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It would seem that God has embedded the Antichrist concept into Scripture in such a way as to conceal his identity and activities for a purpose. Why would He do that? Why would God let the Devil loose on the world? Because of the signs that he is given the power to do, the Devil has caused the people of the world to do things right now, that they would not otherwise have done. Who do you think gives the Devil the power to influence the composite beast, the governments of the world? Like when Jesus commanded Satan, (Judas), “What you are going to do, do quickly”, only God can grant that power, and allow for the prophetic time period of the Antichrist's authority.
I tend to think that the eschatological Christians here have a strong enough faith to confront this issue at hand. We have no doubt at all of our salvation, that our names are written in heaven, AND we are looking forward to seeing the brightness of His appearing. Because we will be like Him, righteous and true. So confronting the Antichrist issue head on should not worry an individual in an advanced Christian faith. We do not grieve as others do who have no hope. We KNOW that God, through Christ Jesus, WILL bring with Him those who have fallen asleep. And we look forward to it.
But it's a scary subject for some Christians, and most other people. The Antichrist is revealed first. I think it dangerous to be lulled into this idea that we have 5 or ten years or more before we see this beast rise from the bottomless pit and go to his destruction, especially if the process has started already and is happening now.
Antichrist = Son of Perdition.
And just then Satan entered into him.
"When Judas had eaten the bread, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus told him, “Hurry and do what you're going to do.”
Jesus gave the order, God gives him the power.
Paul equates "the son of perdition", with "the man of sin".
"Let no man deceive 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;"
Why would Paul call Satan, the son of destruction, the "man" of sin?
In the far reaches of the north
It would seem elementary to me that Paul, as he has done in so many previous examples, draws from Scripture, in this case Isaiah 14.
Read Isaiah 14:12-20 again.
“How you are fallen from heaven,
O Day Star, son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who laid the nations low!
You said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
in the far reaches of the
north;
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’
But you are brought down to Sheol,
to the far reaches of the pit.
Those who see you will stare at you
and ponder over you:
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
who shook kingdoms,
who made the world like a desert
and overthrew its cities,
who did not let his prisoners go home?’
All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
each in his own tomb;
but you are cast out, away from your grave,
like a loathed branch,
clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword,
who go down to the stones of the pit,
like a dead body trampled underfoot.
You will not be joined with them in burial,
because you have destroyed your land,
you have slain your people.
“May the offspring of evildoers
nevermore be named!
Is this talking about A4E or Nebuchadnezzar?
No.
This is not talking about a mere mortal man.
This is talking about the Devil.
The "offspring of evildoers" is the equivalent of "you are of your father the Devil.
"You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
The king of the North.
Islam is just one component of the composite beast. The Antichrist is not an Islamic human man, the Antichrist does not come out from Assyria. He is not a physical "Assyrian" man. The Antichrist grew out from one of "them", the four winds of heaven. Toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land which is west. He came from the North. The Script here has shifted from earthly kingdoms of man, to Divine Direction. The north wind of heaven. The king of the North. The King of destruction. Assyria is to the north of Israel. This is the same concept as the drying up of the great river Euphrates.
The Euphrates river was always a large natural obstacle preventing invading armies from the north coming down into Israel back in the old Biblical times. When this river symbolically dries up, the green light is then given for the Kings from the East to bring Divine destruction.
Like the angel ascending from the "east" bringing the seal of God, and the lightning of Jesus coming from the "east" to the west, the Kings from the East are heavenly Visitors. God the Father, and Jesus:
"They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of:
a) him who sits on the throne and
b) from the wrath of the Lamb!
So it's not likely going to be Asian armies, like from the Late Great Planet Earth, that travel to a literal valley north of Israel, but Divine Destroyers that come from the Biblical north wind of heaven.
Evil comes from the north.
Nebuchadnezzar came down from the north and wiped out Jerusalem.
"For I am bringing disaster from the north, even terrible destruction." ... Set up the banner in Zion: come together, do not delay: for I bring evil from the north wind, ...
"Then the LORD said, "This means destruction will break out from the north on all ... cry, O city; Melt away, O Philistia, all of you; For smoke comes from the north, ...
"Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north.
"Then the LORD said to me, "Out of the north the evil will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.
And notice during a time of restoration God removes the northerner:
“I will remove the northerner far from you, and drive him into a parched and desolate land, his vanguard into the eastern sea,
I think a bunch of the things that the prophecy prognosticators were having us watch for, have already just happened, and are happening right now.
It's all about the Devil. We are just caught up in his bargain. We are living in his kingdom right now, the kingdom of the rebels, when the rebels have become completely wicked.
Now it's not just the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, but the whole world takes pleasure in unrighteousness. Here is just one example of how the Antichrist, the son of perdition, the Devil, has taken over the world through peaceful means by giving his power and his throne and his great authority to the composite beast:
1) The Netherlands (2000)
2) Belgium (2003)
3) Canada (2005)
4) Spain (2005)
5) South Africa (2006)
6) Norway (2009)
7) Sweden (2009)
8) Argentina (2010)
9) Iceland (2010)
10) Portugal (2010)
11) Denmark (2012)
12) Brazil (2013)
13) England and Wales (2013)
14) France (2013)
15) New Zealand (2013)
16) Uruguay (2013)
17) Luxembourg (2014)
18) Scotland (2014)
19) Finland: (signed 2015, effective 2017)
20) Ireland: (2015)
21) United States: (2015)<-------1290 Days------->Sun/Moon
21) United States: (2015)<-------1290 Days------->EofW
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White House set aglow with rainbow pride
On Friday evening, the White House was glowing with pride.
The Obama administration bathed
the north side of the executive mansion in rainbow-colored light to celebrate the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which guaranteed a constitutional right to same-sex marriage across America.
Note it's the "north" side of the executive mansion.
What you are seeing here is evidence of a feat that could not be accomplished by any mere mortal man. This is the little horn, the stern faced king, the Devil, rising up to the place of God's Sanctuary, the Man of Sin taking his seat in the Temple of God and claiming to be God. Rising up to the place of God's Sanctuary. Claiming to rewrite the rules coming out from God's True Tent in Heaven.
Now take a look at this graphic.
Look at the number of pediatric gender affirming clinics in the USA in 2007.
Then note how many are here now in 2022.
Still think we're not in the Antichrist's kingdom of the rebels?
When from God's Temple came this:
"For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
And this:
“A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman's garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the LORD your God.
Or this:
"You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
I'm reasonably sure there's not too much more time remaining for these reprobate minded people to enjoy their delusion.
Even so,
Peaceful Sabbath.