Too many Christians interpret Scripture, and especially Revelation, literally - that is, physically. For the Beasts of Revelation they look for two literal bestial creatures. For the Anti-Christ, they look for some pale snake-like man, wearing black robes, shrouded with smoke. The hearts and minds of these Christians are in the right place but they are looking in the wrong place. Perhaps, just as warfare is now spiritual, we should have been looking to prophetical and Biblical interpretations in the same way.
In Truth, the strange Beasts of Revelation are political-governing systems; The Anti-Christ is a religious-political system. In the Book of Daniel we see the bestial animals represent kingdoms. With the Anti-Christ, we can know that it will be a system of spirit and politics because Jesus had nothing to do with politics and everything to do with spirit. Yes, even the whole of the Bible is meant to be understood in spirit - but the Lord our God is Omnipotent, a physical interpretation thus merits benefit in terms of the physical (so too the spiritual).
Take, for example, the parables of Jesus Christ. If we were to take these literally, as the Pharisees and others who heard Him speak did, we would be left believing that Jesus was really only speaking of earthly vineyards, wheat, sowing, and reaping. If we did not interpret them in spirit, as they are meant to be understood, we would miss that Jesus Christ told us of the order of Heaven, of mankind being wheat and tares; we would be dead in knowledge. Not so of the earthly, as there is wisdom in that understanding but our spirits would have no understanding - they would be dead not understanding our God (which reveals underlying issues as to why we did not understand - that is, sin which holds us back).
Even the whole of the Old Testament, or Torah, is meant to be understood in spirit. When one understands this, one can see that nearly every mention of God, of a salvation, or even men such as David, Joseph, Moses, etc., are meant to be understood in spirit as foretelling Jesus Christ's birth, sacrifice, resurrection, and return. Even the very events of the Old Testament are a spiritual image of what is to come in the future.
Everything that happened during the plagues of Exodus are particularly important in terms of what will happen during the plagues of Revelation - which we Christians will live through. In Exodus, note how the Pharaoh behaved, note what he decreed, note why he decreed it, note when the first plague arrived, note why that first plague came when it did. I will help you discern how to use the spirit in this matter.
The plagues of Egypt began after Moses had come back to the Israelites and re-informed them of their duty as God's people (His people of the time). They had to rest, that is, Shabbat. When Moses told them to Shabbat, the Pharaoh called Moses and angrily spoke to him, saying, "You make them rest!" Or, "You make them Shabbat!" Immediately after, Pharaoh forced the Israelites out of the Sabbath by a decree and the first plague of God came.
This means it wasn't until there was a lawful decree made against the Sabbath that God was angered enough to begin the plagues. Do you think that, perhaps, this shall be reflected in the future? In spirit? I do. I believe that to keep man's decree against the Lord's Sabbath will be the Mark of the Beast, a Mark which will be spiritual - only those of spirit shall see it: God, the Angels, Satan, those in-tune with spirit, etc.
John 4:23, "But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him." Continue to study Scripture, and examine world-events, with this spirit in mind.
May the Holy Spirit reveal such things to you,
Logos Prevailing.
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