Men of Renown – Part xli – The Sitting Woman – Tamar –

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Men of Renown

Part xli

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　The Sitting Women

Mystery, Babylon The Great

The Woman

CONTINUES

in the Third and Last Woman in the book of the Revelation

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also, after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. (Genesis 6:4) And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (Genesis 6:5)

This series called Men of Renown will begin with these verses in Chapter 6 of the book of Genesis because it is the perfect scene setter for whatever and whoever follows that enables men of renown to act in conflict against God and His Word. Verses 4 and 5 are an accurate definition of men of renown.

The game plan is to cover all SIX mentions of a woman, and the woman in Revelation Chapter 17 of Revelation.

1. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. (Revelation 17:3)

2. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: (Revelation 17:4)

3. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. (Revelation 17:6)

4. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. (Revelation 17:7)

5. And here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. (Revelation 17:9)

6. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. (Revelation 17:18)

5. And here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. (Revelation 17:9)

6. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. (Revelation 17:18)

The theme of ‘women sitting’ is directly connected to the last mention of a sitting woman in Revelation 17:9. This is one of the many supernatural wonders of the Bible. Since God the Holy Spirit wrote the words within the written revelation of God to man, the placement of words, phrases and actions ALL has meaning, ALL connect, ALL are controlled by the Great Wordsmith breathing His mind, will and thoughts onto the magnificent pages of time and history.

As you have been previously advised, keep your aspirin bottle close to you for we are about to continue on to discover the connection between Revelation 17:9 the woman sitteth and the third woman in scripture who is described as sitting. For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. (Romans 15:4) The Bible is one whole united revelation told through two different periods of time: before Christ and after Christ. The Bible is one as God is ONE. Following the Law of First Mention draws the first mention to the last mention. Who else but God Himself could accomplish this through multiple earthly writers, through six thousand years, through war and peace, through ages of words scribed on parchments, rolls and books. The written word of God is hated because it cannot be destroyed, and the Living Word of God is hated because He can neither be destroyed nor annulled. Now let us together enjoy the fruits of God’s voice through His universe of spiritual language . . . the beauty of words . . . and the beauty of His Word in Jesus Christ.

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The Spiritual Dual Role of the Woman Tamar

The first woman sitting was Hagar. In Hagar, the woman sitting represents the beginning of ALL that will come against Israel, and where the hatred against Israel germinated: Ishmael. Then in the second woman sitting we have Rachel, sitting on the stolen idols, she represents the beginning of idolatry that was brought into the camp of Jacob. (The third woman sitting in Tamar is saved for this article.) In the fourth mention of a woman sitting, it was women, ALL women. It is not about one particular person, Eve, or Rachel, or any woman, but God draws the issue of spiritual uncleanness to nature itself, to the natural realm, the realm of the flesh, the sphere of ALL of mankind. So, there you have it, a simple summary on a complex subject: the universal depravity of mankind where each sitting woman represents hatred and corruption directed primarily against the nation of Israel, or in a few examples of a woman sitting we discover God’s counter plan against hatred and corruption. Even through the phrase of ‘a woman sitting’ we see two parallel governments, the government of God and the government of Lucifer/Satan. It’s ALL for our learning and understanding. So read on, my little chickadees.

Why did the Holy Spirit of God select this particular woman (Tamar) to represent Babylon in sitting, and also used her in the line of the genealogy of the Lord Jesus Christ? She is controversial: she was willful in action, and unrelenting in her righteous goal. Her goal was to provide an heir for her first husband, and an heir for herself; thus, she would have a place in the future of her people. She, however, was not aware that it was of the LORD, and her hope for the future would not come through her husbands, but through the man Judah, her father-in-law. Judging those who lived in other eras, and under different social conditions is a major fault within our current society because many can neither see, nor accept the wrongs that they commit every day; for instance, abortion is murder, ‘having an affair’ is adultery, ‘in a relationship’ is fornication, and ‘hooking up’ is whoredom, etc. and etc.

Tamar’s actions revealed who among them both (Judah and Tamar) was the more righteous. She acted out of righteous indignation, but Judah acted from sexual lust without any consideration of any damage to others, to himself, to his tribe or to His God.

And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. (Genesis 38:24)

When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. (Genesis 38:25)

And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. (Genesis 38:26)

Judah had broken his promise to Tamar, he had lied to her, and did not recognize his obligation to his first son, Er, to provide an inheritance, heirs to Judah’s tribe. Tamar walked uprightly, although she played the prostitute, she veiled her true motive to have an heir, God declared her to be more righteous than Judah. And in memorial to her she is included in the genealogy of the Lord Jesus in Matthew 1:3, And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram. In Genesis 38:27, we read, And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but [he that is] perverse [in his] ways shall fall at once. (Proverbs 28:18) The name Tamar means, ‘the palm tree,’ or ‘a palm tree.’ Why a palm tree? In Tamar’s name we have two very different projections: first, the palm tree represents being erect, standing strong, established fruitfulness; secondly, and in opposition to its meaning, it also represents destruction. Remember that we have already viewed Tamar from a position of blessing (in a previous article) in being named as one of the three women in the earthly genealogy of the Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew Chapter 1. Keep these diametrically opposed views as we venture forward for Babylon is just that: it is opposition against truth, it is the counterfeit of truth, it is antagonistic against truth. Let’s see how this duality and dichotomy play out not only in the name of Tamar, but through her widow’s garments and through scripture. And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. (Genesis 38:14)

The palm tree, the meaning of Tamar’s name, is found only in the Old Testament in ten (10) verses, however, it is mentioned thirteen (13) times. The number ten is God’s perfect order and right beside it, the Holy Spirit ties the number thirteen, the number of evil. This also reveals the dual role of Tamar spiritually. The first mention of palm tree is found in Judges 4:5, referring to the home of God’s prophetess Deborah. And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. So, here we have the main thought of strength and erectness in truth in Judges 4:5.

In 1st Kings 6:32, 2nd Chronicles 3:5 palm trees are part of the door to the house of God, and part of the veil into the holy of holies. Then in Psalm 92:12, the righteous, those who love God and follow Him, flourish like the palm tree. The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. The Holy Spirit of God through king Solomon (as he was allowed to wield the pen of greatness) described the stature of the Christ as like the fruitful palm tree in Song of Songs, 7:7 and 8. This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters [of grapes]. I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples. Now read and learn how the Spirit of God takes the palm tree and melds it into an adversarial image in Jeremiah 10:5, They [are] upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also [is it] in them to do good. When you read verses 1 thru 5 in the 10^th Chapter of Jeremiah, you will recognize man in his adversarial role using the natural beauty of God’s creation to change man’s worship focus away from the Creator to the things that He created. Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. (Romans 1:25)

Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: (Jeremiah 10:1)

Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. (Jeremiah 10:2)

For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. (Jeremiah 10:3)

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. (Jeremiah 10:4)

They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. (Jeremiah 10:5)

Does this 10^th Chapter in Jeremiah remind you of anything? Come on, now, don’t be shy . . . our Christmas tree. Oh, oh, your golden ox is being gored. Why is it that the lovers of Christmas trees will defend its fakery more than they will defend the Lord Jesus Christ? Truth is a difficult thing to acknowledge. The world of unrepentant mankind rallies around the Christmas tree celebrating ‘peace,’ ‘vanity,’ and the opportunity to wallow in their chosen sin. The hollow Church rallies around the Christmas tree as another means to solicit money and members, while they deliberately forget that the Lord NEVER told us to celebrate His birth, but it was His DEATH we were to celebrate in remembrance. How the hollow Church easily gives up the hallowedness of their first love.

And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake [it], and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. (Luke 22:19)

And when he had given thanks, he brake [it], and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. (1^st Corinthians 11:24) After the same manner also [he took] the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink [it], in remembrance of me. (1^st Corinthians 11:25)

To have a party focused on the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ is a difficult thing for the party planner to successfully achieve. If I have caused a bitter taste in your mouth, I am not sorry, but I suggest you take a break, take an aspirin, and eat a sweet cookie and continue on in this article because I am not completely “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary.”

Here is another counterfeit to truth. Even in the time period of Jeremiah, there was a tradition of celebration, they cut down living trees, and decorated dead lifeless trees with silver and with gold, and then they attempted to make them upright and erect and appear living and fruitful as palm trees. What a contradiction of thought and symbolism. People celebrating life through a dead tree . . . strange indeed, because Christ was crucified and died on a dead tree to give man life; yet man is so full of contradictions and customs that he simply cannot see the truths within his own contrived symbolism.

Back to the palm tree in scripture . . . the next mention of palm tree is found in Ezekiel 41:18 and 19, And [it was] made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree [was] between a cherub and a cherub; and [every] cherub had two faces; So that the face of a man [was] toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: [it was] made through all the house round about. In this eleventh and twelfth mention of the palm tree, the Holy Spirit of God draws us away from the negative in Jeremiah Chapter 10 to the positive in Ezekiel. Verses 18 and 19 describe the future Temple yet to be built in Jerusalem when Christ takes His place as King of Israel and King and Lord over the world. In the palm trees on the door of the Temple the face of a man is toward a palm tree, and the face of a young lion is toward another palm tree. God ends the glory of the palm tree (standing strong and established fruitfulness) of facing a man and a lion. Who is the Man and the Lion? The Lord Jesus Christ is the Root of David, the Man, and the Lion of the tribe of Juda.

And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. (Revelation 5:5)

I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. (Revelation 22:16)

As we continue on with this third sitting woman in Tamar, it will be quite easy to compare the negative action of Tamar with Mystery, Babylon the Great.

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The Third Sitting Woman

Tamar

And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. (Genesis 38:14)

Before proceeding, this is a required reading assignment, just in case, you are new to this series. CLICK HERE to be safely redirected to a previous article about Tamar.

Since, we will be examining Tamar from a totally different viewpoint then what was written about her in article xxxii in Men of Renown, you will miss much if you neglect to read that particular article.

Looking at Tamar through the two-way mirror looking glass of Revelation 17:9 we see how Timnath and Tamar connect to MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH through how she displayed herself through her garments, coverings, and her wrappings, and why she chose an open place by the way to Timnath. Yet, in Revelation 17:9, God the Holy Spirit says, And here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. Through the mind which hath wisdom, the mind of Christ, He instructs us to see the seven heads, the seven power structures on which the woman sits. Let us look at the spiritual connections for they will lead us to the physical and tangible conclusion of MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

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Tamar the Widow

What are some of the parallel similarities between Tamar and BABYLON THE GREAT? And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. (Genesis 38:14) Tamar was a widow TWICE.

And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. (Genesis 38:6)

And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. (Genesis 38:7)

And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. (Genesis 38:8)

And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also. (Genesis 38:10)

Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house. (Genesis 38:11)

It may be time now for another aspirin. We will be looking at Tamar as twice widowed: husband #1 (Er) and husband #2 (Onan). And . . . through similarities and differences we will also be examining Babylon as the Awakening of Babylon . . . Babylon #1 (Er, husband #1), and the Strong, Vigorous and full of Iniquity Babylon . . . Babylon #2 (Onan, husband #2) which becomes MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (Did you get that? I warned you to take an aspiring for a reason.)

Babylon is viewed through the lense of time and through two stages: stage one . . . awakening and growth; stage two . . . robust, energized, violent and hardened . . . full of iniquity. The first stage Babylon grows materially in possessions and in wealth (cities and kingdoms); the second stage is global Babylon on steroids. The Holy Spirit of God is not only the great Wordsmith, but He is the great and original Thesaurus / The God of Words and his name is called The Word of God. (Revelation 19:13)

Notice the connection between Babylon, and the Chaldeans, and The lady of kingdoms. The phrase O daughter of the Chaldeans is documented two times in the Bible, both in Isaiah Chapter 47. Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: [there is] no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. (Isaiah 47:1) Babylon has a daughter, a virgin daughter, and this awakening and stirring up of evil does not yet sit on a throne, but Babylon at its beginning stage (the tender and delicate state) sits in the dust (the lowest position and from whence God created man), she sits on the ground . . . another lowly position from whence the kingdom of Babel was founded. A reminder of a connection between the Chaldeans and Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, was called the Chaldean in Ezra 5:12. The Chaldeans could be considered the infant kingdom of The lady of kingdoms, Babylon. Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. (Isaiah 47:5) Babylon is not only documented as calling herself, The lady of kingdoms, but in Isaiah 13:19, this last kingdom of the basest of men regards herself as, And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, but God the Holy Spirit adds this prophecy to her self-glorification, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

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Tamar’s Battle for Inheritance

In order to achieve her goal of forcing Judah to be responsible for his promise to her and to also hold him responsible toward the laws of God, Tamar acted brashly and wantonly. It is said that two wrongs do not make a right, but sometimes it takes much more than two wrongs to correct a wrong and to make a right.

And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. (Genesis 38:8)

This mandate from Deuteronomy 25:5, was to safeguard inheritance and father-son blood lines in tribal strength and loyalties. The child born from this joint union would have its own rights of inheritance separate from its biological father. If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her. (Deuteronomy 25:5)

And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. (Genesis 38:9) Family conflicts most usually center around inheritance. The first family conflict between Cain and Abel was twofold: inheritance and obedience to God. The inheritance issue was a conflict with Onan and therefore, And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also. (Genesis 38:10)

Back to Tamar . . . twice widowed, the third woman sitting (Tamar) was twice widowed. How does this connect to BABYLON THE GREAT? Tamar’s first husband was named Er, meaning ‘awakening,’ and/or ‘stirring up.‘ Keep the name of Er in mind as we examine the awakening, or the stirring up of Babylon. The first Babylon began under Nimrod, the mighty hunter. (Genesis 10:9) Through this birth of universal confederation of the unification of man against God, Babel (the first towering city) became Babylon, the last city of towers on the shores of the Euphrates River in southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. This great city was destroyed by Darius the Median in the Mede-Persian invasion documented in the prophetic book of Daniel. The city of Babylon was FIRST overcome and conquered approximately 1670 BC. Thus, its power passed from one form of tyrannical order to another tyrannical order. Let us call this Babylon ‘husband number 1.’ This largest city in the world in that period of time changed hands from one form of control to another form of control. The greatness of its prominence under Nebuchadnezzar was vastly diminished under successive rulers. Power structure number 1 ceased to maintain its domination as empire after empire developed into other power structures. Thus, Babylon, the original city, slowly faded under the swirling sands of time. Husband number 1 died. According to prophetic scripture Babylon was doomed to fall and rise no more. BUT we need to also see that prophecy tells us of two distinct destructions. Discernment can be easily veiled through the storms of time. The word Babylon is mentioned over two-hundred and fifty (250+) times in the Old Testament, and therefore, the majority of documentations deal with the first Babylon. (Husband number 1)

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. (Isaiah 13:19)

That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! (Isaiah 14:4)

All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these [things]? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm [shall be on] the Chaldeans. (Isaiah 48:14)

And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, [that] I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. (Jeremiah 25:12)

There are distinct spiritual differences between the first Babylon and the second Babylon, as there are also parallel similarities. ‘God willin’ an the creek don’t rise,’ we may be studying more in-depth the differences and similarities of Babylon at a future time. (If I live that long!)

In Jeremiah 25:12, the Holy Spirit set a time period of seventy years after the captivity of Judah in Babylon has the time frame of punishment. Here God also sets His time frame for its ruin . . . perpetual desolations . . . perpetual: ceaseless, continuous, forever. This describes the end of the great golden city of Babylon. This prophecy of Jeremiah 25:12 has already been accomplished. The original city of Babylon is nothing but dust mounds approximately fifty-five (55) miles south of Bagdad in the wasteland of Iraq. However, another physical city will be constructed and maybe ‘reconstructed’ and designed after the original pride of the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency. This city, the offspring (a daughter) and a product of its mother as Athaliah was a product of her mother Jezebel (the tangible golden city of the Babylon of the hanging gardens) will rise once more. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. (Psalm 137:8) This city will be the governmental headquarters of the man called The Beast. (The worship center of the Beast will be Jerusalem, where he plans to sit there as God over the earth.)

The Empire of Lies and Hatred, the Empire of the Beast, will have a three-prong power structure: a financial/corporate/banking center, a governmental/military center and a worship center. Jerusalem will be its worship center, the city of Babylon will be the governing and military center, and Rome will be the financial/corporate/banking center; however, it will only be the TEMPORARY center, for it will be destroyed. Do you think that there will not be an internal battle and struggle to take Rome down and another financial center of the Beast to rise in the east? The 18^th Chapter from the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ describes this financial center that is destroyed. Although Rome is not considered an eastern city it played and continues to play an important role affecting both the east and the west through its banking system, and because Rome (as a governing powerhouse) is also extremely relevant in the New Testament as the last governing kingdom of note in the Bible. This is where you need to understand that although there are CURRENTLY many powerful money entities throughout the world: Germany, London, Paris, Qatar, and China, money (or the exchange of currency) is controlled by gold and silver. When you get on the back of the Beast and ride in power, it becomes almost impossible to dismount in order to take control over your own power base: the religious financial/corporate/banking realm. Therefore, within this three-prong tyranny of the Beast: religion, financial/corporate/banking and governmental /military control, the weakest is and will be the religious financial realm: ROME. Men of renown, the men of corporate/industrial/and financial power will not tolerate Rome to remain a religious/corporate/financial banking powerhouse. Since Rome has been swathed in robes of religiousness for centuries many followers find it difficult to understand the financial power and influence that Rome has over states and nations . . . it has been a banking enterprise from its infant state under the Nicolaitans. Rome is first and foremost a business syndicate. Before you have a hissy fit, there are many religions besides Rome that are business-based organizations, but Rome is the wealthiest and the oldest successful blueprint of mind and spirit control using Christianity has its front. Rome has, since its establishment, been hiding its financial and corporate wealth and powers behind the skirts of religion. If this TRUTH cannot be admitted, then the deniers are victims of their own imaginations.

In order to have a One World Order, there must be ONLY ONE form of money or ONE FORM of financial system of exchange. One World Order is ONE person ruling, ONE banking/financial system, and of course, a ONE religious system: the worship of The Beast. Why do you think that you are hearing so much about ‘crypto’ or crypto currency or digital currency? This is the new paradigm for money. Money (as we understand this form of exchange) is currently undergoing a transition from actual to virtual; therefore, the entire world must be trained and manipulated to accept another form of exchange. Be ready for this: the exchange of goods and services by a system that you can hold in your hands and see will become a thing of the past. Governments neither want you to see, nor to hold any form of exchange for services in your hands. THEY only must see and hold in THEIR own hands ALL forms of exchange of services and goods.

The young LOVE anything of the realm of virtual, they love to pretend, they crave the world of imagination because they cannot deal with reality for TRUTH hurts their feelings. TRUTH to virtual lovers is anything that they wish TRUTH to be. The men of renown have been working for decades to form a people of this mentality: the lovers of imaginations. They will willingly and eagerly accept whatever their rulers allow them to have, for they will serve only what their ruler deems their social worth to be. They will not be valued as a human being, but their value will be (and currently IS) according to their service to the state.

The battle over rights is one of the many battle fronts today. The rights of the unborn, the rights of pretend women versus the rights of women, the rights of pretend men over the rights of men, the rights of the insane versus the rights of the sane, and the rights of lies over truth. But this is another subject that we cannot deep dive into, except to write: our world is at the precipice of the greatest fall that mankind has ever experienced: minds, bodies, souls and spirits will all be under the control of one man, one person, known as ‘the man of sin,’ ‘the Antichrist,’ ‘The Beast.’ This is the difficult part to comprehend that what we have today, what we see as natural will totally cease and that includes the financial system based on the banking system as we have known it. Therefore, when you read of a financial center such as Rome, it becomes extremely difficult for our limited mortal minds to fully understand the transition that is taking place between what is actually in your hand (money) and virtual currency.

Only those who are approved by the establishment of The Beast will be allowed to buy and sell. And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. (Revelation 13:17) The credit social scoring system will not only be enforced, but it will be eagerly welcomed and accepted without hesitation; the plandemic was the trial run of population control and manipulation because thousands who capitulated were threatened with unemployed or they wanted to believe that men and woman of authority knew what was best for them. Since the plandemic experiment of control was successful, it has only encouraged the illusionists to stage further population reforms that only benefits tyrannies, the giants of finance, and the world church.

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. (Revelation 18:1)

And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. (Revelation 18:2)

For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. (Revelation 18:3)

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. (Revelation 18:4)

For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. (Revelation 18:5)

Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. (Revelation 18:6)

How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. (Revelation 18:7)

Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. (Revelation 18:8)

And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, (Revelation 18:9)

Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. (Revelation 18:10)

And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: (Revelation 18:11)

The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, (Revelation 18:12)

And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. (Revelation 18:13)

And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. (Revelation 18:14)

The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, (Revelation 18:15)

And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! (Revelation 18:16)

For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, (Revelation 18:17)

And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! (Revelation 18:18)

And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. (Revelation 18:19)

Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. (Revelation 18:20)

And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. (Revelation 18:21)

And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; (Revelation 18:22)

And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. (Revelation 18:23)

And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. (Revelation 18:24)

(Read the 11th Chapter of the prophetic book of Daniel, and as you read, understand that you are reading history past, current events and a sure and predetermined tomorrow. This 11th Chapter of Daniel is a time capsule encased in forty-five verses. Thousands of years summarized in only a few verses, if you know some history than you will recognize the different time frames of the Mede-Persian Empire, the Greek Empire under Alexander the Great and the four generals who fought for control over a dynasty, you will also recognize Roman Caesars and even Cleopatra within this fast paced Chapter. From approximately 500 years before Christ to our age today and into the future, this Chapter sprints through three thousand years of battles; men and women of renown, political intrigue, clandestine conspiracies, nations bought and sold for power and gain, millions of people slaughtered as useless clay pieces on a chess board played by the master of gamers: Satan and his masked ministers of lies.)

Many attempt to prophesy or predict what the End of Babylon will be; however, because Babylon is a system in transition, to predict the future on the financial, governmental and religious structures based on current structures is not wise. Since Babylon has become the GLORY OF KINGDOMS, there are many kingdoms in transition, not only national kingdoms, but kingdoms of wealth, kingdoms of information, kingdoms of entertainment, kingdoms of social manipulation, and kingdoms within kingdoms. The word of God is the ONLY true way to examine the future of mankind. Follow the Spirit’s leading through The Law of First Mention, and through His spiritual language of numbers, and through His divine placement of words and phrases as parallelisms in events and personalities. The Bible is the only secure path to follow.

Babylon is both a city (a geographical location) and a system. As Jezebel (a queen over Samaria and a high priestess) gave birth to a daughter called Athaliah (a queen over Judah and a priestess), so too, Babylon (the city) gave birth to many daughters, a system.

(CLICK HERE to learn of Jezebel in idolatry. CLICK HERE to read of Jezebel in the church age. CLICK HERE to understand how Jezebel was part of an evil alliance in the Old Testament.)

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Tamar and Onan, the Second Husband

Babylon – The Glory of Kingdoms

The lady of kingdoms, (Isaiah 47:5) the first form of Babylon to Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, (Isaiah 13:19) Babylon at the height of its exaltation as the greatest governmental and religious system ever to completely rule over the world. Tamar and Onan were the physical and tangible allegory of spiritual Babylon. They were symbolic of a wife and a husband bound to a tradition based on responsibility and honor. Tamar held to the responsibility and honor of Israel’s tradition to honor the word of God; however, Onan did not. The Spirit of God uses allegory and personification to instruct through symbolism not merely spiritual concepts, but also to open prophecy. Tamar’s acts in responsibility and thus, she is rewarded to be mentioned as one of three women in the genealogy of the Messiah in Matthew Chapter 1. (There were four women, but one name was not mentioned, only the name of her honorable husband was recorded.)

Let us move on to Onan, and to Babylon, the glory of kingdoms. From the loins of Nimrod, Babylon was conceived through one of his capital cities (Babel) to become a massive complex network of religious confusion ruling over the world as queen and priestess called the mother of harlots. We pass now from the first Babylon, the city, to the second Babylon, the system, the glory of kingdoms, and in this we have the connection to the widowhood of Tamar and her second dead husband called, Onan, which means ‘strong,’ ‘vigorous,’ and there is also another meaning, ‘their iniquity.’ Babylon the system is husband number 2. The glory of kingdoms, THE system of Babylon is strong, vigorous and iniquity is within every tentacle of its existence. Chapter 3, verse 16 of the book Ecclesiastes profoundly states that iniquity was everywhere: under the sun AND IN THE PLACE of righteousness. And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there. Satan’s favorite place is wherever righteousness abounds. Satan’s preferred venue is wherever righteousness reigns . . . . and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there. Ecclesiastes 3:16) Satan’s favorite place is wherever judgment reigns and righteousness abound. That is in two places: the courts of justice, and the church with the truth of God. Babylon, the evil system, has many daughters.

1. O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. (Psalm 137:8)

2. Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: [there is] no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. (Isaiah 47:1)

3. They shall hold the bow and the lance: they [are] cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, [every one] put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. (Jeremiah 50:42)

4. For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon [is] like a threshingfloor, [it is] time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. (Jeremiah 51:33)

5. Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go [even] to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies. (Micah 4:10)

6. Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest [with] the daughter of Babylon. (Zechariah 2:7)

The phrase ‘daughter of Babylon‘ is documented six (6) times in scripture signifying the close connection between mankind (the number six) and Babylon (confusion).

Side Note: Confusion. The name of Babel the city means confusion; the land of Babel called Shinar means confusion; the nation and city called Babylon means confusion.

They are not three separate points, but they are one point, and it is not only because each name has a root meaning of confusion, but because Satan has set his seditious battle plan on the success of Babylon. The centerpiece that would seduce souls was and is Babylon. This core was much more than a physical location because it was also rooted in the spiritual realm of evil. Although Babel, Babylon, and Shinar all have the same meaning, within each name there is a root of a specific form of confusion. There is the confusion of languages (Babel), there is the confusion of the mixing and intermingling of peoples (Shinar), and there is mental and spiritual confusion (Babylon). Each name typifies a distinctive area of confusion: verbal/communication, physical, emotional and spiritual, but at the End, Babylon the Great is identified as the habitation of devils, and owned by every foul spirit, and a place of the enslavement of hate and sin (and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird). ◆ End of Side Note: Confusion.

What first began as a city, culminates in a system: political system, financial system and a religious system . . . one HUGE GLOBAL system called MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

The connection between Tamar’s second husband and Babylon the system through the meaning of the name of Onan, ‘strong,’ ‘vigorous,’ and ‘their iniquity,’ also discloses the END OF MYSTERY BABYLON, because scripture is very clear on how Onan dies, and why Onan dies, and WHO put an end to Onan.

And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. (Genesis 38:8)

And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also. (Genesis 38:10)

I did warn you to keep your aspirin bottle close by. Sooooo, we just covered that Tamar’ was TWICE a widow. The first husband (Er) symbolized Babylon, the city and territory, that was destroyed . . . The lady of kingdoms. The second husband (Onan) symbolized not only the final and last city of Babylon, but he also symbolized the system of Babylon . . . The glory of kingdoms . . . MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH . . . who will yet be destroyed.

What are some of the parallel conceptions between Tamar and BABYLON THE GREAT? And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. (Genesis 38:14) Tamar was a widow TWICE.

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Tamar Removes Her Widow Weeds

And she put her widow’s garments off from her,

If you are not familiar with the phrase ‘widow weeds,’ this comes from the Victorian era when widows clothed themselves in garments of black for a specific and limited time period of mourning . . . although Queen Victoria wore black for forty years. Tamar wore her widow weeds beyond what the required time of mourning because Judah refused to honor his word to her. But we also have another spiritual parallel between Tamar’s clothing and removing her garments of mourning. The comparison is this: from its beginning in Babel into the global powerful mountain of confusion known as Mystery, Babylon the Great . . . Babylon refused to acknowledge her true spiritual position. There are two reference verses that describe this spiritual Woman of Harlotry. The first reference is in Isaiah 47:8, Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children. In this proud arrogant boast of I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children, she (Babylon) reveals the mind and heart of Lucifer/Satan. For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. (Isaiah 14:13, 14)

In her first global supremacy (O virgin daughter of Babylon) she reigned over the nations of the world. Babylon, the system, has never and will NEVER admit to its true condition of spiritual bankruptcy, of being an adversary of God, of not being worthy of physical life, and of course, Mystery, Babylon the great, will NEVER cease to inflict torment and suffering on those under her umbrella of evil. This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead. (Ecclesiastes 9:3)

Now, do not blow a vein because this next verse of 1st Timothy 5:6 is about the responsibilities within the church, that is the primary application, BUT I am still going to use this verse as a secondary application through the word ‘pleasure.’ But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. In 2nd Thessalonians, Chapter 2, verse 12, we read, That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. The word that includes Babylon and ALL those within its system is the word ALL. Whether it’s the first or second application, it matters not, for those who liveth in pleasure is dead and ALL who have pleasure in unrighteousness is damned and dead. Mystery, Babylon the great, IS a widow without a husband, and as a widow she refuses to rely on God, she removes her widow’s weeds and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place. As Tamar took on the outward identity of a prostitute, so also Babylon, the religious system, removed its widow’s (this was her true spiritual condition) weeds and its dependance on God and chose instead to sell herself for gain.

When this religious system rejected Christ as the Head over His Church she became a widow, and in doing so, the Church covered and wrapped itself in robes of adultery and fornication and sold herself to all bidders.

Side Note: The Dark Ages. The peoples of this world experienced a time of fear and control called the Dark Age. We could call that period of time when Rome ruled the known world through its banking and religious fortress the lady of kingdoms. The peoples of the world currently have been prepared, prepped and groomed to submit and embrace another Dark Age, but this age will be a darker and deeper dungeon because no one will be able to escape from its control. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: (Revelation 13:16) As the majority of men and women during the first Dark Age could neither read nor write, so also during the next Dark Age, reading and writing will also be almost nonexistent for certain classifications of people. We are there now, where hieroglyphics replace words, and the young pride themselves on their use of icons and symbols instead of using words to express thoughts. (Interesting isn’t it that the Lord Jesus Christ is called The WORD, and mankind is determined to remove the written word as he is also determined to remove the Living Word.) Driving mankind into another time of darkness is not coincidental. It is the goal of Lucifer/Satan to destroy everything that the Godhead bodily created. Think of everything that is being planned: climate control, shielding heat from the sun, seed manipulation, killing of cattle and animals, damaging and maiming sea life and sea creatures, changing wind currents, depopulation, redefining mankind, atmospheric experiments, copyrighting seeds, copyrighting DNA, redefining CO2 emission levels creating a false understanding of plant health, the annihilation of all forms of food in their persecution of farmers and attempting to curtail farming, the creation of false foods, teaching ‘the theory of evolution’ when verses 24, 25, 26 and 27 disproves it, creating the killing of offspring (abortion/murder), and much more . . . and for what purpose? I will repeat . . . to destroy everything that God created in the beginning. READ the first Chapter of the book of Genesis, and as you read, notice what God created and what Lucifer/Satan is currently attempting to undue. (Much has already been done to harm what God created.) READ and THINK of the many ways that evil men and women have done to undo what God created in every creation.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Genesis 1:1)

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:2)

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. (Genesis 1:3)

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. (Genesis 1:4)

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. (Genesis 1:5)

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. (Genesis 1:6)

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. (Genesis 1:7)

And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. (Genesis 1:8)

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. (Genesis 1:9)

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:10)

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. (Genesis 1:11)

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:12)

And the evening and the morning were the third day. (Genesis 1:13)

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: (Genesis 1:14)

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. (Genesis 1:15)

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. (Genesis 1:16)

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, (Genesis 1:17)

And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:18)

And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. (Genesis 1:19)

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. (Genesis 1:20)

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:21)

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. (Genesis 1:22)

And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. (Genesis 1:23)

And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. (Genesis 1:24)

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:25)

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (Genesis 1:26)

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (Genesis 1:27)

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. (Genesis 1:28)

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. (Genesis 1:29)

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. (Genesis 1:30)

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. (Genesis 1:31)

These two ages of darkness can also be compared to the lady of kingdoms and the glory of kingdoms. ♦ End of Side Note: The Dark Ages.

As the nation of Israel rejected Jehovah as their Creator, their Protector and their Sustainer with a love relationship, so also the Body of Christ, the Bride of Christ also chose to live as a widow instead of a Bride when they left their first love.

The Old Testament – How God Sees His People . . . but thou shalt be called Hephzibah (my Delight), and thy land Beulah (Married): for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. (Isaiah 62:4)

For thy Maker [is] thine husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. (Isaiah 54:5) For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. (Isaiah 54:6) For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. (Isaiah 54:7) In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. (Isaiah 54:8)

The New Testament – The Bride of Christ, His Church

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a chaste virgin to Christ. (2nd Corinthians 11:2)

For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. (Ephesians 5:23)

Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; (Revelation 2:1) Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. (Revelation 2:4)

Babylon (the world church and religionism) covers herself with garments of righteousness to veil her whoredoms.

Tamar chose the identity of a prostitute because she was well aware of her father-in-law’s (Judah’s) proclivity for harlots. Tamar not only covered herself with a vail, but she also wrapped herself with a vail. Why did the Spirit of God use these two very similar phrases, or are they similar? Covered and wrapped and what is the parallelism in these two distinct actions with Mystery, Babylon the great? Do you see the difference between covered and wrapped? Tamar cloaked herself with a vail covering, and being wrapped signified that the consequence of whoredom leaves no means of escape. Remember that this is a comparison of Tamar as a sitting woman with the last woman in scripture that is described as sitting, Mystery Babylon. Unlike Tamar who wrapped herself in the robes of a whore to veil her true identity, Babylon (the world church and religionism) covers herself with garments of righteousness to veil her whoredoms. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. (2nd Corinthians 11:14) Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. (2nd Corinthians 11:15)

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Tamar Sat in an Open Place

and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath

Tamar planned her trap out well. This is another difference between Tamar’s actions and Babylon’s actions. Tamar acted from desperateness and righteous indignation, Babylon acts from pride and unrighteous arrogance.

The location or place that Tamar chose has spiritual significance. She sat in an open place on the way to Timnath. First, let us tackle she sat in an open place. That is obvious, if anyone wants to be seen then sit in an open place where everyone can see you. The only time that this phrase open place is used in all of scripture is Genesis 38:14. Therefore, the ONLY connection of open place is tied to the act of an open, exposed, unveiled and unabashed whoredom. Hold onto that aspirin bottle because we are about to take a spirited journey from an open place, to open field, to field. Ready . . . set . . . go!

From the only mention of an open place and its link to whoredom, corruption, and sin and iniquity, we will follow the word open to the open field. Remember that an open place connects to whoredom, corruption, and sin and iniquity.

The Open Field

The phrase the open field is recorded eight (8) times (Leviticus 14:7, 17:5; Jeremiah 9:22; Ezekiel 16:5, 29:5, 32:4, 33:27, 39:5) and the phrase of the open fields is documented four (4) times and only in the Old Testament. (Leviticus 14:53; Numbers 19:16; 2nd Samiel 11:11; Ezekiel 29:5) The field and the plural fields connect spiritually. The first mention of any word or phrase most often presents the meaning of that word or phrase and further instructs through the remaining documentation of that word or phrase. The firsr mention of the open field is in the third book of Leviticus. And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. (Leviticus 14:7) This is a Chapter concerns The Law of the Leper. CLICK HERE to read about The Law of the Leper.

Unraveling this tread of the Law of the Leper is NOT for this article, but a summation only is necessary. Leprosy was the physical, tangible, and visible symbolism of what ailed mankind spiritually: the unseen sin that ate at the body, soul and spirit of man. In Leviticus Chapter 14, verses 1-7 there were two birds presented to represent the cleansing of sin within man. One bird was sacrificed and with the sprinkling of the blood of this first bird, the second bird (redeemed man) was set free to fly away from death and sin into the open field. We will have to leave The Law of the Leper in that one sentence summation. The open field is spiritually the place where sin, sacrifice and redemption meet.

The open field is the world. In the Old Testament, the Spirit of God instructs Israel, through the phrase open field, that SIN is their world, that man is surrounded by SIN. Each verse is instruction about the nature of sin: sin brings death to all (Jeremiah 9:22), as Adam was cast out of the garden to wander in the world of sin so all of his descendants also wander (Ezekiel 16:5) what God first pronounced on man in Genesis 2:17 HAS and WILL be accomplished. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. However, the last mention of open field in Ezekiel 39:5 is directed specifically to the future destruction of the prophetic enemy of Israel, Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: (Ezekiel 39:1) The application of sin and death through the phrase an open field began with Israel and God’s plan of redemption through blood sacrifice performed by His earthly high priest (Aaron) and God’s earthly priesthood through His earthly people Israel also representing the work and sacrifice of His heavenly High Priest, Melchisedec. If you follow each reference, you will understand how an open field is used by the Spirit of God to teach God’s plan as sinful mankind spirals out of control in the world.

To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them [for] peace offerings unto the LORD. (Leviticus 17:5)

Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather [them]. (Jeremiah 9:22)

None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. (Ezekiel 16:5)

And I will leave thee [thrown] into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. (Ezekiel 29:5)

Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee. (Ezekiel 32:4)

Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; [As] I live, surely they that [are] in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that [is] in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that [be] in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. (Ezekiel 33:27)

Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken [it], saith the Lord GOD. (Ezekiel 39:5)

CLICK HERE to learn more about the open field. When you follow the phrase the field through scripture, God brings the field to its ultimate conclusion in its meaning in the New Testament. The Lord Jesus is recording saying through Matthew 13:38, The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked [one]. The apostle Matthew, through the Holy Spirit, writes in Matthew 27:8, Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. The last mention of field is in Acts Chapter 1, verse 19. And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. God the Holy Spirit brings an open field to its PERFECT conclusion, that the world, the field, began because of God’s PERFECT redemptive plan. Man (Adam) through his trespass against God brought sin into the world, the field, the battlefield, the battle ground. Therefore, the world became a field of blood. Before the first drop of blood was shed by man, God took two innocent victims, two lambs and shed their blood on a Stone in an open field so that man would be able to approach God. The battle was set in blood. Then man, through Cain, shed the blood of an innocent righteous victim, his brother Abel. First, God provided the means of redemption through the sacrifice of blood, then man rejected God’s provision and added to man’s sin: murder, the shedding of man’s blood. From before the beginning, the plan of redemption had been determined. From before the beginning, the need of redemption had been accomplished BEFORE sin. Although this world was created by God through His love and goodness, everything had been set in motion by our Sovereign God . . . yes, even the field of blood . . . EARTH. Why? It is a mystery. I do not mean the field of blood, I mean . . . God’s LOVES. There are many aspects to the love of God that is beyond man’s understanding. In John 3:16, we read, For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Yet, in His great love for the world, there is another great love, for in Deuteronomy 23:5, we have the great love of God for Israel, Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee. And there is yet another great love, for in Acts 20:28, God IN Christ shed His blood for the church of God, Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. Thinking in the many ways that God chose to reveal His love for His creatures we see many LOVES. Song of Songs, Chapter 7, verse 12, even through the numbers we see God PERFECT LOVE (the number 7) for His children Israel (the number 12) and for the birth of His church through the twelve apostles (the number 12) it is GOD’S LOVES. Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves. The open field was the field of blood there in the world man’s blood was shed by man, but it was God’s blood shed for man that made the open field the field of blood.

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Tamar Sat by the Way to Timnath

and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath

Why did the Holy Spirit of God choose Timnath? Why not Bethlehem? Why not Bethel? Why not scores of other towns and villages? Why Timnath? Nothing is written by accident nor haphazardly. Every word, every place, every number has a specific meaning and reason for being in the word of God. Timnath has three root meanings: one, ‘thou wilt withold,’ and secondly, ‘thou wilt number,’ and thirdly, ‘a portion’ as in Joshua 15:10, (Timnath was within the territory of Judah) and 2nd Chronicles 28:18 (the Philistines, the enemies of Israel, took a portion of what belonged to Judah).

Tamar not only sat in an open place, an open field, the field, the field of the world, the field of blood, but she KNEW exactly where Judah would be traveling to . . . Timnath. Timnath is mentioned six (6) times in scripture. Six, is the number of man. Now, tell me how man (without the Spirit of God directing) wrote the words in the Bible. Prove to me that it was man who accidentally put this all together by his little ole’ lonesome self. When anyone has the gumption to say to me that they have read the Bible and that there is no God, I KNOW that they are a liar.

Now, back to Timnath . . . Judah sought sexual gratification, you know . . . (the Spirit of God graciously called it comfort in Genesis 38:12) and to his friend Hirah, the Adullamite. Genesis Chapter 38 records the history of Judah and Tamar, and Judges Chapter 14 records the history of Samson and his relationship with Timnath. The three-part meaning of Timnath can be seen through the documentation of the word Timnath. This city/village was in the territory of Judah and God ‘withheld’ it from the enemies around this territory, yet the man Judah chose to associate with the fringes of temptation.

And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. (Genesis 38:12) And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. (Genesis 38:13) And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which [is] by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. (Genesis 38:14)

Years passed and the Philistines ruled over this ‘portion‘ of Judah, the village of Timnath. What began as a seemingly ‘small’ sin of prostitution on the outskirts of this town, later became an accepted part of their social order. And God ‘wilt number‘ the evil, He alone measures the sin within man and the iniquity within man’s social order, and ALL have been found wanting. [That which is] crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. (Ecclesiastes 1:15)

This [is] the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. (Daniel 5:26) TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. (Daniel 5:27)

God the Holy Spirit draws us to what overcame Samson . . . the sin of sexual lust. The open place, which [is] by the way to Timnath slowly slipped into the town of Timnath and under the control of the vileness of the Philistines, prostitution and adultery became an accepted and protected part of their social structure.

And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. (Judges 14:1)

And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. (Judges 14:2)

Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. (Judges 14:5)

It is needful to add one more thing to our understanding about Timnath. (Read Judges Chapter 14 and 15.) Summary: the following verses do not tell the complete story but will give those of you who will not read the 14th and 15th Chapter of Judges a small idea of what took place in Timnath during the days of Samson. Timnath played a major role in the life of Samson and in the destruction of the Philistines; thus, the name of Timnath played out according to the will of God. The enemy may take a portion of what belongs to God, but God will ‘withold’ them from being totally victorious and it is God who ‘wilt number’ and find them wanting.

Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well. (Judges 14:3)

But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel. (Judges 14:4)

The riddle that led to the destruction of the crops of a town, a father, a faithless wife, and finally to the enemies of God, the Philistines . . . and it all began in Timnath.

And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so? (Judges 14:15)

And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people. (Judges 14:17) And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. (Judges 14:18)

But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. (Judges 14:20)

But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. (Judges 15:1) And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. (Judges 15:2)

And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. (Judges 15:5) Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. (Judges 15:6)

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—–The Kingdoms —–

The Lady of Kingdoms

The Glory of Kingdoms

The Kingdoms of Madness

Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. (Jeremiah 51:7) O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. (Jeremiah 51:13) Thousands of years transpired from Babel (the towering city of confusion) to Babylon (the golden city of idolatry confusion). Babylon stirred up and was awakened in the power that she had over the bodies, minds and souls of mankind. Mankind could be easily manipulated and controlled through their unchained sexual desires. Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. (Isaiah 47:2) Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. (Isaiah 47:3) She presumed to be called, The lady of kingdoms. (Isaiah 47:5) During her first awakening as a powerful mountain of control and influence she WAS the lady of MANY kingdoms: the kingdom of Egypt, the kingdom of Tiglathpileser king of Assyria – (745 B.C. – 727 B.C.), the kingdom of Shalmaneser king of Assyria – (727 B.C. – 722 B.C.), the kingdom of Sennacherib king of Assyria – (722 B.C. – 705 B.C.), the kingdom of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon- (604 B.C. – 562 B.C.); the kingdom of Ahab and Jezebel of Samaria and the ten northern tribes, and yes, even over the kingdom of Judah under Manasseh. The vastness of Babylon’s first stirring was not only a period of time, but her stirring in power was over the known world at that time. She thought that God’s power to restrain her was limited in scope and equal to her power. Lucifer/Satan thought wrong then as he had thought wrong when he first declared war against God in the heavenly realm of the supernatural world. And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever. (Isaiah 47:7)

Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. (Isaiah 47:1)

Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. (Isaiah 47:2)

Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. (Isaiah 47:3)

As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 47:4)

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. (Isaiah 47:5)

I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. (Isaiah 47:6)

And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. (Isaiah 47:7)

Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: (Isaiah 47:8)

Although God set Lucifer’s/Satan’s plan back to govern the ENTIRE WORLD, it was not yet God’s time, for man had to be shown that his need for a Savior was greater than any man could accomplish in redeeming mankind.

Side Note: Time. The time element was the CENTER of time itself. When God sent His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ to earth, time divided into two different periods: BC and AD. (This division of time is hated so much that the enemies of God devised a ‘new time frame’ into Common Era (CE) instead of AD and Before the Common Era (BCE) or BC.) Redefining time is important to Satan, as we all are aware of Satan’s move to redefine male and female, he also desires to redefine time: And he shall speak [great] words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. (Daniel 7:25) We daily see our governments changing laws for their own traitorous desires, and we will yet see the attempt to change times that will go beyond the redefining of BC and AD. (My own personal opinion is that The Beast will reset time based on himself.) A personal thought: when I began to play the piano, I loved that the middle note on the piano was called Middle C, a reference point. Every time that I sat on the bench and placed my hands on the keyboard I would think, Great . . . Christ is the Center.

When Christ stepped into time as that holy thing, the holy child and the Holy One, time not only became divided, but time began advancing toward its end . . . that there should be time no longer. (Revelation 10:6) ♦ End of Side Note: Time.

Lucifer’s pride and arrogance while feigning service to God as the covering cherub in the sanctuary of the holies in God’s supernatural realm led this covering cherub to believe his mad delusion. Those who can discern good from evil recognize this same delusion in those today who is mad with jealousy of those who are sure and steadfast in the Lord Jesus Christ. These angry individuals (you know whom I write of) are so full of hatred that it doesn’t matter what particular propaganda narrative that they link themselves to they are MAD. Governments against their own people: MADNESS. Murdering children whether in the womb or out of the nesting womb is MADNESS. Hypocritical diversity is approved not accepting that diversity is division and dividing the people into the smallest segment only leads to weakening the masses where they will be unable to unite against their masters and rulers. The battles that we are engaged with today is much more than men against women, women against men, parents against children and children against parents, white against black and black against white. It is more than removing wealth away from those who earned the wealth and spreading this stolen wealth to the greedy and lazy poor which only makes everyone poorer. The battle of confusion is more than the confusion of sexes, confusion of nationality, or confusion of history. Confusion is the end goal of those who rule over the nations of the world. . . it is all MADNESS . . . therefore the nations are mad. Babylon [hath been] a golden cup in the LORD’S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. (Jeremiah 51:7)

As Babylon, the city and the nation fell, so also will the system Babylon fall. The glory of kingdoms is the basest of kingdoms. It is the kingdom of Babylon in madness. This madness is visible in every facet of our existence as common sense has been overtaken with nonsense, and few are able to discern the difference. Lucifer/Satan who was once an anointed covering cherub in wisdom and beauty is no longer wise nor beautiful but has visibly manifested himself as an entity criminally insane encased and chained to a monstrous grotesque form of evil . . . this is the heart, soul and mind of The Beast who will rule over the world . . . this is Babylon the Glory of Kingdoms . . . the kingdoms of shame, and the basest of kingdoms.

The system Babylon torments the people under its control. As long as the masses are distracted by continuous divisions, and mind control venues, and kept preoccupied with games and imaginations it all serves to alienate the people from the reality of their sorrow and suffering. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. (Revelation 18:7)

Behold, I [am] against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. (Nahum 3:5)

It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. (Ezekiel 29:15)

Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination [is] to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, [even] all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. (Zephaniah 3:8)

Now to recap the women sitting: In Hagar, the woman sitting represents the beginning of ALL that will come against Israel, and where the hatred against Israel germinated: Ishmael. Then in the second woman sitting we have Rachel, sitting on the stolen idols, she represents the beginning of idolatry that was brought into the camp of Jacob. Tamar represents the historical dual role of Babylon as the lady of kingdoms, and as the glory of kingdoms. As Tamar covered her action of righteous indignation with robes of prostitution, Babylon covers herself with garments of righteousness to veil her whoredoms. Through Tamara, the open field exposes how sexual corruption spreads and takes over the world, the things of God and the people of God.

Men of renown is a companion piece to Giants in the Earth series.

Published on December 18, 2023 @ 3:38 PM (EST)

This article may be used, but not for gain. Freely ye have received, freely give.

All Scripture references are from the King James Bible. (KJV)

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