Interesting!
But we in Serbia, Ortodox Christians are thought that last beast is Western world, and that specificaly will be Vatican.
Second interesting thing is that in Serbian translation of Bible there is no mentioning of "dragon" but -"beast" (Azhdaya) due to the fact that Dragons are positive beings for Serbs as somweath symbols of male principles, and female dragon, "Azhdaya" is beast.
And for us St. George is not killing dragon, but "Azhdaya", or beast
"Interesting!
But we in Serbia, Ortodox Christians are thought that last beast is Western world, and that specificaly will be Vatican.
Second interesting thing is that in Serbian translation of Bible there is no mentioning of "dragon" but -"beast" (Azhdaya) due to the fact that Dragons are positive beings for Serbs as somweath symbols of male principles, and female dragon, "Azhdaya" is beast.
And for us St. George is not killing dragon, but "Azhdaya", or beast"
Interesting teachings by the Orthodox church. I was taught something else by the Catholics, Jehovah Witnesses and the Pentacostals surrounding the beast. What I did was read the bible cover to cover for myself.
It's like a good movie where God creates man, man falls then has to work harder and die younger and younger further from Adam we get (perfection). Women have increases birth pangs and are dominated by their husbands.
Then you have God's blessing on a nation (Israel) to be His spokesperson. Israel rejects God and they suffer the consequences. Christ is prophecied and comes, rejected by Israel again and again Israel is destroyed. Finally, in the end times you have a massive world war and judgement of the earth, leading to a re-birth of civilization under Christ.
God promises in Revelations death will be no more, that mankind will receive more intelligence and learning in the end-times. This is happening as we speak. Man is living longer and in two centuries will not die because of modern medicine, the West treats women as equals instead of being dominated etc. We've have begun our journey back to perfection with WWIII as the last big event before this occurs.