Daniel 7:25
(25) And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

Another reason for linking the first angels message the judgment of the living is this statement from EGW:


Notice that it's at the "commencement of the time of [little] time of trouble" that the Holy Spirit empowers the message. Some major event will trouble the world and arrest it's attention. The mighty angel of Revelation 10 along with the angel of Revelation 14 and the angel of Revelation 18 will utter their voices to give the final warning message that the "hour of His judgment is come," interpreting the event(s).

Peter, sorry I'm not clear on what you're saying in your last post.

In the following statement, EGW links the mighty angel of Revelation 10 with a future message that arrests the world's attention. How will the angel demand attention? I'll concede that it could simply be by the power of the Holy Spirit speaking through consecrated men, similar to the great awakening under William Miller; but if we put all of the inspired texts together, it seems more likely that there will be some events that are global in scope that will focus the world's attention our present truth, judgment hour message:

This last part of the quote agrees with Daniel 7 where the little horn is judged at the height of it's power during that future time when it again speak blasphemies, uniting with "Satan to oppose the truth".

This is exactly right. The major event that will trouble the world is the revealing of Satan as an angel of light, coming as the eighth King of Rev 17, then immediately afterwards is the "angel that cries with a mighty voice' which was originally proclaimed before the great disappointment of 1844. The loud cry of Rev 18 begins by proclaiming that Babylon has become "Inhabited by demons".

Quote; "The saints must get a thorough understanding of present truth, which they will be obliged to maintain from the Scriptures. They must understand the state of the dead, for the spirits of devils will yet appear to them, professing to be beloved friends and relatives, who will declare to them that the Sabbath has been changed, also other unscriptural doctrines.—Early Writings, 87 (1854). {LDE 156.3}

The apostles, as personated by these lying spirits, are made to contradict what they wrote at the dictation of the Holy Spirit when on earth. They deny the divine origin of the Bible.—The Great Controversy, 557 (1911). {LDE 157.1}

Through the two great errors, the immortality of the soul and Sunday sacredness, Satan will bring the people under his deceptions. While the former lays the foundation of spiritualism, the latter creates a bond of sympathy with Rome.—The Great Controversy, 588 (1911). {LDE 157.2}


'But the people of God will not be misled. The teachings of this false christ are not in accordance with the Scriptures. His blessing is pronounced upon the worshipers of the beast and his image, the very class upon whom the Bible declares that God’s unmingled wrath shall be poured out.'—The Great Controversy, 624, 625 (1911). {LDE 157.4}

This is the last great conflict before Jesus comes that will unite the world in error.

So this pope dies... Satan, coming in the form of number six of the previous seven Kings, which would be John Paul II, appears to have been resurrected from the dead. As this is happening other demons impersonate some of the apostles, who lead the Ten Horns on the last phase of the Rome beast recorded in Rev 17 to lend their power to the beast for one hour (two literal weeks). The Spirit of Prophecy states that the ten horns represent the protestant churches in America, so these apostate apostle apparitions lead the protestant churches to unite with the Satanic resurrection of the worlds most beloved pope. This will be quite dramatic.

Imagine the movie that could be made on this story line eh?

James, did Jesus show you in a dream or vision that Satan will impersonate John Paul II after Benedict dies? Also, where in the SOP does Ellen say the "ten horns represent the protestant churches in America"?

The problem with the theory of the 7 headed beast in Rev 17 being the Papacy is that the whore is the Papacy and the beast and horns turn on the whore at the end of Rev 17

From where did this idea originate?

James or anyone, what's your thinking on this. Is the whore the Papacy? Why or why not and what are the implications.

Also, James, I was reading your "Eight King" blog and you state that the judgment of the living began during the reign of John Paul II. Can you say more about that here?