Daily Devotional, Year 2 – OCTOBER 8 (How Shall the Moon Be Turned Into Blood? Part 6: “Mark of the Beast in the Moon!? Addendum to the 2nd Face: The Swine-Eater”)

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Daily Devotional, Year 2 – OCTOBER 8

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How Shall the Moon Be Turned Into Blood?

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Part 6:

“Mark of the Beast in the Moon!? Addendum to the 2nd Face: The Swine-Eater”

To read Part 1, click here…October 15th (How Shall The Moon Be Turned Into Blood?)

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“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.

If any man love the world,

the love of the Father is not in him.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh,

and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life,

is not of the Father, but is of the world.

And the world passes away, and the lust thereof:

but he that does the will of God abides for ever.”

1st John 2:15-17

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The above passage from 1st John explains the three fundamental sins of Mankind:

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1. the lust of the flesh,

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2. the lust of the eyes and

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3. the pride of life.

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These three sins were the very three points of temptation which Eve gave in to in the garden.

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And when Satan tempted Jesus, these same three sins composed the three points of testing.

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ABOVE MOON PICTURES: The Lust of the flesh (right). The lust of the eyes (left) The pride of life (bottom right).

Moon – by James Bowe – 3rd Face – cropped & highlighted photo – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

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3 BASIC SINS COMPOSE ALL OTHER SINS

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Now just as the three colors, red, yellow and blue are the three basic colors which, when combined in various ways, make all the other colors, so too, when these three basic sins are combined in various ways, all the countless other sins of Mankind are seen. Yes, the sins of Mankind are composed of a combination of these three basic sins…“the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life,”

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Basic colors – Wikimedia – GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2

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ADDENDUM TO THE 2ND FACE

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But in presenting this Mark of the Beast message in the Moon, God needed to illustrate this message with three beasts, instead of two.

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This was a problem since there were only two beast faces and one face of a man (the “night watchman”).

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And so, He took the 2nd face, the wolf-like Pride of Life Beast (top right), and designed it so that it could also appear as a swine (top left), the symbol of the Lust of the Flesh.

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And so now we end up with three beasts, the wolf-like beast (top right), representing the Pride of Life, the forager creature (bottom right) representing the Lust of the Eyes, and this swine which represents the Lust of the Flesh (top left).

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Moon – Public Domain – 2nd face Pharisee Scorner – by Cezar Popescu for Wikimedia – Universal Public Domain – cropped, highlighted & rotated photo

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THE 1ST FACE: NIGHT-WATCHMAN

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And of course, let’s not forget the 1st moon-face of a Watchman, representing the faithful and watchful Christian (picture left).

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This 1st face of the Watchman is not a part of these other beast-like faces, and has nothing to do with the concept of the three basic sins of Mankind. Oh yes, this 1st face, which represents true Christians, likewise struggles against these three sins.

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A SOMEWHAT COMPLEX MESSAGE

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So now, this message inscribed on the Moon’s surface becomes even more intricate and somewhat more complex.

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And so, when we stand back and look at these signs in the Moon, we begin to see a picture of the Church, with all her sins still intact!

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And when the Moon is full, these various aspects are clearly and brightly exposed.

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Bad Moon Rising – by Makelessnoise – for Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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ONE-THIRD, TWO-THIRDS

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And so, the next question is, why did the Lord use the Moon to be an object lesson concerning the Mark of the Beast?

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For one thing, we can see that one-third of the three obvious faces in the Moon portrays a human face of a watchman symbolizing the watchfulness which must be present in a Christian’s life to maintain a healthy relationship with Christ.

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And because the other two faces (the wolf and the rodent) portray animals or beasts, this gives us a one-third, two-third ratio. And the decimal of two-thirds is .666666666…

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Thus, when Revelation 13 reveals the beast’s number, it is 666, it seems to correspond with the following passage…“And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is My people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.” Zechariah 13:8, 9

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So here we see this same one-third, two-third concept in Zechariah. One-third representing those who are saved, and two-thirds who are lost!

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Mark of the beast – pub. dom. – Wikipedia

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OTHER MANIFESTATIONS OF 666

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Now this number 666 has several different other manifestations in Scripture.

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And so, this one-third, two-thirds concept is just one of several other ways in which the number of the Beast is seen.

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But it is important enough, that the Lord inscribed this concept onto the Moon’s surface!

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THREE BASIC SINS

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So then, considering these three basic sins etched into the Moon, these three basic sins of Mankind take us all the way back to Eve’s original sins in the Garden! And they show up again in the three temptations of Jesus in the wilderness. And the Apostle John repeats them once again in his 1st Epistle.

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But John magnifies them greatly, saying, “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” 1st John 2:16

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Here in 1st John is revealed what this present sinful world is all about! The lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eyes, and the pride of life!

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Thus, it now becomes much more clear just what is the Mark of the Beast! All those who have the world in their heart, have the Mark, or the number of the Beast in their heart!

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New York Times Square – terabass – cropped image – Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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GOOD NEWS!

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Now, the really Good News is, that God in His great mercy has allowed just enough time for us to get this selfish world out of our heart! Yes, for those who want to live forever, the door of mercy is still open! And anyone who will, is invited to call upon the Name of the Lord. And by clinging to His divine mercy and grace, deliverance from this evil world, into the kingdom of His dear Son may be realized and is assured.

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And once God gives us power to read His Word, and replace all those worldly ideas and philosophies with the words of life, thus will the heart of the Believer be, day-by-day, more-and-more transformed into the heart of Jesus! And instead of having these three beasts in his or her heart, the Believer will be represented by the 1st Face, the face of the Christian Watchman!

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USMC – Prayer before Bible study – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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TO READ PART 7, CLICK HERE…

April 21 (How Shall the Moon Be Turned Into Blood? Part 7: Mark of the Beast in the Moon? 2nd Face: The Pharisee-Scorner) CONTINUED)

2nd Face in Moon-wolf-www.signsofheaven.org

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to understand this fearful prophecy, written in the sky…

Prayer – USMC – Wikimedia – US Govt. Public Domain

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

Info & pics of constellations on this site from Wikipedia & International Astronomical Union (click here)

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THE SWINE: “LUST OF THE FLESH”

“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” 1st John 2:16

This article will introduce this third beast-like face, inscribed in the Moon: a swine. And it will be shown that the three beast-like faces in the Moon, represent the concept taught in the above verse concerning “the lust of the flesh…the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life”.

It has become apparent that the second face in the Moon, besides appearing as a wolf-like beast, also appears as a Swine. Let’s explore this concept, for a moment. First of all, when a person sees the second face up in the sky, it’s arguable whether or not it looks like a swine. But it must be conceded that the photos do indeed make it appear as if this character has a “sawed-off” snout like a swine. And of course, a swine is spoken of quite frequently in Scripture.

Moon – Public Domain – 2nd face Pharisee Scorner and 3rd face Swine-eater – by Cezar Popescu for Wikimedia – Universal Public Domain – cropped, highlighted & rotated photo

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TOMORROW:

OCTOBER 9 (Watchman On Zion’s Walls, Part 1)

Full moon (“blue moon”) as seen on 31.08.2012 as seen from Slobozia, Romania – by Cezar Popescu – Wikimedia – Public Domain – photo cropped and highlighted

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THIS IS STUDY #646 PRESENTED BY THE LATE HAROLD CAMPING…

Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.com – Public Domain

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