Protestant America soon to suffer at the hands of the Jesuit king of Babylon

“The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.… And the beast that was, and is not, even he… goeth into perdition.” (Rev. 17:8,11).

In three different visions Revelation explains parts of the bottomless pit event: Revelation 9, 11:7, and 17:8,11. Revelation 9 says that locusts would ascend, but Revelation 11:7 and Revelation 17:8,11 both call it “the beast” that ascends from the bottomless pit. Therefore we know that the Revelation 13 beast is referred to by the locusts that would devour everyone not having the seal of God in their forehead. Revelation 9 gives the added evidence that these enemies of beast are all who are green—that is, everyone having the living God in their heart, everyone who is surrendered to Jesus through the Law of God, per Galatians 3:24. And today the Law of God that is quick and sharper than a two-edged sword is the Spirit of Prophecy unvarnished declarations of what sin is.

Locusts are the most feared plague in the Middle East, well-known for the rapidity with which they strip each tree, and their voracious appetite like their bellies never get full. They fly furiously from tree to tree until the whole land is laid bare.

Such an object lesson most accurately reveals the driving force in the beast power as it has been ascending from its prison house made by the Protestant Reformation. When did this bottomless pit come open? When we look closely at the language of the fifth and sixth trumpets we hear the elements that make up the third angel’s message—unappeased torment [no rest day or night], fire, smoke, and brimstone. When did the third angel’s message begin? I’m calling it 1849 because of the major social and spiritual earthquake that shook Protestant America when gold got discovered in California. Most assuredly, the seven trumpets began in 1844. The introduction of the sealing took place before the seventh seal came off the book in the Lamb's hands. The typical feast of trumpets that warned the people of God that Judgment Day would arrive in 10 days. The seven trumpets mirror the type by announcing the coming time of test for the seal or the mark—the pretest for the mighty day that Jesus returns in the power of His Father.

In 1849 Protestant Americans suddenly had a good reason to cross the mighty Mississippi and risk their lives in Indian Territory. (And every American was a Protestant, even the Catholics, because they all loved their government of the people, by the people, and for the people. The Catholic religion was very destructive to the gospel, but they all loved separation of church and state. They loved their peace in the land and a federal budget based on the taxes collected. That made them part of Protestant America.)

Protestant America’s rejection of William Miller in the first trumpet, then the Sabbath and the Law of God in the second trumpet, paved the way for their hearts to be poisoned by Satan in the third trumpet, and their light to go out in the fourth trumpet. All of that took place quickly in preparation for the next major step downward—falling to the first of three woes during Revelation chapters 9 through 11. Therefore we hear a most solemn, august warning to Protestant Americans:

“And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!” (Rev. 8:13).

“And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.” (Rev. 11:7).

But we know from Revelation 9 that the beast’s war and ultimate victory over Protestants is a spiritual warfare—because the war rages over the sealing, or the marking. The mark of the beast from the third angel’s warning results from the fire, smoke, brimstone, torment, language that was first delineated in the fifth and sixth trumpets. Therefore, the message of the third angel is taken from the fifth and sixth trumpets. And so we can tie the warfare of the locusts against the people of God together with the efforts regarding the mark and the seal in the forehead of Protestants.

The fifth and sixth trumpets:

“And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.” (Rev. 9:1-4).

The third angel’s message:

“And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of His indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.” (Rev. 14:9-11).

The big picture of the work of sealing has everything to do with surrender. Yes, surrender! The third angel’s message is a gospel-Law issue! There is much gospel in Revelation. The first angel’s message began with an announcement of the gospel.

“And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people.” (Rev. 14:6).

But, if plan A doesn’t work and we won’t be transformed by the renewing of our mind through the gospel, then God has a plan B. But plan B isn’t so nice as standing before the Spirit of Prophecy and having our souls stripped by the mighty cleaver of truth and baring our filthiness before the angelic courts. “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.” (Heb. 4:13).

Plan B works with consequences to not going to the Plan A’s Schoolmaster perfect Law of liberty. But, Plan B means Babylonian slavery, and Egyptian affliction, our “slaves [‘bodies’] and souls” (Rev. 18:13) sold to the highest bidding covert taskmasters, that soon will be enabled to remove their masks and then have full liberty to overtly afflict and enslave. They will have taken back all that they lost in the Dark Ages. It will mean work camps and concentration camps and starvation. That is what Revelation 17:8, 11 forewarns of. (However, in the end Revelation 11:11-17 shows that God wins, and so does everyone who learned surrender and accepted the humiliation of their due punishment from heaven.)

“The Roman Church is far-reaching in her plans and modes of operation. She is employing every device to extend her influence and increase her power in preparation for a fierce and determined conflict to regain control of the world, to re-establish persecution, and to undo all that Protestantism has done. Catholicism is gaining ground upon every side.” Great Controversy, p. 565.   

“Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree [a rod for whipping].

Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten My word to perform it.

And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.

Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.

And I will utter My judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken Me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.” (Jer. 1:11-16).

Sadly, Plan B is for us—all of us. Even the Daniels and Meshachs went into captivity. No one gets secret raptured out of here. And no one will be able to fend off the Babylonian juggernaut that is forming as it rises higher and higher around us. Everyone must be punished because it’s too late to expect anyone to come around to Plan A. That is, not without a severe affliction helping them, motivating them along to return to Plan A. we are just as dug into rebellion as was the Jews in Jeremiah’s day. And millions of Protestants (not to mention as many Adventists) have a lot of changing of mindsets and deeply seated, wrong paradigms in order to accept the high standards of the Testimony of Jesus. Much of Protestantism has been convinced these last days to brand the Lord’s special messenger a false prophet, and call it a cult the final movement that she suffered 70 years to establish through the grace of Jesus.

We need to surrender to authority—godly and righteous authority. True, the power that is coming is neither godly nor righteous. However, with God overseeing the restoration of the wicked son of perdition, we can learn surrender to authority if we can see God’s hand behind the punishments that happen during the first time of trouble. Will we grumble and complain? Or, will we fall on our faces before the God of truth and grace, and accept the redemption that He wanted to give us, but which we had no time for while the good times rolled? If we will bow to the merciful hand of the God of heaven, then we will be enabled to accept the punishment. And thus, our surrender under the harshest conditions of Plan B will be accounted for standing before the harsh rebukes of Plan A. But, if we can’t see God’s hand in our punishment and we resist the loss of our every right and privilege and personal property, then that will cause a deepening root of bitterness and a strengthening of rebellion against God. It will mean the mark of the beast. And that is Satan’s purpose behind his beast power.

There must be no resistance, no fighting back the mighty power of evil that takes the good life away from us and strips us of our idols. “They shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised My judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.” (Lev. 26:43).

 “Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

For I have set My face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.” (Jer. 21:4-9).

“But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by Myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

For thus saith the LORD unto the king’s house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto Me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.

And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.” (Jer. 22:25-27).

“And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;

I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto Me.

And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.

And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.

And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.” (Jer. 27:4-8).

“Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:

For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.

For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in My name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.

Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?” (Jer. 27:9-17).

“And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against Me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;

And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:

Then will I remember My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised My judgments, and because their soul abhorred My statutes.

And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break My covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.

But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.” (Lev. 26:31-45).