I was thinking about The Devil. (As you do,,,Ed.)
God has a large team.
A bit like Sir Alan Sugar.
Angels, Saints, Cherubs...you name it. (that's God not Sugar)
When you arrive at the Pearly Gates you are greeted by St. Peter.
It must be a demanding full time job for Pete.
"The hours are lousy but you get to meet a lot of people".
Who's the bouncer at the Unpearly Gates?
Does Satan work alone?
I decided to look into it.
Typing 'does the devil work alone?'...
By the time I got to the last word the suggestion was 'does the Devil work at night?'.
This made me laugh as everyone knows the Dev is strictly 9-5 office hours.
But I digress...
The Book of Revelations reveals some of Lucifer's inner circle.
The Red Dragon (Revelation 12):
This represents Satan himself.
He is described as a massive red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns
who is cast out of heaven to wage war on the church.
OK, the heads and crowns tally but how are these ten horns distributed?
Whoever created that picrure overdid the horns.
The Beast from the Sea (Revelation 13):
This beast symbolizes the Antichrist and the ultimate oppressive, anti-God global empire.
It possesses a terrifying combination of features:
the body of a leopard, the feet of a bear, the mouth of a lion,
and seven heads with ten crowns.
An obvious front-runner for Chimera of the Year.
Not sure the bear's feet were necessary...just "the mouth" of a lion you say?
Surprisingly, this 'from the sea' thing has no aquatic parts.
The Beast from the Earth (Revelation 13):
Also known as the False Prophet, this entity rises from the earth
with two horns like a lamb but speaks like a dragon.
Its primary goal is to deceive humanity, perform "lying wonders"
and force the world to worship the first beast.
Lambs don't have horns and I need further info on how dragons speak.
I fancy my chances against this one. Think I could take it in a fight.
The Scarlet Beast (Revelation 17):
This beast is full of blasphemous names and carries the "Whore of Babylon,"
representing the final corrupt world systems and its ultimate destruction.
A bit like the Red Dragon but with a loose woman on it's back.
I find "full of blasphemous names" a difficult concept to...erm...conceptualise.
The Locusts from the Abyss (Revelation 9):
Released during the sounding of the fifth trumpet, these are demonic plagues
that are given the power to torment those who don't have the seal of God on their foreheads.
Just get a seal of God on your forehead and you'll be fine then?
regards
Titus
p.s. 'The Locusts from the Abyss' would be a great name for a band :)
