[quantfive]

"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.

[kronos77]

Interesting again!
(My father is Catholic, so I dont hold definitive stance between two teachings)

Also there are more Orthodox Church teachings. In addition that wast is "bad" it is also a denial of idea of new ID documents which hold bar-code. It is commonly compared to "Bar" as what you call "Bear" and a symbol of Satan, Ortodox teaching is same but it emphases on "Baar" is a Germanic word for bear, also BAR-code (pronounces on Slavic thoungs as "Baar-Code". In Greece they, as vastly Orthodox country rejected new IDs with Bar-code, and similar anti-Bar-code movement is rising in Serbia. Orthodox Church teaches against those documents as it is in Bible "Who doesn't receive a mark of the beast will have no right at all" so Bar-code is compared to the "mark of the beast". Also in Book Of Revelations is a picture of a women chased by red beast from the east, we hol dthat that beast is Islam. Woman is descrived that have a helo of 12 stars on her head and a half-moon under her legs. ortodox teaching (unofficial) is that that woman is Serbia, on north is EU (hungary) with EU symbol of 12 stars and half-moon are Albanian Muslims, and that child that beast wants to kill(eat) is Kosovo, that islam wants to totaly islamise.