👉Mother Israel vs. Mystery Babylon the Great👈

🔍 Learn the Difference – True Israel vs. false Israelie — Confusion & Deception ⚠️❗

📡✞ Revelation 17: In-Depth Bible Study 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu74FcAIJ1A&list=PLcK3ZkGY_ffrwQ3NWkmzwCse5C5QnP4hv&index=20

📖✨ Summary of Shepherd’s Chapel Family Bible Study Hour
✝️ Pastor Arnold Murray
🔥 Topic: Revelation 17 — The Judgment of Mystery Babylon & End-Time Prophecy 👑🐉

📜 Core Concepts & Key Insights

🔎 Revelation 17 Overview

Revelation 17 reveals the judgment of the “great whore” — 🏛️ Mystery Babylon, portrayed as the greatest spiritual harlot on earth.

This stands in contrast to 👑 Mother Israel from Revelation 12, crowned with ⭐ 12 stars. Pastor Murray emphasizes the spiritual choice between these two symbolic women, with only one attending the 💍 Wedding of Christ ✝️.

🏛️ Mystery Babylon Identified

📖 Revelation 17:5 describes her as:

“MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”

She symbolizes:

❌ Idolatry
🌀 Spiritual deception
💔 Spiritual fornication
👑 Corruption with earthly rulers

👗 Her Appearance

🟣 Clothed in purple and scarlet
💎 Adorned with gold, pearls, and precious stones
🏆 Holding a golden cup full of abominations

This imagery represents:

👑 False royalty
🐍 Religious deception
⚠️ Corrupt worship

🌊 Waters Explained

The waters she sits upon symbolize:

🌍 Peoples
🌎 Nations
🗣️ Tongues
👥 Multitudes

—all deceived through lies and false doctrine.

🧠 Mystery on Her Forehead

Her name written on the forehead signifies:

🕵️ Secret apostasy
🎭 Hidden religious corruption
🚫 Rebellion against God

🐉 The Beast & the Woman

The woman rides a beast possessing:

👑 Seven heads
🔟 Ten horns

These symbolize:

🏛️ Kingdoms
👑 Kings
⚡ End-time political and spiritual power systems

⚠️ “Was, and Is Not, and Yet Is”

Pastor Murray identifies this beast as:

😈 Satan
💀 The son of perdition

Referenced with:
📖 Ezekiel 28 — destruction from within 🔥

🔟 Ten Horns

The ten horns represent:

👑 Ten kings
⏳ Receiving power briefly
⚔️ Participating in the “hour of temptation”

This symbolic period is associated with:

📅 Five months of intense deception and tribulation

🏺 Historical Sequence of the Seven Kingdoms

#️⃣	Kingdom / Nation 🏛️	Meaning 📖
1️⃣	🗼 Babel / Babylon (Nimrod)	Origin of apostasy
2️⃣	⚔️ Media-Persia	Successor to Babylon
3️⃣	🇬🇷 Greece	Alexander’s empire
4️⃣	🦅 Rome	Fourth kingdom
5️⃣	☪️ Mohammedan control (636–1948)	Temple area occupation
6️⃣	⚖️ Present mixed rule	Good & bad figs together
7️⃣	👑🐍 Antichrist reign	Short final kingdom

🌿 The Fig Tree Parable

🌳 The fig tree symbolizes:

🇮🇱 Israel
Restoration in 1948
Prophetic generation

📖 “The fig tree shooting forth leaves” represents the final generation before prophecy fulfillment.

🍇 Good & Bad Figs

These represent:

✅ Faithful believers
❌ Apostate elements

🌀 The Nature of Deception

Deception spreads through:

💨 Smoke
🔥 Fire
☠️ Brimstone

📖 Referenced in Revelation 9.

😵 Spiritual Intoxication

The antichrist deceives through:

✨ False miracles
🎭 Lies
🗣️ False teachings

⚠️ Warning Against False Doctrine

Pastor Murray teaches many are deceived by:

🚀 Pre-tribulation rapture doctrines
❌ Misunderstanding prophecy
🐍 Apostasy

Apostasy is described as:

➡️ Suddenly abandoning truth to worship the antichrist.

⚔️ Judgment & Final Victory

🔥 Judgment of the Harlot

The ten horns eventually:

🏚️ Make her desolate
👗 Strip her naked
🔥 Burn her with fire

This symbolizes divine judgment against false religion.

🐑 Victory of the Lamb

✝️ Jesus Christ ultimately:

🐉 Defeats the beast
⚡ Overcomes deception
👑 Reigns victorious

The faithful are described as:

📖 Called
✨ Chosen
🙏 Faithful

👑 God’s Sovereignty

Pastor Murray emphasizes:

🙌 God controls history
⚡ Even Satan fulfills God’s ultimate plan

📖 Referencing Joel 2.

💖 Promise to the Elect

God will:

🛡️ Protect His elect
✨ Preserve truth
👑 Grant eternal victory

📚 Important Biblical Definitions

📖 Term	Meaning
🏛️ Mystery Babylon	False religious system
🐉 Beast with 7 heads & 10 horns	End-time power structure
💀 Son of Perdition	Satan / Antichrist
⚠️ Apostasy	Falling away from truth
🌊 Waters	Peoples & nations
⏳ Hour of Temptation	Five-month testing period
🌳 Fig Tree Parable	Israel’s prophetic restoration

⏳ Prophetic Timeline

📅 Era	Symbolism
🗼 Genesis / Babel	Beginning of false worship
🏛️ Babylonian captivity	Jerusalem conquered
⚔️ Persian Empire	Second kingdom
🇬🇷 Greece	Third kingdom
🦅 Rome	Fourth kingdom
☪️ 636–1948	Mohammedan control
🇮🇱 1948	Israel restored
⚖️ Present age	Mixed rule
👑🐍 Future	Antichrist’s short reign
🔥 End time	Final judgment

❗ Additional Key Points

🐾 Mark of the Beast

❌ Not a literal tattoo or microchip
🧠 A spiritual mark of allegiance
📖 Revelation 13:8

👶 Life Begins at Conception

Supported through:

📖 John the Baptist reacting in the womb.

🍞 Communion for Children

Children may participate if:

✝️ They understand its meaning
🙏 They are believers

⚡ Satan’s Power Is Limited

🌪️ Satan cannot control nature
🌍 God alone controls creation

💖 Unlimited Forgiveness

🙏 Genuine repentance receives forgiveness
✨ God’s mercy is abundant

✨ Conclusion

📖 Pastor Arnold Murray’s study of Revelation 17 presents a detailed interpretation of:

🏛️ Mystery Babylon
🐍 The antichrist
⚔️ Spiritual warfare
👑 God’s final victory

The message emphasizes:

👀 Discernment
📚 Biblical understanding
🙏 Faithfulness
🛡️ Standing against deception

✨ Believers are encouraged to remain grounded in God’s Word so they are not deceived by false teachings or the lies of the antichrist.

📖 God’s Word is presented as a complete guide for understanding prophecy, recognizing deception, and remaining faithful until the return of Christ ✝️👑.

🔑 Keywords

🏛️ Mystery Babylon • 🐍 Antichrist • 👑 Son of Perdition • 🐉 Beast with seven heads and ten horns • ⚠️ Apostasy • 🌳 Fig Tree Parable • 🔥 Judgment • 🏛️ Kingdoms & Nations • 🌀 Deception • 📖 Revelation 17 • 🐾 Mark of the Beast • 💖 Forgiveness • 🍞 Communion • ⚡ Satan’s limited power • 👑 Divine sovereignty

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📡✞ Revelation 17:

Good day to you. God bless you. Say, welcome to the Shepherd's Chapel. Welcome to this Family Bible Study Hour, ready to get back in our Father's Word. Revelation, Chapter 17. You know, I wanna run a little contrast between two women. I want to contrast a woman of Revelation, Chapter 12, who wore a crown that had 12 stars, Mother Israel. And then we have this lady we're about to go into, Mystery Babylon, the greatest harlot that ever traveled the earth. And in the comparison of the two, you have a choice. Only one of those is gonna attend the wedding at the end. I don't think you'll have any problem deciding which group it is, so therefore, hang on for the ride. Understand this, in Revelation, Chapter 17, I'm gonna call it kind of a parenthetical chapter. It's kind of inserted here with God doing the translating, and when God translates it, you wanna leave it alone. Before we finish the chapter, you will see that he takes away all the mystery about this woman, this bad woman. Chapter 17, verse one, a word of wisdom from our Father. Verse one reads: "And there came one of the seven angels, which had the seven vials" — they're all poured out now — "and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters." Now what is it he's going to show us? Hang on to the thought now — judgment. What's going to happen to her? I'm gonna tell you in detail, line on line, exactly how it's goin' down with her. Verse two: "With whom the kings of the earth" — and underline this: kings of the earth — those are earthly human beings. They're not the ten kings that Satan will bring with him, which are supernatural. You gotta know the difference. "Kings of the earth have committed fornication" — that's idolatry. "And the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication." They're intoxicated with the lies of Satan. Remember back in Revelation, Chapter nine, what their weapons were? What three things they utilized to deceive people? They blew smoke out of their mouth, meaning lies. Lies, lies, deception, and people seem to love to hear it. You want — it's so easy to stick to God's Word, and to listen to Him. You know, well, how can I tell if someone's lying to me? If it's contrary to God's Word. You don't have to even be the brightest bulb in the drawer to know that. Verse three: "So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness" — what are we here? In the spirit, in the wilderness. "And I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy" — every kind of blasphemy there was — "having seven heads and ten horns." And, of course, back to Revelation 13:1, we've got her sittin' there. You'll understand exactly who she is before this chapter's over. And, I mean, she's dressed in scarlet. That's royalty. I mean, the false Christ is makin' her feel good, like she is so precious. She's a queen. Verse four: "And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour" — royalty — "and decked with gold, and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication" — that is to say, her idolatry. You know, you wanna be careful: God likens fornication because human beings have a way to understand better than if He uses idolatry, and you worshiping a false Christ, okay. And that's why He puts it in the fact that there's gonna be a wedding, and He wants a virgin bride. A human being can understand that, the emotions of it. You could even understand the emotions of Christ when He expects a virgin bride, and sees in her the sack with Satan. That's an abomination. That's filth and perversion of the world, and God will have no part of it. So when you compare these two women, Mother Israel, and this harlot, what you have to understand — well, what makes her a harlot? Deception. She probably is all well-meaning, and thinks she's flyin' along with high colors, because Christ has returned, only she hasn't been taught he's Antichrist. Well, he's performing miracles. Sure, just like it's written in the 13th chapter, Satan will perform miracles in the sight of man, and those lies will spew forth. Never does it say — well, just for the sake of time, I'm gonna go back to the 9th chapter, and I'm gonna read for you what his weapons are. By these three — the three weapons — was the third part of men killed. Spiritually misled. By the fire, by the smoke, and by the brimstone which issued out of their mouths. The hot, acidy lies that would pour forth, and people swallow it hook, line, and sinker. Some people, you know, they are so easily misled. Don't go there. It's called apostasy. Apostasy is where one's professed religion is changed in an instant. If you're looking for Jesus Christ, and worshiping Him, and all of a sudden, Antichrist shows, and you don't know the difference, and you begin worshiping him, you changed your religion instantly. You stopped worshiping the true Christ, and began worshiping the devil. That's why it's an abomination. Verse five: "And upon her forehead was a name written" — you wanna identify her? "Mystery, Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth." From idol worship — how abominable can it be? I want you to know, check this word "mystery" out in the Greek too, in your Strong's Concordance, and you will find what it means is that one closes their lips and never says a word, but changes their religion, okay. Absolutely changes their religion. That's known as the great apostasy, right? If you don't know who the true Christ is from the false Christ, well, our churches never taught that the Antichrist comes first. I've heard the name, but I wasn't told. They said I was gonna fly outta here. Well, that's Satan's message: "I'm gonna fly you out." That's why Christ Himself, through the Father, through the very word given to Ezekiel, and Ezekiel 13 states very bluntly and plainly, "I am against those that teach my children to fly to save their souls." I hate it, and so He does. So there's really not that much of a mystery to her if you have eyes to see and ears to hear. She's an idol worshiper, and she goes down with the greatest. Notice the uppercase there to draw attention to this woman, 'cause you don't wanna join her. Verse six — Father's still gonna translate this all even further for you, hang on. Verse six: "And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration." "Admiration" means wonder. I wondered how she could be so stupid, and the people that would ride with her, how they could be deceived so easily. I mean, what is it she's drunken with? Who is it? In the last lecture or so, I took you back to Matthew, Chapter 23, and showed you who was responsible for the death of all the saints, and the martyrs, and the prophets that God sent. It's the offspring of the serpent, and they're engineering the whole thing. That's why you don't wanna ride with that woman. Verse seven: "And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel?" Why do you think this is a big deal? "I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns." In other words, God is going to go into detail, and make certain that you understand clearly, without symbolism even, what this symbolizes. He's just gonna lay it on ya. Verse eight: "The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition." This identifies him, because there's only one entity that God has already judged, and stated that he will perish from within. That's what "perdition" means, okay. Apóleia — it means to perish within. Well, who is that, then? Ezekiel, chapter 28, verses 18 and 19: Satan has already been told as the king of Tyrus, that cherub that covereth, that you will be turned to ashes from within, and he shall. So he was — he was even walk with — Judge Joe. And is not — why? Because Christ said, "Get behind me," and there Michael holds him behind, as chapter 12 stated. And shall ascend in that state of degradation. So he is identified as the son of 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." Well, why would one wonder? If your name was written in the book of life before the foundations of the world, then you stood against him in the first earth age, and as it is written in Ephesians, Chapter one, verse four, "I chose you before the foundations of this earth." Why? You earned it. Therefore, you know and totally understand who this son of perdition is. You don't have a multiple choice. There's only one entity. I realize that 7,000 of the fallen angels, Nephilim, are sentenced to death also, but not as individuals, as a group. But one named, the son of perdition, is the Antichrist, the dragon, the devil, Lucifer, Satan. So let there be no confusion about it. You were told in Revelation, chapter nine, you were given his name in two separate languages, Greek and Hebrew. Apollyon in the Greek, which means perdition, and Abaddon in the Hebrew, which is destruction. In both, to perish. So really, you would be kind of hurting if you couldn't put that together, even for yourself, who we're talking about here. And you would not be deceived by him. Verse nine: "And here is the mind which hath wisdom" — do you have wisdom? "The seven heads are seven mountains" — that's like seven nations — "on which the woman sitteth." And she just really rides in along with deception from the time that Christ walked the earth, right on through. Verse 10: "And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space." Now, history unravels this for you. It's no problem. It's so easy to understand. All you have to do is start. Babel started back with Nimrod way in the beginning in Genesis, and it was Babylon, as you learn in the book of Daniel, that took them captive — the very city itself. We're talkin' here about a geographical location. Babylon took — and you must — not the people, but we're talking about the place here. The place that's most popular in God's mind, as it is written in Ezekiel, chapter 16 — His favorite place in the universe. So you have to look to Mount Zion, Jerusalem, to understand what this is. Here is wisdom. You've got wisdom, and you can understand. So all you have to realize, it was first taken, number one — who? By Babylon. That's number one. What's number two? Media-Persia, that's number two. And then, well, what happened after Media-Persia? Greece, Alexander, number three. And then, well, what about number four? Rome, Caesar. And then number five — in 636 A.D. until the year of our Lord, 1948 — the Mohammedans took it and still hold it. That is to say, the temple site itself. That is five. And, of course, well, what is number six? Number six, in part, is when both the good and the bad figs partake of it, and control with no peace. You have both entities — that's number six. Well, then what is number seven? That'll be the Antichrist, and he knows he only has a short time, because that's all God's gonna allow him, and then that will bring an end to it, and that is the end that you will participate in. So you see, here is wisdom. All you have to do is look at the history. It's well written even in God's Word. All you have to do is follow it. Understand it. Or you can get a second witness by history itself, and there's no great mystery in that. And there's one thing you must always know: God will never leave us. He will never forsake us. We will always — I do mean always — have the victory. So there's no great surprise in that. And right now, as we deal with both the good and the bad fig, this began, if you have any knowledge at all of God's teachings, began the parable of the fig tree. Well, what is written about the parable of the fig tree in the great book of Mark, Chapter 13? That when you see leaves shoot forth, this generation shall not pass away until all prophecy is fulfilled. You're living it, my friend. Happened in 1948. The fig tree was set out as a shoot, and it's been growing ever since. Unfortunately, both good and bad figs. How interesting God's Word is when you understand it with clarity. And Father, explaining to us in detail exactly what it means. Verse 11: "And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven" — why? It's the same power — "and goeth into perdition." There he gives it away for you. Again, perdition — there's only one entity that's already been judged, and that is that Satan is Antichrist, as the dragon is the devil. So there is no mystery in that. Verse 12: "And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings" — not ten earthly kings. These are ten kings that Satan brings with him — "which have received no kingdom as yet" — why? Because he's not here, and they're not — "but receive power as kings one hour with the beast." That is to say, with the false Christ, the false prophet, with the Antichrist, whatever you wanna call him. Well, what is that one hour? It's the five-month period we read of in Revelation, Chapter nine, shortened from 3½ years. Shortened by who? By the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, else there should be no flesh saved. That's how sharp Satan is. He's very convincing, and powerful, and able to perform miracles, but praise be to God, He has given us power over him, to stand against him, to show knowledge. So you have — this is who the beast is. He just identified him. It can be nobody else; won't fit. This one hour is the hour of temptation. Let that settle in your mind real good. It's referred even in Mark 13 when it says, "In that hour they deliver you up." Well, what hour is that? It's the hour of the Antichrist. It's the five-month period. Now, the interesting thing though, is that there was silence in heaven for a half hour. Well, how long is that? 2½ months. Well, why are they silent in heaven? Because what's his name is kicked out, and there's finally peace there, but woe to those on earth. Mmm, mmm, mmmm. God's Word is complete, and God is doing the translating, so hang on to it. He will continue. Verse 13: "These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast." They love him. They will follow him. They obey him. They would die for him. That's to say, those supernatural entities that come with him. Verse 14: "They shall make war with the Lamb" — that's the true Christ — "and the Lamb shall overcome them" — we win — "for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful." That's why you can count on being faithful even at that moment. For one not to be faithful to the Holy Spirit when He wishes to speak through you, as it is written in Mark, Chapter 13, is what? It's the unpardonable sin. You sure wouldn't wanna go there. Well, how could I be hooked with the unpardonable sin? Because you know better! Once you know better, you're accountable, and you wouldn't do it anyway, for you don't find him tempting in that hour of temptation. You find him to be, just as it is written, an abomination. Verse 15 — listen carefully. God's going to translate this for you. "And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth" — well, she's floatin' right around on 'em — "are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues." In other words, they are the people of the world that gives the flotation device and method by which the lies and the smoke that Satan brings forth, because they'll worship him. They will run to him when he performs miracles in their sight here on earth. Absolutely run over each other getting to him. So let there be no mistake about what this scarlet thing is. It's riding on the minds of the people who are deceived, being told they are royalty. Children of God, get ready to fly away. I've come to take you back. But now, you've got a few relatives that think I'm the false Christ — deliver them to me, and let's convert them, so that we have a one-world system that everybody finds peace and totality right here on earth under this Antichrist, instead of Jesus. That should tell you something: how people can be deceived, because many Christians have already been brainwashed into thinking they will fly away before this comes to pass. So you can see very easily how they already have the mark in their mind, meaning they're deceived. They're going to worship him when he appears. They call themselves Christians. Go to church every day, every time they get a chance, but they haven't been warned — well, you're gonna fly away. Well, guess what? Satan's message is, "I'm gonna fly you outta here. I am here. Look at my miracles. I can snap my fingers and lightning comes down from heaven, right in the sight of man." You know, it doesn't take much to set people off. Imagine what that would do to people that are ignorant of the fiery, smoky lies that pour from Satan's mouth. And here, God interprets it for you, and when God interprets it, don't try to do something with it — that's it. The whore rides on all tongues, languages, and anybody that'll be caught up in the lie, the deception. Verse 16: "And the ten horns" — oh, now, who are they? God's letting — he's cuttin' the whole picture for you here. "And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire." I mean, a consuming fire — not the consuming fire God is, but of lies and smoke. And you might say, well, who are these kings then? They're the supernatural entities that Satan brings with him. They want the people to follow him, but they hate him. And well, why is it that they eat their flesh, and so on? Because they will take them, who were heaven bound, and take them spiritual, to a spiritual death, right to the grave. It is not a good thing. I mean, I think most Christians can agree on this one thing: it is not a good thing to worship Satan. If you do, you're probably hell-bound. And if a Christian has not read this letter that God has sent you, and goes to the detail even here in this 17th chapter to interpret it for you, where you cannot be misled — if you still would worship the son of perdition, do you know something? You deserve to go to hell, because you would be lazily neglectful in studying the letter that your Father, your Heavenly Father, who promises you eternal life if you'll listen to Him, with every warning before you just blindly go off the bluff. Okay, have a good trip. We don't need you if that's your attitude. You need to love the Father, and understand the beautiful letter that He's sent to you, telling you how to survive, and not only to survive, but to be a champion of your people to show the way, a guiding light reflecting the Light, which is to say, Christ. To bring truth, if you would, even to the world. How precious it is. No, they don't care anything about the people. They want company. They're dead men walking. See that you do not walk with them. Verse 17: "For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will" — that should comfort you. God has put in the hearts of Satan and those he casts out to do God's will. You got it? "And to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled." And you can understand this. It is written in Joel, Chapter two, that the locust army, Satan's army, that comes against us, God controls it. He allows it. And then you can understand why He would write in 2nd Thessalonians, Chapter two, along about verse nine, those that wanna be deceived, and believe a lie, God says, "I'll help ya. If you won't read My letter and learn truth, I'll help you believe a lie." Well, that's what He does here. God allows them to go as far as He will, until what? Until the words of God shall be fulfilled. The thing for you to do is to understand the words of God, so that you know how far it goes, and when the end of it comes, and when God Himself takes over. This is a beautiful, beautiful chapter, for much of the things that are symbolism in the great book of Revelation are brought right down where the rubber meets the road. I mean, they are stripped down and identified, so that you know the time, the sequence, even the sequence of the kings, how many there will be. Therefore, you even have a slight figure of time, especially in relationship to the parable of the fig tree, the year of our Lord, 1948. And how precious it is that God loves you enough that He tells you who it is that make up the body of the harlot. The people that listen to him — that's the waters that carry it. It's carried by the people. One mouth to another: "Have you read, have you heard, he's here?" Only, they don't identify who he is. They think it's Christ, when it's Antichrist. Bad stuff — ignorant people that would do this, especially when God has sent them a letter telling them better. That's why you wanna be so thankful that God has opened your eyes and your ears to hear His truth, His Word, whereby your shame would not come forth at a moment like this, calling yourself Christian, and find out you're worshiping Satan. You don't wanna go there. You don't want any part of it, so stay with God's Word. Verse 18, to complete the chapter: "And the woman which thou sawest is that great city" — well, what was the woman that was riding the people's back? It's that "great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth." Well, what city was that? The kings of the earth, not the kings that Satan brings with him. What great city was that? Babylon, Babel. God is not the author of confusion or babble. God is the author of peace. So Babel, or babble, is what? It's nonsense — something that makes no sense. It is false teaching. It is the lies that pour forth that deceive the multitudes of the people, the water. And how precious it is that God forewarns, and ensures that you're no part of it by giving you the truth, interpreting it Himself. This is why when God interprets something, don't go try to — don't go trying to interpret it further — that's it, period. No more need be said. That's it, that's that. So the people, or the waters, in which the great city of confusion floats on — it is the state of mind of those people that are involved therein, confused. Good people, maybe, but confused, and worshiping the devil. Let me ask you a question: what do you think should happen to them, hmmm? God sent 'em a letter telling them how to avoid this, to not be in that state of degradation of a harlot, to prevent it. If they don't read it, and if the simplicity is brought forth, then what would you do with them? Because God's got to make His mind up. I think it's pretty clear what He intends to do with them. Many of them had no opportunity to learn the truth, but there's still a lake of fire coming. I think probably as individuals, we'd probably doom 'em all, but God Himself has a Millennium planned where we're gonna kick — we're gonna take names and kick dragon — and many people, it will be a time of salvation, because God wants everybody. Even in a spiritual body, which God's elect were in spiritual bodies when they were chosen, and had full thought, so will they have full thought when they are converted into spiritual bodies, and to know the full truth. Then if they follow this son of perdition just before he dies, then into the lake with them. How precious our Father is that He clarifies all things for those that care to look? Don't miss the next lecture, all right. Bless your hearts.

Dr. Pastor Arnold B. Murray

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Cybil from South Carolina. Question: "What is a ratchet? Also, if the first one taken from the field when they were taken become Satan, because Satan knew that would follow him, or why?" Okay, first, by "ratchet," I'm assuming you're asking about why I use the term "don't listen to a ratchet jaw." Well, a ratchet is a tool that you can put a socket on if you're a mechanic, and you can put it on something, and it just goes and goes and goes. You never have to take it off and refit it. And so it is with the mouth of a ratchet jaw, okay. It means a person that likes to put the mouth in gear without putting the gray matter in gear. That's dangerous, okay. Why would Satan take the first one? Because they were deceived. They wanted to follow. He won't force anyone to. And you say we shouldn't be afraid of our enemies, and he will not harm us. What about the torture that when — in Revelation, will the last five months — there won't be any torture there. He's coming as Christ, which is to convert them, to save them. He comes in, as you will learn in the book of Daniel, he comes in prosperously and peacefully. He's not going to torture anyone. Just because it says you'll be delivered up before death — do you know who death is? Hebrews, Chapter two, verse 14: Christ came to this earth, died in the flesh, whereby He could destroy death, which is to say, the devil, okay. I mean, Father created even Satan. He's His child. You've gotta kill him. That's not a pleasant task. But then as much as He killed the Son, Emanuel — God with us — takes away the pain, easy to do. Tanner from Wyoming: "I am 11 years old and homeschooled, and I do your program for my Bible study. Great. All of my great grandparents have passed on. Can they see what I am doing each day? I would like to meet you some day." Well, wait a minute. Who knows? You can't — well, we probably will. We serve God. We're a team, and we'll do it. I'm sure that our passed-on relatives are aware, and know and understand what's happening here on earth, and I'm sure they find it very interesting, and observe, so just you bet. I think so. Brody from California: "Pastor Murray, I understand that God sent the flood of Noah's time to rid the earth of the hybrids, but why did God allow them to enter the Ark?" He didn't, not the gibborim. There were no gibborim aboard the Ark. Why? The purpose of the flood was to destroy them, okay, because they were not pure Adamic. Only eight pure Adamic people were saved on the Ark — Noah and his family. There were two of each of the races that God created, not hybrids. You see, hybrids are counter to God's plan. Did they sneak past the guard at the gate? No, they just weren't there, okay. They had to tread water a long time before they sank. Cathy and Mitchell from Alabama: "Does God allow Satan any control concerning earthquakes, tsunamis, or weather conditions, or is God in total control of the shaking phenomena? We believe God is showing His awesome power of His creation to prove His reality to all." You can count on it. Satan has no power of that nature. Satan is a creation. God is the Creator, okay. God can utilize anything He has created in whatever way He so chooses, but at the same time, why is it so easy to follow Him? Is everything He does is right, faithful, and true. It's righteous. He is always fair, and that makes it real easy to study Him, because there is a fair reason why things are as they are. The object then is figure it out, and that makes it pretty simple when you know that He's always fair. Satan has no power. People give Satan a lot more power than he actually has. Or should we be careful? Absolutely, you wanna be on guard. You're a watchman, and you watch. M.E. from South Carolina: The fig tree represents Israel, I understand that. Why did Jesus curse the fig tree because there were no figs when it wasn't the season or time for figs?" Well, because there are both good and bad figs. What He wanted you to know, He would reestablish, all right, but the whole truth of the matter is knowing and understanding the parable of the fig tree. You gotta go to Jeremiah, Chapter 24, to understand that. Well, what happened in Jeremiah 24? There were good figs and there were bad figs, and most people are not aware of the bad figs. "I can always figure out or find an answer, but this has me stumped." Well, I'm glad we were able to help you. Naturally, God knew there were no figs on it. The Son did, that is. And what it ultimately means is the bad fig is gonna be cursed. They're not gonna make it. It's symbolic of people. Randy from Florida: "In Mark 11:13, in the Companion Bible, it says having leaves means summer was not near. This is the same cursing of the fig tree, okay. Then references Mark 13:28, it says, 'know that summer is nigh.' When, which is correct?" They're both correct. You will note that he was cursing a bad fig tree that was symbolic of it — Rhea, Jeremiah 24. But in Mark 13:28, he was letting you know what setting that shoot — you see, you don't plant a seed to plant a fig tree. You set out a shoot. And when that shoot begins to put on leaves, planted in 1948, you better know summer is nigh. It's talking about the harvest of souls in the end generation, okay. But you need — I feel, Randy, you probably don't understand the parable of the fig tree in its totality, and you need to. Where does it start? In the garden? What leaves were used to cover their nakedness after Satan beguiled them in the garden? Fig leaves. It happened in a fig grove, and then follow it through. John from California: "Where in the Bible does it speak of Michael holding Satan in heaven?" We just covered it — Revelation, Chapter 12, verses six and seven. That's when he throws him out, but it shows that he has power also to hold him. Sandra from Maryland: "I really enjoy your program. Thank you. My question is, I have two miscarriages. Will these two children be in heaven as spirits, and will I know them? I believe life begins at conception. Is there any reference to this in the Bible?" You're absolutely right: life begins at conception. And they — I like to feel there are some people too good for this world, and God gives them a pass, so to speak, and they are mature adults. You will know them, and they are family, your family. Joe from Illinois: "When a baby passes — " it's amazing how questions follow questions. These are not planned; they're just taken at random. "When a baby passes away after only one or two days of life, does the soul return to live in another body later?" Absolutely not. Only one time through this flesh. I don't care if it is just a day or two. Perhaps within the next generation of some lineage as before? No, there is only one time that you are born of woman, and I disagree with the German scholar that you are quoting here, and I won't mention his name, okay. But what is the documentation that life begins at conception? It'd be the conception of Christ. Mary instantly after conception ran to her cousin Elizabeth's house, and as Mary approached Elizabeth on the same day she first conceived, John the Baptist was six months in Elizabeth's womb, and when Mary approached, the Holy Spirit that dwelt within her womb at conception caused John the Baptist's presence to be aware, and he leaped in his mother's womb. So naturally, John the Baptist was alive and well at six months, and Christ — Holy Spirit — was alive and well on the day of conception. Life begins at conception. Angela from South Carolina: "Thank you. I wanted to find out more about communion. Is it okay for my eight-year-old to take communion before he understands it and knows what it means, and is it okay to take it before he's baptized? I ask this question because my church that I went to for years is against it, but I joined my husband's church, and the pastor there said it's okay." Well, probably — you know, there are many eight-year-olds that are able, that know — as long as you understand what communion is about, and you are a Christian — in your case, this son's case, Christian-born, say — then certainly, probably what you didn't know is the pastor who said it would be okay has fellowshipped or talked to this child in one way or another, or has seen his actions to know that this child understands communion, and there's nothing wrong with an eight-year-old taking Holy Communion as long as they understand it. The prior pastor that would not allow it — well, I won't go into other church's rules or anything, but it would've been real easy for somebody to have taught the child what it was about. An eight-year-old is old enough to understand, all right. Many times if I am baptizing — sometimes we do 100, 150 people at a time — but if you ever see me, if there's a real young child, you will see me talking to them before I baptize them, and what I'm doing is asking them questions that document to me they know what they're doing. And many might say, well, our church just doesn't believe a child should be — well, now, let me tell you something: how would you feel if you were a pastor, and a child came to you wanting to be baptized? You question them, and they know what baptism is about, that He went into that tomb, He died for us, and He resurrected. And if that child on the way home, the family had a car wreck, and that child was killed, and you refuse to baptize him, how happy do you think the Father would be with you? So you see, for a pastor, this becomes a much weightier — if he's a good pastor, it becomes a pretty weighty proposition, and that's why you always talk, and ask questions, and communicate. Communication alleviates a lot of anxieties. Esther from Virginia: "When God created humanity, when He created the different races, how many races were there?" Same as there is today. He created 'em all. They're all around us, just as they — nothing new under the sun. Dana from Georgia: "Pastor Murray, God bless you, and all the — thank you. Question is, when someone in conversation says there's only 144,000 of God's elect, please tell me the verse or verses that would best document that there's multitudes of God's elect." Well, there are multitudes of God's children saved, but God's elect are His special people chosen before the foundations of the world. The scripture you would use to document that untold thousands and hundreds of thousands have already been saved is the same chapter where it says you will see over 144,000. It's Chapter seven, verse nine. There are so many that have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb you can't even count 'em, but they're not — God's elect live in the final generation, and they're utilized to stand against the Antichrist, okay. Dennis from California: "Thank you for your work. I'm tryin' to get to your — please explain the meaning of Acts 9:7 and Acts 22:9. Acts 9:7 states, 'The men who journeyed with Saul stood speechless hearing a voice, but seeing no man.' Acts 22:9 states that 'they that were with me saw indeed the light and were afraid, but heard not the voice of him that spake to me.' I'm confused about that. Would you please clarify?" The word is akouo in the Greek, and what it means is, if, Dennis, if I were to say to you, nan-ji-o-ku-ji-des-ka?, you would've heard a voice, but chances are you don't know what was said. And so it is with these people. Paul spoke many languages, and these people with him didn't. And when Almighty God spoke to him in the body of the Son, then Paul understood, because he spoke more languages than all of 'em. He was especially educated in the Hebrew tongue. They weren't. And they heard the voice, but they didn't understand it, and that's what it meant. Not that they could not hear it — akouo — they heard it, but it didn't mean anything to them, just like probably nan-ji-o-ku-ji-des-ka? doesn't mean anything to you. Many might say, well, what does nan-ji-o-ku-ji-des-ka? mean? Well, it's Japanese — the Japanese language for "what time is it?" And it's 1:53, okay. That's what it means, very simple. But had they understood the language, it would've been quite simple. Phil from Missouri: "Pastor Murray, I'm on — let's see, I'm havin' trouble readin' your writin'. We don't go to church, but we see it on TV, and Bible study at night time. When you're on, is that okay with God? We will still go up to heaven — and what do we — " Well, this is church. You're in church when you study with us. And certainly, as long as you study God's Word, whether you meet with a group of people or not, if you love the Lord, you're heaven-bound. Some of the — one of the best men I ever met in my life, honest, loved the Lord, I don't think he ever went through a church door, but he was in agriculture, and absolutely was the best neighbor you could've ever wanted in your life, absolutely. And I know he was heaven-bound. A lot of people would've said he was never in church, okay. Virginia from Texas: "And once you said in one of your segments that grace was the number five. My granddaughter named her fifth girl Grace, Isabel Grace. When I told her five was the number of grace, where can I find the other number meanings in the Bible?" Well, we have — look in our library and you will see a little Biblical Numerics that basically tell you what numbers mean, like four means earth — north, east, south, west; four seasons, winter, spring, fall — all has to do with earth, okay. But order the little booklet. It's a good little work. Daniel from Arkansas: "What I need to know is, how many times can a person turn his face from God and still be forgiven? I will be 68 years old, and trying to be a good Christian, but I'm running out of time." Well, you know, Christ said seven times seven — that's 490 times, seven times seventy — that's 490 times a day. And at 67, 68, you're gonna have a hard time breakin' that record, okay, of sinnin' 490 times a day. So what it is — what God meant was, as long as you repent, and you mean it, He's gonna take you back. Why? He's your Father, and He loves you. It's just like you would one of your own children — you know, when they go wrong and repent, and come back to you, you're gonna love 'em. Well, He loves His children more than we could probably even love our own. Why? Because He's our Father. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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