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Beast from the Bottomless pit.
1. Revelation 11:7
  1. Who did the beast kill?
    1. The two witnesses.
    2. Revelation 11:3
  2. Who are these two witnesses? Revelation 11: 1-7
  3. Does the Scripture identify these witnesses? Zechariah 4:1-6
  4. The Holy Spirit is referred to in Scripture as oil and fire.
    1. Samuel anointed David to be king. Oil was used in anointing the sick for healing. James 5:14
    2. Fire represented the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost. Acts 2:1-4
  5. The writing of Scripture.
    1. 2 Peter 1:21
    2. Two olive trees - oil to give light.
    3. Zech. 4:2-3
    4. Revelation 11:4
    5. Scripture - light to our path
    6. Psalms 119:105
  6. Two witnesses are the Old and New Testaments.
    1. a. Not Moses and Elijah.
    2. Revelation 11:5-6
2. Forty-two months. Revelation 11:2-3
  1. Other places mentioned in Scripture.
    1. Daniel 7:25
    2. Daniel 12:7
    3. Revelation 12:6,14
    4. Revelation 13:5
  2. In each case they refer to the same period of time. The rise of Papal supremacy in 538 A.D. and its fall in 1798 A.D..
  3. "A day for a year principle." [Ezekiel 4:6 & Numbers 14:34].
3. Prophesied in sackcloth. Revelation 11:3
  1. Papal persecution.
  2. Fled into the wilderness.
  3. Revelation 12:6
  4. Waldenses, Abigenses & Huguenots.
4. Finished their testimony. Revelation 11:7
  1. Reformation - Huss, Jerome, Wycliff, Luther, Zwingli, Knox and Calvin.
  2. France opened her doors and welcomed the Reformationa s well as did Germany and Switzerland.
  3. Through the preasching of John Calvin, 400,000 Frenchmen accepted the truths of God's Word and became known as the Huguenots.
  4. France turned it's back on the Reformation.
    1. Papal Power said the people who accepted the Reformation were heretics.
    2. Massacre of St. Bartholomew, 60,000 huguenots died one Sunday morning.
  5. Reformation grew and the time of persecution came to an end.
    1. The two witnesses finished their testimony in sackcloth.
    2. Napoleon has come to power. He knows he cannot control Europe without breaking the back of Papal power.
    3. Napoleon's general, Berthier, took the Pope prisoner [February 15, 1798].
Beast rises out of the bottomless pit. Revelation 11:7-8
1. The French Revolution 1798
  1. The majority of the 'thought leaders' of France had accepted the Reformation. They had either been killed or had to flee France.
  2. Hand of Papal Rome so suppressive that the people rebelled against her authority.
    1. Thomas Paine
    2. Age of Reason.
2. Spiritual Egypt and Sodom. Revelation 11:8
  1. Spiritual Egypt represents Atheism. Exodus 5:2
  2. Spiritual Sodom represents immorality.
  3. Where our Lord was crucified.
    1. The Reign of Terror.
    2. Matthew 25:40
3. Lie dead in the street for 3 1/2 days.
  1. "Day for a year principle." Revelation 11:9 and Ezekiel 4:6
  2. Abolished Religion [January 21, 1793]
  3. Reign of Terror.
4. Send gifts to one another.
  1. Time of rejoicing over France doing away with religion
  2. Revelation 11:10
5. Came back to life.
  1. Reestablished religion and the right to worship [June 10, 1796]. Revelation 11:11
  2. Exactly 3 1/2 years January 21, 1793 to June 1796]
6. They ascended to Heaven. Revelation 11:12
  1. British Bible Society [1804].
  2. American Bible Society [1816]
  3. Foreign Mission.
    1. Livingston and Moffet to Africa.
    2. Carey to India
    3. Judson to Burma.
    4. Morrison to China
The rise of Atheism.
1. George Hegel [1770 - 1831]
  1. Father of Modern Atheism in philosophy and theology.
  2. Through him higher criticism of the Bible entered the church.
2. Charles Darwin [1809 - 1882]
  1. Origin of the Species - Evolution.
    1. Natural Selection or Survival of the Fittest.
    2. Work of Charles Darwin and John Dewey.
  2. Public schools still entrenched in Atheism.
3. Karl Marx [1818 - 1883]
  1. Atheistic Communism.
  2. Total dependence on the state.
  3. Godless society.
4. Sigmund Freud [1856 - 1939]
  1. Sexual Revolution and New Morality.
    1. The libido - the main drive in your life.
    2. "If it feels good, do it."
  2. Everything is relative. But let me tell you something, the Laws of Nature are not relative, break them and you will pay the consequences.
The Downfall of Atheism.
1. These men caused a tide of disbelief and permissiveness like the world has never seen.
2. The Beast that rose in 1793, died in 1991. Atheistic Communism came to an end.
3. On the horizon is appearing another beast. Will last only a short time. Revelation 17:10
  1. Babylon
  2. Medo-persia
  3. Greece
  4. Pagan Rome
  5. Papal Rome
  6. Communistic Atheism
4. Jesus Christ will set up His Kingdom, which will last forever.
  1. Isaiah 54:17
  2. Isaiah 40:8