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Today’s Devotional – July 26th

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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

“Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six”

Revelation 13:18 

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

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And the number eight is the number of Satan.

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And so, that is why spiders catch little bugs in their nets, and not the other way around. Because the spider web is a perfect illustration of Satan’s snares, which he uses to catch the souls of men.

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Mark of the beast – pub. dom. – Wikipedia

Web- Spider – Signs Of Heaven

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THE OCTOPUS

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Now, there are a few other creatures which have eight limbs.

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The Octopus immediately comes to mind. Could God have given the Octopus ten tentacles? Of course He could have!

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But God again wants to give us an illustration of Satan, and how he works. 

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Just look at how the Octopus’ limbs have suction cups!

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This amazing phenomenon is an awesome illustration of how Satan’s various ways of deception can grip tightly upon his victims!

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And of course, both the Octopus and Satan poison their victim. 

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Another allegorical aspect to an Octopus, is the way it will shoot a jet of black ink, in order to escape from a pursuer.

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Does not Satan use a cloak of darkness to erase himself out of existence?

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And for centuries, Satan has used ink and paper to deceive the world with false ideologies!

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Yes, the deceptive ideologies which men have written down in innumerable books, magazines, etc., have greatly obscured Satan’s existence, misdirecting humans from the true nature of this satanic world!

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Satan, “the god of this world”, has literally erased himself from the minds of men, via world’s deceptive literature! (see 2nd Corinthians 4:4)

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Octopus – Vulgaris – Wikimedia – Share-Alike License

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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. And so, the Beast and the Dragon (Satan) 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? 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 more clear.

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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 says, ‘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. 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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Now he is a religious man, symbolized by the addition of “7 more devils” (he doesn’t literally have 7 more devils, but merely figuratively).

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Oh yes, he is still unconverted! But Satan has now given him a form of godliness, but with merely a counterfeit “holy spirit”!

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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

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Now there is much more to all this. The Dragon and the Beast both have seven heads.

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And each of those heads represent aspects to Satan’s character.

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And that will have to be a discussion for another day!

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

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TO READ PART 2. CLICK HERE…

“July 27th (Satan’s Number “8″, Part 2: Spider’s 8 Legs).”

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

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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…

Pray for Our Nation sign – Wikimedia – Share-alike-lic.

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Fleeing to the Mountains: The Abomination in the Church, Part 1″…

…or you can also read… ” March 23rd (1st Beast of Revelation 13)”

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

 

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED 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. 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: 

“July 27th (Satan’s Number “8″, Part 2: Spider’s 8 Legs).”

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

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above picture: Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain

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