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Today’s Devotional, Year 3 – December 4

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Satan’s Number “8”

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Part 4:

“Cuttlefish’s 8 Deadly Arms!”

To read part 1, click here… July 26th (Satan’s Number “8”)

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Most insects have six legs. And for those who have curious minds, the question comes down: “Why do most insects have six legs?”

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Well, scientists might attempt to give some scientific explanation for why.

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But the question might also be asked: “Why does the spider have eight legs?”

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And again, scientists may have a complicated answer for that question too!

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Fly – illustration – Wikipedia – Public Domain

Spider – Wikipedia – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license

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SIX: THE NUMBER OF MAN

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But for the Creationist, the answer is simple. The number six is the number of Man. And the number eight is the number of Satan.

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And so, that is why 8-legged spiders catch little 6-legged bugs in their nets, and not the other way around.

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Because the spider web is a perfect illustration of Satan’s snares, which he uses to ensnare the souls of men.

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Mark of the beast – pub. dom. – Wikipedia

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THE BEAST & THE DRAGON

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Now, just look at the Bible, and you will see this number eight being used to describe Satan. 

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Listen… “And here is the mind which hath wisdom.

The seven heads (of the Antichrist beast) are seven mountains,

on which the woman sitteth. 

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. 

And the beast that was, and is not,

even he is THE EIGHTH, and is of the seven,

and goeth into perdition.”

Revelation 17:9-11 

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So, here is the Antichrist Beast. And his seven heads represent seven mountains, and seven kings. But the Beast himself is the eighth.

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And of course, this beast is made in image of the Revelation 12 Dragon.

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And so, the Beast and the Dragon are made in the same image!

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Whore – Babylon – Burgkmair – 1523 AD – Wikimedia – US Public Domain.

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JESUS EXPLAINS THE NUMBER, “8”

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Okay, so what is the significance of the number eight?

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Just what spiritual truth does the number eight represent?

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Perhaps a parabolic truth which Jesus told the Pharisees will make these things clearer.

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Listen…“When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man,

he walks through dry places, seeking rest;

and finding none, he saith,

I will return unto my house whence I came out.

And when he comes, he finds it swept and garnished.

Then goes he, and takes to him seven other spirits

more wicked than himself;

and they enter in, and dwell there:

and the last state of that man is worse than the first.”

Luke 11:24-26

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Brooklyn Museum – The Pharisees Question Jesus – James Tissot – US Public Domain – Wikimedia

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NUMBER “7”, A RELIGIOUS NUMBER

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So, this little illustration presents a great big truth.

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Yes, Jesus was telling the Pharisees this account, so as to illustrate how Satan can take some secular person, and turn him into a much more evil person.

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And this story was given to the Pharisees to illustrate their very own condition!

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When a person is merely an abject unbeliever, he only has one evil spirit: an unclean spirit at that!

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But should that same man become religious, but with no true conversion, then Satan moves back in, bringing seven more religious devils with him (not literally 7 more devils, but spiritually)!

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And now, the man was far worse off than when he was merely a worldling!

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Now he is a religious man, symbolized by the addition of 7 devils. Oh yes, he is still unconverted!

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And so, this is the big point of the number eight. It is 7 + 1. Satan plus his counterfeit religiosity, represented by God’s number of spiritual rest, “7”.

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Highbrow drunkard – cropped image – Wikimedia – Share-Alike License

James Tissot – The Pharisee and Publican – Brooklyn Museum & Wikimedia – US Public Domain

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CUTTLEFISH: THE ULTIMATE IMPOSTORS!

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One of the most amazing creatures ever created is the Cuttlefish!

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This amazing creature…“has eight arms, and two tentacles furnished with denticulated suckers, with which they secure their prey.”

(Info provided by Wikipedia) 

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The reason why this creature is so incredible, is that whatever the Cuttlefish passes over, it instantly begins to change into the same color and shape of that undersea object!

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And so, its enemies cannot easily detect the camouflaged Cuttlefish! 

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Cuttlefish.ogv – cropped image – Wikipedia – Creative Commons License

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CUTTLEFISH: SYMBOL OF SATAN

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Well, God has created this little eight-arm predator to give us further insight into the inner working of the kingdom of Satan.

(As this little 26-second video below shows, the Cuttlefish has the ability to paralyze his potential victims, by using his hypnotizing strobe-light effect! Amazing!)

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Most certainly, Satan and his unseen minions love to make themselves invisible!

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And then with strobe-like flashes, Satanic forces mesmerize us with the glittering tinsel-like treasures and earthy pleasures!

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This is the manner in which, they can deceptively work their misery and woe upon this unsuspecting world!

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Yes, without Satan’s deceptions and mesmerizing allurements, the world’s inhabitants would become alarmed, which would cause us to rebel against Satan’s kingdom, as we flee to God for refuge and safety!

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SATAN WORKS UNDERCOVER

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Now, God has created this amazing creature’s camouflaging abilities, to illustrate how Satan works undercover within the Church!

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Listen… “And then shall that Wicked be revealed…

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan

with all power and signs and lying wonders,”

2nd Thessalonians 2:8, 9 (condensed)

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As this above passage reveals, Satan will counterfeit the workings of God, to deceive God’s people, until the day he is revealed to God’s Elect!

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Martin, John – Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – 1824 – Wikipedia – public domain

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WATCH THIS SHORT BUT AMAZING VIDEO…

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to understand the true workings of this very deceiving world! Help me to become so savvy as to what is going on all around me, that I no more am deceived…

Prayer for USA – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…

APRIL 1 (Cuttlefish & The False Prophet)“

or you can also read…

March 15 (“The Whole World Lies In Wickedness!”)

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

 

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THE END

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TODAY’S HEAVENLY SIGN

 

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SEVEN HEADS of the DRAGON

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“And there appeared another wonder in heaven;

and behold a great red dragon,

having seven heads and ten horns,

and seven crowns upon his heads.”

Revelation 12 

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This Dragon Constellation does not have 7 heads and 10 horns and 7 crowns, as this above verse speaks of.

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But the wave of water coming out of the Dragon’s mouth has these numbers, 7 and 10, according to the brightness of the stars which comprise the wave of water.

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That is, this wave of water has 10 basic stars (#1 thru #10).

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But the main body is comprised of 7 stars, leaving three lesser stars at the tip of the wave (#’s 8, 9, 10).

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So we have a 7/3 division in the star-count on this wave of water.

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You can somewhat see this in the sketch to the right.

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Just notice that the main body of this wave has 7 stars (#1 thru #7).

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But the very tip of the curl has 3 little stars (#’s 8, 9, 10). 

(there are actually 7 more very faint stars in a long string, just under the curl as well, stars: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, which brings the total number of stars to 17.)

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So God has created this wave of water to give us much insight into just what those heads and horns and crowns all represent on the Revelation 13 Beast.

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For details on this phenomenon of the wave, just go to “Flood Waters of Satan” article.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “The Dragon of Revelation 12 Constellation” 

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TOMORROW:

December 5 (The False Prophet & Antichrist Beast, Part 22: “The 7th Head: An Adulterous Generation”)

 

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90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM

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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO THIS DEBATE REGARDING WHETHER THE CHURCH-AGE HAS ENDED.

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CLICK HERE TO LISTEN…The Open Forum Harold Camping March 10, 2003

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ABOVE PICTURE: Holy Bible – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Lic.

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