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The False Prophet - Skolfield
Two-Horned Beast
CHAPTER 12

"When will the new moon be over,
so that we may sell grain
and open the wheat market,
to make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger,
and to cheat with dishonest scales,
so as to buy the helpless for money
and the needy for a pair of sandals.”
AMOS 8:4-6 EXCERPTS

FOLLOWING the Leopard-Bear-Lion beast is another great beast: the
beast with “Two Horns like a Lamb.” Since the 42 months of LBL’s
dominion take us from 688 to 1967, this later beast might give us
information on events that take place AFTER 1967.

Rev 13:11 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.

       Look at how this new beast is described: It is “like a lamb.” The
Greek word used here for lamb is arnion,1 accurately defined as “a little
lambkin.” Arnion appears 26 times in Revelation, and in every time
except this one, arnion referred to the “lamb of God, which taketh away
the sins of the world” (Joh 1:29). So why did the Lord use a lamb to
describe this new beast? Because of its nature. This beast will appear to
be Christ-like, it will appear to be Christian, but Two-Horns really
speaks like the dragon. In other words, this beast will sound just like a
Christian empire, but it too would be militant and strongly influenced by
Satan.
       Now, this beast has two horns. In other words, this empire would
have two major kings or kingdoms. These kingdoms might exist at the
same time, or from examples like Dan 8:3 and 8:8, they could appear
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1 •ñíßïí, Strong’s No. G721. arnion, ar-nee’-on; diminutive from G704; a lambkin: lamb.
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one after the other. So how can we know who these kingdoms are? Well,
the Bible doesn’t directly say who, but it does tell us when they will
rule:

Rev 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before
him [i.e., in his sight or presence], and causeth the earth and them
which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound
was healed.

The Old English of the KJV is a little confusing here, but “before him”
in Greek is enopion, or “in the sight of.”1 The two-horned beast will rule
in the sight of, or in the presence of, the Leopard-Bear-Lion beast. Now
we already know that LBL was given authority from 688 to 1967. So for
this lamb-like beast to rule “in the sight” of LBL, he would have to rule
during the same time. His two horns would also have to come up
between 688 and 1967! That’s the key to the identity the Two-Horned
Beast, so I’m going to say it again:

For the beast with Two Horns like a Lamb to be in the presence
of the Leopard-Bear-Lion, he would have to exist while LBL
was in power; in other words, his two horns would have to
come up between 688 and 1967!

       “In his presence” also means something else. Two Horns and LBL
will coexist. Two Horns will not destroy LBL, but will be given
authority while LBL remains in the Holy Land. So let’s look at the
history of the Holy Land, and see if any so-called Christian nations ruled
there sometime between 688 and 1967.
       The Moslems conquered Jerusalem in 639AD. Forty-nine years
later, Abd el Malik Ibn Marwan began construction of the Dome of the
Rock on the temple mount. Construction was completed in 705, and
Islam ruled victorious in Jerusalem for the next 200 odd years. Satan
must have thought it was all over for the Holy Land, the Jews and the
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1 ¦íæðéïí, Strong’s No. G1799. enopion, en-o’-pee-on; neut. of a comp. of G1722 and
a der. of G3700; in the face of (lit. or fig.):--before, in the presence (sight) of, to.
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Church. The Moslems rejoiced over defeating God’s Two Witnesses, a
fact that was predicted in the prophecy about them:1

Rev 11:10 (NASB) And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice
over them and make merry; and they will send gifts to one another,
because these two prophets[the Two Witnesses] tormented those
who dwell on the earth.

       Then in the 10th Century, Pope Urban II called for the Crusades to
begin. Christian knights from Europe and England captured Jerusalem
and ruled in the Holy Land for the next 200 years. But by the end of the
12th Century, the Crusaders were driven out, and Islam again ruled the
country. Moslems continued to rule the Holy Land through several
regimes, the final one being the Ottoman Empire.
       Though we don’t read about it in western histories, the Crusaders
raped, murdered, and pillaged the people who were living in the Holy
Land. They claimed to be Christians but they indeed “spoke like the
dragon!” They didn’t destroy the Dome of the Rock, nor drive the
Moslems out of the land so the Crusaders were “in his sight.” They were
the first horn, and they were in the presence of the Leopard-Bear-Lion!
       Seven Centuries later, during World War I, a later group of
“Christian knights” again fought against the Islamic world and entered
the Holy Land. Lawrence of Arabia and General Allenby (with the
blessing of the League of Nations) conquered what was to become
known as the British Mandate. The western nations, appearing “like a
lamb,” ruled in Jerusalem, and from1917 to
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1 A full explanation of the 3-1/2 days or Rev 11:9, is contained in a chapter entitled Hour,
Day, Month, and Year.
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GRAPH NUMBER 17

 
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1948, Great Britain controlled the Holy Land. They did not destroy the
Dome of the Rock, nor drive the Moslems out. They were another horn
“in the sight” of the Leopard-Bear-Lion. Thus, the British Mandate was
the second horn of the Two-Horned Beast.
       In 1948, the new nation of Israel was established and that ended
Gentile domination of the Holy Land, forever. But twice during the 42
months, “Christian nations” did rule in the presence of the Leopard-
Bear-Lion, so the western, so-called “Christian” nations are the beast
with Two Horns like a Lamb.

THE HEALED BEAST

       That takes us to 1948, but that is not the end of the Two-Horned
Beast (2H) nor of the Leopard-Bear-Lion:

Rev 13:12-14 And he [2H] exerciseth all the power of the first
beast [LBL] before him, and causeth the earth and them which
dwell therein to worship the first beast [LBL], whose deadly wound
was healed. And he [2H] doeth great wonders, so that he maketh
fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And
deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those
miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the [LBL] beast.

       After World War II, the Beast with Two Horns experienced an
accelerated growth in its economies and industry. With western oil fields
insufficient for its needs, Two Horns turned to the Middle East. Over the
next five decades, a major portion of western hard currency flowed into
the coffers of the Leopard-Bear-Lion. Those Middle Eastern nations then
used those funds to rebuild Islam and to buy modern weaponry from the
West. The Beast with Two Horns “healed” the beast who had a wound
of the sword, and Leopard-Bear-Lion came back to life! So for the first
time since the Battle of Vienna, radical Islamic states again threaten the
peace of Israel and the Western world.
       Indeed, the Beast with Two-Horns “performs great signs” which
deceive men and turn their eyes from God. The western nations are the
most scientifically advanced on earth. If you had been standing on the
streets of Baghdad in 1991 or 2003 that phrase, “and he even makes fire
come down out of Heaven to the earth in the presence of men,” wouldn’t
 
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have been a mystery to you. American guided munitions and smartbombs
are indeed a “fire from Heaven” that is visible to all.
       We have dived to the bottom of the bottomless sea, harnessed the
atom, sent probes beyond our solar system, and placed men on the
Moon. These are great signs which deceive us into thinking man is God
(2Th 2:4).

IMAGE OF THE BEAST

       There has probably been as much written about the image and mark
of the beast as about any other passage in the Bible (Rev 13:14-18). It
has always been assumed that this “image of the beast” was something
physical, like a statue that was carved, cast, or sculpted out if stone,
wood, or metal. But that is not all the dictionary says an image can be.1
       An image is a likeness of any kind. A photograph is an “image” of
the original scene, a book is an “image” of the thoughts of the writer and
a child can be the “image” of his father. If we use that broader definition
for “image,” then the new Muslim Jihad that faces the West and Israel
is an image of the first Jihad. For indeed, this new Islamic threat is just
as menacing as the one that came before it.

Rev 13:14 And he [the Two-Horned Beast] deceiveth them that
dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had
power to do in the sight of the beast [LBL]; saying to them that
dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the [LBL]
beast [a likeness of, or a new Islamic power], which had the wound
by a sword, and did live.

       An image is a likeness, and now a likeness of the first Muslim Jihad
is springing up all over the world. The fastest growing religion in Europe
is Islam, and as of this writing, the largest mosque in the Western world
is in Rome. The largest place of worship in Toronto, Canada, is a
mosque, and there are more people attending mosques in England than
there are going into the Church of England. In Holland, state-owned
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1 Image: A duplicate, counterpart, or other representative reproduction of an object. One
that closely or exactly resembles another, a double. A mental picture of something that is
not real or present.
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Christian churches are now being turned over to Moslems, and 14% of
the immigrants into the United States are Islamic.
       There are over 1.2 billion or so people in that false religion today.
Best estimates are that 10-15 percent of all Moslems are militant
fundamental extremists. In other words, 100 to 150 million human
beings are in the world's most dangerous splinter group. Since there are
an estimated three to five million Moslems here in the United States, if
that 10-15% statistic holds true for us, we could reasonably conclude
that between 500,000 and 750,000 Moslems in America also support the
terrorists.
       It is considered an outrageous sin for a Muslim to betray a fellow
Muslim to an infidel, regardless of the crime. As a result, extremists can
comfortably hide in any Muslim population. They do so right here in this
country.

Dan 8:25 ... he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall
magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many:

       We are being taken for fools. Did you know that the major portion
of Hamas’ funding comes from this country? That money isn’t being
given to the Palestinian terrorists by the tooth fairy.
       While claiming to be our friends, these same Moslems, are killing
many thousands of Christians in Nigeria, over 1,000,000 Christians in
the Sudan – many by crucifixion – thousands more in Indonesia, the
Philippines, and anywhere else in the world where there are large
Islamic populations. Have we already forgotten our own embassies in
Teheran and Africa, the Achille Lauro, Pan Am 107, the Marine
barracks in Beirut, Somalia,1 the first World Trade Center attack and the
USS Cole?
       So what are the differences between the United States and Nigeria,
the Sudan, and Indonesia? Many, but there is one central difference –
there are a lot more Moslems in those troubled countries. And what do
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1 There is now credible evidence that Osama bin Laden funded and sent al Queda fighters
into Somalia to fight the US Special Forces there, 18 of whom were killed with 75
wounded. Al Queda forces fired from behind the local women and children making it
extremely difficult for US troops to defend themselves without causing great collateral
damage.
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we hear, even from the President of the United States? That Islam is love
and peace. Maybe now we can hear three verses from within the Bowls
of Wrath:

Rev 16:12-14 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the
great river Euphrates [which flows between Iraq and Iran]; and the
water thereof was dried up [as the waters that separated them were
figuratively dried up, they figuratively became one land, and
through Islam they have spiritually become one people], that the
way of the kings of the east [LBL] might be prepared [Afghanistan
is also East of LBL]. And I saw three unclean spirits [Leopard-
Bear-Lion is a three-part empire] like frogs come out of the mouth
of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the
mouth of the false prophet [Muhammad]. For they are the spirits of
devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth
and of the whole world [for the first time in history, Islam is now
spreading into the Western world], to gather them to the battle of
that great day of God Almighty.

       Note the location of this prophecy: the River Euphrates, a river that
runs between Iran and Iraq and into Syria. That’s the lair of the Leopard-
Bear-Lion once again. Notice how many evil spirits like frogs there are:
THREE and LBL beast is a composite three-part beast. It is the release of
these three demons into the world that will trigger Armageddon. Just
watch how Islam is spreading. The Two-Horned Beast helps the
Leopard-Bear-Lion to gain strength to its own harm:

Rev 13:15-16 And he [2H] had power to give life unto the image
of the [LBL] beast, that the image [or likeness] of the [first LBL]
beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not
worship the image of the beast should be killed.

       But all of that is far away, and Islam could never be a danger here,
right? Yeah, right! Most thought so until the World Trade Center fell.
But by then, Islam was already a major force among the Black youth in
America and many prison populations are now controlled by Black
Moslems. Of the immigrants now entering this country, 14% are Islamic
and Moslems are spending over $1,000,000 a week here to subvert our
people. Even as we write, Islamic fundamentalists hold secret meetings
 
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in such unlikely places as Tampa, Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, and
Kansas City to plot terrorist acts against our nation.1
       But despite the destruction of the World Trade Center, western
nations, including our own, still favor Arab interests above those of our
staunchest friend in the Middle East, Israel. Ignoring the fact that Yasser
Arafat and his henchman, Abu Abas, invented airplane hijacking, the
Palestinians still have access to the highest echelons of our government.
We listen, in a vain attempt to further a peace process that cannot work.
Arafat is the most murderous terrorist who ever lived, yet we demand
that Israel make peace with him. You cannot make peace with those
intent on your obliteration, and though it hasn’t happened yet, the Bible
indicates that our listening to the Leopard-Bear-Lion could lead to the
destruction of the Church in the Western world:

Rev 11:7 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.

That death could be physical, but surely it is spiritual, as the Church
stumbles about in a self-induced doctrinal trance. At no time since the
Reformation has the Church known less about Jesus or the Bible than
it does right now. Blinded by tradition, lethargy, and the cares of this
world, we keep right on playing. In Matthew 24:25 the Lord promised
He would tell us all this in advance, and He has. But Jesus will still be
returning as a thief, for few there are who await His appearing.
 
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GRAPH NUMBER 18


Summary of Day-Years & Times
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1 M. Ali, Christianity’s Greatest Challenge (Kaduna, Nigeria, Soul Winning Team
Ministries) pp. 2-5
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