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Audio Download<\/a><\/h3>\n

Rev 13:3-5 Part 1, His Deadly Wound was Healed<\/h3>\n

[Study Aired January 10, 2025]<\/h5>\n

In this study we will seek to understand, among other things, what is meant by telling us that one of the beast\u2019s seven heads had received a deadly wound and the wound was healed.<\/p>\n

Rev 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
\nRev 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
\nRev 13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduction<\/h4>\n

We need to be reminded of three things before we begin this study.<\/p>\n

1) \u201cBlessed is he that reads, hears, and keeps the things which are written\u201d in these three verses as well as all the other \u201cprophecies of this book\u201d (Rev 1:3 and 22:7). This means that\u2026<\/p>\n

2) This chapter, the previous chapter, and the next two chapters, are all part of a long introduction to, and the culmination of, the revelation of what is the work of the seventh trumpet in our lives. That work is revealed in Revelation 15 and 16, as the pouring out of the seven last plagues upon all of our \u201cungodliness and unrighteousness\u201d (Rom 1:18). We are told that ‘No man can enter the temple in heaven until the seven last plagues of God\u2019s wrath begins to be poured out in each person\u2019s life.’ Revelation 15:8 is in the aorist tense signifying that this \u2018pouring out of these seven last plagues is a process that must first begin in us as \u201cthe house of God\u201d (1Pe 4:17) before we can begin entering the temple in\u00a0 heaven:<\/p>\n

Rev 15:8\u00a0 And the temple was filledG1072<\/sup> [G5681-Aorist tense] with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enterG1525<\/sup> [G5629-Aorist tense] into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilledG5055<\/sup> [G5686-Aorist tense].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

3) The last thing we need to remember before we begin this study is that the pouring out of these seven plagues is the working of the Lord Himself giving the beast within us a deadly wound to all seven of his heads after the deadly wound of one of our seven heads is healed. This revelation of Jesus Christ shows us the evil experience the Lord gives us to humble all of us. It does this with the emphasis upon how stubborn and rebellious we all are by nature, and how loath is the beast we are to relinquish to the Lord His throne.<\/p>\n

Pro 16:4\u00a0 The LORD hath made all\u00a0things<\/em>\u00a0for himself:\u00a0yea,\u00a0even the wicked<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0for the day of evil.<\/p>\n

Isa 63:17\u00a0 O LORD,\u00a0why hast\u00a0thou made us to err<\/u>\u00a0from thy ways,\u00a0and hardened our heart<\/u>\u00a0from thy fear?<\/strong>\u00a0Return for thy servants\u2019 sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.<\/p>\n

Rom 9:16\u00a0 So then\u00a0it is not of him that willeth,<\/strong>\u00a0nor of him that runneth,\u00a0but of God that sheweth mercy<\/u><\/strong>.
\nRom 9:17\u00a0 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh [typifying our old man], Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
\nRom 9:18\u00a0\u00a0Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy [our new man],\u00a0and whom he will he hardeneth [our old man\u2026 \u201cof the same lump\u201d]:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rom 9:21\u00a0 Hath not the potter power over the clay,\u00a0of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour [our new man], and another unto dishonour? [Our old man]<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We all \u201clive by every word\u201d (Mat 4:4) including our own \u201cday of evil\u201d (Pro 16:4). While in that \u2018day of evil\u2019 it is the Lord who sends evil spirits to \u201charden [our] hearts\u201d and to \u201ccause us to err from His ways\u201d.<\/p>\n

He calls this process \u201cstrong delusion\u201d:<\/h4>\n

2Th 2:6\u00a0 And now ye know what withholdeth that he [\u201cthe beast\u2026 the son of perdition\u201d] might be revealed in his time.
\n2Th 2:7\u00a0 For\u00a0the mystery of iniquity<\/strong>\u00a0doth already work: only he who now letteth\u00a0will let,<\/em>\u00a0until he be taken out of the way.
\n2Th 2:8\u00a0 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
\n2Th 2:9\u00a0\u00a0Even him,<\/em>\u00a0whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
\n2Th 2:10\u00a0 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
\n2Th 2:11\u00a0 And for this cause\u00a0God shall send them strong delusion<\/strong>, that they should\u00a0believe a lie<\/strong>:
\n2Th 2:12\u00a0 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God, the Father, Himself tempts no man, but God created a tempter to do His tempting for Him:<\/p>\n

Jas 1:13\u00a0 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted by God, for God is without temptation of evils,\u00a0and he himself<\/strong>\u00a0tempts no man. (ASV)<\/p>\n

Mat 4:3\u00a0 And when\u00a0the tempter<\/strong>\u00a0came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.<\/p>\n

1Th 3:5\u00a0 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means\u00a0the tempter<\/strong>\u00a0have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When the Lord turns us over to the tempter, He refers to that trial as \u201cstrong delusion\u201d. It is not a \u2018weak delusion\u2019. It is a self-righteous delusion of iniquity to which we attach ourselves with great resolve, and we\u00a0\u201cbelieve<\/u>\u00a0a lie\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eze 33:13\u00a0 When I say to the righteous, that he shall surely live;\u00a0if he trust to\u00a0his righteousness, and commit iniquity<\/u><\/strong>, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in his iniquity [\u201cHis righteousness\u201d] that he hath committed, therein shall he die.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Part of that \u201cstrong delusion\u201d includes giving us a deadly wound which causes us to sincerely, \u201canon with joy\u201d receive the truth and rejoice in it for a short time. However, in time \u201cwhen triblation or persecution arises because of the word by and by we\u00a0 are offended, or the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word and we become unfruitful and in time we believes a lie and are condemned.<\/p>\n

Mat 13:18\u00a0 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
\nMat 13:19\u00a0 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth\u00a0it<\/em>\u00a0not, then cometh the wicked\u00a0one,<\/em>\u00a0and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
\nMat 13:20\u00a0 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word,\u00a0and anon with joy receiveth it<\/strong>;
\nMat 13:21\u00a0 Yet hath he not root [Christ (Rev 22:16)] in himself, but dureth for a while:\u00a0for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.<\/strong>
\nMat 13:22\u00a0 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word;\u00a0and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe deceitfulness of riches\u201d includes the deceitful false doctrines which have enriched so many of us in our own time. All of this is \u201cstrong delusion\u201d, which is the meaning of \u201chis deadly wound was healed\u201d:<\/p>\n

Rev 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the beast within us to be wounded, \u201cas it were wounded to death\u201d, requires the work of the Word of God. Only God\u2019s Word can deliver a wound which would give our first head a deadly wound. The word translated \u2018one\u2019 in this verse is the Greek word \u2018mia<\/em>\u2019 and carries with it the thought of \u2018first\u2019 as well as \u2018one of\u2026\u2019 \u2018Mia<\/em>\u2019 is most often translated with the English word \u2018one\u2019, and this is completely proper. It is also eight times translated \u2018first\u2019, as in \u201cthe\u00a0first<\/strong>\u00a0day of the week\u201d and \u201cafter the\u00a0first<\/strong>\u00a0and second admonition reject\u201d. It should be clear from scripture the \u201cone of his heads\u201d that was \u201cas it were wounded unto death\u201d, would only logically be the first, most immature head of our beast within.<\/p>\n

Mat 28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the\u00a0first<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0[G3391:\u00a0mia<\/em>] day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.<\/p>\n

Tit 3:10 A man that is an heretick after the\u00a0first<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0[G3391: mia<\/em>] and second admonition reject;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How is this wound inflicted?<\/h4>\n

It is when God first begins to bring us to the point that we see our need for a Savior that this first head receives a \u201cdeadly wound.\u201d The Old Testament type of this deadly wound being healed is when Israel cried out to God for a Savior with an innocent and sincere heart, and God heard their cry and delivered them from their oppressors. This is the Old Testament type of the Word of the Lord giving our inward beast a deadly wound when we are first caused to cry out to God for our salvation.<\/p>\n

Hos 11:1 When\u00a0Israel<\/strong>\u00a0was\u00a0a child [H5288, \u2018naar<\/em>\u2019, \u201ca youth\u201d, an immature child]<\/u><\/strong>, then I loved him, and called\u00a0my son<\/strong>\u00a0out of Egypt.
\nHos 11:3 I taught\u00a0Ephraim<\/strong>\u00a0also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that\u00a0I\u00a0healed them<\/u><\/strong>.
\nHos 11:4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When God heals us, He does so by causing the beast within us to receive a \u201cdeadly wound\u201d.<\/p>\n

Joh 3:30 He [\u201cChrist in you\u201d] must increase, but I [the beast that I am by nature] must decrease.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The only thing that can make war with this beast is Christ and His Word. We of ourselves are hopeless to overcome our own beastly flesh:<\/p>\n

Rev 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast?\u00a0who is able to make war with him?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

So what is it that delivers this \u201cdeadly wound\u201d? We are not left to speculate. We are plainly told:<\/p>\n

Rev 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth\u00a0by the means of those miracles [real miracles] which he had power to do in the sight of the beast;<\/strong>\u00a0saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast,\u00a0which had\u00a0the wound by a sword<\/u><\/strong>, and did live.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since we are told that Christ can, and in the end He does, destroy this beast \u201cwith the sword of His mouth\u201d, we therefore know that the only thing that could inflict this \u201cdeadly wound\u201d on this beast is the sword of the Word of God.<\/p>\n

Eph 6:17\u00a0 And take the helmet of salvation, and\u00a0the sword of the Spirit,\u00a0which is the word of God:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rev 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and\u00a0out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword<\/u><\/strong>: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.<\/p>\n

Rev 19:15\u00a0And out of his\u00a0mouth<\/u>\u00a0goeth\u00a0a sharp sword<\/u><\/strong>,\u00a0that with it he should\u00a0smite the nations<\/u><\/strong>: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.<\/p>\n

Rev 19:19 And I saw\u00a0the beast,<\/strong>\u00a0and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together\u00a0to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army<\/strong>.
\nRev 19:20 And\u00a0the beast was taken<\/strong>, and\u00a0with him the false prophet\u00a0that wrought miracles before him,\u00a0with which<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.\u00a0These both were cast [aorist tense] alive into\u00a0a lake of fire<\/u>\u00a0burning with brimstone.<\/strong>
\nRev 19:21\u00a0And the remnant were slain [aorist tense] with\u00a0the sword<\/u>\u00a0of him that sat upon the horse,\u00a0which sword proceeded out of his mouth<\/u><\/strong>: and all the fowls were filled [aorist tense] with their flesh.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWho is able to make war with the beast?\u201d It is the Christ with the \u201csword which proceeds out of His mouth\u201d who can and does \u201cmake war with the beast\u201d and who will with that \u201csword\u2026 smite the nations\u201d within us, and cast the beast and the false prophet within us into \u201cfiery trials which will burn up our old man with all of his \u2018wood, hay and stubble’ in\u00a0 us, as well as every evil thought in all the rest of mankind at a later fiery experience known as \u201cthe lake of fire\u201d. The \u2018lake of fire’ is just another symbol for the fiery work of the Word of God which takes place after the saints of this age rule with Christ for a thousand years. It is the great white\u00a0<\/strong>throne\/lake of fire\/second death which will purify every man who has ever lived. This fiery work takes place only \u201cwhen the thousand years are expired\u201d:<\/p>\n

Rev 20:1\u00a0 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
\nRev 20:2\u00a0 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan,\u00a0and bound him a thousand years<\/strong>,
\nRev 20:3\u00a0 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more,\u00a0till the thousand years should be fulfilled<\/strong>: and\u00a0after that he must be loosed a little season<\/strong>.
\nRev 20:4\u00a0 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and\u00a0I saw<\/em>\u00a0the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, [Those who in this present time die to their old man first] and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received\u00a0his<\/em>\u00a0mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;\u00a0and\u00a0they<\/u>\u00a0lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.<\/strong>
\nRev 20:5\u00a0\u00a0But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.\u00a0This\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0the first resurrection<\/u><\/strong>.
\nRev 20:6\u00a0 Blessed and holy\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0he that hath part in the first resurrection [\u201cthe resurrection of life\u201d (Joh 5:27-30)]:\u00a0on such the second death [White throne judgment, \u201cresurrection of judgment\u201d (Joh 5:27-30)] hath no power<\/strong>, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Defeat of Satan<\/h4>\n

Rev 20:7\u00a0\u00a0And\u00a0when<\/u>\u00a0the thousand years are expired<\/strong>, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
\nRev 20:8\u00a0 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0as the sand of the sea.
\nRev 20:9\u00a0 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
\nRev 20:10\u00a0 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet\u00a0are,<\/em>\u00a0and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever [At the great white throne judgment].
\nRev 20:11\u00a0 And I saw\u00a0a great white throne<\/strong>, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
\nRev 20:12\u00a0 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is\u00a0the book<\/em>\u00a0of life:\u00a0and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books,\u00a0according to their works<\/u>.<\/strong>
\nRev 20:13\u00a0 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them:\u00a0and they were judged every man\u00a0according to their works<\/u>.<\/strong>
\nRev 20:14\u00a0 And death and hell were cast into\u00a0the lake of fire. This is the second death.<\/strong>
\nRev 20:15\u00a0 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The fiery trial of this present time and the fire of the lake of fire \u201cwhen the thousand years are expired\u201d are the same \u2018fire\u2019 in both instances. This is clear to all who have the mind of Christ, because we are clearly told that both \u2018fire\u2019 and the \u2018sword\u2019 are symbols of the law and Word of God.<\/p>\n

Deu 33:2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went\u00a0a fiery law<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0for them.<\/p>\n

2Sa 22:9 There went up a smoke out of his [the Lord\u2019s] nostrils, and\u00a0fire out of his mouth<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0devoured: coals were kindled by it.<\/p>\n

Jer 5:14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts,\u00a0Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make\u00a0my words in thy mouth fire<\/u>,<\/strong>\u00a0and this people wood,\u00a0and\u00a0it<\/u>\u00a0shall devour them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rev 11:5 And if any man will hurt them [God\u2019s \u201ctwo witnesses\u201d],\u00a0fire<\/u>\u00a0proceedeth out of their mouth<\/strong>, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must\u00a0in this manner<\/strong>\u00a0be killed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What happened to the Lord\u2019s son, Israel, after he was given a deadly wound and was called out of Egypt? Here is the Old Testament spiritual type of the healing of the deadly wound of \u201cone of the heads\u201d of the beast within us all. This is what we all do.<\/p>\n

Hos 11:2 As they called them,\u00a0so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim<\/u><\/strong>, and burned incense to graven images.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is Hosea 11:2 in Christ\u2019s words:<\/p>\n

Mat 23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.<\/p>\n

Mat 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him\u00a0twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cMaking one proselyte\u201d symbolizes \u201ca deadly wound with a sword\u201d and \u201ctwofold more the child of Gehenna than yourselves\u201d is the \u201chealing of the deadly wound\u201d of the first head of our beast.<\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s examine verse four:<\/p>\n

Rev 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?<\/strong><\/p>\n

How do we \u201cworship the dragon which gives power to the beast?\u201d The first thing we need to realize is that we do not think we are worshiping the dragon while we are doing so. Those who \u201cworship the dragon\u201d actually believe they are worshiping Christ and His Father.<\/p>\n

Joh 8:30 As he spake these words,\u00a0many<\/u>\u00a0believed on him.<\/strong>
\nJoh 8:31 Then said Jesus\u00a0to those Jews which believed on him<\/u><\/strong>, If ye continue in my word,\u00a0then] are ye my disciples indeed;<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Speaking to \u201cthose Jews which believed on Him\u201d, Christ said this:<\/p>\n

Joh 8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,\u00a0Whosoever committeth sin\u00a0is the servant of sin.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Joh 8:40 But\u00a0now ye seek to kill me<\/strong>, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
\nJoh 8:41\u00a0Ye do the deeds of your father.<\/strong>\u00a0Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.
\nJoh 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
\nJoh 8:43\u00a0Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye\u00a0cannot<\/u>\u00a0hear my word<\/strong>.
\nJoh 8:44\u00a0Ye [andI] are of your father the devil,<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
\nJoh 8:45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cYou do the deeds of your father\u2026 you are of your father the devil\u2026\u201d That is us when we \u201cbelieve on [Christ]\u201d, claim the name \u201cChristian\u201d and refuse to \u201chear [and do] His word.\u201d That is how we \u201cworship the dragon who gives the beast his power and throne and great authority.\u201d As Christ tells us here, when we first come to Him as the first head of the beast, we \u201ccannot hear His word.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joh 8:43\u00a0Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye\u00a0cannot<\/u>\u00a0hear my word<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What orthodox Christian can hear and obey Christ\u2019s speech which says:<\/p>\n

Mat 5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
\nMat 5:21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
\nMat 5:22\u00a0But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but\u00a0whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell [ Greek \u2013\u00a0Gehenna] fire<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What so-called \u2018Christian\u2019 can hear and obey Christ\u2019s speech which says:<\/p>\n

Mat 5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
\nMat 5:28\u00a0But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to\u00a0lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart<\/u>.<\/strong>
\nMat 5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
\nMat 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye\u00a0resist not evil<\/u><\/strong>:\u00a0but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also<\/strong>.
\nMat 5:40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat,\u00a0let him have thy cloke also.<\/u><\/strong>
\nMat 5:41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile,\u00a0go with him twain.<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Finally, what Christian can hear these words of Christ\u2019s speech?<\/p>\n

Mat 5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
\nMat 5:44 But I say unto you,\u00a0Love your enemies<\/u>, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;<\/strong>
\nMat 5:45\u00a0That ye may be the children of your Father<\/u>\u00a0which is in heaven<\/strong>: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good,\u00a0and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There it is in plain English. \u201cThat you may be the children of your Father which is in heaven\u201d. We are God\u2019s children only when we \u201cdo the things that He says.\u201d Likewise, we are \u201cof our father the devil\u201d when we do not do the things he says, and worship and serve the beast who is the seed of the serpent, having seven heads and ten horns, just like his father.<\/p>\n

Joh 8:44\u00a0Ye are of your father the devil,<\/strong>\u00a0and the lusts of your father ye will do<\/strong><\/u>. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We will pause our study at this point and in our next study we will consider the spiritual significance of \u201cforty and two months\u201d:<\/p>\n

Rev 13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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