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What Bible passage has most stumped Biblical scholars, theologians and teachers for nearly 2000yrs? I'd wager it's Rev 13 v 1. Well I think that with God's help I might have figured it out. At least, this is the most plausible suggestion I've ever seen for the meaning of this passage.
" And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads with 10 crowns on his horns and on each head a blasphemous name "
The beast out of the sea is the Roman god Janus
https://youtu.be/tFsVnA0HgL8
He is usually depicted as having 2 heads but in reality he has many heads, seven to be exact.
The seven heads are the seven religions besides Christianity that are currently awaiting their messiah. The ten horns are the various strands of the religions and the ten crowns are the crowns of authority for that particular strannd waiting to be given to their messiah currently held by the leader of each religion.
The religions are:
Judaism (Zionism & Orthodox),
Islam (Sunni & Shia),
Buddhism (Theravada & Mahayana),
Hinduism,
Zoroastrianism,
Taoism and
Ba'bism/Bahá'i
The respective messiahs are:
Mashiach,
Mahdi,
Maitreya,
Kalki,
Saoshyant,
Li Hong and
"He whom God will make manifest".
I even think I know where on Janus' oh so gorgeous body each head sits. From right to left it's the following:
Mashiach Maitreya Kalki Saoshyant Mahdi Li Hong " he whom God..etc "
Each one's political leanings will relate to their position on the body. Furthest right = hard right, furthest left = hard left, those between progress from right to left wing.
So why is the beast Janus and not satan?
Satan doesn't want to be like Jesus, he wants to be God! With satan wanting to be like God he mimics everything God is, he isn't the antiChrist he's the Anti-God. So because God had Jesus through a virgin, satan had to have a son too, probably with a prostitute. But unlike Jesus being the perfect Son of God, instead satan got androgynous Janus and his seven heads, the beast..
God describes the seven heads for us in Proverbs 6 v 16 - 19
" There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him;
haughty eyes
a lying tongue
hands that shed innocent blood
a heart that devises wicked schemes
feet that are quick to rush to evil
a false witness that pours out lies
and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers "
That's all seven antiChrists and their "qualities".
The seven heads translate into the seven spirits. Just as Christ has the seven Spirits of God so Janus has the seven spirits of satan only, in Christ they make a whole, in Janus they're divided. A demonstration of that division is found in Psalm 109 v 7-15. God speaks first to Janus, then each head in turn, and then to all of them collectively.
" when he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayers condemn him.
May his days be few; may another take his place of leadership.
May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes.
May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labour.
May no-one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.
May his descendents be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.
May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
May their sins always remain before the Lord, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. "
There are lots of similar passages, for example in Daniel 11 vv 21-45 we have 26 "he will" and 1 each of king of North/South. It would make more sense were they referring to seven people four times, don't you think? As in all seven heads of Janus.
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