Revelation 9 - Lake Erie Bible Church
Revelation 9 - Lake Erie Bible Church
Revelation 9 - Lake Erie Bible Church
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Chapter 9<br />
THE REVELATION TO JOHN<br />
C. The leopard de-emphasizes blocking because it is an inherently slow action: you<br />
have to see the attack coming, move quickly enough to intercept the attack, and<br />
then actually deflect the strike, all in a very short period of time.<br />
D. The leopard devotes itself to all out attack, forcing the defender to devote all his<br />
attention to blocking rather than counter-attacking.<br />
E. The leopard knows that eventually one or more of its attacks will get through the<br />
opponent’s defense simply by overloading it with relentless aggression.<br />
F. The leopard seen by Daniel had on its back four wings of a bird, indicating an<br />
even greater ability to move rapidly.<br />
G. The animal had four heads, pointing to a four-fold political division in the third<br />
empire of the last days.<br />
H. Heads are used like mountains in prophetic language to refer to political<br />
kingdoms or nations.<br />
I. While the lion conjures up the thought of kingly royalty, such as you might find in<br />
the monarchy of Great Britain, the leopard conjures up the thoughts of an exotic<br />
and speedy predator.<br />
J. This animal corresponds to the wind from the East and is used to teach the great<br />
military threat from the communist orient.<br />
K. The four wings indicate that the oriental block of nations will be able to mobilize<br />
and attack much faster than men can imagine.<br />
L. The four heads portray the four specific groups that will consolidate power under<br />
the communist Chinese and could very possibly include Korea, and two other<br />
southeast Asian nations.<br />
M. China, North Vietnam, Laos, and North Korea are already fully committed to<br />
communism, and thus share a common ideology and government.<br />
55. Current events indicate that China alone would be able to field an army of this size,<br />
something about which Chairman Mao boasted as early as the 1960’s.<br />
56. The latest information we have on China (from the year 2000) indicates that the<br />
military manpower that is available (males age 15-49) is estimated to be 363,050,980;<br />
further, those actually fit for military service is estimated to be 199,178,361.<br />
57. As the Asia Times online has noted (atimes.com), “After the break-up of the Soviet<br />
Union in 1991, with the Russia-South Korea and China-South Korea rapprochement,<br />
the long economic depression of North Korea and the increase in the level of Chinese<br />
aid, China is again steadily strengthening its influence over Korean affairs. Kim<br />
Jong-il's secret visit to China just days before the summit with his Southern<br />
counterpart Kim Dae-jung and his tour-visit to China in January 2001 are widely<br />
regarded as the clear proof of China's influence.”<br />
58. Further, China has been in the process of consolidating its relationship with all the<br />
nations of Southeast Asia by signing four new long-term cooperation agreements with<br />
Myanmar (Burma), Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore.<br />
59. China also reinforced bilateral relations by exchanging high-level delegations with<br />
Singapore, the Philippines, and Myanmar, and several regional states joined with<br />
China to celebrate milestone anniversaries marking the establishment of diplomatic<br />
relations.<br />
60. China also reinforced its ideological relations with Vietnam and Laos, its military ties<br />
with Thailand, and reportedly increased its military support for Myanmar.<br />
<strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Erie</strong> <strong>Bible</strong> <strong>Church</strong><br />
P-T Ken Reed<br />
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