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Revelation
13:5 speaks of this time
as forty two months. "...and
power was given unto him to
continue forty and
two months."
The forty two months of
Revelation 13:5 and the "time,
and times and dividing a time"
of Daniel 7:25
equal the same thing. 42
months = "3 1/2 years" a
"time (one year) and times
(+ two years) and the
dividing of time, (+ half a
year ) = three and a half
years, or forty two months
(12+24 + 6 = 42 months) Revelation
12:6 confirms this when it
says that the church of Jesus
would hide in the wilderness for
exactly 1260 days. 42
months, or 3 and a half years
equals 1260 days. Yes, some will
say that 42 months does not
equal 1260 days because all our
months do not equal 30 days
each. But the historical
and biblical fact here is,
prophecy speaks of biblical
months.
To
understand the "forty and two
months" or the "time, and times
and diving a time"
that the beast will reign we
must first find the method of
time the Bible declares for
prophecy.
God
says in Ezekiel 4:6 "I have
appointed thee each day
for a year."
And we also find the Bible
acknowledges a month to be 30
days long. Because
in Genesis 7:11
we see the rain started on the 17 day
of the 2nd month and in Genesis
8:3,4 we find the water
receded at the end of 150
days. Then the Bible says
the ark rested on the 17th
day of the 7th month. That's
exactly 5 months to the
day.
If we divide the 150 days by the 5 months you get 30 days per month. Therefore, 42 months multiplied by 30 equals 1260. And according to Ezekiel 4:6, that's 1260 years that Papal Rome would reign. Does History confirm this happened?
Historical
records reveal the papacy began
its reign in 538AD upon
Emperor Justinian's decree, and
under the military protection of
Belisarius. The Bible
says the beast will rule for EXACTLY
1260 years before
receiving a mortal wound.
Now it's just a matter of simple
mathematics. It is also a grand
method by which to see the Lord
glorified.
If
the prophecy is correct, 1260
years after 538AD
the
Beast must receive a mortal
wound. If you add 1260 years to
the beginning year for the Roman
Catholic church which was 538AD, you will
arrive in the year 1798AD. So,
according to the Bible, we are
told the first reign of the
Beast will last till the year
1798. So, did it end in 1798,
and how?
First
understand, according to the
prophecy, we learn that,
"He that leadeth into
captivity shall go
into captivity:
he that killeth with the sword
must be killed with
the sword..."
-Revelation 13:10.
The prophecy is clearly telling
us that the beast would be
destroyed with the sword (sword =
military in prophecy) at
the end of its reign of exactly
1260 years. Did this happen to
Papal Rome in 1798?
YES
IT DID!
On
February 10th Napoleon Bonaparte
in that EXACT
year of 1798 sent his
General Louis Alexandre Berthier
with his army
into Rome Italy.
It
is recorded in
History...
That's
Exactly 42 prophetic
months, or 1260
years, or a time, and
times, and dividing a time
after the Papacy began its
powerful reign that the Pope "shall
go into captivity" by
the military!
By the way, shortly after his captivity, the Pope did in fact die, in exile the following November.
