Posted on 09/09/2023 7:46:14 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
The word Antichrist has two meanings: 1) against the Christ, and 2) instead of the Christ.
The Antichrist will be against the Christ, meaning he will be an enemy of the Christ, and he will try to replace the Christ, meaning he will be a false Christ.
In the New Testament, we read that:
He is called the man of sin, the wicked one, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit, and a beast (II Thess. 2:3, 8; Rev. 11:7, 13:1).
He will oppose God and claim that he is God (II Thess. 2:4).
His coming will be the work of Satan who will empower him with lying wonders that appear to be supernatural (II Thess. 2:9).
He will blaspheme God and everyone in heaven (Rev. 13:6).
He will be given power over everyone and every nation on earth (Rev. 13:7).
He will be worshipped by everyone on earth whose name is not written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, but all that refuse to worship him will be killed (Rev. 13:8, 15).
Many people have opposed Christ, but other than Satan, who caused Him to sweat great drops of blood, there has never been a more sinister or worthy opponent of God on the face of planet Earth.
Many false Christs, false prophets, and deceivers have come and gone, but there has never been a greater or more evil deceiver than this man.
On Aug. 29, 2023, LifeSiteNews posted an article by Michael Haynes about an interview with Catholic Archbishop Vigano.
As I understand it, here are some of the things Vigano said (in mine and his words):
The rise of globalism is preparing humanity for the rise of the Antichrist.
The corruption of society is corrupting the Catholic church.
Globalism and satanism are remarkably similar.
World leaders will serve Satan by surrendering the sovereignty of their nations to the Antichrist.
World leaders are trying to remove Christ from the institutions, culture, and life of citizens.
The Antichrist will be a dictator, and by the time world leaders discover what they have done, it will be too late to do anything about it.
Here is a link to the article.
Here are some recent events that seem to indicate that society is getting close to the Antichrist’s arrival.
One, concerning the next president of the U.S.: on Aug. 30, 2023, Resist the Mainstream reported that Tucker Carlson believes that former Pres. Trump could be a target for assassination.
Carlson believes that some of Trump’s enemies are desperate to keep him from getting the Republican Party nomination and then being elected to the presidency again.
Trump’s enemies have falsely accused him, impeached him, and indicted him on several charges. They are trying to keep his name off the ballots in some states, and every effort has failed up to now.
The article does not say it, but Trump’s enemies want to replace “America First” with “Globalism First.”
Guess what?
According to Bible prophecy, God will soon allow them to bring America into a world government, cause them to give power to the satanic Antichrist, and their fate will be sealed forever.
This is not something to rejoice about, but it is God’s Word, so it must happen.
Two, concerning deceit at the end of the age: on Sept. 6, 2023, the staff at Prophecy News Watch (PNW) posted an article that people are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to produce realistic-looking fake videos.
PNW reported that NBC recently viewed 50 videos that were posted on social media websites (Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, etc.) that appeared to be created to swindle people out of their money.
According to the article, “Some experts are warning the first ‘deepfake election’ will arrive next year, when a substantial number of voters will see political disinformation videos online and not be able to tell with certainty whether they’re real.”
Here is a link to the article:
Three, concerning recent reports that Pres. Biden is tentatively planning to declare another pandemic, gradually move to a full-scale lockdown, and try to force everyone to wear a face mask and get vaccinated against a new very bad virus by Dec. 2023: on Aug. 30, 2023, it was reported that former Pres. Trump expressed his opinion that Biden (or those who support him) are planning to steal another election.
Trump believes the purpose of declaring another pandemic is to “justify more lockdowns, more censorship, more illegal drop boxes, more mail-in ballots, and trillions of dollars in payoffs to their political allies heading into the 2024 election.”
(More: On Sept. 3, 2023, it was reported that a growing number of people are declaring that they will not comply with another round of lockdowns, mandates to wear a face mask, forced vaccinations, etc.)
Four, concerning pandemics, hunger, and beasts that will kill multitudes during the Tribulation Period (Rider on the Pale Horse): on Mar. 16, 2023, Fresno County Health Officials discovered an abandoned biolab in Reedley, Cal.
On Sept. 5, 2023, Resist the Mainstream reported that a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigation has “identified 20 different infectious agents inside the building, including tuberculosis, dengue, HIV, COVID-19, and malaria.”
More than one company has been involved, they are not fully cooperating with the CDC, and combined, they have received 16 known shipments from China in recent years.
(Question: If the U.S. is going to keep its border with Mexico wide open, why does it matter if China is sending unidentified materials to an illegal biolab in Cal.?)
Five, on Aug. 28, 2023, Pres. Biden’s Press Sec., Karine Jean-Pierre, said an updated Covid-19 jab will be available in mid-Sept. and Pres. Biden wants Americans to take it.
(Reminder: On Aug. 11, 2023, it was reported that a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report says 120,000 children in the U.S. have died suddenly following an mRNA vaccination for COVID-19.)
Six, concerning deceit and a population decline: in 1996, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Ivermectin as safe for human use against a variety of diseases.
Then, on Aug. 21, 2021, and on Aug. 26, 2022, the FDA posted ads on its website advising people to stop using Ivermectin for the treatment of Covid-19.
The FDA had already declared it safe for human use; some called it a miracle drug, it was saving lives, and then the FDA recommended that people stop using it to treat COVID-19.
Three doctors sued the FDA in Federal Court for suggesting that a medicine that the FDA had approved as safe for human use was unsafe against Covid-19.
The FDA’s lawyers argued that the FDA was not mandating that people stop using Ivermectin because it was unsafe; they were just recommending that people stop using it.
One of the doctors was suspended and later forced to resign from her job for prescribing Ivermectin.
On Sept. 1, 2023, a Federal Judge ruled that the FDA abused its authority by urging people to stop using Ivermectin.
The judge ruled that the doctors can now sue the FDA for suggesting that the doctors were prescribing a medicine that was unsafe.
Society is witnessing lying, deceit, and corruption at the highest levels of government.
Unfortunately, many medical professionals went along with it, or people would not have lost their jobs over this issue.
Seven, concerning deceit and wickedness: on Sept. 3, 2023, it was reported that Louisiana has had more than 440 wildfires this year, and the largest wildfire in the state’s history (called the Tiger Island Fire) is burning right now.
Was it caused by climate change?
For your information, state officials have confirmed that it was started by arson.
Eight, concerning the decline of America, deceit by the media and many politicians: in an interview on Sept. 2, 2023, Fox News Anchor Sean Hannity asked former Democrat Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard about the politicization of a recent shooting in Florida, and Gabbard responded:
We used to be able to trust the AP to just report the facts. No more. AP now stands for Associated Propaganda, politically biased, publishing articles that read more like opinion pieces than news reporting. They and the Democrat elite treat the American people like we are fools, unable to think for ourselves and make our own decisions. They couldn’t be more wrong.
America cannot be united if the media and many politicians do not start telling the truth.
(More: We now know that 51 government officials, former government officials, etc., put their signature on a false story when they signed a letter saying the Hunter Biden laptop story was a Russian information operation. When will the U.S. Dept. of Justice prosecute these people? Probably never because many of them worked for or once worked for the FBI, CIA, etc.)
Nine, concerning a normalization agreement (peace) between Israel and Saudi Arabia: on Sept. 4, 2023, it was reported that a senior Israeli official said an agreement hinges on U.S. defense guarantees (safety) for Saudi Arabia (not Israeli concessions to the Palestinians).
“Peace and safety” are words that every student of Bible prophecy understands.
Ten, concerning an increase in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters at the end of the age: the India Meteorological Dept. (IMD) recently reported that on Sept. 2, 2023, there were 61,000 lightning strikes in two hours in Odisha that killed 12 people and injured 14.
IMD warned that extreme conditions (heavy rain, flooding, and lightning) could continue for the next five days.
FYI: God does not send anyone to Hell (all of us are born with a sin nature and destined to go to Hell because we sin), but God has provided a way (Jesus) for everyone to go to Heaven (and He is the only way to get there; John 14:6).
Finally, are you Rapture Ready?
If you want to be rapture ready and go to heaven, you must be born again (John 3:3). God loves you, and if you have not done so, sincerely admit that you are a sinner; believe that Jesus is the virgin-born, sinless Son of God who died for the sins of the world, was buried, and raised from the dead; ask Him to forgive your sins, cleanse you, come into your heart and be your Saviour; then tell someone that you have done this.
More than likely you are correct.
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.”
The Devil’s “seed” (Nephilim/Demons/”aliens)....
Your quote:
“I think it would have been nice if those that contributed to the Bible had warned us and spelled it out clearly. Why keep it a secret and a mystery? Why keep us guessing? What was the purpose behind that?”
Probably because our common enemy knows The Bible much better than any of us mortals do and he will use it to modify his tactics for the future.
Think about this in Revelation.
There are 28 Judgements in Revelation.
7 Seals
7 Trumpets
7 Bowls
and...
7 Thunders
God doesn’t let John write down what those 7 Thunder Judgements are. They are “Aces” up the sleeve for Our God.
He’s not giving His whole game plan away.
The same thing can be said for keeping it a mystery to us and everybody else (spiritual/human) who can read our Lord’s Word.
Keeping it cryptic, means He will use it against our enemy.
Just like the Crucifixion - He made a mockery of the fools who wanted to crucify our God. It sealed their fate and they thought they had won. LOL!
“He’s not giving His whole game plan away.
The same thing can be said for keeping it a mystery to us and everybody else (spiritual/human) who can read our Lord’s Word.
Keeping it cryptic, means He will use it against our enemy.”
Interesting take. Thanks.
The purifying fire is the judgement. Those who hold onto darkness cannot exist in the fire as it burns off their impurities.
The Holy Spirit is here and getting stronger. It is the mildest form of the purifying fire. Preparing the way for Heaven on earth.
He very well could be working behind the scenes
Many, many world 🌍 “leaders” act like they are being directed by an unseen force.
At an absolute minimum, the spirit of antichrist.
(Why is the A/C and his false prophet thrown into the Lake of Fire first?)
I think the Bible is telling us in Revelation 13, rather plainly, that they exercise all the power of Satan and his authority.
So egregious, He doesn’t even wait until the Great White Throne Judgement.
They lead the charge against the Tribulation Saints and the Beast and his armies went up against Jesus Christ at Armageddon.
No trial; immediately cast into the Lake of Fire.
(He will solve the World’s problems for 42 months)
Yes and IMHO then comes the Mark of the Beast
And then shall be Great Tribulation such as never was.
Stay in the word and prayer for spiritual discernment and strength.
Some are without any doubt but the floodgates will be opened..I think it could be Demons flood in from another plane..
Many are in the hip pocket of Satan..
I have heard that but suspect it’s a human army plus back under Reagan Administration the Chinese told the US they could afford to lose 200 million and not even notice it in the event of a nuclear exchange.
Absolutely.
I’m always surprised why governments and military war planners don’t take the Bible seriously - instead they laugh and scorn it.
If they studied it, they would be prepared to know that most of the Earth will be an uninhabitable hell-hole for at least 3.5 years before the end.
That said, what really can anybody do to “prep” for the Tribulation?
Two people in Scripture are referred to as “Son of Perdition”:
Judas Iscariot
&
The Little Horn that rises (A/C)
What separates him and his false prophet from all the rest of the damned?
“That said, what really can anybody do to “prep” for the Tribulation?”
My only plans are to pray hard (and harder) and stay right with God. Don’t fall away, don’t take the mark, stay strong and stand up in defiance of evil awaiting the glorious final day return of Jesus.
I’m also praying that whether I’m alive or dead by then, that I get to witness (I won’t even need popcorn) the last day event of Jesus kicking Satan back to hell. I truly think that I have “standing” for that request, don’t you? lol
“Some are without any doubt but the floodgates will be opened..I think it could be Demons flood in from another plane..”
I don’t know or think that God would allow that. I think they are already here and have been from the beginning. Death is just another dimension or “plane of existence”... and God hasn’t, to my knowledge, allowed anyone to come back from that other dimension, from the dead, to fight against His people yet.
Yes, that’s about all you can do.
Walk in the Faith, read Scripture daily, pray daily and preach The Gospel to your friends/family/colleagues.
Satan and his minions will be terrified of us when we get our glorified bodies. This is why his man curses at us from the Earth (Rev 13:6).
“Satan and his minions will be terrified of us when we get our glorified bodies. This is why his man curses at us from the Earth (Rev 13:6).”
I was kinda hoping that Satan & Minions would be already “dealt with” by that time.
By that point God has left the room and turned the Earth over to Satan. Will people be saved yes but will immediately pay with their life’s.
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The Antichrist will be against the Christ, meaning he will be an enemy of the Christ, and he will try to replace the Christ, meaning he will be a false Christ.
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Antichrist according to scripture:
Denying the Son- Islam and Judaism
Denying He came in the flesh- The Papacy/Pope
Antichrist 1500s:
The Papacy/Pope
The Antichrist’s false Christ:
Born on Roman and Antichrist December 25
Circumcised on Roman and Antichrist January 1
Presented in the temple on Roman and Antichrist February 2
Died on Roman and Antichrist goddess frigg day
Laid in tomb on Roman and Antichrist saturn day
Raised on Roman and Antichrist day of the sun
Anybody willing to stop accepting Daniel’s 4th Beast and Antichrist Papacy/Pope’s version as truth?
Or is that the only thing people can buy and sell in the end times?
What the Beast and Antichrist sell?
Anybody willing to buy gold, refined by fire, instead?
Didn’t Klaus Schwab just demand the world governments to hand over power to him?
I never thought America would fall to a demonic, old, bald headed nazi, who pulls the strings of a Kenyan rock sucking commie married to a tranny, that controls a pedo sniffing, dementia suffering idiot and his crack head son, with an army of perverted, gender confused, rainbow flag waving banshees called liberals.
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