφίζω
psēphizō
psay fid' zo
From G5586 ; to use pebbles in enumeration, that is, (genitive case) to compute: - count.

and it's root word is:

G5586
ψῆφος
psēphos
psay' fos
From the same as G5584 ; a pebble (as worn smooth by handling), that is, (by implication of use as a counter or ballot) a verdict (of acquittal) or ticket (of admission); a vote:  stone, voice.

It's meaning comes from its use. Back in those days, people would use stones to keep track of or count things. After using those stones for a very long time, the stones would begin to be smooth or worn down. The usage of the word here means knowledge gained by wisdom of study over a long period of time. So, if you have studied GOD'S WORD for a long time, you may obtain this wisdom.

And what is this wisdom?

It's that the man of sin, the son of perdition, the lawless one, which is the devil and satan that sits in the temple of GOD claiming to be GOD is anti CHRIST (two horns like a lamb, but speaks as a dragon), arrives at the sixth trump, the sixth seal, and the sixth vial (666). The TRUE CHRIST does not return until the Seventh Trump. In 1st Corinthians chapter fifteen, it states that at the last trump (which is the farthest trump out, also called The Trump Of GOD, which is the Seventh Trump), we are all changed. Our flesh bodies melt away and we put on our spirit bodies. So if there is a supernatural being on the earth doing miracles in the sight of man and claiming to be GOD in the form of JESUS and you are not in your spirit body, then that supernatural being is satan. Don’t worship him or join his one world beast system.

The Second Beast:

Revelation 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

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Note:
When satan is cast out of Heaven to the earth, he will sit in the temple of GOD claiming to be GOD. As you can see from verse Revelation 13:11 above, he claims to be GOD, but in the form of JESUS (The LAMB).

2 Thessalonians 2:1  Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 Thessalonians 2:2  That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2 Thessalonians 2:3  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2 Thessalonians 2:4  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, shewing himself that he is God.

2 Corinthians 11:13  For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves G3345 into the apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians 11:14  And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed G3345 into an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:15  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed G3345 as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

G3345
μετασχηματίζω
metaschēmatizō
met askh ay mat id' zo
From G3326 and a derivative of G4976; to transfigure or disguise; figuratively to apply (by accommodation):  transfer, transform (self).

The devil will disguise himself as JESUS.
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Revelation 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

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Note:
The first beast forms before satan arrives, but receives a deadly wound. It’s likely a political wound because this first beast is a governmental system. When satan arrives, disguising himself as JESUS, he will make peace on the earth, therefore healing the deadly wound. As it states in the book of Daniel, he destroys wonderfully with peace. The reason destruction happens with peace is because making peace and deceiving those that dwell on the earth into believing he is JESUS will make people worship him. When they worship him, it is their souls that are being destroyed. Exercising all the power of the first beast before him means that he is not using his own power to make the people worship him. The devil is deceiving them into giving him power willingly. They want him to lead them. The beast (One World System) has rules and structures and laws like any government system. When a decree is made within the system, it passes through the infrastructure of the system to be enforced as in any government entity. Since the people want satan to be their leader (deceived into believing satan is JESUS), then he exercises the system power by his decrees. So he is not enforcing by his own power, but by the power of the one world system.

Daniel 8:15  And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
Daniel 8:16  And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
Daniel 8:17  So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
Daniel 8:18  Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
Daniel 8:19  And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation H2195: for at the time appointed the end shall be.

H2195
זַעַם
za‛am
zah' am
From H2194; strictly froth at the mouth, that is, (figuratively) fury (especially of God’s displeasure with sin):  angry, indignation, rage.

Daniel 8:20  The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
Daniel 8:21  And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Daniel 8:22  Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.

When the first king of Greece’s power was broken, four kingdoms were formed. The four kingdoms formed were not in the power of the first king. These four kingdoms formed the four hidden dynasties. They are Political, Education, Religion, and Finance (Economics).

Daniel 8:23  And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

This king is the king of the bottomless pit. It is satan disguising himself as JESUS. This king will come forth of one of the four kingdoms, which are the four horns of the four hidden dynasties. In another part of the book of Daniel, you can deduce that this horn or king comes from the religious dynasty, which absorbs the other three dynasties.

Daniel 8:24  And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

The whore that rides this beast system is what gives him his power. They willingly worship him. As his power prospers or increases, his efforts decay or separate the election, reducing their power. In the end, he will kill the two witnesses and the great tribulation will be shortened for the elect’s sake.

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Mark 13:20  And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.

Revelation 9:4  And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
Revelation 9:5  And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented *five months*: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.

Revelation 9:10  And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

Revelation 11:3  And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Revelation 11:4  These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Revelation 11:5  And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
Revelation 11:6  These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

Revelation 11:7  And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

Revelation 11:8  And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Revelation 11:9  And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
Revelation 11:10  And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
Revelation 11:11  And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
Revelation 11:12  And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
Revelation 11:13  And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Revelation 11:14  The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

Revelation 11:15  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
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Daniel 8:25  And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

[[And through his intelligence also he shall cause deceit to prosper in his power: and he shall magnify (twist) himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

Daniel 2:34  Thou 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.

Daniel 2:35  Then 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.

Zechariah 4:10  For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

I believe that the stone cut out without hands is GOD’S 7000, the election. It’s the plummet stone in the hands of Zerubbabel to build The End Time Temple Of The LORD. This is what will bring down the image in king Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (which is the one world system of the beast).

For more information, see “Five Are Fallen” Parts 1 & 2, and “The End Time Temple Of The LORD”.

Daniel 8:26  And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
Daniel 8:27  And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
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Revelation 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
Revelation 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Revelation 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

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Note:
So he deceives everyone on the earth to worship him by doing miracles and gets them to do everything he wants by using his one world system whore (what a wonderful day in the neighborhood). Only those whose names were written in the book of Life from the foundation of the world won’t worship him, and you can see by previous verses that he can’t harm a hair on our heads. To be killed means delivered up to death. That means delivered up to satan for tempting. Don’t give in to his temptations or it is your soul that will be killed.
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Revelation 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Revelation 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

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Note:
The Seal Of GOD is TRUTH in your forehead, the mark of the beast is the opposite of that. What is in your forehead is what you believe, and your right hand is symbolic of your work. If you work to build satan’s system, that is what your right hand is doing. How the system keeps track of its members is another issue all together.
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Revelation 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count G5585 the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Remember that this beast comes up out of the earth. This is the religious beast that controls the beast with seven heads and ten horns, but this beast is actually coming out of the pit. It looks like the Lamb, but it speaks as a dragon. That’s because it is the dragon. The dragon is the devil and satan. The devil is going to disguise himself as the LAMB. Most will think he is JESUS, but in reality he is antiCHRIST ('anti' in the Greek isn't the same as 'anti' as we are used to it. It doesn't mean against, it means 'instead of'). This beast gives that first beast it's power. The reason it's 'instead of' CHRIST is that most people are looking for JESUS to return, but instead they get satan who is pretending to be JESUS and he deceives them into thinking he is JESUS by his miracles. They will wish for the rocks to fall on them when the True CHRIST returns and they realize they have been worshiping satan. They will wish that they would have filled their lamps with OIL (which means TRUTH).

JESUS will tell them:

Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. G458

G458
ἀνομία
anomia
an om ee' ah
From G459; illegality, that is, violation of law or (generally) wickedness:  iniquity, X transgress (ion of) the law, unrighteousness.

2 Thessalonians 2:8  And then shall that Wicked G459 be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

G459
ἄνομος
anomos
an' om os
From G1 (as a negative particle) and G3551; lawless, that is, (negatively) not subject to (the Jewish) law; (by implication a Gentile), or (positively) wicked:  without law, lawless, transgressor, unlawful, wicked.

2 Thessalonians 2:9  Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2 Thessalonians 2:10  And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2 Thessalonians 2:11  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2 Thessalonians 2:12  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Here is the wisdom of Revelation 13:18:

Revelation 13:18  Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count G5585 the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

The word 'count' is the Greek word:

G5585
ψηφίζω
psēphizō
psay fid' zo
From G5586 ; to use pebbles in enumeration, that is, (genitive case) to compute: - count.

and it's root word is:

G5586
ψῆφος
psēphos
psay' fos
From the same as G5584 ; a pebble (as worn smooth by handling), that is, (by implication of use as a counter or ballot) a verdict (of acquittal) or ticket (of admission); a vote:  stone, voice.

It's meaning comes from its use. Back in those days, people would use stones to keep track of or count things. After using those stones for a very long time, the stones would begin to be smooth or worn down. The usage of the word here means knowledge gained by wisdom of study over a long period of time. So, if you have studied GOD'S WORD for a long time, you may obtain this wisdom.

And what is this wisdom?

It's that the man of sin, the son of perdition, the lawless one, which is the devil and satan that sits in the temple of GOD claiming to be GOD is anti CHRIST (two horns like a lamb, but speaks as a dragon), arrives at the sixth trump, the sixth seal, and the sixth vial (666). The TRUE CHRIST does not return until the Seventh Trump. In 1st Corinthians chapter fifteen, it states that at the last trump (which is the farthest trump out, also called The Trump Of GOD, which is the Seventh Trump), we are all changed. Our flesh bodies melt away and we put on our spirit bodies. So if there is a supernatural being on the earth doing miracles in the sight of man and claiming to be GOD in the form of JESUS and you are not in your spirit body, then that supernatural being is satan. Don’t worship him or join his one world beast system.