Men of Renown
Part xx
The Last Great Mystery ContinuesÂ
in the Second WomanÂ
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. Genesis 6 verses 4 and 5 are an accurate definition of men of renown.
  The phrase ‘men of renown’ occurs in the Bible only two times. The second and last mention can be found in the 4th book of the Pentateuch in the book of Numbers, Chapter 16. This last mention of ‘men of renown’ goes beyond the definition of men of renown and expands what ‘men of renown’ are not only capable of, but what lurks in the inner most recesses of their thoughts.
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— The Last Great Mystery Continues —
The Attack Plan Against God and All of His Children
  The previous article centered around the first woman mentioned in the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ which was Jezebel. Through that article the connection between Nimrod, Jezebel and the church leads to the GREAT MYSTERY which is And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (Revelation 17:5) This should be what everyone in the world should be focused on now instead of what is the newest Tik Tok video fad, because you, my friend, have a front row seat to the end of what is proudly and falsely called civilization. What we know of as civilization will soon collapse into a period of great tribulation for the entire world. No nation or territory will escape from what is about to befall all.
  This country, the United States, deserves everything that it will go through now, and what it will be pushed into from traitors within. We have allowed political leaders of our Congress and from Federal Agencies to commit treason as a daily job routine, and we say nothing (for the most part) to them, but continually accept their words and actions because of their positions. Scripture is very clear on how to address the enemies of God, and this is with truth. Although a few states are beginning to remove the sin of the murder of defenseless babies through law, in my opinion, it is too late and too little. (This article began before the Supreme Court’s decision to end the decision of Roe vs Wade, nevertheless, this recent decision merely corrected the lies that forced the travesty of Roe vs Wade upon this nation in 1973, and now in 2022 passes the abortion issue onto individual states. This current decision by the Supreme Court does not stop abortion. No matter what the fake news traitors say, murder under the word ‘abortion’ has not been stopped. States under the control of Socialism/Communism/Atheistic global leaders will continue to do the bidding of forces with the goal of destroying the United States by murdering the unborn, killing the young, and mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually maiming as many of the population that they can.) I commend all who work against this travesty of the murder of the unborn; yet the hand of God in judgment cannot be stayed. Those of you who struggle against those who advocate controlling the mind, heart and souls of this nation, or any nation, I say, Continue on. However, my mission lies in another area, and that is to fight the good fight of faith. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. (1st Timothy 6:12) My mission is to encourage men and women of faith to hold fast and sure to the word of God and to the Christ of the Word of God, and in holding fast to the word of God to draw unbelievers to the true Word of God in the power of His endless life.
• Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.(1st Corinthians 16:13)
• Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. (Galtains 5:1)
• Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; (Philippians 1:27)
• Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, [my] dearly beloved.(Philippians 4:1)
• Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1st Thessalonians 5:21)
• Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.(2nd Thessalonians 2:15)
• Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. (2nd Timothy 1:13)
• Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. (Titus 1:9)
• Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast [our] profession. (Hebrews 4:14)
• Let us hold fast the profession of [our] faith without wavering; (for he [is] faithful that promised;) (Hebrews 4:14)
• Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. (Revelation 3:11)
  I am not a prophetess, I am not a visionary, I am really nothing and no one, and there are many things that I am not; nevertheless, the Lord uses the least of us to confound most of us. This is where my stand is, Balaam’s ass spoke to Balaam’s foolishness and rebelliousness against the Almighty God, so it should be no great thing for God to use the least of us to disclose to the world their sin against God. I often think that my spiritual task closely resembles that of Prisca. Surely, you remember Prisca. Paul’s nickname for Priscilla shows a close loving sisterly affection for this woman who worked alongside of Paul. She was part of a two-man tag team (Aquila and Priscilla) working with the apostle Paul.
And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. (Acts 18:2)
And Paul [after this] tarried [there] yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn [his] head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. (Acts 18:18)
And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto [them], and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. (Acts 18:26)
Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:Â (Acts 16:3)
The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. (1st Corinthians 16:19)
Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. (2nd Timothy 4:19)
  Every Christian is a son of God, a child of God, and a servant of God with a particular mission. We are ALL called to glorify God, and His Christ, the Lord Jesus Christ. This is our work, our mission, as the Holy Spirit of God was to glorify Christ, so we also have the same goal before us.
• Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 5:16)
• That ye may with one mind [and] one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 15:6)
• And that the Gentiles might glorify God for [his] mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. (Romans 15:9)
• For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. (1st Corinthians 6:20)
• Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by [your] good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. (1st Peter 2:12)
• Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. (1st Peter 4:16)
• Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest. (Revelation 15:4)
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— The Last Great Mystery Continues —
The Attack Plan Against God and His Nation Israel
The Great Mystery of the Second Woman in Revelation 12
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:Â (Revelation 12:1)
 Three women are mentioned in the last book of the Bible: the first woman was Jezebel who was an actual person not only in world history, but also both symbolically and actually a person in Church history. (If you have time to waste, read about the Borgia family in the 14th and 15th centuries, there were a few Jezebels who were extremely active in Church affairs.) As I have previously written Jezebel was more at home in a religious setting then in any other form of entertainment.
  What began with an actual individual named Jezebel, later progressed into a religious cult based on Jezebel’s leadership role in the pagan worship of Baal. What began with an evil murderous princess and queen at a regional level of pagan worship later developed into a religious hierarchical system of pagan priesthood at a national level until this system ripens into a global tyrannical one world government empire controlled by a demonic madman enforcing his delusion of godness over the entire globe. How sin abounds and develops through confusion is seen in Babel, Shinar and Babylon. (Remember that Babel means Confusion, Shinar means Confusion, and Babylon means Confusion. Each place takes on a different form of confusion until The End Time when Confusion becomes the norm in BABYLON THE GREAT. The ‘new world order’ is neither ‘new,’ nor is it ‘order.’ It is the same old world of confusion with a freshly painted façade.) The mystery of iniquity (MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT) is not a mystery for those who are students of the word of God.
  In order to further understand the great mystery of the second woman, Israel, we definitely need to understand the mystery of iniquity. Since the second woman is Israel symbolized, and before we continue on into Revelation Chapter 12, let us go back in time into the age of the greatest period in Israel’s kingdom under the wisest king ever to reign in any nation, the reign of king Solomon. Are you asking, What does Solomon’s reign have to do with Revelation Chapter 12, and Jezebel, and Shinar, and Babel, and Babylon and MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT? And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (Revelation 17:5) History is not an enemy. History is being played out each day, and biblical history unlocks the future to those who are serious about spiritual truths. It is said that ‘history repeats itself,’ however, it is not history that repeats itself, but it is Lucifer/Satan, the enemy of mankind, who repeatedly uses the same battle technique that has never failed him yet. One of the code names for Satan’s successful attack is called: The Jezebel Flank Assault.
  As Eve was drawn from Adam’s side, his flank, so the Jezebel Flank Assault is quite appropriate. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. (Genesis 2:21) And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. (Genesis 2:22) She walked beside Adam in the garden, and she was to assist him in all that God had assigned to him for he was the Federal Head over all of the earth. And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. (Genesis 2:18) They had been united together as one in goal, in thought, in mission, and in service to their Creator. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. (Genesis 2:23) Order is necessary in life because without order there is chaos. Even in the smallest unit there must be order. Before sin, God’s order was necessary in the natural realm and in the spiritual realm. After sin, God’s order is essential in the natural realm and in the spiritual realm because now, in a sinful world, the smallest unit cannot survive without unity of thought and goal. In order for any couple to survive in a sinful world there first must be order. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. (1st Corinthians 11:8) Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. (1st Corinthians 11:9) Humanity has fallen so far into the state of confusion that both men and women fight against the word of God and His order. Sinful man rages against sinful women, and sinful women rage against sinful men . . . . . the common ground that they center themselves on is neither order nor unity, but self. Too quickly married usually means too quickly divorced. Marriage without God as the Center, and the third party in a marriage, usually means a marriage only centered around the needs of the predominant personality of two.
 Since this article is about three women mentioned in the last book of the Bible, it makes sense that I am writing about WOMEN. (I know, I know, I fully understand that a marriage is supposedly about two, however, this section of this article is about The Jezebel Flank Assault.) So, empty your quiver and concentrate on Satan’s divisive battle plan of The Jezebel Flank Assault.
  There are two Scripture sections that should be read at every wedding ceremony. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it. (Ephesians 5:25) And the 31st Chapter in the book of Proverbs, Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. (Proverbs 31:10) The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. (Proverbs 31:11) She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. (Proverbs 31:12)
  The first successful Jezebel Flank Assault was when Eve was deceived, and after that Adam, being the Federal Head, had to bear the blame and the shame for her. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. (1st Timothy 2:14) Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. (Romans 5:12) Satan had successfully pulled off the first Jezebel Flank Assault. GAME ON! From that moment, the great conflict between man and woman began. Satan had divided the smallest unit into two separate camps that he could successfully manipulate against each other. Throughout unrepentant human history, this division between men and women has never been resolved, it has only increased in animosity and hatred. Why do many women have such deep hatred and hostility against men today? Where did it begin? I showed you its beginnings, and God willing, we will see where it ends, And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (Revelation 17:5) What is the main reason that scores of women hate men so much? That’s an easy question to answer. Women WANT to RULE over men. It is much more than a need to rule, it has progressed from a need to an obsession to control. (I am not speaking of all women. . . so, if there are any women still reading this, get a grip, you know what I am writing is correct because you have seen forceful narcissistic women in action, of which there are many.) The prophecy of the end result of this rebellion against God’s order is found in the book of Jeremiah Chapter 31, verse 22 in five words: A woman shall compass a man. The word compass contains many thoughts, for instance, it can mean a plot as in “to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil and unlawful ends,” and it can also mean “to collide, connive and to scheme,” “to fence in,” “to besiege and to surround as in a battle plan,” “to change,” “to remove,” “to form a circle around,” “to orbit,” “to take possession,” or “to have power over.” How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. (Jeremiah 31:22).
Side Note: The prophecy of Jeremiah in Chapter 31, verse 22, extends beyond the nation of Israel as the ‘backsliding daughter.’ The spiritual application extends to a new thing in the earth, meaning to all of the earth. Then also note the LORD hath created, this prophecy is the foreknowledge of God in action. Why did God destroy Israel and Judah in the Old Testament? Why did God destroy Jerusalem in 70 A.D.? Why is the world today experiencing divisive social upheaval, plandemics of plagues, designed deaths, and framed fears? The Law of Sin and Death is still in effect. The God of the Old Testament who judged sin in Israel and in Judah is the same God of the New Testament. He is the same God who judges evil today, but the majority of the peoples of this earth cannot bear to accept the truth that the God that they want is not the God that IS. There MUST come a time when the sin of man reaches the brim of his cup of evil, and God acts in judgment.
If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. (Jeremiah 26:3)
The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:Â (Isaiah 14:24)
The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. (Isaiah 23:9)
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. (Isaiah 13:11) ♦ End of Side Note. The prophecy of Jeremiah in Chapter 31, verse 22. Confusion is based on one thing: rebellion against God’s set and proper order through His word.
  Do you really think that the feminist movement began because women wanted equal pay for equal work, or that women desired to be equal to men in the workplace? Look at where this battle for equality has led. It was never about work equality; it has always been about POWER OVER a man! Women’s delusional madness to achieve CONTROL OVER men is founded on treason against God’s order. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. (1st Corinthians 11:8) Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. (1st Corinthians 11:9) Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.(Genesis 3:16) This world is in a state of confusion, not merely because of the abuse of reason, nor only because of the lack of understanding of man’s suitability to rule properly, but this state of confusion is based on one thing: rebellion against God’s set and proper order through His word. It is sedition against God. It is treason against God. This sedition and treason against the Almighty God began before ‘the beginning‘ in the spiritual universe of God’s realm. Lucifer brought this same rebellion into the paradise of God, and it took hold FIRST in the woman Eve, and the heart of treason against God has been buried deep within unrepentant women since the beginning of time.
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. (Genesis 3:13)
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:Â (Genesis 3:14)
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. (Genesis 3:15)
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children;Â and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. (Genesis 3:16)
  The shrilling screams from angry women that is heard throughout the entire world in organized protests wearing ridiculous pink caps shouting vile words is the evidence of hearts filled with madness, and minds overcome by demons of delusion and rebellion not caring that their souls are empty and barren. Since their souls are empty and barren they desire to make their wombs empty and barren also. In their bitterness they do not understand that they are accomplishing what God has prophesied . . . . for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. And the end result will be, And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. Lucifer used Eve. And he is using women, the Jezebels of our age to accomplish his end goal, which is to place his person, the man of sin, the 6 – 6 -6 over the nations of the world. The last kingdom of mankind is described as beasthood for Satan’s man is called the Beast. (There is much to learn about this Beast, and prayerfully when the Spirit of God leads us to the last mention of the word woman in Chapter 17 in the last book of the Bible, He will lead us to understand more about this Beast and the mystery of the woman. 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.) The Jezebels of time will aid to advance this Beast to reign over them. Women who want to RULE over man will come to an end when it will not be a woman who rules, but a BEAST will rule over them. (Notice how God uses man’s fallacy of the theory of evolution to play out to the point where man becomes beast-like. Since this imaginative theory teaches that because the race of human beings (‘human race’ or ‘species’ is a definition worm can) emerged from beasts that consequently mankind can only advance to a higher level or intellectual plan of perfection. But God is holding mankind to the outcome of their own evil imaginations of their beast-like roots. It is as if God is saying, You refuse to accept that I created you in my image, and you desperately desire to come from beasts, therefore you shall become beasts and return to your imaginative roots of beasthood. The evolution advocates never consider that man could return to his roots and become a beast. . . . from beast to beast . . . . when man believes that he is at his prime point of intellectual development, man will be at his lowest point in every aspect: socially, mentally, intellectually, emotionally, and even physically. How to tell what is of God and what is not of God, God is not the author of confusion. (1st Corinthians 14:33a)
Side Note: The following statement is only my opinion based on common sense and observation. Consider the damage that has been done and is being done to the human DNA in the world depopulation scheme through a spurious solution using an experimental vaccine (that according to the definition of vaccine is not a vaccine at all) of the PLANdemONic program, and how this experiment will affect those yet to be born, and those who are currently alive. Remember the Thalidomide scandal in the late 50’s and early 60’s that resulted with more than 10,000 children born with severe deformities in what was considered to be “the biggest man-made medical disaster ever.” That man made medical disaster will be nothing compared to the current deliberate man-made strategy to depopulate this planet by pharmaceutical means. ♦ End of Side Note.
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The Attack Plan
The Jezebel Flank Assault During Israel’s Prime
  Jezebel, the first woman mentioned in the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, has already been presented through these articles. Now let’s layout Satan’s battle technique in the second woman mentioned in the 12th Chapter of the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. After making this comment, I’m going to say something that many will not like . . . . “before we continue” to the 12th Chapter, we need to understand a bit of historical background of this second woman, the nation of Israel. And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars. (Revelation 12:1) I did it again, back to history, back to the glory days of the nation of Israel. And for those who still are asking, Why are we there? The Jezebel Flank Assault Plan worked with Eve, it worked with Sarah sending her Egyptian servant into Abraham’s tent, it worked with the conflict between Jacob’s wives, it worked with Lot’s daughters, it worked when the daughters of Moab were deliberateky brought into the camp of Israel at Shittim, bringing evil lascivious women into Israel always worked for Satan. And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there. (Ecclesiastes 3:16) The best method that Satan used and still uses is his infiltration system of using a very willing woman, a pleasant woman, a woman eager to please, and mankind loves pleasure.
  The book of Ecclesiastes is said to be ‘the book of wisdom,’ penned by the wisest human being who has ever ruled. And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. (1st Kings 4:30) Although king Solomon, son of David, was known through the world for his wisdom, wisdom was also his greatest failure. Keep this in mind as you read Ecclesiastes 3:16. And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there. The entire Bible was authored by God, spoken through the breath of God (the Holy Spirit of God) as He breathed words to ready writers holding their pens dipped into the ink well of the blood of truth. This same Spirit, the Spirit of truth, wrote the book of Ecclesiastes through a man of vanities, thus, allowing his wisdom of vanities to reveal mankind at his highest point of wisdom. And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there. The wisest of the wise of mankind understood that iniquity is everywhere under the sun, even in the place of righteousness. Iniquity was in the heavens of God, iniquity was in the paradise in the garden of God, there is no place that Lucifer has not spewed his venom. What began in the heart of Eve was diabolically placed there by the greatest deceiver ever to roam this universe, and later, after his rebellion was contained to the spiritual and physical world of the earth, Lucifer took control over the earth. Although Satan has used many earthlings, women have been his best manipulative arrows. Consequently, we had Jezebel, and we have Jezebels, and we have, And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. (Revelation 17:5) What was, and what is, the connection between Jezebel and Solomon? (For those who may not get the gist of how Jezebel is used in this article, Solomon lived approximately 1048 – 980 B.C. and Jezebel lived in circa 930 B.C., therefore they NEVER met. WOW, I do have to spell it out and to cover my words for those who are not familiar with the historical background of the Bible. I don’t mind, but for those who are knowledgeable in Scripture, please keep in mind that there are those who may not have your background in Scripture.)
  God appeared to Solomon twice. In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.(1st Kings 3:5) That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. (1st Kings 9:2) This was a great thing. No spiritually sane person would ever be able to forget that, or to ignore that, so what happened to Solomon? Jezebel happened! But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites. (1st Kings 11:1) Many Jezebels happened. However, the Spirit of God has given us only one name from among one thousand women . . . Yup, one thousand women. Solomon had a harem of seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines. What a terror that must have been for those who were charged with their care. It was easy for Solomon because he only had to deal with them one at a time, imagine what it must have been like in a harem of one thousand women. I don’t imagine that this harem was a peaceful quiet place of meditation and joy! I wonder what the distance was between Solomon’s palace and the harem? The sound of noise can travel far you know! Oh well, let’s continue on. Only one woman is named, that was the mother of Solomon’s eldest son Rehoboam, the next in line to rule over Israel. So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.(2nd Chronicles 12:13) She did not have the name of Jezebel, but it was Jezebel. Her name means ‘pleasant,’ or ‘pleasantness.’ There is a definite reason why the Holy Spirit of God gives us her name and her heritage. I’m sure Naamah lived up to her name. ‘Pleasant,’ or ‘Pleasantness’ was from the line of Lot through the incestuous actions between Lot and one his two daughters. Although, through his drunken state, he was not cognizant of his incestuous acts, nevertheless, all of his descendants (Ammon, and Moab) became enemies of God and of His people, Israel. Naamah ‘pleasantness is associated with incest, a sexual sin. Interesting, isn’t it?
  So, now where are we, and why are we here? Jezebel! The minds and hearts of Lot’s two daughters had become so corrupted by Sodom, that the act of incest was nothing to them. (You know that village that is often spoken about through this well-known phrase, “It takes a village to raise a child,” well the village of Sodom raised Lot’s two daughters. Today, many sodomites want to raise your children, they want to read to them, to sit down next to them, to dance for them, to proudly parade down the street in front of them, and everyone who allows this village of sexual insanity of perversion to take over the minds and bodies of their child have also been taken over and conquered by the evil village.) And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. (Genesis 19:30) Remember where Lot ended his days; he spent his last days in a dark dank cave daily facing the actions of his sinful decision to not only move into Sodom, but he returned to Sodom before God destroyed the five cities of the plains. After living in the city of Zoar in daily fear, the only refuge that he found was in a mountain cave; a place of being put aside, and of death. Although Lot is called righteous and just by God, he nevertheless had to endure the chastening and judgment of God. And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (2nd Peter 2:7) (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) (2nd Peter 2:8) But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. (1st Corinthians 11:32)
Side Note: Cave. The word cave is mentioned in the Old Testament thirty-one times in a total of thirty verses (30). But the word cave is only mentioned once in the New Testament in the 11th Chapter of the gospel of John. This is the Chapter of the resurrection scene of Lazarus when Christ called him out of the cave of death. Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. This word CAVE is never mentioned again in Scripture. This is the last and final mention of the word CAVE because death had been conquered and put away by the death of Christ. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. (1st Corinthians 15:54) O death, where [is] thy sting? O grave, where [is] thy victory? (1st Corinthians 15:55) In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; (Titus 1:2) John Chapter 11 is the perfect Chapter to read about man’s destiny with death altered by the voice of Christ when He called and said Lazarus, come forth. Christ had called death from out of the CAVE of death and there was no further need for the word CAVE to be mentioned ever again in Scripture. ♦ End of Side Note: Cave.
  This article may seem a long journey from Lot through one of his daughters (mother of Ammon and the Ammonites) to the only wife (Naamah) of king Solomon that is named from the thousand women in his harem, but it was necessary to show you how ‘Pleasantness’ travels through time. God chose only one woman to name, and her named led us back in time to the sin of incest in a cave. Iniquity knows no boundaries, from a cave to a palace, from a palace to a field of dog dung where the remains of Jezebel was scattered by dogs because the end result of sin is always death, and ‘pleasantness’ somehow always finds a way to trap its target. The Jezebel Flank Assault technique was extremely successful against the wisest of the wisest, Solomon, at the nation’s highest point in its history. Naamah was merely the first attack against Solomon because Satan had discovered that the wisdom of Solomon paved the way through Solomon’s sexual vanity. GAME ON! (Again, I am reminding you that the Holy Spirit has written many things about many virtuous women, BUT this article is not about virtuous women.) The following references were written through the pen of Solomon, he had learned much about the Jezebel Flank Assault, and yet, it is one thing to know, and it is another thing to act on that knowledge.
• For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil: (Proverbs 5:3)　
• For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. (Proverbs 6:26)　
• [As] a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, [so is] a fair woman which is without discretion. (Proverbs 11:22)
• [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. (Proverbs 21:9)
• Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. (Proverbs 31:30)
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• I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: (Ecclesiastes 7:25)
• And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. (Ecclesiastes 7:26)
• Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: (Ecclesiastes 7:27)
• Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. (Ecclesiastes 7:28)
• Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. (Ecclesiastes 7:29)
  Solomon understood that Jezebel’s Flank Assault was also strengthened by Jezebel’s Frontal Assault. The Flank Assault was and is the hidden charms through the subtle cunning deviousness of a woman on the prowl, and man hunting is a skill that many women are quite adapt at. But it is Jezebel’s Frontal Assault where she displays her not so hidden charms. It has been said that the majority of women lack math skills, but I don’t believe this because women know the math that men are drawn to: 42-24-34. Do not believe women when they insist that they dress to please themselves. (It’s only after a certain age . . . . I will not state the age . . . that women dress for themselves and for comfort.) From a very early age, young girls concern themselves with dressing to get boys to notice them. And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands . . . . her mouth is smoother than oil . . . beauty is vain.
  It is necessary to follow the tragic end of Solomon to get a complete understanding of Satan’s attack plan. This woman of Revelation Chapter 12 was the nation of Israel. And Satan HAD to destroy Israel and still HAS to DESTROY Israel. But how can a nation at its prime be destroyed? How else then from within. Draw a nation into the swill of idolatry, sexual perversion, murder the future hope of a nation by murdering their children, and evil women will lead the way to accomplish this. The tragic end of Solomon and of his prosperous nation is seen in the following verses. A once great nation became a divided nation through civil war, and families infiltrated by sin, and thus, Israel never fully recovered from this Jezebel Flank Assault.
And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, (1st Kings 11:9)
And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. (1st Kings 11:10)
Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. (1st Kings 11:11)
Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. (1st Kings 11:12)
Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen. (1st Kings 11:13)
  The nation of Israel, during the reign of Solomon, began in a glorious scene of economic growth in the amazing construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem, and the military dominance over vast stretches of land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates River.
Side Note: The Euphrates River. Remember that the Euphrates River is the main waterway in the land of Babylon, and this river comes into play during The End Times when hordes further east of this river are able to quickly invade this territory by crossing OVER the dried-up waters of the river Euphrates. God not only tells us of the future, but He also allows us to understand invasion plans that have not yet been planned! And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. Revelation 16:12.) What nations are east of the great river Euphrates? Is geography taught in schools today? North eastward of the Euphrates is Russia and Turkey, east of the Euphrates is Afghanistan, China is east of Afghanistan, Pakistan is south eastward of Euphrates, and India is east of Pakistan. Yes, this is important for the kings of the east cross over the dried-up Euphrates River and with lightning speed overtake Persia (Iran) and the nations that border Persia (Iran).
The First Four Rivers Mentioned in the Bible:Â
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. (Genesis 2:10)
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;Â (Genesis 2:11)
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. (Genesis 2:12)
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. (Genesis 2:13)
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. (Genesis 2:14)
  Whenever the words the great river is mentioned, it refers to the Euphrates River in the land of biblical Babylon, and the known secular regions from Turkey to Kuwait. In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates. (Genesis 15:18) The Euphrates originates in Turkey, flows through Syria and Iraq, and there it joins with the Tigris River then empties into the Persian Gulf. On the east of the Euphrates is Iran, and to the west is Saudi Arabia. Now tell me that current history and the daily events in the East is irrelevant. And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. (1st Kings 4:21) There is a library wealth of information in the life, and actions of king Solomon. But we are focused on Jezebel, and the second woman mentioned in Revelation Chapter 12. ♦ End of Side Note – The Euphrates River.
  King Solomon was surrounded with the pleasantness of many women. [For] Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it [for] a present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife. (1st Kings 9:16) Even a wise man can fall prey to Satan’s Jezebels.
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;Â (1st Kings 11:1)
Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. (1st Kings 11:2)
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. (1st Kings 11:3)
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. (1st Kings 11:4)
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. (1st Kings 11:5)
And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father. (1st Kings 11:6)
Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. (1st Kings 11:7)
And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. (1st Kings 11:8)
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And the high places that [were] before Jerusalem, which [were] on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. (2nd Kings 23:13)
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. (Nehemiah 13:26)
  KNOW THIS: when a man marries a woman, he marries her religion, he marries her family, he marries her hopes, he marries her goals, and he marries her problems. The same thing can be said about men, however, this section of this post is about WOMEN not about men. Many marriages instead of becoming one in purpose and in joint venture and journey, maintain and double down on preserving their own self-centeredness. A woman may not be very religious at the beginning of a relationship, but she will become VERY religious after marriage, especially after having children. This is how religions grow. (Remember, Christianity is NOT a religion, it is REVELATION from God and a RELATIONSHIP with God.) Religion is man-made, and the only way that a religion can grow is either by physical force, or through the force of emotional manipulation and lies. And emotional manipulation is what many women are skillful at.
  Notice the progression of paganism . . . For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. (1st Kings 11:5) THEN Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. (1st Kings 11:7) FIRST, Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess. I can’t imagine why the Holy Spirit of God placed a goddess FIRST in the list of pagan gods! Really?? Although his wives led him by the nose with their pleasantness, he did not put up a fight. Wanton women love goddesses, so the goddess Ashtoreth had to lead in this list. There is a reason for this. Remember that Jezebel was a Zidonian (Phoenician/Sidonian), so it would be very fitting that a goddess of the Zidonians would be the first that Solomon went after. And of course, Ashtoreth was the goddess of love, and of increase (the increase from the organs of reproduction) you know how much the women of love and reproduction love children. The followers of our modern-day goddess of love (Sex) loves abortion. What a contradiction of terms in those who follow the so-called acts of love. Confusion of terms, confusion of acts, and confusion of love is rightly called Babylon. And next in the list of pagan gods that Solomon went after was Milcom, also called Molech known for child sacrifice. The goddess of Ashtoreth and the god Milcom (Molech) not only went hand in hand as Ashtoreth was love, and Molech was child murder, so they also go hand in hand today. Amazing that sex is promoted as being an act of love, and love is considered the nature of women; yet loving women love to murder the evidence and result of their love. It is no wonder that Babel, Shinar and Babylon all mean Confusion.
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. (Ecclesiastes 7:26)
Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:Â (Ecclesiastes 7:27)
Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. (Ecclesiastes 7:28)
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. (Ecclesiastes 7:29)
  What a condemnation of both men and women. Yet, Solomon wrote that from among a thousand women (which was the number of women in his harem, he found not one who could be called upright and good, and it was a rare man (one man among a thousand) who, in man’s wisdom, could be said to be upright in his actions, BUT but a woman among all those have I not found. The Spirit of God used Solomon’s actual experience about the thousand women. Scripture cuts to the quick. Scripture truthfully describes the Jezebels of pleasantness, as having hearts as snares and nets, and hands as bands. Snares and nets describe the hearts of the women of Jezebel’s ilk, but the words of hands as bands is an eye opener. The work of their hands is to enslave men, to tie men tightly up into twisted pretzels where they cannot escape from their power, control and influence. Scripture also places a value on a virtuous woman, A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones. (Proverbs 12:4) Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far above rubies. (Proverbs 31:4) To men out there in the world of the internet I say, Carefully and prayerfully seek God’s woman for you.
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— The Last Great Mystery Continues —
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:Â (Revelation 12:1)
  The second mention of woman was not an actual person, but a symbol and a type of a nation. Israel is symbolized in the word woman. And you will never guess in what Chapter you will find the prophecy of Israel . . . . Chapter twelve (12). Of course, it had to be Chapter 12 . . . . the twelve tribes of Israel, the number twelve also symbolizes God’s perfect governmental order. The entire twelveth (12th) Chapter is the history of Israel (past and present and partial future) but stops short of the Lord’s millennial reign over the earth with Israel’s earthly promises ruling over the earth.
  This 12th Chapter also has the war in heaven between Satan and his forces and Michael the archangel and his holy warriors winning that battle in the heavens. (God’s military and judicial government in action.) Within this Chapter there is symbolism, typology, history of the Supernatural sphere and earth history of the natural and tangible world. God, through a few words, spans and crosses over through time and timelessness, and crosses back again from timelessness into time. It is mind blowing reading this Chapter because no earthly human could possibly write these events which such precise brevity using spiritual symbolism. Let’s attempt to place substance to the prophetic shadows in this Chapter using Scripture, and by setting the scenes not necessarily in the order of time, but in the order of timelessness, hopefully revealing the two-prong nature of Satan’s hatred for Israel.
  Let’s follow this Chapter first through a basic outline format, maybe by using this format it may broaden your understanding later as we go verse by verse through Chapter 12. As you read the following written outline view it as a quick moving visual scene from a fast-paced movie that begins with a trailer, and then followed by the feature film. In only seventeen (17) verses, Israel’s complete PAST, PRESENT, and partial FUTURE is spiritually, historically, and prophetically revealed. Only God the Holy Spirit would write such a prophetic history. As you read these seventeen verses consider that the frame of time and timelessness is not chronically presented because we have both eternity and time in this Chapter. The Holy Spirit of God moves back and forth from timelessness to time, and back from time to timelessness, and from the spiritual world to the tangible world, and back again from the tangible world to the spiritual world. Why does God do this in this particular Chapter? I believe it is to show us that wherever man resides, and wherever Satan acts, whether in the spiritual realm or in the natural tangible realm GOD IS ALWAYS IN CONTROL in ALL WAYS and OVER ALL.
THE TRAILER
1. The Spiritually Predetermined Creation of the Nation of God
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:Â (Revelation 12:1)
2. The Birth of a Nation
And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. (Revelation 12:2)
3. The Seen and Unseen United Adversaries of God’s Nation
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. (Revelation 12:3)
4. The Seen Enemies of God’s Nation
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. (Revelation 12:4)
5. The Messiah Savior of God’s Nation
And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. (Revelation 12:5)
6. The Supernatural Escape of God’s Nation
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. (Revelation 12:6)
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THE FEATURE
1. The First War in the Supernatural Realm
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, (Revelation 12:7)
And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. (Revelation 12:8)
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. (Revelation 12:9)
2. The Kingdom of God and of His Christ
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. (Revelation 12:10)
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. (Revelation 12:11)
3. The Kingdom of Man and the Rage of Satan
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. (Revelation 12:12)
And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. (Revelation 12:13)
4. Scenes of the Supernatural Escape
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. (Revelation 12:14)
And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. (Revelation 12:15)
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. (Revelation 12:16)
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Revelation 12:17)
TO BE CONTINUED in other Chapters
  Here we are in page 20 of this article about to begin one of the most fascinating Chapters in the book of the Revelation. Well, every Chapter is fascinating really! And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Revelation 12:17) Seventeen verses speaks of God’s Divine Perfection in the number seven (7) and God’s Divine Perfect Order in the number ten (10). Through baby math the number 17 is a prime number, and it is also 7th in the list of prime numbers. The spiritual application is quite evident as God’s Divine Perfection united with God’s Divine Perfect Order discloses (through baby math) a powerful message that His Supreme Excellence is beyond measure. Every word in the 12th Chapter rings with precision and accuracy. Every action of God from creation to preservation unveils His care and goodness over His nation of Israel. There is a lot of activity in this 12th Chapter behind the numbers: the unseen among the seen. Therefore, we must return to our view of this 12th Chapter as an epic movie on such a grand scale that it can only be told as a picture framed by the word of God.Â
THE TRAILER EXAMINED
SCENE ONE
1. The Spiritually Predetermined Creation of the Nation of God
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:Â (Revelation 12:1)
Every action of God from creation to preservation unveils His care and goodness over His nation of Israel.
  What do you see in Revelation 12:1? This is a spiritual world, the world of the unseen. Immediately God sets the location: a great wonder in heaven. (This phrase wonder in heaven is mentioned only twice in all of the Bible, both are found in Revelation Chapter 12.) Then God adds the words sun, moon and stars. CREATION! This woman, being the nation of Israel, is clothed with the brightness and glory of the sun, and as the moon reflects the glory of the sun, Israel was created to reflect the glory of her Creator God. Israel was formed to be a faithful witness (the number two is the number of witness) among people of darkness. It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. (Psalm 89:37) God CREATED Israel for the specific purpose to glorify Him. For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. (Deuteronomy 7:6)
  The biblical Law of First Mention is in these words: sun, moon and stars. The first mention of all of these words together in one verse is in Genesis 37:9, And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. These words were from Joseph (a striking type of Christ as Savior to His people). The story of Joseph in his trials with the treachery of his brothers, and being sold into slavery in Egypt, then falsely accused by a spurned adulterous woman, and later given the authority by Pharaoh to be the second in command over the nation of Egypt; we have a type of Christ. No type in the Old Testament is a complete or perfect type, of course; nevertheless, through the trials and abasement of Joseph we see Christ in the betrayal of his brethren (the Jews) when they all cried, Crucify him, crucify him. There is also the comparison of the brothers of Joseph attempting to sell him into slavery, and before they could sell him, the Midianites sold him to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver, while Judas (in a sense sold Christ) received thirty pieces of silver. Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. (Genesis 37:27) Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. (Genesis 37:28) The Law of First Mention is strongly enforced in Genesis 37:9 through the prophecy of Joseph concerning the Statehood of a nation not yet born: Israel.
Side Note: Israel in the words sun, moon, and stars. These three words occur in the same verse fourteen (14) times in the Bible. In the Old Testament there are nine (9) verses where these three words sun, moon, and stars are documented together. In the New Testament these three words are documented together in the same verse five (5) times. Is there a connection, and if so, what is it? The first time that we see these three words together is in Genesis 37:9, And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. This, of course, was a prophecy of a nation that had not yet come into existence, but through God’s preparation in Egypt by Joseph, they would grow from seventy souls to a nation waiting on God to deliver them from Egypt, and while in the wilderness they chaffed under His guiding and sustaining hand cultivating them into a nation of priests to serve Him. But, through Israel failures the LAST mention of these three words sun, moon, and stars in the book of Joel, Chapter 3, verse 15 as witness is seen as darkened, and the brightness of the glory of God no longer shined for His glory had departed. The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. It is fitting that God the Holy Spirit through the pen of the prophet Joel set these three words sun, moon, and stars as the NINTH and LAST mention, since the number nine (9) is the last of a sequence and takes on the meaning of divine judgment.
 Then in the New Testament these three words (sun, moon, and stars) occur five (5) times together in the same reference verse. The first of the five mentions is in Matthew 24:29. Matthew, the gospel of the King, and His kingdom of Israel, we have the first of the five points: Israel will have TRIBULATION.
• The gospel of Matthew picks up where Joel left off in the Old Testament. Israel’s complete reason for being a nation will face annihilation; God’s glory is darkened by the nation’s witness and testimony, and the sure foundation of God is completely shattered by His people. Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: (Matthew 24:29) This message of this verse is the prophecy of the 4th mention of sun, moon, and stars in Revelation 8.12. This thought continues further into this side note.
• Then in the gospel of Luke, we have the second of the five points: the gospel of the Son of man, we have the Gentiles brought into this scene of tribulation, not as the sun, moon and stars, but as the sea and waves roaring. And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring. (The nations of the world, Gentile nations, is symbolized in Scripture by seas, waves, and rushing of many waters. Woe to the multitude of many people, [which] make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, [that] make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! (Isaiah 17:12) The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but [God] shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. Isaiah 17:13.)
• The third point of the five points when the words sun, moon and stars are mentioned in the same reference verse in the New Testament is in 1st Corinthians 15:41, [There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for [one] star differeth from [another] star in glory. This third point brings in GLORY. Although the main application of 1st Corinthians is not about our subject matter sun, moon, and stars in the same verse, God adds another spiritual dimension using this verse. (Many times, when God is teaching one thing, He also incorporates many messages into one lesson plan. And this is seen in sun, moon and stars tied together in one verse.) The next time that we have these three words sun, moon and stars mentioned it will be in a condition of judgment. Therefore, in 1st Corinthians God shines His glory on the sun, and on the moon and on the stars. He is the GLORY of His own creation: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
• The fourth point of the five points in Revelation 8:12 discloses that 1/3 of the sun will cease to shine with power, and 1/3 of the moon will lose its ability to reflect the light of the sun, and 1/3 of the stars will not be visible in the light, and darkness will descend over the earth; thus reflecting the spiritual condition of the inhabitants of the earth, They wish to live in the darkness of sin, and therefore, God allows darkness to surround them both day and night. God’s GLORY departs because the world rejects His witness through His Spirit, consequently, the world lies in darkness. And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. This fourth (4) point is also to remind us that the number four is the earth number. So, it is very fitting that God would lead us to the fourth mention of sun, moon and stars united together as heavenly witnesses in judgment against an evil world.
• Stay with me on this, the last and fifth point of sun, moon and stars is also the fourteenth (14) point. (Remember that three words occur in the same reference verse fourteen (14) times in the Bible. In the Old Testament it was recorded nine times, and in the New Testament it was recorded five times, for a total of fourteen times.)
  The last point, the fifth point of when the words sun, moon and stars are mentioned in the same verse in the New Testament is our study point in Revelation 12:1, And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars. The number five is the number of God’s grace. It was God’s grace and His GLORY poured out to a people undeserving of His grace. Israel was clothed with the GLORY of the sun. For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. (Malachi 4:1) But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. (Malachi 4:2)
  Through the fourteenth mention of sun, moon and stars in one verse we see the perfection of God doubled, (7+7-14), And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars. This great wonder appeared in heaven of a nation not yet born into existence. A nation that was promised to a man (Abraham) who obediently went to mount Moriah to offer the promise to God in Isaac, trusting that God was able to fulfill His promise knowing that God would offer His Son, the promise and gift to mankind, in Jesus Christ, on that very same mount Moriah called Calvary. This fourteenth mention is God’s complete satisfaction in the One who is doubly Perfect in Holiness and Righteousness. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. (Psalm 50:2) ♦ End of Side Note: Israel in the words sun, moon, and stars.
SCENE TWO
2. The Birth of a Nation.
And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. (Revelation 12:2)
  Many times Israel fought against God’s purposes, many times she turned away from her Creator God, many times she failed, and failed again; and yet, God’s purposes cannot be annulled. This first leading verse is the introduction to all that follows, but the primary object of this lead verse is that it is ALL ABOUT ISRAEL’S CREATOR GOD. And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars. (Revelation 12:1) I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. (Isaiah 43:15) Only once in all of Scripture do we have this documentation that God is the creator of Israel. No other nation, at any time or period during man’s presence on earth, has God EVER declared to be their Creator. I am NOT speaking of the creation of mankind, I am speaking of A NATION pre-determined, designed, and formed to serve Him. This is a unique creation for God is a God of creation. He has never stopped creating, He creates every second of time, and He creates outside of time. But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. (Isaiah 43:1)
  The very first verse describes God’s heart and plan for His people Israel. The one nation throughout all of man’s history that has been hated the most and made the scapegoat of all the ills and evils of humanity is the one and only nation that God has ever described as, And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars. If anyone who hates Israel is still reading this article, then I am surprised, but nevertheless, read on. I do not have to go into history to prove man hates the nation of Israel, and the Jews of Israel. I care not for your reasons to hate Israel, your reasons may be quite valid in your estimation, but this is where man cannot understand God’s sovereignty. It is not because God thinks that Israel is good, and perfect, and honorable and righteous . . . is any nation good, and perfect and honorable and righteous? NO! Then why did God select Israel to be His nation to witness of Himself? The answer to why God chose Israel above all nations REVEALS much about our Great and Loving God.
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. (Deuteronomy 7:6)
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:Â (Deuteronomy 7:7)
But because the LORD loved you , and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 7:8)
  God did not choose Israel because they were a loving and godly people, nor where they a large group of individuals at the time of His choosing, God chose Israel because of His oath to Abraham and because He loved Israel! It was Abraham who was the first man (after the universal flood) living in an ungodly and pagan world who obeyed God without question and followed God not knowing where he was being led.
  It was Abraham who obeyed God without hesitation or questions who obeyed God in the offering of his only son, Isaac, on mount Moriah, believing that God could raise him up from the pit of death. God showed His love to man when He offered His only Son, the Lord Jesus, on mount Moriah raising Him from the pit of death. It was on mount Moriah that Abraham’s heart lay bare and open to all of mankind. As the heart of God in the sacrifice of Himself IN His only Son, Jesus Christ on mount Moriah lay bare and open to all of mankind
  The revelation of God to Abraham became a relationship built on faith, love and obedience manward, that is from the perspective of man looking toward God. And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. (James 2:23).
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:Â (Genesis 22:16)
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; (Genesis 22:17)
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. (Genesis 22:18)Â
  If you are looking for something good in Israel as the reason for God’s choosing Israel, then you are looking for the wrong reasons. It is all about God. It is God’s work with Israel to form them into a nation of His promise. Many times Israel pleased God, and many times Israel angered God. To be destined to be called ‘my people,’ or ‘my nation,‘ is not to be lightly taken. Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people. (Isaiah 51:4)
  Because Israel is the apple of God’s eye it has become the target for all destroyers of fruit. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. (Deuteronomy 32:10) For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. (Zechariah 2:8) Thus, we are led into Revelation 12:3. I once read in an agricultural article that the toughest worms to detect from the outside are apple worms. How appropriate to compare both the worm and the fruit to Israel, for they have been both to their Creator Jehovah. The apple of God’s eye is also the worm slowly chewing away the nourishing blessings of God from within is a good description of Israel. How much less man, [that is] a worm? and the son of man, [which is] a worm? (Job 25:6) Fear not, thou worm Jacob, [and] ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 41:14)
SCENE THREE
3. The Seen and Unseen United Adversaries of God’s Nation
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. (Revelation 12:3)
  The phrase wonder in heaven only occurs twice in Scripture, and both times it is found in Revelation Chapter 12, the first time is in reference to Israel, and the last time it refers to the enemy of Israel, Satan, the great red dragon. First, God creates, then Satan attacks. First, God blesses then Satan curses. In this particular verse we have two different time frames, and two different spheres of battle. First, we have the appearance of Satan described as a great red dragon in the heavenly sphere of God’s realm, this was the place of the birth of sin and rebellion. Then in the following phrases having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads, we are confronted with sin and rebellion against God in the physical realm of earth.
  Satan is not only called the old serpent, Devil or Satan, here in Revelation 12:3, but he is also described as a great red dragon. The only time that we have the complete name of God’s enemy is in Revelation 20:2, And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. Let’s follow the thread of red. God attaches a specific color to this great dragon: red. We have an association with the color red as the color of blood, and also have another association in the word dragon. Let’s see how these words (red and dragon) meet together in Scripture. The first time that the word red appears in Scripture is in the description of the birth of Esau. And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. (Genesis 25;25) The first time that the word dragon appears in Scripture it is linked to a well, or pool, just outside of the city of Jerusalem in the book of Nehemiah 2:13, And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.Â
 Although Adam was named after the dust of the earth, as ‘man’ and ‘red earth’, as in clay, or ‘earth born’, Adam is never referenced with the word red. It is Esau who is first associated with the word red. Follow the selected references to the last mention of Esau in the Old Testament in Malachi 1:3 for a microscopic view of God’s thoughts on Esau, the rebel brother of Jacob. Although there had been rebels before Esau, as the first-born twin of Jacob, Esau would be the mecca hub from which would spring tribal hatred against Israel. Consequently, Esau represents the old hatred, the perpetual hatred that cannot be hidden in the pages of time. If anyone cannot understand why the people of the Middle East hates Israel with such intensity, then they do not comprehend generational hatred, nor do they have any knowledge about what is in the pages of time, the Bible. What we live with today in the hatred of Middle East nations against the nation of Israel have its beginnings in two people: Ishmael and Esau. Ishmael, son of Abraham and half-brother to Isaac, and Esau – twin brother of Jacob were close kin adversaries. This root of hatred is much more then jealousy. The root that was in Cain against his brother is the same root of Ishmael against Isaac, and the same root of Esau against Jacob . . . . to be as a god over his brother . . . to rule over a brother . . . to rebel against their Jehovah God and who He has selected as His chosen one. This hatred against God’s servant, and against God’s people Israel, in the Old Testament, or in the New Testament with His church, will always be the perpetual hatred that WILL NEVER cease until God intervenes in judgment.
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (Ezekiel 35:1)
Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, (Ezekiel 35:2)
And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate. (Ezekiel 35:3)
I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. (Ezekiel 35:4)
Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed [the blood of] the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time [that their] iniquity [had] an end: (Ezekiel 35:5)
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• And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents. (Genesis 25:27)
• And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. (Genesis 27:41)
• Now these [are] the generations of Esau, who [is] Edom. (Genesis 36:1)
• Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau [is] Edom. (Genesis 36:8)
• Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise [men] out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? (Obadiah 1:8)
• And thy mighty [men], O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. (Obadiah 1:9)
• And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. (Malachi 1:3)
  The very last mention of Esau is also the very last mention of the word dragons in the Old Testament. Notice that from one man Esau we have the plural of dragon, dragons, now there are many dragons. Coincidence? Nothing in the Bible is by coincidence. God the Holy Spirit deliberately ties the LAST MENTION of these two (Esau and dragons) together in the Old Testament. Let’s put this all together. The first documentation of the birth of Esau described as red, (And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau), connects to the last mention in Scripture of dragons . . . not just one dragon, but the plural of dragons. Evilness in multiplicity is seen through Esau. This was Esau’s heritage to the world, waste and wilderness. This is the great red dragon‘s heritage to the world, waste and wilderness. Again, we see the Law of First Mention played out in the word dragon or dragons. We are going to follow the thread of dragon, not plural, but one dragon.
Side Note: Dragon in the Bible. The word dragon is mentioned for a total of eighteen times in Scripture. Six (6) time in the Old Testament, and twelve (12) times in the New Testament, and all of these are in the last book of the Bible, the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ. The study of dragon has gone beyond what I had anticipated. At this juncture of this article, I think that I should just deal generically with the subject, and maybe later as a separate study go into more depth. Yup, that’s what I will do.
  In the Old Testament, dragon (through the number six) connects mankind with the dragon (Satan). Satan and mankind have always worked together to overcome God’s purposes. While in the New Testament, the word dragon is only found in the last book of the Bible twelve times. The dragon has finally come to his end. However, having overcome the first two people of the race of humanity, Satan (the dragon) went on to further overcome all the nations of the world. In Chapter 12 of Revelation, the Chapter of the nation of Israel, the dragon (Satan) is mentioned more times (eight) than in any other Chapter. Satan considers the destruction and annihilation of Israel to be his pièce de résistance. I hope that this little side note might stimulate some readers to go on to their own study of the word dragon in Scripture. ♦ End of Side Note: Dragon in the Bible.
  Let’s now follow the thread of dragon. The first mention of dragon is found in a very unusual book and place. The book of Nehemiah 2:13, And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. (The study of the book of Nehemiah would be a library of history and prophecy, and I am not going there, but for now, for those who do not have a background in biblical history, nor maybe not even secular history, allow me to briefly sum up the time and place of Nehemiah in a few words. During the age of the captivity of Israel in the land of Babylon, Nehemiah was governor of Persian Judea under Artaxerxes I of Persia. (Artaxerxes I was of the Achaemenid Empire, known as the First Persian Empire, an ancient Iranian empire from 465 to 424 BC.) Nehemiah was financed and charged by Artaxerxes I with the assignment to rebuild and restore Jerusalem in what is called the Second Temple period in Jewish history.)
So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. (Nehemiah 2:11)
And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. (Nehemiah 2:12)
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. (Nehemiah 2:13)
Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. (Nehemiah 2:14)
Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. (Nehemiah 2:15)
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. (Nehemiah 2:16)
  Now read how the Spirit of God draws this all altogether through His message built on man’s unification with Satan, a great red dragon. In a secret mission to discover for himself the true condition of the walls of the city of Jerusalem, Nehemiah went by NIGHT, by the GATE OF THE VALLEY. Notice the first two areas immediately outside of the walls was the dragon well, and to the dung port. The walls were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
  We will discover much about the VALLEY of the GATE OF THE VALLEY. First, this valley was called the valley of the son of Hinnom . . . AND the valley of Hinnom connected to the valley of the giants . . . . AND the valley of Hinnom was where thousands and thousands of babies and infants were murdered . . . AND the valley of Hinnom was also called the VALLEY OF SLAUGHTER. This valley, through a series of other interconnected valley’s, completely circled the city of Jerusalem: the valley of Hinnom westward and southward and eastward, and the valley of the giants northward of Jerusalem, And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same [is] Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that [lieth] before the valley of Hinnom westward, which [is] at the end of the valley of the giants northward: (Joshua 15:8) . . . AND this valley of Hinnom was also called the VALLEY OF SLAUGHTER. And they have built the high places of Tophet, which [is] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded [them] not, neither came it into my heart. (Jeremiah 7:31) Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place. (Jeremiah 7:32) . . . . AND this VALLEY of the son of Hinnom was by the entrance of the EAST GATE. And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which [is] by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee, (Jeremiah 19:2). . . . . AND guess who was worshiped in the VALLEY of the son of Hinnom . . . BAAL. And they built the high places of Baal, which [are] in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through [the fire] unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. (Jeremiah 32:35)
  The first thing that Nehemiah came to when he ventured out of Jerusalem by the gate of the valley was the dragon well and the dung port which perfectly describes what waited for those who journeyed in the valley of death. The well of the dragon was stagnant and contaminated, even dumb animals know not to drink of stagnant water. The beginning of a descent, the beginning of GOING DOWN into the valley of the shadow of death described the physical and spiritual condition of Lucifer’s/Satan’s realm. And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. Spiritually and physically Satan completely encircled the physical place of the city of God’s throne on earth . . . or so he thought that he had accomplished this encirclement. So, you should see through biblical history how Satan’s coup against his Creator played out in the overthrow of the nation of Israel. And how this connects historically and prophetically to Revelation Chapter 12 and Satan’s war against God’s people, His nation.
  In order to claim victory, every war must have a goal. Satan’s goal was to claim victory over God’s throne in His heavenly spiritual realm, but having lost that battle, Satan’ next best accomplishment is to claim victory over God’s throne on earth. But it will not be Satan who claims Jerusalem, it will be God’s Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. (Psalm 2:6) O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift [it] up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! (Isaiah 40:9) Satan cannot bear the thought that God will fulfill His promise to dwell in Zion, in His holy mountain. The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD [will be] the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. (Joel 3:16) So shall ye know that I [am] the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. (Joel 3:17)
  BUT we are not through yet with a great red dragon, or the dragon well in the book of Nehemiah. This gate that Nehemiah traveled through to begin his survey wasn’t just any gate. We have two points of attack by Satan: first, to overcome the city of Jerusalem which was a gated city; secondly to overcome the Temple of God which also has doors (not gates). (Oops, made an error, there was only two times in Scripture when a gate was connected to the Temple and it was called the Beautiful Gate and that was documented in the New Testament in Acts 3:2,10. I’ll leave that piece of information for you to consider the spiritual connection.) The book of Nehemiah deals with the city walls and the condition of their ruin. The book of Ezra deals with the Temple and the condition and state of its outward and inward ruin. We are dealing right now with the walls of the city and its gates. This particular gate that Nehemiah went through was the EAST GATE. And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which [is] by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee. (Jeremiah 19:2)
Side Note: The East Gate. This verse in Ezekiel 10:19 is about the east gate of the LORD’S house where we have the connection to and the glory of the God of Israel. The east in Scripture usually points to God’s glory. And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also [were] beside them, and [every one] stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD’S house; and the glory of the God of Israel [was] over them above. Let’s follow this thread of east and God’s glory, for instance, each tribe of Israel while they camped in the wilderness were all given a specific geographically location to base camp. The tribe of Judah was assigned the east side toward the rising of the sun. And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab [shall be] captain of the children of Judah. (Numbers 2:3) The Lord Jesus Christ was of the tribe of Judah. For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. (Hebrews 7:14) 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)
  The birth of the Lord Jesus Christ was first announced by men from the east. Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. (Matthew 2:2) So, as His birth announcement first came from the east, so also, the announcement of His judgment on the earth will also be seen in the east when Christ visibly comes to the earth to reign. As He was first rejected as King of Israel, He will come again to rule over the earth as King, and He will appear from the east. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. (Matthew 24:27)
  The East Gate was specifically dedicated to God’s entrance into His city, and into His Temple was prophesied in the book of Ezekiel Chapter 43. So, this future gate was not just any gate. The prophecy in Ezekiel Chapter 43, verses 1-5 speaks of this special gate that leads to the inner court of the Temple yet to come.
Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:Â (Ezekiel 43:1)
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. (Ezekiel 43:2)
And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. (Ezekiel 43:3)
And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. (Ezekiel 43:4)
So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. (Ezekiel 43:5)
  The following verses are both historical and prophetical. Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. (Ezekiel 44:1) Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. (Ezekiel 44:2) There is, of course, much more that can be written about the east gate, but we will end here. ♦ End of Side Note: The East Gate. (I suggest that you CLICK ON THIS LINK because there is much more to learn about the word EAST in relationship with its connection to the glory of God.)Â
  We have pulled on so many threads since this article first began, that I sense that I must try to draw a few conclusions on the great red dragon’s methods and techniques of battle especially regarding Israel (but not Israel only, as the red dragon’s field of operation also extends to the sons of God in His Church). Since Satan’s vision is centered on destroying God, it must also include everything and everyone who loves God. The walls of God’s city Jerusalem are what protects not only the city and the people within its walls against attack, but it also protects the center point of the worship of God, which is the temple, which is the Temple of God, His Son, the Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ. We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. (Mark 14:58) Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. (John 2:19)
  Through the history of Israel, Jerusalem has always been in the cross hairs of the great red dragon. Remember, in 2nd Kings 23:7, And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove. The enemy had encroached into the city itself; they had deceptively overcome the walls of the city of Jerusalem, but that was not enough, it is never enough for the enemies of God to enter into His city, nor to be near enough, they had tried to overcome His place of worship as well. For Israel it was the temple, the house of the LORD that they wanted for themselves, today, it is God’s Church that Satan wants for himself. This game plan of attack worked against Israel, and it has worked also against the Church, dividing the outward Church of professors and possessors. No matter how successful the red dragon has been in the past and will continue to be successful in the future, his end is assured. And this is one reason why he has attempted to remove not only the understanding of the Bible, but also the understanding of the last book of the Bible because the red dragon’s end is open for all to read and to KNOW that God will destroy this red dragon and all of his works in the eternal fires of judgment. But, back to the red dragon in his FLANK ASSAULT.
  Not only were the sodomite women weaving hangings for the groves of Baal worship, but they were BY THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove. Now tell me that you cannot see this same thing in our age today. Let an ungodly woman (and especially sodomite women) get near to the house of God, and you have a spiritual disaster in the making. Penetrate the protective walls of God by denying the Living Word of God, His Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, and by removing the truth of God in the written word of God leads to the Confusion of Babylon. The destruction of Israel was so successful that Satan used the same form of confusion built along the same lines of spiritual confusion in the Church of God. In Ezekiel 8:14 we have the same method of spiritual wickedness penetrating into the Lord’s house by the women who sat at the door weeping for Tammuz, Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD’S house which [was] toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. (Tammuz was an idol originating from the Phoenicians – remember Jezebel and her background. There is much more that can be written about Tammuz, but for now I will only mention that this male pagan idol had two very interesting roots built into its name. Tammuz means ‘thou shalt be shrivelled up,’ and ‘the incarnation of the sun,’ or ‘the sun becomes human,’ We probably will be dealing with this verse in upcoming posts as Tammuz is connected to Babylon.) See how evil slowly moves closer to God’s sanctuary. First, these worshipers of Tammuz are seen outside at the gate comfortable in their homes (settled on their lees) that they have built, and then we see where they have inched closer to the house of the Lord, closer and closer they inched through time with one goal always before them: to overtake the sanctuary of God. In previous articles we have seen how Satan slowly prepared Israel to fail economically, politically, socially and religiously, and he has done the same with not only the United States of America, but with every country on this spinning and reeling planet.
  Jezebel came into the early church, not only symbolically, but through actual women behind the scenes called silly women (2nd Timothy 3:6) THIS IS A DISCLAIMER: For those who are still reading this post, this article is not about godly women who served God, this article is about how Satan works through women.
Side Note: Women Silent in the Church. Scripture is CLEAR about women keeping silent in the churches. Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be under obedience, as also saith the law. (1st Corinthians 14:34) And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. (1st Corinthians 14:35) Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. (1st Timothy 2:11) But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. (1st Timothy 2:12) When the early church met together, they had liberty, much more liberty than what we have today in the formal collective meeting of church groups gathered together to worship God. The collective meetings today, I dare say in MOST church groups, everything that is done, said or sung is scripted to the second by man and not by the Spirit of God. The church for the most part does not know what it means to be led by the Spirit of God. Only approved individuals with approved degrees from approved schools and seminaries are allowed to speak. All others, ESPECIALLY if they have a gift from God may not speak unless they are APPROVED to speak by those who own the playing field.
  The early church had LIBERTY because they were first led by the Spirit of God, but slowly the pride and vanity of men began to show itself and personalities subverted the Spirit of Christ from moving within the hearts of gifted men. I have selected only certain verses to get my point across. I suggest that you read the complete 14th Chapter of 1st Corinthians to see the form that the early church enjoyed and how it came to be abused.
How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. (1st Corinthians 14:26)
  Participation under the leadership of the Spirit of God is a unifying element in collective praise, ministry and worship, BUT, and there is a BIG BUT, not ALL within a collective group were led by the Spirit of God, but many were led by the spirit of pride, arrogance and envy. I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. (3rd John 1:9) Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. (3rd John 1:10) The result was division within the collective. For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. (1st Corinthians 14:33) Because we are centuries down the river from the source of the river, we can no longer comprehend the reason why the early church first gathered together. They first came together collectively to ‘break bread,” to remember the Lord’s sacrificial death and resurrection: this was WORSHIP, and ONLY TRUE BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS COULD WORSHIP. Then after they had worshiped together, they then individually shared what the Spirit of God had placed into their hearts about God and His Christ, some by offering a psalm about God and Christ, others offered a revelation of God and Christ, and others spoke of a doctrine of God and Christ: this was MINISTRY. Today, worship, ministry, gospel and praise are centered around SELF. How WE FEEL about Christ, how WE FEEL about a doctrine, how WE FEEL about Paul, or Peter’s ministry, how WE FEEL in song, how WE FEEL about our blessings, how WE FEEL about the word of God. how WE should act as Christians, how WE should become involved in Church activities, how WE . . . WE . . . it’s all about WE and US.Â
 It was a good thing that some brethren shared a psalm, and another brother shared a doctrine, but the trouble began when men without a doctrine, and without a revelation, and without the Spirit of God within rose to their feet to be the center of attention while the brother WITH the Spirit of God was made silent by the voices of confusion. The end result is what we have in the majority of churches today that the voices without the Spirit of God now speak from the pulpits of arrogance and pride. LIBERTY in the church, I think not. Man’s pride, arrogance and vanity always appear to rule the day! Now, in the midst of this division and confusion of the early church just imagine what more confusion would irrupt if unruly and narcissistic women had the freedom to speak. Chapter 14 of 1st Corinthians deals with the collective meeting of the church and its form and order. And the last verse sets God’s thoughts on how those who desire to worship and praise Him in a collective setting should act always keeping in mind that HE IS THE CENTER OF ALL WORSHIP, and they that worship Him must worship Him in SPIRIT and in TRUTH (John 4:23) Then in SPIRIT and in TRUTH, Let all things be done decently and in order.(1st Corinthians 14: 40) ♦ End of Side Note: Women Silent in the Church.
  Back to the thread of the great red dragon’s sly manipulation of willing silly women. As the sodomite women crept closer and closer to the sanctuary of God in the city of Jerusalem, so also arrogant women veiled by gentle humble smiles have slowly crept into the Church of God. Both Rome and Protestant denominations have female priests. This has become a hodgepodge of semantics of whether females are ordained or whether they are consecrated, then it becomes another mishmash of whether they are called priests or bishops. You see religion thrives on confusion. They grow their membership numbers by confusion. The state of religious confusion is very similar to politics don’t you think? Watch how confusion grows and spreads, first a soft-spoken gentle spirit of a kind woman ASKS to be a priest to exactly follow the precepts and teaching of a particular religious group. Then after many female priests are accepted, notice how certain things begin to change: the precepts and teachings of their group are challenged, their narratives become divisive, they no longer ASK for acceptance they DEMAND acceptance, then next they no longer DEMAND acceptance, but they EXPECT approval, then they CLAIM the RIGHT to RULE over those who first allowed their entrance onto the playing field. From women priests to women bishops, from women bishops to women cardinals, from women cardinals to a female _______. This is the game plan. It has always been their game plan and lying means nothing to those who want to be part of the religious game because it is a game to them. A game where the rules can be changed at a whim becasue they do not operate from a rule book, they operate only by vanity and pride. Confusion is a method of control. And the last age of mankind will be The Age of Confusion. I think that we have been in this last stage for a long time, don’t you? Confusion in politics, confusion economically, and confusion in social upheavals where even the definition of what is a woman is based on confusion.
  Can you see the flow of sin from Eve when she disobeyed God, and defied God, and drew Adam into her disobedience to our current age of defiance against God? What exactly did she disobey? She disobeyed THE WORD OF GOD! She did not BELIEVE GOD!
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:Â (Genesis 3:2)
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. (Genesis 3:3)
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:Â (Genesis 3:4)
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. (Genesis 3:5)
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. (Genesis 3:6)
  To all female clergy (so-called clergy as there is no such division in God’s word as laity and clergy) before you step forward to teach or preach others about the word of God why don’t you first attempt to OBEY THE WORD OF GOD! God’s word wasn’t good enough for Adam and Eve. God’s word wasn’t good enough for Israel and God’s word is still not good enough for His church. How can anyone assume that they have a gift and a calling from God to teach, to preach, or to spiritually lead others when they cannot do the very first thing that God requires of His servants: TO OBEY HIS WORD and BELIEVE HIS WORD. (I know what the next malicious move from these female false ministers of righteousness will be . . . . DENY the truth of God’s WORD . . . then DENY GOD! — and ye shall be as gods.) It is not only women clergy who cannot obey the word of God, but this also includes men of the cloth as well, and it also includes those who cannot define whether they are a man or a woman; and who would ever want to listen to and to follow the teaching and preaching from these confused individuals? Truly, these women of the cloth are sisters to Eve, and daughters of men in Genesis Chapter 6, and Jezebel in queenly robes leading the worship of Baal, and the sodomite women waiting at the gates of Jerusalem and sitting outside the temple doors . . . oh, so meekly waiting, so patiently waiting . . . and they wait . . . and they wait . . . .
  Confusion is a weapon of the red dragon. Remember that the name of the city of Babel means Confusion, and the name of the land of Shinar means Confusion, and the name of Babylon means Confusion. Each name, Babel, Shinar and Babylon is a particular form of confusion, and each form of confusion is added to the next and to the next until we reach the end when we have global confusion in Babylon. Mankind becomes INSANE with CONFUSION.
  We have been pulling on so many threads that I feel that I need a new loom. We have not come to the end of this section; we have only come to the end of what the Spirit of God wants me to post. There is yet much more that can be written, but I feel the need to end here and to continue on with the remainder of the verse of Revelation 12:3, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. This phrase is a universe of prophecy, and therefore, before exploring this universe I need to break here. Prayerfully, if anyone is still reading (you don’t get a prize just my surprise) I hope that you will continue on to the next post of this third section of Revelation 12:3.
to be continued
THE TRAILER EXAMINED
SCENE THREE
3. The Seen and Unseen United Adversaries of God’s Nation
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. (Revelation 12:3) . . . . continues . . . . next article.
Men of renown is a companion piece to Giants in the Earth series.
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