Program 767A: The Beast of Revelation 13, Satan's Seat in Rome, and a Warning to Two Underage Girls
World pastor Tony Alamo devotes program 767A of his teaching series to the thirteenth chapter of Revelation, tracing the beast's seven heads and ten horns to what he calls Satan's seat in Rome, and defending his refusal to let two underage members of his congregation marry.
Program 767A Opens With a Call to Prayer
Help From Christ Ministries introduces the broadcast as an archived message from Tony Alamo, inviting listeners to write in before turning the program over to him. Alamo greets the audience as world pastor, identifies the broadcast as program number 767, and tells listeners Sharon will explain at the close how to request a free CD or audio tape, postage included. He turns to the thirteenth chapter of Revelation, insisting the book is no different from the rest of scripture and that the Word of God never contradicts itself. Before teaching, he leads the studio in prayer, asking the Father to anoint him with the Holy Spirit's understanding, wisdom, knowledge, and fear of the Lord so the congregation can follow along. He warns that anyone who rejects the instruction to obey those who have rule over them cannot be trusted to believe the rest of the Bible, calling such people filthy sick, and asks the Lord to give Satan no place in the broadcast. The congregation answers with an audible amen.
A Song and the Beast Rising From the Sea
Alamo performs a recording of 'No Man Is an Island' with what he introduces as the Prague Symphony Orchestra and the Light Choir. Returning to the microphone, he teaches that faith means obeying the instruction to submit to those given rule, complaining that some around him fail to relay his messages and calling them worthless. He begins reading Revelation chapter thirteen, describing the Apostle John standing on the sand of the sea and seeing a beast rise from it with seven heads, ten horns, and ten crowns, its heads marked with names of blasphemy. Alamo teaches that the ten crowns represent pride, the greatest sin, and that true blasphemy is thinking oneself smarter than God. He cites King Saul, the Bible's first king, losing the Spirit after a single act of disobedience, and warns that people who ignore correction, congregation members included, are full of the same blasphemous pride.
Two Young Girls and a Warning to the Government
Alamo tells of two young women who recently left the church, explaining that one had a sister, not part of the congregation, whose sexual relationships outside marriage had resulted in a pregnancy; the two girls left, he says, wanting to confront the sister over her conduct. He recounts that the sister then arrived near the church and took the two underage girls with her, and that both wanted to marry, which he says would have been lawful under the Bible once they had reached puberty but which he refused to allow because of their age under civil law. He tells them that if they want to marry they must leave the church and marry a godly person outside it, saying he will not risk giving what he calls the anti-Christ beast government, already eager to prosecute him as it did another man he references only in passing, any further opportunity. He adds that many young people become pregnant outside marriage and turn to abortion, which he calls legalized murder.
The Beast as Leopard, Bear, and Lion
Returning to Revelation thirteen, Alamo reads verse two, describing the beast as having the likeness of a leopard, the feet of a bear, and the mouth of a lion, teaching that each animal represents a different world power blended into one worldwide, satanic system operating as what people mistake for democracy. He teaches that the dragon, the devil, gave the beast its power and its seat, which he places in Rome, Italy, the city the Bible calls the city of seven hills, along with great authority reaching every country on earth. He includes what he calls the last stage of taking Muslim nations, whose people, he says, believe in Allah rather than the Bible and wish to kill white people as agents of the devil, a claim he rejects by insisting Jesus himself was Caucasian and that salvation is for every tongue and nation. He calls the Pope Satan incarnate for claiming the title of God, saying he prefers hearing people specify 'praise you, Father God' rather than the ambiguous 'praise God.'
A Wounded Head, Grave Accusations, and Rome Revived
Alamo moves to verse three, reading that one of the beast's heads was wounded to death, an image he identifies as the historical fall of Rome. He accuses what he calls this cult of murder, adultery, fornication, same-sex marriage, and pedophilia involving preteen children, calling these doctrines of devils that invert God's commandments by making evil legal and good forbidden, and insists that those born again of the Spirit stand in complete opposition to this system. He then reads that the deadly wound was healed and the whole world wondered after the beast, teaching that the devil staged an apparent miracle by rebuilding Rome's wealth and armed forces after its historical collapse. He says the dragon has since restored power to political leaders around the world who now control what he calls the political spectrum, fulfilling, in his reading, the prophecy that the nations would marvel at the beast's revival.
A Conversion Testimony and a Closing Prayer
Noting he is out of time and will continue the chapter in the next message, Alamo turns to his own conversion, recalling that he was deceived about God until an encounter in an office in Beverly Hills while working on a promotion for a singer convinced him that God is real and all-powerful. He tells listeners they are living in the very last moments of time and leads them in a spoken sinner's prayer confessing belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God, died on the cross, and rose again, asking forgiveness and inviting Jesus into the heart. He asks listeners to raise their hands in praise for their salvation, then turns the broadcast over to Sharon, who reads out the ministry's website, email address, Hollywood, California post office box, and phone number for requesting a free copy of the program. Alamo signs off as world pastor, promising a continuation of the Book of Revelation teaching the next day, and the Help From Christ Ministries announcer closes with contact information for the broadcast.
