Recently, from my two articles, we learned that the identifying marks of the false prophets given by Christ in Matthew 7:15-20 which are: (1) Wearing the sheep’s clothing; (2) the bad trees that bear bad fruits; are all found in the Catholic Priests. We also learned that Catholics or members of the church of Pope are the people who received the mark on the forehead. Review my articles: “The False Prophets” and “The Followers of the False Prophets.”

The Beast

To let you know, Mr. Morales is a member of the church of Pope or the Catholic Church. After reading the article, “The Followers of the False Prophets,” he emailed me and argued that using the Revelation 13:16 in showing that those who received mark on their forehead are the followers of the false prophets, according to him is out of context.

Well, I understand why he considered that as an out of the context. The people who received the mark on the forehead as stated on the Revelation 13:16 are actually the followers of the second beast mentioned in Revelation 13:11.

So, let us examine who is the beast mentioned in Revelation 13:11, so that we will know if saying that the Catholics are the followers of the false prophets using the Revelation 13:16 is really out of the context.

The verse goes:

11 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. (Revelation 13:11, NKJV)

The mentioned beast on that verse has three identifying marks that are given on that verse alone:

1. The beast has two horns
2. The beast is looked like the lamb.
3. The beast speaks like the dragon.

The Beast has two Horns

First you should take note that the clause, “he had two horns like a lamb”, means that the beast is looked like a lamb and he has two horns. It is not that the horns of this beast are looked like the horns of the lamb because it was not written, “he had two horns like of a lamb.”

What does the horns represents to? Horns, actually represents the government or the power or the authority. Since, it was stated that this beast has two horns, in other words, this beast has two powers (government, authority).

Now, since we already had taken up about those people who received the mark on the forehead which are referred to by the Revelation 13:16 and that these people are the Catholics or the members of the church of Pope, then let’s us narrow our focus to the Pope who is the head of the Catholic Church.

So our question is: Is it true that the Pope is holding two governments or powers? Yes! The Catholic Pope is holding two powers (government, authority): (1) The pope is the head of estate, the Vatican City; (2) The Pope is the head of the church, the Catholic Church.

So, the first identifying mark of the beast given by the verse 11 is true to the Pope.

The beast looks like a lamb.

Actually, we already had studied about those who wear the clothing of the lamb in my article, “the False Prophets”. They are the people who look like the lamb.

First our question is: Who is the lamb? Well, if we will read the Revelation 14, we’ll find out that the lamb is Christ.

Since this beast is looked like the lamb, in other words, this beast will imitate Christ’s appearance, similar to what the false prophets (many false prophets) are doing (see my article, “The False Prophets”). These false prophets are wearing the clothing of Christ.

Now our next question is: Is the Pope wearing the clothing of Christ? And our answer is a big YES. Remember that what the Catholic Priests are wearing is also what the Pope is wearing. The only thing is there are additional garments that the Pope wears.

But we can’t mention only the clothing of Christ that the Pope too is wearing as his way of imitating Christ, because Christ and the Pope also have two similar positions at their respective churches:

1. Christ is the head of his own church, the Church of Christ. The Pope is the head of the Roman Catholic Church, his own church.
2. Christ is the foundation of the Church of Christ, his own church. The Pope is the foundation of his own church, the Roman Catholic Church.

Therefore, it is true that the Pope looks like the lamb. And this is the second identifying mark of the beast.

The beast speaks like the Dragon

It is said that this beast speaks like the dragon. But who is the Dragon according to the Bible? John of the Revelation wrote this:

9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. (Revelation 12:9, NKJV)

The answer is clear, that the dragon is the Devil (Demon). Now, since it is said that this beast speaks like the dragon, in other words, this beast speaks like the devil. What does it mean when the Bible say that the beast speaks like the devil or demon? It means that the beast will teach his followers the teachings of demon or devil.

But what are the teachings of the devil according to the Bible? Apostle Paul answered:

1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron, 3 forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. (I Timothy 4:1-3, NKJV)

The teachings of the devil or demon are: (1) Forbidding to marry; (2) Abstaining from eating food or meat.

And our question is: Is the Pope teaching these two teachings of the demon or devil? Our answer is Yes! Please read my previous article, “The False Prophets” for you to know if the Pope really teaches his followers in the Catholic Church of the teachings of demons which are (1) Forbidding to marry, (2) Abstaining from eating food or meat.

And again, the third identifying mark of the beast is found in the Pope.

Therefore, The Beast, the False Prophet is the Pope

The three identifying marks of the second beast are all found in the Pope. These identifying marks are:

1. It has two horns.
2. It looks like the lamb.
3. It speaks like the dragon.

Actually, if we will continue reading from verse 12 to 15, we’ll find more identifying marks of the second beast. However, from the verse 11 alone, we already found the three identifying marks of the beast in the Pope. And in verse 16, it was written:

And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, (Revelation 13:16, NKJV)

It is said that this beast (the Pope) causes all to receive the mark on their right hand or on their foreheads. And this is what really happened, happens and will be happening. See my article, “The Followers of the False Prophets” for more info.

So, three truths are revealed to us:

1. The beast mentioned in Revelation 13:11 is the Pope.
2. The followers of the Pope, the Catholics, are the people who receive the marks on their forehead.
3. The false prophets mentioned in Matthew 7:15-20 are the Catholic Priests, including the Pope.

By the way, in our next article, we’ll be studying the truth on when did these false prophets start to exist.

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