Daily Devotional, Year 2 – May 22 (The Beast & False Prophet, Part 7, Continued: “The 7th Head: False Doctrines”)

By admin On January 26th, 2021

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Daily Devotional, Year 2 – May 22

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The Beast & False Prophet,

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Part 7, Continued:

“The 7th Head: False Doctrines”

To read Part 1 of this series, click here… “JANUARY 26 (The False Prophet, Part 1: Lying Eyes!)”

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“And I beheld another beast

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coming up out of the earth;

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and he had two horns like a lamb,

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and he spake as a dragon.

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And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast…”

Revelation 13:11, 12

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**In yesterday’s devotional (click here), this 2nd beast was introduced, and how he brought the world under a brand-new deception progressively over the last two centuries.**

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**Yes, this is The False Prophet of Revelation 13.**

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And besides bringing the western nations into opulence and decadence, he also brought many false doctrines into the Church, over the last two centuries.

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And so, this continuation of yesterday’s devotional (click here to read) will now lightly touch on one of the most damaging and heretical false doctrines which have slowly crept into the Church of God…

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Times Square – cropped image – New York City – Wikimedia – Creative Commons 2.0

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2nd BEAST ALSO PART OF 1st BEAST

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It must be kept in mind that this False Prophet is also comprised of the 6th and 7th heads of the Revelation 13 Antichrist Beast, the 1st Beast.

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Thus, the right horn of the False Prophet (the 2nd beast of Revelation 13) aligns itself with the 7th head of the Revelation 13 1st beast.

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And so, the right horn of the False Prophet, representing “morality/justice” combines with the 7th head of the 1st Beast, representing apostate “Protestantism/Evangelicalism”.

(See such articles as Today’s Devotional – March 23rd (1st Beast of Revelation 13) for a fuller understanding of the two beast-powers of Revelation 23)

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ABOVE ENGRAVING: Whore – Babylon – Burgkmair – 1523 AD – this old engraving shows that the Church once realized that the Babylon Mother of Harlots was actually the apostate churches – Wikimedia – US Public Domain

ABOVE PICTURE: Satan, The False Prophet who now in these last days destroys the churches via a world-loving prosperity-driven false gospel – www.signsofheaven.org

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THE DO-IT-YOURSELF GOSPEL

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But perhaps the greatest of all false doctrines was popularized by such men as Charles Finney in the early 1800’s.

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Yes, Charles Finney, an extremely intelligent and gifted orator, began an evangelistic crusade, capitalizing on the do-it-yourself gospel, given the non-biblical name, “The Free-Will Gospel”.

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**This was the idea that, “we first choose Christ”, and not Him first choosing us!**

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This error was first popularized, or at least credited to a Dutch professor named Jacobus Arminius way back in the late 1500’s.

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Unfortunately, John Wesley, an otherwise very great evangelist (but purportedly, a rather poor theologian), somewhat embraced this view of Arminius, and preached this Free-Will gospel, at least for some part of his ministry.

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Charles G. Finney – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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FINNEY’S CAMP-MEETINGS

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And Charles Finney, a great evangelist, but also a very poor theologian, latched on to Wesley’s error.

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And so, Finney began his crusade, implementing a technique of altar calls.

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**And with his fire-n-brimstone preaching followed up by altar calls, was able to bring large numbers trembling to their knees in repentance, at every one of his camp meetings.**

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And so, many-a hopeless drunkard and hardened adulterer, after hearing Finney’s fiery rhetoric, were brought to tears and emotional “conversions”, at Finney’s altar calls.

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Charles G. Finney – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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“BLACKENED EARTH”

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**But the problem was, with such a “I-did-it-myself!”, man-centered “Free-Will” gospel, those countless do-it-yourself converts soon fell back into the world, becoming God-hating blasphemers.**

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As a matter of fact, it is recorded that a certain man followed in the wake of Finney’s crusades for the purpose of observing the results of Finney’s preaching.

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And in many of the communities where Finney had previously held his camp meetings, there was now a shroud of spiritual darkness which enveloped those places.

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**And so, the term, “blackened Earth” was coined to describe the spiritual darkness which now lay upon those places, as a result of Finney’s crusades.**

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And for years following, those communities could not be preached in, because of that shroud of spiritual darkness which remained in Finney’s wake!

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Fortunately, Charles Finney (it has been reported) made a death-bed repentance in the form of a letter, recanting his unbiblical techniques and doctrines.

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Camp Meeting – Wikipedia – Public Domain

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FINNEY’S LEGACY

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Unfortunately, while Finney’s public repentance was nice for him, he nevertheless left a legacy for others who would follow in his footsteps.

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And so, the Christian community was flooded with all sorts of false doctrines and non-biblical programs, which thrived in that unholy medium created by the “Free-Will” gospel.

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Public Speaker – Church – Audience hands – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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GOOD NEWS!

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Well, as troubling as all this information is, there still exists some very Good News!

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Yes, the doors of mercy are still open, at the time of the writing of this devotional.

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Salvation is still possible!

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And though we understand that it is God who saves the soul of an individual, yet God commands us to cry out to Him for this wonderful gift!

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Listen… “Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near:” Isaiah 55:6

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Oh yes, we are commanded by God to seek for and to call upon the Lord.

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And yet, it is actually God who works in us to cause this to happen! (See Philippians 1:6)

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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – public domain

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To read Part 7, continued, click here…

MAY 23 (The Beast & False Prophet, Part 7, continued: The 7th Head: Signs & Wonders)

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

Dear Lord, Give me an understanding of just what a deceptive world this really is! Help me to be IN the world, but not OF the world…

Woman Praying – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

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7 HEADS, 10 HORNS, & 7 CROWNS 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 12:3

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**In Revelation, the Dragon of Revelation 12 is described as having seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns.**

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**However, the Dragon Constellation up in the night sky does not.**

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But God has faithfully created the wave of water, in such a way, as to illustrate this same concept of the seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns.

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**Because this wave of water is basically composed of ten stars. The main body of the wave has seven stars (#‘s, 1 thru 7).**

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**And the tip of the crest of the wave has the other three stars (#’s, 8, 9 & 10).**

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So, we have this 7/10 numbering.

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And this gives us a great clue, as to where in the Bible we should look, to find out the riddle as to just what or who do these 7 heads, 10 crowns, and 7 horns represent.

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Because, the Bible speaks very much about floods and waters as being associated with Satan (the Dragon).

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TOMORROW…

May 23 (The False Prophet, Part 7, Continued: The 7th Head: Signs & Wonders)