Posted by Can't miss! [Bibleman] on October 27, 1999 at 04:41:44 {dPkPwxsNJEMSSTtTA17sslyACFuF8c}:
Hi Jan and Al,
I was just thinking about you two and thought how could, at this point, anybody miss that the Bible is able to fortell things way in advance.
Then I realized a lot depends upon being able to have the correct interpretation. So just consider this.
The WTS is, of course, in spiritual darkness, so they talk about the four beasts of Daniel as being successive empires. But it is clear that the fourth beast mentioned is killed before the other three who then give up their powers. That indicates they were still all ruling together, right? Of course! Besides that, they don't interact with each other, again proving they are all ruling together.
But most impressive is these beasts are to be present at the very end of times just before the millennium. The timing on this would be the feet of the great image seen which was partly of iron and partly of modly clay,
plus ten toes, suggesting multiple kingdoms.
But out of the four major ones mentioned, only one has wings, and "power indeed" indicating that during the very last moments of the gentile times there would emerge one, single, absolute, great superpower! That is exactly what we have today!
So as Al claims that some of these prophecies are vague, how can you confuse who the Leopard with the four wings represents when it has to be a single, absolute superpower? It is thus not vague but represents the UN-Nato!
But how did the Bible know this thousands of years in advance?
The Lion who had wings (military aggression) and then lost them and became peaceable is none other than Japan, who was extensively aggressive during WWII, even daring to bomb Pearl Harbor. But what is the image of the Japanese now? Totally non-military! Totally commercial! But still a viable world power.
And, of course, the Russian BEAR, who is "lifted up on one side" meaning it does not have all four feet firmly on the ground. Russia is that power, strong in some areas but weak in others. Plus it has ribs between it's teeth and is said to "eat much flesh" which means issues of oppression of the populace, ethnic cleansing, persecution of Jews and others, etc.
So you have in Bible prophecy, very easily recognizable entities in the modern era which were prophesied for this era! No thanks to the WTS.
The fourth beast (I won't belabor) is killed first by "fire" and that represents "Babylon the Great." But we know from the description of this great behind-the-scenes world power is that it is primarily commercial and that's the influence it has over the U.N.
What impresses me is that we are right now in a situation where the world's money is what is controlling the world now. Countries are becoming totally dependent upon the U.N. and the U.S. for financing and this exerts power over them. Of course, the "Illuminati" is said to be the secret force behind the world banking and finance etc manipulating the UN through various agencies such as the Trilateral Commission. It's all written up on the internet if you want some strange reading.
But my point would be that the circumstance of Daniel, which has the three remaining world powers giving up their power for "a year and a season" suggests there would be some, organized WORLD GOVERNMENT that would take over right after Babylon the Great is destroyed.
And that is easy to imagine since, as the Bible says, that "scarlet colored wild beast is itself an EIGHTH KING." It is not hard for us to imagine Japan, the US and Russia all cooperating with the U.N. if there was some international banking scandal involving U.N. finance manipulation, etc. So the agency that would become the "eighth" and final king is already in place and it is all-ready a pretty well-oiled machine, very much involved in international politics.
So how is it that all this fits so closely what the Bible prophesied and the Bible isn't inspired? And as for "vague" and those who claim you can interpret the Bible in any way. I would just suggest that that might be the case sometimes, but it doesn't work when the prophecy involves something like and absolute superpower? How can we get that confused?
And think of the UN. An agency that "was, is not, and will appear again" meaning the United Nations ended and then came back as the U.N. And that would become and "eighth king." What other international organization made of the world powers could this possibly be?
Then when you consider "Babylon the Great", the internet is full of posts about how the "Illuminati" which is linked with Freemasonry, the mysteries cults and even the WBTS is behind the scenes manipulating the U.N. through these various agencies. Case in point is that "Babylon the Great" is supposed to be a SECRET ORGANIZATION! It is supposed to operate behind the scenes in "mystery" and this scene is in the "wilderness" which is another Biblical reference to this being "underground" and a non-public or non-open situation.
So everything is in place and quite consistent per the Bible, IF....
IF, you pay attention, have the correct Biblical understanding.
In that case, you'll see what is happening has been prophesied, you'll know what is happening next, and you'll know that the Bible must be inspired to have told about this centuries in advance.
Even the great tribulation which was supposed to be an event that never happened before nor would happen again, something that would shock the world, but directly related to "trampling" the "holy ones" who are the Jews and (spiritual Israel-JWs), actually happened!
The "worst event in human history" is considered to be the HOLOCAUST! It happened at the right time and in the right magnitude to fulfill that prophecy.
Then after the Jews were trampled, and god's anger subsided, they were to have mercy and blessings and return to Palestine, their native and spiritual homeland. And they did!
So at this point, after most of the prophecies are now all fulfilled, not to see how inspired the Bible is has nothing to do with the "vagueness" of these prophecies, but with not paying attention, and of course, not having the correct interpretation.
So even though there is some excuse because of false prophets, if you really keep awake, you can see somebody has the correct interpretation of these things and it should be clear the Bible is definitely an inspired book of prophecy which perfectly describes our current world situation, right at the timing it says it would happen.
I'd definitely reconsider looking at the prophecies that are supposed to happen just before the millennium. It's quite impressive!
Cheers,
Bibleman
P.S. Below is a link which shows possible connection between Judaism, Freemasonry and Christianity. The Freemasonry symbolism of the hourglass is superimposed upon the Jewish "star of David" which is a Freemasonry as well as Satanic symbol. The hourglass represents the symbol of the god Cronus/Mercury and originated with alchemists. Of note, the WTS in the early days sported Freemasonry symbolisms as the "Crown and Cross" and the "Knigts of Templar" emblems on older Watchtowers, as well as the "winged disk" on their "Studies in the Scriptures" volumes. Russell had a Freemasonry pyramid with the all-seeing eye as part of his tombstone. Another indication of infiltration by members or at least ideas of Freemasonry and the cultic
mysteries religion into modern religions, including the Witnesses.