Men of Renown
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A Woman Upon a Scarlet Colored Beast
Part 3
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Mystery, Babylon The Great
The Woman
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in the Third and Last Woman in the book of the Revelation
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. (Genesis 6:4) And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (Genesis 6:5)
This series called Men of Renown will begin with these verses in Chapter 6 of the book of Genesis because it is the perfect scene setter for whatever and whoever follows that enables men of renown to act in conflict against God and His Word. Verses 4 and 5 are an accurate definition of men of renown.
Since this is part 3 then there must have been a part 1 and 2.
This is what you missed: PART 1
  Part 1 is all about a woman who sits upon a scarlet coloured beast. The game plan is to cover all SIX mentions of a woman, and the woman in Revelation Chapter 17 of Revelation.
1. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. (Revelation 17:3)
2. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: (Revelation 17:4)
3. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. (Revelation 17:6)
4. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. (Revelation 17:7)
5. And here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. (Revelation 17:9)
6. And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. (Revelation 17:18)
  In order to learn about the woman we need to first understand the scarlet colored beast and its relationship to the woman on its back. Sooooooo . . . part 1 began a study of the word scarlet. CLICK HERE to be safely redirected to PART 1.
  Part 2 continued on with the word scarlet through the remainder of the Old Testament. If you really want to know what you missed in Part 2 then CLICK HERE.
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  This begins article Part 3 in the New Testament following the word scarlet. Hopefully and prayerfully, we will be dealing with scarlet in the six times that this word is documented in the New Testament.
1.  And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. (Matthew 27:18)
2. For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, (Hebrews 9:19)
3. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. (Revelation 17:3)
4. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: (Revelation 17:4)
5. The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, (Revelation 18:12)
6. And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! (Revelation 18:16)
  How do all of these six verses connect? When we get to the last mention of scarlet in the New Testament then we will return to the 2nd mention of woman in Revelation 17:4 . . . And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: (Revelation 17:4)
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  We have traced scarlet through the Law of First Mention, through the use of time and numbers, through its placement in scripture, how it relates to the colors of purple and blue in the Tabernacle in the wilderness, through the Law of the Leper, through the red heifer, through a harlot named Rahab, and through Saul and Jonathan, through the foolish woman and the virtuous woman, through the LOVES of God, through the woes of beastly man in the book of Lamentation, and through tyrannical governments who drape themselves in the glorious robes of scarlet while placing chains of slavery around the necks of the people. Yet, there is more that the Holy Spirit of God desires us to understand about scarlet. Nahum is the perfect book to document the last mention of scarlet in the Old Testament. And now let us venture into the New Testament to continue following the word scarlet . . . .
  The Holy Spirit of God takes us into worlds of the UNSEEN and the SEEN in the New Testament through the word scarlet. The first and only mention of scarlet in the gospel of Matthew sets the Living Word of God (Christ) against man, man’s government, and Satan and Satan’s government; yes, Satan has a government. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. (Matthew 27:28) You see, although man is an ally of Lucifer/Satan, sometimes man thinks that he alone is the driving force behind the wheels of power; yet it is Satan who drives man and man’s government to do his bidding and to fulfill his agenda. It has taken millenniums for mankind (the masses) to finally see who the real power is behind the thrones and kingdoms of mankind. It is Satan. Say it! People are finally beginning to speak of ‘evil’ and ‘spiritual wickedness in high places.’ For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places]. (Ephesians 6:12) It is said that denial is the refusal to accept truth, however, the other side of denial is the willingness to accept untruths.
  It has been the coups that have been brought out into the sunshine of truth that man (not all of the masses) is just beginning to see what and who really is behind the heavy black iron curtain of sin and death. What coups? The political coups: we have had many coups in our recent history as a nation, one was the assassination of JFK, every day there is another coup. The last countrywide coup occurred in the early hours of November 4th, 2020, when the United States was totally taken over by unknown entities through an assault assisted by the Uniparty and proclaimed by their propaganda machine. Years prior to 2020, the traitors within were aided by political elected and unelected officials to overcome and to conquer this nation by invasion. The religious coups: we have had many coups from the infiltrators into the Church from the very beginning of Church history, turning true Christianity into religious tyrannies causing the masses to be unable to distinguish the differences between Christianity and Cultianity. It is said that denial is the refusal to accept truth, however, the other side of denial is the willingness to accept untruths. In this we have had thousands and thousands of years of denying the truth of the Church and the role of the Church. The Church is not here to replace Christ, but to proclaim Christ. The Church is not here to speak for Christ, but to speak the words of Christ. The Church can neither save sinners, nor forgive sinners, it is Christ ALONE (through His Holy Spirit) who saves, and it is the Godhead bodily who forgives. Again, let me state this AGAIN. The Church is NOT a building. The Church is a Person. We, as Christians, are visible parts of the invisible fullness of the express image of God IN Christ Jesus.
  The Church and the nation of Israel have traveled along parallel roads. As Israel waxed and waned, so also the Church waxed and waned along the very same spiritual issues. For instance, to understand how the Church has been corrupted from within from its very beginning read how Israel became corrupted. Although the few who read this article may not agree with me on this point: that Constantine was the visible turning point when the Church married the world: it was through Constantine that government aided in the development of religion versus true Christianity. Let us return to the Old Testament to the time of Jeroboam, the first king of the ten northern tribes called Israel and learn how Jeroboam’s government changed forever the worship of the ten northern tribes from God to gods. That was a coup of the uttermost rebellion outside of the coup of Lucifer against God in His heavenly realm. And he (Jeroboam) made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. (1st Kings 12:31) This was a successful coup against God and against the Jews of the ten tribes. Jeroboam created another priesthood by installing the lowest of the people.
After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. (1st Kings 13:33) And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. (1st Kings 13:34) The Pretenders of power, the Movers of money, the Shakers of insanity, the Traitors of truth are ALL the faces of evil.
  It is easy to understand how men who crave wealth and power become politicians, but it is harder to comprehend that those who do works of charity, and speak words of peace, grace, and forgiveness are but ministers of Satan. It takes a truly corrupt and evil soul to fake goodness and righteousness for the sake of an organization to gain power in the political realm, to acquire wealth in the financial and banking realm, and to brazenly and without any conscience falsely claim to be men (or women or make-believe women) of God. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. (2nd Corinthians 11:14) Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. (2nd Corinthians 11:15) In order for any coup to be successful whether political or religious it takes more than one evil person, but it only takes one evil origin: Satan. Satan is always BEHIND every evil scene; however, his agenda has been adjusted because NOW Satan no longer hides in the shadows, but he now is seen as the FRONT of every evil scene. The Pretenders of power, the Movers of money, the Shakers of insanity, the Traitors of truth are ALL the faces of evil. Satan’s greatest desire is to be as God, but he needs a visible body to display his power and authority. That particular body is/or will be in the man of sin, the Antichrist called the Beast. However, Satan is so close to achieving his crowning victory in the Beast that Satan is becoming actively anxious, thus, he cannot help himself he NEEDS adoration NOW, he NEEDS exaltation NOW. Not only is satanic worship being advanced in schools, but April 28th, 2023, was a satanic convention or conference held in Boston, Massachusetts. This conference was not an unusual event for there have been other conferences prior to the one in Boston; however, I only mention this because there may be readers who are not informed of the effort that satanists are using to gain attention. Satan and his slaves NEED to be seen and heard NOW. Satan NEEDS more than being the faces of the Pretenders of power, the Movers of money, the Shakers of insanity, and the Traitors of truth, these are only temporary pieces of evil shaping and controlling the world until Satan has all his pieces in order and in place. This is one of the evidences that man’s rule and kingdom have reached its finality, for the rule and kingdom of the Beast will overcome the kingdom of man, for the kingdom of man will gladly relinquish their power to the Beast. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. (Revelation 17:12) These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. (Revelation 17:13) The world doesn’t stand at the edge of this event; the world is now laying prostate groveling in the dirt and dung of their sin confused and dazed because the world cannot understand that there is a WAR being waged for their souls. This WAR first began in the spiritual realm and has continued into the realm of the tangible. There have been many BATTLES in this WAR, and one of the battles occurred BEFORE the battle on the cross when Christ defeated sin and death. One battle was when And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. Religion is a delusion of spiritual grandeur ruled over by the basest of men.
  And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. This is what all governments and man have done and continue to do, they stripped him, they strip Christ of His robes of glory and beauty as the Son of God, the Savior of mankind and as the Godhead bodily. They mockingly place on him a scarlet robe. Think of this as not only a gesture to mock and to ridicule, but it also speaks of man believing that his government (set up by his own unrighteous standards) is capable of righteous judgments and that they alone determine who wears the scarlet robe of authority. It is not only government that believes in their delusion of authority, but the government of religion also acts on this same false authoritarian premise. Government and religion are well suited for each. Mankind acts on the determination that he alone has the authority to approve man for the service of God. This is what religion is all about, evil priests of religious propaganda proclaiming that they are the only ones who have the divine right to priesthood. Therefore, they only alone determine who serves God. Religion is a delusion of spiritual grandeur ruled over by the basest of men. However, Chapter 4, verse 17 of the book of Daniel informs us that it is God who rules over the affairs of man, yes, God is active in man’s government, and He has deliberately set the BASEST OF MEN to rule over men. This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. In our current day, May 12, 2023, this statement by the Holy Spirit of God has never been as true as it is right now because we are living in the age of the BASEST of rulers and tyrants at the highest level of government in the U.S.A. – and the people love to have it so. Pedophiles, criminals, liars, adulterers, thieves, traitors and drunks, are only a few adjectives that describe the current regime rulers beginning with the top position of the Pretender-on-the-Potomac, to the Congress, and working down to the lowest township level . . . the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. Why? The masses are encouraged and manipulated into acting beastly in every area of life so that their masters can be viewed as giants of morality. The biblical principle is clear: as the people, so are their priests; as the priests, so are the people. This principle also plays out in the political realm: evil people prefer evil rulers, and evil rulers cater to evil people.
  What occurred at the last and fourth court of the trial of Jesus, the Christ, unveiled how closely religion and government are aligned together in their mutual desire to destroy truth, especially when it comes to spiritual truth. This fourth court under the jurisdiction of Pilate brought in the chief priests and the rulers and the people. (Luke 23:13) Two central questions asked by Pilate to the Lord Jesus were first, Art thou a king then? And the second question, the most profound question that has plagued mankind was, What is truth? Christ answered the first question as documented in John 18:37, Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. And the second question, What is truth? was not ignored because Pilate’s judgment was that I find in him no fault [at all]. Pilate honestly found NOTHING that Christ was guilty of. Christ was innocent of all claims made against Him by the religious establishment. Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault [at all]. (John 18:38) Although Pilate washed his hands as a symbolic statement declaring that he was innocent from the consequences of his refusal to uphold his own statement that I find in him no fault [at all]. Pilate’s inability to enforce his own decree reveals that man’s truth means nothing. Justice without justice is truth brazenly and openly rejected. When Pilate stated that he had the power to crucify and the power to release, he was dead wrong. Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? (John 19:10) Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power [at all] against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. (John 19:10) Consider two points: the first, it is God who rules over the affairs of men, and it is by HIS decree alone that we live and move; the second point is that even man in his own made-up realm of pretend justice is controlled by others. The strings of the puppeteers are clearly visible today in the agency that we wrongly call the Department of Justice.
  The word of God has never been as relevant to the corruption of mankind as it is at this moment in time. This is one of the many reasons that we KNOW that we are at the time of the initiation of the Great Tribulation, the Age of the Last Kingdom of Mankind, the Age of the Beast. Most everyone (those who have any senses left) can see the completion of evil overtaking every facet of life: civil, socially, academically, financially, industrially, militarily, governmentally, religiously, and media wise. (Did I miss any group or category?)
  And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. The first mention of scarlet is recorded in the gospel of Matthew, the gospel of the King and the gospel of the kingdom. If you have been following this series then you are aware that the word scarlet refers to the sin of mankind, and to the One who through His blood took on Himself the sin of the world; thus, scarlet is tied to SIN and to the SAVIOR. The prophet Isaiah, through the Spirit of God, set the definition of scarlet in Chapter 1, verse 18, Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
  When Pilate’s Roman guards stripped Christ of His own garments and placed a scarlet robe on Him, they were unknowingly symbolically draping Him with the SIN of man, and at the same time, they were prophetically fulfilling His role as King, Savior and Priest. The phrase scarlet robe only occurs once in the Bible, again connecting ONE Savior, ONE king, ONE divine royal Priest.
Side Note: The Four Courts: The Lord appeared before four courts, and all four authorities condemned themselves by rejecting their Creator God, the Lord of glory, the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1st Court Appearance of Christ: First, Christ was taken before the Jewish court of the falsely called high priest where He was spit on, buffeted and attacked.
And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. (Matthew 26:57)
Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;Â (Matthew 26:59)
But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, (Matthew 26:60)
And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. (Matthew 26:61)
And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? (Matthew 26:62)
But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. (Matthew 26:63)
Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. (Matthew 26:64)
Then Caiaphas the high priest, Caiaphas the high priest, , saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. (Matthew 26:65)
What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. (Matthew 26:66)
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, (Matthew 26:67)
Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee? (Matthew 26:68)
  The Lord’s garments were not removed here at His first court appearance. This court was the condemnation of religion. First, religion condemned him. Notice that the only garments that are mentioned are the clothes of the high priest, who was not really the true high priest, nor did he represent the authority of the Jewish priesthood because the priesthood had become political and not according to the Law of Moses. Caiaphas the high priest, tore or rent his own clothes, and by doing so he was unknowingly showing that God neither recognized Caiaphas as high priest, nor accepted Caiaphas as the high priest of Israel because standing before Caiaphas was the True High Priest of God, Melchisedec, IN the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ.
  This reprobate man rent his clothes without understanding the seriousness of his action: first, the clothes of the high priest (especially when he was acting in the role of the priest) were considered to be holy garments, and they were called holy garments by the Holy Spirit of God in Exodus 28:2, And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. The words holy garments are only documented in the Old Testament and only for a total of eleven verses. Secondly, when Caiaphas the high priest, tore his priestly garments he was actually committing blasphemy against God. Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. (Matthew 26:65) This has always been one of Satan’s many methods to add confusion to any issue that directly points to him. (Politically, the same method is used by the Government Party (Democrat/Republican/BLM/Antifa/MSM) of the United States. They accuse their opponents of doing what they themselves are doing. From this first religious court, the Lord Jesus was then sent to Pilate.
Side Note Inside a Side Note: Holy Garments. This phrase holy garments are only mentioned eleven times in the Bible. Exodus 28:2, 4; 29:29; 31:10; 35:19, 21; 39:1, 41; 40:13; Leviticus 16:4, 32) And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. (Exodus 28:2) The first time that it is recorded reveals the purpose: the clothes that Aaron put on was to reveal the glory and beauty of the True High Priest of God in heaven, Melchisedec.
And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. (Exodus 28:40)
Deck thyself now [with] majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. (Job 40:10)
 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, (Isaiah 28:5)
  Glory and beauty describe the LORD GOD, the Creator God, the Lord Jesus Christ as the High Priest of God, Melchisedec, in His robes of glory and beauty. Why is this phrase holy garments mentioned ONLY eleven times in scripture? Simply because it is one digit short of twelve. It is completed in the New Testament in Christ, for He is the substance of the shadow. Christ completes the twelfth because He is the True Priest of God. In the number twelve, we see that Christ fulfills all His promises to His nation, Israel, and also in the number twelve Christ fulfills and completes His Church. (Hebrews 3:1)Â
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;Â (Hebrews 3:1)
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)
Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. (Hebrews 5:10)
Now of the things which we have spoken [this is] the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;Â (Hebrews 8:1)
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; (Hebrews 9:1)♦End of Side Note Inside a Side Note: Holy Garments.
• 2nd Court Appearance of Christ: And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. (Luke 23:1) And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. (Luke 23:2) And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. (Luke 23:3) Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. (Luke 23:4) And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. (Luke 23:5) When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean. (Luke 23:6) And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. (Luke 23:7)
  This second court became a political farce, ‘dotting the ‘i’s and crossing the ‘t’s. We all know this game that so-called justice plays: jurisdiction concerns, technical law jargon to soothe and to self-justify the actions of a predetermined conclusion.
• 3rd Court Appearance of Christ: Herod’s court, the third court appearance of Christ, was where the highest governmental authority refused to go beyond the accusations against Christ, and instead passed over its responsibility to serve justice to another authority: Pilate. The issue before Herod involved whether Jesus was a threat to the position of Caesar and therefore, could Jesus be a security threat to the Roman Empire?
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. (Luke 23:2)
And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. (Luke 23:8) Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing. (Luke 23:9) And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. (Luke 23:10) And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. (Luke 23:11) And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves. (Luke 23:12)
  It was at this third court appearance that Christ was first arrayed him in a gorgeous robe. Note: not a scarlet robe, but a gorgeous robe. This gorgeous robe represented how government views itself: flawless in its splendor. By mocking Christ while he was wrapped in their gorgeous robe spiritually signified government’s refusal to accept Christ on an equal or a greater footing than government itself. Denial of God’s right to rule over His own creation is the core within the makeup of every governing body.
• 4th Court Appearance of Christ: When Herod returned Christ back to Pilate, then this became His fourth court appearance. It is THIS fourth (4) appearance where Herod, Pontius Pilate, the Gentiles and the people of Israel were joined together in their united act of killing their own Creator God. Deicide was man’s desire from the beginning. For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, (Acts 4:27). It is NOT a coincidence that it was the FOURTH court appearance of Christ because the number four is the Earth and/or World number. Here the Roman Empire, the world of power and tyranny, through Herod and Pontius Pilate, WITH the Gentiles (those outside of governmental affairs and not of the Roman Empire) AND the people of Israel, were gathered together. It was HERE at the fourth court that our verse is played out. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. (Matthew 27:28)
And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, (Luke 23:13) Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: (Luke 23:14) No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. (Luke 23:15) I will therefore chastise him, and release him. (Luke 23:16)
 The four court scenes fulfilled the prophecy of verses 1, 2 and 3 of Psalm 2, Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. ♦ End of Side Note: The Four Courts. (CLICK HERE to read more about the four courts.Â
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  The second mention in the New Testament of the word scarlet occurs in the book of Hebrews. The ninth Chapter of Hebrews is a summary of the sanctuary, the mercy seat and atonement in the Old Testament. Some very interesting things in the level of the UNSEEN occur in Hebrews Chapter 9; for instance, the word blood is recorded twelve (12) times throughout ten (10) verses. So what? Follow the UNSEEN through numbers: the gospel of Matthew, the gospel of the King and the gospel of the kingdom has the word blood twelve times. Here the blood of Christ is associated with Israel, the gospel of the King of Israel. And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind [him], and touched the hem of his garment: (Matthew 9:20) And the first mention of blood is also connected to the number twelve (12) in Matthew 9:20, the woman represents Israel, a nation that has become sick and diseased over ‘the issue of blood.’
  And blood is also recorded in the book of Hebrews twenty-two (22) times within twenty (20) verses. In this we have the double witness (22) of the Lord Jesus Christ as the sacrificial Lamb, and Christ in Melchisedec, as the Priest of God offering Himself as the sacrifice of God. The Holy Spirit of God uses all at His disposal to proclaim the majesty and greatness of God, yes, even numbers. We are not through with the UNSEEN world of numbers. As the gospel of Matthew is the gospel of the King of Israel, so also, the book of Hebrews in Chapter 9, (nine is the number of finality in judgment) we have blood recorded twelve times, but this time it is for the Church to understand that blessings and judgment all come through ‘the issue of blood.’
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, (Hebrews 10:26) But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. (Hebrews 10:27) He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: (Hebrews 10:28) Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? (Hebrews 10:29)
  Another point of interest: the word blood is recorded in the third book of the Pentateuch, Leviticus more than any other book in the Old Testament because it is completely about the sacrifice and the Sacrificer to come. Blood is documented in Leviticus sixty-six (66) verses. WOW. Man and sin is intertwined in the number six, and because man can neither separate himself from sin, nor save himself from himself and his sin, man needs a Savior, and that Savior is God Himself in the Person of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. And I am going to add another interesting fact: not only is the word blood mentioned in sixty-six verses, but it is recorded for a total of eighty-eight (88) times. Even math babies can easily see the connection: 66 + 22 = 88. Can you put this together? We not only have the number of witness of God in the Lamb of Sacrifice and the Priest as Sacrificer in the number 22, but when the Priest offered the Lamb for the sin of man, then man is made anew, man becomes a new creature. (The number eight is the number of new beginnings.) Leviticus was the shadow of the completeness of the Sacrifice and the sacrificer. Christ, through the New Testament, became the substance of the Sacrifice and the Sacrificer. Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (2nd Corinthians 5:17) Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. (John 3:7)
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And Scarlet Wool
  This is the LAST time that scarlet is mentioned in scripture regarding the Christ, the anointed One, the Messiah, the Lamb of sacrifice. The next four times that scarlet is documented it is all related to SIN. The Holy Spirit of God chose Hebrews 9:19 to plant the last mention of scarlet and in this last mention, scarlet is tied to WOOL, the growth product from sheep; therefore, the blood of sacrifice is the core of Hebrews 9:19. And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. (Exodus 24:8) Chapter nine is completely immersed in the things of the Old Testament.
  The only time that the phrase scarlet wool is documented is in Hebrews 9:19. This is fitting, as there is only ONE sacrificial Lamb: the Lord Jesus Christ. Moving from scarlet, let us examine how wool is described in scripture as it relates to the Lord Jesus Christ. Every word of God is to be taken as the power and authority from the lips of God Himself. Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them that put their trust in him. (Proverbs 30:5) And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. (Deuteronomy 8:3) And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. (Luke 4:4)
  Even the fiber wool is applied by the Holy Spirit of God to describe the Ancient of days, God in His completeness as the Godhead bodily. He is as PURE WOOL (Daniel 7:9). His head and [his] hairs [were] white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes [were] as a flame of fire; (Revelation 1:14) In the New Testament He is again described as the Ancient of days by His hairs white like wool, as white as snow. Does this not describe purity? In scripture we have pure wool, white like wool and scarlet wool. Christ is ALL these things: He offered Himself as a pure offering; in the last book of the Old Testament, we are taught that the Gentiles and the heathen shall KNOW His greatness by His PURE OFFERING. For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. (Malachi 1:11) Also notice how this verse is numbered: 1 – 1 – 1, three (3) times we have this phrase my name. In Daniel 7:9, Christ is the Ancient of days. I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment [was] white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne [was like] the fiery flame, [and] his wheels [as] burning fire. (Daniel 7:9)
  Then the brightness of His Being is not only described as the whiteness of purity but also that He is the Light of the world. I am the light of the world . . . John 8:12, 9:5. Everything about Him, was to display the brightness of His glory to man. And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. (Matthew 17:2) His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: (Matthew 28:3) And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. (Mark 9:3) And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment [was] white [and] glistering. (Luke 9:29) His head and [his] hairs [were] white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes [were] as a flame of fire; (Revelation 1:14) In the Song of LOVES, the Son of God is seen as My beloved [is] white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. (Song of Songs: 5:10)
  In Hebrews 9:19, it is the blood covenant of the Old Testament proclaimed in the Sacrifice of the Lamb who was/is pure wool, white like wool and scarlet wool. For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people. (Hebrews 9:19) Man runs from truth that is why he hides behind his imagination and fantasy. This is where the world is today, they are hiding in their insanity of WOKENESS.
  The greatest book ever to exist in the realm of mankind is, of course, the Bible. And because God is the Author, the Designer, the Publisher, and the Maintainer, man is really afraid to open its pages because by doing so man instinctively knows that He will be confronted with his true state and condition before a supernatural and righteous and holy God. And mankind cannot deal with truth. Man runs from truth that is why he hides behind his imagination and fantasy. This is where the world is today, they are hiding in their insanity of WOKENESS. Many may not remember the early childhood reading books under the Dick and Jane series (1930 – 1965) But the first grade reading books become famous for . . . “run Dick . . . run Jane . . . run, run,” this is how I see man today continually running away from truth, from God, and from the Bible. For those who are tired of running, the Bible is about GOD, His Christ, His Messiah, His Holy Spirit, the Ancient of days, ALL IN the GODHEAD BODILY: the Lord Jesus Christ. To put in simple words . . . JESUS CHRIST IS GOD!
  In Psalm 40:7, we read these words, Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me. This is only mentioned once in the Old Testament, and once in the New Testament in Hebrews 10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. God the Holy Spirit wrote concerning Christ: words such as scarlet and wool are there to further our understanding of the greatness and glory of God’s sacrifice as the Lamb of sacrifice.
And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. (Luke 24:44) Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, (Luke 24:45) And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: (Luke 24:46) And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. (Luke 24:47)
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The Scarlet Beast
The Woman Arrayed in Purple and Scarlet
The Scarlet Merchandise
The City in Scarlet
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. (Revelation 17:3)
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: (Revelation 17:4)
The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, (Revelation 18:12)
And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! (Revelation 18:16)
  First, it is the scarlet colored beast that carries a woman, (17:3) then the woman is not merely clothed in purple and scarlet (17:4) but she is ARRAYED, adorned, enriched, embellished and proudly covered with gold and precious stones and pearls covering her abominations and filthiness of her fornication. Thirdly, the merchants, who have been enriched by this abominable woman, are sellers of scarlet. (18:12) Lastly, the last mention of scarlet (18:16) is anchored in THAT GREAT CITY, the city called Babylon. Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. (Revelation 18:10) (CLICK HERE to understand the difference between ‘that great city’ and ‘the great city.)
  Babylon (the kingdom, region, province, or city) is fastened to religion. Spiritually we have the Babylon of religion, and we have political/money Babylon. Through the course of time, they have often been one and the same outwardly. And religion and politics/money are fused together in Babylon, that great city Babylon, that mighty city which is Rome. This city is economically and religiously a powerful house of influence and control. However, as tyrannical forces of political global entities struggle over the masses to solidify their One World Order there are also religious global entities struggling for power over each other: Roman and Islam. Although these two main religious forces appear to be incompatible in their ideologies, their goals are one and the same: to rule over the world, and in that goal one of the two MUST fall. Politically a One World Order is really NO ORDER at all, but chaos, thus, allowing the Beast to take control over the political realm in the guise of ‘peace.‘ And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. (Daniel 8:25) And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. (Daniel 11:21)
  Stay on track here. We are considering two forms of power: politics/money and religion and how both are connected to Babylon. Understanding that economics is a main part of the political scene, it is not economics alone that drives the heinous ideology of the destruction of creation, but politics married to religion. Many understand religion as only organized systems of worship, but religion not only takes in systems of worship, but there is the religion of self-worship where everyone does what is right in his own sinful and corrupt mind . . . . every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes. (Judges 21:25)
  After the translation of the Church into glory, religion will remain, there will still be churches and mosques and other places that the religious and antireligious religions will gather, and church meetings, and church fellowships, and church dinners, and church missions, and church building programs, nothing much will change. Religion will continue on being religious. In order for the Beast to take control over the world, he MUST destroy ALL religion simply because HE ALONE MUST BE WORSHIPED. Although he will use Rome and Islam and all other forms of emotional or popular rituals; nevertheless, there will be a One World Religion worshiping the trinity of evil: Satan, the False Prophet and the Beast.
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; (2nd Thessalonians 2:3) Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing imself that he is God. (2nd Thessalonians 2:4)Â
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: (Isaiah 14:13)
Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: (Ezekiel 28:2)
And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. (Daniel 11:36) Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. (Daniel 11:37)
  The word Babylon is more than a name, a place and a location, or a city. Babel, Shinar, the plain of Dura, the city of Babylon, and the territory of Babylon are ALL Babylon. Babylon was a province in the kingdom of Babylon, and the capitol city was called Babylon: Babylon was a city, a province and a kingdom, a three-prong description of confusion. (Daniel 2:49; 3:1; 4:29; Jeremiah 51:31; Revelation 14:8; 16:19; 18:10, 21.) Although Babel, Shinar and Babylon all have the same meaning: CONFUSION, within each name there is a root of a specific form of confusion. There is the confusion of languages (Babel), there is the confusion of the mixing and intermingling of peoples (Shinar), and there is mental and spiritual confusion (Babylon). Each name typifies a distinctive area of confusion: verbal/communication, physical, emotional and spiritual. Now, do you understand why WE (the masses of the earth) are being prepared? Why the forced confusion of WOKENESS (wokeness can be defined as totalitarianism usurping western cultures), why the forced sexual MENTAL and PHYSICAL confusion of young children, why the confusion between maleness and femaleness, why the confusion of civil structures, why the confusion between reality and counterfeits in every area of life, why . . . WHY? The masses are being prepared to accept Babylon . . . CONFUSION. Physical, emotional and spiritual confusion allows Satan’s agenda to successfully place his Beast man as the absolute power center over the entire earth. Man’s sinful imaginations have led mankind into the realm of the insanity of CONFUSION. In this state of total internal and external turmoil mankind has already willingly accepted lies as truth, hate as love, devil worship as godly worship, and war as peace. At this very moment millions of individuals cannot distinguish between lies and truth, hate and love, peace and war, religion and Christianity, reality and fantasy . . . you cannot deny that what I have written describes mankind’s mental and spiritual state today. This age is the Age of Confusion, the Age of Insanity, and the Age of the Celebration of Confusion.
  There is still much more that must happen politically and economically, but ALL is being prepared to bring us to the point where the Beast will sit on his throne in the city of Jerusalem. Many nations must fall by losing their power, such as the United States, many allegiances must be realigned, such as the Western alliances must weaken to allow the Eastern alliances to become power structures OVER the western nations. We are currently living in the power transition between Western and Eastern nations: militarily and economically. Why is the United States being overrun with millions and millions of enemies crossing our borders paid for by our own government and their money launderers? Why are banks failing? Why are people being imprisoned for obeying the Constitution while those who disobey are rewarded? Why are pedophiles chosen as rulers? Why? You know the reason! Men and women of reprobate minds have been set over this nation for one purpose and that is to destroy a nation that once stood for goodness and truth. (Notice that I wrote ‘goodness,’ not Godness.) But that is another lesson in history that I will not venture into.
  As Babylon was a city, a province and a kingdom, so also this three-prong description not only describes CONFUSION, but it also describes how confusion slowly achieves power over the people. The three areas of confusion have and IS being played out not only over the United States but over ALL the world: (Babel) verbal and communicative confusion. What God used at Babel to confuse and to divide the rebellious city through the creation of multiple languages is also the same method that Satan is using to confuse and divide nations from within itself. Think along these lines of our current language confusion: generational differences of word definitions, the language of gamers, and the language of hip-hop, and the language of tat-and taggers, the language of goons and gangs, and the language of grunts and GIFs, the list of languages heard within subculture of our society is quite long. As electronic communications strive for preciseness, our spoken and written language is quickly advancing (not regressing) into multiple forms of babblings and jabberings in an almost animalistic form of verbal communication and visual hieroglyphics. This is confusion of language. Even in our age of supposedly advanced and artificial intelligence we are in the midst of a calculated confusion of sounds and signals.
  Then we have (Shinar) the mixing and physical intermingling of peoples through sex, race, and cultures. Here we see confusion once more, but further advanced beyond the land of Shinar (which was another name for the land of Babylon). The more mankind strives to become independent from God, the more he seeks to change himself from his original creation in rebellion against his Creator God. Satan has successfully used this form of confusion in our age to confuse mankind regarding sex, race, and culture. Heritage, inheritance and history are always destroyed when men seek to physically intermingle with other cultures and societies. This is one of the main incursions into the line of the Jewish nation that broke down their separation them from other nations.
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:Â (Nehemiah 13:23) And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people. (Nehemiah 13:24)
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. (Ezra 9:1) For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. (Ezra 9:2) And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. (Ezra 9:3)
Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. (Deuteronomy 7:3)
  Although these verses deal with the nation of Israel being weakened through marriages outside of their heritage, we also see the same breakdown of society when different cultures and opposing societies become hybridized. Plant hybridization does not produce the same results as human hybridization. Mankind needs a solid foundation to build on, and since man has rejected the only true foundation of life which is God IN Jesus Christ, he seeks to compensate for his lost condition by attaching himself to others just as weak and lost as he is through falsely believing that in diversity is strength when diversity only divides and confuses. Let us take a simple thing, such as the hair from a lamb: do you know what makes a strand of lamb’s wool strong? It is strong because it is tightly tangled together, it is almost impossible to separate the fiber’s of a wool string; however, when you try to add a thread of cotton or polyester into a piece of a strand of wool the lamb’s wool is weakened. Diversity of thought is totally different from diversity of heritage. Why have our societies become confused? Societies become strong not because of differences but from similarities. (The United States is often spoken of as becoming a strong nation because of the many different ethnic groups that came and settled. It wasn’t because of the diversity and differences of the ethnic groups that caused the United States to become strong, it was the strength of the people who came: their work ethics, their family values, their love for their new home, their determination to add to their new home NOT to take away from their host country, and NOT to live on what others have built.) Why have many different ethnic groups developed into strong prosperous entities? Simply because they developed their unique ethnic strengths and gifts through unification and separation. When you hear the word diversity spoken by the proponents of division understand that they mean ‘selective diversity.’ That’s NOT diversity that is intolerance. Again, diversity causes disunity; disunity causes confusion; and confusion causes weakness. There is the old proverb: ‘divide and conquer,’ and we have the new proverb: confuse and conquer. This is our Shinar.
  Then the last and final form of confusion is in Babylon. In the root meaning of Babylon we have mental and spiritual confusion brought on by all social and civil norms being removed, and spiritual confusion through multiple religious differences ALL accepted as valid in their contradictory ideologies. From these three attack points of CONFUSION by Satan first a city is taken, then a province is overcome, then a kingdom falls. We have not yet begun our study of MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT. (Revelation 17:5) Yet, through the woman, and the word scarlet we are able to understand the complexity within MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT.
  Babylon is more than a city, a province and a kingdom. Babylon (confusion) mysteriously evolves first from Lucifer in the heavenly realm, then first from Adam in the tangible realm, then Cain, then Nimrod, and then into the evil imaginations of men dying to achieve world domination over others. Here is the core of a One World Order under one ruler. Men falsely state that they seek ORDER, but it is NOT God’s order that they seek. Tyrannical rulers are not capable of ruling over themselves, yet they attempt to force their order over others. Everything that happens in this world is NOT accidental, nor coincidental, every story and narrative that the established government place in their propaganda machine is for a purpose. NEVER accept that first story that you hear or see. Question ALL. As God has a time and a purpose, so the enemy also has a time and a purpose.
  This section of this article was headed by . . . The Scarlet Beast . . . The Woman Arrayed in Purple and Scarlet . . . The Scarlet Merchandise . . . and The City in Scarlet . . . . . through this listing there is a continuous thread of scarlet revealing how MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT infiltrated into our tangible world. This infiltration was spearheaded first by Satan himself in almost the same manner that he infiltrated his corruption into God’s realm. Remember, what we see and what we know of corruption FIRST appeared in the spiritual realm.
  As the Beast was scarlet colored, so also was the scarlet woman (the religious system) that sat on its back. In the heavenly sphere, the corruption began in the throne room, the worship center of God’s realm. So, Satan had to first begin his attack at the point of worship in the material world. Adam became Satan’s first primary victim by disobeying His Creator God, then the first-born man child, Cain, became the next willing victim through his refusal to worship God according to God’s directives. (I would call these sentences bare basics of sin on the earth.) From these two men came disobedience and religion as the opening for Satan to reestablish domination over the realm of mankind. Satan, alias Lucifer, had successfully achieved his goal to ruin man because in ruining man Satan thought that he had stopped God from bringing in another creation to righteously rule over this planet that God named Earth. Lucifer (who once was a created angel of great beauty, power and standing and position) was not going to accept God creating a race formed and made from the lowest part of the earth, which was dust, to become the Federal Head over God’s Earth without a fight. What an insult to Lucifer/Satan that God would choose a particle of lowly dust to become head over the Earth. God didn’t choose to create another powerful entity equal to the beauty and power and position of Lucifer, but God selected instead to set mankind up from the lowest visible elements of Earth . . . earth itself. The angels of God desire to look into the wonder of this act of God. (1st Peter 1:12) And this is one of the reasons that through the sin of man, in death, man must return from where he first began: the dust.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.(Genesis 3:19)
And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. (Zephaniah 1:17)
All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. (Ecclesiastes 3:20)
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. (Ecclesiastes 12:7)
  Returning to the list in the heading of this article, we can see the flow of scarlet as sin flowed from the blood line of Adam through Cain, through Nimrod and then into the world of religion (a counterfeit form of worship) then into the veins of the buying and selling of merchandising. Again, remember that what happened and happens on earth follows along the same lines of what happened in the spiritual realm. Since mankind is extremely limited in the knowledge of the holy, and the things of God, it is beyond our comprehension level to conceive of a realm of spiritual merchandising because we think of merchandising as material economics only, but there was and is a form of merchandising in God’s realm. This was the main issue of Lucifer’s iniquity: merchandising. And because he used merchandising to raise one third of the angels to attempt a coup against God, merchandising is one of Satan’s strongest points in his ability to manipulate man. In our realm of economic merchandising Satan was and is able to influence and control not only the physical weakening of man but to spiritually destroy mankind as well. Merchandising is a huge area of study both tangibly and spiritually. Nevertheless, let’s make an attempt to connect these two areas together.
  The scarlet merchandise . . . ah . . . .BUT before we get to the scarlet merchandise, let’s read what the Holy Spirit of God teaches us about Lucifer’s merchandising.
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. (Ezekiel 28:15)
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. (Ezekiel 28:16) Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. (Ezekiel 28:17) Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. (Ezekiel 28:18)
  We should be all quite knowledgeable in merchandising techniques: the lies in the sales pitch, the bright packaging, the false weight and balance systems used by producers of products using frozen water to add weight and other corrupt methods that they use to fool and to steal from buyers. Oh, yes, merchandising is a game unto itself. Yet merchandising is much more than buying and selling of a product. It has become part of our everyday experiences. It is more than a product. It is in our thoughts and even in our speech. How so? Corporations sell themselves as things that they are not. The ads that you see on television or on cable or on other means of communication are deceptive. Dancing figures slid rhythmically across the screen in bright clothing smiling and laughing and having such great fun and at the end of the ad you are left wondering what were they trying to sell? Even the quick flashing print leaves one baffled to the sales product. Confusion again. Individuals trying to impress others play the merchandise game, they try to sell themselves as something that they are not. I once witnessed this personalized form of merchandising when an acquaintance was trying to impress others on her china collection: as she selected what appeared to be an antique teapot, she said, This has been in the family for centuries. However, I knew that this teapot had been recently purchased at a garage sale. She did not lie, that teapot HAD been in A family or MANY families for years . . . just NOT HER family. This was merchandising. People do this every day. This appears as harmless merchandising, yet we also have merchandising on a satanic level of merchandising . . . . By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned. Lucifer had at his disposal an abundance of goods and commodities . . . . spiritual goods and spiritual commodities. He also was a trafficker. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick. Lucifer could be called the first commercial commodities dealer. What did he use as merchandise and how did he use this merchandise to advance his position in a realm where he was already at the highest position of angelic oversight?
  How did Lucifer use merchandising and trafficking in the UNSEEN realm of God’s spiritual kingdom? By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Heaven has an economy, not as our economy, but an economy, nevertheless. An economy is a system of exchange constructed along the lines of resources, assets, advancements, and acquisition: somewhat as in our system of supply and demand . . . . you have something that I want, and you supply me with what I want for a price. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick. We know very little about the economy of God’s realm, but we do know that God is a God of order. We also know that there are ranks of angels and ranks of beasts in His realm. There are Seraphims, Cherubims, beasts and four specific beasts. There are angels and archangels, and chief princes. (This article is neither about angels, nor their ranking systems, nor their job assignments, but hopefully just enough for you to understand that God’s world is set in ORDER.) God loves ORDER. This is where Lucifer found a place beyond his assigned place. Through his closeness to the worship center in God’s realm Lucifer utilized his high position in order to gain even more power by the merchandising (the trading and exchanging) of positions and status among angels. Power over other angels, trading of positions from a lower rank to a higher rank was Lucifer’s trafficking operation: resetting another system of order in the realm of God’s order. What were Lucifer’s created points of power? Lucifer was full of wisdom, perfect in beauty, (Ezekiel 28:12) an anointed cherub that covereth, and traveled in the midst of the stones of fire upon the holy mountain of God, (Ezekiel 28:14) his brightness reflecting the glory of God (Ezekiel 28:17), and he was responsible for his assigned sanctuaries (Ezekiel 28:18). Lucifer was not only close to the throne of God, but he was dynamically active in his position as ‘covering cherub‘ in the midst of the stones of fire upon the holy mountain of God. Fire has always been symbolized in scripture as God’s judgment. Earthly words and human thoughts cannot accurately describe God’s inner most realm of Righteous Judgment and Holy Counsel in the presence of the Great Mercy Seat, and the place of God’s Being and Glory. This was the central place where the Glory of the Godhead bodily ruled supreme . . . The Temple of Praise and Worship in all its purity and power. And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. (Revelation 11:19) And because Lucifer was so closely connected to God’s purity and power his betrayal was beyond forgiveness and redemption. (Forgiveness and redemption were determined for mankind only.)
  The multitude of spiritual merchandise within Lucifer’s scope of influence among other angelic beings became his undoing. From merchandising to trafficking Lucifer became defiled because he was robbing God. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick. Merchandising was the trading of positions of power and influence, and through this commercialization the angels robbed God of what was His alone. Lucifer and his band of robbers robbed God. How did they rob God? The last book of the Old Testament reveals how the priests in Israel robbed God; thus, we are able to see how the angelic priesthood in God’s heavenly realm robbed Melchisedec, the High Priest of God, of His rights and by robbing Melchisedec, Lucifer and his angelic traffickers also robbed God of His rights. What did they rob from God, and from His Christ in His office as the High Priest of God, Melchisedec? They robbed the Godhead bodily of honor. They robbed the Godhead bodily of His right as their Creator God in that they ceased to recognize the Godhead bodily as their total Sovereign God in majesty as Master of and over His own creation. Through their trafficking and stealing from God, they lost their fear of God. His name was no longer honored and reverenced. Yes, Lucifer and his rogue angels became robbers of the holy. As you read through Malachi 1: 6-7, and Malachi 3:8, 9, and 14 you will understand not only what occurred in the spiritual realm of God at the iniquity of God’s created angels, but you will also see the same iniquity occurred through the corruption of Israel’s priesthood, and the parallel of this iniquity in the fall of the Church through the corruption of the Nicolaitan priesthood in the early days of the infant Church. Corruption and iniquity first began in the realm of worship in the heavenlies, then in the realm of the tangible: those closest to the throne of God are the greatest betrayers above all betrayers.
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? (Malachi 1:6) Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. (Malachi 1:7)
Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. (Malachi 3:8) Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. (Malachi 3:9) (A Mini Side Note: tithing is Law, in the New Testament there is no tithing. (2nd Corinthians 9:7; Acts 5:1-4).
Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? (Malachi 3:14)
  Think along the lines of the spiritual realm, not along the lines of our own economic structures: it is NOT tithes and offerings that Lucifer robbed God of, but what the tithes and offering symbolized. How much more has the professing Church robbed God? They continually rob God of His glory, His majesty, His Sovereignty, and the reverence due His name. They continually rob Christ of His position as Savior, Sacrificer, Redeemer and High Priest of God. They continually rob God’s Holy Spirit of His work and His moving in the salvation of souls. This was how Lucifer robbed God in the spiritual realm, and how he continues to rob God in the material realm. Remember, what began in the spiritual always precedes what occurs in the tangible.
  This is The Scarlet Beast . . . The Woman Arrayed in Purple and Scarlet . . . The Scarlet Merchandise . . . and The City in Scarlet . . . . . this is MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT. And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! (Revelation 18:16) We now come to the 6th and last mention of scarlet in Scripture and its connection to THAT GREAT CITY. Remember, that there is a political/economic Babylon and a spiritual religious Babylon: complete CONFUSION. Read the following and pay close attention to the end of verse 13.
And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, (Revelation 18:9)
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. (Revelation 18:10)
And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:Â (Revelation 18:11)
The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, (Revelation 18:12)
And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. (Revelation 18:13)
And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. (Revelation 18:14)
The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, (Revelation 18:15)
And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! (Revelation 18:16)
For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, (Revelation 18:17)
And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! (Revelation 18:18)
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. (Revelation 18:19)
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. (Revelation 18:20)
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. (Revelation 18:21)
And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;Â (Revelation 18:22)
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. (Revelation 18:23)
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. (Revelation 18:24)
  In this last verse (24) we have the revelation of Babylon as THE ROOT. What root? We know that Babylon means CONFUSION, and that Babylon is a place, a province, and a city and a kingdom. We also know that Babylon is symbolic of an economic and political system and it is also a religious system, but now at page 28 in this article, it is a ROOT? Really? What do I mean by root? Chapter 51 and verse 49 of the book of Jeremiah discloses the ROOT of Babylon. As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. At CONFUSION (spiritual and mental confusion) shall fall the slain of all the earth. At the end of Babylon in Revelation 18:24 And in her was found the blood . . . . of all that were slain upon the earth. What is the connection? SIN is the connection. Where and how did SIN begin? It began in the heavenly realm with the iniquity of Lucifer. It began in the tangible realm by the sin of Adam and Eve through the influence of Lucifer/Satan/the old serpent/the devil. Babylon (SIN in all its CONFUSION) has caused the slain of Israel to fall and in Babylon (SIN in all its CONFUSION) was found the blood . . . . of all that were slain upon the earth. From the first mention to the last mention of the word scarlet we have traveled into the vast workings of sin, but God the Holy Spirit has also led us into the vastness of His LOVES for His creation that we can write with full assurance that nothing can separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31)
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? (Romans 8:32)
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. (Romans 8:33)
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. (Romans 8:34)
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? (Romans 8:35)
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. (Romans 8:36)
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. (Romans 8:37)
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, (Romans 8:38)
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:39)
  We have finally arrived at the conclusion of following the word scarlet throughout the Bible. Now, if it is God’s will, we will return to the 2nd mention of woman in Revelation 17:4 . . . And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: (Revelation 17:4)
Men of renown is a companion piece to Giants in the Earth series.
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