Another Jesus

By Jeffrey D. Dean Sr.

Chapter 1

TRUE MESSIAH VS. THE ANTICHRIST

Christians the world over (especially modern evangelical Christians) eagerly

await the promised “second coming” of Jesus, foretold by prophets, apostles,
saints, and depicted in detail in numerous books of the New Testament. It is said
that the prophecies relating to the second coming of Christ are three times as
prevalent in the Bible as the prophecies relating to His first advent (birth, life,
ministry, death and resurrection). Never before in world history has there been
such a generation that has so overwhelmingly come to the understanding that
the return of Christ may indeed be imminent! Subsequently the second coming
of Christ has become a million dollar industry in the world today. Modern
Christian authors have made small and large fortunes on commentary, books,
novels and even blockbuster movies based on this subject. The second coming
is a topic that shows no signs of dying any time soon.

Almost as popular are books and movies and commentary on the rise or
revealing of the elusive and mysterious “antichrist.” Christians speculate and
ponder this subject with much eagerness and anticipation and with some
warning. The modern take on the antichrist and most popular view, especially in
America, is that none of the Christians living in this present generation will ever
witness the arise of the “antichrist” because popular doctrine states that
Christians will not even be here for the event. A vast majority of apologists
believe Christians will have been “raptured” out of the world prior to the revealing
of the antichrist.

Where modern eschatologists fail the most when reading Bible prophecy is that
they forget the Gospel and the PROPHECIES are the story of the Jewish
Messiah, Yeshua. The Bible is supposed to depict the coming great Messianic
Kingdom that this Jewish Messiah shall set up upon his return to the earth! The
gospels are HIS story, the Acts and the Epistles are HIS teachings explained, the
book of Revelation is HIS revealing! Until modern eschatologists grasp this, I’m
afraid there is very little in the way of spiritual guidance they can offer their
audiences! From the very beginning of my study of Revelation I approached the
subject humbly, from the perspective of a gentile who was reading about the
Messiah, a Messiah who came primarily to save the Jews! This is the ONLY
proper approach to eschatology for those who are not members of the house of
Israel! Until the modern prophetic teachers realize their own place in this story,
they will continue to stumble blindly in the dark.
There are many scriptural references, both in the Old and the New Testaments,
which describe or are considered to be descriptions of this antichrist. I have read
so many modern prophetic books on this subject that I can no longer put a
number to them. I have seen some pretty incredible and outlandish theories.
One such book suggested that Anwar Sadat was the antichrist. I believe there
isn’t a President of the United States who has been elected since the early
1970’s who hasn’t been accused of being “the antichrist” of the Bible. The Popes
have, for over a thousand years, been suspect by protestant eschatologists (and
still are suspect by many). More recently people have suggested that Oprah
Winfrey is an antichrist! (I'm serious I heard such a theory).

It could be a very big mistake when eschatologists attempt to take the prophecies
concerning the end times and directly point to current or recent events or, even
worse, point fingers at people as the fulfillment of those prophecies. When you
think about it objectively, since by very definition eschatology seeks to "prophesy”
or predict what is to come in the future, perhaps eschatology itself is a mistake.
Unless someone has a direct prophetic gift and calling! Why? Because, if your
application of a scripture to future events or your handling of a particular
prediction turns out to be false, you have now made yourself a “false prophet.”

Dispensationalists, especially, should not be engaging in or writing books of

eschatology because they openly admit in their strong belief that the
dispensation of prophecy has come to an end. They maintain that we now have
the Bible, that there are no more prophets, and the Spirit of Prophecy no longer
works in the world. People who believe this, but then write an eschatological
work that attempts to predict the future using scripture baffle me, because they
are telling us plainly that they do not have a direct calling from God to do so,
(considering that by their own admission prophecy itself is a “finished” gift)!
Incidentally, the dispensationalists are hard pressed to explain how two prophets
could show up in the Book of Revelation, called the “two witnesses” if prophecy
has now ceased, especially when you learn dispensationalists also teach that
during the period of the “tribulation” when the two witnesses prophecy, according
them, the Holy Spirit is not even “in the world” but has been removed by the
“rapture.” But I digress.

Instead of trying to point to any event, person, place or thing I will endeavor to
stick to the scriptures and use the written Word of God alone to unravel the
mysteries of the Book of Revelation and the other end time prophecies. As you
read this book you will be able to draw your own conclusions as to whether or not
any of the prophecies I discuss within these pages are actually coming to pass
already or are going to come to pass soon. I honestly believe this is what a true
studier and teacher of Biblical prophecy should do. We should Confine ourselves
to the Scriptures and, comparing scriptural things with scriptural and spiritual
things with spiritual, use the written Word of God to explain itself while relying on
the Spirit of God within our readers to consider how the prophecy may apply to
them, their walk, and to their world.
Most apologists agree (among themselves) that the antichrist is an extremely
charismatic man who arrives on the scene in the final 7 years of world history.
(We won't go into how they arrive at this 7 years calculation because it's tenuous
at best and extremely complicated). There are also factions who insist that the
antichrist is not a man at all, but is a “spirit” or a particular teaching that arises.
Most dismiss this; however; because the Book of Revelation depicts a world
leader who shall be “wounded as unto death, but the deadly wound is
healed" and, they contend, you can't "wound" the "head" of a doctrine.
(Meanwhile they have no trouble believing that an antichrist, who they say is
actually just a man, is going to die and rise from the grave).

That the modern eschatologist’s believe that the antichrist will rise from the dead
is perhaps the most telling error, showing just how little they understand in the
scriptures (and how little they understand about the ministry of the true Messiah).
They teach that the DEVIL uses his power to raise a man (an antichrist) from the
dead. So, according to them, the Devil has the same power as is possessed by
God to raise people from the dead! They don’t even comprehend how ridiculous
this is and they fail to see that if such a thing ever did occur it would completely
cancel out the resurrection of the true Messiah! Why so? If the DEVIL has
power to raise from the dead, then Messiah’s resurrection didn’t prove a THING!
The Messiah made it clear that his resurrection would be the “only sign” given to
the scribes and Pharisees to prove that he was the actual Messiah. Also, this
notion of the Devil raising the antichrist renders meaningless all the numerous
statements of the Apostles in their writings in which they state clearly we know
that Yeshua is the Messiah by his resurrection, (because only God can raise
from the dead)! (See my book "The Perfect Example")

Again, it bears repeating, if the devil can raise someone from the dead, well, then
Messiah’s only proof that he was Messiah goes right out the window. This goes
over the heads of the modern eschatologist’s and if it weren’t so tragic, it might
even be a bit comical! Some apologists have amended their teaching and stated
that the antichrist only “appears” to rise from the dead but the resurrection is of
course all an elaborate scam. This makes even LESS sense in this modern age
of instant information and furthermore this modern age of medical science, where
doctors revive people from death on a regular basis! Who is going to be fooled
by such an event or who is going to believe that this resurrection of the antichrist
proves anything at all (especially now that we see modern Christians think the
devil can raise people from the dead)? Most importantly the scriptures do not
say that the "beast" (antichrist) "pretends" to be raised from the dead, it states
clearly that this antichrist is "fataly wounded" and that fatal wound is healed!
Obviously this is a very important distinction, and we are hard pressed to believe
God would make such an error in distinction! Knowing that the Devil cannot raise
people from the dead and at the same time knowing that the Bible states the
antichrist is indeed raised from the dead we now have a CONUNDRUM! Either
scriptures are horribly conflicted and contradictory OR we are left with the
startling revelation that the antichrist, the BEAST of Revelation, is some sort of
TWISTED version of the true Messiah! This resurrection of the antichrist is our
first clue that he is "another Jesus." (Of course, the alternative is that God
Himself raises the antichrist from the dead, which is completely unacceptable
because of the myriad of scriptures we know of which make it clear that God
does not raise the wicked and furthermore we are back to the nullifying of the
significance of the resurrection of the true Messiah, for if God raises the wicked
from the dead, the true resurrection therefore has little meaning)!

Clearly, like the resurrection of true Messiah, the resurrection of the antichrist is
something that the world merely takes on “faith." In much the same way the
resurrection of the true Messiah is taken purely on faith! It’s just one more way
the antichrist is IDENTICAL to the true Messiah!

I don't believe that the world ever actually witnesses the death and resurrection
of the antichrist (just as not a single person alive today ever actually witnessed
the true resurrection), the world just takes someone's word for it (the false
prophet most likely). We are left, therefore with the inescapable conclusion the
death and resurrection of the antichrist and the death and resurrection of the true
Messiah are PROBABLY one in the same event. In the same way that the words
and miracles of the TRUE MESSIAH are attributed to the antichrist, so is
Messiah's resurection. For me this is the only explanation why the scriptures say
that the BEAST dies but then is resurrected. Revelation 13 states plainly that the
antichrist as seen by the prophet/apostle John “was wounded unto death but his
deadly wound was healed.” Since we know that ONLY God can raise the dead,
and we know that God is not going to raise an antichrist, a servant of the Devil,
the ONLY conclusion we can draw is that the antichrist, by claiming to be the
TRUE MESSIAH, is credited with the death and resurrection of the true Messiah!
Thus, the statement that the antichrist “was wounded unto death and is healed”
is the biggest evidence we have that the antichrist is ACTUALLY the twisting and
perverting of the TRUE MESSIAH (Another Jesus)!

Yet, the two resurrections, although actually the same event, must take on two
different meanings.

My reasoning for this is simple: If the resurrection of TRUE MESSIAH and the
resurrection of ANTICHRIST have the SAME MEANING and purpose, the
antichrist would be relatively harmless! If you think about it, the main PROBLEM
that God MUST have with antichrist is that he and his followers, and those that
preach him twist and pervert the MEANING and the PURPOSE of the cross.
Otherwise, he does no REAL damage.

Just as the antichrist is merely the twisting and perversion of the true Messiah,
the resurrection of the antichrist is the twisting and perversion of the MEANING
OF MESSIAH'S RESURRECTION! It simply HAS to be.
I intend to prove in this book that the main difference between the resurrection of
the true Messiah and the resurrection of the antichrist this: The followers of the
true Messiah teach that he rose from the dead by the power of God, and that this
resurrection proves his status as the Messiah, that through his resurrection
believers are now cleansed of their unrighteousness and furthermore have been
given the Holy Spirit to bring them into righteous living and obedience to God.
The followers of the antichrist, however, teach that their Christ rose from the
dead because he IS God, and actually, can’t really “stay” dead. (Again see my
book "The Perfect Example" for more on this).

The antichrist followers believe the death of their Christ was merely to pay the
penalty for their sins so they could go on living in their sins and still go to heaven,
and MOST importantly, they believe that above all, the death and resurrection of
the antichrist proves to them that their antichrist is God incarnate! (Which is a
dichotomy when you think about it because here we have the antichristians, who
are convinced their antichrist is God incarnate because he DIED and the
Almighty God is eternal and NEVER dies! Finally, it is abundantly clear that the
followers of the antichrist teach that EVERYONE benefits from the death and
resurrection of their antichrist so that everyone goes to heaven, no matter how
sinfully they live their lives!

A side bar topic that I find very interesting is the modern notion that the antichrist
will win everyone’s hearts by feeding the poor! You hear many Christian
prophetic teachers echo this. On a popular television show that discusses
prophecy recently, one such eschatologist pointed this out, saying that the world
will be angry with the Christians who expose the antichrist because the antichrist
government will feed the poor and usher in a great age of peace and love and
acceptance and here come the Christians who stand up and say “this is of the
Devil.” I find this most fascinating because it shows that modern Christians are
more than willing to stand up and say that the DEVIL does the work of the TRUE
MESSIAH. We know that feeding the poor is the work of Messiah (anyone who
disputes this simply has not read the New Testament). So, many in the world of
modern eschatology have made it abundantly clear that if a great leader arrives
on the scene and begins to teach “tolerance,” “acceptance,” and “peace” and
begins to feed the poor they are more than ready to point the finger and call that
leader the “antichrist!”

It’s rather despicable because we have the rich, spoiled, American Christians
who appear to LOVE war, and who won’t lift a finger to feed the poor themselves
and they are all ready to stand up and point at those who do feed the poor and
say “this is of the devil!” I suppose they’ve never read the scriptures that say “be
not deceived, he that does righteousness, is righteous…” I guess, in their
minds, some of the “goats” in the sheep and the goats parable will be told “I know
that I was hungry and you fed me but your politics were wrong so depart from me
you wicked evil doers.” We will get to the study of the sheep and goats later on.
Certainly someone can feed the poor out of an "evil intent" with a secret agenda,
yet, when you hear modern "prophetic teachers" talk it becomes abundantly clear
that they will point the finger at the first world leader who arises and starts
feeding the poor! They are setting themselves up to level false accusation
against someone who might merely just care about feeding the poor!

Most apologists do not have a clue that the antichrist will be the true Christ,
twisted and perverted. Instead they are convinced this antichrist is an extremely
charismatic man who is yet to arrive on the scene. He will make covenants and
peace accords, bring about a world peace, take over the fourth world
government, (a revived Rome) be wounded and die, perhaps in an assassination
which shall, they believe, undoubtedly be blamed on the Christians, then, in a
miraculous event, the Devil shall raise him from the dead and in a final act of
world betrayal announce that he is God and must be worshipped as God, taking
his seat in the newly built temple in Jerusalem (a building which he himself
orchestrated for that purpose).

In this book I set out to prove scripturally that the antichrist is not so much a
"false" Christ as much as he is "another" Messiah, a "counterfeit" Messiah,
identical in almost every detail to the true Messiah. This was something that the
Apostles themselves saw emerging all the way back in the first century.

Galatians 1: 6-9

6 I marvel that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the
grace of Christ to another gospel:

7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would
pervert the gospel of Christ.

8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you
than that which we have preached to you, let him be accursed.

9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other
gospel to you than the one that you have received of us, let him be
accursed.

We as believers must heed the warning of the Apostles. They knew that a strong
secular influence in the world would eventually seek to undermine and twist the
Messiah to their own ends. The Apostles, therefore urged us to remain true to
the Messiah that THEY preached.

2 Corinthians 11: 3-4

3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his
subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in
Christ.

4 For if he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we have not

preached, or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received, or
another gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with
him."

There we have it then. Paul's biggest fear for the church at Corinth was that
someone would come and preach "another Jesus" and what's more that the
Corinthians would "bear with" this false prophet and allow Messiah to be
perverted and twisted for future generations. Paul and several of the Apostles
make it clear that this was a very real danger.

Not just the Apostles warned us. Yeshua, the true Messiah, himself issued
warnings concerning false Messiahs:

Matthew 24: 23=24

"23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe
it not

24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show
great signs and wonders; in so much that, if it were possible, they shall
deceive the very elect."

The common myth about Christianity is that there was once a central belief and
doctrine concerning Christ and that as time went on more and more varying
beliefs cropped up, leading to the diverse denominations of Christianity we see
today. Historians know this to be a myth! In fact, by the time Rome got involved
in the business of Christianity there were NUMEROUS versions of the Gospel
and just as many different images and versions of the Messiah! This is why
Messiah warned us that "many false Christs would arise."

If you understand anything about the coming end times you know that there shall
arise, not just ONE replacement Messiah, but, according to Messiah himself,
there shall be many. It is my contention that this Beast of Revelation is simply
the most deceptive and powerful of all the false Messiahs that have ever arisen,
it is the “replacement, Jesus” upon which the entire world will reach a concensus.
It is this "other Jesus" that eventually the entire world "accepts" and "worships,"
to the point that anyone who refuses to accept this false Christ shall be under
penalty of death. The power of the coming world antichrist lies primarily in that
fact, I believe that this false Christ is the ACTUAL MESSIAH, twisted and
perverted. That is why there are so many scriptural similarities between the
antichrist and the true Messiah!

When I was writing regular editorials for the Delaware State News in the 1990’s I
said something that offended the local chapter President of the Christian
Coalition. (A pseudo political/religious movement fighting to impose “Christian
Values” on America through political power). This individual was so offended by
what I said that he went straight to the local Christian radio station, WXPZ, and
dedicated a morning editorial to attacking me. In my article I had addressed the
Christian’s continual desire to bring “God” back into the public school system. I
posed the question, “which God do we admit the schools to teach and preach?” I
asked this because there are so many different concepts of God in this world,
and America, being a melting pot, has within its social structure many different
and varying views of God.

The local leader of the Christian Coalition quoted me and stated emphatically
that this is how he knew I was not a Christian, because Christians know there is
but one God! In other words, if I, as an American respect my fellow citizen’s right
to believe and worship whatever God they choose, I cease to become a Christian
in the eyes of this political movement. So be it, for if my respect of other’s
cultures and beliefs, and if I as an American cannot legally accept the right of my
fellow American's to worship whatever God they chose, if this makes me
"unchristian" then I do not want to be called a Christian.

Sociologists and anthropologists know that in the world there are many different
Gods, and even among cultures that worship the same Gods, there are varying
forms and cultural images of those same Gods! To deny that, in the world at
least, is simply to stick your head in the sand and live a delusion. Even though I
believe the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of the Bible is the only
TRUE God, I recognize that many in this big world of mine disagree with me and
as Americans, their God is legally as valid as the God I worship! If we allow
Christians to preach their God in the public schools, will not the other religions
demand equal time for their Gods? That was my only point.

Just as there are different Gods, in the world, and varying images and views of
those Gods, I have learned there are different Jesus’ now present in the world.
Better put, there are varying cultural images of Jesus. White America has an
image of a Jesus who is a white democratic republican. There has been a
movement among African Americans that present an image of Jesus as a black
man! Even some leaders within that culture will insist that historically Jesus was
indeed a black man. He may have been. I don’t know, and I don’t care! I tend to
believe that Messiah was an Hebrew and most likely resembled all the other
Hebrews of his day within the region of the world in which he was born. That’s
not the point! Christians, and even the various offshoots of the religion that most
Christians consider “cults” all believe they worship the same Jesus (even though
their "image" or picture of Jesus is in some cases extremely diversified),
nevertheless, they worship, they believe, the Jesus of the Bible! While they may
not agree, and while they may possess so many diverse teachings of Jesus,
they will tell you that they worship the SAME Jesus !
Emile Durkheim, a well known sociologist, studied cultures in depth. He noticed
that the worship of some form of a God is universal among all cultures, even the
most primitive. He wanted to understand why this is. What he learned is very
very relative to those who desire to understand the coming great world conflict
depicted in the Book of Revelation of the Bible. Durkheim learned that the basic
process by which a culture develops a religion is the same. When a group of
people band together and live as a social group, such as in a tribe, they
inevitably develop social traits in common. They then select an animal that best
represents these value aspects of the tribe (much like sports teams pick a
mascot). What Durkheim found is that, inevitably, over time, the tribe begins to
worship the animal. This is called “totemism.” Durkheim saw totemism as the
most basic form of religion. It is interesting to those who study Revelation for the
great antichrist religion that arises in the end times to threaten the saints of
YHWH is depicted as an “animal,” the “Beast.” In fact, in scripture, all the great
PAGAN kingdoms present an “image of a beast” or a deity who is to be
worshipped, historically under the pain of death.

Durkeim believed that all religions are outgrowths of totemism, adding to it,
myths, images, and traditions. The totemic animal, Durkheim believed, was the
expression of the sacred and the original focus of religious activity because it
was the emblem for a social group, the clan. If Durkheim is correct, religion
therefore is just as inevitable as society is inevitable when individuals live
together as a group. I believe he was dead straight on about this, for it explains
why the first thing that God judged, after bringing the people of Israel out of the
land of Egypt, was their creation of the “golden calf” to worship! The God of
Israel is unique and did not want his people creating the same type of religious
system that pagans create. This is significant when you understand that this type
of development of religion inevitably grows into the tribe actually worshipping
themselves. This is because the animal is nothing more than a representation of
the tribe’s own traits and values, and when the tribe worships this symbol as
such, what are they actually worshipping? Their own traits and values, in other
words, themselves.

How is this so significant to those studying the Book of Revelation and the end
times prophecies? The answer is obvious when you know the scriptures. One of
the landmark scriptures found in the Newer Testament, which universally is
accepted as a description of the “antichrist” or the great Beast of Revelation 13,
actually states emphatically that this antichrist (called the son of perdition)
“opposes and exhalts himself above all that is called God or worshipped
until he sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” So the
biggest warning concerning the coming antichrist is that he is a man who calls
himself God and is accepted and worshipped AS God by his followers (and
eventually by the entire world).

Some say the prophecy was fulfilled already when Antiochus Epiphanies entered
the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and erected a statue of Jupiter that was in his own
likeness and declared himself the representative of God on earth. Others have
believed that the Roman Popes all fulfill this prophecy for they sit in the Church
(which is always symbolic of the temple of God) and have declared themselves
to be “Representative of God and of His Christ.” While all of these events indeed
mirror this prophecy I think that the meaning of Thessalonians has far bigger
significance because of the context of the verses.

2 Thessalonians 2: 3

“3 Let no man decieve you by any means: for that day shall not come,
except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the
son of perdition.”

From reading the above verse (which directly precedes the mention of the son of
Perdidition “calling himself God,”) we know that Paul is speaking of a much
greater event than just the revealing of the antichrist to the world. He clearly tells
us that the antichrist will not become obvious to the world until there be a “great
falling away” first. We know, then, that the falling away and the revealing of the
antichrist are not just “connected” prophetic events, they are indeed RELATED
or chronoligically connected.

The Apostles, and most specifically John, foresaw the day when the world would
take away the true Messiah and replace him with an antichrist and what’s worse,
this event would be the culmination of a “great falling away from the faith in the
Jewish Messiah and his teachings of love,” and would continue until the antichrist
would sit in the “temple” of God totally convinced that HE himself (or she) is
indeed God. It’s the worship of self, which is the exact antithesis of Messiah’s
and the Apostle’s teachings of “dying of self.” It's the ultimate totemism, where
the social culture, instead of erecting an "animal" as the totem, erects a man
instead and it ends the same way, idol worship that is in all actuality the worship
of the value system of the society which created it (or in this case the lack of
values).

REVELATION 13

1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the
sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crown, and
upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

2 And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were as the
feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave
him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly
wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast,
saying, Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?

5 And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and
blasphemies; and power was given to him to continue forty and two
months.

6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his

name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

7 And it was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome
them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and
nations.

8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not
written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the
world.

9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.

10 He that leads into captivity shall go into captivity: he that kills with the
sword, must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of
the saints.

11 And I beheld another beast coming out of the earth; and he had two
horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon.

12 And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him, and causes
the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose
deadly wound was healed.

13 And he does great wonders, so that he makes fire come down from
heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

14 And deceived them that dwell on the earth, by those miracles which he
had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the
earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound
by the sword, and did live.

15 And he had power to give life to the image of the beast, that the image of
the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship
the image of the beast should be killed.

16 And he caused all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to
receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the
name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18 Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding count the number of
the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred,
threescore, and six.”

Revelation 13 is the landmark scripture depicting the arise of what everyone

universally recognizes and calls “the antichrist.” There is much symbolism
contained within this chapter, symbolism that has been used elsewhere in
scripture and which are also as universally accepted as describing, not only the
antichrist but the TRUE MESSIAH as well. This has far more significance than
eschatologists have realized.

Behold, the startling similarities of this Beast Christ to the actual Messiah.

4. Yeshua, the Messiah was wounded to death (albeit not by a sword

and not a fatal head wound) and he arose from the dead. The
antichrist, therefore, resembles the actual Messiah in this very
important detail of a death and resurrection.
5. Like the true Messiah, the antichrist has power to make followers out
of the entire world.
6. The actual Messiah has many crowns on his head and has a name
written on his forehead. (Revelation 19:12) The Beast "antichrist"
mimics this very important aspect.
7. The followers of the actual Messiah are “sealed in their
foreheads,”(John 6:27, Romans 15:28, 2 Corinthians 1:22, Ephesians
1:13 and 4:30, Revelation 7:1-8, Ezekiel 9: 4-6, Revelation 9: 4) and
the name of the actual Father is “written” on their foreheads of the
144,000. ( Revelation 14:1) Again, the Beast "antichrist" seals his
followers in their foreheads.
8. The name of the Messiah was considered blasphemy by the religious
leaders of his time, likewise, the antichrist’s name IS blasphemous!
9. The actual Messiah was given a mouth speaking “great things” and
the Jewish religious leaders sought to stone him for uttering
powerful words that they considered blasphemous on numerous
occasions because the true Messiah was the very "proxy" of God.
Likewise, the antichrist is a "proxy," but not of God, he is the oracle
of Satan instead.
10. The actual Messiah received his power and authority from someone
else, namely the Father, and made this clear numerous times and the
Jewish leaders accused him of healing and casting out demons “by
the power of the king of the Demons.” In other words, Messiah was
accused of receiving his power from Satan, who is also called “the
Dragon” (Revelation 12). The antichrist in fact DOES receive his
 power and authority from Satan.
11. The actual Messiah is called “the lion of the tribe of Judah.”
(Revelation 5:5) The antichrist has “the mouth of a lion.” (Note: I
believe this is a reference to the fact that the words of the true
Messiah are attributed to the antichrist. The antichrist is given the
credit for the words that the true Messiah spoke).
12. The actual Messiah comes to make war with the devil and to destroy
the works of the devil (sin). The antichrist comes to make war, but
with the true Messiah, through the saints, and preserve sin (the
works of the devil).
13. Power over all kindreds, tongues and nations is given to the actual
Messiah. Likewise, the antichrist claims that same power.
14. The actual Messiah causes the world to worship the Father who
gives him his power and authority. The antichrist causes the world
to worship the dragon who gives him his power and authority.
15. The actual Messiah has “prophets” or apostles who exercise all of
his power. The antichrist has a false prophet who exercises all of his
power.

Equally important as the similarities between the actual Messiah and the false
Christ are their differences:

16. The antichrist actually BLASPHEMES God, whereas the actual

Messiah was only falsely accused of the same.
17. The antichrist demands that all the world worship and pray to him,
while the actual Messiah did not demand worship for himself but
commanded us to pray to the Father, not him.
18. The antichrist and his false prophet demand an “image” be created,
the actual Messiah preached the Tanakh and the Ten
Commandments and would NEVER condone the making of an image
to be worshipped.
19. The antichrist and his prophet take the world captive, hold them
hostage, and seize power by the sword, killing those who refuse to
accept their message or authority. The actual Messiah would NEVER
condone such actions and came not to lead into captivity but to set
us free.
20. The antichrist seizes the power of the human monetary system and
uses the desires of material things to entice and coerce the world
into following them, while the actual Messiah said “you cannot serve
God and mammon” and taught that money is irrelevant in the
kingdom he was about to establish.
21. The mark of the antichrist is a “number” and “name of a man,” the
mark of the actual Messiah is “the name of the Father.”

While the differences between the Christ and the antichrist are quite stark, the
similarities are twice as numerous and equally as powerful. It’s easy to see how
the world could get confused and mistake this Beast of Revelation for the actual
Messiah. With the exception of ministry and methodology the antichrist is in
every way identical to the TRUE MESSIAH!

DANIEL

The Beast in Revelation Chapter 13 was described by the earlier prophet, Daniel,
in great detail and is actually described as “the fourth great kingdom on the
earth.” In Daniel 7 we read about 4 consecutive great world powers or kingdoms
that appear on the earth and thankfully they are clearly identified. These beasts
arise up out of “the sea” according to Daniel 7:3 which is true also of the Beast of
Revelation 13. The first beast was described in Daniel 7:4 as “like a lion,” with
“eagle’s wings”. The Second beast is described as “like a bear,” (Daniel 7:5).
The third beast is described as “like a leopard.” The fourth beast is described in
Daniel 7:7 and it mirrors the Beast of Revelation in great detail, both in it’s
description and in the depiction of the events which occur during the power of
this Beast.

DANIEL 7: 7-11

7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful
and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it
devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it:
and it was diverse from all the beasts before it; and it had ten horns.

8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another
little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by
the roots: and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man and a
mouth speaking great things.

9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit,
whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure
wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand
thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand
stood before him? The judgment was set, and the books were opened.

11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn
spoke: I beheld even until the beast was slain and his body destroyed, and
given to the burning flame.”

Cleary this Beast in Daniel is the same Beast as the one described in Revelation
13. We know this for the simple fact that Daniel sees this Beast reign all the way
until the very reign of the Jewish Messiah on the earth and all the way until the
Beast is cast into flame (the events of which are depicted at the end of
Revelation). If anyone has any doubt that the Beast in Daniel is the same Beast
that reigns upon the earth at the time of the return of Messiah we need only read
the rest of Daniel’s prophecy concerning this Beast.

Daniel 7: 13-14

12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken
away: Yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

13 I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the Son of man came
with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they
brought him near before him.

14 And there was given him dominion and glory, and a kingdom, that all
people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an
everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that
which shall not be destroyed.”

It’s obvious that Daniel’s final “beast” is the final KINGDOM upon the earth and
will continue in power until the Kingdom of God is established upon the earth by
Messiah himself. This is absolutely CRUCIAL to comprehend because
thankfully, Daniel’s angel comes to him and actually IDENTIFIES this beast in
plain language, so that it is no mystery WHO is the Beast of Daniel and thus, the
identity of the Beast in Revelation 13 is also no great mystery.

Daniel 7: 16-26

16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of
all this, So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.

17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings which shall arise out
of the earth.

18 But the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the
kingdom forever, even forever and ever.

19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from
the others, exceeding dreadful whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of
brass; which devoured, broke in pieces and stamped the residue with his
feet;

20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other, which came
up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a
mouth that spoke very great things, whose look was more stout than his
fellows.
21 I beheld and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed
against them;

22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of
the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.

23 Thus he said, the fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon the
earth, which shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down and
break it in pieces.

24 And the ten horns out of the kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and
another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he
shall subdue three kings.

25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear
out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and
they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of
time.

26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, and
the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the
people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting
kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.”

It is widely accepted by most that these four Beasts of Daniel represent the four
great kingdoms, which ruled over much of the civilized world from ancient times
even to the very present. They are as follows:

Lion = Babylonian Empire

Bear = Medo-Persian Empire
Leopard = Greek Empire
4th Beast = Roman Empire

Interesting to note is that the Beast of Revelation 13 shares traits of all four of
these beasts.

Revelation 13: 2

“And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were as the feet
of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him
his power, and his seat, and great authority.”

Some have offered alternative and “deeper meanings” to the identity of these
four beasts of Daniel, however, if one reads chapter 8 of Daniel it becomes very
clear that they are identified exactly as the Angel describes, they are “the four
great kingdoms upon the earth.” There can be no doubt when you read the
entire book of Daniel that the identities of these Beasts are no mystery (even
though the angel tells Daniel to seal up the meaning of his prophecies until the
time of the end). One only has to examine the history described in Daniel to see
that the FOURTH BEAST shares traits from the three beasts that come before it
merely because each Beast arose and then was eclipsed by the next beast, and
many of the traits of the preceding beast were “incorporated” into the next beast
that comes after, until, finally, the fourth beast (the Roman Empire) is a collective
social culture made up of many of the aspects of the first three empires that led
to the culmination of Rome as a world power! This cannot be disputed, either
Biblically or historically.

Recently, some eschatologists are attempting to put forth that the fourth great
kingdom is not Rome at all but is "Islam." Their argument is that Rome never
actually "conquered" Babylon and Daniel's original visions came as a result of the
Emperor of Babylon's dream. They contend that the dream of the King of
Babylon would only concern him if the fourth great kingdom actually conquered
Babylon.

Even though Rome may not have actually conquered Babylon militarily,
(something I cannot admit or deny, not being an expert on the history), Rome
was indisputably the fourth great kingdom on the earth, the fourth kingdom to rule
over the majority of the known civilized world. One thing I do know for certain,
that is the Roman Empire was heavily influenced by Babylonian mysticism
(because the Medo-Persians and the Greeks both incorporated many of
Babylon’s religious and cultural principles into their society and Rome, of course
absorbed these same influences. This is undeniable historical fact. It is also
important to note that the Babylon of Daniel’s time was NOT the Babylon of the
Islamic world. Islam has NOTHING in common with ancient Babylon and in fact,
Christians have more in common with ancient Babylon than does the Islamic
religion! One case in point is the statues of Mary holding baby Jesus found in
Christian churches everywhere, they are identical in every way to ancient
Babylonian statues depicting one of their Goddesses!

One final note on this extremely misguided notion that the fourth great kingdom
will be “Islam.” Rome did not have to conquer Babylon. Neither Daniel’s
dream, nor the angel who interpreted it said that the fourth kingdom would
conquer Babylon! Those who make this argument are attempting to add to the
prophecy and put words in the mouth of the prophet Daniel. The vision was clear
that Babylon would be eclipsed by the Medo-Persians, then the Medo-Persians
eclipsed by the Greeks, then Rome would eclipse them all! Ancient Babylon was
conquered by the Medo-Persians, who were then conquered by the Greeks, who
were then conquered by Rome!

There can be no doubt that the Beast of Daniel is none other than the Beast of
Revelation 13 and that Beast is the Roman Empire and even though history
teaches us that the Roman Empire fell long before the time in which we now live
and it’s hard to understand how Rome could be the fourth great kingdom that
reigns until the time of the second coming of Messiah, we do know that Rome
continued after the Empire fell, in the form of the Roman Catholic Church.

John the apostle, at the beginning of Revelation states that the Revelation is a
vision of “things that must shortly come to pass,” and yet Rome was already in
power at the time of John’s vision, this too appears to contradict the belief that
the fourth beast is Rome!

Both of these seeming contradictions however can be easily explained.

We merely need to turn to the angel’s interpretation of Daniel’s vision to
understand. The angel tells Daniel that the Fourth Beast is not just a KINGDOM
but speaks of a SPECIFIC KING who is placed OVER that kingdom and retains
control until “the Ancient of Days” and the Second coming of Yeshuah Messiah in
the clouds of heaven. Perhaps John’s vision of the Beast is depicting that great
KING who would rule over the Beast Kingdom of Rome, and that king had not yet
arisen in John’s day. Thus, even though Rome existed at the time of John’s
Revelation, the Beast King that comes to power in Revelation 13 had not yet
appeared and was, therefore a part of “things to come.”

Then, we have to consider the “little horn” of Daniel, which exactly coincides with
the “second beast” of Revelation 13. This is another KING of Rome but is
specifically called “the false prophet” in Revelation. (Revelation 16:13, 19:20
and 20:10).

Daniel sees the fourth great kingdom follow the Greek kingdom. The kingdom
that followed Greece is Rome! This cannot be disputed historically! Islam can
never be this fourth beast unless it subdues the Greek Empire (which of course
has not existed for millennia, Greece is considered the mother of democracy).
Daniel sees Rome, there can be no doubt, and he sees it continue in power over
the world until the second coming of Messiah and until the judgment day.

What about the falling of Rome? We know that the kingdom of Rome fell and out
of that great empire arose many different nations! Was the angel who interpreted
Daniel’s vision wrong and the vision flawed? Not when you consider that Rome
never really lost its emperor and thus never truly “fell.” Rome was preserved as
a world power long after the empire itself fell into ruin and decay, and a long
succession of Roman Emperors, the Popes, has continued the Roman rule upon
the earth (and particularly over the nations that were formed out of Rome)
against all odds until this very day.

So, am I saying that the Beast of Revelation 13 is the Pope? Not at all! I believe
the Beast that rises out of the sea is both a kingdom and a king but I don’t
believe that king is a succession of Popes. The Sea Beast of Revelation is not
“many” kings in succession it is a particular king, the antichrist!
John the Revelator foresaw a time when Rome would have a great king placed
over it who is identical in almost every way to the true Messiah and furthermore,
this king would become the very embodiment of Rome itself. After this false
Messiah, who is identical in appearance to the true Messiah is set over Rome
and made to be the very symbol of Rome, then a “false prophet” who is “like a
lamb” arises and, exercising all the power of Rome, causes the world to worship
the antichrist, the false Messiah who is identical to the true Messiah in every
detail (with only a few very subtle but very crucial differences).

Both Daniel and John the Revelator agree that this great king will take over the
fourth great kingdom upon the earth and then, afterward, a smaller king, who is
described as a “little horn” by Daniel will then “make war with the saints of the
most High” in the NAME of the Beast King, and what’s more shall, at least for a
time prevail against them!

The false Christ, based upon and imitating the true Messiah is then set up as the
KING of Rome. The false prophet, the little horn, the second Beast is
established, and that little Beast creates an “image” of the first Beast and causes
(through the Devil’s power) that this image can actually SPEAK and have LIFE.
Furthermore, this little beast has power to perform “miracles” and does so “in the
sight of the beast,” even calling lightning down to the earth. The false prophet
then “exercises all the power of the antichrist," through the image that speaks.

I do not believe the Popes are the antichrist but it is quite possible that the “little
horn” might possess the same sort of position, power and the same authority as
does a Pope! What we know for sure is that the second Beast is the
“representative” of the false Christ upon the earth and “exercises all the power of
the first Beast before it,” much the same way that the Popes have been accepted
as representatives of Christ. This second beast, the “little horn” must have all of
the authority in Rome that a Pope would have in order to propagate this first
Beast, the antichrist over Rome! This second beast, therefore, MUST Have all
the power of the fourth kingdom at his disposal and he will use this power to
coerce and entice the entire world to worship the false Christ and the false image
of Christ.

Since it says, “all the world will marvel at the (first) Beast,” we know that Rome
will not be the only ones who accept this false image of another Christ (who is
like Messiah in every way but is full of blasphemy). This Roman “Christ King,”
according to John, will be full of blasphemies, and according to Paul, writing to
the Thessalonians will “sit in the temple of God, showing himself that he is
God.” The antichrist will claim to be God incarnate.

The smaller king who is the representative of this false Christ in Rome, will not
only exercise all of the power attributed to the antichrist, but he will cause the
whole world to worship the antichrist and to make an image of the antichrist that
shall be worshipped as well. According to Daniel, to the little horn will fall the
task of “making war” against the saints of the Most High. He will “wear out the
saints of the Most High.” Eventually, all in the world who refuse to accept this
new God/Man King, the new Roman Christ, will be have a sentence of death.
What’s more, even those factions in the world who are not Roman will worship
this same Roman Beast Christ!

John foresaw the day when the very system of religion that the believers
themselves have created and devised will be seized by the ENEMY, the true
Messiah of Israel will be taken “out of the way,” and a false Roman Christ put in
his place, one that is identical in every way to the true Messiah, but is a “devil.”

2 Thessalonians 2: 4- 7

4 Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is
worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself
that he is God.

5 Remember you not, that when I was yet with you, I told you of these
things?

6 And now you know what withholds that he might be revealed in his time.

7 For the mystery of iniquity does already work: only he who now prevents
will prevent until he be taken out of the way.”

Yeshua, the true Messiah of Israel identified himself as the ONLY way to the
father saying openly “I am the way, the truth and the life no man comes to the
Father but by me.” (John 14:6) The true Messiah must, therefore, be taken “out
of the way” in order to make way for the antichrist. This will be the “great falling
away” preceding the revealing of the antichrist. As long as the true Messiah
remains the “way” to salvation this prevents the antichrist from coming to full
power on the earth. In the end times the Christ preached by Rome and her
offshoot religions will NOT the true Messiah, but a perversion of the true. The
Beast Christ is “another Jesus” whom the Apostles NEVER preached! It will not
take a Biblical scholar, or an expert in world or Church history to see this very
simple and plain fact. At the time of the end, or the “great falling away” as it is
called, all you will have to do is compare the doctrines of the churches that
preach this new Roman Christ to the plain written words of the true Messiah to
see that the they are preaching “another Jesus!”

The antichrist who will be created by the end times Roman Empire and
propagated by antichristians of all faiths and denominations will condone the
killing of all those who refuse to accept his power and authority and all who
refuse to worship him and his image! The Roman antichrist condones sin and
provides a way for sin to multiply on the earth while at the same time promising
those who believe upon his power that they shall all go to heaven no matter how
horribly they live their lives!

The antichrist of Rome will preach that blessings are MATERIAL RICHES,
whereas the true Messiah and his apostles preached that those who desire to be
rich make a “shipwreck of their faith.” This antichrist will actually use the material
riches and gains of the world to gather his followers. The antichristian religions
of the world will be DEEPLY rooted in the buying and selling of material goods.
They can NEVER escape this Roman antichrist system for they would be “unable
to buy or sell” which means their great churches and cathedrals could not be
supported. Their entire ministry would fall!

The Roman antichrist leads INTO captivity, the true Messiah “sets the captives
free!”

Chapter 2

THE SPIRIT OF MESSIAH VS.

THE SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST

Already, before the Apostles had even passed the torch to others and gone on to
be with the Lord, there was a move to replace the true Jesus with a false, to
replace the Messiah with an antichrist! Furthermore, Paul feared that the
Corinthian church would "receive another spirit." John the Revelator himself saw
the beginnings of this antichrist beast arising and warned all.

1 John 2: 18-29

18 Little children, it is the last time: and as you have heard that antichrist
shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it
is the last time.

19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of
us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might
be made manifest that they were not all of us.

20 But you have an unction from the Holy One, and you know all things.

21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but
because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

22 Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist
that denies the Father and the Son.
23 Whosoever denies the Son, the same has not the Father: (but) he that
acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

24 Let that therefore abide in you, which you have heard from the
beginning. If that which you have heard from the beginning shall remain
in you, you also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
25 And this is the promise that he has promised us, even eternal life.

26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.

27 But the anointing which you have received of him abides in you, and
you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches
you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you,
you shall abide in him.
28 And now, little children, abide in him: that, when he shall appear,
you may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one that does
righteousness is born of him.”

John, in his first letter, speaks plainly of the coming of many antichrists that will
deny true Messiah and replace him with a Roman Christ! John saw that there
was coming a “false Christ” based upon the true Messiah. One can’t have
“another Christ” until one denies the FIRST! This is basic common sense, for if
the true Messiah is the Christ, there would be no reason to replace him with
another! It is important also to note that the FOCUS of John's warning lies in
this statement the true Messiah is "righteous," and not only that "every one
that does righteousness is born of him." (He later says that everyone that
doesn't do righteousness has never seen the true Messiah neither have they
"known" him). The emphasis is on the righteousness we have through Messiah
and it is the determining factor in weeding out the "false christs" and his
followers. I believe that is because the biggest difference between the coming
world Beast antichrist and the true Messiah is that the antichrist and his followers
justify, condone and eventually even encourage sin!

John speaks of the “unction” and the “anointing” which “abides in” those who
believe in the true Messiah. I find that this is the key to John’s discussion of
antichrist. John here states emphatically that those who bring us “another Jesus”
must first deny the basic tenet that the true Messiah “abides in us” and is able to
teach us the truth Himself, and more importantly will attempt to get you to rely on
“teachings of men,” rather than the anointing!
Indeed, Paul in his letter to Galatians mirrors this as well. After Paul writes that
anyone who preaches any other gospel should be “accursed,” he says this:

Galatians 1: 11-16

11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is
not after man.

12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the
revelation of Jesus Christ.

13 For you have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’

religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and
wasted it:

14 And profited in the Jews’ religion above many my equals in mine own
nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.

15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb,

and called me by his grace,

16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the
heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood.”

There is a common theme whenever the Apostles spoke of the “replacement

gospel” and the “replacement Messiah” or antichrist. They emphasize that the
teachings of the true Messiah are “within” the believer and in fact that the true
Messiah “abides in them.” It becomes apparent that this theme is not by
accident! It becomes obvious that the difference between the true Messiah and
the antichrist who is to come (the other Christ) is that the true Messiah is ALIVE
and abiding in his believers and is NOT dependent upon the teachings of men
while the false (replacement) Christ is most definitely dependent upon those who
preach and teach him! Which makes perfect sense because the true Messiah is
alive and sitting at the right hand of the Father and is ONE with us through the
Holy Spirit and the false Christ is a concoction of men!

John the Revelator tells us exactly WHY this is!

1 John 4: 1-3

1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of
God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

2 Hereby know you the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus
Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in
the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof you
have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.”

Again the same theme in all 3 texts I’ve quoted. Messiah abiding in me, in this
fleshly creature. John predicted that the coming antichrist system (while at the
same time professing Messiah within, just not the true Messiah) but would
eventually seek to eradicate this notion that Messiah has literally come in the
flesh (in the believers). This is because, before anyone can present to you
another Christ they must first get you to forget that the true Messiah abides in
you, through the anointing of the Holy Spirit, and must get you to rely on their
“wisdom” in order to twist and pervert the gospel of the true Messiah and replace
it with a counterfeit. In the end times, the Apostles foresaw a day when many,
while confessing Messiah “within” with their mouths will reject the true saints
when they tell them that you do not need any man to teach you, for the anointing
that abides in you through the oneness of the Messiah teaches you of all things!

John has more to say on this subject.

1 John 4: 4- 17

"4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because
greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world
hears them.

6 We are of God: he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God hears
not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every on that
loves is born of God, and knows God.

8 He that loves not knows not God; for God is love.

9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent
his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his
Son to be the propitiation of our sins.

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought to also love one another.

12 No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God
dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us
because has given us of his Spirit.

14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the
Savior of the world.

15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells
in him and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God has to us. God is
love; and he
that dwells in love dwells in God, and
God in him.
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day
of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this
world.”
John has laid it all out for us. He has given us the way to discern the difference
between the true Messiah and the antichrist! He repeats two times here that if
the Spirit of Messiah dwells IN us then God is IN US, and we are in God! He
also states that as God’s Spirit of love is “perfected” in us we become like
Messiah, and ultimately like God in the world! To the antichristians of the end
times that will be utter blasphemy, for their Christ is “God incarnate” and no one
else. Only their Christ can say “I am in God and God is in me,” because their
Christ is God! These end times “antichristians” who will actually STILL preach
the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and teach that Jesus is “in” them will balk if you
tell them that the Spirit of love can be “perfected” in you and you can live in
perfect love even as the true Messiah lived! They will call those who teach this a
very dangerous person and their doctrine they will call “cultish!” They will pay
utter lip service to the entire foundation of the true Messiah, that he dwells in you
and transforms you into the very image of God the Father, yet all the while
denying it and calling those who truly believe it "antichrist," in an amazing "upside
down twist" that is bigger than anything we've ever seen in history!

John warns us that ANY spirit that denies this basic truth that Messiah is come
in the flesh through God’s spirit is “that spirit of antichrist.”

In the end times all of the above statements of John will be considered
BLASPHEMY by the antichrist church! To say "God dwells in me" will be a
blasphemy because the antichrist church teaches that ONLY THEIR CHRIST
has God dwelling in him bodily (for the Roman Beast Christ is God in the form of
the Christ). The Roman Beast Christ is the only one that could say "I dwell in
God and God in me," according to the antichrist religion. All others are
blasphemers and making themselves "God."

“You can’t be perfect like Jesus because Jesus was God!” That will be the
outcry of the antichristians to the true gospel message that is to be preached to
the entire world. They simply will NOT believe the basic gospel truth that Jesus
lives in me! Their Jesus lives in them only “symbolically,” not “literally.” They will
follow the Roman Christ, who is God and only died to save them from the penalty
of the sin, not to dwell IN them and eradicate sin in their life completely. The
concept, which was the pinnacle of the Gospel as preached by the Apostles will
be completely foreign to the antichristians!

CHAPTER 3

THE TRUE WAY TO SALVATION VS. THE FALSE

SECURITY OF THE ANTICHRIST SYSTEM
Daniel has much more to say about the antichrist and at this point we must turn
to him once again. Only in a full understanding of the antichrist can we
understand how this “great falling away” occurs and only then will we truly grasp
the “mystery of iniquity,” described by the Apostle Paul to the Thessalonians.

The true Messiah is “taken out of the way” of salvation. How is this done?
Daniel is clear on this!

Daniel 9: 27

“And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the
midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,
and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate even
until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the
desolate.”

The antichrist comes into power and at first confirms “the covenant,” however, in
the midst of his “week,” he will break the covenant and cause the “sacrifice” to
cease. What “covenant” will the antichrist betray? What sacrifice will he cause
to “cease?” Thankfully Daniel gets an interpretation from the Angel himself.

Daniel 11: 30- 32

“30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be
grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so
shall he do; he shall even return and have intelligence with them that
forsake the holy covenant.

31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of
strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the
abomination that makes desolate.

32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall be corrupt by

flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do
exploits.”

We do not have to stumble in the dark to understand how the antichrist replaces
the true Messiah. He takes away, not only the “holy covenant” but he places an
abomination that makes “desolate,” and furthermore puts an utter end to the
“daily sacrifice.” Messiah himself made reference to the taking away of the daily
sacrifice and the placing of the abomination of Desolation!

Matthew 24: 15-16

“15 When you therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of
by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso reads, let him
understand:)

16 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains:”

All we need do is determine what is the “holy covenant” and what is the “daily
sacrifice” in the end times and we will understand the evil and mysterious plan of
Satan to set up a false Christ right in the very midst of those who claim to follow
the true Messiah and lead them into a “great falling away.” Again, thanks be to
God, these matters are not mysteries to us. The Holy Covenant is described in
detail in the New Testament, and the “daily sacrifice” is explained as well!

CHAPTER 5

THE HOLY COVENANT VS. THE OLD COVENANT

Most apologists agree together that the “confirmed covenant” in the end times
will be an agreement with the antichrist and Israel to restore, not only the temple,
but the old covenant with all of it’s sacrifices. I am not as convinced, because
Daniel’s angel clearly makes a distinction by saying “the holy covenant.” A
covenant is only “holy” when those who make the covenant with God KEEP it.
Much the same as the Sabbath is only “holy” when it is kept holy. (The fourth
commandment tells us to keep the Sabbath holy and it’s not a huge leap in logic
that if you break the Sabbath it becomes an “unholy” thing and cannot be
referred to as “Holy Sabbath.”)

The New Testament writers made it clear to us that the old covenant, the
sacrificing of animals on the altar became “faulty” and “unholy.” NOT because
there was something wrong with the agreement, of course there wasn’t, God
doesn’t make mistakes. No, the covenant of old became unholy because those
who made the agreement with God did not KEEP it! I doubt the Angel, when
telling Daniel about this covenant between the antichrist (or his agents) and the
people of Israel would refer to such a covenant as “the holy covenant.” Some
argue that Daniel lived before the days of the New covenant, only knew of the
old covenant, and they believe the Angel would speak to Daniel in terms he could
understand. That is not a valid argument because there are many things within
this vision that Daniel did not understand, there are many direct references to
things that would only be understood after their fulfillment. This “confirmation of
the holy covenant” may be one such case.

The HOLY covenant according to all scripture, especially in the time of the end,
the time of the antichrist is most definitely the New covenant as taught by the
Apostles themselves.

HEBREWS 8: 6-13

6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also
he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better
promises.

7 For if that first had been faultless, then should no place have been
sought for the second.

8 For finding fault with them, he said, Behold, the days come, says the
Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the
house of Judah:

9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day
when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt:
because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, says
the Lord.

10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after
those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their minds, and write
them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a
people:

11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his
brother, saying, Know the Lord; for all shall know me, from the least to the
greatest.
12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their
iniquities will I remember no more.

13 In that he says, A new, he has made the first old. Now that which
decays and waxes old is ready to vanish away.”

It should be noted that modern translations all say that the covenant itself was
“faulty.” In Hebrews 8: 7 they have added the word “covenant” and also in verse
13. I know this word has been added because it is found in ITALICS in the
original King James version and italic words are words that were added by the
translators. Hebrews 8: 7 does NOT say that the old covenant was “faulty.” The
entire notion is ridiculous. That God could create a “faulty system” is, well, it’s
ludicrous. There was nothing wrong with the old covenant other than the fact
that the people of Israel didn’t KEEP it which is why in Hebrews 8: 8 it says
“finding fault with THEM” God made a new covenant.

The new covenant could be a book all by itself, yet I find it imperative that I
summarize the key aspects of this covenant, since we know that the antichrist or
his agents will confirm this covenant for a while, but then take it away and place
the “abomination of desolation.”

The New covenant is actually very simple and I will summarize it

here.

22.Messiah died to be the propitiation of our sins.

23.The Holy Spirit entered the world (as a result of Messiah’s
sacrifice) and comes to the believer to “lead you and guide
you into all truth.”
24.With the Holy Spirit abiding in you, you have no need for
any man to teach you to “know the Lord” because you
know him intimately.
25.Whereas the old covenant could only “atone” for sin but
could not eradicate your sin, the New covenant not only
atones for sin but provides a way of escape, setting free
the captives to sin!

Many will, no doubt, take exception to item number four; however, I’m not
speaking out of thin air here. There are so many scriptures that back up item
number four that, as I said, I can write an entire book on that subject alone.
Hebrews itself backs up that the new covenant has the potential to eradicate sin
in the life of the believer.

Hebrews 9: 11- 14
"11 But Christ is being come an high priest of good things to come, by a
greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say,
not of this building;

12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he
entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption.

13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer
sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh:

14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit
offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead
works to serve the living God?”

I have always found it extremely frustrating the way I have heard this subject
handled in the Churches I’ve attended. They completely mock the sacred
covenant of old. They state that “of course the sprinkling of animal blood cannot
save you, no wonder we needed Christ to mediate a new covenant,” and
conclude that the old covenant was therefore faulty because it could not deliver
on the promise that God had made to those who keep it! This makes God a
complete and utter liar for God assured those with whom he made the old
covenant that if they KEPT it, they would be cleansed from their unrighteous
deeds and this shedding of blood would atone for their sins! Evidently, many
within the churches think that God was playing a cruel trick on Israel when he
established the old covenant, for they see this old covenant as completely
ineffective and a total waste of time!

The writer of Hebrews does not say that the sprinkling of blood COULD NOT
atone and cleanse. He says quite the opposite, in fact, stating: “if the
sprinkling of blood COULD cleanse, then how much more will the blood of
Messiah cleanse.” I say again, there was (and is) NOTHING wrong with the
blood atonement of the old covenant. When it was (and is) KEPT the way God
prescribed, it works, to the ATONING OF SINS. Otherwise, all of the children of
Israel who came before Messiah were DOOMED, and died in their sins! This
atonement had to be repeated over and over and over again. Messiah’s blood
atonement happened once and for all, but that is only ONE of the reasons the
new covenant is a better covenant!

HEBREWS 10: 1- 4

1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come and not the very
image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered
year by year continually make the comers there-unto perfect.

2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? Because that the
worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

3 But in those a remembrance again of sins every year.

4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take
away sins.”

When you read Hebrews 8, then 9, then 10 you begin to understand that the
ONLY thing that was lacking in the old covenant was that it had to be repeated
over and over again every year because, while it did make atonement for the sins
of the past year and cleansed the people, the people would then go out the
following year and sin again and have to return again and again. There was no
power within the old atonement for the “taking away” of sins, or the complete
eradication of sin once and for all.

Logically, if the old covenant and the shedding of animal blood could NOT make
them perfect and “take away” their sins completely, and the new covenant is a
“better” covenant, then in this new covenant there MUST be the promise and the
possibility of your sins being taken away, through the power of the HOLY SPIRIT
and through obedience to the same. The new covenant, unlike the old has the
power to “make the comers there-unto perfect.” This is the key message of
the NEW COVENANT! It’s the same message as the Gospel was in the days of
the writing of the New Testament. That Messiah died once and for all to make
blood atonement for our sins, but that’s not all, He died to “take away the sins of
the world,” to eradicate sin on the earth! This is done through the HOLY SPIRIT
or the writing of God’s laws in the minds of hearts of those who keep the
covenant, so that they have no need for any man to teach them how to live
without sin, for they are taught of God directly.

Behold, then, the mission of the antichrist! He comes in like a Savior, confirming
the HOLY COVENANT with many for a short while (making lip service to the
message of holiness through the abiding of Messiah within the believers), but
somewhere in the midst of this, he switches gears and has “intelligence” with
them that “break the holy covenant.”

For those of you who still doubt that the New covenant in Messiah’s blood has
the actual power to eradicate sin in the life of the believer read the following
texts:

Hebrews 11: 40

"God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should
not be made perfect."

The above quoted verse MORE than implies that those "within" the Holy
Covenant shall be made "perfect." This is not the only scriptural evidence that
the inner working of the Holy Spirit through the New covenant in Messiah’s blood
will make you perfect, even as Messiah was perfect ("tempted in every way but
without sin"). There are so many such scriptures I cannot possible quote them
all, I'd have to just simply quote here all of the letters of the New Testament in
order to cover them all!

Ephesians 4: 11-13

"11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets, and some,
evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

12 for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ:

13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son
of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the
fullness of Christ:"

CHAPTER 6

HOLY SACRIFICE VS. UNHOLY SACRIFICE

What about the “taking away of the daily sacrifice?” Many believe this statement
alone proves that the Angel in Daniel is speaking of the old covenant because
the sacrifice made in the new covenant was made by Yeshua Messiah (the
Jewish Messiah), once and for all. They contend there is no daily sacrifice
involved in the new covenant. (This argument is just plain silly because there
was no daily sacrifice in the old covenant either). They couldn’t be more
mistaken, too, about there being no daily sacrifice in the New covenant!

Romans 8: 13

“For if you live after the flesh, you shall die: but if you through the Spirit do
mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live.”

This chapter of Romans describes in detail HOW the New covenant, working
within the believer, day by day, transforms those who keep the covenant into
sinless creatures! By the New covenant we received the blood atonement of
Messiah and the Holy Spirit enters into our flesh. Then, on a daily basis we
begin to submit to that self same Spirit and we “mortify” or kill the sinful deeds of
the flesh. This is a daily sacrifice of our own!

Colossians 3
“1 If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above,
where Christ sits on the right hand of God,

2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on earth.

3 For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

4 when Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with
him in glory.

5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication,
uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness,
which is idolatry:

6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of
disobedience:

7 In the which you also walked some time, when you lived in them.

8 But now you also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy
communication out of your mouth.

9 Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his
deeds.

10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the
image of him that created him:

11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision,

Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of

mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a
quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also do you.

14 And above all these things put on LOVE, which is the bond of
perfection.

15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also you are
called in one body; and you be thankful.

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and
admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

18 Wives submit yourselves to your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto
the Lord.

21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not
with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God.

23 And whatsoever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

24 Knowing that of the Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance:
for you serve the Lord Christ.

25 But he that does wrong shall receive for the wrong which he has done:
and there is no respect of persons.”

I quoted this entire chapter because basically it describes the daily sacrifice
better than any other I have seen! Each day, the true followers of Messiah
remember that they are “dead” in Messiah and their life is “hidden.” They
sacrifice themselves with the blood atonement of the Messiah and they mortify
their bodies by mortifying the DEEDS of their flesh. Bit by bit, day by day, until
their love is perfected and their bodies become holy living sacrifices unto the
Lord!

Still not convinced that this is the “daily sacrifice” spoken of by Daniel the
prophet? Well, here it is then, the one scripture that proves it beyond a shadow
of a doubt:

1 Corinthians 15: 31

“I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our

Lord, I die daily.”

Paul herein writes to the Corinthians and in Chapter 15 he describes in detail the
DEATH and RESURRECTION of those who have the “Holy Covenant” in
Messiah’s blood! It would behoove you to read this chapter and even memorize
it if you can. We will study more from this chapter later in this book.
Clearly the “daily sacrifice” that is taken “away” by the antichrist and his agents is
none other than the POWER we have through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit to
“mortify the deeds of the body” daily and move into fullness and perfection in the
Messiah at his coming! How can anyone take that away from you? By
deceiving you into not believing it! That’s how! By offering to you another Jesus,
who does not demand this daily sacrifice, and who has merely paid the price for
your sin so that you could continue as you were, from sin to sin, until the day you
die! That is the antichrist that is coming, according to not just John, but all the
apostles. It is a "man of sin" a "fleshly God/Christ" a BEAST that offers no
real liberty from sin, only a bondage to a religious system based upon a lie,
designed to keep you forever in bondage to the flesh and thus forever in
bondage to SIN and to the Beast religion!

CHAPTER 7

THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT VS.

THE ABOMINATION THAT MAKES DESOLATE
No wonder Yeshua Messiah zeroed right in on the prophecy of Daniel and the
“abomination of desolation” that comes to replace the “daily sacrifice.” The
abomination of desolation is a full out assault on the very purposes for the
sacrifice and blood atonement of Messiah! In order to thoroughly understand this
you need to know what “desolation” is according to the Word!

When a woman’s womb is unable to bear children she is referred to as “desolate”

in scripture or “barren.” This is because children are “the fruit of the womb,” in
scripture. A tree or a plant is called “barren” when it does not bear fruit. A piece
of land is called “desolate” when no life will grow on it (which is always a direct
result of plant life being unable to reproduce or bear fruit). The taking away of
the “daily sacrifice” places an “abomination” which causes the followers of
Messiah to not bear “fruit.”

John 15: 1- 8

1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

2 Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every branch
that bears fruit, he purges it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

3 Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken to you.

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of

itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can you, except you abide in me.
5 I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him,
the same brings forth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing.

6 If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is

withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are
burned.

7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you
will and it shall be done to you.

8 Herein is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; so shall you be my
disciples.

9 As the Father has loved me so have I loved you: continue you in my love.

10 If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; even as I

have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.”

The coming antichrist takes away the entire message of the gospel that we must
KEEP Messiah’s commandments and abide in HIS love in order to be a disciple!
It replaces it with an abominable RELIGION of empty sacraments, teachings of
men, completely denies the indwelling of the Holy Spirit (while at the same time
confirming this Holy Covenant with many at first through lip service to the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit, but it's activities, doctrines, methodology all DENY
this Holy Covenant of Messiah within). The antichrist Beast eventually denies
every basic tenet of the teachings of Messiah, twisting or perverting the rest until
he takes away the daily sacrifice of dying to sin and replaces it with a false
system of religion whereby you never stop sinning, you just are “forgiven.”

This Beast religion then makes WAR with those who are bearing the fruit of the
Spirit in love, even to the point of putting them to DEATH as blasphemers. It
denies the power of Messiah WITHIN, the Holy Spirit, to literally cleanse the
believer of their sin and make them holy and perfect, abiding in the Father’s love
to the nth degree, exactly as Messiah abided in the Father’s love. The antichrist
Beast calls this blasphemy and teaches that their Christ alone is the “only son of
God” and he alone can achieve the perfect love of the Father!

Galatians 5: 12-26

“12 I would that they were even cut off which trouble you.

13 For brethren you have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for
an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even this; You shall love your
neighbor as yourself.”
15 But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you be not
consumed one of another.

16 This I say then, Walk

in the Spirit, and you shall not
fulfill the lust of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and
these are contrary the one to the other: so that you cannot do the things
that you would.

18 But if you be led of the Spirit, you are not under the law.

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions,

heresies,

21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of the which

I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do
such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith,

23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the
affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying

one another.”

I tell you plainly, even as did Paul to the Galatians, they that follow the Beast (the
religion of the flesh masquerading under the guise of Messiah) can in no wise
ever inherit the kingdom of God at the return of the Messiah! The antichrist
religion will take away all “fruit of the spirit” from those who follow it and put in it’s
place a delusional system that tells them quite the opposite of what Paul said to
the Galatians. The antichrist and the system that shall be built around him will
say that you indeed CAN live after the flesh and still go the Heaven. It will further
DENY that walking after the Spirit as Paul admonishes us is even possible, state
that only their Christ (the ANTICHRIST) has achieved this, (or ever will achieve
this) and will vilify all who say contrary to this doctrine even to the point of making
war with them and killing them!

This is the “taking away of the daily sacrifice” (as Paul says to the Galatians,
“they that are Messiah’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts”)
and it shall place the “abomination that makes desolate” (a delusional system
that requires NO sacrifice upon those that follow and requires no fruit of the Spirit
whatsoever). The Beast System will take away the Holy Spirit from the equation
entirely. Christ within will take on a mere symbolic meaning, and there will be no
fruit among those that follow the system because frankly they love their sin and
have no desire to see it eradicated in their lives! That is why they will NEED their
teachers, their preachers, their teaching tapes, their television evangelists, their
books and prayer books and would never even THINK to question them! They
are breakers of the new covenant! They have no concept of the new covenant
whereby Messiah dwells within and you have "no need for any man to teach
you."

2 Thessalonians 2: 8-17

“8 And then shall that wickedness be revealed, whom the Lord shall
consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness
of his coming:

9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and
signs and lying wonders.

10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;

because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they
should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had
pleasure in unrighteousness.
13 but we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren
beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chose you to
salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the

glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you have
been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which
hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope
through grace,

17 Comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good

word and work.”
The central theme of the antichrist in Thessalonians, (and those who fall away to
create and follow him), is that they reject the Holy Spirit and its power to literally
“take away your sins.” Instead, they put into place a delusional system in which
you don’t have to love righteousness, good words and good works are irrelevant
in the Beast System, for their antichrist has set them free from righteousness to
live in sin! Eagerly shall the wicked flock to this new system for they “have
pleasure in unrighteousness.” Every worldly pleasure that money (and the mark
of the Beast) can buy awaits those who accept the Roman Beast system of the
end times!

They who reject this antichrist system and press into the Kingdom, will be
persecuted by the very people who claim to be following Jesus Christ!

CHAPTER 8

THE POWER OF GOD VS. THE POWER OF THE FLESH

No wonder the Apostles warned that in the end times men would have a “form
of Godliness” but “deny the power thereof.”

2 Timothy 3: 1-5

“1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent,

fierce, despisers of those that are good,

4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of

God:

5 Having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof: from such
turn away.”
What I find most disturbing about the above passage is the fact that it describes
the RELIGIOUS people. They have “a form of Godliness.” It’s not even telling
us what the so called “heathen” or the rest of the world are like during the end
times, it’s only describing what the so called “enlightened believers” are like in
the end times! These are those who are supposed to have “God!” Astonishing
and truly scary!

We read earlier that those who live “after the flesh” shall die but he who mortifies
or kills the deeds of the body by the Spirit shall live. This is the pivotal difference
between the followers of the true Messiah and the followers of the end times
antichrist! The true followers of Messiah do mortify the deeds of the body,
through the New covenant in Messiah’s blood and the followers of the antichrist
DENY the POWER of the Spirit, reject that you can EVER mortify the deeds of
the flesh and in so doing resign themselves to an existence of bondage, all the
while claiming “liberty” and calling those who live after the Spirit “legalists.”

This great battle between the Power of God, through the Spirit, and the flesh is
an ancient one. The Apostles spoke of it in detail and promised that the saints
(the followers of the true Messiah) would defeat the flesh, by the Power of love
through the Spirit! They also foresaw the day when many would depart from this
great “hope of our calling.” The book of Revelation depicts these days in great
detail, but only to those who have “ears to hear” and “eyes to see.”

How do the antichristians miss the Power of God? That’s simple: they DENY it
outright, according to Paul’s letter to Timothy. The true Messiah made it clear
that “as a man speaks so shall it happen unto him.” It really is as simple as that!
The end times antichrist system will teach all that you can NEVER be “like
Jesus,” for “Jesus is God!” It will teach that sinless perfection is completely
impossible and it will set up a replacement system whereby through faithfulness
to the SYSTEM the believer is made fit for Heaven. It’s a substitute for the
Power of God. The true Messiah is the Lamb of God who “takes away the sins
of the world,” while the antichrist claims to be the “Lamb of God,” but
“preserves” the sins of the world while claiming to pay the penalty so the world
can continue in its sin and still go to heaven!

Isaiah 29: 13- 14

13 Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with
their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their hearts
far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this

people, even a marvelous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise
men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.”
They will continue to teach and preach that Jesus lives in them but they won’t
really believe it and heap to themselves teachers who will tell them exactly what
they want to hear! Their Jesus paid the price for their sins but did NOT deliver
them from those sins and they will be perpetually stuck in their fleshly sin
condition, dependent upon the traditions, teachings and sacraments of their
Roman system of churches to continually cleanse them from the sin sickness.

CHAPTER 9

THE MYSTERY OF GOD VS. THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY

How do things get to that point however? How does this “great falling away”
occur and this sudden downturn in morality among them that claim to “have
God?” The Bible calls this “the mystery of iniquity.”

2 Thessalonians 2: 7

“For the mystery of iniquity does already work: only he who now prevents
will continue to prevent until he be taken out of the way.”

As long as the gospel of Yeshua Messiah is preached, as long as Messiah IN

YOU is a reality in your life you cannot be deceived, you will not be a part of the
end times “great falling away” or the time when the “son of perdition” is revealed
in them that perish! For you see, just as there is a “mystery of iniquity,” there is a
“mystery of righteousness” or a “mystery of Godliness” or “mystery of God,” and
that mystery according to scripture is “Christ in you, the hope of Glory.”

Mark 4: 10-12

10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked
of him the parable.

11 And he said unto them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the
kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all these things are done in
parables:

12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear,
and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their
sins should be forgiven them.”

Romans 11: 25- 27

25 For I would not, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery,
lest you should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is
happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of
Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

27 Forthis is my covenant unto them, when I shall

take away their sins.”
Christ spoke of the “mystery” first. He expounded deeper on the subject in other
verses of scripture, of course, but clearly the believers have a special “unction”
from God that helps them understand the deep things of Messiah. This is none
other than the Holy Spirit which we have through the new covenant in Messiah’s
blood. In Romans this truth is spelled out in no uncertain terms, that the
“covenant” would be “when I shall take away their sins.”

There’s more to this mystery.

Romans 16: 25-26

“25 Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel,

and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the
mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets,

according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all
nations for the obedience of faith:”

Ephesians 1: 9-10

“9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his
good pleasure which he has proposed in himself:

10 That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather

together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which
are on earth; even in him.”

As you can see there is a common theme here throughout discussion of the
“mystery,” and that is “Messiah in us and we in Messiah,” gathered together as
members of one body, sharing one Spirit, the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 2: 7

“But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom,
which God ordained before the world to our glory:”

If you recall, the new covenant is that God would “write the law” into our minds
and hearts, and that we would have “no need for any man to teach” us saying
“know the Lord” for all shall know him. (All who honor the new covenant in his
blood that is). If you read 1 Corinthians 2: 7 in its CONTEXT you can see that we
are still on point here. The mystery is definitely related to the Holy Spirit that we
possess and that possesses us upon being baptized into the new covenant
through Messiah’s blood. Let’s read 1 Corinthians 2: 1- 6 to eradicate all doubt.

1 Corinthians 2: 1- 6

"1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellent speech or
of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.

2 For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ,
and him crucified.

3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

4 And my speech and my preaching were not with enticing words of man’s
wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of the power:

5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power
of God.

6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: Yet not the
wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to
naught:”

Every time the “mystery” is discussed in scripture it repeats the exact same
common theme. The Spirit, which comes to us through the new covenant and
the shedding of Messiah’s blood (or as Paul put it in the passage above “Jesus
Christ and him crucified.”)

Messiah spoke of the importance of this when discussing his own crucifixion:

John 16: 7- 16

“7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away:
for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I depart, I will
send him to you.

8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of

righteousness, and of judgment:

9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;

10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and you see me no more;

11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

12 I have Yet many things to say unto you, but you cannot bear them now.

13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all
truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that
shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.

14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it to
you.

15 All things that the Father has are mine: therefore said I, that he shall
take of mine and shall show it to you.

16 A little while and you shall not see me: and again, a little while and you
shall see me, because I go to the Father.”

Here Yeshua Messiah tells us that the main purpose of the crucifixion was to
send us the Holy Spirit (and thus establish the new covenant in his blood by
writing the law into our hearts and our minds). This same Spirit will lead and
guide us into all truth (as it says concerning the new covenant that they shall not
teach every one his neighbor to know the Lord for they all shall know him).

1 Corinthians 1: 17-18

“17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with
wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.

18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but
unto us which are saved it is the power of God.”

Paul warned the Corinthians that to put your faith in wisdom of men is to
NULLIFY the very crucifixion! For, as he says in chapter 2, if your faith stands in
the wisdom of men it does not stand on the power of God. The antichrist Beast
system therefore seeks to NULLIFY the very purpose of the crucifixion, which
was to place Messiah in us through the Holy Spirit and to build up our faith, not in
the teachings of men, but in the POWER of God. We can rest assured, then,
that the antichrist system will most DEFINITELY deny that Messiah is “come in
the flesh” (that is in us) by the Power of the Holy Spirit to transform the flesh, and
set up a teaching whereby you remain “in this sinful flesh,” and that states
nothing good at all dwells in “this flesh.” It is based upon the teachings of men
and seeks to bring all under the bondage of those teachings, which in turn
causes them who receive the antichrist ministry to forsake the Holy Spirit.

The followers of antichrist will never see the fullness of the mystery in them for
they reject it outright and go after a corrupt system and a perverted Christ.

Ephesians 3: 3

“3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote
afore in few words,

4 Whereby, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the

mystery of Christ)

5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is
now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

6 That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and
partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:

7 Whereof I was made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God
given unto me by the effectual working of his power.

8 Unto me who am less than the least of all saints is this grace given, that I
should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which
from the beginning of the world has been hid in God, who created all things
by Jesus Christ:”

Paul continues on in this chapter through the end talking about the mystery, and
in verse 15 and 16 mentions the Holy Spirit and Messiah dwelling in our hearts.

Colossians 1: 24-29

“24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is
behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is
the church:

25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God

which is given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God;

26 Even the mystery which has been hid from ages and from generations
but now is made manifest to his saints:

27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this
mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of
glory.
28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all
wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in
Christ Jesus:

29 Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which works

in me mightily.”

The mystery is Christ in you, the hope of Glory, according to what Paul told
the Colossian Church.

Many have settled that the mystery in the above verses simply is speaking about
how the Gentiles would be offered the gift of Salvation. They conclude that this
was something the children of Israel did not expect. They are right; yet, HOW
are the Gentiles included in the new covenant? They obtain the promises the
same way the Children of Israel obtain, by the Holy Spirit, through the new
covenant in Messiah’s blood. Other scriptures in Colossians that mention the
mystery are Colossians 2: 2 and 4: 3.

CHAPTER 10

FINISHING THE MYSTERY

There comes a time in the prophecies of the end times when this “great mystery”
which is Messiah in you, is “finished.” First we will look at the book of Revelation:

Revelation 10: 5-7

“5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted
up his hand to heaven,

6 And swore by him that lives for ever and ever, who created heaven, and
the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are,
that there should be time no longer:

7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to
sound the mystery of God should be finished, as he has declared to his
servants the prophets.”

There's coming a great day, according to Revelation, when this "mystery" of

Messiah IN YOU will be finished. This is also referred to in scripture (as we have
already read) as the time of the "fullness of the gentiles." Although Messiah in
you and the great meaning of what that portends was ONCE a mystery,
thankfully most of that mystery is explained in very great detail within the New
Testament. It occurs, according to Revelation at the sounding of the last (or
seventh) "trumpet." Paul told us all what exactly will happen to us at this
moment.

1 Corinthians 15: 50-58

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom
of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet
shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be
changed.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put
on immortality.

54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal
shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that
is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

57 But thanks be to God which gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be you steadfast, un-moveable, always

abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as you know that your
labor is not in vain in the Lord."

The finishing of the MYSTERY of Messiah IN YOU culminates in the believers

overcoming sin in the flesh and receiving NEW, IMMORTAL, INCORRUPTIBLE
bodies! “Yes,” some will say, “but not in this life, in the RESURRECTION” and
they therefore conclude that we merely sit around, sold under sinful flesh until we
die and are resurrected! This is NOT what the Apostles taught! They taught that
we "SHALL NOT ALL SLEEP" or die, but we shall all receive these new
incorruptible, sinless bodies! There is an ENTIRE GENERATION of believers
who will attain to the righteous perfection of Messiah, through their persistence
and faith and shall receive IMMORTAL BODIES as a reward, and this will
happen while they are still A LIVE, and it will happen "in a moment in a twinkling
of an eye." (I hope you understand, while the changing of our bodies to immortal
is instantaneous, how we arrive there is not, it is a day to day work in progress).

Those who say that you cannot achieve "CHRISTLIKE PERFECTION" in this life
manifest themselves to be the false prophets that they are, for they are claiming
to know for a FACT they are not a part of this coming generation of believers
who will attain, and NO MAN knows. Furthermore, Paul concludes his teaching
of this great mystery with an exhortation to continue steadfast and un-moveable
in the "work of the Lord," because you know that your labor of love and good
works are "NOT IN VAIN."

There comes a day when the true believers, who have been struggling their
entire life (since they came to know the truth) who have been hoping and fighting
to "walk in the Spirit," and thus "not fulfill the lusts of the flesh," will SUCCEED in
their efforts and be REWARDED an immortal body! The ROMAN ANTICHRIST
SYSTEM will deny this mystery outright and teach that it is HERESY to believe
you can one day live PERFECT even as Messiah LIVED, for in the minds of the
antichrists, those who teach and believe this are putting themselves on the
SAME PAR as the ROMAN CHRIST.

Chapter 11

THE BODY OF Messiah VS. THE BODY OF THE BEAST

Just as the true Messiah has a “Spirit” that dwells within his believers, so does
the antichrist!” It’s just one more thing that the Messiah and the antichrist have in
common!! It is therefore logical to assume that all the believers in the antichrist
are members of ONE BODY as well, being that they all share the same antichrist
spirit and work in consort with one another to pray and worship the Beast! This
notion is very well supported in scripture.

Revelation 17: 15

“And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the whore sits, are
peoples, and multitudes, and nations and tongues.”

The “whore” or “harlot” described here we will save for another chapter. If we
look at the beginning of Chapter 17 we see clearly that woman sits on the
BEAST.

Revelation 17: 3

“So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a
woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy,
having seven heads and ten horns.”

This beast is the same beast as the one we see arising “out of the sea” at the
beginning of Revelation 13. The waters are multitudes of people. So the Beast
kingdom represents the false God/Man and his followers represent his “body” in
the same way that the true Messiah’s followers make up HIS body! As you can
see, in the end times Satan goes all out attempting to make the antichrist as
much like the real Messiah as possible In the same exact way that those who
accept the true Messiah become “the children of God,” and the “sons of God”
and are all collective members of the “body of the Jesus,” those who accept the
antichrist become the “children of the Devil,” and the “sons of the Devil,” and
collectively make up the body of the antichrist or “the son of perdition.”

No wonder a great “falling away” must occur before the “son of perdition” can be
revealed for the great falling away is the “assembly” of the body of the antichrist.

Ephesians 5: 6

“Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things
comes the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.”

1 John 3: 6- 10

6 Whosoever abideth in him sins not: whosoever sins has not seen him
neither known him.

7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is

righteous, even as he is righteous.

8 He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning.
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the
works of the devil.

9 Whosoever is born of God does not commmit sin; for his seed remains in
him and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil:
Whosoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not
his brother.”

Once again John takes us right back to the question. Who abides in us, the true
Messiah or the antichrist? If the true Messiah abides in us, John explains, then
we are born of God and do not commit sin! Anyone who commits wilfull sin in
blatant and open disobedience and rebellion to God has the antichrist dwelling in
them just as strongly as the Messiah dwells within the believers and these that
have antichrist are “children of the Devil” just as surely as those who abide in
Messiah (and he in them) are “children of God.” Thus, the biggest difference
between the true Messiah and the antichrist is that the followers of the true
Messiah move into fullness and perfection, mortifying the deeds of their bodies
and committing no offense toward God or man and the followers of the antichrist
do just the opposite! The antichrist offers salvation but does not require
righteous living from his followers. This is what makes him the "anti-" Christ! He
stands for everything that is "opposite" of the true “Messiah!”

Thessalonians (as well as a few verses in Daniel) have led many eschatologists
and apologists to defend the conclusion that indeed the temple in Jerusalem
MUST be rebuilt before the final days of the end can even come to pass! These
are the scriptures they point to most often to support their conclusions. Doctor J.
Vernon McGee, a renowned biblical commentator who had a nationally
syndicated radio show for many years on Christian radio went into great depths
to prove this theory. He completely dismissed the notion that “the temple of God”
described in Thessalonians can be anything BUT the temple of Solomon, rebuilt
in Jerusalem. I’ll never forget this broadcast because he also addressed those
who have proposed that the “temple” is actually the Church and stated
emphatically that “nowhwere in scripture is the Church referred to as the
temple of God.” I was totally stunned by this, because this was a Biblical
Scholar, well respected and much revered! How did he miss all of the numerous
scriptures that, if not hinting, come right out and say that the Church is God’s
temple, in which the Holy Spirit dwells!

John 2: 18-22

18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign do you show to
us, seeing that you do these things?

19 Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple and in three days
I will raise it up.

20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and
will you rear it up in three days?

21 But he spoke of the temple his body.

22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered
that he had said this to them; and they believed the scripture, and the word
which Jesus had said.”

Romans 12: 4- 5

4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not
the same office:

5 So we, being many are one body in Christ, and every one members of
another.

1 Corinthians 6: 19
19 What? Know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit
which is in you, which you have received of God, and you are not your
own?”

1 Corinthians 12: 12-31

12 For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of
that one body, being many are one body: so also is Christ

13 For by one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews
or Gentiles, whether we bond or free; and have been all made to drink into
one Spirit.

14 For the body is not one member, but many

15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is
it therefore not of the body?

16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body;
is it therefore not of the body?

17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole
hearing, where were the smelling?

18 But now has God set the members every one of them in the body, as it
has pleased him.

19 And if they were all one member, where would the body be?

20 But now are they many members, but one body.

21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you: nor again
the head say to the feet, I have no need of you.

22 No, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more
feeble are necessary:

23 And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable,

upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely parts have
more abundant comeliness

24 For our comely parts have no need; but God has tempered the body
together having given more abundant honor to that part which is lacked.

25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members
should have the same care one for another.
26 And whither one member suffer, all the members suffer with it: or one
member be honorored, all the members rejoice with it.

27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members in particular.”

Ephesians 5: 23

"For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the
church: and he is the savior of the body."

1 Collosians 1: 18

"And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the
firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence."

The body of Messiah is the “temple” according to His own words! Furthermore,
the apostles revealed that the church, the true believers, are Messiah’s “body,”
so it follows that the church is also the temple. It’s basic logic. The apostles
spelled it out in no uncertain terms!

1 Corinthians 3: 9- 18

9 For we are laborers together with God: you are God’s husbandry, you are
God’s building.

10 According to the grace of God which is given to me, as a wise master

builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds thereupon. But let
every man take heed how he builds thereupon.

11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus
Christ.

12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones,
wood, hay, stubble:

13 Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it,
because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work
of what sort it is.

14 If any man’s work abide which he has built thereupon, he shall receive a
reward.

15 If any man’s work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself
shall be saved; Yet so as by fire.
16 Know you not that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God
dwells in you?

17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the
temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in
this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.”

Those scriptures say it all. There are many more like it in the new testament.
How ANY scholar can read the New Testament and come away with the
outrageous conclusion that “nowhere is the church called the temple” is quite
beyond me really! In fact, you are hard pressed to find a reference in the New
Testament, beyond the four gospels where mention of the temple is NOT talking
about the church! Why would it be any different in the prophetic words uttered by
those same apostles? The answer is, of course, it wouldn't. The same Paul who
said that the body of the Messiah is the Church and that it is the TEMPLE of God
is the same Paul that wrote and told the Thessalonians that the antichrist, the
"man of sin" would sit in the temple of God showing himself to be God! It defies
all logic to think that Paul was NOT talking about the BODY OF Messiah, or the
CHURCH!

Right AFTER John tells us (in 1 John chapter 2) that the "annointing" abides in
us and we have "no need that any man teach us" (the NEW COVENANT) and
right BEFORE John tells us how to differentiate between the "spirit of antichrist"
and the "spirit of God" John states plainly that we all are now "the sons of God."

1 JOHN 3: 1-3

"1 BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that
we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knows us not,
because it knew him not.

2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we
shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for
we shall see him as he is.

3 And every man that has this hope in him purifieth himself, even
as he is pure."

Those who are members in particular in the Body of Messiah have been given
the "power" to become the Son's of God.

John 12

"But as many as received him, to them gave he the power to become the
sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"

Paul told the Romans that everyone who is led of the Spirit of God ARE the sons
of God:

Romans 8: 14
"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."

He also told the Romans a few verses later that the "hope of Glory" (which we
learned earlier is Messiah IN YOU) is that we have an earnest expectation of
becoming "sons of God."

Romans 8: 18-25

"18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to
be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the
manifestation of the sons of God.
20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason
of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of
corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together
until now.

23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the
Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption,
to wit, the redemption of our body.

24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for
what a man sees,why does he yet hope for?

25 But if we hope for that which we don't yet see, then do we with patience
wait for it."

The true Messiah dwells within his body, the Church, who are the combined
members of that body and are a “living temple” unto God!

We see in scripture that the antichrist also lives "IN" his believers as well and the
antichrist is the HEAD of the BEAST even as Messiah is the Head of his body,
the Church. The Beast, therefore makes up, not just the fourth great kingdom on
the earth, not just the false christ, but is made up of each and every antichristian
who follows the antichrist, and they are "members in particular" with the Body of
the Beast! They all become "sons of perdition" just as surely as the believers in
Messiah, the members of his body become "sons of God." Until the GREAT
FALLING AWAY we shall not see the REVEALING OF THE SON OF
PERDITION. So we then see that members of the BODY of the true Messiah
who were assembled and built to be a part of the building that was meant for the
TRUE MESSIAH end up being the habitation of the FALSE CHRIST! This is
main thrust of the abomination of desolation standing in the HOLY PLACE
(although there is also a fulflllment of this that has to do with the house of Israel
but we will get to that).

CHAPTER 12

THE WHEAT VS. THE TARES

Matthew 13: 24- 30

"24 Another parable put he forth to them saying, The kingdom of heaven is
like a man which sowed good seed in his field:

25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the
wheat, and went his way.

26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then
appeared the tares also.

27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didn't
you sow good seed in your field? from whence then has it tares?

28 He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Will
you, then that we go and gather them up?

29 But he said, No; lest while you gather up the tares, you root up also the
wheat with them.

30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I
will say to the repaers, Gather you together first the tares, and bind them in
bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn."

Christ's parable is simple and it's meaning is actually quite clear to us. Both the
children of the devil and the children of God grow TOGETHER, in the same field
until the time of the harvest (which as we will see later occurs in the end times, at
the revealing of the antichrist). This is why Paul told the Thessalonians that "the
mystery of iniquity already works." The "son of perdition" which is the BEAST,
made up of the believers in the antichrist are sitting "in the temple of God, which
is the Body of Messiah, and they are showing themselves that they are God!
They worship themselves, rather than dying of self and having their lives "hidden
in Messiah." They oppose everything that is "called God or worshipped,"
abandoning it for their own self worship, and the worship of their own twisted
values! The children of the antichrist "love their lives" whereas the children of the
living God "loved not their lives unto death." The children of the devil, the
followers of antichrist will continue right along with the true believers, worshipping
a completely different Jesus, until they are gathered into bundles to be burned at
the time of the harvest.

Do you want to know something about tares? They are a plant that is identical in
every way to wheat! You can't tell them apart from the wheat until the time of the
harvest because the wheat brings forth the good fruit of the wheat plant (the
wheat itself) but tares can NEVER bring forth wheat, they can bear no "fruit." It is
no coincidence that Messiah used this analogy, for, it is when the true body of
Messiah begins to bring forth Messiah IN THEM, the true fruit of the Spirit, that
the TARES, the children of the devil and members of the body of the son of
perdition, will be identifiable! When the body of Messiah brings forth the
FULNESS of the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT the wickedness of the FALSE CHRIST
and his followers will be revealed. Out of jealousy, those who bring forth no fruit
(for the true Messiah is not in them) shall then turn on those who are bringing
forth Messiah IN THEM and shall persecute them!

I'm not conjecturing here about the wheat and the tares. Messiah himself
explained the parable:

Matthew 13: 37- 43

"37 He answered and said to them, He that sows the good seed is the Son
of man;

38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom;
but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the
world; and the reapers are the angels.

40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be
in the end of the world.

41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of
his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and
gnashing of teeth.
43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their
Father. Who has ears to hear, let him hear."

In every scripture where the second coming, the great harvest, the rising of the
antichrist, the common theme is NOT what they "believe" or how they "pray" but
is in fact HOW THEY BEHAVE. Notice that the angels gather together "all who
offend and them that do iniquity," and bind them in bundles to be BURNED! In
Thessalonians Paul speaks of the "mystery of iniquity" and calls the coming
antichrist "that man of sin." He also says that those who follow the anti-crhist
"received not the love of the truth" but had "pleasure in unrighteousness." John's
letters state it clearly. Right after John states that we shall be "like him" (Christ)
when he appears he clearly tells us that in that day we shall be judged by our
OBEDIENCE TO THE COMMANDMENTS OF MESSIAH TO LOVE ONE
ANOTHER!

1 John 3: 3- 11

"3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifies himself, even as he
(Christ) is pure.

4 Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the
transgression of the law.

5 And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him
is no sin.

6 Whosoever abides in him sins not: whosoever sins has not seen him
neither known him.

7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is

righteous even as he is righteous.

8 He that commits sin is of the devil: for the devil sins from the beginning.
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the
works of the devil.

9 Whosoever is born of God, does not commit sin; for his seed remains in
him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil:
whosoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not
his brother.

11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we
should love one another."
You don't often see or hear the above verses read or studied these days. This is
because they SEEM to say that a true follower of Messiah never sins! I actually
saw a travelling evangelist in Wilcox Arizona PREACHING that Christians don't
sin! He was, not surprisingly, preaching to a completely empty tent revival tent!

These scriptures are speaking of how to tell the difference between the children
of God and the children of the devil at the APPEARING of Messiah in the end
times! Verse 2 of this chapter sets the context by stating "when he shall appear
we shall be like him." John is telling us what we shall be LIKE at Messiah’s
second appearing! We shall be SINLESS, perfect, for the fulness of the
MYSTERY will be finished!

Of course, true believers sin along the way to that great HOPE of perfection. As
the Apostles taught, if we are "hoping for this perfection and holiness" we
manifest that we have not attained to it, for what we have already attained we no
longer hope for. The scriptures would not call it a "hope" if the believer attains to
it immediately upon conversion. The Apostles were aware that we would
stumble and fall along the way, and so did God. Otherwise why would John say:

1 John 2: 1-2

"1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that you sin not. And if
any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous:

2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for
the sins of the whole world."

While we have a HOPE of our calling, which is Messiah in US, the hope of
glorification of our bodies into SINLESS PERFECTION, and while we MOVE
toward that day, dying daily, and walking in the SPIRIT, no man can say that he
is "without sin" along the way! If any man does, that man is a liar! True believers
do indeed stumble along the way, which is why we have "an advocate with the
Father." So, what is the difference between the children of God (who cannot say
they are without sin without making themselves liars) and the children of the
devil? Both have broken the commandments? Both have lived their lives at
times unpleasing to God the Father? The ONLY difference between them is that
the children of God are budding "wheat" plants and will, through patience and
perserverance bring forth MESSIAH IN THEM. The children of God will indeed
some day be "LIKE Messiah," and be PERFECTED and PURIFIED!
The TARES, on the other hand, the children of the devil, can NEVER bring forth
this "fruit of righteousness." The children of the devil can NEVER stop sinning,
and will tell you so to your face!

I am about to show you the SECRET of both the MYSTERY OF INIQUITY and
the MYSTERY OF GOD! It is as simple as what you BELIEVE in your heart and
what you SAY with your MOUTH! The only difference between the wheat and
the tares, ultimately, between the children of God, the brethren of Yeshua, the
Messiah and the children of the devil, the sons of perdition is what they
BELIEVE and what comes out of the HEART of them, what they SAY with their
mouths and ultimately their DEEDS!

The sons of God BELIEVE they can be LIKE JESUS, they confess this belief,
they live by it daily, they press forth, dying of self, mortifying the deeds of their
bodies every single day. The sons of perdition DO NOT believe they can be like
JESUS (not in this life anyway). They are waiting for GOD to change them!
They are waiting for some miraculous magic moment when they are no longer
living in a fleshly, sinful body and temptation has been completely removed. The
children of the devil confess WITH their mouth their UNBELIEF in this perfection
and completion, and in the end they TURN on those who confess this blessed
HOPE to try and KILL THEM DEAD! They fall away from the TRUE MESSIAH
and in his place concoct an FALSE CHRIST who is in every way just like the true
Messiah, with one very important difference. They take away the DAILY
SACRIFICE which leads you to bear the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT and they place
the ABOMINATION THAT MAKES YOU DESOLATE OF ALL FRUIT OF THE
SPIRIT!

Matthew 12: 31-37

"31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blashpemy shall be
forgiven to men: but the blasphemy against the Holy spirit shall not be
forgiven to men.

32 And whosoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be

forgiven him? but shosoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be
forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree
corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

34 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for
out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

35 A good man out of the good treasure of hthe heart brings forth good
things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.

36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall
give account thereof in the day of judgment.

37 For by your words you shalt be justified, and by your words you shall be
condemned."
Surprising, this seems to contradict many things I've already said. I stated earlier
that the antichristians give lip service to "Christ in you." John, in his letter
concerning the antichrist said that "every spirit that confesses that Jesus is come
in the flesh is of God." You would think, therefore, that as long as someone
merely confesses with their mouth that Jesus is come in the flesh, that person
will be saved for Messiah states that men shall be justified or condemned by the
words of their mouths! Yet, is it enough to merely SAY that you believe Christ is
in you or do you have to believe it in your HEART when you SAY it? The
answer is obvious, of course. You have to BELIEVE this when you say it! This
is because, if you don't BELIEVE Christ is in you, if you don't believe that some
day the new covenant in Messiah’s blood will make you "sinless and perfect,"
eventually this is going to come out in your CONVERSATION (and in your
deeds). You can't hide the truth of your unbelief by paying mere lip service to it!
If someone believes that they can "never be like Jesus in this life," then it shall
INDEED come to pass that they never SHALL!

Someone who refuses to believe that you can be like Messiah in this life, when
confronted with those who actually DO believe you can, as in the case of the end
times, when they are confronted with those who are holding to this great hope,
they will utter blasphemy, calling them liars, stating that their righteousness is "of
the devil!" Which, is incidentally the exact same thing that the Pharisees had
done in the above quoted scripture! The hypocrites explained how Messiah cast
out demons by saying "he casts out demons by the power of the king of the
demons." Thus, they called the HOLY and PURE and RIGHTEOUS work of the
HOLY SPIRIT demonstrated by Yeshua Messiah something that was "of the
devil." This is "blasphemy of the Holy Spirit," according to Jesus and he states
emphatically that they can NEVER BE FORGIVEN for this. Why? Because, the
Pharisees were uttering with their mouths their true and heartfelt DISBELIEF in
true righteousness! (As we read earlier, Christian eschatologists are already
preparing to do just that, waiting for a system to arise that “feeds the poor” so
they can stand up and shout “this is evil, this is of the Devil!”).

As it was in Messiah's day, so shall it be in the times of the end when the
antichrist rules. True believers everywhere will stand up and do "exploits"
according to Daniel and according to all of the Apostles! They shall begin to
bring forth "MESSIAH IN THEM" and begin to walk even as Messiah walked
upon the earth in total obedience to the father, they shall confess their faith that,
eventually, they shall be without sin in this life and the antichristians will call this
an UNHOLY THING! They shall stand up and state that the RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF GOD is "of the devil!" Which is why John, when speaking of these events
said "be not deceived he that does righteousness IS righteous even as he
(Christ) is righteous!"

The antichristians will mock those who walk as Messiah walked, even as the
hypocrites mocked Messiah himself, saying "weren't you born to parents, weren’t
you ‘utterly born in sin’? Do we not have your birth certificate on record? How
do you now claim to be God?" In the doctrine and teachings of the antichrist no
one can be perfect, except God and their Christ (because their Christ IS God).
When the true believers exhort all to walk HOLY and PERFECT in the SPIRIT
and in the power of their Messiah, and exhort all to follow Messiah and obey his
commandments and the commandments of the FATHER, out of the mouths of
the antichristians will spew the words that shall be their condemnation for they
shall spew blasphemies against the Holy Spirit of God and seek to KILL
everyone who teaches that you indeed can be "just like Messiah."

If you SAY, from the heart that you will NEVER be perfect, or never be without
sin in this life, then guess what, it shall come to pass even as you have spoken
with your mouth and believed in your heart! But you have a big problem,
because the scriptures say that when Messiah appears, he shall look for all who
"offend and do iniquity" and send the angels to "bind them in bundles to be
burned." If you honestly believe you will NEVER see the perfection that we have
through the Holy Spirit, and thus, you never do. If Messiah returns IN YOUR
LIFETIME you shall be cast into OUTER DARKNESS, for you NEVER brought
forth the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT in your lifetime! He who says these things is
denying Messiah IN YOU. He who says "as long as I'm living in this fleshly body
I will sin" is denying that Messiah IS COME IN THE FLESH! Be very careful
what you say, children, and more importantly examine your hearts whether you
be truly in the faith! We have a HOPE of GLORY, a HOPE OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS and we know that at his appearing we shall be "like him!"
We also know that we all do not have to DIE to experience this! We know that
there will be a generation who shall NOT ALL SLEEP but shall ALL be changed!

CHAPTER 13

THE BRIDE OF MESSIAH VS. THE HARLOT WOMAN

I think most who have read the Bible at least a little are aware that, along with
being called "the temple" or "the body of Christ" the Church is also characterized
as "the bride of Christ." In Revelation we read of the "marriage supper of the
Lamb."

Revelation 19: 7-9

"7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the
Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean
and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
9 And he said to me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the
marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true
sayings of God."

When you read these three verses it doesn't really identify the "bride.” These
three verses, above all others in Revelation, demonstrate that the parables and
symbolisms originally taught by Messiah himself and the Apostles were used
HEAVILY in Revelation. Many have criticized me in the past, telling me that I
cannot use the symbols appearing in other places in the New Testament and
apply them arbitrarily to the texts of Revelation. These three verses show us that
there is nothing "arbitrary" in doing so because there is a CONSISTENCY among
the symbols used in the writings of the Apostles in the gospels and the epistles
and the symbols used in Revelation. It makes sense when you think about it. If
each Apostle used the same symbols and allegories to describe different things it
would become IMPOSSIBLE to connect their writings and get any sort of
consistent message from them.

That the BRIDE of Christ is the church in Revelation is NEVER disputed (while
other symbols such as the "temple" in prophecy are almost ALWAYS disputed
when you apply them to the Church)! I find this very odd, for when it comes to
"the temple" there are even MORE verses in the New Testament where the
"temple" is referring to the church, the body of Christ, than there are references
to the Church as the Bride In fact, in every scripture in the new testament the
consistency is 100 percent. When the Apostles said "the temple," they were
without exception talking about the Church. Despite this reality, modern
eschatologists INSIST on making the "temple" literal when talking about the
antichrist and his entering in the temple to declare himself God! Thankfully,
there are no such controversies surrounding the Bride. Universally she is
accepted throughout to be a reference to the CHURCH, and this makes my job a
bit easier.

Revelation 21: 2-3

"2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God
out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of
God is with men, and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people,
and God himself shall be with them, and be their God."

Now, here is something perplexing to say the least. I just got done saying that in
Revelation the Bride is the Church, but here is a scripture in Revelation that
identifies the Bride as "the New City Jerusalem." It’s not really that perplexing
for those who are familiar with scripture however because the "temple" and
"Jerusalem" have always been synonimous in scripture! We also know that the
Body of Messiah is also the temple. Logic dictates if the "temple" is the Church,
and the temple is Jerusalem, and the Bride is New Jerusalem, we can only
conclude that the temple and the Bride are also one in the same!

Revelation 21: 9-11

"9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven
vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me saying, Come hither,
I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife.

10 And he carred me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and
showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven
from God.

11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like a stone most precious,
even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;"

Clearly in Revelation at least the Bride is the city, New Jerusalem! So where
does everyone get the idea that the Bride is the Church?

Ephesians 5: 23-32

"23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of
the church: and he is the savior of the body.

24 Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their

own husbands in every thing.

25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and
gave himself for it;

26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the
word.

27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot,

or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without
blemish.

28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his
wife loveth himself.

29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it,
even as the Lord the church:

30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

31 for this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall be
joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning christ and the church."

In the same way that a man becomes "one flesh" with his wife upon marriage,
we, the believers, the Church become "one flesh" with Messiah when we receive
of the new covenant in his blood and receive of the Holy Spirit. We become
"one." That is why the Church is continually characterized as "the bride of
Messiah" in scripture. As "the body of Messiah," we become a "holy temple" in
which the Holy Spirit of God "dwells." That is how the Church can be both the
temple, the Bride, and now we see that the Bride is also the "Holy City
Jerusalem."

This is also another great SIMILARITY between the true Messiah and the
antichrist of Revelation, for, those who are "joined" to the antichrist also become
"one" with the antichrist and become one with Satan himself. The antichrist has
an "HARLOT" of which he is the HEAD, just as Messiah has a Bride! The
WHORE of the antichrist, however is not depicted as splendorously in scripture
as is the Bride! This UNHOLY union is characterized as a PROSTITUTION!

Revelation 17: 3- 6

"3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a
woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy,
having seven heads and ten horns.

4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with
gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full
of abominations and filthiness of her fornications:

5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE
EARTH.

6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the
blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great
admiration."

The first and most crucial thing we must realize from reading about the Harlot is
that she is seen SITTING on the BEAST, and this beast as described is
undoubtedly the same Beast of Revelation 13, the revised Rome! When one
"sits" on a Beast, one has not only subdued it, but has converted it to a “beast of
burden” to bear oneself, and one’s belongings where you desire to go. Who can
argue with this? Who can sit on a WILD horse? The answer is, you can't. You
have to TAME a beast to sit on it. Therefore, this Harlot woman is "riding" the
Beast like a STEED! Many eschatologists make the mistake of saying that the
Harlot Woman comes BEFORE the Beast of Revelation 13! According to what I
just read, in order for this Harlot woman to RIDE the BEAST, the Beast must
exist first! That is common sense. This Harlot rides into world dominance on the
"back" of this beast! The Harlot has “dominated” the Beast, which is the exact
opposite of the relationship with Messiah and the Bride! This is abundantly clear
from these passages.

The second most crucial thing we must gleen from the description is that the
Harlot, (just like the Bride of Messiah) is ALSO a CITY! The text calls this whore
Bablyon, THE GREAT CITY!" This is vital because in another place in
Revelation we are told WHICH CITY of the earth is "the Great City." Notice that
within her name is the word "Mystery." Many have made much ado about this
word found in her name. I've heard plenty of theories and it's odd, I've yet to
hear anyone make the connection between the NAME of the whore, "Mystery
Babylon" and the "mystery of iniquity" we have previously read about in
Thessalonians. Surely, the use of these two words, both talking about a similar
point in mankind's history MUST make them connected in some way! Especially
when you consider that another word that appears in the Harlot's name,
"ABOMINATIONS" also appears when talking about the antichrist in scripture.
Daniel states that the Beast would "take away the daily sacrifice and place the
abomination that makes desolate." I submit to you now that the words "Mystery"
and "GREAT CITY" and "ABOMINATIONS" alone are a dead give away as to
the identity of this Harlot City!

The Harlot is in fact a part of "the abomination that makes desolate," spoken of
by Daniel the prophet, the one that Messiah warned us to "flee to the mountains"
when we saw it "standing in the Holy Place." Furthermore, as the relationship
between Messiah and his Church is called "a mystery" in Ephesians so the
relationship between the Harlot and the Beast is also called "MYSTERY!" The
Mystery of Righteousness which shall be finished at the blowing of the last
trumpet is the preparation of the Bride for the marriage supper of the Lamb. We
know, then, by consistency that the "Mystery of Iniquity" (the Great Falling Away)
is the preparation of the "antichrist" to be joined with the Harlot!

Many have recently pointed to world events in Iraq and are now considering the
possibility that the great Harlot woman is in actuality LITERALLY Babylon, since
Iraq is where Babylon once stood. (These are the same people that are
mistakenly putting forth “Islam” as the fourth great kingdom and the Beast). This
is a very interesting theory, but, the truth is, there is NO real MYSTERY as to
which city in the world is represented by the Harlot in Revelation 17. The
Scriptures make it abundantly CLEAR which city John was talking about! We'll
start with the phrase "Babylon the Great" in her name. This Harlot city is referred
to NUMEROUS times in chapter 17 and 18 as "the great city" or "that great city."

Revelation 17: 18
"And the woman which you saw is that great city, which reigneth
over the kings of the earth."

Revelation 18: 2

"And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great
is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of
every foul spirit, and a cage of ever unclean and hateful bird."

Revelation 18: 10

"Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that
great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is your judgment
come.

Revelation 18: 16

"And saying, Alas, Alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine
linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones,
and pearls!

Revelation 18:18

"And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is
like unto this great city!"
Revelation 18: 19

"And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying,
Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships
in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made
desolate."

Revelation 18: 21

"And a might angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into
the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be
thown down, and shall be found no more at all."

Here we have 8 separate places in the space of two chapters that clearly call the
Harlot "that great city" or some variation of the phrase! I'm starting to think that
God might have wanted to emphasize to us that in Revelation "the great city" is
a reference to the Harlot Babylon. Don't you think? Now, what if I told you that
the book of Revelation tells us EXACTLY which city in the world is "the great
city" would you agree that the reference was a reference to Babylon, the Harlot
city?

Revelation 11: 7- 8

"7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that
ascends out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall
overcome them, and kill them.

8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which
is spirituallly called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified."

It would be horribly inconsistent if, in the above verses “the great city” is SOME
OTHER CITY than “Babylon the great” especially when everywhere else in the
book of revelation “the great city” is a reference to Babylon, the Great Whore!
Here we have a LOCATION of the "great city." It's geographical position is
"where also our Lord was Crucified." Our King, Yeshua Messiah as you may
realize was murdered at Jerusalem! There can be no other conclusion than that
the "GREAT CITY" the "GREAT WHORE" is none other than Jerusalem! It
makes perfect sense too, when you think closely on this, for, if the Bride of Christ
is the New City Jerusalem, it logically stands to reason that the antichrist's
WHORE is going to be the exact opposite, the Old City Jerusalem for that is the
pattern throughout scripture.

Once I was at a dinner party with a young man and his wife. This young man
was obsessed with Israel and Jerusalem and their role in the prophetic. I
presented him with the basic truth here shown that in the end times Jerusalem
prostitutes herself to the BEAST and is condemned for it! He was so angry he
told me I needed to “get away from” reading the Bible and asked me to leave his
home! He thought I was judging RIGHTEOUS ISRAEL for the sins of the
WHORE! This is the general reaction from MOST CHRISTIANS to these very
basic truths because they are so deeply brainwashed by the very system that is
creating the Beast and the Whore to begin with! This antichrist system that
eventually reigns on earth is already in play. It was in play in the days of the
apostles and it has had MILLENIA to progress! In one of his books written in the
1990’s, Hal Lindsay called those who believe the clear scriptural evidence that
some day Jerusalem would be JUDGED for her whoredoms with the Beast of
Revelation “antisemitic.”

The identity of the GREAT WHORE can be none other than Jerusalem from what
we have seen already, but, there's even MORE scriptural evidence of this than
what we just saw!

Galatians 4: 22-27
"22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid,
the other by a freewoman.

23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of
the freewoman was by promise.

24 Which things are allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from
the mount Sinai, which genders to bondage, which is Hagar.

25 For this Hagar is mount Sinai, in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem

which now is, and is in bondage with her children.

26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearestnot; break forth and
cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate have many more children than
she which has an husband.

28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of the promise.

29 But as then he that was born after the flesh presecuted him that was
born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

30 Nevertheless what say the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her
son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the
freewoman.

31 So then brethren, we are not the children of the bondwoman, but of the
free."

This is the most startling of all the New Testament scriptures when studying the
end times and Revelation! Why? Because it states clearly that the story of
Abraham and his wife Sarah and the birth of their two sons were an
"ALLEGORY," or symbolisms that God used to predict a greater event! That
event being the TWO COVENANTS and the TWO JERUSALEMS. We know
that the NEW JERUSALEM is the BRIDE OF CHRIST. In Galatians Paul shows
us that the OLD COVENANT shall be used by the antichrist in the end times to
bring BONDAGE. In the story of Abraham and Sarah (for those who aren't
familiar), Abraham was promised by God that he would have a son and that son
would be the father of "many nations." Sarah, however was "barren" and could
not bear children, so Abraham took it upon hiimself to fulfill the promises of God
by taking a concubine named Hagar! Hagar was a slave, a "bondwoman." She
gave birth to Abraham's first son but this was NOT the child of the PROMISE.
Sarah then miraculously gave birth to the promised one. As the two sons grew
up together the first son who was not the promised one persecuted the younger,
and being the oldest, considered himself Abraham's primary heir. In the end
Sarah made Abraham send Hagar away with her son and the child NEVER
inherited from Abraham!

In these Galatian verses Paul establishes two things. The New Jerusalem is "the
mother of us" who are "born of the Spirit" and "children according to the
promise." The second thing he establishes is that the FIRST JERUSALEM is
somehow involved in the coming DELUGE! Which is just another confirmation
that the GREAT CITY BABYLON is the Jerusalem that "now is." Jerusalem is
seen in Revelation as being involved with the antichrist Roman Beast! It cannot
be denied without ignoring mountains of scripture!

The following represent the MYRIAD of scriptures which identify the Jerusalem
that now is as an "HARLOT."

Isaiah 1: 21

"How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment;

righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers."

Jeremiah 2: 20

"For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bands; and you
said, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green
tree you wandered, playing the harlot."

Jeremiah 3: 1

"They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become
another man's, shall he return to her again? shall not that land be greatly
polluted? but you have played the harlot with many lovers; Yet return again
to me, says the Lord."

Jeremiah 3: 6

"The Lord said also to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you not
seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she is gone up upon every
high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the
harlot."

Jeremiah 3:8

"And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed
adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; Yet her
treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also."
Ezekiel 16: 15-16
"But you did trust in your own beauty, and played the harlot because of
your renown, and poured out their fornications on every one that passed
by; his it was.

16 And of your garments thou did take, and decked your high places with
divers colors, and played the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not
come, neither shall it be so."

Ezekiel 16: 28

"You have played the whore also with the Assyrians, because you were
unsatiable; yes, you have played the harlot with them, and yet could not be
satisfied."

Ezekiel 16: 31-35

"31 In that you built your eminent place in the head of every way, and make
your high place in every street; and have not been an harlot in that you
refuse pay;

32 But as a wife that commits adultery, which takes strangers instead of

her husband!

33 They give gifts to all whores: but you give your gifts to all your lovers,
and hire them, that they may come to you on every side for your
whoredom.

34 And the contrary is in you from other women in your whoredoms,

whereas none followed you to commit whoredoms: and in that you give a
reward, and no reward is given to you, therefore you are different.

35 Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Lord:"

Other scriptures that directly call Jerusalem an harlot are Ezekiel 23:5-44,
Hosea 2: 5, Hosea 3:3, Hosea 4:15, Micah 1: 7, Nahum 3: 4 I wonder myself
how many scriptures you have to find that directly call Jerusalem the "whore"
before modern eschatologists catch on? So, the Beast and the Harlot are
joined together in an UNHOLY UNION. Paul even told the Corinthians that he
who joins his members to a harlot becomes "one flesh" with the harlot! So we
know that the Harlot of Revelation is “one” with the beast, even as the Bride is
one with Messiah!

1 Corinthians 15-16

"15 Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then
take the members of Christ and make them the members of an harlot? God
forbid.

16 What? know you not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body?
for two, says he, shall be one flesh."

Christ himself predicted that some day Jerusalem would receive "another
Messiah."

John 5: 43

"I am come in my Father's name, and you receive me not: if another shall
come in his own name, him you will receive."

The prophets of old, Yeshua Messiah, and the Apostles all confirm that indeed, in
the end times Jerusalem that now is shall receive "another Messiah" who is not
the true Messiah! Daniel spoke of this at length, stating that the antichrist would
"confirm" a covenant with the people of Israel and then in the midst of that
covenant betray them! Even the modern eschatologists state now that the major
sign of the second coming of Yeshua Messiah will be when Israel accepts the
Christ as their Messiah. (We see now that it will not be the true Messiah that
they accept but the Roman Beast Christ).

Please don't mistake what I am saying. Am I saying that Israel are not the
chosen people? Of course I'm not saying that, for how can Jerusalem be
depicted as a "whore" for following a false Christ if God does not still consider
Israel a part of the Bride? I'm saying that INDEED Israel ARE the chosen people
and I'm also saying that in the end times Israel is deceived by the antichristians
into following a false Messiah who is identical in every way to the true Messiah,
but who is in all actuality the "son of perdition." As a result, the final "abomination
that makes desolate" will stand in Jerusalem as Messiah predicted! "Those who
are in Judea flee to the mountains."

The people of Israel shall "ride into world power" on the back of the Roman Beast
Kingdom. The followers of the antichrist will support Israel for a time and like
Abraham did with Hagar, shall attempt to bring about the prophecies themselves
resulting in a sort of "bastard child." Israel will welcome the assistance and
support of the antichrist Roman Beast Christ and his followers! It will ensure
stability for a while. This is actually how the "other Jesus" is solidified, for, the
antichristians shall accept Israel as the people of God and inheriters of the
promise LONG BEFORE ISRAEL ever accepts Christ. Thus, they even take
their OWN Christ "out of the way" of salvation. The antichristians will support
Israel and encourage them to return to the building of the temple in Jerusalem
and the sacrifices of the old covenant (and at the same time taking away the new
covenant, for if the old covenant is the way to salvation then the new covenant is
nullified). In doing so the antichristians REJECT openly the new covenant and
are accepting Israel as the people of God (even though Israel has not yet
received the true Messiah). The antichristians never even realize that, by their
own admissions and doctrines which they strictly enforce, in order to say that the
Children of Israel are “the children of God” they have to accept that Jesus Chist
is NOT the "only way" to the Father! I will say this again for emphasis, in bold
italic letters:

“The Christians acceptance of Israel as the children of God BEFORE Israel

has accepted Messiah DENIES openly their own doctrines that their Christ
is the ONLY way to the father!”

In the end, however the Roman Beast Christ and his false prophet demand that
Israel accept HIM as their Messiah! Israel, who has been accepted as being "the
chosen people" and as “children of God” will now be told that they must receive
the antichrist as their Lord and Savior to be truly the chosen elect of God! You
see, according to Revelation chapters 17 and 18 the Beast “hates” the whore
secretly!

One final note for this chapter. In the Great City Babylon, John finds "the blood
of the prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth."
(Revelation 18: 24). Eschatologists who are also dispensationalists will have
trouble explaining this text if they refuse to accept that Jerusalem is the Great
Whore! Why? Because dispensationalists clearly teach and believe that
"prophecy is not for today." In other words, according to the dispensationalists
there ARE no prophets for the great whore to kill! If dispensationalists want to
cling to the notion that the prophetic dispensation has ended they are STUCK
with the identity of the great whore being Jerusalem! Even if you aren't
dispensationalist and believe that God is still sending prophets into the world, you
can't avoid the clear testimony of Messiah that Jerusalem is "the city that kills the
prophets." This is quite an eye opener for Hal Lindsay is most definitely one of
the biggest proponents of dispensationalism and he calls those who say
Jerusalem is the Whore “antisemitic!”

Luke 11: 47-51

"47 Woe unto you! for you build the graves of the prophets, and your
fathers killed them.

48 Truly you bear witness that you allow the deeds of your fathers: for they
indeed killed them and you build their (your father's) graves as well.

49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and
apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation
of the world, may be required of this generation:
51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished
between the altar and the temple: verily I say to you, It shall be required of
this generation."

Christ made it clear that the blood of ALL the prophets is upon the Jerusalem of
this current era, this "generation." If the blood of ALL the prophets who were
ever slain falls upon Jerusalem, how can we find the GREAT WHORE with the
blood of the prophets upon her too if she is NOT Jerusalem? Interestingly
enough, Revelation 18: 24 says that in the great whore is found the blood of the
prophets and of saints "and of all that were slain upon the earth." This is the
EXACT same phrase as Messiah used against Jerusalem of his day! We cannot
ignore that. There's just no way to ignore it! Clearly, the Great Whore is
Jerusalem, and Messiah himself said so. Another clear irony is that, according to
Hal Lindsay Messiah himself was “antisemitic!”

Christ called Jerusalem "the city that kills the prophets."

Luke 13: 34

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kills the prophets, and stones them that
are sent to you; how often would I have gathered your children together, as
a hen does gather her brood under her wings, and you would not!"

Somehow, Jerusalem comes into power riding the Roman Beast antichrist and
then, is betrayed by that same Beast kingdom, according to Revelations chapters
17 and 18. A covenant and agreement are struck between Israel and the
antichrist (false Christ) and or the false prophet! This is an abomination unto
the Lord. To add to that abomination, many believe that the sacrifices of the old
covenant will resume. It will be fascinating to watch these events unfold because
the antichristians stand up and point to these events as fulfillment of prophecy!
They will speak of this whoredom of Israel with the Beast and of this abomination
as something that God has done! They will see it as a good thing. The
antichristians will be thrilled for it was they who suppported and helped Israel rise
to prominence, the purpose of that support was, of course to get the Jews to
accept the Christ as their Messiah, but by the time this acceptance comes it's
ANOTHER MESSIAH that the Jews are accepting, it's ANOTHER MESSIAH that
the anti-church is preaching, it's ANOTHER MESSIAH that the antichristians are
following and worshipping!

I will say again for the THIRD time because it really is IMPORTANT to realize
that the antichristian's support of Israel as "the children of God" without Israel
accepting the true Messiah first (or even their own Christ for that matter) is ALL
the evidence you need that the antichristians do not really believe Christ's words,
"I am the way, the truth and the life, no man comes to the father but by me." The
Christians have been, for years, saying that the Jews have “another way to the
Father,” and that they have another way to be “the children of God,” aside from
Messiah!

CHAPTER 14

HE THAT IS VS. HE THAT IS NOT

There is a single verse in Revelation 17, in reference to the antichrist beast of
Rome that all of the eschatologists have brushed over, failing to understand or
see just how PIVOTAL this verse is to understanding the very nature of the
Beast!

Revelation 17: 8

"The beast that thou saw was, and is not: and shall ascend out of the
bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall
wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the
foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not,
and yet is."

The section of this verse that is so pivotal is the phrase "the beast that was,
and is not and yet is." Compare this phrase, if you will to a phrase that God the
Almighty uses when speaking of HIMSELF to John, at the very beginning of
Revelation!

Revelation 1: 8

"I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord,
which is, and which was, and which is to come, the
Almighty."

We have here a beast who "was, and is NOT and yet is," and we have an
Almighty God who "is, and was, and is to come." It's important to notice that
many attribute the words of Revelation 1: 8 to Christ; however, this is not the
case and I'm not the only one who understands this, for, I have an old King
James Bible, red letter addition. The words attributable to Christ are all in RED.
Revelation 1: 8 is NOT in red, so earlier translators all recognized that the voice
speaking in this verse was God the Father, the ALMIGHTY Himself!

God, the Almighty is he who is, and was and is to come. He IS GOD, WAS
GOD, and IS TO COME (or will be forever) the ALMIGHTY GOD! The beast of
the Roman kingdom is called God! He sits in the temple of God showing himself
to BE God! How do they explain that a man, who's parent's history we KNOW
is supposedly GOD? They explain it by saying that he "was God" before he
came to earth, "is not God" while he lives here on earth as a man, and yet, "still
is God!" He's both ALL God, and ALL man! (Was God, is not God, but yet is
God). This will be the earmark of the antichrist of the end times, the one aspect
and blasphemy that sets him apart! No wonder Jerusalem will be called a whore
for tolerating this beast! There is but ONE God, and that God cannot be
contained in the heaven's or the earth, yet here is the antichrist claiming to be the
fullness of the Godhead come down to earth and dwelling in a man!

How does Israel get so deceived? How is it even possible? Well consider this if
you will, Revelation 13 states that EVERY NATION, TONGUE, and KING will be
FORCED to bow down to this antichrist! It doesn't say "every nation except the
nation of Israel!" The Jews will be under the same penalty of DEATH that
everyone else is. Israel will have to accept this Roman Beast King if nothing but
for the right to continue to EXIST! Not having accepted the true Messiah (yet)
will put the Jews at a very distinct advantage, at least for a time, but I firmly
believe that MANY Jews in Israel will hear the TRUE GOSPEL of the TRUE
MESSIAH and accept their long awaited Messiah at this same time, and be
martyred with the rest of the faithful! For Yeshua, is after all the Jewish Messiah
and the New Testament is His story!

THE IMAGE THAT SPEAKS

There is one more aspect we've not explored to this great picture which drives
home exactly HOW the entire world is eventually deceived into receiving the
antichrist, the false prophet, the image that speaks, and into accepting the "mark
of the beast." This comes by examining the MOUTH of the beast!

Yeshua Messiah was the "proxy of God!" We know this because he told us so
plainly!

John 14: 10

"Don't you believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? the words
that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwells in
me, he does the works."

Here we have as clear an explanation of how "the word" was "made flesh and
dwelled among us." Messiah, being flesh and blood, gave himself over to the
indewelling of the Holy Spirit to such an extent that when he opened up his
mouth, it was the Father in Heaven who was speaking! The antichrist is also a
proxy but it shall be Satan himself speaking. Here is a twist. In order to
accomplish this, the Roman Beast King must be "given a mouth." What do I
mean by this? Well, since the Roman antichrist is merely a twisting and
perverting of the TRUE MESSIAH and doesn't really even exist, the false prophet
creates an "image to the beast" and that image becomes the oracle, or
MOUTHPIECE of the antichrist, (which in turn makes it the mouthpiece of both
the false prophet and the devil).
Let's look at those scriptures again so that we can avoid all confusion:

Revelation 13:5-6

"5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and
blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two
months.

6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his

name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven."

That the mouth of the beast is something completely distinct and innovative can
be seen better if we go elsewhere in Revelation!

Revelation 16: 13-14

"13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the
dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false
prophet.

14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto
the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of
that great day of God Almighty."

We see here that the dragon (satan), the beast, and the second beast (the false
prophet) all share the same "mouth." Out of this mouthpiece John sees unclean
spirits "like frogs" spewing forth. This seems rather odd, until you remember the
plagues of Egypt!

Exodus 8: 6

"And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs
came up, and covered the land of Egypt."

The unclean spirits spewing forth from the mouthpiece of Satan in the end times
are just like the plague of frogs in the land of egypt. They "cover the land." In
other words, they are EVERYWHERE! People can't get away from them. These
lying spirits go forth and permeate every echelon of society. This is done by the
use of "lying wonders." I tell you now, the mouthpiece of Satan is none other
than "the image that SPEAKS."

Revelation 13: 13- 16

"13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from
heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth, by the means of those
miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them
that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which
had the wound by a sword and did live.

15 and he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image
of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not
worship the image of the beast should be killed."

The false prophet is granted "power" and is able to do "great wonders" with this
power, and it has to do with "fire" coming down from heaven to the earth. If you
look this original word "fire" up in your Strong's Concordance you will see it is
actually the word "LIGHTNING" when translated properly! Lightning, and in
specific ELECTRICITY is the basis for ALL of the major scientific advances in
mankind's modern history! With the "harnessing of lightning" (the advent of
electricity) the world has truly seen "great wonders" produced! It is also this
same POWER that gives "life" to the "image of the beast" and causes the image
to "speak." These passages are clearly describing the advent of some form of
technology which utilizes the same forces we see in lightning (electricity). This
technology creates a MASS COMMUNICATION DEVICE called "the image that
speaks." It becomes the very MOUTHPIECE of satan himself. Through this
mass communication device the antichrist and the false prophet are able to send
out satan's LYING SPIRITS to plague the world like the frog plagues of egypt.
Their purpose? To gather the kings of the earth and all the people of the world
together for battle!

The key to this entire passage lies in the false prophet bringing this "power" this
lightning down from heaven to earth and does it "in the sight of the beast." We've
already seen that the followers of the antichrist are all members in particular of
the Beast, in the same way that the followers of Messiah are members of HIS
body! All of these wonders and powers, made possible by electricty, are done "in
the sight of the beast." This image becomes the greatest PROPOGANDA tool
Satan ever devised to spread his lies to the entire world! Through the image that
speaks the entire world is deceived. Through it Israel is restored and then is
seduced by the Beast Kingdom! Everything that unfolds from that moment on is
directly attributable to the great lying mouthpiece, "the image that speaks" and
seems to be "alive." Through this image that speaks (the mouth of satan, the
beast and the false prophet) the kings of the earth are gathered together to the
battle of the great day of God Almighty!

I believe there is evidence that the power of the "air" is involved. I think this,
because Satan is called the "Prince of the power of the air."

Ephesians 2: 2
"Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh
in the children of disobedience:"

I also believe that whatever this "image that speaks" utilizes to get its message
out there it involves "the power of the air." Interestingly enough, during the end
times the angels themselves use this same method to send their messages to
the earth.

Revelation 8: 13

"And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven,
saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by
reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet
to sound!"

Revelation 14: 6-7

"6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the
everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to
every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of
his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and
the sea, and the fountains of waters."

So, despite the antichrist kingdom, the devices they create to send Satan's lies
out to the whole world are turned back by God and used against Satan and even
used to spread the "everlasting gospel" to every nation and tongue and king.
This is because any "power" Satan might possess and may be able to pass onto
his minions came from God originally and there's no subtlety that Satan can
devise that God himself cannot use against him!

CHAPTER 15

THE CHANGING VS. THE VANISHING

In America especially, and mostly among evangelicals there is a prevailing
teaching concerning the finishing of the work and Mystery of Godliness that, in
my humble opinion defies all logic and sound reason and I simply cannot write a
book on this subject without addressing it. I hope I do not offend, but as you will
soon see, I have good reason to question the thinking of those who believe that
the Church will "vanish away" just prior to the "revealing of the antichrist" to the
world. This event is lovingly called "the rapture," by those who teach it and
espouse it and they don't seem to care that the word "rapture" itself does not
even appear in the scriptures. Many who believe this idea make it such a central
and important doctrine in their churches it's actually included in their primary
"statement of faith," despite the fact that up until the mid 1800's this doctrine was
completely unknown in christendom and was not taught by ANYONE,
ANYWHERE. This first defiance of logic, therefore, is to think that a teaching of
this magnitude, that is so important it belongs in a primary statement of faith was
completely missed by ALL of the believers in Christ that preceeded them! When
you think about it, this borders on arrogance, and it's hard not to judge it so!

The most important unreasonableness of this idea of the "vanishing away" of the
Church lies, as usual, in their handling of the scriptures they use to support the
teaching, and especially in their complete disregard for the scriptures concerning
the end times that would make absolutely NO SENSE at all, if what their teaching
is true! They are oblivious to those scriptures that, once you examine them, you
can only conclude that they are sadly mistaken in their beliefs in a "rapture" and
especially in the notion this rapture will take place before the antichrist is ever
revealed to the world!

I'll give you some examples.

Those who believe the rapture is a vanishing away of the church just prior to the
revealing of the antichrist are often referred to as "pre-tribulation rapturists."
Traditionally, but not all, most "pre tribulation rapturists" teach that when the
church is whisked out of the world by Christ "to meet the Lord in the air" that at
the same time the "age of grace" comes to an end, "the time of the gentiles is
over" and furthermore they go so far as to say that "the Holy Spirit is taken out of
the world."

Let's focus on what I agree with first. I agree that when the last trumpet sounds
there will be a grand event that occurs to "those who are alive and remain" in
Messiah! I believe this with all of my heart, as you have seen in this book
already. I also believe that this event is described as "the fulness of the
gentiles," and I also concur that the age of GRACE comes to an end. You can
see this in Revelation when, just before the Mystery of God is finished a voice
says "there shall be time no longer." God comes to a point where he will give no
more time to those who still haven't repented and produced the fruit of
righteousness. For them, God's grace has come to an end and all they have to
look forward to now is certain judgment and fiery indignation. It's this THIRD
point that I cannot agree with. The notion that, at the time of this finishing work,
suddenly the Holy Spirit is taken "out of the world."

The obvious questions just come flooding in. How do those who believe this
explain that there will be, after this great event, TWO WITNESSES who are
PROPHETS preaching to the children of Israel? How is anyone going to
prophecy at all without the Holy Spirit? These same people who teach the Holy
Spirit is removed from the world also teach that as a result of the prophecying of
the Two Witnesses, 144,000 Jews are evangelized and accept Christ. (Which is
another tell that shows how little they understand about the new covenant for
Messiah made it clear that only the Father in Heaven through the Holy Spirit can
reveal the truth of Messiah to the believer). How is anyone going to accept
without the Holy Spirit? Especially when Messiah stated clearly that "flesh and
blood hath not revealed this to you but my Father in heaven?" Furthermore, all
who accept Messiah are then joined into the new covenant, which is "I shall write
their laws into their minds and into their hearts," how do they believe this will
happen without the Holy Spirit in the world?

During the reign of the antichrist the scriptures say that many shall be tormented
if they "have not the seal of God in their foreheads." How will anyone have the
seal of God in their foreheads without the Holy Spirit? I could go on and on with
similar questions but I believe my point is made on this. Clearly the Holy Spirit
cannot be taken out of the world before the revealing of the son of perdition, for
without the Holy Spirit how will ANYONE resist the son of perdition after he is
revealed? We know that many do resist him and are martyred for their refusal to
receive the mark of the beast!

This begs another serious question. The wheat and the tares both grow up in the
field together until "the time of the harvest." At the time of the harvest the tares
are gathered FIRST, in bundles to be burned, while the wheat are left happily in
the fields. Afterward the wheat is "gathered together" into the barn.
Furthermore, it is the WHEAT ITSELF that reveals the tares, for the wheat brings
forth it's fruit and thus exposes the tares. Take the wheat out FIRST and there's
no reason to bind the tares at all, or expose them. To whom are you going to
expose the tares if the angels (or the rapture) have already removed the wheat,
and if so to what purpose do you expose the tares?

Also, to whom is the antichrist "revealed" if the true believers are all gone from
the earth? If the true believers have all departed to be "with the Lord in Heaven"
then isn't the revealing of the antichrist a bit "moot" to the believer? Why would
the Apostles warn the believer about the antichrist to begin with and teach them
how to discern between the true Messiah and the antichrist being that they
certainly would have known that the believers were not even going to be in the
world when the antichrist emerges? It truly defies logic to warn the churches
about an event that you know darned well they will NEVER even see!

Equally as provocative are the way the pretribulation rapturists handle the
scriptures that they use to preach the doctrine. There used to be a song, about
the rapture, quite popular in my younger days, written and performed by Larry
Norman called "I wish we'd all been ready." In the song he sings "a man and
wife asleep in bed, he hears a noise he turns his head, she's gone, I wish we'd all
been ready." Now, J. Vernon McGee once did a radio broadcast in which he
denied that Matthew 24: 36-42 is a part of the scriptural references used by the
pretrib rapturists. He did this because those scriptures so obviously REFUTE the
pretribulation rapture! The song by Larry Norman, used and appreciated and
made popular by the pretrib rapturists clearly QUOTES that scripture, so we
know that Dr. McGee was mistaken about their use of this scripture to "prove"
their pet doctrine.

Matthew 24: 36- 42

"But of that day and hour knows no man, no not the angels of heaven, but
my Father only.

37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be.

38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered
into the ark,

39 And knew not until the flood came and took them all away; so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be.

40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the
other left.

42 Watch therefore: for you know not what hour your Lord does come."

The first thing we logically notice about this parable concerning the end times is
the obvious fact that Noah was not removed from the world in order to save him
from the flood or the "wrath" of God. Instead, he enters into the protection of an
ark, an ark that I should point out Noah himself began preparing 120 years prior
to the flood. So, how anyone reads the above text and comes away with the
notion that the church will be removed from the world is quite beyond me, really!
It simply is not in keeping with the parable. The second thing we notice here is
that it is the JUDGMENT that is "taking people away" here in this text! Noah isn't
taken away, he enters the ark (as I've said but it bears repeating). In verse 39 it
says clearly that the WICKED know not "until the flood came and TOOK them all
away," and this word TOOK is the same basic word that appears in the next
verse, "two shall be in the field the one shall be taken the other left." As with the
wheat and the tears, we see the wicked being gathered FIRST and bound for
destruction, and the children of God are the ones "left behind." They've turned it
all upside down!

Pretribulation rapturists like to also compare their "vanishing away" to safety of

the clouds of heaven to when the angels pulled Lot and his family out of the the
city before they rained fire down on it! The do this even though there isn't a
single scriptural reference pointing to what happened to Lot and comparing it to
what will happen to the Church. Not a single reference.

Well, there's not much more scriptures they can point to that prove we will be
raptured out before the revealing of the antichrist, aside from a scripture that
says the believers "aren't appointed to wrath" (1 Thessalonians 5:9) They reason
that, since the time of the tribulation when the antichrist revealed is called "the
time of His wrath," therefore, logically the believers can't be there because they
aren't appointed to wrath! The context of the scripture does NOT support their
interpretation in the least. The wrath of which this scripture speaks is a totally
different wrath, in which a person is cast into a lake of fire and brimstone. They
always quote the first part of the verse and leave off the finishing of the sentence.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

"For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our
Lord Jesus Christ,"

The wrath he's speaking about here is a PERMANENT wrath, and no we are not
appointed to that wrath, but he's not saying that he won't pour out his wrath on
the ungodly while there are righteous present on the earth! Again, they get that
concept from the story of Lot but the scriptures do not actually SAY that God
would never pour out his wrath on a world that has true believers in it.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-17

"13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them
which are asleep, that you sorrow not even as others which have no hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also
which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive
and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are
asleep.

16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the charangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ
shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with
the Lord."

In all actuality, this is scripture the pretribulation rapturists use most extensively
and it is ironically this very same scripture that most clearly disproves the whole
entire notion! That is because the writer here makes it clear this event occurs "at
the last trumpet." All we need do is go to the book of Revelation and read about
the events of the seven trumpets and we see that much of the outpouring of
God's wrath is WELL UNDERWAY or already occurred at the sounding of the
last or seventh trumpet. Many horrible "wrath" events have already occurred
during the preceding 6 trumpet blasts and it becomes clear that the faithful are
going to be on the earth for at least PART of the wrath of God, which destroys
the pretribulation rapturist's entire argument that we can't be here because we
aren't appointed to wrath!

Revelation 11:5-7

"5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted
up his hand to heaven,

6 And sware by him that lives for ever and ever, who created heaven, and
the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein,
that there should be time no longer:

7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to
sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he has declared to his
servants the prophets."

There are SEVEN trumpets sounding in Revelation. Here we have a CLEAR

and plain timeline for the finishing of the Mystery which places it at the sounding
of the seventh trumpet. What is truly fascinating is that without exception every
scripture the "rapturists" use (and especially the pretribulation rapturists) and
accept as the "rapture" also mention "the last trumpet." It's fascinating because
when you point this out to them they always say that the references in the rapture
scripture which mention both the MYSTERY and the TRUMPET aren't talking
about the SAME trumpet and mystery you find discussed in Revelation! They tell
you "it's a different trumpet." Eschatologists who teach that we "aren't appointed
to wrath" and insist we won't be here when the antichrist comes onto the scene
simply IGNORE these important scriptural cross references and dismiss them as
being not connected. When you point out that most of the "rapture" scriptures
say "at the last trumpet" they tell you that it's not the "seventh" trumpet that's
sounding at the rapture but merely "the last trumpet any christian will ever hear."
The only problem with this is a “false premise!” You have to accept THEIR
interpretation of scripture first before this becomes a valid argument. You can't
make an argument concerning a scripture that is only proved by accepting the
argument first! That's defies common sense.

Let's look at what happens during the sounding of the first six trumpets! Before
we do that however we need to discuss the seven seals. Virtually ALL
eschatologists and writer's and lecturers on the subject of the end times agree
that the seals and the trumpets are chronological. What this means is they
believe the seals are opened first before the trumpets even sound. Since this is
a UNIVERSAL teaching, especially among the pretribulation rapturists we will
accept for argument's sake that the seals and the trumpets are chronological.
We therefore have to add to the below list all of the events that occur during the
opening of the seals as events that have occurred prior to the sounding of the
seventh trumpet and the finishing of the "mystery" (or as some call it the
"rapture").

Revelation 6: 1-2

"1 And I saw when the Lamb opened of of the seals, and I heard, as it were
the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

2 And I saw , and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow;
and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to
conquer."

Most eschatologists, and especially the pretribulation rapturists, accept that this
rider on the white horse is none other than the emergence of the ANTICHRIST
onto the world scene. They all agree on this unanimously. How do they not see
that this occurs at the very opening of the first seal and that the seven trumpets
haven't even begun to sound yet and that the events that depict the so called
"rapture" in scripture all agree that event won't occur until the sounding of "the
last trumpet?" Here we have the most compelling evidence of them all that the
antichrist arrives on the scene a long time before the sounding of the seventh
trumpet and the "catching up" of the saints to "be with the Lord" at his second
coming! That is all assuming that the rest of their interpretations are correct and
the the rider on the white horse is indeed the antichrist, and assuming that the
seals and the trumpets are indeed chronological. I think my readers are now
starting to see that the modern eschatologists are playing "fast and loose" with
prophecy in scripture and that their interpretations all contradict each other!

Revelation 6: 3-4

"3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say,
Come and see.

4 And there went out another horse that was red: and the power was given
to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they shall kill
one another: and there was given unto him a great sword."

Universally they all agree that these are the terrible wars that are coming to the
world during the great tribulation. From here I will simply recap quickly the
events that follow for brevity's sake. Here is a summary of all the events that
occur prior to the sounding of the seventh trumpet and the finishing of the
mystery (some call the rapture).
1. The conquering king on the WHITE horse (most agree the antichrist) at the
FIRST SEAL.
2. The rider on the RED horse who takes peace from the earth at the SECOND
SEAL.
3. The rider on the BLACK horse which represents horrible FAMINE at the
THIRD SEAL.
4. The rider on the PALE horse, and death and hell follow with him and a fourth
part of the earth end up dying by these FOUR HORSEMEN by the FOURTH
SEAL.
5. Under the altar are seen all the souls who have been martyred for their
testimony during this terrible period, at the FIFTH SEAL.
6. A great earthquake, the sun becomes black, the moon becomes as blood, the
stars of heaven fall to the earth, the heaven is departed like a scroll rolled
together, the mountains and islands are displaced, the mighty men of the earth
hide themselves in dens and pray the rocks will fall on them for "The great day of
his wrath is come." So, by the sixth seal the preliminaries are over and the great
day of God's wrath begins.

I must quickly remind all that the central reason pretribulation raputurists say we
won't be here for the above events is because they contend that we are "not
appointed to wrath." Here we have the great day of God's wrath arriving long
before the FIRST trumpet even sounds, and the so called "rapture" does not
occur until the LAST TRUMPET and the MYSTERY of God where we are "all
changed in a moment in a twinkling of an eye" is not finished until the days of the
seventh angel when he shall begin to sound.

7. The 144,000 servants of Christ are sealed in their foreheads (Revelation 7: 1-

8) PRIOR TO the SEVENTH SEAL.
8. Those souls that have "come out of the great tribulation" are all given white
robes prior to the seventh seal. (Revelation 7: 9-17)
9. The seven angels with the seven trumpets stand before the altar at the
opening of the SEVENTH SEAL. (Revelation 8: 1- 2)
10. An angel takes a censer and fills it with fire from that altar in heaven and
casts it to the earth and there are "voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and
an earthquake" and the seven trumpets prepare to sound at the opening of the
SEVENTH SEAL. (Revelation 8: 3-6)
11. Hail and fire, mingled with blood is cast upon the earth, a third of all plantlife
is burned up at the sounding of the FIRST TRUMPET. (Revelation 8:7)
12 A great mountain burning with fire falls into the sea and a third part of the sea
turns to blood and a third part of all living creatures in the sea die and a third of
all ships in the sea are destroyed at the sounding of the SECOND TRUMPET.
(Revelation 8: 8)
13. A great star called "wormwood" falls to the earth and pollutes a third of all
fresh drinking water on the earth at the sounding of the THIRD TRUMPET.
(Revelation 8: 10-11)
14 A third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars are
darkened and there is daylight only for a third part of the day and there is
moonlight or starlight during only a third part of the night at the sounding of the
FOURTH TRUMPET. (Revelation 8: 12-13)
15 A fallen star opens the bottomless pit and locusts come out of the bottomless
pit. These locusts torment men who do not have the seal of God in their
foreheads for FIVE months. During these days men shall pray for death but
death will not come. Revelation 9: 1-12)
16 The four angels who are bound at the river Euphrates are released and a two
million man army crosses the dried river bed and kill another third of mankind are
killed by the war that ensues from this event at the sounding of the SIXTH
TRUMPET. (Revelation 9: 13- 21).

As you can see, most of the horrible events to which the pretribulation rapturists
say we are "not appointed" occur BEFORE the last trumpet even SOUNDS! In
order to continue to preach and teach this idea the pretrib rapturists have to
ignore a LOT of scripture! Whoever came up with the doctrine knew NOTHING
about the MYSTERY (which is Messiah in you) and those who preach and teach
the doctrine likewise have LITTLE KNOWLEDGE of the mystery of Messiah in
YOU and of the CHANGING OF THE SAINTS BODIES INTO INCORRUPIBLE
IMMORTAL BODIES at the sounding of the SEVENTH TRUMPET!

Simply put, they are totally CLUELESS!

Aside from the scriptures in Matthew we discussed earlier in which Messiah says
"one shall be taken the other left" (which we now know are talking about the
wicked being taken away) the "rapturists" who believe in the "great vanishing" of
the church have NO OTHER scriptures to rely upon to PROVE this idea. NONE!
There is simply NO scripture that says this anywhere! This is NOT the first
doctrine that has emerged out of the Christian religion that has not been based
on scripture. There have been many, so it is no new thing. The scriptures simply
do not support a "vanishing," but instead the event that occurs at the sounding of
the seventh trumpet is the "FINISHING" of the mystery. It is described by the
Apostles in their letters as a "CHANGING" not a vanishing.

1 Corinthians 15: 50-58

"50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the
kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep but we shall all be
changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet
shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be
changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put
on immortality.

54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal
shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that
is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

55 O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?

56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

57 But thanks be to God, which gives us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmoveable, always

abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as you know that your labor
is not in vain in the Lord."

The scriptures concerning this great MYSTERY which is finished at the sounding
of the SEVENTH TRUMPET is clearly the VICTORY of the CHURCH! It is when
the believers in the true Messiah succeed in "mortifying the deeds of the body."
This generation who will "not sleep" but shall "all be changed" shall have
eradicated SIN in their flesh through the power of the Holy Spirit, the New
covenant in Messiah’s blood. Being that they are found WITHOUT SIN they are
given incorruptible and immortal bodies, for the ONLY REASON our bodies are
mortal to begin with is because of the SIN that is in our members. Get rid of the
sin, you become immortal. So much for those that say "you can never be sinless
in this life!" An entire generation of believers will PROVE this wrong and prove
them that teach this to be the FALSE PROPHETS they are (for most who say
this will continue to say this right up until the day the Church is victorious)!

This will be the coming of the final end for those who have taught that there is
NO WAY to overcome sin in this life, they will NEVER admit the error of their
ways, even when confronted with a group of believers who are about to USHER
IN that age of victory over sin! They shall blaspheme the HOLY SPIRIT by
saying that these believers, who are about being SINLESS and are about being
LIKE Messiah (tempted in all ways yet without sin) are ALL OF THE DEVIL!
They shall call these preachers of HOLINESS and SINLESSNESS "antichrists."
This is because the antichrist does NOT take away sin, but instead merely pays
the penalty for the sin, the antichrist that these antichristians followed by those
who bear NO FRUIT does not demand PERFECTION. These antichristians will
all band together (not realizing they are being bound in bundles to be burned)
and shall turn to make war with the BRIDE who is preparing herself for the
marriage by eradicating SIN in her flesh, calling them liars (for John in his letter
did say that he who says "I have not sinned is a liar and the truth is not in him").
The antichristians will make the RIGHTEOUSNESS that we seek to achieve,
believing that it is possible, through the power of the TRUE MESSIAH an
UNHOLY THING and turn everything upside down!

Those who believe in the "rapture" and especially in the "pretribulation rapture"
will be on the FOREFRONT of them that fall away completely and reject the
RIGHTEOUSNESS of GOD that the believers will achieve. They shall be
denying the POWER OF GOD and they shall CLING to the sins of their flesh
saying "grace, grace." Why? Because they are sitting around doing NOTHING
and waiting for some miraculous shout from heaven to change their bodies,
instead of patiently and persistently working toward that goal! They think (and
teach) that their sin state in the flesh is not something to be concerned with for
they shall not be "in the flesh" in the rapture. They ignore the obvious fact that,
if it were true that our efforts to overcome the flesh and the lusts of the flesh had
NOTHING TO DO with this “changing event" then why would the Apostles warn
every man and teach every man to overcome sin in the flesh and thereby "hasten
the day of the Lord?"

What they don't know is that time is running out for them. The age of grace is
fast coming to an end and very soon there shall come a voice from heaven
saying "there shall be time no longer," and then the MYSTERY shall be finished
and the body of Messiah shall be "changed."

There is one more point in 1 Thessalonians the "rapturists" make that requires us
to revisit those scriptures:

1 Thessalonians 4: 13- 18

"13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them
which are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also
which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive
and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are
asleep.

16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ
shall rise first;

17 The we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with
the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words."

To most "rapturists" who believe in the "vanishing away" this scripture more than
any other proves their doctrine. (Even though, ironically, the placing of the event
at the Last Trumpet makes this scripture one of the biggest indictments
AGAINST the rapture). Nevertheless, the “rapturists” love these verses because
they say that we shall be "caught up" with those who are resurrected "in the
clouds" and shall "meet the Lord in the air."

There are also numerous references to the second coming of Jesus which state
that when he comes "in the clouds of heaven" that the saints shall be seen "with
him." Even if I were to accept that the catching away is quite literal and we shall
all go up into the "clouds" to meet the Lord at his coming, we cannot ignore one
important thing. The Lord is coming TO THE EARTH to reign. This is
indisputable FACT in scripture. Wherever it depicts the second coming of the
Lord "in the clouds" and the saints "with him," the Lord arrives and RETURNS to
the EARTH to rule and reign. If the clouds and the air in Thessalonians 4 are
LITERAL, then this "catching away" is at best a U-Turn for even if we "meet the
Lord" in the air at his coming, he comes TO the earth and we also RETURN TO
THE EARTH with him!

Brothers and sisters, true believers I would like to ask you to entertain the notion
that the "clouds" and the "air" in the above verses are quite symbolic! The word
for "air" used in this text is the greek word is "aer" which is "breath" or "spirit!"
How do they miss this? This text could easily have been translated "to meet the
Lord in the spirit." But what about "in the clouds?" Clouds has always been a
symbolic reference to the throngs of believers gathered together in one place.

Hebrews 12: 1

"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of

witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily
beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us."

The "cloud" in 1 Thessalonians could easily be the same "cloud" mentioned here
in Hebrews and is a reference to the "cloud of believers."

Still, I do not reject outright a literal interpretation of the "air" and the "cloud" in
Thessalonians I view it as a non-issue. Even if I accept the literal version of this,
as I said, this catching away is at best a U-turn, for it says "so shall we ever be
with the Lord." We know that the Lord comes back to the earth and his followers
appear with him! He comes to reign on the earth and we come to reign with him!
The scriptures in 1 Corinthians describes a "changing" of our bodies due to the
fact that sin is no more in our flesh and encourages us to keep on with our good
works for we know that our labor is not in vain! Whether we are caught up into
the air literally (or for that matter the question of when this happens) pales in
comparison to the TRUE message of what is going on here, which is that the
resurrection of the "dead in Messiah" and then "we who are alive and remain"
obtain also a resurrection where we are given IMMORTALITY and become
completely INCORRUPTIBLE! The fact that the rapturists focus on the "catching
away" and miss the FINISHING OF THE MYSTERY and the VICTORY OVER
SIN AND DEATH in these scriptures speaks VOLUMES about their priorities!

Most of these rapturists, it is no coincidence, are the biggest proponents of the

notion that you can NEVER live SINLESS in this life but have to WAIT for this
great event that occurs at the RESURRECTION! Their idea is that they don't
have to do ANYTHING to obtain these righteous and holy sinless and
incorruptible bodies except sit around and wait for it to happen. To them the
words of Paul to the Corinthians to "be steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding
in the works of the Lord for you know that your labor is not in vain," has
absolutely NO meaning (as well as the myriad of other writings of the Apostles
that echo this working of faith to sinless perfection).

Recently I watched a prophecy conference on GOD TV. Mike Bickle

(International House of Prayer) and his ministry team were speaking and
answering questions. One question that was asked is "what does it mean to
hasten the day of the Lord?" I sat on the edge of my seat for the answer to this
question because I had heard Mike Bickle already blast the notion of the
pretribulation rapture and my great hope was that he would then reveal the truth
that we actually take an active part in the "changing" of our bodies into the
incorruptible by walking after the Spirit and mortifying the deeds of the flesh, and
that our labor to walk like Messiah, sinless in this life is not in vain for many of the
last generation shall indeed achieve perfection in Messiah. I was excited, I just
KNEW this would be their answer. I was disappointed. Their answer was not
even close, because, let's face it the antichrist teachings that you can "never be
perfect in this life" have already taken a very strong foothold in the world.
We know from reading ALL of the scriptures concerning this great finishing of the
Mystery and concerning the perfecting of the saints that not only do the very
MINISTRY of the church (prophets, apostles, evangelists etc) has a part to play
in perfecting the Church and making the Bride "without spot or wrinkle" but we
ourselves take and active part as well. Which is why John wrote and said "he
who has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he (Christ) is pure." (1 John 3:
3)

For you see, we know that "faith without works is dead," and we know that true
faith brings forth the "fruit of the Spirit" and the fruit of the Spirit is righteousness
and holiness!

James 2: 14-17

"14 What does it profit, my brothers, though a man say he has faith, and
has not works? can faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

16 And one of you say to them, Depart in peace, be warmed and filled;,
notwhithstanding you don't give them those things which are needful to
the body; what does it profit?

17 Even so faith, if it has not works is dead being alone."

So, we see that the Church has a work of faith to perform on the earth and that
work of faith begins when you first receive the gospel. Faith grows within you
from day to day and you overcome to become a fruitful branch within in the vine
of Messiah. Those who say that we can never be perfect and sinless in this life
have "sat down" and stopped running the patient race of faith. They have uttered
a negative confession with their mouths that dooms them to be forever trapped in
the sins of the flesh until the Lord appears in heaven to change them.

Those that want to cling to their lives of sin and remain living "after the flesh"
untill the Lord comes, however, are running out of time to repent!

2 Peter 3: 9-12

"9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count
slackness; but is longsuffering to usward, not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to repentance.

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the
heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be
burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of
persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

12 Looking for and hastening unto the coming of the day of God, wherein
the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved."

Peter, the Apostle, has made it clear that the second coming has been delayed
because not all have come to "repentance." When eschatologists and most
christian teachers quote these verses they apply the "longsuffering of Messiah"
to the world, to the unbelievers! Peter says that he is longsuffering "to usward,"
and includes himself and everyone that he is writing to! The reason most MISS
this is because their idea of repentance is completely different than the
repentance spoken of by the Apostles! To most Christians repentance is merely
being "sorry for sin" and asking God to "forgive you of your sins." Repentance is
something FAR stronger and requires some WORK of FAITH!
Repentance actually means a complete "reversal" of direction! It means a
"turning the back to" one's sins and going in the other direction (which is sinless
perfection). The sad state of affairs in the world today is that the coming of
Messiah is being delayed, not because the WORLD hasn't repented, but
because the followers of Messiah (to USWARD) have not repented yet! No
wonder, for the antichrist spirit has been in work in the Church since it's very
beginnings telling people that they can NEVER achieve that which Messiah died
and sent the Holy Spirit to achieve! Our "hope of glory." It all begins by our
complete repentance and turning our back on our former lives of sin and finally,
through spiritual growth, we ACHIEVE perfection and find ourselves LIKE
MESSIAH (tempted in all ways yet, without sin).

The scriptures make it clear the Messiah has delayed his return waiting for the
Bride to prepare herself for the Bridegroom. We, the believers have a part to
play in the FINISHING OF THE MYSTERY which is "Christ in you, the hope of
glory." It begins with REPENTANCE and then culminates in VICTORY over sin
in the flesh, by the daily sacrifice of mortifying the deeds of the body and walking
in the Spirit! In the end times, this message will be preached to every creature
and then comes the end, for the antichrist religion of the Roman Kingdom will
wage WAR against this message and those who preach it! The Church, the true
believers in Messiah are taking part in their own SALVATION through FAITH
which brings good works.

Phillipians 1: 6

"Being confident of this very thing, that he which has begun a good work
in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ."

Phillipians 2: 12-13

"12 Wherefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my

presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own
salvation with fear and trembling

13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good
pleasure."

There are so many already who are beginning to follow the antichrist doctrine
that you can "NEVER" be like Christ in this life and that PERFECTION is not
possible and that you will always live "in the flesh," (despite overwheliming
scriptures to the contrary). Those who continue on this path will NEVER bear the
fruit and never be a part of the marriage supper of the Lamb! They shall find
themselves cast out into outer darkness at the Lord's return, for in them shall be
found the iniquity of the hypocrites!
Matthew 24: 48-51

"But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his
coming;

49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with
the drunken;

50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looks not for him,
and in an hour that he is not aware of,

51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the
hypocrites; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Here is the REAL danger that those who say they can't live without sin have
placed themselves in! Messiah is honor bound by his word to "cut asunder" all of
his servants whom he finds involved in iniquity when he returns! There's simply
NO WAY around this truth! Many who claim to follow Christ right now would be
in trouble at their Christ’s coming, for they admit openly that they are still caught
up in the sins of the flesh, stumbling and falling and stumbling and falling, and
what's worse they reject the idea that there is any way to do otherwise! They are
going from daily sin to daily sin waiting for the Lord to come and give them new
sinless bodies (instead of partaking in the daily sacrifice of mortifying the deeds
of the flesh by the Spirit of love, and yet, their Christ has stated emphatically that
if he returns and finds them in this state they shall be cast out like the hypocrites
they are! This explains why Peter said "not willing that any should perish." Many
"servants of Messiah" would PERISH if he returned today for they don't even
BELIEVE in living holy and righteous on this earth and it is a REQUIREMENT at
the second coming! This is because when Messiah returns the MYSTERY will
be FINISHED, the branches are bringing forth their fruit, the Bride has prepared
herself and is found without spot and wrinke. It is the time of the harvest, when
the TARES have manifested that they are not WHEAT and are "bound in
bundles to be burned."

Those who think it's perfectly okay to go about their daily lives stumbling and
falling into sin and they rely purely on the Grace of God, and think that God will
come and magically change their bodies into sinless bodies that cannot be
tempted and suddenly whisk them away into paradise (even though they might
have been involved in one of those sins at the time of His coming) are in for a
rude awakening! They are playing russian roulette with their SALVATION: for,
they have NO IDEA when is this FINISHIING OF THE MYSTERY and the
RESURRECTION of the dead and when they step out tomorrow or an hour from
now and commit a sin they risk being "found in iniquity" at his coming! There
shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth!

Matthew 25: 31- 46

"31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels
with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32 And before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate
them one from another, as a shepherd divided his sheep from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, you blessed of
my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the
world:

35 For I was hungry, and you gave me meat: I was thirsty and you gave me
drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in:

36 Naked, and you clothed me: I was sick, and you visited me: I was in
prison and you came to me.

37 then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see you
hungry and fed you, or thirsty and gave you drink?

38 When did we see you a stranger and took you in? or naked and clothed
you?

39 Or when did we see you sick or in prison and came to you?

40 And the King shall answer and say to them, Verily I say to you, in as
much as you have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, you
have done it to me.

41 Then shall he say also to them on the left hand, Depart from me you
cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

42 For I was hungry and you gave me no meat: I was thirsty and you gave
me no drink:

43 I was a stranger and you did not take me in, naked and you didn't clothe
me, sick and in prison, an you did not visit me.

44 Then shall they also answer him saying, Lord, when did we see you
hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not
minister to you?

45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily, I say to you, in as much as

you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous
into eternal life."

The MOST STARK and OBVIOUS truth that comes out of the sheep and the
goats parable is that NOTHING is said about the RELIGIOUS BELIEFS of these
two groups! Messiah does not examine their DOCTRINES or the RELIGIONS
they espoused in their lifetime and determine by this whether they shall have
eternal life or not. How are both the sheep and the goats both judged? BY
THEIR BEHAVIOR, BY THEIR WORKS! The Sheep did the WORKS of
Messiah and have eternal life for it, the goats did NOT the work of Messiah and
are judged and condemned! Again, this truth is UNDENIABLE in these verses!
There remains therefore a WORK OF MESSIAH for the Church and at the
second coming everyone who are found NOT DOING THAT WORK are cast out
into outer darkness!

This is one of the reasons I become so infuriated when modern eschatologists

predict that the antichrist government will be feeding all the poor of the world! If,
by some miracle true believers manage to set out to do the work of the Messiah
and feed the poor modern Christians will point to this great work and call it
“antichrist!” Obviously, modern eschatologists are setting themselves up for
rejection by equating the feeding of the poor as a “sign” that someone is
antichrist! It’s a shadow of things to come because, by the time of the outpouring
of God’s wrath the antichristians will point to EVERY righteous aspect and exploit
of the fruit bearers and say “it’s of the devil” merely because these fruit bearers
will reject the “God/Man” status of the Roman Christ!

CHAPTER 16

THE BIRTH OF CHRIST VS.

THE BIRTH OF CHRIST IN YOU

The Mystery of Godliness, "Christ in you, the hope of glory," comes gradually, it
is a work that was begun in the Church by Messiah’s crucifixion and the resulting
indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the heart and mind of the believer. This is called
the "new covenant." In the end times the Church stands up and does the work of
the true Messiah. The faith and patience of the saints is fulfilled in the Church at
that time. Up until then, the Church groans in expectation and hope of that
GLORY to be revealed! It comes as no shock or surprise, therefore, that in the
chapter directly preceding the persecution of the saints by the antichrist Roman
Beast we find a complete description of this great and GLORIOUS event!

Revelation 12: 1- 2

"1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the
sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve
stars:

2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth and pained to be
delivered."

As with all of the other Revelation prophecies there has been much debate over
Revelation 12. The most common application of this chapter is when
eschatologists take this as a "history lesson" and think that it represents either
"Mary" or "Israel" bringing forth the Messiah. They, therefore apply it to the first
advent of the Messiah. John was told that the visions he was about to receive
were "things that must shortly come to pass." It is highly UNLIKELY that
Revelation 12 is depicting the first birth, resurrection, and ascending of Messiah.
Some eschatologists have begun to agree with this and are now starting to say
that Revelation 12 is a depiction of the "rapture." I don't use the word "rapture,"
but I do agree this is a clear and concise description of the "finishing of the
mystery." The Mystery, “Christ in you, the hope of glory," is very much
represented as a "woman in travail" to give birth in scripture. Messiah is in us,
and we groan and travail in our daily sacrifice to bring forth Messiah: for, to many
in the world the only glimpse of Yeshua Messiah they will get is by the Bride of
Messiah bringing forth Messiah in her!

John 16: 20- 23

"20 Verily, verily I say to you, That you shall weep and lament, but the
world shall rejoice: and you shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be
turned into joy.

21 A woman when she is in travail has sorrow, because her hour is come:
but as soon as she is delivered of the child she remembers no more the
anguish for joy that a man is born into the world.

22 And you now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your
heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man takes away from you.

23 And in that day you shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say to you
Whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you."

What we see here in the gospel of John is the very first place that the Church is
characterized as "a woman in travail" but it's not the last.

Before we look at those however, I'd like to point out that Messiah makes it clear
that those who are in "travail" and are having the "birthing pains" of Messiah in
them do NOT pray to Messiah, but pray directly to the Father. The reason I'd like
to point this out is because as I said earlier, the true Messiah does not ask to be
prayed to or worshipped. It is the ANTICHRIST who is both PRAYED TO and
WORSHIPPED according to scripture.

Other scriptures that speak of the "birthing pains" are as follows:

Galatians 4: 19

"My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in
you."

1 Thessalonians 2: 9

"For you remember, brethren, our labor and travail: for laboring night and
day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you, we preached to
you the gospel of God.

1 Thessalonians 5: 3

"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction
comes upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not
escape."

Romans 8: 22-23

"22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain
together until now.

23 And not only they, but ourselves also which have the firstfruits of the
Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption,
to wit, the redemption of the body."

So, now we see that the WOMAN IN TRAVAIL in Revelation is the same as has
always been depicted. The Church groaning and travailing to bring forth Messiah
in her, which results in the total and compete finishing of the mystery and the
"redemption of the body," (sinless and perfect bodies for which immortality is
given).

Revelation 12: 3- 4

"3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red
dragon, having seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns upon his
heads.

4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them
to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to
be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born."
Notice this dragon has the exact same description as the BEAST of Revelation
13! The prophecy is revealing that at the same time the Church is preparing to
bring forth Messiah IN YOU and finish the Mystery, the Dragon has set up the
antichrist BEAST KINGDOM for one purpose, to STOP THE FRUIT of the labors
of the Church and to DEVOUR the testimony and the demonstration of the Spirit
and Power that comes by the woman giving birth to Messiah in her!

Revelation 12: 5

"And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod
of iron: and her child was caught up unto God and to his throne."

This identifies the entire chapter as a depiction of the finishing of the mystery
better than any other verse. "Those who are alive and remain shall be caught up
to meet the Lord in the air," "the child was caught up to God and to his throne."
This is the exact same terminology!

Revelation 12: 7

"And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the
dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels.

8 And prevailed not; neither was there place found any more in heaven.

9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and
Satan, which deceives the whole world, he was cast out into the earth and
his angels were cast out with him.

10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation and
strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the
accuser of our brethren is cast down, who accused them before our God
day and night."

This is a clear depiction of everything that Messiah said concerning the second
coming! Messiah states that the angels would go forth and gather together all
that has iniquity in the kingdom and bind them in bundles to be burned, he also
said that the goats would be judged and cast into outer darkness prepared for the
devil and his angels, and all of this is preceded by the VICTIORIOUS BRIDE
bringing MESSIAH IN YOU forth and finishing the work that was done by the
death and resurrection of Messiah! Remember we saw that the antichristians
(followers of the antichrist) are of ONE BODY even as the followers of Messiah
are ONE BODY? When Satan and his angels are cast out so, also, are the
MEMBERS OF THE BODY OF THE ANTICHRIST! Michael and his angels are
sent, after the CHURCH brings forth Messiah in her, and they begin to clean up
in the kingdom of heaven.
The reason "the accuser of the brethren" is thrown down, is because the BRIDE
has BROUGHT FORTH MESSIAH IN HER, she is found "WITHOUT SPOT OR
WRINKLE" and there is NO SIN IN HER for which the accuser can accuse!

What happens next?

Revelation 12: 13

"13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he
persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might
fly into the wilderness, into her place where she is nourished for a time,
and times, and half a time from the face of the serpent.

15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman
that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

16 And the earth helped the woman and the earth opened her mouth, and
swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with
the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have
the testimony of Jesus Christ."

These verses set the stage for the persecution of the saints by the ANTICHRIST
BEAST, who was poised before the woman from the beginning of the chapter
attempting to devour the BIRTH OF MESSIAH IN HER. The dragon and the
beast and his followers are now all cast out and in anger and jealousy turn to
make WAR WITH THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH. Thus, we enter chapter
13.

I submit that the days of preparation for the finishing of the MYSTERY, and the
Church bringing forth Messiah in her, coincided exactly the GREAT FALLING
AWAY that leads to the revealing of the antichrist. That is because the TRUE
BELIEVERS as they become more and more VOCAL about RIGHTEOUSNESS
and PERFECTION through FAITH and through the POWER OF MESSIAH that
is in her, the antichristians will become more and more vocal concerning their
CONDEMNATION of MESSIAH IN YOU!

I don't know about you, but it would take a BLIND MAN not to see that the
GREAT FALLING AWAY has already begun and the stage is being set for
BOTH the Church finishing the mystery of Messiah in you and at the same time
the antichristians taking over the Roman Beast Kingdom and setting up a
COUNTERFEIT CHRIST!
CHAPTER 18

THE FRUITFUL BRANCHES VS. THE BARREN

BRANCHES

The revealing of those who are a part of the GREAT FALLING AWAY is really
just as simple as this, those who follow the son of perdition into the lake of fire
have a RELIGION that is NOT FRUITFUL. They present a FAITH that doesn't
work because it is a FAITH WITHOUT WORKS and the scripture makes it clear
that is a DEAD FAITH! This entire end time scenario is catalyzed by the
FULFILLMENT of MESSIAH IN YOU and by the BRANCHES BEGINNING TO
BRING FORTH FRUIT!

Matthew 24: 32-33

"32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and
puts forth leaves you know that summer is nigh:

33 So likewise you, when you shall see all of these things, know that it is
near, even at the door."

Almost universally, modern eschatologists accept the above scripture as a

prediction of the restoration of Israel to their homeland. They state emphatically
that the fig tree is ALWAYS representative symbolically for Israel in scripture.
The problem I have with this interpretation is that the emphasis in these verses is
NOT on the fact that Messiah is talking about a "fig tree." The emphasis is on
the fact that when you see a tree (any tree) beginning to bring forth leaves you
know that the FRUIT is not far afterward! It is the sign of the tree bringing forth
the FRUIT that is the sign of the second coming of Messiah, not the fact that it's a
fig tree. This is why Luke doesn't just say "a fig tree" but in fact says "yes and
even all the trees."

Luke 21: 29 32

"31 And he spoke to them a parable: Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

30 When they now shoot forth, you see and know of your own selves that
summer is now nigh at hand.

32 Verily I say to you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be
fulfilled."

That the believers in Messiah are characterized as branches that bring forth "the
fruit of righteousness" cannot be debated! There is AMPLE evidence of this
scripturally. I have already quoted one, which bears repeating again because I
did not until now point out the obvious fact that Messiah states "every branch in
me that bears not fruit my father takes away."

John 15: 1- 10

"1 I am the vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

2 Every branch in me that bears no fruit he takes away: and every branch
that bears fruit, he purges it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

3 Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken to you.

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of

itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can you except you abide in me.

5 I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abides in me, and I
in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me you can do
nothing.

6 If a man does not abide in me he is cast forth as a branch, and is

withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire and they are
burned.

7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall

ask what you will and it shall be done to you.

8 Herein is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; so shall you be my
disciples.

9 As the Father has loved me so have I loved you: continue in my love.

10If you keep my commandments, you shall abide

in my love; even as I have kept my Father's
commandments, and abide in his love."
When the Body of Messiah, the Bride, begins to show signs of bringing forth her
"fruit of her womb" (even as a tree begins to show signs of summer fruit) we
know that the end time is near (and so does the devil). When the signs of this
great bringing forth of Messiah in you do appear, the Devil will create a
CONTERFEIT system that is designed to keep as many MEMBERS of the VINE
from bringing forth FRUIT, then the devil uses this very same system to
persecute the woman and the "remnant of her seed" who do what? Who "KEEP
THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD" as well as "HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF
JESUS." This is what sets apart the fruitful branches from the barren. This is
what separates the sheep from the goats. This is what separates the Bride of
Messiah from the Harlot of the beast. One "KEEPS THE COMMANDMENTS"
the other does quite the OPPOSITE and furthermore, those who do the
OPPOSITE persecute those who keep the commandments!

CHAPTER 19

THE LOVE OF THE TRUTH VS. THE BIG LIE

This now brings us full circle back to discussion of the ANTICHRIST and the
GREAT FALLING AWAY. As we saw, the antichrist, the BEAST and the
FOURTH KINGDOM are identical to the true Messiah and that there are only a
few minor differences between them having to do with ministry and methodology.
The one big difference, and it is a matter that makes ALL the difference to God,
between the true Messiah and the antichrist, is that the antichrist, being a flesh
and blood man, born of a woman and a man, is turned into a GOD and
worshipped. The antichrist is the ULTIMATE TOTEMISM! Instead of creating an
image of an animal and worshipping it, the world creates the image of a MAN,
calls this man God, and worships both the man AND the image! This is the great
LIE!

Romans 1: 15- 26

"15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are
at Rome also.

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God
unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the
Greek.

17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed

from faith to faith: as it is written, the just shall live by faith.

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all

ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold
the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God
has showed it to them.
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly
seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal
power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God,
neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their
foolish heart was darkened.

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

23 And changedthe glory of the incorruptible God

into an image made like to corruptible man, and to
birds, and four footed beasts, and creeping things.

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of

their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:"

The making of a man into a God. This is the LIE. They change the incorruptible
God into the image of a man! This is what we see happening in Revelation 13.
The Beast who is "a man" is called God and worshipped, an image of the beast
is made and it is worshipped. The REAL damage that is done is that, this
God/Man image is identical to the true Messiah in almost every way except this
lie and except for the PURPOSE of his death and crucifixion.

You see, the antichristians will be so incensed by the true gospel of Messiah in
you and the earnest expectation and hope of Messiah-like perfection because,
according to their teachings of men, the Christ they worship and pray to, the
God/Man is the ONLY man who can be perfect He was perfect for us, they say,
and we are given HIS righteousness so that we don't HAVE to be LIKE CHRIST.
Furthermore, it is IMPOSSIBLE to be like their Christ, because their Christ is
God! They teach that no man, save for their Christ, can be "like God." So, the
antichrist man/god completely makes those who worship him barren and
unfruitful, for there is no earnest expectation to be LIKE the antichrist, for "who
is like unto the beast?" (Revelation 13: 4) The answer to that is "no one"
because the Roman Beast Doctrine specifically states that no one CAN be like
the Beast for "he is God in the flesh."

2 Thessalonians 2: 11- 17

"11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they
should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not in the truth, but had
pleasure in unrighteousness.
13 But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren
beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to
salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of

our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you have
been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God, even our Father, which has
loved us and has given us everlasting consolation and good hope through
grace,

17 Comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work."

The ONLY difference between those who fall to the great delusion and believe a
lie and those who have "the love of the truth" is that those within the delusion,
who follow the "son of perdition" don't BELIEVE and have no love of the truth for
they find "pleasure in unrighteousness," and deny the power that we have to
continue in every "good word and work." While those who have the love of the
truth, walk in faith, and some day are rewarded for that faith with the "glory of
the Lord Jesus Christ."

I pray all of those who read this book that God may give you ears to hear the
truth and instill in you a love of the truth.

CHAPTER 20

THE GOOD NEWS VS. THE BAD NEWS

One final word. The "gospel" is the "good news." That is what gospel means.

The teaching of the antichristians that "you can never be like Jesus, you can
never be holy and perfect in this life" is ONLY good news to the person who
wants to remain in their sin their entire lives (and have pleasure in
unrighteousness). To the person who hungers and thirsts for righteousness, and
to the person who desires with all their being to be VICTORIOUS over their sin
and to be FREE of their sin, the news that they can never achieve this is NOT
good news, it's bad news.

The antichrist gospel therefore is not "good news' at all but "bad news." It is an
"anti-gospel" or "another gospel."

So, we come to the end of this study. There is much more I could say on all of
these matters. I believe, however, in the Spirit of truth that leads and guides us
into all truth, and part of the joy and excitement of discovering these matters was
having them revealed to me directly by the Spirit and I do not wish to rob my
readers of that joy!

Even so, come Lord Jesus, Come!