K076. Jesus is The Word who came in the flesh (3)

This is the third time I talk about The Word who came in the flesh. It is a great mystery.
1Ti 3:16  And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

I do not know how to explain this. But the mystery of godliness is a mystery of The Word which the mystery of lawlessness cannot tolerate:
2Th 2:5-10 LITV  Do you not remember that I told you these things, I yet being with you?  (6)  And now you know the thing holding back, for him to be revealed in his time.  (7)  For the mystery of lawlessness already is working, only he is holding back now, until it comes out of the midst.  (8)  And then "the Lawless One" will be revealed, "whom" "the Lord" "will consume" .. (9)  His coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and miraculous signs and lying wonders ..

Is it possible for the evil to 'come in the flesh' to oppose the godliness in the flesh? The Bible has given us the answer:
Joh 1:14 KJV  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
2Jn 1:6-9 KJV  And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.  (7)  For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.  (8)  Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.  (9)  Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

Many antiChrists and false prophets will rise in the end time, but one of them is very likely 'the evil that will come in the flesh' - the Lawless One or the Beast spoken by Paul and John. He will come in the flesh and (then) in the spirit to oppose the words and the works of God. Many theologians think that the Lawless one is a wicked man or a murderer with the thirst of killing and greediness for his own pleasure. However, please think, How many wicked men or murderers have died since the existence of men? Probably millions? But Paul and John would not be bothered if another millions of wicked men will come into the world. Of course, Paul and John was very concerned only about the 'one' who has the power to corrupt the teaching and doctrine of Christ from the church pulpits. Many still think that Hitler or king Nero was the beast because they were more wicked than all the millions of wicked men in the past. But I don't think they were a threat to the churches and the doctrine of Christ at all. The real threat comes from the Lawless one or the Beast who will speak or blaspheme with his 'flood water' (false doctrine) as spoken by John:
Rev 12:15-17 KJV  And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.  (16)  And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.  (17)  And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Many interpreted the above as the account of Jesus and his mother Mary fleeing from king Herod's persecution. However, I would think that this is the picture of how the churches would be 'attacked' by false doctrine, and later deceived by the Beast in the next chapter, Rev 13. Before the flood (in Rev 11), we have seen how the two olive trees were killed and resurrected (see my previous post in K058 and K073). I believe that it has great significance in the birth of the Church; because after the two olive trees were resurrected (together with Christ), the temple in heaven was opened, the ark was restored, and seven thousand 'men' in the spirit realm were slain:
Rev 11:13-19 KJV  And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.  (14)  The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.  (15)  And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. .. (19)  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.

We know that the above would lead to the birth of the Church because immediately after that John wrote:
Rev 12:1-4 KJV  And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:  (2)  And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.  (3)  And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.  (4)  And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

There were two wonders in heaven: the wonder of the great birth of the Church and the wonder of the great dragon who had fought and  brought down one third of God's angels. The greatest wonder is: Now the dragon will have to fight with the Church or the child on earth. Being angry, he tried to go against the mother who bore the child. Who is the mother? Of course, she is not Mary; I believe that the mother here is the picture of the Holy Spirit because we know that the Church is also born of the Water (the Word) and the Spirit through the blood of Jesus Christ. Hence, having failed to fight against the Holy Spirit, the dragon will turn against the Church and against those who are on earth:
Rev 12:17 KJV  And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

In Rev 12, we have probably seen the happenings in the spirit realm; but in the next chapter Rev 13, we are about to see how the dragon and the beast will influence us or persecute us in the physical realm:
Rev 13:1-18 KJV And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.. .. (11) And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.. .. (16) And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:  (17)  And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.  (18)  Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Who is the beast?
Is he a bird, a plane, or a superman? Or a man, a spirit, an organization, or a kingdom? It is an interesting question which we should not be afraid to explore and research. Only the beast and his false prophets are afraid that the believers will become too 'smart', judge his doctrine, and expose their deception; but God's preachers will always speak boldly without fear.
(See more writings on the beast from the video: https://youtu.be/qgES25Axojw?t=22m)

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