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The Seeing Generation: The Second Coming Made Plain, 2Fulfilled Summer 2007!
A series of messages
suggesting that the Bible charts the immediate future for the little flock
The Antichrist, the False Prophet, the Threat of Submission and Terrorism |
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“Don’t overlook the obvious”
Apostasy: “Abandonment of one’s religious faith, a political
party, one’s principles, or a cause.”
Apostasy: “A falling away,” KJV.
Psalms
83: Against the enemies of Israel:
Song Psalm Of Asaph: 1. Elohim, do not remain silent, do not stay quiet or unmoved, Elohim! 2. See how your enemies
are in uproar, how those who hate you are rearing their heads. 3. They are
laying plans against your people, conspiring against those you cherish; 4. they
say, “Come, let us annihilate them as a nation, the name of Israel shall be
remembered no more!” 5. They conspire with a single mind, they conclude an
alliance against you, 6. the tents of Edom
and the Ishmaelites, Moab
and the Hagrites, 7. Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia
and the Tyrians; 8. even Assyria has joined them to reinforce the children of Lot. Selah.
9. Treat them like Midian and Sisera, like
Jabin at the river Kishon; 10. wiped out at En-Dor, they served to manure the
ground. 11. Treat their leaders like Oreb and Zeeb, all their commanders like
Zebah and Zalmunna, 12. for they said, “Let us take for ourselves Yahweh’s
settlements.”
Matthew
16:3b. “You know how to interpret the appearance of the
sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.”
Luke
21:24b. “Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the
Gentiles are fulfilled.”
Luke
21:32. “Truly, I
say to you, this generation will not pass away till all has taken place.”
Matthew
21:28. “What do
you think? A man had two sons; and he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and
work in the vineyard today.’
29. And
he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he repented and went. 30. And he went to the second and said the same;
and he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ but did not go.
31. Which of the two did the will of his father?” They
said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to
you, the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God
before you. 32.
For John came to you
in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax
collectors and the harlots believed him; and even when you saw it, you did not
afterward repent and believe him.”
In this second installment of “The
Seeing Generation,” we’ll reveal the identity of he who is called “the
man of lawlessness” by Christians of all ages since the first
have understood their generation to be the last before the return
of Yahweh to rule over the united earth.
Consider again the words of 1 John 2:18. Children, it is
the last hour; and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many
antichrists have come; therefore we know that it is the last hour. In the previous
installment, we pointed out that it’s been the last hour all this time
since John spoke these words, through the lives of countless
generations. But in the past, the
essential biblical signs of the Messiah’s coming haven’t been present –
especially the fulfillments of two integral predictions Yahshua makes about his
return; they are, the “signs of the times”
(or “of the calendar,” Matthew
16:3) and “the end of the times of the
Gentiles”
(or “the sign of Jerusalem,” Luke 21:24). In our
day, these signs have been clearly posted and studied – with a few coming
to the conclusion that Messiah could really be “at the door” in our day – maybe
even through the door. We outlined that, like the seven-day
creation, salvation history as recorded in the Bible consists of seven
prophetic days of a thousand years each.
The Bible only deals with seven thousand years, no more, no less. The 7th and final thousand-year
stretch is the Millennium mentioned in Revelation 20:4. Messiah is back here then to reign for that last
thousand years of salvation history before presenting a perfected earth to
his Father. We discovered that over 6000
years have passed since Adam’s generation; and that our generation is living at
the beginning of the last thousand-year period.
According to the calendar, the Millennium is just about now.
We determined
that Yahshua’s other major prophecy was recently fulfilled; that is, the year
that ended Gentile rule over Luke
21:24b. “ We determined that a prophetic generation
may be 40 years in length – the time period the generation of However, we found that throughout Scripture
Yahshua and his disciples proclaimed that the Second Coming would be as a
thief in the night. The white-robed
messengers of Acts 1:10,11 told the faithful few that Messiah would
descend in the same way he ascended – to the little flock in the
secret place. In the meantime, he’d
be preparing the little flock for his coming, teaching them to work and
watch in expectation and faith. I can’t
show him to you – he can only show himself.
But when he does, you muct be ready to catch the thief in the
night. Are you ready? So mightn’t we refrain from asking, “Where
IS he?” and ask instead, “Where AM I? Is
my mind open? Can I put aside my
preconceived notions? Am I preparing? Will I hear what the Spirit is saying through
this man behind the pulpit today?” What
the man is saying is this: A common sense approach to
understanding where we are in salvation history ought to be enough to convince
anyone to, at very least, prepare. No one could’ve known what devastation
hurricane Ivan was bringing, but nary a soul wasn’t warned of Ivan’s
approach! If you want to be prepared,
then be prepared first for the obvious!
There are many other obvious signs. Let me reveal another to you – the mystery of
the “man of lawlessness” or “the false prophet”: ¿who is he, when did he appear
and where is he working today?
A New Sign
We’re informed that in the centuries leading
up to Messiah, there’d arise a man of lawlessness, a son of perdition
(destruction), a false prophet and many antichrists
(Revelation
16:13, etc.) leading entire
generations astray before Messiah returns to set all aright. This movement away from true worship
has been called “The Great Falling Away,” and is based in the words of
2
Thessalonians 2:1-5 (JSB – read in the course of the message). 1, 2. We ask,
brethren, that you not be quickly shaken up in mind or disturbed
by the presence of the Sovereign Yahshua Messiah and of us gathering to him, by
a spirit or a word or a letter by us, that the Day of Yahweh is come.
3. Let
not anyone deceive you, by no means: unless the falling away comes first, and
the man of lawlessness, the son of destruction, is revealed. 4. [He is]
the one opposing and exalting himself over all spoken of [as] a god or an idol–
so far as to sit himself in the shrine of the god – showing that he is a
god. (This is a literal
translation from the Nestle Greek Bible.)
Popular Bible teachers would make simpletons
of us by having us believe that “the great falling away” is in the future,
and that the Temple in Jerusalem must first be rebuilt so that the man of
lawlessness can sit in there and rule the earth as G-d. But because some teachers rely on faulty
Bible translations, they have unwittingly caused “a falling away”
themselves. Notice St. Paul says that before the Messiah
comes, three things must first happen:
Consider History
Now consider history. There have been many “fallings away.” But where would the first great apostasy be –
the one Paul might be prophesying about?
We answer that question by asking another: “Where was the first great
mission field? Where
were Yahshua’s apostles sent?” St.
James answers this question in the salutation of his letter: “to the twelve
tribes in the dispersion”
(James 1:1). Where was the dispersion?
History
informs us that, after Israel, the disciples went west – to Egypt, Ethiopia,
and northern Africa; and to the north and east – to Lebanon, Turkey, Syria,
Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, even Pakistan – to the Jews and the tribes of
Israel inhabiting those nations, which became ancient strongholds of
true worship, for Yahshua sent his own to them. He’d anointed his apostles to preach with
signs and wonders following. These nations, now known as the Muslim Block, were
the first great mission fields for the first great
missionaries. History tells us that
entire kingdoms were converted to the Apostolic faith, even within the
lifetimes of the Apostles. Still today,
all these generations later, there are assemblies therein that trace their beginnings
to the very first. Even the holy book of
Islam, the Quran, reminds us that the brothers of Yahshua evangelized from
Damascus to Arabia, then beyond Babylon.
(This according to Robert Eisenman.) Submission
These nations are certainly not Christian
now; they’re virulently antichristian.
What caused them to apostatize, to “fall away”? In the five hundred years after the founders
of their assemblies died, their original fervor gradually degraded, and these
first assemblies fell into false teaching, apathy and abandonment – they became
like the assembly at Sardis. Yahshua
told that church,
Revelation 3:1b,2. “I know your works; you have the name of being alive, and you
are dead. Awake, and strengthen what remains ...
If you will not awaken, I will come like a thief, and you will
not know at what hour I will come upon you.” In the “dark ages” of the
lands of dispersion, time was ripe for a new prophetic voice. And a new prophet did indeed appear on the
scene that would awaken nations and change the whole world for centuries
thereafter. A new star arose in Arabia at the end of the
sixth century – the prophet Mohammad (570-632), a fearless
evangelist who claimed to have received sanction from Moses and Jesus to
correct what the Bible said of them, though he could neither read nor
write. Nevertheless, Mohammad’s message
claimed that the Mosaic Law was forged and that Yahshua couldn’t be a son of
G-d. In fact, Mohammad promoted his family’s
stone idol – namely, Allah – whose spirit spoke to him at times in the
form of a serpent. I have no doubt that Mohammad seriously
believed in his revelation – which became known as Islam, meaning
“submission.” But besides his family and
circle of disciples, nobody much else believed his claims – certainly not the
Jews or Christians in Arabia. The Son of Elohim At first Mohammad affirmed many of the
beliefs we now hold in regards to the Messiah – that he was born of a virgin,
that he was a prophet in the footsteps of Moses, that he had the words of
eternal life, that he died and ascended, and that he would return to
judge. But Mohammad was also very
specific about the relationships between Allah, Yahshua and the
Christians. Mohammad said
(and
Muslims believe) these words from
their Holy Book, the Quran:
[Christians] say that [God] (the Beneficent) has taken Himself a
son. Assuredly, you utter a disastrous
thing. Thereby, the heavens are almost
torn, the earth is split asunder and the mountains fall in ruins. You ascribe
to [God] a son when it is not appropriate for [God] to choose a son.
(Mariam
88 -93) They
[Christians] call Yahshua the son of [God].
... [God’s] curse upon them (Sura at-taubah, 30). The religion known as “Submission” denies the Father and Son, and believes that anyone who affirms the Son is cursed. Do you see? Let’s defer to St. John regarding this word; he writes: “This is antichrist: Whoever denies the Son cannot have the Father either; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.” If all Mohammad stated prophetically was that Yahshua wasn’t the son of Yahweh, he would qualify as an antichrist. And, Mohammad is an antichrist. For today, fourteen hundred years later, his antichristian fervor is still at a fever pitch, and the spirit of antichrist is at war with the whole world.
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Mohammad-style Evangelism = Submission by
Terrorism
Mohammad and his disciples didn’t make many
converts early on. The dragon spirit
Allah was very upset about this and gave Mohammad a new revelation: make
disciples any way you can – do it by force – do it by blood – do it by
blackmail – do it by betrayal – do it by terror – offer booty to those who’ll
convert: stolen goods, lands, houses, women, children – kill anyone who won’t
submit. Christians and Jews are no
longer exempt – they’re no better than pagans. With smoky breath, Allah whispered to
Mohammad,
Fight and slay (them) [i.e. pagans] wherever you
find them, seize them, beleaguer them, lie in wait for them. Fight those who believe not in Allah and his
apostle, nor acknowledge the religion of truth ... until they pay with willing
submission, and find themselves enslaved (Sura 9:29). This “terror evangelism” was very
successful. Mohammad went from false
prophet and antichrist to a “son of perdition,” the biblical term for
“terrorist.” Banding with likeminded
relatives, thugs and assassins, he went forth to take the gospel of
“Submission” throughout Arabia.
Ill-gotten gains would go to those who’d submit, and the chain of
slavery or sword to those who wouldn’t.
New converts to Islam not only became religious, but rich in plunder,
hoping for even greater riches in Allah’s lusty heaven. After Islam’s premier terror cell’s first
few forays against helpless victims, the new religion began to spread fast
– armed conflict literally stole peace from the world and brought the sword
overnight – first to Arabia, then throughout the Middle East, to all of Africa,
to Spain and finally to Europe, as far north as Vienna. And today, for 1.2 billion people, Allah is
great. The prophet and his words are
enshrined in outposts the world over, even upon Mount Moriah, where once the
temple of Yahweh stood. Now Allah is the
god of this world and Mohammad is his prophet. The False Prophet
Yahshua tells us that prior to his return
there’ll be wild weather, deadly fear, and worldwide terror. St. John saw bloody, global conflicts
stirred-up by a dragon-god through the demonic hordes of a false
prophet – he testified that the blood of saints of all ages would be upon
them.
Revelation 16: 13.
And I saw, issuing from the mouth(s) of the
dragon, the beast and the false prophet, three foul spirits like frogs; 14.
for they are
demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole
world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of Yahweh. ... 16. And they assembled them at the place called
Armageddon. (What does this all
mean?) The false prophet is he who takes terror to
all world rulers, inciting them to gather their armies into Armageddon
– that is, Megiddo in Israel. Megiddo
was, in very ancient times, the crossroads of the nations – many battles were
fought there for control of the world’s economic prosperity. Whoever held Megiddo in olden days held the
financial resources of all. Isn’t this exactly what Usama bin Laden told
us about Islamic holy war on one of his tapes?
He warned that the hordes of Islam would consume the economic resources
of its enemies. That’s how terrorists
plan to rule the earth – by depleting the capital of the nations. As in the beginning, when a few Islamic
raiders would steal into an unprotected camp at night to kill, pilfer and make
disciples, so it is today – with suicide and car bombs, mortars and weapons of
mass destruction – and all in the name of Allah and Mohammad his prophet. Mohammad is Dead?
Who’s to deny that the false prophet of
Revelation, the man of sin in Thessalonians, the Antichrist in 1 John, is
Mohammad? You might ask, “Mohammad is
dead, isn’t he? How can he still be the
false prophet?” Here’s how – foul
spirits like frogs poured out of his mouth to visit the nations. These aren’t little demons – they’re occult
monsters that multiply fast. And they’ve
had plenty of free time. Now there’re
millions of croaking frogs chirping desperately away, especially on Friday
nights, from mosques and minarets around the globe. From such rantings, thousands of recruits are
mustered and acts of terror manifested.
We hear of them every single day.
But the real prophet – the true prophet
– promises that, when he comes, the first thing he’ll do is cast
these frogs – the dragon, the beast, the false prophet, all their minions, all
their terror, all their terrorist, and anyone who follows them, into the Lake
of Fire at the bottom of Tophet’s soot-blackened ditch. From that soon-coming day, no one will
henceforth hear their miserable croakings.
They will be in the state of perdition. Extremism, Martyrdom and a Riddle
Need I tell the seeing generation that
Islam is the greatest religion in the world – that one out of six follow the
false prophet? Islam is also the
fastest growing religion in the world, even in the US and Europe. There are seven million Muslims in the US, twenty
million in Europe, and fifty-five nations in The Organisation of Islamic
States. Muslim theocrats are putting
heavy pressure on governments, especially those of Europe, where they’re a
significant and unstable minority. Here,
they’re buying land. Let’s remember that we can be activists – we
can actively watch, wait, pray, be ready and win out in love. We must compassionately recall that Muslims
are under a very strong cultural, national and religious delusion; most have
been coerced to believe and act as they do.
The vast majority don’t take part in the acts of perdition that fill our
front pages. Yet consider a statement by the
Muslim-American activist, Kamal Nawash, who recently told a nation-wide
television audience: “We have to come out and admit that we have a problem with extremism... it’s a movement that’s been growing for twenty years throughout the entire Muslim world.” Nawash further claimed that as many as fifty percent of Muslims around the world support the goals of the extremists. (Flash Factor, 8/5/04) He’s saying 600 million people support terror! Indeed, who should know terror better
than Jews and Christians? In the midst of their campaign, these demonic hordes
are slaughtering nearly 300,000 Christians and Jews every single year, all
over the world. This killing started
long before the recent wars and campaigns – this killing started at the very
start. Though we as Messianic disciples must endure
until the end, the martyrs’ cup is bloodied to the brim even now. Time is up.
Six thousand years have passed. We
have thus far been spared the “shedding of blood”
(Hebrews
12:4).
¿Why have we been spared?
Indeed, why have we not even been touched? Think about why. And think about why in regards to the signs of our times. Have we not been touched because there’s something we should be doing? And just what is it that we, the seeing generation, should be doing while this great tribulation drowns our brothers and sisters – Christians, Jews and Muslims – men, women and children – in innocent blood?
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