<p>13:10 <em>If anyone is for captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints</em>- This speaks of the final desolation of Israel by the beast in terms of 'leading into captivity', associated with the beast having power over &quot;all kindreds, tongues and nations&quot; in the earth / land promised to Abraham. The remaining Jews will be taken into captivity in those areas; and the attitude of the Islamist jihadists, ever seeking as they are to incarnate Israel's historical enemies, is such that this scenario is now quite imaginable.</p><p>To resist his captivity and killing with the sword is &quot;the patience and faith of the saints&quot; (Rev. 13:7,10). The beast leading saints into captivity and death sounds like ghettos and concentration camps- our persecution may well be through our having to suffer along with natural Israel. Those who openly proclaim themselves to be spiritual Israel will be treated the same as the Jews. For this reason, the distinctively Jewish aspect of our hope should be appreciated by us now in this our time of spiritual preparation. The mad intensity of the beast's persecution of the saints in the last days has not yet been seen by us.</p><p>Goliath was the Arab &quot;champion&quot; (1 Sam.17:51), using the Hebrew word 'Gibbor'. This connects with the description of Messiah as 'El-Gibbor' in Is. 9:6, and shows that the latter day Arab powers may well be headed up by one charismatic individual, who sets himself up as a pseudo-Messiah. The Hebrew word used for &quot;champion&quot; in&nbsp;1 Sam. 17:4 literally means 'the man who goes between the two camps', again pointing forward to the mediatorial office of the true Messiah. The root meaning of 'Goliath' is 'to lead and to go into captivity', which fits in with his wager that the Philistines would go into Jewish captivity if they killed him, and vice versa. This may be the basis of Rev. 13:10 concerning the little horn and mouth of the beast: &quot;He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity&quot; (AV). This power having &quot;a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies&quot; (Rev. 13:5) certainly corresponds with Goliath's loud-mouthed blasphemy. &quot;He opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and His tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them&quot; (Rev. 13:6,7) is Goliath exactly (cp. his blasphemy of the Angels in&nbsp;1 Sam. 17:26). &quot;All that dwell upon the earth shall worship him&quot; (Rev. 13:8) recalls Goliath's charisma, indicated by the Philistines fleeing once they saw that he was dead. &quot;He that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword&quot; (Rev. 13:10) nicely concludes this set of allusions- Goliath was killed with his own sword. These parallels indicate that Goliath is a prototype of the latter day 'mouth' or personal figurehead of the 'beast'. Note in passing how Gen. 12:3 may have hinted at this figure right at the start&nbsp;of God&rsquo;s purpose with Israel: &ldquo;Him that curseth thee will I curse&rdquo; (RV). The method of persecution will be by leading into captivity and killing with the sword (13:10)- the house churches of the latter day &quot;earth&quot; herded into cattle trucks and hauled away to mini prison camps, sharing the sufferings of natural Israel? Once again, the account of the beast here is underpinned with hints of out Lord's sufferings (13:10 = Mt. 26:52; 'he that leads into captivity' recalls Jesus being led away by Judas and the soldiers; 13:7 cp. the disciples being 'overcome' in Gethsemane).</p>