Revelation 13

The wearing out of the saints (2) is what we have been witnessing since the start of the extreme right Netanyahu cabinet - the fierce attack on the Palestinians, first through the increase of settler violence in the West Bank and since October 7, 2023 through the genocide of the people of Gaza. The country of Israel is nothing but an extension of the empire toward the Middle East. Israel is the beast out of the earth, which acts on behalf of 'the beast out of the sea',  the empire - as we shall see. The relentless attack on Palestinians will continue until the 3.5 year Endtime has passed and Jesus will return. 

The speaking of great words against the most High (1) is identical to the opening of his mouth 'against God, 'to blaspheme his name and hist tabernacle and them that dwell in heaven'. For understanding this blasphemous behavior it is very important to look at what scriptures consider 'blasphemy'.

 

We consider it also to be identical to the cessation of 'the sacrifice and the oblation' of Daniel 9:27, which happens in or in relation to God's tabernacle. The beast will steal the honor that was addressed to God. It will involve admiration and worship that the beast will demand in a sanctuary dedicated to God. The beast shall blaspheme hist name and his tabernacle. Which tabernacle might that be? Many think this will take place in a Jewish temple. However, the last nation the US wants to infuriate is Israel, because the US and Israel share the same interests. The war must be provoked with the Arab world in order to permanently subdue them, particularly Iran. In order to achieve that, the blasphemy mustn't be about maddening Jews in a Jewish temple, but about maddening Muslims in a mosque. Since 2022, there have been continuous attacks on Muslim houses of worship on the Haram Al Sharif, the main temple square in Jerusalem. This could culminate in a tribute to the US or its president in the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Such an action would fulfill the following:

"But in their place he will honor the god of fortresses: a god his fathers have not known he will honor with gold and silver and precious stones and precious things. So he will do in the fortified fortresses with the foreign god whom he acknowledges and honors" (Daniel 11:38, 39).

The "he" is "the king," the leader of Israel. The "god of fortresses" is the United States. The "fortified fortresses" are mosques where very strict ceremonial rules apply. If a US president were to be honored there, it would cause a huge uproar in the Muslim world. Another Bible text on the same issue is found in 2 Thessalonians:

"The man of lawlessness will be revealed, the son of perdition, the opponent who exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God" (2 Thessalonians 2:3,4).

 

 

The man of lawlessness would then be the US president who receives all the honor. But how can a mosque be called ''temple" in Revelation 11:1 and "temple of God" in 2 Thessalonians 2  Another verse on the same subject:

"When you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains."

The abomination of desolation is the US president who allows himself to be glorified, resulting in enormous destruction. The holy place is a mosque. The immediate flight to the mountains is necessary because total devastation will follow. And in order to have a 'human shield' the Israeli government will prohibit the exodus of fleeing Jews, as was the case during the 'twelve day war' of June 2025. The military intervention from Egypt and especially from Iran will completely ruin the nation of Israel. It will be the start of world war III:

"At the time of the end the king of the South will push at him, and the king of the North will come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots and horsemen and many ships. He will invade the countries and go over like a flood." (Daniel 11:40)

The king of the South (Egypt) and of the North (Iran) attack Israel. This is the outbreak of World War III, depicted in Revelation 6 as "the red horse", which we already mentioned.

The rider of the red horse, the one who provokes the great war—the US, the beast—will receive a great sword. The beast will be given "authority to act for 42 months." This means that those who attack Israel and cause enormous destruction will ultimately be defeated by the beast. Indeed, this is how Daniel 11 ends:

"But news out of the east and out of the north will disturb him, so that he will come out with great wrath to destroy and annihilate many. He will pitch his state tents between the sea and the glorious holy mountain—but his end will come, and no one will help him."

This is about the "king of the North" who will be destroyed by the beast. The US will emerge victorious and be able to establish a world empire in the remaining time until the 3.5 years expire. We estimate the raging of war to last for about a year, causing also the destruction of supply lines (strait of Hormuz) for energy with famine as a result (the black horse).

"And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme his name, his tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven."

The military victory will give the US enormous self-confidence. The utterance of 'great things and blasphemies' turns into 'blasphemies against God, his name, his tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven'.

 

 

 

 

 

And it was given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them; and authority was given to him over every tribe and nation and tongue and people. 8And all who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

9If anyone has an ear, let him hear. 10If anyone leads into captivity, into captivity he goes; if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed.

Here is the endurance and faith of the saints.

The Beast from the Earth

11And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And he causes the earth and those who dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13And he performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven on the earth in the sight of men. 14And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was given to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the wound by the sword and did live. 15And he was given power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast would be killed. 16And he causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, the free and the bond, to receive a mark