2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 128
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CHAPTER 11:
1 He sees in his dream an Eagle
coming out of the Sea: 37 And a
Lion out of a woods condemning
and judging the Eagle.
The Vision of the Eagle
1 Then I saw a dream, and
behold, there came up from
the Sea an Eagle, which had
twelve feathered wings, and
Cf. Rev. 13:1.
three heads.
This Empire
is of female 2 And I saw, and behold, she
identification.
All 3 heads spread her wings over all the
as the true
power are earth, and all the winds of
known as
she, her and the air blew on her, and were
mother.
gathered together.
3 And I beheld, and out of
her feathers there grew other
contrary feathers, and they
became little feathers, and
small.
4 But her heads were at rest:
True power
lies in the the head in the middle was
heads which
rest and rise greater than the other, yet it
in the end.
rested with the rest.
5 Moreover I beheld, and
lo, the Eagle flew with her
feathers, and reigned upon
earth, and over them that
dwelt therein.
6 And I saw that all things
under heaven were subject
This must
represent the unto her, and no man spoke
largest world
powers of against her, no not one
history.
creature upon earth.
7 And I beheld, and lo, the
Eagle rose upon her talons,
and spoke to her feathers,
E A G L E
E M P I R E
saying,
This Empire
will conceal
8 Watch not all at once, sleep it’s true
in it’s
every one in his own place, power
3 heads until
the end. It
and watch by course.
has ruled for
1,000
9 But let the heads be over
years but the
heads are
preserved for the last.
more recent
10 And I beheld, and lo, the history. They
are hidden.
voice went not out of her
This is the
heads, but from the middle of prince demon
speaking
her body.
from within
known as
11 And I numbered her Gog of
contrary feathers, and behold, Magog.
However,
though
there were eight of them.
different
and
12 And I looked, and behold, names
countries rise
fall, this
on the right side there arose and
remains one
one feather, and reigned over single Empire
in reality.
all the earth.
13 And so it was, that when
it reigned, the end of it
came, and the place thereof
appeared no more: so the
next following stood up and
reigned, and had a great time.
14 And it happened, that
when it reigned, the end of it
came also, like as the first, so
that it appeared no more.
15 Then came there a voice
unto it, and said,
16 Hear, you that has born
rule over the earth so long:
this I say unto you, before you
begin to appear no more.
17 There shall none after you
attain unto your time, neither
unto the half thereof.
18 Then arose the third, and
reigned as the other before:
and appeared no more also.
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