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Why is Mahmoud Abbas the Beast of Revelation 13?


The most important issue that must be resolved in discovering the
meaning of Revelation 13 is which people are being discussed.
If the wrong people are associated with the prophecies of Revelation
13 its answer can never be found. The people being referred to in
Revelation 13 are the Palestinians. Once this is decided three questions
have to be answered; why, how and who.

Why do the Palestinian people lack the ability to buy and sell?
Due to the Hamas takeover of the Palestinian Government,
Western Aid was discontinued.

How will the Palestinian people receive funds in order to buy and sell?
Through a program called the Temporary International Mechanism
that bypasses the Hamas controlled Palestinian Authority. This program
was established on Friday June 16, 2006. This date 6/16/06 represents
the day that one man was allowed to administer a program that paid the
salaries of his people. This is an amazing coincidence. There are only
three days in ten years that end with three sixes; June 6, June 16, and
June 26.

Who will provide these salaries to the Palestinians?
Salaries will be paid through the office of Mahmoud Abbas.

Also, what group will be prevented from getting money because they did
not receive the mark?

Hamas boycotted the Election of Mahmoud Abbas in January 2005;
therefore they did not receive the indelible ink mark to their right hands.
All salaries are being given to Fatah, the party of Mahmoud Abbas.
Hamas will not honor the image of Mahmoud Abbas. The image of
Mahmoud Abbas is required by the international community to continue
peace talks with Israel. This image is three items that represent Abbas
and his Government; the honoring of all prior Palestinian agreements
with Israel, the renunciation of terror as a means to an end, and a two-
state solution based on the 1967 borders prior to the six-day war.


Three items point to the Beast of Revelation 13: his mark, his number
and his name. WOEphraim

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An intelligent question and answer

Question:
The beast of Revelation 13 is associated with various items by which
he can be identified. One of these is:

" And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies,
and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months".

How did Mahmoud Abbas fulfill this prophecy? How would you fit the 42
months time period, as used by John, in the life of Mahmoud Abbas?

Answer:
Mahmoud Abbas does not fulfill this 42 month prophecy, Yasser Arafat does.
The first beast of Revelation and the little horn was Yasser Arafat. The 42
months were fulfilled in the first three and a half years of the Oslo
Accords. This happened between 1993 and 1997. Negotiations were going
well and both sides were making progress during this time. Arafat's leadership
seemed to be providing results as Israel continued to transfer
land and security control back to the Palestinians. In the second half of the
seven years that ended in Sept. 2000, the good will began to break down
and terrorism stifled the whole process. The second intifada started, shortly
after the failure at Camp David, and not much has happened every since.

Naturally, when Yasser Arafat died in November of 2004, he had to be
replaced. Mahmoud Abbas became that replacement. He stepped into the
position of the first beast simply by being elected Palestinian President.
The second beast of Revelation entered the picture when Hamas won the
the elections of Jan. 2006. When Hamas won the election, the Government
of the Palestinian Authority became the two-horned second beast. These
two horns represent two kings within the same Palestinian Authority that do
not agree on the image of Mahmoud Abbas.
This image of Mahmoud Abbas and his Government are three issues that
represent the old Palestinian Authority. These must be implemented to allow
a peace process to continue with Israel. Hamas must recognize Israel,
abide by old agreements and renounce terrorism. This is the image of Abbas;
the second beast of Revelation. If these ideas are not followed, honored or
worshipped; those individuals will be killed. This is happening to Hamas daily.

I added the word worshipped here because that is the word used by the King
James Bible translators. It also means to honor.

Now combined with the first post, beyond a shadow of a doubt, Abbas is
that second beast and he has fulfilled the prophecy of 666 as I have described.
Thanks for your question, anonymous.

WOEphraim